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I ; - REP A 0 VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREaON, SATURDAY, APRIL 15. 1871. NO. 6 T - ( ' ) he Oregon lr publican Is Issued Every Saturday Md rning, at Dallas, Folk County, Oregon m 11. II. TYFO$ OFFICE Mill street, opposite the Court House. ' STJBSCEIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year. Months. $1 f5 ihree Montis, $1 Tor Clubs of ten or more per $2 00. Six 00 annum. SdhieriptioH MKf o paid strictly ADVERTISING RATES in advance On5sqaare(10Iinesor1cas).firstu5ertn,f3 00 , Each subsequent insertion- j. 1 00 j A liberal deduction will be niifr.de to quar terly and yearly adrcrtisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per aijnuni. j Transient advertisements must lie paid for in alvunqeto inure puldiemioji . Ail other advertising bills must be psid quarterly. j Le.?;il tenders taken at their current value, j BUnks and Job Work of every description furnished at low rates on sbrt no ice. Kcnae 'Coxir icsl cs. Fr.ui Harper Magistrate Now, you y.onni fellow at tlie table ' reading .the evening paper and tiod din-; in a surly way to your mother and sister, take tt test. It your clothes breathed a delicious fragrance say of heliotrope or ruses, but would do so when you were at home, or only when you went abroad, which would you choose? Would you have a perpetual climate of rar odors in your own house, or elsewhere ? Or course you would have it at home for your comfort and enjoyment, you curmudgeon, if for tjuthm else. IJut what is domestic courtesy but the breath of heliotropes and roses at. home? It is as much tor your own plca.uc that you should be plcasuit as it is for that of others The happiest -household in the world is' that in which courtoy is ucw every morning and fresh every evening, like the celes tial benedict ons?. - How many of us. brothers and sis ters, make u me the raj bag of ill humours ami caprices, and wretehed moods of every kind, while we curefu'ly hide them from the stranger! When the guest arrives, we slide a 'chair over the rent in the cjrpet, an l slip a tidy- over the worn ede of the sofi cushion, and lay a prettily bound book over the ink stain on the parlor table cloth ; and so at his coming the ffying hair is smoothed, and the sullen look U gilded witli a smile, and the sour tone is sud denly wonderfully swee't. Shriveled old Autumu blooms in a moment into rosy spring. And how is a youth to know that this house, wh re every thing seems to smile, is not always the warm and sunny homo that he finds it? Yet this same young woman, so neatly dressed, so quietly juuuncred, and m taeinating to the young ni;n, mny be the most 'inefficient" of human beings. Still he can never know it until it is too lute. He can not put it to the prof.! He takes the divinity upon trust. All that he knows is tl at she is a woman, and that he loves. And Wdcifccrhe thiuks that hou-ehold-intel ligence, and thrift and endless courtesy come by nature, like Dogberry's read ing and writing, or whether he assumes that, having a mother, his peerless princess has bcea carefully taught all the duties of a queen, or whether, as is most probable, he knows only that he loves, the duty of the parent is the But to the ordeal of the household who can come so well prcp ired. And what parent, what human being who has learned by experience, but would jgladly equip every child with the most perfect equipment? No, Dorinda Jane, . .to whom he youth, crusty at home, will presently come sweetly smiling, it js not the flowing hair, and the graceful drees, and the blo m upon the cheek, . od the soft lustre of the eye, that wll jnake him happy. No, nor is it his horses and plate, and the luxury and ,case he promises. If he is harsh and short, and crabbed, what if he has fifty thousand a year ? If you are careless and ignorant and helpless, the victim instead of ruler of your house, what if your-cyes are black and your cheeks a divine carnation ? And you, dear Sir and Madam, who permit that boor to sit eurly at the tabic, and to