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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-24
That Boy.

her son, very small boy, boarded q
train ut Little Rock. The woman had
care worn expression hanging over her
face like tattered vail, and many of the
rapid questions asked by the boy we're
answered by unconscious sighs
"Ma, said the boy, that mans like
baby, amt her pointing to bald head
ed man sitting just in front of them.
"Hush."
"Why must hushl
After . few moments of silence
"Ma, what's the matter with that
mans head"
"Hush, tell you. He's bald"
"What's that2'
"His head hasn't got any hair on it."
"Did it come Off,
II guess So"
"Will mine come of"
Sometime, may be-"
"Then I'll be bald, won't "
eyes"
"Will you care9"
Don't ask 30 many questions"
After another silence the boy ex
claimed, "Ma, look at that fly on that
mans head"
"If you don't hush I'll whip you when
get you home"
'Look! There's another fly. Look at
EN- hight, look at EN-"
"Madam," said the man, putting aside
newspaper and looking around, "what's
| the matter with that hyenai'
The woman blushed, stammeNd out
something, and attempted to smooth
back the boys hair.
"One fly, two flies, three flies," said
tho boy innocently, following basket
of oranges carried by the newsboy.
"Here, you young hedgehog" said
the taldheaded man, "if you don't hush
III have the conductor put you off the
train
The poor woman. not knowing what
else to do, boxed the boys ears and then
bought an orange to keep him from cry
ing.
"Ma, have 1 got red marks OH my
head9"
"I'll slap you again if you don't
hush"
Mister" said the boy, "does it hurt
to be bald p
Youngster," said the man, "Pll give
you a quarter to be quiet"
The boy promised and the money was
paid
The man took up his paper and re-
sumed his reading.
"This is my bald headed money" said
the boy. "When get bald headed I'm
going 70 give boys money. Mister, have
all bald headed men got money!
The annoyed man threw down, his
paper, arose and exclaimed:
"Madam, hereafter, whom you travel,
leave that young gorilla home. Hither-
to 1 always thought that the old proph-
ct was very cruel for calling the she
bears to kill children for making sport
of his head, but now lm free to believe
he did Christian act If your boy had
been in tho crowd he would have died
first. II l can't find another seat on
this train Ill ride on the COW catcher
rather than hero"
"The bold headed man is gone" said
tho boy, and the woman leaned back
and blew tired sigh from her lips
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-24

endowed so mentally, it must be at
times calling to feel that they are mon
key and barrel-organ in one to a grinning
crowd, but the farce is a short one, and
little check is generally efiicacious for
for any sore spots.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-24

The collection of postage stamps pre-
served in the museum OF the Berlin post
office included on July l, 1870, 4,49S
specimens OF these 2,f62 were Euro
u-an, AL Asia'ic, 25l African, ,l43
American and POI Australian.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-06-24

The shortest joke often makes the
longest run.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

of bonds that may become redeemable in
1881 authorizing the Secretary Of the Navy to
designate a United States vessel to carry
contributions TO ireland free OF charge; to
prevent general legislation on appropriation
bills; creating Departmental Of manufactures,
mechanics and mines; to remove the duty on
iron and steel; to establish Board Of Com
missioners of Interstate Commerce; provid-
ing that the term Of office Of chief supervisors
of election shall be two years, also prohibit
ing the arrest Of election officers on election
day; for a commission OF inquiry into the
cause and for the prevention OF contagious
diseases among domestic animals; to reduce
the duty on printing aud other paper; for a
uniform rule aud certificate of naturaliza-
tion; to reduce and reorganlze the army;
Under suspension Of the rules the following
bills were passed: Creating an additional
land district (the southwestern) in Kansas /;
to regulate the practice ia suits brought to
recover damages for the infringement of
patents. Consideration was resumed of the
bill to acquire title to the Hot Springs Res.
ervation, Ark. Pending discussion the House
adjourned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
A Patrifed Child,

