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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-26
NOTICE.
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The Director Of the Society calls the atten.
ton Of the members OF the Catholic Library
Association to the following articles OF con.
stitution and bylaws, approved Nv his lord.
ship RI. Rev. II. Junger. Bishop of Nesqually:
Articles, v, VIII, TX, and X.
Special attention would be very obliging
from the part OF the members who have In
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Vancouver, W. T., July 10, 1883
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-26

Many inquiries are still received at
the Vancouver Land Office as to the
status of the presumption law, an i'm
preston having gone abroad just be-
fore Congress adjourned that the law
had been repealed. We will again
state that the law has not been re-
pealed, and is now in full force. 1t is
highly probably that it will be re-
pealed ut the next session of Congress-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-26

The deaths from cholera in Cairo,
Egypt, on Saturday amounted to 600.
Europe is becoming alarmed at the
spread of the epidemic, and vigorous
measures are being taken to coutine
the disease to Egypt, if possible. The
ports of all Europe and the United
States are quaraDtining against YES
sells from Egyptian and other Mediter-
ranean ports. The yellow fever is
also spreading in Mexico and Cuba.
1t is announced that, beginning next
Sunday, the Oregon Railway and Nav
igation company will run passenger
trains regularly every Sunday between
Portland and Dayton, w. T. The
Northern Pacific will also run Sunday
trains between Wallula Junction and
Missoula, beginning next Sunday.
This innovation, which will be appre-
ciated by the travelling public, is sim
ply in anticipation of the completion
of the Northern Pacific. 1t is likely
that there will then be daily trains
from Portland to Seattle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
A CITY Sufferer,

A correspondent writes this appeal to
a city paper: Can you not devote a
page to the demolition of our street
bands? They are as dirty as the streets,
and composed of more noxious ingred-
tents than our lager beer, and what they
force upon us as music is much more
spurious than is education provided by
cur public schools. Their favorite time
for disseminating their discords between
G and in the evening, when they know
that the family are all at home, and that
the chances of there being at least one
nickel in the house are toterably good.
In the midst OF dinner there comes brisk
ringing OF the front-doar bell, and wait
ress is called from the dining room to
wait upon the street band. A tramp
shakes piccolo or q brass horn under
her nose, and demands compensation
for the alleged entertainment which his
comrades are giving in the gutter. To
torture you with th:ir horrid noises,
and then to ring your front door bell
and demand pay for it, shows degree
OF assurance which deserves to be
lepressed by any lawful means. There
never was but one player in street
band who khewany thing about music,and
lie played SO We comparatively, that the
other members were completely discon
certed, and formed conspiracy to put
him N an insaLc asylum, An "expert
was called who testified that the artist
had symptoms of general paraly lysis OF
the brain, that he couldn't possibly sur
vive three years, and that il he was , t
dead within one year he (the eApert)
would bury his diploma and retire from
practice. Five years have elapsed and
the physician is still practcing, and so
is the musician. He walks through the
streets alone, playing the cornet and
singing the Marseillaise. He also ings
front door bells aud intimidates SER
want girls with his horn. The organ
grinder and the bagpipe player are lad,
but they hold out their hats for pennies
at respectable distance, and by hiding
behind a curtain you can avoid them
altogether. Moreover, their visits are
not much more frequent than those OF
the ashmen. But you sometimes receive.
two calls the same evening from the
street band, and you can depend upon
two or three week, with a constant
upward tendency. Through the influence
of your journal, citizens might be given
the privilege of using the hose upon
them without paving extra water tax.
Or the bands might be "pulled three
or four times month by the police and
thus be finally disheartened. Or, better
still, they might all be put upon a
reservation where the houses are scarce,
and where their wild tremolos would
the sooner be carried away by the be,
nevoent evening wind. At any rate,
do get us law preventing them from
ringing our front door bells.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10

