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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
The Giants OF Those Days.
Chicago Inter Ocean

In Pliny's time it was customary to
describe the warriors of few genera
tions before as giants. Alexander the
Great very we'll understood the strength
ening effect of little substantial evi-
dence on such descriptions. On one of
his expeditions he caused tomb to be
constructed and placed in it arms and
armor of an enormous size, and marked
the whole with his name. It has been
suggested that this clever fraud was
practiced by William the Conqueror,
whose supposed tomb was opened in
the sixteenth century and found to con-
tain the bones of an uncommonly large
person. The attempt made to destroy
dear belief, however, received se-
we're blow by discovery made in Rouen
in 1909. On the authority of LIE Cat q
stone tomb was uncovered in which was
copper plate bearing the inscription,
Here lies the noble and puissant lord
the Chevalier Ricon de Vallemont and
his bones
The skull of Ricon held bushel of
corn, and his skeleton indicated that
when clothed In flesh the chevalier
stood nineteen feet in his stockings. As
unsettling to a serene mind as his ap-
pearance may have been on dark
night, he was quite a pigmy beside
Thentohechus, king of the Teutons,
who lowered up twenty-five feet. lie
Cat says his monster bones were found
January IL, 1913. mentioning the date
particularly. The skeleton of another
monster thirty feet long was found at
Mazaeno, Sicily, in 1916, and still an
other at Palermo in 1913, which meas
ured the same. The appearance in the
flesh of these creatures had better be
left to the imagination.
As if determined TO show that his
country was eminent as a producer OF
the skeletons of giants, an italian oi
the fifteenth or sixteenth century re-
lates the finding of skeleton 800 feet
high It was Immediately announced
to be the skeleton of the giant Polyphe-
mus, and treated with various ceremo
nies by the awe-stricken discoverers and
the people of the country. The bones,
the author naively observes, differed
somewhat from those of the ordinary
human frame, but that was to be ex.
pected in man SO tall.
The evident compounding of prehis
toric animal relics with human remains
was one of the many cases. The stories
| of human skeletons of 100 and 200 and
even 500 feet high, which began with
the Polyphemus incident, belong to the
same category of mistakes. There is
however, good ground for supposine
that Farragus, the tyrant, slain by Or
lando, nephew of Charlemagne, was /
huge man, eighteen feet high. Buoari
of Vivans, whose bones were found or
the banks of the Morderi river, In thu
mountains of Crussol, on grave author
ity was stated to be twenty-five feet si1
inches. Richard, celebrated anato
mist, saw in the suburbs of ST. German
in 1914 the SHELTON of q man twenty fee
tall.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
FEMALE DETECTIVES.
What They Are Fitted Fer and what
They Are Not---Usefu1 nc Recep.


New York SUM-
Are female detectives ever regularly
employed in the detection of crime?n
We don't employ women, q super
intendent OF detectives replied, because
it is our firm conviction that women
cannot be relied OH. We have tried
them and found them wonderfully
quick at divining the source of q mys-
terious crime, patient in testing plan
for capturing a suspected person, and -
yes, uncommunicative. There is Just
one reason, and only one reason, why
they are not to be trusted-no one can
tell who has the most influence over
them. Anyhow, we can't afford to take
the risk of employing them and being
betrayed by them"
Another experienced manager of de-
tectives said: Sometimes persons
apply for female detective to act as
an attendant to take care of wraps at
fashionable receptions. They are well
known in society, who have had trou-
BILE after receptions in getting the
wraps, overshoes and umbrellas to the
owners. Sometimes they get SO mixed
up that the owner of an old overcoat OF
shawl or umbrella saunters innocentIy
off with new and more expensive
overcoat, shawl or umbrella" Wink
ing with wicked expression: "Hats,
you know, are notoriously successful in
eluding their owners search-if they
are good hats. If the occasion is
fitting one for detective,
we send one. It is not generally
understood that female detectives
are employed only at these large
receptions, and then only in the
waiting-room and in the room set apart
for the ladies' especial use. Some per-
sons imagine that female detectives go
to the receptions as guests. That would
be an insult to the genuine guests. Be-
sides, in society here every one knows
her neighbor, and the female detective
would herself be detected as stranger.
Then introductions would necessarily
follow under an assumed name, and the
subsequent explanations the hostess
would be compelled to make in account
ing for the disappearance of Mrs. So
and-So would make her life burden.
I see no good reason, though, why fe-
male detectives should not be employed
in the ladies' room. It is convenience
to have skilled eve on the property,
instead of one liable to make mistakes
or to be out of the way when wanted.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
The Dancipg Anaconda.
CORPUS Christi Critic. |

