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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-30
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALER IN WATCHES,
CLOCKS, JEWELRY
A FINE ASSORTMENTOF SPEC
TACLEs, OF ALL KINDS.
L. BELFILs.
N o T L c 3

In the County Court of the State Of Oregon for the
County of Douglas. In the matter OF the estate of
John o'Rourk deceased:
ITO ALL WHOM IT NAY CONCERN: Notice is
i hereby given that the undersigned has been ap-
pointed by the County Court OF Douglas county the
administrator Of the estate OF John 0Rourk deceased
All persons knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate will please settle the with at my Office
in the Drain hotel at Drains, in said Douglas county
And any persons having claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present the same to me a. said
place. properly verified within six months from the
s te hereof, June 5, 1888
S. BECKLEY, Administrator
J. w. Hamilton, attorney.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-30

A FIRST-CLASS GRAIN FARM NEAR THt
n Town of Wilbur, containing 3i4 acres Has
good dwelling house and out buildings, and fine or
chard all well fenced and watered $50 in grain
A desirable home and very cheap.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
0UIPS AND 0UIDDITIES.

1t takes three scruples for drachm,
but many man will take three drains
without a scruple.
A fat youth asked at city restaur-
ant: What have you got?' Almost
everything" was the reply. Almost
everything? Well, give me plate Of
that" Certainly. Hash" screamed
the waiter.
"Are the young ladies of the present
day fit for wives?' asked a lecturer of
his audience. They are fit for hus-
bands" responded feminine voice,
"but the fficulty is that yots men are
not fit for wives" The applause vas
great, as was the discontinue of the
lecturer.
There are some persons who cannot
take a JOKE, but Brown is not one of
them. One of the boys acquainted with
Browns frequent change of abode asked
him which he thought wac cheaper, to
move or pay rent. II can't tell you,
my dear boy" replied; 81 have always
moved.
Philip lis death is beautiful tx
ample of peace in dying. After a life
of murder, falsehood, PERI ution, and
lust, ne declared that he never had
conscientiously done wrong to any one.
But he WAS equaled by the late Mar
shall Narvsz, who being exhorted by
his confesso- to forgive his enemies,
replied: 81 have no enemies-I have
shot them all"
A French investigator finds that, in
proportion to its size, bee can pull
thirty times as much weight as horse.
the unfortunate individual who acct.
dentally upset beehive is firmly con-
WINGED that the French investigator is
eminently correct in his assertion.
"Ohl why art thou not near me, oh!
my loveY" sang a serenader in Glas-
Cow, toe other night; and when the
girl who was leaning too far out of the
window lost her balance and dropped
right on him, the fellow acted as CON
fused as could be. Some men cannot
stand success.
"Don't you remember meY "Can't
say that | ever saw you BEFORE"
"Wby, don't you remember little Sam.
my Bambry, who used to steal your
peaches and break your windows TWEEN
ty years ago, right here in Austin?"
"Why, certainly, | remember you now,
and | tanned your little hide for you
when | caught you" "You bet you
did. All, those happy days will never
come again"
There is something about your
daughter" Mr.. Wanghop said reflect
ively-'there's something about your
daughter -" eyes" said old Mr..
Thistlepod, "there is; / had noticed it
myself. 1t comes every night at 8
o'clock, and it doesn't get away usually
till about II o'clock. Aud some of
these evenings am going to lift it all
the way from the trent parlor to the
side gate and see what there is in it,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
At the Old Home.

