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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
An "Old Cic'' Jewess.
[Pittsburg Dispatch.


One of the finest looking and most
fashionably dressed Jewesses in Chicago
is a dealer in secondhand clothing.
She confines herself exclusively to fe-
male apparel and only deals with
wealthy and highly respectable people.
In answer to card she drives to the
residence indicated in a handsome
coupe with Hveried driver in the box.
Dressed in the height of fashion, with
diamonds flashing, her mission would
never be suspected. At one time she
had her own team, but it became so
we'll known that people didn't care to
have it stop in front of their houses.
She will buy anything in the clothing
line, no matter how valuable or how
worthless, from burst slipper or worn
out stocking to sealskin sack or we'd
ding trousseau. The prices pad are
insignificant when compared with first
cost, yet better than nothing. She in
turn fixes up the suits and sells them at
a large profit. Among her patrons are
people who would not be suspected of
wearing secondhand clothes.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
A Coffee Plantation.
rMax-.c- P.. ro,,x,;o,. T-,,,,,v,o1

lMeXico Cor. CouTler-Jo ournal.
The coffee districts of Mexico which
supply the German market are Vera
Cruz (the true cross) and Tobasco,
upon the gulf coast, and the states of
Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero. Co
lima has exported more coffee-beans
than any other state in Mexico, and the
commodity is purchased exclusively by
the correspondents of German houses
at 70 cents per pound. 1t is, you see,
big price, but the coffee of Colima is
never in the worlds market
At Jalapa the coffee interest is abb
sorbed entirely by the English. The
city of Jalapa is delightful spot, full.
of tropical fruits growing in the public
patios figs, oranges, dates and other
fruits are here found in perfectioa-and
the city is accessible by the Mexican
Central railroad. It is connected with
Vera Cruz by street railroad ninety
miles long, which passes through one
of the most histo ical parts of Mexico,
notably the route of the United States
soldiers on the march from Vera Cruz
to the City of Mexico
"What doe, coffee plantation look
like?" you ask. It looks more like
coffee plantation than anything else I
have sean-don't look hurt! It slopes
to the east; the young plants are taken
from the nursery at the age of twelve
months and planted in squares ten feet
apart; at this period they are about
two feet high, with an olive-grees leaf,
q white blossom and green berry. The
berry is about the size of cherry and
contains two beans When ripe the
berry becomes brilliant carmine color,
which, with the olive-green leaf and
white flower, present beautiful COM
bination.
To protect the plants from the sun
the husbandman places a banana or
castor oil plant near each coffee plant,
and the shade of the larger fully pro-
tects the smaller fruit t. At three years
of age the codee plant bears small
crop, at six years heavy one, and con-
tinues to bear up to the age of fourteen
or sixteen years. The profit upon each
healthy plant is from 40 cents to $1.20,
according to age and strength.
The plants are kept trimmed down
to six feet high, in order to facilitate
picking by men, women and children,
who earn about 25 cents per day.
There's nice little plum for some fel-
low in buying up the crops of the
banana plants or the castor oil plants,
which are placed between ,.the rows of
coffee plants to shield them from the
sun. They can be shipped by water to
New Orleans, and from there to any
part of the known globe.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
Foreign Note.
Texas Siftings.l

IAOze<5
An American, travelling in Germany, was
shown through one of the ducal palaces.
After he had sufficiently admired all the art,
treasures, ETC., he asked the janitor who was
showing him through the edifice:
ais there anything else worth looking at in
this old shebangso
The jan.tor drew the visitor TO the window
and in mysterious whisper, said:
@If you will give me thaler, I'll let you
listen at this window. and perhaps this after
noon you can hear his royal highness roll
nine-pins in the courtyard"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
The Church Bell War.
New York letter.


