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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
Where Banging Began.

1t has often been subject of Won
dermont to us where our pretty girls
got the notion from of combing their
front hair down over their foreheads
and cutting off the ends so as to make
the inch and half of hair which they
keep hanging, down nearly to their eye
brows, and which is irresistibly associ-
ated in our mind with an imperfectly
sheared mules tail. The mystery was
solved to our satifaction last night as we
dropped into DR.. Jackson's. The Doc
tor received from New Zealand recent
ly, among quite number of ferns and
moses aud other curiosities from that
semi-bar barous land, the pictures of two
Maori-natives of that country boy
and a girl-and the latter had her back
hair all looped upon the back of her
head ard stuck through with white
tipped turkey feathers, and the front
hair was hauled down in front, the ends
mingling with the eyebrows. So it is
from the New Zealand savages, and not
from the North American Indian
squaws, ladies, that you copy the fash
ion. "Nuf sed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
Drunkards.

"a common drunkard" is not reg
ular tippler, but one who is frequently
drunk. Proof that one was drunk six
times, on six different days, in three
months, when there was no evidence of
this state on the other days, does not
entile him to tie presumption that he
was sober On the other days. the rule
Of law is that things are presumed to
continue in statu quo. An ''habitual
drunkard" is one who has the habit of
INDUCING in Intoxicating drinks SO firm
" fixed that be becomes drunk when
ever the temptation is presented by his
being near where liquor is sold. The
phrase addicted to the excessive use
OF intoxi eating liquors" means not the
occasional excessive use. but the habit
ual excessive use. A saloon keeper"
is one who retails cigars, liquors ct hoe
genus omne. In England, one who on
Sunday walked to spa two and one
half miles from his home for the pur-
pose of drinking the mineral water for
the benefit of his health, and then took
some ale at hotel Ito keep the water
down, we suppose was held by the
court of common pleas to be "travel-
En-" In considering the question Of
selling liqnors to ''minor" the court
held that the fact that youth wore a
beard and said that he was twenty.one
was no proof that lie was an adult
Judges do not exactly know-at least
when on the bench-what "saloon" is.
They say that it does not necs ssarily i'm
! port place to sell liquor; that it may
mean place for the sale of general re-
freshments, Or that it may mean a place
of reception of company, or tor an ex-
hibition of works of art, etc. Neither
an Inclosed park of four acres in extent,
or an uninclosed or uncovered platform
erected for the votaries of the terpsicho-
rean art and where lager beer is sold,
can rightfully be considered a saloon"
as 'house" or "building" within the
meaning of the Connecticut statute for
bidding Sunday selling of intoxicating
liquor, etc.
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
A Curious Petition.

A curious petition was that which
was addressed in 1888 to the Governor
of South Carolina by sixteen maidens Of
Charleston. 1t ran thus: "The hum
bic petition of all the mails whose
names are underwritten. Whereas we,
the humble petitioners, are at present in
a very melancholy disposition of mind,
considering how all the bachelors are
bindly captivated by widows, and our
own youthful charms thereby neglected !;
in consequence of this, our request is
that your excellency will for the future
order that no widow presume to marry
any Young man till the maids are pro-
vided for or else to pay each of them
fine for satisfaction for invading our
liberties and likewise fine to be lev
led on all such bachelors as shall be
married to widows. The great disad-
vantage it is to US maids is that the wild
ows, by their forward carriage, do snap
up the young men, and have the vanity
to their merit beyond ours, which is .
great imposition on US, who ought to
have the preference. This is humbly
recommended to your Excellency's con-
sideration, and hope you will permit no
further insults And we poor maids, in
duty bound will ever pray" The for
lorn sixteen would have very much ap-
proved the edict Of the Portuguese king
which forbade widows more than fifty
wears oldfrom remarrying on the ground
that experience taught that widows of
that age commonly wed young men of
no property, who dissipated the fortunes
such marriages brought them, to the
prejudice of children and other relatives
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