Magnificent AS he is in fern and bulk,
we fear it must be said that the ST..
Bernard is the most useless OF the dog
kind. His intelligence is but a very or
dinary sort. His courage must be taken
very much upon trust, and is probably
inferior to that of dogs of lesser stature.
In native sagacity he Is certainly def
cient. As a watch dog he cannot COM
pare with tho mastiil. He is too big
for the house and too grand for the
kennel. As a companion his bulk is
Objectionable; one might as well be
familiar with a iackass, or romp with a
brown bear. He is supposed to be use
full as protector" but it is a protee-
tion which savors very much of proprie,
torship. To take him out for u walk is
to reduce yourself to be led by your
dog, instead of you leading him. To
correct him is a delicate operation,
which may lead to unpleasant results.
There is not ing a st. Bernard can do
to justify his existence and digging be-
lated travellers out of the SNOW affords
but narrow opening in this country.
The probabilities are that modern St.
Bernard would not know what to do
with man W ON he discovered in a
mountain pass, except to eat him.-&.
James Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
TEMPERANCE.

Three children under 3 years OF age
slept in the city prison OF San Francisco
the other night. One was toddler Pc
longing to a woman arrested for trying
to kill another; the other two to
drunken mother who, at midnight, was
wandering about in the streets Leading
one by the hand, and holding the other
"a babe of six weeks-whlch was IN
constant danger of falling out OF her
arms. This babe was itself born in
prison, and all night long kept up
wall quite piteous to hear for the susie
nance its mother was too drunk to give
it.
Judge Gilbert of Brooklyn, evidently
believes that a man is responsible Tor
getting drunk. He refused to annul the
marriage OF man who made the ac'
quaintance of a girl at picnic and mar
ried her on the way home while he Was IN
condition of intoxication. A marriage
cannot be overthrowr upon any such
plea as that presented in the case decid'
ed by Judge Gilbert, unless other Judges
held different doctrine. No evidence
was presented to show that the girl had
laid scheme to entrap the man Whlle
drunk, and it would be an outrage to
permit him TO abandon her after having
made her his wife under the clrcumstan'
ces described. 1t has been held byNlse
magistrates that men are responsible ior
crimes committed viii they were
drunk, and it is we'll to Lave tie doc
trine established that man cannot OBJ
tain immunity for his conduct by put
ting himself in q condition OF beasliy
intoAication. Let it be understood tha.
the man who gets drunk must abide by
the consequences of his foolish or Grim
NAL acts while in that condition.
1t has been fashionable in Philadei!-
phia to take dinner incidentally while
driving in Fairmount palk, but ttG
common council are going TO stop all
that at least for diners who require
wine with their meals. They propose
to restrict the sale OF beverages in the
park to lemonade, soda water and cof'
fee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
His Fortune.

A young man in Edinburgh, who had
no fortune, requested a lawyer, friend
of his, to Recommend him to family
where he was daily visitor, anl where
there was a handsome daughter, who
was to have large fortune. The lawyer
said he did not exactly know how, but
he would inquire. The next time he
saw his young friend he asked him if
he had any property at all.
"No," replied he.
"Well," said the lawyer, "would you
suffer any one to cut off your nose, if
he would give you twenty thousand
pounds for it?"
"What an idea! Not for the world!'
"'Tis WELL" replied the lawyer !
had reason for asking"
The next time he saw the girls father,
he said:
Il have inquired about the young
mans circumstances. He has. indeed
no ready money, but he has jewel for
which, to my knowledge, he has been
otf'red, and refused, twen,y Thousand
pounds"
This induced the old father to con-
sent to the marriage, which accordingly
took place; though, 1t is said that in
the sequel, he often shook his head
when he thought Of the jewel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10

