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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
ALL SORTS

Words have double weight when here
is man and character back Of thsn.--
n. Mann.
The superiority Of some men Is merely
local. They are grest becaube their
associations are little. johnson.
Good taste is tha,mcdssty Of the mind;
that is why it cannot be either inflated
or acquired. II Madame de Girazdin
What I admire in Columbus l. not his
having discovered world, but his has-
ing gone to search for it on the zaish of
an opinion. Turgot.
A cheerful face Is nearly e good for
an invalid as healthy weather. 10 make
sick man think he Is dying, Al that =
necessary is to look half dead yourself.
There are many things that viii maks
man mad, but one Is enough when his
wife tells him he cant have any dinner
because she couldn't get the wash-boiler
off the stove In time.
It is difficult, own, to blend snd units
tranquility in accepting, snd enorgy n
using. the facts Of life; but b not ina
possible; il it be, it is impossible to be
happy. II Epictetus.
We are firm believers IN the maxim
that. for ell right Judgment Of sl1y man
Or thing. It IS useful, nay, essential, 70
see his good qualities before prpnouncing
on his bad Il Carlyle
A man out West wss offered plate Of
macaroni soup, but declined 4, declaring
that they ''couldn't pley OF any billed
pipe stems on him.
II Adam had been created boy in
stead of full-grown man, he would
have eiubbed al the apples of from thai
tree before the serpent bad . chance 20
get through the fence around The sArlen-
A negro who was suspected Of karrsp-
titiously meddling with his neighbo
fruit. being caught In garden by moon
light, nonplussed his detecteEs by
raising his eyes, clasping his hapas and
piously exclaiming: Good beavensi
| dis we're darkey can't 60 nowhefe prsy
| any more without bein' sturbed
aI now have something fos rainy
| day, y said old Mr. McSnihkin tsif other
evening. as he entered the Ees and
| greeted his family. wiae II,
windfalli' screamed Mrs. Nos m n
an ecstacy Of mental parai5s 20,
no., he responded, quie!iy e drew
/ his slippers ffOm 44aGk sA11 MI = -
umbrelia.p Mrs. McS. told hit was
q real mean old thing.
| A literal-minded little fellow siting
on Cape God, who found The II Ptlon
| in the village graveyard; dad.
but sleepeth, ran ii elar1n 70 b ot1eE
and said: eve must SO home = ea; I
won't stay hers all night, anyhes They
| bury people here when they 50 iseP'
! I saw one Of them ont n the 81 yard,
and do you suppose I'll efesp . 70
night and have them bury maj
How IN Cor souz Wkzz Al
American arrived the othsf at /
little hotel in Freneh provinc oHn
Tired and dusty with travel Dc
manded room and plenty Of ,ex Z
wash IN. .s4tsfl We wave pt
drop, said the iandlord u sIin5
4 expressions Of dfss<kisfaekioa he chez
his room and began believing i VOC
that could have been heard uiie
"Firsl Fire! Firei De- , esF
j wants rushed upstairs and into ooN
bearing IN tkeis hands vessel q =
sorts filed vita Haser with zhit q e
j | tinRaish the flames. 9 =
| guest, turning composediy uPo1 shsn
i Hyou may lezSs the vntes. 2pen< 7qs
that is I'll. :
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

HARD WeRK ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS
Downright hard work Is essential to sue
cess in anything that is worth doing IN
the world. No native ability relieves .
man from the necessity of earnest and
persistent application TO whatever he
undertakes if he would be efficient IN his
endeavors This is as true for men o.
brilliant genius as for those Of moderate
capabilities. Indeed, it is commonly
recognized by them more readily than by
inferior minds. "The fact Is. says Rus
kin, that man of genius i always iaf
more ready to work than other people
and gets so much more good from tne
work that he does. and is often 30 nttle
conscious of the inherent divinity IN MN
self that he is very apt 10 ascribe All his
capacity to his work, and to tell 70 fnos1
who ask him how be came to be what ne
is: IF I am anything, which | muell
4 doubt, I made myself so merely q
labor So, If man thinks ne pa
/ genius in one direction or anosher, y
/ will best prove it by working hard an
persistAntly at anything he undertake
/ In that direction. BIS genius w
prompt him TO labor, not relieve hsil
from labor"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

