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DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. 1871.
NO. 46.
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-The Rights of Children.
' "(From the Philadelphia Daily Chronicle.
Thia is the age when, for the first
time in human history, the rights of all
' living things are, iu some way, recog
nized aa existing. We arc far enough
jet from according to all their rights,
bat we talk about them, we see them,
.and thought is busy to determine how
they should be best secured.
, Even the dumb animal have their
advocates, .The bird flies, and the ho rue
labors, exempt from many a former
abuse, danger or ill. Mao with hi
superior muscle and pluck, has secured
tfor himself a recognition that forbids
others to trample upon privileges which
he calls his own. And woman, too, is
rising with her demand that whatever
is man's right', should also be conceded
as her right as well. It is an age of
rights ; we wish to give everyone their
due; and those who cannot speak for
themselves, must be spoken for.
Jo regard to women, our idea is that
their present condition is neither as bad
as has been, nor as good as it will be.
There has been already so much thought
and said about her rights, as to receive
some modification, and a fairer degree
of common justice. But in regard to
the rights of children, very little has
. boen thought, or said, or done. They
1 cannot 8 peak for themselves. There
are few. to SDeak for them. They are
fitill looked' upon very much as pro
. perty. It is still conceded that their
f areata have an exclusive right to them,
f these parents wish to send them out
to beg day after day, it is thought that
they have an undoubted right to do so.
If .they desire to send their children
forth as boot-blacks at six or eight
jears of age, there are few interested or
disposed to dispute their right to do so.
f Or, if they will that their children
'should stand all day at the loom, or by j
the spindles, or do some kind of manual
rfork, instead of going to school, it is
,' usually regarded as right that they
. should do even this. Nobody, perhaps,
' regards it as wisdom for them to do any
of these things, but there are enough
6 frho regard it as an undoubted parental
prerogative. ,
Now it is just this which we wish to
v ttoatly and emphatically deny. The
. children have rights of their own
rights in which society ought to protect
them in all case where parental wisdom
... fails to do it. Children are not property.
They are not the born servants and
.Blaresof their parents. They belong to
. " themselves, and it is their inalienable
right to be, in an age like this, fitted for
taking some useful and self-supporting
j place in the world's works. It is their
right to receive an education according
; to their capacity, just as good as our
V public schools can provide. No parental
i authority haa any right to intervene
1; between them and those advantages
'J'-. which shall make their experience and
; influence in life the best possible. It is
really of less consequence that the home
; of to-day be uncomfortable, than that
both it and the homes of its children
should be without promise. And parents
should not be allowed to sacrifice the
future of their children to their own 1
desire to get on a little further in the
world. Children ought to be protected
against this short-sighted avarice on the
part of their fathers and mothers.
Children are not to blame for the igpo
ranee in which they are growing up.
The fault is first parental, then social.
If parents are poor and ignorant, gen
eral laws ought to provide that every
child should not suifer unnecessarily
from neglect, and humane individuals
ought to see to it that in every neigh
borhoxjd those laws take effect.
These poor parents plead that they
need the work of the children to help
in the maintenance of the family, to
buy the clothing and daily bread. In
some cases, this plea is just. In a large
number of cases it is groundless.
Where it is just, it would be a better
public economy to keep the family and
pay lor the children's schooling, than
to allow the parents to deprive the
children of their early advantages,
their rights to the privilege of educa
tion. The better citizens they would
thus become, would more than repuy
the community in dollars and cents for
its forethought and justice.
It ought to be a recognized first prin
ciple, that, every child boru into the
bosom of society has a right to the best
we can do for it. The welfare of the
whole community is more or less in
volved in its welfare. If it is so cared
for as to be useful and productive, soci
ety is the gainer. But if it be left in
neglect, becomes a vagrant, a criminal
or a sot, society is continually taxed for
support, and has constantly a heavy
bill of expenses to defend itself from its
vicious depredations. If we do not
secure the children their uiulicuable
right., we suffer grieviously for our
neglect. We make the public expense
greater, the public safety less; the pub
lie morality lower, and allow the public
tone to fall far below the demands of a
nominally Christian andenlightened age.
