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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1891)
THE GRANT COUNTY HEWS. Thursday, -htly !. LOCAL BREVITIES. Ttetnemlr to attend the theriil " sal" next Saturday. Hnt Uo fine and low priced ckliA At Um WkU'llMMklT'. lorn, July fih, 101, to the wif of Jnl.n tattinger, a gift K. H y of John Iny, nsprsrU m(m nf farm in ichinery mm! which" quite brisk. Filial line of rtaks IHOT MlMO seen in (ant county now at tlwt Watchmaker's. Mm. Hiillip Ium ferjje, 8t-llarond chwir fif sale at her ganlnn, five quart lot 1.00. ' Hilly ll''y, the now tg driver, iiifisni i, , that U railroad will ranch NQinti r valky in alxml two weeks. TVie will I' an pnlerUimnewt and Sunday school concert at Urn M. li church the city, next Hunday evenin. July 1 Jtli, at o'clock. AH atr in v ittnl. Mi Klla Kobmoti took her iIhjihi t tire last wiwk for Wriacr City on it iit to hr ancle,, Pmtn then she will go to Silver City, IiIaImi, to iait hit giamhooUier. Judge Clifford and family atiived -homo from llaker City lint Thursday. Judge will enjoy a lengthy vacation, hi nrxt official work doing in Malheur r.tunty 1 i o tenUr The case against Marry O linen hiuI other charged witli trom in jutti iog a mine in the .Middle Fork iliitrict will la) tried before Judge Itolisnu one week from next Monday. Mist Hova Swank, who ho jutt giwduated from tho Portland lluititieas College, returned homo but Thursday evening. .Miss Swutik graduated with Midi honors, averaging nearly 99 pot cent. A watcrqiout or cloudburst visited th lower jwrt of the valley ktat Fri day, doin eonddorablc damage to I'l-ojm and ranches in it path. Pel shuw ctfok carried r tlood eight feet deep. Jolin Woltingcr lu jnt set the shearers to work removing his large crop of wool from-liiii Uiml of nhtH'j in Fox valley. Shearent wore not na plenty as they might have been, which is tho reason of the delay. Thu Hear vallev sheep shooting scrape resulted in the younger Keller unci Soudilrr U-ing held in the sum of $200,00 each, t appear before thu grand jury, liail wiui furnished mid they relurnetl to their homtM. Fred Mo-ier and Jack Stephen wer' tho contcstanU in the MO-yahl footmen tit John Iny. .Moaiur ru hy two feel, Henry W'oikins m tho winner of the wwk mce, and also car ried otf Um honorn in tho wlietdUirrow nice. Mr. Frank SwwUor, a Uiuker of W'inueinucca. wriUw to Mr. Muhlrick that ho wanti stix k in our hydniulic olovatnr enterpiise. Mr. Svuvlaer ha here A nuiulicr of tiua in jxist yoira, and hai faith in tho project of working Canyon crook. John I'isk arrived in town one day last week with a prinir, Harry O'liiii'ii, ul.so a lailly praiuwl wrist. While over in the Middle Fork country on official luibiness his horaes liecntuo frijhtuHl at wane Indians and over turned the curt, and almost distillled John. Wo devf.te coiikidcrahlo sjwco tolay to I uil.'pondenco Pay oratory, and publish JutLe Dunlin's sMech in full. Oar reMrter was una tile to i;t tho oration deliver! hy Mr. I'ariish at 1'niirin City, which we ilosinil veiy much to pullish for those who did not hear it. Mr. W. C. Smith, who tins Uien en gajd in hauliut; ore from the ( Irani te country to Hiker Oily, wis in town Monday. Mr. Smith infunus us that the camp over there is not oUra liuly. Tim L'aliLcl mine it in litigation and is then'for not lieiiitf worked or pruluc injf any wealth this season. At John !uy on the I'ouiUi the peopl hail a in and time. Tho oration and other exercises were listened to with tnarlted attention. The picnic was an occam-ih of much enjoyment, and no one hud occasion to k away hungry, as tle good eopl were dt tormiuod that such should not luippeu. Mr. James Wii kiwr, rond suieri or, has done goutl woil. on thu South Fork rood, wo ao informed, (iood highway will muse the XMiple U liso up and call the suporvisor hlessotl, ami Sou til I'Vurk sUvkmon appreciate the work, Kow if they only had a mail routo the golden chain would 1m uolil od. Sherill' Cresap sold the gysls lo loning to Uie store of Mutiny Itro's last week. Tho g"d weio ktoiml in th old Hinehurt huilding uhen they wuro brought to town, but when Civs ap came holm! he hiyl them inniiivoil to tho old tiushop where the sale was advertised to take place, so that ouiry tking woultl U accordiiri to law. Some of tho residonts of the upper valley had a I'miitli of July picnic at KirawU'rry lake, lsinuiug uitli a ilsnce on tho uinht of the :Vil and cou UtiUing well into tlie nest day. Iksit lidillg on the lake was indulged ill by soul.