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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

MANY quadrupeds, as the cat, have
n membrane lining the bottom of the
cye-ball with a brilliant yellow luster,
usually green or pearly. 1t is this
which makes the eyes of such animals
luminous in the dark.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

:. New YORK paper says: The
fastest time known to have been made
by locomotive was in 1S49 on one Of
the Norris Il Sons engines called the
Buffalo," heavy freight engine
leaving Schenectady fer Albany witt
two freight cars, D. Greemar, engi
neer, the distance run being twenty
nine and one-half miles, which wa'
run in twenty-five minutes.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

SARDoU hired house in the country
to pass the last summer, and went in
search of a farmer who had milch
COW. Having found one, he said,
my good man, my servant will come
every morning to buy pint of milk. "
"All right; it is eight sous" "But
want pure milk-very Prre." "In
that case it is ten sous" you will
milk in the presence of my servant"
Then it Is fifteen sous"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

FRAU JOHANNA Jachmann Wagner,
n niece of Richard Wagner, famous
both as vocalist and tragediennc, has
opened school for dramatic singing
at Munich, in which she undertakes to
prepare pupils for the stage in two
Years
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

A YOUNG English millionaire pro-
poses giving his fortune and his life to
converting the Chinese. The Chinese
think it is tho English who need con-
yertinp,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE was slow
in composing. He often only wrote a
few lines week.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

MANLIUs, the Roman, is said to have
put his own son, though victorious, to
death for disobeying orders, and
Cassins Brutus killed son who had
negotiated with the enemy.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

AMERICAN oysters are being planted
in the waters of the Baltic.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

WITHIN ten years the union will
probably contain forty-oight instead of
thirty-eight states.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

A FRENCH dramatist has written
play in which he lampoons certain
American residents of Paris who have
fallen under the ban of his displeasure.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

The wife of General Oyama, tho
Japanese minister of war now visiting
this country, was educated at Vassar
college.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

A iRENCHMAN who recently died
directed in his will that the sum of
$1,000 should be given to the "wound
cd in tho next war with Germany
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

THE people of Minneapolis who gave
the grand banquet to Christine Nillson
last summer have been sued for the
cost of that affair.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

The perpetual motion problem has
cost $50, 100000, and isn't solved yet.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

"WHY a man laughs at joke in.
stead Of weaping, and why one weeps
at stroke Of pathos instead of laugh.
ing, are questions" says a recent Ger.
man writer in discussing the positive
res';lts of science in the deparsment Of
psychology, (which are just as blind
as ever they were in Parmenides ol
Plato; but the man who would re,
verse the process would be voted mad
by his fellows, nevertheless.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

In the creation of twoat least of the
recent peerages, Mr.. Gladstone must
have found persons at pleasure. Sir
Walter James is an old and intimate
friend, at whose country home Mr..
and Mrs. Gladstone have passed many
happy days, and Lord Dc Vesci is a
nephew of Mr.. Gladstone's early and
abiding friend, Sidney Herbert, whose
death at forty-sevcn, the same age as
Pitt when he died, has been to him n
ceaseless regret.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18

"Will you have salt on your eggs"
asked t4e deacon Of the new pastor.
"0h, no, thanks, they are not at oil
tfra1hs''
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-12-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

GEoRGIA's state constitution dcnoun-
ces lobbying as a crime.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
An Economist's Pr oiect.
[Scientific Americana