There are many other considerations
touching the rights of children which
are a plicable to their treatment in the
home. Brit to-day we had in view their
treatment by society ; its duty to secure
them protection against the enslaving
desire of poor and ignorant parents.
We have abundant occasion to consider
the matter. Here stand these twenty
thousand children who have no school
ing, no wise provisions made for them j
who are beggars, vagrants, little boot
blacks, newsboys, and who are maturing
every day. What are their prospects 't
What are they likely to become ? What
are all the Christians, all the philan
thropists, all the wealthy and the wise
doing to secure their higher rights 1
Inviting Death Some Startling Facts.
The New York Tribune asserts that
the cause of half the vice among us is
the ignorance of parents of the fact that
certain nervous and cerebral diseases
transmitted from themselves, tend to
make of their children from their birth
criminals or drunkards, and that only
incessant and skillful care can avert the
danger. Tha editor then goes on to
philosophise in this way :
A man may drink moderately but
steadily all his life, with no apparent
harm to himself, but his daughters be
come nervous weeks, his &ons epilep
tics, libertines, or incurable drunkards,
the hereditary tendency to crime hav
ing its pathology and unvaried laws
precisely as scrofula, consumption, or
any other purely physical diseaee.
These are stale truths to medical men,
but the majority of parents, even those
of average intelligence, are either igno
rant or wiekedly regardless of them.
There will be a chance of ridding our
jails and almshouses of half their ten
nants, when our people are brought to
treat drunkenness as a disease of the
stomach and blood, as well as -of the
soul, to meet it with common sense and
a physician, as well as with threats ot
eternal dambation, and to remove gin
shops and gin sellers for the same rea
son that they would stagnant ponds or
unclean sewers. Another fatal mistake
is pointed out in the training of chil
drenthe system of cramming hot
house forcing of their brains, induced
partly by the unhealthy, feverish am
bition and struggle that mark every
phase of our society, and partly by the
short time allowed for education. The
simplest physical laws that regulate the
use and abuse of the brain are utterly
disregarded by educated parents. To
gratify a mother's silly vanity during a
boy's school days, many a man is made
incompetent and useless. If the boy
shows any sign of unnatural ambition or
power, instead of regarding it as a symp
tom of an unhealthy condition of the
blood vessels or other cerebral diseare,
and treating it accordingly, it is accept
ed as an evidence of genius, and the
inflamed brain is taxed to the utter
most, until it gives way exhausted.
. Story of a Deserted Mansion:
From the New Jersey Mechanic
. Not far from Morristowo, N. J., and
situated on what is knowu as the Mad
ison road, may be seen a large and fine
house, standing in the middle of exten
sive pleasure grounds, bearing the
marks of having been the abode of per
sons of taste and wealth. The puce
beautiful park now, however, presents
the appearance of having been the
pamping grounds of at least a regiment
of demoralized soldiers, so numerous
are the tracks everywhere of fires and
wanton hacking atnoug tho trees,
shrubs and evergreens.
Where once were flower beds and
rare plants, now browse stray cattle, and
pigs by the score root to their noses'
content on the eo(t turf of the lawn.
On approaching the house, a still more
terrible scene of ruin may be fouud.
The hall doors stand wide open, and us
the stranger enters, several cattle
calmly survey him from their comfort
able position on the drawing room floor.
The house is three stories high, and
surmounted with a cupola. The rooms
ure spacious aud numerous, and were
finished iu the best possible manner
when built. Windows opening to the
floor, and consisting of large and valu
able panes of glass, oppose little or no
obstruction to the cattle and pigs, the
former generally taking sash and all
with tlum, when leaving in haste.
On the floor of what has evidently
been the library, tramps or mischievous
boys have lighted fires, who-e flames
were fed, from appearances, by the
doors of cupboards, stair railings, aud
other small pieces of woodwork of the
hou,-e. In many places the floor has
been burnt almost through, and how
the house has escaped from being
burnt down is a wonder. With carbon
ized ends of wood, hideous aud revolt
ing pictures have been drawn upon the
pure, white walls, together with words
of indecent character.
The plaster center ornaments of the
rooms have been the mark for the
intruders to shy empty bottles and
stones at, and all are greatly damaged.
