IS ISSUED
Saturday Mosrnliifi:
. BY TH&-
DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.
On Year.....
Mix Hon tha.
Si 50
... . 50
. 1 00
Tbree Month...
These are the terns for those pytn In advance.
The I "sefkm dent offer fine Inducements to ad
. vertisert. Terms reasonable.
-SSiJ.JAS.CULEK
.! PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WORKWARRANTED.
Dealer la WatetM. Clock, Jewelry,
, And a Full Line of
-Cigars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
The only reliable Optometer, in town for the
proper aujuzuueut ci stpeciauea ; ai ways on nana
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE Firnt door south of post office, Rose
DR. ; M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE-ON JACKSON STREET,
oppoerr ths postoffici.
f.lAHOrJEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jn. Mahonoy, Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Docf
iu county, and the beat
la the State kept ia preper repairs
Parties' traveling on the railroad win find tail
. . place very handy to visit durinf the stop
ping of the train at the Oak- i
" land, Depot. Give me a call.
jjsJs. icAnONEY.
, . ...
; JOHN FRAStXR,
. ...
Heme Made Ihirniture,
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery,. Spring Mattrasses, Etc.
. S ;. Constantly on hand. :
FURNTTIIRF l hiw he ' rtoeko
ruil 111 I Unt. turn jlnre south of Portland
' 1 ;Anaali of my own Tft&nufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
3T ALL WORK WARRANTED .-&a
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLAND, - . ORKUOlf.
Richard Tliomas, Prop'r.
HpUIS HOTELfl AS BEEN ESTABLISH ED
for number ol years, and has become very
popuiarvith the traveling public. First-claaa
SLECPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplii with the beat the market
a'iTonls. Hotel at the depot of the Kail road.
AVINQ ON AND A LARGE LOT OF FINE
Spanish Merino
I offer the mme for sale. Cheap for Cash, at my
FaraV in D'-uglas county, six miles from Roeeburg.
HENRY CONN, Sr.
H. C. STA?.TOrj,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods!
Keeps constantly on hand a general assort-
.' ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW APiD GLASS WARF,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
HCIIOOL BOO Its
Such as required by the Public County Schools
Alt kind of STATIONKKY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Fortland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco.
ALL KttI)S OF BUST QUALITY
ALL OR DERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipned
with care.
Address, Hacheney & Bono,
" : Portland. Oregon
Hotlce.
Notice ts hereby grren, to whom it inar concern, thut
thu niKienig-ned hue been awarded the contract for
eiiii Uie Poofibs county Pauper for the period of
two years. All persons io neted of assistance Irom 'aid
county must first procure a certiflcnte to that effect
from any member of the County Board, and prevent it
tf o ie of the following named persons, who are author
teed U, Ktd will care for those presenting such certificate
w" I. Butten, Roseburg; L. L. KellotR, Oakland; Mrs
Hwrvn, Looking Gluts. Dr. Scroggs is authorized to
Jurr lnh medical aid to all persons in need of the same
bo have been declared paupers of Douglas county.
WM. bT CLARKE, Supt. of Poor.
RwMcao. Or.. Feb. 15, 1880
CThe Jeacnetto board will hold a secret
eossioa Monday to consider a preliminary
report. It has been charged that Parker
'- ill companions are kept in Siberia foi
!.? purpose of preventing their testifying
;rrdingr the DeLong Collins trouble.
, ii a Lcard will not finish its labors until
9 men have testified under oath re-
'r i tlia matter. The board will re
iport to cos gross at this session if Bart
',' I;,; others do not return in'time,but
will rst egain when they get here.
Win ii i
ijua
VOL.7.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
i BY TELESBAPH TO DATE,
The dead loc on the senatorial ques
tion continues in Colorado.
At Faterson, N. J., forty power-loom
weavers in tnesiik mill of Uamii & .booth
have struck because the firm required
me weavers to run two looms each.
Oarrinfffcon k. "RarlcervillA rf "Riri.
mond, commission merchants and dealers
in tooacco, xauea. LiiaDiiities, JjfiiJU.tXJU.
Assets, it is claimed, will pay 75 cents on
tne dollar.
Louisville Germans have cabled the
president of the reichstag, at Berlin,
18,000 marks, first installment, for con
tributions for the relief of sufferers from
floods on the Ivhine.
Arguments were heard in the superior
court of New York as to the settlement
of the orders in the Western Union oases
involving the transfer of $15,000,000
stock alleged to be illegal.
Ten thousand dollars has been sub
scribed in Cincinnati for the relief of the
flood sufferers in Germany. One or two
balls and benefit performances at theaters
a . . .
win De given to swell the fund.
Smallpox patients under treatment at
Baltimore on Saturday last, 463, out of a
population of 400.000. The disease pre
vails in wards away from the business
portion of the city. The disease is now
under control.
