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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
A Remarkable Time Piece.

IItAdS JIIUIIISSI
az wouldn't take 500 for that
watch"
Family relic, I suppose?"
Not bit of it. I'll tell you why
that watch is SO valuable. You see, it
never keeps the correct time."
I wouldn't have it as precious gift. "
Maybe you wouldn't, but would.
You see, / am travelling man. I'm
travelling here in Texas all the time
where the railroads never arrive on
count. Now, if I had watch that
kept correct time I'd be left half the
time, but thanks to this watch, I'm
more liable to catch the train than I
would be if had half dozen watches
that could be relied on"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
Not Very WarlIke.
New York Star.

Crumbling earthworks, topping
piles of masonry, ancient guns, rusty
and dismantled, water washed trenches
and half-completed walls are the evil
dences on both shores of decay, mig
gardliness and neglect. Dry mortar
crackles under the feet Of the detected
sentries, and the spiritless officers gaze
apprehensively seaward through en-
brasures that tumble about their ears.
The rest of our seacoast defenses tell the
same story; the Notifications are piles
of dust and rubbish, and in the navy
yards, obsolete old hulks lie rotting
in the docks or fall to pieces at anchor.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
A Costly Undertaking.

Rear Admiral Ammen says that the
Panama canal will cost $500, zoo, 900 in
stead of 100000, 900, as estimated and
that when finished it will constantly re-
qu;re the most formidable and e. en-
sive repairs. The earth of the isthmus.
it seems, is without the requisite prop
critics of firmness and stability.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
VOL. TX.
PEACE AND LOVE.
[Ella Wheeler in Lippincott's.l

[Ella Wheeler in Lippincott's.l
There are two angels, messengers of Light,
Both born of God, who yet are bitterest
foes.
No human breast their dual presence
knows:
AS violently opposed as wrong and right,
When one draws near, the other takes swift
flight,
And when one enters, thence the other
goes;
Till mortal life in the immortal flows.
So must these two avoid each others sight.
Despair and Hope may meet within one
heart
The yulture may be comrade Of the dove,
Pleasure and pain swear friendship real
and true,
But till the grave unites them, still apart
Must dwell those angels known as Peace
and Love,
For only death can reconcile the two.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
something to Re Ashamed or
REV. F.. d. Towle !

Who doubts that calamities would be
reduced one-half if the managers of all
corporations considered q man more
precious than gold-saw oftener the
almighty value in him, instead of the
almighty dollar? I am ashamed of my
self When q ship goes down get the
number of cabin passengers, accurately
the number of steerage slips my
mind. If there are no cabin passengers
only steerage-I feel relieved. And
I do not make confession for myself
alone
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
watering Cattle.
Exchange. |

It has been said that because cattle
sometimes prefer impure water to pure
drinking water no pains should be taken
to supply them with pure water The
British Medical Journal explains to
agriculturists that the reason for this
fact is that cattle, when given tank wa
ter, are not kept properly supplied with
rock salt. In their desire for saline
food animals will drink the most i'm
pure fluids, and will even eat earth.
The writer thinks it both injudicious
and cruel to deprive cattle of salt, and
thus compel them to seek it in refuse.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
The Hardest Fight.
Youths Companion

The hardest fight awaiting any man
is, as the Russians call it, to "go back of
his jaw" to conquer the legacy of hui
man tendencies left him by his fathers.
Every boy ought to be Lavater enough
to read his own face as q title-page to
these tendencies. Every mother ought
to be able to define to her boy this
work which lies before him, and to
show him where to begin. The harder
the struggle the more charitable he will
be to other boys whose task is heavier.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
The Proner P,oportion.

A writer in The Cincinnati Enquirer
gives the following estimate as the
proper proportion of weight to height
in women: Five feet in height should
weigh 100 pounds; 5 feet inch, LOG
pounds; 5 feet 2 inches, 113 pounds; 3
feet 3 inches, 119 pounds; 5 feet
inches, 13O pounds; 5 feet 5 inches, 138
pounds IS feet inches, A pounds; 5 feet
I inches, $50 pounds; 5 feet s inches,
155 pounds; 5 feet inches, 1853 pounds;
5 feet 10 inches, 167 pounds; 5 feet /
inches, 176 pounds; 6 feet, $50 pounds.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31

Arab Pasha, who is now an exile in
Cey.on, receives an allowance OF ESQ
month from the English government.
Madame Arab is not with her husband,
as she prefers to live in Egypt.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31

Judge Tcurgee: No nation that for
gets its songs will long keep its national
life intact When Americans cease
singing their own songs they are ceas
ing to live their own life.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31

Denis Kearney. the ex-sand lot leader,
is keeping coffee and doughnut stand
on the beach, not far from San Fran.
cisco.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-31
The Site of the Crematory.

