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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-01-31

The best estimate Of the returns from
this years census makes the population
of the United States 4S,000,000 Under
the first census, taken in 1890, the
population was about 1000, 900; so
that, should the estimate mentioned
prove to be correct, the increase in
ninety years would be at the rate of
less than half million year. This is
nothing to boast Of, considering how
large has been the number of immi-
grants, and how easy it has been here
TO obtain means OF subsistence, and
that most Of the time has been period
Of internal peace, the war of secession
being the oply great disturbance we have
known. Daring the first fifty number
ing years l790 -l840-the increase was
at the rate of about 200, 600 year; and
during the last forty. years it has been
at the rate Of almost 100000 a year,
Oh u ShtiiJSltlctA bitop LiAto fStNt
viii show total Of $4,000, 900. At
the same rate of growth in the next
ten years, the population Of the coan-
try will be less than 80, 030, 900 in $50,
when the second year of the Constitu-
tion's second century will be in course
of passing. In that year the eleventh
census Will be taken, just a century
after the taking Of the first census.
We are not likely to see that hundred
million Of American citizens so often
talked C. in anticipation, and whose
footsteps have been heard in advance
by many long cared persons, before
1920, at the earliest; and by that time
almost all persons Of adult life who
will figure in the tenth census will have
gone to join those who made up the
few millions OF the first census-gone
where all men must go, over to the
majority.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-01-31
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NOTICE.

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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Chaste but nct Vlrtuous.

A shrewd lady writer has to say Of
her own SEX: "There are women
wholly and entirely virtuous who are in
other respects bad car%icatures on our sex;
m who hold up .heir own skirts
and go about strewing garbage to defle
others with ; who feed ana
thrive upon distrust and suspicion, who
gather up carefully and with untiring
zeal all the bits of scandal floating about,
to turn over, add something to, and
send forth again in the terminating air,
like a deadly masmia, to destroy. Wo-
men who are never under any circum-
stances by anybody, heard telling good
of anyone but who, meet them when
you will, can make you miserably In
comfortable, and doubtful even of a just
Providence. Women need not condone
or conceal the faults of their sisters to
be charitable or woManly; by simply
beng silent or leaving unspoken opin-
ions which can do no good, and much
harm, they can do themselves great
credit and their sex honor. Unless a
man is perfectly ~depraved and base, he
will keep ~disgraceful tittle-tattle to him
self, and shun companions where small
talk is at premium. But womon who
call themselves ladies, and whose posi-
ton in society entities them to be such,
lend themselves to this unworthy means
of killing timo-to give it no mesneI
name-and repeat ISLANDERS, which onc'
gone forth can never be recalled"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Toothsome, Perhaps, if not Fat
tening.

Many barbarous or semi-civilized
tribes are addicted to the custom of
earth-eating, and such a habit exists in
some parts of the northern island Of
Japan. The origin Of this custom has
been ascribed to various causes, but it
seems most probable that, in the major
ity of cases, the habit has been formed
in times of great scarcity, when the peo-
p~leyate the earth in order. to partially dis
tend the stomach, and SO in q measure
allay the pangs of hunger, and that from
this the custom became an habitual dis
ease. r. no csse yet examined of an
earth 50 used has any appreciable
amount Of real nutriment been discov-
cred. In Java a fat clay is used in
Lapland a similar earth containing
mica msde into a kind of bread, in the
south & Persia a carbonate of magnesi-
nm gid calcium. Some negro tribes and
TRIES of American Indians are also
e.th-eaters.
Mr.. G. G. Love, of New York, has
recently communicated to the Chemical
News an analysis Of a sample of earth
obtained from a bed several feet in
thickness, in a small valley at Tsietonai,
on the north coast of Yezo, and used as
food O. by the Amos. This earth is of
a light gray color and very fine in struc-
ture it is made into soap, with lily
roots and water, 10y the Amos. 1t is
essentially a clay, similar to that used 10y
the japanese, bu. richer in silica the
sample examined contained but a small
amount of organic matter, which con-
sisted of fragments Of leaves possessing
an aromatic odor and perhaps intention
ally mixed with the earth on that ac-
count. 1t is said that in some parts Of
Japan a red bole is made into cakes and
eaten by the women with the idea and
wish Of giving themselves elegant and
slender forms. 1t is also rumored tina.
among the opposite sex, not exclusively
natives Of the land, a similar diseased
habit, arising from the opposite wish, to
get fat, is not unknown. An accurate
analysis of this dirt has not yet been
made, but its permanent nutritive prop
critics appear to be small.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Intellect in Brutes.