Things began to move my way. l
began to work vigorously on the plans
for my city. had arranged to bring
my dear old parents away from the far
west wilds of Oregon, where they had
dwelt for a quarter of century. They
had never seen the great city. Now
they should see it, hear the mighty
preachers, and sail on the Atlantic.
How life widened out | had an in
terest now in every ship that sailed.
The flow of money to or from the land
was to me Of vital concern. All com.
merce was as rich with interest to me
now as the poetry of Homer. AT 10
o'clock sharp found myself holding on
to the tape, waiting to see if | had
grown richer or poorer through the
night. All day, till the hammer fell,
stood with my finger on the pulse OF
commerce.
How did | come outl Oh Well, |
was short of ST. Paul and long of Pa
cifc Mail. I expected Pacific Mail to
go up and st. Paul to go down. They
did, and had $2l, 900. But that was
not enough to build city with. | held
on.
One day it was rumored that the rust
was not so bad in st. Paul after all. It
began to start up Pacific Mail began
to shoot down. 1t was said the Chinese
had established an opposition line.
tell you it takes big man to sit on two
benches at time. Ten to one he will
spill himself between the two Just as sure
as he attempts it.
| sold some ST. Paul, and bought
more Pacific Mail but all to no pur-
pose. They kept right on. Then l got
out of Pacific Mail at the lowest figure
it touched, and bought Wabash. | be-
gan to founder, and got frightened. l
sold and bought, and bought and sold.
1 frequently saw in the papers that I
was getting rich in Wall street, and kept
on working like beaver. The end was
only question of time.
One day my broker took me by the
sleeve, and led me like lamb, as 1 was,
aside My fun was over. And Utopia
is indeed Utopia.
No one with so little money ever en-.
tered Wall street under better advan.
tages. All men were kind and good.
l think no man there ever attempted to
mislead me. But it is simply impossible
70 make money there and keep it, Let
me mention here that during my six
months there l paid my brokers in COM
missions eleven thousand four hundred
and twenty-five dollars The commits
sions alone will devour any possible
profits
Of course, it is not pleasant thing
to admit ones self beaten But if this
brief history of my venture in this dan
gerous land will diminish at all that
tired and anxious army of tape-holders
who waste their shekels, their days and
strength in vain waiting-why, l will
ingly bear the reproach.
And, after all, lost but little, having
but little to lose. And | learned SO
much, having so much to learn.-No'
vember Californian.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
Some PHYSICAL Fruits Of Idleness.

The mind should be always occupied;
it is strengthened and preserved in a
healty state by work; whereas it de-
Gays or becomes impoverished by disuse;
or, what is even worse, since it is I'M
possible to keep the brain absolutely at
rest, it's powers should be pro6tably
employed, or they react on the system,
and give rise to numberless ailments,
physical, mental and moral, known as
hyster:a.i This term almost implies
that l am thinking Of the female sex;
certainly it is tc women especially that
the want of occupation implies. Young
men are forced to get their living
whether they like it or not; but a large
number of young ladies IN family have
absolutely nothing to do. Those brought
up in the country have this advantage,
that they may always make work for
themselves; the village children may be
taught and otherwise cared for; bring
ing not only blessing on them, but a
healthy body and mind to the benefac-
tor.
In town the condition Of middle class
girls is to me pitiable. They are too
genteel to follow any occupation; they
are often too many in family to assist
in domestic duties; they have returned
home from school with some very poor
accomplishments; their knowledge of
French and German is not sufficient to
allow them to converse in those lam
guages; and music Just enough to indulge
in doleful song or play badly on the
piano. They dawdle through the day
in a listless way, and fall victims to a
thousand little ailments which the doc.
tor is supposed to put right by physic.
And the most curious thing is that
should the instincts of the girl force
her to put some Of her energies into
use, she is as likely as not to be thwart
ed by her mother l am daily wit.
ness to this; and when young ladies' are
brought to me for advice the invariable
story is that they are overtaxing their
strength: the maternal instinct being so
perver ed that it has become with many
the belief that every movement means
fatigue; and absolute rest is the way to
insure health.
1t is against this very erroneous view
that l am now preaching These
mothers do not come to the doctors for
advice, but come to dictate to him, and
they say, II want you, doctor, to insist
on my daughter not playing the organ
at church, for it is too much for her; or
having that children's class once a week,
for she is always ill after it: but order
her to have her breakfast in bed, and a
glass Of port wine about | l o'clock" 1t
is this fanciful care on the part of the
parents which is so injurious; for the
very energy OF young people would
command them to occupy themselves.
l do not know that girls are worse than
boys in respect of idleness; for probably
the latter would not work unless OBJ
liged, and even for them an occupation
is good quite apart from that at which
they earn their daily bread. Chambers
journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

