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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Mechanical Musical Instruments.
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The first mechanical musical instru-
ments in which perforated sheet music
was used were classed under the gem
eral head of orguinettes, the manufac-
ture of which was begun nearly
decade since. The success with
which they met was so 81 ntaneous
that the name under which substan-
TALLY the same instrument is now known
became legion, and the concerns en-
gagged In their manufacture have in
creased in the same ratio. Like most
new inventions they We're at first crude,
cumbersome and complicated. easily
getting out of order, and generally but
poorly constructed. However, the main
principles being correct, the demand
which even such poorly constructed
goods created stimulated competition,
and improvements rapidly followed
each other, until the mechanical instru-
ments of to-day would be hardly recog-
nizable compared with those originally
offered.
The common orguinette represents
the cheapest style of any automatic in
strument IN the market. It is very
much admired, and has become quite a
fayorite, it being neat, compact and
simple in its construction. 1t has a
full, Gear tone, is we'll made, and, in
range of music, is practically unlimited
The top is easily raised, or entirely re-
moved; the music then laid in, ready to
run, the top being then replaced and
held in position by springs, the instru-
ment is ready for use A piece
of music can be repeated as
often as may be required by
simply joining the ends together, which
are already mucilaged for this purpose.
and then passing the band underneath
the orguinette, a space at the bottom
being left for the purpose. This is often
very convenient when two or more ver-
verses of song are to be sung, or in
music for round dancing, where waltz,
polka or schottische needs to be re-
peated indefinitely.
Some of the orguinettes have one
large bellows instead of three small
ones, filling the entire space under the
instrument, and constructed upon a new
principle, one of the main features be-
ing its increased wind capacity, en-
abling the performer to render slow or
fast music with equal accuracy; or, in
other words, to play the music as orig
inally intended. There is an express
ion box" on the top, forming tone
chamber, which, by means of hinged
cover, can be opened or closed by the
performers left hand while playing,
thus producing crescendo or diminuendo
effects at pleasure.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Mr.. MifIin's Terrible Dynamite Gun.
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On the floor in one of the rooms of
the Norwalk Iron Works company is a
long, heavy cylinder. It's length is
about twenty light feet and the diam
eter of the bore is about four inches.
In another department men are at work
constructing an air-compressor. When
the latter is completed it will be con-
nected with the tube mentioned above,
and what the inventor confidently be-
ieyes will be the most tremendous en-
gine of war will be completed and ready
for trial.
Several years ago, while In Washing
ton, gentleman from Ohio heard a
naval officer say that if gun could be
constructed that would throw dynamite
it would thoroughly revolutionize mod
ern warfare. Mr. Miffin that was the
gentleman's name-proceeded at once
to invent such gun, and he has reason
to believe that it will be perfect sue.
cess. It would not do to use powder as
propelling power, for its sudden ac-
ton would explode the dynamite cart
ridge at the start and blow the gun
pressure of about 800 pounds to
the square inch will take the
place of powder, and the gun now
in South Norwalk is expected to throw
a three-pound cartridge distance of
two miles Imagine the effect of
cartridge of even so small weight
striking the side or deck of vessel or
the ramparts of fort. The explosion
would be terrible in its results. IF the
gun is success, others of size suffi
cient to throw loo pounds of dynamite
ten miles will bs constructed. The gun,
loaded with sand instead of dynamite,
will be tested in South Norwalk at an
early day in the presence of naval Off
GERS, scientific men and others.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
The "Sh ad- Eseiay' PATTERN.

Philadelphia dudes have been greatly
startled by the appearance in several
tailors' show windows of colored
fashion-plate, which depicts very mild
and blonde young man ar1ayed in a
garnet-colored coat of the "shad- belly"
pattern, with fesh-colored lining, a
figured white vest, flowing cravat of
a delicate tint, and trousers to CORE
spond. This is declared to be the
dress-suit of the near future, the inven-
ton of New York man, and the re-
suit of years of profound reflection
It does not appear whether or not the
inventor has communed with Oscar
Wilde. and received his apostolic bene-
diction.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Prentice's last Year.
Henry Watterson.

