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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-02

DOES Noy Eth man who makes wheels
is wheel-wright, but that doesn't prove
that the man who makes anchors Is an
anchorite, by any means.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

bishops ancestors in the forests bor-
deringi Scotland. Faulkner was de-
lighted. He afterwards ascertained
that letters patent were granted to an
ancestor about 1876 for hereditary title
to some land in Northum berland.' r.
In furthur conversation with the old
professor, it was ascertained that Gov.
VanZsndt, of Rhode Island, is an un-
conscious scion Of great Dutch fam
lily that once laid pretense to the
throne of the Netherlands. The Shelf
telm brothers, of Williams street, are
German Barons. The eldest sons of
the Pierrepont family, of this city, are
quasi English noblemen. James Nor
timer, a clerk in dry goods store on
Eighth avenue, is entitled to wear
royal arms, with the single exception
of the exclusive supporters Ogden
has lately received device
from al English engrayer, showing the
prettiest crest in the whole range of
1t consists of a miniature
cornet, underlined with heur-de-lis,
scrap of mullet of gold. The contrast
between metal and cloth is elegantly
as required by the best
usages of noble families.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04
TWO GRAVES.

The quarrel of the two widows of
Elias Lispis, IN q San Francisco ceme-
terry, as to which should decorate his
grave, has been described. The affair
is now in a criminal court, through
the arrest of the superintendent of the
cemetery. 1t transpires that widow
one drove widow two away from the
grave; that the superintendent, enam-
ored of widow two, gave her burial
plot, and secretly removed the remains
of Lispis to it. Thus widow one went
on decorating an empty grave, while
widow two had the real grave to her.
self. Widow two could not keep so
pleasing victory to herself, and the
story got out. The superintendent,
frightened by this publicity, slyly re-
turned the remains to their first rest
ng-place, and declared that they had
never been disturbed. Wife two got
angry with him for this act, and told
all to the police. An investigation
followed, and he is to be tried on a
charge of grave robbery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

| of the skin to be found on the surface.
Occasionally the whole imprint of the
hand has been left one woman's slen-
der fingers are thus preserved for the
people of the nineteenth century. AS
to the date of these erections but little
can be determined. at present. The
Moqui towns are now in precisely the
same state of preservation as they
were when described by the invading
Spaniards, nearly four hundred years
ago. Assuming the Moquis to be lin
cal descendants of the cliff dwellers,
how vast time the old canon castles
must have been deserted even when
the Moquis have no knowledge of the
grand homes of thesr ancestorsl Re-
gardipg the age of the Pueblos, they
were said by Coronado at the time of
the conquest to look very old. Cas-
tenado records that the inhabitants
told him that the Pueblos were older
than the memory of seven hundred
years. That these ruins were known
to the Spanish invaders we have proof
in the journal of Don Antonio de Oh
ermin, written in 1851, where mem
ton is made that eighty leagues from
their camp there were Casas Grandas'
Gallatin speaks of them and ascribes
them to Astecs. Perhaps time and
more extended research may reopen
the history of these people who have
been swept away from their grand
cities, leaving nothing but the stony
walls of their houses TO tell the tale of
their pre-Columbian greatness; but
this we know, that these and other
tokens tell tn at in reality America is
the old world, and that thousands of
years ago races f1ourished here in a
high state of barbaric cultivation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

AN English newspaper tells good
story of clergyman who was consol-
ing a lady for the death of her hus-
band by emphatic assurance that those
who had been friends in this world
would be reunited Immediately after
death. He was thinking of the hap
piness of being able to offer the relief
of such faith, when she broke in upon
his meditations by exclaiming, sadly,
Well, his first wife has got him, then,
by this timel"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04
HEzr es K IN THE sroRr1NG.