A man does love to go back and view
the scenes among which ne made his
start, even though he may not remem-
Der much about them. There, see
there? That is the house your great
grandfather built" 1t was a swell house
in those days evidently. Two stories
squaIe-hewed logs, porch all along
the front. And the hands that built il,
the voices that laughed and sang in it,
the merry feet that danced on its oaken
floors Down through the broken root
and in the chinks of the lettering walls
the sun shines to-day in great bars OF
gold, just for al instant, and then the
clouds shut out the sunlight and the
pitiless rain beats dOgn upon the old
log house. The skies are gray, the
trees are leahess, the hills are bare, and
the rising winds moan and sigh. Drip,
drip, drip the water falls from the
broken caves, like the monotonCus tick
of clock that tells the lives of four
generations. But for the moaning wind
and the weeping water, how still, how
quiet it all is. "My great-grsndfathe
built 1t, them | wOLder, if | wait here
until the day is gone and the evening is
gray and full of shadows, If he win
come to the dismantled old door, and
with ghostly silence and old-t time cour-
tesy bid his great-grandson welcome 10
the acres and manor of his ancestors.
"And the orchard on the hill, Robert,
your grandfather planted. And he built
the brick house on the other side OF the
road"
There is tie orchard still. Year after
year the fragrant blooms and the robins
come together, but the boy who planted
the trees? The orchard bloom and the
withered leaf of November are alike to
him, and the song of the robin does not
reach his ear.
"Your mother was born in that
house"
Alb, my mother? She was little girl
here, then? All these hills are sacred
with the touch of her patteripg feet;
down this winding glen she has plucked
the wood violets and snemones; and
the birds in the swaying branches above
her head have sung in wild joyousness
to hear her laugh. She was school
girl here-my mother. And how pretty
she was then, with the tender curve of
her lips and the full.orbed eyes of brown
soft and deep as the shadows of these
hills; an, she was beautiful when she
was a school girl
And that night l stand in my native
village, and look at the stars that come
out in the blue sky, and listen to the
low-voiced Monongahela singing at my
feet; and in the stars / see the soft light
of my mothers eyes, and listening to
the song of the river l know where her
dear voice caught the low, mellow
music that in the long ago lulled, with
the old-time cradle songs, her little ones
to sleep.-R. j. Burdette.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
Art at Home.

Rooms belonging to rich and cult
waited amateArs are generally either
overfurnished or underfurnished. The
objects de uirtat, which have been collect
ed at such pains and cost because they
are the fashion, have little reason to
be where they are found, however
beautiful they may be. They crowd
the house till it looks like a curiosity
shop, or else they are frugally scattered
with a palpabl, aim to seem select, and
their fewness and goodness carry a sort
OF elf-consciousness and affectation
with them.
Now, when we enter 8 room, the
first feeling ought to be, chow comfort
ablel' the second, as we glance quickly
around to discover why, ought to be,
chow beautiful not touch too much
or too little. The art is to conceal art,
and when the first impression is that
of hyper-refinement, just as when it
Is that of depletion, or of conspicuous
wealth we may sure the room is not
perfect. Directly affectation enters,
beauty decamps. A room ehould be
treated, rs much as possible, as a pict-
ure. ln picture, monotonous angle,
as III paneled walls, would be judicious
ly broken by the shrewd introduction
of some bracket shelf or plate. Yet
most people still enunciate the angu-
larity of panels by stretching one
square picture in the middle OF each.
II the panel is of good oak let Us now
and then see its fine fabric, uuspot:ed
by hanging things. But because one
panel is left bare, do not leave all the
panels without ornament. Suspend a
handsome dropping object of some
sort so as to break the lines little
without causing q disagreeable shock
to the eye, or place some tall palm
plant, so as to serve the same purpose.
But plants, young trees, and bushes are
not often enough used and appre-
ciated, even by those who love flowers.
Beauty in dress, beauty in decora-
ton, like beauty in architecture, large
ly rest upon character human
soul within, about, behind it. Individ-
uality supplies the interest, as in
picture. Harmony, like a charitable
mood, is the other grand secret, an
open secret, yet somehow as hard to
fad as genuine charity. To find
beautiful room, or beautiful costume,
is to find human SOUL for the heart
end brain shine through tint and fold.
Hence, how needful that pure mind
and genial soul should be clothed
about with what is individual and gen
timely their own, rather than with
some concoction foreign to them,
which may speak for itself an alien
language Temple Bar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
A Bee story.

