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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

France imported during the first seven
months Of this year sos, IT'S tons Of iron
minerals, taking from Algeria alone 176,-
l79 tons.
A Frenchman named Aune, has made
experiments on himself with regard to
the effects Of inhaling oxygen, and he
makes the statement that one may absorb
100 iters, and even more, daily, without
Inconvenience.
Chinese varnish is made by mixing
three parts of fresh blood, which has
been deprived of its 6brine by beating
with small twigs or broom straws, four
parts of slaked lime and little alum.
This may be used at once. It is said
that straw baskets coated with it are
rendered water and oil tight, and that
pasteboard to which it has been applied
becomes as hard as wood.
Benin and Wagner, in their sixth is
sue of the Population of the Earth. .
which has just appeared, estimate the
total population at / ,455, ,923 ,450. Eu-
rope is assigned 315, 1923 900 inhabitants
Asia 834, TOT 900; Africa, DOE, ,679, 900;
Australia and Polynesia, 4,031 800; the
Polar regions, SO 900; the United States,
48, ,000, 900.
BishopfEligio, at Chong- Tong, in Chi
ma, has invented an alphabet of thirty
three letters, by means Of which all the
sounds of the Chinese language can, it is
said, be presented. The Emperor of Aus
tria has been SO well pleased with the in
vention that he has presented the Bishop
with complete typographical apparatus
SO that the new alphabet may be en-
ployed in printing. The characters
used by the Chinese number &c, 900.
At the last meeting of the Balloon So
ciety of Great Britain the recent balloon
voyage out to sea at Cherbourg was re-
ferred to. Mr.. Simmons stated that
when he some years ago made similar
trip at Hull, he went twenty miles out to
sea, and then got into an anticipated re-
turn current, which he found few feet
above the outward current, and which
safely landed him at the desired spot on
terra firma. The President read letter
from member of the Society who had
made one of his ascents in thunder
storm, and found the atmosphere at an
altitude of about 200 feet and for O
height of 100 feet to be of dull leaden
hue, but as soon as he had risen above
this stratum he found the sky quite un-
clouded, and witnessed perfectly clearly
the storm raging below in all its
grandeur.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
Comparison and Difference.

1t is said that since the publication
of Edward Arnold's "Light of Asia" :"
in Eastern cities it is becoming the
fashion for ladies of literary inclina-
ton to study Sanskrit and the Ian
guage in which tho sacred Veda
hymns are written. This is not
strange, for no book for years has
produced such an impression upon
scholars as that "Light of Asia" In
Incompatible poetry it tells Of one
who lived six of seven centuries be.
fore Christ, who dared to denounce
the hereditary priesthood and to de-
clare that all men were equal. More,
he used his prineely power to substi-
tute for bloody sacrifices the offering
of flowers and perfume with prayer.
He laid down moral code as high
and pure as ever was given to men.
All this is told in the "Light of Asia"
with such grace and power, that
such a scholar as Oliver Wendell
Holmes pronounees it next in majesty
to the New Testament. Indeed, the
only advantage the New Testament
has is that, while the heart of Guat-
anna was Christ-like, no light beyond
this world was given him. He
could not tell his people what was to
come with death; he had no idea of
personal God, and his followers
after his death divided, one por-
tion believing that the ultimate end
of man was TO be absorRtionEof tho
personal being into th5t os srasastv.'
tho other teaching ultiEate annihila.
ton: 30 his creed ;" chung TO only ]
By those who gs ,eath the haze ]
'of the Or 4e enlightened
nations rather than
~<@AS 8
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
Fall Flowing.

The better the preparation of the
ground the better the crop. The high
average crop of the English farm is NO
doubt largely due to the thorough pre-
paration of the ground before seeding
Our climate is superior to that of Eng
land for wheat growing, yet production
of GA bushels per acre is not uncommon
among farmers there, while here 40 bush
els per acre is an unusual production.
Two plowings, several harrowings, and
in many cases rolling or crushing and
the excellent preparation of the soil by a
previous root crop must have much
better effect upon the soil than one
plowing, very poorly done because of the
hardness and dryness of our soil in mid
summer, and very imperfect narrowing.
1t might be we'll for us to lay out more
labor on our wheat crop, and SO prepare
the ground better, and raise our average
from IL to at least 20 bushels to the acre.
The difference in the amount of wheat at
harvest would pay for great deal Of
extra work in plowing, etc., and yet
leave profit; besides the soil would not
forget the generous treatment in one
year nor tive.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
The Old Forests Under the Sea.

