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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
1879. STATE FAIR. 1877.
REEDS OPERA HOUSE.

THE ATTRACTION AT THIS POPULAR
n a place OF amusement daring the coming
state Fair Will far excel anything of the kind
lar occasion. being no less than the appear
ance OF MRguire's superb Dramatic Company
from the Baldwin Theatre. San Francisco.
This immense company is the most perfect on
the American stage. comprising only artists OF
superior excellence, specially selected for their
superiority In dramatic art. The plays to be
produced will embrace all the latest novelties
put on the stage with entirely new scenery
OF the experienced actor and manager Mr..
John Mcguire. the lessee OF the PortI and The
selves of this opportunity TO enjoy the great
treat which will be presented to them at Reeds
Opera House during the Fair. So eat q com.
pany as this can not fail to pack the house TO
Its greatest cap icity nightly. A silver cornet
band In uniform viii parade the grounds
daily. JOHN MAGUIRE,
Prom, and Manager
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

HELMINTHoLoaY.-0f late years no de-
partment of natural history has attract
ed more attention than that of the study
of internal parasites in man and other
animals. To the great multitude and
variety of creatures thus found, associat-
ed by one common habit of life, have
biologists given the general name of Hell
minths, which are peculiar fauna des-
tined at some time in their lives to occu-
py an equally peculiar territory. That
territory is the widespread domain of
the interior of living animal bodies to
which, alas, poor humanity forms no ex-
ception. 1t is unpleasant to think that
we may at any time become prey to these
dangerous and mischievous depredators.
We were lead to these reflections by q
recent visit to Dr. Van Denberg's office,
when he had just completed the expul-
sion of $40 worms from Mr.. Lehman,
who stated that he had suffered for u
years. They were all small, about one
and half inches in length, excepting
one-a nondescript about three inches
long, an attrocious rascal of forbidding
appearance DIR. Van Denberg is the
great worm exterminator of the century.
Read his advertisement in another col
umn.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
Good Night Words.

The last waking thoughts of a child
have peculiar power over his mind and
heart, and are influential in fixing his
impressions and shaping his character
for all time. When he turns from play
and playmates, and leaves the busy oc-
cupations of his little world to lie down
by himself to sleep, child has sense
of loneliness and dependence which he
does not feel at any other time. Then
he Graves sympathy; he appreciates
kindness; is grieved by harshness or
cold neglect. How glad he is to kneel
by his mothers knee in prayer, or to
have his father kneel with him as he
prays. How he enjoys words Of appro-
val or encouragement when they pre-
cede the goodnight kiss from either
parent.
With what warm and grateful affection
his young heart glows as he feels the
tender impress of his mothers hand or
lips on his forehead before he drops
asleep. How bright and dear that home
seems to him at such an hour. How
sorry he is for every word or act of un-
kindness, which he then recalls from
his conduct of the day. How ready he
is to make new resolves and purposes of
better doing in the future. Whatever
else child is impatient to grow away
from, he does not readily outgrow the
enjoyment of his kind mothers good
night.
As long as she is willing to visit his
bedside, and give him kiss with low
ing word just before he goes to sleep, he
is sure to count that privilege of his
home as something above price, and
without which he would have q sense of
bad luck. And at no time is he more
sure than then to be ready to do what
ever his mother would ask of him; and
at no time do her tender words sink
deeper into his heart, or make an i'm
preston more abiding and influential.
But many parents lose sight of truth.
Their last words at night TO their child
ren are by no means their pleasantest.
Indeed, there is, perhaps, no one thing
in which parents more commonly err
than in impatient or unloving words to
their children when the little ones are
going to bed, The parents are tired ,and
their stock of patience at the lowest. Ii
the children are not quiet and orderly
and prompt as they should be, the
parents rebuke them more sharply than
they would for similar offences earlier in
the day,
Too often children go to bed smarting
under sense of injustice from their
parents, and brood over their troubles as
they quiet down to sleep, SO that their
little hearts are embittered and calloused
through the abiding impressions of the
wrong they have suffered. or the harsh
ness they have experienced while they
were most susceptible to the influence
for good or i'll.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

