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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-29
Read Read! Read!
The Bargains offered by
p. NJ. WEIGH & SON.
Eggs. Fresh Eggs.
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~. wi. WEIGH d SON.
Eggs. Fresh Eggs.
Fresh Country Eggs, all warranted, at 28c dozen.
Five Hundred pounds New Maple Sugar, Light in
color and pure, at leo pound.
The celebrated Momaja Coffee at ESQ pound, is de-
lighting everybody that uses it. Try it and you viii
have other.
Bright Juicy Lemons ut 100 q dozen. Large Or
an@es [tart1 at zoe dozen.
One Thousand pounds Snowflake Eva2orated APP
pies at SI5o Id; cook white as snow.
Fine Evaporated PeAches Mt 22c Id.
Fresh Oocoanuts at s and &c each.
Very hDe Maple Syrup 900 gallon can, A6c half
The best ou.1ity fresh Cocoa Shells at &c Ib.
Splez,sId Kindred Sweet Potatoes 400 peck
Something New!
Everybody Delighted With 1t;
Prepared Flour for making Brown Bread. Tba
best that was ever made. Price Is and 25c paokaOe
ssCUIS1NE." For frying hsh oyters nsh cSHaa
Saratoga chips potatoes. crullers &c. it Ia sDIv in
comparable, and the odor from FIRING aah AMI oTr
ters is much les than that caused BY the us Of
lard an to excite universal comment from tbcae who
have used "Cuisine" This article il NO humhu0 INT
10 the best Cooking Preparation ever manufacfnred
consisting largely, Of pure vegetable material with.
out any hogs tat in 1t. 1t Is cheaper than hut
Ter or lard For sale by the pound and In pound
paih Fun directors for using.
ID. M. WEIGH s. SON.
Nos. rs and SO Congress Avenue.
mas
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
a New and strange Disease.

Attention has lately been drawn in
one of our medical contemporaries to a
disease met with in Siberia known in
Russia by the name of .miryachit. !"
The person affected seems compelled to
initiate anything he hears or sees, and
an interesting account is given of a
steward, who was reduced to a perfect
state of misery by his inability to avoid
initiating everything he heard and saw.
One day the captain of the steamer, run
ming up to him, suddenly elapping his
hands at the same time, accidentally
slipped and fell hard on the deck Without
having been touched, the steward in
stantly elapped his hands and shouted; !;
then, III helpless imitation, he, too, fell
as hard and almost precisely in the same
manner and position as the captain.
This disease has been met with in Java,
where it is known as s.lata." In the
case of female servant who had the
same irresistible tendency to initiate,
one day at dessert her mistress, wishing
to exhibit this popularity, and catching
the womans eye, suddenly reached
across the table, and seizing large
French plum, made pretense to swallow
it whole. The woman rushed a. the
dish and put plum in her mouth, and,
after severe choking and semi-asphyxia,
succeeded in swallowing it, but her mis-
tress neye tried the experiment again.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
12czEco'A ssrigandis.
Ltfu:caso Iinles.1

letter f;om Mexico says the brigands
arc waking upto the fact that their occu-
patton is gone Rapid travel is bringing
them more surely into the clutches of the
law. y gang Of wreclers We're pursued
and shot less than month ago in the state
of Durango The leader Of tie band was
well known to The Mexican public by sight
and through a record of daring deeds and
bloody crimes Young and boyish in ap,
pearance, handsome, dashing, and so brave
aud teloved by the entire clan Of eighteen
brieands that 'l,a identity of this chief was
never betrayed or suspected. The other
day the rurales tracked them down, sent
eight bullets through the captains heart,
and destroyed the whole band. not leaving
one to tell the story They then learned
that the hands ome bandit boy was only a
bit of successful masquerading. for when
the riddica sonihgcro was removed and the
bullet hurnt blanket thrown aside q
shapeiy form WAS Ic ealed and the aston
ished soldiers discovered that the leader
of their foes had been woman.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
A Monkey College.


