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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
Want Damages.
ratio.

According to the Post Inteltigencer,
the Seattle liquor saloon keepers set
up a claim for damages. They say
that in accordance with the law of the
Territory they took out and paid for
licenses to keep open for one year,
meaning seven days week and 365
days year, and they SO did business
until the new Sunday law came into
effect. That law, as they understood
it, is intended to deprive them of one.
seventh of the time they have paid
for, and they think that one Of three
things should be done--either that the
implied terms Of their licenses be COM
piled with, that the period of their IL
censes be continued so as to make
good the loss, or that restitution be
made them of the money overpaid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

SPOKANE FALLS. The town of Spo.
kane Falls still maintains its appear
ance of prosperity and promise. The
business men and property holders,
each and every one. seem to have con-
fidence In the future of the town, and
their confidence inspires all visitors
with the same feeling. When prop
erty changes hands IL brings fair
price, and numerous new buildings
and enterprises are In progress and
contemplation. The Methodists have
completed their organization Of trus-
tees, etc. for their new college, and
will commence work very shortly.
The Catholics will make valuable inn
provements TO the town In the way Of
q church and school during the COM
ing summer. Lumber is now being
gotten out for use in the construction
Of a mammoth Touring mill on one of
the islands, and reports of smaller en-
terprises are heard on all sides. This
will be a busy summer at Spokane
Falls, and the town will grow consid-
erably.-Coydr Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
AN ENTIRE FAILURE.

California has had singular exper-
ience with her Sunday law. After
hearing elaborate arguments and cog
itating for months, tour members Of
her Supreme court decided the law,
passed year ago, constitutional-and
three held il void. The law thus be-
ing upheld by four to three decision,
active steps were taken 10y the officials
to enforce its provisions. Several
hundred arrests were made in San
Francisco and many arrests were
made in other places In the State.
In all cases tried jury trials were had,
and we have not yet seen the record
of u conviction of u man charged with
violating the law. On the contrary,
the papers have recorded that the
juries in all parts of the state have
uniformly refused to convict, one jury
going so lar as to pronounce the pros
ecution malicious and assess the dam
ages against the complaining witness.
In Sacramento four separate charges
of violating the law were tried, and
in each case the jury returned ver-
dict of not guilty, though the proof
was positive in each case that the de-
fendant sold liquor ON the Sabbath.
fAt WIG COhSiuoiOh Va Wv itsSe tAiot WIZ
District Attorney said: 'lp the light
of the four trials upon this question,
and in each case, squarely in the face
of clear and undisputed evidence of
the violation of the law, four juries,
composed of our best and representa-
tive citizens and Taxpayers, have re-
turned verdicts of not guilty. This
plainly indicates that our citizens are
not ready ut this time to enforce the
Sunday law" He therefore moved
that the parties under bonds be dis
missed. The court granted the mo-
tiOn. The result in California is an
other illustration of the folly of at
tempting TO enforce law the people
consider an invasion of their rights.
The population of the Pacific coast is
of too cosmopolitan character to ad-
NIT of the rigid enforcement of IL law
based, at least in popular opinion,
upon religious belief. Pacific Coast
people place the greatest latitude upon
their constitutional right to worship
God in their own way.-ET.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

James Wick, the well known seeds
man Of Rochester, n. ", died at his
home in that city, May nth. While
attaining no special celebrity In the
annals Of fame, his history was In
many ways one OF interest. A per-
sonal associate Of Charles Dickens in
England and afterwards with Horace
Greeley in America, and widely known
among the agricultural classes OF onr
people, he acquired a quiet fame and
u name which will perhaps be held In
greater reverance than many whose
possessors attained higher position
In the world Of action. As Journal
ist and in his later avocation, energy
and the strictest integrity were his
characteristics.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

A Grophic's Washington correspon-
dent says the State Department and
government Of Mexico are in cores
pondence looking to arrangements to
prevent successful Indian outbreaks
on the border. The government OF
Mexico seems disposed 10 grant the
privilege Of crossing into Mexicrn ter
ritory In pursuit Of hostiles, practi-
cally rs was done In the famous "Ord
order" but they want the right asked
for through diplomatic channels and
granted In due form and not taken by
force.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
Agent Llewellyn telegraphs th,

