OREGON
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VOL. 1.
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1871.
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Railway Flirtation.
From the Star Spangled Banner.
" Katonah !" shouted the brakeman,
opening the car door as the train
passed before a pleasant station on the
Harlem Railroad.
I do not know as I should have par
ticularly noticed that we had stopped
at all, for 1 had been napping it for
some miles; but just as I was casting
an inq amnff, sleepy Ioolf -out of tee
window, and settling myself for another
siesta, my attention was attracted by
the entrance of a young lady, a way
passenger, who, perceiving the car well
filled, paused before me in evident em
barrassment. I scarcely wish the reader to infer
from this tht there were no vacant
seats ; on the contrary, the seat I occu
pied was selfishly monopolired by my
shawl and valise, which had excluded
many an applicant j and so, the mo
ment I heard the car door open, I men-
tally resolved not to budge an inch ;
but a glance at the new comer changed
my mind.
She was a young lady of exceeding
beauty, dressed in the rich and tasty
style of the present fashion. Whether
it was her genteel aspect, or the soft
melancholy of her dark impressive
eyes, I cannot say, but when she ven
tared, almost tiaiidly, to inquire if the
half-seat by my side was engaged,"
I gallantly arose and proferred it to her
at once. I must acknowledge 1 felt
somewhat flattered by her preference;
for though a young man, and tolerably
good looking, I had the sense to per
ceive that there were far better looking
men around, who, like me, might have
shared their chair with the handsome
lady stranger. I fancied they envied
me, too, as the fair girl sat plump down,
and her dainty form nestled close to
my side.
" I fear I have disturbed you,M said
my companion, in a low, sweet voice,
that tilled me with its soft cadence.
"Not at all, Miss," I rejoined, with
stereotyped politeness. I am happy to
oblige you."
She bowed and smiled in reply, and
a short pause ensued, as is usual upon
sudden acquaintanceship. In the mean
while the train had started, and we rat
tled swiftly through the fields and
woods, now decked with the lovely tints
of spring. The conductor came in and
went bis customary routine of exam
ining the tickets.
I perceived hers was marked New
York, and after hesitating, I said :
You go to the city ?"
" Yes," she replied, with a smile of
winning candor. " That, I presume,
you have already found out.
" I shall keep you company, then,"
I observed, pleasantly.
"Thank you, Sir."
There was a slight dignity, I
thought, in her tone, so, as I am a very
modest man, I drew back, and said
nothing further. On rushed the steam
horse upon its iron pathway. One more
station had been passed, and I was fast
relapsing into my former apathy, when
my lady friend, to my surprise, leaned
forward to me and whispered :
I am so timid on tne cars."
" Indeed !" said I, quite charmed
with her abruptness " you surely, are
accustomed to traveling.
44 Perfectly," she replied, with some
nonchalance. ' But that is not exactly
it. " There are so many dreadful acci
dents on the railroad." "
' Dreadful, indeed:" echoed I.
" And," added my companion, with
naivete, " it ia so unpleasant to travel
unattended. I usually .have my brother
Charley "with me; he is a splendid
escort."
If you will allow me," said I, quite
gallantly, "I will gladly occupy that
position.
" l am much obliged to you, Sir,"
replied the young lady, with a grateful
glance from her dark orbs, "yet I am
accepting the escort of a stranger. Not
that I fear you, Sir. but! alas ! I have a
jealous father.
A jealous father ! I replied,
somewhat puzzled and surprised..
41 Ah, yes," said the young lady," it
is my misfortune, while having wealth,
health, and almost everything that the
heart can wish, to be under the tyran
nical control of an old step-father, who
treats me oftentimes in the most cruel
manner ; debars me from the society of
your sex, shuts me up in the gloomy
confines of my chamber, and treats me
with pitiable rigor, if I do so much as
speak to or look at a man."
" What a monster, I ejaculated with
a face of melodramatic sympathy.
44 That is the reason," she continued,
looking around, " why I am so diffident
about entrusting myself to your care;
hut I do it on one condition.
41 Name it," I rejoined, charmed and
delighted with the strange confidence
the youug lady was reposing in me.
44 1 hat you leave me the instant the
cars reach New York."