An interested class of students gath
cred in the main room Of the Cleve-
land Medical College yesterday after
noon to witness what had been told
them was case of scleroderma. The
majority of them when told at the
morning clinic didn't know what seller
oderma was, and Immediately hunted
it up in their dictionaries. They found
it meant hardening of the skin"
About two o'clock Dr.. Darby, DIR. Ben
nit and DIR. X. C.+Scott filed into the
lecture room, followed by a man about
thirty years old, who carried in his
arms a bright looking little boy. From
the appearance of the child's face,
which seemed natural, one would not
have supposed but that it was in per
feet health, When its wraps were re-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
Is There No Remedg2

Southern Democratic papers begin to
recognize the fact which Republican
papers have so often pointed out, that
a Solid South implies a Solid North.
Especially South made solid by fraud,
by systematic ostracism or assassina-
ton, or by coercion and massacre. For
every drop of Republican blood shed at
the South by Democrats, more than one
Republican vote has been gained at the
North. For every poor colored man
coerced into lf-disfranchisement or
the casting of Democratic ballots by
mean employers or cowardly mobs,
more than one Republican vote has
been gained in States where every Re-
publican vote counts. If the South can
stand that sort of thing, surely the
North can, and the Republican party
can. The chance of electing a Demo-
cratic President has been thrown away,
not merely or mainly by Democratic
stupidity or disloyalty at the North, bad
as these have been, but mainly by the
conduct of Democratic voters and man
ayers at the South.
The Democratic papers which see the
situation most clearly do not venture to
suggest the only remedy. In that fact
lies the most conclusive proof that the
Northern feeling is not overstrained or
mistaken. The ablest and boldest South
ern men do not dare to insist upon alb
solute freedom of thought, speech and
action. They are held back by the
temper of the people about them. They
realize that it would do no good what
ever to insist that no Republican should
be ostracized, beaten or shot for his
opinions. The reckless fellows whose
violence makes Southern society what
it is would go on killing and beating
all the same, and the frank AMI manly
newspaper would have bankruptcy for
its reward. Have we not seen that the
wild rawlings in the OkOlonG States gain
an immense subscription list at the
South, while journals of calm an patri-
otic temper are crowded to the wallP
No other fact so clearly proves the de-
cisive preponderance of the worst ele-
ment at the South. Disloyal to the
core, brutal, cruel, and utterly incapa-
BILE of comprehending the free institu-
tions which the Constitution designs to
maintain, the desperate men who are
feared and obeyed in Southern society
have not understanding enough to see
that they are surely defeating the very
cause which they wish to aid.
No other journal at the North has as
much right as the Tribune to address
TO the people of the South words of earn
est and kindly admonition. A concilia-
tory course was advocated by the Irt-
buRe years ago, ia the sincere hope that
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
An Arctic Fruit.

The successful expedition of Profess
sor Nordenskjold has proved that the
shores of the Arctic Sea are not SO in
hospitable as has been generally sup
posed. Perhaps the most interesting
of the minor discoveries made by the
learned explorer is the finding of anew
remedy against the dread of all navi-
gators and the particular scourge of
Arctic expeditions namely, scurvy.
1t appears that there was not single
case of this disease during the whole
voyage; and this remarkable fact is
due, not to the employment of lime
Juice and other antiscorbutics in ordi-
nary use, but to the use Of curious
little berry, hitherto unrecOgnized, pro-
duced by plant which finds an ephe-
neral existence in the snow and ice
during the short Arctic summer. The
berries are found in great abundance,
and are said to be a favorite fruit with
some of the natives Of the great ice
world. Its flavor resembles that OF the
raspberry, butts more acid. The mode
of preparation adopted on the voyage
of the Vega was to dry the berries and
then preserve them in the milk OF the
reindeer, which was then allowed 10
freeze. In this state the fruit can be
preserved for an indefinite period
Colonies and I,sdt0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
A 0owardly Party,

