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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
BLooD-DRlnkING INvALiDs.
Timidity in Drinking tfae First Glass
Patients assert That They Have
Been Greatly Renefited,
TSan Francisco Bulletin.

tSan Francisco Bulletin.l
ugh! I can never drink it"
The speaker was a pale-faced and
delicate girl, evidently an invalid. She
was well dressed and evidently child
of plenty; but her eyes told of suffer
ing; the bluo veins in one outstretched
hand showed through the pale skin;
cough followed her exclamation
OF half disgust She was about
to become blood-drinker Her
companion, to whom she spoke, did
not seem herself to look with much
| longing on the dark red fluid which
filed glass outstretehed in the rough
but kindly hand of stalwart butcher.
Still she encouraged the invalid girl to
drink. Bracing herself, and with
look Of determination the girl drained
the glass at draught. Her face seemed
paler than ever when the last of the
| liquid had passed her thin lips, but
| there was nevertheless pleased and de-
terminod look in her eyes She had
taken the first step and had not found
blood 50 bad beverage as she had an
ticipated She might recover her
strength and health again, and for this
| she had visited the abattoirs of Butcher
town.
Probably not less than two scores of
persons are regular visitors to Butcher
town. They are principally young per-
sons, between 20 and 30 years of
age, young men and women. Some
! go to Eutchertown in their own car
riages. More are poor people who
| Il rolfx lyrc
| where the cars leave them and enter
tho abattoirs alone. Some who are
able to ride prefer to walk, never hav-
| ing wholly conquered certain sensi
tiveness on the subject Of blood drink
| ing. They are regaining their health.
| They are proud of that and of their
own efforts TO that end, but do not care
to attract any unnecessary notice.
Only in very few instances has blood
drinking failed to benefit the consump-
tive or. debilitated, according to the
abattoirs. Following the good old rule,
from death comes LIE
The butchers do not consider the
dranght anything of hardship. Their
version is that the most timid become
habituated. They say that the draught
is no more unpleasant than fresh warm
milk, and that it tastes not unlike it.
1t is seldom that aught but the blood
OF beoyes is drunk. Many of the
Butchers are familiar with the taste.
The sight is to them no novelty, but
they look with kind interest on each
new patent, and evidently take some
pride III convaleseence, much as phys
ician might. The material difference is
that they take no fee for attendance, while
very often the physician is paid fo1
sending the patient to them. The
majority of the patients visit Butcher
townin the morning., when the most OF
the slagghtering is done. Their faces
are all we'll known. Some visit every
day; others two or three times PEI
week. The fact adduced as evidence o.
tho benefit Of the treatment is thai
there are several we'll known young
ladies' and gentlemen about town, now
vigorous, who werenpparently saved by
it. The local physicians recommend
some to try it. Others try it on thC
Recommendation Of othors.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
The wonderful Giossosraph.
[Pall Mall Gazette. ]

One of The most interesting exhibits
at the Vienna electrical exhibition is
Gentilli's glossograph, little instru-
ment by which speech is automatically
reproduced as soon as it is uttered. A
small apparatus is placed in the mouth
of the speaker-in contact with the roof
of his mouth, his tongue and lips-and
on being connected with an electro
magnetic registering apparatus the
sounds are committed to paper. It is
constructed In such a manner as not to
cause any inconvenience TO the speaker;
neither is it necessary that the voice
should be raised, as it reproduces q
whisper as exactly as q shout; the only
condition is q correct and distinct
articulation. According to the invent
or's calculation. it will be possible to
| write four or five times as fast by means
of the glossograph as has heretofore
been possible even by the quickest
writer.
AT first sight it appears as if this III
vention were but an improvement upon
Edison's phonograph; it is, however, of
much older date It rests, unlike the
former, on an acoustic principle, and
does not produce the sounds in micro
scopic form The chief obstacle to tho
introduction of the glossograph will be
the difficulty in deciphering the char
acters, but it is not impossible that
with the help of second automatic APP
paratus, the characters produced by the
g1ossograph may be translated into our
common type-writing. The orthog-
raphy would doubtless appear strange,
but in these days of phonetic spelling
this might not long be hindrance.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
THE German ARMY.

