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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-28

The undersigned has opened neat
and comfortable barber shop at the
place above described. and ha wing long
experience in his profession, is satisfied
he can give satisfaction to all who may
give him a call. His priaes are pop
ular, and as follows:
Hair Cuttidg, 25 cents; Shaving. 25 cts.
Ali ask is fairtrial, and that shall
.]9vs my work as a barber am
willing TO be put to the test.
MAO CHA RLES HADLEY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
The Caroline Archipelago.


The Caroline Islands have recently
been visited by the British war steamer
Emerald. Her commander, Captain Max.
well, reports his arrival at Strong Island
ON June IS, 1881. He describes it 8
mountainous with lofty peaks, SOM
1000 feet above sea level, clothed VIII
verdure to the SUBMITS; bread-fruit
bananas, etc., grow in abundance,
but cocoa-nuts are far less plentiful than
in the low coral islands, and, owing to
the bountiful supply of water, they are
not much needed. The ancient walls
and Notifications on the small island of
Lele. where the King lives, are very ex-
traordinary. The walls are some twenty
feet high, having been in former times
probablyas high everywhere, and twelve
feet thick, and are built Of enormous
basaltic rocks which must have been
brought from distance, and have cost
much labor and ingenuity to raise them
to their present position. The natives
of Strong Island are described as most
gentle, amiable, and intelligent race;
they are lighter in complexion than the
Marshall islanders. Captain Maxwell
dIC6rWaTuS VlSlUou roman, OF ASCENSION
Island, in the Simavina group, the popu-
lation of which is stated to be 5000.
This island is divided into several dis
tricts, each of which has its own chief.
The natives are particularly pleasant and
good looking; Captain Maxwell thinks
they have more refined features than any
he has seen, but they are not so well
dressed or advanced as the inhabitants of
Strong Island-the grass petticoat in
deed, seemed to be the principal article
of clothing The island is about four
teen miles square and very beautiful,
with lofty peaks from 1000 to nearly
5000 feet high, which are wooded to
their submits, and is surrounded by
coral reefs with pretty detached islets;
all sorts of fruits and vegetables grow
there in abundance. The ruins of resi-
dences of former chiefs are numer-
Gus and consist of Enclosures within
Enclosures, with walls in some places
thirty feet high and upwards of
twelve feet thick, built of great basaltic
prisms (many of them twelve feet by
two feet six inches.) laid regularly tier
upon tier; each tier being at right
angles to the one below, and the intersti-
ces filled in with coral and rubble.--
Royal Geographical Proceedings.
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The Chicago Times states that Of
late, cheese has been put upon the mar
ket and sold in large quantities, which
consisted mainly of lard and potatoes,
artificially colored with annato.
Among the features which especi-
ally favor cheese expectation Just now is
the fact that foreign exchange is bring
ing $4.853, against $4.81 last year; also
that freight is down to Is. 6d(01Os.,
against 22s. Sd. at the corresponding date
last season. These two items alone
would make quite a difference in the sell
err sfavor.
The average of German observa-
tons show that the annual yield of milk
rises gradually from the birth of the
first calf till the fifth, reaches its maxi
mum after the sixth, sinks then gradu-
ally till the tenth calf, when it is about
the same as at the first calving, and,
after the thirteenth or fourteenth calf, is
only one-fourth or one-ffth of the maxi
mum yield.
The Utica Herald notes another pat
ent right royalty claim fraud, this time
for heating milk in cheese watts. If this
royalty scheme works every factory
man in the United States will have .
little bill to settle. The Utica board Of
trade has very promptly resolved to fight
the claim and will request other boards
to join them in resisting the attempt to
collect any royalty on this device.
"A circular has been issued by the
New York Dairymen's Protective Asso-
citation, stating that they have concluded
to settle with Hubbell & Co. in their
claims for royalty on cheese hoops and
bandagers. If this should prove true,
western factorymen may find that they
will not get off so easily as they had
hoped, yet if we mistake not the Wis
consin Dairymen' Protective Association
will give them tussel for the royalty.
Quite number Of leading agricul-
tural journals are giving ensilage hard
knocks. They have our permission to
do so. Here in the West, where the
system has been tried. our dairy farm
ers are satisfied with the results. Three
or four silos, some of them very imper-
feet, in Wisconsin, two or three in IL
linois, and probably the largest in the
world, at Lincoln, Neb.. have given ex-
cellent results, and the probabilities are
that in this matter, as in the production
of superior butter, the West will lead tho
East by large majority.
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English Rules for Butter Making.