The Democratic party is afraid of it.
self. 1t is cowardly in the extreme.
Its leaders dare not announce policy
upon any subject. Congress has been
in session nearly two months. The De-
mocraey control both houses. They
have done nothing of an affirmative
character. The leaders have been con-
tending with their own fears. Each
one is afraid of every other one. Each
one is trying to keep every other ones
mouth closed. Suspicion fills their
ranks. Harmony, relative to any ques-
ton of National concern, is unknown to
them. On one thing alone they agree.
This is, a purpose, by fair means or
foul, to carry the next Presidential cleo
ton. The lesson of the extra session
opened their eyes to the danger of
action. They disclosed their purposes
then, and defeat overwhelmed them in
the elections that followed. Then they
were defiant. Now they are as full of
dread as pet lambs. Then they were
going to "wipe every vestige OF the
war measures from the statute books. !"
Now no one would suppose they had
even heard of that legislation. Then
she who dallied was bastard, and he
who doubted was damned" Now
they all daily and doubt. Every issue
which they made has been given rest.
They want power, but are afraid to act.
Their assaults on the policies of the Re-
publican party have ceased. They dare
not come To the front with their oppo-
sitiOn. They are on still-hunt for
power. Through degrading and cow
ardly DISCUSSES they hope TO succeed.
Never was party so put to it to hide
its true character from the people. Tc
show its true cOlors is defeat. To hide
them is eowardly. So it plays coward
to promote success. In this, too, Il
mistakes the American people. They
don't like towards. They know tha
such characters are either weak ol
dangerous, or both. They know tha
party composed of such is not quail
fed to direct the affairs of great ma
ton. Progress cannot be made undel
such leadership. Natural prosperit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
The Sad Story Of Dash.

About one year ago a family who
had been living in the city of Providence,
in little Rhode Island-the very smallest
of the States concluded that the State
was not large enough to hold them and
so they moved out west. For some
reason the family left Dash, the dog of
the household. behind them. Dash
was a good dog and thought a great
deal of his master, for he had lived
with him since puppyhood. After his
folks had gone Dash was invited by a
number OF the neighbors to come over
and live with them, but he refused to
go and sat in the yard of his master $
former home all day and all night. He
whined and groaned to himself much
of the time, eating very little. Spring
came and passed and so summer and
so autumn, and poor Dash was still dis
consulate. He had grown thin, his
head hung down and his eyes were
dimmed with grief. Poor fellow, he
was thinking all the time of his mas
ter, whom he loved better than any
thing else. Thus it happened that last
week Dash died, altogether broken
hearted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
THE EAST.

The Connecticut Republican State Conven-
tion for electing delegates to the National
Convention will be held at New Haven,
April z.
A severe snow and wind storm swept over
the Eastern States on the Sd, In some localities
blocking the roads and stopping travel. Two
railroad men were killed at different points by
being blown from trains.
The Massachusetts, Republican Convention
is to be held at Worcester April 10 to choose
delegates at large to the National Convention.
The schooners Daniel Harding and Kate
Newman collided near Toms River, N. j.,
during storm on the night Of the I'd, the
latter sinking with all but one of the crew.
Seven bodies were washed ashore.
The New York Herald opened an Irish re-
lieffund with contribution of 100000 on
the 4th. The herald states that returns by
counties from Ireland show that over 3OO,0O0
persons are slowly starving, and the outlook
for coming months is gloomier than predic-
ton has yet painted.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Conven-
tion met at Harrisburg on the 4th. John A.
Lemon was nominated for Auditor General,
and Hon. Henry Greene for Judge of the su-
preme Court. A resolution instructing the
Chicago delegates TO vote for Grant was
adopted by vote of 1873 to 113. The opposi-
tion attempted to pass an anti-third term
resolution through the Convention, and fail,
ing in that endeavoredt to amend the arst reso-
luton by striking out the name Of U. 8.
Grant and inserting that Of James G. Blaine.
On vote by yeas and nays the amendment
was lost, several of the Blaine men voting
against 1t on the ground that 1t was not proper
TO instruct the delegation for anyone. The
speeches Of the anti-Grant men were all
from aBlaine point Of view, and no Other
names besides Grant and Blaine, except in one
speech, were mentioned. The resolution:
adopted rejoice over the steady growth Of
National prosperity which began in 1875, ant
over the successful resumption and mainte
nance OF specie payments; declares that the
persistent effort of free-traders to destroy
our tsrif pieeemeal by legislation and to re
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
How the Business Boom" Affects the
Publishers.