''The latest thing in educational news, y
said naturalist to an Enquirer writer,
is the college of monkeys, in London
Half dozen eyolutionists and naturalists
of the very advanced school are attempt
ing to teach monkeys to talk or express
their wants. The method is at first by
letter blocks. A block alphabet, in
which the letters are all distinctly
colored, is arranged before the
monkey student, which is first
taught to select some simple word,
as pie, and when he picks out
the letter. and forms the word he is
given piece of pie, so there is con-
stant incentive to learn, the prizes all
being bread and butter, so to speak. y
And what are the results?' asked the
visitor. 'They have not been divulged
yet" was the reply, but one of the
authors of the scheme states that there
is to be public exhibition in June,
when the monkeys can be heard for
themselves. If "a pig can be taught Sc
many wonderful things, see no reason
why monkey should not. 1t is ac-
knowledged that ants have a language
and talk to one another, and that the
light of some insects is used as means
of communication between them, so why
not other and higher animals2
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Jackson,s Democracy.
rN.,t,-;1In p,,o

John Cryer, mason, was on several
occasions engaged to build chilnneys at
the Hermitage, and while at work often
observed the most refined and wealthy
people of Nashville coming to visit
the general and his wife. The good
mason, having more or less of mortar
ornamenting his clothes, would say to
Jackson that he would not go to the
first table to eat;" that he was not fit
to appear in such elegant company.
The general always replied, "You
must 60 10 the first table, sir; laboring
men ought to be as highly honored as
any men in the community, for the sup
port of the world depends on the labor.
| will see that you are treated with
proper respect at my table.
This story is certainly to the credit of
Jackson's democracy, however it may be
as to his social graces. Cryer, frequently,
laughing. said that he had been more
honored than any man in the world. for
President Jackson had frequently waited
on him and brought him brick and NOR
tar when his regular attendant was out
of the way.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Is s..e Arlzsocraey Eaueatedf
fEE Perkins London Latter.1

III fcfrNinS London Letter
! asked professor of Oxford if the
English arisiocracy were really educated
and refined
They are refined, he replied. but not
educated 4 titled student seldom studies
in college The prince of Wales, when he
was in Christ college didn't study. He
had private tutors to cram him. It is
not coed policy to allow a duke or lo:d TO
fail in his examination They wouldn't
come here any mere if we made them
study too hard SO the aristocracy come
here, 90 through the forms of study, spend
a great deal of money and are finally al
lowed to graduate.
My guide at oxford tells me that the
titled sons of the arist6cracy at Oxford are
the most dissolute young men in college
.*They have drunken revelries in theil
rooms, which the professors wink at
they gamble Sundays and run off TO Lon
don to meet variety actresses. Finally
they go through the form OF graduating
and go home as ignorant as they came.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
He Was Too Pathetic.
[Arkansaw Traveler.]


Ballingbrook, :" said the managing
editor, you have given a great deal of
study to the art of composition. have you
not?" "Oh, yes, sir, :" Ballingbrook re-
Piled did You notice how much pathos
/ threw in that article concerning the
death of old Bagley?" "Yes, | noticed
it. IN fact, marked out the sorrowful
colorings. wy, you have ruined the
article. BY the way, think you'd
better take a permanent lay of. Your
pathos keeps us in tears all the time, and
notice that many of our subscribers take
the paper out to the graveyard where they
can weep in undisturbed sorrow. Mine is
a child-life. happy disposition. Balling-
brook, and it is not pleasant to have my
eyes constantly blinded by tears. Such a
powerful pen as yours should touch tho
PAPER lightly think that yor can gel
the position of toll gate keeper out here on
tie Red Fork road Good day. :"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
A Cautious Purchaser.


81 was recommended here by a friend, ;"
said a seedy looking man, as he entered
a drug store, who told me that you
did a very large business, and that any
purchases might want to make could
be effected on reasonable terms. =
Eyes, sir; certainly, sir. We have
built up a very large trade by faithful
attention to business, and by honest eff
forts to please our numerous customers.
''Such line of policy, take it, )" said
the seedy-looking man, gazing at the
proprietor with an air of great conf
dence, contains the essential clements
of commercial success. a conscientious
consideration for the wants of ones Gus
toners, while, at the same time, a
proper observance of what is due ones
self, will win in the long run. | am a
professional man myself, but l take con-
siderable pride in stating that I am,
nevertheless, practical man, and pos
sessed of practical ideas.
Undoubtedly, sir, undoubtedly" re-
sponded the druggist, rubbing his hands,
expectantly; "and now what can we do
for you, sir2'
You may give me 2-cent postage
stamp, if you please. .
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Noblemen for Hire.
TLondon Letter.


