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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-03-23

The CoRNErIsT.-This man is learn
ing to play on the cornet. He is pas
sionately fond of music. and practices
six hours day. You would scarcely
imagine how much man learning to
play on the cornet increases the length
Of the day. His motto is, by industry
we thrive" Take walk through the
immediate neighborhood and you learn
something not taught in the books.
Every neighborhood has its legend. The
legend of this neighborhood is written
on . bit OF square board suspended
whore he who runs may read. II is as
follows: "This house for sale or to let. !"
Some breasts are so savage that music
won't soothe them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-03-23
AIABAS'TINEi.

eUVHR oSLY DURABLE FINISH EoR WALLS
u and CeilingA Il b cheaper and 6e&tsr than
ReFe Whlle - 8 variety q beautiful finas. For
jHGGS =. EnsAv = Co..
49, Ars.n - - $500 csssa.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-03-23

Garrison repairs all kinds of sewing machine
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-03-23

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Vaine OF a RieI Mans Bones.

Talking to New York detective Off
Ger to-day asked him what had become
of the body of A. T. Stewart.
THE best information I possess" said
he, ''is that it not only has never been re-
covered by the family and executors, but
that it is not in the possession of the
original thieves
We'll, who got it from them?" said I.
ssIt is the understanding at police
headquarters, said he, 'sthat second
band of thieves. thinking the body was
a good thing. stole it from the first.
Probably some of the persons privy to
the robbery took the body away from
those who had been at the pains to dig it
mp and spirit it off, !"
"Well, how was Mrs. Stewart ap.
peased?"
"Why," said the officer, "I suppose
that she thinks that the bones have been
recovered. She either thinks they have
beer recovered or does not inquire con-
cerning them. The fact is,'' said
my friend, s'that after the robbery
of that grave it became ques-
tion among numerous wealthy per-
sons in New York what to do to prevent
q spoliation of other tombs of the same
class. You know that Immediately after
the robbery of St. Marks Churchyard
the tombs of The Vanderbilts at Staten
Island were watched, and so were sever
al other tombs of conspicuous pers ons.
They all got tired of paying special
watchmen, because it looked as if they
might have to watch the tomb for per
iod OF years, and every rich man thai
died would require two live ones to look
after his bones--a thing not very palata
BILE to heirs. Consequently. notice wa.
sent to Hilton that he ought not to pay
any reward for the return of Stewart
bones, whether Mrs. Stewart wanted te
or not. The understanding is that Judge
Hilton and other gentlemen pacified Mrs
Stewart in some way. You know the
coffin of Stewart was not carried off b,
the thieves at all; they merely took tht
plate from the top and piece of tht
cloth, and took ont the body; so we pre-
sumo that the coffin has been set in th.
new cathedral at Garden City, withou
the real bones, but nobody wanted t.
look into it. t."-Correspondence Cincin
natl Enquir er.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
what the Farmer Should study.

The farmer should study the laws of
concentration. He learn should how to
concentrate his crops into the best pay
ing articles. Does he consider that but
ter, beef, pork, mutton and cheese repre-
sent only certain amount of grass, hay
and grain that his farm produces? That
instead of selling the raw commodities,
he can by patting them into these
articles get much better returns for his
products? His study should be how to
transform the raw products of his farm
into something that is concentrated and
that will bring him most money. What
he raises has to go to some market. By
condensing it, little freight will have to
be paid and thus much will be saved. A
farm is not only farm: it is, or should
be, factory for changing raw products
into articles of general consumption tnat
commercial value the world over that
are of the best quality, that keep well, /,
and bring prices that will pay well for
the skill, labor and capital employed in
propucing them.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
The Boss Eulogy.

The peach stones ceased rattling
around the hall, the windows went
down, the munching of peanuts was
hushed, and Brother Gardiner had a
firm hold of the platform with his toes
as he arose and began:
"a resident OBJ de nayburhood died
de odder day, and dis ebenin' de COM
mittee 'pinted to write an eulogy on his
character war showing me draft oh
what they had prepar'd. De eulogy
am in secksuns, an I will quote it to
Gou I:
'He was man who did not glib to de
poor with one hand an steal from the
taxpayers wild de odder.
"He nebber gin dollar to de heathen
in Africa, but he always paid his debts
in America.
"While he did not profesh to be q
parfeck Christian, he remembered dat
only one seat belonged to him when he
trabbled.
He made no great adoo bout his
honesty, and yit he remembered when
and whar' he borrowed a hoe or a
shovel.
s'He did call hisself better dan his
fellow man, an Wit he had kind word
fur q boy wild sore toe, and ton of
coal fura naybur wild broken leg.
''He felt that he had duty to do by
de church. and yit he entered circus
by dc front doah, and de sound of a
fiddle put new speerit into his feet.
eff lie did not sing his hymns from de
housetop, neither did de world h'ar what
he said when he arrove home an found
his wife sick abed. de hired girl gone
an the baby howlin wild paper of pins
in his mouf"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
A Chance for Inventors.

