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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07
SHORT BITS.

The best wagon maker in Walton
coLnty. Ga, is man totally blind.
The path of glory IN Egypt Al the
present time seems to be the tow w-path.
Atlanta has pretty female shoe
maker; but such an institution cannot
last
ST am constantly getting into hot
water, said the soap. "Oh, dry up, =
said the towel.
September LIST fell very appropriately
this year for the opening of the oyster
season. It was Fry day.
In Coal Greek, Fremont county, CAL,
solid lump of coal was mined that
weighed Is 600 pounds.
| A drunken Denver burglar blunderd
into his own house, and robbed himself
of watch and so.
The Speaker of the house is generally
known as the chair. so called because he
is sat down on SO often.
The life of locomotive iE Jnly thirty
years. This is another warning to in
veterate smokers.
Two styles of consolation: A mans
.Just what expected" A woman's-
II told you how it would be-"
won't congress take heed?" anxious1y
asks correspondent. No, dear boy; it
will take anything but that.
The value of the fish product, for one
year was $45, 600. 900, and yet some ST.
Louis editors are howling afound for
brains.
st. Louis is running short of water.
but that alarming fact does not seem to
Il f6A srst <,E fke IL
Happiness is like dog with tin pail
tied to its tail; you may call it, but it
runs away from you like limited ex-
press.
When lampposts are superseded by
electric lights. the tottering topper will
| make the street hydrants his bosom
| friends.
ssPunist:" You should not say that
man "has been and gone and dcne it, !"
but that he thas been and done it and
gone"
Fishing for bass is now the proper
phrase to use when describing the cons
duct of soprano who firts with the
choir leader Syracuse Times.
! Ithaca, N. Y, makes LA, 900 buttons
/ every day save Sundays, but Phlladel-
phia makes II ,0O0, 900 artificial teeth in
a year, and so takes the cake.
There's no use trying to make the man
| who has eaten two dozen peaches be-
lieve that the most serious state of affairs
exists in Egypt.
By the Ise of short while trees, and
| some kind Of a mnzzie for the horse, the
cultivator or horse-hoe can be kept run
ming quite late. in the corn. Whenever
the ground crusts it should be stirred on
the surface. Unless the soil is extremely
well fertilized, arrangethe truck for shall
low culture, instead of root pruning.
Unproductive stalks may be cut ont for
the COWS if one can get time.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07

A tall, stout looking woman, with a
poodle under one ann, and bandbox on
the other, stood in Sixth avenue on Sat
urday, in seemingly interesting CONVEX
sation with friend. Happening to re-
member that she ought to take passen-
ger car up town, she motioned to the
driver to stop.
"Yes; we have had q splendid time this
summer" she said as the car slowed up.
"We have been at Newport and Saratoga
the entire season, and such nice people
we have met"
Come, madam" said the conductor,
as he stood with his hand upon the bell
strap awaiting her ar. .ival."
Eyes, In minute" said the woman, as
she hugged the poodle closer to her side
and took firmer grip upon the box. 'sAs
I was saying, we met some splendid peo-
ple. There was the Browns, the Van
Duzens and the Smiths. We had lawn
tennis and tea parties most every night,
and husband. poor thing, used to come
and stay with us every-driyer, driver,
why don't you waltz" she exclaimed, and
she started on the run after the retreat.
ing car.
tThink were runnin' this ere car on
the installment plan and make only one
trip in hundred years." said the con-
ductor as the car moved away.
well, never saw such mean man
in all my life,' exclaimed the woman as
soon as she had recovered her breath.
"He wouldn't wait five seconds for me
to finish my conversation. I know what
I'll do. she said as she stamped her
foot. .'I will go straight to the com
pany's Office and have that man dis.
charged"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07
What Is Money.

A few weeks ago two gentlemen came
into my Office and put before me a five
dollar national bank note. They re-
marked that they had agreed to abide by
my decision, and they asked me this
simple question: lis this money!"
Certainly it is money" replied; and
one man went off in triumph. and
one was sad. Perhaps the disappointed
man had presumed that I would say ::
mo, it is not money, because it is not
gold or silver Now gentlemen, was
my reply right or wrong? Let us settle
this point before we enlarge upon the
uses of money through the operations of
national bank. And though am well
aware that it is hard to find ten men who
will agree to precise definitions upon
this subject, yet ] will venture this:
Money is measure of q value, and q
medium of exchange.
While it may not be wealth, it is that
which distributes wealth. While it may
not be capital, it is that which employs
capital. In short, it is the measure of
value and the medium of an exchange.
Let me illustrate in more familiar way,
/ & ss before you nickle five.cent piece.
You say that is money, and you are
right, because it measures the value of
five apples. Or show you q postage
stamp set in q tin frame. such as we
were once obliged to use, and you say
this stamp is also money. But / may
contend that postage stamp is. not
money; but you viii reply that if q stamp
will buy apples, then it is money, and
the medium of exchange.
A hundred years ago, Indian corn was
used for money; it bought goods and
paid debts.
The old minister, in my native city,
was paid his salary part in paper money,
part in corn money and part in hardwood
money. The corn was used at fixed
price per bnshel, and the wood at so
much for cord. They paid debts, they
were measures of value and mediums of
exchange .-fW. G. Gould. of Portland.
Maine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07