In many districts, says an English
scientific paper, where our shores are
sheiving-as near the mouths of the Tay,
the Huber and Severn-after more than
ordinary tempestuous day, we see guam
titles of peaty looking matter cast up
by the sea, and the entire beach black
ened with its triturated fragments If
We examine any of the larger pieces of
this black looking matter, we find that it
is made up of dark clay filled with peat,
pieces of wood, mosses, equisetums and
the like, the characteristic vegetation of
cold, moist ground. This is washed up
by the sea from old forest beds,
now submerged below the level
of the waters. In excavations
for docks and bridges these ancient
floors are cut into by the workmen. Eve
rywhere we find them to be composed of
some thickness of peaty matter, in which
lie PROSTATE trunks of the oak, the fir
and our common forest trees, the old
roots of the monarehs of the forest stood
in place, and scattered on the old forest
floors lie the acorns and hazel nuts that
dropped from the trees of the wood in
its prime, and the sub-fossil antlers of
the deer and elk that roamed the forest
glades. The whole is usually buried un-
der much later accumulation of sand
and clay, full of our commonest sea-
shells, laid down by the sea waters that
have overspread the site of the old for
est since its submergence.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
oregon Machinerx nenot.

Il. p. Gregory & Co., importers and
commission merchants Of San Francisco,
have lately opened branch of their
house at No. 43 Front street, Portland.
For many years they have been known as
one of the heaviest California firms deal
ing in machinery. engines, etc., and
their large and growing trade in Oregon
has compelled them to open house
here. Mr.. Stewart Mcclure is the resi-
dent partner here, and is very pleasant
gentleman to deal with. They carry
wood working machinery of all kinds,
saw mills and saws, machinists tools,
steam engines and boilers, lubricating
oils, blowers and exhaust fans, and make
rubber goods specially. A complete
line of engineer supplies can always be
found at their Portland house, where the
best OF terms is always given to the
trade. Catalogues sent on application.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
Written Examinations.

A writer in an educational journal
says: "Of all species of labor, whether
manual or mental. marking children s
examination papers is the hardest. One
hour of such work is equivalent, in the
intensity of fatigue, to ten hours directed
to literary or clerical labor. The exas-
peration at the blunders observed grows
like the pressure OF steam in o boiler,
without the poor advantages of o vent or
safety-valve, not even that of swearing.
Persons Of other occupations, however
laborious, have the legal, if not the moral
right, to express in fitting terms their I'M
biased opinion Of the mortals over whom
they have control; but the teacher must
grin, and proceed to mark with calmness
and deliberation, with iudicious discrim-
ination. the work that would break his
heart, or turn his head, If the pain were
not somewhat evenly distributed over
the whole body. The fatigue of the
work commences ct the base of the
brain, travels down the spinal column,
creeps along the limbs, and, coming to q
jumpipg place IL the tips 81 the fingers
ss'ls - sise toea, takes one Wistful
unb Sssn ss-Sss sh9n.
SsiV
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
The Duty ON Sara's wardrobe.

So prodigal is Sara Bernhardt with
her money that it seems a novel bit of
economy on her part to take measures to
do the United States Government out of
the import duty on the dresses she brings
to this country. Report has it that she
is now exercising herself in three of her
dresses each day, in order to bring them
through the Custom House as apparel
which has been worn. There are
forty-seyen dresses, besides large cata-
logue of feminine sundries. The total
duty on this lot of fnery will he about
5000. The Custom House officers say
that such collection is too large to be
called either wearing apparel or imple
ments of trade. If invoiced as works Of
art they can be admitted free of
duty, provided they are taken
out of the country within six months.
To this end it is necessary to put the
goods in bond. But If Saras dresses
were locked in bonded warehouse dur
ing her stay in this country, her bring
them would be in vain. Therefore it is
proposed to put the lady herself to-
gether with the dress in bond, and, in
stead of locking her and them up in a
musty storeroom, to let Custom House
officer continually accompany her This
would be in some respects distinguished
honor for such an officer, but the honor
would hardly console him for the risk of
being knocked down whenever the bril-
liant Sara should be in one of her petu-
liant or frisky moods. The proper thing
for Sara to do in regard to the raiment
would be to bring It all in, invoiced at
the utmost price she can put on it, and
bravely pay on the whole lot the biggest
duty the Custom House people will con-
sent to receive. It would be much bet
ter advertisement of all these fine clothes
to herald them as those which paid more
duty than any other clothes ever landed
in this country than to let the public un-
derstand that they lodged the duties.
Even If there is not much of Sara her.
self, there is good deal of her when
her finery is taken into account.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
4 STRING OF PEARLS.

