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DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 28, 1871.
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illusions.
From the Technologist.
Reality is too real. Only prosy, mat
ter-of-fact minds seek for real things
It is for the most part the unreal that
makes life enjoyable. Deprive man of
all the illusions and delusions of life,
and he would be but little more than a
clod of organized earth- It requires
the threefold kingdoms of. illusions,
delusion and reality to enable the hu
man mind to ifortn noble conceptions
There must be imagination to picture.
delusion to sharpen judgment, and re
ality to furnish elements for combina
(ions Active '-mind soon tire i)f the
real things of life, and learn to live
.much in the pure regions of the ideal
As a tree or plant only wants just
enough of earth to keep it up and brace
it upright, so the mental organism
wants only enough of the material to
make a sec ore anchorage; to be able to
touch bottom is all that is nece&sary.
The human mind delights in illu
sion, bnt abhors delusion. Illusion
is merely an unreal image, pre
sented to the bodily or mental vision,
and known at the time to be un
real ; as, for example, a painting con
taining a sleeping beauty, a winding
stream, a clump of trees, a setting sun
-and an evening sky. Not one of these,
nor yet the whole, will ever be mistaken
for what they are not, and yet they
may produce all the real emotions
of a real sleeping beauty seen upon
the bank of a clear winding stream,
beneath the shade of a clump of trees,
at evening when the sun is setting
But let a Wall Street sharper build a
bouse of paper in exact imitation of
brick and brown stone, and sell the
same to some confident Miss Nancy,
cinder the impression that she is get
ting a substantial palace, and when she
discovers the cheat, there is a manifest
delusion. The pleading object that
allures and delights is a source of nn
bounded gratification : while the showy
imitation that deceives, is a source of
unbounded disgust and abhorence.
Now, notwithstanding all the cry
that is made against illusions and delu
gions, notwithstanding all the eager
search and longing for the true and the
real, still very much of life is made up
of illusion, and by far the greater part
of all the enjoyment and all the good
11 the permanent good thai is, comes
by and through some form ot illusion
Xife begins almost with illusion. The
mother who wants her child to be a
good child, secures good actions by
some promised reward. It may be
sugar plums, if the child has learned to
like these. Here is a twotold illusion
The child's illusion is the sugar 'plum
to its little mind a swietand all absorb
ing object that keeps expectation on
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ipioe , me niuuiurs iiiudiuu is mo u
terval of quiet and good behaviour
which she seeks to prolong as much as
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yoHsioie, bo as to maKe a gooa invest
tnent of her rewards. The real; aim o
the mother, if she is wise, is to develop
and strengthen a habit of decent obedi
ence in her offspring : if she is short
sighted and unwise, she only makes a
business transaction, j with no eye to a
permanent resut or future benefit.
Take tactics directly the reverse ot
the foregoing. A child is unruly ; its
tutor desires to make a clean breast of
the matter and secure a reformation.
lie prepares an already limber birch by
roasting it in the fire, that it may fit
the more snugly to unruly pedestals.
After a proper mental preparation, the
lower limbs of the stripling are tickled
into hralthy glow, perhaps to rather
an exhilarating smart Feelings of fear
and suspense leave's; vivid recollection
upon me mma. ine actual sunering
imprints the whole affair deeply in the
mental organization, and altogether
they forma sort of negative illusion,
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wnicn tne cnua win avoia provoxing
anew : just as a puppy win snun a not
poker. The illusion is a fixity that will
last, and with it, in the mind's eye, the
child will go on acting in the same way
most likely to develop a good character.
Caution will sprout up and grow as
surely as a cucumber will grow under
the influence of a warm April shower.
Taller children have their illusions.
The youth preparing for college, or
even studying well on in the course, has
but little idea of the scope and aim of
education. College rank, some gutter
ing prize at the year's end, some worthy
honor conferred at the termination of
the course, is held out as inducement
to superhuman efforts. The bait is
readily taken j the prize is often won,
but that is not what is gained after all.
The illusion only served to spur the
hundred-and-one competitors on, while
all have obtained more or less discipline
of the mental powers, more or less
power of independent and consecutive
thought, more or less fixity of purpose
and perseverance. While pursuing the
cove'ed illusion, the man himself has
been unconsciously growing -all the
good points of a mental giant have been
developing, and the prize, when obtain
ed, is like , the boy's butterfly when
caught, only a little dust in the hand.
