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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

The Vancouver Independent
says: It is remarkable fact that
among all the officers of Gen.
Howard's command not one OF
them is known to have spoken a
word of censure or ot adverse
criticism touching his conduct OF
the war, aud that all the things
said or written against him or his
course have come from: sources
the least entitled to respect and
belief.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21
New Issue.

1t is surprise to the Whole
country that the subscriptions for
the four percent United States
bonds continue for 80 large
amounts. Statements have been
made to tie effect that the aggres
gate cum taen during August will
be fully s25. .000.00 If all our
bonds could be owned in the
United States, and the Interest
kept at horne instead of being
sent abroad, times would speedy
change. The people seem to res
alize that 1t IS better to invest
their earnings in safe securities
than to use them ior speculative
purposes.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21
THE E1NDEpENDENT PRINCIPLE.


While the human race TO o GER
tain extent, ss one mutually de>
pendent, one member upon others,
it does not follow that one class
should be servile to another. In
our government it is a principle.
conceived, perhaps, IN the narrow
cabin of the Mayfower, that every
citizen should have a voicein the
control OF public affairs. Tho
larger propo rtion. Of our people
are industrious, and in the ease
and thrift which their industry
have produced, forget they have a
duty TO perform IN the affairs of
government. When our people
do awaken from this forgetfainess
they find during their letnargy.
corrupt and unpr:ncipled men
have secured the power OF forcing
heavy taxes upon them. Had
they stood up bravely I. r the elec-
iion of honest and competent men,
the tax gasherer would not reap
sd tat a harvest for the political
thieves TO feed upon. It is much
easier to prevent the evil here re.
tered 20 at the beginning, than to
cure the evil after it has become
firmly established. Ifour farmers
ard every other honest man would
interest himself in the communi~
ty in which he lives, to be on
hand at every election, and vote
irrespective of party, on the pure,
ly independent principle, for the
best and most competent man, the
the number OF detaulters ard
Ascending officials would lie
gr, atty demlnlshed. Every effort
our t.rmers hive made to eman-
c'pate themselves either from cor
rupt officials or designing men,
have generally been successful.
We need but cite the noble order
oil Patrons nt Observation-Disclosures
banded together with the bonds
by which one brother is held TO
another, fonnued upon aud i,n-
bedded IL, the rock OF honesty,
anI constant menace to all eor>
rupt men. Extending its strong
protecting arms all over the land !.
this grand order forms Il formid,
able bulWark against the floods
tide Of public theft aud dishonor.
1t is an order which IL hurting all
dishonest and incapable men from
places OF power aud substifutin e
III their plices MN OF indepead,
eat manhood.
The movement which is sweep~
ing over and purifying our coun-
try, is not an impoteut wave that
breaks upen tue sand ana then re-
codes, but one as broad and deep
as the ocean. It breaks from the
out side States aud counties aud
rolls III upon the populous sections
gathering strength IN its progress
establishing independence in
principle to all classes.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

It was, indeed, rather an odd
way that Iowa fellow had of get
ting rid of his mother~in-law. He
gave her no slow poison, neither
did he cut his own throat or blow
/ ut his brains. Not much. He
| i'd nothing oil the kind. He
eloped with her.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21
General Miles was out fishing

General Miles WAS out fishing
with his wife. accompanied by
a few soldiers. While out he
came across = party OF hos;iles.
Preferring the sport Of killing q
few Indians to that of fishing he
turned loose and bagged eleven
dead and thirty live sayages. 1t
will now be in orde. for the De-
partment TO censure the General
for taking part IN such cr, el
passstime.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