The date of the earliest eclipse of the
sun recorded in the annals of the Chi
nese, when con the first day of the last
month of Autumn the sun and moon
did not meet tremendously in Fang" or
in that part of the heavens defined by
two stars in the constellation OF the
Scorpion, has been determined by Prof.
Won Oppoizer, of Vienna, to have been
on the morning of October 23d, 2,137
b. C.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

While Edward buckley and Lee Hall
were watering their horses in Syracuse
Creek, near Bracket Texas, a roaring
was heard, and n great volume Of water
was seen rushing toward them, crushing
do yn trees ari everything in front of
it. They barely reached hill when, on
looking back, a stream forty feet broad
was sweeping past where only few mo-
ments before their horses had been
drinking.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

The report that Alice Oates is to be
offered the position of Professor Of Hus-
bandry st Cornell University lacks con-
firmation, says newspaper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

True art is that which is true in life.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

PHILADELPHIA Press: Mr.. Warner of
Ohio informs Congress that if our national
debt were paid off there would be Seventeen
hundred millions of dead capital dislodged
and set to work and made to bear the bur-
den of taxes" Think bit, Mr.. Warner.
Are you quite sure you kuow what you are
talking about? To pay off this deb. tie
government must first raise the capital to do
itwith. This it can only do by taxation,
direct or indirect-that is, by taking the
capital in use by one class of citizens and
paying it over to another class, the holders
of the Government I. o. UPS. Such pay
ment would not increase the capital of the
country one penny, in fact, it would decrease
it by as much of the debt as is held abroad.
We are not arguing against paying off the
debt, but only pointing out that Government
bonds, though capital as respects the par
ticular holders, are not capital as regards
the nation at large.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

THE San Francisco a-CaliforniA of De-
cember says that there has been a de-
crease of $33, ,000, 900 in the banking capital
OF California since the Communistic agita-
ton began; that the immigration to the
State and the opening of streets, the build
ing of houses and the increase of popula-
ton in San Francisco have been checked
that the number of depositors in the savings
banks has fallen off; that the savings banks
loans which for twenty years furnished a
large part of the money for city improve
ments, have been less this year than the re-
payment of borrowers; that for the first
time in sixteen years there is no railroad
building in California; that since the new
constitution went into force extensive vest
ed interests have been repeatedly menaced
by suits growing out of its vague phraseolo-
gy and Communistic innovations; that a
number of capitalists have gone to New
York and others are preparing to go; and
that the value of town and farming lands
has suffered large decline. The conclu-
sion of the Alta is that the new Constitu-
tion must go.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20
EDUCATIONAL
BOSTON SCHOOL OF oRAToav.

Full course TWO YEARS, three hours daily; shorter
course ONE YEAR. Term begins Oct. z. Application
at Somerset St., Boston, any day after Oct l.
from 10 TO IL A. NJ. For circ liars, apply to
r. II. RAYMOND, Principal.
e14eod.eow8w-thsep1 same
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

In eighteen years, from 1868 to 1880, the
United States Government has expended
$S0,OOO,0O0 for printing, and as the greater
part of the product has gone to the junk
Shops, the New York Sun comes to the con-
clusion that the Government printing Office
as now managed is a nuisance, and costly
nuisance.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

MICHIGAN, it is noted by the Cleaveland
Leader, has ambitious intentions on the
Government, only excelled in their magni-
tude by those which Ohio is supposed to en-
tertain. She has two candidates for Speak
er of the House of Representatives, namely,
Congressman Burrows and Conger; candi-
date for Cabinet honors in Congressman
Newberry of Detroit, and ca didate for
Judge Of the Supreme Court in Judge Cool
ey, the eminent writer on law.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