George D. Prentice did not drink a
drop during tie last year of his life.
The first day of January of that year
he said he intended to make this the
best year of his life. He carried out
his good resolution, and it is wonderful
what amount of excellent editorial
matter he wrote. The paper could not
keep up with him, and it always had
copy on hand. At the close of the
year he died, having succeeded in max
ing, as he had resolved, his last year
his hest
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Rather Personal.

While an Indiana editor was home
sick with typhoid fever, and his wife
and little daughter were suffering at
the same time with diphthera and scar
latina, the Office boy clipped and pub
lished as leader the following medi-
eal note: Typhoid fever, diphtheria
and scarlatina are the results of human
ignorance, stupidity, laziness and filth,
rather than visitations of God"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
TIE RIVER.

[Charles H. Adams
The lights of the city glimmer
In the swift black wave below;
Like ghosts that fit in the cleaning
The white ships come and go.
White and dim and stately,
The good ships seaward go;
Luck to you, captain and sailors,
However the winds may blow!
White and dim and stately,
The good ships homeward throng;
Welcome, captains and sailors,
Your voyage has been long
And sweethearts' eyes shall glisten,
And wives shall joyful be,
As the little children listen
To your tales of the stormy sea.
But what are the wrecks you tell of
To the wreck of a love like mines
The river murmurs and glitters;
Above the cold stars shine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Uses or an Enemy.

Rev. DR.. Deems.
always keep an enemy on hand-a brisk,
healthy, active enemy"
The having one is proof that you are some
body. Wishywashy, empty, worthless peo-
pie never have enemies. Men who never
move never run against anything; and when
man is thoroughly dead and utterly buried
nothing ever runs against him To be run
against is proof of existence and position; to
run against something is proof of motion.
The next best thing to having 100 real
friends is to have one open enemy.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Training for . Concert.

u
A visiting friend found Simkins with his
coat of standing on the door-steps the other
night and remarked:
Suffering Cesar, man, you'll catch an
awful cold out Esre in your shirt sleeves
ssThat's what want said Simkins, cheer
fully. @Got to sing bass solo at an enter
ment TO morrow night, you know"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
nunnaa Pere

The last mot of the elder Dumas.
He was on his deathbed. His old SER
want, who adored him, was weeping
in corner. Dumas turned his half
closed eyes toward him and said kindly
Don't cry, my poor friend; if I want
you up there will ring for you"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07

Avenue or Waverly-and take two or
three days to look around before con-
sulting a doctor. In that time they
will have been recommend d to fifty
ph fsicians as "the best in the place, !"
and will have received tempting offers
from quite that many boarding houses.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Our Schools.
Judge Tourgee's Lecture.l

And I am afraid the dude has got
into some of our schools. We are edu-
eating our children either for the White
House or the poor-house. Seven
eiehths of them are to make their own
way in this hard, practical world, yet
they are made to swallow volumes of
sciences and classics very impractical.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Perhaps
the instances where battle is won by
strength of the enthusiasm OF numbers
are rarer than those where utter route
is precipitated by the fight of few
crayens, whose spirit conquers bravery
AMI demoraIizes organization.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Dickens ana the Pin Man.
Inter Ocean.

Charles Dickens once received .
check for s1,0O0 from Holloway, the
pill man, which was placed at the au-
thor's disposal on condition that one
line of complimentary reference to
Holloway's cures should appear in the
book which Dickens was then publish
ing in monthly numbers. Dickens sent
the check back by the messenger who
brought it without any answer st all.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
The wonder,ands FAST Vanishing.
ILon1on Telegraph. |