Two very important but widely
different theories are entertained
by the farmers of the United
States IN regard to the influence
of domestication or cultivation of
plants. One is that the natural
result of cultivation is degenera>
.tion, and those who uphold it
point to every failure of an old
variety as proof, never crediting
poor. wora-out soils, or neglect In
cultivation, as having influence
beyond Fastening the time when
the sort nLder consideration would
never fail. a much smaller num-
Der of agriculturists. but probably
more intelligent, hold that univer.
sal progression is natural Jaw,
and that degeneration Is but the
result OF ignorance and neglect.
We believe that the latter is the
more reasonable OF the two theo-
ries, as in accordance with what Is
known of the origin and present
condition of the various fruits,
grain and other cultivated plants.
Therefore, we advise the selection
OF the best OF everything for seed,
not only that the presrn. stand-
ard should be maintained, but
that still. further advance be
made whenever and wherever
possible. The farmer who desires
to produce better wheat next year
than tins, will not wait until all
the present crop is harve ted aud
put in bin, good and bad to>
gether, befote selecting his seed
for the next crop; but he will
pick out the best acre or more,
and preserve il sep; ratsly for the
purpose named.
1t is seldom that field ofgrain
OF any considerable extent Is uni
tormly good. There will be good
spols, and very poor ones. and 1t
is easy to catherine best and keep
it for seed, while the poorest goes
to the null. The same should be
dole with all kinds of gram, as
well as fru;ts and vegetables that
are raised from seed. By selections
there is possibility of further pro-
gresslon, and not otherwise and
man who one Eeglns to practice
il viii not only learn to observe,
hut will eventually became a
much better and more careful cul>
tlvator La fact, he will soon be-
come imbued with progressive
IDEAS, and learn that it is Just as
easy and more profitable to go "a
head than to lag behind.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

CARLOS WHITE. of San Fran
cisco, writes he expects to visit
every point IN Oregon, and thrash
every Oregon editor he chances
to meet. We sincerely hope g
will postpone his trip to Oregon
until after the absent editor of
this pnper returns to his post of
duty. It is unpleasant to be
thrashed.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

Miss Eunlce Stone always
kisses the editor when she visits
o printing Office. Oh !! Eusnice
Stone.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

~ tAsS ASttct, uhfc udu
leasure of meeting with
20. B. Johnson. naturalist,
,ose collections Of beetles, but
rifles, birds, shells, etc, now to
as seen in the Superintendent OF
fablic Instructions room, oeea-
siol 60 much favorable con-
ment ISIS flis gentleman's ms
teution 10 VISIT Kosebui ] during
the coming Winter, and to de-
liver several, of rather, q course
-of lectures on Natural History
particularly 50 far as this State
Is concerned Prof. johnson is
az entertaining aud instructive
lecturer, wherever he has lecturs
ed he has been received cordially;
and | predict inr our citlzers q
great intellectual treat whenever
he shall visit them, and I feel as
sured they will give linn the cor>
dial reception he and his lectures
deserve. It's my earnest hope
that the present Legislature will
recognize the importance Of Prnf.
Johnson's labors and how much
the State Is to be benefited by
thsm; and before il adjourns will
provide moi only d room, suitable
tor proper display OF bis very
many specimens in zoology, bnt
appropriate y small sum-say
$500--t0 assist him IN his labors.
I am opposed to the alpropria-
tionsuf public moneys without a
compromising return to the pubs
lie; and / would be the last one
to offer the suggestion were l not
fully convinced that the State and
it's citizens would be benefited
By lie adoptlon. ! hope our Sem
ators and Representa- ives will do
= na.S uono' anu inquire iuiis
Anso s.ss .ea1sek'
n s.'s sus aoHs - Ger, tue
sssslA = poxu, lls nanle = 0la1ef:
Asous.s.1 son nAs i.Se1seu
1os. .1 ps1napS = Tue
:. ae s'li0elao u the
sse ou1 e. Sols arg = ~ oons
81 ''s1ss' slu W Wauss y ho
se.sl .ao'1ss !. "as nos ~. !.
- Z s..es /. J sss.s ~ 1870 -
-s'2 sssg !. IS sss's4e''.ss ''eSsssa' =
$500 ssssn "as nos oul
49,. s..ss 1sss's' u'u ho'
sssss = = e. = = no'p 70 ~
Wnat was our que, = was not our
fault that at the start we we're
!, Z ,........ Aa;la,a 60
sss@s !. = eesAuss naios.'s olegou
asa noE recognize our just claims,
81 prcpose TO give to our section
the reward she was entitled to
ts0m the tact that we elected the
(7overuor now IN Office at tho
: go - ~ = ~ -.
Saplsols pus rom ahs mrs. tue
delegation Iron our part OF the
State was not organized as it
should have been. Middle Oregon
,.,as ;tsolt erAaay and Eaatern
4 recon S. ,,os,,;ve = ;ts demands
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

Some fellow has written a poem
to his girl, beginning, "If thou
could'st only know. Yes, if she
could st only know the number of
old socks he is saving up TO be
darned. and the dilapidated ap>
parel that she will be expected to
resuseitate. we have no doubt the
course of his true love would be-
gin to be less smooth.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

