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ROSEBURG REVIEW FRIDAY, JULY 1887. THE USEFUL TRAVELER'S TREE. It Fornlsliet Refreshment of Many Kinds to People of Madagascar. A European traveler, on his way from the coast of Madagascar to the capital, Tanarivo, in the interior, had emptied, his water flask and was suffering from thirst. He asked one of the natives of his oart7 when he should be able to ob- tain water. "Any fame you the native, smiling. The European saw no sign of springs of water; but the na tives conducted him to a group of tall, palm like trees standing in a cluster on the edge of the forest, with straight trunks and bright green, broad leaves, growing from the opposite 6ides of the stalk, and making the tree appear like a great fan. The white man gazed admir ingly at the tree. "You think it is a fine tree," said the native, "but I will show you what it is good for." He pierced the root of one of the leaf stems, at a point where it joined the tree, with his spear, whereupon a stream of clear water spurted out, which the European caught in his water can and found cool, fresh and excellent to drink. The party having satisfied their thirst and taken a supply, the native who had spoken went on: "This tree, which is good for us in more ways than one, we call the travel er's tree." "But where does tha water come from that the tree contains?" asked the white man. " Is it taken up from the soil?" "Oh, no," Baid the native. "The leaves drink in the rain that falls on them, and when it has passed all through them it becomes very pure and sweet. ' "And are there many of these trees on the island?" "There are so many that sometimes one 6ees no other trees for a mile, and Tery often we take no provision or water when we travel, because we know that we shall find the traveler's tree." "And you say there are other things lhat they are good for?" The native answered by asking another question. "Do you remember," he said, "the village that we passed through this morn ing, with its wooden huts roofed over with leaves? Those huts were made of nothing but the traveler's tree. The wood splits easily. but makes tough planks for floors, and the walls of the houses are made of bark. "With the branches we make the rafters, and the leaves cover the roof. But this is not all that the good tree does. We are coming soon to a village whose people I know, and I will show you more." The native was eager in his haste to show to the traveler what the tree had in store for him, and the European, for his part, felt no little' curiosity. They ar rived soon at the village, and the guide conducted the traveler to the hut of a friend, who received them very hospit ably and soon spread a meal for them. First he placed upon a sort of a table a spread made of some vegetable substance, very light and pretty; then he set before his guests two drinking vessels of a ma terial which the white man did not rec ognize, and then he gave them two uten sils, which, although rude in shape, served in the stead of knife and fork. In the midst of the table he placed a large bowl, filled with cream of very ap petizing appearance. In another vessel there was a quantity of oil, with ahnouds floating upon it. "Before we begin," said the guide, "I must tell you what I promised. Every thing that there is upon this table comes from the traveler's tree. You see this table cloth? It is made of the fibers of the leaves of the tree. "These drinking cups, these plates, these knives are made of the wood or the bark of the tree. -What you take to be the cream is a dish made of the seeds of the tree, pounded up with meal and mixed with a kind of milk drawn from the trunk of the tree. "What you think are almonds are lit tle cakia made of these seeds, and the oil is pressed from the skin or shuck of the seed. As for the water you aro about to drink, you know that already. And we get not only these things, but some of the people of Madagascar have made a kind of cloth that they wear out of the fiber of the wood." Youth's Companion. Paper and Its Uses. There is apparently no limit to tho uses to which paper will eventually be put. In the past week I have seen in various places about town paper car