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About Oregon Republican. (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1871)
E35E383 SBC. Zs Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, i BY "SULLIVAN & TYSON OFFICE Mill streets, opposite the Court -dUOUSO. : . . -4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year, 2 50; Six Jloaths, fl 7o Three Months, $1 00. For Cabs of ten or more $2 per annum. ' 1 Sbcription mutt he paid strictly i advance - : : ADVERTISING BATES. " - One square (10 lines or less), first inscrt'ji, $3 00 Bach subsequent insertion................... 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. - Professional eards will be inserted at $12 00 per -annum. v ,( llr Transient advertisements most be paid for in advance to insure puMieaf ion.' - All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. Legal tenders taken at tbeir current value. ', Blanks and Job Work of every description firnisbed at low rates on short notice. S3- Ml advertising bills must b paid monthly. -.-, - ..;"k - . j A .Splendid Chance. We will send the Dallas RerrBUCAS and Dkx Brest's MojrrHtv, which is itself $3 for one year, to any person who pays us $1 Demorest's- Mojithct stands unrivalled as a Pamlly Magasine. Its choice Literajure, its superior Music, its large amount of valuable inform&t on on miscellaneous subjects,? its practical and reliable information in regard to the fashions, and artistic illustrations, give it a just claim to its well-earned title,' "The Model Magazine of America." j WUat are tittle Girls Made For f " " From the Revolution,! "Will you permit me to say a "word io relatWo to a ; class of women who do not have their " rights," simply jbecause thoy will not- taVe thcml I allude to girls and unmarried women who have brains, industry, integrity, and what U quite "I as essential in rub - bing against the sharp corners of the world, tact,' and yet lack the courage and -common sensed to make too of them. There is probably no sroDger desire -and sorely none,, more credita ble on the .part, of sensible women, thaa tUe desire to earn the money they spend; to feel that it is absolutely their ownnot through the grace or charity of friends, however dear and uncxacting, but by virtue of acquisi tion. Indulgent parents and kind hus bands, of whom the world has many a noble sample, are rarely apt to analyze ' the feelings of daughters and wives who accept of their bounty as such j or to estimate the demoralizing and debas ing influence of the relations of bene factor and beneficiary, which are so fre quently established and perpetuated in 'f well regulated families." A youncf irl once said to me, " I never ask my father for money without a faintness of heart and a reluctance of spirit which is oppressive and painful in the ex ' treme." - " And why is this?" I asked. "Is your, father unwilling to give you money when you ask for it V " Oh, no; on the j contrary, he is too willing, and always gives me more than Task for." "Then why should you. hesitate to ask him?' ''y'f ' Fecausc I do'not feci that I have any right to his I money I never earn anything; I am a continual expense to iiim, not only for my living, but for the ineansof education, of which he is en tirely unsparing. I feel that I ought to make eome; slight return ; that if the -education which has been so freely be stowed upon me is of any, earth ly-us, it should have an earning quality, and that I should ' have the benefit of it. jBnt father is not willing I should work for -wages. He says he is able to sup port roe. and he prefers to do so. But Oh 1 if he only knew how much hap Ter it would make me to feci that at 3east a portion of the money I spend I have honestly earned, I thiuk he would reason difierently I thought bo. too. and it was not long before a way was opened for the reali nation of the young lady's wishes. She bad a talent lor music, wnicu nau vwu developed by good teachers, and which was found available for better purposes than mere ornamental appendage, which was the father's idea, and with the consent of the father first reluctantly given, and now exultantly conceded the girl is independent and happy. Bho feels no faintheartedness now in asking her father for money, for she does not atand in need of.hia bounty. She does cot love him the less that he ha per 4 mitted her to enter upon hcr'rights,: but all the moro ; and he is a happy man in contemplating .the fact tha should he ever be deprived of his wealth or power to support his daugh ter, she will be dependent on no strati ger's bountV'y and may, even be able to return to him a shae of what he has so liberally -and with no snch thought --bestowed upon her- . Everybody knows that this is no iso lated case, for everybody's personal ex perience can furnish its duplicate