-, while others wetit fishing and ' hunting. It is tlie iuuiiliwi of thu IMhiiiI" Up there, wo uudi)iatirnl, to build commodious koute ami liavu u grsud colvbration at Ute laku nst PKAlKlli CITV NliWS. .lnlv 7, KSni. Wlm U No. 1 now! Onlv mi rw dun'iMf thtro doy of ! eiVbrvitinf. i W. 11. Day is hetf visiting hl mottW ami Itrotlwr. Willie Stnr ami family nn visiting I rolntivoa in this pkct. i Tnykvr Althmit a miner fnati j OrwnlnM'n, is in mir city. ' Swpt. Itwiliam is visiting rh4a in . this suction of tho jouutv. I Hon. ti. W. Mcllaleynnd daughter , Isive returnAl from their visit to the Sound. i ; Tm 1 1 Houglns untied his lat chip ami lias gone omt the uiouutoins to Anderson's sheep wimp. TIhi young folks did not get enough dancing tlie tkinl mi they had a social hop last .Monday night. ; In the justice's couit Alex Aim ! strong vs. A. S. Itlinn on pmmisxay not', judgmont for plaintill'. Isliam liumnee's sola was a grand thing fm the young and nht and as tho ' days were iptite warm he sold a kirge I untity. 'Ilw dance on the et ruing of the I thinl was well attended, there U'ing , aKiut AO tickets sold ami like nil other ', 1IU in this place was a gmml success. j In tlie ipiaiter mile met July -ml , then wero foor eutliea, i.- IteNd , (loorge hy Cal Johnson; sorrel inaro by i Kixl Mcllaley.miu iiy J. It. Haidmau; ! mule by French. Won by KeNd I (leorge by six feet. Si!enil match races afterward. On the Fourth a 100-yard foot nice was run. Won by Arthur King. A 75-ynitl nice wm won by Willie Anderson. Ladies' mce won by Kin ma Starr, and one by ljuim Howell. The wheolUirrow mcowus won by Net llabctHik. The littlo ly'a race whs won by Chas. Mack. July .1 Novelty nice three-foutths of a mile, four entries; i.: Johnny Moie by ltod Mcl laley; Touv by Mack Cavin; Slim Jim by W. It. Fisk; Hoc lOii)(fonl by Chas. Itltint. Johnny More won oveiy ipiaiter thereby get ting the whole purse. A MUtch nice Imtween Tony and Soek Fye was won by Sock Kyo. Tho oration on the fouith by Hon. C. W. l'arrihh was eloquently deliver isl and listcueI to by an attentive audience. Hon W. It. Fisk tend the Di-cluratiou of I ndeHMidenre in his usual clear toniw, The siu;iu liy the lihw Club vv us excellent. The tire wot k on the evening of the fouith wus a grand success. Hut all the lite works tltat were ordered did not come. I'llltnl'S I't.AXTKIS. sat UIJAR VALLliY CMI'l'lNQS. July li, I Si) I. School closes nixt Satmday, llro. Sams lias gone to the county soot. Maying will bojiu soon. Crow gfMl. lliMif buyers have come into tho val ley and arii buying locf, Samuel DurkheiiiiHr, one of I'mirio City's cnuucihneii, paswMl thnxigh i u route for l'niirie Oily. Sum is a jolly fellow. Mr. lionham, school suicrintendeiit, visiteil our school on the lith. He is an energetic man and taVes a great interist in his work. Mr. 1 'nut sou and family ami Mr. Itandall and family, also another fami ly ui;coiuiauyiiitf them, ariivi-d in the valley on the Ath. Welcome Lick fliends. Haviil ami Solomon, the Hebrew pilillers pa.vsinl through the valley on their way U I ttirruL. We learned they scatteied their giK-l to the four winds ill Silvies valley and received u broken wagon tongue. There was a dance in the valley on the :t0th. Some of the suties hail Uiu tuisfoi tune U) hi oak one of their buggy wheels, but as there wus a hay rake in the ueighiioihood they Imrrow ed one of the wheels from the nikcaud pHKceih-.l on their w-ay lejoicing. Mr. editor Nr.ws I will pen you a few items. The glotious Fourth of 'July has agHin passed. Them were I quite a numU'r met to celebnite the ' Nation's bitthtlay hero in our little ; valley. The exorcise of the day wete rmtdiug the I 'eclamtion of Indepeu I dettco by KichiiMl Fliiiu, short million i by Hivfd Hkintou. Hiuner was pre I (sued by the ladies from their well i tilled Uiki ts of gust thing to eat, which via sirtaken of Inutility by all. The games enjoyed were: a pie nice, winging, tiding an unbroke mule Uuelsick for a purse, loo Champion lider, horse ta.