According to writer in the current
number of The Fortnightly Review the
total strength of the German army, IN
Guiding soldiers in service, drilled re-
serve and militiamen, volunteers and
landsturm, is 2,830,000. This is the
best disciplined force the world has
ever seen; the men arc magnificent in
physique, the armaments are IN the
highest state of perfection, the officers
have been through two great y ars and
have never turned their back upon the
foe
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
The wild Elephants Bird Friend.
TJarol5

The elephant, as we'll as all of the
thick-skinned animals, is beset and tor
mented with ticks and other vermin
burrowing into its hide, causing intense
itching and pain. SO intense does this
become sometimes that the animal is
rendered insane and goes cavorting and
believing through the forests, and woe
betide the man or beast found in its
path. It's roars even bring to it focks
of white herons, which go deliberately
to work and pick out the vermin, some
times boring entirely through the skin
in order to reach them. The elephant
appreciates the services of the bird
very highly, and will under no circum-
stances iniure it.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
A Kitd Winter Coming.
[Detauit Free Press.

An Indian hunter and trappcr says
the corn-husks ere thin this year. When
the sun crossed the line the wind blew
mild from the southeast; the ground
hog hasn't yet carried leaf or twig
to his hole; the 'coons hayn't begun to
gnaw the corn; the wood-peckors to
drum and make holes in the trees for
storing nuts; therefore, this winter is
to be mild one.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
where Bridget Got Her Name.

The name Bridget Originally Birgit-
ta, Brigitta or Brigida) is of Teutonic
origin, the old German, bercht, bert,
birch, meaning "bright, and is tho
same as Bertha, the Latin version Of
which is Clara. st. Bridget, through
whom the name has become 50 popular
in Ireland, is of Scotch origin, her
father being descended from the kings
of Timoria whom Arthur drove into
Leinster.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
How the Chinese smuggle opium.
[Chicago Herald


[Chicago Herald
Opium Is surreptitiously supplied by
San Francisco Cinnamon TO their coun-
trymen in the Sandwich islands, where
1t IS forbidden. The drug brings $50
TO 800 pound, and the smuggling of q
few hundred pounds makes a China
man rich. In numberless ways they
contrive to introduce it. A largo safe
was consigned to q prosperous mer-
chant. An officer demanded that it be
opened. The Chinaman declared that
he had forgotten the combination. That
night tho safe, weighing four tons, was
kaken out OF the bonded warehouse,
carted away several miles, emptied and
LETT in sugar-cane field, where the
officers found it the next day. with evi-
dence that it had been crammed with
opium.
A man had contract for washing the
linen on the Pacific mail steamers.
Hundreds OF bundles, each containing a
can OF opium, we're pitched from the
steamers deck to the wharf and carted
to his laundry. He happened to be sick
on one occasion, and his assistant, who
was ignorant of the oontraband trade,
handled the linen IN such way that an
opium can fell out. A great number of
sewing machines we're sent to Honolulu,
and by accident it was discovered that
the legs were hollow and packed with
opium. Opium has been delivered in
the islands in fruit cans, the can being
divided into three compartments, the
two outside ones flied with fruit and
the larger one with opium. Large guam
titles have also been shipped to the
island in stove wood, each piece of wood
being bored. Masses of coal have done
service in the same way.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
The Young nan vvasa,t Consulted.
[Texas Siftings.1

"You should learn some trade, my
son." said an Austin gentleman to his
young hopeful. "Bricklayers are get
ting $3.50 day, while lawyers can't
afford TO ride on the street cars"
Spa, why didn't you learn q trade
when you were boy?"
That s not only silly, but also an i'm
pertinent question. l didn't learn u
trade when I was q boy out of regard
for your feelings. I wanted to give
you an opportunity to say that your
father was a gentleman"
1T can't be helped now," replied the
boy, moodily, ''but [ wish you had con-
suited me, for if we had arranged for
you to be bricklayer, then I could
have been the gentleman myself"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
Cut the Gordian Knot.
Exchange.

"No, Joseph, the steam heating COM
pany vas not formed for the purpose
of heating steam. Steam is heated be-
fore it IS made-that is to say, when
you heat the steam-no well, confound
you, don't you know that steam is hot
anyway, and doesn't have to be heated
by q company
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
.HeteroDhenv..

