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VOL. 2. v 1 DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 8. 1871. NO. 5
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About Fresh Air What
we Ilreathe.
From the Scientifie American.
We have al heard of the IJlack Hole
of Calcutta. It was a room eighteen
feet square. In this room one hundred
and. forty-six persons were confiued. It
had but one window, and that a small
one. Dr. Dungilson', in his " Elements
of Hygiene," says,: ' In less than an
hour many of the prisoners were attack
ed with extreme difficulty in breathing,
several were delirious, and the place
l was filled with incoherent ravings, in
which the cry for water was predomi
nant. This was handed to them by the
sentinels, but without the effect of
allayiug their thirst. In less than four
hours many were suffocated, or died iu
violent delirium. Iu five hours, the
survivors, except those at the grate,
were frantic and outrageous. At length
most of them became insensible. Eleven
hours after they were imprisoned,
twenty-three only of the one hundred
and forty-six came out alive, aud those
were in highly putrid fover."
There are many black holes" like
this used for sleeping rooms, says the
London Co-operator ; the difference
between them and the one at Calcutta
is that they are not cram me I quite so
full i of humau beings. Iu a word, then,
we may say a sleeping apartment
should be large, lofty and airy. It is
poor economy for health to have large
and spacious parlors, aud small, ill ven
tilated bedrooms.- Fashion, however, is
a reigning deity in this respect, and
will, no doubt, continue to bear sway,
notwithstanding our protest against her
dominion.
You will scarcely drink after another
person from the same glass, yet you will
treat h over and over the same air,
charged with the filth and poison of a
hundred human bodies around you.
You cannot bear to touch a dead body,
because it is poisonous and poluting,
but you can take .right into' your lungs,
4ind consequently right into your body
and system those poisonous particles
' .and noxious exhalations which the
bodies around you have refused, and
which have been cast into the atmos.
phere ; bv their lungs, because the
health oi their bodies required them to
Jae thrown off.
If the timorously nice creatures who
jean scarcely set a foot upon the ground,
jw ho are so delicate that they run dts
tracted aMhe crawling of a worm, fly-
"ing of a bat, or squeaking of a mouse,
.could see what they oreatne at the mia
niffht carousal, the very polite ball, and
the bright theatre, they would never be
xaugbt to such company again, nay, u
thev could see what they breathe in
1 their own dwellings, after the doors and
windows had besn closed a little while,
ihev would soon be keepmc open
houses. s More sickness is caused by
vitiated air than can be named. It is
one of the most prominent causes of
scrotula, which is but another name lor
half the diseases that attack the human
body. It vitiates and destroys the whole
xountain ot me the blood.
In the sick room it often augments
the disease, or renders it incurable. If
the yhysiciun comes in and opens the
window, or a door stands ajar lor a mo
ment, tho good nurse or the tender niO'
ther, or tho kind wife, or the loving
sister will tip and close it, as though
the life of the sick were cXstake. All
this ia well -meant kindness, but really
cruel. If you would have health,
breathe fresh air, throw o, en your win
dows every morning, and often during
the day ; leave off your muiHers for the
chin. For twenty years I was accus
tomed to never going without u hand
kerchief tied closely around the mouth,
and for nearly that period have left it
off. I have had fewer colds, aud suf
fered far less from changes of climate
than previously. Let air into your bed
rooms; you cannot have too much of it,
provided it does not blow directly upon
you. i
Many students are injured by vitiat
ed air in their studies. These are small,
and when the doors and windows are
closed, the atmosphere soon becomes
loaded with noxious vapors. The man
is inteut upon his subject; he scarcely
knows whether he breathes or not,
much less does he think of what he
breathes. Many also are seriously in
jured by the manner of heating their
studies. All closed stoves should be
avoided. The good old-fashioned, open,
largo chimney, with a fireplace BufficU
eotly capacious to receive the wood
with but little chopping, is much pre
ferable to the stoves and grates, and
the whole paraphernalia of modem
fuel-saving inventions which have rack
ed the brains and tortured the intellect
of many laymen, and some clergymen.
APPARENT imilfxMOXS OF THE
SUN ANI MOON.
We are so accustomed to the near
equality of the sun aud moon as rejects
their apparent size, that we aro apt to
overlook the fact that this apparent
equality must be regarded rather iu the
light of a fortunate accident than as in
any way an essential attribute of the
orbs whieh rule the day and the night.