Baron Non Schoeler, of Corpus
Christi, has strange pet. It is an inn
mense snake of the anaconda species
The baron's influence upon his horrid
prisoner has been such US to reduce it
to a fawning docility. At the merest
sound of the baron's voice the reptile
Immediately manifests a sense of per-
feet delight by describing such a vari-
ETY. of evolutions as to amaze one. It
will actually assume perpendicular
position, resting upon its head, and in
twinkle assume the reverse by resting
upon its tail, and ell this and much
more while the baron stands
in the den of the writhing, squirming
acrobatic monster.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
The Right of Pannase.
fChicago Herald. I

Centuries ago oak was by far the
most valued forest tree in England, on
account of acorns fattening hogs. In
ancient records it is put down how
many hogs such and such woods would
carry. Pannage was the right of feed.
ing swine, and to this day persons ad,
joining til New Forrest have the right
of pannage for six weeks there on pay
ing small fee.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
Magazine Wood Cuts.
New York News

Apropos of wood engraving it is in
teresting to note how thoroughly that
of the magazines has come down to a
hard-pan basis of common sense. The
absurd straining for novelty which
made their pages year ago species of
incoherent pictorial puzzle, has given
place to sensible work. The artists
who used to do their best to make a
drawing look as little like drawing as
they could have now got back to seri-
GUS labor. However, the transcenden-
tai rage in engraving did one thing it
demonstrated what can be done with q
wood block and burin if the man who
handles them IS competent to his task.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25

The gentlemen wore toilets of sur
passing richness and elegance. shone in
all their lovely and radiant beauty, and
made themselves utterly and entirely
irresistible. The young ladies all wore
handsome hand-me-downs, purchased
at fire sale Of damaged goods at Usage
City, and we're simply enchanting in
their loveIiness.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
Wasn't HIS wife.
Merchant Travalar ]

A man rushed up to . woman looking
iD show window, and grasping her by
the arm, angrily exclaimed: Come on;
I'm tiled waiting for YOU Then no
ticing he had made mistake, he drew
back with, Oh, I beg your pardon,
madam, mistook you.f my wife. II
thought SO, she answered with scorn-
full sneer. and passed on.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
Upin Alaska.
THE Current. |

When it is remembered that, even at
Point Barrow, the most northern point
of Alaska, the average temperature il
only 70 below zero. according to the
United States signal service report, it
is evident that the people of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesota and Da-
kota are qualified to receive certificates
as to their ability, through severe tests,
to endure Arctic weather.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
OPTIMISM.
[Ella Wheeler in Manhattan.

fElla Wheeler in Manhattan.
I'm no reformer; for see more light
Than darkness in the world: mine eyes are
quick
To catch the first dim radiance of the dawn,
And slow to note the cloud that threatens
storm
The fragrance and the beauty of the rose
Delight me SO, slight thought give the thorn;
And the sweet music of the lark's clear song
Stays longer with me than the night hawks
cry.
And cen in this great throe of pain called
life,
find rapture, linked with each despair,
Well worth the pr.cs of anguish.
detect
More good than evil in humanity,
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25

Pascal: One of the creates. articles
the devil u es to engage men in vice and
debarcllers is to fasten names of con-
tempt on certain virtues, and thus to
ill weak souls with q foolish fear OF
passing for scrupulous, should they de-
sre to put them in practice.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
Cancels Hair.

which is worthy of scientific investigation.
1t continues to grow after it is cut off.
While attached TO the animal it grows in
length, and when cut it grows in value.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
Arthur as an Abstinent.

