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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
Ready.Made Houses.

The London (Ont.) Advertiser, in re-
ferring to this new industry. says that
the Truaxes' planning mill at Walkerton,
is turning out material for ready made
houses at a rapid rate. Orders for o
whole row of houses can be filed in
few days, and 1t is not uncommon to see
an entire street for Brandon or block
for Winnipeg sent olt on train twenty
or thirty days after the order has been
received. During the past season
Messrs. Iraux shipped two hundred and
nineteen cars of knock down house ma
terlal to the Northwest. One of the
partners IN the firm accompanies each
train and superlntends the putting up of
the houses. Sometimes houses are order
ed by telegranhed in this fashion:
What can you furnish me tidy
cottage for, 22x40 feet, with bay
window and verandah?" Next spring the
enthusiastic house-builders expect to re.
celye orders for entire villages, some
thing after this style, "What is your
lowest figure for five stores, two wagon
and two blacksmith shops, one Metho-
dist and one Presbyterian church.
twenty five cottages, town hall and a
lookup, to be delivered on or before
July lst?' Orders Aave been received
for twenty -one houses to be put up in
Brandon next sprjbg. The freight rate
on these houses from Walkerton to
Chicago is $40 AGAR; from Chicago to
Minneapolis S2g car. The charge the
balance of the way is enormous, owing
to the lack 4f competition, the cost
of medium gar through from the start
to Winnipeg being 1851. The large ones
used by the Truaxes cost more. With
British Columbia's inexhaustible timber
resources there is no reason why whole
cities should not be manufactured at
Burrard Inlet and other numbering GEN.
ters, and transported over the C.P.R.R.
to the other side of the Rockies for the
treeless plains of the great interior.
There is no reason why British Columbia
lumber and timber products should not
be exported to Edmonton in two or three
years, or even further at less cost, than
the same material can be furnished from
he east.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

collar is Mr.. Valentine, very amiable
person. He owns the chair he occupies.
and Watches over Erie interests, like Ger
Derus at the gates, and is easily won over
by commission orders. The neat-lookino
gentleman you see standing in wonder
group is Mr.. Woerishoffer, of Teutonic
origin, who from a modest trade. has
grown to be a marked object in the Ex-
change. His transactions are huge. and
afford large revenue to great number
OF brokers whom he employs. He is a
good friend and man Of noble impulses.
NO one, IT deserving, applies to him in
vain when In trouble. He has been con.
spicuously identified with the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad, and by his
great efforts the stock has reached very
high figure; all those who followed him
amassed fortunes; but, like Oliver, they
cried for more, and lost what they had
made, and consequently accused their
benefactor of bad faith. He has out
lived all their SANDERS, however.
and o-day he stands in the front
rank of the Exchange. That Saturnine-
looking cavalier with very high cheek
bones is Mr.. Addison Cammack, pos
sessed of great wealth, but no sym
pathles. He had some operations with
the Government during the late war.
He ranks among the rich men of the
metropolis to-day"
but where do you get all your knowl-
edge of the members from?' quoth the
little beauty in the gallery.
Don't ask me that question, lest I be-
tray confidence"
We'll. have really enjoyed m7 visit.
and would like to stay longer. but it is
lunch-time, and rca expects me home.
Will you bring me again and tell me
more of the brokers? I begin to get ac-
customed to their p1easantries, and
would not mind having frolic with
them myself"
You shall come any time you desire
it, and viii tell you more about them,
for l possess an inexhaustible fund of
facts pertaining to the Exchange
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
solId MIX.

TO make condensed milk, the milk is
subjected to heat of some 230 degrees,
which, it is said, scalds it. By q new
process, the heat is only about 130 de-
grees, and the produce is called evapor-
ated milk. When the time of exposure
to that moderate heat is sufficiently pro-
longed, all the watery part of the milk is
driven off, and the remnant is a tough.
solid mass, creamy white Ia color and
much resembling chunk of wheat-hour
dough. That is granulated, by artificial
means; little fine white sugar is ad1ed
to make it keep, and then it looks like
corn meal, and is called granulated milk.
The evaporated milk is only about half
as near solid as the condensed milk. but
is very rich, and so little effected by the
process through which it has passed that
when water is added the most delicate
taste cannot detect difference between
it and pure natures milk: cream rises on
1T and butter can be made of it. The
same desirable pecnliarities belong to
the granulated milk. The eyaporated
milk is used in the Nursery and Child's
hospital, and on most of the steamship
lines. The granulated is made to keep
IN all climates, for any desired length Of
time.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
The vanderblIts.

