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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
DO Your Work Well.

Whatey you do, do we'll A job
slighted, .cause it is apparently un-
important. leads to habitual neglect, so
that men degenerate, insensibly, into
bad workmen.
THAT is good rough job" said a
foreman in our hearing, recently, and
he meant that it was piece of work
not elegant in ITSELF but strongly
made and well put together.
The training of the hand and eye to
do work well leads individuals to form
correct habits in other respects; and
good workman is, in most cases, good
citizen. No one need hope to rise
above his present situation who suffers
small things to pass by unimproved, or
who neglects, metaphorieally speaking,
to pick up q cent because it is not
dollar.
Some of the wisest Lawmakers, the
best statesmen, the most gifted artists,
the most merciful judges, the most in
genious mechanics, rose from the great
mass.
A rival of certain lawyer sought
to humiliate him publicly by saying:
"Yeu hlacked nay fathers boots
| once"
Yes" replied the lawyer, unabash-
| ed, "and ] did it WE'LL And because
of this habit of doing even small things
we'll, he rose to greater.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
NO. 25.
Anecdotes OF Ole Bah.


Ole Bull was very abstemious and
careful liver. He drank no strong
liquors, and never ate to excess. His
fruit and vegetables. To this mode of
life may be attributed his general good
health. He was remarkably neat and
simple in his attire. He never wore
heels upon his shoes or boots, contend
ing that they had the effect of giving the
body an unnatural, stopping posture.
He had great aversion to hypocrisy and
affection. Upon one occasion visitor
laughed immoderately at one OF the
violinist's witty stories, and afterward
apologized for seeming rudeness. "Ohl"
said Mr. Bull, "do not mind; like to
see any one natural. Donot be ashamed
of laughing nor crying when you feel
like it. 1t is strange that human nature
is prone to make an excuse for its better
impulses"
He disliked much of the German mu-
sic, and Wagner's compositions In par
ticular, although he was personally o
warm friend of the composer of s'the
music of the future" He preferred Ital
ian music to all other. s. do not have
to try to like the music of Verdi" said
he; ''it comes without trying" He con-
sidered "Aida" a masterpiece. He WAS
also fond of Gounod's Faust. why"
he remarked, 'sthe Germans bang away
with their mechanical exactness and end
less harmonies, but they neglect the
purer, sweet melodies which reach the
hearts of the people. The majority of
the public have no time to read between
the lines. Captious critics have averred
that Ole Bull was not a classical musi-
clan because he played folks songs and
catered to the taste of the public.
why" he said, s.if the people pay their
money to hear me play Lucy Long and
The Arkansas Traveller why should
not crafty them? / should feel that
had cheated them if did not consult the
taste of my audience. Besides, gener
ally play the light pieces for encores,
after having given them more solid selec-
tions."
Numberless anecdotes might be re-
lated to illustrate his wonderful good
nature and hearty, sincere desire to add
to the happiness of all with whom he
came in contact. Upon one occasion a
friend had called upon him at the IRE
mont House to invite him to take ride
in the suburbs. At about the same time
he heard little boy of his acquaintance
who had broken his leg and was unable
to leave his bed. 81 must decline your
kind invitation to ride, he replied to
his friend, and he passed the afternoon
in playing the violin for the amusement
of the little invalid. He disliked rules
and creeds with feeling approaching
detestation. He created his own canons
of art, and he changed them at pleasure.
A well-known Boston conductor once
pleasantly accused Mr.. Bull OF never
playing the same piece in the same tempt.
'sOf course not, was the reply; anyone
can follow the time in the same old way
l never feel in the same mood twice.
Why should always play in the same
time and with the same color? It Is your
plodding nobody who is satisfied. am
ambitiousr' The conductor appreciated
the wit, if not the logic of the reply
Boston Herald
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
VOL. 5.
A Cow Boys Outfit.