The saying that an Englishman dearly
loves lord has become proverbial, and
hence o good many members of the aris-
tocracy, devoid alike of cash or charac-
tiers, are always found ready to lend
their names to more or less doubtful
financial enterprises. OF course in this
category do not include noblemen of
the standing of the duke of Sutherland,
the earl of Bessborough, Sir David Gooch,
Lord C1aud Hamilton, the earl of Wharn-
eliffe, and many other men of title,
who own large interests in the COM
panies that they are connected with and
are excellent and thoroughly honorable
men of business. The class | refer to
are known as Guinea pigs" as they
find the guineas paid them each time
they attend a board meeting, welcome
addition to the scanty incomes on which
they manage to make SO brave an ap-
pearanee in the fashionable world
One lord | knew some years ago who
was always ready to preside at an en-
tertainment or public meeting of any
sort or for any object, for a fee of SO,
and this octo3enarian brother of one
duke and uncle of another was always
very particular in securing his fee be-
fore he took his seat on the platform.
It is SO notorious that many of these
lords, baronets, knights and connections
of peers of the realm do not take the
smallest trouble to inquire into the ante
cedents and standing of the promoters OF
the schemes to which they SO willingly
lend the weight of their noble names.
All they insist on is that they receive
their fees regularly and they neither
know nor care how many thousands OF
pounds are lost annually by the unfortu-
nate investors who find out too late that
these noble names are but broken reeds
to rest confidence upon.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
st the Siege OF Atlanta.


For some time before the arrival of
our army in front of the handsome city
of Atlanta, large number of men had
been engaged in preparing its defenses.
Competent engineers had planned the
works, and there was an abundance of
cannon and gunpowder. The southern
people had been slow to believe that the
Union soldiers would be able to pene-
trate so far into the south, and it was
only when they came knocking at the
doors that they could be brought to real
ize such was really the case. When this
was found to be true, however, the work
was pushed on apaee. Negroes were
brought in from all directions, and made
to work night and day until the defenses
assumed form that would last for
years. Too much was done upon them,
| perhaps, and they held our troops off
] we'll enough. never having been carried
| by assault. This was the aim of the
Confederate engineers, no doubt, but
our general-in chief was too wise to at
tempt to carry them at once, and gained
them eventually by cutting off supplies.
Nothing could exceed the beauty of the
nights during the siege, and there was
no suffering on account of cold. The
men would lie down anywhere with
their single blanket and rest comfortably.
Ordinarily, however, two men slept to-
gether; and were able to have one blanket
above and another underneath them.
So they rested, talking sometimes well
into the night and at other times SO
much fatigued that they dropped asleep
as soon as the blankets were laid down.
They were not oVer-particular, and with
good parapet to shield them against
cannon-shot, what more had they to ask?
They ate their rations of pork and
hard bread with the greatest relish, and
made coffee in their tin quart cups, the
| handles being riyeted on so that they
could not drop off when the solder was
melted On marches the men were
loaded down with rifle, spade, blanket,
cartridge-box haversack, belts, and
bayonet-scabbard But the marches
were very short ones, and the column
moved at snail's pace.
/ Some of the men bore pickaxes, and
the way they would make the dirt fly
when they halted was something
wonderful Soon the breastwork
was raised sufficiently to shelter
them, when trees were cut down and
placed on the tops, securely held in place
by crotches and sharpened stakes cross
ing each other. The men became very
expert in putting up these kind of shell
ters, and could burrow almost as readily
as badgers. Stern necessity had taught
them great many things, one of which
was the way to protect themselves, and
they did it very well indeed. Some
times, however, the Confederates made
their appearance unexpectedly, in some
quarter, where then was a struggle for
mastery fearful to behold The two
armies became mixed together in a wild
fight that was carried on with the most
deadly purpose, but it was soon over,
when there was comparative calm.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
woodcoek s,.ooti"s In Louisiana.

