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-V..n'. 1 M, Y J V. . f I'M 0 i . I VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1871. NO. 3 t - She 0 xt jg 0 u $t t p u M i ran la limed Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. BY R. II. TYSON. j OFFICE Mill House. street, opposite the Court SUBSCRIPTION SATES. SINGLE COPIES One Tear, $2 00 Six Month. $1 IJ Xhree Months, $1 00 For Clubs of ten, or. more $2 per annum. v 8b$cription mat k pmd ttrietljr in advance ADVERTISING BATES. One square (10 lines or less), firstinsert'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion-.... 1 00 A liberal dedaetion will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. professional cards will bo inserted at $1 2 00 per annua. Transient advertisements must be paid for la advance to insure publication. All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. Legal tenders taken at their current value. Blanks and Job Work of every description farnisbed at low rates on short notice. A Splendid Chance. We will send the Dallas RarciaicAs and Dix )rest's Momtblt, which is itself $3 for one year, to any person who pays us $4 , , Demorbst's Mostslt stands unrivalled as a Family Maga.ine. Its choice Literature, its superior Music, its large amount of valuable information on miscellaneous subjects, its practical and reliable information in regard to the fashions, and actiatte illustrations, give it a Just claim to its well-earned title, u The Model Alagaiine of America." The Best Teacher. ' From the Journal of Education. The best teacer teaches self-determinationthe direction of one's own practical endeavor this should be the object aimed at in our schools, not only in the theoretical spheres, but in the sphere of the Will. He is not counted a good teacher who flogs his . pupils into good behavior ; for all know that good behavior upou con straint is not permanent. The " form of Eternity" is a self-ielatcd one. The teacher who elevates his pupils to a 'feeliogof their own responsibility is the one that all value. Uuder him, pupils feel that it is a disgrace to allow anyone to govern them except themselves, and accordingly they take the matter into their own hands, and become free by acting like freemen. This feelins of w - O rinnnftibilitv is so remarkably devel " oped i our popn'ation, that it attracts the first attention of foreigners who visit our shores. It is observable that chil dren, even in their earliest infancy, do not rest in that perfect security which comes from implicit trust in ' outside protection. The necessity for self-help makes its way into the consciousness of the child before it can fairly walk alone. The immense weight of responsibility which oppresses the individual causes this influence to descend hereditarily to the children Indeed, an edict has gone forth to the New World in our Declar ation of Independence ; " Woe unto that head which eannot govern its pair of band.." Unto the lower races who ail in this, it reads the sentence : " If Ott cannot direct your own hands by your own intelligence, you only encum-1 Der the grouad here, and can remain by euSe ranee in this place only so long a3 Jand is cheap. You must move back into the wilderness, like the Indian, or j lse absorb our culture and become in tellectually productive, or else die otuL" This is the jndgment pronounced by the Anglo Saxon upon the lower faces. It seems cruel nay, the cruel--.est edict ever proclaimed by a civilized jrace. It is not the way of the Spaniard : 4he Frenchman can get along with infe rior races ; the Spaniatd can actually fn ingle with lower races and lose his identity." But the rule with the Anglo JSaxon is otherwise. He does not es teem mere life animal life as such worth preserving. It is only intellectual rational- li& that is sacred. But with ill is cruel alternative he offers to the lower race the highest boon as reward for his efforts in self culture he offers him free participation in the freest and Jrichflst cml community Thus it is that the period of school education is so much more important $q America than elsewhere. As a sim ple creature of habit witti such educa tion as one derives from the family nur ture alone a man stands a poor chanco - . .... . . . s-ll m being highly valued here. UDiy in proportion to his directive power , is be likely to obtain recognition. We can ' make a machine that will perform mere mecnamcai labor one can do the work of a thousand men. .The activity of our citizens is perforce turned into higher channels. The work - man in his shop is known to be an American by his quick comprehension of the machinery over which he is placed. He not only studies to improve the product, but to improve the machine that makes the product. It is the age of