1. The cream should be removed
from the milk before the latter has be-
come sour. The reason for this is easily
explained. AS soon as the milk begins
to turn, curd is produced, and it is then
impossible to remove the cream without
taking off some of the curd also. Curd
means cheese, and if curd is made up
with cream into butter, the latter must
necessarily have cheesy flavor, and
will in short time become strong"
and very inferior in quality.
2. AS soon as the butter makes its ap-
pearance, and while still in granular
state, the buttermilk should be run off.
Plenty of cold water should then be
thrown into the churn and the butter
washed by turning the churn few turns;
two or more lots of water should be used
until the butter is thoroughly cleansed.
Butter is frequently damaged by over
churning 1t is quite an error to sup
pose that after butter once forms more
can be obtained by further churning.
Every revolution after the granules are
about the size of Indian corn or small
nuts deteriorates the quality.
8. Butter should not be touched by
hand The water should be applied by
means of butter worker.
No animal on the farm pays better for
good keeping than the cow.
Cows purchased from rich lands sell
down do well on poor soils.
One COW well fed, will produce as
much milk as two carelessly treated; the
former will be kept at profit, the latter
at loss.
The best economy is to keep cows in
such manner as to make them give the
greatest quantity of milk with the great
est profit.
Carrots and other roots cause cows to-
give milk in abundance and of good
quality.
One kind of forage, even the best, may
not furnish in suitable proportions all
the elements necessary to produce the
best milk; therefore. give large variety
of food, but guard well against anything
that will faint the milk or butter.
Pure water at regular intervals is es-
sential to the best results.
Cows which are near calving should
be fed with substantial food and lodged
in some clean, warm apartments by
themselves; let their drink be lukewarm
for day or two after calvipg.
Great mixers pay as they go, but
seldom carry much flesh on their bones.
1t is not good policy to allow COW to
lose a single pound of flesh; it costs
money, and will cost more to replace
it.
Cows seldom yield their milk kindly
to person who is not gentle with them.
Cleanliness in the dairy is sometimes
classed among the cardinal virtues
Massachusetts Ploughnaan,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Progress Of the Dairy.

There is no parallel to the increase
between 1870 and 1880 in dairy stock
and dairy productions In 1880 the whole
number of cows in the United States was
IL, Az, 1877, while in 1870 it was only
1858, 1872, being over thirty per cent
But the greatest increase was in the
Northwest. In ten years the increase in
Michigan was from 250,859 to 384, 573;
in Ohio, from 634, 800 TO 1904; in
Illinois, from 640,321 to 1855, 915; in Wis
consin, from 3O8,377 to 478, 376; in Iowa,
from 1863, 81 to 1854, O97; in Kansas, from
113, 44O to 41S, 1888; in Nebraska, from
%, $40 to 161, 500. The increase in these
seven Northwest States being from
S.2S9, 1856 to 5,371, 1881, or over two mil
lions of an increase, being q greater in
crease than in the other thirty -one States.
And it will be seen the increase WAS
greater in Iowa than any other State.
And this is evidently to be exceeded by
the increase in the decade from 1880 to
1890. With what care and wisdom
should this immense business be man
aged. Without good breeding and good
feeding it will never be the success i
should be. We have not exactly the
milk COW we ought to have for this and
its cognate business, beef production
Ios0a State Register.
f r pA-4
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Z "A very unpleasant account is given
by Brazilian paper of the proceedings
OF huge water snake called the " sue
uruyu" which is to be found in some of
the rivers of Brazil. An accident oc-
CURED the other day OF the banks of the
Rio Arassuahy, owing to the voracity Of
one of these reptiles. A slave with some
companions was fishing with net in the
river when-he was suddenly seized by a
sucuruyu, and, in spite of his resistance
was dragged under the water in the
presence of the Mortified spectators. He
never appeared again, and no doubt is
entertained that he was swallowed by the
sucuruyu, who made an effort with his
hinder coils to carry off at the same time
another of the fishing party. 1t is the
exception for the sucuruyu to attack
human beings; but 1t loses no opportunity
OF seizing deer calves. and other quad
rupeds when they come to drink. Bos-
ton Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
THE POLE FIEND.