AS the senate committee on educa-
ton and labor seems to have sort of
rowing commission, I don't see why it
should not take up the church bell
question in which some New Workers
are just now deeply interested-Jack
son Schultz, the leather man, more than
any one else You have heard of Jack
son Schultz. Every one has heard of
him There are some, in fact, who
frankly say they heard quite enough of
Jackson Schultz, and some still
more frank, who say they have
heard too much of him. Mr..
Schultz is great reformer. He
wants to reform everything. He is
convinced that the world will never go
right till it is remodeled on plan
drawn by Jackson Schultz. Mr.. Schultz
lives near st. Georges church, which
has bell that is rung early every morn
ing. The ringing of the bill annoys
him. He could easily move away from
the neighborhood of the. bell, but he
does not propose to do that. What he
does propose to do is to suppress the bell
And not only that bell, but all other
church bells. This fight will go on, he
says, till every church bell in New York
is stopped. Church bells must go.
They are nuisance, and quite unneces
sarY, and their doom is sealed. Mr.
Schultz has been joined in his crusade
by another man, who makes complain!
against another bell connected with ar
institution belonging to the Little Sis
ters for the Poor That bell must be sup
pressed, too, the other man says. i
rings him up when he don't want to gel
up, and makes him uncomfortable il
various ways. Jackson Schultz, and
the other man, are determined to carry
on the fight at all hazards, and arouse
a public sentiment that will sweeI
every church bell out of existence"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
VIII Probably Hit 1t.
WALL Street News !

He was Chicago manufacturer of
butterine. He reached home from q
trip down south, and entered his Office
with the remark to his partner:
Smith, all is lost"
"No What's the matter?"
"Why, we have got to use at least 10
per cent. of pure butter in our article
or find ourselves driven from the south
ern market"
as that all? Then cheer up. If we
must increase the per cent. of butter
from to 10 let us find a substitute for
the tallow. Let US experiment with as
phalt or glue"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
The Sea serpent Explained.
New Orleans mes-Democrat.l

Speaking of the alleged sea serpents,
Professor j. G.. Wood, the naturalist,
says that, granting these creatures have
been seen, the question is: What are
they? He does not believe they are
serpents, but thinks they may be
cetaceous animal living in the sea and
shaped like fishes, but breathing air
and having warm blood; in other words,
it is species of whale which is dying
out, and may be to the whale what the
eel Is to the fish.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
Character i'm Misunderstanding.
IT nulns. TNna.ld

The different modes of shaking hands
will delineate human character better
than any other single act can do, and
many peculiarities of different persons
may be noted in the performance of
this social custom Who would expect
to get handsome donation-or any do
nation at all-from a man who will
give two fingers to be shaken, and
keeps the others bent as upon an "itch-
ing palm?" The hand coldly held out to
be shaken and drawn away again as soon
as decently may be, indicates cold, self
ish character, while the hand which
seeks yours cordially, and unwillingly
relinquishes its warm clasp. gives
token of warm disposition, and of q
heart full of sympathy for humanity.
How much that is In the heart can be
made to express itself through the
agency of the fingers Who, having
once experienced it, has ever forgotten
the feeling conveyed y the eloquent
pressure of the hand from q dying
friend when the tongue has ceased to
speak? A right hearty grasp of the
hand indicates warmth and ardor, while
soft, lax touch, withou Ia grasp, indi-
Gates the opposite characteristics. In
the grasp of persons with large hearted,
generous minds, there is "whole-soul"
expression most refreshing and accept
able to kindred spirits; but when man
presents you with a few cold, clammy,
lifeless fingers, feeling very much like
dead fish, and expects you to do all
the shaking, it will naturally make you
think of the hospital and other cheerful
things.
Contrary to this style, there is a
habit among rude class of giving your
hand crushing grasp, which is often
most painful. In these cases there may
be great kindness and strong" affec-
tion, but it is as crude as it is hearty. If
a grasp is warm, ardent and vigorous,
SO is the disposition. If it is cool,
formal and without emotion, SO is the
character. If it is magnetic and ami
mating the disposition is the same. AS
we shake hands so we feel, so we are.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
LOVES STRANGE DILEMMA.
"A Fear That Two Lovers May BE
Brother and Sister.