Agent Llewellyn telegraphs the
commissioner Of Indian affairs: In
view OF the failure Of congress to make
appropriations for subsisting the Mes
calere Apaches, and In view Of the
fact that the beef and -four on hand
will only last until July lst, and that
these Indians have no means Of sub
sistlng themselves, II seems to me 1t
will be good policy to transfer them
to the war department, who should
take charge of them before starvation
compels them to commit depredat tioiis,
which naturally tend to great loss OF
life and destruction OF property. As
soon a. supplies are cut of, the mill
tary will have to act; therefore deem
II advisable for the troops to take
charge Of the Mescalero Apaches at
once. Nothing short Of force can
compel them to remain on the reser-
walton and starve. The action of con-
gless on this matter simply means
Mescalero's determination.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

According to the best political au-
thority here this is to be an "off year,
with the republicans. The general
impression seems to be that the forty
eighth congress will be largely demo-
cratic. The Chinese question on the
slope, Incorporate temperance In IN
diana and Ohio. restiveness OF boss
rule In Pennsylvania and New York,
and general discomfort with stalwart
management and stalwart men and
methods every ywhere--these will con-
tribute largely TO demoralize the party
In power
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
PILES! PILES! PILES!
Assure Care Fsana ~ I.sssi
yo One NeeH nuUNrs

A sure Curc for Blind. Bleeding. Itching
and liberated Piles has been discovered by
DR.. William, ian Indian Remedy called
DIR. Williams Indian Ointment. single
box has cured the worst chronic csscs OF 25
or 30 years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes Aitcr applying this wonderful
soothing medicine. Lotiona, instruments
and electuarics do more harm than good.
Williams Ointment absorbs the tumers, 81.
lays the intense itching, tparticala.ly at
night after getting warm in bed. acts - >
poulticc. gives instant relief, and is pre-
pared only for Piles, itching Of the private
parts. ana for nothing slss.
Read what the Hea. J. NJ. Cofbsbsrry c<
Cleveland says aboat Dr. Williams Indian
Pile Ointment; l have used scores Of nh
Cures, and il Aaords me pleasure 10 sAy thss
have never fcand anything which gevs
such immediate and permanent relief - Dr.
Williams Indian Ointment.
For sale BY all drsgsists or mailed o. ~
isGHnv . 60. rrs0'ss.
II cluvuLAuD. o
Rsadias>os Z O.. whs,ssais AesstA
ean psaaassos ca.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

The United Service" for May contains;
l. Our Naval Policy; 2. Winning His Spurs,
tchap. VIII by Charles King. U. s. Army;
3. Light Duty. by Lieut.. Z. b. Barry, U. :.
Navy; 4. Infantry, iii. continued BY j.
Watts DePeyster. brevet major general s.
N. "; 5. Lines in an Autograph Book, by
Lieut.. Stevens, U. s. Navy; 8. Notes for .
History Of Steam Navigation, tx., BY Rear
Admiral George II. Preble, U. 3. Navy; T.
Across the New Northwest in 1850, by Brs-
vet Brigadisr Gen. NJ. ID. Hardin, U. 5. Al;
8. The Adventures Of Harry Marine; or
Notes from an American Midshipman's .
Lucky Bag" (chaps. vii. and viii. J; o.
Promotion in the the Line Of the U. s. A..
by Asst. Surgeon Lewis Brochemin. U. 8.
A. Published by Hammsrsly L Co., 1910
Chestnut st. Philadelphia.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01
We Cas't raIh

