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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

Carpet ana furniture - per cent. cheaper
mt II. Shc,lhla,'. nth ST. Oakland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

PtEr NHToKp. CIR. F'h. 9Th. Isl.
Amn"u'- tnt-.i. Ss.Ip has remarkable sale
l,.th h,.r- ;.,id At E,lc!.>bUrl;.
J. II. UPTON = son.
Publishers Poo; Drfori Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

There is a Russian nobleman in
Chicago who is not sought after by
society" He drives small pox
ambulance
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

Orr,o< CRY. Or. April 9Th. -. We can
buIld az Il lar" sale for Ammrn, : Couch syrup.
~ u sells we'll. CHAIRMAN BROS
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

Tie praises of others may be of
use Ia teaching lis not what We are,
but what We Ought to be.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

Coasumpt.vc- u.s. iam n Cough syrup.
Ei', ~ cent bottle Ammen's Cough S:rup.
HID! chairs AT lpw.prl"r5 at II. Shc!lhaa-' ,
Ilth 81, Otklani.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

When you have Il couSi, or c".d ask for Am
men's Cough Syrup. II Viii surely car" yUu.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

1t isn't always the flower of the
family that makes the best bread.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13

Ora week. in your own town. Tenn. and =. outfit
UUOfrtc Address II H,IIErN Co. Portland. Maine
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
Martin Luther,s Home.


A correspondent, writing from Wit
tenberg, Saxony, a short since, says:
'sThe Lutheran influence or reverence
for the great reformer reached its hight
when we reached the old Augustinian
Monastery, now Lutheran university,
passed court yard and entered Luth-
er's house and his sitting room. The
black, terra Gotta stove, so handsome.
made from his own designs, his carved
study table, his chair in the window and
his dear Kathis' by his side, the fres-
Goes on the wall are just rs he left them;
the bas relief of himself after death and
his coat of arms, a black cross on q red
heart over a white rose large and in full
bloom. In this room he studied and re-.
ceived his friends; here his first child
died whom he mourned so deeply. The
house is large and has Lutheran semin-
ary for clergymen; these rooms all con-
tain souvenirs moro or less connected
with Luther; the most interesting is the
fac simile of his German bible. I have
cabinet pictures of Luther and Gather
inc Won Bosa which must be natural
since taken by Lucas Cranch, his
friend. These are from bronze statues OF
Luther and Melanchthon in the market
place. [ was sorry not to have the
'Schonberg Gotta Family tc read, Elsie
describes Luther life in WitteHberg SO
wildly. Melanchthon's home, with the
room in which he died, is very near rend
connected by private garden gate. 8
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
ALL SORTS.

A handsome woman pleases the eye,
but good woman charms the heart.
Stay not until you are told of oppor-
tunities to do good; inquire after them.
''Yes," said the merchant. "I'm in q
great hurry. I've got to go and wait an
hour in a barber shop"
A Little Rock man fonnd a cake of
soap and for days carried it as q Curl
osity, as nobody could tell what it was.
"It's a weigh have," remarked the
butcner as he let his hand rest on the
scales while weighing the meat.
''What is that mans name who is talk
ing so loud" said customer of beer
saloon to the Teutonic proprietor. II
don't know vat hees name vas" said
Hans. "but hees beesness vas dead
beat"
At the roadmaster's Office a few days
since report of material used was re-
ceived with this Endorsement: Charge
to Mrs. Lanes account" Investigation
proved that miscellaneous account was
intended.
Pat was quite right when he said that
it is great blessing that night never
comes on in the middle of the day to In
terfere with an honest mans work, but
always when the days work is over and .
fellow is all tired out.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
The Approaching Comet.

Professor Carpmael caught glimpse
the other night of the new comet; but,
as 1t was only few minutes in an open
ing in the cloudy sky, time was not af-
forded for measurements of brightness
and dimensions. Professor Carpmael
says the nucleus was not we'll defined
but tail was perceptible apparently q
few minutes in length. The comet,
which was discovered September 5th, by
Professor Brooks in the constellation
Draco, is still in the same constellation,
but it is brighter for its distance from
the earth. than it was at the same dis.
tance during it's last appearance in 1872.
1t is still in the constellation in which it
was first noticed, and is making but
slow progress across the heavens, and
but slowly increasing in brightness. It's
further path, from its present position
IN the northwest heavens, will be across
Lyra and Cygnus and Pegasus, till,
about the end of January, it disappears
below the horizon in the south. Il will
reach perihelion, the point in its orbit
nearest the sun, on January 25th, when
it will be about GU, ,00O. 900 miles from
the earth. It will be visible to the
naked eye about the middle of Decem-
Der, ana Will rapidly increase In bright
ness after the end of November. Al
though it will be brigh ter than at its
last appearance, it will not be nearly as
prominent an object in the heavens as
the great comets of last year and 1881.
The comet reached perihelion Septem-
Der Is, 1912, and the interval between
then and January 25th, its next perihe-
lion. will be 71.5 years. Calculations
made in 1912 predicted its return in 70.6
years. 80 that our present celestial visi-
tor is overdue nearly nine. tenths of a
year-certainly not very surprising
lateness in a visitor who calls SO seldom.
Toronto Globe.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