growl in monosyllables at home, you who suffer that fair faced girl to grow up utterly unequal to the duties to which she will be called, are you responsible. " What is a rebus ?" innocently ask ed a lovely miss of a black eyed lad. Imprinting a kiss on her breathing lips, he replied, ,4if you return the corunli? ment, that will be a rebuss ?" She was satisfied with the information. THE TUX AS Cl'tTLK KINCiX. From tbe Pittsburgh Commercial. Texas alone has ,'5.800,000 cattle, divided into 9)0,000 U eves, 950,000 cows,; and 1 .900,000"" j oung cattle. The plains on which these cattle roam con tain about 152.000,000 acres of ground. The principal pafuniges are on the Nueces, Kio (iSraiidc, (J uadalupe, Sau Antonio, CoIofu'Io, Leon, IJrazos, Trin ity, Habinc, and lied rivers. The cattle are owned by f-eores of ranchmen, each one of whom has from 1,000 to 75,000 head.; On the Santa Catrutos river is a ranch. containing 81,132 acres. It is owned bv one man, Kichard King, and has on it" 05,000 head of cattle, 20,000 horses, 7,000 sheep, and 8,000 goals This immense uumber of live stock re quires 1,000 saddle horses and 300 Mexicans to attend and herd it. Ten thousand beeves are annually sold from the raueh, and 12,000 oung calves branded. There is auother ranch on the San Antonio river, near Goliad, which grazes 40,';00 head of cattle, and brands 11.000 head of calves annually. 31 r. O'Connor, the owner of this anch, sells $75,000 worth of stock each year, and his herds are constantly increasing. In 1852 he begau cattle raising with 1,500 head, and his present tnorinom herds and wealth are the "results of natural increase. On the Gulf, between the Hio Grande and Nueces, is a ranch coutaioing 142. S 10 acres, and owned b) Mr llobidcaux. It is on a peninsula, having water on three side-, and to enclose the other side, has required the building of thirty-one miles of phnk fence. Every three miles along the fence arc houses fur the herders, and enormous stables and pens f.r the stock. There are trrazed in this enclosure 80,000 head of becfca'tle. bei les an immense number of other stock. A ranch on the l!r;;zo river contains 50,000 head of cattle, 3t'0 horses, and 50 herders. J. hn llifson, the owner, drives 10,000 cattle to marker annually. Ten years ag he was a poor farmer in Tennessee, but selling Irs land and go ing to the Ht az s, he succeeded, by dint of bar ! labir, in getting together sixty cows and nine brood mares, when he went to rai-ing stock. He has now 50. 00 head of cattle, worth at least 6150,000, and he is still on'y forty years old. This man is c.stab'i-hing a stock; ranch on the South Platte, in Nebraska, where he now has 5,000 head of Cittle, and next Spring will bring in 10,000 more. There is a rnnch on the Concho river, Texas, where, I am told, one man owns 70,000 head of steers and Milch cws. The best grazing counties in Texas are those of Th reck morion, Stevens, Jack, Young, Cu'lahan, Palo Pinto. Hill, ami Johnson. These counties lie along the Ilio Grande, the Nueces, Guadulupc, San Antonio, Colorado, Leon, Brazos, Trinity, Sabine, and JSeJ rivers The stock fnm the.-e counties are driven to the Gulf in great num bers, where they are slaughtered, packed in steamers, or put on alive, and shipped to New York, Boston, and other northern markets. A great rmny cattle are driven north on foot by way of Abilene, Kansa. and Schuyler, Nebraska Some follow the Peeo, and pass into Arizona and California; others keep along the Atkansas to Bent's Ford, thence across Colorado over tho 13iack Hills and into Wyoming and on up into Utah, Montana, Nevada and Idaho. There arc soTue drivers whose names I cannot mention, but tlie whole number of cattle brought north overland from Texas during the year 1870 did not fall short of 100,000 head. Of these 20,000 went to Montana, 8,000 to Utah, 8.000 to Nevada, 9,000 to Wyoming-, 10,000 to California, 11,000 to IdUio, andSO.OOOj to Colora do and New Mexico. The amount of money handled along tho base of the mountains in transferring this stock was over $1,250,000. At