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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27
Old Pianos.

Sometimes we see an old piano stand
ing in house, and hear parents say.
I'VE thought it would do well enough for
the children to learn to play on They
have imbibed the idea that TO run the
fingers over the keys is to play on the
piano; and, no matter how much out of
tune the instrument may be, .sit will do
to learn on" Such people forget that q
musical education is more an education
of the ear than of the fingers; and that
every time child touches one of these
instruments that "answer just as well to
learn on SO far as lingering is con-
cerned, the ear is vitiated. the musical
sense blunted. and delicate perception
Of correct musical sounds is rendered
impossible. The Germans are among
the most musical people in the world |;
and, while their children were taught
music in the public schools, it was found
that the hand organs about the streets
uere out of tune and tended to yitate
the children's ear. Accordingly, an eff
fort was made to put the vagrant instru-
ments in tune, and keep them so: but,
failing to accomplish this, the govern
ment prohibited the playing of such in
struments in the streets It was thought
needful to preserve the deiicay of the
trained musical sense; and so everything
that could vitiate it was discarded. -
Herald
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saved by His Scissors.

The editor carries beautiful slip of
paper when he travels. He shows It to
suave conductors and they all admire it..
1t has the editors own name on il. writ
ten in his very best Sunday go-to-meetin'
style. That is what the conductors par
ticularly like to see, and they like It so
much that they want him to write il
again in exactly the same fine style.
The other day the editor exhibited the
beautiful ohirography and the conductor
as usual requested him to duplicate it in
another place. The editor knew he had
never written in that style before and
never should again, but he did his level
best. The conductor shock his head.
Don't correspond" he muttered.
Best can do" said the editor. ssDo
you suppose can dash off 500 pages per
day and keep up the Piercerian system OF
penmanship? Do you suppose I can
write like that with these cars of yours
banging away at my elbow?"
Don't correspond, repeated the con-
ductor ominously.
DO you imagine I'm not the editor of
this paper?' asked the editor, drawing
ont gilt-edged card and a copy of The
News.
May be sub," suggested the con.
ductor.
DO look like sub2' inquired the
editor, Indignantly pointing to his dollar
diamond shirt studs and finger ring.
"But can prove my identity" he
added, with chuckle of satisfaction.
He whipped out bright pair of scis-
sors and commence slashing upe that
newspaper into articles at such d rate
that in two seconds the whole paper
would have been converted into copy.
Stop! That will do,'' exclaimed the
conductor, smllingly. There isn't the
slightest doubt in my mind. You can
travel on this line as long as am con-
ductor and there's rail and piece of
of the engine left. Keokuk News.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27
A Cowboy Pays sa5 for a six-Year.old.

The Toronto Globe publishes the fol.
lowing:
One day not long since, though the
weather was bitterly cold, there was q
lull in the storm, and word was brought
over to the saloon that there was to be a
horse race between the Indians and the
half-breeds on the other side of the
Elbow. There was general stampede
for the foot bridge, and made nv way
over In company with cowboy, whom /
know only as Shorty" As we were
crossing the stream he handed me a
handful of nuts and remarked that he
was taking o pocketful over to .shis
girl"
"Where did you get grip" asked.
II bought her over here at the Black.
foot camp last night"
"What did you give for her?''
Thirty five dollars. Oh, here she IS. 2
he added, as little six-year-old Black
foot girl came capering down the bank to
meet him and take possession of the nuts.
The little one had on new dress. warm
stockings, new shoes, and little black
blanket, all of which had evidently come
out of the store within the last twenty
four hours.
After loading her with the nuts,
Shorty allowed her to start back toward
lodge; but, thinking her blanket did not
fit close enough, he called her back, and,
taking off the empty cartridge belt
which held his own overcoat together. he
belted her little blanket snugly around
her waist and sent her off, the happiest
youngster in the Blackfoot camp.
"What will you do with her?. I
asked.
Her mother is to keep her till go
back to Montana, and then I'll take her
down home and give her to the soid
woman. this motherj, and then" j" he
added, very seriously. ''she's nice. in
nocent little girl now, but il she srays
here she'll starye till she grows up and
then go to the bad. I'll take her home
and mother'H make woman of her."
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Red-headed student to professor
Professor, why is it that you never
seem to recognize me on the street p
Professor: well, Mr.. x, the truth is
| am slightly color blind
'Pay that $40 to day ?" "Why, my
dear sir, do you expect man to take
Christmas money to pay debts? No. sir
no, sir! I still have warm heart in nv
bosom, STRIP
A French chemist thinks he can resus-
citate human body after it has been
frozen few weeks. He might expert
ment on Oscar Wilde, and If he missed
the combination people would be Just as
well satisfied
What men want is not talent. IL is
purpose: in other words, not the power
to achieve, but will to labor. I believe
that labor judiciously and continuously
and determinedly applied becomes
genius.-Lytton.
Perhaps / haven't been so lucky as
some, remarked Brown; "but for all
that there's lots Of people who would
like to stand in my Shoes" ''And no
doubt they could all do it," said -Fogg.
with glance at Browns thirteens.
A Chicago bachelor who, on leaving
his boarding house for weeks journey.
after taking leave of his landlady stepped
up to salt mackerel on the table and
shook il by the tail and said: .Good- -by.
old fellow, Il will see you when return. .
Fun AT DANcE.-At dance given in
North Carolina the other night one man
was stabbed, one shot, two dubbed, two
mad bones broken, one woman had an
eye put out, and the house burned up.
Balance to partners. "All shassay."
Wild geese are greatly damaging the
grain In San Joaquin valley. A man
killed sixteen at one shot in Stanislaus
county the other day. It is not safe to
eat them. on account of the quantity of
poison set out for them by farmers.
A gratifying announcement
you please insert this obituary notice?
asked an old gentleman of country
editor. / make bold to ask it because
the deceased had great many friends
about here who'd be glad to hear of his
death.
Some French chemists have succeeded
In solidifying petroleum. in which state
it burns like tallow. This solidifcation
is effected by adding to distilled petro-
leum % per cent of the purified juice of
plants belonging to the family of the
euphorblacm.
William Youmans, wealthy lawyer of
Delhi, n. Y, has two horses buried in
his front yard, and magnificent granite
monument erected to their memory. It
bears the inscription: ''This monument.
erected by William Youmans to the
memory of Bob and Charlie, who died in
1876. aged 36 and 81 years; in life in
in death united. Ever trusty
and faithful. Travellers halt, greater
travellers than You stop here"
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Tall Times i'd store.

