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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
ALL SORTS.

A man who reads work of fiction will
get novel ideas. Boston Courier
The champion light weight-A Cam
bridge ton of coal. Harvard Lampoon.
Some men are so lacking in hospitality
that they will not even entertain an idea.
The matchmaker should be successful
in foot-race-that is, If he can make
good time.
A servant girl in the top story of
mammoth hotel is often nearer heaven
than she thinks.-Boston Courier.
It is said that David Davis can't draw
himself to his full height without lying
down.-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Nothing will check redundant mar
riages in Mormondom but failure in
the supply OF women. is the way the
Chicago Times puts it.
Herr Most has unfurled his red flag in
Cincinnati. Most and his sanguinary
rag are safe so long as he keeps out of
the bull pastures.
Sealskin is so much in demand this
year that old ladies can have no reason
able doubt as TO what became of their.
cats.-Somerville Journal.
"Mother!'' cried Johnny, who was
emptying Jug of milk, I've found out
what gave the Jug its name!' .What do
you mean johnny" why, don't you
hear what it says when the milk comes
out? tJug-iug Jug
They have a nice old lady, in South
Boston of the genuine Partingtonian
variety. She recently alluded to the i'll
+. ness of friend with, "You see he had
digestion of the lungs, and then it set
tied into ammonia. 4Somerville Jour-
nal.
After New Years. Good chum ito
Hardman, '85, who has come in o little
| hilariousl Why, George, thought
you had turned over a new leafi''
George Yes. sho hicI sho have; but
I'm just turning back t'look at th' hic I
| pictures. Harvard Lamroop.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
The Way Girls Walk.

The conventionakgirl has to bring her
adaptabillty into play just as much
when she selects her style of walk as she
does in deciding upon the style of her
hat or the stuff for her gown. Congruity,
too, plays an important part in her street
appearance and is an important factor il
her success. The plump girl, who is all
rich, ripe, round curves and massive
ness, can bound along with quick.
elastic step that would be ridiculousIy
out of place in her Iank and sweetlY-
aesthetic sister. The first can travel with
that easy spring away that is as sugges-
tive of physical luxury and solid com.
fort as a pineapple fiber hammock under
an apple tree; the other must
glide-her very appearance sug-
gests the frailities of her struc-
ture and the possibilities of her being
Jared ont of shape in the bounding pro-
cess. Every woman has peculiarly OF
gait essentially her own. To one who
watches the crowd it became q question
whether, with proper description of
the steps and motions of the body, it
would not bs proper TO classify each girl
with proper..degree of accuracy. The
matter-of-fac girl brings down her feet
with such prosaic force that she IS read
i1y DISTINGUISHED. So. too, is the ro-
mantle Young lady, whose step itself is
suggestive of rope ladders and mysterious
moonlight. There is go-out-among-the-
heathen goodness Of gait that will mark
the eyangelistic damsel ten blocks fronl
& PRAYER meeting, and the squadrup
dante peirum -sonitu -quatit ungula cam
uumr step OF the literary woman has sll
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
Testing q TrotIIng Team.

An Appleton business man wanted q
span of horses, and he wanted pretty fast
ones, but he didn't know much about
that kind of stock. A horse dealer had q
team that was reported pretty fast, which
he could sell cheap. The dealer took the
team to drive little, and got friend In
with him and they went up the track
while the merchant stood on the judges
stand and timed them. The team went
around pretty good, and the merchant
looked at his watch and got into Che
wagon. The friend asked him what time
they made, but he said "never mind. )"
He drove down TO the horse dealer and
paid him the money for the horses and
drove off with his friend and when they
turned a corner and got out of sight of
the dealer, the merchant said to his
friend:
That's the best bargain that was ever
made in this state.
The friend looked astonished and
asked: "What time did they make, hona
estly?"
The merchant said: 'sThsy trotted in
three minutes without break"
The friend looked as though he was not
much surprised, and finally said: ssThat
is not 80 bad, but it isn't fast. That is at
the rate of q mile in six minutes. .
The merchant turned pale and said:
.Why, how's that?''
'sOh, " saws the friend. with yawn.
ssit's half mile track you know
The friend bad to hold the merchant
IN the buggy seat, ne was SO faint. and
he offered all sorts of chromos ii the
friend would never say anything about
it. and wepresume he has not. The team
is delivering groceries now, and hauling
slabs from mill.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
The Brakeman.

