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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

PUBLIC ScLooL.-The number of pupils
attending the public school has now risen to
about 26O. The labors of the teachers be-
came so arduous that another teacher, Miss
Emma Steward, was employed. The six
teachers have about all they can attend to.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. county
members occupy positions as follows:
Harper, chairman of the Council Com
mittee on Agriculture, and OF the Commit
tee on Mining; also on the Committees OH
Federal Relations, Enrolled Bills, Memoir
ais and Territorial Library.
Shaw, chairman of the House Committee
on Agriculture, and Ways, Means and
Claims; also on Committee on Corporations
Landrum, chairman of Committee on
Privileges and Elections; also on Commit
tees on Judiciary and Hospital for the In-
sane.
1t will. be seen our members have been all
assigned important positions, and will have
much to do with the most important mat
tiers coming before the legislature.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

RAILROAD LANDS. The president has ac-
cepted two sections of the Northern Pacific,
one of so miles, in Montana Territory, and
the other of 80, along the Columbia river to
Portland, Oregon. The acceptance of the
Portland and Kalama section gives the rail-
road title to the lands in this county with
drawn for the grant, to distance 20 miles
back from the line of the railroad as now
constructed. 1t will include about two
thirds of the odd sections in the county,
none being excepted but in the Eastern part
of the county.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

MEETING OF DIRECTORS Saturday
next, Oct 18th, there is to be special
meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Clarke County Agricultural & Mechanical
Society at G. w. Durgin's store, at o'clock
in the afternoon. AS there is business of
special Importance to be transacted, full
attendance is desired. By order of the
president. j. II. FLETCHER, Sec.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

HORSE THIEF Gagged. Last week young
man by the name of Albert Crook took a
horse belonging to MIR. Miller of Union
Ridge out of L. M. Hiddens pasture, and
also stole saddle and bride. The thief
had not succeeded in getting farther up the
river than Remington's place when he was
overhauled by special deputy sheriff, who
took him in. Mr.. Crook has for the present
been consigned to the companionship of
Gioninni, the murderer, but he will inter
view the grand jury next month.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11

MECHANICS FAIR.-During the continu-
ance of the Portland Mechanics Fair the
steamer Lurlinc will make two special trips
per week, for the accommodation of persons
desiring to attend the fair The trips will
be made on Wednesday and Saturday even
ings, commencing on Saturday, Oct. 18th.
Boat leaves Vancouver at 6 o'clock, return
ing leaves Portland at IL o'clock Capt
Gray requests us to state that if these hours
of departure do not suit the convenience of
the public he will change them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-10-11
NOTICE.

TRED W. sPARLING. Register.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

work, but who so soon followed our first
martyred President to the tomb--Colamer
Foot and essendsn--Collam encyclope-
die in varied knowledge and unsurpassed in
logical reasoning; Foot, whose commanding
presence and parliamentary ability made
him one of the NEST popular of presiding
officers; and Fessenden, of whom 1t was
said so POLITICALLY at his fuenral, ellis words
were swift and sharp as a cimeter; they
warmed as the Olympic wheel caught fire in
the swiftness of the race"
And surely two Of the other House, whose
votes proclaimed liberty throughout the
land to all the inhabitants thereof" will
stand most eminently conspicuous in his
tory-Henry Winter Davis of the former
slave State of Maryland, one of the most
gifted and graceful orators onr nation has
ever produced, and Thaddeus Stevens,
born leader amongst men for such crisis,
grim in satire, scathing in invectlve, fearless
and frank, who asked that his only obituary
should be that che was one who had strlv-
en- to ameliorate the condition of the poor
the lowly and the down-trodden, of every
race and language and col0r.n
With many more, to whom the Republic
owes so much, they have passed away; but
their work will live after them while time
shall last, and our regenerated nation shall
endure
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

