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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Novel Costumes In AIsiers.
Foreign Letter. !

The charm of Algiers is in the variety
and novelty OF its costumes. We see
crowds of Arabs, some lying under the
shade of the houses, others mounted on
little asses, or slipping their coffee as
they sit cross-legged in the doors of
the cafes. We meet the kabyle with
his watering On his shoulder, the
magnificent negress under whose blue
haik we can see the yellow skirt and red
scarf, and who*e imposing figure well
carries off this brilliancy of color; the
handsome Turk; the multitude of
Hebrews, their striking features sur
mounted by the triple turban; the
Jewesses, who, especially on Saturday,
appear in rich silks and cloth of-gold
haiks and stomachers. Add to these
the gay zouayes, and the white-robed
forms of the Arab women, with their
full trousers, and sometimes only one
eye visible beneath their wells, and We
have before us picture ever changing,
and of never failing entertainment.
The Place du government is con-
sidered the center of Algiers; and
around this open square, under the
shade of palm-trees, moves this motley
thrOnr
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
How Preaching Differs from Whites
ALBANY Argus.

lAlpduy Argus.
I met the Rev. William Henry
Augusta yesterday. His former dressy
hat was replaced by a demoralized
plush cap Ct yellow, his sometime
Prince Albert coat by q blue army over
sack, buttoned with wire, and his
face, which formerly wore look OF
peace and calm resignat. ON, was sicklied
DER with drops of dry whitewasb.
Have you abandoned preaching for
the whitewash brush?" / inquired.
"N-ro, sab, not 'zackly. Yo' see
sab, at dis season O de var dar er q
greater call fo' w'itewash dan fo'
speer'tooal labah. do bof, sah-bof. .
"Well, Mr.. Augusta, which pays the
better?"
"Oh, jis' now, w'itewashin' sah-
witewashin' by large plurality"
1t IS harder to whitewash than to
preach, should assume?"
BY no means, sah-by no means.
srose de majority O people labah undaf
de same error dat yo' am strugglin
vii. i ars a god deal O work il
han1in' witewash brush, ez it need
ter be dun, ef yoer con ienshus ez to-
de quality ob work yo do, sab; bu
preachin' am far mo laborious, sab =
faa mo-"
"Why?"
We'll. sab, n w'itewashin' yo' KIN re
leeve yo' min by tinkin' O. suth n else
an yo' body by restin' now an den
But reachin', sab, er nebbah-endin'
rassiin mat, b, ketch ez ketch kin, vic
de debble."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
HIndostan,. Car. of Juggernaut

DOIHIpS 1OT. lOLG6I IGSS.
Passing down the compound, we
come to the barracks where the ma
harajah keeps his private native troops,
about $50 i'll number. Looking over
a high wall, saw the top of what I
took to be a chariot and asked the
guide what it might be. "Oh, flats
only car of Juggernaut," was his
careless answer, just as though that
could not possibly be of interest to me.
cleared h s mind of the illusion by the
agility with which I founced through
the gate in order to inspect the
vehicle. 1t proved to be framework
about twelve feet square and
ten feet high, set upon four wheels, de-
void of ornamentation for the most part,
and altogether free from indecent cary
ings On the top were three or four
seats arranged in tiers, upon which it
is customary to put the chief Hindoo
god on certain festival days. Many of
the cars are so rotten that it is not sa fe
to have them hauled through the streets !;
but the British government makes it a
point never to interfere in any matter
affecting religious belief; and so these
festivals are in no wise restrained, al
though they may be attended with real
danger to many people. Of course,
there is a law prohibiting the old-time
system of voluntary immolation under
the car-WheelS
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Almost a New Craze.


A funny thing occurred at q wedding
here this week, which caused the bridal
party great modification. AS the
groom got cut OF the carriage to enter
the church he gave his hat to the foot
man, and that faithful individual, sup
posing it was intended that he 81 lould
stay by his employer and see him
through, followed closely behind the
bridal party as they marched up the
aisle. uring the ceremony he stood
conspicuously by the groom's side with
two plug hats in his hands, and when
the benediction was pronounced fol-
lowed the bridal party down the aisle
again close to his masters heels. The
spectators thought it was some new
caper that had been introduced, and if
the family had kept quiet about it the
idea would have been initiated, and no
wedding would have been complete
without groom in livery with two
plug hats, but their modification was
so great that they felt called upon to
explain that the man was stupid and
did not understand that he was to re-
main in the vestibule.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Making due Allowances.