Z
The present president of the United
States does not, like his predecessor,
Grant, turn his glass down atdinner !:
nor, like his other predecessor, Hayes,
refuse to have them on the table at all
Arthur has them on the table, right
side up, and kept filed all the time.
The reason why they are kept filed is
because he does not drink from them.
He has, according to friend whom he
told.sa, learned that he must eat very
little and abstain entirely from wine
and liquors. It saves him explanations
to has them filed and let them alone.
If everybody were TO drink LIQUOR in
this fashion q prohibition law would be
superfGous.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25

Oxford Ciiss.) Falcon: Any person
who is devoted only to himself, and
works only in his own little corner, be
he professional, merchant, a mechanic
or a man-of-all-werk, will sooner or
later have his heart consumed by the
dry rot.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25
4 plucky Boy vioiinist.
IChicago Tribune.

A boy of Is years, whose violin play
ing had long been the wonder of q
Cossack village, recently reached St.
Petersburg after a journey of 1000
miles on foot, allured by the hope of
obtaining free instruction at the con-
seryatory. But hardships and overex-
ertion had worn the little fellow out,
and he was taken to hospital danger
ously i'll OF typhoid fever. Should he
recover he will certainly find abundant
opportunity to show whether his talent
is equal to his courage.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25

Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt has the repu-
tation of being the owner of the finest
wardrobe in America.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-25

American pork is now excluded from
France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and
Russia.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Queer Damage Suits.

Since the farmers in the valleys
have been successful in their suits
against the hydraulic mines, Others
have been induced to 60 after any.
thing that looks like damages
Recently a grape raiser sued a
honey raiser, because the latter's
bees came into the vineyard and
sucked the juice from the grapes
The defendant showed that the
bees had no apparatus for sucking
juice from grapes, but simply in
serted their pumping machinery in
the holes made by birds and thus
operated on the grapes already
spoiled. If the grape man can find
out who owns the birds he will
make it lively for him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
1t pays to Tear down Mill.

When it became definitely settled
that work was to be resumed at the
Belleville mills force of men was
pnt to work cleaning up. AS is
well known, the mills are dry
crushers, and, as is equally well
known, one of the greatest draw
backs of the present dry crushing
system is the immense amount of
dust flying through the mills. A
great deal Of this dust had settled
all over the mills at Belleville. 1t
was swept up and a test made of it.
The result shows between seventy
five and eighty tons Of dust which
assays about ninety dollars per ton.
As it is already crushed very fine.
and the cost of working is reduced
and the cleanup may be considered
a little bonanza by itself.-HaW-
thore Bulletin.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20

County Clerk r. S. Osburn, Of
Washoe, is circulating petition
asking for his appointment as US.
Surveyor General Of Nevada. Os-
has been drawing a salary Of $500
per month for the past four years
ard we do OF wonder that he is
willing to continue it. Osburn it
is said, has Governor Adams and
Bob Clarke's support, and will
make vigorous effort to secure
the place. L. J. Flint, of Reno.
would also like it, and has many
friends who will urge his claims.
There are said to be three ap-
plicants at Virginia City, and Geo
Ernst, of Belmont, one of Powing 8
Mineral Deputies, would propably
not decline the position Silver
State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Masonic Election

At stated communication of Car
son Lodge No. l, F. & A, NJ. of Ne
yada, held at the Masonic Hall in
Carsnn City, Nevada, December
IS, 1884. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing Ma
sonic year:
Robert W. Bollen, Worshipful
Master; C. N. Noteware, Senior
Warden; Philip A. Doyle, Junior
Warden; George Tufy, Treasurer;
Charles Martin, Secretary. Which
said officers, together with the Of
fcers then to be appointed, will be
duly installed by Past Master Sam
uel G. Wright. at 4 o'clock P. NJ,
Saturday, December 81, 1884, at
the Masonic Hall in Carson City,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Trial Of the SIoggers.