Brother and Sister.
brooklyn Eagle.l
Eighteen years ago female baby
few months cd was found one morning
on the steps of a New York residence
on East Twenty-third street. It was
prettily clothed, and the marking on the
garments was Dubois" She was
adopted, by a singular coincidence, by
woman of the same name,
living In Sullivan county. She was
educated and given all the adj
vantages of the average child.
She was, howeg er, on becoming
of a reasoning age told of the oircum-
stances of her early life She and her
foster mother removed to Chicago, and
the young lady became anxious to know
something of her ancestry. She learned
that people of her name lived in Brook
lyn, and a few months ago Col. McLeer
received letter from her signed ''Jen-
ME Dubois, giving the above circum-
stances, requesting him to find out
what he could, if anything, to her ad-
vantage, at the same time sending a
notice with the request that he should
post it.
The postmaster wrote letters to all of
the individuals of the name given which
he could find in the directory. Several
responses came in, among them one
from young man of the same name
who stated that his early history was
not dissimilar to the early history of
the inquiring young lady. His first
recollections were of being in found
ling asylum in Boston where he was
taken care of until able to do for him
self. The postmaster turned over to
him the letter from Jennie Dubois, and
correspondence was opened between
the two
Finally he visited her and it was a
clear case of love at first sight, each
being equally impressed with the other.
The first impressions grew stronger
with longer acquaintance, but while
progressing in their sincere attachment
each detected in the other that which
was almost convincing that they were
of the same flesh and blood. They loved
and would marry, but there was the
narrowing fear that they might be
brother and sister. Thus the case
stands, and they are making endeavors,
futile thus far, to prove their parentage,
hoping, while each desires to find rela-
tives, that they are in no way related.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
BY Foolery Thrive"
Inter Ocean. ]

Peck, of Peck's Sun, and author Of
" The Bad Boy" to an interviewer Of
The Boston Traveller said that his
mother often asked him why he made
such eool of himself. His reply was,
of course, i" because it is the most prof
table thing wise man can do
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
The Photograph to BE Made Useful.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger

The phonograph, although hereto
fore of little or no practical use, is per-
haps the mcst remarkable discovery OF
the age. The exactness with which
speech is reproduced by the vibrations
caused by the roughening of the tin
foil is little short of marvellous. The
phonograph is now to be put to scien-
tific use in the study of the dialects of
the savage people. A traveller about to
go to the Congo has provided himself
with phonograph, into which the ma
tives are to be invited to talk. The
tin-foil negatives" are then to be sent
to Berlin, where, by the use of dup1i-
cate pho ograph, scientific men may
study at their leisure the spoken lam
guages of untutorei savages.
There is another possible use of the
phonograph that may some day be de-
veloped, and that is for secret CORES
pondence If Importance By giving a
slight &c entricity to the spiral followed
by the pointer, the negative made on
one phonograph could be read only on
the original machine or it's exact dupli-
cate. A message sent in this form
would identify itself by reproducing the
voice of the sender, and if captured on
it's way would be absolutely unintelligi-
h1a
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
Politeness and Candor.
tTexas Siftings.l

t1tAtLS AoIiIIIIESJ
"How do you like our mutual friend,
Snook?"
Il like him very much. He has two
qualities that we seldom find united in
one and the same man. He is very
polite and courteous, and at the same
time he is very candid"
az have only brief acquaintance
with him, and [ must confess that I
did not observe that he was particu-
larly candid.
81 am not surprised at that, if you
have only known him short time.
You see he is not polite and candid at
one and the same time. He is polite to
you when you are present, and only
candid about you when you are alb
sent"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

Boston Globe: Until the world gets
along very much nearer the milIen-
MUM than it now is, society must be
one vast system of vicarious atonement,
and honesty and industry must bear
the burden of vice, laziness and ignor-
ance.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
How lit Happened.


II suppose you were in ecstasies
when you recovered your stolen cash,
were you not?" asked a gentleman of
an old negro who had received some
money that had been purloined from
him.
"No, sar," answered the negro, II
wuz in de street k'yah."
did he take it out of righteousness ?"
again queried the man, not noticing the
negros error.
"No, boss, he TUX hit outen my ober-
coat pocket"
did he have on the mask of
villainy?'
"Don't know bout dat, sar; haint
dressed tol'bly well"
"Did you press Linn with the idea
that he was doing wrong?"
mo, sar, na'er time; dez ez soon as
he gin to kick I pressed him wild
brick; dat's what fotch de cash back.
did he use any imp ecations?"
He tired to, sa-; Tut de ole man
wuz too soople fer IN, an got outen de
way
go you know you are a fool?"
family howled the interlocutor, boil
ing over with impatience.
eyes. boss; Use bin thinkin' dat !;
kase if I wuzn't would lef' FUN yer
fore dis"
About two minutes later, negro
might have been seen picking himself
up, wondering, "whar dat mule went,
what kicked i'm"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
A Model Physician.

doctor, said the grateful patient, seizing
the physicians hand, II shall never forget
that to you owe my life" aYou exagger-
ate, said the doctor mildly: ayou really owe
me for fifteen visits; that is the point which
hope you will not fail to remember"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
An Arduous Business.