"Do you want a snake item?" asked
a man from Elk Neck at the sanctum
door of an Elkton newspaper.
aYes,' said the editor. come right in
and tell us all about it"
well, killed it to-day down on the
Northeast road. It was nineteen feet
from head to tail. I took out my rule
and measured it,"
"How many drinks of pear cider have
you taken today" asked the editor.
"Only two," said the man from Elk
Neck. What has that to do with the
snake item?"
aOh, a great DEAL" answered the
editor. "We always deduct nine feet
from the snake for each drink of pear
cider taken by the man who brings in
the snake item. Making the usual de-
ductions for Cecil county pear cider
your snake was twelve inches long. A
very good snake for the season. Come
in again when you have snake item" !"
And the editor held the sanctum door
wide open for the man from Elk Neck
to pass out.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

I'M. D. Conway in Philadelphia Times.l
The long files of pilgrims coming In
from every quarter, and their process
sions conyerging as they went to the
sacred water, reminded me of the
armies saw gathering on the plain be-
fore Gravelotte on the morning of its
were, to my eye, all alike and dressed
alike, had to fix on little touch OF
red in the hea idress of my guide in
order to follow him as he pressed
rapidly before NE, elbowing and
showing aside, in way that distressed
me, people who must have felt them
selves more in their place than I was.
AS we drew near to the sandy promon-
tory between the sacred rivers, the ba-
zaars multiplied, and many hundreds
of gay banners foated in the air, on
which were pictured all manner OF
totems, nendescripts all the symbols
had ever seen, with more that puzzled
me for the first time.
On one side was an acre of ground
where large population squatted on
the ground and were having their heads
shorn by BARRIERS. That acre was fairly
carpeted with black hair, and learned
that every hair sacrificed in that sacred
spot meant considerable number OF
years in paradise. No woman, however,
was sacrificing her glory in that way,
nor did the women initiate the zeal of
the many male pilgrims, who were
careful to cover themselves with mud
before they plunged into the waters lin
many cases approaching the sacred
stream by long series of prostrations,
the last of which buried their foreheads
in thick mud. l was told that priest
beside each of these muddy pilgrims
besought the river deities to purge the
pilgrim o. sins even as the waters
washed that mud from his body. The
rivers are very shallow at their juno
tion, and continue Is procession o.
pilgrims as wading from bank to bank
III the banks far and near were black
with the swarm of people. There were
lines of barges also, and in the center
of the river an island made up of bam.
boo boats, from which Hindoos we're
leaping every moment. was soon or
one of the barges, moving about and
watt hing the ecstacies of these people
and Is ening to their loud invocations
as they immersed themselves. None oi
them were actually naked, though the
men rarely wore more than the regula-
ton fig leaf insisted upon by the gov
ernment. The women seemed to think
themselves sufficiently clothed in THEN
transparent wrappers. There was
however, no sign OF any conscious OF
reccgn zed indecorum in the scene. Or
the other hand, there was no solemnity
whatever; all were merry, laughing
noisy, as SO many Ostend bathers on al
equally warm and sparkling da.-. III,
women changed their clothing on tn.
bank, and the men, after bathing, wer,
dressing themselves with forehead ash
marks, put on carefully before ova
| hand mirrors. There were very few
| children.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
I'M. Quad in Detroit Free Press. ]
Don't I want q boy to have fun