Representative Georce of Oregon is
laboring with the fish commission to
have a larce number of German mm Rant
out of the breeding grounds to stock the
lases ana rivers oi tne .racinj coast. It
is expected the first installment will be
sent out soon.
Smallpox has broken out in tha InmW
camps near Rat Portage. ; Several fatali
ties are reported ana aoous i'Z cases are
known in the valley of St. Herbert, nine
miles from Winnepesr. and the surround
ing country. The government has sent
out nurses and medical men. r
In an interview about the passion nlav
recently, Salmi Morse said: "I shall
certainly produce it somewhere, if not in
New York city. . I am pestered with ap
plications for its production m twenty
other places: but I desire to start with if.
in New York, in my own theater' -
Buffalo is excited over tho arrfiaf. nf
Thos. Waldron, or "Brother Frank," on
a charge of the rape of a girl aged 7 years.
ne was airecior oi ine isrotners college,
a well known Catholic school for cirls.
The mother got the story of the affair
from the girl, who was suffering intensely.
ine man is years old.
The Herald's Richmond special sava:
There is considerable disappointment
here on account of utter exclunivenpiss nf
the Pi incess Louise. Not even a dozen
people have had a good look at Queen
Victoria's daughter. This, however, is
partly forgiven on account of the fact
tnat tne princess is indisposed.
A Trenton dispatch of the 18th savs:
Rev. John De Witt Miller, in ooenincr
proceedings ia the house to-day, prayed
that no member misht be forced tn at.
plain to an inquisitive constituency when
.1 i l ; a m
uo icirmucu, uuw, .uuYiiig cumo io xren
ton. he went back richer than the Rn.ln.rv
of $500 received for the legislative ses
sion. A Richmond disnatoh of lh 17f.1i Riva-
The Marquis of Lome was waited on by
ine mayor ana citizens to-aay. Princess
Louise was absent from the rpr.pnt.inn
owing to the fatigue of travel. She drove
AUnM.v. : i i ii.
Gov. Cameron could not tav hiartaneets
owing to smallpox in his family. The
princess and party leave to-morrow for
Charleston.
'The Chicago Times of t.li lRfh
The sparring exhibition at San Francisco
between Mace, his New Zealand rrotpo- '
and several local bruisers, took place at
the Metropolitan Temple, which, in fact-
is a church where services are held everv
Sunday, and frequently during the week.
"r- HI. 1 m ....
i-rizo ngncers in searcn oi a safe battle
ground would probablv find San Fran
cisco desirable grounds.
New York papers sav the news from
France is a eood deal discussed, and the
apprehension is expressed that ser
ious troubles are ahead, the causes of
which are not political, but financial. It
is remembered that the anticipated ex
cesses of taxes in Franco have steadilv
declined each month, and that the defi
ciency for the financial vear has been
estimated at from GO.000.000 to 150.000.-
000 francs.
Local workmen refnso to erect a scaf
fold for the execution of Puff and Rarrett
sentenced to be handed for the murder
of Thomas Brown. Marwood, the execu-
ioner. has arrived, accoomanied hv car
penters from Dublin, who will construct
the sc . ffold. Upon the arrival of Mar
wood at Limerick, "en rnnb in Twlun
, w AIMCVj
the police had great difficulty in protect
ing mm irom me crowa at tne railway
depot.
It is rumored in Chicasro thaf. TTnrio
White, formerly editor of the Chi
Tribune, under - whose management it
went upon the independent tack in poli-
ucs, is anxious to taKe up nis home in
Chicago again and that with plenty of
backing he is trying to purchase the
Times newspaper. A million dollais U
said 50 be the figure offered, but thus far
it has been lefused by Mr. Storey, who
is said to want a million arid a quarter.
Rev. Dr. Hicks, spiritual adviser n
Chas. Guiteau, executed a legal instru
ment transferring to Surgeon General
Crane, all his right and title to Guiteau's
body. The paper recites the clause of
the will by which Guiteau beaneuthed
his bod v to Dr. Hicks. &nd Iva poLi.
dence of acknowledgement before a ins-'
nee oi tue peace, ourgeou Ueneral
Crane is unable, at present, to tyiva anv
information of the final disposition of
the assassin's remains.
A Clinton. 111.. disrntc!i savar Af
country church the other night, as tho
preacner was dispensing lua sermon in
shirt sleeves, to an excited audience
who shouted, "Glory I" "Glory I" in the
foreground, a number of young men were
having a solid game of poker in a remote
corner of the structure, while, in another
corner, a number of chaps were uttering
torrid sentiments to their sweethearts
who sat with them. It occurred within
eight miles of this city.
ROSEBURG,
Ensign Hunt sends a disnafch an.
nouncing the death of Anequin Flashan.
T 3 r ji t
inuian, oi me jeannette crew.