IlIaULGTS
The halter gets dollar by making a
hat-b brim straight. The following sea-
son he gets another dollar for turning
the brim up. The next season he gets
another dollar for turning the brim
down. Hat-making is an arduous busi-
ness.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
LOVES KISS.
IL. F. s. B.l

Once refused loves proffered kiss,
Now, alas, I've wiser grownl
The bitterest thought of all is this
Once refused loves proffered kiss.
Today it would not come amiss,
My life is desolate and lone,
Once 1 refused loves proffered kiss,
Now, alas, I've wiser grownl
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28
TIE COIN OF CoNTRLBUT1sx

A cosn used among the Ma1ays repre-
sents q value equal to about one
millionth of an American dollar. IF
such coin were introduced into this
country, many more people who attend
church would contribute to the mission
ary cause.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

Journal of Education: The rank and
file of the teaching fraternity should be
developed from the native population
everywhere.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

Detroit Free Press: The Phenicians
are supposed to have been the first peo-
pie to use saws The Persians were
the inventors of proverbs, and the
Americans-well, they are the last
people to act on abstract maxims.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

Herbert Spencer: There is no politi-
cal alchemy by which you can get
golden conduct out Of leaden instincts.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

F.R. H.: The world has no pre-
vision of its heroes. Nature gives no
warning when great man is born.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-28

J. J. Rousseau: A woman who preteuds to
laugh at love is like the child who sings at
oight when he is afraid
Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
Ex-senator Dorsey Interviewed.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. Stephen W. Dorsey,
ex-senator, was interviewed by Chronicle
reporter Saturday morning:
"What do you think of the election result,
senators" "Oh, it won't effect business or
hurt the country in any way"
What defeated Blaine" "That's wide
question. He's beaten, and there's no use of
abusing him now. Conkling didn't work
against him personally, but his New York
friends knew what he wanted and acted
accordingly. But with Clevelands behavior
toward the Democrats since he has been
governor of New York and since his nomina-
tion for--the presidency, putting half breeds
and independents into Office and ignoring
his party, am surprised at the vote he got
in the state"
"What is your idea of Cleveland's future
policy" "He's going to surprise the Demo
Gratis, and the south especially. He'll be q
Republican president as he has been governor.
Dan Manning will be his principal
adviser but he won't have around him any
such positive Democrats as John Kelly, who
is one Of the most honest, Straightforward
men in the Democratic party, or any other
straightout party man. Cleveland will fill
his cabinet with non-committal, half-breed
politicians. Schurz will not go into the cabi-
net, but will get some important office.
George William Curtis wants to be minister
TO England and he will go ther..
Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
THE LATEST RAILWAY HORROR.
Names of the Killed and Wounded in the
Texas Wreck,

