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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1877)
in in PFlVflP G TY G AMD. KT1BLKIED FOR TUB MUEIIUTI03 OP DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AM TO EARN IS DMEST LIVING BT THE SWEAT OP OUR BROW WHOLE XO. 509. lit CttQfflt (City Guard. F. B. ALEXANDER, W. H. ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER BROS., Publishers and Proprietors. OFFICE tn Underwood's Brick Building, over Crain Jewelry Store. OUE ONI.? RATK9 OF ADVKKTI9INO, - tdvertisements tnerted u follows : hi square, 10 line, or leu, one insertion 13; each nVequent Insertion 11. Cash required in advance Time advertisers will be charged at the following rat.: Wmm MUM three month. W 00 " " aixmontlia OU 'transient notieea in local column, 10 eenta per Use one year. ter each inaertion. Advertising bill, will be rendered quarterly. All lob wo must be rato fob o oklivkbt. posTornce. ilfloe Houra-iFrom f a. from 1:30 to 3:30 n. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays , Hail arrive, from the aouth and leave, going north 10 a. m. Arrive, from the north an I leave going rath at 1:33 p. m. For Sinislaw, Franklin and Long T m, cloae at ( i.H. on We Ineeday. For Crawford ills, Camp Creek and Brownsville at I r.kt. Letter, will be ready for delivery half an hour after rival of train.. Letter. .houU be left at the office vue hour before mail, depart. A. 8. PATTERSON, P. M. NOOIKTIEM. Ruoknc Low NO 11, A. F. and A. M Meets firat and third Welnesdaya in each month. Svmicrn BtJrrg LoDok No. 9 I. 0. n V XfuAlAVArv Tiim-I.v Avpninv. f.2-" ' ' 'l(o! WmWBAL ENCtMrxKHT NO. O, fAeet. on the id and 4th Welnelajr. in eaoh month. LON. CLEAVER, DENTIST 00MS OVER MH& JACKSON'S Mil linery Store, WILLAMETTE STREET. WELSH HAS OPINED DENTAL' ROOM3 Permanently in the Underwood Brick, Eugene City, and respectfully solicit a share of the Jiublie patronage. Refers by permission to J. t. Cardwell, Portland. A. W. PATTERSON, fnYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ofllee on Ninth Street, opposite the St. Charlea Hotel, and at Itexldenfe, KiJOKNK CITV OHW1N. Dr. J. 0 Shields OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER vices to the citizeiu of Eiiirene City and urroundinjj country. Siecial nttention given Uall ORSTETRICAL CASES and U1ER INE DISEASES entrusted to liia care. Office at the St Charles Hotel DR JOSEPH P GILL. CAN BE FOUND AT HIS OFFICE or res idence when not professionally engaged. Office at the POST OFFICE DRUG STORE. Residraoe o Eighth street, opposite Presby terian Church. Chas. M. Horn, PRACTICAL G UNSMITIL .DEALER IN GUNS, RIFLES, and materials. Repairing done in the neatest style and Warranted. Sewing Machines, Safes, Locke, etc, repaired. , Gun's loaned and ammunition furnished. Skopoa Ninth street, opposite Star Bakery. GEO. B. DORRIS, JTTORNET AND COUNSELLOR IT .LAW, Office on Willamette street, Eugene City. DR. F. UM. Purchasing , Agent, B. SAN FRANCISCO, LAKE. CAL JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT. J. S. LUCXEY, .r DEALER IX JfJj5 ClocVs, Watcnes, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Rcpairin!? Promjitly ExpciiU'cI. CtT AU Work Wrrate. jf J j. a lu;kky, Ellsworth & Co. 's brick. Willamette Street M and Stalionery Store. POST OFFICE BUILDING, EUGENE City. I have on hand and am constantly receiving aa assortment of the Beat School and MiseelUaeo'is Book, Station TT, Blank Books, Portfolios, Cards, Wallets, Blanks, Portmon saea, etc? etc. A. & PATTERSON. OPPOSITJON IS THE LIFE OF TRADE ! SLOAN BROTHERS -TTTTLL DO WORK CHEAPER than aay other If .1ki1.ii.Uwb. HORSES SHOD FOR $150. iritk aw auterial, aB rowad. Besetting old shoes t Coot. All rarrmts! to giro ratlsfaetloa. Shop on Eighth it, ocposi'e Ham ptirefs Stable. DR. JOHX HERRBOLD, mcicn m izraniciL dentist, HAS REMOVED TO ROSEBURG. Orw gm, where he iwpectfully offers bis sr ! to Um ettimU of that pbw aod ricinjty ' t ST. NICHOLAS, " Vie kmg nf alt Biihlir.ol.nni mntil for tht ... . .l J.'r.l. i.i .i r. union trMlo.Ii.n1) vllis-ner. I T1. H.I-.I 1.. .I.:- i .i . i us mini miunre m ui "nmpanioi. simiini 1 la now completed. With it- 8oo r..rl .s-uv.i paw, i "ii "i uuuiir iiiuBbiMUUiin. ilh urn nil urnaia. ft. shorter stories, poem.. an 1 ketelwa.ete.. t7m it. Iutiful bin liriK at red an I iroll, it w the moat atilrn lil gift book for hut. an I girl, ever issued from uie preu rnce, l ; in lull cut, U. ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877. Which open, with November, l?fi, beviA. a .hort anl very euteitaimng aerial from the French, " llie Kinglora of the Greedy," A story alaptel to the 'IlMnkwrivingeeason. Another aerial of absorbing iuterett to boy., " HIS OW.V MASTER,'1 T I. 1. TSOWUklOOI, author of the "Jack Kaiard Stone.," In the Christ , Ohrt.tm..torie.,livelr.ketrb(i.,peniBan(l pioturM mas Holiday iMimner. neseie aerial .tone.. , ir ms uoikuu., nui soiii. asiomsiiing iiiustrai4uns of Oriental .port., with drawinir. iiv Kummarjiih, THK CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NUMBKR OF oi. Nu;tiiH.AS,.uperuljr illustrate 1, oouUin a very interesting piper. " TUR BOTH OF MT CIIILDHOOD," ' DJ WILLIAM CDLLKM BdTlNT. Du not Fail tn Huy St. XichnUs for thu Ctiriat iiihs fioliilnyo. Priw. !25 (Vnts. Durinir the vear there Will he intereatinir mir. f... Hoy., bf Willam Curen llry.nt. John . Wlnttier, noma, nuifi.es, n imam tlowitt, nr. Uolland U orve Mw:UonHld, tvuford B. Hunt, Frank H. Storkton, an I otheia. There will lie .torio. sketch", and poem, of .neeial interest to irirl.. bv Hitriiet fieamtt hnofford. Ku. art rhelpa, Ixiuisa Alcott, l.ueretia P. Uale. Celia an uoon.ige, navan winter Kellogg, Elitalwth Stu inaxter, Marjr .uupe. Umlge, and manf other., There will be also " TWELVE 8KY PICTURES," nr t ior. rKocroa, . the Astromer, with man., .howlng"Tlie Star of fcacn llonth," will be likely to au paa. in interest any Mne. in popular wienoa recently given to the puiilir. AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, with run AMU r lioi.iu, and wir a M) WISDOM, will be mingled n. heietofoie. an 1 St. Nk-mola. will continue to delight the young and give pleasure to ui. uiu. OOOD NEWS FOR BOYS AND OIRLS. To meet the demand for a cheaoer St. Ntmni Oift-Hook, the price of vol.. I an I II ha. lieen re duil to 3 tai h. The three Volume., in an elemtnt library rase, are fill for 111) (in full gilt, 1131, so iiint an may givi ineir ciiiuien a cinnpiete set. 'these volume. c.intiinmo:eattiativemkUiriul tlmn fifty rtollu win til of iinlinary ehil lien . Issika. Hun iption pi ire, 3 a veur. Thu three houn I Vol ume, an I a sulMriutiou for this vearonlr HI fSiin. scrilie with the iibk est news lenler, or sen I monny in check, or P. O. Money order, or in reg'steiel letter, to 8CBIBNKB 4 Co., 713 BMsvlway, N. Y. Mrs.S.A.McCain & Miss C. Conner DRESS MAKING AND FANCY HAIR WORK of all Kinds. WIGS, SWI TCHES, BRAIDS, WATCH GUARDS, BRACELETS, ETC. Made to orden Corner Willamette and Tenth Streets, ap28 5m EUGENE CITY. S YCHAnLES HOTEL, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. MRS. A. RENFREW, : Prop Having again taken possession of the old and well known ST. CHARLES HOTEL. Which has been newly furnished and refitted, is now open foe the reception of guests. 1 have htteen rooms in the FIRE PROOF BRICK BUILDING making 50 rooms in all. It is the most commo dious and best appointed house in the State south of Salerm FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. A. H KINFREW. DIt. O'CONNOR, SUPtSEOH CHIROPODIST. Cares CORN'S, WARTS, MOT.ES, BUNIONS and ingrowing TOE or CLUB NAILS WITHOUT PAIN OB ACIIK. No Acid or Injurious Chemicals Used. HITLICtr BIUIIT AWAY. fan refer to aunt of the nnt eminent PITYSI. CIAS'S anl SL'HUKONS of the United State" men that 1 have done wurk tor. May 11:1m JOS NEFF, Agent. coNUMirio.i Positively Curcl. All suffers' from this diaoase that are anvlon. to lieru el..luml l try Dr. Klaatier'a Celrbtat ed ronaunanllve Feudrr., Ihese Powlei a . the only prepaiation known tlutt will eine Co sum pi Ion an i all aimaaui tne nroai mum liUiiua in loeil, so strong i. our faith in tliem,aii l alisi to convince you that tliey ate no humtmir, we will fo' wa I to '-v 7 snffeier, by mail, post paid, free Trial Box. We don t want your money until you are perfectly satisfied tit their rnrative powers. If your hie 1. w'lli sarin, don t delay in giving tlieae PoW