many dmea JretediTlieaet' tshrjre is no woman of properCTrit w&o can afford to be wholly dependent upon another man or woman for the victuals ehe eats, the clothe she wears, and the money she spends ; and so I will say what I aimed to say at the start -that the reason why women so degrade themselves in their own right is because they have not the Oourage to do right. It is a common but very foolish com plaint on the part of women that they have no chance in . competition with men for clerkships, as book keepers, &C The only reason why this is so, if it is. is because they are not competent to do the work; and i will not prepare themselves. A young man usually earns his clerkship by a three or four years' Apprenticeship as shop-boy, runner, and general utility work an apprenticeship which is invaluable in its training qual ities, and which no girl can be expected to accomplish.. There are plenty of positions, however, attainable by resi pectable youngladies Vithout this se vere ordeal, and requiring :' only the prelimi n ary ed ucation j in accoun tan t ship, and jet the comparatively small number of -young ladies who will even spend a few mon'hs to acquire this necessary knowledge is astonishing. Something .; more, than i a year ago, I offered to educate for business fifty women, of whatever age Or condition, who should come well recommended, and with the purpose to nso the know ledge , they might: acquire in a proper way Before makiug this offer, I called on a number of business men, who agjeed to employ1, in appropriate posi tions, any well qualified woman I might send them. This offer was published extensively throughout I the country, and was favorably commented upon by editors everywhere, and" yet, although I have kept the offer open to this time, not, more than ten ladies have availed them selves of the offer, and none of these have had the courage or persist ence to complete a course of instruc tion, or to remain until qualified for a position. It is very wrong to presume that there is a prejudice, against employing women in clerical positions. I know of many excellent houses, in this city where good female accountants would be welcomed, and in not a few would be preferred to males. But what is wanted is absolute qualification for the position, and a willingness to do the duties. " 1 I learn that Peter Cooper is about to extend his beneficence to cover the preparation of women for clerical posi tions. I trust he will do so, and that some of those poor, starving needle women, who are scarcely able to keep body and soul together, may be able to avail . themselves of his kindness sufficiently to obtain more suitable employment and better wages; and then T trust that fathers who are blessed with daughters having brains and physical strength will ask them selves what their heavenly gifts are for, and govern themselves accordingly. More than any military man in his ory the. King of Prussia is noted for his appeal to Providence. He declared when crowned at Koigsberg on the 18th of Octobor, that he would rule only by the' grace of Qod' ,When setting out for the campaign in Bohemia, he " entrusted" his cause to God ;" and when, " by the ttisible: assistance of God," he returned victorious to Benin, he expressed " thanks for Gods's gra cious goodness, who had assisted Prussia.' lie concluded a speech on that occasion by crying with uplifted hands, "May Providence bless Prussia as graciously in the future as it has visibly blessed the immediate past"! May God 1 grant itl" When France declared war. last July, "God knows I did not seek this TT 1 .... -I 1 .11 war. ,x can upon ioa to Diess our arms." 1 The dispatch that refers to the battle of worth, ran thus : Wonderful luck 1 t This new great victory was won by Fritz. Thank God for His mercy?" The dispatch' dated before Sedan, Sept. 2" exclaims, " What a course events have assumed by uod's gutd ance 1 ;Tho capitulation army is announced with, of Bazaine's " Providence be praised. , . , ; Mme. Jenny Lind Goldsohmidt has been singing in London for the benefit of the German wounded. ; A RAILHOAl) SCENE. Related by an Eye Witness. While on a visit to the East in the summer of 18G8, I chanced to pass through the State of Pennsylvania, in company with a lady friend. ;t3oon after j leaving illarrisburg, we stopped ' at1 a way station, where a couple from the rural -districts, who had evidently never traveled $ mach, stepped aboard the the cars, with the avowed intention af going to the town of 0- " to get iphced' ' They were Very affectionate towards each ether ta their passage through the cars to pro cure a seat i After they1 did find one, the lady, in order to show her generos ity, gave her a danced the whole seat, and the sat down, very complacently, oa his lap. To say there were many ex pressions