bles and still haunt those of Monte Carlo
| were good specimens of the nations which
were honored with their presence Yet they
helped to eaven the American mass They
made European tour necessity for every
American who aimed at culture, and those
visiting "Yurrup" brought back a taste for
art, Tor house decorating after the British
fashion, and kindness for the Old World
and It's institution which were unknown in
the days of our youth, when Mrs. Barney
Williams was playing the conventional Yam
kee gal. The Americans complain that they
also brought back contempt for their plain
hammered countrymen, and an exaggerated
mimicry of everything European, without
the influences which in Europe keep some
OF our follies in their proper places. 1t Is
certain that we find Americans everywhere,
and that in England and to less de-
gree in the more exclusive society
of the continent--always excepting
Paris, which is tolerant to anybody with
money--they find access to society which
would be closed to Brltons of the same So
clal grade. And, as rule, they are very
charming people. Elijah Pogram is as ex-
tinct as DIR. Ginery Dunkle, and if the moth
er OF the Gracchi is sometimes Objectionable,
1t IS certain that the Gracchi are extremely
pleasant additions to the old line of Baitain.
La belle AmericdiRe is no more pronounced
than girls in new countries, where social
ambition is narrowed, always are. She Is
petted and run after as pretty women often
are, especially in districts where men are
more numerous than their possible mates.
She sees no social distinction which is not
open to money, and no use for money ex-
cept to seek happiness in osteniatious grand
eur. The result is that she grows up rather
shallow and snowy, a little impudent oecas
slonally; sometimes valuing herself and her
fatharf AnllorS or mo no orfh
and in very exceptional instances the de-
lghtful creature whom DR.. Dix anathema-
tises; but she is seldom absolutely bad. Ac-
tual immortality is left TO the immigrants,
who bring to the New World with its easy
ways the vices of the old which they have
left. The demi-mondaines are Irish, French,
Spanish, ltalian-rarely natiYe-born Ameri-
cans. But the impossible Americans"--as
the transatlantic writers term every Amer
lean who is not to their mind--will, In time,
become rarer. At present the same class is
growing up in our newer and Weather colo
MES, and from exactly the same causes The
Australian squatter's daughter is as irrever-
entail, full of herself, and impatient of any
thing save abject homage, as the veriest
Fifth avenue or Beacon street belle. But
when DR. Dix accuses dynamite, red ruin
and the breaking down of laws being born
OF such as these, he must have been think
ing more of the yiTagos of the Bowery than
of the beauties who once week solace their
shattered nerves with the platitudes of Trim
ity chapel.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

As If dynamite, nitro-glycerine and giant
powder were not destructive enough In these
exciting times, that placid temperance bev-
erage, soda water, must needs enter the ex-
plosiye arena, aad signalize its advent by
serious personal injuries to three persons at
one shot. The peculiarly Of revolutionary
explosives seems to be that only unoccupied
buildings are damaged; but the deadly soda
water fountain lurking unsuspected in the
peaceful seclusion of a drug store is salts
fed with nothing short of human life. The
revolutionary Rosa may perhaps take the
hint, and with the balance of the famous
skirmishing fund establish drug store soda
water fountains all over the British metrop-
oils. Even the aristocratic lunch counter in
the lobby of the House of Commons might
be utilized, and the authors of coercion leg
isIation be stricken down on the scene of
their oppressive triumphs.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
Magazine Notices.

The current numbers of The Continent,
bearing dates of May I'd and 9th, are excep-
tlenally rich in timely and superbly Illus
trated articles The first opens with a fine
engraved portrait of Michael Munkacsy,
perhaps the greatest of living painters, and
besides number of drawings illustrative Of
his works, presents magnificent full-page
engraving from one of his nobest paintings
Milton Debating Paradise Lost to his
Daughters. This picture is owned by the
Lenox Library in New York, and the en-
craving was made from the original express
ly for The Continent There is also an en-
craving of the figure Of Christ from the ar
lists famous painting of Christ before Pi.
late. The context is by Anna Bowman
Blake, an author Who has enjoyed especial
facilities for learning from the artist him
self the leading incidents of his professional
career. The Continent is presenting some
admirable magazine illustrations of which
this issue contains large number of exceed
ingly creditable examples. In the second
number named is sketch of the late Alex
ander II. Stephens, the typical Southern
Statesman who has done such eminent ser.
vice for his State and for the nation at large.
The Continent Is the first of the magazines
to publish carefully prepared paper on the
life and services of this remarkable and
lifted man. The author, the Rev. Henry
Whitney Cleveland, was selected by Mr.. Ste
phens as his literary executor, and the pres
ent article was prepared with the full approval
of the deceased statesman, who well knew
where it would eventually be published, and
who wrote an autograph for fac-simile repro
duction in the Continent. The closing chap
tiers of Ju dge Tourgee's Hot Plowshares in.
crease in interest as the climax approaches,
and the author of A FOOLS Errand has new
er done himself greater credit as histori-
cal novelist than in this volume of the Sc
ries. The Illustrations, by A. b. Frost, are
exceedingly good
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
American Women Abroad