loC1onUluC ADQ0TICdu.l
There is project on foot for the
establishment of textile laboratory,
under the auspices of the New Eng
land Cotton Manufacturers association
It was estimated at the last meeting
that the expense would amount to
100000. Liberal subscriptions were
then made for the object, and COM
mittee appointed to work up the mat
ter. The plan was presented by Mr..
Edward Atkinson. who said he wanted
to get at the actual value of the pro-
ducts of the country, and how those
values were made, from the field to the
warehouse, or to the hands of the con-
sumer. He thought our people needed
more exact instruction instead of their
present generally very vague ideas, and
added: "The most startling thing is,
that in respect to food at least one
third, and perhaps one-half of the cost,
to the poor classes in the cities, con-
sists in the expense of retail distribu-
tion."
It costs more in this city of Boston to
get the food from the mouths of the
bakers ovens into the mouths of the
people who eat it, than it does to bring
the wheat from Iowa, manufacture it,
and prepare it for consumption. The
people need instruction, and the remedy
for the evil mentioned is in the direc-
ton of instruction which should be
carried in some degree into the public
schools. The problem is how to live on
small profits, and how to save in cook
ing food after it is put into the houses
And this textile laboratory lies at the
foundation of such instruction.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
An AdrOit Swindler.
TNew Work Latter

At my elbow, in Wall street tele-
graph Office, girl was writing a mes
sage. She wore mourning clothes,
which were strikingly neat and cheap,
and she doubtless seemed prettier than
she was, for her sex is scarce in that
part of the city. A face that would not
command second glance uptown is
there an object of staring interest.
will you please tell me-" she said,
chow / can condense this message to
ten words? don't wish to have to pay
anything extra"
This was what she had written on the
blank, in the unmistakable manner of
an educated hand: Il am friendless
here, I have only dollar left. Send
some money" Her name and address
were appended. [ looked her square
in the face, and found it charming, but
not to delusive degree. saw that
the pallor was artificial and the dolor-
GUS expression mimicry, but how she
got the tears into her eyes is more than
| can explain. Perhaps some kind of
drug may have caused them, or violent
winking may have done it, She was a
fraud. Every day for week she had
written that same message without ever
sending it over the wires, but with more
or less success in Turing Wall street
men into a lucrative acquaintance.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
A story OF Registrar Bruce.
fNnrhirntfo altar. 1

Anent the story that Mrs. Bruce,
wife of ex-senator and Registrar of the
Treasury Bruce. was snubbed at the
presidents reception on New Years
day-a story since denied, though it is
believed to have some foundation-the
following incident, showing the true
gentlemanly character of Mr.. Bruce, is
related: when Mr.. Bruce was sena-
tor from Mississippi, a young lady,
whose relatives before the war were
immediate neighbors of the family with
whom Bruce lived, and who, through
the misfortune OF war, lost everything,
applied for position in the treasury
department Her application was
vaguely made, and met with equal sue
cess. She was in desperate financial
straits.
CAS- a dernier resort she applied to
Senator Bruce. What do you suppose
he said to her? What he said was this !:
Miss, have an appointments left
at my disposal in the - department.
I we'll remember your family down in
Mississippi in old times. You shall
have that position, and at once. I
know, of course, Miss -, that you,
on account of our difference in color,
and on account of things generally,
would be disobliged if / were to offer
to go in person with you, but my
| brougham is outside, and will see you
to it; tell my driver to drive slowly,
and I will take street car and be al
the department before You and have the
secretary appoint you. And he did it
| That act 1 know to be fact.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
The British House of Comm Ons.
TTha Current


The British house of commons is to
have new speaker when it meets next
month. The election of speaker in
England is an entirely different affair
from the election of a speaker by our
house of representatives. It is unat-
tended by any throes of politics parti-
zanship and is usually quite tame
affair The position is not aparty one.
Whig majorities have elected Tory
speakers and Tory majorities have
placed Wing speakers in the char.
Once, about fifty years ago, the
Wings declined to re-elect Speaker
Sutton, Tory whom they had placed
twice in the chair, because he had ven-
tured to make slight partisan ruling.
In later years the Liberals have re-
elected Tory speakers and the Tory
parliament of 1674-1880 kept Speaker
Brande, strong Liberal in the chair.
The speaker of the commons Is under
stood to divest himself of all partisan
ship, and business in the house is in
consequence transacted with greater
facility than would otherwise be the
cQaa
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Disinherited knights OF Wall Street.
1"Gathiso New York Isetter1