Names of the Killed and Wounded in the
Texas Wreck.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1.-THE train on the
Houston & Texas Central, which was
wrecked by tramps Friday, consisted of two
baggage-cars, a mail and an express two
coaches, and two sleepers The locomotive
struck the loosened rail and glidei on the
bridge, but just as the pressure rested on the
extreme end of the rail it uplifted and the
baggage-car went crashing over the en-
bankment and into the depths Of the
creek below. The remaining cars followed
with great velocity, piling fast upon each
other, and burying the passengers beneath
mass of debris in the water. The night was
inky black The wild shrieks of the appalled,
and mangled passengers were horrifying, as
the water poured through the windows and
CHASTITY rents in the woodwork.
ToAdd to these horrors stove overturned
and flames licked the finder like material
tEat had piled above the surface of the
water, cutting off what retreat the
imprisoned passengers had. Everybody at
once became palsied with fear except Charles
Brown, colored porter, who dipped up
water an threw it on the flames in time to
get them under control He then found the
train axes, and placing them in the hands of
strong men, holes were cut for egress, and
men escaped to set about preparing for the
rescue OF the dead and wounded. That work
was soon accomplished. The mangled
bodies were placed upon improvised benches
and hunks, and special train was ordered
from here. 1t hastened to the scene and
soon returned with the dead and injured,
The killed are: E. F. Larris, baggagemas-
ter, not yet recovered from the wreck; L. c.
Cadoza, passenger agent of the Atlantic
Coast line; Laman Leaks, newsboy; Green
Lewis, train porter; Hamp Thomas, Nava-
soto, wood contractor, and German lady
and two children There is rumor that
several emigrants are under the wreck but it
is not yet confirmed.
Wounded: S. R. Mcmillan, express agent,
tGigh bone fractured; Robert Vic
tor, Galveston, confusion of face;
c. Z. Wallace, Galveston, confusion of the
f,ce T. J. john editor of The Advocate,
galveston, confusion Of face; John Glass,
Houston, scalp wound e. A. Farland, Gal.
@cston. slight confusion; Daniel McEnnis,
iIarion, s.. c., scalp wound; j. G. Peoples,
;eagan, scalp wound; A. II. jackson, Mont
,nery, Ala, scalp wound; o. J. Cockrell,
s,gan, scalp wound; Austin Greelock,
.lsou county, confusion of the back; l.
aisle, Ga, slight confusion; N. w. lChil.
IS, Atlanta, confusion of the back;
liam Massie, Ga, slight confusion;
IN Edwards, Galveston, confusion of the
9; w. H. Burton, Houston, confusion of
=, Mrs Edel, Galveston. hand injured.
Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
The New York Senatorship.

New YORK, Nov. 17-Anent the mex.
senatorship from New York, The Sun says:
speaking of Arthur: "But now he is regarded
as the best president who has been in the
White House since Abraham Lincoln. He is
moderate, conservative, dignifed, judicious,
and patriotic. We are not anxious to
see Arthur elected to the senate. In
fact, so far as he is concerned, we should
be glad to have him take his place here in
New York again after he leaves Washington.
He is a good lawyer and would have great
advantage in coming back here to practice
law. President Arthur should come back
here to New York and take his turn along
with the rest of us, the workingmen of this
metropolis. That is the right sort of thing
for president to do, and up to the present
time the right sort of thing is what Arthur
las generally done"
Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
The Illinois Election.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Nov 1.-THE result on
congressman in this state is as follows: First
district, Durham, Rep; Second, Lawler,
DEM; Third, Ward, Dem; Fourth, Adams,
Rep; Fifth, Ellwood, Rep; Sixth, Hit,
R p; Seventh, Henderson, r p; Eighth,
Plumb, Rep; Ninth, Payson, Rep;
Tenth, Worthington, Dem; Eleventh,
Niece, Dem.; Twelfth, Riggs, Dem.
Thirteenth, Springer, DEM; Four
te 'ath, Rowell, Rep; Fifteenth, Cannon
Rep; Sixteenth, Landes, DEM; Seventeenth,
Eden, Dem.; Eighteenth, Morrison, DEM /;
Nineteenth, Townshend, Dem.; Twentieth,
Thomas, Rep. Republicans, 10; Demo.
Gratis TO-
In the election for clerk Of the appellate
court, Second dist rict, Combs Ieceived 2O3,-
IT'S votes, and Johnston, 81, 1856; Combs plu
rality, 166,5s9
The state board Of equalization will con.
sist Of twelve Republicans and eight Demo
crats
Oglesby, for governor, outside Of Cool
county has 14,72 plurality. Ths highest
Morris tribune., 1884-11-19
Tho Roman Catholic Council.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.-The first joint ses.
sion of all the members of the Plenary coun
Gil since its opening was held Friday after.
noon 1t was for the purpose of completing
the work done by the house of bishops and
the several committees during the past week
AS far as can be learned the council is max
ing rapid progress in the consideration Of
the momentous questions before it and all
the work will be completed in the allotted
three weeks. Friday evening the regular
devotional exercises were gone through with,
and Archbishop Seghers, of Oregon, preached
on "Indian Missions.