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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-06-15
CORRESPONDENCE,
CoQUfLLE CRY. Or. June 4

:
ED. INDEPxHDENT. Inasmuch
10 Jon are occasionally IN receipt
OF items from correspondents in
the Coquil!e valley, you will be
&c kind - to indulge me for the
srst and perhaps the last tlme.
I fear that M uncongenial ira-
pression has gone abroad IN re-
gard to the Coqullle City school
house. from articles written by
some OF our wide-awake and
ueli.lneaning scribes. While we
are ixr from impugning tho mo,
tives Of yonr Coquille correspous
dents We feel it our duty to make
. few rsmarka by way of ex~
plarafion.
While il is very true that we
'havs By no means school house
snfIiemht eithss in cont srt, con-
veniepes or capacity for the
present demand It is equally true
that we eanpoi At the present
|juncture, erect such q building.
The present bcilding was erected
while t'oquilie City was 10 its in>
c;pieney. and inAsmuch rs we
have not at our service at the
present time, "Aladins La mp,
nor . sufIiciency of money aud
material ksr building such q
house, wezdon't know what better
can be done than to s'wait for the
wagon" and we will all have n
new school building.
I, is verv true the pubic have
used the school house f. other
than school purposes. Well, in
the tirst place, the public built It
and it is their pr ,perty,and while
it Is not in u~e for school purpo-
scs 1T Is used as church bnlld
ing, q justice court house, f,r
elections. cancuses, shows, slny-
ing, etc.
While we are far from believ-
ing your. correspondent, writing
from Norway would allow
anything butsfrush to come forth
from hIs pen, or his crsnium to
be the receptacle OF anything but
what he understands to be s.so,"
yet we are of tie impression shat
he. being situated in the "Ci,y OF
Norway, some ten miles from
c"qaile City, has not the t,clIle
ties Tor knowing that the whit
Ting IT desks. &C., was dJne
du'Aas ,i,arcst rei slce>. as uch
AS s'snre of Us h ing III aid about
taqnisle e'ls..s
II : +. true tne1 house has
been sls..ai ~ great deal for reIigl-
I'll. pnrlnsss. IT beng the only
house l.ccesstbie.. TIE different
dennmlna,n,ns have used it and
the gos.i Judgment OF the c,rizeEs
i,ss decided tiiat 1t stlall he 80
used. iiac Uniyersalist frienns
used it untli they w.r. .nabled
to erect Il conltnMllnus chupel.
Ais. the Campbelite or Christian
determinations ls. making arrange>
ments TO erect a .chu;ch building
this summer, And va op'.ie that
the Methodist brethren will soon
tollaw in the wake. So you
see the religian denoninstinns
vii Cease trDubling some easily
i,seensed sensation spirit that ra
dates not q thousand miles from
Cnquiile City.
We long to see the time come
when we can boast Of q building
for . graded school ~ well rs
church buildings, and other inn
provemeuts 10 our besutiful town.
We rather admire the course pur>
sued by the directors. i. e., IN
withholding the keys, per conse.
quence = building spirit has IN
spired the lessons Of many.
ELEcTRoPHoroMocRoGRAPHY.
y x
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Letsa.s.

It is announced by telegraph
that Manager Masui-e, Of San
Francisco. il TO give Henry Ward
Bcecher $4,000 for ten lectures
u cal,l"nia, aud he will put the
tickets III 50 each. A sacramen-
70 man offered $4,000 to Beech
er's agent Tor twenty lectures and
thlnks he could have had twenty
out of INN for $4,000.
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EmientIy Correct.

TIE Portland Standard gives
Independents The credit for the
result 10 the late election in tile
counties and so Tia paper
- correct in this much, aud
awards honor where honor is
due.
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NOTES AND NEWS.