comprehension; The backwoodsman can read Plato and Aristotle it has been done by him. The mechanic can master La Place -and Newton it has been done. Even an American lady," resideut in Lowell, Massachusetts, has threaded all the intricate manes of La VfacQ'sfMechanique Cdeste. What lofty goals beckon on the American youth I What teachers we need for the work of their instruction Not the cramping, formaltstic pedants who Btiflle all enthu siasm in the souls of their pupils, but true living teachers are. needed. The model teacher is a student him self, and because he is growing himself, he kindles in his pupils the spirit of growth free from narrow prejudices, his very atmosphere disenthrals the you'h entrusted to his charge. Ani mated by a lofty faith, all, his pupils reflect his steadfastness and earnestness, and learn the great lesson of industry andse'f reliance thus preparing them selves for the life of free men in a free state. THE BRIDAL WI&E CUP. A TRUE STORY. Plcdse with wine pledge with wine, cried tne youn' ana iuougniiets Harvy Wood. u Pledge with wine,'' ran through the brilliant-crowd. The beautiful bride grew pale the decisive hour had come. She pressed her white hands together, and the bri dal wreath trembled on her pure, whit. brow; her breath came quicker, and her heart beat wilder. " Yes, Marion, lay aside your scruples for once," said the Judge in a low tone, going toward his daughter, the company expects it. Do not seriously infringe upon the rules of etiquette ; in you own house act as you please; but in mine, fur this once, please me." Every eye was turned toward the bridal pair. Marion's principles wera well known Harvy had been a con vivialist, but of late his friends had no ticed a change in his manners a differ ence in his habits and to-night they watched him to wee, as they sneeringly said, if he was tied down to a woman's opinion so soon. Pouring a brimming beaker, they held it with tempting smiles towards Marion. She was very pale, though more composed, and her hand shook not, as smiling back, she gracefully ac cepted the crystal bumper and raised it to her lips. But scarcely had she done so, when every hand was arrested by her piercing exclamation of " Oh ! how terrible!" " What is it ?" cried one and all, thronging together, fur she had slowly carried the glass at arm's length, and was fixedly , regarding it as though it were some hideous object. Wait," she answered, while an in spired light shone from her black eyes, " wait, and I will tell you. I see" she added, slowly, pointing one jeweled fin ger at the sparkling, ruby liquid, " a sight that beggars description. And yet listen I will paint it if I can. It is a lonely spot; tall mountains clad with verdure rise in awful sublimity around, a river runs through, and bright flowers grow to the water's edge. There is a thick, warm mist that the sun seeks in vain to pierce ; trees, lotty and beauti ful, wave to the airy motions of the birds. But there a group of Indians gather. They float to and fro with something like sorrow on their dark brows; and in their midst lies a manly form, but his cheek, how deathly pale I his eyes . wild with the fitful fires of fever T One friend stands beside him nay, I should say kneels, for he is pil lowing that poor head upon his breast. " Genius in ruins! Oh I the high, holy looking brow I Why should death mark it, and so young? Look how he throws the damp curls I see him clasp his hands 1 hear his shrilling shrieks for life I mark how he clutches at the form of his companion, imploring to be saved ! Oh ! hear, him call piteously his father's name ! See him twine his fingers together as he shrieks for his sister his only sister -the twin of his soul, weeping for him in his native land, " See I" she exclaimed, while the bridal party shrank back, the un tasted wine trembling in their faltering grasp, and the Judge fell overpowered upon his seat " See I his arms ara lifted to Heaven ! he prays now wildly for mer cy I, Hot fever rushes through his veins 1 The friend beside him is weep . 4 : it.- J l ing. ilwe-sincKen, uio uar lueu move silently away, and leave the living and j dying together." . 1 There was a hush in the princely parlor, broken only by what seemed to be a smothered sob from some manly bosom. The bride stood yet upright, with quivering lips, and tears stealing to the , outwar i edges of the lashes. Her beautiful arm had lost its tension, and the glass, with its little troubled waves, came slowly towards the range of her vision. She spoke again ; every lip was mute ; her voice was low, faint, yet awfully distinct, she fixed her sor rowful glance otf the wine cup- . 'It is evening now; the great white moon is coming up, and her beams lay gently on his forehead. 