I was so bewitched by the beauty
and charming insouciance of my new
friend, that I readily gave the required
pledge; apparently quite relieved, the
young ladv threw aside all reserve, and
talked and chatted with me in the most
pleasant manner. It is needless to say
that lo an hour's time I had so far ad
vanced in her good graces as to press
her hand, and the sweet, half-coquet
tish smile that played around the cor
ners of her cherry lips did not seem to
disapprove the liberty I had taken.
44 Don t you know, said she, "that 1
liked your face . the first time 1 saw
it?"
44 It was . sympathetic on both sides,
then," I whispered, drawing so near to!
her that I could feel her hot breath fan
a
my cheefc.
" ies, she murmured, gently with
drawing herself from my glowing em-
brace, for we had passed through the
tunnel, and I had taken a lover's advan
tage and snatched a ha?ty kiss.
"You are a naughty man, the
naughtiest I ever saw' she said in a
ow and tremulous tone. If pa should
be on the train, what would he say f"
44 Never fear, sweet creature, I re-
oincd earnestly, 44 Your cross old father
is miles away, and let us improve the
present opportunity." ,
44 Are you aware,' she observed, half
mischievously, 44 that there is another
tunnel beyond, a great deal darker, too,
than the one we have left?"
44 1 know it," said I, with a tender
glance at my fair enslaver ; 44 we are
drawing near to it very fast."
Once more I placed my arm around
the waist of the young lady, and, wrap
ped in the7 gloom of the tunnel, took
sweet pledges from her lipa. It was
gratifying to my vanity all good-look
ing young men are vain, you know to
perceive that my lovely companion
clung more affectionately to me than
before; indeed, 1 had scarcely time to
ear myself from her arms, when we
emerged once more into broad daylight.
She had let her vail drop over her face,
and I could detect the crimson flush
hrough the fine net work of lace. Her
voice betrayed much agitation as she
whispered : . ;
44 1 have goue too far with you, Sir :
alas ! you have ceased to respect me."
" My sweet, charmer, I ejaculated,
et us ever be friends ; give me your
name and address "
4Mv name and address," 9ho res
ponded, 44 you must never know; I
already feel frighteued to think how far
I have permitted myself to venture
with a stranger. Forgive and forget."
44 A flirt, a coquette.
" No, no," she returned, hurriedly,
pressing my hand, 44 1 am not a flirt,
but I dare not as much as I think of
you I dare not let the acquaintance
proceed further. Have pity on me
have pity 1"
She looked so pleadingly, so entreat
ingly, with those soft eyes gleaming
through the silken meshes of her vail,
that J could not persuade myself to bo
oflended with her.- At last she reluct
antly consented to give her name, and
handing me a prettily embossed card, I
read, 44 Kate Darrell, No. University
Place'
The train had reached Thirty Second
street,1 and I could readily see that my
fair inamorata grew overy moment more
restless and disturbed. First her head
peered out of tbe window, then she
would half rise and. cast hurried, an
fearful glances behind.
Already I was beginning to share
the uncomfortable feelings of my com
panion, as visions of an angry papa,
flourishing a cane over my head, rase
vividly before my mind's eye, when
suddenly Miss Darrell uttered an ex
clamation, and darted from the car.
I wondered at the ease and dexterity
with which she descended, though the
car was propelled quite rapidly by
horse power, but my wonder and ur
prise were considerably increased wnen,
a few minutes; after, a thick set, stern-
looking gentleman entered from the
opposite siue, inquisitively scanuiug tue
face of each passenger.
44 Hello i ' said he, rather gratify, has
a young iaay neen occupying una
11 1. .17.1
seatf
"lea, Sir," 1 replied, somewhat
disconcei ted, and quite abashed.
44 Light jockey, maroon siilc, and gray
man, interrogatively.
f
44 1 believe that was her costume, 1
replied, somewhat sulkily.
" Hy gad ! she has given me the slip
again r cried me genuemau, siappin
OH I -I .1 - I
his breeches pocket with much cmpha
sis
4i Given you the slip?" I repeated, a
sudden and awful light breaking upon
me.
Yes; the jade is as sharp as a
needle
44 Pray, Sir," said I, with a sensation
of suffocation. 44 umv I be so bold as to
inquire if you are the father of that
young lady :
44 Father I the devil no, bir. 1 am
a detective."