-ing, foot nicittg, etc. A tlaitce at Johnny Mulcaie's in thu evening wu attended by tho who delight to tiip tho light fantastic toe. Ui.oii Mori'Kii. Oct your eyes fitted with the light kind of spectacle at the Watchmaker's UaiiyonUity. Cal Hydo failinl to come over to I'niiiie City on the Ith, iMinsispitiutly the Odd Fellows did nut entry out their plug ni m. FmI Homley left this utoriiiiig for Victuria, II. 0., a deloguto from llom ur Unlge to the jjrand lodge of A. O. C W. which meuta in Victoria next weok. W. M. IChJIv lint ltMii diHMtmting thu intorior of'tho Uitv llotul diuiti'. j rgout lutalv, FOURTH OK JULY ORATION. Delivered At John Day's Celebration, Hy Hon. JuJye Uustln, of Canyon City. I'KUttMUN, POHUBK WULU ITS TRUTHS. lnliet ninl (icntleiiien niul Fel low Citiiettfi: In itnnpliance with tlie kind invitation of the citiscn? residing in this place I now stand in the plnro tnnmllv ocnndwl, on occtiKionr' of this nature, !y what it termed "Fonrtli of July Onitori"." And Ix-iug in tliii H-itiim it may W oxptel that 1 will, an in com motion such occasion, imitate tlitwo who usually tn-cupy such jHM'ilioiir', and Uwnt of tlie grrntne!), wealth, and liberty oftnir nation; but it is not my intention mt to do. Neither do 1 inteml to tlntter inywdf or you with the idea that tin- tnaiw of our mhji arc free tnul equal or that the whole of our Mijulntiou are indeiien dent and happy. The object of thew annual reunions of American citixotts on th Fotirth of July should Im to study the naturo of our (!ov oriiinent. to revive in our uiiiuls tho history of iU origin and to arouso in our ltt'arta a love of Country mid an enthusiastic desire to presorvo the principles of our (loverumenl in tho full force of its oriniiiitl purity to nil future ages. It is ncedloi!i to rehearse the his tory of the Kevidutionttry war, to tell of the buttles which were fought, the hardship which were endnuil, the sull'oring which jirevailwl with the I 'at riot Sires of "id when strug gling for lilicrty tunl epitility before the law, for these subjects are fa miliar to nil. Hut, on the Ith day of July ITTl'i, the oople of America Iwing actuated by the noble deter mination to die us free men rather than live as slnve, edoptod tho Declaration of IiiileHMidence, which litis just been read iu your presence, and we tire horc today to celebrate that ovent; which event should by the sons of freedom Ikj held in grati ful and lasting remembrance. It was an event that amounted to no less than the birth of a nation, ami the deliverance of .'l,(sX),tKHI of mo pie. It was the public proclama tion of the great and grand truth that till inon should bo equal Ix'foro the law, and tho resistance to ty rants is oledioiieo to I iod. Do we, assembled here todav, coinmeinorate that event with tltat enthusiasm which characterized ur curly an cestors, when with hands up lifted U'fore High Heaven they declared to the world that th" Colonics of America were free and iiideM-inloiit states.' Do we feel ourheurtrt swell with all those high, lofty and patri otic emotions which prevailed in Indcpeiidoneo Hall, when, ll ri years ago today tho divine principle was first announced, that all men are croutod oual, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable right.M among which tiro life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Do we, iu did our fathers of 'Til, feel 1 1 in t exalted determination within us to preserve thu sublime princi ples hero enunciated to all futuro generations? Do wo, us did thu American jieoplo on that day, to that ontl pledge our lives, our for tunes, niul our honor! Do we, tho American copIe, hsscss that sim plicity of life, that manly indeon tleiirc, mid that lcroic spirit which eharacteruod our ancestors in the early history of our tioverninciit! In the early history of our (iovein niunt the HHiplo were noted for thoir simplicity in manners, customs mid habits. Yhey wero sober, thought ful, tomMjruto, industrious and economical. They acknowledged no particular class iu couseUeuco of wealth, birth or wsition. They lived not for momentary pleasure, hut for continued and jkt inatii'iit enjoyment with mi eyo single to tho success of their whole life, the main tenance of lite principles and rclig ous sentiments w hich they entertain ed and the government which they had erected. Tho principles and the noble de termination of our ancestors are fully