IANO" AOIh 41tII dIIu Express.
1t seems that the officers of the United
States Cremation company, limited have
selected one of the finest sites on Manhattan
island for the crematory which they are
about to erect, and no protest has been pre-
sented. The site is on Riverside avenue
north of One Hundred and Fourteenth street,
and it is represented that the crematory will
be inoffensive to the neighborhood, owing to
tfsS -Scientific plan of its construction, while
outwar6- it will be an ornament to the
avenue.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
Aed himself day afler day with the

fied himself day alter day with the
benumbing narcotic, he then ex-
cites himself with the irritating
stimulant. The poisons work to-
gether like the two halves of q pair
Of shears. alcohol exciting, tobacco
soothing, and both killing! When
a man 10 duh and heavy from the
use Of tobacco, he drinks until he
is excited and stimulated, then he
smokes his pipe until he is calm
and quiet, and then drinks again to
wake himself up. So the two pois-
ons work together, like the upper
and mother millstones; and between
them both the man gets ground up.
Every time he uses tobacco he feels
the need Of a stimulant, every time
ho drinks strong drink he cultivates
the desire for a narcotic. Such
habits, like hounds, hunt i'll pairs.
When one vulture has fastened it's
claws in a victim, others are always at
hand to assist in destroying him; SO
wherever one Of these vices may be-
set a thoughtless mortal, the other
IL usually not far away, to assist in
dragging him down to to tho pit
| Er
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

First publication June Is, 1884.
0AI.E.