The Central Prison at Agra is the
roosting place of great numbers of CON-
mon blue pigeon they fly out to the
neighboring country for food every
morning, and return in the evening,
when they drink at "a tank just outside
the prison walls. In this tank are laf Re
numbers of f~resh-water turtles, which
lie in wait for the pigeons just under
the surface of the water and at the edge
of it. Any bird alighting to drink near
one of these turtles has a good chance Of
having its head bitten off and eaten ;
and the headless bodies of pigeons have
heen picked up near the water, showing
the fate which has sometimes befallen
the birds. The pigeons, however, are
aware of the DANCE, and have hit on the
following plan to escape it /: A pigeon
comes in from its lorg flight, and, as it
nears the tank, instead of flying down at
once to the waters cage, will cross the
tank at about twenty feet above its sur
face, and then fly back to the side from
which it came, apparently selecting for;
alighting a safe spot which it had re-
marked as it flew over the bank but
even when such a spot has been selected
the bird will not alight at the edge of
the water, but on the bank about a yardl
from the water, and will then run down.
quickly to the water, take two or three
hurried gulps of it, and then fly off to
repeat the process at another part of ~
tank till it's thirst is satisfied. | haA
often watched the birds doing this, and
could not account for their strange mode
of drinking till told by my friend, the
Superintendent of the prison, of the tur-
ties which lay in ambush for the pigeons.
The same friend had a couple of hill
mynahs, (Gracula religiosa) the most
wonderful bird for mimicry which have
come across. rot excepting the gray par.
rot of the Weet African coast. One of
these birds, when hung out in the ver-
andah during the afternoons, used to
amuse himself by calling the fowls to-
gether, initiating the cali of their keeper
so we'll that they used to flock together
under the cage, when the bird would
burst out into a very good imitation Of
a human laugh, as if it quite enjoyed
the fun Of taking in the fowls. Have
birds the sense of amusement This
one certainly seemed to derive gratifca-
ton from the way in which it had
cheated the fowls.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Just Like Its father.

1t had been arranged that the family
should spend Sunday afternoon at the
Wood Of Bullong. After spending an
hour and three quarters in her boudoir.
madam issues, leading their child by the
hand. The father casts a disguised
glance At the child, and bursts out:
'You don't catch me going out with
that young n rugged up like that ;
why, it is dressed out of all rhyme and
reason-it looks like a monkey, an
organ grinders monkey Bitter words
are exchanged. The mother gets mad.
The father shrugs his shoulders sullenly.
The child cries. Finally it is arrnged
that the promenade shall take place.
GAN right saws the father, an go 1
suppose I've got to-but mind what /,
say, now, that child looks like a monkey,
a Simian ape-like monkey" At the
door they,meet q friend of the family,
who rounces on the child and almost
smothers it WI XII ,es, crying "Oh.
you little darling Your fathers living
image :"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Where Does the Day Begin ?