illustraU.il in the whole of the Declaration of IndceiiiIoneo, and esM-eialy in the assertion that all men are created ctiul. In the as sertion that nil men should be opial iu rights wo recognize a grand dem ocratic or republican idea ujkiii which rests thu verv foundation of our (ioveriiment, 1'ln- spirit of this thought should In' iueorsirated in every statute of our tiovernincnt, pervade all society, and in all our intercourse with each other, in all our institutions, whether social, ed ucational, M)liticttl or religious, ! recognized, acknowledged and acted Ukiii as the one grand controlling principle of our Nation. Kuch in dividual citizen should ho actuated by that sentiment mid should feci that he or she is a sovereign of this mighty nation mid reKinsible to some extent for its character. Thu character of our government de pends UK)ii the sovereign lanvor, mid in this country where the jieo plo are sovereigns, if the jioople bo come corrupt tho government will be corrupt; if the jieople become reckless, extravagant mid sensual, anarchy will prevail, mid as our sovereign jK-opio deviate from tho true democratic principle (philo sophically sH'aking) so will our Oovcriiincnt change its republican form. I'lider tho guidance mid direction of our early unccsTors, who wore actuated hy the true American principles ami idea to which I have rofurrwl, our country prourl. Thu majority of tlii) pooptu (ulhurod , to tho sentiments enunciated in tho I Declaration of liidqwrnloiiee, and, although this' principle uvro to some extent difiregnnlod for a time ami trampled uixm hy tho aristoc racy of wealth ny reason of Hcuni nry interests, yet when the test enmc, as to wliethcr they stand or fall, tlsey wore upheld by the American Hoplc at the jtint of Hm bay-net and the thought was published to I the world that the American people ' fully recognize the wntiinont of llolibv Hurns' khmii, "A Man's a man for all that " Are those sciiti munts fully recognized and acted I upon ttshiyt Do we as a nation fully recognize mul acknowledge the initial riglits of man' Doe tlie Amuricnu nation in all legislation take into consideration the interests I of the whole pH)jle! Doea the I great and gram! principle of sover eignty iu each individual citizen still have life in America' If so, 1 will the life of thone principles Ik? of , long duration! These questions i present theinwlves for mtr consider- , ation tialttv and the true answer ' thereunto ilepontl Usn thecoiuluct ! of each individual citizen of the . I'nited Stoles. All forms of government are but J ejeriiiicnts. No government that j ever existed has lievu a wrfift sue ' c-s. Numerotig governments have i existtnl Uiforo tin, oven of republican form, and Imvo had their birth, ; their growth, their pnjwrity, tunl ! their ml verwity; their greatness, their j wealth, their grandeur and their j death. As the whole animal, veg , etahle and mineral worlds tire con J tinually undorgoing a change; as ' the plant grows up mid nourishes j for a season and then withers and dies, us man sinks when at his high est jmt of greatness and dies when Just beginning to live; soil is with , all theories and ideas pertaining to I government and philosophy unless ! the smne be founded ujmii truth iu i its highest Mrfection. A nation 1ms more to fear when ' iu its highest state of wealth and ' grandeur than when iu adversity. The history of the different nations ' of the earth thai have lived and Itourished for a time and then full len and decayed illustrate the truth of this assertion simplicity of life i w hether with nations or individuals, is essential to a continued mid t ' mmieut prosperity. This fact has ' been continually taught us by the 1 rise and downfall of nations from the earliest history of our race to I the present time. The history of 1 the Jews, the tireeks, the Persians and the Unmans and all mu'ieut governments prove this xsition. Tho Persians in their early his tory wero plain mid simple in their manners, customs and habits. Sim plicity was taught to their children. Tho children were from the begin- j ning put under tho care of uxeri- enced masters, who taught thorn by theory mid practice iu tenipentnco i and self denial. They were raised ' on the coarsest food mid deprived I of all luxuries. They wero trained , to endure hardships, und taught to bo temN'rute, industrious and economical. Hence the Persians were a hardy, teuijieratc, industrious mid economical people, who lived for real enjoyment and despised all M)iup, parade, ami sliow. 