Door-knobs, bel's, and their wires and
pulls, Water faucets, the paraphernal
of the bath-room, and everything of a
like movable nature, have been wrench
ed from their fstenings and carried
away. Window shutters have also dis
appeared, though probably burnt a
fuel and not taken from the house.
Such a scene of wri ck and demol ition
can seldom be found within thirty
miles of the city of New York. One
might imagine such wreck among the
desolation of the South, but in the
prosperous North its history is unparal
leled. This house has this sad story : Built
but a few years ago, it passed into the
possession of a wealthy New York mer
chant, who used every endeavor to
make it a home of beauty. No expense
was spared ; and the house and grounds
became noted for their appropriate be
longing. The mistress of the house,
tho wife of the owner, unfortunately
there sickened and died. The friends
gathered to attend the funeral, and the
body was borne from its beautiful
earthly home to the cemetery. The last
to leave the house was its owner, and
he, turning tho key in the lock, left it
just as it was to its fate. The neighbors
clamored for days for entrance, but no
one was within, and all attempts to
persuade its owner, who had gone to
New York, to return to it, were un
availing, Attempts were made to pur
chase or rent it, but to neither plan
would the owner accede. If sold at all,
the ground should be sold for . a ceme
tery. On their peril, he fbrbado the
neighbors to enter the house.
The thieves of tho neighborhood soon
found out the rich field, and for nights
pillaged it. The constables hearing of
this, laid in wait in the house one
night, and arrested three men as they
were rolling up the fine carpets for the
purpose of taking them away. The
owner, when notified to appear and
prosecute the thieves, not only refused
to do so, but threatened to prosecnto
the constables for entering his house,
saying it was bad enough to have three
thieves break into a house sacred to the
memory of his wife, without having as
many constables alsd therein. , '
Some friends, seeing the peculiar
state of the owner, removed the balance
of the furniture to a safe place; and the
house remains open to tho world. Had
persons congregate there, and the house
at night is supposed to be the resort of
thieves and robbers.
I Some years ago a squatter settled
himself in a little gardeuer's house on
the property, and plows the land and
reaps his crops as if the fee simple
rested in him. Tho owner has refused
to notico him or turn him out. Last
i
spring a certain General in the United
States army offered to rent or buy the
property, but not being himself a cem
etery, or possessing any of the religious
or soothing influence of that locality,
his appeal was rejected. On all other
subjects the owner is said to be most
rational, and carries on a large business
with great success. The property is
valued at 835,000.
Huxley on the Hypothesis of Special
Creation. ,:""'',' :
The arguments brought forward in
its favor all take one form : If species
were not supernaturully created, we
cannot understand the fact, fcc ; we
cannot understand the structure of ani
mals or plants, unless we suppose they
were contributed for special ends ; we
cannot understand the structure of the
eye, except by supposing it to have been
made to see withj we canuot under
stand instincts, unless we suppose ani
mals to have been miraculously cudowed
with them
As a question of dialectics, it must
be admitted that this sort of reasoning
is not very formidable to those who are
not to be frightened by consequences.
It is an argumeutum ad ignorantum
take this explanation or be ignorant.
But suppose we prefer to admit our
iguorancn; rather than adopt a hy pot he
sis at variance with all the teachings of
nature; or suppose for a moment we
admit the explanation, and then scri
ously ask ourselves how much the
wiser are we; what does the explanation
explain H Is it any more th in a grand
iloqucnt way of announcing the fact
that we really know uothiug about the
matter? A phenomenon is explained
when it is shown to be a case of some
general law of nature ; but the super
natural interposition of the Creator can,
by the nature of the rase, exemplify no
law, and if species have really arisen iu
thi.4 way, it is absurd to attempt to dis
cuss their origin.
Or lastly, let us ask ourselves whe
ther anv-amouut of evidence which the
y
nature of our faculties permits us to
attain, can justify us in asserting that
any phenomenon is out of the reach of
auy causation ? To this end it is obvi
ously necessary that we should know'all
the consequences to which all possible
combinations continued thrftngh unlim
ited time can give rise, If we know
these, and found none competent to
originate species, we should have good
ground for deuyiug their origin by nat
ural causation. Till we know them,
any hypothesis is better than one that in
volves u iu such miserable presumption.