ANTs.-There Is one way, and only one,
of ridding the house, closets, eake-pails,
suear-barre1s, etc., of red ants or black,
big or little. When you find them on
the premises, get ready tea-kettle of
boiling water-plenty of it. Go out of
doors, look carefully all over the paths
and walks if in the country if in the
city, look over the tagging in the areas,
both front and back. Scald every little
hole you see with mound of little
earth-pellets around tit is the home of
the ant. On sunny day these pellets
are brought ont of the nest to dry. When
the weather Is damp, or soon will be,
You will see nothing but little holes IN
the ground. The ants are all ''at home.'
Scald them. II your cellar is not &C.
mented,l hunt the pests there; very
likely you will find lots of them. When
the work here recommended has been
done, clean out your closets, sugar pals,
everything in the closets; rub fine salt on
the shelves, lay clean yellow paper on
them, and put back dishes. In the
cracks of the floor, and around the sur
base of said closets should be placed
ground red pepper. Ants will not come
again for long time. When they again
make q raid, as they may in few months,
give them second scalding.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

A digestive ferment has been discov-
cred by Bouchut in the milky juice of
the fig tree. He placed five grammes of
the partially coagulated juice in glass
with sixty grammes of distilled water
and ten grammes of moist fbrine, and
brought the whole to temperature of
so degrees. The juice digested the
fibrine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

From comparison carried ON by P.
MIGUEL, IN Paris, from December 1879 to
june 1880, it seems that every increase
Of atmospheric bacteria il followed. In
about eight days, with an increase OF the
deaths from infectious diseases.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
f5oTtC

N-oriCE Is HEREBY GIVEN To WHOM n
inay essf,szln that the arfi.rsieBc,i las he-'n
Awarded H.. s.stsiract hr k.+pisig the Douglas
County Paalers Eor period of TIVE years Al
psrSsns IN ussd of sss;aanee from sail county
nun ers, procure csrt,,,tst te to that ,ffrc, from
any penber Of The couaty R.ard and present Is
- one Of the following manned persons. who are
authosised 70 and will care for those presenting
saeh esrtidcAses Button 4 Perkins, Rossburg L.
l. kellogg. Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking
GlssA. d. Woodruff 10 authorized to furnish
nsdicAi aia 10 ell persons in need Of the and
who have bssn declared paupers Of Douglas
Ceants. W.B CLARK.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
ECON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Ii, 1880.

ary commander. General Torhert was at
tsched to the army Of the west. and strong
friend of General Grant.
The Rsmains OF Cen. Torbert-
NEW YoRK, Sept. 4-Friends of the late
General Torbert have been teiegraphed to
make arrangements for bringing bis remains
to Milford, Delaware for interment. A dis
patch just received says that he was tempo
rari!y blurred at Dayton by his com mpanion,
Mr.. Owen. Mr.. Owen. In a dispatch. says be
hiss made engagements to send the temains
north. Mrs. Torhert is frantie with gr!-f
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

Among the passengers Of the Vera ogs Was
Major General Alfred Torbert, who d.stin-
guished himself during the rebellion s cav
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08

. Cincinrati's Society for the Promo
ton OF Marriage" under the auspices of
Nhlch several persons were married Mt
a picnic last summer. il failure.
august Myers, one of the victims, tells
story about his relations with the
soelety. He says that, instead of get
ting SIS to begin married life with. he
sot put s25, and that recently, his wife
having been sick, he sent doctors bill
me treasurer of the society, who in
vImed MIN that the association had
ulssolved and the -, 1000 made of the
great picnic and anniversary, which
was was attended by many thoueands of
Slncinnatians, had disappeared. The
management Of the affair fell largely
,in ..o the hands of party of low poli-
uelans and the result has been disas-
hG9s. The gold rings presented the
cllues, he says, have been analysed and
'ouhd 10 be mostly of lead.
Inc movement in temperance known
as nome protection, which, in reality, Is
Nomans bailot on the dram shops, Is
salhingin favor In all parts IF the coun-
Wy Five OF the annual conventions of
VIZ VIZ womens christian temperance
pll9hs, held in tie separate New Eng
and states, have passed home protec-
son resolutions indorsing that line of
WORK. At the late annual meeting of
,ne National Women's Christian Tenn
p.;crance Union in indianapolis, resolu-
uoh was passed to the effect that 1.-THE
Htganlzations there represented should
VI each State be free 10 choose their own
methods Of work" thus removing all
,es'rlctions of that body from such State
"omen's unions as shall decide to ask
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Curing Snrdines.

