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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
sabbath Singing at Seaside Hotels.

Tea over and the weak-day machinery
cleared away from the parlors and piazzas
in all the houses, the piano is opened, the
"Carmina Sacran got ont, and for an hour
or two the whole village is vocal with the
sober strains of .Hambu and Near, !"
or the lifting inspiration of Hold the
Fort" and 'sPull for the Shore" As mu-
sic, it doesn't touch the highest artistic
mark, certainly, hut it is soothing and
sympathetic. Thoughtless misses and
stalwart young swells, who for six days a
week know little melody but eConasci
il suol" or Madame Angnt" feel the gsn.
tie infection, and those who came to sneer
remain to sing. Quaint, isn't it, to see
young Biceps, Just arrived with all his
blushing, Springfield honors thick upon
him, roaring away like sturdy, red-faced
six-foot sucking dove, and rasping his
manly larypx with an intractable chro-
matte, as he looks over the book with
sweet Nelly S--, the daintiest little devo-
tee who ever carried poor fellows
thoughts skyward on the wings of earth
ly sentiment. But there is nothing like
proximity. Biceps wont be the worse for
little yicarious devotion; and if Nelly
can make him available in Convertible
(or other) bonds, why shouldn's she?
So none of your scoffing, you Gsthetic
heathenl If you don't like the music or
the spirit of it, light your cigarette and
take stroll down the promenade. BY
the time you get back the singing will
be over, and the crowded piazzas in much
the same tide of unsatisfied gossip and
Irritation as on ordinary evenings.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
THE DEpopuLArIos or ruE HEpnrpr,

IHE DEP0BUL.ATIaN OF THE HEBRIDEs,
No one can wonder much about the
Outer Hebrides without pondering over
the fate of the islanders. Ere long the
unadulterated Celt will be driven OF inn
proved out of these islands, and will re-
tire to other lands, where mingling and
inter-marrying with Teutons, he will
eventually disappear, but not without
leaving the races among whom he is des-
tined to vanish. And who will take his
few farmers, a few shepherds, and o
sprinkling of game-keepers, and it is just
possible that 0 few fishermen also may be
allowed to settle here and there upon
the coast. One may see the process go-
ing on at present. Large tracts which
once supported many villages are now
depopulated. 1t is sad to think that o
fine race Of people is surely passing away
from amongst US, for, despite all that
can be urged against them, they are in
deed fine race. The fishermen of Lewis
and Barra are bold, stalwart fellows whom
it would be difficult to peer amongst any
similar class of men on the main land.
And all through the island one meets
with equally excellent specimens of our
kind. Many 0 brave soldier who fought
our battles in the great French wars
hailed from these outer islands. Pity it
is that no feasible plan to prevent the
threatened scattering of the race has vet
been brought forward Some day we
may regret this, and come to think that
though mutton and wool in the Long
Island are desirable, yet islanders woull
have been better.-ffood Words.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18

Beasnis Point amply 10 Anish his exist
encs Ii trance Of ecstatic collapse. a
for the resemblance between himself and
Brashear, it was purely an accidental
one.
Ofcourse. John prevaricated outrage
ously in the matter of his encounter with
Brashear. tits not on record what his
version of the affair was. No doubt il
was absnrdly homogeneous with the real
facts; but it answered the purpose, and
the defaulter was sent to Sing Sing, and
the reward given TO Uncle Americus, whe
shared it generously with his nephew
and died sounding that young mans
praise.
/ Nothing succeeds like success" say
John Liel, who is chief of the United
American Detective Service now, ant
| wears gold-bowed glasses and g1istenins
I black broadcloth, in direct imitation o
his distinguished pred
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
How Mushrooms Grow.