" lhcn,' continued 1, with desperate
calmnes, who i the young lady ?"
44 Bless your soul, she is JNancy Da-
cors, the fashionable female piekfockct.
jjv gad, ir. nas sue Deen playing ner
points on you ?''
The detective grinned, and the pas-
sengers, gradually comprehending the
the ,4 situation, smiled provokingly
I did not reply--the intelligence was
stunning and mortifying in the highest
degree, bo my beautilul companion now distinguish the race. - Just in
was nothing more than a member of proportion as these truly human facul
the ' swell mob." and I, while flattering ties become developed in him, would
myself upon having made conquest,
in reality had been the victim of a cun-
ning and designing deceiver ; and well
had sho duped me, for, even while 1
was snatching those dear-bought kisses,
she had desterously relieved me of my
watch and chaiu and purse ; and as I
never saw her or my valuables again, it
may be readily believed that my adven-
ture was not without its moral, or that
I was thereafter uot quite as eager for
a railroad firtation.
voman'a inriuenc. i-onucauy.
Much has been said recently about
tfc intWnM Mr. rcpnoral T.rv-nn Py
erted with the Illinois Legislature, to
ari t!i. nmmnoiinn r Hn,tnr f-
her husband. Governor Oglesbv was
no match for Mrs. Logan, and she won
the position for her husband, keeping
him from dissipation, and restraining
his impetuoBity. senator Jbenton owes
much to the tact and energy of his
daughter Josephine; Mrs John C.
Fremont has always been of great cr-
vice to her husband, and Senator
Slidell, of Louisiana, was aided in his
fortunes and popularity by Mrs. Slidell,
both in New Orleans and Washington,
One of the most remarkable instances
of female electioneering, however, oc
curred in California, when Gwin and
Urodenck were contending lor th
Senatorship. And in this instance
Broderick confessed to a defeat at the
hands of beauty. Mr. Gwin opened
parlors at the principal hotel at Sacra-
mento, and Mrs. Gwin presided. The
beauty and talent of the Stato were.
concentrated at the receptions, twenty-
seven young ladies lending their at
tractions to influence the 'Representa
tives. The Legislature was invited to
partake ot the hospitalities of the Gwin
reception, and as he was then United
&tates benator, and was still expected
to be, it may well be supposed that the
brilliant Court established by Mrs.
Gwin was not neglected. And the wife
and family of Dr. Gwin knew how to
keep open house. They had wit, cood
sense, refinement, beauty, wealth, name
and position. They embarked all these
qualities in the contest, and used their j
eloquence to such advantage that Brod-
ctick had to retire from tho scene, -i
New York Globe.
Railroads Sixty Yeara Ago,
The following, in reply to a letter
concerning railroads, was written by
Chancellor Livingston, who had been
associated with , his brother-in-law
Robert Fulton, in the application o
steam to navigation :
Albany, March 1, 1811.
. Dear Sir:
air: I did not till vesterdav
receive yours of the 25th of February ;
where it has loitered on the road, I am
at a loss to say. I had before read of
your very ingenious proposition as to
the railway communications. I fear,
however, on mature reflection, that they
will be liable to seriuus objection, and
ultimately more expensive than a canal
They uiu:t be double, so as to prevent
the danger of two such heavy bodies
meeting. 1 he walls oq winch they are
placed must be at least four feet below
the surface and three fett above, and
must be clamped with iron, and even
then would hardly sustain so heavy a
weight as you rropoe moving at the
rate 0f four miles an hour on wheels
to wood, it would not last a week.
.
Thev must be covered with iron, and
th it. tw, very thick and strong. The
means of stooping these heavy carriages
without a gnat shock, and of prevent
them from running on each othe
rs lit
i0r there would De many running on
Hie road at once would be very ditfi-
cult- In case of accidental stops, or
necessary stops to take wood and water,
itc.v many accidents would happen
The carriage of conden-ing water wuuld
be very troublesome. U;on the whole
I fear the ex tense would be much
greater than that of Uatials, witnout
being so convenient.
It. It. LlVIXOSTON
Wallace on the Origin of Mau.