Another interesting product of France
not OF its soil but of its waters, is the
sardine, which Is borne to every cline,
and considered delicacy by all nations.
1t is said To- belong to the herring family,
but never attains to large size. The
uniformity of their size is seen in the
boxes, which are Just adapted to packing
them. rs they are found to correspond in
length. These little finny creatures are
caught in nets, and, after being well
washed, the heads are cut of and the
fish are sprinkled lightly with fine salt.
After lying for n few hours they are
placed on grids in rows almost perpen-
dicular. The frames arc then placed in
pans containing boiling olive oil. This
oil is changed rs often rs Ii becomes too
black and dirty for continuing the cook
ing process. AS soon as the fish are con-
sidered sufficiently cooked they are with
drawn from the pans of oil and the
rids placed on tables cover I'd with zinc,
the surface of the tables inclining to-
ward groove in the center. The oil
is thus carried to n vessel prepared to re-
ceive IL. Around these tables stand
women whose business is TO pack the
fish closely and uniformly in boxes.
The boxes being full, the fish are covered
with fresh oil, and the lids of the boxe
are then soldered down. Thus heremet-
ically sealed. they are placed in n wire
basket and immersed in boiling water.
The smaller boxes are thus boiled for
about an hour and the larger ones some
what longer, In proportion the size of
the box. The fish are then ready for
the market, and, being packed n cases,
are sent to the ends of the earth.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
To Some Girls.

So you want TO marry rich man, do
youP You want To live without work?
Between Dives and Lazarus you would
fire Lazarus out, eh? Good. Now,
what does the deliberate intent TO
marry rich,m mean? This when i'm
terpreted in plain English:
You are willing that a man should
oay for the roof over your head. the food
you eat, the clothes you wear. You ex-
pect him in addition to furnish. you with
spending money. And what will you
give in return? Your company. You
are willing to supervise his household.
providing ii is sty iish enough and there
are servants enough to anticipate every
Ixertion. You will dress. come down
to dinner and play the charming hostess.
But is this always remuneration for his
outlayP Does the rich five or tcn-year
married mans life always prove IL?
Are you willing for money to be simply
enduredf Are you willing 10 sit IN
your comfortable seat and give Dives all
the scope and rein he wants outsider
After all, have you much reason on your
side for complaining IL his fancy wings
itself in other directions? Practically,
you chose his money. not him. You
have what his money brings. Should
you not be contenta Did you not prefer
to eat the bread of gilded dependcncea
You have still what you married
money, position, diamonds, servants, n
carriage. n summer cottage. Are not
these enoughp Hearth Affectionsf
Faithfulnessp Nonsense. You did not
wed them.-NesC York Graphic.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
An Athletic Statesman.

The caricature that the French artist,
Gill, recently made of Gambetta, repre-
senting him as an athlete, Is said to be
very faithful likeness. Gambetta Is
really an athlete eofuncommon strength.
His arms, especially, are unusually
large and powerful. lie is fond of row.
ing. and Is regarded as = crack oarsman.
Two years ago he began to fall rapidly
into flesh. His physicians ordered him
baths and exercise. and Gambetta went
under q regular trimming to pull himself
down. Ho succeeded in reducing him
self, but he still exercises like a prUfes-
sional gymnast. Every morning he
twists himselfinto all sorts of positions
on the tTapeze, while his secretary reads
to him In loud voice al the principal
articles of the daily papers. Gambetta,
Notwithstanding his great strength, Is no
fighter, although his energy during the
Franco-Prussian war gave rise to tile
opinion that he was possessed Of con-
siderable combativeness. One day the
Admiral Fourichon, incensed Mt Gam
betta's orders to his agents to draw lib
orally upon the marine arsenals, re
preached him bitterly, and finally, in n
tit Of rage, seized him by the throat.
Gambeita could have crushed the I'D
miral with his powerful fist, but he
never made the least resistance, End
finally reasoned calmly and good nRtur-
edly with his fierce opponent. "That
big fellow" said one of his physicians,
lately. " is taking such good care of
himself that he will surely die i'm the
skin of conservative, and not in that Of
a factionist. as President Grevy pre-
dicted."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08

But few men are aware OF the fact that
hay Is very beneficial 10 hogs, but Il il
true nevertheless. Hogs need rough
food rs we'll as horses. cattle or the
human race. To prepare il you should
have cutting-box (or hay cutterl. and
the greener the hay the better. Cut the
hay as short as oats or shorter, and mix
with bran. shorts or middlings, and
ICED rs other food. Hogs soon learn to
like 1t, and If soaked in swill. as other
slop food, is highly relished by them.
In winter use for the hogs the same hav
you feed your horses, and you will find
that. while itsaves bran. shorts or other
ieod. Il puts on flesh ne rapidly as anv~
thing that can be given them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
A Long Search for n Gold Dollar.

