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ROSEBURG REVIEW. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1885. WHESTEE AKD UYE. Mr. William Hye " Compares Noah "Web stsr's Literary Works With His Owa. Mr. "Webster, no doubt, had the best command of language of any American author prior to our day. Those who have read his ponderous but rather disconnected romance known a "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary; or, How One Word Led On to Another," will agree with me that he was smart. Noah neve r lacked for a word by which to express him self. He ws a brainy man and a good spelkr. It would ill become me at this late 'day to criticise Mr. Webster's great work a work that is now in almost every library, school room, and counting-room in the land. It is a great book. I only hoje that had Mr. Welj ster lived he would have been equally fair in his criticism of my books. I hate to compare my books with those of Mr. Webster, because it may seem egotistical in me to point out the jgood joints in my literary labors; but I have often heard it said, and so do not state it solely upon my own re sponsibility, that Mr. Webster's books do not retain the interest of the reader Jill the way through. He tried to introduce- too many haractcr, and so we cannot follow them all the way through". It is a good book to pick up and while away an idle hour with perhaus; but no o;;e would cling to it at night till the fire went out, chained to the thrilling plot and the glowing career of its hero, Therein consists the great difference between Mr. Webster and myself. A friend of mine at Sing Sing once wrote me that from the moment he got Jiold of my book he never left his room until he finished it. He seemed chained to the spot, he said; and if you can't .believe a convict, who is entirely out of politics, who in the name of George Washington can you believe? Mr. Webster was most assuredly a brilliant writer, and I have discovered in his later editions 118,000 words, no two of which are alike. This shows great fluency and versatility, it is true, but we need something else. The reader waits in vain to be thrilled by the author's wonderful word-painting. There is not a thrill in the whole to me. I had heard so much of -Mr. Webster that when I rea l his book I conf. ss I was disappointed. It is cold method- As I said, however, it is a good book to pick up for the purpose of whiling away an idle moment, and fro one should start on a long journey without Mr. .vv ebster s ta'e in his pocket It has broken the monotony of many a tedious trip for me. Mr. Webster's "Speller" was a work of less pretensions, perhaps, and yet it had an imraence sale. Eight years ago this book had reached a sale of 40,- 000,000, and yet it had the same grave defect. It was disconnected, cold, pro py, and dull. I read it for years, and at last became a-close student of Mr Webster's style; yet I never found but one thing in this book, for which there seems to have been such a perfect stam pede, that was even ordinarily interest ing; and that was a little gem. It was so thrilling in its details, and so diametrically different from Mr. Web ster's style, that I have oftened won dered who he got to write it for him It related to the discovery of a boy by Rn elderly gentleman in the crotch of an ancestral apple-tree, and the feeling of bitterness and animosity that sprang up at that time between the boy and tho elderly gentleman. . Though I have been a close student of Mr Webster for years, I am free to say, and I do not wish to do on injus tice to a great roan in doing so, that his ideas of literature and my own are entirely dissimilar. Possibly his book has a little larger sale than mine, but that makes no difference. When 1 write a book it must engage the inter est of the reader and show some plot to it. It must not be jerky in its style and scattering in its statements. I know that It is a great temptation to write a 'book that will sell, but we should have a higher object than that. I do not wish to do n injustice to a man who has done so much for the world, and one who could spell the longest word without hesitation; but I speak of these things just as I would expect people to criticise my work. If wo aspire to monkey with the literati pf our day we must