Default having been mafe in The payment Of
the sum Of tlSO.0a principal and interest. besides
Afty dollars attorneys fees which is claimed to
mortgage. duly executed and delivered by Peter
Loss and Regena LOss, husband and wife, 70 J,
X. q. Sherwood. bearing date the 3lst day OF
Of the register Of deeds in and for The county Of
Union, aid territory OF DakVa, on the Sd day Of
August. A.. D. 1890, AT $50 O'clock. I'm. In book
No. 7 Of mortgages. or pages 81. 80. 81 and 80
which said mortgage was Only assigned on the
18th day OF Augnsf, A. y. 1850. by sad j. X. o.
sherwood to The New England Mortgage Secur-
tiy Compan =. which said assignment WAS duty
recorded In the records Of the said county OF
Union. territory Of Dakota, on the 18th day Of
June, 1884. in book No. 10. on page 400, and
whereas, said sum 10 claimed TO be due by sir-
tue of The sfipaiations In said mortgage. that II
the maker of said note should fail 10 pay any Of
said money. either principal or %in,crees, within
Ave days after the same tccamc due, the whole
sum OF money secured hy said mortgage should
thcreupon become due and payable at once. and
whereas default has been made In the payment
Of a pari Of The principal and interest thereon.
all amounting to *lea.0a, and the holder Of eaid
note and mortgage hereby. elects that the bal
ance Of the eum secured thereby, be now due
and pa yabie and no nc.i, u or proceeding al law
or otherwise having been instituted 10 recover
the debt secured BY said mos, or any part
thereof:
Now therefore. notice is hereby given that by
virtue ola power OF sale contained in said mort
gage and pursuant to the statute IN such cases
made and provided. the said mortgage will be
foreclosed. and the premises described In and
covered by said mortgage WE: the SEX II SIC
tion No, fonr (l in township No. n'neiy-fouI
tas, ran.e No nifty 500 west. containing one
hupdred and 1fty- nine and one half t159i.l acres
In Union county aid tei ritory OF Dakota. with
the hercditaments and appnrienances. Will bs
sold 1t public auction to the highest bidder for
cash 10 nav SAID debt md interest on said prem
ises, and ify dollars attorneys fees. IA stipuia-
ted IN said mort age IN case Of foreclosure. and
the Disbursements allowed by law. which sale
viii b. made by the sheriff OF said Union county
at The front door Of The court iionsc In the city
Of Elk Point, In said county aud territory. or
the End day Of August. A, d.. 1sS4. at one O'Clock
D. m. OF thai day. subject 10 redemption at an,
time within one year from the day OF salc al
provided by law. JAS. A. SMITH,
sheriff Of Union Co. Dakota Ter
IHA l.. NICHOLS,
j. r.. DosH,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
iFirst Publication June 4 1884.
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made IN the payment OF
the sum OF *isi.5t principal and interest. besides
Nifty dollars attorneys fees which Is claimed TO
mortgage. duly executed and delivered by VIM.
II. toui,ry too K.O sherwood. bearing date
the 2ard day Of August. A. ~. 1880, and Only re-
corded In the nfiice OF the register Of deeds In
and for the county OF Union, aud territory Of
uakots. on the 10th day OF November. A d
1880, al touf O'Clock. p, m. IN book No Z Of
mortgages. on pages IS, 90 and 100. which said
mortgage was Only assigned on the 20;h day of
December A u. 1850. by said J X. o.. Sher weed
10 The Now England Mortgage Secarity Compa-
nv, which said assignment wis duly recorded
10 the recori il OF the said county OF Union. ter
riiory OF Dakota. on the 81 day OF June. 1884, in
book No. 10 on page 40, aud whereas. said sum IL
slaime' !" DC one ~ y'f, r. IT, o. m ,ps s,'pa ln ION,
shonid fail 10 pay any Of said money. either
principal or interest, when the same became
due. the whole sun Of money secured by said
mortgage, should therpnpnn become due and
payable at once and whereas default has seen
made in the "a Tincni Ofthe sum of thirtN-slx
and seventy nine one hundFcdths dollars 1855 ~,
being. interest 4 le on sasd note January LAT.
1884. and The l,cidcr Of said note and mortgage
hereby elects tina, the W uie ann secured there
bv be now due ami payable aid To ac'ion or
proceeding Ut law or otherwise having been IN
stiiuicd 10 recover The debt secured by said
NOR or any part thereof:
Now therefore. notice " hereby given that by
virtue Of n "ower Of sale contained In said mort.
gage AMI pursuant 10 The statue IN such cases
inside and provided. the said mortgage wi ! he
forecIcsed, and The premises described IN aud
cove ed ny said II or'gsge VIZ: the north half
OF the southeast quarter and the southwest omar.
ter of the southeast quarter of section No. fonr
az in township No. nineiy-one tal) north of
range No ifiy t5eD west, containin. ore HIM.
bred ard iw-nfs tl2ei acres Ia Union Gn. aud
Territory OF bakois. wigh The leredi.aMents and
appnYtcnaHces, will be sold ~ pub ic anc'ila 10
the hi CHEST bidder for cash Ia Ray ssid arb' and
interest ob .a,d p.su,is, >. aud Nifty d,ilsrs at
iorneys fees a stipulated tn said mortgage IN
Care or fareclosu g. aud he disbursements al
lowed by law. which saie " i'll b. IN ,du by the
sheriff OF said Union 80. ~ The iroisr door ofths
court house In The cs;l al Efkia NJ. In SAID coan-
tyand leyr,tpry. aa the Eth day ,fJniy A, u.
1854. Mt one o'clock y IN ofthai day. sibiect TO
reder,p I isfi ~ any time within nee year fsoia
the day Of sale ma provided ny law.
Dated jane ilh, A. y. issf
ISs A. SrfrH.
sheriff OF tnioa cnuns. Dsko,s TarrsNry.
Ina l.. NICHOLS.
j.. r. posu.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

4rx4..-,.-s~- ~ ~-s;n~ -.,.i, ..L.4
~-,.~.-. assesS. 49,. ~
' IaaSs, ',.e
1870. ~. $3.50 P1 y
Ss..-. 80 ~ - n-.o.s." 80. ~.
. 1872 q. '..s l'..ue'0y, Uns
$3.50 $3.50. q - '''''' 1'.1 '''A'
- poak 2! sne people were deno-
e4nQe md 4 W. only through their
naananimity that what few repub-
lIcone there are were allowed 10 nut
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