THE Vicksburg tMiss.) Herald heartily
supports President Hayes's proposition to
create the Office of Captain General for
Grant ard says: "Those Southern men,
bers who feel grateful for the way the South
was treated by the North during the terri
BILE yellow fever epidemic might appropri-
ately take the lead in this matter. Will
some OF the Southern Brigadiers take the
hinfp,,
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

The point about unseating Kellogg is
seen down in Richmond. The Democratic
Dispatch says: "On the whole, it might be
wise for the Senate to put up with Mr..
Kellogg's company for year or two longer
1t cannot do much harm to be exceedingly
liberal to him."
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

THE Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun asserts that General Sher-
man has lately stated to his intimate friends
that he should celebrate his 62d birthday
(which occurs in April next by voluntarily
retiring from the army.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with q Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20
THE1 PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. DEC. 90.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

THE Washington Republican styles Sena-
tor Browns speech ON Education in the
South ga healthy breeze from Georgia."
The Portland daily press., 1880-12-20

General Committee.
T. C. HERsEY, Esq, President Fraternity.
SAMUEL j. ANDERSON, Esq, Vice President.
Z. A. MOVES, Treasurer.
Hon. GEO, WALKER, MIR. S. e. SPRING,
Hon. A. K. >TEvENs, Mr.. /. P. HARRINGTON,
Hon. GEO. p. WEsCOTT, MIR. GEO. S. HUNT,
Hon. JACOB MCCLELLAN, MIR. II. N. JOSE,
Hon. VIM. L. PUTNAM, MR.. GEO. W. WOODMAN.
Hon. /. WAsHBURN, JR., MIR. CHAs. MCLAUGHLIN,
MIR. w. l. THoM, MIR. JOHN N. LORD,
MR. NATHAN WEBB, MIR. j. s. WINsLow,
MIR. CHAs. E. JOSE. MR.. j. P BAXTER,
MR.. S. T. PULLEN, MR.. D. W. FEssENDEN,
MIR. NJ. P. EMERY, MIR. LEWIS PIERCE.
MR.. W. +. MILLIKEN.
Committee ON Entertainments.
FRED R. HARRINGTON, j. Il. DRUMMo~D, JR.,
WIN. SENTER, JR., VIM. II. CHUMACHER
E. G. JORDAN, P. T. GRIFFIN.
Tickets for the course of six evenings, admitting
Gen leman and Ladies', $780, to be obtained of the
committee on Entertainments. Evening tickets, 81.
Music by Chandler's Full Quaarille Band.
nov16 eodtd
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24

poet of old that "it is better it should be
said, here ran away, than here was
slain"
The committee composed OF Mcssrs.
IIowley, Mockler, p, Greancy and Marncll,
were ont collecting again yesterday, This
committee, which collects only in South
Cairo has 50 far succeeded in collecting
nearly three hundred dollars, and the North
Cairo committee, which is composed of
McSsrs, Richard Walsh and James Greaney
has succeeded in raising about one
hundred and thirty dollars-making the
total amount collected to date four hundred
and thirty dollars This speaks well for
the liberalty Of our citizens for which they
will be amply rewarded if the prayers and
blessings of suffering people can be re-
garded a reward, In day or two we
expect to publish the entire list of those
who have contributed to this fund.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24

John McCaulih was the first man
brought before Justice Comings John
had, without provocatlon used profane and
abusive language to 4 fellow mortal who
was not deserving Of his cpthcts, The
Squire looked over his spectaclcs at John
with steady and searching eye,
but John being "hardcncd at heart
did not quail Hereunder and was not in
duccd thereby to plead guilty. Upon the
evidence being given TO the court it was
found that he had been uncommOnly lib
eral in the expression of his View aud
Notwithstanding that this is free coun.
try the prisoner before the court was
fined ten dollars and costs. Eli McDermDt
was the next who was brought before "the
bald headed man witt, gray whiskcrs.' He
was charged with the same offence only
he had been mildcr in his SAY So The
squire took due notice Of the 'miIier'
part OF the evidence, and assessed McDcr-
mot only half the amount Mr.. MCAulii
had been asked to fork over.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24
CHROMOS. ETC
q Nieuna -" nei"lphia
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2Oth,