A guest at the table of q boarding
house on the Catskilk mountains. who
was about to tackle piece of dried ap-
pie pie, addressing the landlady, said:
DO You think you could furnish me
with 8 bit of cheese?"
"I don't know whether there is any, !"
she answered, in cast iron tone Of
voice, '.but if you'll have little patience
I'll send . waiter to look through the
mouss trap and see.'
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07
Notice.

Notice is hereby given to whom il may concern that
the undersigned has been awarded the contract fol-
keeping the Douglas county Paupers for the period Of
years All persons in need of assistance from aid
county must first procure certificate to that effect
from any member OF the County Beard and present
to Of the following named persons, who are author
lied and will .or those presenting such certificate
W. L. Butten, Roseburg L. L. Kellogg Oakland; Mrs
brown, Locking Glass. DR.. Scroggs is authorized tc
urnish medical aid to all persons in need of the same
Eho have been declared peupers of Douglas county.
WM. B. CLARKE, Supt. of Poor.
RnsEBuRa. Or. Feb. 1b 1880
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-10-07


She said she wanted a ticket to
Wyandotte and return. and the pale,
gentlemanly agent. with the black
mustache, asked, as he took up the paste
boards, "Single?" 1T amt any of your
business as I know" she responded
tartly. ST might have been married a
dozen of times if I'd felt like proyidin
for some poor, shiftless wreck of man. "
He doesn't ask ladies if they want single
tickets any more. He's afraid to.
A woman in France slept seventy three
days in one inning, and when she awoke
and learned that her husband had been
taken his meals at a restaurant during
all this time, Instead of getting ont of
bed at daylight and going to the market,
she was so mad that she declared she
wouldn't go to sleep again IS long as she
lived.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

ORR Tennessee ncighbors are
stirred up on the election FOR Gov.
crnor. There are four candidate
Bate, the regular Democratic
nominee, russell. boiling Democrat,
Hawkins, Republican, and Beaslcy.
G recnbacker. Here in Mississippi
wc have no sympathy with boltcrs.
and, therefore, We hope for the
election u Gen. Bate, The only
way to defeat old Hawkins, the
blackmailer and political persccn.
tor, is n elect Bate Tho other
two candidates have no showing.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09


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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

THE Farmers Congress y the
United States will meet nj s..
Louis. September 29th. II is pro
posed to organize the farmers 81
the Republic. Each Congressional
District Is requested 10 send as a
delegate one represcntive farmer.
Will the Second Congressional
District Of Mississippi be repre-
scnted?
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

THE Grst bale of ncw cotton If
the crop oflSS2, in the Memphis
district, was received IN that city
on the "a inst, from Tunica coun-
iy. I, classcd middling, weighed
AS pounds, and sid for twenty-six
cent. a pound This Is twenty
seven day latcrihan the first bale Of
1851 was received. Since 1866
Mississippi ha, sent to Memphis
ten "frst bales" Tennessee four,
and Arkansas three.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

TuEoDoRIc LYoS, q Columbus,
who served AZ Chancellor under
Amcs, Is announced as a candidate
Tor Congress arains, Mullrow.
This Lyon will b. a very small
obstacle in the pathway u the
Little Giant
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09
Public Speaking.