' The period at which men start in life,
is a' period of most vivid illusions. The
young merchant and the young profes
sional are both alike full of hope, and
impatient for the consummation of
plans that only time can' convince are
not to be realized. Wealth, Dehor,
fame, are beautiful castles that seem
almost within the graspbeautiful,
bright illusions that are quite as beau
tiful for being illusions as if they were
real, for high' attainments depend not
so much upon what is really possessed,
as npon what is hoped for. No one finds
what he expects, yet everyone makes
some approach towards his ideal. Life
is fresh, full of exuberance, bright in
hope, and if one object evades, there is
always another at hand.
The young man about to wed the
illusion of his heart, soul and mind, sees
the future all brilliant with visions of
domestic bliss j there is the ideal some
body which be is too blind to see in her
real character; the one that makes life
worth living under any circumstances,
and equally intolerable under any cir
cumstances if not possessed ; the untold
and unmeasured joys of a supposed
virtuous union: a supply of lively,
cheerful spirits that are never to fail
during all .the lonelv evenings bv the
domestic fireside ; spirits ever bright
and congenial, tested beyond the possi
bility ot failure by a few hours inter
course once a week, for three months
or more. Enticing dreams of affection,
already partially realized, that are to
increase and grow more and more real,
as month after month, and year after
year, glides sweetly by. Who can hest
tate to embark in such a delectable mode
of existence as this? Alasl many a
gloomy day is ushered in by a glorious
flood of sunlight. Go, when the dream
is passed, when the life is nearly ended
and illusion no longer needed, and ask
the worn out, sobered pilgrim, now well
covered with the dust of the battle of
life, what has been the result of all his
earliest fancies F Will he admit one of
them to have been a (elusion, or even
one to have been entirely fulfilled?
He will tell you his happy days have
been few and far between, his domestic
bliss, always a land flowing with milk
and honey, which he was just about to
possess, but upon which he never quite
entered, senses, expectations, antici
pations and affections, all all one huge
illusion, that the more you seek, the
surer you become that you will win in
the next tnal : bnt the beauty of it is
that like to-morrow, it is always just a
little way aneaa.
What, now, is the aim and scope o
illusion in life? Is it mere amusement
and nothing more? Nay, it is the
main-spring of all life's activities, the
grand driving-wheel of all human ener
gies.' If, at the outset of a game b
chess, or of croquet, the partners knew
the result as accurately as at the end
they would never play the game.
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the iourney of life were all mapped out
in one level plain, so that all its events
were as visible at the outset as at the
close, few, if any, would find courage
sufficient to begin the task, and none
perhaps would deem the result worth
the trouble required td attain it. As it
is, every game must be played in order
to get the true result; life must be gone
through with, in order to know how it
will end. It does the smitten suitor no
good to ba told that the object of his
passion it a coauette; nay, , be is doubt
less displeased at the suggestion. ' ' He
can only know the fact by being jilted.
The idea that he may win, eventually,
is an illusion that allures him to the
result, as certainly as the scent of a
woodcock leads a pointer to point his
game.
It ! matters not how many failures
there are in life, no one will ever be
lieve life to be unreal, no one ever will,
no one ever can, believe life to be a
delusion, for that were to pronounce it
a liej which it is not. The real truth
of the whole matter is this : human
beings are only pupils all their days.
Life j is a school, and illusion is the
prize offered to all who strive in the
school of experience. Man in business
and in professional life, must have
illusion, must have some reward held
up, that he seeks to win, or he will at
once pronounce life aimless.' Yet, it is
true, that the ostensible aim of life, the
illusion that keeps the man awake and
earnest, is seldom, if ever, the highest
aim. I The merchant seeks wealth, gets
it, but that is not the reward ot his
twenty years of toil and care. To seek
riches is not the highest aim if he be a
true man. By getting the richfs, he
has developed a character. The wealth
is a reward, but one which he may at
any time lose ; the reward which he
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nas attained, oy ana mrougu me illu
sion of wealth, is habits of perseverance,
of honesty, of consecutive thought and
concentrated action, lie has formed
and developed a certain stamp of man
hood, that will go with him beyond the
pearly gates, when he lays off material
things, and sets out to ; live as a pare
spirit. It is tnese tnings mat consti
tute real treasure, lasting reward, in
vestment that will pay the owner divi
dends regularly in quantities of eatisfao-
lon throughout eternity.