Abilene, the great Kansas Cattle market, over 200,000 head were handled The shipments in Sep' ember reached 00,000 head, and in October nearly 75,000 head. This immense traffic may be estimated when it is stated that it took 111 cars a day to transfer the stock, and one bank in Kansas City handled $3,000,000 cattle money. In Nebraska, the cattl'j trade with the South is iust beginning:: vet ! last year 27,000 head changed hands at Schuyler, and the First National Bank of Omaha handled 500,000 in conse quence of this trade. It is likely the trade at Schuyler in 1871 will reach 100,000 head of cattle, and it will re quire 1,500,000 to carry it on. Largo as tho cattle trade may seem, it is'asyetin it infancy, not ouly in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, on the Platte, but throughout the Uuited States. The rapid increase of our pop. nlatiorj; both from foreign and domestic sources, demands a corresponding in crease of food, and at present thero is no product of cattle anything like equal to the demand. Beef can be raised on the plains, and delivered at 0 ceuts per pound; and until that is done, there need he no apprehension of crowding the cattle market. That beef can ever be had in our day so cheap as six cents does not seem probable, aud yet even at four and a half cents per pound large fortunes can be made in cattle breeding. It is only on the limitless plains, where lanl is of little or no value, that htock can be raised to advantage. But even the'plains, boundless as they may seem, are fast disappearing before the advanc ing waves of pi pulation. Texas, the great cattle hive of the country, during the past year has received 300,000 settlers, and already cattle growers there feel that they must soon look elsewhere for untrammelled ranges. A few more years like the past -a few deductions of a million acres of pasture Sands in a single season, and Texas will be no more of a grazing State than New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio. Yet com pare these States and how do they stand now ? New York, with her set tlements 250 years old, and a popula tion of 4,000,000, baa 718,000 oxen and stock cattle; Pennsylvania, with over .'5,000,000 people, has 721,000; Ohio, with 3,000,000 people, has 149,000; Texas, with 800,000 people, ha 3,500,000 cattle alone. The great Platte Valley has over 8,000,000 acres of rich pastures; but how long will these acres remain graz ing grouuds? The Uniou Pacific Rail road has already divided these hud from their eastern to their westcen ex tremity, and towns and tillages are springing up everywhere along its iron rails, and farms arc being opened on every side of them. It is no txaggera tton to say that the population of the United States before the close of the present century will probably reach 100,000.000 of people. Then there will be no West to settle up, no great stock ranges, but farms and cities, and cities and farms everywhere. I predict that those men who begin now by rais ing cattle on Government lands, and are wise enough to buy a portion of those lands as soon as they are offered for ale, will find before they die that these land will be worth more to them than their herds ever could have been. Your great Ohio settler, Benjamin Wade, once said that he believed ,withiu the present century every acre of good land between the Misouri river and the California const will be worth $50 in gold." Wild as this declaration at the time seemed, it has already been realized in many portions of Nebraska, arol h likely to come true in all our States and Territories west of the Big Muddy. Great, then, as are the for tunes wh ch are being made in cattle, still greater will ba the fortunes made in land. Those who arc wiest will make all they ein on their cattl, and the moment the lands are for sale buy all they can ret, even if they have to sell a part jf their herd to pay for the lands. The Homestead Law precludes the possibtlity of getting much land in one body, but by buying out settlors at fair prices, sufficient hinds for grazing purposei may