William 81. Vanderbilt, the richest
man in the world, may be seen driving
his mare, Maud s.. which, rumor saws.
he is spelling by injudicious handling.
almost any fine morning on Fifth avenue.
Look for large, heavy man with dark
eyes, swarthy skin and black side wh1s-
kers, an intently earnest hut not over
intelligent face. If the weather is cold
the owner of untold millions will be
wrapped up in close-ftting coat of seal
skin, and have over his knee q robe of
the same fur. The superb horse or
horses he happens to be driving do not
seem to be going very fast as they dance
along, but it will be noticed that he goes
faster than other people. and the group
OF sight-seers who stop for O moment 70
gaze at the well-known figure. wrapued
up IN sealskins, as he fits by. get but 4
brief glimpse Of him. Perhaps ,Jav
Gould, looking out of his library in fhe
second story of his big house at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue. wonders
that man with such magnificent oppor-
tunities for making more money does
not devote his days TO it instead of tri-
fling away his time with fast horses
Jay Gould never drives fast horses or
INDUCES in any kind of sport excent
money-making. From $50 to 4:3O eyerv
afternoon, Vanderbilt drives his fast
horses. Then his horses get to their
stalls OF mahogany, trimmed with silver.
and Vanderbilt goes to his palace. He
always passes his evenings at home. not
having been to the theater or opera this
year since Wallack's was opened last Jam
uary.
When the Baron James de Rothchild
died in 1868 near Paris. his wealth was
estimated at Toe, 600, 900 francs, and be
was accounted the richest man in the
world at that time. At the present the
distinction of heing the richest man in
the world certainly belongs to William
81. Vanderbilt. With the $40 600 900
which his father left him he made more
than twice that sum, and, moreover, put
his railroad property in q shape that it
produces an income of at least 8 per cent.
At present he has an income OF SIC, 900,
600 year, or $40 second. Thirty
years ago he did not know where to turn
for $1,000. Vanderbilt has eight chill
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

Butchers in Pendleton have been pay
ing from $50 to $50 per head for beef
cattle. As much as $5 head has been
paid for sheep. A prominent butcher
told Us q few days ago that he paid S75
for steer and sold al the beef within
Two days. and received only $50 in cash.
the balance was on his books. He COM
piained very much Of the scarcity of
money and the careless way people have
of saying s'charge it. The butchers are
having hard time Of it, as they have to
pay from $50 to $75 head for beef cat
tie, IS for sheep, and other meats equal
in proportion. These prices are for cash
and the butchers compelled to retail
these meats at small profits and on
credit
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

dren and eleven grandchildren. His
four daughters are married to New York
ers, and two have been presented with
small palaces, costing $500, 900 apiece,
while he is building houses for the other
two at the corner of Fifth avenue and
Fifty fouth street. adjoining st. Thomas
church. The ground for the two build
ings cost $400, 900 last spring, and sup
pose the houses will cost double that.
His two eldest sons, Cornelius YAM
derbilt, Jr., who seems destined to occu-
py toward his father the same relation
that William a. held to the commodore.
and William X. Vanderbilt, the second
son, are already millionairas in their
own right. and are now finishing palaces
which even eclipse the new house which
Vanderbilt moved into last year. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Is the anancier among
the sons, while William K. is the ses-
thetic member of the family, having EN-.
ployed Richard M. Hunt to build his
white stone chateau at the corner of
Fifty-second street and Fifty avenue. and
having paid 1886 900 for the carving
alone on the inside of his house. Some
of the tapestries for his house are on ex.
hibition at the Metropolitan Museum.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
A Young Iaay's First Glimpse or the
Brokers.