In the whole range of the solar system
there is no other instance of so remark
able an association. In Mercury, Ve
nus and Mars, of course, no eclipses of
any sort can occur, because these plan
ets have no moons. Hut even in Jupi
ter, notwithstanding the grandeur of
his system i of satellites, and though
total solar eclipses recur at interval
which must be measured by hours
rather than by months, as with u, yet
such solar., eclipses as we see can never
take place ; for not one of his moons 14
CJpaple of just hiding the Sun's disc
and a very; narrow border all round,
while beond that border the colored
prominences, and beyond the promi
nences the glory of the corooa, are left
in view. . It we fry to conceive the cir
cumstance of an cc'ipsQ, of the sun by
one of Jupiter's nearest moons, we have
to imagine a dark dfsc capable of obht
crating a sun more than thirty times
larger than that which is actually seen
from Jupiter; and even the furthest of
Jupiter s moons covers twice as great a
space as the sun.
It is easily seen that when a total
eclipse is just beginning or just ending.
under these circumstances, only
small part of the matter outside the sun
cau.be visible, and nothing resembling
that complete ring of such matter, visi
ble to ourselves when the moon obliter
ates from view the nearly equal solar
disc. So also in Saturn whence the
sun must appear as a mere dot of bright
light and in Uranus and Neptune,
whence he appears yet smaller, there
can be no such eclipses we inhabitants
of earth are favored with. Hence it
may not j unreasonably be concluded
that terrestrial astronomers alone have
any knowledge of the colored solar pro
minences and of the corona.
It is worth mentioning, also, that in
teresting as are tho discoveries which
have been recently made during solar
eclipses, there are other discoveries
due also j to the observation of tota
eclipses, though in very ancient times,
which are as full of interest, it sounds
incredible, but is nevertheless strictly
true, that, owing to comparatively
rougn observations oi , ancient eclipses
modern astronomers have learned that
the moon is gradually drawing nearer
to the earth, and further, that the rate
of the earth's rotation on her axis is
slowly but surely diminishing inso
much that at some far distant epoch
the day will last as long as a lunar
month. Nor do- the facts that the ap
proach of the moon will in time be
changed! into recession, and that the
lengthening of the day takes place so
slowly that millions of centuries must
elapse before it is completed, dimin
ish the interest which attaches to these
tokens of mutability in relations which
had once been regarded as altogether
( unchangeable, Cornhill Magazine.
Scientific and Theological
the Hog.
From tho Scientific American.
A writer in the Chicago Post thus
expatiates on the hog :
The hog has been in disrepute a long
time, at least ever since he began to
play his part m the ancient religions,
It s fashionable to ridicule and do
nounce htm, to call htm a filthy brute,
and-to, insist thathe is the dire author
ofleprosynsnu.pttou, caneer,.scrofu.
la, and the most disgusting diMeases
that afflict humanity, i his is the teach-
mg oi prejuuice, nor. oi science. ultimate expression of Lapland. Pic-
The hog outlives all hostility, and ture t0 yourself," n-8 Capt Hutchiu
laughs, so to speak, at the great SOn "two'Swisn vallnv - nnitn.1 r.,MW
success of his slanderers. Still is
the iccking roast pig tho sacrifice of
many a dinner table, and still is the
rural ceiling festooned with the savory
sausage, and the -smoke-house fragrant
with ham. We deal with facts, mt
sentiment.- J he hog is a true cosrao
polite a citizen of the world, llo in-
creases and multiplies, and inhabits
every part of the habitable globe. He
is as ubiquitous as the bat. He docs
not stand in high repute fur his man
ners, but he is most accommodating,
thriving with equal content in the sty
of the rich and the kitchen 6t the indi
gent, lie wallows sometimes, but nat
uralists tell us he does this for the fake
of cleanliness, which is next to godli
ness for the sam reason that the l'a-
cific Islanders grease themselves over
Among his quaint peculiarities arc his
grunt of satisfaction and his squeal of
remonstrance ana reproach, uc snouia
never be fed till he stops his squealing;
it is the approved method of breaking
mm oi me naou. I
Homer, in his " Odyssey," honored
the swtoe keeper with the confidence of
Ulysses, and why not J The hog, called
stupid, is really one of the most enter-
prising ana sagacious oi animais. inc
gamekeeper of Sir Henry Mildway ac-
tually broke a black sow to hoot game
in the woods; and she ran in the hunt
with wonderful success. She would
track game, back and stand, and would
poiut partridges, pheasant, snipes and
rabbits as skilfully as a bred pointer.
She would bouud in response to a
whistle, and would wag her head an I
scream with delight ou being shown a
r ... . .
Ihe JiaDyiontan Jalniud says:
.i ,i i, i. .i -.1. I .
and the history of the Maccabees tells
us that the scribe Kleazer walked
strmni to i no tortures ot persecution
rather than cat a slice of spare rib, he
a
roically preferring the martyr's stake
to the pork steak. This animal has
been under the ba'n of many religions.
