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Daily Republican., 1884-04-14


The finest Now York
-.~Aols in Neckwear have
prepared especially for us
some new and very hand
some Scarfs tor our Easter
Showing. These supplement
our own popular makes.
Taken in connection with our
London-made goods from
Welch, Margetson & Co.,,
they form a collection unri-
vailed and unique.
Hardly ths Scarf Coun-
ter are the Dent and Fownes
Gloves, the London Linen
Collars, Cuffs, Canes, Under.
wear and Half Hose, and all
the little niceties that 90
toward making up a gentle
mans wardrobe. These
counters are just inside the
Chestnut-street main en-
trance.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-14

ENOR SHERIFF, or y =" y "sTl'As1
T. county, In 1884. FRANK ~, y. 81 l., the I
Of Wilmington Hundred. SuplS" pleird
cision Of tho Republican psiy', rosa
myself to support the successfu' '''' ,t.t
Daily Republican., 1884-04-14
Misses aud Children's and
Ladies' Jerseys occupy the
late Fur Department

Children's Jerseys, 90c. to $500
Ladies' Jerseys, in variety of shades
81. 90 to IS. 90.
Raglans in spring fabrics, $1,000 tt
$50 %.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Moses In the SOudan.

The Soudan is none other than the
Cush of the Bible, which the Septuagint
and the Vulgate render Ethiopia. When
Moses had arrived at mans estate Egypt
was invaded by an Ethiopian army,
which successfully laid waste the coun-
try as far as Memphis. In their de-
spair the Egyptians prayed to their
oracles for aid, and the advice they re-
ceived was that they should offer
the leadership of their armies to
"Moses, the Hebrew" This they did.
The great difficulty of the campaign
was to traverse the roads which led to
the Ethiopian camp, in consequence of
their being infested with dangerous SER
pents. The willy Israelite provided his
advance guard with number of ibes in
baskets and instructed the soldiers to
let the birds loose on the serpents. By
this ingenious expedient the roads We're
speedily cleared and Moses was enabled
to surprise the Philippians and defeat
them with great slaughter.
Carrying the war into Meroe itself,
Moses then laid siege to the capital,
Saba. The obstinate resistance offered
by the defenders prolonged the siege
for some time, but eventually the city
was delivered up by Tharbis, the
daughter of the Ethiopian king, who
had watched Moses from distance
and from admiring his valor had fallen
in love with him. The story ends
happily wit. the marriage of Moses and
TharhiS
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21

view HOFk
Sealing wax" stationer said, sis
quietly resumng its place for the seal
ing Of letters. The use of gum in the
place of sealing wax was seductive
appeal to the laziness of persons, who
eagerly adopted that method because it
was quick and handy. It is much easier
to run yonr tongue along the flap of an
envelope and press the surface together
than it is to heat the wax and close the
letter effectually.
''But it has now come to be slowly
appreciated that letter easily sealed is
nearly as easily opened. It only re-
quires little dampness to open any
letter sealed with gum, and it may be
done so skillfully that it battles detec-
ton. It is about as much protection
now to put letter in gum-sealed en-
velope as to put the contents ona postal
card Sealing wax is protection
against the prying curiosity of persons
not dishonest enough to steal your let
ter out and out, yet willing to possess
themselves of yout secrets by peering
into your letters after steaming open q
gum-sealed fao.
"a pretty feature of the use of seal
ing wax is the opportunity to use seals
Seal rings are plenty enough, and il
you have not a seal ring, you may use
coin, or bangle, or any rough sur
face, the break of which might be an
indication that the letter had beer
tampered with. The express companie:
will not receive valuable package fol
transmission unless Ii is carefully
sealed. Seal your letters by all means
with sealing wax if you wish to keaI
their contents free from inspection"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Ixeely's Motor Ecltpsed.