Hon. Van II Manning and Gen J T.
C almers. candidates for Congress IN the
second Congressional District Il Misaa
viii nddrcV their tellow.eltilrns Vt the
following times aud places
New Albany Union county, saturday,
September, NH,
Lafayette springs lafayette county
Monday, september llth.
oxford, Lafayette county, Tuesday,
September 18TH,
toartland, Pamela county, Wednesday,
September 18th.
Charleston Tailahatchic county, Thurs.
dny September 18Th.
Harrison, Taiahatchie county, Friday,
September 18th.
Batesyille, Pamela county, Saturday,
| September 10th,
Sardis, Pamela county, Monday, Sep.
tenlcr 18th.
Gonglown, Pamela county, Tuesday,
September 18Th.
Scnatobia Tate county, Wednesday.
September Goth.
Stayhon, Tate county, Thursday,
september Dist.
fudora bcsoio county, Friday, Sep
i,ruhcr I'D.
llrruando ncSoto county. Saturday.
September 2}i.
Horn Lake, DeSoto county, Monday
September 18th,
olive Branch, DeSoio county Tuesday
September 26th.
Byhalii, Marshall county, Wednesday
Soplembcr27th.
Cocknm'g X Roads, DeS0to county
Thursday, September 18th.
Wall Hill, Marshall county Friday
September 10Th,
1yro, Tate county, Saturday, Septen,
ber Goth.
TERMS or DISCUSSION
Opcninf speech-one hour and n qutl
ter; reply-anc hour and three quarters
rjoindcf IS minutes, closing speech
- minutes
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

4 WASHINGTON special Of Sept
9Th 70 the n. o. Timcs-Democrat
says Chalmers and his friends are
trying to secure the removal u
Miss Ice crandell post-misircss at
Oxford. The telegram adds, Chal-
mers wants the place for a satel-
lite Of his named Howery, a Demo
Graf
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

Recently patents have been
granted llle following persons: X.
ID. Green, of Columbus, pcrmuta-
ton paddock j. Elmer. Of Biloxi,
tubular nilfoad rail, and II. l..
Sutherland, II Canton, trace splice.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

REeisrEa nhucE says he may
peak in this district but will not
make il n paint 10 melilc to any
marked extent in the complica.
lions here.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

TnERF are five hundred cases ol
yellow fever ut Brownsville, Texas,
with an increase Vt from seventy
10 one hundred cases a day. Coy.
Roberts has appealed 10 the M.
aional Government and the STAT,
Of Texas for aid.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

" possible, the Republicans of
Shelby county are worse split than
ever. The outlook in that district
would seem 10 indicate the election
ola Democratic Congressman to
succeed bla,hcrskite Moore, a.
Shelby i. the pivotal county.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09
SARDIS, MISS
SALOON PETITION

State Of Nj sttirrt Pamela Count.
- the Board al Mayer nl Aldermen Of
lnngi0Nn
We, the undersigned legal voters Of
LongloWn petition ypur honorable body
to lntni Bryant 4 Haynes liunsc 90 n
lail U.nous and spirity.aus Liquors IN the
INCORPORATE limits uiglid town, relacsnt
that they me suitable pqnseis TO carry on
such business and $50 All ever pray
said iicense 10 commence Noy. mn, ihsa
and run twelve months, Nag. mh. 1881.
hFNoYtls " q Walker, I tir,nrwall
RI Bailey. Ibhh " Wuei. Jr Hall ]
W johnson John lasiey Waiter Jcnes,
VI Orecllesald. u 81 Citaslnw. ] VI
Rivers } W White Sod pryrnt. China
Arnold, AWly SeA ~, John leWlptt.
iNw Askcw. fC keN, Andrew Polk.
Ma,k ~furason, >andy Askew. Nelson
Hewlett. Henry MNiluS. Ramlal Me.
6eisec, Hickman Cmwianl' X G Eekles,
e lAwlry. anv26.a
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

FruftH has lsen made q cap
iain in ihu Moxiean army lle V
the only colured graduate n West
Point and was dismissed ff1m The
service for emiculing public fund.-
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

cArnraiAkc o.r, ia msll.lnow,,
'vrresrndeni q The picayunc aud
The oil Tuner, will son issnc a
liictary inurnal IN New Orleans
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

TuE census returns show that
the South, at the present rate If
consumption, has pine timber
enough to last one hundred and
fifty years
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

A LosoNor,vr uu the idk sburg
a Meridian milrui has . spark
.~affe-tcr attachment" This IN
sension rrcsauis annoyance fronI
t'r''rr~ Every is-c"s"tive wit
rnn hare one.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

