VOL. 2.
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY .27. 1871.
NO. 12
She rtjjau UtpuMiran
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IKON PAPEH How a Yankee Iuvea
tor Sets Iiilaud Agog
"From tbo Tajlorsvillo (III.) Republican.
We mentioned the other day the fact
.that a letter had beep written upon a
thia sheet of rolled iron and transmit
4ed from the Siio Iron works, I'itts
burg, to Manchester, England. In
an exchange, we have since found the
.following very interesting rehearsal of
facta in connection with that circum I
stance:
The maker challenged all England t
surpass it fur strength and tenacity.
J'h.s is no novelty ; fur at the Exhibi
tion in 1851, a book-of this iron paper
was shown. A lively competition in
iron .rolling endued among Brifish iron
manufacturers, excited by the above
challenge from America as to the
thinness to which steel could be rolled
cold. Mr, Gillott rolled sheets the
average thickness of which was the
1,800th part of an inch. In other
words, 1.800 sheets piled upon each
other would measure an inch in thick
ness, while the thinnest tissue paper to
Jbe purchased in the stationers' shops
measures the 1.200th part of an inch.
These very thin iron .sheets are per
fectly pin oo th and easy to write on.
although porous when held up to a good
light. It may not be out of place, con
sidering the great interest that is taken
by tho?e connected with that great
branch of industry, the iron trade, to
give a few curious particulars relative
to the extent that iron can be welded,
:and the thin sheets that can be rolled
out. Brother Jonathan little thought
what a hubbub would be created in the
,old country when from Pittsburgh he
sent that wonderful letter, written on a
sheet made from iron, which took no
less than 1,000 sheets to make 1 inch
in thickness, the dimensions being 8
Inches by 5 J inches, or a surface of 44
inches, and weighing G9 grains. The
fact had no sooner made its appear
jarjee in print than Britannia's sons
began to work, and soou we heard of a
fiheet containing the same number of
surface inches, but weighing only 40
grains, had been made at the Marsh
$eld Iron Works. Llanelly, Carmar
thenshire, being exactly one-third less
ia weight. But soou the Welsh leek
ave way to tho rose of England, for
Staffordshire was anxious to take its
wonted lead. The Hope Iron Works
succeeded in making a sheet of 118
surface inches, weighing but 89 grains,
which, reduced to the American and
Welsh, standard of 44 inches, gives
about 83 grains ; Messrs. It. Williams
JSc Co., C9 inches, 49 grains; reduced
to the same stat daid, about 31 grains.
For a time Staffordshire wftirs the belt;
but Wales becomes very restless, and is
anxious for the honor of St. David, so
farther attempts must yet bo made.
Marshfield comes again into the field.
They succeeded in making one sheet,
8 inches by bi inches, or a surtace ot
44 inches, of the astounding weight of
31 J grains only, which required no lets
than 5.8G3 sheets to make 11 inch in
thickness ; another sheet, 8 inches by
r 6 inches, or 48 surface inches, weighed
25 grains; but brought to the standard
of 44 inches, gives but 23 grains, and
requires 2 950 sheets to make one inch
in thickness. Tho Pontardawe Tin
Works next come into the field with a
sbcet of 143 inches by 7 5-lGths, or a
surface of 115 17 inches, weighing GO
grams; but being reduced to 44 inches,
is 24J grains a trifle heavier than the
Marshfield ; but Pontardawe claims
3,799 sheets -to make 1 inch in thick
ness. We now come to the climax.
The milt manager of Messrs. W. Ilal
lum it Co., of the Upper Forest Tin
Works, near Swansea, has succeeded
in making a sheet of the finest appear
ance and thinnest that has ever yet been
seen. The iron from which the sheet
was rolled was made on the premises.
It was worked in a finery with charcoal
and the usual blast; it was afterwards
taken to the hammer to be formed into
a regular flat bottom ; from thence
conveyed to the balling furnace, and
when sufficiently heated taken to the
rolls, lengthened, and cut by shears
into proper lengths, piled up, and trans
forred to the balling furnace auain ;
when heated it was passed through the
rolls, back again into the balliug fur
nace, and when duly brought to the
proper pitch, was taken io the rolls and
made into a thorough good bar. Such
is its history in -connection with the
forge department. It was then takeu to
the tin mills and rolled till it was sup
posed to be thinner than 23 grains, and
afterwards passed through the cold rolls
to give it the ueeessary polish, and uow
it stands on record as the thinnest sheet
of iron ever rolled. The sheet in ques
tion is 10 inches by 5J inches, or 55
inches in surface, and weighs but 20
grains, which, being brought to the
standard of 8 inches by 51 inches, or
41 surface inches,, is but 1G grains, or
30 per cent less than any previous
effort, and requires at leat 4,800 sheets
to make one inch in thicliuetc.
i:illlNt; A NCHSPAPER.