Julius A. Palmer Jr. writes to the
Boston Transcript; A few years ago the
banks of the lot opposite the Brunswick
Hotel, in this city, were sodded and the
land leyelled to its present grade. As
the pick of the workmen broke up the
soil, white substance ran through every
piece. Starting with large branches, it
divided and snbdivided like the veins on
the back of the hand. The smell was
very strong, quickly noticed on the op-
posite side of the way. This subteran-
can white yein-for it had that appear
ance-was nothing but hidden part of
the Cor7niRus coniaf,tS, u mushroom freely
eaten now although twenty years ago
thought to he poisonous. The common
name of this substance is "spawn" Just
as cutting of grapevine placed in
condition favorable to growth will shoot
up, put forth branches and bear fruit, so
q part of this coprinus vine transplanted
will continue to ramify and in time show
the result in the form of mushrooms.
The whole earth beneath your feet on q
country walk Is alive with vegetation to
a great depth. This vegetation is just as
real, and the various vines-or, in other
words, the Thousand varieties of mush-
room spawn--are just as distinct as the
hopyine and the woodbine. the ivy and
the virgins bower that twine their ten
drills above your head just where grew
this year peculiar kind of toadstool,
there, next year, and so on for successive
haryests, will you find the same plant
There is no more mystery about its ap-
pearance than in the growth OF the chest
nut on the tree that shades it, Rapiditv
of growth is not near so general as it is
Thought to be. The common mushroom
and many others form for days Just below
the soil, A heavy dew or an evening
shower stFaighteas the stem of the
fungus and expands its top. It breaks
the earth in the night, and the gatherer
is able to find in the morning the white
buttons where he could see nothing the
day before. So, popular error has made
mushroom growth proverbial for n super
ficiality which by the fungi, at least. is
undeserved. Further, the various vari-
rotation, just as the bloodroot and ane.
mones of spring are followed by the
roses OF summer and the cardinal or
gentian of fall. These are not theories
that are here advanced; they are the re-
SultS ot stFbfal years CAREFUL WaCcHlnB
of the growth of this order of plants.
On the very spots VIII re, in 1874, gath
cred mushrooms, there. in 1879, / find
the identical variety, so that the lover of
fungus may have his regular harvest
with all the certainty of the farmer who
looks for the return of his wheat crop or
the results of his cranberry culture.
With just that degree of certainty. no
more and no less, for, as certain years
are favorable to the production of GER
tain fruits, as the potato crop sometimes
fails and the apple orchard is barren, SO
the mushroom spawn, usually producing
abundantly its expected variety, may
pass year, or even, under difficulties,
become extinct. The blight which may
visit all life, animal or vegetable, does
not fail to fall at times upon my humble
friends.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
Destroyed His Usefulness.

4 deacon Of q prominent Uonnscticut
church, whose pastor had Just resigned,
says the Hartford Courdat, recently met
Hartford divine, when the following
conversation ensued:
i was sorry to hear that Brother
Blank had resigned. I have always
liked him. He is regarded as q very
able man, isn't he ?"
Well, yes thesitating). Oh, ye-es,
he's an able man.
but he is a tirst-rate preacher. isn't
he?
"We-e-l-l, yes; he's a very good
preacher
and he is man of the highest Chris
tian character; SO we have always thought
! here.
We'll, ye-es. Oh, yes, he's good
Christian.
fBut there must be something the
matter, deacon. Why do you hesitate
so, and say, Well, ye-es?' Has
Brother Blank been guilty of anything
wrong? I know of church that I think
he is just the man for, and mean to
recommend him very highly. Have you
any reason to suppose that he would not
give satisfaction p
Well, doctor, Mr.. Blank is all you
say about him, but I'm afraid he's not
calculated to make successful pastor in
the country"
why not, deacon? You surprise me
very much.
Well, I will tell you one reason. Mr..
Blank lived next to neighbor whose
hens and chickens troubled him very
much by digging up his garden. He
spoke about it several times, but it did
no good; those fowls kept in his garden
all the time. And what do you think he
did? Instead of shooting some of them,
or building high fence around his gar
den, he came here to Hartford and
bought the best game cock he could, and
took him home and turned him loose in
the garden. The next day that neighbor
heard great commotion among the
poultry, and when he looked over the
fence, there were all his hens and chick
ems lying in windrows and that game
cock walking over the bodies and crow
ing. Now You cant say that was un-
christian conduct, but it was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks use
fulness IN that section"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18

