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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
CONCERNING THE NEW CABLES.
How They Are COnstructed-Dura
bilIty and Conductive Power.
TTnter- Ocean

How They Are COnstructed-Dura-
bflIty and Conductive Power.
[Inter-O Ocean.
The broad pr nciples of construction
are the same in the new cables as in the
old, though to the control of these
princip' es new rules are observed. The
copper C, inter- of the deep-sea cable is
formed of thirteen wires, twelve small
ones coiied about one that is tenth
of an inch thick, making the con-
ductor just the size of an ordinary
telegraph wire. AL the interstices are
filed with a solution of gutta-
percha This covering process, which
is one of the most important incidents
of cable construction, is kept a pro-
found secret by the manufacturers.
This core is, after being electrically
tested, covered with jute to form a
cushion for the protection of the gutta-
percha from the outer wires of the
cable. Next the cable is sheathed in
the finest quality of steel wire, the
wires being literally woven about it.
The cable is then covered with coatings
of black asphaltic composition, broad
tape beng worked in to give it solidity,
first coating and then layer of tape,
until three coatings of the composition
have been applied. This completes the
construction of the deep-sea cable.
The shore ends are larger cables,
containing the ends of the one de-
scribed made of jute and the black
composition, with an intermediate size
as the connecting link. though a
small section of this cable may appear
hard and inheAible, when lifted in a
long piece it seems like o thread of
silk in graceful pliableness. Though
this cable will be considerably the
most expensive ever laid, there is
reasonable assurance that it will be
for the best, not only in the matter Of
durability, but as the electric medium,
the conductor being both larger and
more perfectly protected than any 9th
ers. It may be said that the breaking
strain of the wire shield has been tested
at q pressure of ninety tons to the
square inch, and the average weight OF
the cable is five tons per nautical mile.
There will be 5000 miles in this cable.
Already 1000 miles have lean com
pleted ready for laying, and the rest is
now being turned out at the rate oi
thirty miles dav.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
aoucIcAuLT ON ACTING.
The Letter R-How to Walk ON the
Stage-A Few Aphorisms.


Stage-A Few Aphorisms.
[Cor. Chicago Herald.l
NJ. Boucicault, in his lecture on 1.-THE
Art of Acting" said there are three
essential things to be studied by an ae-
tor-the management of the voice,
gestures above the waist, and position
of the body from the waist downward.
Actors are apt to turn the letter r into
w. The prince of Wales, and the duke
of Edinburgh, have an unfortunate diff
Guilty in pEonouncing the letter; so
everybody affects the same difficulty.
There are three kinds of affectation In
speaking clergyman's, who in
tones. the stump orators, who vocifer-
ates, and the tragedian's, who either
whines or growls.
AS for elocution on the stage, Mr..
Boucicault had, he said, q contempt for
it. AS for gesture, it should slightly
precede the words. There is too much
gesture on the stage, especially in mo-
ments when the actor meditates. Walk
ing, he said, was lost art. I'D show
you how to walk" he added, @but I
can't. I've got the gout. However,
study the old Greek friezes, where pro-
cessions are pictured. Toget perfect
walk practice carrying heavy weights
on your head. Walk as the Spaniards
and Arabs walk. Mr.. Boucicault walked
like an ancient Greek, and then iml-
tated Broadway pedestrian. He gave
few aphcrisms as follows:
Remember that the stage is a picture,
and the proscenium arch is the frame.
Don't try the stage trick of keeping
the center of the stage in order to take
the house, as we say. In the old prints
of shakespeare's plays the principal
character was on one side of the stage.
The cure for stage fright is to mind
your own business.
Don't play to the audience Only
American and English actors are cap
able of observing this rule.
In going about the stage don't turn
your back to the audience if you can
help it.
Don mind your clothing, but study
the aesthetic side of the character you
are to assume.
AVOID burlesque as you would the
plague. Buffoonery has displaced
comedy. 1t is blasphemy of art. Irv-
ing and Booth can't do what Safvini
does, because they are afraid of the
dude, who would think they were go-
ing too far. Once, when / saw Salvini
as Othello p OK up Iago, shake the life
out of him, and trample on him, q dude
said to me: Don't you think that is
going too far?" Yes, I thought; too
far for one whose horizon is break
down.
Egotism and vanity are natural to an
actor, and l wouldn't give snap of my
finger for one who was not egotistical
and vain.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
How a Cat Rode III Miles.