The czat was t. resent at the Annual
ceremony of the blessing of the waters of
At "XT 1 . ,
me aeya, wnicn tooK place opposite the
Winter palace.
A correspondent of the Boston Star,
in New York, recently reported that Jolin
Kelly is soon to retire permanently from
political life. Kelly said recently he had
no such intention.
If Admiral Brison is selected to com
mand of the Asiatic station, it is believed
he will take advantage of the forty years'
service law and be retired at once. In
this event Commodore Ri
probably succeed Admiral Clitz.
Reports from agricultural rerinna in
Nebraska are to the effect that the corn
bins are loaded and farmers are mortgag
ing the lands to carrv the cron to 30
cents per bushel, paying two t3 four per
cent, per month interest at the banks.
Changes are making in Rfewart'a nld
Store, at Broad wav and flhamKera at.roc
with a view of converting it into an office
building. It is expected that the build
ilg will contain 400 offices. Work will
hardly be completed before neit snmmnr
or fall.
Extreme cold weather nrevailel th rnnh.
OUt the northwest dnrinn-the WHoIr anAinn
Jan 10th. Thermometer at Osrden on the
19th Stood at 15 dec-; helnw
is 35 deg. lower than ever known there
before; at Omaha it stood 26 deg. below
au ai xanjKton deg. below.
The treaanrv department haa
formed that Hurst, of Nashville, depos
ited to the credit of the United States, on
account oi conscience, $200,
recently
received by mm from an annonvmous
source, which he withheld under the
belief the monev was inten1o,l t, lunofit
the Presbyterian Publishing company.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says. The citizens' committee nave a
statement from the lady robbed some
time aCTO. Srivini? her e-rnerienna ;iM, tha
detectives and officials at police head
quarters, and showing the connection
which some high district officials seemed
to have with detectives, thieves and re
ceivers of stolen property.
Represf nt itive Pacre. who ia a memher
Of the house Committee on eilncatinn nnrl
labor, argued before the committee re
cently in favor of modifying the laws so
as to permit of the reinvestment nt tha
funds of the State Uciversity of Califor
nia, xne committee agreed to report a
favorable bill with this obiecfc which ha
already passed the senate, as it is now on
the speaker's table.
On Januarv &0fch the Western TTnirm
lelegraph Company,made 25 centa the
maximum rate for a message of ten wor
between its offices in TCew TTamrnhifo
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York city and the
southern part of Maine. Orders have
been given to reduce the present rates of
30, 85, 40 and 50 cents to the 25 cent
rate.
A convention of all the cattle n
and horsemen of Texas has been called
to meet at Colorado Citv., Feh , Int. tn
discuss the live-stock business and state-
and question, to determine what course
;he stockmen shall nersne to aecmA leg
islation favorabla to their interests and
to organize a committee to look after
their affairs at the capital dnrrno the
session of the legislature.
The engine on the Mansfield tan a
railroad branch of the New Orleans &
Pacific, exploded at the denofc in tlTana.
field, La., on the 18th. Three men were
instantlv till or! Mra Tnrvlaa onA nr-
--j uiu. iugiuo auu ail,
Sampson, telegraph operators at Marts
ville, were mortally wounded. Taylor,
freight agent, and several others were
seriously hurt. Scarcely a vestige of the
wreck is left on the track. The engine
had just blcrfra a whistle to start when
;he accjusnt occurred.
The COroner'siurv on the eircnmataneea
of the railroad disaster on the Tror and
T i. 1 . . -
aushua roau, una tne supenntendent,
engineer, conductor and train diRnatnher
oriminally careless and responsible for
tnedeatlfs resulting from the disaster,
and censure the railroad for havino- over.
worked the underpaid emploves. over
burdened a single track and having poor
equipage, but commend theefforts of
the roa to improve their service since
tne time or tne accidentThe men men-
loned will be arrested.
The remains of" the 43 unidentified
bodies. :.victims" of the Milwaukee fire
will toM&rred in the Forest TTnme
cemetery whose officers have offered a
a a .a
Duriai aite; a. meeting of the clergy cf
all denominations is called to malce ai-
rangerxu .ts and agree .upon ceremonies
tor a gigantic funeral. The day is yet to
be determined. Careful commlino-
the Bpsaber of victims"of the cataatmnha
at savenly-five; seventeen of the bodies
of lliese, killed by jumping, were taken
toTtiia morgue on the morning of the fire.
Eight survivors have died since, three of
whom were identified. Fortv-th rea n n -
recognizable remains were taken from
tne rums np to the 20th. The list of
saved embraced 102 names. Talci
Clerk Tice's statement of 110 and 67
others in the hotel afthe time of the fire
or granted. these fl
unaccounted
w w -ww VMVW UU1
for, presumably in the
ruins.