It would be curious piece of litera-
ture for future centuries if some man
would take the / 100 brokers of New
York and docket their names and write
the history of each, just as carefully as
some of the chroniclers of feudal times
write the records of the knights. Many
of these men have at one time
touched supreme possibilities of
wealth. Some have considered that.
they were worth 100000, others
81 ,0OO, 900, others $2,O0O,OOO or
100000. Generally speaking, their
minds are occupied in referring to that
day, and wondering whether it will
return. Some of them who are now
obscure private persons once handled
great speculations of physical sort,
like steamship companies, new towns,
telegraph lines, summer resort places,
etc. The moment they fall out of these
schemes they turn into nothings; and
yet, while we are asleep, they are seek
ing in some way to compass another
chance of life. That is generally done
by finding somebody who has got some
money and operating upon his conf
danca
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Modern Life In Athens.
TProyidenca R Il Starl

The following extracts from private
letter recently received by a Providence
gentleman from an American student In
Athens, Greece. will prove of general
interest: II live in Greek family" he
writes, where we speak only Greek.
The house is on Eolus street, with
Socrates, Euripides and Hermes streets
not far off; SO that you can easily i'm
agine the hallowed associations that are
daily suggested. Our maid-of-all
work is named Athena. There are
twenty-eight newspapers In the city. I
can count dozen dailies on my fingers,
and presume there are others of
which have not yet heard. With that
number of papers and $50 lawyers, as
many priests and $4,000 soldiers, the
0,0o0 people in Athens are pretty we'll
supplied with these appurtenances of
life. The city is very modern, though
in some parts it does not look SO; but
where dirt is allowed to accumulate il
soon makes things look hoary.
I suppose Athens is the type, or bet
ter than the tpye, of all Oriental cities,
and that where people can make meal
off piece of bread and q bunch of
grapes industry is not necessary. But
have not seen manufactory in the
city, aside from the little shops of q
few handicraftsmen. The whole town
has grown up about the palace of the
king. The rich men are those who have
made or are making fortunes elsewhere,
and live here for society. The Univer-
sity of Athens has $500 students, 1900
of them in law, and two-thirds of them
destined to be farmers-for many of
the law students will never practice that
profession. There are hundreds of
wine shops always well filed. The
streets are full of business men, but
they are bound for nowhere. At the
Pir@us (the harbor city there are 25,-
900 people engaged in active industry.
Beside the foreign shipping there is
considerable coasting trade in farm
produce. The people here are very
proud. but the glory of dead past
is only bond of unity and patriotism,
not support of individual Life. There
are no parties on public questions,
only cliques supporting certain leaders
with their policies, which may or may
not be different.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
HER LIGHT GUITAR.
flames w. Riley.1

James w. Riley.1
She twankled tune on her light guitar
A low sweet Jangle Of tangled sounds,
As blurred as the voices Of fairies are,
Dancing in the noondawn dales and downs,
Ard the tinkling dip of the strange refrain
Ran DER the rim of my soul like rain.
The great blonde moon in the midnight skies
Paused aud poised DER the trellis caves,
And the stars in the light of her upturned
eyes,
Sifted their love through the rifted leaves
Glinued and splintered in crystal mist
Down the glittering string that her fingers
kissed.
o, the melody mad @, the tinkle and thrill
OF the ecstasy of the exquisite thing!
The red rose dropped from the window-sin
And lay in a long swoon quivering;
While the dying notes of the strain divine
Rippled in glee up my spell-bound spine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
At the Feast

"Mahlstlck" in Courier Journal
Ladies and gentlemen, as you have
seen by the journals this entertainment
cost me $4,000, but don't let that
appalling sum stand between you and
enjoyment; sail in and devour. Jones,
that pie cost $500; it is intended to
surpass the one that contained the four
and twenty blackbirds, but don't hesi-
tate-cut it open. Take peach, Miss
Brown; they have delicious golden
fiavor-they cost me $25 apiece. Yes,
Wolfe, that's superior old Chamber
ton; cost me 1926 bottle by the CASE
That dry Sillery is not to be despised-
SO bottle. That claret is out of old
Lord Shoelicker's cellar-has the real
aristocratic flavor. Am going to invite
him over to pass eight or ten years
with me.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22

[Mulloy's aLast of the Georges.