It is vain, therefore, that the patriot,
the statesman or the philanthropist
should complain that his fellow men
nave not rewarded him sufficiently wtth
wealth, with titles, or with honor, buch
things, mere illusions to act well one's
part, arc not rewards for right action.
There would be no such thing as a no
ble actiou, if these were the rewards.
To be an upright man, to have the
power of doing noble deeds, and to do
them, is far more than all objective
rewards.
Common honesty, that just fulfills an
agreement, says honesty is the best
policy. Hut honesty is not, it cannot
bo policy at all. The moment honesty
becomes policy, it ceases to be honesty,
and degenerates from an aim to an illu
sion. Put it thus : honesty i- the best
policy, is just equal to, dishonesty is
the best policy, so far as merit is con
cerned ; and for this reason, that hon
esty is put on a par with money. It is
the same as to say honesty is worth to
me to aay, one thousand dollars; and
tnai is tne same as to say, aisnoncsty is
worth to me to-day one thousand dol
lars. It is a mere business transaction,
a mere equation in either case.. The real
point is to aim at the highest star ot tne
firmament, and 'that is to be honest for
the sa ko of honesty. Let the illusion
be something between, let it be material
reward, but principles of action must
never be prostituted so as to be only
illusions. Illusion savs. act in order to
have, but aim says, act in order to be.
Illusion makes a man act, but illusion
and action make character, make a man.
Damp CnuuciiES It is surprising,
at this season of the year, when most
peoplo are affected by atmospheric
changes, the apathv or indifference
which exists in country places of having
the damp, sepulchral air of churches,
locked up during the six days of the
week, improved by heating before the
congregation assembles. We have
known persons predisposed to thoracic
affections, suffer severely by sitting in
cold churches throughout the morning
service. All we can say is, that when
the temperature and condition of the
atmosphere of churches are neglected
it is an essential of great moment over
looked, and that persons coming to
worship are thereby made to suffer, not
through any mcaution on their part.
but owing to utter carelessness on the
part of those who should know better.
Our remark will meet, it is hoped, with
me an u nun wuiuu. uiu luiuuriauuu v
the subject demands.
Man and Wife.
The natural destiny of a woman is,
we presume, to get married. We know
at all events, that it is one she is very
anxious to fulfill. Scarcely does a young
girl enter upon her V teens" before she
begins to aspire to a settlement in life.
Personal adornment is sharply! looked
to, personal attractions are set off to the
best possible advantage, and a hundred
little-tricks and artifices of the toilet
are resorted to in order to attract the
notice and win the affections of some
congenial specimen of the male sex. It
would require no small amount of
time and space to describe in the breif
est manner all the trouble that young
ladies take in order to achieve a desi
rable conquest. Suffice it to say that
much study is devoted to the consider
ation of what to wear and how to wear
it, when to be merry and when tobepen
uive, when to smile and when to frowu,
how to walk and how to sit. Io short,
the entire life of a marriageble maid is
a continuous effort to wear a mask, to
lay aside the natural and put on the
artificial. Nor, to tell the honest truth,
are the young gentlemen anything the
better. Most of them may not have as
much leisure time on their hands, yet
of their spare hours no inconsiderable
portion is sqnandered on those arts
which they would fain have us believe
are the -exclusive domain of the fair sex.
Fashionable tailors arc patronized, po
matums aud cosmetics aro called iuto
requisition, and there are exqnitca even
who torture themselves as much to pro
cure a small wabt as any boarding school
miss in the land. It is amusing in
the highest degree for one who has
passed the heyday of his youth, , to
watch the assidnity with which these
4ljoung bloods" practice all the habits
which they think look manly, and
tend to captivate .the fair ones. The
amount of elegance which some of them
contrive to throw into the twirl of a
cane or the puff of a cigar, is realy
somethiug wonderful to contemplate.