A machine is greatly needed in many
parts of the country for twisting together
swamp hay, the straw of grain, bushes
and the smaller branches removed from
trees in the operation of trimming them,
for the purpose of utilizing them for
fuel. Such materials are extensively
employed in many parts of Europe for
heating houses and for cooking food
They are twisted together or tied by
hand. Although this country is well
supplied with wood and coal, and the
facilities for transporting them are ex-
cellent in most sections, still there are
places where the inhabitants are obliged
to rely entirely on the materials at hand
for fuel tor warming and cooking. They
have an abundance of hay and straw,
and sometimes bushes and the branches
of trees that have been planted. Ii
they are twisted together and bound,
they form very good and convenient
fuel for domestic purposes. The mate.
rials as prepared should be nearly in
the form of stove wood. In addition to
being twisted they should be bound SC
that they can be conveniently handled
A machine that would accomplish these
results would be of very great value in
many portions OF the West, and especi-
ally so in the treeless, coalIess sections
of theywheat growing region. It should
be of ample construction, not liable to
get out out of order, and cheap. Large
machines might be constructed that
could be moved from one house to an.
other ,as threshing machines now are, but
small machines are more desirable, SC
that every settler could have one. The
machines would be valuable in places
where there is supply of coal out nc
wood that can be employed for kindling
purposes or for supporting brisk fires
that are often required for cooking
meals. With suitable machine, a sub
stitute for wood could be obtained from
materials now wasted, at the expense OF
little labor.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Eight Noteworthy Trees.

An elm tree near Lawrence, Tenn, is
105 feet in diameter from tip to tip of it's
branches, and 329 feet in circumfer-
ence.
A Pennsylvania walnut tree at was
hollow and nine feet in diameter was
sawed down lately, and the stump is used
as a pen for number of hogs
A cherry tree in Carter county, KY,
is 1917 feet in circumference and 60 feet
high, and it's branches shade plot 43
feet across.
Near the Fair street depot. Kingston,
New York, is grand old elm It is of
bouquet shape. and during the present
season over 200 birds built nests in its
branches.
At the mouth of Grassy Run, in
Springhill township, Pa, there stood a
sycamore tree that was hollow at the
butt, and Joshua. Brooks used it as q
stable for his horse.
In Green county, Miss, is double
pine tree which has two distinct trunks
twenty feet apart, uniting thirty feet
above the ground, forming OF that point
one solid trunk, round and symmetrical.
A tree recently cut in Mexico, Mo-.
measured nine feet through near the
ground. and was ITO feet high. The
first limb grew out at height of thirty
feet from the roots. The tree was at
least 800 years old. When it fell twelve
squirrels and one coon were killed.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Habits OF the RaIr.