expect to be eriti pised. That's the way I look ut it. ! ' Bill Nye.! P. S. I might also state thot Noah Webster was a memler of the Lesis latme of Massachusetts at one time, and though I ought not to throw it tip tO him at this date, I think it nothing more than right that the public should knpw the truth. CourierrJourna1. SAM JOUES. .Gems from tho Georgia .Preacher Now Stirring Up Tennessee. We Eee God all around us. The mountains are God's thoughts up heaved. The rivei-s are God's thoughts in motion. The ; oceans are God's thoughts embedded. The dewdrops are God's thoughts in pearls. I believe that the whale swallowed Jonah, and the only reason that I dont believe that Jonah swa'lowed the whale is because the bibledon't say so. You don't believe what you don't understand. Do you understand why some cows have horns and some are muleys? You don't believe what you don't see. Did you ever see your backbone? God pity the man who can't run his home without a deck of cards. He ought to have been in hell long before he had chddren bom unto him. I used to dance, but when I wanted a wife I went to tho prayer meeting, and I beat your sort, loo. If any loan clout like what I say let him come to me afterwards and say so and I'll forgive him. I have no respect for Mahone's poli tics, but I like his answer to the ques tion of how much he weighed. He said, '1 weigh ninety-five pounds, but ninety i ounds of this is backbone." Some men think they have backbone, but it is nothing but a cotton string run up their lacks. There is more religion in laughing than in crying. If religion consists in crying, I have the beat boy in the world. I photograph your ugliness and yen sit here and laugh at it. You ought to Le ashamed. Society is a heartless old wretch, and if you dont get out of it you'll go to hell with it. The lawyer ; who knows as little about JJiackstone and the Supreme Court reports as the average Christian does about the bibie, would never have but one case. The Sheriff would be his next client. Red liquor and Christianity won't stay m the tame hide. . How lovely is a patient woman. God pity the man wno haa a forked- tongued wife. The matter of church doctrine is an accident. If my mother and Bro. Wither, poo it's mother had swapped babies he iniht have been a Metho dist preacher. s The devil is too much of a gentleman to stay where he is not unLfcd. PITHY P0ISTS- "So you arc the new girl," said the boaidors to the pretty waiter las?. : "And what name are we to call you.'", "Pearl," uaid the maid, With a saucy tons of her head. .''O!" anked the smart board er,'are you the jwsarl of great price?' "No; lam the pearl that ww cast before swine." "Hello, Smith! Suppose a man marries hid flrst wife's step sister's aunt, what relation is he toherf "First wife uni step-aunt er let's see. 1 don't know." "Bright fellow! He's her husband, An army of men, once good citizens nr'ght date their moral deterioration from the day they stopped working aad went to office-seeking or office-holdirg. A good, steady, private business is better for most men. (This is not intended for men who have nothing to loose. )FrrzKR4LD. A parish clerk w as assisting a clergy man to robe before the service commenced, and said to him, "Please, sir, Ym deaf." "Indeed, my good man," said the curate, "then how do you manage to follow me during the service?" "Why, sir," says the clerk, "I looks up, and when you shuts your mouth 1 open mine." 'My dear wife, this man and I were in separable friends at college. When one had no money he always used the pocket book of the other; is it not so, Mr. Millerr "Yes, just so; and I remem ber very well I was always the other." Health is in fashion. Girls no longer pride themselves upon painfully pinched feet, spider-like waists, and a breakfast appetite which can compass nothing more than a sip of coffee and a crumb of toast. Missa Caroline Smitu. The long at legitimate word in the English language is pronortionableneag. The greatest gift the hero leaves his ra ie is to have been a hero. Geo. Eliot, v : The seeds of thinge are very small. The last word is the most dangerous of infernal macliinea, Jerrold. Love gives insight, an insight often gives foreboding. George Elliot. They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations. Lord