deraa tiial, a. they wi'l surely ruie jm. Fii, for huge box, 13 on, sent t any part nf the Unite 1 State, o. Cnala by mall on receipt of price Address, asu a itonnixs, 3G0 Filtjs STar.rr, Brooilik, N, T. FITS EPILEPSY, OR FALLING SICKNESS Permanently Tared no taombog hy ne ni uth'si aaage or Or. Goulard', (elebralrd 1 lalllble I'll Fsw dera. lo eoiiviB'W sufferer that t..ese powder will .lo all w. rbiiD lor tliem, we will send them by mail, post paid, a frre Trial box. A. Or. o.,uUnl ia Uieuuly phyalnaa tliat ha. ever maleth'. dueu. a.pnnal stu ly. and a. to unr knowledge troumO'l. have perntaoenllr rarwd by the omof tise rowders, wo will guarsniee p-r min'ni.. in every iw. or refund fom all ansnry e xpendrd. All nffeiera lwull g.v tlx Pow lera aa Mrly trial, and b eavumd of their en-ative puwe s Price, f. Wrre box, 11 an, or 4 bme fr 110 1, snt by Biail to aay part of Unite I State or o l. uaieotiptUpiw.ortiyrip.esa.C U. It. Addreaa, ASH at nOBIHXS, WO Fcxto Aram, BanoBBT, N. T, CENTRAL MARK ET--5, BOYO & REN SHAW, Proprietors, win KEEP CONST A3TTLT O HAXD, BEEF, TEAL, PORK A5D DrMMaatseratlkisxl lard. Tnow,te mtU tt a diaaka from I to t eeata. .Tin of A GRICULTCRAL IMPLEMENTS ail kind at inavle fupr br T. G. HESDRIClta EUGENE CITY, OK., SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1877, TUB MICH WAY COW. BT XUOR.M J. HATES. Her bo.lv waa lean ami hrV,.!, w'i .II 1 I i .i .. . ve uoru turneu up ani me otner down, I She was keen of vision an.l Ion of limb: i at.!. . j i . . ... " f'TSf a " ip Wi ; And ribs like hooiis of a hotue-uiade paiL Many a mark did her old body bear: She had been a target for ail things known, vn man )n many a scar the ijisky hair Would erow no more where it onn ha.) inmm iuwiy a passionate parting mot Had left upon her a lasting spot Many and many a yell-aimed stone, Many a brickliat of goodly size, And many a cudgel, swiftly thrown, Had brought the tears to her bovine eves; Or had bounded off from her bony back," With a noise like the sound of a rifle crack. Many a day she had passed in the pound, " For helping herself to her neighbor's corn; Mnriv a cowardly cur and hound HSd been transBxexl on her orumtdml hnrat t . . Many a teapot and old tin pail Had the funner boys tied to her time-worn tail Old Deacon Grev was a Dious man. Though sometimes tempted to be profane, When many a weary mile he ran To drive her out of his growing grain. Sharp were the pranks she used to play To get her till and get away. She knew when the Deacon went to town: . She wisely watched him when he went by; He never p:uwed her without a frown And an evil gleam in each angry eye, Ho would crack his whip iu a surfey way; And drive along iu bis "one-boss shay." Then at his honiestoad she loved to call, Lifting his bars with her crumpled horn; Nimbly scaling his garden wall, Helninir herself to his stiui.liuir corn. Eating his cabbage one by one; Hurrying home when her work was dons. Often the Deacon homeward came, Hiliuuiiuir a hvmn. from the house of nr&v.r. His hoieiul heart in a tranquil frame, His soul as calm as the evening air, His forehead smooth as a well-worn plow, 10 nuu in nis garden that highway cow. His human passions were quick to rise, And striding forth with savage cry, With fury bhuing from both eyes, As lightnings flash in a summer sky J Redder and redder his face would grow, ai aiier me creature be would go. Over the garden round and round, creaking uis pear and apple trees : trumping his melons into the ground, Overturning his hives of bee. : Leaving him angry and badly stung, n winng tne oiu cow s neck was wrung. The mosses grew on the garden wall, The years went by witti their work and play, The boys of the village grew strong and tail, And the gray-haired farmers passed away One by one, as the red leaves fall. JUut the highway cow outlived them all. Ail earthly creatures must lave Ihefr day, -And some must have their months and years; Some in dying will long decay, 1 here is a c unax to all careers, And the highway cow at last was slain In running a race with a railroad train. All into pieces at once she went, Just like the savings banks when they fail ; Out ui the world she was evit'tly sent, Utile was lelt