NOIlA
Ths era of the "good American ended
abouttbe period when the day of Ia belle
Americaine began. "Yurrup" was the
moving agent in both. The vast fortunes
made in the mines and lands of the farthest
west set at leisure class almost unknown,
except among the southern planters: and,
after the war, petroleum and shoddy in
creased this class immensely. "Yuuup''-
and great deal OF it-became the fashion,
and every home arrival sent another to fol-
low the prevailing example. Colonies of
Americans settled in every European capt.
tai, and the semi-Europeanized republicans.
whom Henry james has satirized in many
novels, and George Curtis has castigated in
the "Potiphar Papers," became familiar to
all who had eyes TO see and ears to hear.
The Tuileries Americans were a proverb,
and the emperor-for to them Napoleon Ill.
was the only emperor-pensioned off hall
his ready-made nobility upon the rank-lov
ing ladies, whose papas had made
many dollars in pork, 'ile," sol
diers' coats or Nevada silver mines
But these were no more the typi
cal American girls than the hook-nosed peo
pie who used to sit round the Homburg ia
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

ONE of the Legion of Honor found pref
ty American girl tripping along the Avenue
dopera and began to leer at her, making
insulting remarks, and otherwise acting as
the Partisan hog does when b finds an I'M
protected lady. The hog committed this Of
tense two or three times, the last occasion
being just as she was passing cab stand.
Indignant at these repeated insults, the girl
sprung to cab, grasped the whip from the
socket, and went to work. When she re-
turned the whip to the applauding cabmen,
it was competent for France to record in all
her future histories that on one of the pleas.
ant days of April, 1883, member of her Le-
gion of Honor was soundly and severely
horsewhipped by brave and beautiful
American girl on public street Of Paris,
and bore upon his face marks which, for a
month, would testify to the directness of his
punishment.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

THE vaults of the sub treasury in New
York alone contain 500 tons of silver coin
OF this 620 tons are made up of dollars: the
rest is of subsidiary coins. Five of the
twelve compartments of the silver vault are
full, and their doors are sealed. The others
will hold yet little more, but at the rate
the big dollars are rolling in viii soon be
full. The chief clerk says silver is ex.
changed for paper at the rate Of from &c.,
900 to $4,000 per day. The trade dollars
which contain eight more grains of silver
than the standard piece, are taken at the as.
say Office only at their bullion value, and,
though intrinsically Of greater value than
the Bland dollar, thousand of them bring
only about $3.50 as bullion.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

REBEcCA HARDING DAVIS advised beef
raising as an employment for women, be-
cause it takes only land enough to set the
hives on and small capital; because hives
and honey boxes come now ready to be put
together, which any woman can do; because
the bees make their own living; because
the little time they require interferes with
no other occupation-she herself carried on
bees successfully with baby in her arms
and the other children near; and because
they give real pleasure and relief from tedi-
UNI, as well as profit.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

Rev. DIR. TALMAGE, in a sermon on pub
lie men, said: 'The present occupant of the
Presidential chair is carrying himself in the
most sensible style, and, excepting among
those who cannot get from him the offices
they seek, he is admired and honored by all
A more faithful, unpretentious, conscien-
tious, dignifed and competent President we
have not had within my memory. OF course
he is frequently misrepresented and as
sailed; that is the fate of all public men. 1t
is national sin, that which the Bible calls
speaking evil of dignitaries. There is not
in the United States to-day man that
would make better President than Chester
A, A. Arthur
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