Inter Ocean.
The Philadelphia Times claims to make
known the eclipser of Keely in young man
of that city who has perfected mysterious
motor and subjected it to definite tests. The
inventor is James Rodney Barlow, who after
much study and the gaining secretly of some
knowledge Of the Keely motor, set about
making a machine that should conform to
the principle Of Keely's motor, with such
notifications as should make it practical in
stead of theoretic.
According to the paper mentioned, whose
reporter Is alleged to have been one of the
experimenting party, trial was made on
the night of March Is that was satisfactory
beyond all expectation. A hand-car was
run over the West Jersey railroad between
Camden and Gloucester, at first moderately,
and then at the rate of speed equal to seventy
five miles an hour. There were four people
on the car-7the inventor, friend who sup
piled him the money for his work, the re-
porter, and an employe of the road. The
success was such that Mr.. Barlow was wild
with enthusiasm, and will at once proceed to
make machine capable Of real work.
| The internal structure OF his apparatus is
at present his secret. The appearance of the
invention is thus described: Two cylindrical
oU00A 'oaooAS, nfo AnSAoa IA o11hioCoA oy eiSu-
teen in length, placed longitudinally one inch
apart; above these, placed at right angles,
another similar vessel, three inches in
diameter by nine in length; from the head
of each of the lower cylinders projected a
steel tube half an inch in diameter converg-
ing four inches above. where there was a
small hand lever; by the side was vertical
cylinder, with rod and plunger, connected
with the upper cylinder of the motor by a
steel tube. That is all there was to it, and
all that will be known until Mr.. Barlow gets
his right legally secured. Mr.. heely seems
to have tinkered, promised, and postponed
long enough to retire with the consciousness
that he has played Franklin for a contem-
porary Morse.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Artificial Flowers to Let.


"Bless you, florists are bad enough, but
they have not stopped SO low as to hire out
flowers for funerals. / never heard of such
a thing"
The reporter hied him to the largest artifi-
cial flower and foliage concern in the city.
"a great many poor people, ;" said men,
Der of the firm, "order potted flowers and
tropical plants of us for funerals. We
charge 10 per cent. for their use, and in
plenty of instances the flowers might better
have been bought out and out. Take our
foliage bouquets, composed of dracanas,
begonias, coieus, geranium and ivy-they
come cheap and it is poor economy to hire
them. But people of small means like the
immediate saving, and the long rum is not
taken into account. For funerals that take
place in church we sell large quantities of
chrysanthemums, roses, tiger and Gala lilies,
hyacinths, etc. Natural flowers are some
times represented on the same altar, and it is
impossible to tell which is which. The imi-
tation of common flowers has been reduced
to fine art One can hardly believe how
rapidly artificial plants have sprung into
favor, even among the rich. They are used
in bathrooms, theatres, restaurant windows,
stores, and most everywhere. We have
some well-known varieties so adroitly made
that they would deceive the most learned
botanist at little distance"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Marriage as a Reward OF Merit.
Paris Figaro.

A party of fifty women left Bordeaux
for New Caledonia "a short time ago
under peculiar circumstances. They
were women sentenced to long terms of
imprisonment for grave offenses, who
have elected to go to the French penal
colony, where they will find husbands
in the convicts of the first class-that
is, those conyicts who have by their
good behavior entitled themselves to q
government grant of land and obtained
permission to marry. The women were
selected from various prisons, and are
described as young and good looking.
On their arrival out they will be housed
in religious establishment managed
by a community of Sisters, where
bachelor convicts of the privileged
class will be permitted to visit them,
and, as often as a marriage is arranged,
the Colonial government will provide
the bride with trousseau and set the
couple up in housekeeping in small
way
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Russian Jews In Dakota.
rCor. Sk Pa,,l Eionear Press