A German citizen of Clinton
county Pa, posted the following
notice on his trom gate: ITEM.
ograts dake Notis Peter you
don't cum III hid dat gate Der
Big Dog is tied Loose Youst be-
hind Ter House, mt, l hare jine
nat dat Greenback Barty. Better
you Temograts Look Leetle
Out
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

The postmaster at st. Louis.
Missouri. has been removed by
the President fer making politi>
cal speeches. Nearly aH Of the
cabinet officers have been com.
mitting the same offense, bat nct
. word about .hen. Oh, copslss
teucy, lie.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

A copy of the la Grande Ga
zette was received at this office
this week. It's local columns
sparkle with flow of fresh wit
and humor. The many allusiot
made IN its well filled pages call
to mind many pleasant remlnis>
cences OF great wide "long ago.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

When the Thermometers is 80
degrees below zero, the sensation
of cold ls lndistinguishabie from
that OF heat.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

A paragraph is going the
rnnnds Of the press which gives
the settler RS false information, aud
causes a great amount OF trouble
to the land offices. Tho para>
graph is. to the effect that law
has passed, allowing persons to
file the second homestead appli,
cation. The truth Is, that bill
of that kind was introduced, but
it did not pass Congress. There
Is as much difference between the
introduction and the passage of a
bill as there is between the laying
and the Matching of the egg.
There are many reasons why
the Coos Bay Railroad should be
constructed, but none are 50 for
cibly convincing, as that it is an
economical measure. Our tar m
ers pay every year a large percent
OF their earnings to the pilots on
the Columbia river bar. The
road would relieve this heavy tax,
besides it would bring US several
hundfed miles nearer the markets
of the world. If We are not care>
full other sections may take from
our hands this enterprise and
complete it while we are wonder
ing how it is done.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-09-21

SALEM, Sept. 18, 1873.
. my last letter, I have bad
ieasure of meeting with
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

The glass roof of the Palace of Industry
erected in the Champs de Mars makes it very
warm for the Parisians and their guests.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

home and abroad! Shall we, by continuing
to honor the mean and the uncuItured, per
sist in depreciating letters and social excel
lence! Have we no tributes to pay to the arts,
the sciences and the more alluring accom-
plishments of life?
The time has come when the people of Ne
vada should cease to be content with public
men whose chiefest task it is to draw their sal
aries and seek to perpetuate themselves in
Office. Men who are thus selected are marked
and prominent. They are "the Jewels" the
State chooses to wear. 1t is right that men
thus elevated should set an example not only
of honesty of official conduct but of public
spirit. There is rising generation to be edu-
Gated and taught the ways which are best to
be pursued. Shall we who have the selecting
of the persons who are to fill these conspicu-
Gus places fail to require of them the highest
possible standard! There is much to be done
here-indeed almost everything is yet to be
done-to lift this State up to fair grade of
intellectual purpose and effort. The common
school does much but it is in the general
trend of public opinion that the State best
shows its regard for those elevating and en-
nobling influences which find expression in re
fnement, in morals and in purity of life 1t
will not do much longer to ignore or neglect
these things. We must fill our offices with
men whose character and attainments attest
the public esteem for that which is MODEST
and most exemplary in mankind, or suffer the
demorahzing consequences. And if this be
true, as we most earnestly believe it to be,
the application of it is not to be confined to
any party or faction or individual 1t forms
the basis of healthy political action-for it has
for its aim and demand the highest and purest,
broadcast and most benefcent functions of the
State. And the aim of people cannot be
too high.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

Governor Bradley is in Tuscarora At all
events he was there the latter part of last
week
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

Pneumonia prevails at Austin. And still
the festive Anstinian ,CiN 90 to picnics
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

Bishop Whitaker is preaching to the char
coal burners and Base-rangers of the Great
East
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