Something is very likely to happen
next year. If not next year the wear
after. Prophecyings and miracles seem
to have broken loose all along the line.
The attack began in Canada, where one
would suppose the winter air cool
enough to tone down undue cerebral
action. Wiggins had it. His great blow
about tornado next March. attracted
the attention of "three worlds" as the
ministers say. They were Canada. the
United States and New Jersey. Then
Cincinnati got it. The prophet was one
Swormstedt, who is exceedingly liberal
IN the unfoldings of the future. Next
year, even if nothing splits more than
what is cracked" we are to have
financial panic, communistic war, great
whirlwind (which Satan will whirl out of
Jeremiah XVI, seven great comets
(also nnder the control of Satan), which
will re-enforce the sun until light will be
thrown upon many dark subjects. There
are also to be earthquakes, and SO on.
But the Lord will restore don BILE to
us. All who survive these. hard times"
will stand chance of being at the mil
lenniuna. which is to begin forty years
sooner IN the United States than in other
parts of the world. Persons desiring a
safe place of refuge meanwhile are in
vited to resort to the immediate neigh
borhood of the great pyramids of Egypt.
which are old settlers upon the face of
the earth and do not mind this sort of
thing. After the spring of 1885 they
may safely return to this country.
New York had it next, but not SO bad.
This one is q medium, and the medium of
course is always safest, as the ancient
Romans we'll knew. He is q Psychic
artist. He can s.sense'' conflicts and
wars in the spirit world, where common
sense is of no use to man. He foresaw
the shooting of President Garfield (but
not the location of the balll. According
to spirit guides the last king or queen of
England now sits upon the throne.
Queen Victoria is to be- succeeded by an
Irish President whose name will be Pat
rick Mclaughlin. After three years
comes the millennium.
The Herald is obliged to confess that
some of these things are strain upon its
faith. That something unusual is likely
to happen next April we can readily be-
lieve. Mayor Harrison and Mike Nc.
Donald have agreed with us and. made a
note OF it. Something more is likely to
happen within three years. But the
prophets are mistaken in basing their ex-
pectations of the millennium upon
the prospective coming in of Demo
cratic administration,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27
The Boy Had Them.

A lad in Boston, rather small fof his
age, works in an Office as an errand bov
for four gentlemen who do business
there. One day, the gentlemen, chatting
hin little about being so small, said to
him:
You never can amount TO much: you
never can do much business; you are too
small"
The little fellow looked at them
Well, said he, 'sas small as am. I
can do something that neither of you
four men can"
What can yon dor"
II can keep from swearing said the
little fellow
There were some bushes on -four
manly faces, and there seemed to be very
little anxiety for further information on
the subject.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27

smiles they bestow upon other women.
and spend little kind thoughtfulness
and affection upon the poor hard-work-
ing wife at home, who is toiling and
wearing out the best part of her life for
him and his children. Some women
bear the yoke patiently for years. Some
never remove it until death unclasps the
chain, and the poor, tired soul finds rest
which she never found on earth. Some
are high-strung and quick tempered and
the man who gets such wife doesn't get
much the best of it, sure. But, for the
sake OF the little ones, women will bear
and forbear; and, my dear child, I see
no other way. Try to find pleasure and
comfort in your children; bring them up
IN such way that they will be a bless
ing to you, and in after years you may
feel and say that your life has not been
the failure it now appears to you."-
Helena Herald.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27
BoBIN REDBREAs T.
MRS. A. KELLY.