of merriment passed among the passengers would ; be to tall far short of the reality. In the height of the merriment, I "passed to the forward car to enjoy a smoke. While sitting there enjoying my cigar; in a dreamy, half-unconsciousness of what was pass ing around me, the cars stopped at a station, ;and five ruddy, athletic young men, fresh from college, stepped into the car. They wero on their way home to spend vacation and came into the smoking car, whore, they.could enjoy thlmselves withont molestation. The conductor came in when the train had started, and, from the familiarity with which they spoke to him when he entered, and the ready flow of gossip which immediately followed, one could readily perceive that they - were old friends. After talking a short time" together, the conductor said, "Bovm, there's a chance in the rear coach for some fun. I don't wish to take any part in it mnelf, but any uport you can have, will be all legitimate." While the boys were concocting their plaii.' i finished my cigar, aud pnstMjd into the coach, and took my scat with my frtend. ' t I told ; her what was brewing how the sport was coming, of course I could not. tell ;: but we were not kept long in suspense. The seat which wo occupied was on the opposite side of the car, and a little in the rear of the one occupied by jthe doomed couple. Presently, in came a young man, whom J instantly recognized as one of the perpetrators of the mischief, with his hat set care lessly on the back part of his head, and a nonctalant air so often assumed among strangers. As he passed along the middle , of the car, he seemed to notice no one, until he came opposite the gentleman with the lady on his lap, when he stopped suddenly, turned round, put out his hand as if greeting an old friend, and, with . a smile of recognition, began, " Halloa, Jones, my old boy, how are you ? Which way are you going? How are the wife and babies ? And where aret you taking this girl ? Xot running oft with her, are you: ' W litlc he was running on with this tirade, not giving the rustic a chance to reply, the lassie sat with her eyes distended, and her mouth ajar, as if she were perfectly nonplussed. As soon as our rustic cot an opportunity. he ejaculated, " You must be laboring under a mistake, my name is not Jones, my name is Harper." " Ah Jones," replied the other, That won't do, you are pitying that pretty fine, but I pity the young lady v And he passed on and left them ; -.i ,' f i As soon as he was gone, our rustic settled the matter by explaining to his companion the similarity sometimes perceived between entire strangers, and closed by : aaying, VtTnt the stranger, probably took hini for some man named Jones, whom he had known. The young collegiate passed ' to the rear of the car, and seated himself where he could see all that transpired. Soon another of the actors made his appearance in the , doorway, and came staggering along, as one is compelled to do in trying to walk in a car running at the rate of forty miles an hour, and as he reached the scat which oor rural couple occupied, he stopped and recog nized the rustic the same as his prcde-' cessor had done, and used nearly the same language, with the additional re mark, "That he was getting , too old to be playing such tricks as that, and the sooner he quit it the better." The young lady became suspicious by this time that perhaps there might bo something wrong, and beginning to fear that she was a victim of trickery, got off the rustic's lap, and took a seat beside him, and commenced talking to him about the matter trying' to "get some explanation to satisfy herself that his name was Harper and not Jones. But misfortunes never como single handed. Before the unfortunate youth had any time to reconcilo matters to her satisfaction, in came another one of the colleagues in mischief, and in pass ing along, he, too, recognised our rustic friend, and gave him nearly the same greeting the others had given; With an expression of conscious innocence that coull not have been counterfeited, the rustic tematked, "Well I must look a darned rsight like that man Jones ; yon are not;the first man who has called me Jones 'to-day." Of course you lock like him': replied the other, " There are a dozen men aboard this car that can i testify to that, and we know yon are the man. You have been flaying your tricks long cnongK on un suspecting young ladies, and now we E repose to stop it." Wito this remark, e turned and left them. Whereupon, the' lady, supposiag . fecrself the victim of treachery, opened upon her compani on a battery of language, more expres sive than elegant ! Her indignation so far got the , better of her -that she did not giveLnira time to explain to her how the parties might have bean mistaken in their roan, and really thought