The sub-committee of the h
senate are at loggerheads over the Indian
appropriation bill, Senator Dawes be-
leves in the humanitarian policv and
avors an annronriation nt iM nno
support Indian teaching schools : The
Uoupo committee allowe.1 ivnt ino noo
and had difficulty m get ting other mem
bers to agree even to that. Chairman
Hicock i3 stoutly opposed to giving
another dollar toward the
education of Indians. He ehiim th
raont-y spent that way is thrown away, as
the Indian cannot be made a useful mem
ber of societ V. The noliev TTiclr
adopt would be a policy of extermination.
Caswell said that until he h fl.il VftOan nc
signed to prepare an Indian approprition
bill he did not know there were so many
Indians in the country. We find, said
he; there are over sixty different bands
and sixty three agencies, and upwards of
100.000 Indians in the finif.1 Stot.
and we appropriated little over $50,000.-
ww io rnem annually. Tue Bioux,.of
which theieare about 30,000, are the
worst lot. We have given them $50,000
every year to keep them quiet.
; T f?-
OREGON, SATURDAY,
B0BIN REDBREAST.
MRS. A. KELLY.
Cold the wintry blast is blowing,
Keenly drives the sleet and rain,
And there comes a feeble tapping
At the frosted window-pane.
Who is it that to the casement
For admission shyly comes?
As I live, 'tis Robin Redbreast,
Starved and seeking after crumbs !
You shdlfhave them, pretty Robin;
All your troubles now are o'er.
Hop in freely don't be frightened;
Range at will about the. Soor.
'it '
You are hungry now, sweet Robin,
And can very friendly be;
But wh u 8 Tamer-brings you plenty,
You will scarce:y rJook -at me,' ' "
Yet, I will not chide thee, Robin;
I have tried the world, and know
That humanity is like thee,
As tho seasons come and go.
Lovers are like thee, sweet Robin,
When 'tis winter in the heart;
When our love dispels the winter,
Like thee, Robin, they depart.
The Blight cf a Married Life.
"Annie, dear, will you tell me what .it
is that troubles vou so latelv? I have
known and loved , you ever fsince you
were a little child, and it grieves my
heart to see so sad a look upon your
once happy face.. Can you not trust me?
Give me your confidence, little one, and
perhaps after having told some one you
know to be truly your friend the burden
may seem lignter; and, indeed, it may
dispel more than half the shadows now
lurking 'round vonr heart, and lot in a
i little sunshine and scare away those dark
brow."
"Ob. Aunt Carrie. I am ro nnhannvf
You know how much I loved Tom when I
married him how I almost worshipped
him: and he seemed so fond of me ffnr a
while). We were so happy, too. for the
ursc iew weejss, ne seemed to find so
much pleasure in his wife and hnme
But you know, auntie, Tom used to love
io go one and nave a good time, as he
called it, and I sfjppose he got tired of
being at home with jr.st me, and longed
to be away with his old comrades and
friends. So when he got to staying out
(at first he came home early ebout nine
o ciock; x tried to leei mat it was all
right, that it was hard to break away, all
at once, irom tne Habits long formed.
xut you see. auntie, i nave been so
happy at home, with father and mother
and the children about me ail the time,
and we always had company. Kate and
I would sing, and Jennie would play, and
I never knew what it meant to he inns.
some. Sowheu Tom Jeft'me alone after
supper, l would wash up the dishes and
tidVLUP things and set down to wait fnr
Tom. And oh. what lont? eveninca! .T
would strain my ears and listen to every
footstep I heard; my heart would give a
great bound; I was sure it was Tom; but
itv would pass by and die away in the
sua mgnt. Tnen my heart would sink
and almost die. But when he did come
I would be so relieved and glad I forgot
to be angry, and would sit on his knee
and tell brm how lonesome I had been.
But I began to notice that he did
not seem pleased when I eomnlained
and l grew gloomy and had very htte to
say, and ne got to staying out later and
later. He often got up cross in the
morning and left the house without a
word. Many a day I had to fetch water,
and sometimes split wood to erefc dinner.
ion know I wasn t much of n cnot
when I married Tom : hut. 1ia arA ha
didn't itere wa could live on love. Bnt
I notice that, if the beefsteak waa not
done to a turn and the toast just to his
liking, love didn't seem to take the nlace
of it. But after the- babv came he An!
seem to be like himself once mnve an A T
forget all jt&a neglect; and what seemed to
me .like unkindness on his part, and I
felt Rtf proud of both Tom and the baby.
Bui that soon grew to be an old story
f&o. He scolded, and sometimes swore,
if the baby fretted at night, and after a
while, he slept in the spare bed, and left
me alone to work and worry over the
baby if he was sick or restless. .1 grew so
wpk and ill I could scarcely do my work
and take care of the babv. but I had to
do it. He said his mother had seven
children, and did all the work washing
and all and it was strange if I couldn't,
with onlv one: he couldn't ee fnr hia
part, what I had to do, anyway. I drag
ged around all summer until father
came to see me, and he soon saw how
things were and took me home with him
and mother doctored me nn and the o-Ma
took care of the baby, and I got strong
before Uhristmas.