but her old stump tail J The laimer s ojrn fields and garden now Are haunted no more by the highway cow. Coirespondenoe to the W. W. Statesman. OUK INDIAN POLICY. Ed. Statesman The Uniunl State lor nearly the whole period of its ex istence lias treuieil InJiuu tiilies as it they were bullous, and monlly as it they were iiiilepeiiiietil liHllniis. Al though these in hen are located within the boundaries ol the tuned Males, and all other nations have uonmdered die Indians us subjects ol ilic govern tiu in of the United Slales, and the courts of the United Stales have de cided llnit both llie tribes and the in- lividual Indians were sulijevl to the laws ol the United Slates, yet the po litical ..eparlincnt ol the goveiuiin nt has p ruiuied the tribes lo administer their savage eunliniib and laws, and lo maintain a setuiin independent nationality, and have, inadu treaties with them as such. In lbGl, Conijress indeed passed an act prohibiting lull re Indian treaties, yet the rracliue ol the Kovernmeiil xiiice tliat lime has been to send com missioners to maLu aieeiuents with ludiun tribes, lo be reunited lor the approval of Congress, so the only practical change etucteil-by the act is lo change llie name treaty lo agiee meiil, and lo make this treaty or agreement neees-ary to be ratified by Conj'resB insieud ol llie denale only. The result of this policy has been um- torm. As settlement has advanced w.st, Heat ies have leen made with each tribe as ihey were approached. Money in lare suras has Ineu ex pended lo ftfltill these ireaiiea ; a sep arate department has been cieated lo administer Indian atlairs, and Una de partmeiit has become a lonuidable po litical power. TreatH-s when made have been ol brief duration-; there !ias followed an Indian war, then another treaty, quickly lollowed by another Indian r, and thus tribe alier liibeol In diaiis have been annihilated, ami all the other tribes are in llie piocess uf exl.nclion. MisMona; y labor has g ue hand iu hand with this policy lo ai ! least save ihe muls ol the Indians even if llieir bodies were dcrlrnyi d, but, alas! the work ot dealrueliiMi is o rspul. ami the conversion and re tri Deration of Indian so alow, that niirst of be suuls oi the Imlii.na have gone where Jieir religion carried iliem. Now, side Ir aide with this policy 'the British policy with Indiana has ben tried. Thi iiolicv ha (jveo J simple ud logical. Ii it, Vbat the laws ot tliat povernment extend nr. all ol Us territory, and are equally tf n an persons therein, w' elher fmeign r native, Indian, ne .rrn ' i.e trhii.. Ti... i.:.. irro,' or white. ana uiMiiry ol llilS policy is, tli.it there are no Indian wars, sml ihe Indians are better nm served than ihey are iu the Unite. Mates. i ne Hriiiali policy rpfiuireg no tie partmeiit, with ita'army of ofilcials wnien eats out tti- substance and cor iiHS ihe lliontla ol the people. The Nez Perces now m war in Idaho, are only in the process of ex linguislimeiil, under the usual treaty reservation sysuui ol the. United Slates. The so called treaties, which ve claim bind llK.'iii lu reside upon 'iieir reaervauoii, was llol SlLTIIt'il oil he part of the Indians who had ant right or power to bind them, liv wual Indian custom, usaue, or law ins any Indian cluel the nower to ouid the individual lmluus ot a in In io live only wilhiu ccrtaiu uarrow nmiisr rii. 're was accordim; to Indian ens loins and laws, no Net I'eiue nalioi, i , , ... . ami no power aeKiiowlei.re, ((Ver the Ner Perce people, or its territory as unity. Un the contrary, the Nes IVueswere ihii v diclincl, sepaiate i riiies, encn trine elaiimng as own artioular territory, which was claimed by no other tribe. llie Indians pur porting to convey land bv the so called treaties, never hud any clain lo the laud they proponed lo convey j tne laud was claimed by other Met Vice tribes. The treaties sn'cially provide that the Indians shall have the same riht lo the ceded lan'd, not actually occupied by white bettlers, as belore. To be sure, one 6f the treaties contains a proyi i.ui tl.al the ndiaus shall move on lo the reservat lion, while the same treaty provides I 1 . I ill . inai me louians snail nave tree ac cess to all llie siimuM. si