'He moves not his eyes are set in their sockets dim are their piercing glances in vain his friend whispers the name of father aud sister. Death is there dtath, and no gentle voice to bless and soothe him! his head sinks back ! one convulsive shudder ! he is dead !" A groati rau through the assembly. So vivid was the description, w unearth ly her look, so inspiring her manner, that what she described seemed to them all actually to have taken place then and there. They noticed also that the bridegroom hid his face in his hands and was weeping. Dead I" he repeated again, her lips quivering faster and faster, aud her voice; 41 and there they scooped him a grave, and there, without a shroud, they lay htm down in the damp, reeking eanh. The only sou of a proud father, the only idolized brother of a fond sis ter, and he sleeps to-day in that distant country, with no stone to mark the spot. There he lies my father's son my own twin brother a victim to this deadly poi-on I 44 Father !" she exclaimed, turning suddenly, while the tears ran el down her beautiful cheeks, father, shall I drink it now !" The form of the old J udge was con vulsed with agony. He raised his head, and iii a smothered voice he faltered. 4 No, no, my child in God's name, no : She lifted the glittering goblet, and letting it suddenly fall to the floor, it aras dashed into a thousand pieces Many a tearful eye watched her move ment, and instantaneously every wine glass was transferred to the marble table from which it had been taken. Then, as she looked at the fragments of crystal, turned to the company, saying : 44 Let no friend hereafter, who loves me, tempt me to peril mysonl for wine. Not firmer the everlasting hills, than my resolve, Gtd helping me, never to touch that terrible poison. And he to whom I have just given my hand, who watched over my brother's dying form in that last solemn hour, and the dear wanderer there by the river, in the land of gold, will, I trust, sustain me in that resolve. Will you not, my husband ?" His glistening eyes, his sad, sweet smile, was her answer. The Judge left the room, and when he returned, and with an altered manner took part in the entertainment of the bridal guests, no one could fail to read that he, too, had determined to dash the enemy at once and for ever from his princely home. Those who were present at the wed ding can never forget the impression so solemnly made. Very many of the party form that hour foresworo the social glass. The Lowest Type of Humanity. On the Island of Borneo there has been found a certain race of wild crea tures, of which kindred varieties have been discovered in the Philippine Is land, in Terra del Fuego and in South America. They walked unusually, al most erect on two legs, and in that atti tude measure about four feet in height. They are dark, wrinkled and hairy. They construct no habitations, form no families, scarcely associate together, sleep in caves or trees, feed on snakes and vermin, on ants, eggs, and on each other. They cannot be tamed or forced to any labor, and are hunted and shot among the trees like the great go rilla, of which they are a stunted copy. When they are captured alive, one finds with surprise that their uncouth jabber ing sounas like articulate language. They turn up a human face to gazo at their captors, and females show iustinct of modesty; and in fine, these wretched beings aro men. Atlantic Monthly. A farmer who wished to invest the accumulation of his industry in U. S. so curitics, went to a broker's office to ob tain treasury notes- The clerk inquiH ed : ' What denomination will you have them ?' Having never heard that word used except to distinguish religi ous Mscts, the farmer, after a delibera tion, replied : " Well, you may give mo part in old School Presbyterian, to please the old woman, but give me the heft on it in Free will Babtist," HTYi12 IN. W1UT1NC. Style, according to my observation, cannot be taught, and can hardly be acquired. Any person of moderate ability may, by study and practice, learn to use a language according to its grammar. But such a use. of language, although necessary to a good style, has no more direct relation to it than her daily dinner has to the blush of a blooming beauty. Without dinner, no bloom,1, without grammar, no style. The same viand which one young wo man, digesting it healthily and sleeping upon it soundly, is able to present to us again in but a very unattractive form, Gloriaua, assimilating it not mure per fectly, in slumbers no sounder, trans mutes into charms that make her a de lilt to the eyes of every beholder. That proceeding is Gluriuua's physio logical style. It is a gift to her. Such a gift is style in the use of language. It is mere clearness of outline, beauty of form and expression, and has no rela tion whatever to the soundness or the value of the thought which it embodies, or to the importance or the interest of the fact which it records. Learned men, strong aud s-nbtle thinkers and scholar of wide and critical acquaintance with literature, arc often unable to acquire even an acceptibly good, not to say an admirable style; and, on the other hand, men who can read only their own lauguage, and who have received very little instruction even in that, write and speak in a style that wins or com mands attention, and in it.