tstH RY Rxy~LEANDKRz sIcoAx-s. ~
90 You can'theip the baby! pais6n.d
4 ButstiY want you to go n s'i3 80
- Down an look in upon 'hefs'5 ~ p"
ill- An read and pay. you know. ~ h'
Only last week she was skippin' round, u
A-pulin' my whiskers IN hair. ~.
~ A clinnbiusup ON the table = saisai@ 90.
Into her little chair. -.
y 'pFAe hrst ni ght that she took 1t. 49,
q, When iser, little checks grew red.
When She kissed good-night to papa, -f'
= And went sway to bed -a .
Ses she. ''Tis headache, papa, H
BE better in mOrnin-byeP
, An'somethin' in how she said it
Just made me want to cry. ,r.
: but the mornin' brought the fever.
An her little hands were hot,
An the pretty red nv her cheeks
Z = Grew fntoa crimson spot.
But she laid there just as patient
.skz over u woman could.
Takin, whatever we give her
Bctter'n grown woman would.
1.-The days are terrible long and slow.
An she's growin' wus in each;
An now she's jest n slippin'
Clear away out NV our reach.
Every night when kiss her,
Tryin' hard not to cry, she.
She says. in n way that kills me-
Be better in mornin'-byep
"She can't get thro' the night. parson,
o. So want you to come and pray,
And talk with mother little
You know just what to say;
Not that the baby needs It.
Nor that we make any complaint
That God seems to think he's needin'
The smile of the little saint"
1 walked along with the Corporal
1 To the door of his humble home,
: To which the silent messenger
Before me had already come.
And if ne had been a titled Prince,
would not have been honored more
Than was with his heartfelt welcome
To his lowly cottage door.
Night falls again in the cottage;
They move in silence and dread
Around the room where the baby
Lies painting upon her bed.
. Does baby know papa. darling?''
And she moved her little face.
With answer that shows she knows him;
But scarce q visible trace
OF her wonderful infantile beauty
Remains as it was before
The unseen. silent messenger
Had waited at their door.
"Papa-kiss-babyI I'se-so-tiredr
The man bows low his face,
And two swollen hands were lifted
H.
And into her fathers grizzled beard
The little red fingers cling.
While her husky, whispered tenderness
Tears from a rock would wiring.
"Baby-is-sO-sick-pa
. But-don't-want-y
! The little hands fell on the coverlet-
Be-better-in-mornin'
And night around baby is falling, r.-
settling down dark and dense: &C.,.
Does God needtheir darling in heaven
That he mustcarry her hence,
prayed. with tears in my voice.
As the Corporal soiemnly knelt,
With grief such us never before
His great warm heart had felt
, o, frivolous men and womenI
DO you know that round you and nigh.
Alike from the humble and naughty,
Goeth up eyermore the cry:
z My child, MY, precious. my darlingi
How can Let you die2'' .I -.I .4G'
OH hear ye the white lips whisper:
+" Be-better-.in--mOrnin GI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

omen should not allow their wives
to split wood" says a contemporary.
This is rather rinconsiderate. How can
a man refuse when his wife comes up
with tears in her eyes, and says, "Now
do, dear, let me go down in the cellar
and split wood for an hour to get up
an appetite"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04
: MARX Al : TWAIN Nv ON BABIES.

| MARX TWAIN ON BABIES.
Tats isesponxes to- tfle Toast ~The
I E1a bIes,'' at the Grant Banquet
NO. MT Chicago.
The humorous speech of the even
ing was made by Samuel L. Clemens,
otherwise 2. Mark Twain" in response
to the novel sentiment of "The Ba-
"The Babies" As they com fort us in our sor-
rows, let US not forget them in our festivi-
ties. lLaughter.l in '-'
b. TIike that1 IWehaven't all had the
good fortune to be ladies' Laughter
we haven't all been generals, or po-
cts, or statesmen; but when the toast
works down to Babies we stand on
common ground, for we've all been
there-been babies. Laughter and
applause. 1t is shame that for a
thousand years. the worlds banquets
have utterly ignored the baby, as if he
didn't amount to anything. If you
gentlemen will stop and think for a
minute-if you will 60 back fifty or a
hundred years, to your early married
life [laughter]-and recontemplate
your first baby, you will remember
that he amounted to a good deal, and
even something over. You soldiers
all know that when that little fellow
arrived at family headquarters, you
had to hand in your resignation.
[Laughter.] He took entire command.
You became his lackey, his mere body
servant, and
YOU HAD TO STAND AROUND
too. He was not a commander who
made allowances for time, distance,
weather or anything else-you had to
execute his order, whether it was pos
sible or not. Laughter
And there was only one form of
marching in bis manual of tactics, and
that was double quick. He treated
you with every sort of insolence and
disrespect, and the bravest of you
didn't dare to say word. You could
face the deathstorm of Donelson and
Vicksburg, and give back blow for
blow-[applause]-but when he claw
ed your whiskers, and pulled your
hair, and twisted your nose, you had
to take it. [Laughter.] When the
thunders of war sounded in your ears,
you set your face to the batteries, and
advanced with steady tread but when
he turned on the terrors of his war;
whOops, you advance in the other di-
rection-[L Laughter ]-mighty glad of
the chance, too. When he called for
soothing syrup did you venture to
throw out
ANY SIDE REMARS
about certain services being unbecom-
ing an officer and a gentleman p
Laughter.] No! You got up and got
it. If he ordered his pap bottle, and it
wasn't warm, did you talk back? Not
you! You went to work and warmed
it. You even descended so far in your
mental Office as to take suck at that
warm, insipid stuff yourself, to see if
it was right-three parts water to one
of milk, touch OF sugar to modify
the collie, and drop of peppermint to
kill those immortal hiccoughs. 1 can
taste it yet. [Roars of laughter.l
And how many things you learned,
as you went along. Sentimental
young folk still took stock in that
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