ICiilcinrati EEauirer.1
According t1 The hate Col. T. b. Thorpe
of New Orleans, a most brutal ard un-
spoTtsmanlike practice Of woodc0ck fire
hunting is practieed In this ienohle pur-
suit the actor for he cannot be called a
hunter, has fowling piece with two very
short barrels tand a Eowder-fiask that
will just measure i, thimbeful The shot,
which must be Of the smallest kind is put
loose in the ri@ht-haud side pocket of the
shooting jacket. The pointer you leave at
home, and carry along darkey, who is
armed with a sort of frame work set on an
iron pole in the Framework there being a
quantity Of light wood that has been
chopped from pine knots.
Suddenly Whirring sound greets your
ears. TIE torch is lighted, and for some
moments your eyes are blinded by its
tlickcring glare At last it lights up a
circle that may be twenty or thirty feet in
diameter The whirring sounds continue,
aud YOU are soon aware that woodcocks
are all about your feet even, lodging into
the Garkness. lou toss in your thin
bleftll of powder, pressing the wadding
down gently, pour shot enough into the
hollow of your hand and fire away. The
range being ten or fifteen feet The birds
are frightened thoroughly now. and are
hurrying, scurrying for dear life. You
load and fire as quickly as possible, and in
two hours perhaps, you have shot thirty
birds. Sometimes tic birds are so Fenti
full that they have been beaten down by
reeds, ard thus easily procured. were sold
in the streets of New Orleans for th.et
shillings bushel
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
A NEW DISCOVERY.
The Art OF Phoao-Lithography To ne
Rcvolutionfzed.

RcyolutIonfzed.
CAtlanta Gal Cor. New York Telegram
A discovery that is destined to revo-
lutionize the present method of photo
lithographing has been made by Mr.
John lido Ramsdell, Of this city. Mr..
Ramsdell is the editor and proprietor, as
well as the artist, printer and litho-
grapher, of the well-known southern il
lustrated weekly paper, The Cracker.
THE new inventions, says Mr.. Clark
ton, will introduce into the art of print
ing possibilities never yet dreamed
of. . The discovery is the result of
several months patient study and ex-
perimenting, it is wonderfully simple,
and the results attained are positively
marvellous. In the presence of q small
company of journalists especially in
vited to test the invention, Mr.. Rams
dell exhibited the entire process which
| he has perfected.
A fine steel engraving, frontissiece
III one of the leading magazines, was Sc
lected as the picture to be reproduced,
The effects of light and shade were es-
pecially delicate, and it was thought the
new process might fail to bring these
out in their original perfection The
experts looked at their watches-it
lacked three minutes of o'clock. Mr.
Ramsdell slipped off his coat, rolled up
his sleeves, and at the given signal the
engraving was torn quickly and dex-
trously from the book and plunged into
big bath, . the ingredients of which
at present remain a profound secret
In nine seconds it was removed, placed
Oh large piece of glass, and printers
gelatine roller, covered with ordinary
printers ink, was passed over it a few
times The paper was then lifted from
the smooth glass surface and placed
upon the lithographing stone, and the
impression" was made. The acids were
applied, the stone was completed in a
few seconds, and after moments adj
justment of the machinery the press be-
gan throwing off the fac-similes. Tho
experts looked at their watches again
it was one minute after 1. The entire
process had been successfully accom-
plished in just four minutes.
The process is so exceedingly simple
that any boy of Il can do all the
work just as well as an expert photo
photographer could do it.
Mr.. Ramsdell has filed an application
| for letters patent, and has organized
company of wealthy Atlanta capitalists
to push the Introduction of the inven-
| tion
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Extent of the Popcorn Trade,
New York Mail and Expressi


The high price of corn has somewhat
discouraged the manufacturers of pop
corn, who are compelled to pay increased
money for their product while disposing of
their goods at almost the same figures as
obtained when corn was low One manu-
facturer in New York manufactures as
high as 10000 pounds of popcorn year.
He has now on hand single contract for
shipping 900 barrels to London. Ship
ments are made regularly to Hayti. France,
Breslau, Berlin, Japan, China and Italy.
The Italians prefer it to macaroni, and are
heavy consumers of popcorn. Many
physicians, said the popcorn man, are
recommending their patients to use pop
corn as cure for dyspepsia
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
The Hatehet Story In Sign Language
1.-THE Argonautl