a correspondent of new York paper,
who journeyed across the great staked
plains of Texas with companion decked
out in the costume of cowboy, de-
scribes the dress as follows: He wears
whitish felt hat, vast of brim, and with a
neatly rolled red handkerchief tied
around the minute proportion OF a crown;
a blue wool shirt, also surmounted i'll
the region of the neck with red kerr
chief; calfslkin leggins, trimmed with
leather fringe and buttons down the
outer seams; spurs fiercely long in the
rowell and given to jingling bravely; two
belts, holding in their loops 100 rounds
of cartridges, half for the revolver sus-
pended from one of the belts and half
Tor repeating carbine. In addition to
these accountrements are formidable
looking knife Ito be used, however, for
he innocent purpose of butchering game
or cutting pork and a lantern quirt
hanging from the wearer's wrist The
owner of this ominous fnery rides
tough, square-built chunk of a pony,
which at times eyinces morbid desire
to send his owner flying through the
sky. The saddle on the pony is we'll
housed, "double-rigged" one, made, as
shown by the quantity of leather used,
with an eye to the encouragement of the
trade IN that staple. Slung from the
high horn and cintel of the saddle is
gun sheath containing Winchester car
bine, and also attached to the horn are
coil of rope and n water canteen. A pair
of saddle-bags lie across the seat. At
the back of the saddle are tied coat and
oyercoat of oiled canvas-in cowboys
language. a "slicker." Such an equip
rnent is the net outcome of cowboy ex-
perience in search of the useful and the
beautiful, and with such the cowboy is
prepared to travel through the world.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
THE rREssYTEuIAN counciL.
proeeea,ag. Of the Opening p.v.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept, 2k--It was not unfit nearly
2o'eiock that the vast audience that packed the
ACADEMY OF Music vscuted that building, conse
quenily The delegates assembled In HorticultursI
nall aud organized business session formal
ADDRESS Of weseome was, Eade by Rev. DR. M r
Breed. Tne late Rev j. Beadie was originally Sc.
ierted TO deliver the address of welcome aud upon
his tath Rev. Dr. II A. Boardmsn was ,h,,seu
Dr. hoardnian also died and Dr, Breed then
seiscted. After suceessiyely welcoming several
for;igu delegations and making fitting alusion
70 mt morabe features of the religions history Of
tieir several co2ntries, Dr, Breed re;erred to the
faft Inat The itst American pre- bytery was formed
IN PhiaGelphia l15 wears ago, and To-day OUT of
ooeE0 People OF Phi!adelphia, $50 Presbyterian
ministers, 10 Presbyterian congreg iions with a
cImuiuuinn roll reaching ~ Oee aud an adherence
o. sone inoooO, join in giving you genuine Pres
hytsrian welcome Rev. Dr. BoldeIwood of rdin
burg wss elected chafmen OF The session and K ~
DIS. Matthews and Blackie CLERKS of lie roun
eli. Rev. Dr. Blackie, from the committee
ulated statement which 1t would be inprac-
tfcabie To read to the council, but which would be
ment covered the statistics af "a ch6rcheso of hich
IL are on the continent OF Eurupe 8 In the UGlted
hingdom 6 in the unIt.-d states and in the tslit
tsh colonies. The report was adopted aud III !:
eoudcil tooka eceSs
fHIL. .DELPHfA. Sept 25--Rev Eaied's Relieioa
n Re'ation 10 citnte and Philosophy rmed
ts'pi fol dIseus<fon in all the papers read ut to
days session OF the Pau Presbyterian eouneii
oIeeD, OF PrD eston theological CO eye callsd
atei tiou to the TACT that tbe council mad accepted
I'll lnSlAtlou ID nfni the annual fair ot the state
agricultural society. an organ iZat;ou which il he
had been CORRECTLY informed had violated the
ShoD ,th day bS throwing open iU exhibition To
tne iiubiic Alter brief discussion the action of
the 'uneii Was rec3nsidsrei and the sapjsct was
reeonsdered.
Hon Horace Maynard presided at the afternoon
session Before The regular business As taken up
feso ution Was adopted providing for the ap
pointment OF a comInlttee 10 con der and report
upon at the next cHuDeii all applications for mem
bership In the alliance
horace Day sliudiug 10 the refusal to admit the
Cumberland presbyiery Into the assembly .aid
pIesbyterau iii their policy, aud Presbyterian in
their doctrtue excepting the nine sections latipg
TO predes,ination. MIR. Day asked how many of
the churches represented in the council be icye in
ihose article. and added that if the Westminster
catechlsm was To be rewritten to morrow he be.
lie9ed that n ajoriy of the church would favor
the omission ct great deal now In it, This re-
mark ELECTED a chorus of such cries As "Order." I"
"order," mo-" etc.
Alter warm discussion Mr. Days motion was
adopted ID ap ooinl committee 10 pass on appli-
cations for admission.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
Mother Brickerdyke.

