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The Way to Success.

The surest road to success in life is
that of persistent and thorough work
Spectators who make money rapidly
generally lose it with equal rapidity It
is the patient. steady pIodders who gain
and keep fortunes. William a. Webb,
the great ship builder OF New York, is a
good example for the young men of the
United States. His father had won a
large fortune in ship building, and, like
many loving fathers, wished an easier
life for his favorite boy. But the young
man preferred his fathers trade, and de-
termined to master it. He went into the
shipyard like a common workman, be-
ginning at the foot of the ladder, and ac-
Quired great skill in the use of all tools.
Soon even the experienced hands did not
equal him In nicety of work. He was
still young man WHEN his father died,
but he continued the business, and won
man in the yard in the morning, and was
the last to leave at night, With his own
hand he drew the model of every vessel
built therein; wrote in book every spec
ification of the building. and marked on
the frame the place for every stick of
tim Der. No better vessels. either for war
or commerce, were built in the world
than came from Webb's yard, OF the
140 built under his own eye not one
proved a failure. Sir Titus Salt, the
great English manufacturer of alpaca,
used to boast, when he was millionaire
that he could, at moments notice, take
the place of any workman il his vast fac
tory. He was master, not only of the
financial. but of the mechanical part of
the business.
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Ready Writing.

The recent practical reform in compo-
sition writing which has been introduced
in our schools will be beneficial beyond
estimation If it succeeds in teaching
young people rules of punctuation, how
to spell an enough of paragraphing to
separate ideas on paper. Any editor,
whether of daily newspaper or leading
magazine, will tell you that out of the
100 manuscripts which he handles, very
few are ready for publication without
careful supervision. The ignorance of
how to spell and of good grammar, not
to speak of smooth English, would as
tonish one who had not opened these
same packages which contain the ambi.
tion and hope of the aspiraEt.
The road to literary fame is slow and
tedious and marked by few white stones;
for in this age of sarcasm and liberty of
the press, the iron must pass through
the very soul ofSthe writer if he would
persevere and toll on. In order to COM
pose intelligently one must be conyer-
SAINT with arts and sciences; have q gen.
eral knowledge of literature, and take
steady and unremitting portions of pure
English; far no matter how bright the
youth be, he must strive for style. The
boy with ready wit, who handles a clever
pen at school will eventually disappear
from the literary world unless he reads
regularly and systemS' ically. He cannot
afford, even if he may be very clever at
composition writing, to continue to give
without absorbing, for there is an end
even to generously filed store house.
Composition writing, like good gram
mar. is very dependent on home train.
ing, and although the school may ac-
complish much, it cannot create, inde-
pendent of individual assistance.
Reading, then, must be considered as
inseparable from composing. George
Eliot is said to have read thousand
books relating to ''Daniel Deronda, and
we are we'll aware all our great writer's
generally have been classical scholars.
There cannot be too much learning
where there is O constant drain n the
imagination.
-"Of making many books there is no
end" and the young student who would
climb the ladder of literature must re-
member that everything has been said,
and in order to obtain lasting hearing
he must speak very correctly I'D very
originally. There is always room for a
young writer, if he or che has decided
talent, but at best the road is weary and
tedious.
"Only newspaper reporter, rema arked
young lady few days since in the
hearing of the writer. Yes. 'tonly a
newspaper reporter" But have you
ever thought what this same newspaper
reporter may be equal to?
He writes in half hour something
that entertairs you at breakfast. de is
present everywhere, everywhere; he is
active, shrawd and discreet, and COM
prehends more in five minutes than you
possibly would in five hours. In fact it
may be told to you confdentially that he
will be an editor some day, when you
are reading your unpublished poems to
your friends.
For there is no surer way to success
than to begin at the bottom of the lad
der. The old-fsshioned method of care
ful drill in spelling is the surest way to
secure accuracy, and there is no surer
way to kill authorship than by super
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

