Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-05
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PIONEER REFORMATION SKULLS
FOR sALH-AN RNtAMPMENT OF
CITY ARABS CRIMINAi. CADETS
4 BUSINESS MIGRATION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 1870.
IL IL = Flank Movement OF the fe.
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The question Of questions at the
present moment Is, Shall San Fran
cisco adopt the Wyoming doctrine Of
"the best man irrespective Of SEX"
and appoint q woman to the position
Of Deputy Superintendent Of Public
Schools? The male teachers have
risen 'cn masse against the threatened
innovation, and talk wildly about the
incompatibility of p~etticoats and poll
tics, assuming rs q matter Of course
that the successful aspirant will ut
once dabble in the "flthy pool"
They also assert that there is no female
teacher In the Department qualified
for the Office, that the majority Of the
ladies would object to, the rule. Of one
Of their own sex, and climax their
opposition by the statement that the
agitation Is merely a flank movement
Of the female s~uffragists, who wish to
capture the School Department and
instil their heresies into the minds OF
the rising generation. The ladies are
by no means passive spectators OF the
fight. They are rushing into print
with an argumentative virulence which
proves that they would be formidable
opponents in a political campaign
and if the position Is to be gailed by n
liberal Use of pen and lux, the school
ma'ams may he considered irresistible.
The appointment rests with the Super,
inteudent-elect, Mr.. Widber, but as 1t
Is entirely discretionary with him
whether he will have q deputy or not,
he may shirk 4 decision Of the question
by running the Department without
an assistant.
Pioneer Reformation.
While the Pioneer has been credited
with many fictitious virtues ESPECIALLY
in his obituary. sobriety has moi
hitherto been accounted one Of them
In popular Imagination he Is supposed
to be q whisky-proor veteran, acclis'
toned from first landing on these
shores to his half a dozen matutinal
cocktails, and such a multiplicity Of
drinks" during the day TINT no rea'
sonablc memory could keep tally Of
them. "Whisky, sir, Is rs much
necessity of life as the air we BREATHE
says one of Levers characters, and the
declaration Is supposed TO have beer
adopted as a Pioneer axiom. 1t may
have been once, and it perhaps is now,
but In future it Is to he considered al
exploded tradition. "lIeads tinged
with the silver Of age" says President
Carter, In his late address to the so
ciety, 'forbid that we should any
longer attempt to hide improprietie'
under q cloak that Is no longer
youthful ones" and he proceeds tc
propose that members shall dispense
with their alcohol so far as to veto the
maintenance of a bar-room within thu
precincts Of the Society's premises
Only twenty five irreclaimable topcrs
who, rs the President puts it, "On tht
principle that a rhinoceros may smllt
ut bullets, claim that the existence O
q bar-room Is not All annoyance, but 8
benefit" oppose the movement; bn'
they are not likely to beat back thu
temperance wave that threatens to ell
gulf the time-homored custom Of bibtL
Rtion everywhere and on every occa'
sion. 80,
1t would be unfair to say that in this
particular Instance Wholesale whisky
drinking has been an unmlxed evil,
I for 1t has proved tile possibility OF al
alliance heretofore doubted by tht
preachers between intcmperance ant
the Christian virtues; for proof o.
which l refer to all past and future
eulogies OH deceased Pioneers.
A Gaze OF skulls.
Amongst the unclaimed goods to bt
sold next Monday at tile United States
Bonded Warehouse, Is a case Of human
skulls from Honolulu, addressed to tho
Smithsonian Institute, ut New York
"Ot no value" says the appraiser, SC
they will 90 cheap for cash. Skulls
have been disposed Of before IN tho
limited States for coin, but they were
crowned with a woolly covering. ant
surmounted humanity clothed In bincl
intecuments. This will be the frs
instance OIL record In California o
skulls belonging either to The dead OF
living reaching the auction, room, ant
II orr Academy Of Sciences was moi
composed of a lot of impractical ole
theorists, they would see that the case
OF Kamaka pates was forwarded to it,
proper destination. They must have
cost much trouble In collecting, and
possess n scientific value certainly
higher than the appraisers estimate
IF any one round Gold Hill wants to
20 Into the chronological business, II
will be an excellent opportunity e
purchase a stock in trade.
100 Matrimonial. t'
Past Congressman Phelps, present
Collector of the port Of San Francisco
and future aspirant for the gubernato-
rial office, was married OH Sunday 10
Miss josie Mclean, niece Of DR.. j. L.
Mclean, of "Mustang Liniment" &C.
lebrity. There was a grand gathering
Of state officials, from Senator Cole
downward, to witness the ceremony,
and tho church was filled with Saily
dressed ladies from the circles Of "best
society,"" Your lady readers may be
interested in knowing that the bride
discarded the traditional white dress
and orange blossom, and wore a gray
silk. with velvet hat to match, the lat
ter being ornamented with o roses.
| Mr.. Phelps, plain, sensible and soma,
may turn ont a formidable candidate
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