The Montreal Star thus tells how
cat rode lit miles on the fiY-wheel Of
an engine: The engineer of The star
sprinting establishment, soon after start
ing the steam-engine on Tuesday morn
ing, noticed white patch on the inner
surface of the drive-wheel, which he
thought was piece of paper caught by
one of the spokes in it's fight and
whirled round and round by the wheel.
The white patch was noticed by several
of the hands during the morning, who
accounted for it in the same way, but
no attention had been specially given
the matter until the engine was stopped
shortly after noon. As the wheel
stopped the engineer was surprised to
see the white spot fall to the ground
and then get up and crawl away. He
then, for the first time, became aware
that the white spot which had been
whirling on the fy.wheel was q
cat which had been clinging to
one of the spokes of the wheel and had
only relaxed It's hold wieE- the wheel
had come to a standstill. The cat
seemed dazed for a while, and was
taken into the street for freer air.
Here 1t renamed perfectly Still Tor q
considerable time, but on an attempt
being made to cover it with a paper it
ran off in zigzag course, but appar-
emily as fully alive as ever. The lower
portion of the fv-wheel revolves in a
trough, the sides of which fit close to
the broad tire of the wheel, and it is
presumed that the cat, which was a
strange one. being frightened at the
entry of the engineer, jumped into the
trough to get out of the way, and when
the wheel was started found itself whirl-
| ing around on the inside of the tire.
| The wheel is ten feet in diameter, and
| as it revolved from a NJ. to 2:J0 p.
M, and at a rate of sixty revolutions
per minute, by a simple calculation it
will be found that the cat travelled q
distance of more than III miles, OF
about 10000 revolutions of the wheel.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

l'fGlgOlO" IN New OFK Sun.
The supposition still prevailing among
q certain class of American fnanciers,
that the Britishers have more money
than brains, ought to be given up by
this time. Any one who reads Eu-
ropean newspapers can plainly see that,
not only in GREAT Britain but at all the
great centers OF Europe, our financial
situation is thoroughly studied, ana
lyZed and understood. Summed up,
their views upon our stock and bond
market come to this: The cause of the
was the over-construction, over-capitali-
zation and over-swindling of the rail-
roads of the country for the last six or
seven years. The large dividends paid
on certain stocks (often out of borrowed,
not earned, money! constantly suggested
the building of new parallel roads. The
conse luence is that at the present mo-
ment the carrying capacity of all the
railroads OF the United States is about
five tines larger than the amount OF
work available for them.
For q series of years, ending with
1880, there had been succession of I'M
precedentedly good harvests in the
United States, and ct the same time
there were exceedingly bad harvests in
Europe. In consequence there was a
great demand for the agricultural prod
uce of the United States, and the rail-
way traffics therefore were enormous.
But in 1881 there was partial failure
of all the crops throughout the United
States, and since then the harvests have
not been good. simultaneously tho
harvests in Europe have improved,
while India and Australia have begun
to compete with the United States in
the wheat markets of western Lurope
to an extent that little while ago was
quite impossible. The Americans had
persuaded themselves that they could
fix the price of wheat in Europe as they
chose, and spectators therefore kept
wheat and India corn back from the
market in the hope that prices in Eu-
rope would thus be compelled to rise,
Prices, however, have not risen. The
principal result has been to hand over
the markets of western Europe to the
competitors of America.
The Chicago corner makers in bread
stuffs will be pleased to learn that Vic.
toria, the largest grain-growing colony
in Australia, is now in bitter competi-
tion with India in the English wheat
market. What e going to be our posi-
ton in this contest?
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The bishops Question.
Exchange.