be had for many years to come. Linskf.d Tea run Sick' Horses. Linseed tea is not only a vnluable res torative for sick horses, but it is ex ceedingly useful in cases of inflamma tion of the membranes peculiar to the organs of respiration and digestion ; it shields and lubricates the same ; tran quilizcs the irritable state of tho parts, and favors healthy action. We have prescribed linseed tea in largo quanti ties during the past month for horses laboring under the prevailing influenza; they seem to derive much benefit from it, and generally drank it with great avidity. Aside from the benefit we derive from the action of the mucilage aud oil, which tho scf d contains, its nutritive elements arc of some account, especially when given to the animals laboring under a soreness of the organs of deglutition, which incapacitates from swallowing more solid food. In the event of an animal becoming prostrated by inability to swallow or masticate more-food, linseed tea may be resorted to, and in case of irritablo cough, the addition of a little honey makes it still more useful. In the latter form it may be given to animals laboring under acute or chronic diseases of the urinary apparatus, more especially of the kid neys.. To prepare Linseed Tea. Put two handfuU of tho seed into a bucket, aud pour a galloc and a half of hot water ou it. Cover it up a short time, and then add. a couple of -'quarts of eold water, wheu it will be fit for use. ' Iact about lee. Ice has its peculiarities While chemically it is only crystalized water, we find, in investigating the circum stances of its congelation, some things which surprise us, or would, if we gave them thought. The freezing point of fresh water is said to be 32 yet, if the water is kept perfectly still, and nothing is thrust into it, the tempera ture may fall to 15, or, as some chem ists assert, to 5 before it congeals, the moral to be drawn which is, "Keep still if you do not want to get into a fix." Another of its peculiarities is that, while most liquids coutract on assum ing the solid form, water expands. It does this, however, only within certain limits. Till it reaches the temperature f ii, water, in giving up portions of its latent heat, contracts, though very moderately ; between i9 and 32 (the point of solidification), it expands about 11 per cent., or one ninth of its previ ous -ulk ; aud this expansion is so irrc-si-talle as to form an explosive force nearly equal to that of gunpowder, calculated by physicists at 27,720 pounds to the cubic inch. The reason J'or this departure fr m the general law in the case of the solidifieatiou of water is obvious, though it ha never, so far as we know, been adduced as among the evidence of design ou tho part of the Creator. If water, like oils aud the mineral Silts, became heavier when it bee ime solid, it would sink to the bottom of the lake, pond, or strcitu, on which it formed, aud I successive layers of ice formed in a cold season linking' a they col g aled, the body or stream of wafer would be wholy folidified, and only become liquid ag-iin after a long season of tle-trnctiuti of Gouy tribe which inhabit the waters, to the dimi nution of the evaporation from their surface, and the consequent demtnish iug of the rain-fall to; a lower means of animal temperature, backward trea sons, and small and imperfect crops. The regions where the ice sunk as it froze would fcoon become a bleak and barren desert. Under the existing nat urat law the water beneath the ice re tains a temperature not below 32. Another peculiarly of ice is its greatly increased density and tenacity under protracted and severe cold. Most liquids, on aiming the soild form, re tain that form, without material change ss long as the temperature remains be low f he point of liqucfaetion, a further decrease of temperature effecting no prccptible difference in their density ; out the ice, formed at a temperature of 25 to 30 Fahr., is as different from that which is found when the tempera ture has ranged for some time between 10 and 1 Fahr., as chalk is from