wheels, pails, peach baskets, ink bottles, hats, chair seats, kitchen utensils, picture frames and a lot of so-called paper statu ary. Paper handkerchiefs and napkins from Japan are used as dinner novelties in polite society. I read in an evening paper that a paper bodied buggy lias been built out west. The cocoanut tree, whose universal utility was once a proverb, must take a back seat. What between the variety of material paper can be made out of and the variety of service it can be made to yield, it will soon contest the title of the eighth wonder of the world. Alfred Trumble in New York News. A Curious Statement. The Pail Mall Gazette makes the curi ous statement that the melody known as "Home, Sweet Home," can be found, note for note, in Curzon's "Monasteries of the Levant," published in 1848. Cur zon was secretary to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe when he was British minister at Constantinople, and the air is set down in the book named as an ancient Arabic love song. Now, Sir Henry Bishop's music of "Home, Sweet Home," as set to John Howard Payne's words, was published before 182 2, and a riddle is thus presented which the reader may solve for himself. It may be that "Home, Sweet Home," has had as many authors as "Beautiful Snow." Globe-Democrat. Too Much Alcohol. The chemist of the Massachusetts state board of health has recently analyzed a large number of so-called temperance drinks, and has found that all of them contain alcohol, one of them containing m much as 44.3 per cent., and a very large proportion more than 20 per cent. Slow to Reform. Buskin once said that any interference which tends to reform and protect tho health of the masses is viewed by them as unwarranted interference with their rested right to inevitable disease and death. Records in Purple Ink. During Gen. Grant's term as president one of his cabinet officers discovered that the records of an important branch Of one of the departments liad been for two years written in purple ink. He at once issued an order forbidding its use in the department, purchased a new set of looks, into which two years' records were copied, and thus saved what in a few years would otherwise have been lost. It is one of the problems of chem istry to find something which will make permanent the beautiful aniline colors, but thus far all efforts have failed. It is growing more and more the custom to have deeds, contracts and valuable docu ments printed on a typewriter in anilino ink. This is a great mistake, because in ft few years they are sure to be obliter ated. Th ArgocsnSi The Man Who Tanghs. . "I remember," said an old physician of Baltimore, lately, "that I traveled in 1838 in a stage coach across the Alleghany mountains, from Cumberland to the Ohio river. In the coach were two friends, young men and lawyers, who were going J out to settle in western Pennsylvania. "We became well accraainted in the lone leisurely journey. Both of my fel low travelers were men of ability and culture; both had good breeding and kindly disposition. But their tempera ments were widely different. "C- never joked, and rarely smiled. If a laughable story was told he listened silently, thought over it an hour, and then began to argue against its probability. If the morning was cloudy he was sure of a storm before night; if the harness broke he was positive we would be detained all day; if the coachman drove fast he knew the man was drunk, and that our necks would be broken. "M , on the contrary, was a merry, light hearted fellow, fullof anecdote and quick repartee. The weather was always delightful for luni, tire meals delicious, his companions tho finest company in the world. He saw every point in the land scape, every fine outline in the trees or tmt in the fields. He was like a bee, gathering a drop of honey here, another there. His comrade never knew that ! there was honev to gather. When they left us, I said, 'There goes one man to success, the other to defeat.' "I visited lately the city in which they settled, land asked their history, being anxious to know whether my prophecy kad been correct. M is still living, a leading iurist. a man of great and benignant influence. C was dead. 