Nj. Quad IN Detroit Free. ffeSS.
Don't I want boy to have fun?
You bet do! and. by and by, I'm go.
ing to put you up to dozen different
things in that line. But this grabbing
your hat after supper and sneaking out
over the back fence is mean piece of
business, when you come to figure it
down. Down on the corner you meet
Jim this or Tom that. You go "over
town" and are seen hanging around
this or that place. You may sneak into
saloon to see game of billiards, but
you hate yourself for it. You may sit
in Smiths grocery and hear a lot of old
bald-headed liais spin Their yarns and
abuse religion, but you go out feeling
that you could kick any one of them
who dared bow to your mother.
You'd go home and go to bed if it
wasn't for Jim or Tom. He wants q
little fun" and he drags you into it.
What he calls fun is stringing rope
across the sidewalk. Itdoesn't occur to
him that some person may break limb
and be put to several hundred dollars
expense, or even to be killed outright.
He thinks it cute thing to roll off bar
rels of salt, barricade the bridge, set
an old shed on fire, or stop up the Chin
neys on widows house. When you
have played such tricks it comes very
easy to play others which the law won
| look at in the funny light.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
BISMARCK AS A SMOKER.
His Audacity and Goodness I'm the
Presence of His Superiors.
IRusch,s T.;fa of R;smarel,

Presence of His Superfors.
[Busch's Life of Bismarck.
The following amusing account of the
manner in which the prince treated the
Austrian president at Frankfort, who
monopolized the privilege of smoking,
is from Bismarck himself. / asked
about the famous cigar incident.
(which one do you mean?" THAT in
which your excellency, finding Rech-
berg smoking, lit up cigar too You
mean Thun. Yes: that was simple
matter enough. He asked me to wait
minute. / did wait some time. WheR
I began to feel bored, however, as
he did not offer me cigar, took one
out of my pocket and asked him
for light. which he gave me with as
tonishment depicted upon his counte-
nance. But there is another story of
the same sort. At the sittings OF the
military committee, when Rochow rep
resented Prussia at the federal diet,
Austria smoked alone. Rochow, who
was an inveterate smoker, would have
gladly done the same, but did not dare
to.
When arrived, seeing no reason to
y
power to oblige me with light. This
request was apparently regarded by
the chairman and the other gentleman
with amazement and displeasure. OBJ
viously. it was an event. As
matters then stood, only Austria and
Prussia smoked. But the others
considered it a question of such inn
portance that they reported upon it to
their respective governments. Some
body must have written to Berlin about
it, too; for an inquiry reached me from
his late majesty. who was not smoker,
and probably did not find the occur
renee to his taste The incident called
for serious consideration at the smaller
courts, and six months elapsed, during
| which only the two great powers
smoked. Then Schrenkh, the Bavarian.
began to vindicate the dignity of his
| position. by smoking. Nostitz, the
Saxon, had doubtless great mind to
do as much, but had not received per-
mission from his minister.
| When, however, at the next sitting,
he saw the Hanoverian, Rothmer, light
up, he must have come to some arrange
ment with Rechberg (Nostitz was under
Austrian influence, having two sons in the
Imperial Army, for he took cigar out
of his case and puffed away vigorously.
The only ones left were the Wurtem-
burger and the Darmstadter, neither
of whom smoked. But the honor and
Importance of their states imperatively
required that they should smoke, and SO
the next time the Wurtemberger Won
Reinhardt) also produced a weed II
think l see it now, long, thin. pa,e
yellow thing, the color of rye straw.
and smoked it with sullen determination
half through, as burnt sacrifice for
his Suabian fatherland. The only one
who altogether refrained from tobacco
was the representative of Hesse
Darmstadt.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
A Double Bicycle.

An Englishman has patenteda a device
by which the front wheels of two bicycles
may be so joined as to permit the ma
chimes to be driven tandem by two
riders. One advantage of this form of
riding is, that falling forward over the
handles is rendered quite impossible,
and another is, that a greatly increased
pace is attainable. Ascents and de-
scents can thus be made when pre-
viously it vas necessary to dismount.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Billings ON the Paragraph.