Bacon. There is not a single moment in life that we can afford to lose. Goulburn. The blessedness of life ilepends far more on its interest than on its comforts. The earnestness of life is the only pass port to tho satisfaction of life. Theadore Parker. The reason why men succeed who mind t icir own business is that there is so little compe tition. - -There are many men whose tongne9 might govern multitudes if they could-govern their tongues. Prentice. : Here is a good spelling for a liquor store adxertisemcnt, "Wines, Ails and Bier. Uoine Evan gelist. I hate to see a thirof done by halves; if It be right, do it boldly; if .be wrong, leave it un done. Victor Hugo defines paradise as "a country where the parties are always young and the children always little." Wear your learning, like a watch, in your Pocket, and don't endeavor to show it unless you are asked what o'clock it is. -The sting of a bee is only one-thirty-second of an inch lon; itisyour imagination that make, it seem as long as a hoe-handle. . The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness Addison. " -Men who think for themselves do not believe quite bo much as those do who take what they have from hearsay; but it is a better quality of faith. True greatness consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in making manknd happier and better for your life. Disputers are enptains of ragged regi ments of arguments, and when a multitude are gath. ered together in a rout they seldom dkpei so until some mischief is done Duchea3 of Newcastle, Ten yards of flirtation and a bushel of gush are mentioned by alioston paper as a complete seaside outfit for the average young lady. Huxley says a Drimrose is "a corolifloral ' dicotyledonous exogen;" and yet some peopJehandle j thSe th'S ithot "g vaccinated. Senator the East. Sherman has returned to STATE NEWS. It is rumored that Boston capitalists are negotiating with the view of pur chasing immense bodies of timber be tween Denmark and Sixes, Curry Cotintv. Central Point has been made a pass- enger station aud'tiuins stop regularly there when passing so we are informed by T. F. Beall, who acts as agent at present. Numerous improvements are also going n there at present. Hen ry Kl i j pel h as ret u rn ed from San Francisco and joined his family in Klamath county. Mrs. Sophia Ish, a pupil of St. Marys Academy, has completed a fine painting of Mount Hood. A Good Templers lodge was organ ized at Medford la3t week, with 31 charter members. A new saloon was also opened at that place about the same time. Fuller Spragne and John Hicks dis covered a vein of coal on the O. S. I. Co.'s land last week. The vein crops out for abou t thirty feet, close to a sraaU creek, and is three feet thick. The total earnings of the sheriff of Linn county for the year ending J une 30th, 1885 is 81,419. The cost of running the state fire men's tournament was $1,323 instead of 2,000 as has been currently reported. A man 87 years old is registered at tha Oregon Immigration Society who has come West to grow up with the country. The contract to erect the new uni versity building ha3 been let to W. H. Abrams for 18,820. The estimate for the building made by the architect was $25,000. Mrs. Dr. Chaso pf Salem, has just closed an experiment of the culture of silk worms in that city. She had some 5000, which,' for the past year, she hus carefully watched, f-id, and cared for, and has a beautiful sample of raw silk a3 the reward of her labors. The experiment, while not a financial success, as she scarcely expected it would oe, has nevertheless been a pleasurable study in which many of her friends became deeply interested. Hon. Sol Hirsch, late candidate for U. S. Senator, was in Jacksonville this week. We learn that he is still a candidate for that position and the arrival of Hon. John II. Mitchell probably had something to do with his visit to the end of the State. Ore gon Sentinel. Willie A. Red wick was killed at Forest Grove last week while playing base ball. He was at the bat and struck a foul in such a manner that the ball glanced into his eye with a fearful force. This, we believe, is the first fatal result from the game which has ever occured in Oregon. Never in the history of Yamhill county did crops look better than at the present time. There