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DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1871.
NO. 3
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, Demorbst's Mostslt stands unrivalled as a
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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
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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
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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.
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Dcmorcst's Monthly tor $4 a year.
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For which the Highest Market Price will
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I1UKNA VISTA.
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J. C. GRUBBS, m. Dm
PHYSICIAN AND KURCRON,
Offers his Services to the Citizens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFICE-l NICHOLS Drug Store.
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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.
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THAT THE
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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.
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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
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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,
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SIfirX lAINTEIt,
Commercial f trset,
Opposite Starkey's Block,
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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.
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at. CARMEN ISLAND 'AND LIV
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COX & E A 1UI ART'S, Salem.
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General News Agent
For -Oregon and Adjacent Terrrltories. '
Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kinds
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MOORE'S BLOCK, SALEM.
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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!
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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.!
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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
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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. .
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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.
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