THE Irish Register-Generafs returns pre-
sent to the vision of England contrast be-
tween the morality of its people and that Of
Ireland which exercises it very much. The
percentage of illegitimacy in Connaught is
as low as 0.S, and in Munster Is In Ulster
it is Al, and in Leinster 2.2 In the county
Down, the stronghold of Protestanism, the
Times considers it remarkable that the il
legitimate births are over per cent. the
highest proportion in Ireland. In Lanca
shire they are over 20.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
EDUCATIONAL.
WARVARD UNTVEwsEwv-

Examinations for admission to the College and the
Professional Schools are held every year In cam
bridge Mass, Exeter, N. H., New York, Philadel-
phia Cincinnati, Chicago, ST Louis and san Fran
cisco on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday follow
ing the last Wednesday In June (ths year June 28
~ ana o) me I.x YAM n Tor Women
Cincinnati ON the same days.
Special students are received without examination
In every departent mexcept the Medical School
Graduates Of other Colleges are admitted 10 nd
vanced standing in Harvard College upon such con
ditlons as the Faculty deem equitable in each case
For information concerning the terms OF admission
the cost OF college or professional course the
scholarships (2bb) and other beneficiary aid Inc
studies in each department, or any other subject con
nected with the University, address the Registrar Of
Harvard University, Cambridge Mass.
feb12 eod3m
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

THE New Orleans Pieayune is one Demo
cratic journal which heartily approves Car
ter Harrison's speech at the Chicago Iro-
quois banquet, and says she deserves the
thanks of the party at large for administer
ing discipline to the concourse of second
rate leaders of the party" Senator Bayard
was one of the Iroquois party, and is there
fore among the second rate leaders.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

THE growth of telegraph business in Eng
land since the State has acquired control of
the lines is said to have been enormous.
The number of messages per week has grown
from 126, 900 to COS, 900. In 1878 the average
number of messages per mile of wire was
147: now it is 256. In press messages 5000
words per diem have grown already to e34,-
154 per day. The telegraphs in use on rail
ways have grown from $1,000 miles of wire
in 1869 to $4,000 in 1882, and the instru.
ment from 4.423 to 15.702.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

POLITICAL troubles stimulate emigration
from Norway. In 1880 more than 10000 of
them left Its shores coming to this
country-a startling number for one
years outflow from country which
has hardly more than a third the
population of New York.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

PRESIDENT Bascom of the University Of
Wisconsin declares that after an experience
of ten years in college classes he is con
vinced that coeducation is pre-eminently
the fitting method of training our youth.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

IT is related of a citizen of Georgia that he
was born in Early county, was raised in Cal
houn county, and now lives, at the age of
So, in Clay county, and yet has always lived
in the house he was born in.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

The Canadian Pacific Railway company
has offered to settle 5000 Irish families, or
about $4,000 persons, on Government land,
allowing to each family 100 acres of land
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
VITAL QUESTIONS

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what is the best thing In tie world
for quieting and allayng all irritation of the nerves
and curing all forms of nervous complaints, giving
natural, chiIdHks refreshing sleep always?
And they will tell you unhesitatingly
Some form OF Hopsr'
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

GHAPTEkl.
Ask anyoriall Of the most eminent physicians.
"what is the best and only remedy that can DO
relied to all diseases of the kidneys and uri-
nary organs; such Brights disease, diabetes re-
tention or inability to retain urine, and all the
diseases and ailments peculiar to Women
"And they win tell you explicitly and emphati-
cally "Buchu."
Ask the same physicians
''what is the most reliable and surest cure for all
Iver diseases dyspepsia constipation indigestion
biliousness' malarial fever, ague, &C." and they
win tell you:
Mandrake or Dandelion!'
Hence when these remedies are combined with
others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop BItters, such a won
derful and mysterious curative power is developed
which is varied in Its operations that no disease
or Ill health possibly exist resist its power,
and yet it is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest in
valid or smallest child to use.
CHATTER II.
Patients
almost dead or nearly dying"
For years, and given mp by PHYSICIANS of Brights
and other kidney diseases, liver complaints, severe
coughs called consumption have been cured
Women gone nearly crazyl
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness, wakeful
ness and various diseases peculiar to women.
People drawn out Of shape from exoruciatine
pangs Of Rheumatism,
Infammatory and chronic, or suffering from scro
ulai
Erysipelasl
Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, indlges-
ton, and In fact almost,all diseases frail
Nature Is heir TO
Have beeh cured by Hop Bitters. proof Of which
can be found In every neghborhood IN the known
world april 6eod&wlm16
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07