In company with one of the young
Jewish farmers of the CremienA col
ony, your correspondent left Mitchell
at daybreak for visit to the Hebrew
farming colony, situated about twenty
two miles southwest of Mitchell. A
commendable characteristic OF these
people is their patient perseyer-
ance. They have come to a
strange land, where they are unac-
quainted with the customs and language
of the people. They work hard, are
practical, and look at facts as they find
them. They are saving, and not dol
lar is wasted, nor is cent spent for
drink, and very few incur debts, and
then only in case of urgent necessity.
Some of the colonists are getting
good start in stock, but number by
hard work have not as yet been able to
lay by enough to buy the much-needed
ox-teams. Their numbers will be
largely increased the coming summer
by relations and friends who will come
from Russia.
The oolonists have private school at
the residence of Mr.. Rosenthal, taught
by Miss Burnes, highly educated lady.
She is paid by subscription, and the
school is well attended by the Russian
children, who are all learning to speak
English fuently. They are, as peo-
pie, fond of music, reading and society.
Even the lowliess have a good educa-
ton, and the brawniest has a knowledge
of music. In the long winter evenings,
and on days when it is too cold to work,
they collect together and pass away the
time with music and dancing, and con-
sulting together on matters of practical
business. Parties are frequently held,
to which their American neighbors are
always invited and welcomed.
There are now number of Hebrew
Russian farming colonies in the United
States, but they are all new as yet. The
most numerous is that of New Odessa,
Ore, founded under the advice of
Michael Heilprin, DR.. Julius Goldman.
Edward Lauterbach, and Judge
Isaacs, all of New York city. They
claim that the time will soon be here
when Hebrew farmers will be nc
novelty in the United States. The
colony, young as it is, and notWith-
standing the fact that nearly all It's
members have co mmenced without a
dollar, embarrassed by all the incon-
venience of pioneer life. is self-sustain-
;por
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
An inaccessible Editor.

Edinburgh Letter to Philadelphia Press
The newspapers of Scotland are far behind
US in enterprise and news; their forte is
heavy leaders and long speeches. The offices
are conducted in manner which is novel to
an American. Having occasion to visit the
office of The Scotsman, was met by
female dragon, who guarded the approach
to the sanctum Her brilliancy startled me
from my usual composure. have not been
accustomel to see in newspaper Offices women
at all, but more especially one wearing dia-
monds in Ler ears and pearls around her neck,
with an eye glass tipped gracefully on her
nose, ou' of which-the eyeglasses, not the
nose-she viewed me suspiciously. In voice
not sweet but strong she demanded my busi-
ness.
II want to see the editor" answered.
"The editor is never seen," was the rel ly.
"Never scent" exclaimed.
"Never seen except by those who know
him." was the answer.
"What's his name9' asked.
"His name is never given to people who
don't know IT," she said
"How can communicate with him2"
"By letter." replied the fair Cerberus. Such
was my experience in the office of The Edin-
burgh Scotsman.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
The Hague OF White Ants.

A letter from st. Helena states that
nearly all the storehouses and impor-
can't public buildings in Jamestown
(the principal village) are built of iron
and slate, as within the last thirty
years the island has been subjected to
the plague of white ants. These insatia-
BILE little monsters, who are three or
four times as large as the ordinary
black ant, are able to destroy speedily
any kind of woodwork. They can
honeycomb big log till it may be
crushed by the pressure of hand.
And yet they do their work from the
inside, leaving thin veneer on the
surface, so that their presence
is often entirely unsuspected. Large
buildings have been brought to ruin by
these minute pests; and it is no uncom-
mon thing to see chair or sofa sud-
denly collapse, and to find that the
ants have eaten everything but the
varnish. They demolish any kind of
wood but teak; and through this they
bore, with the precision and smoothness
of an auger, paths to less hard material.
The ravages of these pests in ST. Helena
supposed to have been originally
brought there from one of the East
Indian islands-have cost hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and, though large
rewards have been offered for the dis
covery of means to exterminate them,
no remedy has yet been found.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
he KNEW ABOUT IT.
The .sEanfkern Business and Why
Seward Bought the Place.

Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
2Wha's all's talk bout that Texas fellah
ami this Lasker business asked one of our
bestyoung men as he stood with his friends
inhaling the maddening fumes of the destroy
ing cigarette. A long silence followed.
which was at length broken by the best
young man who makes living by sucking
the head of cane. After pondering the
question fully for long time, he said:
What Lasker y talkin' 'boutp
The first best young man was evidently an
noyed by the question. He looked sadly at
his toothpick shoes, hoping for some inspira-
ton from them, but none came. He sighed
| heavily. cast an appealing glance toward the
well-inforned best young man, who re-
mained silent, however, and the first speaker
replied:
Same Lasker-fellah that got into trouble
with Texas fellah-Doubiltree was Texas fell
lah's name, b'lieve. Some kind of-er.-ah--
trouble, b,lieven
The eyes of all the best young men are now
turned toward the well-inforn1ed best young
man. He was always looked up to in politi
cal discussions because he once drew a salary
in the custom house for doing something or
other-he had forgotten what it was he did
in the custom house, but he did it several
years. In answer to the glances bent upon
him in mute but intelligent inquiry, the we'll
| informed best young man said:
"Aw-yaas; know. said at the time
| therd be trouble. Said when Secretary
Seward"
"Whos he secretary ofl" asked the best
young man whose mother takes in washing.
"Dash if I know" said the Uniformed
best young man, after painful silence;
o1tth nkl1o
what Well, said when Secretary Seward
bought Alasker of the Proosians-said then
Bismarck make trouble bout it some day; N
SO he has.p
"Whd he buy it for?" asked the best
young man who generously allows his sister,
who teaches school, nearly one-half Of her
salary.
"Don' know" said the well-informed best
young man. "spect wanted to build on it. !"
And the best young men wandered on to a
place that sold scented cigarettes.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Begging for Benevolent Societies.
ESt. Paul Pioneer Press.


Il will explain to you how am
necessary adjunct to such a society.
Nothing can be done for the heathen
without money, something which the
society is in need or Almost every one
hates to go begging for money, no mat
ter what the object. Here is where
come in. [ present myself to the
society and agree for certain commits
sion-now, If I tell you how much, you
won't give it away? well, it's 25 per
cent-to raise all the money they de-
sire, and no trouble to its members
whatever. The society agrees, and I
go to work. I first consult my list of
'philanthropists, as call them, which
I keep in this little memorandum book.
Here, just look at these names on the
first page" looked and read:
Mr.. -. A good-natured duf'er,
pious, has great love for missionary
work. Various sums.
Mr.. -. Only good for orphan
homes. Gives 800 usually.
Mrs. -. Cries over the sufferings
of "forlorn and poverty stricken
widows" Fifty dollars or more. Lots
of "taffy" necessary.
Miss -. Good for $25 or so on any
particularly "sad case"
Mr.. -. Opens his heart for the
heathen, and purse as well.
Mrs. -. Fair, fat and 40" Her
hobby is the alienation of the sufferings
of the poor. Fifty dollars or so.
Miss -. Donates SO for anything
that gets her name in the papers.
"This list, as you see, the gentleman
continued as returned it to him, "is
quite long, and was compiled by me
after hard work and long experience.
By it I know just the person to strike
for any given scheme.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Signs of the Vendetta.
TParis Figaro.l

farlS flSaTOj
The vendetta still survives in Naples,
but it is curious that warning of it is
never given in words. The language
of signs, which every Neapolitan Of the
lower classes knows, is generally used,
and the gesture most commonly en-
ployed is made by pressing the thumb
and forefnger together in such way
as to leave q small narrow space be-
tween them, which is supposed to typ
ify the hole Fhe challenger hopes to
make in his adversary's body. In Ma
pies, too, men still bite their thumbs,
as they did in the days of Sampson and
Gregory; and this in not an expression
of contempt, but declaration of war.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Very Serious Case.
4

A New York dude was suddenly
taken violently i'll and physi clan was
hastily summoned.
After looking at his tongue and feel
ing of his pulse, the usual formula, the
doctor remarked:
He has evidently been overlooking
his stomach. My dear sir" he con-
tinued, rousing the patient, can you
tell me what you ate to-day for din
ner?"
Nothing, doctah, but glass of
watah and part of tocthpick." re-
piled the sick dude, YEARLY.
Him." mused the physician, that is
strange His faintness certainly comes
from disordered stomach" Then he
suddenly said: Bring me his cane"
The cane was brought him, and after
a careful examination he laid it aside,
with the remark:
1T is as I thought. A 10-cent cane,
and he has sucked the varnish off the
head Give him three drops of milk
every four hours, and be careful not to
exceed the dose. I'll call again to-
morrow"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Crippled the Engine.