DR r. &. WEsr's NERVE AID BRAIN TREAT
MNT, q guaranteed epecific for Hysteria, DixEi-
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused By the use
Of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De-
preston, Softening of the Brain resulting in in
sanity and lending to misery, decay ard death.
Premature Old Age. Barrenness. Loss Of power
in either eek, Involuntary Losses, ard Sperrnat-
orrhma caused by over-exertion Of the brain, self
one months treatment. Si.00 a box. or six boxes
for $sao, sent b. mail prepaid On receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE ELK BONEN
to cure any case. With each order received by U.
for six boxes, accompanied with $500. we vii
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money il the treatment does not effec
a cure. Guarantees issued only by
WOODARD, CLARK 4 Co,
who1eSa1a Ana Fetal IruEE1oA
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Orders by mail will receive prompt attention
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

How prompt Sammy Tilden was
~ sstting out q the way when he
henfd Of tho nomination Of James
"A. BIalne. Mi. Tilden is acknowl-
ledoed - b one 81 the shrewdest
nhen and leaders in the democratic
ro1ty, and this little maneuyer Of
hsashOws ths weakness and forlorn
- q that party ii the coming
mmpaign. Sammy knew that If he
letood ~ III frontof james G. Blaine,
r. wenld st everlastinly pulyerized.
He doeun4 propose % sacrifice him.
C6tf Oh III party.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
fOhacso sna esro1o Drink.

Many persons use tobacco who do
not use strong drink; few use strong
drink who do not use tobacco first.
These two poisons are peculiarly
fitted for close companionship.
Alcohol il 4 stimulant, exciting
and jrrating; tobacco il 4 norcotic,
b~enumbing, SUPPLYING, and de-
ntsssing: hencc, either If item, il
Md, prepares the way for the other.
When ! nam q Msaried and exhaus-
"a I glsss NJ liquor cxcites md TX
hilefat6t I'm; when he ii excited
fsv riiHs nom the
calm u ! slsns
INA Az tss
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18
M. Il. SBR
Dealer in
FARM MAC

All kinds Of farm machinery sold at prices that defy competition.
All goods fully warranted. The latest improved new Nanny, COM
bined reaper and mower, only 1925. Nichols 4 Sheppard and j 4.
Case threshers. The Walter A. Wood ~setfbinding harvester lower
than the lowest have largest and best stock Of machinery ever
brought into the Big Sioux Valley, which / am bound to sell, MUST
sell and WILL sell bought in large quantities At 9 discount and
am prepared to give the farmers the benefit Of the bargain. Come
and see me and be convinced. A full line Of repairs, sections, etc.
for all kinds machines way down, We take all kinds Of stock ii
trade ior gaoas pa collection I payan my taxes IN Union county.
NJ ri. Disbrow, Akron. Iowa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

est. beet. ny the ferownc hisiorian aid BIT, 9
rapher. C0t ! onwetl. uho-e li:e al Gtr,eld.
published by ns. 0nisold ihr twenty Others by
G0.0n. Onisclls every book ever ~pabtiriicd in
this world MANY agents are 80 bag iny datiy.
Agents n.c making ior'uress All lew bceiH
nrrs successful: .rtnd uhanre f.. ii,s,.. xt2 80
ma6e by 4 lady sect The irs' Aay. ~. ms mist
liberal. Particulars tgrc tietter srnt Is cents
ft lrSssarc es:.. on free an III. uus ready In.
cludipg large prospsc4a- s,sS aai say. va,ai-
bla tine AiLaN 4 CO. AagHs,a. Ma:nc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

For Ia5ses y gents underwar, %
4 M REGGs:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-18

Mallory & Crumrine take special
pains in securing the very best Can
ned Goods in the market, and their
stock is always fresh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-01
Garfield to Young Men.

see in the audience tonight a great many
young men-young men who are about to
cast their first vote. l want to give you a
word of suggestion and advice. heard a
very brilliant thing said BY boy the other
day up 10 one of our northwestern counties
He said to me: General, have a great
mind to vote the democratic ticket" That
was not the brilliant thing. Laughter. l
said to him Why" Why" said he. '.my
father is a republican and l am republican
all over. but want to be an independent
man, and don't want any body to say That
fellow votes the republican ticket just be-
cause his dad does and have half mind
TO vote the democratic ticket just to prove
my independence. did not like the thing
the boy suggested. but did admire the spir-
it of the boy that wanted to have some indie
pendence of his own.
Now, tell you, young man, don't vote
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-01