John sherman on Cornell.
Bellfontaine Examiner.
Here is what John Sherman said of
Alonzo B. Cornell
ERNoR OF NEW YORK.
sThe suspension of A. B. Cornell
(from the New York Custom House,
was owing to his unfitness, his incom-
potency, his neglect Of duty, the yul-
gar, sordid associations of his Office,
his fragrant prostitution of the powers
of his position, his corrupt and truc-
culent misuse of his functions, and his
grave failure to keep the expenses of
his place down and its revenues up to
the requirements of the service. His
course was one of long scandal in of
flee, and his renaoual soas demanded by
the public honor and secuYityP
And here is what the same distin-
guished Republican leader said of Mr..
Cornell
AFTER HE WAS NOMINATED FOR Gov
ERNoR OF NEW YORK.
Il regard the election of Mr.. Cor
nell as of the highest National impor-
tance.'
Which is why we again remark that
John Sherman is liar and dema-
gogue, and wholly unworthy either of
public confidence or respect.
How CAN q man who bets be worse
than ona who ia no better2
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

LEADvILLE already has three daily
newspapers, four churches and pub
lie school system; but there are, also,
los gambling houses.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

'hlD:,.. A. BELDING, M. D.,
, sysfeian and Surgeon. once over Belding
Armstrong; Drug Store, north side Of
vublic Square, Ravenna. Ohio. 571
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04
SELFISHN ESS.


the natural selfishness of man comes
out so strongly as in travelling. Peo-
pie who, when at home or among their
friends, are not only polite, consider
ate of the comforts of others, but even
elf-sacrifcing in trifies, often become
grasping, repellant, morose, when they
get on a railroad train to go travelling.
Too often they seek their own comfort
to the disregard of the rights Of others.
A man will enter a train and take a
whole seat and so arrange his bag
gage as to coyer the whole of it, so as
to keep any one else from occupying
a part of it. He only pays for one seat
and he knows perfectly well that he
has no right to occupy two, and yet
he does SO frequently, until he is forc-
ed to yield, and then he does so with
as bad grace as possible. 1t matters
not that other men may be standing
up in the cars he rarely has the grace
to invite one of them to sit by him.
He sits and looks as forbidding as pos
sible, or turns his back and gazes out
of the window so as to prevent, if pos
sible, any one from requesting him for
a seat beside him. The ladies are in
that respect no better than the men,
and they are more perfectly the mas
ters of the situation. She is protected
by her sex in her selfishness and her
disregard of the comfort of her sisters.
A gentleman does not like to ask her
for seat,though he has a perfect right
to do so. Even another lady is at a
disadvantage in asking for seat. A
cold, naughty, insolent manner and an
intrenched air of possession usually
against all comers. The politeness of
men to women rarely fails in Ameri-
ca, and it is no unusua, thing for two
gentlemen to rise to give a lady a
whole double seat because another la
dy fails to offer her a seat. Now in
this case each lady secures her double
seat at the price of the discomfort of
two 0fellow-travelers. When it is man
who behaves thus the remedy is COM
simple. There is even a
sort of pleasure in applying it. The
passenger who on entering the car
finds all the double seats occupied by
men who refuse to make room for HIM
is often tempted to pick out the most
looking of them and go up
and coolly and business-like tell him
to make more room, and then she
very quietly sets down by him in as
roomy and spacious style as possible
and then humorousIy whistle some low
plaintive air-klnd o. sad like. This
inflicts agonies upon the exclusive
and gives to the newcomer
that calm inward repose which comes
from the infiction of righteous pun
ishmont Yet how much bettor it
would be for the ladies to make place
for their fellow female travellers and
to exchange the little courtesies that
brighten the journey; how much bet
ter it would be for the men to prompt
ly make room for the newcomers and
get into friendly chat by the way.
This selfish eXclusiveness in travelling
does not pay. One does not get the
most out OF the voyage in this way.
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