The PROSPEROUS FARMER's CREED. We
belive in small farms and thorough cuIti-
vation
The soil loves to eat as well as its own
er, and ought, therefore, to be we'll
manured.
In crops which leave land better than
they found it, making both the farm and
farmer rich at once
That every farm should own good
farmer.
That the best fertilizer of any soil is a
spirit of industry, enterprise aud inteili-
gence-without these, lime. gypsum and
guano will be of little use.
In good fences, good farm houses, good
orchards and children enough to gather
/ the fruit.
In clean kitchen. neat wife in it, a
clean cupboard, a clean dairy and clean
| conscience.
That to ask mans advice is not stoop-
ing, but may be of much benefit.
That to keep place and everything in
its place saves many step, and is pretty
sure to lead to good tools and to keep
them in good order.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY. Up to the 23d
of August the mystery over the sinking
mountain is still unsolved, unless the
explanation given by Mr.. Stephenson,
an old and accomplished scientist, is the
true one. He has lived in the gold bear
ing section ever since the first white men
came here. He says that he distinctly
remembers that about 40 years ago a
shaft of mine was run under the edge
of this mountain and afterward aban-
doned. Later the water of the river,
which ran near by, filtered through into
this shaft, and washed away all trace of
it. 1t is very rapid, swift mountain
stream, and he supposes that it has grad
ually washed out the shaft and enlarged
the hole, until there was vast chasm of
half mile long, and fully as broad and
half as deep. He thinks this washing
continued until the support of about
one-third of the mountain was eaten
away, and it then tumbled into the
chasm. It seems almost incredible that
this could be true, and yet it is the only
explanation offered. This Mr.. Stephen
son holds would account for the contin-
ued sinking of the broken mass, as he
holds that the river is still eating it
away. Thousands of persons have WIS.,
tied the scene, and many superstitious
fears have been raised ON account of the
fall of the mountain. The whole gold
bearing section is full of violent streams,
falls and cascades, and there are some
few subterranean streams of considerable
size.--,Speciatto Courier Journal.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
Down the Andes In q Hand Car.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times has been having some experience
! and taking ride among the Andes, an
account of which is worth reading. He
| says:
Here I am at Chicla, Peru, among
the snow-capped peaks of the Andes,
| IL, 220 feet above the sea, acclimating
myself for trip over the mountains,
| whose highest point, II $40 feet, 1 in
tend to scale. Leaving Lima this morn
ing with party of officers, / came over
| the celebrated Oroya railroad to Matu-
cana, and from there by the light express
to this place, the present terminus of the
road. The building of this road was one
of the greatest undertakings the world
has ever known. 1t is only completed Sc
miles. and cost $50, 200, 600 From the
sea coast to the summit of the Andes we
passed through A tunnels and over
many high bridges, one of them 200 feet
high. The road follows the valley of the
River Rimas, crossing and recrossing it
many times. From Matucana to the top
is nothing but succession of VS., rs,
and doublings. Some of the places are
really frightful. AS you pass around a
mountain peak you can look for thou
sands of feet and still above you can see
the lofty peaks of the Andes. Even here
| at Chicla we are 5000 feet from the top,
and the railroad tunnel on the summit
will be over IL, 900 feet above the sea.
" Chicla is the highest railroad station
and within few feet of the highest city
in the world. In Lima or Callao the
lightest clothing would be very comfort
able, but up here I would wear suit of
heavy underclothing and large ulster.
With all my clothes / am nearly freez-
ing, and red-hot stove close by at that
Less than week ago was in the tropi-
cal seas of the equator-quite q change.
Most people are troubled with what they
call scoroche," headache, nausea, and
sometimes bleeding at the nose, mouth
and ears. The air is so rare it is difficult
to breathe.
"At the invitation of the road master I
took ride with him down the road. We
were just ahead of the regular train, and
we started off like streak of lightning.
I have been in a good many tight places
in my life, but never in position to
make my hair literally stand on end as it
did coming down the Andes on a hand
car. Never till my dying day can I for
get that ride. Starting among the very
clouds, down, down We came, disappear
ing like flash in tunnel of pitchy
darkness and ont on to frail-looking
bridge over mighty gorge from 200 to
300 feet deep. We stopped in q long
curved tunnel to look at some work that
was going on, and did not hear the train
in our rear until it was in the tunnel.
We could not lift the hand car off, SO We
made spring for it, cut loose the brake,
and made dash for our lives. And
1t looked SO, for she came in full view be-
fore we were well across the gorge; and
on she came at the rate of mile a
minute, but we were going by this time
much faster than that, and in short
time we left her far behind. We reached
Matucana, 200 miles from Chicla, in
safety, but since / had to think it all
over i would hardly try to do it again.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