has been some talk of fear of rust but it is now con ceeded that the danger from that source will be slight. A Sew . Schems- She was captivating in appearance, and as she daintily nipped into the room a dozen pair of eyes shot admiring glances at her. "Pleasant day!" (To first man.) He blushed, and stammered forth some incoherent reply, while eleven pairs of eyes peeped over their desks in envy. "Ahem I am canvassing for book" a . Instantly eleven heads bent down to their respective tasks, '.while a grave yard silence ensued, broken only by the gentle murmurs of the fair one; and as she settled down to a re eleven hands stealthily reached for eleven hats, and in a moment more the agent and her vict'm were alone. "Please let me put down your name," she murmured, with her most bewitch ing smile. - The victim glanced jtround. Eleven empty places greeted his gaze. A well simulated look of terror suddenly over, spread his face, and, turning excitedly to the fair one, yelled: "The building is on fir,! Fly for your life!" - : A shriek, a wild helter-skelter of hoop-skirts down the stuirs, and the victim was alone. ' Silently eleven figures stole in, and shelled out a dime apiece to tho victim. It s a great scheme, and he a wealthy. ' ' growing - ... Congressman Hermann is prepariug to make a tour of the state to familiar ize himself with its people and inter ests. He will start from Jacksonville soon, going across Klamath and Lake counties into Grant, through eastern Oregon, along the Columbia into Port land, thence along the coast and the Willamette valley. He will stop at all the principal points, examine the mines, Indian reservations, nnd see what rivers and harbors need improvmeut. Mr. H. will consume most of the sum mer. He has already been to Washing ton and become acquainted with many of the senators and congressmen of other states,-Times. GEflEBAL NOTES AHD SEWS Patronize home manufactures. Luck and pluck are almost synonymous. The Woman Question Is my hat on straight. " ' " Diversify production as much as within your power. There are 120,000 miles of railroad in the United States. Old xE-top said Jupiter helped those that helped themselves. Farmers should seek for new production and not place all their eggs in one hasket. The law prohibiting manual labor on Sun day goes into eficct in Austria this month . Ex-President Arthur is spending the heated season along the Sc. Lawrence tishing for salmon. There were 30,003 men in line at the na tional enca:np:nout of thj G. A. It- held in Portland Maine. The cholera in Spain has created a panic and people are fleeing in all directions to es cape tne terrible epuleciic. The Brightest minds in this state ought to pay close attention to all schemes for reviv ing the general prosperity. At Boston last Sunday W. A. Rowe rode a bicycle fifty miles in 3 hours, 53 . minutes and 25 seconds, the fastest time on record. The Presbyterian Forrign Mission Board takes but three cents to send a dollar to the heathen, and its Homo Mission Board but two and one-half cents. A Republican newspaper declares that the Democratic victory in Wilmiugton Del. was due to the ignorant negro vote. This is at once 8tartliuy aud refreshing. There will be a splendid fight in the de batable States this Fall. The Republicans want to recover lost ground, but the Demo crats will see to it thatthvy don't. Pead, study nnd digest the information given in your commercial journals if you want to prosper in trade. You cannot pos sibly know too much about foreign or home markets. Minneapo'is, according to the Tribune, will erect 3,000 new buildings this year. The place is growing beyoud tho needs of the surrouding country, and a collapse is sure to follow. Mrs. UarfiV.ld is worth about 5150,000, which nets an income, at 4 percent, of 16',- 000 a year. Jlcr pension from Congress is $3,003 annually, making her eLtire resources $21,0C)a year. Bartholdi, the sculptor, whose statue of Liberty has just arrived, is a native of Al- satia. He represents iu his descent and art three nationalities the Itulian, the French and the German. It was i coincidence that the day of pub lication of t'ie Hevised Version of tho Old Testament was the eve of the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, which commemorates the rev ela ion