reams and lakes, and the right ot pasturage over llie ceded land. Io move on lo thu reservation and alill retain the rinhi ot fishing, hurling, root-digging and istuiage llieretolore enjoyed by the ndians, except on places actually no upied by white men, cntinot mean anything more than thai the Indian shall make his home on the reserve l 'tut. I Iiumm . In-I intm.. m l lu.rn., is what we would call a regular win ter camping ground, and no more. Ihe only sense in which these In dians had a home was, mat they had regular place w here Ihey camped winters. All the rest ot the year they rambled liom root ground to root-ground, from lishjry to fishery, sii'l from one hunting iMOti'id to another, not only through what we call the Nc Perce country, but over vast amount of territory claimed by neighboring tribes. Whether bound by the trea'.y or not, no Indian could have considered that he was eprived ol this right of making his living by roamiug over a vast extent t v-ountry, Ueneral llowa d in thf spring time, just as the Indians were about to com mence tln ir ramble tor pleasure and food, ordered ihein to move upon a reservation, or thev would be t ill there by an aimed lon e, . Suuli an order given at that time of year np. peared to the Indians an order re quiring not only a removal on lo the reservation, but an order lo remain there. The altei native was pu'senled to him, whether he would chmselo be i'rprisoned on the reservation for ever and be deprived ot his usual f tod and his liberty to travel as In-fore, or tight against a people whom he knew to be more numerous and powerlul than the Indians. It will be observed that these In dians did not o ject lo the wi.iles set tling in the country, and did not pro rose to molest the land actually ap propriated and occupied by the whiles, but they i bji-cted to being restrained Irom rumbling over ami obtaining I heir food Irom land not thus occu pied. Tliey cla med only the right which every American or Hr'nisr, sub ject enjoys and considers his liberty ami uis rigni. It can be easily seen that this war is fought by the Indiana for a rigid which the British always concedes to ln r Indian as well as other subjects. All the Indian tribes now pcaccnhleJ will fight before they will be confined lo a reservation. When a tribe has once fought the indiscriminate mur der of men, women and children nukv them equally an object of fear ud hale Irom surrounding white men. lie himself in such war contracts a savage hatred either to individual or to the whole, rate of vhite. The (rontiersin-ii know that treaties and contracts made by .!,dians the Indi ana regard ol little bimlimt force; that ihe liberty of the individual In dian ia grea'. and ihe power of their ooternmvni limited. That, ludisn tribes when they make a tTiaty between each oilier soon break it and an lo war auain : thai I the animosiiie erealed by former mutual outrage are luinbeiin fires liable tn burst firth at sny moim-nt; that any member ot a tribe is liable U any time to murder 000 ot hit, former foes, and that instead of jus ice liein, iiivl.-d nm to him, his tube protects hnn, an I a'tribal war is be i!'in; that this is the coiiili'ion of In dian tribes that when hostilities bat- once begun, they continue till one or the other tribe is annihilated ; hence the Iroutiersmau as a mailer of safely. ii isis upon a eoniiiiiiiiiice oi a war onoe begun till a tribe is annihilated I hits, mi treaty can be made with iheso Indians, but wh t will be soon followed by their committing oilier uiiagei ami murders ot the whiles, while as io iIumc Indians not .now how tie, they can be kepi at pence. siinpiv ov fxicnuing tne laws over them, vud allowing them the same lib e i.. o i mi wh uh all ethers b'.ive under the same law. To coudue the Indians on a res?r- auon woiini uKe ,t greater atuy I'idii we nave, and endangers ail In. iriiiiiinlin.r ronntry by their oomini ual outbreaks. Olefin was settled without treaties ind without Ii.ilmn war, excent tin Cayuse war which sprung from the antagonistic oi cniit. ion ol Ureal Uiu ..: i .i . it . i o. . i.i nm mi-1 me u niie. i Pistes of tne conn try, Atter we eotnmenoed to treat the Indians as independent nations, . i's