"At New Year's I went back, and the
same evening Tom went out with the
boys, as he called them; and never got
home until after daylight, and I thought
he had been poisoned, he was so fear
fully sick; but I afterward learned that
he had been drinking. I grew ugly and
talked hateful, and said cutting and un
kind things. He would get mad and say
such horrid things to me, until T be
lieve we learned to hate each other cor
dially. We go for days without speak
ing. I would not care if he had not
taken me from a home where I was
happy and free from care if be had not
promised to love and care for me ten
derly. But he has blighted my life and
taken every ray of sunshine out of it. I
hate him! yes, I do; I hate him! and if
I should live a hundred years I could
never like him again."
"Don't talk so wild, and in such a
fierce mood, my child. You have indeed
tasted the bitterest part of life. Why is
it that a man will trample the heart and
love -of a good woman nfider his foot
throw them away as worthless I cannot
tell: but true it Often seem a to be few
i women marry a man unless she devotedly
t luvoa mm. most women show bv their
every day life that they are willing and
glad to give up their whole lives to the
pleasure of - the man they marry. But
men of the world ought to know that
most women, if they are neglected and
forsaken by the man who ought to pro
tect and give them the affection all
women need , that they will find plea
sures somewhere else. It depends en
tirely on the woman what kinds of plea
sure they will seek. There would be
few unfaithful wives if hus
bands were more careful of their
pleasures and needs if they
would find and take time to bestow a
little of the pleasant talk, a few of the
IfflEPEiBEiT.
JANUARY 27, 1883.
omues iney Destow upon other women,
and spend a little kind thoughtfulness
and affection upon the poor hard-work-
! it; , ..
uS nuo an uuuib, wno is coning and
wearing out the best part of her life for
Dim and his children. Some women
bear the yoke patiently for years. Some
never remove it until death unclasps the
Cham, arm the nnnr tir-nA annl fi.ln .nn.
chain, and the poor, tired soul finds rest.
which she never found on earth. Some
are high-strung and quick tempered,and
the man Who gets anch a wife dnenn't. oot
much the best of it, sure. But, for the
pake of the little ones, women will bear
and forbear: and. mv dear child T Rea
no other way. Try to find pleasure and
Comfort in VOUr children r Hnc them nn
J . . a i ... , "
ah Qca a way tnac they will be a bless
IUK IO VOU .and in at tar - veara vnn man
-i . . . " . J
i iwu huu say mat your life has not , been
I the failure it. nnnr onnanm . "
- - - ,uvn ativouo B) JWUi
r tt i . tt . i
txxeicna xieraid.
MISCELLANEOUS 1TE3JS.
Red-headed student to professor:
t T m i . . . .
x-roiessor, wny is it that you never
seem to recognize me on the street?
Professor: "Well, Mr. X., the truth is
a am Biignuy coior-blind.
"Pay that $10 to day?" "Why, my
ueur air, uo you expect a man to take
Uhristmas money to pay debts ? No. sir!
uu. turj x aim nave a warm heart, in
bosom, sir!"
A French chemist thinks he can resus
citate a human bodv after it ha
frozen a few weeks. He micht erneri.
ment on Oscar Wilde, and if ha
the combination peonle wonld he int. on
II T J -
won uauHueu,. ;
TTTU i , .-
? utb mvu want is not talent, it is
purpuenj; in omer words, not the power
A . 1 - T a a
w Homeve, dui win to labor. 1 believe
that labor ludicionslv and eontinnnnaW
and determinedly applied becomes
genius. JUytton.
T11 T 1 li .
jcvmapa uaven i oeen so lucky as
some," remarked Brown; "but for all
that there s lota of people who would
ii nutuu iu my snoes. "And no
doubt they could all do it," saidFogg.
.'1L 1 i . ..' .. OOf
wii-u a giauce at xsrowji s thirteens
A Chicago bachelor who, on leaving
his boarding house for a week's journey.
mier taaing leave oi his landlady stepped
up to a salt mackerel on the table and
shook it by the tail and said: "Good-bv.
uau ioiiow.x win see you when l return.
Fun at a Dance. At a A ance driven in
North Carolina the other night one man
A . -
was siaoDed, one shot, two clubbed, two
3 T 1 - -
uaAx uuuus uroaen, one woman had an
eye put out, and the house burned up,
juttiauue to partners. "All shassav.
Wild geese are greatly damaging the
gram in San Joaquin valley. A man
Killed sixteen at one shot in Stanislaus
county the other day. It is not safe to
eat them, on account of the quantity of
jjuisuu ei oui ior mem oy larmers.