The revival of good times-the "busi-
ness BOOM" so called has given al
most every class lift forward except
publishers of newspapers. Strange as
Is may sound, the general advance in
wages and prices which pleases the
public so much has made harder
"times" for the press. The price of
type has been raised, coal is dearer,
labor has advanced, and white paper,
the leading item in newspaper expense,
has been thrust up thirty-three to fifty
per cent, with threats on the part Of
the paper-making combination to put
it higher next spring. Meanwhile, pub
fishers are charging the old price to
their subscribers and the old rates for
advertising; consequently the whole adj
vance in the cost of publishing a news
paper falls on the proprietors, who have
not felt at liberty to tax back their
losses on the public. Some of the
newspapers have dropped their supple
ments TO reduce expenses, and few
have ventured to raise their srbscrip-
tion prices. The St. Louis morning
papers have advanced their rates from
four cents a copy at retail to five cents,
and by the week have increased their
charges five cents. Papers in other
cities are contemplating a reduc-
tion in the size of their sheets where
their presses will permit it. In this
city, the Tribune, as stated, has
omitted q part of its supplements, and
may have to drop more of them if the
price of paper keeps on advancing.
The Times, as a choice of evils be-
tween a reduction of size and an in
crease of rates, has advanced its price
one cent day, retailing hereafter at
six cents instead of five, and raising its
delivery price to city subscribers five
cents per week, charging thirty cents
instead of twenty-five. In making the
announcement of the advance the
publisher says that the cost of print
ing the Times is at the rate of $780,
600 per amman more than it was year
age. Judging from our own expert
ence, this statement is not far wide of
the truth. All the great dailies will be
obliged either to curtail their size or
increase their price if they would es-
cape serious loss. Singular as it may
appear to the unrefiecting reader, the
more business booms and prices initiate
the worse it is for the publishers. Like
the fable in Esop, what is sport to the
reader is death to the publisher
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
ROREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Right Hon. Sir George Hamilton Seymour,
a retired diplomatist, and Rev. Henry Moule,
a prominent philanthropist, clergyman and
sanitarian, died in England on the Sd.
An official telegram received at Madrid an
nounces the recent occurrence Of terrible
hurricane at the Philippine Islands, which
caused great damage both on the Islands and
to shipping.
The Duchess OF Marlborough's Irish Relief
Fund Committee, on the Sd, investigated the
reported cases Of starvation in the neighbor-
hood of Parsontown and found that the re-
ports were untrue
A train from Paris, bound for Argenteuil,
on the 4th, came into collision in dense fog
with a train OF the Circular Railroad at
Clichy, Levallois. The engineer lost both
legs and his stoker was killed. OF the pas
sengers, seven we're killed outright and over
forty injured.
London dispatch OF the 4th says the
American demand for iron is causing unpre-
cedented activity in Great Britain.
Near Luean, Ont, on the night of the Sd a
party of masked men entered the dwelling OF
James Donnelly, suspected incendiary, and
murdered Donnelly, his wife, son and a girl,
a niece. A boy named Conner, the only other
inmate, took refuge under bed and escaped
The band then seC ire to the house which to,
gether with the murdered bodies was totally
consumed. Another son residing about three
miles from his fathers house, was called tC
the door about the same time (midnight) anc
shot dead.
The recent earthquake at San Crlstobal
! Cuba, ruined all the public buildings aut
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