Mr.. Alcott, the Concord philosopher,
who will be 81 years old this month, is
better this fall, but he is afflicted with
"heterophemy," or, more plainly, the
wrong word comes to his mind when
the right idea is there. He will say
for instance: "The chair is anxious,
when he means the day is pleasant"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
No Brigands in spain.
TCor. San Francisco Chronicle.


What spot for brigands! I thought
of this and clasped my So silver watch,
after the example of Washington Irving,
to my jealous bosom. But the fact is
there are no brigands in Spain now.
Twenty years ago the country was inse-
cure, and abductions for ransoms were
not infrequent. Now such crimes are
unknown. Good highroads have been
constructed. The guardas civilis, or
policemen, consist of army veterans,
picked men, noted for high moral traits
and physical pre-eminence. No finer
eonstabulary exists anywhere. These
patrol the highway. Better security
than all, Spain has railways not in
these parts particularly, but generally
throughout the kingdom. Spain is not
progressing rapidly, but it is progress
ing.
"Yes, I'm cop, and I've several little
copies" remarked the policeman.
Miss M. E. Braddon has written forty
one novels.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
1ngerson On interviewing.

I tell you what you reporters ought
to do. You ought to make out regu-
lar list of questions and have them so
that the man YOU are to interview
could write out his answers below the
questions. When was in New York,
I'll tell You what reporter for q
Brooklyn paper did. He came to me
and in one hour and o. quarter took
down in short hand what had to say
and made out not less than six columns
of matter. I read q proof Of it, and did
not make but one correction, believe.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
English Farmers Notion.
TChicapo Tribune. l

The English farmers have an idea
that the foot-and-mouth disease is
spread among cattle by fox-hunting,
aid point to the great increase during
t:,5 month of August, when cub-hunt-
inc commenced The farmers threaten
I, poison foxes and hounds unless the
sport is suspended.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
Sot tha Man.

Since it appears that Matthew Arnold
is neither the man who betrayed his
country nor tho man who wrote tie
Light OF Asia" il is surmiscd he can t
amount 10 very much unless, perchance,
he should hap,.en to be the author OF
Arnold's writinG ink.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

Arkansaw Traveller: A mans awk-
ward shape amt no argument agin his
probation ob de finer pints oh life. A
ole black bear amt putty, but he's pow
erful fon' oh honey.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

A Montana paper tells story of a
spring whose waters, by flowing over
any iron surface, coat it with shining
copper.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

A Boston house advertises 9shoes for
elopements. They don't squeak.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

The trades unions of England have q
membership Of 100000; those Of the
United States, 247 ,000.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

It takes 100000 postal cards to
weigh one ton.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15
curious Coincidence.
JTnter Opoan.1

Isabella became queen of Spain Sep
tember %, 1888. She fed from that
throne and took refuge in France Sep
tember %, 1868. and her son, King
Alfonso, was hooted at by mob III the
streets OF Paris September %, 1888
According to the English army list
there are coo major generals on the
payroll of her majesty. Enough fo1
all the armies of Europe.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

American school books are said to be
the best In the world
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

Miss NJ E. Braddon has written forty
onepoYels.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-15

Yes, I'm cop, and I've several little
copies" remarked the policeman
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
Frank Jnmr., Trim.

A Gallniin special Of September lst
says: The State named witnesses liz
rrbuttal in the Frank Jnmcs triai. II.
L. Br"sInc, attorney aud witness for he
defense, who was on tho train, was re-.
called, nnd numerous witnesses were
then introduced who impenehed his
testimony.
Miss Sarah Hitc soid, there wns no
physical resemblance between Wood
Hite and Frank Jumes.
Siias Norris testified that Wood HIle
vas not ns tall ns Frank James, aud
bore little resemblance to him.
Major j. IL. McGeo. who was on the
trniu at Winston, was put OF tho stand.
bat bis oridsnco was not material.
This closed tho cas-, aud tho eour,
ndjourned till Monday when argument
will be resumed.
At noon to-day the evidence wa,
closed in the most remarkable criminal
triul that ever occurred In the Mis-
souri, Courts. All who have heard til,
testimony admit that the State has
male o very strong case against Franl
James, 50 far MS the facts elis,.d b,
tho testimony Is concerned, they ~,
greatly iu favor Of the State. Prose
outing Attorney Wallace, OF Kunsai
City, will close for tho State, aud Gov
ernor johnson concludes the arsumen
for the defense.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
The PIgtnl NJ Cortrz