Cnly the other day, Josh Billing
told a newspal er reporter that the lead
ing prime pie of his humor was conden
sat.on He believed, he said, that {
paragraph was better than page an
nothing at all was better than dozen
pages. He never read book through
in his life, as it was too exhausting tt
hunt fer two or three ideas In SO many
pages. For his own part he never
wrote page on any one sub. ect in hi.
life Now, this is the talk of a para
grapher who has a craze on the subiec
of his own specially. Some of the
greatest WITS and sages of the world
could not write paragraphs. Their con
tinuity of thought, wealth of illustra
ton and copious vocabularies made i
impossible for them to be brief. Il
this instance Mr.. Billings oversteps tn,
mark.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12


A weary-looking, overworked Tech
nicality strolled into courtroom to
while away an afternoon.
A prisoner t. ok the witness-stand.
Prosecuting Attorney-Now, sir, tell
the jury, did you or did you not kill
that inoifensive man?
Nitness-I did
Prosecuting Attorney-Let's under
stand each other clearly. Did you
commit this most foul murder, coolly,
and deliberately?
Witness-I did.
Attorney-Your honor, we rest our
case.
"Mr. Sheriff, bring rope" said the
judge.
"Noyou don't, cried the Technically
and, springing to its feet, it snatched
the prisoner in its strong arms and bore
him off to freedom amid the triumphant
shouts of the lawyer for the defense:
Saved! Saved"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
AGAINST Patent Medicines.
LSan Francisco Chronicle

4 good example is set by the Austrian
ministry of interior. 1t has issued an
order which provides that all the So
called beautifers, hair dyes, patent
medicines, etc, containing poison, or of
which large dose is prescribed, shall
only be sold by apothecaries on the
strength of medical prescription, and
that no article of this description shall
be sold, the chemical composition of
which is either not known to the sani-
tary authorities or is recognized by them
as injurious to health.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
nada.asear,s Minister.

A New York Herald correspondent
recently called on the prime minister OF
Madagascar, and in accordance with
the regular form, asked him, How is
her majesty, the queen? How is the
prime minister? Eon are the judges
and o GERS of the kingdom?' The
Prime min ster then asked, How is the
great president? How are his twelve
wives? How is the republic2'
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Rolling Easter Eggs.
tCh cago Herald.


In L ancashire, England, they keeI
up the traditions of centuries on Easter
Monday. In Ireston, for instance, the
whole population make pilgrimage tc
the park outside the town, each with 6
hard boiled egg stained some color
Everybody, young and old, makes fol
the summit of hill, down which the
aim is to roll the egg without getting
it smashed. To see crowds of we'll
dressed people rolling eggs against ons
another is most amusing spectacle.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
An Opera stars Talisman,
fChicago News.

"Do you know what makes me so sue
cessful?" Mime. anoni asked, after a
pause. at is this big railroad spike.
I found it on the track just outside OF
New York and have carried it ever
since. Why, it has made me regular
mascotte. wouldn't take $4,000 for it..
Mr.. Miles Barton is going to give me a
goldtn nail for it when the season
closes, but am little dubious about
making the trade. You see it is not a
good scheme to trihe with talisman. .
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Rare Heads and Ventilation,

In paper read before the Edinburgh
Health society, DR.. Almond referred
to the custom of having the head COW
cred out of doors and uncovered within
doors as very injurious on account of
its making people so sensitive to
draughts of air as to cause them to take
cold. Boys, he said, who went bare
headed out of doors could stand a
greater amount of ventilation in school
rooms and sleeping-rooms than those
who wore head coverings.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Kept Up the supply.

One of Lord Beaconsfeld's peacocks
died at the same time as did its ma ter,
and its carcass was given to hanger
about the place, who made small
fortune by selling feathers from its tail.
It was marvellous how the poor peacock
kept up the supply.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Two Capitals.
[Exchange.

do you use capital or little letters
when writing the name of state Z"
asked new reporter. What state is
it?" Rhode Island" "Use little let
ters, of course-dont crowd the state"
But there are two capitals in Rhode
Island" "Oh, ah-ahem-yes. so there
are-but we can't help it.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
A Little Curious.

Isn't it curious to think that the same
citizen who may be heard on club
nights believing 10 til the bacchanalian
ditty, 81 andlord, fill the flowing bowl"
can softly Groom his youngest to sleep
with the seductive melody, Hush, my
babe. lie still and slumber ?"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Big Guns.