A statement of analyses of wines made
at the municipal laboratory OF Paris has
been published. All wines and Liquors
imported into France are subject to
analysis at the customs before delivery
to the importers, and if found adulter-
ated they are not admitted to entry.
There is, however, no inspection or *.
animation of wines exported. In 1881
31OO samples were ana'v2 4, the result
being that 279 were found to be good,
991 passable, and 1871 bad, while in the
first five months of the present year
1869 samples were analyzed out of which
972 were good, 6S3 passable, and Sl4
bad, 145 of these latter being pro-
nounced decidedly injurious. The
American consul in Paris calls the at
tention of his government to the man
ner in which French wines are adulter-
ated. A liquid is largely sold us wine
which is manufactured of water, vinegar
and logwood, with tenth part of com
mon wine to cover the fraud. Mt on Y
is wine falsifed by adding cider, SUGAR,
molasses, tartaric, acct C, or lcacid,
sulphuric acid, lime, alum, bitter aim.
onds, leaves the cherry, laurel, etc,
but it is largely manufactured without the
slightest aid from the grape. The re-
suit OF the fermentation of the jnice of
the grape is initiated by means OF fer
mentation with water of sugare sub
stances, such as syrup of fecua, dried
fruits, and raw sugar, or of juniper
berries, coriander seeds, and fresh rye
,read. After fermentation the liquor is
acked off, and if it is not sufficiently
,olored an infusion of red beet Or myrtle
berries is added. In order TO correct
The acidity, some makers use litharge,
thus exposing the drinkers to the chance
,f an attack of collie. In the Depart
ments of Herault, Pyrenees, and Var,
lime is used to heighten the color OF the
wine and reduce the lees; but by so
doing chemical changes supervene, with
the effect OF imparting purgative and
even corrosive nature to the liquid.
Alum is principally used to produce the
styptic which belongs to Bordeaux wine.
The coloring matters generally used are
dwarf and black elderberries, myrtle and
phytolacca berries, Brazil and Cam
peachy wood, beet juice, rose maIlow,
cochineal, fuchsine or aniline red, and,
more especial Y, grenat the residue Of
the fabrication Of fuchsine, of red or
violet aniline, aud rose aniline salts.
Some of the coloring wine tinctures
contain arsenic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
XINO H. ~ WOODSTOCK VT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY TO- 1885,

never ceasing to hold his eye. "I was
satisfied when I came here that it bad
been done in just this way. But I wan
ted also to learn if you knew how it had
been done. But Strong was not the
walker"
"Was not, sir? and the words were
fairly hissed at me by the set lips Of a
very flushed young man.
"No, sir" I positively answered.
"The man who did that wanted the
world to believe that George Strong was
the robber-wanted them to believe
that some one in the store had accom-.
plished the robbery, and then left it.
The last man to have wished these evi-
dences to appear would have been
George Strong himself. Yet your theory,
which have permitted you yourself to
develop before your father, would have
George Strong ingeniously studying
to arrange these damning proofs
against himself. But it was done by
one who had both the keys to the store.
door and to the safe, and knew the com.
bination and that the money was there"
Then I felt very awkward in the dread
full silence that followed.
But felt must say one word more,
and make myself understood. Standing
by the table, I looked quietly and
not without increasing sympathy at the
bowed form of John Meekins.
"You are entirely right, sir, in your
positive belief as to how it was done
The barn and the tree fixed the line
The rest you know" I added ambigu.
ously. "Mr Meekins, if you wish to
follow the matter further, let me know"
I imagine that the reader will not be
surprised il l add that no further action
was demanded.
On my own motion, for which Mr..
Meekins thanked me, 1 put a simple
card in the newspapers to the purport
that George Strong, had proved con,
clusivolv his innocence; and to this day
the good people of Rushburg believe
that the mystery of the robbery of the
safe of Meekins & Co., successfully de,
fed the vauuted sagacity of the de,
tectiyes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
----aFs 71s---l----
Interesting to Fruit Growers.