'Worried himself into the grave,' said an old man who remembered him. Youth's Companion. The "Devil's Code" at Stockholm. The royal library at Stockholm con tains a remarkable literary curiosity, called the devil's code, winch is said to be the largest manuscript in the world. Every letter of this gigantic piece of work is as beautuullv lonned as if it were minutely and carefully drawn, and it seems almost impossible that it should have been done by a single human being. The devil's code was brought to Sweden from Prague after the thirty years' war, and The Deutsche Hausfrauen Zeitung tells the following storv of its origin: A poor monk, who had leen condemned to death, was told that his sentence would be commuted if he were able to copy the whole of the code in a single night. Ke- lying on the impossibility of the task, his judges furnished him with the original, pen and ink, and left him in his well barred prison. A drowning man catc at a straw to wive himself, and the un fortunate monk began to try his last im possible task with the vain hope of ae complishnig it. Before lccig, however, he saw that he could not save his life by his own weak exertions. Afraid of a cruel and certain death, and perhaps doubting the promise of a better life hereafter, he invoked the aid of the prince of darkness, promising to surrender his soul if he werei assisted in his task. Tho dark spirit appeared as soon as he was called, concluded the contract, sat down like any copying clerk, and the next morning the devil's Code was finished. Boston Transcript. Survived1 Seventy-tiro Sovereigns. German papers call to mind that Kaiser Wilhelm in his ninety years has survived no fewer than seventy-two sovereigns who were his contemporaries, viz., fifty-two kings or queens, eight cmjicrors, six sultans, and six popes. Of these three were kings of Prussia, Frederick William II, Frederick William III, Frwlerick William IV; two were kings of Hanover, two kings of Wurtemburg, four kings of Bavaria, three kings of Saxony, one king of Westphalia (Jerome Bonaparte), one king of Greece, one king of the Belgians, three kings of Holland, three kings of England, three kings of France, five kings of Sweden, four kings of Denmark, three (or four) sovereigns of Portugal, five! sovereigns of Spain, five kings of Sardinia, six kings of Naples, two em perors of Austria (one of whom was the last i of tho foryier line of German em perors), two emperors of France, four czars of Russia. He has also survived twenty-one presidents of the United States. Boston Transcrrpt. Slaking Artificial 'Whetstones. A foreign scientific paper gives the fol lowing method of making artificial whet stones: Gelatine of good quality is dis solved in its own weight of water, the I operation being conducted in a dark room. To the solution 1 1-2 per cent, of bichro mate of potash is added, which has been previously dissolved in a little water. A quantity of very fine emeiy, equal to nine times the weight of the gelatine, is intimately mixed with the gelatine solu tioni Pulverized flint may be substituted for emery. The mass is molded into any desired shape, ana is then consolidated by heavy pressure, it is aneu by exposure to strong sunlight for several hours. Chicago Times. Not Iteceived with Confidence. A Hungarian Gypsy band, which played on several occasions before the czar of Russia, was not received with that frank confidence which does so much to make life pleasant. On each occasion their musical instruments were carefully examined by the police before each concert. The first examination lasted two days, during which time the complicated instruments were taken to pieces, and at each concert each musician played with a policeman stationed behind his back. Public Opinion. Protection Against Fire. The virtue of lime wash as a protection against fire is emphasized by The Ameri can Analyst. In i ranee it is common to thickly coat with whitewash the beams, joists and the under side of floorings. Wliile this precaution will not prevent the spread of a fire once under great headway, it is a guard against the prime ignition that often leads to dire result Clucago Times. Velvet Worker. In the case against the New England firm