An incident at the deaf and dumb
schools of Kendall Green at Washington,
affords fine, though slight. instance OF
the curious notifications which the ideas
Of the blind or deaf suffer. and which in
their thoroughness must be practically in
conceivable to persons who are whole 4
pupil was telling the familiar story of
George Washington and the cherry tree,
and wrote out the conclusion on the black
board thus: He took his hatchet in his
left hand and told his father he did it. ;
why did h; take his hatchet in his left
hand?" asked the teacher, surprised at the
expressions; and the answer came
promptly, Because he had to use his
right hand to tell his father.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Beauty and the Buttons.
Burlington Hawkeye.l

u
The girl with soft gray eyes and rip
pling brown hair, who walked all over
your poor, futtering heart at the charity
ball, has just finished crazy quilt con-
tanning ,064 pieces of neckties and hat
Innings, put together with 81, 800
stitches. And her poor old father
fastcns on his suspendcrs with long
nail, piece of twine, sharp stick, and
one regularly ordained button.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
south American Revolutions.

A writer in The July Atlantic recall'
Mr Edward Everett Hale's rule for de
ternining in advance the length of {
South American outbreak: Multiply tn,
age of tie president by the number o
statute miles from the equator; divide by
the number of pages in the given consti
tuition; the result will be the length of tn.
outbreak in days. This formula include
an allowance for the heat of the climate
the zeal Of the leader, and the verbosity o
the theorists
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
The Best Saste.
lChronicle aIJndertor,es. "

don't believe that man is the highest
order of animal A horse geta
up in its stall, shakes itself,
and walks out to its daily toll.
Cows seem to keep themselves cleaner
than some men and look a great deal
better. Birds are as rule model of
neatness. Fishes are always dainty. But
man has to lock his bedroom door,
dress himself, adorn his figure,
brush his hair and fix himself up
before he can go out and face his fellow
man, and after all he is only an imita-
ton. The Creator left him to do for
himself what nature does for the ami
mails and nature has always the best
taste.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
DOLLIE.

[Samuel AIintuIn Peck
She sports a witching gown
With riffie UP and down
On the skirt.
She is gentle, she is shy;
But there's mischief in her eye.
She's a flirtl
She displays tiny giove,
And dainty little love
OF shoe;
And she wears her hat a-tilt
Over bangs 1hat nevef wilt
In t4o dew.
'Tis rulnoretl chocolate creams
are the fabf OF her dreams
But enough!
| know beyond doubt
That she carrie them about
In her muff.
With her din.pies and her curls
She exasl erates The girls
Fass belief;
They hint ti1at she's cat,
And delightful things like that,
Ia their gre.
1t IS shoel,ins, declare!
But VIA does Doliie care
When the beaux
Come fiodIsing TO her feet
Like the bees around a sweet
Little rosef
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
snners,i,ions OF science.
London Graphic.


While the old mystical superstitions are
dying out, the superstitious of science are
beginning to haunt ignorant or half-edu-
Gated minds with quite as pernicious an
effect. People are no longer afraid of bo-
geys or portents in the sky, but they quake
at the mention of miasmas or acids in the
system. The man who is too wise TO see
calamity in an overturned salt cellar deems
il no folly to ascribe gigantic evils to a
dish Of strawberries or a packet of cigar
cites
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04

scientific Exchange. ]

LNCItHtDIC LA3IIdIIg6J
Mons. j. G. Houzen has attempted to
prove that an object which has been oc-
casionally seen since 1872, and which
some astronomers have regarded as a
satellite of Venus, is really little planet
revolving about the sun between Venus
and the earth. He names it Meth.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
Graham Flour.
Exchanged

The graham -four manufactured these
days is not as nutritious as some people
suppose The bran in the -four is what
kills its beneficial effects. There is no
more ntltriment in the bran than there
is in a piece of flint. The habitual use
of graham flour lessons stomachic and
intestinal energy, and the drain on the
system is enormous
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04
A Cool sad.

A Paris paper contains the following
cool advertisement: Found Sunday last
a lace mitten embroidered with pearls Il
tie person who lost it will be kind enough
to leave the other one at the Office of this
paper, she will greatly oblige the person
who found the firStl"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-04

Norristown Herald: a Maryland man
has raised a lemon fifteen and hail.
inches in circumference 1t is estimated
that it will make E50. 600 gallons of circus
Iamora1