Without showing the condition Of our teeth.
Every laugh exposes them. 10 order not to
be ashamed Of them. let us nss that stan
dard deDtifricc. SOzODONT. which is sure
10 keep them white and spotlcss. No tar
tar can encrust them. no cAnker effect the
enamel, no species Of decay infect the den
tel bone, II SOzOD0NT is regularly nsed.
e h botanical preparation, and its bsss-
0eial s6bs>s % the testh hnd game are usar.
veloaa = = rssncvss a,l dissolosstiesa. -
ssodsW ~ oums hard and sesy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

The Eureka Sentinel says: A Chi
naman died recently and was buried,
and some doughty squaws, hungry for
muck-a-muck, lay In wait, and as soon
rs II got dark tackled the roast pig and
rice that were left on the grave. They
had hardly finished etufting them
selves with the big feed when such .
ruction took place as rivaled our local
earthquakes. The Cinnamon antici-
pating this raid upon their funeral
meats, had prepared them with
powerful "puke."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

Mrs. l.. A. Potts, Of Portland, has
fallen heirers to the handsome fortune
of S3AOO0 bequeathed to her by an inti-
mate lady friend In New York, who
has always regarded her with the af-
lection of mother for n daughter.
Our readers will remember the cir
cumstances Of the unfortunate death
Of the husband Of this lady, Theodore
Potts. by an accident to tho steamer
Gold Dust on the Upper Columbia
river some time since.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

AFTER A REwARD.-In the course
Of week or so Mcssrs. Sol. Warren
and VIM. Spencer will visit the Oka-
nagan country aud make an effort to
capture couple Of horse thieves
named respectively Eaton and Will
son, for whom there Il some 5000 re-
ward offered. Part OF tho reward 10
offered by Klickitat county and the
balance by Chinese firm In Portland
who claim that several Chinamen
were murdered by these men.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

The Drover's Journal annual report
from the ranciing regions OF America
just published, shows the outlook for
western cattle growers exceedingly
flatterlng. The general average loss
Of cattle during the winter was per
cent, against 3 per cent. during the
winter of 10o0-ol. In IT. chief cattle
growing ssetion the loes doss mot ex-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-01

The chief of the bureau ofstatistics
reports that the total number Of i'm
migrants arrived from principal for
eign countries for the 10 months end
Ing April 80, was 544 500, against 44s,-
SS2 the same period In 1881. Germany
leads In the matter Of numbers, being
$4,000; an increase of over 10000 as
compared with the previous year. The
importation from China was, for 1882,
81, 800. aud for 1881, 003S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
Gambling IlaHicas.

Not half the gamblers in the world
ever play cards. There are so many
other modes of risking money that cards
seem superfuous. This, too, is without
considering the commonplace methods
of betting upon what are known as
sporting events" Anybody can bet
on horse race or prize fight or
walking match, but there are delicate
and esthetic ways of risking money that,
compared with these every day methods,
are as choice pieces of Sevres china COM
pared with the thick coffee pot of the
cheap restaurant. Fly loo is perhaps
one of the most exciting of these modern
inventions. Fly loo is now so old
game that its novelty is gone, but there
is still a peculiar pleasure in hearing the
captains of some of the big ocean
steamers describe nerve-raclling games
Of fly loo with the saloon passengers.
A dozen or fifteen persons seat them
selves about a table and each lays in
front of him alump of sugar and q dime,
or quarter dollar, or whatever the
stakes are. The party remain as quiet
as possible until a fly alights upon one
of the Jumps of sugar. The proud
owner of this lump is the winner of the
stakes. A newer sport, equally eXcit-
ing, is called s'triclIelily." Two gen
tlemen determined to risk their money
on something watch q window pain on
a rainy day and bet on the comparative
speed of two drops Of rain coursing
down the glass, each gentleman choos-
ing favorite drop. 1t has remained
for the French, however. to invent Il
sport that is said to outstrip both of
these favorites in interest and excite
mcnt. This new delight, which has
served to enliven French Watering
places through the season, IS crab-rac-
ing. The interesting animals are first
weighed and handicapped, and then
put in q line. Each ''Sportsman' lays
his finger on the back of the crab which
carries his colors The starter waves
| his handkerchief, the hackers lift their
fingers. and the crabs are of. Their
instinct takes them inwardly toward the
sea, and crab races are always on the
beach. The sport has become SO devel-
oped on the coast Of Normandy that the
length Of the course has been definitely
! fixed at twenty meters. There seems
no doubt that this diversion is even
more exciting than the once popular
sport of betting whether 4 distinguished
passenger on q steamer would step
ashore first with his right foot or his
! loft-NeIU York Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
All About 1t,