MANNERS AT TARLE. AS do the old SO
will the children do. If, when child
asks for biscuit, it is picked up by the
parent and handed around ,one at time,
or thrown at the child there is no chance
to reprove the child when it does the
same to the parent. When parent eats
with knife, and forgets to use the fork,
the child is warranted in doing the same.
A chatty, cheerful table is always to be
desired, free from formal stifEaAss; but
freedom is not rudeness, ease is not
boorishness; good breeding will show its
presence quicker at table than in the
parlor or salon. Let parents be careful
to set the correct example, and the chill
dren will not be slow to do likewise.
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had better become q fanatic than
drunkard.n
Judge Alston's face crimsoned.
'sYou use needlessly harsh language,
Birdie" he said. "A man may enjoy
his fine liquors temperately, as gentle
man should enjoy all his pleasure.
There is no Feed to apply degrading
epithets, my dear. / cannot be separated
from my boy"
s.Then," said Jessie, rising, ST sup
pose he must take his chances. Poor
Harry"
She passed out of the room, her uncle
making no effort to detaln her.
"How exceedingly uncomfortable thu
girl makes one" he muttered, as few
moments later he reused himself and
looked about him.
'After all. what does it amount to?
The boy has few sips of good spirit
and smacks his lips over it. Doubtless I
did the same thing at his age. Yet am
none the worse for it He is but chip
of the old block. Birdie has lived under
Alexis gloomy influences until she has
become saturated with his fanatical no.
| tions. But what shrewd little person
she is, withal. And what forceful mea-
sures she would employ. They are
equal to the terms she uses"
| A slight scowl contracted his brow as
he recalled the Objectionable word
drunkard. Then, still bearing his niece's
sharp, incisive speech in mind, he re-
peated her last words-and endorsed
them in the repitition.
81 suppose he must take his chances.
Poor Harry"
Ten years later the chances had been
all taken, and Harry Alston, in the first
flush of youth was brought to his faith
er's house, as he had been brought many
times before, for the last time. In a
drunken frollc he had received fatal
wound. Dying, he uttered words that
never for an hour left the tortured
memory of his heart-stricken father.
"Ohs father, if you had only set me
the example! If you had only tried to
save me! II You had only told me truly,
before it was too later'
And SO, with wailing and upbraiding,
his young life ebbed away. Poor
Harry
| Lorg. lonely years passed over the
head of Judge Alston. At the mouth OF
the boys grave he abjured King Alcohol
and by supreme effort broke loose
from his thralling chains. But though
for years he lived, useful and honored
member OF society, he lived his life in
the bitterness of grief that knew no as
suagement. When nearing
"The bounds of life. we lay our burdens down
clouds and darkness settled around his
soul. He walked apart from the world
that had known him so long; and of al
the memories of a crowded experience
enly one remained-the memory of fail
haired boy, whose innocent eyes looked
up into his with trusting love, but
whose presence had vanished, he knew
not whittier.
Harry Posr Harry!" he would mur
muir, at long intervals and between
whiacs; che had to take his chances
Poor Harry! he%as gone. The old mar
is all alone, ud--he has burden on hi,
conscience"
In the last hours the clouds lifted
With his faithful friend Jessie at hi,
side, his hand in hers, his fading sigh
fixed on her large, sweet, serious eyes
he dictated his last will and testament
leaving the bulk of his fortune for ths
founding of an asylum for inebriates il
his own city
"It is all that l can do, Birdie" !" ht
added ''And it is done too late. Pool
, Harryi"
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OLD LETTERS,
| bent above the pile,

Musing bent above the pile,
The relics of the past
Records of joys, and loves, and hopes
Too bright, it seems, to last.
Each letter had its tale to tell,
Like tombstones of the dead;
1t speaks of friends or loves now gone,
OF sunshine that is fed.
One brings smile, one holds tear,
And one painful thrill,
For the dear hand that traced its lines
Is pulseless now and still;
Or if the heart yet throbs with life
From which those words once sprung
The love is dead that moved the pen,
While yetthe date was young
How sad those loving prophecies
That never grew to bloom;
Old letters, ,ye are faded flowers
Scattered upon Hopes tomb.
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PLEA,

Say, lost thou love me, let me hear again
The tender music of that sweet refrain
That ever soothes my weary heart to rest
And comes, my longing souls most welcome
guest.
Life robbed Of love is but wilderness
Where anxious hearts o'erburdened with dis
tress
Forever seek content and peace to know
And only find unrest and pain and woe.
weary love of earth's unceasing jar,
Where hope is but dim, hall. hidden star,
And JOY a Iitful gleam too often lost
Among the threat'ning clouds its path has
crossed.
Then let me hear thy loving tones repeat
Soft. melting tones, with tenderness replete,
Say "but love thee and all life shall be
A glowing dream of perfect joy to me.
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ENLARGED PICTURES.