And then when the two are brought
together in the drawing-room or ball
room, how touching appear the graee,
the timidity and the artlessncss of the
maiden, how noble the vigor, the con
fidence aad the protecting chivalry of
the gentleman! That is the poetical
side of the business. How disagreea
bly it does contrast with the prose real
ity of life. Let U9 scrutinize the life
of our suppositious couple only a few
months after marriage. Where now is
that spirit of self-abnegation which
formerly prompted each one to seek the
other's pleasure instead of his or her
own? The lady becomes morbidly
sensitive to all the failings of her liege
ord, and she shows very little hesita-
ion in upbraiding him. Having se
cured her conquest, obtained that set-
lement in life for which she was so
anxious, she abandons all the pretty
artifices by which she gained the heart
of her husband. If she dresses well, it
is to please the world outside. Her
amiability, her smiles, her cheerfulness
are reserved for out door use, or else for
delectation of her guests. If this be
not a pleasing picture, the portrait of
the husband which truth compels us to
draw is still less attractive. Marriage
certainly works a change in him. The
respectful almost religious, deference
with which he was wont to treat the
slightest wish of his affianced is replac
ed by a brusquerit which, if it does
not amount to positive rudeness, as is
often the case, approaches very nearly
to it. Instead ot finding a pleasure in
the society of his wife, he seems smit
ten with ennui every minute he is in
her presence. All his amusements
are to be had out of his own house.
Thus indifference takes the place of
love on both sides, and happy, indeed
are they whose mutual repulsion goes no
farther, and who can wear their lives
away in passive tolerance of each other's
failings. Such is, in too many instan
ces, the history of married j couples.
It recalls to our mind the aphorism of
poor Lolo Montez, who, with all her
faults, acsirea earnstiy to enect a re
formation in our social fabric. "It
is strange to me that men and women
take so much pains to get married, and
afterwards so little trouble to remain
bo." Chronicle.
Any dance of a lawyer may win a
good cause, but to him who manages
right, and adroitly wins a bad cause,
much credit will be due. So it is with
farming, for little credit is due to the
farmer 'who,-upon the exhaustive prin
ciple obtains good crops from rich soil,
while his land is rapidly deteriorating ;
but the farmer who gets a good return
from a poor soil, and at the same time
improves his land by alternating crops,
manuring, and. uoderdraining, will be
outitiea xa tne mgnest commcnaauoos.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, bt
JOHN J. DALY,
ATTORNEY AT LA Wf
Jtfotary Public, &c.y
BUEBTA VISTA.
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J. H. M YE R,
Att,y&Coun8eIIor-at-l4aw,
' Dallas, Polir County, Oregon.
OFFICE la the Court lloaie.
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J. C. GRUBBS, LI. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURG liOST,
Offers his Serrices to the CitUens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFICE it NICHOLS' Drag Store.
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P. A. Fhbhch. I J. McMahos.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Eola, Polk County.
All Kin-Js of Bracksmlthlnjr done on Short
Notice, and to the Satisfaction of Customers,
and at Reasonable Rates. '
Special attention pail to Horse-Shoeing.
Oct. 27, 1870. FRENCH t McMAIION.
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It EM EM I1I2KI
THAT TBS
INDEPENDENCE HOTEL
Has been RE-FITTED, and no pains is now
spared to make all who tnay call Comfortable
ami Happy.
A good Stable is kept in connection with the
Hdluse. Call and see us.
Ocu27, 1870. JEREMIAH GALWICK.'
J. It. SITES, 31. !.,
I'll VHician and Surgeon,
Dallae, On.
practice, will eire special
attention to Obstetrics, and the treatment of
the diseases of Women and Children
Office at his residence, , .
'-! vr. d; jeffries,;M. d
Fliyaicinn and Surgeon,
Eola, Oregon. 4
Special attention giren to Obttetrles aad
Diseases of Women. "
j; E. DAVIDSON, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Independence, Ojjn. 1
T. V.-B. Embree.
PI1VSICIVIV&SURGEOIV
AMITY, YAMHILL CO., OREGON.
STv Office at residence.
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j C O. CURL,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
j SALEM. OREGON .
Will practice in all the Conrts of Record and
Inferior Courts of this Mate.
OFFICE In Watkinds A Co's Brick, op
stairs. 1
P. C. SULLIVAIV,
Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all the Courts of the State.
JT. X. COLLINS,-"
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law
Dallas, Oregon.
Special attention given to Collections and to
matters pertaining to ncai estate. i
GEO. B. CITRRKT. HBtRLKT
CVEtREY & HUlil-EY,
lAttomeys-At-Iiaw,
LAFAYETTE - - - OREGON.
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Att'y&Coimsellop-at-Liaw,
' ' 1 'Lafayette, Oregon.
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E. O. SI.OAT,
Carriage and Ornamental
r $ i iv p a i N t e n, ;; j.
Commercial ftrset,
Opposite Starkey's Block, ,
21-tf SALEM.