NEW York, December 19.-The
trial of the pugilists, Sullivan and
Greenfield, attracted such an enor-
nous crowd to the Court Of Oyer
and Termmer this morning that a
platoon of police had to be sent for
to clear the hall stairway Of the
County Court House. Inside the
courtroom brokers, club men and
city officers mingled with bartend-
ers, local sparring celebrities, and
well-known sporting men. The
ground taken by the lawyers for
the defense proved a genuine sur
prise to everybody. Superinten-
dent Of Police Walling was called
for the State, and admitted on
cross-examination by the prisoners
counsel, that he had gone to the sa-
loon with friends after the fight
and had given his opinion as to the
merits of the sloggers pretty freely.
He said Sullivan could knock
Greenfield out in one round and he
ordered the fight stopped for fear
harm would be done. Capt. Wal
ling said he was President Of the
Police Athletic Club and had fire.
quently seen fercer fights and more
blood by members of the police
force than in the Sullivan-Green-
field contest. He maintained that
the latter affair was not fight. but
simply scientific sparring exhibi-
ton, much to the discontinue of
the District Attorney, who had
called him as a witness for the
State. Counsel for Sullivan and
Greenfield are conducting the case
as carefully as though the men
were on trial for murder, and are
making vigorous efforts to prevent
the authorities from interfering
with such contests in future. It is
rumored that they intend placing
Roscoe Conkling, Herman Oelrichs
". r. Travers and other we'll known
patrons Of boxing on the witness
stand.
The jury acquitted the defendants
in eight minutes.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
The Pay Of Jurors.

Under a new law which will go
Into effect on the first Of January
next, grand and trial jurors will
receive no pay for their survives in
criminal cases. Civil trial jurors
will receive three dollars per day
in the District Court, and two dol
lars in Justices Court to be paid in
each case by the party in whose
favor the verdict is rendered; but
to be recoverable as costs from the
losing party. The law provides,
however, that jurors shall receive
thirty cents per mile for each mile
necessarily and actually travelled in
going to the court.-Silver State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Powder Fiends in Georgia.

New York, Dec. 19.-Specials
from Atlanta, GA, say that two
kegs of powders have been found
colcealed under the Gate City
School House building. The mo-
tive which led to the powder being
placed there is unknown. Taken
in connection with the late incen-
diary attempt to burn the Court
House this discovery has created a
considerable sensation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Two Great Fighters Meet.

Grant and Beauregard met the
other day, for the first time since
the war, and number of reporters
crowded to the scene expecting to
see a fight. They figured that
Beauregard would lead off by
throwing a spittoon at Grant, and
beat him over the head with a
chair, and that Grant would peel
his coat, get Beaury in corner
and kick his ribs in.
There was nothing of the kind
done however, the taste Of fighting
they got in the war, seemed as it
were, to have fully satisfied their
inclinations in that direction.
Grant asked Beaurygard to sit
down, which he did and asked
Grant for chew af tobacco; Grant
handed him big plug and the
Southerner cutting a piece off with
a iack-knife handed back the bal
ance. 1t surprised a good many
that he used a jackknife, as he
was expected to haul out big
bowie aud cleave it IN two with a
big Tennessee down-cut blow.
It is now rumOred in Southern
circles that Beauresard refrained
from licking Grant because the
latter was lame.
tbs possible that they may meet
again before long and have rough
and tumble.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Practical Generosity.