1 lie na tion proscrcd and Ik-chiiic wealthy mid (Kiwerful, but when they per mitted themselves to lie Weakened by their prosperity, mid when by dt-urccs thev adoptetl a luxurious j style of living mill when intompcr- mice crept in mul they licg.in to in dulge iu all the excessive forms of sensuality mid been mo otleiniimto in their nature in consequence there- ' of their Monarchy was soon brought to its decline. And (i recce, that country noted for its philosophers, orators, statesmen, painters and ixx'ts, in virtuous simplicity, pro greyed from itisignillcaiicu mul jKiverty to greatness, wealth, wisdom mid rellneineiit; bill was corrupted by its own opulence and destroyed by its own (Kiwer. And Home! Iu the infancy of that government its citizens were simple, plain ami com- n mil in their nature. I hey wore wise, firm, constant and swcrful in I the absence of wealth, and anaristoc ' racy founded tlieion, they prospered, j they lx-cumc famous for their I uchicvouiout in arms, the jstwer of their government, mid the wisdom , of their laws. They cultivuted the arts and sciences, mid, like the tireeks, produced painters, siets, i orators and statesmen, but this 1 mighty government which bear so ' iiiijHirtaiit a Hition in the history , of the world, hud its declinu and fall I v reason of its great wealth mul tlie aristocracy founded thereon mid the sensuality iu consequence ' I ho roof. Judging then from the ex perience of past genonilioiis, I nk, iiow will it Ik- with our country' And how long will the noble st'iiti mcnta expressed in the Declaration of lndeeiidence he recognized ami acknowledged in America' Our country by roiison of its vast agri cultural mid mineral resources mid its great manufacturing facilities i lias Im-coiiio rich mid great. The j centralization of wealth in railroads and manufacturing establishments, ! mul the great iuonoKjy of the lands ' of America, places a grout owcr in the liiinds of a few, reduces thu many to jMiverty and insiguillcaiice, mul tends to build up n privileged da'ss of oligarchy or mi aristocracy fuu ml ed on wealth. This great ' wealth naturally teinln to Iwget a I tyranlual spirit, an egotistical pride, , 1 1 roods luxury, intoiiixraneo, and wiiBimlity in iu variutii forms'. I Kow )rQiiM can stand prosjiority. Few can liocoiiiu extremely wealthy witltout Uwming egotistical and olntinate; in a word, their animal nature will gain the ascendency and predominate over the spiritual na ture. It is human nature to love power anil dejire elevation nlnive their fellows. It is also natural for man to um- mwcr when he obtains it ami when the pride of jmwer arises to its highest oiiit, man will always tyrtinize over other. All the exjH-ricnce in ages past proves this to lc true. Man as a general rule wants to have his heel on the head of some Hnon. It is natural for man when helms become power ful bv reason of his great wealth mid i's great, iu his own estimation, to desire and oxoct those of com iHirutive insignificance to acknow ledge his sujK'riority, do his bidding at hi nod, and 1m- struck with ex cessive delight whenever he con descends to acknowledge them as of the same socies as himself, con sequently by reason of this natural disHition of mankind, iu conse quence of the pride of jtotvor, the arrogance of wealth and the bigotry of ignorance, slavery has always existed mid still exist in all nations in some form or other; and tho per K'tuatioii of the principles of equal, ity has Won a failure with all gov ernments. Slavery is not recognized by the laws of the I'nited States, tis true, but the law ol necessity however, sometimes drives persons into voluntary slavery. Hut the , tailoring class of our country, who have ln'on reared under the Stars mid StrijH-ti, who have imbibed or inherited some of tho pure demo cratic sentiments enunciated in the Declaration of lndeHndence will not, us a class, consent to have their 1 wills, their thoughts, and their do-' siren to be annihilated mid submit i to till the ollice of a slave without a murmur. The consequence is that i wo reatl of their general dissatisfac- tioti. their opHsitiou to capitalists, their strikes and sointiines lawless- miss among them. The oligarcy of capitalists being anxious for serfs , mid cheap luUtr mid us a means of crushing the independent spirit of the lalHircrs of America, advocate ' Chinese immigration. The argu ment in favor of Chinese inimigra- , Unit mid the cheap labor consequent is that it will enable America to comitete with Kuroeuti nations in manufacturing, enable the govern- i incut to make greal internal im- j provoinent and enrich the nation generally. That this would lie the case I do not doubt. 