BY the always frozen sea,
In the land of endless snow.
Is the Pole Fiend glad and free,
With his victims lying low.
He has lured them on and on,
BY the mystic polar spell,
Till at last their cruise Is done,
And he has them cofined well.
From o tail and icy crag
In the furthest frozen zone,
He can float his steel-blue flag
From his unpolluted throne.
And he laughs in horrid glee,
AS he sees the dead below,
by the always frozen sea, ing-ilt
In the Land of endless snow.
Is the North Pole nearer yet,
For the dead men lying therep
Is the pathway less beset, f.asf
Or the sky or sea more fair?
We have paid fearful price
For an almost worthless gain
In the land of ancient ice
And the Pole Fiend's dark domain.
We may let him keep his throne;
1t was never worth the cost
OF the precious ones, our own,
Who are last among the lost.
IN, Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
He Fooled with Bolivar's Trunk.

Surfeited with spangles, fiip-faps, am
bling horses, double-jointed riders, and
the hair curling repartee of the clowns,
William Malloy, ofDelaware County HE'D
him TO the elephant tent at the circus, for
hepurpose Of solving a conundrum that
has troubled his somewhat inquisitive
mind long time. lis an elephant trunk
hollow or is it solid meatp" is the question
the Delaware County representative has
asked himself many times. Excepting a
few philanthrohic individuals who were
feeding peanuts to the elephants yester-
day the tent wasempty when Mr.. Malloy
entered and made a Decline for the big
gest beast in the place. He got to work at
once and tapped and handled Bolivar's
probosis critically, but in less than five
seconds after he poked his cane up one of
the monsters nostrils he was making more
revolutions per minute than a circular
saw running with 1000 pounds of steam
on. Lula when shot from the cannon
may fly through the air more gracefully
than Mr. Malloy, but certainly not half
so speedily. He fell promiscuous-like
about thirty feet from the spot he
scared from, and as he struck the ground
Bolivar, who had watched his victims
progress through the air, raised his
trunk and trumped triumphantly When
they picked Mr.. Malloy out of the inden-
tation his bruised person had made in the
earth. and carried him out Bolivar
evinced his satisfaction by numerous
grunts, which his elephantine compan-
ions joined in. Mallov was struck in the
side. and back by Bolivar's trunk, and,
although no bones are broken, bucket
full Of liniment will be required to put
him in as good condition as he was be-
fore he began his Investigations
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Indian Juggling.

A man isnow in Calcutta, hailing from
Delhi, of the name of Burah Khan, who
has attained . simply wonderful excel
lence in the magical art. We ourselves
had the pleasure of witnessing some as
tonishing feats achieved by this man a
few days ago at the hospitable residence
of the Dutt family, of Wellington Square.
We shall mention only one out of several
feats performed by Burah Khan and his
company, who consist of three females.
One OF these, young woman, was tied
most securely. Her hands, feet and
body were so fastened that she could
only stir, and no more. She was, in
fact, deprived entirely of the power to
turn her limbs to any use. She was
then placed under conical-shaped
cover. People sat close round the skirts
of the cloth which had been thrown over
the cover. No means of escape was left
to the young woman But yet, after the
lapse of five or ten minutes, the cover
was removed and the woman was found
to have disappeared altogether. When
her name, however, was called out by
Burah Khan, her voice was heard from
the verandah above. This performance
took place in the compound of the FAM
lily residence of our friends, the QUITS,
and the verandah is in the lofty second
story, forming part of the female
apartments. She was there found re-
spending to the call of Burah Khan, to
the surprise Of everybody present. The
woman did not and could not know the
topography of the house. But how she
extricated herself and made her way
high above to the verandah from within
the cover surprises us to such degree.
that we cannot account for the feat
Foreign Paper. st Pa HN' july
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