The following illustration of the power
possessed by insects to communicate
their experiences to one ano her is
given by lady correspondent of the
London Spectator: 81 was ct wing in
the house of a gentleman who was fond
of trying experiments and who was a
bee keeper. Having read in some book
on bees that the best and most humane
way of taking the honey without de-
stroyipg the bees was to immerse the
hive for few minutes in a tub of cold
water, when the bees, being half
drowned, could not sting, while the
honey was unipjured, since the water
could not penetrate the closely waxed
cells, he resolved to try the plan. saw
the experiment tried. The bees, &C
cording to the receipt, were fshed out
OF the water after the hive had been
immersed a few minutes, and, with
those remaining in the hive, laid
on sieve in the sun to dry;
but as, by bad management,
the experiment had been tried too late
IN the day, as the sun was going down,
they were removed into the kitchen, to
the great indignation of the cook, on
whom they revenged their sufrrings as
soon as the warm rays of the fire be
fore which they were placed had re
vived them. AS she insisted on their
being taken away, they were put back
into their old hive, which ha! been
dried, together with a portion of their
honey, and placed on one of the shelves
of the apiary, in which were five or
six other strong hives full of bees, and
left for the night. Early the next
morning my friend went to look at the
hive on which he experimental the
night before, but, to his amazement,
not onl y the bees from that hive were
gone, but the other hives were all de-
serted-not bee remained in any of
them. The half-drowned bees must,
therefore, in some way or other, have
made the bees understand the fate
which awaited them"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
Handing Bees.
From the Germantown Telerranb

After we have procured our stock Of
bees, it is essential to know how tn
handle them, be they italian, BLACK or
hybrid. To the practical hand it is no
task to open hive and ego through
it, as bee-men say. But to the novice
it looks like a great undertaking to
open hive with its thousands of
stingers that seem each and every one
ready to pass out and plan. themselvs
where they will do the most good. Now,
the secret is this: Bees when filled
with honey are notfncined to sting IN
less they are squeezed. To cause them
to fill themeelves with honey, it is only
necessary to Brighten them and they
will rush to save their most valuable
property. Closing the entrance and
rapping upon the side of the hive
few minutes, or blowing smoke into the
entrance or down among them from
the top, will make them load up and
be docile. But the action of the per-
son have much to do with it also, it
almost seems as though bees know
person who is afraid of them. In GO
ing to hive and opening it, make slow,
deliberated motions, and keep your
hands away from your face, unless put
there slowly. / have known many per-
sons to be stung by quickly throwing
their hands up to their face when an
angry bee came around, the bee taking
it as challenge to fight. First, get a
good bellows-smoker to begin with,
fire it up with dry, rotten wood; ap-
proach the hive from the side to be out
of the way of the flying bees, aud give
one or two strong puff at the entrance.
Wait aminute or two for this to have
effect, then move the cap with as little
jar as possible, remove the quilt or bon
ey board as carefully, blowing a little
smoke as yoa do SO, and give the bees
a little time to ill themselves with hon
ey. The little fellows will be seen with
their heads stuck in the cells tapping
away for deaa life.
Now, make slow motions, pry the
frames over with as little jar as can be,
and while looking at the combs keep
the breath from striking the bees too
much or you will think you have been
struck with hot poker. Patience and
practice will soon give the novice con-
tidence. But do not abuse your power
and smoke the poor bees out of the
hives, as | have seen soome do; usually
three or four pufs from the smoker are
enough.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
Accident NJ a Horse Race.

AUBURN, n. Y, June 9 While leav-
ing for race, a gelding driven by
Eugene Root, of Syracuse, became I'M
manageable, and sulky was broken
by the collision. The horse dashed
from the track through the grounds,
dragging the driver by his feet. Roots
head was crushed by the horses hoofs,
and he will die, A buggy was smashed
and several persons slightly injured
before the horse was stopped. There
was a large crowd and much excite
ment. The race was resumed within
halt an hour.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