on Mt. Sinai of the Decalogue. The jury iu the easa of A.lolph Sprcckels, on ths trial for the shooting of M. If. De Youug, proprietor of the Chronicle, rendered & ver.lietof not guilty. The verdict is ac cepted as a rebuke to personal journalism. English papers mention the astonishing act that a working mau has at last been made a magistrate, the Vrestdent of the Duchy of L vuc ister hav;ng placed the Sv c -i-etary of the Typ' "graphical Associatiou on he bench. ' p ' 1 . . - In Lip'and, where the nights are from three to six tnoritli3 long, beaux often kis8 their sweethearts "good uight" atout six weeks before daybreak. Their 3tock of car amels, peanuts and small talk become ex hausted by that time. At the last e!cction of the Oregon Pioneer Association the following officers were elec ted: Pres-deut, J. T. Apperson, Oregon City; vice-president, J. W. Grim, Marion county; secretary, P.P. Earhart, Salem; cor responding secretary, V. II. Bees, Butte ville. Yes" remarked a couceited young bach elor, "I have the greatest admiration for the fitir sex, but I never expect to marry. Oh, dear no." "Indeed'' remarked a lady; 'then I am to understand that you not only admire women, but have a sincere regard for them as well." The average ae of this year's graduating class at Yale is 22 years, seven mouths aud some days The average is increasing, aud the fact is attributed to elevation of the standard for admission. In Western collcgs the average aire for admission is about 19, and for crad nation, upwards of 23. There is a love of the historic in every En glish heart. vVheu Albert Edward succeeds to the crown he will drop his first name, and reigu as EJwaxJ "VII. After him his son, Albert Victor Christian Edward, will also drop the prefixes, and down to history, if he lives to reign, as simple Edward VIII- fn con uectiou, with the revivr.1 of silk cult ure in South Carolina it is recalled -that silk was. successfully and profitably raised in the colony for export nearly 200 years ago. A pretty tradition has it that Queen Anne, in order to encourage the cultivation of silk in this count ly, wore a trown on the occasion of her coronation that was made of silk grown in South Carolina. By the last anunal report of the Commiss ioner of Education it appears that the rel ative number of women-teachers in the United States is on the increase. From the territory which has reported the sex of teach ers, there are given the "figures of 106,676 men and 166,705 women. Eighteen States show an increase in the average salary of teachers. N. Y. Sun. Lord Lytton's practical disappearance from the political arena in which he bid fair to pecome a prominent figure has caused a good deal of talk of late, says Labouchere. It is not true, as has been etated, that there have been any differences between Lord Lyt tou and his political associates, but the sim ple fact is that he is sick aud tired of English life and paity politics, aud yearns for a re turn to diplomacy. It ought to be generally known that a man's hat will serve in most cases as a tem porary life-preserver to those in danger of drowning. When a person fiuds himself in the water he should lay hld of his hat be tweeu his hand3, keeping the crown close under his chin, and tho mouth of the hat under water. The quantity of air contained ia the cavity of the hat will keep the head above water for a long time sometimes for several hours. OREGON STATE MM SCHOOL! DnLiOREaoisr. Graduates Receive State Educational Diploma, FOR PARTICULARS, ADDI1ESS HENRY L. LESSON, A. M DRAIN, OREGON. GURHEY Would Respectfully Announce to the Public that They are Bej.ter . i ... Tha Ever Before to I urnish HAVING lately added a New J. A. Fav Mauldins ao Matehhifr Machine we will keep.au immense stock of the VEK Y BKST ' S Flooring aad L ustic on Hand. S A FINE STOCK-OF -MOULDINGS ! WELL SEASONED CEDAR AND SUGAR PINE LUMBER! I7INE CEDAR RUSTIC, GRAIN SAWED FLOORING FURNISHED ON SHORT NOTICE. BARN ' LUMBER and FEA'OINO furnished at HARD TIME PUItitS. Good sound CEO AK POSTS, HAILING, i'lCKETJi, &., for FINE FENCING a specialty. FOR Reference eee Residence of Cy. Smith, 4 mile above town or Dr. Hamilton's, Roscburj. We are bound to make tne best Lumber and to give satUfauliou. Give us a trial. , A 11 orders left with Tlios. Sheridan