The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-09

An English paper says;

the Turks in Bulgaria, but the word
s,leviltry." Let this be taken to stand
for nameless and unfathomablc deeds OF
infamv: let it be understood to mean
the outbreak of cruelty and lust when
knew no restraint Of pity or OF shame,
and the story of which makes the heart
burn with indignation at the dishonor
Aims brought upon humanity itself let
it be interpreted as indicating lnlqultles
from the foulnesS OF which the magma
tion utterly recoils; and then this word
e.deviltrv' will do to use IN speaking OF
the deeds of which the Turks have
been guilty Let anyone who thinks
this language is too strong, read, II he
has NOT done so. and if he has sucffiient
resolution for the task, the further let
ter from the correspondence of the
min .Nprs. which appeared last Satur-
day. Compared with the diabolical tor
tures actually inflicted by the Turkish
soldiery upon ahelpless population, and
cspeciallv upon women. girls, and chill
dren. We feel that wholesale and speedy
butcherv would have been merciful.
Can it possibly be true, we exclaim that
these strong, bearded men picked in
fants M ont of their cradles with their
bavonets. tossed them in the air, caught
them again and flung them at the heads
of the shrieking Mothers that they
carried little babies about the streets on
the points of their bayonets, with their
poor little heads and arms dropping
around the barrels of their guns, and
the blood streaming down over their
hands" that they cut off the heads OF
children and compelled other children
to carry the still bleeding heads i'll their
arms" that one educated, intelligent
young girl, remarkable for her beauty
and intelligence, and who had been
trained for four years in school estab-
tishcd by American missionaries, " was
seized and outraged in the presence of
half dozen of her comrades and neigh
bors. bv three or four brutcs, who still
pollute the earth with their vile exist
ence:" and that later still she was once
more seized, stripped naked, beaten,
spat upon and again outraged. and
then. after being ''hootcd. iccrcd. pclted
with mud, spat upon, and lnsulted with
the foulcst epithets which n Turkish
mob could find" thrown fainting and
insensble into cart and sent off to
prison Alas, we could fill columns
with these awful narratives.
JAMES LIcK's OLD FLOUR MILL.-One
of Jane Licks most profitable invest
ments in California was an old flour
mill in Santa Clara. 1t did not cost
much and ut first was of little use or
profit to its new owner. He used to
get up at daylight, breakfast sparingly
and trudge off to Santa Clara with "A
lunch of doughnuts in his pocket pre-
pared by his landlady. Returning in
evening. he would retire after supper to
his own room, which no one ever en-
tered except the person who kept 1t IN
order and not emerge until next morn
ing, when the routine of the day be
fore was renewed. How he amused
himself in his privacy, no one knew
and no one cared to inquire. Subse
auently he built magnificent new mil
on the site of the Santa Clara mill. Tic
is said to have spent upon it at differ
nnt times an aggregate of SlOo, OOo
though the exact amount can never bt
known. He finished it in the most ele-
CANT manner, the office, the staircase
floors, and even the hoppers being OF
mahogany But the flour made ther,
was Of II superior quality every
thing else that Mr.. Lick had anything
else to do with-and commanded II dol
lar or two more per barrel than that
which came from other millers. III,
selected his wheat carefully, and alway'
paid high price for it. Lick Flour
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coast. and the demand for it became
very general. Mr.. Lick was very proud
Of his mill, and finally gave it to the
Tom Paine Society, of Boston. by whom
1t was forced into the market at SIS 900
The owner was highly indignant at the
sacrifice. and eschcwed the society
hencctorth.
AMERICAN MADE BuNTING.-Benja-
min +. Butler gives the following ac-
count of the rise and progress of this
industry The manufacture of bunting
was unknown in this country until after
ehe close of the war; so that no Ameri-
can ship ever fought under yard OF
American bunting. One or two at
tempts had been made to make it in
America, which had failed. 1t was sub
stantiallya monopoly of Il few firms in
Bradford. England ; and although it
cost. in the war. the Englishmcn to
make it no more than now. they put up
the price upon lis to SIG gold per piece.
In lS66. because lived in manulac-
turing city. was requested by the
Navy department to examine into the
Subjecl and see if 1t could be made here.
| consulted with some friends of mine
III Lowell. and interested them in the