A good story is told of the Roman
Catholic bishop of Atlanta, Ga. He
recently addressed large assembly of
Sunday school children and wound up
by asking in very paternal and con-
descending way, And now. is there
a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl
who would like to ask me a question ?"
Alter pause he repeated the question,
Is there s-a-n y little boy or a-a-n-y
little girl who would Ike to ask me q
question ?"
A little ehrill voice called out, please,
sir, W y did the angels walk up and
down acob's ladder, when they had
wings?" "Oh, alb, yes-l see,' said the
bishop; "and now, is there a-a-n-y little
boy or a-a-n-y little girl who woul like
to answer little Mary's question:
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
London's Cycling Path.
Chicago Times


English bicyclists and tricyclists
propo to have cycling path of their
own all the way from London to
Brighton, under special act of parlia-
ment. The track will be about forty
five miles long, starting few miles out
of ondon, and running to brighton,
and will be eighteen feet wide, paved
with asphalt, and of easy gradients.
1t is estimated to cost an average of
1000 per mile, or 9315.O00 in all.
The Brighton to London road is the
favorite one for south country cyclists,
hundreds of wheelmen going and re-
turning within the day during the sea-
son. 1t is estimated that 5-shilling
fee would be very readily paid by 800
cyclists day during eight months of
the year for excursion tickets from
London to Brighton and back. besides
hundreds of smaller fees for interme-
diate distances.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
Proof Positive.
Texas Siftings.

A small boy testified, in an Austin
Justices court, that the afray took
place on Sunday.
sHow do you know it was on Sun
day."
Because that day I had to go to the
side door of the saloon to get beer for
dinner"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The Indians Condone a Fault.
fCor Globe-Democratl


An Otoe scandal of the first water
has Just occurred A hool-gml was
recently married to man much older
than herself, much against her wishes.
She soon after ran away with her
former youthful lover. The deserted
husband was irate and about to follow
on the warpath. A council was called,
and many of the friends of the run
away couple sat up with him all night
attempting to allay his anger. One of
them gave him his finest moccasins and
leggins, another brooch, and others
still other presents. TIL he said his
heart felt better; his heart was not so
bad as it had been," and he finally said
"his heart was all right now," and
they might come back. @ohe was dead. "
This Ctoe custom might be sensible
one in some white communities.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The Cholera Germ MAN

ICHIetig1 dfTHluI
DR.. Koch, who has just returned to
Berlin from India, where he has dis
covered the cholera germ, is desc, ibed
as of medium height, very thin, with q
serious, spirituelle students face. His
beard is brown, but his hair is becom-
ing gray. and this, together with his
glasses, makes him seem to be older
than 40 years. There are those who
declare that the discovery may make
Koch as famous as Jenner or Harvey.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
How He Escaped.
Exchange.

The bore of singing when invited out
was nicely bridged over by tenor at
Boston one evening not long ago. I'm
der the pretense of examining some
rare paintings, the celebrated guest
wandered toward the piano, carelessly
locked the instrument and abstracted
the KEY unobserved. Of course, he was
asked to sing. @.dost willingly he re-
sponded, but lo and behold, the p ano
was locked. and a search failed to re-
cover the key. The next morning it
was found in the ante-room, and the
lady of the house is wondering yet how
it ever got there.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
IWilliann Morris ]

William motifs.
Oft, when men and maids are merry, ere
the sunlight leaves the earth,
And they bless the day beloved, all too short
for all their mirth,
Some shall pause awhile and ponier on the
bitter days of old,
Ere the toll of strife and battle overthrow
the curse of gold;
Then 'twixt lips of loved and lover solemn
thoughts of US shall rise;
We, who once were fools aud dreamers, then
shall be the brave and wise.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
rhar,e. Rcaae on condeD.atiop

Regarding the stipulation of the pub
fishers of The Youths Companion that
his story must lie short, the late
Charles Reade said: after all, con-
densation is fine thing. and story
long enough to excite an interest and
paint characters vividly, story in
which there is no conversation, but only
dialogue. which rapidly advances the
progress of the action, is more likely to
be immortal than those more expanded
themes which are apt to betray us into
difuseness."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
About Texas.
IExchappe.l

Texas is q very large state, and
everything is done in large way there,
from fencing to financiering. Last year
the assessed property valuation was
about $500, 900, 600: the state debt was
little over $4,000, 900; the school fund
ia S95. .OOO. 900.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Madison Wis., Democrat: This steal
ing the honorable names of trade and
commerce to cover gambling operations
this prostitution of holy things to false
gods; this stealing the livery of hea-
ven to serve the devil, should be
stopped.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Mrs. Brown, in Merchant Traveller
What is my op MON of intemperance
It is fire we kindle in ourselves, with
out dollars worth of insurance on the
premises.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The Taln,ud.