But the hypothesis of special crea
tion is not only a mere specious mask
for oar ignorance, its existence in biol
ogy marks the yonth and imperfection
of the science. For what is the history
of every science but the history of the
elimination of the notion of creative,
or other interferences with the natural
order of the phenomena, which are the
subject matters of that science T When
astronomy was young, the morning stars
sang together for joy, and the planets
were guided in their courses by celestial
hands. Here the harmony of the stars
has resolved itself into gravitations
according to the inverse square of the
distance, and the orbits of the pl.inets
are dedueiblc from the laws of the
forces which allow a schoolboy's stone
to break a window. The lightning was
tho angel of the Lord; but it has
pleased Providence in these modern
times, that science should make it the
humble messenger of man, and we know
that every flash which simmers about
the horizon on a summer's evening
is determined by ascertainable condi
tions, and that its direction and bright
ness might, if our knowledge of these
were great enough, have been calculat
ed. Lay Sermons, Addresses and He
views, pp. 281-3.
Be Social' at IIomk Let parents
talk much and talk well at homo. A
father who is habitually silent in hi
own house, may be in , many respects a J
wise man, but he is not wise in his'
silence. We sometimes see parents who
are tne life of every company they en
ter, dull, silent and uninteresting at
homo among the children. If they have
not mental activity and mental stores
sufficient for both, let them first pro
vide for their own household. Ireland
exports beef and wheat, and lives upon
potatoes ; and they fare as poorly who
reserve their social oharms for compan
ions abroad, and keep their dullness
for home consumption. It is better to
instruct children and make them happy
at home, than it is to charm strangers
or amuse friends. A silcut? house is a
dull: place, for young peoploa place
from which they will escape if they
can. They will talk or think of being
'shut up" there j and tho youth who
docs not love homo is in danger.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC.
JOIl J. DALY,
ATTORNEY. AT-LAW,
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Notary Public, &c,
ISUENA VISTA.
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J. H. MYE R,
Atf,yAc Counsel lor-at-Lavs,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon
OFFICE in the Court House. 3My
""jTcTgrubbs, m.d.
PHYSICIAN AND 8UKGBON.
Offer a his Services to the Cituens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFICE i NICHOLS' Drng Store.
i ; 34-tf
P. A. Fkksch. J J. MeMAHon.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Kola, Polk Couuty.
All Kinds of IJlackmIthlug done on Short
Notice, and to the Satisfaction of Customers,
and at Reasonable Kates.
Special attention paid to Ilorse-Shoetllg.
Oct. 27, 1870. FKENCII k McMAlION.
34-ly
It li M K N II E It t
THAT TnE
independence: hotel
lias been IlE-FITTED, and no pains Is now
(red to uak all who may call Comfortable
aud Happy.
A good Stable t kept in connection with the
Hu. Call and see us.
Ocl27, 170. JEREMIAH OALWICK.
3-ly
H'hvsician and Surgeon,
Dallas, Ogn.
Having resumed practice, will gire special
attention to Obstetrics, and the treatment of
the diseases of Women and Children
flrOfflce at his residence.
W. D. JEFFKIISS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
I Eola, Oregon.
Special attention given to Obstetrics and
Dvael of Women. iltf
J. E. DAVIDSON, M. D.t
Physician and Surgeon,
Independent e Ogn. I
T. V. II. Einhree.
rilYSICIArV&SUROEOX
AMITY, YAMUILL CO., OREGON.
-tr- Office at resilience. 14yl
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
! sam:m, OREGON,
Will practice in all the Courts of Record and
i Inferior Courts of this State.
OFFICE In Watkinds it Co's Brick, op
stairs. J ' I
P. C. SULLIVAN,
Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1
J. r,. COLLINS,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Dallas, Oregon.
Special attention given to Collections and to
matters pertaining to Real Estate. 1
GEO. B. CCRRBY. H. IICRLRT.
& HURLEY,
Aitorneys-At-Law,
LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON.
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MARION RAMSEY,
Alt'y&oun8cIlor-at-Law,
i Lafayette, Oregon.
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E. O. SLOAT,
Carriage and Ornamental
SlfiX PAINTER,
Commercial ftraet,
i Opposite SUrktj's Block,
21-tf - ; V .v y SALEM.