While at Reno the other day had
the good fortune to meet with Mother
Brickerdyke," as the Union boys used to
call her. No adult lover of his country
need to be told who this lady is, or what
her eventful and woful history. Living
at Galesburg, ILL.,, at the time of the
breaking out of the rebellion, she at
once hastened into the field, bearing
commission from the Governor of her
State as matron of field hospitals. So
discriminating, careful, and executive
was she that she soon won the
confidence of the general officers,
who acquiesced in and generally as
sisted in carrying out her measures of
relief. She was always at her post in
the front, often exposed to direct fire,
and made o target for rebel bullets, but
was spared to perform. much needed
work all through the War and since.
Thousands of soldiers came under her
immediate care, and rs she moved busily
from point to point, now establishing q
field hospital, now bringing up trains of
supplies, she often came in contact with
officers, but always TO conquer and carry
but her humane work, She had theory
| that for all bad business, delinquency,
4 L
an orderly drove off one of her dairy
cows (of which she always had several
hundred on hand), she sent a provost
guard after both the COW and the order
ly's officer
She once punished drunken surgeon
| by placing him out under an umbrella to
sit for two hours on pile of garbage
| which he had allowed to accumulate. He
down to Sherman's headquarters and
entered complaint. "Who do you say
punished your asked the General.
Mother Brickerdyks, replied the sur
geou. "Oh, well" reioined Sherman,
with o laugh, fyou had better resign and
go home. Mother Brickerdyke' is al
ways right in her Judgment, and besides,
there is no help for you, for she out
ranks me"
Mother Brickerdyk Ike" as she will al
ways be called, happened at the Reno
depot when Secretary Sehurz passed
home lately. Eagerly the great states.
man pressed through the throng, and
in loud tones called her up tc
him and gavo her such greet
ing as few American women may
claim. True to her instincts, Mrs. Brio
kerdyke soon began to lecture him upon
certain duties which, she thinks, deyolve
upon him to perform, the while severa
voices called out from the train, We'll
we'll! There's onr grand old Mother
Brickerdyke, of the Army Hospital, ant
she's at her old business too of command
ing officersF and each pressed forward
to grasp her hand and claim recognition
Mrs, B. is now &c years old, rathe
stout, but hearty and active as ever
She comes of long lived family. an'
expects Is or 20 years of busy life yet
She has been foremost in establishing
hospitals and orphan asylums in the east
and is now engaged in improving on
school system, offering plans SO wis
and simple that our Legislators will d
we'll to hear and heed.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
Army RatIons In OLD England.

With respect to rations, the troops do
not appear to have Jared very sumptu-
ously; the following are some of the al
lowsnees to the army in ireland between
1899 and 1864.
Beef (salt or freshi or pork, one to two
pounds per man once q week.
Newland fish and John Dory, one and
one-hslr fish or six to eight herrings, OF
one ling staeng five once week.
One to one and one-half pints of peas
or oatmeal, or one-half pound rice twice
a week.
One-half to three-fourths of pound
of butter twice week.
One pound Of cheese once week.
One pound of biscuits day.-1ht
AHtiquity.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

HOME ORNAMENTs.-To have lovely,
beautiful home does not necessarily cost
a fortune, nor more than few dollars,
comparatively. Nature has placed at
our disposal ornaments that no art can
perfectly reproduce, and which would
grace a palace. An armful of dried ferns,
gorgeous autumn leaves and moss, and o
basket of comes and acorns, with little
taste and ingenuity in their disposal
about walls. pictures, curtains, In
wreaths, baskets, ETC., will give to the
homeliest room an air of refinement and
comfort which money does not always
procure.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
NoTtCg.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 10 WHOM IT
AN may concern shat the undersig gned has been
awarded the contract for keeping the Douglas
County paupen for period Of two years. All
persons In need OF assistance from said county
must frst procure certificate 10 that effect from
any member Of the County Board and present il
- one Of the following named persons, who are
such certificates: Button & Perkins, Roseburg; L.
l. Kallogg. oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking
s0lasA Dr.. Woodruff is authorized 70 furnish
asdicAi aid 70 all persons in need of the same and
Nho have bean declared paupes of Douglas
Gsanky. ". B. CLARK.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

Every saint is Gods temple, and he
who carries his temple about him, may
go to prayer when he pleases.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02
The COST OF a Boy. !.