LTJh
Thibet is one Of the few regions left
on the earth which will afford legitimate
scope for romantic conjecture. All other
lands of mystery have been explored.
The Abyss man campaign dissipated
the last shred of wonder about P1ester
John. Travellers have abolished the
mountains of the moon; Russian rail
way runs within 8 ght of the Vul-
ture's Nest, the eyrie of the AS
sassins and the Old Man of
the Mountains; commerce has familiar
lied US with the lands of the white ele-
phant and golden umbrellas science has
dispersed Atlantis, Utopia, and the
other "Erewhons" of past beliefs. No
Raleigh no ), days would make sail for
tabled cities of Mansa; no voyager set
his helm for Hesperides. The Ichthy-
ophagi, Tartarines and Malrotrans, with
all the other strange races of whom
Vaudeville gossiped, are now sobered
down into matter of fact tribes, and the
whole world, under the ruthless scru-
tiny of scientific explorations, is fast
becoming commonplace.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Nervousness.

One day little girl said; Mother,
I feel nervous" "Nervousi" said the
mother; "what is 'nervous'?" "Why,
it $ being in hurry all over!" was the
reply. The mite had given definition
worth placing in the dictionaries.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07

Few. DR.. Deems: Insight into the
spiritual world is necessary to correct
impressions of this world. The men
that have made the great discoveries,
the men that have insugurated the great
reforms have been great believers in
the unseen.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07

sYes, give us fun and laughter,
And hand the smile around;
We cannot laugh much after
They put us in the ground. "
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07

r. Z. Bowker: Nature does not in
trude her law. Il is felt only when
man runs against it. Nature never
anags.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-07
Two Boys QuarreIin&.

IArkanSaw TfaveIer.I
"My pa is a preacher an will go to
heaven. "Yes, an my pa is doctor
an can kill your ole pa"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

The federal court grand jury has returned six
| indictments
The current expenses of the Insane Hospital
during April amounted to $22,0 41.
Judge Walker yesterday granted Parmelia
Skinner divorce from Eli Skinner, on grounds
of drunkenness and failure to provide,
The first county to make the May settlement
with the Auditor of State this year was Noble,
which paid into the State Treasury yesterday,
the sum of SIS 1882.
Edward Craig, one of the elephant attendants
of Sells circus, suspected of stealing 81 80 from
| a negro, was arrested last night by Superintend-
ent Lang on the charge of pocketpicking
Judge Norton yesterday sent James Burns,
alias Charles Brown, to the penitentiary for
three years, for robbing the American Jewelry
Company of two watches on Wednesday night,
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
John Kent and Annie Magley John L. Todd and
Martha E. Gray, Lewis A. Rinehart and Mary
L. Nickel, J. Lester Gabriel and Esther Grau-
man.
information was received by telephone at
police headquarters last night, stating that Ed.
Lucky, suspected of having robbed James Com
fort, of this city, of 500, had been arrested
| at Greencastle.
A suit has been fled in the federal court by
Chauncey r. Watson against the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis St Louis & Chicago Railway Com
grain car doors.
Today's issue of Scissors is the brightest of
many good numbers The cartoon on the High
er Law, as now administered by Superintend-
ent Lang under direction of the police commits
sioners. is particularly keen.
Mary Locklear, colored woman living at No.
So West Maryland street. died very suddenly
| yesterday morning and the coroner was called
upon to look into the matter He is inclined to
| the opinion that she died of heart disease.
The Indiana Social Science Association will
hold its annual meeting in the lecture room of
the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday,
May 15 in the afternoon Papers will be read
by Dr. F. ]. Van Vorhis and Prof H. S. Tarbell
The discussions will be led by D. j. Snyder of
St Louis.
Building permits were issued yesterday to
Barbra Pfeffer for a So 900 frame house on
Mississippi street near Walnut; Mrs Wehu, 5000
frame cottage on Dougherty street; E. B. Hollo-
way, 81, 900 frame cottage on Duncan street near
Delaware; VIM. A. Woods, $500 frame barn on
Alabama street near Morrison; W. P Fishback,
So, 900 frame residence on Delaware street near
Sixth, and John Updyke, 81, 900 frame cottage on
Woodawn avenue near Linden street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