Man may have been, indeed, I be
lieve must have been, once a homoge
neous race ; but it was at a period of
which we have as yet discovered no
remains, at a period so remote in his
history that he bad not yet acquired
that wonderfully developed braiu, the
(organ of the mind, which now, even tn
ins lowest examples, raises mm lar
above the highest brutes ; at a period
when he had the form, but hardlv the
nature of man, when he neither pos-
Uessed the human speech, nor those
sympathetic and moral fecimgs which,
in a greater or less degree, everywhere
his physical features become fixed and
permanent, because the latter would be
of less importance to his well being;
he would be kept in harmony with the
slowly-changing universe around him
by an advance in mind, rather than by
a change m body. If, therefore, we are
0f opinion that he was not really man
till these higher faculties were fully
developed, we may fairly assert that
there were many originally distinct
races of men ; while, if we think that a
hainc cIokcIv rcsemblinGr us in form and
8tructure, but with mental faculties
scarcely raised above the brute, must
8UU DC coiisiuercu iu imve uecu iiuuiau,
we are fully entitled to maintain the
common origin oi an manKina.
Herald of Health.
Kleven Thousand Persons Kil
led by Snakes. An-Kngilsh paper
ay : " a oaint ratricK is evidently
wanted in India as much as he ever was
in Ireland. During the year 1869, no
less than ll,416 persons in the Hengal
Presidency died from the effects of
snake bite. The return giving us this L
information has been carefully compu-
edj all the merely sick and wounded
have been omitted, as well as those
sudden deaths whjch in India are often
attributed to snake bites to heirs of
property unduly eager for their inheri
tance. It is a surprising fact that this
destruction of human lifo goes on year
by year, and that no efficacious means
are adopted to check its ravages
Some years ago, in one of the wes-
tern courts, three raon an hn.-lish
man an Irishman and a Sctochman
were found guilty of murder and sen
tenced to be hung. The Jud;o told
them they could each choose the tree
on which they would like to be ''strung
up." The Scotchman promptly chose
i . ii nrii i .. . ... K . ;ii
an asti tree. wen, rai, wuat win
you bo hung on ?" asked the Judge.
44 If you pleaso your honor, I'd rather
be hung on a gooseberry bush." 44 Oh!"
said theJ udge, ''that's not big enough.'
Begorry, tlnu ' replied rat, brighten
, tiii ,?ii t : h
log up, " l ii wait nil it grows.
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Att,7 & otinKikHor-at-Lm ,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
OFFICE in the Court House. 34-ly
J. C. GRUB3S, m. D.f
PHYSICIAN AND UHGi:ON
Offers bis Serrioes to the Citizens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFICE at NICHOLS' Drug Store.
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r. A. Ihesch. J. McMahoS.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
liola, Polk County.
All Kind of Blacksmlthlng-done on Short
Notice, aud to the Satisfaction of Customers,
and at lleafonaldd Kates.
Special attention paid to Hurse-hocltig.
ucu n, istv. mwtu a ncyiAiiox.
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THAT THE
INDEPENDENCE HOTEL
Has been RE-FITTED, and no pains is now
tired to itiakts all who may call CwmforUhlo
aul Happy. ;
A good Stable is kept in connection with the
11 ou ce. Call and :e ug.
Oct. 27, 170. JEREMIAH GALWICK.
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J. fit. SITES, HI. !.,
t'iiVMCsan and Surgeon,
Dallas, Ogu.
Haring returned practice, will rive special
attention to Obstetrics, and the treatment of
too di!M?aeg of Women and Children
jMT'Ofliee at his residence.
W. I. JKFPI1IKS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Kola, Oregon.
Special attention siren to Obstetrics and
Dieaie! of Women. Itf
J. K. l).iVIl)(), M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Independence, Ogti. 1
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AMITY, YAMHILL CO., OREGON,
jjtfir Office at rcsidenc. 14yl
. G. CURL,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
salkm, ohi:(;on,
Will practice in all the Courts of Retford and
Inferior Courts of this Stale.
OFFICEIn Watkinds A Co's Brick, up
stairs. i
P. C. SULLIVAN,
Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1
J. JL. COLLIXS,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Dallas, Oregon.
Special attention giren to Collections and to
natters pertaining to Real Estate. 1
aio. . coy. ' h. avatcv.
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Attorncys-At-Iaw,
(LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON.
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iviA&iiOiY iiAa.saiv,
A t t'y& ontisello r-a t-1 4 a
Lafayette, Oregon.