The drying OF fruit by not air is said
to have been practlced first in 1871.
Charles Alden then invented and had
patented the process, the machine by
which the process is accomplished, and
the product. Shortly after Mr.. Alden's
machines were put upon the market,
other machines for the same purpose
were purchased and used by fruit grow
ers in New York, Maryland and Della
ware. Enormous quantities of the fruit
product were sold. The capital now
involved simply in the evaporation OF
fruit is estimated at S3,000,0O0. A great
number of evaporating machines are
used by the fruit growers of Delaware.
Mr. Alden sued for the alleged in
fringement of his patents, but discon =
tinued the suits for lack of money.
Three months ago he sold his patents
to tine Alden evaporating fruit company
of New York. Through Messrs. Todd
& Fuller the company has begun suit
against all owners and manufacturers Of
evaporating machines. They recently
advertised in Delaware papers that they
were prepared to settle with infringers
under any of the Alden patents and
grant licenses for future use of the evap.
orators, The fruit growers of Delaware
and Maryland have resolved to resist
these claims. They have formed a soci-
ETY. known as the Peninsular evaporator
association, representing capital of
go OO0 00O Al q paatipcr ba1J in nnvar
recently the association resolved to cons
bat all proceedings brought against any
OF its members by the Alden company.
ince the various kinds of evaporators
have been in use they have been source
of much profit, especially to peach
growers, who have frequently sold their
evaporated fruit for twice as much per
basket as they received for it when it
was freshly pulled from the trees.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10

Police Justice Smith in the Yorkville,
N. Y, police court, had just given him
four months for vagrancy, and he had
been led down stairs, where he had
fallen upon his knees, and was praying
that the dirty bundle he clutched with
both hands might not be taken from
him. 1t took two stalwart policemen
to wrest the parcel of rags from him, so
tightly did he hug it. He was dirty
and ragged himself, with long, matted,
black locks, and an uncombed beard that
fell almost to his knees He exhibited
signs of fatigue and foot-soreness, be-
sides the marks of long usa- @ to ex-
posure and hunger. He had told an
officer who found him wandering about
the streets. that his name was Bernard
Leon, that his age was so, and that his
home was "whereyer God gives me
rest"
They put him in cell after they had
secured his bundle. In the bundle was
miscellaneous collection of soiled
clothing, one kid shoe, one rubber, a
pair OF dancing clogs, nine odd and
ragged striped stockings, such as women
wear, the nicked blade Of razor, q
broken case knife, nine pairs of spec.
tacles, new rolled gold pin and ear.
rings, and some pieces of wire and
needles. Besides these were three little
childlen's shoes, and dirty white satin
slipper. The tramp wept bitterly as the
contents of his bundle were kicked
about. The other prisoners guyed him,
called him "Old Santa Claus" and Of
fered to trade bits of plug tobacco
cigar stumps, and the odds and ends
from their pockets for his treasured
collection.
Il guess this is the last of me-" he
said to reporter in English that had a
foreign twang to it. 81 guess old Ber-
nard won't live till May comes around
ard the iron doors open to send him
on his tramp again. We came from
Cincinnati, my bundle and |. We We're
on tie way to Boston, where | Lave
brothers who are prosperous. Twenty
years ago [ came from Germany. | had
had q university training, and had
learned the jewellers trade. | had con-
siderable money. Fifteen years ago l
settled in Cincinnati and opened we'll
stocked lewelry store. Soon I married
a handsome girl. We had three dear
little children, and l was happy and
making plenty of money. One day my
wife eloped with state officer, carrying
our little ones with her, and L never saw
her again. heard that she died of a
broken heart, and thai my children were
lost. l took to drink. That's all You
know tie rest. -Four years ago he
sheriff sold me out. l took to the road,
peddling, As I got poorer | grew more
and more worthless. Gradually every.
thing but my keepsOkes left me. What
were my keepsakeS? Those three little
shoes in there, my babies shoes, and
that satin slipper that my wife wore on her
wedding day. Give them to me, do
please"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
Organized Robbery.

The entire staff of the Lariana COM
pany, which owns the fine steamers that
run on lake Como, have for years past
been Systematically robbing their EN-.
ployers. Every employe of the COM
pany, from the captain to the cabin
boys, is implicated. They had formed
themselves into a fraternity; tickets
were forged, books falsiiied, and the
members of the association met every
month to verify their accounts and
divide the spoil. The company re-
NAMED in ignorance of these depreda-
tions until they were informed by a
dismissed steward, whose silence his
confederates had refused to purchase
by continuing to allow him a share of
the plunder. Nearly all the employees
are in custody.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
Nothing is more offensive to taste
than an overdressed young girl.