l. G. Davidson, the popular Portland photogra-
pher is filling orders for enlarged pictures of all
kinds. at his gallery on the corner of First and
Yamhill streets. He employs number of the
best artists at this work and it will bear the closest
inspection. His work is as good as any ever pro
duced on this coast while his prices extremely
reasonable Mr.. Davidson will receive orders by
mail from any part of the northwest coast and will
deliver them, all finished in the highest style of
the art, within reasonable time. A trial order
from any section OF the country with convince
anyone that Mr.. Davidson is the man to favor
with orders, as fair treatment has always been
his rule
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The following modest item appears in
Kentucky paper, whose editor had
been instrumental in obtaining relief for
the sufferers by the food: 'sToo much
praise cannot be awarded our editor for
his successful efforts in behalf of our
needy people,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

For the hest photographs in Oregon, go to F.
g. Abels gallery. ld7 First street, Portland. His
work will bear the most searching tests, for it is
made by genuine artists, who understand their
business.
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Eyes" said the deacon, .sthe.organist
certainly did play opera bouffe airs and
the can,can in his voluntary yesterday.
but. dear mel can't kick up row about
it without giving myself away by show.
ing that recognize the music. - Boston
Post.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

slaven's Yosemite Cherry Tooth Paste
An aromatic combination for the preservation
of the teeth and gums. 1t is far superior to any
preparation of its kind in the market. In large,
handsome opal pots, price fifty cents. For sale
by all druggists Hodge, Davis & Co., whole
sale agents, Portland, Oregon.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

The next sensation at the Elite in Portlanl is
the appearance of El Nno, Eddie, the Wonder
of the World" and Alice Morgan, the "Queen of
Clubs Popular prices, % and so cents.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

TURKISH Rres.-Send to John B. Garrison,
f67 Third street Portland, for catalogues OF ie-
aigns.
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DON'T BUY BOSS BOOTS UNLESS
YOU WANT THE BEST. SEE THAT
OUR NAME Is ON EVERY PAIR.
AKIN. SELLING & co.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-04-21

Take Tm. Pfunders Oregon Blood Purifier.
Garrison repairs all klnas OF sewing machines
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AN UNPARALLELED OFFER !!

LIST Gents Orde Guard; usual p,ice, ~ 80; price,
50 50. Cut represents section. q size.
2d-Elegant brilliant Scarf PIN regular price,
IS; 81 50.
Sd-tIents' Ring: fit card finger for size. 50:
usual price, s5
4th-Breastpn, gem. 81 50; usual price, IS.
5th-A beautiful Bosom stud very brilliant, 81 so;
usual price, S.
6h-Lades brilliant Ear Drops, 81 So usual price IS
We will return money on any of these goods II they
not superior to your aDticipatons knowing that
such offer has been made before Send money or
der II possible. and address TIL MORTON AGENCY
Portland, Oregon. p. o. box 362.
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NEW CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC FAVOR IS
IA the New No. II White Sewing Machine. on exit
bition 3arrison's sewing Machine Store, Portland
Tailors and others interested in rstclass manufac-
turing machine are invited to call and examine.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-08