AS a matter Of fact the day begins all
around the world-not at the same in
slant, but just as the sun visits success
sive portions of the earth in his journey
from east to west. But the traveller
who crosses the Pacific ocean can give
another answer to the above question ;
that or the one hundred and eigh.ieth
degree of longitude-one.hal nall OF the cir
conference Of the globe, starting frora
Greenwich east or west-there is An ar
bitrary change OF dropping Of a day, and
that at this point if anywhere, the day
may be said to begin. 1t was with
sorange feelings that the writer, crossing
tine Pacific, having gone to bed on Sat
urday night, leaving everything pertain
ing to the almanac in a satisfactory con
dition, awoke on Monday morning.
Sunday had completely fallen out Of our
calendar, for that week at least. Every
one knows that in travelling round the
world from east to west a day is lost,
and in order to adjust his reckoning to
that of the place he has left, n must
drop a day as if he had not lived it,
| when in reality the time has passed by
frightening every day during the jour
ney. For a long time it was the Gus
tom for sailors to effect this change
pretty much when they pleased but
| now It has become a settled rule among
American AID English navigators that
at the one hundred and eightieth degree,
a day must be passed over if going west,
and one added if going east, in VIII n
latter case the traveller enjoys two Sun.
days or two Thursdays, as the case may
be. 1t is most likely thst this particu-
lar degree was decided on from the fact
that, except q few scattered islands of
| Polynesia, there are no large communi-
ties, with their vast commercial and so.
cial transactions, to be effected by the
change.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
De Wedder

"Gem1en," said the President, II
fink dat de inhabitants of dis kentry an
pa vim altogether too much 'tenshun to
dis wedder question. Oars a groan oh
dispair when it's hot an a grown OBJ dis
pleashur when it's cold. If it rains,
somebody raises a row, an if it's dry
somebody else has IA bone to pick wild de
powers above. Ebery ~red-headed, one
boss white man-ehery broken-down ole
two-cent darkey, has got de ideah in his
head dat de Lawd am bound to send
him along jest de sor. oh wedder he
wants, no matter 'bou. de rest Oh de ken
try. De ole man Rubotuom, libin' up
dar by my cabin, has got bout fifteen
cents worth oh garden truck back OBJ
his house, an when it's hot or cold, wet
or dry he am SO agitated dat he forgets
dat any odder soul in dis kentry has sot
an onion or planted n later. Mo dan
fifty years ago l come to de conclusion
dat l must put up wild sech wedder IS
de Lawd GIN me, no matter whedder it
brought OH chilblains or rheumatics, an
it was a great burden off my mind. l
take it jes' as it comes, and don't
know muffin bout almanacks an don't
want to.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Won that they were constructed by

you that they were constructed by
Joseph as so many avenue Of escape l n
case of attempted assassination. VI
this he was more fearful than many OF
his chroniclers have dared to tell. His
bed chamber was entered by a door
moved by a secret spring. Outside this
door, it is said, a Waterman was always
stationed during the night. The under
ground passages ran fror, Josephs
house to the residence of his daughter
and also to the servants quarters. In
addition to these there was a long one
running from the daughters house to the
bluff overlooking the river, the entrance
to which may be still seen, though the
massage itself has fallen in in many
places and filled up. There is no account
of anv attempts to explore these pass
ages. The daughters house is now un-
occupied and closed. The ex-kings
bouse has been RACED to the ground n
in its stead a handsome English villa
stands. the builder Of which was the
SUBSEQUENT owner of the park, Thomas
Beckett, an Englishman. 1t Is SAID that
Joseph always had a feet of yachts lying
ont in the Delaware, available Cor him
in case of surprise by the dreaded assa,
sins. whom he always fancied himseltn
danger Of. The long underground SSs-
age leading to the river bluff i h;rpo
posed to have been constructed! M
as a means of reaching his boz .ase
of surprise. The place is f. roa;
esting reminders of the erh;aG sL;rts
dence there. The forest %nicn SKIRTS
'ne eus0 +;s+;. 1ect and beauty.
As a place of resider5
fnl snnt could be 70
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
True.