At the present moment in Russia, the
attention of the press and society in all
large towns is concentrated on the daily
announcements of bank failures, pecula.
tion, embezzlcment of iupds,and robber.
is of every kind. Scarcely day pa Sc
without the news OF some bank hav ng
been insolvent or in critical condition,
or of some cashier of government
institution OF benevolent society having
appropriated the funds aud cooked"
i g accounts, The municipal bank OF
Skopn, in the province of Riazan,
has failed for over S9,000,000. 1t is
legal point whether in this instance the
whole of the inhabitants, through their
muoicipal authorities, will rot re held
responsible. It is calculated that the
embezz ements and robberies, both pri-
ed toaud official, have this year amount.
ate over Sl8, 100000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
UneXDected Visitors,

An English traveller in India has
lately sent home very unique photo.
graph. Being in the neighborhood of
Kurrachee he paused to secure view
of a magnificent group of tropical trees
on the river bank, by means of the
camera which he carried for such pur-
poses. He fixed his tripod, placed his
head uader the velvet screen to adjust
the focus of his lens, when suddenly a
huge crocodile lifted his head above the
water and made his way to the shore.
Another followed, and still another ;
then whole herd clambered up the
bank. Instead of taking suddenly to
flight, our traveller stood still surveying
the advancing army through his lens,
and soon was happy, for double rea-
son, to see the ungainly monsters
sprawl themselves, with mouths agape,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10
nelping the sailors.

The Cunard steamship company sub.
stitution of coffee for grog in the rations
of their seamen, is a remarkable indica-
ton of the progress of a sensible tenn
perance reform. 1t is understood that
the influence of the Church of England
temperance society has been exerted 10
effect the change, Undoubtedly the
men will "be better off without it, as
Capt. McNIickan, of the Bothnia, ex-
presses it. The Guion steamships no
longer furnish grog, and the lnman
company abandoned the practice six
months ago. The French and the Ger
man steamships can hardly he expected
to adopt the reform at present. but on
nearly all British passenger steamships
coffee will hereafter be the beverage to
minister to the heart of tie seamen the
cheer which he has hitherto sought in
grog. The result of the change will be
an Improvement in the character of sea-
men and an increased public confidence
in the vessels on which it is effected. If
all sailors would but be convinced that
they would "be better Oft without it,"
the bad name of Jack Tar as drunken
loafer when on shore might soon be
lost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-01-10

Originally there we've but seven sizes.
The first called prima, whence the name
primer. 1t is now known as two-line
English. The second was secunda, now
cur double pica-in France, great
paragon. The third was tertia, at pre-
sent our great primer. Then there was
the middle sz,, still called in German
mittel, but it is now our English. After
there came the three sizes on the op.
posite side OF the scale-pica, long
primer and BREWER in Germany the
names secunda, tertia and mitten are
still retained.
Plea, in France and Germany, is
called Cicero, because the works of that
author were originally printed in it.
English printers so styled it from being
the type in which the Ordinal, OF Ser
vice Book of the Roman church was
originally set. The ordeal was also at
first called the plea. Bourgeois was so
named because it was introduced into
the country from France, where it was
originally dedicated to the "bourgeoise"
Or citizen printers OF that capital. Bre'
vier obtained its name from having been
first used for printing the Breviary or
Roman Catholic abbreviated Church
Service Book. Minion is also of French
origin, and was so termed owing to hay
ing rapidly become iavorite on its in.
PRODUCTION in that country. La Mig
none, is "the darling" Nonpariel was
so named because at the time of its in
PRODUCTION, it had "no equal" being
the smallest and finest type then pro-
duced. Pearl is OF English origin. The
French have type of the same size
which they call "Parisienne." 1t is a
smaller type than nonpariel, and was
thought "thc pearl OF all type Dia-
mond is another fancy name given to
what was regarded at the time of its
origin, as the ultima thule Of letter
foundry achievement.