The Mohammedans learned from the
Jews, as the Jews had learned from the
Egyptians, to 'hate him, because he
perversely declined to chew the cud ;
but he still manages to masticate and
digest consilerable pottasre in the
course of a year.
The hog is the product of nature's
most economical thought. There is no
part that cannot be utilized. His fle-di,
fat, bristles, hair, hoofs and bones are
all turned to account. 44 The divisions
of his unctuous body," mays Apacius,
'are as familiar as the divisions of the
earth. His ears and feet go to souse ;
his brains are a choice dish for the epi
cure. His tail has for ages been claim
ed by successive generations ot chil
dren as their particular property. Tra
dition points out how to appropriate it;
roast on the coals, take in the fingers
and oat without salt."
The hog is tho staff of life, the arch
ftnmiv.rr famins. t.ha nnnr m.n'a U
""l
frJnn.l MnrpnvPr in 1,5, nrnr .U.
he is .stnkin&1y plavfnl, fmky, cun-
ning, and graccful-as . much - more
ioterestinK that, a human infant of the
same age as the latter is tnoie interest-
ing than so much putty. In adult pig
hood, he is omniverous and self reliant,
bold and expeditionary, and ho breeds
lastcr and keep cheaper than any
other domestic animal.
America is pre eminently the homo
of the hog ; he is a logical deduction
enm TJ;;n ,n irl-
. . . .. ..
into Virginia in 1600, and here he
multiplied so rapidly that the colonists
were compelled to palisade Jamestown
high, to keep out thejndians close,
to keep out the hogs. Mrs. Hog can
w mm A. J m J. . A A A A A
pruuuuo ibu w iweuiy ac a Dirth, as
ollen as twice a year. Tho descendants
of a single pair allowioc six vouncr to
a litter would amount to six millions
in fifty years. The cratitudo of the
country is due to Cincinnati, for that,
by assiduous harvestincr. she kcflna
down the inundation whioh constantly
.L-..i .... . . .- ... . .
mreaiens w ovorwueim us in an un
common rum.
We turnish the Rcpublua h and
I Dmmu Monthly for H a year.
LIFE IN LAPLAND.
Cant. Hutchinson.
of the British
artillery service, has published in Lon
don a lively and charming book, uudcr
the title ot "Try Lapland; a Freeh
Field for Hummnr Tnuriara " Wh
tain mi ha wife desiring a summer
vacation out of th
English tourists, fled away to Lapland,
an(i weut to seethe midnight sun at the
extraordinary little hamlet of Quicks
oekr--Thls mcturesoe and imrnt
towrj consi$ts 0f four houses and a
church, and may be accepted as the
Ut thn nf l,.L- 'n, nm " i
covered with s-mall birch and willow, of
exquisitely vivid green, a beautiful con
lrast to the dark f,rot nt nin.
T'lMs immediatelVabovc it. Tho trees.
aroadv diminutive at the base, become
m. ni! morn rnntiil thov ,.,r
the summit Where the forest
theshrubby willuws, not more than two
fect l,iKh. commence : and then we find
a region where little is to be seen but
mosses and lichens, close to the great
fell running up to the Norwegian fron
tier; and crowning all, a magnificent
back ground of eternal snow. The vil
lage, with about thirty wooden houses
(including barns and outhouses), t 1
colored bright rd, stands on a grassy
slope leading to the water's edge. The
tinv church, alo of hriirht red wood. U
built on an isolated hillock. Two rivers
help to form the lake; the first Cows
down the valley in quiet grand. ur,
wbHe the secood bursU over immense
massp of granite in hurried fury, mik.
mt thri fall! nf t iw t.inii i
rosr of which can be heard for miles.
Add to all this a clearness ot atmos-
phere peculiar only to the Arctic cir.
cfe, and a dryness which never allows of
, fug and this is guickjock."
Oaickiock wore its raves asnt at
lho tiDie of this visit. Tho Laprpc ,la(1
LftmA ,V,Kr fm, I1 M.t tk nA
the service in. the little church, bt
John's day is their great TtHtiN'al, on
which they coninieuiorate the arrival of
summer. The raster had at least
twenty mouths to supply with food, and
every morning two boats nt off with
ncta to the lake for the day 8 sopply.
They would return about 11 a. in. with
a lafge quantity of fish, but it was never
too large for the consumers, who would
cch of them cat six pounds aa easily as
one pound, if net before them. Nothm
was ever left for the morrow. They
subtt entirely on fih, milk, and rye
bread.