sects, but never to my knowledge
caught a coddling moth by these
means. I have thrown Stacked lime
in trees at different times when fruit
was on the trees, but it has failed to re-
duce the moths or the number of
wormy apples. have tried bands
around the trees-bands made of
straw, wood. cloth, pasteboard and soft
paper. They all catch the Larvae of the
moths, bat still enough escape to Keep
M good supply of insects. The most
efiectual band was one patented in
Western New York. 1t consists of
band of pasteboard two and ole-hal
inches wide and lined with cotton fan
mel. Professor Cook and Dr. Kedzie
have made some experiments in show
ering the trees, when the apples are
small, with Paris green or London
purple mixed ia water, the same as for
potato beetles. No trace of poison has
been found about the ripe fruit. The
egg Of the moth is usually laid in the
blossom end of the young apple, where
IL matches and the little worm begins to
cut its way into the core. A little
poison terminates its career. The ar
Senites my not be safe to use after
The apples become large enough to
hang down and have cavities at the
base"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
Nearly n Panic.

New YORK, June S.-Wba. might
have proven panic, with great loss of
life, occurred in the primary school on
5.h street this afternoon. A scholar
shouted fire, and a scene of wild excite -
ment ard confusion followed. The
hundreds of children in the different
class rooms crowded towards the stairs,
and all efforts on the part of the teach
ers to preserve order were Intellectual.
There were a number of children who
were crushed and had their clothes torn
in the struggle. The police report no
one seriously injured. There was no.
fire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
Management of Pigs.

An Iowa correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer says he has raised hogs for
over thirty years, varying in number
from 10 to $50 q year. "My experience
is, if you keep SOW that is in pig on
nothing but dry corn, about ninety -rine
times in hundred she will have either
dead or sickly pigs. This is usually the
case. In Iowa, where | have lived
tWe nty years, the winters are cold, and
hogs, even if allowed TO roam about,
can get nothing but corn, and will al
most invariably lose their pigs. The
same is true where hogs are confined
and feed exclusively on dry corn. Now
/ have remarkably good lck In raising
pigs. My way of taking care of brood
soWs is, in summer, when they can get
plenty of grass and roots to eat, feed
corn enough to keep them in good con-
dition, but not fat; in winter few
weeks before narrowing, separate them
from the rest OF the drove, make them
a warm, comfortable place with plenty
OF straw, feed literally with corn and
slop from the house, with one feed of
oats per day, and | think you will fRd
your sows farrow all right. have two
sows eighteen months old which raised
nine pigs each last September, and far
rowed again the ooh of April, one Of
ten, the other fifteen. My treatment of
them was rs above. Since l have adop-
ted the above mode / lose no more
pigs"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
TIE FARMERS WIFE.


The farmer came in from the field one day,
His languid step and his weary way,
His bended brow. and snewy hand,
All showing the work for the good OF the land;
For be sows,
And he hoes,
And he mows,
All for the good OF the land.
BY the kitchen fire stood his patient wife,
Light OF his home and joy Of his life,
With face all agOw and busy hand
Preparing the neal for her husbands band
For she mus. boil,
Aud she must broil,
And she must toll
All for the sake Of the home.
Sun shines bright when the farmer goes out
Birds sing sweet songs, lambs frisk about
The brook babbles softly in the glen,
While he works brayelv for the good Of men;
For be sows,
And he hoes
And he mOWs
All for the good Of tbs land.
How briskly the wife steps abeu. wi hin
The dishes to wash and the milk 70 skim,
The FIRE goes out and the flies buzz about -
Fer dear ones at home her heart is kept stout
There are pies 10 make,
There is bread 10 bake.
a od steps to take
All for the sake of the home.
When the day is DER and the evening has come,
The creatures are fed and the milking is done,
lie takes his rest meath the old shade tree
From the labor Of the land his thoughts are free
Though he sows
And he hoes
And he mOws
He rests from the work Of the land.
But the faithful wife, from sun TO sun,
Takes the burden up that's ne er done;
There is no rest, there is no pay
For the household goods she NUT work away
For 10 mend the frock
And 10 knit the sock,
And the cradle 20 rock
All for the good Of the home.
when autumn is here, with chilling blast,
The farmer gathers his crop al last
His barns are full, his fields are bare,
For the good Of the land be ne er hath care,
While il blows,
And il SHOWS,
Till the winter gOs,
lie rests from the work Of the land.
Bat the willing wife, till lifes closing day,
Is the chidren's, the husbands stay,
From day to day she has done her best,
Until death alone can give her rest;
For after the test
Comes the rest,
With the blest,
10 the farmers heavenly home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
The CoddIing Moth.