20 earn his daily bread; but after supper
ne liked to sit on his porch, contented
and comfortable, and return the kindly
greeting of the folks who passed and
who wished him a respectful good even
ing.
80 the years went by. Sometimes.
when they were alone. the farmers
wife would remind her husband of the
magic ring, and suggest many plans.
But as he always answered that they
had plenty of time, and that the best
thoughts come last, she more and more
rarely mentioned the ring, and at last
the good woman ceased speaking of it al
together.
10 be sure, the farmer looked at the
ring and twirled it about as MANY as
twenty times day; bat he was very
careful not to wish.
After thirty or forty years had passed
away, and the farmer and his wife had
grown old and white haired. and their
wish was still nnasked, then was God ye-v
good to them, and on the same night thew
died peacefully and happily.
Weeping children and grandchildren
surrounded the two cofins: and as one
wished to remove the ring from the
still hand as a remembrance. the old
est son said sLet our father take his
ring into the grave. There was always
mystery about it; perhads it was
some dear remembrance. Our mother,
too, 50 often looked at the ring-she may
have given it to him when they were
young"
80 the old farmer was buried with |
the ring, which had been supposed to |
De q wish ring, and was not; yet it |
brought as much good fortune into the |
house as heart could desire.-St. Nicho-
las.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

st. Johns, New Brunswick. where AIex.
ander was born on the 28th of March
lo4l. Eight years later the family re-
moved to San Antonio, Texas. He at.
| tended school for two years at Ponoh-
keepsle, New York, and in 1859 set sail
Tor Europe, where he entered the Poly.
technic institute at Carlsruhe. Germany.
de studied there for some two years. at
the conclusion of which time be married
a handsome German girl of Baden. and
returned to America with his education
and his happiness complete. It was
during the war, and he Immediately
mounted horse in the Thirty third reei-
ment OF Texas cavalry. operating princi-
paIiy ON tho Rio Grande and in the In
dian nation. He was in the Confeder.
ate army some two years, and at the
close of the war began the study of
law. His journalistic career began In
1879, when he became editor of the San
Antonio Express, still retaining his prae
tce. Two years later he was made CITY
attorney OF San Antonio through the
appointment of Governor Davis. He
achieved no striking success in news
paper work before he became connected
with the Herald of San Antonio. soon
made famous by his funny paragraphs.
Not long after he transferred his services
to the Galveston Newsstand his work had
an immediate effect on the popularity of
that Journal. His paragraphs were widely |
copied and truly humorous. To the |
writer Mr.. Sweet says: ST was connected |
with the Galveston News until May.
1851, when [ removed to Austin and |
formed partnership with Mr.. j. |
Armory Knox for the publication of a |
weekly newspaper to be called Texas |
oift1ngs, the prosperity of which has ex. |
ceeded our most sanguine expectations. |
Its circulation is now upwards of 70 900. |
or three times as much as any two papers
In the south. The name is peculiar. and |
you may be interested to know how
happened to hit upon it. In 1879 I was
the San Antonio correspondent of the
galveston News. The managing editor
of the News had mania for aliteratiye
head lines. He published The Houston
under the heading of
Houston Happenings" the Dallas let
er appeared as Dallas Doings," and nv
San Antonio letter was dubbed ssSan
Antonio Siftings." My jokes were cred
ted IN northern papers as "San Antonio
,lftings." So the new paper was
hristened Texas Siftings. name which.
Ike that given the steed of Don Quixote,
sonorous and full of meaning"
Mr.. Sweet is a member of the Sweet
amily which emigrated to New England
rom the mother country in the latter
'art of the seventeenth century. The
sweets have inherited skill in surgery
which, according to tradition, was ac-
Iuired by one of their forefathers from
n old French volume cast ashore by the
ca after wreck. They have since been
ubbed "the natural bone setters.'
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
Chinese University Examinations.