SO his useless, burdensome life,
voluptuous and pretty, magnificent
and mean to the last, passed on.
In these his last days he was friendless,
and would have been alone save for his
paid sycophants. All his Life he had
posed as a fine gentleman, and had
found many to believe him such; he
had dressel himself in gaudy stuffs, had
worn 5000 beads on his hat and
had inver sed q new buckle for his
shoes; his bows outrivaled those of his
French dancing his smiles were
pronounced irresistible, his department
grace itself. But behind this outward
show all was false; the puppet, perfect
in its dress and movements, was stuffed
with bran, and there was no trace of
heart, honor or manhood to be
found in his composition. He
lied to and deceived men; he
fattered and ruined women; was in
sincere to his friends; cajoled and
cheated his creditors, hated and i'm
posed on his ministers, and burdened
his people in the days of commercial
depression by boundless extravaganza.
With prize-fghters, jockeys, tailors and
money-lenders he was familiar, but the
petty German pride he inherited never
permitted him to be friendly with his
aristocracy Such he had been through
life, and, now that his last days had
come. none were found to regret his
inevitable death. On the night of June
| 5, 1880, he retired to bed, without feel
ing any symptoms of illness; but at 2
o'clock he suddenly awoke in great
agitation, and called out for assistance.
Sir Walthen Waller was soon by his
bedside, and raised him up. They
have deceived me-" he whispered, fear
fully, his bloated face wild with terror,
his whole frame quiyering; then came
the terrible cry, 40. God, I am dying !"
and with one short gasp he fell back
| dead.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Looked Mighty Pate.
prairie Farmer

Old Hank Allen, who had been list
ening as an outsider, here gave in his
experience. Said he:
"Some years ago took bedbug to
Woods iron foundry and dropped it
into ladle where the melted iron was,
and had it run into skillet. Well, my
old woman used that skillet for six
years, and here the other day she broke
It all to smash; and what do you think,
gentlemen that ere insect Just walked
out of his hole where he'd been lawn,
Like frog in rock. and made tracks
for his ole roost upstairs. But added
by way of parenthesis, "by ginger, he
looked mighty pale"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
One OF Spur-eOn's Stories.
TE-ahnrno

In Mr.. Spurgeon's inexhaustible fund
ofillustrative stories is one of man who
used to say to his wife: MARY, go to
church and pray for us BOTH But the
man dreamed one night, when he and
his wife got to the gate of Heaven,
Peter said: Mary, go in for both
He awoke and made up his mind that
it was time for him to become Chris
tian on his own account.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Nat In Proner Gastume.

Brindbeau, the famous sporting fop,
had a costume for every kind of game
that he had shetzat. One day, invited
to the duke of Orleans shooting party,
the duke drew his attention to hare,
suggesting that he should fire. II cam
not, monsigneur," said Brindbeau, "I
am in my partridge toilet"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Meuding a suspension bridge.

The Scientific American describes the
method by which the great cable of the
Pittsburg (Pa.) suspension bridge was
lately repaired. When defective piece
of wire was found it was cut out and 8
new piece of wire nicely spliced in SO as
to bear the strain it ought to sustain
and no more. When the wires were re-
newed the whole was coated with lin
seed oil and then with white lead.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
Opera Singers Before the Opening.
Chicago Herald.