MRS. A. KELLY.
Cold the wintry blast is blowing,
Keenly drives the sleet and rain,
And there comes feeble tapping
At the frosted window pane.
Who is it that to the easement
For admission shyly comes?
As live, tbs Robin Redbreast,
Starved and seeking after crumbs /!
You shall have them, pretty Robin;
All your troubles now are DER.
Hop in freely-don't be frightened;
Range at will about the. floor.
You are hungry now, sweet Robin,
And can very friendly be;
But VIII n summer brings you plenty,
You viii scarcely hook at me.
Yet, will not chide thee, Robin:
! have tried the world, and know
That humanity is like thee,
As the seasons come and go.
Lovers are like thee, sweet Robin,
When 'tis winter in the heart;
When our love dispels the winter,
Like thee, Robin, they depart.
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He Wanted to Pose

A resident of Park street had q photo
grapher come up the other day for the
purpose of taking view of his residences
and the man Of the camera had just got
IN position when along came an old coon
with 2 bncksaw on his arm and wanted
to know what was up.
Going to photograph the house, was
the reply.
Then guess III pose, remarked
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27

The Jeannette board will hold a secret
session Monday to consider preliminary
report. It has been charged that Parker
|anil companions are kept in Siberia for
he purpose Of preventing their testifying
kennrdi6g the DeLong Collins trouble.
H.hs board will not finish its labors until
heee men have testified under oath re-
yesra ai6r the matter. The board will re-
,js,tf "a congress at this session if Bart
m ana others do not return in time, but
will meet again when they get here.
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SEEDS !-Ba sS SEEDS !!
SEEDS
ALI KINDS OF BEST QUALITY
ALI OR DERs
Promptly attended to and Goods shipned
with care.
Address. Hacheney & BenO,
Portland. Oregon
Notice.

Notes i hereby gven to whom IL may concern that
the naasrsigned has been awarded the contract Tor
f vesrs All persons In need of assistance from aid
county must first procure certificate to that effect
fr, anv member Of the County Board and present Il
q one 81 the following named persons, who are author
r to and win for those presenting such certicate
VI Es Butten Roseburg L. L. Kellogg, Oakland Mrs
Jlrofru Looking Glass DIR. Scroggs is authorized to
risk medical aid to all persons in need OF the same
rbo have been declared psapers Of Douglas county.
WM. B. CLARKE, Supt OF Poor
R,,earuna Or. Feb Is. 1880
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-27

A negro man in Jetfersonville, Ind, is
sick with the small. pox, and the attend
ing physician expressed the belief that
the disease was communicated by mos
quito which had previously nipped an
other patient. IF that mosquito is a
native of New jersey he can easily be
vaccinated.- New York Commercial Adj
yertiser.
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Perhaps haven't been 80 lucky as
some, remarked Brown. but for all
that there's lots o. people who would like
they could all do il, s1id Fogg. with
glance at Browns tliirteens Boston
Transcript.
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pie in church would laugh at pa. But
he went out feeling mighty bad. and
then got up and pulled the busted
bladder out Of nv pants. and ma and
the doc they laughed awful. When pa
got back from church and asked for me,
ma said hat ] had gone down town.
She said The doctor found nv spine was
only nncnupled and he coupled It ttogeth-
er, and | was all right. Pa said it was
Fatuishtv strange. cause beard the
Spine hreak when | struck him with the
hsrrel-stave.' Pa was nervous all the
afternoon, end ma thinks he suspects
that we played Il on him. Sav, you don't
think there is anv harm in PLAYING it on
an nld man a little, for good cause, do
von 7"
The grocery man said ne supposed, in
hc interest Of reform, it was all right,
hut if. it was hio hoy that PLAYED such
tricks he wnuli take an ak to him, and
the bov went out, apparently encour
aged, saving he hadn't soen the old man
since the dav before, and he was almost
afraid to meet him.
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THE HUMAN HAIR.
A st. Louis Barber Gives Some In
formation Concerning 1t.