DRUGGING BABIEs.--I think it will be
found that the increase in the sale of
opium, about which there has been some
outcry, is due to the school boards. A
poor woman, obliged to send her child
rem to school, is left with the baby. The
girl who in past times would have attend
ed to the baby whilst her mother went to
her work, is at school. The mother must,
therefore. choose between stopping at
home to watch the baby and forfeiting
the money she can earn out of doors, and
going to work and leaving the baby to
shift for ITSELF 1t may not be natural but
it is perhaps Ineligible, that she should
compromise with her maternal instincts
drugging the baby, SO that while she is
absent she may console herself with re-
fecting that baby cannot possibly be in
mischief, and that it does not noed her
care. If the establishment OF creche were
compulsory condition Of the establish
ment of a school board, the sale of ia,ld-
anum, / take it, would very sensibly de-
crease.-MaWair.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

AN ENTERPRIsING PORTLAND FIRM.-Cog-
gins & Beach, at No. IS Front street, have
an advertisement in to.day's paper, to
which We invite the attention of our read
ers. This firm has the agency for Averi!Ps
Mixed Paint for Oregon and Washington
Territory, and are prepared to fill orders
at San Francisco prices. They are also
selling San Francisco Rubber Paint,
which has acquired wide reputation as
good article. This firm carries large
stock of doors, sashes and blinds, i'll which
line they have an immense trade and are
therefore able to give low rates to custom
ers. Contractors and dealers in the coun-
try are requested to send for their list of
prices, which will be furnished on appli.
cation.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
M'MURRAY'S
Adjustable Strainer
AND
CAST IRON STEAMER.
Either or Roth Fitted to any Size.

0h 1'Os1 " "Hs OINss
THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
L price of themselves in two weeks in any
family. They can be used with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to burn meat or
vegetables to the bottom Of your kettle. When
they are used in steaming, whatever you are
cooking is inside Of the kettle, thereby getting
the full benefit of the heat They are just what
is wanted in canning fruit Either the Strainer
or Steamer can be removed with knife or fork
when hot, and are easily adjust No corners
or joints about either that are hard to keep clean
Sold by Agents for IS Cents Each.
Agents will call on you shortly. Address
JAMES McMURRAY,
East Portland, Or,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

Charles Dickens, son of the great nov
elist, manages one of the largest print
ing offices in London, perhaps in the
world. He has very successfully pub
lished the London Dictionary" and the
"Guide to London" and is now prepar-
ing Dictionary of the Thames" He
inherits his fathers early love for print
ing offices and newspapers.
"A young gentleman from st. Louis was
walking along the shore at Lake Michi-
gan with Chicago girl, when he saw on
fish, with its long tentacles spread out
upon the submerged soil of Illinois. He
was awakened from his dream by the
young lady, who said: 81 have just
dropped my glove"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

To MAKE TOMATO CATsUP.-One gal
lon OF peeled tomatoes, four pods of red
pepper; cook until tender, and strain
carefully through q coarse sieve; then
stir in four tablespoons of salt, four
tablespoons of ground pepper, three
tablespoons of white mustard seed, half
. tablespoon Of allspice, and one pint of
vinegar; simmer slowly three or four
hours; bottle while hot. and close tightly,
and the preparation viii keep good for
years. It can also be made In the win
ter time by using canned tomatoes and
dried red pepper pods.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

The conjuring materials taken from n
Georgia negro consisted of goose auills
filed with broken needles, a vial of iron
rust, the feathers of various birds and a
snake skin. The negroes of his neigh
borhood had long believed in and feared
his power Of working mischief with
charms.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
TYPE FOR SALE.