DURING the last two or three years
nearly seven millions of people haYe
died in the interior provinces of China
from famine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

How CAN q man who bets be worse
than one who is no better2
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-04

CHINESE proverb-Man cannot be.
come perfect in a hundred years; he
can become corrupt in less than day
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
The vctO-T,c Gist OF IL in u Few
Words

Washington. March 1.-The following is
a bricf text Of the Presidents message ; 6
delivered to the House this evening: The
President stated his objection to the bill
and said that it was confined in its provi.
sions to the object named in its title. TIL,
only means adopted to secure its object
was the limitation of the number of Chi
nese passengers which any one vessel cOul i
carry. IN the effort to rppress the elnigra-
ton to an extent falling only short Of alb
solute exclusion. The bill rs presented to
the President requires the abrogation of
The B'lrllngame treaty exchanged at Pekin
June 18th, 1858. lie thinks that the treaty
signed should be sacredly observed. He
says that the supplemental negotiations
with the Chinese Empire and the text OF
the principal treaty and Of its additional
articles. constitute one treaty. setting forth
the obligations between the two Govern
menis. lie quotes passages from the
treaty beginning with its initial clause.
whicl' says: ''The United States Of Amer
ca and the Using Empire. desiring to main
tain a firm. lasting and sincere friendship.
have resolved to renew in a manner clear
and positive the former relations - and
further reviewing it. said that. the Chimes,
had been generally bettered and improved
over their former condition by their rela-
ton with the United States. The general
tone OF the message from this point was q
decided denunciation of the measure. re-
gardless of what might be the result in the
West. or whether the United States were
flooded with Chinese. The efie t upon the
House was in character varied. many OF
the members applaudiDg, while others
manifested extreme disapprobaiion.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13

San Francisco. March Ga Los An
geles dispatch says: A reservoir with one
hundred million gallons of water broke
this morning. 1t is SO far from the city.
however. that the damage is confined to
the flooding of streets aud cellars. There.
has been a heavy rainfall in the interior
during the past forty-eight hours. The
Yuba and Feather rivers are high. The
outer levees AT Marvsville broke this morn
ing. and the suburbs Of the place are under
water. The inside levee protected the city.
but there is much damage to property. In
Russian River valley six inches of rain fell.
The river is over its banks and has flooded
the valley. Bridges have been carried
away. The North Pacific Railroad was
washed out so that it cannot be repaired
for several days.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
The oldest Paper In the United
States.

A friend on the Yellowstone sends lis
| fac simite copy of what ''is said to- be the
oldest paper in the United States" 4he
paper sent us is the Ulster County Gazette,
and was published in Kingston, Ulster
County, New York. The copy sent is the
SSth number and shows the paper was in
| its second volume. 1t is dated january
4. 1900. and is especially valuable, contain
ing, as it does. full account OF The death
and burial of Gen. Geo. Washington. also
/ the action of Congress and the President
john Adams-it that time. The inside
of the paper appears with inverted rules
in mourning tor the event recorded. Our
friend. however, is wrong in snppOsing
the Ulster County Gazette to be the Oldest
paper published in the United States. We
have in our possession a fac sinile copy OF
the first number of the Boston Ne'cs Let
ter, GATED Monday, April "A, l704. This
was the first paper printed in America.
and contained the following ADVERTISE
MENT:
'.i'his News Letter is to be continued
Weekly; and all persons who have any
Houses, Lands. Tenements, Farms. Ships,
Vessels, Goods, Wares, or Merchandise.
&c, to be sold, or let; or Servants Run
away. or Goods Stole or Lost; may have
the same inserted at a Reasonable Rate. |
from Toekre Pence to Fire .ShHiings. and
not TO exceed: Who may agree with John
Postmaster of Boston.
''.All persons in Town and Country. may
have said Newsletter every Week. Yearly.
'lpon reasonable terms. agreeing with
Jotn Campbell, Postmaster for the same"
From the paper sent us-the Ulster Co.
Gazette copy the following unique ad-
,ertiscment:
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
Com m cndabse ENTERPRISE.