BRIDGIsa THE STRAITs.-The French
engineer, NJ yerard de Santa Anna, who
has devised q scheme for constructing q
viaduct across the Straits of Dover, will
soon go to England with the view of en-
listing the aid of capitalists. He esti-
mates the cost of the viaduct at S60, 600,
600, but his figures are undoubtedly too
low. He proposes that his viaduct shall
be high enough for the largest ships to
pass under, and the span long enough
mot to endanger the safety Of sailing
ships beating up or down the channel.
Every pier Of the viaduct will have to be
much stronger than the Eddystone Light
house. because it will necessarily be
much higher, and broader at the base and
top, so as to secure the doubla object OF
allowing ships to pass underneath, and
enabling q superstructure substantial
enough to bear the weight Of railway
train TO be built upon them.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
A LoNa-STANDINa FEUp.-The mutual
hatred of the Persian and the Afghan is

A LoNa-STANDINa FEUp. The mutual
hatred of the Persian and the Afghan is
of considerable antiquity, but its highest
development was reached in the early
part of the last century, under Nadir
Shah. This extraordinary man, who may
fairly be called the Napoleon of Central
Asia, began his career, like most Asiatic
conquerors, as robbor-chief, for which
the disturbed condition of his native
province of khorassen offered ample
facilities. After time, however, Kull
(slave), as he was then called, earned
his pardon and promotion from the reign
ing Shah, Talnasp, by his vigorous and
successful cooperation with the royal
troops during an Afghan invasion. From
that time his fortunes advanced rapidly.
Entrusted by his master with the COM
mand of the army, he inflicted series of
crushing defeats upon the hitherto vic
torieus Afghans, whom he finally ex-
PEELED from the country in 1870, with
such slaughter that his very name be-
came symbol of terror in the proverb,
Deadly as Kull's sword" In 1882 he
deposed the incapable Shah in favor of
his son Abbas, and himself succeeded to
1876, under the title of Nadir Shah
Still Unsuitable of conquest, he swept the
whole breadth of Afghanistan with a
powerful army and sweeping down upon
India, through the passes Of the Hima-
laya, defeated the Mogul Emperor of
Delhi, captured the city itself and brought
home booty so enormous that, to qnote
popular saying, the rupees of Hindu
stan were as common as pebbles" But
his growing tyranny at length alienated
the affections of his subjects, by whom
he was murdered on June 20, 1747. With
his death the power of Persia declined,
and Afghanistan speedily regained all
she had lost
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
AGRICULTURAL.
aasmlas Thas pe.s.s eax


| 4 don't pay to be caught IN the apfing
without . wood pile large enough to last
twelve months; or to open the gates and
let your stock into the fields as soon as q
few bare spots appear, or to keep it on
short rations, SO that when it does 90 TO
grass it will take half the summer TO get
thrifty and strong.
1t don't pay to leave the work of
mending your tools and selecting
and securing your seed until the day you
want to use them, thereby causing costly
delay.
1t don't pay to SOW or plant poor seed
because you happen to have it on hand.
1t don't pay to plant more ground
than you can manure and take good
care of.
It don't pay to leave weak places in
the fences in tho hope that the cattle
won't find them; and, if you keep sheep
! it don't pay to let them run at large in
the spring until they become tramps and
cannot be kept at home by any ordinary
renee.
1t don't pay to neglect cows, ewes or
sows when they are dropping their
young.
1t don't pay to let the spring rains
wash the value out of the manure that
has accumulated in the barn-yard in the
winter.
It don't pay to let the hens lay under
the barn, steal their nests and be eaten up
by skunks.
1t don't pay to put off any kind Of
,, spring work until the last moment, nor
does it pay to work land when it is too
wet.
It don't pay to leave turnips, cabbages,
beets, or even apples in the cellar to rot
and breed disease; for if you have more
than you can eat or sell, the stock will be
profited by them.
1t don't pay to summer poor COW
simply because no one comes to buy her.
1t don't pay to sell heifer calf from
your best COW to the butcher, simply
because it viii cost you little more to
raise it than you can buy scrub for
next fall.
It don't pay to leave the banking
around the house until it rots the sills
1t don't pay to be stingy in sowing
grass seed, or try to live without gar
den.
Finally, it don't pay to provoke the
women by leaving them to cut the stove
wood or to carry it in from the door
yard, or to remind you every morning
| in haying and hoeing that you mist saw
enough before You go to work to last
through the day
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
4 Fnrscn FArHrn Is 4 onASnARY-I