A clergyman who has been discoursing
about boys has devoted considerable at
tention to the cost of these somewhat
necessary individuals, and he estimates
the expense of bringing a good boy, with
ordinary advantages of city life, to the
age OF ihirteen at about five thousand dol
lars; these figures are sss5cns doubled by
the time the boy is of age, IL ne goes
through college. A bad boy, arrived at
the age mentioned, costs fully as much,
even if he has not been to college, and
the computation, as the reverend gentle
man forcibly suggests, does not include
the value of the mothers tears and the,
fathers gray hairs. Most men who have
brought up boys will agree that the esti-
mate is not too high, and some of them
will be observant enough to wonder If
there is any other investment OF equal
magnitude that is made with as much
carelessness and stupidity. A piece of
property upon which five or ten thousand
dollars must be expended would seem to
any business man to be deserving of the
most careful treatment that its owners
intelligence can devise, but in the case
of boy, the money is generally expend-
ed as a matter of course, with little or
no definite object but to keep the prop
erty in existence and to save the owner
from finding it nuisance to himself.
A farm or horse is considered
good according to its yield
or to its promise of yield, no
matter of much painstaking treatment
may first be necessary, but boy VINO
passes for best is merely he who makes
least trouble. The most promising colt
either for ornament or use, is the one
that is most irrepressible, but the ire
pressible boy of family is sure to be the
least valued after he has become too old
to be a mere play thing, and when he is
not ruined by being allowed to manage
himself he is quite likely to be misman-
aged until good for nothing. To regard a
boy in the mere light of an investment
and treat him accordingly would seem
cruelty cold and heartless, yet the
natural result of such an estimate would
be more beneficial to all concerned than
the present system is, for it would CON-
pei considerable personal attention by
the owner, whereas the usual plan is to
hire somebody else, sometimes nurse,
again teacher, to stand in the parents
place in all matters that are not included
| in lodging, food and clothes, SO that the
| owner may have more time to devote to
other business or to pleasure. How this
| plan works has been demonstrated mil
lions of times to the dissatisfaction of all
concerned, yet the blundering goes on
more and more industriously as ad
vancing civilization gives men and wo
men wider range Of, affairs in which te
interest themselves. Is it not about time
for such nonsense to cease and for tht
boy anil his sister to be treated according
| to their economic Importance?
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

A PRINCESS Who DAREp.-Princess
Adelgunde of Braganza, daughter of the
late Don Miguel; the unsuccessful and
banished pretender of the Portuguese
throne, has just done rather daring
thing. The sentence of perpetual ban
ishment was not only pronounced upon
Don Miguel, but also upon all his child
rem. Princess Adelgunde, however, was
so determined to see her fathers native
country that she contrived to obtain an
English passport for her confidential
maid, in which document she herself
was described as the attendant OF the
personated English LADY, and In the
character of female de chambre travel
led undetected through Portugal. At
Lisbon the two took up their quarters at
a hotel, and visited ,all the palaces and
galleries of the city, ending the escapade
by call on the Countess de Redmba, an
old and trusted friend of the family.
They quilted the country in safety, the
Princess family knowing nothing about
her journey until they received q letter
posted at Lisbon and describing her ex-
ploit as sthe result of the natural instinct
of Portuguese woman"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

The INSTINCT OF MIGRATIoN.-If the
young of our migratory birds are taken
from their nest and reared by hand they
become perfectly contented in confine-
ment, and do not pine for freedom
which they have never known. They
make no effort to escape from their cages
and seem to enjoy in full measure the
happiness of mere animal life, with all
wants supplied. But as the season for
the migration of each species approaches
a strange restlessness is manifested by
the Gagged bird, which was before so con-
tented, although the cage is well sup
piled with its favorite food, and it is
kept in warm ROOM This restlesness
increases until the bird spends several
successive nights beating against the
wires of its cage IN a vain endeavor to
get away. After its relatives have all
sought their southern homes its quiet
and content gradually return, so that it
is to more troubled by this blind impulse
to escape. This manifestation Of the
migratory instinct. where the example of
others of the species, diminished food
supply, or the diseomforts of q reduced
temperature could have no influence,
have been observed in the hobolink,
oriole, oatbird, bluebird, house wren,
finch, grass finch, song sparrow, and
several others, and it indicates an inher-
tied organization in which the migratory
impulse is fixed as habit that no tenn
porary change of external conditions can
eradicate Science News.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