nearly all of the private houses, except those
built OF wood.
The British Parliament was opened on the
5th. The Queens address, read by Lord
Cairns, stated that her relations with all pow
ers continued friendly; that the course Of
events since the prorogation OF Parliament
had tended to furnish additional security to
the maintenance Of European peace on the
principleslaid down B. the treaty Of Berlin, but
much still remained TO be done to repair the
disorder with which the late war had affected
many parts of the Turkish Empire. or the
distress in Ireland, the address says that the
authorities charged with the duty of admin
istering relief have been instructed to make
ample preparations for the distribution Of
food and fuel should such a step become nee
essary, and that they have also stimulated the
employment of labor by advances on terms
more liberal than those presented by existing
law.
The Paris Gdulois, on the 9th, asserted that
twenty-five persons were killed and 116
wounded in the recent railway accident near
that city.
General Roberts has telegraphed from Ca.
bul that up to the 18th of last November the
British troops had hanged about seventy
three Afghans, convicted for dishonoring tie
bodies of the British Embassy and for proved
murders of camp followers, soldiers and i'm
pllcation in the attack on the British En-
bassy. Since November IL, nine have been
executed on conviction for attacking the resi-
deE1y, and fifteen sentenced to death for kill
ing wounded soldiers.
Twenty-Five vessels were wrecked and a
number of Others damaged by the recent hur-
ricane in the Philippine Islands.
The coffee crop of Brazil is reported good
and abundant.
A London dispatch of the Sth states that
reports had been received there of a bloody
struggle between rival parties at Herat. The
local troops attacked the Cabulis stationed
there uuawares and inflicted heavy less before
the Cabulis could bring their artillery to bear
on their assailants. When this was done the
Herats were defeated with great slaughter.
Russia is going to send out commissioners
to gather information for the development of
trade with China, Japan and the United
States.
An eruption of Mount Vesuvius began on
the 9TH.
Sixty houses we're burned at Ayet, France,
on the 9th.
The Theater Royal at Dublin was destroyed
by fire on the night of the 9th, and six persons
perished in the flames.
A shock of earthquake was felt at Ottawa,
Canada, on the night of the sth.
Gonzales, the would-be assassin Of the King
of Spain has been sentenced to death.
during a fete in a barrack three stories
high, near Constantinop}a, on the 9th, the
building suddenly collapsed and some 200 SOL
diers were killed and 300 wounded.
The condition of the inhabitants of the
shatur Dalagez district, in the Trans-Cau-
casus, Russia, is reported to be terrible. A
quantity of breadstuffs had been seized by the
hunger-stricken people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

it would help TO bring the better ele-
ments in the South to the front. 1t was
hoped that the solemn pledges made
by strong and representative Southern
men would be sacredly kept. It was
believed that there was at the South
conservative and reasonable element,
which had been held in check by the
course previously pursued by the Re-
publican party, and by the popular
feeling which that course aroused, But
what have we seenP The better men
of the South are speechless when men
like Chisholm or Dixon are murdered
for their opinions. The Southern mob
has full sway. The kindly and concilia
tory course, whether wise or ua
wise, has demonstrated the fact
that the Southern people as
whole are not willing to obey, to en-
force, nor to respect the Constitution
and laws of the United States, but
mean to trample out free speech, free
thought and a free ballot among them
by methods which would be called dis
graceful in Mexico.
The South, behaving in this way, can
never hope to be anything but help
less minority. IL can struggle, and
scheme, and rave as much as it pleases;
the North will vote it down in every
serious contest, and with absolute GER
tainty. Nothing is gained by thin pre-
tences. So long as Southern men make
the South solid, and the Representa-
tives of the solid South in Congress
vote against all that the loyal North
holds dear, so long the South will sit
down in the sackcloth and ashes of de-
feat after every struggle.
Why cannot new South arise, devo-
ted to the Constitution as it is, enforc-
ing all the laws with rigorous fidelity,
and true to all obligations, local and
nationalP Why are there not at the
South men broad enough to. see that
the loyal people of the North are never
going to surrender by their ballots all
that heroes of the North gave their
lives to secureP-N. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

cannot be promoted by cowardice. A
timid people never rank high amongst
the nations. A party never means to
do right that refuses to disclose its pur-
poses. Hide-and.go-seek will do for
children, but it don't push nation
ahead. If this Republic wants to keep
in the front rank of nations, it must en-
trust its Offices to a front-rank party.
Such is not the Democratic party. 1t
has voluntarily gone to the rear. 1t is
now proving its qualifications to fill
that position. There the people will
let it stay. -BtLrlin0ton HdWk- EVe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

The papers are always ridiculing
the man who parts his hair in the mid
die. Yet that class of men never read
the papers at all, but CLEAN all their in
formation from the wrappers around
packages of cough candy UraknOtOn
CyIlic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13

A PAPER that is always full of good
points-A paper of needles,