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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.
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00MS OVER MH& JACKSON'S Mil
linery Store,
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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.
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