A letter from Lambertville, N. j., to
the Philadelphia Times tells this inter-
esting story about gold dollar: A
young Lady of this place has gold dol
lar, with monogram inscribed upon
1t, which has been the subject of n great
deal of attention. IL was attached to-a
bracelet by chain. One evening in the
latter part OF February last, after n
sleigh ride, she missed 1t. The broken
chain showed how it had disappeared
Search was made, but il was of no
avail. Finally an advertisement caught
the eye of an habitual loafer about
town. lie went to the house and said
hat he had found the dollar below the
'teps OF the sleigh the morning after the
ride, and had spent it for whiskey at a
saloon. The friends of the young lady
determined TO find the dollar if possible.
The saloon-keeper remembered having
received the money, but he had paid IL
to n butcher. The latter recolIected
paying it over to drover in Trenton.
The address of the drover was secured
and letter written him requesting re-
ply Mt once. 1t came, with the infor-
nation that he had purchased n ticket
to Philadelphia with it the very day the
Lambertville butcher gave il to him,
remarked about the monogram.
The search was continued. The
agent remembered the dollar, and said
he laid it aside for n few hours, but it
was forwarded to the general Office in
Philadelphia with the daily account.
The receiver of the New Jersey receipts
Mt Philadelphia was next corresponded
with. The beautiful monogram had
been noted, but the dollar had been de-
posted in the bank. His opinion was
that 1T could be obtained from the
cashier. The cashier was communicated
with. His attention had been called TO
the initials on the back of the dollar by
one OF the clerks, and he had instructed
the clerk to place it aside Tor n few
weeks. Unfortunately, in the absence
OF the clerk, a gentleman, desiring sew
erai hundred dollars in gold, prepar-
atory to California trip, had been fur
nished with the amount, and the little
piece had in some way been mixed with
that sum and gone westward. The gen.
tleman's name was furnished, and n let
ter was sent to him.
The events so far described took
place in March, and the remainder of
the spring and all summer passed with
no tidings from the lost bangle. A few
days ago, however, there came letter
from Detroit, written by the gentleman
who had gone West, which said that his
health had been poor, so that instead of
returning Mt once from California, as he
proposed when he started, he had stop
ped at Colorado Springs for the summer
to recuperate. The letter relating the
account of the dollar had been delayed
and not forwarded, so that he never re-
ceived it until he reached Chicago. He
said he had the dollar in his possession,
rs the monogram attracted his notice.
The initials were the same as those of
young friend of his, and he kept the
coin on that account. He promised to
send the dollar as should be directed.
He was as good as his word. and the lit
tie gold piece is back in Lambcrtville
once more"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Chlcago's Meat.Cannlng Industry.

The business of canning meats in this
city Is one OF comparatively recent date.
As enormous as 1t now is, IL Is the
growth OF but very few years.
During the past year there were
slaughtered In this city for canning pur-
poses 300. 600 head of cattle, the cost OF
which was over $4,000, 600.
In this business over 1000 men are
employed. and the amount Of money
yearly expended In this city In the pros
ecution of this business. for labor and
otherwise, Is over 81. 900 600.
Over 10000 cans Of meat are packed
daily In this city. and over 900. .OOO
pounds of meat cooked daily for canning
purposes. .--ChicaQo Times,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
News .ad Notes for Women.