"A Philadelphia young woman who
is in deep mourning complains bitterly Of
the brilliant hue Of the stamps which she
IS obliged to put upon her heavily
bordered envelopes. This sad inconsist-
ency ought certainly to be looked into BY
the Post-oftice Department. Il Chicago
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

who'd "a thought as that ar fellow
Phillips were a liftin' his own father
outen the mud?" said Jack Harding to
the bar-keeper. :,
"No one reckoned on any such thing,
responded the bar-keeper, striking 2
match to light the stump of cigar y
s'pose puff tibet the puff 'ception 70
'em (puf) IL come of tonight puff.
Air you goin'?' V8
I'm course / am. 1 voted fur the
Squire, and l amt goin' to stay away IN
no such time as this. Amt you goin' <
"You bet," answered the bar-keeper'
as he caught fly and threw it at the he
sleeping dog in the corner.-N I.
LEDGER. m RiG 4fi
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er's arms. After the two had talked as
mother and son would talk under the
circumstances, Mrs. Phillips suddenly
said:
"Where's Mr.. Farley, dearP'
81 don't know, mother. / suppose
he'll be here before long,
As he spoke the door opened and the
Squire steppedin. Pete began. Squire.
this is my when Mrs. Phillips
gasped out: F teq
"Peterr'
ssPollyi,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

Wisdom is to the soul what health
Is to the body.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

Quite romantic marriage took
place at Keeseville, Essex County, N.
Y, one day recently. Luther Langdon,
of Scion, Iowa, and Miss Maria Mosher,
Of Keeseville, were the interested par
ties. They are each seventy years old. 1t
is reported that they are old lovers. Mr..
Langdon went west many years ago
and amassed fortune, and lately return
ed to claim his early love. They will
reside in the West
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04
GENERAL NOTES,

It required 200 cars to carry exhibits to
the Atlanta Exposition, but 200 were suffi.
cient to take away those which remained
unsold. Nearly everything except the
heavy machinery found purchaser.
Rather to the surprise of the managers, the
negroes did not visit the Exposition in
large numbers, and freedmen's day" was
almost a complete failure.
The stone that suggested Wilkie Collins
novel, "The Moonstone, was the Orloff
diamond which originally served as one of
the eyes Of an idol in Seringham, India,
but was stolen about $50 years ago by a
French soldier, who fed with it to Madras,
where he sold it to the commander of q
British man-of- war for SO 400. It was
finally sold to Catharine IL, of Russia,
for s4lS,500 and an annual pension of
SIS, 800.
]. L. McNeely, a prosperous Arkansas
farmer, says that if the law seeks to com.
bine physical suffering with the death PEN
atty, hanging does not satisfy the condi-
tions. Mr.. McNeely claims to know what
he ia talking about, for just at the close of
the war he was hanged by the neck, until
be was practically dead, by party of
burglars, and, beyond . momentary chok.
ing sensation, felt no physical discomfort.
The process of regaining consciousness was
like nightmare, and altogether the wort
part of the experience +; bnt this il precisely
the part which murderera are not called
upon 10 undergo.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04

sented a fine appearance. They wept for
Joy on meeting their children, embracing and
kissing them repeatedly. They are delighted
with the progress their children have made in
the past year. There are row 276 Indian
students from twenty.eight different tribes.
Happy Democrats.
WASHINGTON. February 3d.-The Demo-
Gratis are gratifed at the dilatory handling Of
the tariff matter by the Ways ard Means
Committee, as the country will blame the
Republicans for failing to meet the demand
for revision, and the tariff issue will be proni.
nent in the Congressional canvass.
Business Failures.
NEW YORK, February 3j-R. G. Dun &
Co., of the Mercantile Agency, report the
failures throughout the country for seven
days at 49, of which the Eastern States fur.
nish IA, Western A. Southern 40, Middle 80,
Pacific coast and Territories IL, and New
York city Z.
Number Of Buildings Burned.
FINDLAY (O). February 3l-A fire &C.
stroyed number of buildings here to-day.
Loss, $4,000.
A Wholesale Steal.
NEWARK IN. ~. February 3].-Auditor
Palmer's frauds are discovered to aggregate
1920, 900. The absconding clerks frauds are
SIS, 900.
Gold for Europe.
NEW YORK, February 3i.-The Germanic
has engagements for the shipment Of specie
tomorrow to the amount of s., $50, 900.
Thermometrlcal.
NEW YORK, February Sd - Midnight
Observation-Disclosures 80, lowest 22o.
CHICAGO. February 81. - Thermometer
Highest Az, lowest 29'.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04
KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND.