his name was ; Jones instead of Harper. After she had finished her harangue, and before the unfortunate rustic had time tu make any conciliatory advances, another of the partners in the mischief advanced, and recognizing him as the others had done, only added fuel to the fire that was already raging. The un fortunate victim of supposed misplaced confidence, sprang to his feet, and took another seat,asking the conductor, who came in at that moment, to show her the first return train, that she might take it and return to her parents. The scene whicV immediately followed this, U almost Impossible, to describe on paper., The injured awain jumped to hi feet, stripped off his coat and vest, detached his- neckerchief and , collar threw them hot h-5pon the floor, jump ed upon thereat ; which he and his' would be bride had been occapying, and, brandishing his arms in a threat ening manner, swore he would wHp any man who said that his name was Jones. Thei oxcitement was intense Passengers fj urn ped t to their feet, and crowded round the belligerent to see his movements, and hear his execrations pronounced : against any man who said hi name -was Jones. ' " His name was Harper; he and this yonng woman were i going to C - to be spliced. His name, was Harper, and he would whip any man that said it was Jones." Just at this moment; in stepped an other of hiVs tormentom'who stood looking jn blank amazement for a mo ment, aud then ejaculated, Why, Jones, what the" d l's the matter with you? What are you making such a fuss about?" "This was too much for the excited rustic ; he stopped in the midst of ascntenfe, looked at his inter locutor, and sunk sullenly into his seat. Not a word was said by either of the interested parties, until we reached the station where we met the eastward bound train, when the-, gentlemanly conductor stepped in to escort the lady to that tram. Her sulky companion followed her, and the last sigh t we caught of the unfortunato : victims of circumstance, they were standing on the platform of the car, ho trying to persuade her that his name was llarpcjr, and not Jones. We left them there, and as we rolled away, I could but reiterate the old saw . - , There! many a l!p, s Twltt the cop sad the Hp. J udge Magrudcr, in the Circuit Court of Clarert County, Maryland, has lately dcllrered an important decision in the easo of the State vs. Charles Watkins. The case involved the right to registra tion ot a colored man convicted of a felony before the adoption of the Fif teenth Amendment. The Judge decid ed that all to convicted wore entitled to vote, notwithstanding the provision ? of the State Constitution, which provides that no person above the age of 21 years, convicted of larceny or other infamous crime, unless pardoned by the , Govern or, shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any election in that State. The t opinion was based upon the fact that the disfranchisement was no part of the punishment-of colored persons who ''had no right to vote previous to tho adop tion of the Fifteenth Amendment, to impose that penalty now -would be to give an ex post facto operation to a pro vison of the State Constitution of the United States; This is a formal recog nition of the validity of the Constitu tional Amendment. Mayhem. Joe Taylor aud Sam Vowels had a fight on tho street Sunday evening, and a charge of Mayhem has been prefered against Vowels for bit ing Taylor's ear. The oase will bo in quired into before Judge Lewis to uior. trow. Oregon - Subscribe for the Republican. PItOFtiSSIOtfAL CARDS, dC JOUX J. DALY, ATTORNEY-AT -LAW, Notary Public, &c, IIUEWA VISTA. 41-tf j. h. rn y e Rf r Att,y& Coutisellor-at-Iaiy, Dallaa, Plk Coanty, Oregon OFFICE U th Coart H6aW I4.lv, J. C. QRU0D3, U. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGBOtf, Offers hi Service! U Oi Cities of P&ll&a and Vicinity. OFFICE it NICHOLS Drag. Store. 34-tf P. A. French. X J. MeMiaoir. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP, Ula, Polk Couuty. . All Kialof IIIacksmlthlDp doneon Short Notice, and to the Satisfaction of Customers, and at lleuou!! Rtee. Special attention paid to Horse-Shoeing. Oct. 27, 1870. FllEXCII k McMAIION. 34-ly It i: 31 13 M 11 E III ' THATTHB ' INDEPEHDEHCE HOTEL IIu been Rl!-FITTED, and no paint is now j)rtd to make all who may call Comfortable and Happy. , A good Stable is kept in connection with the IImae. Call and soe u. Oct.27, 1870. JEREMIAH GALWICK. 84.1y J. It. SITES, IW. DM I'liyician and Surgeon, . Dallas, Ogn. ilTatiag retntned practice, will girt rpeeial attention to Ohtetric, and tke trwatment of the diec f Women and Children , jazy0ffio at his residence. W. . JEFI'HIES, f. I., KIi3icinn nntl Surgeon,' Eola, Oregon. " ; Fpecial attention gif en to Obstetrics and Diaet of Women. - - Itf 4. li. i,rv ii)soN, i. i)., rhynician ami Surgeon, i Independence, On. 1 T. V. IlJ Embf cc. PH YSICJI AN& SURGEON AMITY, YAMHILL CO OREGON. . Office at residence. - 14yl Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, BAlIiM, OUEGON, Will practice ,in all the Court of Rcord and Inferior Courts of this State. - OFFICE In Watkinds 4 Co'i Brick, up ftairs. - . 