The brakeman is a man who is en-
ployed by railroad company to stand
upon the top of freight car and work
both hands at the engineer, and to help
stop the train when it is necessary.
Next to being bareback rider in q
circus, the small boy pants to be brake
man, so he can sit on the wheel of the
brake aid chew tobacco while the train is
running at full speed. The fact that q
brakeman is often seen pegging broad
cast over the land with wooden leg or
minus an arm, often causes people to be-
lieve that he is an old soldier, or has
served term in baseball club.
There are two kinds of brakemen-the
passenger and freight. The passenger
brakeman is gentleman ofsconsiderable
leisure, and by the nonchalant way In
whichhe comes into.the cars and tramps on
the passengers feet, is often taken for
the conductor.
He does not have much else to do but
slam doors, growl at the porter, and,
when the train arrives at the station, to
yell "Ponooyah," when he should say
sPontchatoula. .
The freight brakeman is an entirely
different man. He is grim, silent and
dignifed. He seldom speaks except to
curse the green hand on the rear end OF
the train, whom he affectionately refers
TO as pudding" Despite his faults.
however, he works hard and often rises
to position of importance, urtass some
day he tries to use his body as acouplinp
pin, and fails.
At night, when freight train is side.
tracked at a meeting point, and ell hi.
companions are squatted on ia pie O
cross-ties, the brakeman is in his glory
He then discusses ''ad 1ibitum'' the af
fairs of the road, and criticises ever,
one, from the president down to the
most humble official. He does not hesi
tate to say that if the president cant rur
road any better than he does, he should
go off somewhere and drive canal boat
After he had said this and other thing
concerning the asininity of the Officials
in general, he turns to one of his com
| panions and says:
Jimmie, did you ever know that olf
fellow. Bill McGinty, who has Just bee,
appointed uperintendent of the J.. K
What, McGinty? OF course I've see,
him; and you bet he's a fine old plum /,
be superintendent"
Well, [ should think he was. wa
brakeman on the southern division of th,
1. G. & n. when he got his first iob-ol,
Matt johnson was pulling us-and Me
; Ginty was SO green he didn't know
draw-head from switch frog. No mat
ter how slows old Matt johnson booked
up that fellow couldn't couple car
and sometimes fer half q,
honr we were backing NJ
and going ahead, until you could hea
Matt Jones curse two miles off. I'll.b,
blamed if don't think he tried to xii
McGinty. He used to come back ant
] jam the draw heads under the cars, bnl
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
JusslfIable Rjeetmeht Of Passenger.

William Pease, rs years of age, took
a train on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad on January 1881,
to go from Hoboken to Montclair. He
gave the conductor of the train ticket
for passage from Montclair to New
York. The conductor refused to receive
it, and demanded his fare. Mr.. Pease
refused to pay, and the conductor di-
rected the brakeman to put him off. The
latter did so, in spite of active resistance
from Mr.. Pease, who, before he was
eJected, finally offered to pay his fare,
but its acceptance was then refused by
the conductor. The dispute commenced
while the train was in or near the tunuel
beyond Hoboken, but Mr.. Pease was
put off short distance beyond regular
station.
He sued the company for damages
and obtained verdict in the Court of
Common Pleas for $4,000. From this
judgment the railroal company appealed
to the Common Pleas, General Term,
which Court yesterday handed down a
decision reversing the judgment of the
Court below and ordering a new trial.
Judge j. F. Daily, who writes the opin-
ion of the Court, says:
eff the train arrived at regular stop
ping place. and while the conductor pro-
ceeded to eject passenger for non-pay-
ment of fare, the latter might offer to pay
before he was actually elected, and such
payment should be received. But if the
stoppage of the train was for the sole p1r-
pose of putting the passenger off and he
rendered the stoppage by faetious re-
! fusal TO pay the fare, he would not have
| the right to tender the fare and continue
his trip after having caused such an in
terruption. It can make no
difference in principle whether the train
had proceeded longer or shorter dis
tance when it is stopped again, nor
whether the second stoppage was made
within the limits of the ordinary stop
ping place. It is the fact that stop has
| to be made through the pertinacity of
| the passenger in wrongfully refusing his
fare. That determines the question. -
I'm. 7 Herald.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
A Living sksletoa De1udes a Beauty