S. W. SwiggUt, formerly editor of
the Sioux City Eagle, now the editor of
the Muuc (Ind.) Telegraph, prints the
following sensible words in a recent
issue of his journal :
"Many people estimate the ab!ti?j
of a newspaper, and the iudustrv and
talents of its editor, by the quantity of
editorial matter which it contain. It U
comparatively an easy task for a frothy
writer to pour out daily column of
words words upon any and all sub
jects. His ideas may fl.w in one weak,
washy, ev rlastiug fljod, and his com
maod of language may enable him to
string tht'm together, like bunches of
onions, and yet his paperabe a meagre,
poor concern. But what is the labor
and toil of such a man, who displays
his leaded matter ever so largely, a
that impost d on the judicious, well in
formed editor, who exercises his voca
tion with an hourly consciousness of
responsibilities, and devotes him?ell
to the conduct of his paper with the
same care and assiduity that a sensible
lawjer bestows on a suit, or a humane
physician on a patient, without regard
to show or display ? Indeed, the mere
writing part ot editing a paper is but a
small portion of the work. The core is
the time employed in selecting far more
important matter; and the fact of a
good editor is better shown by his selec
tion than anything else, and that we
know is half the battla. But, as we
have said, an editor ought to be csti
mated, and his labors understood and
appreciated, by the general conduct of
his paper its tone its temper its
uniform, consistent course its princi
ples its aims manliness its dignity
its propriety. To preserve theso as
they should bo preserved, is enough to
occupy fully the attention of any one
man.
. A Strange Fish. She Santa Cruz
("Cul.) Times of a late date relates the
tollowing : "On Saturday last, the
fishermen at the Soquel beach, while
hauling their seine, caught a very
strange fish. A gentleman who saw it
informs m that it was 4 or 5 feet long,
with a head somewhat resembling an al
ligator. The mouth would open very
wide, and a sort of hissing noise would
proceed from it. It had two fiery-like
eyes of a green-yellowish color, with
two horns of a hard bony substance
protruding from each side of the head.
Tho body was slim and long, and it had
four web feet, the legs being stout and
short. Just below the two hiud feet
tho body separated in two tails, and on
the end of each wero two bunches of
tassels, somewhat resembling seaweed or
coarse hair. It was very spry and live
ly, end the'men were at first afraid to
touch it, but finally one of tho men
approached it, and struck it oyer the
head with an oar and killed it."
We furnish tho Republican and
Wood's Magazine for $2 50 per year
Bridge Across the Mississippi ItlvdV.
The great Bridge across the Missis
sippi River at St. Louis promises to be,
when complete J, ono ot the grandest
monuments of engineering skill and
geuius in the - world. Between the
abutments it will consist of three steel
arches, each of about 500 feet span,
resting upon massive piers of solid ma
sonry. Mr. James B. Eads, tho chief
engineer, has issued a very interesting
report of the progress which has been
made on this great undertaking.
Among those which most forcibly illas
trate the power of science -to overcome
difficulties which would seem almost
insurmountable, are some relating to
fhe construction of the, west abutment,
which at the date of the report had
been completed from tho bedrock of
the river to a point 31 feet above low
water mark, a height of 44 feet alto
gether. Although the bedrock of the
site of this abutment is 78 feet
higher than at the cast pier, the diffi
culties encountered in building its foun
dation were wore serious thau at either
of the others. Its site has beeu for
over sixty years a part of the steamboat
landing of the city, and as such had re
ceived every kind of useless material
thrown overboard from the various
steamers lying over it during that time.
The old sheet-iron enveloping their
furnaces, worn-out grate bars, old fire
bricks, parts of smoke stacks, with coal,
cinders, clinker, and a mass of hctero
gencous substances, formed a deposit'
averaging 12 feet in depth over the
rock. Not only were those miscellane
ous obstructions iu tho way, but the
coffer dam constructed to enclose the
site had to be put down through. the
wrecks of no less than three steamboats
which were embedded in the sand, the
bulk of cither of which was not pro
bably of less than 400 tons measurs
mc'nt. From the enclosure within the
dam were taken parts of several oM and
burnt steamboat engines, the iron part
of some of which had to bo cut off;
four wrecks of barge", soma of them
probably iu use before the era of steam;
likewise several oak saw logs, some an
chors, chains, and a variety of smaller
articles. This incongruous deposit
made it exceedingly difficult to main
tain the integrity of the d:tm, and fre
quent flooding occurred which delayed
and increased the cost tf the work ; but
all difficulties were surmounted, and the
bedrock within was finally exposed to
view. The piers were sunk by means
of caissons, compressed air, and sand
pumps, similar in many mpects to
those in u for the East Hiver bridge.