The harmless little people pleac.l
the travellers immensely. ' There was
a nice little couple," says Capt. llutch
inon, "we took a great fancy to, and,
after much consultation, decided to our
satisfaction which was the boy aud
whieh was the girl. As both men and
women have long hair, and neither
whiskers nor beard, and drcs alike, in
high blue cloth billycock hats, and rein
t I . .1 t '
oeer bum coats ana .leggings, u is
almst impossible to distinguish them.
e asked them how old they were, and
whether they belonged to the school.
The laugh was agams us, when we
found the gentleman t be twentyix,
and the lady, his wife, to be tweuty-
four, instead ot fourteen and twelve, as
wc had seitlcd them to bo." In this
loveh living. Lilliput, potatoes are the
izo of walnuts, hunb steaks as big as
larks, and a calf about the dimensions
of a largo cat. . No doctor is within a
hundred miles, for the Lapps are never
Mll UniU 1USC UCIure Uli'V Uie ; atlU tne
- ll 1 . .1 .. '1-1
OtlO tloCtor even at Dulca Is in.tlcn:iir at
1 e want of Pwnta . Ihe effectof
chmate arc very curiou. to watch 1 he
fU""" . ,aa BUt . ' , ,,u ""T
eemf? l0t -roW,n tC.am' n0"s.
Quiokjock lies at such an altitude that
an hour a walk up any of the mountains
round would bring ono to perpetual
........ " .
snow, w itn the warmth come the mos
quitoes, which are as troublesome to
ic natives as to the visitors, and are
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PKld!l . aga,nst CYUf thtl
of the chimneys with sods of earth, and
kept out by never opening tho windows
at all, and the doors only for tho indis-
pensible moment ot ingress and egress.
A Practical Explanation.
Charley 1 AVhat is osculation?"
"Osculation Jenny, dear,
Is a learned expression queer,
For a nice sensation.
I put my arm, thus, round your waist.
Your head sinks to its restiug place,
This is approximation :
You need not fear
There's no one near
ITour lips quite near-
I then"
"OA dear!"
"Jenny, that's osculation."
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC.
WHOLESALE DKALERS IW -
DRY GOOD8, Etc.
MOOHK'H BLOCK, HALKM.
100.000 lbs Wool Wanted
For which the Highest Market Price will
be paid. 3-3m
A T T 0 R N E Y -AT L A W, ;
lYotary Public, &c,
IJUIiXA VISTA
41-tf
J. C. GRUBBS, -M.D.,
physician AM) uiu;i:o.v,
Offers bia Service to the Citizens of Dallas
ami Vieiniiy.
O FFl CE at NICHOLS' Drug S tore.
31-tf
P. A. Fkkn-ch. J J. McMaiioN.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Kola, Polk County
All Kinlof Ulacksmfthliifr done on Short
Notice, and to the FatUfiictioB of Customers,
ani at Kemninablc Kates.
special attention pan! to Ili.re-hoeIii.
Oct- 27, 1870. FltENClI McMAIION.
3My
t2iiciati and Surgeon,
Dallas, Ogu.
Hsvin? reuroKt practice, will eiva fpecial
attention to Obstetrics, a rut the treattueut of
tho disA of Women and Children
jflr-Utfiee at bis residence.
W. I). Jlll't'Itll, II. I).,
Physician and .Surgeon,
12ula, Oregon.
Fpeclal attention given ti Obstetrics and
Disease of VV omen. Itf
c. a. ciKL,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
' H.ILGM, OHISGOX,
Will practice in all the Courts of Record and
Inferior Courts of this State.
OFFICE In Watkinds A Co't Brick, np
stairs. 1
P. C. SULLIVAN,
Attorney k Coansellor-At-Law,
Dallas Oregon,
Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1
jr. r.. collixs,
Attornoy and Counscllor-at-Law.
Dallas. Oregon.
Sjxcial attention giver, to Collections and to
matters pertaining Ut Heal EUt. 1
ko, . ccanar. ; n. hirlkt.
CIJKRI3V A: CIUItlsHY,
Atlorncy-At-2.aiv,
LAKAYIITrH - - - - OREGON.
. 3 tf
"ltt;:iff4 A: I KKKY,
Ileal Estate Brokers ami
Real Estate Auctioneers.
OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Building,
PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON.
WAGOH AUD CARRIAGE SHOP,
Slain Street, Dallas.
Second door north of the Drng Store.
The undorslsrned wishes to inform the Vuhlic
that he is prep'arl to do any kind of work ia 4
his lino on tho shortest notice, ana tn the nest
stylo. Thankful to hi oKl , customers and
friends &r former patronage, ho respectfully
solicits a continuance of the same.