All the romance that clustered around
the marriage of the Living Skeleton to
"No. II in the late show of beauties,
has been dissipated. Hurried consulta-
tions are had and mysterious whisper
ings are indulged in. The fact is that
Mr.. Skeleton has wife and three chill
dren living in another State. Mrs..
Skeleton has learned the startling news
that another firt stole away the affections
of her bony spouse.
"Oh. yes" said the Skeleton last even
ing, Il have wife and three children in
the West"
Aren't you afraid she will have you
arrested for bigomy, when she hears
of this second marriage?" he asked
"What if she did? They can't put me
in workhouse and make me work. !"
As the reporter gazed at the bag of
bones he was forced to admit that the
Skeleton was right. There is not mus
Gle visible upon his anatomy New
York Star.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
Russian Folk Lore

A certain woman had daughter of
her own and step daughter. She long
wished to get rid of her step daughter. ;.
at last she said to her husband:
Take your daughter away from my
sight; carry her wherever you like.
Leave her in the open field to the crack
ling frost.
The father wept and walled, but at
length he yielded. placed his daughter
on his sledge, drove her out into the
open field, and there deposited her
Then, having crossed himself, he has
tened home, SO as not to witness his
daughters death.
The poor girl left alone, shivered and
uttered silent prayer. ss i
Up came Frost, and said: Maiden,
maiden, am Red-nosed Frost"
''Good day to you, Frost" she replied.
ST suppose God has sent you for my sim
full soul.
Frost had intended to smite her. but
he was pleased by her way of speaking,
so he took compassion on her and threw
her warm cloak. She wrapped herself
up in it and remained sitting there.
Twice did Frost come up again to visit
her, and each time she pleased him so
much by her sage replies that he made
her all manner cf presents. She decked
herself with the gold and jewels he gave
i her, and sat on the box which had con-
tanned them, singing songs. Meantime
her step mother was baking cakes for her
funeral feast. When they were ready
she sent her husband forth to fetcG his
daughters body home.
When be had been gone awhile the
house dog barked from under the table:
..The old mans daughter is being
brought home all in gold and silver, bul
| the old woman's daughter has no snitors.
In vain did the stepmother regaIe it with
cakes in order to makeit change its tune
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10

1t barked on as before. When the girl
arrived in all her glory the step mother
was at first astounded. Then, after hear
ing what had occurred, she ordered her
husband to take her own daughter out to
the same spot n-the open field and leave
her there. Presently Frost appeared
and addressed the girl as he had ad-
dressed her predecessor; but no good
words eonld he get from her, so he few
into rag0and froze her to death. When
her mother sent for her after o time, the
house dog beneath the table again began
TO bark, this time exclaiming: '.Suitors
are coming for the old man s daughter.
but the old woman's daughter is bag of
bones" The door opened and the girl
was brought in dead. Her mother wept
and walled, bat ii was too late.-( Notes
and Queries.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10

The Joy caused in gastromic circles by
M. Olsen's paper on "The North Sea
Fisheries and the great oyster discov-
cries there will be shared by the whole
oyster-eating world. Two hundred miles
Of oyster-beds, thirty to seventy miles
wide, that is to say 10, 900 900 of splendid
oysters within easy distance of the
British coast. it is . Discovery to. which
all those of Stanley and Livingston sink
into insignifcance. One curious feature
about it is that the oysters lie at depth
of twenty-one fathoms, thus disposing
summarily of the prevalent idea that
oysters can only be raised successfully
in shallow water. The man who invents
new dish, according to some, the man
who plants tree, according to the
Mohammedans, deserves well of man
kind; but what is the reward of man
who discovers 10000, 900 acres of
oysters?
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
SEEDS !W sg SEEDS !!
SEEDS
ALL KINDS OF BEST QUALITY
ALL OR DERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipned
with care.
Address, IEacheney & Ben0,
Portland. Oregon
Notice.

Notice is hereby given, to whom il may concern that
ths undersigned has been awarded the contract 10,
Keeping the Douglas county Paupers for the period OF
two years All persons m need of assistance from aid
county must first procure certificate 70 that enect
from any me1nberof the County Board, and present
to one Of the following named persons who are author
lied TO- and viii for those presenting such
Erown. Looking Glass Dr. Scroggs is authorized to
furnish medical aid to all persons in need OF the same
Sho have been declared paupers of Douglas county.
WM. B. CLARKE, Supt. of Poor.
RaazsuRa Or. Feb. Is. 1880
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10
Acknowledgement Marshall has conn.