When Time spares beauty he contem-
plates it.
Wit makes it easy to grow old but moi
impossible.
A woman would sooner rule heart
than fill it; not SO man.
A woman listens to O play with her
mind and judges it with her senses.
1t takes as much wit not to displease a
woman as it takes little to please her.
1t is surprising how near age brings
a woman to death and how little it pre-
pares her for it.
The woman who confides to one man
her partiality for another seeks advise
less than an avowal.
1t takes one less time to get over ones
own misfortune than to be reconciled to
a neighbor's good fortune.
The latest school understands litera-
ture as much as the English do cookery.
Its ideal Is raw meat and plenty of condi-
ments.
How many of our writers most in
vogue should bear in mind that il talent
supplements everything it can dispense
with nothing.
There are people with whom penitenee
stands for repentence-people with whom
wearing mourning dispenses with feel
ing sorrow.
One should meet death as resolutely
as general would meet On inevitable
conquerer. This is the best way to OBJ
tain easy conditions.
1t is above all in love that feast is
not as good as enough. A wit insists on
revealing himself where he is only asked
to show himself.
The highest mark of esteem O woman
can give to man is not to ask his friend
ship, and the most signal proof her in
difference is to offer him hers.
She is to be pittied who thinks to find
friend other than her husband, if she
be wife, than her children, if she be a
mother. than God if she be neither.
The iealousies of friendship are in
this more exhausting than those of love:
there are only phantoms to fight, and the
price OF peace is merely chimera.
Those women are to be pitied who pass
their lives between the world and the
theater: poor souls who have only fiction
as relief from falsehood.
Friendship is picnic to which all par
ties contribute, and therefore is some
thing women cannot understand. With
them one party or the other must stand
treat
The customer is inclined to think that
dollar apiece is rather an extortionate
price for watermelons, but he wouldn't
think so if he had to sit on the fence
every night for month, with shotgun
in hand, keeping off trespassers.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

Cleaning Feathers.-Feather pill.
lows can be cleaned and purified
without removing the feathers, by
taking the pillows, laying them in
the bath-tub, scrubbing them with q
scrnbbing- brush dipped in q solution
of tHo tablespoonful ol ammonia
to half a pail of warm water and
rinse thoroughly. Lay them out on
the grass to dry turning them fire.
qnently, and at the last pin them to
the line for q number Of days, and
when quite dry beat them with q rod.
This i 70 disentangle and tighten
the feathers.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

WHAT THE THUMB DOES. Have you
noticed that when you want to take
hold of anything-a bit of bread we will
say-that it is always the thumb who
puts himself forward, and that he is
always on the side by himself, while the
rest Of the fingers are on the other. II
the thumb is not helping. nothing stops
in your hand, and you don't know what
to do with it. Try, by the way Of ex.
pertinent, to carry your spoon to your
mouth without putting your thumb to
it, and see how long it will take you to
get through q poor little plate Of broth.
The thumb is placed in such manner
on your hand that it can face each Of the
other fingers, one after the other. or all
together, as you please, as with pair Of
pinchers, al objects whether large or
small The hands owe their perfection
Of usefulness 10 this happy arrangement,
'saa been bestowed on no other
tav. mans nearest
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

Every music teacher or musician in
Oregon, Washington Territory or Idaho,
who will send their name and address to
Warren's Music House, 90 Morrison St.,
Portland, will receive free for three
months, copy of his Musical Rerie,g,
containing three new pieces of music
each month, besides current musical
news.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