The Chinese have a peculiar way of
conducting the examination of candi
dates for their universities. There are
three trials allowed-on the ninth,
twelfth and fifteenth days of the eighth
moon-and each lasts two days. During
this time the applicant is confined in q
cell about eight feet square. In it are
two boards. the one to sit upon and the
other to serve as writing desk and eating
table. Besides this furniture" there is
a teapot and cup for refreshments, the
eatables being handed in by the exam
liners through the gratings on the floor;
but no one is allowed to speak to those in
charge. As the cell is SCARCELY large
enough to lie down in, those students
who are unfortunate enough to be above
the average size, are compelled to sit up
during the fortyeight hours of solitary
confinement. The examination is con-
Quoted wholly in writing.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
Alexander Edwin Sweet.

The ponderous and long drawn leader
of former DAYS is now broken up and ad
ministered in homeopathic doses. The
editorial message is more pleasing to the
tast. of American readers when delivered
in this manner, especially if it be favored
with a little wit. We have in mind q
number of persons who furnish the salt
of American newspaper literature, and
Mr.. Alexander e. Sweet. of the Texas
Siftings, is one of them. Somebody has
briefly described him as Canadian by
birth. an American by adoption, and a
paragrapher and funny man by instinct.
His father was prosperous merchant of
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
The Pencbscot Indians.

The Penobscot Indians at Oidtown
Me-, says letter to the Boston Journal.
| received the annual visit from the gov
ernor and council, and things were
found in far better condition than among
the Passamaquoddy tribe, visited some
time since. This tribe is q good MANY
years in advance of the other In ciyiliz =
ton, owing, perhaps, to their being
nearer to the settled portion of the state.
and the work being done among them by
the Catholic priest and the two sisters
who care for their education is calculated
to have q marked effect upon their fu-s
ture. IN the day the tribe was visited
thirty children were in the school, and
these were examined in reading, aritli-
metic and spelling upon the blackboard,
In all of which the pupils acquitted
themselves better than was expected by
anybody present. The most advanced
class is working in percentage in Robin
sons arithmetic, and though they some
times express themselves slowly on ac-
count of their slight command of the
English language, their actions show
that they understand the work before
them.
The schoolhouse, the church, and
everything under the care of the sisters
Is maintained in scrupulous state of
neatness, and this characteristic has ex-
tended to the houses of the Indians.
which are generally quite neat outside
and inside. Quite number of the In
dians have acquired considerable prop
erty, and their houses are carpeted and
furnished with good furniture, as we'll as
sewing machines. Tn the governors
house the parlor floor was covered with
Brussels carpeting. There are about
800 members of the tribe, and all give
good deal of attention to agriculture, be-
ing ready to work and raise all they can.
This tribe has formed a part of the
history of the state for nearly 800 years.
md mission post and church has been
at Oldtown ever since about
1908, but the population of the tribe has
decreased from upward of
5000 souls in 1926, to the small remnant
If the present day. Those now remain
ng have intermarried with white people
o such an extent that they have become
'ery light In complexion, and have con-
iderably lost the distinctive Indian
The labors of the Cath
'lic church have doubtless been just as
arnest among the Passamaquoddy tribe,
nut to their isolation is undoubtedly duo
ouch of their present condition, as they
AVE not mingled enough with the whites
o imbibe more than the bad habits, SO
asily learned, but SO difficult to get rid
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

A girl of IT, arrested in Chicago for
wearing mans dress, explained that
she merely changed garments so as to
get living easier. For three years she
had been employed on lake boats as
steward, watchman or cook, lived
roughly without being suspected, and
was only detected by an accident at last.
..By working on the boats in mems cloth
ing can earn 81 rs day without extra
hard work. If / wore woman's clothes,
I would not be allowed to do the work.
and would probably have to wash pots.
I know I have violated the law, and may
go to the work house for long time.
but, to tell you the truth, I'd rather
make bricks in the penitentiary than
bend over the wash tub"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

Professor J. Fl. Tice, the we'll known
weather prophet. died suddenly Novem-
ber Both, at his residence in the suburb
of Chiffon Hall, ST. Louis.
A Waterbury, Conn, dispatch of Nov.
2Sth Gays: Public indignation against
Truman j. Smith, the Watertown farmer
who assaulted his wife and broke her
leg because. their children were all girls,
eliminated last night in a visit to his
house by twenty young men, with the
Intention Of tarring and feathering him.
Smith fred into the party and Myron
Hard was painfully injured
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08
ouida has develoned 4 nainfn,l anxiety