Attorney General Marshall has COM
menced suit against the Central Pacific
railroad company to recover 1000. 600.
with interest and costs, on the ground
that the road has refused to carry public
messengers, lunatics, prisoners, etc., free
of charge, in accordance wiTh the terms
by which the state granted aid to the
company, in guaranteeing interest on the
bonds in conformity with the act of the
legislature of 1864.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-02-10

A movement is on foot among the lead
ing merchants Of st. Louis for large
exposition building In the heart of the
city.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13
How Tarantulas Flight.
lDenver Tribune.l


There was very recently received
in Denver, for store exhibition, two full
grown tarantulas, one of the brown and
the other of the black variety. The
brown fellow was Gagged in common
cigar box and the black one in glass
jar. As they could not be exhibited to
advantage In oontrivances OF this kind,
and as they wers not very pleasant com.
pany to have running about loose, box
elmost two feet square, with glass top,
was procured. on top Of which layer
of sand was spread to make the animals
feel at homo. The cover was then drawn
and the two spidsrs pitched into it from
their separate cages. No sooner did
the one discover the others pres
ence than they rushed at each
other as yiciously as two panthers.
and Immediately closed in deadly
embrace. They came together with a
bound, and then twining their long hairy
legs about each other, rolled over and
over in the sand. biting each other saw.
ageiy, and then tusgIng each other with
oil their might, as ii endeavoring to
crush each other by sheer muscular
power. Incredible as it may seem. this
sort Of warfare was kept up for six
hours, during most of which time it
could not be seen that either was gain
ing the slightest advantage, as neithor
showed any disposition to end tho fight
except by the death Of his adversary. Al
last the black one succumbed and rolled
over dead on the sand, while tho victor
Immediately proceeded to reap the spoils
of his long battle. Seizing his van
quished enemy in his stout horns, or
pincers, or whatever contrivance ho has
for that purpose, he rapidly tore him
limb from limb, and coolly proceeded, in
true cannibalistic fashion, to make, n
meal of him. In very short time
nothing was left except a little pile of
legs and pieces OF shell to mark the
spot where one tarantula had fallen and
another had dined
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13
Artificial Wine.

In England recently a physician OF
Jersey, Collennette by name, gave lee.
turo on the Manufacture OF Old Crust.
ed Port" Ono of the audience was re.
quested TO purchase from local wine
merchant of reputo bottle OF port for
which he paid SIX shillings. This, with
cobwebs, etc., was deposited on tho lee
turer's table. DR.. Coll ,naette then stat.
ed that no would, in the course OF few
minutes, produce similar article Mt a
cost OF FIVE farthings. A judge--a gen.
ueman said to bo well qualiiiod--was
then selected by the meeting. A com.
mittee was chosen to como ON the plat.
form and witness the operation; this
consisted OF weighing out Ingredients
The basis OF this composition was elder;
bullock's blood was used for q rich,
tawny color; tartario acid to give age
cream oil tartar mixed with gum wat el
was smeared on the inside OF tho bottle
and gave a beautiful crust. Outside
cobwebs with dust and whitewash were
applied to give an ancient look, and tn,
bottle was stoppered with wellstaineC
cork. The expert was introduced, and
tasted glass from each bottle, declar
ing, with knowing wink at the audi
ence, that the wine "a Ia Collennette'
was the genuine article. The temper
snce audience OF course applauded t,
tho echo.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13

tion with traohyto rhyolite, basalt. lime,
porphyry and sandstone, in which are
found nearly nll tho precious and base
metals known to the scientific world.
Gold and silver havo been found beneath
every stroke Of the prospector's pick.
Many years ago tho learned Humboldt
pronounced Arizona the richest and most
diverse mineral region In the world. In
ssrnest work 1t Is but four years old,
and subjected to constant depredations
of white and aboriginal marauding, and
yet we have already seon its amazing
pecuniary results. Cinnabar and tin and
nickel constitute portion of its wealth.
Platinum has been discovered In the
Black Canon. The whole Santa Cruz
valley teens with lead. while Yuma
county is field Of argen tifsrous galena.
The Hacimiento desert abounds with
blood-red garnets. Beds of gypsum and
salt deposits arc detected within n short
ht5tuiioo itOuh but htNsovh hiH"hsNsN''
In 1878 tho present mining camp Of
Tombstone was a howling waste. Up
to January. 1882, $3.50, 200 have been
extracted from that locality, aud 50, (.
900, 900 Of tho total amount has been
paid in dividends. Its mineral is
a chloride Of silver and car
Donates. II mineral. occurring in large
caves and strata, Ia found in such abun-
dance, upon hill of slight elevation,
with no evidence OF volcanic eruption,
it is very evident that the many lofty
ranges Of mountains diffused throughout
the Territory whom fnITy prospected,
will develop in most astounding richness.
The Silver King mine. in Pinal county,
has already paid in dividends SS75, coo,
the frat class ore milling from $1,000 to
$4,000 Such salient facts, with secur-
cd safety from Indian and white depre
dation, should secure large immigration
and profuse flow of capital. There
has been comparatively no mineral de
velopment. Mining is in its infancy in
Arizona.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13
Population of European Cities