Mrs. Col. Boulder and her fair daugh-
ter Maudena have just returned from
fashionable watering place. The damsel
is highly accomplished in tight boots
and society aifectation, and is proficient
at clawing the ivory and entertaining
the young man.
"Maudena," said herfond mother, as
she was reading the paper just after
breakfast, 'what is this transit of Venus
we see so much about in the papers
lately?"
why, ma! don't you know? Why
Venus is Goddess"
''Yes, know; but what has she got
to do with the rapid transit?"
''Well. 1 suppose-why they say this
fall she is going to cross the moon, and
with telescope you can see her."
Dear me! do wonder how she will
be dressed?"
"Why ma, Goddesses aren't dressed
at all,'' responded the boarding-school
graduate.
"WhatP My goodness, it must be
perfectly outrageous! Well, TIL not
look at her. SO now Te1ds Oddities,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
Pines for His Cid Home.

Tom Pagan, Of this city, has wild
horse that don't seem to take to the
rush and hurry and turmoil of a me-
tropoliS. He has been SO accustomed to
the glad, free air of the plains and
mountains that the hampered and false
life of a throbbing city, with its myriad
industries, makes him nervous and un-
happy. He sighs for the boundiess
prairie and the pure breath Of the life
giving mountain atmosphere. So taci-
turn is he in fact and so cursed by
homesickness and weariness of an ar
tificial and unnatural horse society here
in Laramie that he refuses to eat any
thing and is gradually pining away.
Sometimes he takes light lunch out of
Mr.. Fagan's arm, but for days and days
he utterly loathes food. He also loatles
those who try to 90 into the stable and
fondle him. He isn't apparently very
much on the fondle. He don't yearn
for human society, but seems to want
to be by himself and think it over.
The wild horse in stories soon learns
to love his master and stay by him and
carry him through flood or fire. and
generally knows more than the Cyclic
pedia Britannica; but this horse is not
the historical horse that they put into
wild Arabian falschoods. He is just a
plain, unassuming wild horse of Wy
oming descent, whose pedigree is
slightly clouded and who is sensitive on
the question of his ancestry. All he
wants is just to be let alone and most
everybody has decided that he is right.
They came to that conclusion after
they had soaked their persons in arnica
and glued themselves together with
poultices.
Perhaps after awhile he will conclude
to eat hay and grow up with the coun-
try but now he sighs for his native
bunch of grass and the buffalo wallow
wherein he has heretofore made his lair.
We don't wonder much though, that a
horse who has lived in the country
should be little ratified here when ne
finds the electric light, and bicycles,
and lawn mowers, and Uncle Tom S
Cabin troupes and balcd hay at 800 per
ton. 1t makes him rs wild and skittish
as it does an eighteen year old girl the
first time she comes into town and for
the first time is met by the flare of
trumpets, and the oriental wealth of
the circus with its deformed camels and
uniformed tramps driving its miles of
cages with no animals in them The
great natural world and the giddy
maelstrom of seething pcrspiring hu-
manity, peculiar to the city world, are
two separate and distinct eXistences.
- BOO1neTa7lO
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
Wrestling Cameis.