charged with importing velvet work ers under contract, a witness, in describ ing the nature of the work, incidentally said that for every 100 yards of velveteen a woman cuts and finishes she walks, by actual measurement, 119 miles. Clucago Ucxald. TtitLiug the Toll-Keeper. A Scctch fawner rode up to a toll bar, and finding the gate open he wheeled his horse round about just as he passed through, and shouted for the toll-keeper. who wa3 invisible: "Hey! I'm 6ayia' fat's the damage tae git through yer gate wi' a horse?" "A sliillin'," shouted the toll-keeper, making his appearance. "No sliillin' d'ye git frae me. I'll awa' hamc again." And, wheeling his horse for tho second time,, he rode oif in the direction he wished to go, chuckling at the trick he had performed upon the toll-keeper.- Exchange. Kobins iu Italy. In Italy robins may be seen hanging up for sale in the poulterers' shops with all the other little feathered -victims. The only bird which is looked upon as in any way sacred in Italy is, so far as we know, the swallow, which is dedicated to the Madonna. Dr. Davenport, state analyst, has ex amined twenty advertised cures for tho opium habit and found that all but one contained opium. Cure :-,f- prins umorr, CrouV&, Ciatvc&i Pcmtinai'ici . bottle taken according to directions vil! 7Vc bsttar results than a gallon of -pciiila, or any of (fie co-called Blood with which the market is glutted. '";:, price $t.QQ per bottle- &500 RSWARD -.' - r v'J for cry caso of Rheumatism ' : frf.i'ja's Rpaaerff, properly ad , rji.'z it rtliava. ' The Red Corner Keeps Constantly on hand the Finest Cigars, Tobacco NUTS, TOYS, : ' NOTIONS, and i Everything usually kept in a FIRST- CLASS Notion and Candy Stoic. G. A. TAYLOE Will sell by the motto "LIVE AND LET LIVE" Call and Examine our Stock -.Before- PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. i After Forty rears i 1 experience ? ZZrV I ' 1 preparation of ce in tue n o more Hundred Thousand applications for patent ia the United Slates and Foreirn conn, tifes. the publishers of the Scientifls Askerioan continue to act as solicitors la AhtAin n&tMttjt in Pftn as In Girmur. &nd All othn eanntriea. Their extMli- enoe ia aaeoaaled and their laoilitlee an oaaar pessed. Drawings and specifications prepared and filed la the Patent Offloe on short notice. Terms verj reasonable. K o charge for examination of m oasis Or drawings. ' Adrice by mail free. . Patents obtstnedthrooghMnnniOo.are noticed Inthe SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, whioh has the largest circulation and is the most Influential newspaper of it kind published in the world. The adrantagM Of gooh notice arery patentee understands. This large and splendidly illustrated newspaper to published WEEKLY at $3.00 a year, and ia admitted to be the best paper devoted to ecienoe. mechanics, inventions, engineering works, and other departments of industrial progress, pub lished in any country. It contains the names of all patentees and title of every invention patented each week. Try it four months for one dollar. Sold by all newsdealers. If von havaj an invention to patent Write ta V.oua Co., publishers of Scientifls Amsriosa, Bel Broadway, new York. 5. Jpndbook about pateaU mailed frse, T II. O'M ALLEY, J . Propiietor of the ROSEBURG MARBLE WORKS. Aud Dealer iu TOOMBSTONES, TABLETS, ETC. Shop Kcarof Hogan'sStire. W is o r. as A "1 O m I R CO O W O H W O o o Eh o Q o (4 9 4 & o Q r. "3 W CO tC ft) . O i 3 4i to o c OS O a- HH U H O t, ri i u H Eh Pin o s O EH m O 0 n H t S3 o t3 Ph ANTON LAI" Watch-Maker Jeweler and Optician. DEALER IX WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY. SPECTACLES AND OAKLAND I I ; OREGON. OPTICAL GOODS a SPECIALTY. ALL WORK WARRANTED V I n 1 If li i:-r Ifir ..ittYTE BROV entist ol large exiri- - -aT-TIST5 f ence, aud widely known XJSMi 11 I uidbkii noneraoie man, - SStt 2 - I withstand tho actions 6f fcdTjfr' r thDCTaorf' ' - r mz ( J. A. Cardwell, Agent, - Just Read ! This! -o- You know what good goods uve? 