A CONSISTENT TEMPERANCE MAN.-A
railway accident happened in Prince Ed
ward Island few days ago. One of the
most severely injured among the passen-
gers hurt was Mr.. Thomas Stewart, an
old gentleman of 81 years, Of whom it is
said that, though comparatively poor
man, he never misses an opportunity of
doing all the good he can" 1t is further
said of Mr.. Stewart that he was, whom
injured, on an errand OF mercy, making
voluntary effort to get some poor
debtor out of Georgetown Jail. The in
eident described below in the words of a
local report OF the accident Charlotte
town Eramiaer) exemplifes a sturdy,
heroic consistency of character too rare
in our day: "Mr. Stewart is strictly a
total abstainer.' When the relief train
arrived at the scene of the accident, he
was laid on the side of the road suffering
great pain and apparently nearly dead.
| One Of these who came to help the
sufferers offered him flask OF brandy
No, no. he groaned, i am ready to die
but not yet ready to drink liquor. ="
/ Montreal Witness.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

The sleeping hours of plant were
changed recently by q French chemist, by
exposing it to bright light at night and
placing it in dark room during the day
time. At first the leaves opened and
closed irregularly, but at length submit
ted to the change, unfolding ct night
and closing in the morning.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

COULDN'T KILL HIM-There is man
in Detroit who was wounded five times
in less than ten minutes at the battle of
FAIR Oaks. The first bullet entered his
left arm, the second gave him a SCALP
wound, the third hit him in the foot,
the fourth buried itself in his shoulder.
the fifth entered his right leg. While
he was being carried to the rear, the first
two men who took him were killed
While his wounds were being dressed.
an exploding shell almost buried him
under an avalanche of dirt. In being
removed further to the rear, runaway
ambulance horse carried him half mile
and dumped him out; and yet he is
seemingly hale and hearty, and walks
without limp.
Pleasures of Domestic Life Mistress
{horriied). Good gracious, Bridget,
have you been using one of my stockings
to strain the coffee through?" Bridget
lapologetieallyl. "Yis mum, but shnre
! didn't take clane one.- San Francisco
Wasp,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

Moderate speed isa sure help 20 all
proceedings; those things which ara pro-
ecuted with violence Of endeavor, or ee-
sire, either succeed not, or continue pot
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

TRcHsIcAL.-A physician was called 70
attend seamstress who was lndlsposeu.
He incurred as to her health and she re-
sponded very appropriately; Wen, .ll.s Z. :
about sew, sew, doctor. but seams Worse
to-day. and / have frequent stliches "
the side The doctor hemmed as ne
felt her pulse. and said she wouid menu
again, and left prescription.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-10-02

Hiz grave iz foun, beYant the t1Wp,
He's clumb tae golden ss1tfe;
Hiz mother stghs aud wipes her 6yos--
Bad Whfkky led him theirs
The daily gazette., 1880-01-17
THE DEMOoRACYs PROT EST

The letter from II. Is. McIntire 10
Chief Supervisor of El ctions Valentine
IN regard TO the supervisors of registra-
tious, Is as follows
WILMIsGToN, Del, Jan. 16. 1880.
Joshua 5. Pdie1itine CHIEF Supervisor
DEAR SIR.--l beg 10 acknow ledge
your favor of the 10Th inst, addressed
me as chairman OF the Democratic
city Executi ge Cor mittee, requesting
me TO suggest the names of mem bers OF
he Democratic party suitable for super.
viSors OF registeration, proposed to be
appointed, as / understand, under color
ot certain provisions of the Revised
Statutes of the United States
hereby enclose 10 you a list of per-
som suitable tor appointment, il any
such Is to be made; but in doing 80 1 de-
sire on behalf of the Executive Commit
tee respectfully 10 protest against the
appointment OF any such officers under
Color OF the statutory prov visions afore-
said, AZ being wholly unwarranted in
law and Unnecessary in fact
deem IL proper to make this protes,
III order That the suggestion on behalf OF
our Executive COMMITTEE of persons tor
appointment may not be considered rs
lhdl eating any acqmescrn nee ny mem bers
OF he Democratic party, either collect
We ~ or individually, N the propriety OF
such appointments Yours Responsibility,
III. B. MCINTYRE.
Chairman Democratic City Executive
Committee.