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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-12-04

found himself alone on the track and the
third in the race. Spaulding made "a miles
and Is laps though suffering greatly from
want Of proper preparation and handling.
He showed good pluck, however, and only
left the track when his chances of success
became hopeless. Reynolds was con-
PEELED 10 leave the track At the end OF 10
miles and u laps. Jellison. is only 10
years old and will. with proper rsioing,
make dangerous Antagonist In a square
heel and toe walk. The Emerald Band
furnished some excellent music. and under
the efficient management OF Edmon Emo
the whole affair was conducted ia the most
orderly and satisfactory manner.
The kiaiag Record publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Professor Stewart. who
pronounces In the most unqualified terms
that Maine is 3 promising silveT-bearing
region:
BANGOR, Maine. Nov. 20. 1879.
Sir: By the merest accident. fioated
into the mining region OF Eastern Maine.
and. after . fstiSuing exploration of sew
ersl OF the most important mining districts
in the counties of Penobscot and Hancock.
1 am prepared to assert that this is. Of q
verify, a promising silver bearing region.
For obvious reasons. | do not intend to
meHtion special properties which | have
explored professionally. but 1 can assure
YOU that have recently examined mines
which tor fertility in silver, will compare
favorsbiy with first-elass mining proper
Ties In Colorado and Nevada. bsoaght
v ith me from Sullivas district. this week,
box foil Of specimens which are literally
coated with pure native silver. OF course
these are seleetsd spseimeus. but average
ores upon the dumps are Surprisingly rich
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09

SLEEPING CAR LAUNDRY BrLLs.-One
of the principal expenses of those prime
necessities of comfortable night travel
sleeping cars-is the laundry bill. Even
here at Boston, says the Commercial
Bulletin, from which point only an aver
age of about five or six Pullman sleep
ers are in regular operation, the monthly
wash list includes about 6000 pieces OF
linen, and the bill is upward OF $50.
Each car contains "a berths, but has
total equipment of 100 sheets, 100 pillow
slips, 80 hand towels and 10 roller tow
els. The entire equipment OF the Pull
man Company in the matter OF linen is
about 80 600 sheets, 46, 900 pillow slips,
16, 900 hand towels and 6000 roller towels.
The company also uses about 5000
blankets. A sleeping car is entirely
cleaned out, and its linen sent to the
laundry as soon as it arrives at its desti-
nation, and the companies have their
laundries at all the principal centers.
The Pullman Company also wash and
rejuvenate their blankets at proper In
tervals at the cities in which the division
headquarters are situated. The Wagner
Company, however, send theirs to be
cleansed at the mills in Pittsfield, Mass,
where they were made The total equip
ment of the Wagner Company is 400
woolen blankets, 10 ,851 linen sheets, II,
202 pillow slips, 5740 hand towels and
2347 roller towels. The aggregate ex
pense Of keeping the bedding Of ths
Wagner Company clean amounts 20 be
tween $1,000 and $4,000 month, or $50,
600 year; that Of the Pullman Com
pany to 5000 or $40, 600 month. Ye
the cost Of the laundry work is reduces
to the lowest possible point, Sheets ar
washed for o cent and half apiece, AMI
pillow slips and TO vels for one cent each
In addition To the other expenses, tina
Of providing the sleeping cars viii
combs, brushes, whisk brooms, feAthe
| busters, soap, and other accessories o
| the toilet is not an insignificant one, ana
is largely increased by the theft Of thea'
articles by passengers.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09
Toueh Not the Wine.
Mr.. PEKER's REASON FOR EXPECTING An
INCREASED DEATH-RATE IN CERTAIN
QUARTERS.