A gratifying announcement. Will
you please insert this obituarv notice?
aaixvu air oiu genueman oi a country
editor. I make bold to ask it because
the deceased had a crreat man v friend a
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uuoui nere wno d be glad to hear of his
ueatn.
Some French chemists have succeeded
in solidifying Detrolenm. m which otota
it burns like tallow. Thia solidifintinn
is effected by adding to distilled netm.
leum 25 per cent of the purified juice of
pmuia ueiouging io tne lamuy of the
eupuuruiacra.
William Youmans, a wealthy lawyer of
Delhi. N. Y.. has two horses bnried in
his front yard, and a magnificent granite
luouameni ereccea to their memory. It
bears the inscription: "This monument.
erected by William Youmans to the
memory of Bob and Charlie, who died in
xcio, agea oo anam years: in life in
separable, in death united, Ever trusty
ana iaitniui. Travelers halt trrenter
travellers man you stop here."
Tall Times lb Store.
Something is very likelv to hannen
i. t. . .
year. XI not next vear the vear
lumr. rrnnnflnnnM anil mtwii a. vam
tt. T t 5 . -
r 0. MUU DCCUt
to have broken loose all along the line.
riii a . . m .
in aicacK oegan in. Canada, where one
would suppose the winter air
enough to tone down undue cerebral
action. Wiggins had it. His great blow
about a tornado next March, attracted
the attention of "three worlds," as
the
ministers say. They were Canada,
the
United States and New .Tersev Than
Cincinnati got it. The prophet was one
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owuruiBteui, wno is exceedingly liberal
in the un foldings of the fntnre Kort
year, "even if nothiug splits more than
what is cracked." we ate tn hva
nnancial panic, commnniafcin vtAr n.
whirlwind (which Satan will whirl out of
a eremiau xxv. i . seven great enmeta
(also under the control of Satan nrhi.h
will re-enforce the Bun nntil lio-ht.
thrown upon many dark subjects. There
are aiso to oe earthquakes, and so on.
But the Lord will restore dnnhl
us. All who survive these-4lharn Hmo"
. j
will stand a chance of hei nor ot ftia mil
lennium, which is to begin forfy years
sooner in the United States than in nth a
parts of the world. Persons desiring a
safe place of ' refuge meanwhile are in
vited to resort to the immediate neio-h-
borhood of the great pyramids of Egypt,
which are old settlers urxm the face
the earth and do not mind jthis sort of
thing. After the spring of 1885 they
may safely return to this country.
New York had it next, hut nnt. an find
This one is a medium, and the mediumfof
course: is alwavs safest, as tha ancient
Romans well knew. -: He is a Psvchic
artist: I He can "sense" conflicts and
wars in the spirit world, where common
sense is of no use to a man. He foresaw
the shoohncr of President flarfield fhnt.
not the location of the ball); According
to spirit guides the last king or queen of
England now sits upon the throne.
Queen Victoria is to be succeeded by an
Iiish President whose name will be Pat
rick McLaughlin. After th ree veara
comes the millennium.
The Herald is oblicred to confean that.
some of these things are a strain upon its
faith. That something unusual ia likelv
to happen next April we oan readilr be
lieve. Mayor Harrison and Mike Me.
Donald have agreed with us and. made
note of it. Something more ia likelv tn
happen within 4 three years. But the
prophets are mistaken in basing their ex
pectations of the millennin m s nnnn
the prospective coming in nt a Ttamn.
cratio administration. .
NO. 42.
Vanderbllt's Christmas Gift.
The New York Jonmal reintAo an in
cident of Mn Vanderbilt's drive: While
he was passing through the park a small
boy atremoted to
of his flying horses. The boy, in his at
tempt to avoid the horses, fell over in
the road. but. was not hnrt. Mr vn.
tempt to avoid the horses, fell
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derbiltwas frightened. He does not
care much for human life, but on this
glad Christmas dav he did nnt want, tn
run Over anvbodv. Bad ennntrh fnr hia
railroad to crush, pierce and burn the
life out of them. There was a difference
between that and actually doing it him
self. " He felt so glad, when he. saw the
lad safe and sound that Tm. whn had inor.
been preparing to rush on in the hope
that he had not been recognized,
pulled up and beckoned the
him.
"Here. Johnnv." he said here'a a
dollar; don't you try to cross roads that
way."
Why. sir. I was running for a dnetnr
Father told me to hurry up, 'cause he
'ad tn rrn nnt. anA fnnt1 n11 1
"Whv does Vonr father ern nnt. nn
Christmas Day? To the rum shop. I
suppose," said Mr. Vanderbilt, frown
ing.
"No. sir. Father works on the rail.
road, and if he misses a dav he yata
docked."
"Even Christmas?"
"Yes. sir. Mr. Vanderhilt, d nn'f. lat
up on nobody 'cause it's Christmas."