-clf gives pleasure. Of these men, John Bunyan is, perhaps, the most marked example. Belter English there could hardly be, or a style more admirable for every ex cellence, than appears throughout tle writings of that tinker. No j; crson who has read The Pilgrim s Prog rem can have forgotten the fiht with Christian and Apo'lyon, which, for vividness of Jcscription and dramatic interest, puts to shame all the combats between knights and giants, and men and drag ons, that can be found elsewhere in ro mance or poetry. There are probably many who do not remember, and not a fjw perhaps who, in the very enjoy ment of it, did not notice the clearness, the spirit, the strength, and the simple beauty of the style in which that pas sage is written, l or example, take the sentence which tells of the beginning ot the fiirht : Tlicn ApoUyon stratMlcd quite over the whole breadth of the way, and satJ, I am void of fear in this mutter ; pre pare thyself to die ; for I wcar by my nfernal Pen that thou shalt go no lur- ther: here I will jill thy soul." A man cannot be taught to write like that ; nor can he by any Mtudy learn the mystery of such a style- Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of a good -style in speaking or in wriiing. There are per sons who write well and peak badly: others who wr;te badly and speak well : aud a few who arc equally excellent aa writers and speakers. As both writing and speaking are the expression of thought through language, this ca; acity for the oae, joined to an incapacity for the other, is naturally the occasion of remark, and has, I believe, never been accounted for. I think that it will be found that consciousness, which gener ally Causes more, or less embarrassment of one kind or another, is generally at the bottom of this apparent incongruity. The man who writes in a clear and flu ent style, but who, when he undertakes to speak, more than to say yes or no, or what he would like for dinner, hesi tates, and utters confusion, because ho feels self-conscious by the presence of others when he speaks, but gives him self unconsciously to the expression of his thought when he looks only upon the paper on which he is writing. He who speaks with case and grace, but who writes in a crabbed, involved style, forgets himself when ho looks at others, and is occupied by himself when he is I alone. His consciousness and his cf-J forts that he makes, on the one hand to throw it off, and on the other to meet its demands upon him, confuse his thoughts, which throng and jostle and clash, instead of mo ing steadily onward with one consent together. Richard Grant White. When a young lady on whom you have called keeps at her crochet work, and says nothing bnt Yes and No all tho evening, and her father calls down tho stairs, "Mary, Ann, isn't it 9 o'clock yet ?" you may take it for gran ed that nobody in that family will be offended at your taking immediate and cvoriasung jeuve. i - t We furnish tho Republican and Dcmorcst's Monthly tor $4 a year. LUUWUU'UUERSEBREXSWIB PROFESSIONAL CARDS; dC. WIIOLKHALB DKALERU IX OTfcY GOOI)S, Etc. 100,000 Ihn Wool Wanted For which the Highest Market Price will be paid. 3 -3m joiinr j, Daly, AT TORNEY-AT-LA W, ATolarv Public, &c, I1UKNA VISTA. 41-tf J. C. GRUBBS, m. Dm PHYSICIAN AND KURCRON, Offers his Services to the Citizens of Dallas and Vicinity. OFFICE-l NICHOLS Drug Store. 34-tf P. A. Fhknch. I J. McMahos. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP, Kola, Polk County. All Kindiof Illackoilthtur done on Short Xoiu't?, aud to the aUlaction of Customers, and at Kea8on&llj Kates. Special attention paid to Ilorse-Shoelilg. Oct. 27, mO. FRENCH & McMAHON. it i: m ii .u it i; it i THAT THE ( ; INDEPENDENCE HOTEL U& Wen UK-FITTED, and no pains is now rtd to thake all who taaj call Comfortable and Happr. A good Stable is kept in connection with the JI.hih. Call and H'e u. Oct. 27, 1870. JEREMIAH OALWICK. 34-Jj J. ft. sites, n. II., Pliyicinn and Surgeon, Dallas, Ogu. Having resnmed practice, will fire special attention to Obstetrics, and the trcalmtnt of the .li.ft.vs of Women and Children JMCr-Office at his residence. W. D. J I2FFR I liS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, I2ola, Oregon. Special attention given to Obstetrics and Diseases of Women. Itf Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, sali:m. ori:c;o.. Will practice in all th Courts of Record and Inferior Courts of this tat. OFFICE stairs. In Watkinds 1 Co's Brick, up 1 I. . SUIiMVAT, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregoji, Will practice in all the Courts of th State. 