The New York Stock Exchange ia q
monied institution of leviathan dimen.
sions, founded in 1892, and numbers
HOO members. It is governed by pres.
ldent, vice president, and two chairmen.
also governing committee of forty. II
meets for the transaction of business
daily from the hour of 10 in the morning
until IN the afternoon, and all transac-
tions are forbidden except during those
hours. The building occupied by the
exchange IS very elegant structure
lrontlng On Broad street, and also on
Wall. The main room devoted to the
transactions IN stocks is an oblong. and
capable OF accommodating from 700 to
S0O members atone time IT is hanked
by galleries provided for the oonven-
lence OF visitors. In one of them let us
stand and take survey of the operations
on the floor.
What are they doing" said beauti-
ful young lady from the country. ssthat
they make such dreadful noise: are
they quarreling? Why. just look how
rudely that old gentleman is behaving
he has just knocked that young mans hat
of. VIII there be q fght?n
No. rejoined her attendant. athev
are buying and selling stocks,
But I don't see any money change
hands. . on'ne
No, ne replied, everything here is
done on tick, which accounts for tla
sounds Eou constantly hear. .
- y nat crowd II that Just below ~
a!aa Nl,o ., = that gentleman with q very
1kaf S a.l,eya x1sz..s.s< s
secuFislss Aad Che posssssor Of the giant
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
A JadlclOns wife.

she inquired of the different persons
in the corridor of the postoffice as to
where the money order department. was,
and not feeling satisfied with this. she
asked at both stamp windows. Then she
felt reasonably certain that she would
not go down cellar or up stairs in going
to the mo1oy order room, and she timidlY
entered that place and asked:
Can send money order9"
"Yes'm. .
.For S5?"
ssYes'm."
ITO Saginaw"
ssYes'm."
ITO my hllsbandq"
Yes'm. Hlease I'll ont q blank"
She filled out three different ones be-
fore the writing suited her, and tried four
different pens before she found holder
of the right build and color.
''This order is for S." she said as She
stood at the window.
"Yes'm. .
HE went there to secure work, but he
can't find any"
"Yes'm."
And he wants to come home.''
NO doubt of it.
But So seems like an awful price 10
bring anyone from Saginaw
$50 it does"
''Ho might not get work If he came
home
mo, ma'am.'
And SO he might as well be there
s'Yes'm"
Well, gness I II wait day or two.
anyhow. Il he finds work he won't want
it, and If he gets tire1 and comes home
on foot, he'll be SO worn out that he cant
more than half iawaround. Five dollars
is quite sum. can buy nice pair of
shoes for that Free Press.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

!, A Rare ECLIPSE. The total eclipse of
the sun on the 9th of May next will
last SIX minutes, and no longer one viii
probably occur within the next hundred
years. 1t will be partially visible in
many places, but few will see it entirely.
as Its path lies entirely, through the
ocean. touching land nowhere but at q
little island in the South Pacific, called
Caroline island, which is out of the track
OF any established commerce or travel
The French government has determined
70 send an expedition to that island. and
1t IS probable q grand international
ga.feilng OF astronomers will meet there
to take part in this scientific quess.-IN.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
nindoo Lady Lecturer .

Pundita Romabai, learned Hindoo
lady who has consecrated her life TO the
work of promoting ferlale education in
India, has aroused profound interest by
course of lectures she is delivering in
Bombay. She is q widow, aged barely
70, and renowned among the natives for
her complete emancipation from ali mar
row and debasing superstitions. There
was very large attendance of Hindop
and Parsee ladies at her first lecsure and
the hall was crowded to excess. The
lecturer, who, it is stated, was modestle
attired In simple white dress. spoke
with perfect fuency and complete self
possession. She dwelt at great length
upon the benefits arising from education.
and impressed upon the members of her
sex the Importance of cultivatinc and
embellishing their minds if they Wished
to advance with the progress Of
the times. A native. Commenting
on the results of her lecture
states that her example sshas had some.
thing of an electrical effect on
the large number of native ladies
that have attended her lectures. Al.
though native ladies are usually bashfnI.
yet when, after the Pundita had finished
the ladies were asked to express their.
thoughts on the subject which she had
dWelt upon, one of the ladies present, af-
ter slight pause, gathered courage and
stood up and spoke, and nearly half q
dozen other ladies followed, yieinp ssea-
gerly with one another for the privilege
OF gracefully speaking to the audience in
praise of their able and learned sister,
: Even the most hopeful OF womad's ad-
vocates among us, the native paper
adds. were hardly prepared for this
singular but most delightful spectacle. !"
DEATH SWIFTLY FoLLows WEDDING.
Friday night Mr.. James Guthrie. q
prosperous young farmer living near
Halifax courthouse, Va, was married to
Miss Hulda Martin. a large company
was present at the wedding, which vas
soiemnized at the residence OF the brides
father. Owing to bad weather, the
guests remained at the mansion all night.
Saturday morning, when they had as
sem bled at the breakfast-table. il was
remarked that the bride and groom were
late in coming. Suddenly the shrieks of
guests hurried into the hall, where they
met the bride of a night, who cried:
MY husbandl Oh, my husbandp When
she awoke Saturday morning she found
her husband dead By her side. She is
almost insane from grief. His fsneral
took place Sunday from the house IN
which he was married. His four grooms
men acted as paIl-bearers, and the min
lister who married them read the burial
service.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

Langtry, on being asked how she liked
this country, said: ''Very mnch. think
1t great country. Chicago liked best
OF the cities. It is great town, full of
life and thrift. found western society
able and we'll informed in regard to
dramatic matters better than those Of
the south. liked New Orleans. but
thin. = . stagnant, sleepy city. The
weather gAa so hot.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10
Notice.