TT 1 a t
xxe wotks ior vanderbilt, does he?"
"That he does.' and.more'n the hd
luck of it, as he says."
Why?"
"Well, vou see. mother's sick and
father has been staying up nights with
her, and then he d take a nap, and twice
he got late to the switch and got fined a
quarter each time."
"now much does he get a day? '
v' une dollar, sir. i
"Seventy-five cents a dav?" flood
God! and a sick wife at that." thought
Mr. Vanderbilt. and" his heart
him. Was this right, after all? "And
what sort of a Christmas dinner will you
Lave to-day?" he asked.
"We don t get none. Father ain't
at home, and mother's sick. Tne money
has to go for to buy medicine, you see,
sir."
This was hard, and no mistake.
"Will von take me to vonr hnnsa?"
asked Mr. Vanderbilt.
"Yes. sir: it's right here, sir." said the
w , 9 -
boy.
It is a picture of desolation, but clean
ly; no carpet, but a good substantial
cottage: a small sprig of firs, a woman
sitting in an easv chair, thin. Dale, bnt
cheerful. When Mr. Vanderbilt ca
tered, the woman exclaimed:
"Why. vou're not the doctor, sir?
No. mv good woman: but I came from
him. He is very busy. Now, what is
the matter with you?"
"Weakness, sir.
"What from?"
"Well. sir. I hate to sav; bnt T thint
it's from want of food."
! "I thought so," and Mr. Vanderbilt
turned around and nnt a 50 bill in an
envelope and also his card.
'In half an hour open this and send it
around to the store. You will find a
prescription that will do you good.
There is also a card in here. Send your
boy to that address to morrow and I'll
give him something, too. You shan't
starve any more
r it i .1
Before the sick woman eonld aav anv "I
thing h was out an, off: bnt IsTe a
back to his palace yesterday afternoon
his face looked the picture of good
nature. He smiled and laughed to him
self so that peonle turned aronnd and
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exclaimed, "What oan be the matter
with William H.?" When anybody
looKea at mm n&did not pale, and the
rattle over t,he hard road made rythmic
musio to the joyous beating of his heart.
It was the merriest Christmas dav Mr
Vanderbilt has spent this many a year.
A Cowboy Pays $35 for a Six-Year-Old.
The Toronto Globe publishes the fol
lowing:
One day not long since, though the
weather was bitterlv cold, there waa
lull in the storm, and word was brought
over io me saioon mat there was to be a
horse race between the Indiana and tha
half-breeds on the other side of the
Elbow. There was a general stampede
for the foot bridge, and T made m v
over in company with a cowboy, whom I
l urn i .
auow oniy as "Duony. " as we were
crossing the stream he handed me a
handful of nuts and remarked that he
was taking a pocketful over to "his
girl." , r
"Where did you get a girl?" I asked
"I bought her over here at. tha "Rlat-.
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foot camp last night." ' .
"What did you give for her?" v-.
"Thirty-five dollars. Oh. here shi I
he added, as a little six-vear.nld TtfaV.
foot girl came capering down the bank to
meet him and take possession of the nnts.
The little one had on a new dress,1 warm
stockings, new shoes, and a little black
blanket, all of which had evidently come
out of the store within the last twenty
four hours.
After loading her with the nuts,
Shorty allowed her to start back toward
lodge; but, thinking her blanket did not
fit close enough, he called her back, and,
taking off the empty cartridge belt
which held his own overcoat together, he
belted her little blanket snugly around
her waist and sent her off, the happiest
youngster in the Blackfoot camp. .
"What will you do with her?" I
asked. - " -.: -
"Her e mother is to keep her till I go
back to Montana, and then Til take her
down home and give her to the oid
woman, (his mother)-, and j then," he
added, very seriously, "she's a nice, in
nocent little girl now, but if i she stays
here she'll starve till she grows up and
then go to the bad. I'll take her home
and mother'll make a woman of her." '
He Wanted to Pose;
A resident of Park street had a photdP
grapher come up the other day for Xhe
purpose of taking a view of his residence
and the man of the camera had just got
in position when along came an old coon
with a bucksaw on his arm and wanted
to know what was up. ;
"Going to photograph the house," was
the reply. r
"Then I guess I'll pose," remarked"
THE INDEPENDENT
HAS THJE
FINEST JOB OFFICE
1ST DOUGLAS COUNTY.
CAIWS, BILL BEADS, LEGAL BLANKS
And other printing, Including
Large and Heavy Posters and Showv
Hand-Bills.
Neatly and expeditiously executed
A.1 POIITLAND I'XlfOJSS.
the old man., "I'll take a position at the
ten oi tne gate and represent the statue
of Industry."
The members of the family came out
and arranged themselves, and the . man
called out:
"Here, old man, you want to get out
of that!" 6
"Can't I represent Industry?"
"No, sirl"
"Can't I stand over there and repre
sent Laziness?"