600 which are taxed to support our Gov
eminent, and run By well paid laborers.
According to John Bright. that most elo-
quent of all England's orators. and free
trader. large number OF English opera
tives with family are compelled TO hre in
one room because of their small pay. 1t
would be heartless TO wish the workman
in our factories TO live with his family in
single room. Our $4,000. 900 spindles
cannot increase if they are obliged to
stand the competition of $4,000. 900 British
spindles run by cheap labor. Worse than
this-many of our mills would be compen-
cd 10 stop. Admit the products of 80 ,OOO,-
900 British free or on low scale OF duties,
and disaster would come to the
manufacturing cities and towns we have,
CARRYING failures and disasters into all
kinds of business interests and enterprises.
and thus certainly spindles and manufact-
uring towns could not come to the kenne-
bee and the Penobscot.
1t is time we fully understood it. Eng
land IS contending 10 mon0p0li.e the man
utdcturing and the commerce OF the Icorld.
She will do anything short of war and
bomoardment to gain possession of our
rich markets which she covets with such
greed. But it is said there is no danger.
What did the Morrison tariff bill of the
last session of Congress supported by the
democratic majority mean but danger?
Why was Samuel Randall defeated for
Speaker? Why did the national demo-
cratic convention at Chicago trample I'M
der foot the protective propositions of
Gen. Butler? Why are all the free trade
teachers in the comprehension Eliot
of Harvard, Prot. Perry, David Wells,
w. G.. S1mner-theorists without business
experience or practical judgment-advo-
eating the election of Grover Cleveland
Why is the British Golden Club circulat-
ing its crowd of free trade documentsIjn
this country2 Why do the British news
papers and British manufacturers join in
the cry for the defeat of Blame and the
republican party? The enemy is knock
ing at our gates, and the democratic
party is conniving at the invasion as it
connived at treason in the war of the Re-
bellion. The British monopolists and the
democratic Bourbons are in alliance to Sc
cure the control OF this government and
the overthrow OF our protective system.
This means war on the future business
hopes of Maine. All good citizens will
meet the danger with the ballot Septem-
Der Sth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-01
A Democrat Defends MIR. Blaine.
EVIDENCE REGARDING THE KENTUCKY SLAM
DER-How VILE SToRY ORIGINATED.

DER-How VILE SToRY ORIGINATED.
The following letter is from a son of
Thornton F. Johnson, the principal of the
school in Kentucky, in which Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine were teachers. The writer of the let
ter is now City Civil Engineer at Dallas,
Texas, and is highly respected democrat
The letter is addressed to the editor of THE
indianapolis Times" and is as follows:
In answer to your request for a statement
as to any facts relating to the Islander con-
cerning Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine as published in
''The indianapolis Sentinel" will say this
much;
This SANDER was first circulated at Drennon
Springs, Kentucky, in March, 1851, by a
pernicious scandal monger, a tailor from
Millersburg, in the same State. then on
visit to Drennon to collect some bills due him
by the cadets for suits sold them the previous
session at Blue Licks. His object in origi-
mating this story was either to pander to the
appetite of Young men for such subjects, or
to crafty some spite he entertained against
Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine baing at this time
absent from the institute on a trip to Louis
Vile, Kentucky, the scandal did not reach his
ears, or it would have been summarilv dis.
posed of then and there forever Remaining
uncontradicted although unbelieved in. it
was scattered to the four winds of Heaven by
the lovers of such title -tattle. In this wav
originated the Islander against the fair name
of a most modest LADY, without even the
shade of a shadow of fact to warrant such an
insinuation.
Mr.. Blaine remained as Professor of Latin
in the institution until 1852, nv father, the
principal, diving in October, 1851. Does it
stand to reason that with even the least pos
sibility of such story being true, that Mr..
Blaine would have been allowed to remain at
the institute, or that my father could have
associated with such a man? As for myself,
can say that for four wears knew both Mr..
and Mrs. Blaine intimately, as thoroughly as
any man can know his own brother and sister,
living under the same roof, eating at the same
table, members of the same family circle, yet
have never even dreamed Of such suspic-
ion. Never vas there a more modest and
prudent lady than Miss Stanwood; never a
more perfect gentleman than Mr.. Blaine.
While | always liked Mr.. Blaine as a pro.
fessor and admired him as a man, yet in poll
tics we differ materially, as much 40 as it
is possible for a democrat to differ from
republican, and this statement is not written
to advance his cause as the candidate of his
party for the Presidency, but to vindicate the
fair fame of Mrs. Blaine. l close by stating
that in RAy opinion and as far as know. the
story is a false and malicious Islander in every
particular.
WILLIAM NJ Jouxsax