A FRENCH FATHER IN QUANDARY.-A
Paris newspaper prints the following;
Monsieur, the editor; You ask if it Is
just to ressstahliah divorce, Can the
question be seriously put? have three
daughters. monsieur. It was my duty to
without trouble. At last it is done
marry off all three. This is not done
thought was about to lead a peaceful
life But it was otherwise am told
that divorce will be voted by the Cham
Der of Deputies. If this is SO my daugh-
ters, who are unhappy in their homes,
viii get divorces that is certain; and
when they are divorced they will wish to
marry again Behold me compelled to
furnish them with three new husbands.
I trust that your journal will receive this
protest of q father of family. /.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
The LampaS.

This is very common trouble in the
mouth of horses and colts. 1t is where
the gums or bars rise to level with, and
sometimes beyond the level of the teeth
They are evidently painful, as the ami
NAL will frequently suffer for food before
he will eat. The common term for it is
hampers spelled lampas 1t is from vari-
Gus causes-inhamation of the gums,
shedding of teeth, from a febril tending
in the constitution, or from the change
of green pasturage to dry food. OF it
Youatt says: "a few slight incisions
across the bars with lance or penknife
will remove the inflammation and cause
the swelling to snbside, indeed, this sac
rification of the bars in lampas will sell
dom do harm, although it is far from be-
ing so necessary as supposed. The
brutal custom of the farrier who sears
and burns down the bars with red-hot
iron is most objectionable It is tortnr-
ing the horse to no purpose and render
ing that part callous, on the delicate SEN
sibility of which all the pleasure of rid
ing and driving depend. 1t may be pru-
dent, in case of lampas, to examine the
grinders, and more particularly the
tushes, in order to ascertain whether
either of them is making its way through
the gums. IF it is so, two incisions
across each other should be made on the
tooth, and the horse will experience i'm
mediate relief"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18

s.EDUcATIoS. The world moves slow.
ly; men have apparently not yet quite
realized the use Of brains. Il speaks ii
for the culture OF the time and of the
country that the paragraphs Of intelIi
gence from all our largest universities
show twenty aentences concerning ath'
letics to one sentence referring to mental
instruction. Feet and hands outweigh
the head still, as in barbarous times =
Nese York Times.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18