1 do not doubt that if a few million of that iiumcr- ous imputation should settle iu our , country and thereby reduce the , price of labor to a mere nominal sum, such a sum as would barely , sustain life, vast internal improve incuts Woultl lie accompMslieil try this cheap lalmr and great wuallh, grandeur and magnificence would lie displayed both iu public ami private works. 1 mn aware that iu passing judgment upon tin1 condition of the s-oplc of a nation, we only look at the condition of the higher classes, mid the condition of the great mass of nsiple is lost sight of. I know that the character, prosperi ty mid happiness of a country is judged by the luxuries of the high er classes mid the magnificence mid grandeur of mansions mid temples, but the truth is, that underneath all this show of wealth and grand eur greit suffering prevails. While the few become wealthy and power ful, the many sink in Knury mid want, or, as ( iohlsiuitli expresses the idea, "The rich man's joys increase, the sHir man's, decay. 'Tis yours tojudge how wido tlie limits stand between a splendid and a happy happy laud. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, mid shouting folly hails them from shore. Hoards e'en beyond tier 1 tu. miser's wish abound, mid rich men lliK-k from all the world around. Yet count our gains, this wealth is hut mi end that lends our useful products still the same. Not so the loss, the man of wealth mid pride takes up a space that many or sup plied. Space for his lakes, his nark's extended ImiiiiuIs, space for his horses, equipage mid hounds. And the robe that wraps his limbs iu silken slot)) has rublted the neighUiriug llehls of hlf their growth. Around the world each needful product Hies for nil tho luxuries the world supplies. While thus the land adorned for pleusuie all in barren splendor feebly wait the fall!" This disposition on the part of the capitalists to desire a reduction on the price of ltd or that thoy may thereby acquire greater IHiwer over lh" wot king class mid the poor, is hut Iu iiumrduuco with thu nature of things. Tho history of the l'. S. in this respect is but a repetition of the history of all governments that have ever existed. All arguments iu reference to Chin ese immigration, all talk on the subject about the broad priuciplcu nf Immunity mid ohrUtianizing Chinamen, s iu accordance with the will of the uapitn'lsts, mid a sham with regard to sincerity. If this is Hot thi' ease, if the so-called human iturian are so philanthropic, if they so much desire tho oduouliou and alirlstlatilzatloii of thu human race, why not Itsik to the heathens of our own country? There are millions of children in the I a rue cities America growing up iu ignorance with no education but that of Im morality and vice, growing up to dlu on tlie hcallohl or in tlie jioor hoiiso of our laud. Mow iiiuoh uiuiiwy ha burnt spout by thosu Im innuituriaii. for the education ot tho HHr, degraded, liousolos and hoitio lost wretchos of Now, York, Hoston Philadelphia, Chioago and Sun Fntueiseo. Them is much said olxnit tho oducaliuti and christianirntioii of tho A sin tic., but wo hoar of no special effort U'ing made for thu education ami puiilicntiou of tho degraded elawes of our own cities. Why is this? Aie not their souls worth saving Aie we obliged to go ahtxiid to foreign nations in older to find heathen wot thy of our synipa. thy? it is my opinion that wo Amer ican people aie being slucttcd lo syuiiutliize most with those who are fat oil', to bo inost zealous in working for the cause which is most noted, mid to bestow ohm ity wlieto it will bo most public mid the least Heeded. It is the nature of man to love -ip-plauso. This is generally the chief cause of ambition. Man wants to be know u to the world and n-coive the honor to which he believes he is entitled. There aie thotisnieU of prisons, who being m-tiiatod by this piiuciple. do biisiutwH on u l.n-go scale and fail, rather tlmn oiiy on a si inn 1 1 businesa and pioqier. 