4 y
Some deaths among the Tenth avenue
gang may be confidently expected within
the current week. The following adyer-
tisement, published yesterday in morn
ing newspaper, may aid the Coroner who
holds the inquests in determining the
cause of death:
&10 RE @ARD-FOR RETURN OF WINE
sWAO taken from fsi sth ay,f Liquor dealers
take warning, as four bottles ar3poison.
The proprietor of the bar.room at 484
Eighth avenue is A. F. Peker, who is fat,
phlegmatic, and upward of forty.
:. Yah, he said, last evening, " dot ish
mein advertisement, and pay for it,
too" and he gazed proudly upon the
clipping that he held between his thumb
and forefnger.
!" Was there really poison in some of
the bottles of wine that were stolen from
you?" he was asked.
Yah, yah, continued Mr.. Peker, with
undisturbed ph1egm. ST fix dot mein-
self. Der fellers dot shtole dot vein will
get big dose. We will hear of some
dead peoples around here. would make
leetle bet. Will tell you vat it vas.
Der fellers have Cleaned out mein place
five dimes. One dinAe they shtole all der
liquors und der cigars dot vos in der
way und der next dime sasr billiard balls
under der bagatelle balls IND mein new
poots. Dot shoemaker in der basement
don't keep no more shoes In his blace.
Der fellers wait, und ven he gets big
shtock they walk OFF NIT it. Der shoe
maker keeps der shoes in another blace
and makes them In the basement So dem
fellers come to mein blace again. Und
den get very mad, und / fixes some bot
ties NIT der poison-sO Oxford Salts dot
poison is, guess-und I put der
bottles mid der oder bottles. I put
some private mark on der bottles
mid der poison, und mein barkeeper und
meinself don't give dot to der customers.
Veil, der fellers come again Thursday
night. Mid key der fellers unlocked
der door of mein basement, and shtole
der wine. Der fellers shtole four bottles
NIT der poison, und ven der bottles is
drunk, vot dose some fellers will get. I
half advertise dot wine SO dot der liquor
dealers viii be careful so dot dey don't
buy der poison"
his barkeeper and customer as though
no vision of the possible death throes of
the thieves who stole his wine, or others
who may innocently buy it, disturbed
him. His barkeeper, however, showed
some uneasilAss as to what might follow,
should death result from drinking from
the poisoned bottles, and he asked
whether any punishment could be i'm
posed upon Mr. Peker for putting the
poison in the wine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09

In those days there were no envelopes
for letters, and postage was calculate by
distance; twopence in the Metropolitan
District, tenpence to York, one shilling
and twopence to Edinburgh, two shil-
1ings to John o. Groat's House, and
something almost prohibitive to the con-
tinent of Europe. Franks" were in
great request, and members of both
Houses of Parliament were daily, If not
hourly, besieged by letter writer's to
obtain the privilege of their names on
the corners of epistles, which would not
have been sent through the post at all
unless they could have been sent gratis.
When Sir Rowland Hill proposed his
scheme of uniform rate of postage, he
was considered daring revolutionist,
destined to ruin the country, even when
he fixed the rate temporarily at four
pence. When, after quiet interval, to
accustom the panic stricken public to
the great change originally contem-
plated, the rate was reduced to penny,
elderly people held up their hands in
dismay and predicted the collapse, not
only of the postoffice, but of the Empire
of Great Britain. When was q yonth,
women wore patterns. Are such articles
ever seen in our day ? At that time it
was considered vulgar for gentleman to
wear cotton shirt or a silk hat. The
shirt of fine linen and the hat of bea-
yer were de rignetT. Watches had
double cases, between the outer and in
ner of which it was the custom to insert
what were called watch papers, on which
were printed or written texts from Scrip
ture, moral maxims, passages from the
poets, or tender love effusions purport-
ing to be original. Still more recently,
and when in my prime, I remember that
it was considered contra 6oa0s D,ores
and all the proprieties for lady to ride
in hanson cab, or for gentleman to
smoke in a lady's presence; and,
worse still. if possible, for q lady to be
seen In the street with o gentleman who
had pipe or a cigar in his mouth / re-
member-and it is scarcely memory of
Older date than thirty years when a
gentleman in full dress was not COM
PEELED by fashion to attire himself like
clergyman or tavern waiter; when the
fashionable evening dress was a blue
coat and gilt buttons and colored or
embroidered vest, and when bright col
ors in the waistcoat were not considered
the exclusive right of the footman or the
costermonger. / remember, too, when
ladies were not ashamed to be economi-
cal in their attire, and did not allow
their silks or satins to trail on the
ground, but wore their gowns, /" as they
were called, of a length that just touched
their ankle, and allowed the dainty feet
and portion of the ankle to be seen.
This fashion pleased the gentlemen and
did no harm to the ladies, conduced
greatly to comfort in walking, besides
saving considerable sum in the dress
makers account.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09
FOREIGN.

Another American Horse Wins.
LONDON, July 30.-Lorillard's Geral-
dine won the Levant stakes at the Coed
wood meeting.
The Goodwood Stakes.
The Goodwood stakes race was won by
Bay Archer Mistress OF Robes, second,
and Rocheampton, third.
A Woman Hanged for Murder.
LONDON, July 29.--Kate Webster, CON-
victed Of the murder of Mrs, Thomas, her
mistress, at Richmond, was hanged to-
day in Wandsworth prison. She oonfess-
ed that she committed the murder.
The Goodxood Cup Race.
Isonomy won the Goodwood cup, Bear
second, Parole third.
Rain fell in torrents in the morning
and many racing men, who never failed
to see the cup run for, were appalled, at
the deluge, and relied upon the news
paper for full account of the contest
between Parole and Isonomy. The heavy
rain ended some time before the race be-
gun. The American colony was well re.
presented
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09
1t New Orleans.

the north gate of Elmwood cemetery,
was found dead this morning. Some un-
known party murdered him.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09
NOTICE.