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A LL SORTS OP GOODS SOLD FOR
Cash or Marketable Prodoce at '
, J. II. LEWIS'S f
ELCH'S PREMIUM SALMON BEST
ff in market in kits or barrels. ...j
For sale at
COX A EARIIART'S,
Salem.
Real Estate Brokers and
Real Estate Auctioneers,
i OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Building,
PORTLAND - - - - OREGON.
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PROFESSION Air, -CARDS, dcC.
COX & EARIIART,
WHOLESALE 4 RETAIL GROCERS
MOORE'S DLOCS, SAXSBI.
Goods by the Package at Reduced Bate "
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Underwood, Barker & Co,
Commercial atreet, Salem, Oregon
MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG
ONS after the most aj)proTed styles and
the best of workmanship, on short notice, and
AT PORTLAND PBICESL :
.: 21-tf .. .
Saddlery,
Harness.
S. C. ' ST II.ES, ;
Main t. (opposite the Court noose), Dallas,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
HarneM. Saddles, Bridles, Whins, Collars,"
Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he is
prepared to sell at the lowest living rates. , ;'
JREPAIRING done on short notiee.
GAITERS. DO YOU WANT SOME
Fine Cloth Gaiters? if so. supply youn-
selves at J. II LEWIS'S.
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UEENSWARE IN ABUNDANCE
At J. II. LBWI'F.
BANK EXCHANGE SALQQK, ;
Main street, : I , t - Dallas, Ogn
YITINES, LIQUORS, POHTER, ALE
If
Bitters, Cigars, Candies, Oysters.
sod Sardines will be served to gentle
men? on the outside .of tne counter, by a gentle- '
man who has an eye toU" on the inside..
bo eome along, boys; make no delay, ana
we wiU soon hear what you have to say. ... t -32
W. F. CUNOAN
HURGREfi & SHinOLERf
Importers and Dealers In "
FURNITURE--
AND '!,-...,1'
rhe Largest Stock and the Oldest Fur
nlture House In Iortlaud. , ,
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY r
COBNES 8 ALMOST AND FIUST STREET ,
PORTLAND, Dltl3Gt)N.
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EDUCATIONAL.
LA CREOLE ACADEMY,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. .
MR. .M. M. OGLESBY..........pRiKcrPAt.
MISS' C. A. WATT.;.....;.........A8sistat.
This Institution was Re-opencd on Mon- 4
day, the 31st of October. The Teachers are
determined to do everything in their power to !
make this School second to none,' of its grade, '
in the State. They earnestly solicit the hearty f
Co-operation of the Community, nnd a Liberal
Patronage from the PabHc ' : ' 1
EXPENSES. ':: " '" ,:r" ' '
Prikart, per Term ..........$4 05
Common English, per Term.................. 6 00
Higher English, per Term. A.....V....... 8 00
Latin or French Language, Two Dollars
Extra. :' . ..:-: ) ' ' ''-
, These figures will Ve greatly reduced by the y
application of the Endowment Fund. . All',
Students entering the School will share equally
thebeneStof thiFnnd.; i? ir ; ' "; K5'a
Students k will not be admitted for a less t
period than a Half Term. Charges will bo v
made from the time of Entering. ( , ,
' No deduction made for Absence, except in r
cam of protracted Sickness. ' s , .
5? i N.LEE, Chairman Ex. Com,
WM. HOWE, Set. of Hoard. vi
1VOOI, WAITEI.
THE ELLEND ALE MILL COMPANY.:
will give the highest , market price for,
wool, delivered at their factory in Polk Co,
Their Store is also open, with a general as-,
sortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware
Ac. ,--V:i '- - 2-tf .
JEN XINGS UI)GE Jio: O, P. v
t A. M., Dallas, holds its regular com
inunioation's on the Saturday preceding
the Full Moon in each month, unless the moon i
fulls on Saturday then on that day, at om.
o'clock. " ' '..
Also, on the second Friday In, each montu,
at 7 o'clok P for the purpose of improve
ment of the Craft in , Masonry L and for sue l
other work as the Master may from. time, to
time order. " ' ' '
All Brethren in good standing are Invited to ;
attend By order of the W M
Yhy will Men Die,
AND LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES DKS-.
titute, when $4 secures, $2,500, and $10
secures $5,000 . in the Uwitcd States Mutual
Benefit Company, of New.York. r , ;,.-.
Bond for a pamphlet, or call npon J. D
Carey, Agent for Oregon, and obtain full infor
mation. , .
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