THE unexpected MS well as gratifying
announcement is made that at last one Of
the New York brutes clothed With q
policemnn's garb and authority, wi o
have so freely handled their clubs, often
on innocent persons, has been committed
to the Tombs. This one-an officer
rpmed McNamara-kil an iutoxicatt d
man by tho name of John Smith the
other night by blow with his club en-
the back of Smiths neck. The assault
bY the officer was as needless as ii was
cruel and ruffianly and if anything like
Justice is meted out to him he will spend
the next few years of his life in prison.
A sharp example of this kind is very
much needed to teach the New York po-
lice force that they haven't CARTE
BLANCHE to club any citizen who happens
to speak disrespectfully to them or re-
fuse to comply promptly with their or
ders.
THAT story about Roscoe Conklipg
and the little girl who was taken to see
the great Senator and who was told by
him, Eyes Mary" solemnlY lifting his
forefnger, "but remember th,rs is n
greater than Senator Conkling" was
pretty good when it was young, but that
was a great many years ago before the
Senator was born. 1t fits the fictitious
ConLlpg of the half-breed Imagination
very well but it would be as foreign Il
the real man as it is to the truth wbor
applied TO him.
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offices got one each. The law autboriz-
ing these notes goes mo effect next
Monday. Superintendent Mcdonald
says the low fee of three cents for issu-
ing one Of these notes is due to the fact
that very little clerical work is necessary
The stub is retained at the issuing Office
rs the only record Of the notes.
The chairman of the Republican State
Committee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thos.
V. Cooper, is out with circnlar which
it is proposed to send to all. Republicans
whether they are in Office or not who are
supposed to be willing to make contri-
buttons. The Civil Service law only
prohibits Senators, Iresentatives and
Delegates in Congress and Federal en-
ployees from asking for contributions.
OF course this leaves the local managers
Mt liberty to apply the bleeding plaster
Treasurer Wyman chooses to be mys-
terious about that package of ten 81, 1000
notes found under an old trunk in the
cancellation room the other day by the
machinist George Langley. There is
reason to believe that they were cancelled
before they were dropped, but Treasurer
Wyman will not say positively that this
was the case. Another instance of the
carelessness of Treasury officials came tc
light to-day. One of the young women
employed to sort the contents of the
waste baskets of the department, with 6
view to the classification of the waste
paper fund therein for the convenienc,
of the paper mills, found this morning
$500 in greenbacks in one of the vast
baskets. Another of the young womel
found $25 worth of internals revenu,
stamps in another waste basket recently
; Yet the Treasury system of checks is per
! feet.
1t is currently rumored here that il
order to affect the vote of Pennsylvani
in the Presidential campaign. and NOR
, especially to enlist the Pennsylvani
delegation in the next National Republl
can Convention in behalf of the nomina
: ton of Arthur, an effort is being mad
7 covertly to arrange change of slate i
many of the important Presidential off
S ces in the State. 1t is not thought tha
3 the President will look upon the move
ment with favor, but behind it there
D said to be powerful number of polite
y ians, who will represent to the Presiden
that if he makes appointments to SUI
e them he can feel assured of Pennsy
+, vania's vote in the next Republican Coz
:. yention. The movement will be mad
s as soon as the President returns.
4 AUGUST.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Half out Of His Head.

"Blessrd is the man." said Don Quixote's
weary squire, "who invented sleep" Sancho's
gratitude is ours, but what II one cannot for
any reason enjoy that excellent invention
"Nervousnoss In me had become a disease"
writes Mr. william Coleman, the well known
wholesale druggist Of Buffalo, N Y.
|. ~ could not tleep, and my nights were
either passed in that sort of restlessncss
which Lcarly crazes man, or in a kind Of
stupor, haunted by tormenting dreams.
Having taken PARKER's Tonic for other
troubles, l tried 1t also for this. The result
both surprised and delighted me. My nerves
were toned to concert pit and, like Cmsar's
fat men, fell into the ranks of those who
sleep o. nights. should add that the Tonic
speedily did away with the condition of gen.
cral debility and dyspepsia occasioned by my
previous slceplessness, and gave mestreDgth
and perfect digestion. In brief, the use Of
the Tonic thoroughly re-established my
health. have used PARKER's Toxic with
entir7 success for sea-slckncss and for the
bowel disorders incident to ocean voyages.
This preparation, has heretofore been
known as PARKER's GINGER TONIC. Here
after it will be al ertised and sold under the
name of PARKER's TONIC omitting the
word ''ging r." HlsCoX& Co., are induced to
make this change blythe action of unprncpltd d
dealers who have tor years deceived their
customers by substituting inferior prepara-
iions under the name Of ginger. We drop
this misleading word all tho moro willlngly,
as ginger is an unimportant favorlng in
gredient in our Tonic
Please remember that no change has been
made in the preparation itseIfand all bott ties
remaining in the hands Of dealers, wr iped
under the name of PAEKEG's Ginger ToNlc,
contain the genuine medicine ifthe fan-simil e
signature of HIscoX & Co., is at the bottem
Of tho outside wrapper. Sept.
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Our Washington Letter.
IFRoM OUR SPECIAL COkREsPoNDENT.l
WAsHINGToN,D D. c., Sept. l, 1883.