TnnRE will b. music In the air,
pcrhaps, when the Scorpion and
the hotncl, the two new savage
Vicksbure papers, measure slings
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09
sAnpls air1NmR ais1
MANNING AND CHALMERS

lNfN F'NiiffifH w Ni NH
PUNT discussion AZ Holly srfinrs
Last Saturday b. fore .pasked hoa~
u attentive haarcrs among whom
were several disiinmshcd visi'ars
including GOV. Lowry Lieut. Gov
Shands and ether prominent gen
llcmen We were noi preaeni but
have IL from reliable aud Impair
tial witnesses that Col Manning
administered a most scaihing and
mcfitcd ca.iiraiion IN Gen Chal-
mers, who winrrd under The merci.
less indietion, despite he courage,
sclf.confdcncc, and long expert
cnce in public debate. We do not
wonder at this, for conccding that
the candidates are wsllmatchcd in
all the rcluirmcnts that are neccs-
sary 10 the stumpspeaker aud de-
batter, Col Manning, in the very
nature Of things, has many advan-
tages, not the least Of which is his
consistent course in politics 10 say
nothing q the justice and patriot
ism 81 the cause be 80 ably cham
pions. A. a general would say.
Col. Manning has the advantage Of
position in the contest with Gen.
Chalmers and this Is q as much
importance in a political fight a.
IL would be in a real battle between
marshalcd hosts. Gen. Chalmcr'
j, essaying to play a new and diff
cult role when he turns his back
upon his own past and that q hi'
people and party-a past rich "a
great deeds u war and peace and
bright with the chivalry and the
mobility Of conduct and nature q.
the olden days, when the sons o.
the South were a unit in her De
fense. whether on tented fields Of
in legislative halls. To our minC
it must be an extremely difficult
and d~iSagreeablo task 10 rise mp IL
the home Of ones boyhOOd an,
publicly stultify the record ans
the achievements Of a lifetime
In the presence Of such un,owar
surroundings and in the face o
these harassing difhculiies, it j
small wonder that Gen. Chalmer
should suffer defeat. Genera
Chalmers represents nothing bu
his lust for Office and his gricyanc
against Senator Lamar, Will
Manning represents the Democrat
is party and its principles. Tu'
the enemies Of the Democratic pa
ty, dcspairing Of accomplishin
that undertaking themselves, al
attempting TO Use General Cha
mers TO defeat and disrupt this
organization. But the leadeI
IL the opposition who are "a
lowing Gen. Chalmers have j
tie In common with him and on
give him a sort of formal a.
halfhcarted support, while Il
masses are a~pathctic and suprem
IL indifferent 10 the result. III
alliance is 80 rcpugnant aud Il
natural that IL cannot BE- tortur
into confidence or enihusiasl
,cyen with the po,cnt aid Of RAJ
raj guild, wrung by the robler al
blackmailcr Ilubbcn frum Cover
ancut dependents, with the SAT
aiou " the accidental prcsidcl
Attend If ours who heard
debate at Holly Springs gives
rs his opinion that Gcn. chalm'
will s,-in abandon the joint 4
custom with Col. Manning,
affecting 10 take personal oilcl
at Manning's severe ouslaugl
This friend does not think hun
nature can long withstand y
punishment as Chalmers must 1
II he continues to face his 81
mont. Our idea is that the III
will be- ton much for the Grnol
health aud his physicians
impcratively demand his rcI
mcnt from the field.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

W II. VAsaAH has boon appoint.
ed dork If tho ncw Federal Court
NJ Aberdeen
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

TINS young men ef Ripley arr
missing a rabeetipilol 10 start 4
huz< land.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

Two Republican state tickets
ARE 10 tho field In Maine This
Year "thc grand Old party 10 IN
"a bhl way Ia several states
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09