'You know what You want to save p i i mi) To the public In order to TYI It payment arising from the set tlement of our latej trouble, we will offer, during the next 30 days, without our splendid stock of goods at Prices LOWER thkn You Can Get m San Francisco. Come and price the goods & prove it. May 13, 1887, GARO BROS, TO IS XOT A CATC II IS A GEXUIXE IS AX OPIJX I DEV0RE & ELLIOTT Successors to PAGE $ DIM 31 ICR DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, . GLASS, JEWELRY, WATCHES, PUTTY, j COMBS, EIC, ETC a expect to do :i strictly ca.slii lmsiness, and will ciideAvor to make il to the interest of all lo Jcal with us. j ' Wo aUo invite :i conliuuation of tl:c pat ronage of all former patrons, and solicit now ones. r8T GIVK US A CALL. GEO, M. PRIOR Win. FERG USON, j Camas Valley. Camas Valley, JWo.a.-IT'OsL 3Jsa Bauson Valley : SAW Miim LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CONSTANTLY- UN HAND and furnished on short Notice and at tW LOWEST GOING PRICES. RUSfIC AND FLOORING A SPEOIOLTY. Eiirnislicd in any Dimensions, to Order j Address, PRIOR FERGUSON, Camas Valley, Douglas County. Or to, F P. McDEVITT, Rost-burg. : All Kinds Of Fancy Groceries, Stationary j Photograph and Perfumery, J Autograph Albums Crockery and j Stand, Hand, and Queens Ware, Hanging Lamps TABLE CUTLERY AND SILVER WARE, and TEN THOUSAND OTHER THINGS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION Call And See Me At The Post Office Stand. BUTTER AND EGGS BOUGHT. SMoore Uveitis- FARBIIIXtG 1MPLEME WTS- The Empire Steel Frame Folding Binder can Le folded in a moment to pass through a ten foot gate, the only binder that can lo raited or lowered bodily whilw the machine is in motion. Tie Studebakcr Steel Skein wagon, the Bissel Chilled plow, the Acme Pulverizing harrow, in fact a full line of agri- culture goods. MRS-E. F- HOTCHKISS FINE MILLINERY AND ..1 I 3NTEAT DRESSMAKING j ; ;' ROSEBURG OREGON. i WILL FUltSISU TOU THE BEST AND FINEST Oonds in the market. Ladies Wear, Laces, Ruchiiiss, Uusiery and Jcwch y. i i The dressmaking department is in skillful hands, and under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Hokhkiss. CALL AND SEE. NEAR THE DEPOT V U. iV -AX D I GlNUMi: STAT U A Ity awarded "SK esigjsand - GOLD MEDAL AT WORLD'S FAIR, NRW OliLKAXa, 1 S 8 -A - 5 rif Jacksonville, Oregon a bargain is? lots of money? ! Kati Ui : generally. meet the first reserve, all of HI II F. P. McDEVITT, Rosel'urg. sasaBSSjBsssssiwsiaMiBMMSMasssMMnii . L D. CARLE, Agent. JOSEPH SHINDLEIl. P R O P MET 0 It -Of The CITY BAKERY AND KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A full stock of Bread, Cakes, I'ies, Plain and Fancy Crackers, etc. Also a fine selection of French and American Candies and Choc late Goods Samuel Marks, Asuer Mauks S. MARKS & Co. DEALERS IN illl ML II10I4I1I HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND Cli)T, Buy goods, Gwiup Crockery, Glassware, Provisions, Cigars, Boots and Shoes. Wool and Produce of every Descrip tion Bought AND THE VERY HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR THEM. SIAXlItW &; CO - Rosebiirtf, Or. Makes The Very Best Lumber. ROUGH pcrM RUSTIC per M FLOORING per M . ... Sam Camekon Manager. Situated 15 miles from Rosolmrg on North Umpfjuu. Good toads in Summer. HITCH. UP! . But before you do that come 'round to W. Cr. WOODWARD'S AND Buy a New Set of Harness OR A SADDLE One of the Bigge6t and Best Stock of Goods ever BrougLt to Town. I use nothing but the best leather, and have got EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE. DON'T FAIL TO CALL ON ME IP. Cr. Woodward Hoseburg. -SUCCESSOR TO Aliaham !i WB DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Kosebura;, Oregon. . lias on hand constantly a General Merchandise and will and patrons, as well as new ones, who m co ntideration olthe scarcity of money and ttie present depression in business, will study their own interests by calling on h;in and examining Before purchasing else where I do not claim to sell goods at cost, or less than cost, but will assure all who patronize me that thoy will get their goods At The Lowest Living Profit. Produce Of All Kinds Taken At Market Price, Sol. Abraham. M. JOSEPHSON. nw f on Kcejs a full line of Dress Goods of eveiy variety and Shade. A full line of Silks. j " A full line of Satins, Brocades and Velvets. A full line of Fancy Dress Goods. A full line of Hosiery. A lull line of Clothing. 