Notice IS hereby given to whom ii may concern, that
the undersigned has been awarded the contract for
keeping the Douglas county Paupers fer te period OF
two years. Al persons in need OF assistance from laid
county must first procure certificate TO that effect
from any member Of the County Board, and present it
20 of the following named persons, who author
zed to- viii for those presenting such certificate
W. L. Butten, Roseburg l.. L. kellogg, Oakland; Mrs
brown Looking Glass. DR.. Scrcsgs Is authorized to
hinsh medical aid TO all persons in need OF the
Sho have been declared paupers Of Douglas county.
WM. 3 CLARKE, Supt OF Poor
RnxEsuRG. Or. Feb Is. 1880
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-03-10

George Edwards, who was employed at
the Nsrfi Carolina warehouse in Colds.
Doro, bet that he could eat quart Of
oysters and wash them down. with 4
quart OF whisky. He accomplished the
undertaking and fell into the hands Of
the undertaken. The fool killer seized
him shortly after the monsterous meal
Mad been devoured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-10
BATES COLLEGE.
Conditions of the Promise of uundre IL
Thousand not Satisfied.

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts,, in
the case of Bates College against the execu
tors of the estate of the late Benjamin +.
Bates of Boston, for payment of the 800, 900
subscription of Mr.. Bates TO the College.
make public the following decision:
The pliintif has not satisfied the condi-
tons of Mr.. Bates promise. The subscrip
ton of $4,000 by the Free VIII Baptist Ell
ucationTl Society was not absolate and
unconditional. and there is no evidence that
this defect was knowingly waived by Mr..
Bates
This final decision loses to Bates College
his 800, 900 subscription to that institution.
The facts of the case will be of interest:
In letter dated February 2l, 1878, the late
Benjamin +. Bates. the well-known wealthy
and public spirited citizen of Boston, and
large mill owner and founder of Bates Col
leye. at Lewiston, wrote to Rev. .. b. Cheney,
president of the said Bctes College, as fol-
lows:
III YOU can raise 500, 900 within five years
from this date, to aid the Bates College, you
NAV relv upon me for 500 900 in addition to
what have already given"
Mr.. Bates died on the lith of January,
1873 President Cheney testified that he was
| fire. quentlv in conference with Mr.. Bates be-
| fore his death. in eference to the progress of
the work in raising the 100000 required by
| Mr.. Bates to be raised by friends of the col
lege. In some of these conferences the fact
that the T. iucatiou Society had made sub
,cription of S2j 900 was made known to Mr..
Bates, and in their conversation according
to President Cheney this was considered a
part OF tn" 100000 to be raised by the friends
| of the college.
| If Mr. Bates had lived, there is no doubt
that he would have paid his 100000 sub
$, ription. His DEATH however, opened the
| door to all the uncertainties of the laws, and
Bates College finds h. rself unexpectedly de-
nrived of the much needed aid which Mr..
| Bates intended to give the restitution.
| While this result is a severe blow to Presl-
dent Cheney and Bates College, yet from
seeming evil good is often evolv.d and al
ready the new Zeal which the friends Of the
| COLLEGE are manifestiug for its welfare in
this hour of trial, is bearing good fruits.
| Immediately after MIR Bates death, and
before the expiration of the five years,
/ SIS 900 in money was raised and the S2o,ooo
note of the Education Society secured. max
ing. as President Cheney supposed, the full
slOQ. 900 r, quired. The claim for Mr.. Bates
hundred thousand was presented to the Pro-
bate Court. but was disallowed by that court
The College appealed to the Supreme court.
At the trial it was shown that the Education
Society note has been paid in full. The pre-
siding Justice. however, ruled that the raising
500. OOO,as required by the contract declared
upon, meant the raising of that amount IN
money before the expiration OF nve wears
and that the condition had not been complied
WITH and there was no waiver by Mr.. Bates
of the provision This view of the case. ha:
been sustained BY the full court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-10
STATE rEMrERANcE coxvEsr1o1
Quarterly Session at R.,b.