Il
well, Why doa's you nsy Il hnshsna, know What
You rsni l . saii sbous ceiling he farm. tor she
AnoS us V a ssnos lss Pss Hi Il hsvs sboughs osAa
For ne wheat has failed on The corner lot. whe,S
And evesYshing here's gone Backward since wsliie)
r0p.s DC @asisses .nd aavs The farm. the homs}
IknaE 4 Nes beat ta give u; - was right that THE
The debt hat our shoughtles. while, in the hcuS
Of his weakness, mzde;
Aud Wili would have paid II fairly, you know IT al
II the ship had not gcns down that night, when no
other ahip was nigh.
But. somehev didnS gait hoping. and ever rye
fBus know Il our will was alive on earth, hed
surely been here today,
Itheesht tsst ths msreifui Father would somehow
Bscsaas he Wa trying 70 better the past, and be-
But now sin we'll nigh hopeless, since hope for my
bog has aed,
For ssliins ne farm mems giving him up. and
Oil Thomss. how can We leave IT, the home we
have nlw1ss knoWHs
We won 4 sway from The fores. and madeit so much
First day vs kept house toeethsr was the day that
And other place IN the wide wide world win ever
OF course you rslnsnDsr it. rhomas-I need no, ASH
For tins i he month. and this is the day-it was
tWenty-atx years ago.
And dSnr jon remember Il. Thomas. the winter the
How We were q proud and happy. for all our debts
we're psids
The crop. we're good that summer. snd everything
worked Ike charm,
And We fslt 90 rieh and eontented to think we had
And nov 70 think We muzt leave it. when here was
hoping 70 die;
II seems = = = 4 vas breaking my heart, but the
Thsre man up there in the village that's wanting
Wen. Thenss hsI have to have IT; but Why does he
But there. !. ]. wrong 70 sieve you. for you have
And n all Of or petty trouble. you have always
borne yonr share;
am bst sorry hsipHost since have 50 childish
There. thera go 70 the village lie. me have it out
alone.
Pt Thomas. hsss grown feeble, he steps so weary
and slow;
There e not maeh in his loola to-day ike twenty
But aaow thz lie heart Is youthful IS it was when
oh. Willie, ny baby WillisI never shall see him
Inevst shsi hear his foosssps as he comes through
"How ysa. ds.r little moshsr !" were .lw.y. the
Il seeas = II would siyeths world to hear it again
to-day.
know when my boy Va. coming. be !. ever 50 early
He was always whaling .Isome, sweet Home" as
And many and many moment since the night that
Have star.sd up sl whistle ike his. out there on
And In many night OF sorrow, in the silence. early
and late,
Have hsld ny breath At . sootssep that seemed to
pauae ct the gate.
hope that be esnnot as wherever his soul may
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

have suffered from a kidney difficulty for the
past ten years, accompanied with nervous spasms.
Physicians gave me but temporary relief, but af.
ter using three and one bali bottles of Warner
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, my nervous spasms
were entirely relieved Ny age is n years. l
recommend this great remedy to all suffering
from nervous troubles MRs. MARY REESE.
Easton, Pa,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
REMEM RRR

That Warren's Music House, % Morrison street
near the Postofice, Portland, Or, has everything
IN the musical line at reasonable prices A large
stock Of sheet music, books, pianos, musical mer-
chsndise, band and orchestra music always on
hand Mr.. Warren buys every thing direct from
Eastern houses, and can afford to Sell cheaper
than any store in Oregon. Send for catalogue.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

Professor Babo, of Frieburg, has taken
out German patent for coating the
mouth-end of cigars with coIlodion tby
simply dipping and drying) in order to
prevent the leaf from unrolIing or
softening with the moisture of the
month Cigars thus treated are said to
smoke more plea aaad longer. Ci-
gars with thin covering leaf arA entirely
dipped ID collodion.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
The Friend a1 neIicate Ladies.

remedy that will cure the many diseases peculiar
to women, Headaches, neuralgia, disordered
nerves, weakness, mental shocks, and kindred
ailments are effectually removed by its use.-The
Mothers Magazine
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

s~In m akIng amy purcnase orin writ
ing La response to amy adverfiaemen mt a
this paper You viii please mention the
name of the paper.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