The Eureka Sentinel, reviewing some of the
blunders of the Democracy advises, very
earnestly, that the investigation contemplated
by the Potter Resolution be so far impartial
as to include an inquisition into alleged Dem
ocratic abuses Our shrewd contemporary
sees the advantage of going to work with the
courage and promptings Of full candOr 1t
also expressed the opinion that any attempt
to disturb Hayes's title will be to place the
Democracy in 1.-THE attitude of agitators and
revolutionists;' and it wisely observes that
"No risk of this kind should be incurred. "
But we suspect that the Democrats who are
as far seeing and philosophical as Senator
Cassidy are not sufficiently abundent in Con
gress to suppress the sort of agitation which
ought to alarm the country against the danger
of placing that party again in power At all
events, we are prepared to see Hayes's title
made the subject of violent assault when Con-
gress meets again; and we only wish we could
believe that the North had enough spirit to
resent so offensive a demonstration upon the
part of the Solid South
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

ing happy the inveterately soreheaded, old
fogy taxpayers who have been wretched ever
since Governor Shepherd compelled them to
pay something towards the cost OF digging
them out of the malaria, mud and dust IN
which they had revelled so long more like
swine than human beings.
The tariff bill is dragging along in dreary
sort of way, and will probably serve no other
purpose than to give Kelly of Pennsylvania,
and Wood of New York opportunities to air
their respective incongruous stores of facts:
figures and fancies.
Yesterday the House got up one of its
scenes of disorder over bill to pay to Richard
Heater, executor of John Heater, deceased,
of late Loudown county, Virginia, the sum of
So, 800 for stores and supplies taken by the
United States army. The question of loyalty
was thrown into the dispute and the whole
ground gone over as to the right of Southern
war claimants to relief. White, of Pennsyl-
vania, hurled Libby Prison at the Confeder-
ates with great force, saying that imprisoned
loyal civilians of the South died day after day
of starvation He also said: FTheir fellow
prisoners, soldiers, who were captured in
honorable warfare, and were in The room
above them, dropped food to them through
holes i'll the floor. These loyal prisoners put
up their skinny hands, looked up with their
emacated faces and hustled each other to get
the crumbs that were dropped down to them.
He could prove the truth of his statements if
his witnesses were here; many of them have
gone to their long homes. The bill was,
amid much confusion, reported to the House
and passed the vote standing on the motion
to lay it on the table nays, 50, yeas 40;
absentees, 122. Republicans and reasonable
Democrats voted with the majority, as there
was no doubt of Heaters loyalty.
There is much talk here as to what action,
if any, the Democrats of the House will take
in relation to the alleged frauds in Florida
that gave the Presidency to Hayes. Nothing
definite is known by anybody, but the talk
goes on all the same as if each individual
knew the whole present and future The
Repubiicao here goes for general investi-
CATION of all the frauds practiced in the sew
eral states, but seems to meet with no second
on the part of the Democracy. The New
York U-orId is urging action i'll the Florida
matter and scorns the idea that its party can
be disastrouslv affected in the next Congress
sional elections by any inquest that may be
ordered. The majority Of the Judiciary Com
mittee play shy, although some of its men,
bers favor investigations. 1t has been pro
posed to open up the whole matter not with
view Of nseating Hayes, but for the sole
purpose Of acquainting the people with all the
facts. Whether the country would rest quiet
under positive proof that Hayes holds his
place by conniving at and participating in
fraud, is a question that may be asked. On
the whole the Democracy would do we'll to
make haste slowly, or they may raise devil
they cannot lay. PALTA.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21
N o 7 | C. Ell

no CONSUMERS OF wATER,
- u9n hereafter will only be allowed while the niSs Is
r eiI IN e hand The practice Of putting irrigation ppes
Oh FENCES ana IN trees, letting IKE water nm on h.
ground Is prohibited. Sprinkng on the sidewalks snS
streets not allowed ANY deviation from this rule viii
cause the supply to be cut off ' VINO '"'e VIII
r r. p,x,,,.,- CARSON WATER COMPANY.
Carson May ls 1878.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21
NOTICE..

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL RE pp
~ ceved until MAY 10th, 1875 at the Office of the s.
rotary Of State of the State OF Nevada for nsurn tbe
State Capitol Building in the of 500 600 and tbs
state Library in the sum of s one wear from Nav
10TH 1875 The Capitol Commissioners reserve the raf{
to reject any and all bids ~ eNS
Proposals will also be received for ns,1rng the STATE
Capitol Building and State Library for terms OF two ana
three years from May 10TH 1875 o anu
BY order Of the Board of Capitol Commissioners
Carson, May 5, 1873. I'd '''''e'4ly'
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

John Booth of the Reveile is at Santa
Cruz, Cal, rusticating.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

FRANK CLIFFORD, the robber who was par
doned out of the State Prison about a year
ago is on trial in White Pine county for grand
larceny He stands accused Of stealing a bar
of bullion from Wells, Fargo & Co.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-21

The Typo 81" has entered upon its second
volume. May it never cease to shine.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-31
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