so, hi lollow ed and have coiilin ued. Hieavaiem of treat im: Indian? whf' murder men women and children as xciniil limn the in dallies ot the law. ih'ciiunu thev commit the crimes un er ihe pretence of war has the effect o make the friends- of the iiunlered ones despise the Government which condones tin- inui.li is and suiyo lu t he disc I ve enforce jusl ice. When the Modous had m'n'r'de'rcd men women and children in the Stale ol On-iron, ami Ihe murderers were ndfeii-l by Ihe Ori i'im courts, the all powerful Indian Department rescued mo iiiuid i-i - iiom ih- hand of jus tice and exported them out of the country. When a few of the band murdered Jen Cunby, these few were tried by ourt idiii liiil ar:d hanged. Thus it was conclusively shomi that while the military and Iudiin Departments 'midline llie murder ol settlers they o n d condon ' off tices committed against their own class. " . iu skill rltl"t Ilk a. a emote from the frontier 'IU.!?.''1! Dm murderers and oulr ges commii led on Irnniiersmen, and to allow their christian charity so fur as to make compacts with the mirders thai they shall be protected from justice. M.iy make bribes of .In- mu durcrs iiiidei their promise to commii no more. When ihey commit more murders ihev iifam forgive and pin teel them, give lln-m more bribe for ItiVther promises to be again broken iu the same manner; and this practice understood by both the Indian and fiontieism.iu until treaties are consid- ed by hoill BS equivalent to ftay lor ndian murders and outrages. Thu Uoverniueui iu tliucl says to he Indian yott mil it be imprisoned for life or light ; if you fight with good success we will forgive the outrages you m ty commit nnd we will pay you lai gi- annuities. All we nsk ol ott is lo promise to murder no more and lo remain on a reservation. So the In lian goes on lo the reservation to r.-st and recuperate mid, when lie is tired of coiifiiii-nicmt he leaves, com mits more robberies and murder ; fights awhile till wiuler approaches, ii.ik.-s new treaties ami' obtains new aiinmlies. this thing is repeated until Hie Indian has learned that ti e penally for murder is to tight awhile and then make i treaty. FioMiermun who sutler by this practice, and know that it produces murder ot their lei low, condemn a "peace po'icy" which produces war. No treaty should be made with Imli aus, lor il formerly peiceable, it pro- iioeirwir; not with hosiiles, tor il out nines war. Let the hosiiles lie ill.-d iir battle or be hauored for their treason, murder and abetting I hereof or be tried, convicted, and sentenced, and pardoned only on eondiiun thai thev shall uol return to tli.- territory, whe'e they ':oiiimiifJ their crimes, under peoalt) that the sentence will be executed. Lix. A IIAWK'KYI. fOtHTII-oF-jrir OUATIOM. By Ilurdett, of tin Burlington Hawk-eys. Why have we assembled here to day? What means this vast concourse of people, these waving banners, these at rains of soul stirring music, this itlitiering array ot beauty, patriotism a d intelligence? A I face this im mense multitude, I am impressed with Hie thought, that rushes upon my very soul and struggle In vain for utterance. Il ia the thought that I am not going to be able to make one half these people hear a word I aay. Il is not a grand thought. It is not even a brilliant thought. Hut it is true, and the truth is worth fr more than brilliancy. And I will le t the truth every time I get an opportunity. Ii isn't often that I get ihe chance. What with trying to reconcile TVe'a weather predictions aod the Presi $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE. dent's policy, a matt has to be vigi lant,and lie awake nights arid watch his chances, in order to gel an oppor tunity to tell a lilllu truth, once a week, and yet, this lias nothing to do with the Turkish war. Why, then, I repeat, are ws assem bled here to dy? To rejoice that W are a tree people, endowed with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the puisuii of happiness at long rangv. To rejoice that the precious boou and heritage of freedom is ours, bequeathed us by the lather who1 fought, bled and died, thai I and mine and ymi and y6urs might breath the air of tree doth. And