The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-11-25
LOCAL ITEMS.

Sentlnels are still guarding the grave of
Garfield.
w. W. Fiddler viii start Democratic
paper in Ashland soon.
A fast youth may wear tight clothes and
yet be addicted to loose habits.
Klamath lake is frozen over snd freight
for the fort must be hauled to that place by
teams from LinkviIle.
Messrs. A. c. Young, j. V. Bradley and
=. Sutherlin, of Oakland, were in Roseburg
the fore part of the week on business.
Hon. A. Bush, Superintendent Of the Or
egon penitentiary. has resigned. His sue
cessor has not yet been appointed.
High tariff, burdensome taxation and
wasteful expenditure are not in favor just at
this time.
On Saturday night the aurora was very
brilliant. The appearance from Roseburg
was grand in the extreme, the northern
heaveus being illuminated as if by electric
lights
Recently Mrs. Partington bade Isaac get
ready for church. 'sBut where shall I 20,
mother?' asked Ike. go my son. an
swered the old lady sublimely, go to any
church where the Gospel is dispensed with. !"
1t rs customary among the Piutes when a
chief dies to kill the medicine man who at.
tended him. This seems to be SIMPLE and
expeditions way of preventing the medicine
man from presenting the Piute Congress
with bill for S35, 600.
An exchange says: kerosene will make
teakettle shine as bright as new" Yes,
kerosene will do wonders; it viii make the
whole house shine SO that it can be seen for
miles, but it is dreadfully destructive to
paint.
The citizens of East Umpqua are building
substantial bridge across that stream,
near the mouth of Fall creek, at the Wat.
son place, in this county The weather per.
mitting the bridge will be completed for
travel in few days.
A. c. in the Scientific American, is au-
thcrity for the following: Take one-fourth
cup strong vinegar, crumb finely into il
some bread. Let stand half an hour, or un.
til it softens into good poultice. Then ap.
ply to the corns on retiring at night. In
the morning the soreness will be gone, and
the corn can be picked out. If the corn is q
very obstinate one, it may require two OF
more applications to effect cure.
The following poetical soliloquy is con
tributed by friend who recently married Q
young lady in this county under the errone
GUS supposition that she had plenty of "tin ?
4 o, when thinks ofwhat are,
And what I used to was,
finds throwed myself away
Without sufficient COS.
Boys remember this: .sDont kill the
toads, the ugly toads, that hop aroung you
door. Each meal the little toad doth eat .
i hundred bugs or more. He sits around will
aspect meek until the bug is neared, ther
shoots he forth his little tongue like light
ming double geared. And then he soberly
doth wink, and shuts his ugly mug, and pa
tiently doth wait until there comes another
bug"
A dog belonging to Lewis Armentor, who
resides on the east fork of the North Unp
qua, killed genuine porcupine near hi
place. We have some of the quilts at thi
Office, where they can be seen. The dos
that killed the animal was left in sorry
plight. It took Mr.. Armentor all of hal
dav to extract the quills which stuck around
the knees, head and mouth of the dog aftel
he had extinguished the porcupine. 1t il
doubtful if that dog will ever attack another
porcupine.
Butter is selling at 35 cents When a.
high as this. the proper way to economize il
to hang roll from the ceiling, over the ia
bic, and after looking at it, take bite o
whatever You are eating. A pound, by thi.
means, will last several weeks, and serv,
the same purpose, says the Albany Demo
crat. If your butter is anything like som,
offered in this market, the plan proposed ha
O0"SA "A'"he"SCe, pAoVluco tudt bHS uilIlLg
room ceiling be high and the string by which
it is suspended not too long. But the sub
ject is ''strong" one, anyway.
Prof. Thomas j. Bryant, formerly of In
dianapolis, Indiana, who is the President o
the woll-known Bryant's Business CoIleg
at st. Joseph, Missouri, has published
Chart of Double-Entry Bookkeeping,
which is practical key to the science. I
is the result of many years experience as &C
countant, counsellor and teacher, and con
tains information of great utility to every &C
countant, officer, attorney, teacher, an
such others as may have occasion to test tn
accuracy of books. financial statements o
business calculations 1t will be sent t
any address on receipt Of 81, by T. J. Bry
ant.
II FOR THE LADIES.
Tho fancy rims toward eloae fitted ahapt