Since Christmas Day, 1866, when VIII.
lam the Conqueror was crowned in West
minister Abbey, England has been governed
by 81 Kings, four Queens and two Pro-
tectors of the Commonwealth. One King,
William Ill, reigned in conjunction with
his wife; and one Queen, Mary Tudor,
associated her husband, Philip of Spain,
with her in the Government. Four SOW.
ereigns were OF the Norman dynasty, and
reigned IS years eight were Plantagenets,
and reigned 245 years three were of the
House Of Lancaster, and reigned 81 years !;
three of that of York, and reigned "a
years five were Tudors, and reigned III
years six were Ssuarts, and reigned so
years and there have been ak sovereigns
of the House of Brunswick, which has ex-
listed now for l67 years.
The average reign of the Kings has been
22a years, of the Queens 261 years, the av-
erage reign of all the sovereigns being be.
tween % and "a years. The average reign
of the Kings of the House of Lancaster 81
years, is greater than that of any other
reigning family; the average reign of the
Yorkist Kings years, the least OF all.
The youngest monarch at his accession was
Henry VI. who was nine months old. The
eldest, William w., who succeeded his
b: other in his 65th year The King who
attained to the greatest age was George
I'LL. who was in his SD year when he
died; the King who died youngest was
Edward ", who was murdered in his 18th
year. No King prior to George II. attain
ed the age of 20 years. The average age of
the Norman Kings was SCI years of the
Plautapepet So wears of the Lancastrian,
A years the Yorkist. 80 years; the Tu.
doris, As years; the Stuart, 55a years; and
of those of the present dynasty, II years.
The longest reign was that of George
Ill, from 25th October, 1850, to 29th
January, 1920; the shortest that OF Ed.
ward ", from oh April to 25th Of June.
1883, excluding the SO. called reign OF IA
days of Lady Jane Grey. George Ill,
when he had reigned as long as her pres
emit Majesty, was in his 9th year. The
Queen is only now in her 63d year. and,
therefore, having regard to the exceptional
longevity of the House of Brunswick, it Is
not improbable that her Msjesty's reign
may be the longest, as it is the most 20
table, of any.
The only Kings who died unmarried
were William H., Edward V. and Edward
VI; the only Queen who died unmarried
was Elizabeth. OF those sovereigns who
were married Richard l., Richard II. and
Richard ILL.,. Mary, Charles H.. William
ILL.,, Anne, George Nv. and William Nv.
died without leaving issue surviviDg, :.
Horse accidents caused the death ct
William L and William ILL.,; Wiliiam II.
and Richard !. were killed BY arrows
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-04
UTAH.
A Cowa.dIy Murder.

SALT LAKE, February 3i-A special from
Silver Reef was received here to-day. which
gives the following A cowardly murder was
committed here about half past II last night.
Herbert Steele, printer, recently connected
with the Miner, having been refused drink
at the Capital saloon, became quarrelsome,
and finally drew revolver on Johnny Quill
Ian, the bartender. William Rafferty,, who
was near by, told Steele to put up his gun,
and remarked that he wouldn't shoot any.
body. Steele replied. 1.-THE h 1 wouldn't, "
and pointing the pistol at Rafferty,, fred.
The ball entered in front of the right shoulder
and ranged toward the heart, causing death in
few minutes. Quillan would have shot
Steele on the spot, but was prevented by one
of the bystanders grasping his pistol. Steele
was Immediately seized and lodged in Jail,
and strongly guarded, for the double purpose
of preventing escape and protecting him
from the fury of the excited citizens.
Steele is regarded as desperate
character, having been leading actor, it is
said, in other shooting scrapes, one of which
occurred not long ago at Cherry Creek, Ne
vsda, and resulted in the death of proIni-
nent citizen of that place. Rafferty, had been
a n-keeper here for years, was peace
full, inoffensive man, and had the respect of
all who knew him. He leaves a wife ard
three little children to mourn his death. The
feeling against Steele is very bitter, and judg-
ing from the sentiments expressed on all
sides, it would not be matter of much won
der if to.morrow's dawn found him dangling
at the end of a rope