AroTtcE rs HEREBY GIVEN 10 WHOM IT
IN may concern that the undersigned has been
.war,le6 the contract for keeping the Douglas
County paupcrs for period Of two years. Al
,,srsons Sn heed Of assistance from said county
must first procure certificate 70 that effect from
any member Of the County Board and present u
sntborizad to and will care for those presenting
such certificates: Button 4 Perkins, Roseburg; L.
L. kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Brown. Looking
Glass. Dr. Woodruff is authorized to furnish
medical aid TO all persons in need Of the same and
who have been declared paupers Of Douglas
County. W.B CLARK.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09

TRIoKED AT Hrs FooD.--A Boston boy,
recently returned from the West, tells
Causeur of restaurant experience that
befen him ont beyond the Mississippi.
The waiter had brought him something
which did not come up to his expecta-
tions, He called the waiter and COM
planned. The waiter said he would
speak to the proprietor, who soon ap-
peared upon the scene. can't eat
this. said the guest. The landlord
looked at the plate, and then, turning TO
the young man in q patronizing and
sympathizing sort Of way, said, /" Well,
wouldn't" and with that he strobe
away. But the meal, though left un-
eaten, had to be paid for just the sama
Boston Transcript.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09

PHILADELPHIA, July 28.- During the
storm Saturday evening the Doylestown
coIlided on the north Pennsylvania
branch of the Reading railroad, COM
injuring number of passengers.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-09
!. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1879

servant, Ann Brown, fell through the
floor of vault at their residence in Gov
ington, and before they could be rescued
both were suffocated. Mr.. Howe hear
ing their cries, ran out and jumped down
to their relief, and was taken out insensi-
BILE, but was resuscitated by vigorous
means.
Quarrel and Death.
CHICAGO, Aug. William Fitzpatrick
and Edward Ryan. two dock hands.
while engaged in fight on the stairway
OF building just over the stairway,
were precipitated over the railing to the
dock, and thence into the river, where
both were drowned
Counterfeit Bills Afioaf,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Information
has been received by the secret service
division of the treasury department that
Photographic counterfeit five dollar notes
on the Globe Continental, Boston, Mass.
letter G, and the Dedham National Bank.
Dedham, Mass, letter d, made their ap-
pearance on Saturday at San Francisco.
Indian outrages In Mexico.
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. Mexican troops
are pursuing Indians, who have carried
off 250 horses and killed Is persons dur
ing the past week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22
Tint tfnre OF Prnsneriix.

Ar Ti.dsn. the rishtfully elected
President Of the United States, has
seen interviewed, and - reported 90
"a flag that ''iS the Democratic party
aaaald succeed in 1889, they will ride
ia,a power on The wave Of prosperity"
eAish nc predicts is coming, aud which
ssisz done, j, will remain in power for
80 gears. We hear great deal Of
,aik sboa: this wave of prosperity
ehieh 8, sbap. 20 5e'ugo this country
The bankers. 11-rchsats aud capitalists
al talk &, sni seem - be realizing !,
70 some extent Bat, I'd to this time.
taas save Of prosperity has not reach
ed this section. We are waiting
enziously waiting. and have cultivated
a very large degree Of nope sad conf
dencs IN the matter, but the wave
bsso't wsvsd much ont hare yer. We
have good orops-,hsi's true When
the crops are .ol1 tina! viii help things
amazingly. aud enable Ciany to pay old
ds5,s. But that wave-thst wave cf
prosperity i sot ys. 20 sight,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22
Educational Department
selected from The Eclectic rsaoler.]

SeiecteI from A4i9 --~'~'''N j
IT should be the duty of the next
General assembly Of Kentucky to fran
T. establish system of public educa
ron And in order to do 50 the lead
inc educators 0? the State should Do
called upon to preseu, their plans.
wonl3 it not be we'll, therefore, TOR all
cor.ops who arc in anywise connected
Nth education TO assemble at soma
convenient place for tho purpose OF
drafting bill TO be presented TO the
next legislature? Since the State
Teachers Association expects a report
from con mi,tee appointed .. - last
meeting advising certain changes in
the school laws, It occurs 10 as that
the chief work Of our next meeting
.hop j be the discussion Of the school
law If he SAFE We ase ready to
place ourseif on record in favor of q
con- pleto system Of eIaoat!ou -s~sJ
tenn embracing he rural Gi~'f'''' Inc
central hi.h school)l~normal school,
the acrieultp~~~a"d mechanical coll
- ar~~the complete university
-, should be 10 autagonism exist,
= between any Of those schooIs; each
s(ouId be recognized By the State as !
part Of the nachiuery Of the States
perfect system Of o3ucltion.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22