/ - :
Wilson, escaped from the Peni.
tentiafy recently.
A pamphlet, sketcl,ing "Hew.
ards Campaign against the Nez
Perce," Eas been received. |,
was written by Thos. A. Suther-
land, and presents . well connec.
ted narrative.
The first caee Of . wife asking
tor alimony witheit beng d.
vorced happened in San Fran>
cisco the other day under sec.
added to the Codes at the last
Legislature.
The strikcrs in Quebec. ('ana>
da, have caused every manufrc-
tory in that city to cease operas
tioDs by con polling working
men to knock of work. Onr
RACES have teen committed.
The Napa. CAT. w rkingmen
desire the b,ll punch system in
.trOdaced IN tha, city. o.lieying il
to be more just than the present
method OF taxing sal.s.ns. Why
would not the system be q COED
one to introduce in the State?
The congress Of the European
powers will be opeued By Prince
Bismarck, as president. l, Is be-
lieved tha, the origi, al anticipa.
tions that the la,ers OF the con-
gress will ma completed within q
fortnight will likely to lie reaIiz>
ed.
The condition of Modelling, the
assassin of the Emperor. OF Ger
many, is imprnving.s The empe>
ror 10 recovering with toni-h-
ing rapidity. Arrests for treason.
able utterances among classea
infected with socialism continde
frequently.
The commencement exerciees
OF the Willamette University we're
held al Salem this week. Also
that of the medical department.
There are several graduates IN
the literary department who will
go forth with their diplomas
never to be heard from again.
One or two are scholars. The
medical department is to be NOV.
cd to Portland. :; ~
Only so women took rooms at
tile Stewart Woman's Hote'. The
women OF New York thought the
thing was . private Bastile, and
they did 70; wish to be eamprison>
ed. Stewart, during h,s life, was
harsh to all the women he had
anything to do with, and now If.
ter bis death att esnpss to make
amends.
In February next the Pomreian
thcater will be re-opened ID that
ancient village recently urear,hed
between the Bay of Naples and
the foot of the burning noun
tain. This opening 10 to be the
anniversary the eighteen hun
dredsh annivsrsary-ot lts clos.
ing on that ferrlnie night in the
long ago, when old ve-uvln>. an
gered. rslne,f -ds,wn upnn It FIR
and ashes In such abundance MS
to cover II so maay iathoms deep
that for centuries lis site was un-
known. In this r. opening ev-
erythiug will be new-new faces,
new pays, new scenery, new
managers. ne" rr .npters, new
sudience.
Krof. whose arm was amputst@d last
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Hurry Up.

Persons who desire to settle
their accounts with their creditors
ny paying so cents on the dollar
muet hurry ur for The law repeal>
ing the bankrupt law goes into
effect on the first OF September.
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SHERIDAN BROS Roseturg.
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That avoice Of God. /"

1t is generally conceded now
that if God called upon Brother
Hines to take the Republican
nomination for Congress. He did
SO to show Hines how badly He
could beat him.
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THE VERY LATEST /
Vote On Governor /
Thayer Certain Of Election |

The following dispatch was res
eeived in this CITY .. 1:so to-day
(Frislay.)
F. T. HoeAN-Ro Roseburg: I am
about thirty ahead OF Beckman
outside of Grant county. Grant
is reported to have gone twenty
Republican.
W. Y. THA1Ea.
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Kroff. whose arm was amputated lsss
week by Drs Han1iIssn and Dsvidson !,
doing we'll.
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suBcsrBE FOR THE INDEPENDENT.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26
The Flood Of Little Books.

Within a few years this country
has been flooded with a perfect del
uge of little books, the avowed OBJ
ject of which is the teaching of a
science in the brief space of six or
twelve weeks. In discussing this
subject the Providence Press re-
marks that it is entirely useless TO
say that knowledge picked up in
that way possesses very little or no
value. A man might as well read
through cyclopedia and then coz
slider himself a learned man. True
kno Wedge costs labor, and there is
no knowledge which can possibly
hope to cover the whole field Of
human interest. As a rule readers
would do well to conGne their at
tention to any one thing and TO
master that. A man who has not
fully mastered any one thing, be it
ever so uninteresting, is not a
scholar, and he is in danger either Of
becoming a charlatan or of remain
ing a novice through life. To read
bOO mum 10 40 hdu XVI Ohn 10 ~ - w
read too little, and 1t is better 20
read a hundred books all bearing
upon one subject, say the finances,
or the history Of the exact sciences,
than TO read one book on each of
hundred different subjects. The
great faults of our schools Is that
they undertake too much. 1t is
impossible for a high school girl
to do justice at The same time 10
her health, her needlework, her do
mestic duties and her school work,
the latter too often involving the
study Of half dozen different sub
jects, including two or three Ian
guages, as many sciences and some
historical branches. The fault Of
our age in matters OF study is that
it favors encyclopedia information
rather than solid quality and real
thoroughness. Yet a person who
is thorough in any one thing is n
master, while all others remain
mere apprentices.
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THE BELLS OF SHANDoN.
sT TArHEB rRASo1s MAnoNNr trnoU1.