A gentleman travelling in Turkey
writes: Wrestling matches between
camelS is an amusement in which
Turks take great delight, although they
sometimes get fine animal manned in
the sport. Many gentlemen keep them
for no other purpose, and one person IN
Smyrna kept twenty ut one time for the
amusement of his wife. who had fond
ness for the sport The camels are
trained to wrestling when quite young;
they exhibit great dextcrity in throw
ing their antagonist. and seem to take
much pleasure i'll the fray. We had a
young one on board, only Il month Old,
and, having been born under the flag,
he was christened ''Uncle Sam" One
of the Turks amused himself on the
voyage making a ''pehlevan" of him,
and when he was six weeks old he was
more than n match for his teacher, using
his legs, neck, and mouth with such
dexterity, and exhibiting such wonder
full strength in so young thing, that
he became very rough playmate, and
frequently hurt the men on the deck by
throwing himself on them suddenly and
knocking them down. This feature
seems to be natural to the camel, for
when two strange ones meet where
there are any females they Immediately
have n wrestling match for the suprem-
acy, and the conquered one ever after
acknowledges his inferiority by not so
much as daring to look at female.
| Unlike the amusement of bull-baiting,
this wrestling is harmless pastime,
| though the animals sometimes get
| their legs broken or are stiff for some
time after with their bruises. Well
trained animals seldom injure each
other, being taught to throw their an.
tagonist by getting his neck under their
fore leg (the right) and then throwing
the whole weight of their body on hin
and bringing him to the ground.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
Uncle Gabe at the Corn Shucking:

De stars is shinin' out de sky de brightes' ebber
seen;
De shucks behine', de corn befo', de niggers in
De likely gals is he'pin an deir shiny eyes
a-bnkin';
De shucks is flynn libely an de pile O. corn is
swinkin';+
De weeds is gettin jewey-we mus push de
bizniss fas',-
Dar's a little Jug benin us les a-waitin' in de
grass.
Nou feIlers stop your co'tin' tell you hear me
raise de chune,
An you better medjer orf de cloud dat 6 slidin'
cross de moonD
Now cPar your thoats an hep me jes' sing a
song or two;
Well start out wild de johnson Gals" an see
what we can do:-
JOHNSON GALS.
Song by Uncle Gabe; all the corn-shucking
company joining in the chorus.J
Oh! 'taint muffin tall like de Johnson gals,
For dey bangs all de county out!
Folks on de Creek gwine to look mighty sharp
When de johnson gals come bout;
Dey lbs in de quarters on de j'nin' place,
Right close to de en- o. de lane;
Dey's sweet as hole in de 'lasses-bar'l
An nice as de sugar-cane!
Den crar de track for de johnson gals!
Johnson gals!i
johnson gals!!I
Oh! cl'ar de track for de johnson gals!
johnson gals is de gals for mel!
Oh! nigger wuk hard in de new groun' trac'
An he git mighty tired in de plantin';
But he sings jes' same as a frog in de swamp,
When de ebenin sun go to slantin';
No matter eff de plow-pint hit gin de rocks,
An de day git hot as it please
he knew he gwine to see dem johnson gals
When de moon clammin' up froo de trees!
De morkin' sing when de bright day breakin',
An he wake up in de bushes all aroun'
But he amt half sweet as de old whipperwill,
Dat sing when de sun gone down!
De morkin tell you when to hitch up de team,
An he calls out de nggers to de hoes;
De whipperwill talk bout de Johnson gals,
Cause he sing when de moon done rose!I
Den far you well, Miss SUSIE DEAR
Far you well, Miss janet
/ gwine out to sec dat sweet bunch O. gals
Dat lib at de en- O. de lanel
Far you well, my old true love-
| amt got time to stay!
been out long wild de johnson gals,
An dey stole my heart away!
+Shrinking.
(At this stage of the musical entertainment
Uncle Gabe was accidentally struck on the
head by an ear of corn, thrown from the hand
of some one sitting behind him. The Interrupt
ton called forth something like the following
"Lookee ere! what cIub-foot vilyuu flung dat
cornf You kin shuck jes as well widout
butin de bark dat way! You settin' in de
wrong place, way back dar, anyhow! Eff you
pny woods niggcrs can't tell de top o my head
tum de pile O clean corn, you better go home:
to pitch ear O corn ten foot, you better lay
down an res awhile! Brer Alb, you lif de
mex chune; my head gone to yoonin' same as
a humler-bee nes'"')-J. A. Macon in Century.