The following statistics of the mum.
ber OF inhabitants Of some of the prin-
cipal cities in Europe have recently been
issued: There are 92 cities in the whole
OF Europe, each containing population
OF more than 100000, but only foul
which have more than a million, viz.
London. $780,, 440; Paris. 2,225, 80
Berlin, l,222, 500; Vienna, l,lO3, 10
OF the other capitals st. Petersburg
possesses S75,570; Constantinople, 600,
900, Madrid, 367, $50; Buda. Pcsth, 800,
$50; Warsaw, $50, $40; Amsterdam, 81,
0l0; Rome, 300, 40; Lisbon. 246, $40
Palermo, 244, 900; Copenhagen, 2S4, $50
Munich, 230,020; Bucharest, 22l, 800
Dresden. 220, $50; Stockholm, l6S, 770
Brussels, l6l $50; Venice, l32, $50; Slut
gartt, III, 800. In addition to thest
Moscow contains Gil go; Naples, 493,
10; Hamburg, 4l0, l20; Lyons, 372, 800;
Marseilles, 357, $50; Milan, 32l. $40
Breslau, 272.9l0; Turin, 252, $50: Bor,
deaux, 900, $50; Barcelona, 2l5, 900
Odessa, l93,6l0; Elberfeld, ls9, $50
Genoa. l79, $40; Lisle. III, $40; Florence,
l69 900; Riga, l6s,S40; Prague, 1862, $40;
Antwerp, $50, $50; Adrianople, $50, 900:
Leipsic, l49,0S0; Rotterdam, l4s,000;
Cologne, l44,770; Magdeburg, lG7, 1870;
Frankfort, 1856, 800; Toulouse, 1876, $3.50;
Ghont, 1877 $50; Messina, l26, 500; Han.
over, l22, $40; Nantes, l2l, 06O; Liege,
ll5,S50; The Hague, ll3, AGO; Oporto,
l05, $40; and Rouen. 1910.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13
Turkeys Mad Ruler.

Dispatches from Constantinople have
appeared from time to time recently
stating that tho Sultan of Turkey is
rapidly losing his reason through nerv-
Gus apprehension OF coming disaster.
The truth Of these reports would seem to
be borne out by q dispatch Of recent
date in the London Standard, which is
vouchhd for by its Constantinople cor
respondent. Some time ago one of the
chief attendants on Abdul Hamid APP
preached his Majesty for the purpose Of
presenting to him written petition.
Seeing tho man nervously place his
hand within his cont and seek to remove
something from an inside pocket, the
suspicion rapidly arose in his Majesty's
mind that the man was about to draw n
revolver with which to assassinate him.
Seized with terror the Sultan rapidly
drew revolver, which he always keeps
loaded on his person, and, firing at the
man, killed him on the spot. On hear.
ing tho report of firearms, one or two
aid-de.camps Immediately entered the
imperial chamber. The body was at
once searched, when the Sultan's mis-
take was too apparent. Nothing more
dangerous was found upon tho person of
the dead man than letter petitioning
Abdul Hamid to allow him q few weeks
loavo of absence, in order to visit his
family in the provinces. Tho matter
was, Of course. carefully hushod up. so
that very fow of the outside world are
aware OF tho the event.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-13

The American people drink about 49,
100000 barrels of lager beer in the
course of year. 1t contains betw GER
4 and per cont. only of alcohol. 1t
yields between si3, ,000, 600 and Sl4 900,
900 of annual revenue TO the govern.
ment. There are probably about 100,
900 people engaged in the business. in
one way or another. and sl53, 900, ,0OC
capital invested in it. About 5000, ,00C
barrels of malt liquor is made yearly in
New York and vicinity. Considerable
discussion has recently arisen in the
press of that city over the alleged adul.
teration Of beer at the present time. A
careful analysis has just boen made by
those eminent chemists. Professors Dore.
mus and Engle. They agree in every
case in reporting an entire absence Of
''adulterat,ons or deleteriOus matter. u
Ii that be really so, brewers may well
put on airs over bakers.