granite. The ice at the lower temper ature is dense and hard as a flint; it strikes fire with a pick or skate, and, as in St Petersbug, in 1810, when massess of it were turned and bored for cannon though but 4 inches thick, they were loaded with iron cannon balls, and a charge of a quarter of a pound of pow der, and fired without explosion. Still another peculiarity of ice is that in process of freezing tho impuri ties (salts, etc.), held in solution in the water are eliminated, and only tho pure waters takes on the crvsfalized form. This is a very important fact, and is of ten made use of by practical chemists in concentrating tinctures, vinegar, al coholic preparations, etc., by freezing ,nt the water which they contain. Applctoiis Journal. . LADY - A correspondent of an Eng lish paper gives the following as the derivation of the word "lady:' " It is not probably generally understood that the term is compounded of two Saxon words' 'leaf or 'laf,' signifying a loaf of bread,' and Mian, to 'gtve or to serve. It was customary in times of old for those families whom God had blessed with wealth and affluence to give away regularly a portion of 'bread' and other food to those families in their respective parishes and neighborhoods who might stand in need of assistance,! and ou such occasiens the 'lady of the family, mistress of tho household, her self persoualy officiated distributing with her own hands the daily or weekly dole. Hence she was called 'laf-dy,' or 'breads giver;' and in course of time this word liko many others in our English lan guage, became abbreviated to its pres ent expressive form of Mady.' An Eng lish writer of tho last century, in refer ence to this derivation of 'lady,' observes that 'the meaning of this word is now as little known as tho practice which gave rise to it;' yet it is from that hos pitable custom that to this day the ladies in this kingdom alone carve and serve tho meat at their'own tables." Wo furnish tho Hepublican and Vemorest'i Monthly for $4 a year, PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC. : WHOLES A t.15 DEALERS 1!T OR Y GOODS, Etc. Mooitrs lu.ock, hm:m. 100,000 lit Wool Wanted For which the Highest Market Price will be paid. 3-3ra JOIirV J. DALY, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW, JVotary Public, &c, IJUIINA VISTA. 41-tf J. C. GRUS3S, U. D., PHYSICIAN A N D S t It (J liO .V, Offers hi$ Services to the Cit;en of Dallas and Vicinity, f OFFICE a NICHOLS' Drig Store. 34-tf I. A. Fukscu. J. AIcMahom. MLW BLACKSMITH SHOP, ICola, Polk Cotuty. All Kind of Itlaek-tnfthitdone on Fhort Notice, arid to the SaUrfitciiot of Customer, and at !'. an;ktdf Kate. I FmmhI at tor; lion f ai t to IIteIloe!iig. Oct. 27, 1870. I KKNCH AMcMAlloN. f 34-ly JT. K.-S1T12S 13. IK, i Physician ami $tiicoii, Dallas, Ogu.l Ifavinjj rMimed privtiee. vill grive special Attrnttn to Ohttri-, aod t; treatment of the of Wtunrn ant CLtJrcn ryfftle at h rvMdiMie. " w. i. Ji:ii'iiii:s, St. n.yr !iyici.'tii anil Surgeon, Ivula, Or-gof. Special attention given ti Obstetrics nd f.ici of Women. Itf V. U. Cl'K'L, Attorney ani CounseUor-at-Laiv, MA I. KM, Olti:G()V, Will practice in all the Qanf of Record aud Inferior Court of tis State; OFFICE In Watkindi J Co' Brick, up ntlr. 1 i c. -sulijIVa:?, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all the Court of the State. 1 jr. r. collixs, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Dallas. Oregon. Fpecial attention giren to Collections and to matter pertaining to Ueal Estate. 1 GKO. B. Cl'RRKT. H. nt llLET. Allorncys-Al-Law, LAFAYETTE .... OREGON. tf Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Auctioneers, OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Buildiag, PORTLAND - - - - . Oil ICC OX. WAGON AND CARllTAGHO?, Main Street, Dallas. Second door north of the Drug Store " -' The undersigned wUhes to inform the 1'u.hlic that he is prepared to do any kind of work in his lino on the shortest notice, and in the beiU xtyle. Thankful to h it? old ciiptomer and friends for former patronage, he respectfully r dieits a continuance of tho Fame. 39-tf S. T. (JARRISON. FURNITURE! 