The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-04

must be confessed, if true, that he has
kept his mouth shut to a better purpose
for his own interests than most of lis
can claim. for all our blowing. Slow as
stocks are, they have managed this
week to catch
ONE BIO FISH
In their net, and leave him floundering
in the mud of the "slough of despond."
General Frisbie, exlord of the manor
of Vallejo, and kind of father of that
ambitious but disappointed city, has
come to grief, and in consequence, the
Vallejo Savings Bank, of which he was
President, has followed in his footsteps,
and shut up shop for the time being. The
depositors, however, seem to have had
an idea of the way in which the General
was going, and many of them had lied
from the wrath to come, and withdrawn
their deposits, so the chances are that
no ono will be much hurt.
woMAN's MINING BUREAU.
Talking about stocks reminds me that
the lady spectators, whose name is le.
gion, have grown tired Of ambling about
in the crowd on California street, Ia
curb-stone broker, and propose to have
head quarters of their own, where they
can hear the news of the street, fix their
back hair, discuss the state of the mar
ket, adjust their pull backs, and make
themselves generally ut home. To this
end they have Incorporated the "Wo-
mans Mining Bureau" and propose to
run in connection with it woman's
stock -broking Office, after the manner of
Woodruff, Clatlin e. Co., of fragrant
memory. What jobs the dear creatures
will put up Oh q confiding public and
each other. when they get that thing
running smoothly. The venerable
Mother Swift. whose silvered locks are
Il feature of California street, is tho re-
puted maternal ancestor of this promis-
ing bantling, and the men of the street
do say that the blessed old lady is about
as shrewd manipulation rs any of them
selves, and has on sundry and divers oc-
casions "scooped" her feminine con-
freres with as much sang ./r0id and
aplomb rs ever Jim Keene or Billy
Sharon exhibited. Look out for fun
when the doors of that Bureau open.
CROOKED WHISKY.
After n second trial of several weeks,
the crooked whisky case of the United
States VI. Charles Jost, of the Antioch
Distillery, has again come to an end.
Verdict for the defendant, rs might
have been expected-at least that's what
the revenue agents who worked up the
case say, and they growl bitterly over
the alleged fact that the ring has again
got away with them in their efforts to
bring offenders to justice. and talk not
loudly, but strongly Of "sell ont" on
the part of prosecuting officers, sup
preston and destruction of documen-
tary evidence, etc. One thing seems
certain, that in the face of pretty strong
eliminating testimony, Jost again goes
scot free, and it is an open question
what influences have been at work to
compass that result.
POLITICAL.
Politics are boiling as usual, without
anything of special interest. The vet
Grams tried hard the other evening to
get an expression of opinion from Gen
eral Sherman when they serenaded him
ut tho Palace Hotel; but the old soldier
uOu{Cu ull tIlut, ibut IhuIfsECN w oCute
the boys away in pretty good humor,
without saying anything to commit him.
self
The weather is getting a little mixed.
We had lively shower this morning,
enough to lay the dust pretty thorough
ly; quite a blessing in this dirt-ridden
city, where a sprinkling cart is the
eighth wonder of the world. Tho pro-
pllets say we are to have early rains, so
please take notice, and mako your prep.
arations accordingly. W.
EFFECT OF TEA ON SKIN If You drop
few drops Of strong tea upon piece
of iron, knife blade for instance, the
tannate of iron is formed, which is black.
If you mix with iron filings or pulver-
lied iron. you can make fair article of
ink. If you mix with fresh human
blood, it forms with the iron of the
blood the tannato of iron. Take hui
strong tea and it will become leather.
Now when we remember that the liquids
which enter the stomach are rapidly
absorbed by the veins and absorbents
of the stomach, and enter into the cir
culation and are thrown out of the sys-
tenn by the skin. respiration and kid
neys. it is probable that drink so COM
mon as tea, and so alundantly used
will have some effect. Can it be posi-
BILE that tannin, introduced with SO
much liquid-producing Precipitation,
will have no effect on the skin? Look
at the tea drinkers of Russia, the Chi
ueso an1 tho o11 womon If Amor;co