we rejoice to day, we are uroud and hannv and glad, glad, glad, that our fathers died tor us instead of compelling 'us to die' tor them. They were great, great men. In taut, they were, many of them, great grandfathers. Il is sweet to die tor one's country. Il seems to me that I. too. would gladly, oh, oow gladly, add my name to the Iht of the f.real and good, and die for my couniry-Mif old age. I would die sooner if it was thought necessary, but I hai n't got time. I am too busy. Bui if any saenfloes are needed nerfl centennial,' they may call on mo, Miid I will either come or send a hand. Our fathers died for us. They died willingly and gladly. But if ther' ontild come back to day and set what kind ot 11 crowd they died for, quar reling over the President's rjolicv. wrangling over the enrrenoy, and some uf thorn trying to pay a dollar's worth ol debt with ninety cents worth of money, talking politics twenty time hours a day and praying so sel dom that our knees gel rusty, drown-' ed out by the rain, devoured by grass hoppers, they would, if they had it to do over Birain, live nine thousand" years and only die then when they had to. Ami yet ours is a glorious country. V wonderful, magnificent country. 1 is marvelous. As a high lohool" girl woul I say, it ia " n ce." Look abroad over our land, turn the pages ot history, and see what the mighty genius ot progress has wrought. But one short century ago the corner stone ol this mighty tubrio was laid, amid the thunder ot cannon and the smoke of battle and cemented with blood, A lilllu baud of straggling, needy patiiots, half clad, pooilv fed, wilh only a fusr dollars in ihe Nation al treasury, 'loday the sun of one hundred ami one years breaks upon the laud wherever it isn't storming and where do we stand? A billion dollars in debt. Our lather died, but they had ttv railroads. It they had, they might have died with less expense and trouble before they got to the war. Our fathers never knew the ecslatio pleasure 01 leaning out of a car win low and getting a red hot cinder as big as a pea in their A-ye before tbey could look at a tree.' They had no tcl-'grajih, and never kuew what a convenience it wjs to pty forty cent lo send s message fifty miles, and then have the dispatch como lagging day or two alter the man had died of old age. They had no kerostne lamps,' and thev never knew what It was to litrht a kitchen' fire and take a balloon' ascension out of the same an. Tbey had no United States signal service, an l never had forty-five rainy days' in a month, with a tornado every wash day. Their wants were few and simple, They didn't need a great deal of Weather, add what they had was regulated by the ground-hog, and that reliable weather bureau never, made a mistake. These mon have passed away. In their simple habits, their sterling hon-' csty, their grand patriotism, their on- selfish devotion to principle, they' passed Irnm life to eternal lame, The m.Mi ot '76 are gone. I do not know where, but they have gone some where; I do not tee any of ibern here. If there are any present, tbev will please rise, lor I am willing to be cor rected when I am wrong. The Fourth of July was invented by a man whose name is dear lo air American hearts Geotge W. Wash ington. By an ingenious arrange-' ment the Fourth of July was so con trived bv the inventor that il would always fall on a rainy day. Il has misse l it once io the past twelve hun dred years, and on that once it hailed! alt day. The Fourth of July was not the only invention o this great and good man. He invented a name that will tit two thirds of the boys of every generation in America. A greaifut leople never forget the fact, and Washington, when at the zenith of his uower. was nominated by accla mation for the Capital of the United" States. Washington was once dis covered praying at Val'ey Forge, and from the great stres laid ppon the in cident by all historians, it is judged thai it was the only lime any body ever caught him praying. He was brave, good man, but he dressed too much like a member of a base-ball duo to be elected President in these days. ' 1 1 Sj!S ! ill I" if - .n. Hi : ! . ''!! 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