11 urea us, Lounges, Tallies, Bedsteads. A Variety of CH AIRS for Parlor and KItctien use. RAW-HIDE BOTTOM CHAIRS Of ray own make. .Shop near Wraymirc's Mill I INVITE TIIK PUr.LIC TO EXAMINE my stock. I tdiall be pleased to show you my goods, and bettor pleased when you buy. NEW WORK put up to: Order, and RE PAIRING done at the lowest each price 4-tf Wia C. WILLS. Dalta. WAiVriiD. INFORMATION CONCERNING A GER. mun Girl, J5 years of-, age, named Anne ICau, who left her parents in Dalian, on the 1st of August last, with the avowed purpose of going to Oregon City, and has not sinoo been heard of. Any information concerning her willlo thankfully received at this office. PROFESSIONAL OA KM, &(k J. ill. BA.TiraOIM3, PORTLAND - - - - OREGON.. General News Agent For Oregon and Adjacent Terrrttor'ie. I Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kinda of CLAIMS. AGENT for the Dallas Republican. . WE WILL PAY THE IIIGIIE$T MAft ket Price in Cash for WOOL."- , Sacks and Twine Furnished. ' Wool received at any Shipping Point od to Willamette Rirer. COX & E ABHART, COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM., II. P. SIIIVER, Bouse, Wagrou and Sign Painter, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. 4-4m . jf DALLAS . HOTEL, " CORNER MAIN AND COURT STS. Dallas, Polk County. Oregon. The ur.d-rigr.el, having RE-FITTED the above HOTEL, now informs the Public that he is prepared to Accommodate ail who nray fvor him with a call, in as good style as can be found in any Hotel in the Country. Give me a call, and you shall not leave diaappointed. 2-tf F. M. COLLINS, VynVls. Underwood, Barker & Co, WACJO MAKERS; Commercial street, Salem. Oregon MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG ONS after the most approved styles n& the best of workmanship, on short notice, and AT PORTLAND PRICES! 2i -tr . ... . ...r. Saddlery, fjs Harness.' S. C. STILES, .Mala st. (opposete the Court House), DaTla, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips. Collars; Check Lines, eto., etc., of all kinds, which be is prepared to sell at the lowest living rate. JTderREr AIRING done on bort notiee. BANK EXCHANGE SALOOH, Main street, : Dallas, Ogn. TiTISES.IJQTjORS, PORTER, ALEj IF Bitters, Cigars, Candies, Oysters and sardines will be served .to gentle men on tbe outside of ibe-counter, by a gentle man who has an eye to "bit" on tbe inside. ' , So come along, boys; make no delay, and we will soon hear what you have to say. 32 W. F. CLING AN. HURGREN & SHlflDLEfij Importers and Dealer fa F URN ITU 11 AND BEDDING. The Largest Stock and the Oldest fXav nlture House in Portland. WAREROOMS AND FACTORY CORNER SALMON AND FIRST ST2EET3 PORTLAND. OREGON It tf , EDUCATIONAL. LA CREOLE ACADFUY, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon MR. M. M. O G LE S B Y ............ ...pRrs crr-ix, MISS C. A. WATT...... .........Assistant. This Institution was Re opened on Moo' day, the 31st of October. The Teachers are determined to do erery thing in their power ta make this School second to none, of its grade, in the Stale. They earncsrtly so'icit the hearty Co-operation of the Community, nnd a Liberal Patronage from the Public. -t EXPENSES. ' Primary-, per Term .....$4 0D Coxrox Epclish, per Term 6 00 Hi&iier Ehgusw, per Term. ....... ...... 8 Of Latin or French Language, Ttfo- Dollars Extra, 1 .' : :' ' Tbeso figures will bo greatly reduced by the application of the Endowment Fond. All Students entering the School will share equally the benefit of tbis Fund. , Students will not be admitted for a fees period than a Half Term. Charges Will be made from the timo of Entering. . ' j No deduction mado for Absence except ia case of protracted Sickness. v N. LEE, Chairman Ex. Com. VfU. HOWEi S6. Hoard. , .For! Salce'.:-fi;:rt TEN ACREJtOP LAND, with good House and Barn, all fenced and under good Iran provenient, situatod ; in tho ,Town of Dallas. Polk County, an extraordinary opportuoiiy. For particulars laaulre of Uie Editor Of Ra rcaucAv. 43-tf