There is a curious case now before the
senate, on petition from citizens of Balti-
more. which has an actual hearing on real
civil reform. Four or five men formerly
EMPLOYED in the Baltimore postolfce, state
that they have been removed from their
positions because, in recent Investigation
they testified against the postmaster They
say they were told by the postmaster gen
eral that they should not be disturbed for
anything they might testify to. They ask
10 be reinstated An administration thor
ouchly in earnest, backed by congress, could
unquestionaby give to the service OF the
government far higher character than il
now has. The present case is one on
which perhaps, n beginning may properI,
be made. The senate committee on civi
service will a, once inquire fully INTO thu
circumstances.
A member Of the Democratic nationa
e)mmittee said last night that the commit
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24
OUR ToBACCoNlSTS' MEMORIAL.

IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO CONGRESS III ouR
MEMBER, nos, JSo, Il. THOMAS--A LEl
TER FROM HIM TO CAPT. ". II. WILLIAMS.
The following i, an extract from 81,
Congressional Record Of February 18th:
"Slr Thomas, by unanimou, consea,
presented memorial Of the Cairo Tobacco
Board OF Trade and many citizens, touching
the present mode of purchasing tobacco by
the agents Of certain foreign government.
which was reported TO the committee az
way, and means. and ordered 10 be pria,
ed in the Record. It was a. follows,
Here comes the memorial in full, which
was some time ago published in TNE BrI-
LETIN and need, not be reproduced At this
time Similar memorials were sometime
ago sen, by the citizens OF Nashville, Te1a
c,,cc, and other cite, TO their rcspcc,iv,
representatives., who failed TO prc,cn, IN IN
to congress, Mr. Thoma, "a,
the dr,t to act in the mater
and deserves the praise ot
hi> constituent, for hi, promp.uc,s
II now. he will distinguish himself ~
pushing measure through tina, boiy,
which viii give the necessary relief 20 the
tobacco interests Of the country ln rcm,,.
ing the evils complained Of in tine memo.
rial,, he will he dc,crvedIy culog2ci hy al!
VINO may be benefited by such measure,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24
THEY GATHERED THEM IN


THE OFFICERS RAID UPoN SUPPOSED FARO
BANK ON SATURDAY NIGHT LAST,
The town talk yesterday was the raid
which had on Saturday night been made
by the officers Of the law, upon one Of the
rooms of the business place Of McsSr,. Ak.
ley Il Wilson, on the corner Of Eighth and
Commercial.
At about II 80 O'Clock tine Mayor and the
police force, composed Of John T. Hogan.
". +. Schuckrrs, Warren Wins, H. Dun
ker john Tyler, gained admittlncc into the
back yard Of Axny * Wilson's business
place, into which opens the door o: back
room.
Having gained this poin, one Of the Off
Gers approached the door and gave the he
cessary signal to obtain admiltpncc. The
door was opened at the signal, hut only sui
tcently to gain a sight Of the persons out
side when an attempt was made
again close it, But tine officer,
having succeeded in inserting stick Of
wood into the opening, the. closing Of the
door WAS found impossible They next
tried 20 force the door open, but il being
braCcd from within th, VA. found i'm
possible. Through the smaI opca.
ing they had obtained, however, they
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-24
SPECIAL LOCAL ITEMS.
NEW GOODS

At A, Halley's on Commercial avenue OPP
posite Seventh street, The largest ami
finest stock to be found in the city, Tin
and hollowware of all kinds. Fine cut.
lery, large assortment of bird cages.
Fishing tackle in great variety, hooks
lines, rods and reels. Shot guns and hunt
crs outfits, ammunition, etc. A new sup
ply of the Bissel carpet sweepers. Garden
and farm implements. Flower baskets
and hardware Of all kinds Carpenters
tools, cross.cut saws wood saws, etc
Cooking stoves, the best IN the market,
Call on him and examine his stock and
prices before you buy.