A prematurely bald physician in
Thirty fifth street was asked number OF
questions about the growth and habits
of the hair.
'.In the first place" he said, "do you
know what hair is, anyway"
'Only in general way, perhaps"
"Then let me tell you in word. 1t is
an elongated epidermic appendage. Its
essential structure consists of an assem-
blage of epidermic cells, at the bottom
OF flask, shaped foliate, in the substance
of the skin, supplied with blood by ves-
sells distributed to its walls"
"Can hair be made to grow on bald
head?"
''Not as q rule. In debilitated persons
the hairs sometimes fall out spontan-
eously, or with slight assistance, and it
the bulb alone comes away, and the
sheath and germ remain behind, they
are capable of reproducing the hair, I'M
der proper treatment or favorable cir
cumstances. The short and pointed
hairs on the scalp of old people show
that new shafts are constantly forming
The nutrition of hair is affected through
vessels which are in contact with their
tissue, without entering into their struc-
ture, so that causes affecting the general
health, or affecting the health of the
SKIN, also affect the nutrition of the
hair.
"What causes premature baldness?"
SIN a great measure the violation of
hygienic rules, and the excess OF mental
and physical labor in o climate foreign
to the race"
is there greater disposition to
gray -headedness in this country than in
others?'
"Well, some we'll informed people
think that it is about the same in all
civilized countries; but, if there is any
difference it is because of the hurried
and unhealthful habits of life and men,
tai exercise among Americans.
"What is the chemical action which
produces gray hair?"
Accurately speaking, that's one OF
those Mings that no fellow can find out.
Thetcolo of the hair depends partly on
the presence of pigment granules, and
partly on the existence of air spaces,
which causes it to appear dark by trans
mitted light. In Albinos and gray
haired people this coloring matter is
simply absent"
''It is the case that hair may, from ex-
treme fright or other strong emotions,
turn white, as it is said, in single
night?"
ut is an undoubted fact. just how
the change occurs is matter of conjec-
ture. But it may perhaps be explained
by some chemical action upon the only
coloring matter. This oily matter wonld
be Withdrawn from the hair under condi-
tions of cold, debility, or insufficient
food"
''Does gray hair then become dead?'
''Not by any means. The loss of vital
ity does not necessarily follow the loss
of color, for gray hair often grows Wig
orously. For that matter the hair will
a grow after the body's death. One OF
the causes of premature badness and
grayness is tightly fitting and unyield-
ing hats"
care any of the thousand and one pre-
parations for restoring the hair of any
value?"
''Tonics and stimulating applications
are sometimes beneficial. When the hair
is thin and falls out easily, shaving the
scalp will often produce thicker, firmer
and darker growth. N. Y. Sun.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Trying to Steal a Coffin.

An old man giving the name of Chas.
Bailey, who said he was seafaring man
from Erie, Pa, purchased q coffin.
shroud and ice-box from Edward F.
Quinn, undertaken, of No. 1856 West
Twenty street, on the 9th ultimo,
and ordered the articles sent to the
Grand Central depot In payment of
the goods he presented a check for $45
on the Mercantile National Bank, pur-
porting to be drawn by William Fl. Hart.
The check was discovered to be forgery
and Bailey was arrested. On being ar
raIgned in the General Sessions. yester-
dav, the prisoner pleaded guilty.
Bailey" inquired Recorder Smith /,
what did You propose to do with that
coffin?"
81 was put up to it" replied the prisc-
ner.
lyon were to be put into it, said the
Recorder. who did not hear tie answer
distinctly.
'No, sir, replied Court Captain Lin
say, he says that he was pnt up to steal
it,
''Ail. the same old story" continued
the Recorder. Zone year and six months
in State Prison. - New York Times, No
vember 14th.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Poor Jerome Collins.

The saddest part of the ill-fated jean
nette expedition IS now being told in
the Investigation instigated by DIR. Col
Inns, brother of Jerome Collins, who ac-
companied the expedition as CORES
pondent of the New York Herald. DR..
Collins says:
at have found that for some reason
Melville hated my brother. The charges
brought against Jerome were puerile to
the last degree, and evidences are nu-
merous of De Longs harsh and unwar-
ranted treatment of my brother. One of
the survivors states that Jerome was the
strongest Of the party, aud yet was de-
MED the privilege of accompanying
Ninderman and Noros. He weighed
when he left San Francisco 204 pounds,
was fully six feet eight inches in height
and of the most rugged constitution.
When found, his hair had turned snowy
white--through his mighty anguish.
When I called on Judge Lumley he
said, Here are two papers wish you to
read before we go into this matter I
refused to see them until I had his
promise that they would be presented
with all other pertinent matter in evil
dence at the investigation. The promise
was given and opened the papers and
found the charges against Jerome pre-
ferred by De Long and given to the Sec
retary of the Navy by Melville. In
brief the charges were:
First Not always up in time for
breakfast.
Second-He hunted bear without
permission.
Third-He did not remain on the ice
the full time ordered for exercise.
Fourth-Too much time was occupied
in making observations.
Fifth-He smoked in the cabin with
his fur coat off, and talked to Danen-
hover. It was during the latter event
that De Long came in and roughly
charged him with disobedienee. My
brother refuted the accusation. De Long
repeated his charge. Jerome replied
that he treated him with all the defer
ence required by the naval law.
DO you know who amp" cried De
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
FIFTY-Two.
BIB 4 cYsIc.