Written on leaving Cork, copy Of which
Is kindly furnished us by our friend M.
Hallissy.l
With deep affection and recollection,
| often think Of those Shandon bells,
Whose sound so mild would in days ofehild-
hood,
Fling round my cradle their magic spells.
On this l ponder where'er wander,
And still grow fonder, Sweet Cork, OF
For the bells of shandon sound far moro
grand on
The pleasant waters of the river Lee.
Pve heard bells chime in fun many a cline, in
Tolling sublime DER cathedral shrine,
While at glib rate brass tongues vibrate,
But all their music spoke naught like thine.
In memory dwelling DER each proud
swelling,
With thy belfry knelling its bold
notes free,
Made the bells OfshandOn sound far more
The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
have heard bells tolling in old Adrian's
mole in,
With their thunders rolling from the Vat
lean,
And symbols glorious, swing uproarious
In tho gorgeous turrets OF Notre Dame.
But thy sounds were sweeter than the
dome of Peter
Filings DER the Tiber, pealing solemnly,
OH the bells of Shandon, sound far more
grand on
The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.
There is bell in Moscow on tower and
kioshuo,
In st. Sophia the Turkman gets,
And loud in air calls men to prayer
From the tapering SUBMITS of tall minarets.
And pmnfN nbant0plS ! franIv fhaut
But there is sn anthem more dear 10 me,
'Tis the bells of Shandon that sounds 30
grand on
The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
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/ do not deem it out of place to
make a few comments upon the
preaching talent of those who filled
the Salem pulpit during the late re-
vival there. Having "passed" upon
DR.. Rivers, permit me to say that
the sacred desk was happily filled
and properly appreciated by the
Rev. j. B. Anderson of Pulaski,
upon whom it fell to take the ini-
tiative. and we'll did he perform
his task. As a theologian he is
above mediocrity; as a pulpit orator
he is hard to excel. His services
here are highly appreciated by those
who are not prejudiced against ser
mons of over an hours length. Like
most other communities, we have
those whom 1 term harpers-people
who complain at every thing, and
are not satisfied with anything. If
man breaches too long, they harp
upon that; or if he dip his sermon
in the fires Of the Internal regions
and hurls it with a tinge of brim-
stone upon it, they say that he is
trying 30 frighten the people into
measures. If he relates the death
bed scene of some eminent Chris
tian, or uses any other persuasive,
they say he is too sympathetic.
l now pass to Brother Brown of
Bethel, who delivered several excel
lent discourses to crowded houses.
His simplicity of manner and earn
estness ef spirit made favorable
impression upon all. His style is
truly methodistic, logical and point
ed, and his efforts to promote the
interests of practical Christianity
in this section were highly appre
cIated, and will be held in lasting
remembrance by the people.
AS to Brother Duncan of Pleas
ant Valley, my efforts to do him JUS
tice would fall short of their aim.
Suffice it to say, however, that his
pulpit oratory is above ordinary,
and it would require a mightier pen
than mine to describe it. His SER
mons were fraught with gospel
truths, warnings, and admonitions
TO the wayward, and words of en-
couragement to the Christians. His
services for the "old people" on the
first Thursday of the meeting were |
especially impressive, and its effect |
will be like bread cast upon the wa
ter-will be gathered up many days
hence. KULLY.
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The Short Road.