D9t stssll4s AtStei44 70 fI<&1<1 d
Vision. Noises IN the hezd. tsS@ 8 -
passing unobserved In tAe urine, and isny
other diseases that ieadSto Insanity and death.
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VITAL LREST0xATEREfu funder his special
advice aud ireafment3 Will not cure or for
anything impure or Injurious found In Il.
oh. mfNTEE treats all Private Diseases Fnf-
cessfnily without mercury. Consultation
Free Ihorongh examination and advice. In
Guiding analysis Of urine, IS co. Prfoe Of VSfnl
restorative. IS % per bottle, or four tImes
me quantity for $40 0o;. sent % any address
sefvation. ana N private name II desired. BIZ
a. y. mIEFTE, n. ..
"A Aenrny street, HAu Frnnexseo. Esll.
DIR. MINTIEss KIDNEY REHE nv.
q. cures all kinds 81 KfcfssS
and Bladder Complaints. Gonorrhesa, 0Ieef
Leueorrhcea. For sale By all druggists. ID 60 4
botties six bottles for SIS 90 - =
Dk. MkNT1EsS DANDEE10N FTEEa
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06

Women % not read; they Y
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
The Great English Remedy

Il 3 neyer-failinf Curs
for Nervous Debility
Exhausted Vital y
Seminal Veal ness.
SpermafozThe1, LESS
MAHH00D, lmpo-
fency. Paralysis and
all the terrible efects
q Self Abuse, yoath-
ml foilieE, and excess
Ees In meturer yezRs--
such as Eloan OF zem>
ory.Las Npcsnf-
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-06
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-16
Lincoln Wanted to Save Them
Reading (Pa.) N,ws.

Rev. James Shrigley, who is we'll known
here, was appointed by President Lincoln
a hospital chaplain during the war. Pen
ding his confirmation by the Unite d
States, self constituted committee of the
Young Mems Christian association called
on the president to protest against the
appointment. After Mr.. Shrigley's name
had been mentioned the president said:
ooh, yes, have sent it to the Senate
His testimonials are highly sati sfactory,
and the appointment will no doubt be
confirmed at an early day"
The young men replied: "But, sir, we
have come not to ask for the appointment,
but to solicit you to withpraw the nomina-
ton, on the ground that Mr.. Shrigley
is not evangelical in his sentiments"
"Ah" said the president, "that alters
the case. On what point of doctrine is the
gentleman unsound?' Sat s
He does not believe in endless punish
ment," was the reply.
eyes," added another of the committee,
'he believes that even the rebels them~
selves will finally be saved, and it will
never do to have a man with such views
hospital chaplain"
The president hesitated to reply for a
momeut and then responded with an EN-
phasis they will long remember: I'll
that be so, gentleman, and there be any
way under heaven whereby the rebels car
be saved, then, for Gods sake, let the
man bo appointed!'
He was appointed.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-16
Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-Flour, dull;
Howard street and western super
fine, $3.75s4.25; extra, $4.50a5.2 5;
family S5.5O46.25; city mills superfine,
So 75a4 Is; extra 4.5Os5 25; family $3.50
1915; Rio brands, Sc 25a6 so; Patspsco
family, 1925. Whea', sou bern, l'wer
and quiet; western lower. closing
steady; southern red, 81 10Al.l6; am:
Der, $l.18A1 "a; No. ] Maryland, NOM
inal; No. 2 western winter red. spot,
December, ST. 164; January;$l 7l5al. l8;
February ST. 2IBa1.21l; March, 81 263a
a1.262. Corn, southern, lower aud
fairly active; western quiet and firm;
southern white, 81; yellow, IA. Oats
dull and lower; western white, 42a43;
mixed, 42a42t. Provisions. quiet and
weak; mess pork, $13 IS. Bulk meats,
loose shoulders none. offeriDg; clear
| rib sides, more tff=riDg;. de-. packed 81
aSc. Bacon. shoulders, 6}e; clear rib
sides 81; hams. 81 lie. Lard, refined,
93c. Coffee, firm; Bio, in cargces;
ordinary to fair. l0al2c. Sugar. firm;
A, soft, 92e Whisky, firmer.