1 J. L. COLLIXS, I Attorney and COUnsellOr-at-LaW. Dallas, Oregon. Special attention given to Collections and to matters pertaining to Kcal estate. I GEO. B. tTRRISY. I H. HCRLEI. CUS121EY & IIIJUI.KY, Atiorncys-At-Isaw, LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON. 3-tf MAStMhV liAJISEV, AU'y&Cou use 1 1 or-a t-Law, Lafayette, Oregon. 3-tf 12. O. SLOAT, Carriage and Ornamental SIfirX lAINTEIt, Commercial f trset, Opposite Starkey's Block, 21-tf SALEM, HUSSEIN & FERRY, Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Auctioneers. OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Building, PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON. WAGON AND CARRIAGE SHOP, Main Street, Dallas. Second door north of the Drug Store. The undersigned wishes to inform the Public that he is prepared to do any kind of work in his line on the shortest notice, and in the best style. Thankful to hi old customer and friends for former patronage, he respectfully solicits a continuanco of the same. 39-tf 8. T. GARRISON. S at. CARMEN ISLAND 'AND LIV EUPOOL alt, in quantities to suit, at COX & E A 1UI ART'S, Salem. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, LC. J. ill. 55 VII I TIOIIE, PORTLAND. - - - OKI2GODU General News Agent For -Oregon and Adjacent Terrrltories. ' Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kinds . of CLAIMS. ? AGENT for the Dallas Republican i COX &;.EARHlf3V r WHOLESALED RETAIL GR0CER3 MOORE'S BLOCK, SALEM. Goods by the Package at Reduced Rate myW 3tf Underwood, Barker & Co, WAGOjV MAKERS, : Commercial street,; Salem. Oregon,. VI ANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG lf L ONS after the most aborored stvlea and the beBt of workmanship, on short notice, and AT PORTLAND PRICES! 21 -If Saddlery, Harness, S. C. STILES, 1 Main at. (opposite the Court House), Dallas, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips. Collars, Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he i prepared to sell at the lowest living ratoa. C4BTREPAIRINO done on short notice. BANK EXCHANGE SALOON, Main sreet, : : Dallas, Ogn 11IXES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALEi If Hitters, Clears, Candies, Orsters and Sardines wilt he served to jret!e- men on the outside of the counter, by a gentle-' man who has an eye to bi" on the inside, ho come aloriff, boys; make no delay, and we will soon hear what you Lave to say. ' W. F. CLING AN. HURGREN & SHIfiDLER, Importers and Dealers in FURNITURE rhe Largest Stock and the Oldest Fur niture House In Portland. ' WARDROOMS AND FACTORY . , CORNER SALMON AND FIRST STREETS PORTLAN D, OR EGON.! lit-tt EDUCATIONAL. LA CREQIE ACA0F&1Y, , Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. ; MR. M. M. OQLESBY....!.;..Pr1Scipau MISS C. A. WATT..... ". A SS 1ST ANT This Institution was Re-opened on Mon day, the 3 1 st of October. The Teachers are determined to do everything in their power td make this School second to none, of its grade, in the Slate. They earnestly so'icit the hearty Co-operation of the Commanity, and a Liberal Patronage from the Public. v ! ' EXPENSES. Primart, per Term, ....$4 08 Commos English, per Term... .. 6 01 IIighrr Excmsb, per Term.................. 8 Of Latin or French Language. Two Dollars Extra. ' " These figures will bo greatly reduced by the application of the Eadowment Fond, f AH Students entering the School will ah are 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 time of Entering. ,t No deduction made for Absence, except in case of protracted Sicknes. ' ' , N LEE, Chairman Ex. Com. V WM. HOWE, See. ii,arl.;; ' For 8aie. TEN ACRES OF LAND, with good House and Barn, all fenced Wnd under good lint provement, situated in the Town of Dallas, Polk County, an extraordinary opportunity For particulars inquire of the Editor of Rfc PCBUCAS. , ; ; 43-tf i NOTICE; ALL THOSE INDEBTED, TO THH V Common ' School Fund will please call at tho Treasurer's Office in Dallas, Polk County, and settle the Interest due said Fund immedi- , ately. -: ' , R. M. MAY. Local J gent. Tolk Co. . 5Mm ' ' ; ;; INFORMATION CONCERNING A OER. man Girl, 15 years of ae. tamed Ann iu, who left her parents in 1)11ms, on the 1st of August last, with the avowed, purpose t)f going to Oregon City, and has not" since beeo heard of. Any information concerning her willbe thankfully received at 'this office. s i s 0 ! !'f sK .; : -a . ',:::? V'::!'. v. ViV V,;;V:' -.V Vl 'h-: 1 ;Vt-v