We have several fonts O; Job Type
NEARLY new), which we win sell low.
Cases, Galleys, Leads, Rules and
Printers necessaries generally kept on
hand.
Newspapers outftted at list price
freight added.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

ORDER IN THE HoUsEHoLD.-No one
likes to live under slatterly rule; but
certainly the love of order can be carried
too far. There are some women that are
slaves to it, and who impress themselves
upon the memory of their families that
the recollection of their acquaintance,
and never without dust-cloth in one
hand. and both eyes op the alert fnl
something g out Of place" They spend
hfe " putting things to rights, " and their
epitaphs might appropriately read she
hath finished Stacking up" Such
women are trying companions; their
very virtues make them SO.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

A Hartford juvenile, who has always
declined to eat oatmeal, although Els
mother has urged It upon him as q
strengthening diet, suddenly surprised
her by one morning eating liberal
plateful and calling for more. When
she asked for an explanation, he replied:
IT am bound to eat oatmeal till I get
strong enough to whip Georgy Scott.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

There is one hill in this life, that no
man can get by, and that is the little
mound called the grave
The postage stamp knows its place
after it has been licked once.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

The fair sex in Jersey are not to be
trifed with. At fancy-dress ball given
there recently by the subalterns Of an
infantry regiment, lady noted for orig
inality and wit was brought by chance to
the side of one of the chief military
authorities of the place. Said she to
Colonel 2: May I ask, Colonel,
what are you?" "Oh, replied the Colo
mel, who was evidently not in one of his
happy moods, 81 am nothing. What are
are you? am next to nothing" was
the prompt rejoinder.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

Now weed your fower-beds. It's =
trife warm, and rather hard on the back,
but it's got to be done.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

There Is young sculptor in certain
city who says he is certain that republ
are failures, and ought to be at once
swept from the face of the earth. He saws
ne sent model clay group representing
Truth Guarding the Temple Of Justice. .
to the Congressional Committee for ap.
prevail, and it was returned with letter.
declining with thanks, his Humorous.
but inappropriate design of female
bareback-rider keeping deadheads out of
a circus with tent-pin.''
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
Another Slaughter.

/ would state to the public that have been af-
ficted for about ten years and doctorng for near.
ly every complaint with many reputed good ply
Van Den Bergh, Sr., who said worms were the
cause of my complaint. By taking five of his
worm powders passed $40 worms in five hours.
They are about one and quarter inches in
length. Now all my ailments and pains seem to
have left me altogether. reside at No. 127
Stark street. JOSEPH LEHMAN.
PoRTIAsn 0R Auonsi ID 1879
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
ix Bund.ed and Eighty.Thres Worms
EXPELLED.

After suffering for IL years and lying in one
hospital for three months, and being stuffed and
injected with morphine and drugged by many
physicians for this, that and such complaints till
/ consulted DR.. Van Denbergh, of No. 2I2 First
street, Portland. He said it was worms which
caused all my misery, and after taking 10 of his
small worm powders, passed 6S3 horrible lock-
ing worms, some measured one and one-half
inches in length, by three eighth of an inch in
thickness. ] reside up stairs, at No. 2ll First
street, Portland, Oregon.
PETER B. Erickson.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
NC KINSTRY'S PATENT
ELASTIC, FIRE l. WATERPROOF
PAINT T!
For Roofing both on Tin An RhInelas

VNNHE BEST sTPREsERvATTvEoF OF TIN AND
= sningie roofs in the world. VIII stop leaks
on any roof We refer by permission To j, p,
Donovan. Jules Knapp. klisky & Heesle. De-
Lasnmutt d Oatman, and other citizens OF
Hodge. Davis & Co., Portland, at 81 50 Der rsi.
lon: Each gallon Will cover 2L squares tin
and square shingle roof-but one coat Is NEG
essary: Full directions accompany each mack.
age. All Information with regard to the paint
can be had BIZ addressing
MeRINSTRr q HENDRY,
Portland, Or.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20

The strong man can change his opin-
ions, the weak hasn't the muscle to do so.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
Cards Cat 70 Ordsl

Agents for Shattuck & Fletcher's
well-known Black and
Colored Inks.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
cLACKAMAs PAPER co.
Manufacturers and Dealers In
PAPER
l02 Front Street, Portland, Or.
IN STOCK .