1 once hoard a man say that with it cosily fishing tipsiiiilus ho would rather endeavor to catch fish lioin n large liver or lake mid fail, than to fish in a small brook, ami with a cheap iod catch hundiodri. Al though ft oui that moment I looked ' unou the man us a Iniilil, vet l lie I ,eve that the disposition hoti.ivJ by that sentence is to a great extent the spiilt of the ago. that is to say; iipiMNitaiicos are ovei yihing. lteatiiv is nothing. Over one-half of the public spirit manifested iu chaiity bestowed, is to bi' seen of lllell. Tlie j mod wealthy, and what is letiiied tho higher class, I believe, is last departing (nun the true piilieiplea of , out unci-slots, and now in the place ' ol tho siinplici y of life which foiin- 1 oily oxisttsl among tho niters of our nation, we see a disposition mam fexted to viu with the in intooi uey oil Kuropo iu Miiado and slui.v; utnl the spirit of tlie Di'ohii'iitiou of linlepen ' deuce with this class is dying in the hind. This class of so.-iety who ptide tlioiiifrclv'OH upon being termed , the mistoeiuey of Auioiicii, who at- ! urinated bv tho initio of luiwer, the i bigotry of ignorain-e, and tho alio gaiieii of wealth, claim that the h.H : thrifty and the most ignorant weio j intended bv minions seivoitts lor their superiors in wealth and ititclli r geuce, mid that lights lsiforu the law should not bo extended to all. Willi this class ignorance is regarded as a j natural defect. As thu idea prevail j ed in Kuropo mitt pjitiouliirly in J I'lighilld, Hint the podigteo di ter. ' mines his social standing so the idea i ' ptoiails to some intent iu Amotion, j , that iinttiie iniikuH men nil they can; ; be. ami that the uuisncamu incnp.iblii i of ho If government. Hets'lier said iu ono of hia locution. , " It appeal there can bono gteatei folly than to (nut tloi titVnii o of tlie 1 nation iu the hands of tho illusion." It iippuais to mo theio ia sumo tousnu 1 for this asset tioii. Tho iudiintriul ' classes, the labotoi H of A morion, , piohuhly me not 111 pi csi n' capable ' of handling the Jilllcult problems of government. And 1 will fui titer siy, ' j ti 'Ik ng from what wo have lead of 1 thoir law lessitntw in tho Hast, ami hoiiiu of the citiet of the Pacific coast , that thoir ideas pet taming to gov I'liiinmit ate in it very ciiulo state, still I iippieheml that the clfoit on the part of the lahoreiM of Amotion to control the ull'inis of the cotintiy will bo accompanied with benelleial lostills; niul tho ootmnoii peoplu will yet lulu and leigu, mid the equality . of moil I'ofoio the law niul public opinion, us far as tights me 00,100111 ! ed, will bo 111 untamed. We Minor i at tho geimral 1 iiiu up uf llio lalmr ' ' 01s of Aiueiica and their oigmii. ing for tho conies', iu the protection , of theii light. Wo call them an urclnstH, loafois and outlaws, Hut ' this is but thu Is-giiiuitig, tho avvuk miing up of thu iiiiishus, the daw mug of 1111 ago of free and independent 1 ' thought. 1 he 11111HH of tho people have begun to take an iuteret in public allair. This i the lesult of tho develoj Ill of the llitollocttl.il faculties of 1I111 common peoplu. 1 Our common hoIiooIh and thu puss too doing the walk of mousing the I din mailt intellectual InoultlcH of iii.iii. Newspaper aie pouiiug out daily (ho thoughts and things of all I mankind. The licli, the poor, the high mul low mul all classes of oui population mn lomhus, mid cense tpiuiitly mo made to thiol, of the do rigs of tho huiirin race every ulo r. . Thus the intelluctuiil fiicultlim uu being developed and niousid action I do not wonder that tin 11 1110 many who think that the icign of tho common pooplo would bo very disastrous to the body of politic-, and lieinlilo at tho lippiehcndu'l ic rult ol this now awakening pout r, but this - moused intellect will ex piinil. Tho long enslaved liiill'ls s t . at liberty will exploit! the lediu of I thought, mid the Ugotiy of inoiaiioc. MiqH'istitioii and erroi will gtvewiiv to tliw siuiplo tiuth. And it'iw hi til" add in