"No, sir! We don't want you in the
groupatall!"
"Lemme represent the Sleeping
Beauty?" .i - - -
. "You go aw vl" - '
He drew off to one side, the passing
teams halted to give the artist' a chance,
and directly the plate was made. Every
body rushed forward when it was ready
for inspection, and the old man was one
of the first. As the plate was held up he
giggled and tickled, and finally burst
into a loud laugh. He had dodged
around the corner of the house and
his
the
full figare ' was revealed behind
family. . . -
"What do you represent in that atti
tude?" sternly inquired the photographer.
" vell, I reckon that's a pretty good
pose for Contentment.1
"Very well. I will now represent
Dissatisfaction." X
And the artist took the festive old
chap by the ear and walked . him out of
the crowd and put in a couple of kicks
which changed the pose of Contentment
to that of Sorrow. f Detroit Free Press.
fcaved by Ills Scissors.
The editor carries a beautiful slip of
paper when he travels. He shows it to
suave conductors and they all admire it
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xti una tue euiior s own name on it, writ
ten in his very best Sunday-go-to-meetin'
style. That is what the conductors par
ticularly like to see, and they like it so
much that they want him to, write it
again in exactly the same fine -style.
The other day the editor exhibited the
beautiful ohirography.and the conductor
as usual requested him to duplicate itin
another place. The editor knew he had
never written in that style before and
never should again, but he did his level
best. , The conductor shock his head.
"Don't correspond," he muttered.
"Best I can do," said the editor. "Do
you suppose I can dash off 500 pages per
day and keep up the Piercerian system of
penmanship? Do you suppose I can
write like that with these cars of yours
banging away at my elbow?"
'Don't correspond," repeated the con
ductor ominously.
"Do you imagine I'm not the editor of
this paper?" asked the editor, drawing
out a gilt-edged card and a copy of The
News. '
, "May be a sub," suggested the con
ductor. "Do I look like a sub?" inquired the
editor, indignantly pointing to his dollar
diamond shirt Btuds and finger ring.
"But I can prove my identity," he
added, with a chuckle of satisfaction.
He whipped out a bright pair of scis
sors and commencce slashing np that
newspaper into articles at nucha rate
that in two seconds the . whole paper
would have been converted into copy.
"Stop! i That will do," exclaimed the
conductor, smilingly. There isn't the
slightest doubt in my mind. Toucan
travel on this line as long as lam con
ductor and there's a rail and a piece of
craccor ana mere s a ran and a ple
. , ? " . . " F1C
OI engine lei '-eokuk News.
Old Pianos.
Sometimes we see an old piano stand
ing in a house, and hear parents say,
"we thought it would do well enough for
the children to learn to play on." They
have imbibed the idea that to run the
fingers over the keys is to play on the
piano; and, no matter how much out of
tune the instrument may be, "it will do
to learn on," Such people forget that a
musical education is more an education
of the ear than of the fingers; and that
every time a child touches one of these
instruments that "answer just as well to
learn on," so far as fingering is con
cerned, the ear is vitiated, the musical
sense blunted, and a delicate perception
ft correct musical sounds is rendered
impossible. The Germans are among
the most musical people in the world;
andf while their children were taught
music in the public schools, it was found
that the hand organs about the streets
were out of tune and tended to vitate
the children's ear. Accordingly, ah ef
fort was made to put the vagrant instru
ments in tune, and keep them so; but,
failing to accomplish this, the govern
ment prohibited the playing of such in
struments in the streets. It wasthought
needful to preserve the deiicay of the
trained musical sense; and so everything
that could vitiate it was discarded.
Herald. v
The Boy Had Them. .
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A" lad in . Boston, rather small fot his
age, works in aa office as au errand boy
for four gentlemen who do business
there. One day, the gentlemen; chaffing
hiji a little about being so small, said to
him: ' . .... : - ' .
"You never can amount to much ; you
never can do much business; you are too
small."
' The littlo fellow looked at them
"Well," said he, "as small as I am, I
can do something that neither of you
four men can."
"What can you do?"
Z.1 keep from swearing," said tfie
little fellow. .. :
There were some blushes - on 'four
manly faces, and there seemed to be very
little anxiety for further information on
the8ubject. r -., ..
-' -5 - -A
negro man in Jeffersonville, Ind., is
sick with tho small pox, and the attend
ing physician expressed the belief that
the disease was communicated by a mos
quito which had previously , nipped an
other patient. If that mosquito is a
native of New Jejsey he can , easily bo
vaccinated. New York Commercial Ad
vertiser. . - -
"Perhaps I haven't been so lucky aa
some," remarked Browo, "but for all
that there s lots o' people who would like
to stand in my shoes." "And no djiibt
they could
all do it,"
siid Fcj.-r. wLU a
glance at
Brown's thirteens. IZz'zu
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