william Redmond. blacksmith. was
kiIled at Cortrz on Sunday As necr ~
we can learn the particulars nre as fol-
lows: a married man by the name Of
Martin was toll that certain paIti, 8
had been slaniering his wife who Il mp
pears was cook for boarding house at
tina! place. Martin made iuguiries Of
some OF the bouriers RS 10 whether
they hal heard sllnl"rous remarks
made concerning his-Martin's-wife
Cud they told him tagy had not; hat il
was prObib that his Informant had
manufactured the story. On Sanday.
while Redmond and threo others were
NJ dinner, Martin came into the dining
room aourishing a pistol. declaring
that lie hal come 10 settle the husineI,
there aud then, and threatening to
shoot the flrst man that attempted to
leave. Redmond aud another man OF
the party started to leave when Martin
opened FIRE. Tho tirs. shot was diverted
by Ma tins wife. who. nj tho critical
moment siTncS the arm Of tho us<a sin.
bui II second shot wa more successful.
aud Redmond was killed just nG he vas
passing out OF the door. Martin imme-
diattly made his escape during the ex.
citement connrqusnt upon the murder.
Great excitement prevailed, as the kill.
ing VHs without provocaliou, Redmond
being enIirrly innocent of any prriici.
patton IN the affair. Tho ciiizens
turned out, almos. to a man. to search
for the murderer, who. i. Is thought,
would have been summary disposed Il
Of could ho hive bcecn found. Mariin
Is said TO be ordinarily n penccablc
man, having bosn n resident Of that
vicinity for the past four years.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09


Tho Plumns National tells the follow
ing story. Wien We met Jake the other
morning. there was o perfume pervaa.
irg the air that seemed to emauats di.
rectly from him. Our frat salutation
was. Been in the polecat business,
Jake1" dot is shust vat I wants 10
know. ItelIs you. Dis morning shust
pefore dark. hears Something's on
mine dnble, among de bla,es und dines.
nnd so shoost gets me oop mid de bed
oud, und / sees on my liable a shpotted
grt shmellipg around, dare. So I
shnst dakes mine proom und prods dot
kiddcn to make him ged OF mine dablo
down. uud my shimminy graeiousi
Dot gat shpit in mine face und dinks
lvas shot mid n drug shtore. Say. vot
gind Of a-gat You d.nks vas dot7"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09

The mother OF the james boys pre-.
s-ntcd curious study on tho witntss
stand. She showed hearty. undis.
snistd sympathy with crime and her
story OF tho devices by which she aidod
tho gang Of cut.,hroato OF whom her
sons werc tho lehdsra ia ns strange as
anything in tho criminal romance OF
Bslzao or Gaborieau. The evidence
given for tho dcf,n reveals a sta,e Of
barbnrism in Missouri Of which II
would DO diflleult to fud n parallel In
any other part Of the country. = s. F.
Chronicle.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Hill were passengers
by the cast bound train last evening.
Mrs. Hill wns formerly Miss Dinun
Murphy, daughter OF the late Daui, !
Murphy, betweea whom and her brs.
baud nu estrangemeut occurred some
time since, resulting in an application
for divorce on the pnrt OF Mrs. Hill,
All differences having been umicnb' :
settled, the reunited couple are enter.
ing on nm extended tour Of the State.
enst OF the Rockies.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
Tho MiIchrII.SIaIc Fight

!. seems that the fight between
Mitchell aud Slade, which was to tax.
place within l0O miles Uf Kansas City,
aud which was declared Off few days
since by Mitchell's hackers, is likely to
take place as it is reported that Mad
den. manager for Mitchell, telegrapLed
Monday afternoon TO Harry Hill. stake
holder, Rt Nav York, that Mitchell Lai
accepted the proposals Of FL Paso
committe for fight near Ei Paso. be.
yoni the Mexican line, and requestiu. /.
him to notify Shades manager to that
effect. 1t is thought improbable that
siade will decline the proposal, and i,
is therefore considered almost assured
that the hgh. will occur ii Mexico on
the 2jth instant. upon the same terms
as the match re Gently declared IF.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09

On sunday night John Proctor, Q
saloon keeper at Adalrsvills Kentucky,
killed Alex. Crawford ut Crocker's Cross
Roads. ten miles from Springfield,
Tennessee. Procter's wife had left
him on account OF his dissipatsd habits
and took refuge in the house OF her
father. Proctor attempted to take her
away by force whom an alteration en-.
sued between Proctor and her father in
which the former was stabbed aud blsd
70 death.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
Lincoln Huu,IuxnJob.