will be promptly filled, and all Lumber delivered oa shor notice arter May 1st. All orders ahouid be Addressed Joim or Bobsrt Bocth vvill not be undersold in Lumber. They have the best. Samuel Marks, Asher S. U -DEALERS IN -HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND- Clotiiii, Buy goods, umm Crockery, Glassware, Provisions, Cig-ars, Boots and Shoes. Woo and Produce of every tion Bough! AND THE VERY HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR THEM. HITCH' UiP! But before you do W. G. WOODWARD'S H till ARMESS AND Buy a New Set of Harness OR A SABBIiS One of the Biggest and Best Stock of Goods ever Brought to Town. I use nothing but the best leather, and have got EVERYTHING IN THIS LINK DONT FAI Jj TO CALL ON ME W' Car Woodward Roseburg. BROTHER (o) - to "Voltaire Gruriiy LOOKING GLASS OREGON. Mahks, W. I. Friedlander ,KS 5 Co. ISeiMDISE JRoselvurg', Or. that come 'round to Ml MM! (lil Osscrip U a rza. r rt . S5s. rs- AT BILLHSSX IS . J.M.DILLARD would respectfully iuf jrin tua paf3 tail baa on baud tine osjursiaeut of I2y CJjds, Groceries, and iu fVut evorythiu tt l illy s j;): a c:aas store.V (Jive bitii a call. Goods at Low Prlcei AH tiads of Produce , Taken 4ii E tiiiiic f.r flulr t.A orders promptly atteudtd- to. CLYDE! Owned by J. W. Carlon, tho noted MotStMiuin. This i'iimoi's Ilofse i3 16 ;. hands high, weighs over 1,400 Us, io ma hogoiiy Hay Color. Six years old next Juiif, Poifeci in Form, Limb and Bdy, OLYEE was sirod at S-ileai ly" the noted iu)orted Glen eld, WnuiKr at the Cciiicnniai 1S76, and iuipH ted into the Uuiton.1 States by Jus, Bur rows, jmrchHSffd in 1876 y Major Bruce, and by him bixughito Oregon." Cleneld was sired by the giett Scotch prize winner, Johnny Cotj( that won more prizes than any other horso iu liis tiay. H's tlaux was by the justly renowned, GLENALD. CLYDE'S dam is the noted Henry an.l ILuniltonian, brouglit froni Illi nois to Oregon in 18G8, and purchased by Jesse Cornelius. ".Th-J attention of all Farmers and Horsemen is called to the above partic ulars, and they are asked to call and see this beautiful horse and get terms. Good pasturage furnishet at reason able rates. Every possiHe care will be taken to prevent accidents or es capes, but no responsibility assumed. For Further particulars hh& or address J. W. CAULON, Eo.sehuriXOregon. attention Xeelianios. !'h t iSP.y ) 'iJ.r' SHOWS proportion cornices, totaialce mouldings How to make Lave and iialce liould ding; gauge a tapeiing stick 8 square; make a lo mitre box; gel the length of liip rafters; get the bucking for the same, get the le ngth of j ck rafteis; get tho length of valley rafters; get thn hip for a cuncave re of; get the , J aud pitch roof; cir- lit lop ;;.d of mould ing for iak-; .. sti-ike a circle with "a square; draw a spir.d. A!o the 47th probh tti of Eut ii l expluiiuvl in a n'-w way,' for the ienetit of Oarpentc-rs. Pkick 50 ient.i. FOE SALE AT TUB HE VIEW OFFICE. 1 W'jlfl ' six e iuts for jv)st.ia, .u i 11 1 iilllli ba'i he; u u 11, 'of ca.!ir -x t mife inoney rilit a-.vav than thiii" -o in t'li iv!rld. I'irtuiie! a'".a lite vrurken a iliite'y ur Hi VAL. CABLE TO AIX1 Y-. bft mailed r.rr? I to all applicants f I1U & V-a rSj end to customers ci Jail year wituous crderlngit. It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower HEEDS, KL1.BS, etc. D. M. FERRY & CO.D if -4 uv . : For Sale Cheap for Cash' orappav d credit .Thorough-Bred Merino Sheep, Male and Female, at our place, six miles north of 'Rosohurg, near Wilbur. Correspondence solicited. julS-Gm THOS. SMITH & SON. 00 V OdVM A3WOOANOW VJioooj uodu 633Jpptt art O OJJ idoo B im a o pjioa eifT jo spatrtn e tr cqBnp3Atrt nnj GAtq -A3 jo soa es3llJ. 'M'l- 20 '.toDJt noifrnTj;i9 ?ona "c-3At3 jo Truo&iad ic-j cpoo3 ti no tMvimwn vt pwp eooiid Iixfg vd$MizZ s JaA" '"?fog pn H IILii, Twelve mile?. from Rosebmg, on the Cuos Biy Wagon R ul. FINE STALLION. Any amount of Ltuubr Sugar Pine, Cellar,. Yellow Fir, Flooring, Rustic, Moulding", etc. WE WILL HOT BE UNDERSOLD. We have appointed A. J. BELLOWS and HKXKY OATE3 agents for Bnsebursr, who will have lumber always on hand, Will deliver to any part of the city from the ilill at reasonable rates. . - - PRICES AT MILL; Rnnfh Lumber. 9 00 per il T.o or'ngr ..... 13 00 per 51 Kunl;... IS 00 per 31 -