i
WU.sH.
or u fi
paHlt
Tho Erimf Is tt NAME n
m~ -sl Hs' uhlishod 80
Meridian
The Scorpion b. the name q q
ncw paper, 70 ho pltiI bed iu
N~ickfhurs
One firm in Crystal spfiBg' haa
.fold 5Go0O fruit and negotiable
boxes this season
Twenty young ladics from Ok.
ford are teaching school or follow.
ing other respectable yocations.
~ Austin n Y Rctchum (v)
% magazine agent, wne fined fr
obtaining money under false PFC
tonscs
On the night u INC lst inst The
two prisoners 70 'hcjail Of Wayne
county oycrn5wcrcl The jailor and
escaped.
The circuit court Of Clarke
county sent four c9Iorcd recruit. 10
! Jackson The grand jury found II
true bills
a man in Ti.homingo county
mas sold 500O mclons in luka this
season from five acrcs planted in
that fruit.
W. b Ednondson, Of Eutaw,
Ala, victimizcd some parties in
Meridian to the tune Of $1,000, by
means Of worthless checks.
A. shubuia on the 3lst ult,
! lightning struck the stable Of
Judge c. !. stoyall, Burning the
building aud killing 4 horse inside
Of il.
The latest enterprise at YazoC
City is an apiary, which shipped
twelve barrels Of honey, weighing
225 pounds, to So. Louit, last
week.
On The 3lst ult nj Austin tvs,
Of the four prisoners Of TunicI
county escaped while WORKING
under the charge Of q deputy
sheriff.
Boards Of Equalization are ne.
thof popular nor economical. il
most Of the c0untie, their expense
exceeded .he revenue resultin
from their lahors.
Eliza Pinks,on (c), who figure.
In the Louisiana Returning Boar
infamy in 1876, is in Jail at Car
ton, charged with belonging To
band Of burglars.
Col G W. Harper, Of the G'
zette, offers 10 donate a tract {
{ Land to the Memphis & Nicksbur
t railroad, provided the machin
: shops are located at Raymond.
Brookhavcn l. the only larl
town in the State that has r
matrimonial association. LATER
4 Since writing the above one HI
/, been organized there.
Il The Moderation of Caro-
n county il M organization simil.
o tu the Ku Klux, Thee night ri
IS err have lately committed son
very grave oiIenses on coior'
citizens.
?, Marshal Morphis tried to rel
r. the oourthouse ut Aberdeen for
.c L. :. courtroom. hut ~ the auth'
v ilies demanded 500 II year, Il
department at Washington !
&c structcd him To rent a privg
building.
Near Goodman on the 2Slh u
m Dr. ]. b. Clayton was killed by
unknown assassin. Dr.. ciayt
y killed q young man. Frcem
y, Lester last January, and was
/" quittel ut the next term Of
e. circuit court oi Holmes county,
-. 4 curious duublo pine tree
=, growing near the line Of Gr'
aud Jackson counties. Two
"a tinct trunks about twenty
apart rise from the ground.
unite thirty feet above. form
one solid trunk, round and :.
metfical.
In Wilkinson comfy there
W man. who in 1850, registers
vow thai he would not cut his.
Or shave his whiske,s until
Southern Confsdcraey had go
air, her independence. lie has
...I Ia 49, HI hair M
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

ssstkss ~ sd 81 FaiFt Ne
sfssm tsiss v~sstase, lsts q
ssstgy, e. tws alt
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

er M Sqn rsf az st hset. ssapls. .srsh4,
oilueku Aaitess siia.n A - ils1i. Il
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

Is ,he only Iron preparation nat
does rot colon the teeth, and vii not
cause headache o. constipation, a.
other Iron preparations Will
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-09

Brookhavcn 1. The only large
town in the State that has no
matrimonial association. LATER
Since writing the above one has
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-09-21
More Use of Rye.

In our article last week on rye, we did
not mention the fact that it is one OF
the best green manures known, Clover
stands at the head and rye follows next
in the list. Ifplowed under when two
or three fl ct in height, green and Wig
orOus, it puts the earth il good condi-
ton for the next crop, which ought
ordinarily, to be corn or wheat Our ex
perience with green manures has been
that wheat is the best crop to follow any
green manuring. PloW under a heavy
growth of clover or rye in May, COW
er well, then harrow and let lie a
short time before seeding, when the
ground should be cross plowed, rot Sc
deep a. the spring blowing, then follow
with the seed.
Rye is the best grain to SOW grass
seed with. Its stem is straight aud ii
has but few leaves to shade the grond
It ripens so early as to interfere little
if any with the growth of the grass, and
is matured and removed before the hot
weather of July and August comes.
We have Just read an article III the
Country Gentleman, on this subject
which is so pertinent and practical thai
We append part of it for the benefit OF
our readers. The time Is at hand when
our farmers must pay more attention to
manuring. The day when stables are
moved away from the manure pile must
be put behind US. Our contemporary
says:
More commonly we have sown rye in
autumn, after the cutting and removal
of the coru crop or of the corn fodder.
1t has always made a suficien; growth
the next year, either for spring feed, OF
blowing under as a green manuring crop
to precede any late-planted spring crop
as corn fodder, millet and turnips
The same inexpensive mode of putting
in seed was adopted as already described
There is no difficulty in turning under
a crop three feet high, with a heavy
chain attached to the pillow in tbs usua
manner. Experiments have not beer
made to test the comparative value oil
ton of green rye or ton Of green clo-
yer thus buried as manure Analysis
shows them to be Of nearly equal value
in composition, BUT the rye has not ths
I deep lOosening roots of clever, and i:
doubtless much inferi1r. But the ease
and certainty with which crop of ry'
may be raised as compared with a croT
of clover, and the shorter time for i
to make full growth, give it certainly
some important advantagss.-K aUsa
Farmer.