Professor Beal says "In my exuer-
iments with the coddling moth or APP
pie worm | have acted as though
nothing had been known or proved.
In all my observations | have never
yet seen = coddling moth on the wing
in an orchard. The insect is shy and
seldom seen by any one. | have
often tried to catch it by pla ing in APP
pie trees pans of sour milk, sweetened
vinegar, bottles of sweetened water
and boards smesred over With mo-
leases. | Raye always caught many in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
A RnsineSslike SnIeide.

LOUISVILLE. June S.-J1hn O'Connel,
of Meadville, Pa, a one legged man
out OF morey, went intoI AZ pawn shop
to-day, bargsined for a cheap revolver,
had It loaded, and when handed to MIN
placed it to his temple and blew out his
brains
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

A woman in the country once went
for a pound of candles, when, to her
great establishment and modification,
she was told they had risen penny in
the pound since her last purchase.
"What can be the cause of such
raise ?" said the old woman. Z" can't
tell" answered the shopkeeper, but /
believe It's principally owing to tho
war" " What !" exclaimed the old
woman, " do they fight by candlelight?"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14
4 Duel on HOrseback.

RICHMOND, Va, June S.-Sherif
DonckIey and I. w. Waller, fought a
duel on horseback, yesterday, near
Patrick court house. Waller was fa-
tally wounded. he was an opponent
to Donckley at the last election.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

A soda-wster fountain exploded IN
Syracuse and severely injured several
persons. The impecunious young man
should cat out this item and show it to
his best girl when she expresses a wish
to sip the fzz which toams but not in
tOxicates.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

My dear fellow, remarks the Judge
to the plaintiff, who had lost his action
before him that afternoon, "you had a
mighty good case, but what made you
employ such an ass Of a lawyer p "Be-
cause | had been told he had the ear
Of the coultln
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

Denver Tribune: Americans are for
hidden to cross the Rio GrSnde after
the Apaches. Purely as matter OF
equity, new order should be issued
forbidding Apaches to cross the Rio
Grande after Americans.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

The following advertisement appears
in a Rtverina New South Wales jour
nal:l "Wanted-a cultured gentleman
capable of milking goats: university
man preferred. Applications with tes-
timonials as to proficiency to be ad-
dressed" etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-06-14

Young Smite called oc Miss Higgen-
bottom few nights ago, and got very
wet on his way to the young lady's
residence. After he arrived nothing
would do but she must make fire for
him, and IN spite Of his protestations
she soon had roaring fire started.
Drawing near it Mr.. Smith poised one
foot on the other in front of the blaze.
For some moments not word was
spoken. Presently the young lady
gently remarked "Mr. Smith. please
take down the blower; / think the
fire has a good start" Down came
the feet amid smiles from the girl.
THE Manufacturers Gazette says
that the tinware called terne, ="
which is an alloy Of tin and lead, is not
now used by the Gamers of fruit and
meats. Many will remember that
nests of pals and pans were offered on
market at very low prices, and readily
bought for genuine tinware. The
tern" ware is still used largely in the
manufacture of spice, tobacco and
other dry material cases, but is prin-
cipslly used for roofing.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-03

The debt Of the county. Of every class.
as perfectly understood by the people ex-
cepi, perhaps, as to the school warrants.
aud as the recent order OF the Supervisors
and the county Superintendent. Tor a re-
duetlon in the number Of schools. will
rapidly reduce the expenditures in that d.
reetlon, and bring them within the limits
OF the taxes raised for that object, we have
no doubt that very soon we shall fully nm.
derstand the condition of that fund and
De able to state precisely the amount OF
the eounty's Indebtedness on that account
as we'll as all Others.