Miss Nancy Smith has been admitted
To the bar at Keokuk, In. The LAWYERS
OF that place gave her dinner.
A single hair brought eighty dollars
the other day Mt "A fair in Alabama. IL
was from the head of pretty woman
and sold for the benefit of Gen. Hoods
orphans.
Several Chicago girls have determined
to devote themselves to charity and
benevolence, and are going to begin,
says the Boston TRANSCRIPT, by giving
their wide belts 10 poor horses.
Very cheap straw Chinese hats have
this year been the rage in England.
Duchesses wearing precisely the same
article rs dairy maids; "but," explained
one great lady, "none Of those dreadful
middle class people wear them"
Very elegant petticoats of black and
garnet satin have the back breadths
drawn into puffs, which are stuffed with
hair; Red cashmere petticoats have
bustles OF curved whalebon @ set in at
the top.
Miss Mary Allen Vest is superintend-
ent of schools in Knox county. Illinois.
and her schools have taken six out OF the
eight premiums offered in the educa-
tionaI department of the Illinois State
fair. The superintendent of educa-
tlonal exhibit recommended the State
bord OF agriculture to grant medal to
Miss West.
There are thirty-seven women in
attendance at the London school OF med
icine for women. OF the seventy STU
dents who have entered the school since
its foundation some are in practice and
Others are preparing for the examination
of the University of London, or of the
Kings and Queens College of Physi-
clans. Ireland.
An old fashioned quilting party is
mentioned by the Junction City (Kan-
sas) Tribune: I'VE attended a quilting
party last week at Red Rose farm. The
quilt was pieced inChinese pattern hy the
father of the hostess, Mrs OC w. Bill,
who is ninety-five years old. The
daughter, granddaughter, and great
granddaughter were all quilting at one
time. The old gentleman did not proba-
bly, anticipate this trio when sewing
the blocks so accurately and neatly"
At n recent wedding in New York, the
lovers knot and horseshoe were woven
of solid roses. A large circular basket
and Tyre composed Of Cook roses, ferns,
and lillian Amazonica, completed the
decoration. At a wooden wedding "
butter tubs and spice-boxes were used
ms fiower-receiyers and a chopping- bowl
was filled 10 overflowing with rare and
costly plants. At another wedding the
bride carried an Angot bag filled on one
side with long-stemmed white buds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Eggs and Cats In Law.

There is n famous case on the books of
Norman hotel keeper and the GUS
toner who ordered n six-egg omelette
prepared but went away in hurry with
out paying for 1t. and when he returned
fifteen years later offered the landlord
fifteen francs, being for the original cost
OF the eggs and the interest thereon COM
pounded. The landlord claimed fabu-
lous sum. alleging that the six eggs
would have produced so many chicks,
from which would have issued 80 many
hens; that with the product of these in
Vulnerable fowls he would have bought
farm, which In so many years would
have yielded so much money. which be.
ing invested, etc. The court, however,
non-suited the landlord because the
eggs had been broken for The omelette,
and so could not have been hatched.
The case has been outdone In an In
dian court. A. b. G and d buy cotton
in partnership and store IL in ware
house which Is invested with rats. To
discourage these vermin they buy cat.
OF which each is to own n leg The
cat breaks that one of her legs which Is
owned by A, WHO binds 1t up with cot
Ton soaked in oil The cotton takes
fire, the cat takes refuge in the midst OF
the cotton bales and the whole property
is destroyed; whereupon b. g and ID
sue A, alleging that it was his leg which
caused the connagration. The court
promptly decides against them with
costs, and orders them to pay A for his
cotton and bear their own losses, on the
ground that the cat couldn't walk on the
broken leg, so that 1t was the three
sound legs which carried her into the
cotton.--IiHTis Figaro.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Marriage Customs in Inain.

Marriage customs and marriage mani
TdS, differ in some respects in different
parts of India. Thus at marriage of
his highness the Maharajah of Mysore
the following pretty recitation formed
portion of the ritual uttered by the
bridegroom in musical Sanskrit:
"Who gave her!
To whom did he give her?
Love gave her!
Love was the giver.
Love was the taker.
Love! may this be thine.
With love may / enjoy herl
Love has pervaded the ocean.
With love accept heri
Love! may this be thine"
Soon after this the bride and bride
groom proceed one or two steps forward,
and the bride is thus addressed by the
bridegroom:
MAY the regions of space, may air,
the sun and fire dispel that anxiety
which thou feelest in thy mind and turn
thy heart to me. Be gentle in thy aspect
and loyal to thy hus band, be fortunate
in cattle. aniable in thy mind and beau
tiful in thy person; mother of valiant
sons; be fond OF delights; be cheerful
and bring prosperity TO our bipeds and
quadrupeds. Soma first received thee;
the regent OF fire was thy third husband
and now a human being is thy fourth.
Soma gave her to the sun; the sun gave
her TO the region of fire; fire her TO me.
With her he has given me wealth and
male offspring. May she, most con-
spicuous cause of prosperity. never de-
sert me-"
These and many others which were
recited contain much exquisite poetry in
them. They are, to quote Max Muller,
the simplest child-like papers on record.