coiiulusioii; "lib, T"li' III Uf ttuaU 1f4i-t, Tft ntj U1411 lo tt.fn llio t4 '( rfHi, Tl 'Ujlt r) (, ui4) Mill tt r bit t l I r fuud m1r hl to w,fi .! At ,t'ii urvi'li Hi UlaMvd tnolvl . Tlti mII UviwihI'mI pu,r tu tlin Jffjt, Ai rut k ri4 Uw Mllut vImI lit tV ' (into thu Itisl Front llillinrtl Hall, Cunvoii City, for line wines, liquors anil cigar. ' The boys have prcitcd a lts'Utll ini) k up near the Catholic uenieterv. (Jaiiyou's ImMilmlt ttsiui will stsin In in a cotioitloii to I'ltallenge any otlier 111 thu state, Mr. John Sng'trdalil dollvetisl last wiwk an evcelltuit lsil; for vvhioli he was agent, until Iod ".My Story of the War," hy Mary A. Livuimoie. Thu volume U all that it U claimed to Ur, l)r. Uatrln Rejoices. At the turn htisiitt'M lias laken .inco his reduction of prices, llmi- . 1 . . ..... 1.!.. ttreds intiicrtotinaiue to receive mn electrical treatment also rejoice at being able to go under his euro ami skill. He has been more than re warded by tlie crowds of people who have Hooked to his ollice for free treatment. The doctor hits not only Wen doubly paid in a monetary sense, but in the thought of doing uood to the alllioted who are in tho depth of despair, struggling with K)verty and sicklied. Ho continues to treat all classes, the rich ami KHr alike, frit' of charge at his of lice, 7t) Washington street and Sargent's hotel, Aberdeen, Wash., from Id to 11 A. M. daily. Those willing to pay from 11 A.M. to H P. M , at half his former prices, He gives free ami confidential ex animations to all at his ollice or by letter The doctor treats all cnr.iblo chronic, acute mid private discuses, such as secret errors of youth, in) jtotenoy, bltHsl taints in short all Ureases of the sexual organs, deaf, ness, catarrh ami nervous debility. Diseases of a private nature never published ami no names ifis! only ly M'riuission of the patients. Wo give the names of a few who Imvo sent them in for publiciiion; ltoliTt lluidy, Ktna, Washington Weak eyes, cured. Win Parrot, Mithlleton, Oregon Deafness many years, cuictl. F. Anderson, Snlein.Or. Ca'jirth seven vears, cured. Amfrew Douglas, So Oak atreet Portland Deafness, cured. J. M. Miller, Hubbard. Or Deaf ness. cured iu eight minutes. Mrs. M. K. Day. Port .Madison, Wash Th'oat tlilliculty, cured. Henry Slough. Macle'ay, Oregon Deafness fifteen years, restored. Win. Hunter, lCugene City, Or. Catarrh twenty years, restored. For extras for ICinpire Mowers, Heapers mul Hinders, enquire of I lines A Mason, Canyon City, Or. Flour, tiiuhaiu, llniley, (either ground or w hole) Chicken feml, Itye, MiihlliiiK, llruti, Slioits, .lo, .to, at Ctiiidlacli's. Any one wishing Ituckeve mowers, or F,xtra for same, can obtain them by apply ing to Mines , I' Mason, Can yon City. (live your order at once us fteijht com slow . W. II. Kelly has just leceivisl a stoe.k of extra line Walt Paper, ami is pioKitod to do pointing and papeiiug cheaper than any one. Wot k outside of tow 11 solicited, (live him a call. Minor llrothers, dealers iu general merchandise. Main street, llcppnor, Oregon. SM'cial discounts to cash buyers. UikhIs at Dalles prices. Orders by mail promptly filled. ' Scrofulous eruptions, such us pimples, discoloration of the skin, especially on face, are caused by impure lili.nl and will disappear rapidly bv using Pfuniler's Oregon llhssl Puiilier. . ' ChlMteti Ivnjoy The pleasant llavor, gentle action mid soothing elfeets of Syrup of Figs, when iu need of a laxative ami if the father or mother be costive or bilious the most gratifying resultn follow its use, so that it is the host family remedy known ami every family should 'have a bottle. When you send away for gooda remember the lirni of Cotliu eV Mo l'arhiiid at llcppnor. They not on ly guarantee you first class" goods- at lowest prices, but they pay mull or express charges on saiiie to any stage ollice in (irunt or Harney counties. See their new "ad" fur further particulars. Do you waul to siivii fi.iiu 'Jo (o rill cents on oveiy Dollar you upend? I f so, wi tie lor our lllustiatel (,tt alogne, containing illusti atioiiH mul pi ices of eveiything in inilftictui utl III the I'nited Slates, tit maiiufi.ctlir ors'piieoM. Id, (Kit) illustrations, all lilies icprcsciltotl. Catuloguo mailed fiee on application. 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