A LL SORTS OF GOODS SOLD FOR
TV Cash or Marketable Produce at
., , ; ; J. II. LEWIS'S
YlfELCII'S PREMIUM SALMON BEST
If , ! in market in kits or barrels.
For sale at , COX 4 EARII ART'S, :
.-'' - i ' '. Salem.
,t!RIJSSELL&, FERRY,;
Real Estate VRrokers and
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Real Estate Auctioneers.
OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Building,
PORTLAND m - - - OREGON.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, &C.
COX & EAR HART,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS
MOORE'S BLOCS, 8ALSSX.
Goods by the Package at Reduced Rate
mylO-Stf
Underwood, Barker & Co,
WAGOiV MAKERS,
Commercial street Salem.- Oregon,
MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OP VaO'1
ONS after the most approved styles and
tha best of workmanship, on short notice, and
AT PORTLAND PRICES I
21-tf
Saddlery,
Harness.
S. C. STIPES,
Main st. (opposite the Court Rouse), Dallas,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips. Collars,
Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he is
prepared to sell at the lowest living rates. ;
-REPAIRING done on short notice.
GAITERS. DO YOU WANT SOME
Fine Cloth Gaiters? if so. supply jonr
selves at J. JJ LEWIS'S. -
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UEENSWARE IN ABUNDANCE
At J. H. LEWI'S.
BANK EXCHANGE SALODfl,
Main street, : i t Dallas, Ogn.
WINES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALEi
Bitters, Cigars, Candies, Oysters.
and Sardines will be served to
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men on the outside of the counter, by a gentle
man who has an eye to "bis" on the inside. .
So come along, boys; make no delay, and
we will soon bear what you here to say.
32 . W. P. CLIN OA N.
HURGREfi 4 SHIfiDLER,
Importers and Dealer! In !
FURNITURE
' and' " : v 'I
BEDDINGr.
The Largest Stock and the Oldest Fur
niture House In Portland. .
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY
CORNER 8ALM0N AND FIRST STREETS ,
PORTLAND. OREGON. '
EDUCATIONAL.
LA CREOLE ACADEMY, "
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
MR. M. M. OGLESBY... Principal
MISS C. A. WATT..... .............. Assistast.
This Institution was Re-opened on Mon
day, the 31 st of October. The Teachers ara
determined to do everything in their power to
make this School second to none, of its grade,
in the State. They earnestly so'icit the hearty
Co-operation of the Community, and at Liberal
Patronage from the Public.
;- expenses. ;:;il,!'
Primary-, per Term ...........4 00
Commou Ekcush, per Term......... ..... 6 00
Higher English, per Term 8 00
Latin or French Language, Two Dollars
Extra.
These figures will be greatly reduced by tha
application of the Endowment Fund. 'All
Students entering the School will share equally
the benefit of this Fund.
Students will not be admitted for a less
period than a Half Term. Charges will' be
made from the tims of Entering, j , i . ; .
No deduction made for Absence, except la
case of protracted Sickness. ,
N. LEE,' Chairman Ex. Com.
WM. nOWE, See. oBonrd.
WOOI WAIVTEJLV
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TnE ELLENDALE MILL 1 COMPANY
will give the highest market price for
wool, delivered at their factory in Polk Co
Their Store is also open, with a pea era! as
sortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Harder re,
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A JENNINGS LODGE No. O, l
4'A A. M., Dallas, holds iu regular elm.
inunications on the Saturday preceding
the Full Moon in each month, unless the moon
fulls on Saturday then on that daj at ce
o'clock. '
Also, on the second Friday in each month
at 7 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of improve
mt r the Craft in M
IHVUV V j wmmm tm V W 1 V U
other work as the Master may from time to
time order.
All Brethren In good standing are invited to
attend By order of the V U
Why will Men Die, :
4 ND LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES DE3
iV. titute, when $0 secures 12,500, and $10
secures $5,000 In the United States' Mutual
Benefit Company, Of New York. ; ,
Send for a pamphlet, or call. upan..J. ! D
Carey, Agent for Oregon, and obtain full Infor
mation. ; v . ,(' .
4i-3m Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon.
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