Claude Montefiore, one of the ablest
and most liberal of English Hebrews,
says that the Talmud is witty, learned,
far-fetched, practical, poetical, harsh,
kindly, long winded."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Brooklyn Eagle: Professional Pc
destrianism has done no more to popu-
larize healthy exercise than professional
pugilis.l to substitute natures weapons
for the knife and revolver.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

r. w. Conant: What can be more
pathetic than the money of the poore
More pathetic than even their wants,
for the little they have tells still more
eloquently of the much they lack.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The Granger,s Conclusion.

FAcHdiIgt.i
A mi:ister vho spoke at grange
meeting the other day in Worcester
county, >oid his audience tAat it takes
more brains to preach to on audience
of farmers than to city church, and
the horny handed agriculturists voted
unanimously that the reverend gentle
man was admirably fitted for city
preaching.
Oliver GoIdsmith's tomb in London is
in the most dilapidated condition and
utterly neglected.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

The Current: Incompetent, but rich
and titled, amateurs have made the
novel-writing business precarious in
England.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Louisville Courier-J Journal: Culture
in the highest and best sense is an in
dividual matter; it is an inward grace
rather than an outward expression.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Fichte: A man can do what he
ought to do; when he says he cannot
he will NOT.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Robert Griffin, of London, says the
world will not be large enough to hold
the population Thousand years from
now.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26
The Vanderbilt BOYS.
Midland MonthlY.1

The late Mr.. Augustus Schell was a
very int mate friend of old Commodore
Vanderbilt and used frequently to call
for him to go fishing. On one of these
occas ons he heard swo of the Wander
bit bovs in hot dispute, and saw the
old commodore trying to break it off
short, while Mrs. anderbiltthough very
am: able herself, was trying with all her
might to convince the commodore that
it was better to let them come to an
understanding by adjusting their own
difficulties. "Come away, Cornele,
don't disturb them, she sa' d. Let
them fuss in peace. The quaintaess
of the phrase amused Mr.. Schell a
good deal.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Meanness is the one unforgivable ain.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-26

Philadelphia Call: All good citizens
do not push baby carriages, but all men
who push baby carriages are gsod
citizens.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-12
TRUSTEES SALE.

E'RUSTEE'S SALE OF THE DALLAS
4 OPEkA HOUSE WHEREAS, Che Dnl-
- 'perA-htnAe tpm1Auv. ~ its certniu deed
~ 'a>i' A4''" Ia titH jhy n' JaHUarv, A. u.
o. -. VS. f.to.ieN - TnlCins ). pages
- - H''. 'ieNiie ai@ o. 'Ga records III trust
leeds, anorisnges, etc., OF the county OF Dai-
lo9' slate o; TuxaF, conveyed to the under.
signed trustee the following Described ron;
estate, situated, lying md being In the c,ty
on p9las, county OF Dallas, state Of Texas,
wv, hesihhlns Tor ~ nurthe 81 corner al
tue touthWes, corner of Commerce and Ans
I'm streets In the said city of Dau.s. thence
soulh with the u g Of Austin street 2NO irot
20 jackson street; thence wcsi with jackson
w, 90 ittl' thcnce north parallcl with AUS
/ I'm street 40 feet tU Commerce street. thsnre
S'l WIN commerce street to the beginning
o2leet together with an and Singular The
i'Eu's' members, gppurtVuOuces and hrradl-
, tuneniN thereto belonging or IN auy wise Inn.
/ v'utut oI aPpuiIalnlng, and with all and
S.Nsul inc furniture and fixtures, sceuti.
| anu properties ofOny and an sorts whtt.,.
ever pertaining to the opera house siiu,t,l
uPUn 'aiu land, And which saiJ convevnnrc
10 Tue uhue'NiTncd was made In trust Ia sp.
I cure Tue payment OF certain notes In eniI
[ uttu ueacriheui and whereas SAID notes aud
avtIuihB 'WVereal nave no. been pGid aS r..
S"nHu' NN", tue public notice is
mO!vuy 81 tne undersigned, nj the
! request ui' me Of the holders of ypl6 p,tcg
gnu IN pursuance Of the terms of The ynil
| uCed oI trust WILL on Monday Ma l5th iny
y, .t'Hcelneer, \. ID, 1891, between the hours Of
w" CLOCK IN inc forenoon and o'clock i'm tbp
afternoon OF said day al the door Of tbe
,,ourt mouse Of dallas county, Tcvas. proceed
I h NtlI me said property hcreintnfore dpscrlb.
! ~ ~ punuc Nuct on, for cash, to the highest
to,euyi, 20 satisfy said unpaid notes and i'm.
su5 ,or sb H. OF carrying out this trust
gmy lot the purposes In snid deed Or trust sci
'ortn, JOHN 7, MURPHY, Trustee.
nALLAe, TtNAs, Novcmberd ia N'''e'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-12
Hotel Arrivals.