Ouida has developed painful anxiety,
which she is endeavoring to alleviate By
letters of inquiry to the London papers,
to learn why people who love and suffer
should not be continually presented and
described. As all people suffer and most
people love. the question is not far from
being, why is not everybody to be per.
petually written about?r ought
to be poser for even so volumInous and
perpetual q scribbler as OHida.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

Howells and Mark Twain are to com
bine and write book on American
humor. We shall get out of the bust
ness right away, while We are yet safe.
American humor won't stand much more
writing about. ut.-Lowen Citizen
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-08

Three young ladies attached TO ths
Russian court have been arrested on 4
charge of being connected with nihilist
conspiracy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
Ticket Speculation.

New York, 5.-Kiralfy Brothers have
brought an action to obtain from tn
lessees Of Nible's Garden, Poole s. Gil.
more, their percentage, 571z per cent
upon the gross receipts of the house at
Niblo's Garden. Spectators have the
choice Of seats in the house. The privi-
lege of selling tickets is leased by Poole
and Gilmore for So, 500 10 James Brown,
who cells tickets in the lobby of the
theatre. The Kirslfy Brothers claim
that the 50, 500 which defendant received
from Blown justly belongs to the re-
ceiDts Of the house, and therefore they
are entitled to receive 5715 per cent of
this sum; also the Kirslfy Brothers
claim that through the ticket speculation
all the choice seats in the house are sold
several days ahead OF time, and conse.
quentiy when persons appear at the box
Office for seats they are either compelled
to take poor ones or 20 to Spectators
and pay exhor bitsDt prices. The prac-
tice, they claim, pjures them financially.
Gilmore, in his examin alton, SUBJ
stantislly admitted this to be fact.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
Minnesota Grain Crop.

st. Paul, 5.-The State statis;icis1, in
bis repGrt just Issued, states that wheat
turned out better shan was anticipated.
The straw Was Rominally short and there
Was fewer number of stacks gathered
from the fields than last year, which gave
The appearance of less crop. On thresh.
ing, however, it is reported the yield in
most parts 10 in excess Of last yesr. The
acreage Of wheat reported on June Let
vas 2, 7l6 $40, and from returns received
this month the average yield will Se 14.89
bushels per acre. giving an aggregate
crop Of 80, 300. 400 bushels. AS much Is
three per cent, however, was destroyed
by the storm, which reduces the average
per acre to 14.45, or an aggregate Of 81
loo 200 bushels. Returns show 8 greater
area in wheat BY the statement of the
State statician. This difference 10 caused
By late seeding. It is reported there are
922, 813 acres in oats. The crop gener-
ally is good, although the average is not
up 20 that Of last yoar, being eelv 1888
per acre, or an aggregate of 81, 486, 600
bushels. This is due to late seedlings and
drouth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
No Chinese Need Apply.

Philadelphia, 5.-The naturalization
Of Chinese came to an abrupt termina-
ton when Chong Nom appeared before
Judge Yerkes and was refused his papers
in spite Of his compliance with all the
requirements OF the regular nsturalizs-
ton. The Judges action was bsfed on
the act of May 9th, 1882, restraining
Chinese immigration, which section pro-
vides that hereafter no State court or
court Of the United States shall admit
Chinese to citizenship. After hesrisg
this decision, Judge Arnold made so
order revoking the papers which he
granted on Thursday to Chong n ee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
TELEGRAPHIC
The Canada Railroad Monopoly.

Montreal, 5.-Ths president of the
Canadian Pscifo has bsen over the south-
esst railway on an inspection tour. There
was 9 meeting of the latter road this af-
tcrnoon; nothing definite was done. b.
the terme of the lease of the Montreal
Sorel railway to the Grand Trunk for
ten years, the Grand Trunk is bound to
expend within twelve months $50, 200 on
the road and plsce it in frst-class order;
to build large whArves at Sorsl, and
dredge out tie river to depth Of "a feet,
making 1t capable of bearing large
ocean-going vessels, the wharvas 10 be Of
suffici ent capacity to enable 100 tons OF
coal to be handled at once, and also be
provided with coal and grain elevators.
1t is the intention of the Grand Trunk to
utilize the Sorei terminal for the cattle
and coal trade, and accommoda atoms for
shipping l0,G00 cattle = day will be i'm
mediately provided. The Grand Trunk
road by this latest coup has most effect
lively gained control OF the st. Lawrencs
between z lebec and Montreal, and has
complete monopoly of its freight,
passengers and emigrants., -