| The State cor,.
of N.;, Vi tue Reform Clubs
ine. at i'ath on Wednesday at twf
| O'Clock NJ and was organized h,, ,hI.
of f. L. Noble of I.r;..
ch,i-ma, oh as temporary
h' secretary, and large
Vi we presidents The following
committees were appointed:
On Permanent Orvan;z.,;o
worth. Saccarappa. i Mex. D., " emit
WEIGH. Lewiston Dath; r.
On Speaker.-p o,;u
Kennedy. PortI,nd Da.n D A
On Locarion-W NJ ms Iopsham
McKiever. Bath. r r Danger; >.
Brunswick. s''"' "outh
On State Commit,ae-p Wilt
S. N. Dean. Banyor. p II h,oh
On Order of Rus;nsss Z na.h.
J. Plunkett Tonsha wat Bath :;
carappa. u o. "eaoury' Sac
On Resolu.ions-p IT o,;.
A. Kennedy. Por,Iard. i,; pain: j.
Bangor. '''
After listening to remarks from, al -
delegates present the conyen,iar '. ,o az tne
cess. '''A re
On reassembI;nc .ho oa..
ed TO order he c., D II ni. ''ion was call
Of tho Ri a.; rt IL oH'er' president
non, or,an;.a,;o nc committee on perma-
H. Wentwor,b far 49,; 49, me names OF
burv for sacr',. Pa ana a D Sea
each club Tha =. no., 1851, from
In the evening a pnbi;,. ~.
in CITY Hall which was nras;da1 '.i'
President W.ntwor,b and pn,s,aI - ot
ina hy Tho -. - ~ ope".i win sing
cbsni.;n ~ M, Ri - "i. al SONS,
welron,a ,ras Nd - .,uo "A" autr''s oil
R.,b vh;,h 80 =, J"p' l II; OlNef VI
Richardson of Ranoor foIIo,,oi M a.
bv a largo rumh.r ~ d..Ia,.,a - "u' 'sses
Thursday morn;,c, -
baId Mil Was
aiio1 me business session
.sJ 49,, " ~ " '1'ue"t " en'"orth
49, &c IT. n eNei uses ot MI.
Admired - ra,nt.-t; uns" IGN ci"p was
Ranor,s 81 ,ho oo,a;.i a. "e co"' en',on'
usre ,ben .-aad .rd ;,',.,;' eiuos
f,IIo,.od frou, D NJ tI.S rr'' esses
,o,.n 80 NJ. - VI ueofge
~ -" ' '""u' u, His"on
W "PPoih. STATE commit
o' ''e q"ar'e, reported the Ioiiowlhg:
aJ,: " arhn' RESCUE Isle.
Cnn'he,. w" hanu' nspph.
Er,nLI;n ~ Al, E .
Kennebec-R w lima Wa,ar,;IIa
r. y n r.h
~, ~ ino"'o',oh'
Eus''s' DIAhein'
.e"oosc".-o: ~. Dedh. bangor.
Ilscata4uis-o. Martin. roxcroft.
Saeauaioc-', Mc'luery' Bath.
Ei'er son. "au's"n Cehtre.
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Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain of cutting teeth? If so, send
at once and get bottle of Mrs. WINsLow' s
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHING.
Its value is incaculabie. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. 1t cures dysentery and diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces in
fammaton, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHING is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for sale
by all druggists throughout the world. Price
% cents a bottle.
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Kent's Hill lettings.

A movement is on foot to procure pedes-
tai for the bust of the late S. X. Bearce
which was received last term and is now
stored in the office.-Prof. Morse has
chorus class practicing on the oratorio
of Esther which they will give later
in the term. The literary and musical en-
tertainment given for the Adelphlnan Society
Thursday evening was an interesting one. 1t
consisted of recitations by Miss Rosa Z. II.
Sandborn of Hallowell and music by local tai
ent. She showed thorough training and good
command of both voice and person The
editorial board of the Breeze has been elected
as follows: W. l.. Bartlett, editor; Miss Ida
l.. Gott. associate; f. s. Furnel, personal
Miss Hattie Clifford, local; NJ. A. Whitney,
business manager; G. w. Earle, financial
agent. The first issue for the term will APP
pear in about week.