0 50 A ft 03 0 b A full line of Furnishing Goods. A full Hue of Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes. A full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Tobaccos A full line of Crockery and Glassware. And last, but not least, a full line of Ostrich Plumes and Tips, with all kinds of Ladies Hat Trimmings and Hat Shapes of Utest pattern. COMB A2JX SBB 32- M JOSEPHSON. WELL HERE WE ARE AGAIN man. nsnsiOTJD hbus The largest I lard ware house in Oregon ia now prepared lo recieve you with open arms. We can offer you "Uijj Bargains" In Champion Steel Mowers The best in the world-Light Reapers, steel Harvesters & Binders. The Champion Steel Binder is a "daisy" Look at it and weep you mossbacks of ether machines To see is to buy. We Defy the world to produce its equal, Superior Stoves and Kangcs-Firebacks warranted for 15 years-Cant be beat. Lansing Steel Skein Wagons -Look at them and tell us what you think of them. White, New Homo and Domestic Sewing Ma chines. Everybody knows them. . , Plows, Cultivators, Aulttnan Taylor threshers, Hardware of every description. Tinware till you can't rest If it isa't cheap enough we will give it to you. Dont forget that we can sell you cheaper than any one in ihe State Ocly $14. Write for prices. We Lave a Store, Cellar and warehouse full of goods and we mnst sell. If you want bargains come and see us. If you nan't come wnte and we will save you some money. SBEK1DAX BROS. ......... 8.00 16.00 eicoo. El 41 large and complete assortment, ol be pleased to see his old friends OA 0 Ui CD o I 0. SH SI011 UANY LAMP CHIHIIETS AH ofiered for sale represented aa good as tc3 l'amOTxa And like all Counterfeits iaefctka Remarkable LASTING Qualities or inE gexhxe. ASK TTTTS PEflBLW ind Insist ytTOX THIS Exact ABEL on Each ciinno PatOct. SO , 1SS3. The PEARL TOP is Manufactured OML Y by PITTSBURGH. PA. O. cto 3FI- "Parls.s, A Full Line of Staple a'Qd Fancy Groceries, Table and Pocket Cutleet, Glassware. Crockery Queens-ware, Etc. Goods Deli veh-d any where in th City Hinits, Fret; of Charge. BARKER & WILLIS, DEALERS IN GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, NOTIONS, CROCK ERY, GLASSWARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ETC. ETC. CANND FRUITS A SPECIALTY. Produce bought and the highest cash price paid. ROSEBURG OREGON. New Stage Line. ROSEBURG TO CAMAS VALLEY Leaves Roseburg, Mondays, Wednes diys, Fridays, and returns Tuesdays, lhursdays, and Saturdays. Time of having both terminal points 6 oxlcuk a m. and arrives at each point at 6 o clock p. M. Robt, T. McCi'llocu, : Prop. EUROPEAN ILAX. "jSMOXO IIOTEL, First Class In Every Particular, COKSKK Fku.XT A.NB MnCRIBOX STS TOHTLAND, : OllEGOK . . Thomas Gi ikeak, Proprietor. LAFGENBERG'S BsQt and ghee Store, Jackson Strcet,OpnosHe Ilost Office, . BoseLnrg, Oregon. - KEEPS ON HAND THE LARGEST AM) BEST assortment ut Eastern and Sbji Franeisco and other makes of BOOTS, SHOES, GAITEBS, SLIP PEBS and everything in the Boot aud Shoe line, and SELLS CHEAP FOR CASH. Boots aud Shoes Made to Order, aud Perfect Fit Guaranteed. I use the Best of Leather and Warrant all my work. Repairing Neatly Done, on Short Notice, Also a full stock of TOYS, NOTIONS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS and VIOLIN STRINGS. LOUIS LAffaEfifBE HQ. FU11NI7 URE PA LA CP, UNCLE JOHN GiLDERSLEEVE Has the finest stock of furniture couth 'of Portland which he sells as cheap as it can be bought . in he State. The new fancied JJO UBL E BED L 0 UXGE. AXD PATENT CORNICES. Also has on hand a full assortment of beds and bl ding, chalre, taUcg BUREAUS AND COMMODES, And all kinds of Childrens Chairs, etc. J. GILDERSLEEVE. Roseburg Flouring Mills RAST & CRITESER. This mill ia turning out CHOICE? FLOUR, and will see that you are satisfied. Get your' biscuit flour at the Roseburg Mills The highest market price paid for wheat. Sugar PineMill Is now running on ifull time and has 250,000 feet of logs ready for sawin' SEND IN YOUR ORDERS AT 0NCE. If you want good first class lumber of all kinds, come to ihe Sugar Pine Mill 12 miles west of Roselmrg on tho Coos Bay road. ILJL TOP BUT TIIEIT ,-" :' ; km TOYS them V JJ viiux