IN STOCK:
NEWS PRINT, White and Colored.
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
FLAT PAPERS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qualities.
WRITING PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds.
GLAZED AND PLATED PAPERS,
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS PAPER.
STRAW PAPER.
PAPER BAGS
STRAW and BINDERS BOARDS.
TWINES, ETC., Etc.
Cards Cut 70 Order.
AGENTS for Shattuck & Fletcher's
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-20
A Large TeacuP Full OF Worms n
1afI

Ono bottle Of DR.. Van DEN Bergn's Worm Syrup
expelled over 1000 worms from my son Louis, and
had the effect Of curing him Of Nervous Spasms.
reside on Eighteenth and half street between
p and Q. BENJAMIN r. NYE.
PORTLAND. OREGON. JUSE % 1879
a Life Saved when Death Seemed Ineysfs
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-30
The Market House Question,

To the Editor of the Globe.
1t seems that this question is still to be
kept open, and the effort made to defeat,
even at this late date, the whole project. It
has been endorsed by the council has from
the start been popular necessity, and by
the public heartily approved. The business
mems union has also sanctioned it, but as
there are some who do not favor it. that few
mean to oppose it, and if in their p0Wer vet
defeat the plan to rebuild. We are by this
spirit on the eve of an unseemly and need
less civic quarrel, and are demonstrating
anew that ere st. Paul can make any mate
rial advance its citizens must learn to CO. op-
crate and harmoniously combine to push
ahead public improvements. If there is any
stealing" in this affair, let that be disclosed
and dealt with; but let not the project itself
be abandoned. We have turned our market
men adrift, disarranged our whole market
system, inconvenienced housekeepers, and
interfered with the trade of those who pro-
vide the city with wholesome supplies, and
all because of wrangling and disagreement as
to the precise ways and means of rebuilding.
1t is time this pettifogging sort of action
ceased, and that with some regard for our
good name, We united to build up rather than
oppose public improvements. II popular
vote could be taken on this matter, these OBJ
structionists would be shown to be q selfish.
embittered clique, whose aim is to defeat. bv
every possible means, the new market. The
chamber of commerce will only the more re-
move itself from public sympathy and re-
spect if it at this late day takes action against
IT. Give US the new market, say the people,
and let these nullifers cease to obstruct what
already the city is in honor committed to.
and what the sense of self respect should
prevent our citizens from ABANDONING. ~
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-30
WINNIPEG.

Rimer the FOrger, Recaptured-Go cd Walk
ing by Amateurs-The Proposed Red
River Bridge.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WINNIPEG. June 29.-W. I'd has been received
here that Rimer, the Toronto forger captured
here some time ago and who escaped from the
detective between here and Prince Arthur's
Landing on the way to Ontario, has been re-
captured and is now in Jail at the Landing.
The forty-eight hours walking match which
commenced on Thursday evening last, closed
on Saturday night. John McKeown winning
e first prize. The distance covered by him
was 168 miles, which is considered extraordi-
nary for non-professional.
newspaper war is going on over
the new by, aw for the raising of money for
the proposed bridge over the Red river. The
bylaw proposes to build the bridge and make
it over as a gift to the Southwestern Railway
company, and is opposed chiefly on that ground,
it being held that if the city builds the bridge
it should own and have control of it. It Is
quite probable the bylaw will be defeated un-
less withdrawn and modified before being sub
mitted to the people. The object of these who
oppose the bylaw in its present form is to
make the bridge available for all railroads that
may center at Winnipeg.