Little Freddie was undergoing the dis
agreeable operation of having his hair
conlbed by his mother and Grumbiing at
the maneuyer. why, Freddie, said
mamma, you ought not TO make such .
fuss. don't fuss and cry when my hair
is combed." Yes, said the youthful
party, but your hair a'int hitched to
your head.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
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The reason why we have no more eggs
in the winter is that the hens have not
comfortable quarters nor requisite food.
The hen is tender animal She is an
exotic in this cold climate. and wants a
warm bed room and comfortable
nursery. IF we compel her to sleep on
fence or on tree, and to lay her eggs
where the snow can sift upon them and
the frost will crack them, she viii lay
very few. Under such circumstances
she has little energy in this direction,
and knows too much to waste what little
she has. Comfort is the concomitant of
egg production, and food the great fore
runner. In summer, hens, if allowed
the free run of the farm, can scratch for
living, and pick up seeds, grubs and
perfect insects enough to support all de-
mand for the raw material from which
eggs are manufactured. In winter this
supply fails and the eggs of course fail.
An egg is essentially animal food; in fact,
it contains the elements of perfect ami
NAL, the chick. Hence it requires for its
manufacture in winter some substitute
for the insects which the hen eats in sum-
mer. Comfortable quarters and mixed
animal and vegetable diet are therefore
the greatest seefats Of egg production in
winter. The animal food is best furnish
ed in the form of animal meal, This is
made at our large ahattoirs in great
quantities by steaming the bones and
refuse parts OF the animal, and then dry
ing and grinding them. This meal costs
but little more than corn meal, and a
quart of it MIXED with three or four quarts
of corn meal and wheat bran, will fur
nish hens just raw material for making
eggs. We have tried it, and know.
Some recommend add to this mush a lit.
tie red pepper. And this is good stimu.
liant, but we have not found it necessary.
Poultry World.
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There is no barrel of CLAIMS however
watched and tended
But one bad clam is there
There is no tub of butter howso'er COM
pounded
But has its lock Of hair.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-18
j. JASkULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEwELER,
RoseburR, Oregon.

MO MORE USE TO SEND YOUR FINE
In Watches to Portland for repairs A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jcwelry, Spec
tacles and Eye glasses always on hand.
The only reliable 0ptoMeter in Roseburg for
the proper adjustment Of spectacles and Eye
glasses, which win preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
Esy- All work warranted
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yards from the stack. he vas, Of course.
lrozen stiff. At 4 aistancs cf half mills
the mans coat was picked up, but days
OF search revealed no traces Of his body.
1t was apparent that they had left the
stacks in an effort to find their way home.
But the positions Of the boy and coat
were directly opposite to the rouie which
they should have taken. In the latter
part of April some half-breeds, wander
ing over the prairie, found the remains
of the man sitting at the foot of tree
ON the bank of a small stream, about six
miles distant from the stack The body
was entirely destitute of clothing, save
pair of trousers. The man, without
doubt, had become insane, and had cast
off his garments as he wandered on. His
shoes, hat and shirt were afterward found
between the tree and the stacks. Throw
ing away their clothing is a common act
with the lost, and always betrays in
sanity.
A man may easily become lost on a
prairie trail or even broad highway on
the plains, if he has no other landmark
to go by. In the old days of overland
travel TO California it frequently hap
pened that parties who had camped over
night at short distance from the road
took the back track in the morning, un-
der the firm belief that it was the right
one.
It is astonishing how quick men will
get lost on a prairie. They seem hardly
to have time to get out of sight. Some
times, too, they are not found again.
Two young Canadians went up the Red
river valley, q few summers since, bound
for Fort Garry. They had joined in the
purchase of pony and rickety old cart
| at Fargo, and iourneyed together. One
evening about dusk they went into camp
on the banks of Goose river. After sup
per one of them started off on the prairie
to look after the pony. which had been
hobbled and turned loose. He failed to
return. The pony came in all right in
the morning, but the man has not been
seen to this day It is probable that
when he left the camp he went in west
erly direction. If he did SO he might
walk to the Rocky Mountains without
seeing human being.
As said, people disappear suddenly
on the prairies and are never heard of
more. But it occasionally happens that
| people are found also, or, rather, their
remains are. The most singular find of
this kind coming to my knowledge was
| that of two half-breeds who had been
hunting buffalo in the winter. They had
wandered far ont upon the plains in
| search of game, and, being laden heavily
with meat and hides, night overlook them
before they were able to regain the shell
ter of the timber. To protect themselves
from the cold they lay down in the snow
side by side and wrapped fresh buffalo
hide tightly around them, with the green
or fieshy side out. While they slept the
overlapping sides and ends of the hide
froze fast and imprisoned them like a
wise. Tightly wrapped as they were they
could not extricate themselves, and so
died of starvation. When found the two
skeletons, shrouded in the stiffened and
half-deeaying parchment, showed the
manner of their death.-N. Z. Sun.