Young men, cut out these rules
and paste them in the inside oil
your hat whore you can read them
three times a da,. Women, read
these rules every morning u your
husbands. They are worth pei pet
uating:
If you wish to be always thirsty
become a drunkard, for the oftener
you drink the more thirsty you will
be.
II you wish to prevent friends
from helping you along in the
world, be a drunkard, for that OF
itself will defeat all their kindest
efforts.
If you are determined 20 be poor
become n drunkard, and soon you
will become ragged and friendlcss.
II you wish 10 starve your fami-
ly become a drunkard, for that will
consume all OF your money.
II you wish TO be imposed on by
knayes be a drunkard, for il is a
sure road TO destruction.
If you would have no resources
when past labor but the poor house,
be a drunkhrd, and you will accom-
plish 1t most ehectually.
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This is the only agency that can
protect the country from the greed
of rapacIous robbers who now prey
upon it to the amount of two mil
lions q year. AS the Texas Pacific
company ask nothing but the good
will of the government to enable
them to sell their bonds at par,
build the road cheaply and then
carry freight and passengers at
half the present rates; the country
is in favor of governmental encour-
agement, especially as this cannot
draw dollar from the national
treasury. No doubt the greedy
monopolists will renew their fight
against this enterprise at the ap-
preaching session of Congress,
but the country and its representa-
tives have come to understand this
matter so well that there is the ut
most confidence of early and favor
able action.
But even if the present Pacific
line and the proposed one on the
OCOu pStidllCi, WcAO UObu III hOIhiuR
order, and charging reasonable rates,
they could not meet the demand tor
a railroad from Fort Yuma to the
Pacific on the 32nd parallel. All
north western Texas, Southern New
Mexico and Arizona, a region of
marvellous and incalculable mineral
wealth as well as agricultural re
sources, must remain comparative
ly valueless until great highway
of this kind is constructed. Such
a road, too, with branches extend
ing south into Mexico for which
liberal concessions have already
been granted, would not only pro-
tect our Southwestern border, but
add annually millions to our trade
with that republic.
Let us have the Kansas, Colorado
and New Mexico railroad on the
Both parallel, let us have the North
ern Pacific on the 47th parallel, and
above all, let US have the Texas
Pacific on the 32nd parallel.
JAY ELTEE.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26
Poor Men.

The Shelbyville, Indiana, Volun-
teer says: "There is not a poor
man vainly seeking employment;
there is not a mechanic hal en-
ployed and poorly paid; there is
not a merchant hoping for a revival
of trade; there is not a manufactur-
er struggling to build up his bust.
ness, there is not a farmer deprived
of good markets and fair prices
who does not know there is some
thing radically wrong in the admin
istratIon of our public affairs. They
know that the party in power is re
spon sible fol the disastrous condi
tioD of business affairs They know
this from the fact that the republi-
can party has had supreme control
of the National Government for the
last sixteen years"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26

Easy way to make money: Take
a counterfeit So bill; enter a store
at dusk with a witness and ask the
honest tradesman if he can give you
silver for a 81 bill. The honest
tradesman will slam the bill into
the till and count out the silver.
When ne discovers that the note
was a counterfeit, you have a wit
ness to swear that you received just
50, hence the bad V. can't have
been given bV YOU.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26
YELLOW FEVER.
Some Suggestions from One Who
Has Had the Disease.


To the editor of the Banner
There is much talk and excitement
about the yellow fever This is a
disease, which once developed can
not be mistaken by an experienced
physician or nurse. The writer
had it in 1855, and nursed some
seven or eight patients in one
house. The symptoms are, first a
chill with aching of the limbs, and
especially the back Of the neck and
soinal column, and of the joints,
followed by fever approximating a
temperature of 100 to 105 degrees,
parched and dry tongue, complete
restlessness, and slight alteration
OF mind, a constant thirst and cry
for water, glistening eyes, with yell
low tinge, and when perspirauon
succeeds it gives out yellow tinge.
These are the symptoms in the first
stage. The treatment is, first, emet-
ic, given an hour or two after cat
ing, administered warm, the giving
of hot teas, watermelon seed tea,
best, with orange leaves or peel.
The emetic must be followed by Il
powerful purgative of either oil or
cream of tartar, if cream of tartar,
administered as hot as the patient
can drink it. Ia the mean time,
the patient should be kept covered
with blankets, and if extremities
are cold use mustard baths. When
the fever subsidies, use calomel and
quinine. The fever usually sub
sides in three days and the patient
is convalescent; if not, then the pa
tlent must be kept quiet or the par
Oxysm of black vomit ensues and
that is the end. From the diogno-
sis given by physicians, there has
been but two cases of yellow fever
in Nashville, Goodwin and the pa
tient at Fisk University. o. B.
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Facts for areenbackors.