The Brunswick (Ga) Herald says
that some malicious fellow whom the
law ought to put where he can do no
harm, put five bars of soap in the water
tank on the Brunswick & Waycross
road, near Waycross, on Christmas day.
The night express train, that came
along next, filed up with the soapy
water, and soapy water will not make
steam. So the engine was laid up on
the track without steam or the power
to make it until another engine could
be sent ont to pull the former tran and
engine onward This is q Christmas
prank that is neither funny nor smart
but as dangerous as it was malicious
Let it not be repeated.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Thirteen Millions from Gunuowder
fphi1adalnb;o Ranor.J

IPhlladelphia Record
Mr.. Lammot Dupont, who was killed
by the explosion at Thompson's Point.
IS said to have been worth S13, 900 900.
He had controlling interest in the man
ufacture ofnearly all the high explosives
that were made in the United States
and Canada east of the Rocky noun
talns. Ten million pounds of these
materials were consumed in the country
In 1882, the Repauno company's works
at Thompson's Point producing one
third of this amount He is credited
with having organized combination of
all the makers of high explosives.
When negotiating with the Panama
Canal company for the powder to be
used in that work he guaranteed to sup
ply twelve tons of Atlas powder daily
If that amount were needed.
One of the most daring achievements
recorded in the history of the present
century is one of which he was the CEN
trail figure. During the Crimean war
the Russian government ran out of
powder, and the explosive was required
to continue the defense of Sebastopol.
A cargo was purchased from the Du-
points in this country and was placed in
in a steamship lying off Baltimore.
The British had frigates posted in wait
ing outside the Chesapeake. After
seven feints the watchers were eluded
and chase began across the Atlantic,
through Gibraltar, and up the Medi-
terranean sea. With remarkably good
fortune the vessel passed through the
Bosporus and into the Black
sea unchecked; but when near
ing the place of contention the
English war-ships hailed the stranger.
Young Dupont was at the helm himself,
and insisted that the vessel proceed, not
needing the signals from the war-ships.
Two broadsides were poured into the
vessel, but she was able to steam ahead
and steer through the rocks, and was
beached inside the Russian lines. This
daring adventurer saved the cargo for
which the Russian government paid the
sum of $3,O0O,000.
Throughout the civil war the family
rendered distinguished services to the
government, and at the very beginning
Of the rebellion Mr.. Lammot Dupont
was placed in o position by which,
through his energy and genius, the
country was supplied with the means OF
defense for the ensuing conflict.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
oh. Cruel Mrs. srackeyl
fLoudon Truth 4

Mrs. Mackey has given pain to all
right thinking persons in Paris by ap-
pearing in q dress of white velvet
trimmed all over with the wings OF
robin red breasts; and, to complete
this barbaric toilet, her shoes OF red
velvet were entirely covered with the
toes of the little robins. The dress IS
made Is the princesse shape. with
vatican back and comet train OF
nortentous LENGTH and the corsage is
fiagrantIy decollete, and IS boraefed
with red feathers, with which all the
train is edged.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Prayer Unanswered.

A colored man entered the African
Bethel church, and, kneeling down
with the converts, indulged in an out
burst of profanity. He said he was
anxious to see what effect the prayers
of the revivalists would have upon him.
Thsreupon every member of the church
began to pray at the top of his lungs.
The place was pandemonium of en-
treaties and exhortations, but above
everything else arose the stentorian
blasphemy of the sinner. After two
hours the revivalists gave it up, and the
sinner walked away.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
The Lotus of the Orient.

The famed lotus of the Orient is al
ways described as being blue in color.
From the wife of an ex-consul, who
spent fifty years of her life in India,
and employed much time in botanizing
and painting specimens. I learned that
the lotus is not only blue, but yellow,
orange, purple, and, indeed, decidedly
variable in color. Our northern variety,
which is clearly native, can claim to be
q Gamma lntus
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
Needed in Medical Education.

What is needed in the medical educa-
ton of this countay is rigid preliminary
examination of applicants for admission
to medical colleges in all important
branches taught in literary and scien-
tifc colleges; greater thoroughness in
the medical course, and very decided
extension of the course to three or four
full years, and searching examination
before certifcation. This would cut
down the number of students and break
up some medical schools which are con-
Quoted to make money, but it would be
far better for the medical prof fession.