1 I. C. SUfiLIVAN, Attorney U Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Orefron, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1 J. .. COLLINS, Attorney and Counsellor-at -Law. Dallas, Oregon. Special attention given to Collections and to matters pertaining to Real Estate. 1 aao. a. ccbrbt. , a. bcklkt. Attorncys-At-IiaTT, rAI'AYGTTK - - - OnCGON. . 3-tf . .. Att'yfxCounseiaor-al-SLaw, JLafayette, Oregon. . . . '. . - ' 3 tf sE.0siOAT,V'! Carriage and Ornamental SIGX -'.PAIIVTEn. , Commercial f trset, : - Opposite Starlcty's Block, Jl-tf . SAXKIC, A LL SORTS OP OOODS SOLD FOR J Cash or Marketable Produce at AM- ' J". II. LEWIS'S W ELCn'S PREMIUM SALMON BEST in market- in kits or barrels, i For sale at COX 4 EARIIART'S, " Balem. ' aUSSKff-Ii. & FERRY, Real Estate Rrokcrs and Real Estate Auctioneers, orFICE.-Bt. Charles Hotel Building, PORTLAND ..... OREGON. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC. COX Sz EAIIOAKT, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS KOOKT'S CLOGS, SALSSX ; Goods by the Package at Reduced-Bate Under vrood. Darker Co 4,1 ........ tr !-'' ' .-. , : .,- , Osmmeretal street, Salesu' Oregon, MAKrjfArjTTJltS ALL KIKDS OP WAO ONS after the most approved tyles nl the best of workmanship, on ebort notice, and .. AT POKTLAKO PBtCCSX , - - - - .; - - 2i4tf r. i.it:i ;. ' Z n - lt: Saddlery Harness. .. . s. c. sTiiiEs, . . ... ; Main st. (opposite the Court House), OalJaa MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN . Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips. Collar) Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he is prepared to sell at the lowest living rates. jejEfllEPAIUINO done on short notice, , G1 A ITERS. DO YOU WANT SOME V i Fine Cloth Gaiters? if so. supply tour-; elves at J. II LEWIS'S. Q UEENSWARE IN ABUNDANCE At J1J. LEM'I'F. BAUK EXCHAUGE SALOOU, t Hi Dailaa, Ognu IrTlNES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALE IV nut pr. Civart Panitua Ov.tra and Sardines will he rerveA tn irmtU.L men on the outside of the counter, by a gentle man woo nan an eye to "bit" on the inside. . r m m ... co cosae along, ooyi;'. make no delay, and t will sooa hear what you have to ray". i we 32 HURGREfi & CHIUDLERi ' Importers and Dealers ia , F U RIUtEh AND the T.argTst Stock and the Oldest M?nm uiturc House lu Portland WAREROOMS AND FACTORY CORSES SALK0N AND FIRST 6TR2ST?; rORTLAM), oiie(;on.; I: - ; 10 U r ' KDUCATIONA1 AS LA CREOLE ACADEMY, ,;; Dallas. Polk Ccuutj-, "Oregon. rj MR. M. M. OGLES BY PaiHcirjub.. MISS C. A. WATT.. ..A-ssrsTi'ST, This Institution was Re-opened on ,Mon day, the 31st of October. The Teachers are determined to do everything in their power' ta make this School second to none, of St4'ra3,t in the State. . Tfcey earnestly so'icit the:hearty Co-operation of the Community, nnd a Liberal' Tatronage from the Public. ' . " EXPENSES. Privart, per Term , U.- t: Common Esgurh, per Tcrm....; fli; Higher Exgush, per Term.... 8 V9 Latin or French Language, Two Dollars Extr- ... , .... ;. . .. These figures will he greatly reduced Vv the application of the Endowment Fond. 'Alt Students entering the School will share eqaally ; the benefit of this Fund. ?, r " ' 3 Student! will not be admitted for a less period thaa a Ilalf Tern.' Charges will made front tb tisao of Entering. ,s . 'i No dedoetloa made for Absence, exeept a eatf of protracted Sickness. r w .. K . ? t ' . ' ' '-N. LEE' Clairmmm EsV CU.' , XVOOV WANTED, TTTB ELLEN DALE MILL" COMPANY' .will give the highest market price, fur wool, delivered at their factory In Polk Co. . Their Store is also open, with a general at'" sortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware A. 5 2.tf TnOSE INDEBTED TO TIIE FIRM OF W C. Brown A Co. are requested to come for ward. and settle their notes and acovnts, as, the businew of the late firm mist be settled without further delay.- - t . . W. C. RF OWN & Co,' Dallas, Ogn., August 24, 1870 ; 26-tf JENNINGS LODGE No. O, tV V4 A; M., Dallas, htd Its rcgular'eonUx munications on the baturday prcccdiiiff. the Full Moon In each month, unless the mono fulls 011 Saturday then on that day, t eve; o'clock. - . 1 Also, on the, seeond Frldsy In se tnontV at 7 o'cloek. P. M , for the purpose of improves, mcnt of the Crsft lo Masonry and for such other work as tho Master msy from tiiae to time otd"r.;t4.";$ rvA'tJt4 l S i.i-: :": All Urethren in good standing are Invited to attend By order of the W 24 am. A