A st. Louis Barber Gives Some In.
formation Concerning 1t.
Yes" said St. Lonis barber, in ans.
wer to a question, "there are a good
many curious things about the hair. ]
suppose you believe, rs most people do,
that frr queni shaving will make the hail
grow on your face. That is not so.-
explain to yourself how scraping your
face with razor can put new hair roots
in your skin! What shaving does do is
| to increase the tbicknes 80 OF the hairs al
ready there-not their number. In this
wsv frequent shaving makes the heard
somewhat thicker. But at the same time.
of course, it mskes it coarser. A Young
freshman with little down on his upper
lip might spend his entire time shaving
himself and he could not start the
growth OF single new hair. The beard
is not nearly so troubles nme 10 take CAFE
of as the hair of the head. The beard
is 80 much smaller and thinner for one
thing. There are about two hundred
and ninety hairs to quarter of square
inch Of surface on the scalp, and only
forty hairs TO the quarter inch on the
chin. Srme of the hair follicles on the
scalp. particularly at the back of the
head. are often turnejl the wrong wsy,
making what some BARRIERS call 'cow-
lick This gives man heaps of lrou.
BILE, but it can be cured. Frequent
brushing ia the only way to remedy it
"Hair dves," he went on; "oh, yes.
we all have to use them more or less
I generally make my own, but I could
nuy Just as good, though they would
cost more. If you take any half dozen
of the standard dives you will find they
are substantially the same. Nitrate of
silver and sulphur do the business. But
there is not nearly as much dyeing Of
the hair now as there was q few years
ago Gray hair is more fashionable,
and it is certainly preitier than dyed
hair, which can always be detected, no
matter how well it is done. The iurn-
ing gray of the hair is no sign OF any
loss in its vitality. 1t is caused by a
weakening of she coloring vessels, that
is all. Tight hats cause grayuess, as
well as ballness. There is something
mysterious about the hair. / have
studied it carefully. and for long time,
and have come to consider a mans
hair as something almost superior to
the rest Of his body. 1t is nearer i'm
mortal, st any rate. I have seen hair
taken from coffin that had been buried
for over fortv years, when all The rest
of the body had disappeared Not only
had it grown long ami thick after the
death of the BODY, but it was still grow
ing Each hair seemed 10 have a life
of its cwn.
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oct3,'e2t4,
1888.
HARPER'S WEEKLY.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Weekly stands at the head Of
American illus'ra ed weekly jonruals.
By its bipartisan position in politics, its
admira BILE illustrations, its carefully cho-
sen serials, short cries, sketches, and
poems, contributed by he foremost ar
lists and authors of be day, it carries
instruction and entertainment to thou
sands Of American homes.
twill Railways be the aim of the pub
fishers to mako Harper's Feekiy the
most popular and at rae i've family news
paper in he world.
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KA NSAS CITY
REDEMPTION NOTICE.

To Christian Cehrs or achom 1t may Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Calvin Flanagan
has paid into the County Treasury sum
sufficient to redeem the northeast quarter
OF the southeast quarter of section 23, town
ship 3 of range 6, sold at a Delinquent Tax
Sale by John Ga'chell, Treasurer of Monroe
County, Ohio, January II, 1882 in the name
of Calvin Flanagan to Christian Cehrs.
s. A. ATKINSON,
dee26,'satS. Auditor Monroe Co.. Ohio.
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Trains :un on Baltimore time east Of the
Ohio River.
WEST B)UND-Chicago Fast Line daily,
with throagh Sieepers from Nsw York to
Chicago Chicago Express daily, Through
Sleepers Baltimore to Chicago and Through
Coach from Columbus to Saudusky daily.
Chicago Mail daily, on Main Line and Z. o
Division; on other divisions daily, except
Sunday. Sleeping Car Cumberland to Chi
oago sunotion and Wheeling to INDIAN spolis,
and Parlor Car Chicago Junction to Chicago
all other trains daily, except sunday.
IL. Cole, General Ticket Agent, Balti-
more.
W. Z. REPPBRT, Pass. Ag't, Columbus.
*. LORD Gen. Pass. Agt, Baltimore,
B. DUNHAM, Gen. Man, Newark.
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1888.
'HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
1LLUSTEATED-

Rarper's Nagasine begins its sixty-sixth VOL
ume with the December Number. 1t is not
only the most popular illustrated periodical in
America and England. but also the largest in
and the best magazine for the home. new
novel, entitled For the Major" Constance
Fenimore Woolson. the author Of "Anne," was
b, gun in the November Number. In literary
and artistic exoellencies the Magazine improves
With each successive number. Special efforts
have been made for the lighter entertainment
of its readers through humorous stories sketch.
90 &c
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NOTICE To TEACHERS.

FTNHE Board of Examiners of Monroe Coanty
/ will hold meetings for the examination
of teachers as follows:
Woodsfeld, Saturday, December 80, 1882.
I" January 2s, 1888.
I" I" February II,
Those desiring certificates Of any grade
must Re examined.
Examinations to commence at s O'Clock.
Py order of the Board
decls, 's2td. JAMES A. WATSON, Clerk.