The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-04-15


Our swells. thank goodness, have not
yet adopted the English fashion 81 stand
ing up in the stalls between the acts and
wantto see party they go ont outside
as usual.
Esthetic sweils who wear to-be-con-
tinued coats and grandpapa's fob have
now adopted the single eyeglass. q la
London snobs and cads. This, Of course.
makes them more esthefic than ever and
shows their eyes as well as their brains
TO be affected.
The other day at the funeral of q man
who in life was rich, well-known, and
moved in the highest circles Of New
York city his wife sat in rear seat crying
biteerly. None of his relatives knew
who she was or that he was married.
The story viii make sensation when
told.
Mr.. ii. J. Chamberlain, of Williamson
county, Texas had ON exhibition. at the
Atlanta exposition, very fine
Merino buck fleece, weighing Az
pounds. Vermont sheep men will be
coming to Texas fer their rams before
many years. Texas Wool.
In the fattening OF wethers to finish as
shearlings, English breeders state that
the Cotswold and Leicester grades can
be made up to 200 pounds, the Oxford
Downs to $50 pounds, and the South
down grades to 160 pounds, live weightl
Leli J. Robinson, Boston's woman,
lawyer, is said to have acquired q fair
Office practice, but is denied the right to
argue cases at the bar. In order to let
her voice be heard in public, she has
delivered lecture before large audi
ence. She maintained her cause in
manner that made the newspapers praise
her.
When . burlesque company recently
played in Indianapolis corps de ballet
was recruited, as to the unimportant
back row, from resident young women.
A fellow in the gallery recognized an
acquaintance among them, and cried
Hi, Sallie Jackson She looked up in
quick response, and the hilarity of the
audience drove her from the stage.
More success in converting the Chi
nese 10 Christianity has been achieved
in Salt Lake than anywhere else in this
country. The cause lies, according to
the conductor of tha work, in the use of
stirring Methodist hymns. Little iss
done in the meetings except to sing. The
music, so unlike his own, enraptures the
Chinaman, and after that the conversion
is easy,
At meeting of patriotic artisans in
London the other day, to protest against
the Channel tunnel, the Chairman, in
his opening said: Gentlemen, we are
here to protest against this Tunnel
Channel-I mean this Uhunnel Tannel;
mean we are met to oppose this Tannel
Chunnel." Here this disabled orator
sat down. His confusion seems fairly
to represent British ideas on the subject
A wealthy gentleman at Forest City, in
Iowa, being somewhat skeptical as to the
amount of labor which minister would
be willing to dc, offered to pay such cler-
gyman as would saw his wood for him
81 per hour for their services He was
considerably astonished when nearly all
the ministers in town came marching
forward with saw and buck prepared
to accept his terms. Some of them have
been working right along, four to six
hours per day, Sunday excepted, ever
since, and their grit will probably last
as long as the skeptic's wood They
have been paid promptly for their work.
Recent experiments of Grehant prove
that the quantity of carbonic acid ex-
hailed by one individual of the animal
species is about constant. Fifty iters of
air passed through the lungs of dog
weighing nine kilos yielded 2,747 grams
of carbonic acid. Eight days later the
same experiment yielded 2s10 grams. In
man this volume of air circulates
through the lungs and receives 1888
grams Of that gas. Irritation and in
fammation of the mucus mem brane de-
crease the quantity of carbonic acid ex-
hailed, which then accumulates in the
blood.