3'J-tf S. T. 9AHRISOX.
FURNITURE!
Rurcaiis,
IiOimg:es,
Tables,
lictlstcncl.
A Variety of -: CHAIRS for Parlor and
Kltcticii nse.
RAW-IHDI3 DOTTOM CHAIRS
Of my own make.
Shop near Waymirc's Mill
I INVITE THE PDBtIO TO EXAMINE
my stock. I shall ho pleased to show you
my goods, and bettor pleased when you buy.
NEW WORK pot op to Order, and RE
PAIRING done at the lowest cash price.
44f WM. O. WILLS. rttfo..
INFORMATION CONCERNING A GER
raan Girl, 15 years of -age, named Anne
Kau, who left her parents in Uallat, on the 1st
of August last, with the avowed purpose of
Solng to Oregon City, and hat Dot since been
card of. Any information concerning Iter
willbo thankfully received at this office.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, AC.
J. IU. nAlTIiTXOKE,
POUTLANI) - - - - . ORUuON.
General News Agent
For Oregon aud Adjacent Territories.
Also SPECIAL COLLKCTOR of I1 'kinds
of CLAIMS.
AGENT for the Dallas Republican
COX & EAJKilAItX,
VHOLISALE & RETAIL GROCER
SMITH'S BEICK, 8AXX1I.
Goods by the Package at Reduced Rate
myiu str
EI. P. SilElIVK
Blouse, Waff on and Sign
ramitc,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon
44 in
CDRM:U 5IAIN AND COURT ST.
Dallas Folk County. Oregon.
The undersigned, having RE-FITTED the
above HOTEL, now informs the Eubii:-tht
he is prepared to Accommodate all who !
favor hiui with a call, in as good etvleHifl f-io
be found in any Hotel in the Couutry. Utv:
meacall, and you shall not leave disappoint!.
2-tf F. M. COLLINS, Proprietor.
Underwood, Barker Jo,
Commercial street, Salem. Oregon,
MANHFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAf! -OXS
after the most approved styles aud
the best of workmanship, on short notice, aud
AT PORTLAND PRICKS!
21-tf
Saddlery,
.Harness.
S. C. STILES,
Main at (opposite the Court Hons), Dallas ?
MANUFACTURER AND 'DEALER IN'
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, CoUnrs,
Check Lines, etcetC, of all kinds, which be is
prepared to sell at the lowest linng rats.
3T REPAIRING done on short notice.
BANK EXCIIAfiGE SALOON,
Slain street. : : : Dallas, Ou.
117 INES LIQUORS, TOhTER, ALEi
Bitters, Ciffars, Candies, OirstersJ 14
and Sardines 'Will 'be served to gentle - as.v4
men on the outside of the counter, bj a gentle?
man who has an eye to "lii" on the inside.
So come alrnip, bors ; make no delay, and.
we will soon hear what jou have -to say. .
32 W. F. CL12k3AN.
HURGREfi & SHIfiDLER,
Importers and Dealers in
FURNITURE
AND
BEDD1IVG.
The Largest Stock aud the Oldest t'ur
ulture House lis Portland
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY
COBNES SALMON AND FIIIST STREETS
POUTLAXI), oitncox.;
19U
EDUCATION Al
LA CREOLE ACADFIVIY,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
MR. M. M. OGLESBT ....J,.......PnixciiA-u
MISS C. A. WATT......... ,....As8r8TAKT.
This Institution was Re-opencd on Mon
day, the Slst of October. The T-eaohors ro
determined to do ercrYthing in their power to'
make this School second to none, of. Us grade,
in the State. - They earnestly so'icit thehenrty
Co-oper&tion ot tho Community, and a Liber si
Patronage from the Public '
EXPENSES.
Prihart, per Term .' .1 4 00
Com m ox Esolish, per Term,..... ......... 4 Oft
IIigrbr Exglish, per Term 8 00
Latin or French. Language,' Two, Dollar!
Extra.' ' ' " -
These figures will be greatly reduced by the
application ef the Endowment Fund. All
Students entering the School will share equally
the benefit of this Fund. ' '
Students will not be admitted for a see
period than a Half Term. Charges will bo
made from the fiaie of Entering.
,No deduction made for Absence, except ia.
case of protraeted Sksknew. 1
N. LEE, Chairvtan Kx. Com.
WM. II0WErJe. 0Iionrd. ,
For Sale.
TEN ACRES OF LAND, with good iionse7
and Barn, all fbooed and under good 1 ui
provement, situated in (be Town of Dalln.
Polk County, an extraordinary opportunkj.
For particular! inquire x& the Editor of TtW
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