WE greatly regrs; lha. the Southern
Educational Association will not hold
q meeting this summer. However, sc
doubt not that The committee have
weighed the matter carefully, with the
conclusion embraced III the following :
Editors Of Eclectic Tsacher:-As the
result Of considerable correspondence
the executive committee OF the South
ern Educational Association have con
cuded that 1t Is not ex pedient TO hold
meeting Of the association during The
approaching summer. It Is hoped that
another year will bring back psospcri~
~ and pew educstionai lie to those
portions OF the Sou'b recently afflicted
with disa-trou, pe~,iience; and that
either during the next Christmas holi
DAYS or the following summer We can
secure a large and enthusiastic meeting
OF the friends of public education
throughout the South For the rea
son. 100, that unusual interest attaches
Ills year to the meeting Of the Nation
al Educational Association az Phila
deiphia, Po5tponcmeu5 II The South
etn Association is th9uehi ie-irab!e.
There is 10 Disposition on lie part OF
the committee to abandon The organs
zatiou; on the other hand they believe
in its usefulness. aud desire its per-
maneney; and arrangements vii! GER
iainly be made during lhr nexi year
for a second meeting. due notice Of
which will be given IN the columns -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22
y<yspn era ~. Popular seEsi-
EhSe11.

iy<yspnpera ~. Popular seusi-
n2end.
The newspapers Of Kentucky and
Juue.see, alike with the public ora
rs, have had IL the recent elections
very forcibIe reminder of what iiitle
nhuence they have IA shaping and
controlling popular sentiment or the
voice Of the people AS expressed IN
elections.
In Kentucky, every Papor-iemo-
cratic, republican, neutral, or iado-
perden.-fayored and Advocated the
calling Of eUnvehti6n to make ce"
State Constitution, and yet the pFopo
sition was voted down by large ma~
jority Every pablo speaker, whether
jenocra, o. republican, whether cam
dila,e or act, who spose 1t all, urged
he same thing, and yet it vas 4eieat~
Cd. The democratic party and the 70
publican party, IN their SJa-s conQsn-
,ious, endorsed tue proposition sud
arsei its adoption, and yet Only a nj
nor;'y Of each party voted 10 endorse
Tue call
In Tennessee. he rcbake 10 news
papers aui public speakers was still
more ogerWhsi ming. Wo believe every
paper in that State, aud. 20 far as we
know, all ,be public men and trusted
leaders we're urzea' in .yyor Of so 6 :
ADD YET i, was rejected BY ,hreo or four
10 one.
The 'aaaeoce Of tie press aai pub
ne orator, NbeA puiteI. has sometimes
been pronounced irresistible, 5a. /; IS
mere chat before the poxer Of dsma
goguery 10 this coaniry In Beu,acky 3.
intelligent men voted 20. and sgaiost a
new constitution, bu; the power that
defeated the proposition was The gofe
which was not poned-;he host Of go
tcrS who bad not read the papers to
know that there was such Al election
or what it mssu: Ia Tennessee, We
learn the same state Of facts cx;s:ed.
This IS fearful fact. No; that
new constitution WAS NOT approved, but
that 80 many eaters neesr rea} This
is the load tina; IS to ruin oar country
and destroy our liberties. I: may suit
some now, that this clement vote to re-
pudia;s the St4ts debt Of Tennessee,
but by and By, propositions, one by
one, will arise, upon which we sill all
realize tina, these voters ought to read
aud inform themselves, 10 order to vote
in;o,ligea;'g The state Of facts Is
alarming. However important the
issue, rhiok OF it, that all The papers
and all the public speakers cant reach
much more than ono half the voters Of
the country
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22
The D,fTerence.