lO1A1CoSO AcIdtuL
"Does Nine. Nilsson commence sing
ing as soon as she enters the theatre be-
fore rehearsal ?" repeated Herr Kash-
mann when The Herald reporter put q
question to that effect. "Why, GER
tainly. We all sing before the per-
formance in our dressing-rooms. You
know one cannot risk to open the
mouth after long silence only after ap-
pearing on the stage. One is very likely
to hit a false note, and if that should
happen at the very opening of an i'm
portant part it would not only confuse
the singer himself but the others also
We always sing few bars while waiting
in the wings for the sign of prompter.
There, of course, we have to do it sotto
voce; but in the dressing rooms we
sing right out to have the voice clear
and ringing when our time comes. We
don't do that because we like it, but as
matter of necessity"
DO singers use any correctives during
a performance? ?" inquired the reporter.
"I have heard that Wachtel eats dried
prunes and Nine. Lucca munches
figs" said the singer, but I can't say
whether that is true The great Nei-
mann, OF the Berlin opera, always has
f-and-half-that is, porter and cham.
pagne-ready for him when he does
the heavy parts in Wasner's compost
tion. Coffee, either with or without
the yolk of an egg, and hot water is
much liked by some singers. Others
take coffee with an addition of strong
liquor; but I do not believe in any cor.
rective. It may stimulate the voice for
the time, but reaction is sure to fol.
low. The best thing in the world is
continual training and practicing. and
a good protection and care of the
throat while the voice is not in use."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
II Does Not.

Joseph Cook asks: Does death end
alp" Not muchy, Joe; death does not
end all by large majority. The fun
begins just about the time that the law
yers are called in to interpret the con-
ditions of the will
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22

Arkansaw Traveller: When man
comes ter de conclusion dat's he's gwine
ter be jes ez happy ez he ken, de worP
will begin to imprube frum dat berry
mint.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22

Rochester Express: '.Please give
me 10 cents to buy drink of whisky?"
implored tramp. The money was
given him, and few moments later he
was seen coming out of bake shop
with loaf of bread under his arm.
Indiscriminate charity is to be con-
demned.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22

A. V. Dicey: Glasses whose voice
cannot be heard are neglected, not be-
cause they are disliked or because any
one wishes to oppress them, but be-
cause their existence is forgotten.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22
The "White Lady" OF the HOhenzoi-
foreign letter.

Foreign Letter
A few nights ago the famous "Weisse
Dame" or White Lady, spiritus faml-
iaris of the Hohenzollern family is re-
ported to have been seen by the senti-
nels before the Alte Schloss in Berlin.
Notwithstanding their profound skep-
ticism, the Berliners, strangely enough,
still believe the story of the White
Lady. The capital is quite excited
over the pretended apparition. All are
talking about it and wondering what
member of the dynasty is next destined
to die.
The White Lady is ghost who has
frequently been seen in different castles
and palaces belonging to the royal fam
lily of Prussia. Shei is supposed to fore
bode the death of some of the royal
family, especially one of the children.
Her last appearance was in 1879, just
prior to the death of Prince Waldemar.
A soldier on guard at the old castle was
witness of the apparition, and In his
fright fed to the guard-room, where he
was at once arrested for deserting his
post. -s4zea~
Twice she has been heard to speak.
In December, 1923, she appeared in the
palace at Berlin and said, in Latin, "I
wait for judgment" Again at the
castle of Neuhaus, in Bohemia, when
she said to the princess, in German, at
is 10 o'clock" and the lady addressed
died In few weeks.
There are two White Ladies in fact T.
one the Countess Agnes, of Orlamunde,
who is referred to by our Berlin cor
respondent, and the other the Princess
Bertha Won Rosenberg, who lived in the
fifteenth century The former was
buried alive in a vault in the palace.
She was the mistress of margrave of
Brandenburgh, by whom she had two
sons. When the prince became widower
Agnes thought he would marry her,
but he made the sons an objection, and
she poisoned them, for which crime she
was buried alive. Another version is
that she fell in love with the prince of
Parma and made away with her two
daughters, who were an obstacle to her
marriage, for which crime she was
doomed to walk the earth" as an ap-
partition.
The Princess Bertha is troubled be-
cause an annual gift which she left to
the poor has been discontinued. She
appears dressed in white and carrying
at her side bunch of keys.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-22

The reporter intended to say @she
looked au fait;" the types had it "she
looked all feet"