The Dayton Journal says. Gen. Rob-
ert G. Sehenck has in his possession n
letter addressed to Eiu along in Is4I.
when he first entered Congress. which
is OF peculiar Interest in these days Of
rampant civil service reform. 1, reads
about this way:
You will doubtless be a,le to call to
mind our meeting at Springfield. am
anxious to secure place in one Of the
departments. preferably the Land Or
he"-this for tho reason TINT my c1per.
''nee here makes mo somewhat ae-
qunint.d With ih- workings OF the de-
pnrtment. l shall be greatly Obliged il
yon are able to assist me in th!s direc-
tion." etc. "a. Lincoln"
He didn't get the Job. but he had
better luck uext time.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
ErnIlII LnmcS. Trinf-

A Gnllatin special says: The James
tri"l proceedings did not brgia urtil
late this morning Ms Frank James,
aecompnni 4 by her little boy. made Ii 7
first appearance III the CouIt room dur
ing the trial. and took IL seat by her
husband. The Court announced thu;
each side would be given ten hours in
which to present their arguments,
which will permi; the case to 60 to the
jury Wednesday noon. The Court Oh
motion decided TO ext nd ibc time OF
the defense to twelve hours. Ius,ruc.
tious for the State AID Defendant were
then read. The instruction for mur-
DER in the second degree does not
amount 20 much ~ it can only be re-
turned ns separate from the robbing
and killing OF Mcmillan by any mem-
bers Of the gang while pursuing rob-
biug. II the defendant is believed TO
have been one Of the purity, i. is mur-
der in the first degree. The Instructions
as to cIediLi!ity Of the Witnesses were
very clenr and favorable to the defend
ant, the ju'y being Instructed that
the testimony of an associate In cri ne
requires corroboralion 10 the extent Of
certainty.
W. D. Hamilton. Prosecuting httor-
ney of Daviess county opened tho case
for the State and spoke till tho Count
adjourned. John 81. Glover will open
for tho defense.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
EmInent Cqrp m an Ter rarner.

The return Of Eminent Commander
Henry Turner to Chicago Monday uf-
t-rnoon was made the occasion Of q
street display by the local Comman-
deries, formed in ons battalion aud
numbering 400 uniformed Knights. In
the column were tue victorious DesIu-
lay CoDmandery. CT louisville. and
Baltimore and Washington Commau-
deries, who happened to be in tile city
aud who joined in forming escort to
TIE Eminent Command,r from the De.
pot TO the hotel, Subssqu ntly the
DeM"lhy Comtnnniery gave display
drill Oh tn Lake Front which was wit
MISSED BY Thousands who heartily Gp
plnuded the spleudid evOlu,iuns of the
corps. Arrangements were p,rfect.d
for pELlic reception to be held at tue
Grand Pacific Hotel this evening from
$ to 10 o'clocE.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09
Fatal Rnt,wny ArcIa,u,

terrible accident occurred at Cres-
cent City station on the Chicago u
Northwestern road near Council Bluffs
Saturday afternoon. A freight .rain
coming west, ran of the open switch
dltching the engine and fiE cars. Con-
ductor Wesley Nnnn aud Engineer
John M"hin were Lnried under the cars
"ni INSTANTLY killed. The frrmuu es-
cape by jumping clear Of the wreck
A tramp aged 7" years Was buried be-
meath the train, but was taken ont
alive. II is not known who is to blame
for the switch bein. left open.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-09

The Sacramento papers say loco-
motive Ia now building in the machine
shops Of the Central Pacific Railroad Rt
,ha, place, which will be tho largest In
the world. The engine will have Eve
pairs Of driving wheels. nnl its weight
will DO 10 tons; weight Of tender, over
81 tons: weight Of engine and tender,
when fully equipped for the road, iO5
tons. Tho length Of engine and tender
will be G5 fee, inches; driving wheel
base, 10 feet 2 inches; diameter Of cyl.
inder. 81 inches: water opacity Of ten.
der. 5000 gallons.