Major z. B. Ashbaugh, of Chicago, is at the
Bates House.
Mrs Sarah Faust, aged sixty-one years. died
last night, at the residence of Mr.. Ellis Shartel
of dropsy. She was the mother-in-law of Gen.
R. S. Foster.
Dr. Gilbert De La Matyr will preach at the
Fletcher Place Church tomorrow morning. He
will occupy the pulpit at Roberts Park in the
evening, Rev. J. H. Doddridge occupying it in
the morning.
Rev, David Walk pastor of the Central Chris
tan Church, will occupy his pulpit tomorrow,
morning and evening. The children's heather
mission concert, postponed from last Sunday,
will take place at $50 p NJ. All the music is un-
der the direction of Prof Ora Pearson.
A telegram was received yesterday announcing
the death of Mrs. R. A. Thomas, in Louisville,
early ON Tuesday morning. Mrs Thomas was
formerly Miss Kate Sawyer, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. W. F. Sawyer, of Evansville. Mrs.
Thomas, when young girl, attended the Indi-
annapolis Female Seminary, and had many pleas
ant friends, who will be panied to learn of her
death.
Denver Tribune: The Rev. Nyron W. Reed
D. D., late of indianapolis, delivered very in
teresting address entitled THE ProspecteG." He
likened the position of the Sunday teacher
to that of the prospecter The nosition of Sun
ayschool teacher Is not an easy one. Not ev-
cry one is fit to be teacher. He said that chill
dren should be interested. The most difficult
thing in the world to do is to write q childs
book; proof of it is the few good childrens
books that one sees. He said that he believed
that the best way to cause children to be good is
to have the good work of teaching them to be
good done at home and not by the school teach
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10

Rev. Dr.. Marine will preach at Centraravenue
Church tomorrow morning on american
Methodism;' evening subject, Ideal Systems OF
Education"
Rev. Z. E. Ballard will preach for the Univer
salists at Pfaffiin's Hall tomorrow, both morning
and evening.
A heather mission concert will be given at
the First Christian Church tomorrow afternoon
at $50 o'clock.
Rev. D. w. Fisher, president of Hanover Col
lege, will occupy the pulpit of the First Presby
terrain Church tomorrow.
Rev. DR.. De La Matyr, of Denver will preach
in Roberts Park Church tomorrow night, OF
Temperance and Prohibition"
Rev. O. G. MeCulloch's evening subject al
Plymouth Church will be Temptations Of
Power"
Rev. P. B. Cabell will preach tomorrow
night on Thou Shalt Not Kill" at the New
Church chapel No. 1888 North Alabama street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10

drill commenced, the Mobile Rifles drilling first.
They were warmly applauded but made a num-
Der of errors. The Montgomery Grays of Ala
bama followed, their drill being classed as infe-
rior to that of the Mobilians. The Washington
Guards wound up the days contest with drill
that was better than that of the Montgomery
Grays, Lieutenants Berkhemer, Randolph,
and Satterlee, of the Third United States artil-
lery, were the judges. The Busch Zouaves, of
StLouis, gave short fancy drill. Tomorrow the
Treadways Light Guards, Columbus Rifles, and
Richardson Zouaves will wind up the drill The
Treadways are the favorites Since to-daYs
drill large money is being bet on the Treadways
which company made favorable impression at
the review. Three soldiers tainted on the
grounds to-day from heat 1t is estimated that
ten thousand persons visited the fairgrounds
before o'clock. Trains heavily loadeded came
in from Galveston throughout the day
Houston, Tex, May 9.-The great interstate mill
tary prizedr was completed to-day by the drilling of
the remaining entIies-the Houston Light Guards
the Tredway Rifles of St. Louis, and the Columbus
Guards, of Georgia. Tomorrow grand sham battle
decision of the judges and award of prizes will
clude the drill The probabilities are that Houston
will receive the first prize the Tredway Rifles the
ond, the Mobile company the third Columbus Guards
fourth, Washington fifth, Montgomery Greys sixth
Mobile stock has gone down. and is selling in the field
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
The Houston Military Drill.