THE Inter Ocean, in trying to elect the
next President, finds 154 Republican elector-
al votes. $50 Democratic and 81 doubtful.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. ron DREDGTNG-

ThUFUsAL5 FUh DhEDWENGF.
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE
No SO State Street, BosrOS, MASS. April 80, 1888.
CsEALED PROPOSALS, in triplieate, addressed 10
- the undersigned will be received at this Office
until IL O'Clock noon on Monday the 2Ist day Of
May, 1885, for improving the following rivers and
harbors, to wit
1.-Malden River. Massachusetts, about $4,000
cubic yards of dredging
2.-BogtOn Harbor Massachusetts,, about 80 600
cubic yards Of dredging.
3.-Cbarles River, Massachusetts, about AZ, 900
cubic yards OF dredging
Persons desiring to make proposals for this work
are requested 10 apply 10 the undersigned at this
Office for specifications, instructions to bidders and
the requisite blanks and such further information
as may be desired concerning the same.
CHAS. W. RAYMOND, Major Of Engineers.
mayI d6t
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-07
CONCERT and READINGS
The Young Ladies' Circle

Connected with the First Baptist Sabbath School,
will hold an Apron sale i'm Reception Hall,
Wednesday, May 8, afternoon and evening"
Mother Goose. will hold reception In the evening
at eight o'clock. Refreshments win be served.
maj d3ts
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-29
The RdIIro0d

The first call for payment of sub
scriptions to bonds has been very
promptly met. AT this date nearly
twO-thirds of the required amount
has been paid in and no difficulty is
anticipated in securing it all. The
railroad is being pushed ahead at
such a rapid rate that there can be
no doubt of its early completion.
The mortgage on the mineral lands,
the road bed, &C., has been made in
compliance with the proposition
and all these things give the enter
prise such a tangible shape that the
purchase of its bonds is no longer
regarded as a doubtful investment.
Subscribers are glad to give their
money in exchange for the bonds.
We would suggest to those who are
dilatory about payment that
promptness on their part will facili-
tate the work and make it better for
them eventually.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-29
PUBLIC Schools al PARIS.

We noticed a week or two ago
that Prof. Yarrel and his niece Miss
Ivie Duke, had been appointed to
take charge of the public schools in
Paris as superintendent and instruc-
tress /; they left on Saturday last to
enter on their duties.
They were accompanied by Geo.
Gilbert, son of our esteemed fellow
citizen Randall Gilbert. George was
a pupil of the GAINESVILLE Public
Schools, and subsequently of the S.
w. p. University, in addition to
which he had a thorough training
at the Normal College at Nashville.
GAINESVILLE has seldom sent out a
more promising young man, and
we anticipate high position for
him. when his merits become known
and appreciated.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-29
AmuSementS.

The Morris Sullivan troupe APP
peared at Elders Orpera House on
Wednesday night in Shiel Agar, a
new Irish comedy written for the
troupe. The main idea in the plot
of the drama bears a family resem-
blance to Samuel Lovers well known
novel, Handy Andy" from which
it was probably taken. Dan and
Josie Morris Sullivan delighted the
audience with some real good COM
edy. The former, in the title roll,
was exceedingly droll and odd, es-
pecially when he appeared in the
disguise of a timer. The latter
was piquant and very sprightly,
but her acting smaeked somewhat
of the variety stage. None of the
other players deserve mention ex-
cept, perhaps, Ed p. Sullivan in the
character of Fananough. Miss Julia
Sullivan was quite amusing with
out intending to be so in her at
tempts at serious acting.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-29

JOHN ROBERTS sent to this Office
Monday, very fine fish caught in
the Cumberland river. To us it
was an entirely new member OF the
finny tribe, but the man who
brought it insisted that it was a
carp. That might have been true ;
we wont dispute it any way as our
knowledge of fish is limited, but
we don't know how carp came to
be in the Cumberland. The fish.
weighed about 2! pounds; it was of
a golden hue with large pearly
scales and was shaped like a perch.
1t was altogether different from any
of the piscatory family heretofore
inhabiting the Cumberland.