At the st. George: r L Denman
Ithaca, New York; Robert Bryars, 81
Louis;D c ADJUST, Toledo, Ohio; G A
Embrace, Alvarado; w NJ Moore, King
county; I Il Turney, Kaufman; L
Anderson, st Louis; George Dobson
htchison, Kansas; G q Wilson, Terrell;
ii ) Wakefield, Wakoton; p q Swayne
and daughter, Grave county, Y j Jen-
nings, Mississippi: DR. Jerman and wife
Mrs Irvine and family, Bradford bod.
son, Mrs Fanish, DR. III Freeland, Louis
lana; Thomas J WILSON, G. G Lunt
MeXia; 5 Il Herring, Kerens; A T. Fox,
Midlothian; J w Record, Forney; j Il A
Ball, Paris; L $ McClelland, Clarendon
John ID Williams, Texas; d Jones
NMaylie!d: a Cooke Emory G w Fallet,
Uieburnei Ben Walker, Chicago; A S
Ablosirich, Commerce.; James Blasin.
games, Greenyille; l. N Johnson, Deni-
son; Mrs Mulkey Kaufman.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-12
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Death of Mrs. j. Il. O,Cnnnnr-

Died, in this city, yesterday morn
ng at 7 o'clock, Mrs. John F.O'Co nnor,
vile OF the cashier of the CITY
National bank. The departed was
KIND and unassuming in manner,
liberal in the works OF charity, beloved
ey all within the radius of her acauain-
tsnceship, and withal, devoted Chris
tian. She had been in delicate health
fer long time, but was not taken seri.
ousiy i'll until last Sunday. The re-
mains viii be sent 10 Davenport, Iowa.
where the deceased formerly resided,
The HERALD tenders its condolences 10
the bereaved husband.
Requiem mass will be celebrated this
10 a. m, at the church of tho Sacred
Heart, on Bryan street, for the repose OF
tne soul OF the departed. The friends of
the family are invited to attend.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-12
AsslGNEE'S NOTICE.


hALLAS, TEXAS, DECEMBER 4. lsS4.
- NOlicc Is hereby given that on INC 1911
ga oil November, 1884, =. J. Ad, ms, dO,nr
business under the name OF Adams & Leon.
atd, OF said city OF Dallas, conveyed and as-
sitnea to ue, W, u, Fllppen, of said civ ms
Nsgneo, allhls property aud all the prop.
S,E pl every desc lptlOn owned or used low
nun IN conducting The banking husIpc,s mn.
uyr the hrm name of Albums \ Leonard In.
cludlng hlSown interest and that of thp ps
we OF j. H. Leonard, deceased, EXCEPT such
property us ls exempt fr1m eAecut ON under
,ne Jaws OF texas, for the purpose ot couvert.
lng lhe same into money, to he dlstrlbutrd
among Such OF his creditors only as wand
consent 10 accept their pIoporiionRte shnr,
w ms estate, aud discharge him from their
reePsctiNe claims; provided, that lie should
not DC ulscha'ge from liability 10 any cretii.
pT VINO utes moi receive ms much as ono.
thlru Oh lhe Amount qua and claimed In his
iHNnr US valid claim against his estate
Notice u further given that ali lie crc,I-
,pIs OIL sHlu ASST ncC cUusenting 10 such ne.
slenmpnt must make know n 20 m, thor
consent IN writing within four months n firr
me puOllcatiop Of this notice, nnd that M
creditor not asserting shall receive or tspe
any Denohl unds raid assignment
W II, tLlPPEE, Assignee.