In no walk of life is generosity
so spontaneous as among mechan-
les and artisans. Since the death
of William Sprague, a few weeks
ago, the parties who have been
quietly soliciting subscriptions in
the r. r. shops have raised $3.50,
which they gave to his mother.
Not single man refused TO con-
tribute. Whenever a miner on the
Comstock is killed his widow or
his children are always the recip-
tents of a goodly sum Of money,
and these contributions as a rule
come from men who work hard for
every dollar they get, and are not
generally in circumstances which
do not warrant giving much away.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20

New YORK, Dec. 16.-A special
from Bloomington ILL.,, says: Ser
geant Bates who has carried the
United States flag over good part
of the earth. is in poor health and
at the point of starvation at his
home in Saybreok. Today his
army saber, which has clanked at
his heels in all his travels, was lev
led and sold for debt. He has a
family.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Young .-kteRd This.

The VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Mar
shall, Mich, offer to send their Gel
ebrated ELECTRo-VoLTAIc BELT
and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for thirty days, to men
young or old) afflicted with nerv-
Gus debility, loss of vitality and
loss of manhood. and all kindred
troubles. Also for rheumatism,
neuralgia, paralysis, and many
other diseases. Complete restora-
ton to health, vigor and manhood
guaranteed. No risk is incurred
as thirty days trial is allowed.
Write them at once for illustrated
pamphlet free.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
NY Tables! NV T'abies!:

Thus cried Hamlet the Dam"
and the echo was heard by enter.
prising diary manufacturers of the
18th century. You who ponder
over the vexatious problem of what
shall | give my gentleman friend
this Christmas or New Year" are
referred to Cagwin&Noteware fine
lot of Russia leather, seal-skin and
alligator diaries for 1885. Nothing
nicer can be had.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Stage Robbers Arrested

A few days ago John Thacker
was sent from Winnemucca to Mil
ton, Calaveras county, California,
by Wells Fargo & Co., in pursuit
of stage robbers. He has tele-
graphed that he had arrested three
men named Lon. Aldrich, Albert
Aldrich and Billy. Lynch, for the
robbery. They are farmers living
in San Joaquin county, not far
from where the stage was robbed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Chickens Coming Home 30

New York, Dec. 19.-The
World, referring to the rescue Of
Mary Hasley from a low Chinese
den, says: People in New York
will be pardoned for feeling some
thing Of CALIFORNIA; hatred Of GER
tain Chinese innovations when they
read the account of this young and
beautiful girl found in an opium
joint by her father, who was com
PEELED to ask the aid Of the police
to rescue her. The picture of this
white haired, respectable father
shedding tears in court, over the
dazed and beautiful wreck of his
child, opens a new field Of horrors
to the modern imagination.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Steamer Notice.

On and before the first day Of
January LIST, 1885, the Steamer
"Tod Goodwin" will leave Glen
brook at 6 A. NJ, Tuesdays and Fri
days carrying the United States
mail. To the Incline, Hot Springs,
Tahoe City, McKinney's, Tallac,
Rolland's, arriving in Glenbrook
at l P. NJ, connecting with Keyser
& Elrod's stage. j. TODMAN,
Captain.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Groceries. Fruits. Etc.

j. Novacovich, next to Job Stern
berg's. is now selling grocercies
and provisions, fruits, vegetables,
nuts, candies and general family
supplies, and this is the place to
look for first class goods at low fig
ures. Try it. I'm \
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Notice.

All orders for repairs and in
structions on the Favorite Singer
Sewing Machine left at our store
will be promptly attended to by a
competent repairer
CAGWIN & NOTEWARE.
&c
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Shaving and Haircutting.

For good bath, with hot or cold water, or a
shave performed in workmanlike manner, go
John Cuhnas Barber Shop. Haircutting a
atty.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Doc. BentOn's Livery stable,

Doc. Benton wishes to inform
his patrons that he is at the old
stand, ready to furnish livery teams
On the shortest notice. Also deals
in ice and mineral water, delivered
to anypart of the city
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-20
Photographs.

Peterson, the photographer, is
aow introducing several novelties
tn this business and is taking pic
lures in the best style of the art
Try his new dry plate pro. ess.
is