IFRoM OUR SPECIAL COkREsPoEDENT.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept l, 1883.
The first iustallment of the new pos
tai notes was received at the city post
Office to-day. The notes, two on page,
are bound together in square books
something like a check book. In each
volume there are SEQ notes. aud there
are twenty volumes. When the note is
issued il is torn IRON the book leaving
on the stub the amount and name of the
person to wLom it is sent and the post
Office address. The notes show signs of
having been hastily worked Of, as the
impression is not at all clear. The dir
tY mustard color does not add to their
attractiveness, and as far as looks are
concerned the new notes will not make a
favor BILE impression. The lathe.work
and engtt wing is very fine, indeed, and
il will be din. snlt to make successful
COUNT rTeit. The issue Of the notes will
first be made on the 81, of September.
As is generally the casS when new
issue of government notes or securities
takes place there is lively demana Gol
the low numbers from people who wish
to preserve them as specimens. In the
New York issue ex-Postmaster. General
James has entered his name for No. /,
and in Washington the member of Con-
gress who introduced the bill, Dr.. Me-
Donald, the Superintendent Of the mon,
ey-order Office, will get note No. 2.
The Homer Lee Bank Note company
has carried ont its contract TO the letter
although to do so it has been necessary
to work, twenty-five out of the twenty
four hours for the past two months. The
notes have been engraved, printed (or
paper with special designs manufactured
since the giving out of the eontraeD anC
bound in books ready for issue in thes'
two monlhs. and they are now ready fol
use at tho various postal note office
throughout the country. They hay,
been sent out TO all the money order of
fees. They are printed in books, eael
book containing 500. Eighty Thousand
, Of these books have been sent to the G5,
600 money-order Offices. The larger Of
fees got several books, while The IN ale
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W th 1917 39s acres disposed of While
studying these figures 1 wac led to the
reflection that the land DOMAIN Of the
United States is being taken up with
amazing rapidity, and thatthe large sales
at auction every year might well be dis
continued. They are usually the result
of combination OF spectators striving
TO Get hold of the choicest tracts in the
market aud there is no reason why the
Government should aid them. Every
acre of land the Government now owns
should be held for actual settlement un-
der the acts OF Congress and not per.
mitten to get into the hands of specula.
tors in large t-acts. Dom Pedro.
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ate their lots, but much remains to lie
done. 1 confess it almost gives one
shock to see tens of thousands expended
TO provide junketing tours for the Presi-
don't, the members of the Cabinet ID
their female relatives in United States
men OF war, while few thousand are
heerudged to men who risk their live 5
to save those of Others
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Railroad Guide.
philadelphia & Reading R. R.
Arrangement Of Passenger Trains.

=
MAY 2Tth, 1888,
Trains leave Allentown as follows:
(Via PERKIoMEN RAIJHoAD.l
For Philadelphia at 500, e.4s, ll.lo a. me-
and F3.lOp p. IN.
SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia at $500 n, m.snd 4iso pm.
(Via EAST PgrN BRANcH.)
For Reading and Harrisburg, 800, $40 o..
M, lzl5, 43', and 9.05 p. IN.
For Lancaster and Columbia, 600, $40 a.
SUNDAYS.
For Harrisburg, and wsypoints, TSS o. M,
0.U5 p. m.
Trains for Allentown leave as follows:
(Via PERKIOMYN RAILRoAD.O
Leave Philadelphia, 7.4o a. M. and Loo.
"l.35, Il 80, and 5.lb p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia, s.se g. m, $40; and
F4.20 p. m.
(via EAST PENN. BRANcH.)
Leave Reading, 7.so, le.is a. m, 400 $50,
Leave Harrisburg, S2o, T.5O, $50 a. m, Las
Leave Lancaster, 1880 a. m, LOO and ts.4O
p.
Leave Columbia, T0O a.. m, 1.lO and $40
tFrom King Street Depot.
| SUNDAYS.
| Leave Reading, 900 a. m. and 600 n. m.
1 Leave Harrisburg, 100 a. M. and 40O p. m :.
| Trains via "Perkomen Railroad" marked
| thus ~ run to and from Depot, Ninth and
| Green streets, Philadelphia, other trains to
and from Broad street Depot.
The 5000 and 6.45 a. IN. trains from Allen
town, and the IL 35 and 5.l5 p. IN. train from
Philadelphia, via Perkiomen Railroad, have
through cars to and from Philadelphia.
j. L. WOOTTEN,
General Manager.
q. @. HANCOCK,
Gen'l Pass'r & Ticket Agent
May 9th, 1888.