The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A honest man is the noblest pursuit


A honest man is the noblest pursuit of
woman.
ssIt really seems" says the Phila-
delphia Bulletin, as if Jay Gould's
reputation for veracity ought to be put
into the dock for extensive repairs before
any charges made by him shall be per-
mitted to affect public men Of good
character.
The spelling reformers are gradually
approaching UNITY. The s.partial cor
reotions' of the English Pathological
Society are being adopted IN this country.
and the English Spelling Reform Asso-
citation has adopted the American 1--WE
| rules, which are substantially contained
in the partial corrections.
s'Is there anything the matter with
your" said physician to person who
had sent for him. "0h, dear, yes! I
am i'll all over. but don't know what it
| is, and I have no particular pain ro-
said the doctor; "I'll give you some
| thing to take away all that.
Pennsylvania is now the only State
| which has persistently refused women
| admittance to the bar. A lady in that
State has been trying for seven or eight
years to gain such admitance, but the
| court refuses to allow her to enter under
the existing statutes, and the Legisla-
ture refuses to pass new law.
| Professor George Ebers complains that
no less than three of his novels have
been dramatized and put upon the stage
| in various towns of Germany without his
consent. The German law on the SUBJ
| ject seems to be similar to that of Eng
land, but petition to the Reichstag for
its amendment is now being circulated.
Over two thousand volumes from the
library of the late George Henry Lewes,
comprising philosophical and scientific
works, have been placed by his son,
| Charles Lewes, in DIR. Williams library,
in Grafton street, where they will be
| known as the stGeorge Henry Lewes
| library" and will be available to special
| students.
The Athannum is authority for the
statement that the Maine Historical Soci-.
| ETY. has decided to publish history OF
that state. 1t is now fifty years since Will
liamson's history was issued, and much
new material has been discovered in
recent days. One of the problems yet to
be solved is whether the Spaniards occu-
pied that region between 1876 and 1888,
and special search has been instituted
in the Spanish archives to clear up the
doubts on this heaA.
It is customary in some localities to
teach children to think of text as they
drop their pieces of money into the con-
tribution box. a certain little girl at
Sunday school recently saw the box ap-
preaching and began to search in her
memory for text. She hesitated for a
few moments, dropped the dime into the
box, and exclaimed triumphantly, "a
fool and his money are soon parted.
A band of Arizona Indians recently
captured wagon-load of patent medi-
cines, taking contents of the bottles for a
. new kind of drink. When they got
settled down again so they could collect
their thoughts and reason, they con-
! cluded that they had made no error. 1t
was q new kind of drink ;Sand if the
white men of that region had got so they
could use that kind of beverage and like
it, there was no use for the Indians to
try to exterminate them. Boston Post
, The Canadian shorthand writers are TO
} hold convention in Toronto, August
: 30. Among the papers to be read is one
by woman, an expert in the occupa'
, tion. There will be an exhibition oi
stenographic and type writing appliances
and curiosities. During the last ten OF
fifteen years shorthand writing has be
? come popular requirement in Canada.
It is probable that it will be taught in the
public schools before long. The several
: conventions which meet in the Dominion
, this year are important In their respec
tive spheres, and this one will not be ths
? | least so.
Whooping Cough.--On an extended
trial the author, DIR. Gaspar Griswold. o.
this city, finds carbolic acid in whoopins
cough, in doses of one-fourth minim to i
year, and one ninim for one of two years
and upward, to be the best remedy
s'The whoop goes; the vomiting ceases
the paroxysms are modified in intensit'
and frequency" This result he believe
! to sarise from similar action to that 6
creosote on the motor fbres of the vagul
: to the stomach and from q lowering o
the vitality of the specific germ o
D whooping cough disease. - Scieutifi
American.
! Apples as Food.-A raw, mellow appl
!. is digested in an hour and half, whil
y boiled cabbage requires five hours. Th
most healthy desert that can be places
on table is baked apple. If eaten fre
5 quently at breakfast with coarse breas
. and butter, without meat or fesh of an,
kind, it has an admirable effect upon th
general system, often removing constipa
ton, correcting acidities, and cooling o.
febrile conditions more efectually thal
L the most approved medicines. If fam
!. lies could be induced to substitute ther
g for pies, cakes and sweatmeats, wit
Z which children are frequently stuffed
d there would be diminution in the tota
IS sum of doctors bills in q single yea
d sufficient to lay in stock of this del
d cious fruit for the whole seasons use.
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