A Houston, Texas, special gives the following
account of Thursdays drill,
IA grand review took place this morning
Gen. Clayborne and staff in brilliant uniforms
were in the field. The following companies
passed in review Columbus Guards, of Georgia;
Richardson Zouaves, of Indiana Light Guards
of Texas; Balm zouaves, of AIissouri Louisiana
artillery, Battery B; Treadway Rifles of Missouri;
Washington Guards, of Texas; Queen City
Guards of Texas; Orange Rifles, of Texas; Lamar
Rifles, of Texas; johnson Guards, of Texas;
Brennan Grays, of Texas; Palestine
Rifles. of Texas. The troops pre-
scented a fine appearance as they marched in
front of the grand stand At l o'clock the S., 900
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
Accident to Rev. G. H. Elgin.

Rev G. H. Elgin, editor of the Indiana Bap-
fist. returned yesterday from Terre Haute, car
rying broken right arm in sling. While
riding with friend in buggy a two-horse team
was frightened and made unmanagable by a
boys throwing handful of dodgers into the all
in front of the horses and they ran into the
buggy, demolishing it and badly damaging Mr.
Elgin. This method of frightening horses and
littering up the streets is akin to the banana
peel outrage, both demanding severe police man
agement, in indianapolis no less than Terre
Haute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
THE SENATE.
The Indian Appropriation Bill Reported and
Briefly Discussed.

The Indian Appropriation Bill Reported and
Briefly Discussed.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-8Ir. Doph introduced bill
to provide for the construction of harbor of refuge
at Port Oxford the Pacific coast Referred.
The Chair laid before the Senate resolution, offered
yesterday by Mr.. Van Wyck directing the Secretary
of the Treasury Withhold patents for lands the
Pugallup branch of the Northern Pacific railroad
until Congress decides the question of forfeiture of
such lands.
Pending action on the resolution Mr.. Dawes moved
to take up the Indian appropriation BILL which
agreed TO- and the resolution placed on the calendar
Before taking up the Indian bill the Chair laid be-
fore the Senate the pending appeal of Mr. Beck from
the decision of the chair regarding the motion of Mr.
Frye for conference committee the shipping bill
Mr.. Harris said Mr.. Frye was necessarily absent
from the city, and had expressed wish that the mat
ter might go over till Monday. The matter went
accordingly.
The Senate then took up the Indian appropriation
bill and Mr. Dawes briefly recapituated its provisions.
The estimates for the year he said IS, 1865 S09
the amount of the bill as it from the House
So. 456, $3.50; amendment proposed by the Senate
had increased the amount T757,4l3: the
total reported by the Senate for Indian
service for the coming year %62l3, S02,
which exceeds the Indian bill of last year $50 AZ
The chief element of increase Mr. Dawes said, was
the amount for Indian schools. The bill consid:
cred by sections and considerable progress was made
The Senate committee had reduced the amount appro
prated for education in Alaska from 10 600 allowed
by the House. to $4,000.
Mr. Hawley moved to make the amount S25 900.
Mr. Plumb opposed the motion. He thought the
education of the Indians costing great deal too
much. 1t was merely spending money without any
practical result. The churches doing the work
for much less than the government
paying. The education of the Indians
should be of a practical character 1t was no
trying to educate Indian up the idea that he
is prince of the blood" Mr.. Plumb ridieuled the
efforts of interested parties to influence Congress to
schools Alaska,
Mr.. Conger defended the Indians and the work for
their education. 1t was work he said, in which
many noble, philanthropic and women
gagged and should be encouraged. He favored iber-
al appropriation for it.
Pending debate amendment the Senate went
into executive session and when the doors reOpened
adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow About o'clock
the senator's win proceed in body to attend the
yelling of the Marshall memorial statue.