The AvANT COURIER evinces a COM
mendable degree of enterprise in present
ing its readers with neatly gotten up H.
Illustrated almanac of forty pages. entitled
Eastern Montana in a NUTSHELL In
addition 70 the usual information contain
ed in such works. there are statistical and
other matters of interest in relation TO
Eastern Montana. BoZeman is well repre-
sented in the advertising pages. which
speaks well for the energy and enterprise
Of the business fraternity of that town.
The remaining copies OF this sprightly lit
tie pamphlet will be sold at twenty-five
cents each.-Husbandnan, February o7th.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
Montana Condensed ,

Hugh McQuad. of the Independent, is or
visit East.
Missonla county has nvied tax Of thirty
mills for the present year.
Last week bullion shipped from Butte
amounted to l.:T pounds, worth Sl2.47s
4 Catholic Fair in Butte. under the SUI
pcrvision OF Mrs. r. A. Largely, Melted
5000.
An attempted assassination Of John
Hauck was recently pcrpetrated in the vi
entity of Canyon Ferry. Cause and perpe-
TRAITOR unknown.
The flood and ice in the Deer Lodge
river last week left few bridges. The only
one left in place and uninjured that we can
learn Of was the Perkins bridge.-Mr
North West.
The Idaho Araianche. IN IFS Issue of the
22nd ult.. quotes extensively from the Mes
sage OF Governor Potts. and compliments
him Oh the ''ciear. concise and able presen-
iation Of the condition, resources and
wants" Of orr Territory.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
-
Cabinet Meeting.

Washington, March THE Cabinet in
session to-day considered the failure of the
army. legislative, executive and judiciary
appropriation bills and the condition OF
the departments in consequence. The
party features of the question entered into
an expression OF views. All members re-
GREETED that an extra session of Congress
was made necessary. The Secretary ofthe
Treasury presented to the Cabinet a long
report from Assistant Secretary French in
support of the Treasury order of February
18th, prohibiting the importation of neat
cattle from England, and the report was
adopted.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
Buckeyes Getting Excited Over a
Rich Strike In Idaho.

Cincinnati. March "a number OF
wealthy citizens are greatly excited over
reports of a strike of gold in an idaho
mine. of which they are owners. Tier
information states that very rich vein OF
gold has been reached in the 2O0-foot level
and that it furnishes ore yielding from
$1,000 to $4,000 per ton in gold and silver.
The vein increased in size and richness as
it was worked. and ii is regarded by those
in charge as one Of the richest gold mines
in the country. The gentlemen who own
the property are Il. r. Springer. John Shil-
leio. and other residents Of Cincinnati.
MIR. SEilletO declared to-day that one mill
lion dollars would not induce him to part
with his interest. The whole party of
OXneTs will start shortly for the mine.
which is located in Alturas county, 200
miles from the railroad.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-13
Election OF Union Pacific Director

Boston. March 5.-Thc stockholders of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company in
annual meeting to-day elected tie follow
ing directors tor the ensuing year:
Sidney Dillon. New York; F. Gordon
Dexter, Boston; Elisha Atkins. Boston i;
Russell Sage. New York; Scion Humph-
reys. New York; Jay Gould, New York ::
John Sharp. Salt Lake City; s. II. H.
Clark. Omaha; David Bows. New York ::
James Il. keene, New York; VIM. L.
Scott. Eric, Pa; f. H. Baker. Boston;
Fred. L. Ames. Boston; Addison Comack.
New York; w. \. Ii. Lovcland, Golden,
,nlorn.lo