The Italian government has ordered
the construction of ten sixteen-inch
krupp guns, capable OF sending pro-
jectile weighing considerably more
than ton through any armor that
ship can carry. They will cost $4,000
francs each. China has also ordered
guns of similar dimensions
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Arkansaw Traveller: When er ole
man does wrong it is generally wus
wrong den er young man would do. De
ole hoss, when he does kick, Ii ks a
heap harder den de colt.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

The Current: English Lawmakers
who are in favor of compulsory educa-
tion, are embarrassed by the fact that
there are many poor children who have
no time to be educated, their bread abb
solutely depending upon THEN labor.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Archibald Forbes in his recently pub
lished biography of Chinese Gordon
come, is him, genealogically, with
Enderby, the tea merchant, whose tea
was thrown into Boston harbor.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
Inherited Neatness.

Exchange,
"Walter," said Mrs. Particular to her
little son, whom she found eating
grapes in the garden, you must not swal-
low the skins of the grapes It's bad
for you to eat them" "But doesn't it
make the yard look neater?" said
Walter.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12
The Smallest Locomotive.

7 he smallest locomotive in America
has been built by a Pensacola firm.
The drive-wheels are only twelve
inches in diameter, and the whole ma
chine is only nine feet six inches long
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

On one of our pages to-day will be found
a striking and instructive illustration of
the comparative worth of the various
kinds of baking powders now in the mar
ket
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

A lump of Alabama coal, weighing
10000 pounds, is on exhibition at
Birmingham.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Paper is now used in Germany in
stead of wood in the manufacture of
lead pencils.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-12

Gath: Ferocity of persecution
almost invariably arises from an undis-
covered dishonesty in the assailant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-02
The New York stock Market.

NEW York, December l. = Stocks
continued strong until 1.3O, when there
was sudden decline of Il to ~. Later
on st. Paul became active and rose TO
oI1z, and the entire list moved up once
more. In the afternoon there was rise,
Union Pacific, Western Union and Kan
sas d Texas prominent The market
closed strong.
New YoRK, December l. = Stocks
strong, higher, after IL O'Clock, espe-
cially New York Central, and the re-
'malnder of the list advanced in svm-
pathy. At midday weaker tone pre-
vailed.
New YORK. December 1.-Wall street.
Stocks strong, with an advance of n to
~, the latter in New York Central
which sold up to 917s; st. Paul rose to
sos and Northwestern to 921%.
= NEW York. December I.-Govern-
ments strong; railways firm. Stocks
early were somewhat irregular. About
go pm. the market began to improve.
Under the leadership of st. Paul, Lake
Shore, Union Pacific and Western
Union business became very active, and
round amounts of leading shares
changed hands at advancing figures.
Compared with Saturday the closing
prices are x to 27s higher, except Read
ing and Canada Southern, which are X
to Il lower.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-02
HOUSE of RepresentaiIses.

WAsHIEGTOE, December Though
the galleries of the House were we'll
filed this morning with spectators, all
anxious to view the, proceedings at
tendant on the first day of the session,
there was an absence of that crush of
visitors which usually characteri1es such
occasions. Numerous floral designs
Ornamented the desks of favorite mem
bers and among them a handsome ship
Of state, of which Cox IN. " was the
recipient. An immense bed of chry-
santhemumS covered the desk occupied
by Barbour (Va.) and tasteful basket
of Variegated flowers adorned the Speak
er'S table. Members INDUCED in the
usual greeting, exchanging congratula-
tons on reelection OF condolences on
defeat. Republicans made good natured
replies TO equally good natured chatting
by Democrats on the result Of the Pres
idential contest and there was no bitter
ness on either side. Promptly at noon
the Speakers gavel called the House to
order. After prayer. the Speaker di-
reeted the clerk to call the roll.
At LAO pm. the Presidents mes
sage was received and immediatelyread
The message was referred to the com
mlttee Of the whole on the state of the
Union, and with accompanying docu-
ments ordered printed. -. - :.
Hutehins, from the committee on an
preparations, reported 4 bill making
temporary provision ator the naval
service Referred to subcommittee of
FORMAL announcement was made Of
the death OF Representatives Duncan
ana Evlns, and the House adjourned.