Bright is the morn, but am blue.
Alas ! this day I'm hfty-two.
What can creature say or do
That's joyful at grim fifty-two!
Pm cursed with corns. despite shoe
As old and worn as fifty-two.
Where once my unthinned grinders grew,
What dismal gaps at fifty-two I!
Stern warnings---ah, how oft + renew
Ny dread of gout at fifty-two
Though all MUSES. / should sue,
They'd stint their fire at ffty-two.
Beauty and grace may fill my view;
They tempt in vain; I'm fifty-two.
NatureI Alack It's "mountain dew
One prizes most at fifty-two.
Ideals l-pshaw marvel who
Dotes on the moon at fifty-twol
Taste Art One tries with racer gout,
"Pates de foie"a fifty-two;
Or even piquant Irish stew
Dust flashed with wine) at fifty-two.
Pass on, o world: your false ado
Moves not the phlegm of fitty-two.
Your sweets, soon changed to bitter rue,
Deceive no more ut fifty-two.
Come, friend, modest game of "loo;"
Mild stakes, mild port, at fits two.
Diversions not too flushed of hue
Just suit the nerves Of fitty-two
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
How lie sayel the Train.

They were sitting around the stove
when little blear-eyed, weazen-faced
individual sneaked in by the back door
and skunk into dark corner.
''That's the chap" said one.
"Who is it2" asked several at once.
"Why, the man who saved train
from being wrecked" was the reply.
''Come, tell us about IT." they de.
manded, as the small man crouched in
the darkness, as if unwilling~fhat his
heroic deed should be brought under
the glare of the blazing kerosene lamp.
After much persuasion. he began:
''It was just such night as this,
bright and clear, and was going home
down the track, when right before me,
across the rails, lay great beam. There
it was pale and CHASTITY as a lifeless
body, and light as it appeared, had not
the power to move it. A sudden rum
BILE and roar told me that the night ex-
press was laundering down, and soon
would reach the fatal spot. Nearer and
nearer it approached, till just as the
cow-catcher was about lifting me sprang
aside, placed myself between the OBJ.
struction sand the track, and the train
few on unharmed."
The silence was so dense for moment
that one might have heard dew drop.
Presently someone said:
"Well, what did you do with the
beam?"
+ 81 didn't touch it," he replied, "but
it touched me-
"Well, persisted the questioner, "if
You couldn't lift it and didn't touch it,
how did the train get over it,
"Why, don't you see?" said the sad
faced man as he arose from his seat and
sidled toward the door. 1.-The obstrac-
tion was moonbeam, and I jumped
so that the shadow of my body took
its place, and the train flew by un-
harmed"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

Long. "Consider yourself under arrest,
and by -. you'll do no more work on
this expedition.
Danenhower heard this. Among my
brothers papers I find long letter,
which was draft of letter written to
De Long, in which he arraigned him for
cruel treatment. The letter must be in
existence, but cannot be found. New
comb and Collins were required to sign
articles on shipboard as common sailors
before the ship had left her berth, and
from that hour the persecution was un-
broken. Melville declares they were the
happiest lot of men he ever saw. New
comb says it was perfect hell for three
years. Danenhower states that were he
subjected to what they were he would
have jumped overheard.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

No NEED OF DEFENsE.-A gigantic
negro who had crippled up half the po-
lice force in their efforts to secure him,
was brought from the Jail to the Office of
the justice for trial. Not observing that
the accused had any counsel employed,
the justice asked: Don't you want a
lawyer to defend your The accused
glared at the Justice, and pounding on
the table, roared out: 81 don't need any
body to defend me. I kin defend my
self against dozen sick lookin' men as
you is. IF you don't believe me come
out in the. back yard and see if you amt
the man what needs to be defended. -
Texas Slftlngs.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
The Fast Judge and tn, slow Juror.