The Democratic House repealed
the resumption act, but the Repub-
lican Senate refused TO concur.
The Democratic House passed a
bill restoring silver TO a perfect
equality with gold as money met
al, but the Republican Senate re-
fused TO concur.
The Democratic House passed n
bill making greenbacks a full legal
tender, equal with gold and silver,
for the payment Of all debts. public
aud private, but the Republican
Senate refused to concur.
The Republican party in their
State platform declare that the
financial question has been settled,
but this the Democratic party do
nies, and declares that the financial
and labor questions are the only
issues in the campaign.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26
OF Ine OlIlZeus
Don't Break Down Prices.

EDITOR CITIZEN In the Ameri-
can of Aug. 80, there appears an ex-
tract from the New York Herald
under the head of business pros
poets in New York. A part of the
article is made up from an inter-
view with William Libby the busi-
ness head of the house of A. L.
Stewart & Co. Speaking of cotton
manufactures Mr.. Libby said: eve
anticipate good business this fall.
/ don't think there has been an
overproduction in cotton fabrics.
Prices are on a lower plane than
they were last year even, and there
does not seem much prospect of an
advance. They can only be adj
vanced by a scarcity of the raw ma
terial of which there is no indica-
ton. Low prices will rule through
out the season. But, as rule, l do
not believe in low prices. Every
honest man is willing to pay fair
price to the manufacturer and allow
a fair profit to the merchant. 1t
would be well if our merchants
learned this. We need better
modes of doing business and more
honor and fair dealing in trade.
The great curse from which bust
ness suffers in this country is the
constant effort OF a certain class of
merchants to break down the mar
ket. There are so many fools in
business anxious to make a name
by selling goods for less than they
can be made, and for less than they
can buy them, that it is no wonder
honest dealers, trying to trade in a
legitimate way, are often forced to
fail"
Now, sir, it is almost useless to
call your attention to the instances
that have occurred even in your own
town as to the certain ruin that fol-
lows the course of the merchant
who in the first place tries to break
the market, and failing in this sells
certain class of goods for les
than their cost. This has been pc
culiarly the case with the cotton
goods made in Tenn. One mer
chaut in p, before his failure, sold
Richland sheetings at a cent and a
half less than they could be manu-
factured for. The farmer does him
self an injury when he buys goods
at these rates. He ought to know
that breaking down the market on
cotton goods affects the raw mate
rial which he raises, and in saving
50ets on 100 yds.of cotton goods he
loses $3.50 on every bale of cotton
he raises, and if he sends twenty
into market he comes out loser to
twenty times the amount saved on
his cotton goods bought below a
fair, living price. The manufac
turer seeks but small margin and
it seems that our home merchants
should be the last ones to sscut prl-
ces" on home manufacture. The
manufacturer has his margin upon
but one article, the merchant upon
many lines of goods. II he sell to
a farmer fifty yards of sheeting and
loses a dollar on it he makes it up
in a pair of shoes for the farmers
wife and a parasol and fan for his
daughter. The case is different
with the cotton manufacturer, who,
restricted to one class of goods must
look alone to that for his profits.
1t is asked that these ideas be
looked al in the light of actual facts.
Vourc n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-09-26
Lockout, Democrats.

Paris Intelligencer: There never
was a period since 1865, that it was
more important that the Democra-
cy should be vigilant, and rigidly
maintain their organization. Where
ever Independents, or Nationals
(so-called) have any strength, we
see republicans joining hands with
them to defeat the Democratic par
ty. There is nothing of value pro-
posed to be accomplished By these
Nationals or greenbackers, that can
not be more safely accomplished by
the Democratic party than by any
other combination that can be
made. If financial reform is want
ed, act with the Democratic party,
which is the party OF reform.