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Ea O. 8f.AT, '
Carriage ami Oriianu nlal
'S1GX PAIIVTEK,
Commercial f trset,
Opposite Starkey's Block, .
21-f ' 8ALEM,
ItUSSKf.l, fc FERRY,
Real Estate Rrokcrs and
Real Estate Auctioneers,
OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Buildinjr.
PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON.
For Sale.
rpniUTY SHAltKS OF STOCK IN EL
l lendnle Woolen Millsfor Sale. Inouire
of ASA S1IREVB. Dallas, Jan. 27th 1871.
' " 48-tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, AC.
J. Rl. BAsLTIiUORE,
PORTLAND - . - - OKEGOV,
General News Agent
For Oregon and Adjacent TerrHtorle
Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kiud.r
of CLAIMS. "
AGENT for the Dallas Republloan.
I ' COX & EAR1IART, : "
WHOLESALE a RETAIL GROCERS
MOORE'S BLOCK, SALEIC.
Goods by the Package at Reduced It ate
tzjlC 3tf
Underu ootl, Barker & Co,'
WAGOX MAKERS,
Commercial street, Salem. Oregon,
MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG
ONS after the most approved stvles and
the best of workmanship.'on short notice, and - .
AT PORTLAND PRICES!
21-tf
Saddlery,
Harness.
S. C. STIJLES,
Slain at. (opposite the Court House), Dallas.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER I.N
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips. CoUor?
Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he V
prepared to sell at the lowest living rates.
jSSy-REPAIRrNQ done oa short notiee. '
BANK EXCHANGE SAL00K,
Main street, : : s : DaUas, )Kri,
WINES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALE
Bitters, Cfrs. Candies. Oxntt-m
and Sardines will be served to lrentJe-
mn on the outside of the counter, by a m.
man who has ao eje to bii" on the inside.
bo come along, boys; make no delav, a
we will soon hear what you have to sav
it-Ci
" W. F. CLI.NUAN.
fiUftQftEtl & QHSflDLCR, :Z
Importers and Dealers in
FURNITUHE
AND
'BEDD1XG;
rhe Largest Ktock and tlte Oldest 1 ur
nlture House In Portland.
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY .
COEFES 8ALK0W AKD WEST STREETS,
PORTLAND, OREGOV
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EDUCATIONAL.
LA CREOLE ACACf MIT,
Dallas, Polk Couuty, Oregon.
MR. M. M. OGLESBY Pri.voitml
MISS C. A. WATT.....................ASS1STAXT:
This Institntion was Ke-opened on M m-
day, the Slit of October. The Teachers are
determined to do erervthing jn their power"' to
make this School second to none, of its gravit-.
in the Stt. They earnestly so'icit the beart.T
Co-operation of the Community, nnd a Liberal
atronage from tho Public
EXPENSES.
Pi4r, per Term ... ....L...........$t H
Commow EnciLisa, per Term.... M
Iighkr EaeLissi, per Term. 8 Co
Latin or French Language, Two ' Dollars
Extra.
These figures will he greatly reduced hj the
application of the Endowment Fund. All
Students entering the School will share equally
the benefit of this Fund. I
Students will not be admitted for a. less,
period than a Half Term. Charges will be
made from the tine of Entering.
No deduction made for-Absence,-except in
case of protracted Sickness.
N. LKE, Vkahmau Fx. Com.
WM. HOWE, Sec. of nVd.
WOOL WANTED.
THE ELLEN DALE MILL COMPANY
will gire the hiphest market price for
wool, delivered at their factory in Polk Co.
Their Store is also open, with a general as,
sorunent of Dry Goods, Oroeerie, Hardwnro,
Ac . : i 2-tf ';
For Sale.
TEN ACRES OF LAND, with good Honao i
and Barn, all fenced and under rood Im
provement, situated in s the Town of nn,K
Polk County, an extraordinary opportuniiv -For
particulars inquire of the Editor of Rr
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NOTICE. ,
4 LL TnOSE INDKBTKD TO THE
V Common School Fund will please e. 11 at
tbo Treasurer's OSea in Oa1I. Polk ntv,
and settle the Interest due said Fni imn edi
atoly. ' Present Hill to County Court
R. M. MAY. Local A yew I Polk Co.
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