When I was a young man spent sew
eral years in the South, residing for
awhile at Port Gibson, on the Missis-
sippi river. A good deal of litigation
was going on there about that time, and
it was not always an easy matter to OBJ
tain jary. One day I was summoned
to act in that capacity and repaired to
court to get excused. On my name be-
ing called I informed his honor, the
judge, that / was not freeholder, and
therefore not qualified to serve.
'sWhere do you live?" inquired the
judge.
II am stopping for the time being at
this place.
'sYou board at the hotel, I presume?'
ST take my meals there, but have
rooms in another part of town, where I
lodge"
$50 you keep bachelors hall?'
Yes, sir"
How long have you lived in that
manner?"
"About six months"
81 think you are qualified" gravely
remarked the judge, 'for I have never
known man to keep bachelors hall the
length of time you name, who had not
dirt enough in his room to make him q
freeholder. The court does not excuse
you Tioga Agitator.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

SlaVen's Yosemite cherry Tooth Paste
An aromatic combination for the preservation
of the teeth and gums. It is far superior to any
preparation of its kind in the market. IN large,
handsome opal pots, price fifty cent. For sale
by all druggists. Hodge, Davis & Co., whole
sale agents, Portland, Oregon.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

TURKISH RuGs.-Send TO John Is. Garrison
l67 Fhird street Portland for catalogues OF le-
uion
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

Too Much PEPPER.-One of the most
prominent preachers tells the following
anecdote as fact whenever he hears q
story too incredible for belief: ga very
wicked man became converted and in
course of time it came his turn to pray
in class meeting Not being used to
speaking in public, of course he was
very much embarrassed This is the
subject of his prayer: 'Oh, Lord, thou
Giver of all good things. look down with
pity on poor people. You are rich and
can spare them plenty to eat while on
earth. Send every one of them full
barrel of flour, plenty of lard and a side
of bacon, liam or so and q pound of
butter. Send each one of your starving,
hungry creatures barrel of sugar, q
barrel of salt, barrel of pepper oh,
hell, that's too much pepper. Amen =
Centreville Md Record.
GRAssHoPPER GRUEL.-In the Sierra
Martls valleys the Indians gather to-
gether on particular occasions to gather
grasshoppers. The squaws carry cone
shaped baskets of great capacity, and
scoop the grasshoppers with q fan.
shaped implement into their baskets, ,and
when loaded, carry the wriggling mass
of insects TO camp and prepare them for
food. The grasshoppers, killed and sub
sequently dried, are mixed with mashed
pine nuts or cracked wheat, and made
into kind of flour, which is afterwards
made into bread, most delicious to
the palate of the Indian. White visitors
to the camp are always invited, in ac-
cordance with Indian hospitality, to par
take of the compound, and great is the
astonishment of poor Lo at the disgust
expressed by the white man for this kind
of food.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
DON'T BUY BOSS BOOTS UNLESS
YOU WANT THE BEST. SEE THAT
OUR NAME Is ON EVERY PAIR.
AKIN SELLING & co.

Book AND Music BUYERs:-Send TO Wiley B.
Allen, 1853 third street, Portland, for any book
or music published. 0rders by mail filled
promptly. The "Musical Paslime, monthly
journal OF music, 50 cts. year Send stamp for
big catalogue of music.
RHEUAtATISM No one suffers from this
distressing complaint if the blood pure and
healthy. OREGON BLOOD PURIFIER makes
verv Rich Blood and cures Rheumatism, Pains
in the Back, Limbs, etc. Try it, 81 a bottle,
all druggists and medicine dealers sell it.
Frank G. Abel, the Portland photographer is
leading the profession in all the novelties of the
art. His work is always of the best and his GUS
tomers satisfied with what they receive.
Send Sl.Us to w. D. Palmer, Portland, tor one
years subscription to the Pacific Overseer, the
great semi-monthlv A. o. U. ". paper
The male and female MINISTRIES at the Elite
theater in Portland are drawing crowded houses.
The Tudors are the latest sensation and more
talent is on the way.
The best liver regulator known, sure cure for
Dyspepsia and indigestion is DI. henley's Cali
fornia |. x. L. Btters
Garrison repairs all kinds of sewing machines
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Sykes Sure ClTG for ('ataTFD'

I IQUID OR DRY. PRICE fl %. .stTMosPHERlo
~ insufftators.n price 5ec Dry Cure and Insn1fs
mailed receipt of price with full direction for
nse etc. X q. SklDMoRE& Il Co., Druggists 81 Firsi
street. Portland 81 Sole Agents for tie N. Pacific
tsPst marsgu
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

Send $l.Us to w. D. Palmer, Portland, tor one
years subscription to the Pacific Overseer, the
great sem-monthlv A. o. U. ". paper.