People who never think nor act be-
yond and enlarged from their individual,
personal se~lfshness, cut but a sorry fg-
ure in the great, outstretching affairs Of
useful life. Like the snail, they crawl
along through their periods Of exis ence,
encountered by the shell Of their own
conoeits and littleness, into which they
invariably shrink away and hide them
selves, when Brought into contact with
anything that requires the exercise Of
an enlarged and generous nature.
In many this condition OF mind and
disposition is the outcome Of natural
mental and intellect J deficiencies. II
i. impossible for these 70 whom nature
has bestowed sparingly of the necessary
faculties and capacitie Of mind, for
greater and better thinss, to rise above
the contracted harmonies within them.
1t is no more possible for that class Of
animate lite, which lives upon and be-
meath the soil, 10 spread wing and fly
from flower TO flower, gathering sweet-
ness from the blooming petals, than for
those who see nothing greater nor bet
ter than themselves, to comprehend and
understand the nobler qualities of truly
great and wise men.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16

He was just from New York, where
he had been on the police, but he had
left that city for some reason and went
to Galveston. The first thing he did
was to apply for a position on the Gal
weston police. He was a determined
looking man with a bad eye. a nose like
a hawks beak, and he was built all the
way up from tie ground like a bank
safe. ado you think you can make ar
rests and guard prisoners asked the
Galveston Chief of Police. The appli-
AN smiled a smile that made everybody
in the Office feel positively uncomfort
able. 1t was the kind of a smile that
John Mccullough, as Othello, smiles
when, towards the last, he begins to see
through 'honest Iago." "Suppose you
had six prisoners. and one of them was
to run of; would you leave the five and
follow up the fugitiveT asked the Chief
Of Police. "Why, no." responded the
applicant, "I'd shoot the five who didn't
try to escape, so ! would know where
to look for them when ! got back with
the body of the other one" "That's all
right in New York, but il is too rough
for Texas" replied the Chief Of Police.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-16
Witchcraft.

1t was believed that myriads Of de,
mons-who. not only multiplied among
themselves, but were daily increased by
the souls of wicked men, still-born chill
dren, and all who died a violent death
filled the whole earth, exciting whirl
winds and tempests when they met in
great numbers, destroying the beauties
of nature and the works Of mems hands.
Ihev were often drawn in at the mouth
and nostrils, and tormented those they
thus entered with pains and diseases.
All these demons were for q stated pc.
Rod at the command of any mortal who
would sign away his soul to the Prince
of Darkness and all that the witch or
wizard desired them to do was, with the
exception of any good action, swiftly
performed. General meetings, or "Sab-
baths" as they were called, took place
at the will of Satan, and were always
named for Friday night, or rather Sat-
urday morning Immediately after mid
night, the place generally chosen for as
sembling being one where four roads
met, or in the neighborhood of a lake
Upon the spot selected nothing, it was
said, could ever grow again, the earth
being burned and rendered sterile by
the feet of the demons. All witches and
wizards who failed to attend these meet
ings were dashed, by order of Satan,
with q whip made of serpents and scor-
pions. Broomsticks were supposed to
be the steeds Of French and British
witches, but in Italy and Spain the devil
himself, in the shape Of a goat, was
though to carry them on his back from
one place to another. No witch, when
going to a Sabbath, could leave her
home by a door or window !; her W
practicable exit was thought to Re by
key hole or chimney, and during her alb
sence an inferior demon was said to take
her form and lie in her bed, feigning ILL
ness. The votaries of the Black Art
once assembled, the ceremony first per-
formed was to kiss the devil, who took
the form of a goat for the occasion.
This was followed by an examination of
those present, to see if they were
stamped with the devils mark, and
those who were not received 1t from the
master of the ceremonies, as also a nick
name, their own c%ognomens, because be-
slowed in holy baptism, never being
pronounced by his Satanic majesty.
Then they would sing and dance furi-
opsly, till some n anxious to join them
arrived, when they would be silent till
the newcomer denied his salvation,
kissed the devil, spat upon the Bible,
and swore obedience to Satan in all
things. These forms of imitation were
followed by more dancing and singing.
Those who had not been mischieveous
enough were logged with thorns and
scorpions by their master. A multitude
of toads danced for their amusement,
and for reward were promised a feast of
~unbaptized babes, and the meeting ended
with a banquet of viands toe disgusting
to enumerate. When the cock crew
they all disappeared, and theiy Sabbath
was at an end.