From Louisville Post and News
The New York World, speaking Of
the Conkling scandal says:
If such scene Us that which our
dispatches relate had occurred in the
house of Southern ex-statesman il
would have been 81 once described as
an indecent and barbarous perform.
ance. 1t is not less Indecent or less
barbagous, is il, because it occurred
10 the house of Northern ex states
man, unless. indeed. we are to admit
that the standard of deoeucy and civ
ilization at the South is higher thsn it
Is ct tho North aud that Southerners
sin against clearer light?
1t does seem to US that society ia
much alike, North ADD South. Ia the
South Conk.iog would have DOT lived
to tslI the story about the German
teacher
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-22
Tne Eexs Election.
[Fron MagfeId nenocrat.l

2 rum -ANF Ae4I A'cLlg -t-t.
The next election on hand will be
for Circuit Judge aud Commonveaith ;
Attorney. For The first position We
hear Inc Names Of judge Grassland
aud Robertson and Capt. Rap3le
JAS s.siou73. L - g seeded favt .lat
Judge Grassland viii DO a candidate.
About the others we hear very little
said, and sc Do not know whether
they have determined 10 make the race
or not For the last position the canai-
dates will be Hon b / Nelle. Of this
city; Hon. Reid, Of Benton. Messrs W
L Weathers, Of Murray, Rhoy Boyd,
Of padncah, aud G. II Thomas, oil.
Biaudvi..e. They Gfo al able men.
aud c race Sj,h all 81 them entered
would BE- somewhat lively aud inter-
estlsg.
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4 Turtle Oae EEuodrea and
seventy Mae Wears 0sd.
FaIatka - "a

We received turtle few days since
which was marked on his back the
date of 1900, and also the Spanish
coat-ot-arms. indicating that this old
resident was 10 existauce one hundred
and seventy niue years ago What
changes this old fellow of the deep
has seen. The rise and fall Of empires,
and the contiaeut on which he partly
lived, emerged from the thraldom Of
despotism, with the rise of Repub-
lie that has become the great conserva
tor Of freedom, the advancement of
civilization and the glory of the world
a few words ia Spanish on the she'll
were translated. which say: Caught
in 1900 by Hermauda Gomez, in the
SEBASTIAN, and carried to Metanzas by
indians; from there to the Great We
Kiya' (Which is now the st. Johns
river. On Tuesday, the 18th of June,
the Turtle was turned adri.t in the St
Johns river at Pslatka, with the in
scription on bis back: "Eastern Her
aid, Palstka. Florida, 1879 1t may
be supposed that by this time the old
fellow has scented salt water and gone
over the bar at high tide, aud probably
a few generations hence may take him
up az Spanish port GU !hs other side
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sEiss Never sse t5--.& Afs-sc.
There aro v4st au.abess of peopi,
gho don't think /, ,ae 5sa 7's1om t,
have every ole E ed ii c'iou be
fore the people, or to have every que.
,;on sattiea By tho popular voice
There are very many wh0 think thar
judges ought to be apPoiaied and no,
elected by the people, and tha, j, is
deuoralizing to judges tobe com pellet
periodically to 70 before the people
coer,iux 40 election, upon ths pre-
sumption that il IS pasra FOR the
Judge desiring an election e couyt ne
favor OF those men who 'auhelp him
the most While this i'tre, tho voz
popa,i iaa great terrors eGi oandj
date never can be iniassi to sake
posi,ioo favorias thetasiag away ot
any election from the people. a. an
indiyiduaI-as ono q the peopla-he
mag express IL opium o. such ques-
tions-6us "a Z cfr}iaa.e he is as
dumb ~ an oyster or else ready to
* ht sny wan who lares TO iu-iuuate
angh, 20 .he gaec: 'at he a5u!i favor
the taking away Of - eiso,ion. right
or privilege, fropihs people The
whole tra,b il, p aro.SAss, the host OF
Us, gfo1iyg 70 osA1ss ana
deceitfal unacs1N Cos >.
isaeiging others.
Since it is evident ,hNSis country
will never 90 backward iaibe matter
Of y2s;inE rights, privilege and da-
ties in aod upon tho Poop, the i'm
Por;aut task before the Ounlry i
clear, and that Is to 90 work to
!aa!Jy The voters for the rqopsi5ili
les DPs- 'Asa Ps,aaos he better
--zc % q. as.e essa tas /! voter 20
lave been required 20 qua!y him,el
-e'eTe asias allowed 80 80 (oot by
'roPss'g b: ty rse resiis;e aad cd .
lcs;ionl 6ss universal sa5sse ba. /
;one beyoad recall. No esdi3lte for /
Fee would oppose uaissrsi suffrage, /
nd if be did, be most esr;A!y would /
70 defeated The people - not vii .
iuEIy and knowingly p4r,~i.h ony
Dart Of their present privileges The I
;Fest danger to our coupiryind liber /
les is al ignorant aud corrup suffrage. I
ieaoe. the education aud elgation Of /
hose who are 70 do the vot3g is the {
permanent aud ai''importan.iuty It,
: a tearfGi question bar iaits solu
ion rests the whole future