The cas-t pier of the St. Louis bridge
had on the 1st of October, been curried
up to the height of 117 feet above the
bedrock on which it rest.-, about 20 fect
above the level of the water at that
time. It measures at its base, in the
direction of the current, 82 feet, and
transversely, GO feet. This pier was
p'accd on tho rock in I2G days after
the laying of the first stone, work being
stifpended on it' twenty days during
this time on account of bad weather.
The west abutment of the bridge when
completed to tho carriage way will be
115 feet high above the bedrock of the
river, and will contain 11.800 cubic
yards of masonry. New York San.
Truth lit Opera.
One night when Car'otta Patti was
in Brooklyn she sang with Ferranti.
Just as the buffo singer was leading
her out through the door to tho plat
form, some one in the room behind him
cried out that his coat had burst at the
team of tho back. It was too late to
recede, for the audience had seen him,
and the two singers advanced to the
footlights. But tho knowledge of this
mishap took all the humor out of Fer
ranti, and the duct (which was sung in
Italian) was so dolefully devoid of the
usual humor that Patti noticed it be
fore they were half through,- and drop
ping the text of tho song, she fitted the
following words to it in Italian:
What is the matter with you to-
night 1 I don't understand your ner
vousness. Nobody laughs at you."
Whereupon Ferranti, in mellifluous
barritono and Italian, responded :
' By the virgin, I have burstcd my
coat. Everybody will laugh at ma when
I am going off
At this unexpected interchange of
personal feelings, Max Maretzek and
his orchestra began to laugh immedi
ately. Then tho people in the front
scats, Beeinji tho orchestra anch the
artists laughing, joined in themselves,
and the merriment presently broke out
in applauses all over the house. .
" Ah," said one of tho Brooklyn
papers, " there .is , always something
tmijestio in Ferranti V singing of that
song. People burst into sympathetic
laughter without being able to telj why."
.ms,jisiirvu
THICKS OF CONJUKOItS The Itisks
They Run.
Bobcrt Iloudin used to say that if
il t a . .
tne puuuc Knew wnat passes througti
the mind of a conjurer when he sees
the barrel of a pistol turned towards
him in the course of a ''fire-arm trick,"
they would perhaps give him credit for
as much nervo and courage as the
bravest soldier shows iu battle. Au
omission in some trifling point, the
breaking off of a small part of the false
ramrod, or of tho real bullet as it is
being withdrawn, may make the dis
charge fatal.
Often, too, the trick is a new one,
and some miscalculation may make the
plan a failure, where failure may mean
death. Au unfortunate event which
took place at the Cirque Napoleon, at
Paris, strikingly illustrates Houdin's
words. Dr. Upstcin, the conjurer, had
offered a gun to a spectator, with direc
tions to take good aim at the Doctor,
who was to receive the discharge on the
point of a sword. '1 he man rcfu-ed ;
but another fired off theguu as directed.
The moment after, the Doctor fell to the
ground seriously wounded. -It was
Tocud that a piece of the ramrod had
broken off in the barrel, and this, fired
off at so close a range, had penetrated
the conjurer's right lung.
A circumstance in Houdiu's life shows
how daringly the conjurers who amu.c
us will often play with danger, depend
ing on their ready fingers to secure
their safety. He had performed some
startlir g fire-arm trtcks before a party tf
Arabiaus, making use, of Course, of the
ordinary fjrm of conjuring pistol,
which is so contrived that the ramrod
withdraws the bullet. While the re-t
of the party Were expressing their
admiration, a crafty old Marabout, who
had some suspicion of the true nature
ot the trick, said, 44 The stranger is,
doubtless, a strong magician ; will he
suffer mc to fire at him with my own
pistols?" 44 Yes,' s;id Iloudin, unhesi
tatingly, 44 but first I must make invo
cation to those who assist me."
The ocxtday he met the same party,
and offered a sauc rful of bullets to the
inspection of the Marabout. Sjtified
that they were lead as indeed they
wire the Arab handed his pistols to
Iloudin, who loaded them, using the
Arab's ramrod. His own friends were
iu ti rror, and even h'.a wife, well as she
knew his skill, was in perplexity when
she saw him hand back to the Arab one
of the loaded pistol.-.
41 Now fire," he said.
The Arab did so, and Iloudin was
seen with the. bullet between his teeth.
44 Bah he said, seizing the other
pistol, " you cannot use your own
weapons ! See here. You jiave been
unable to draw blood from my flesh,
and I will draw blood from yonder
wall."
He aimed at the wall, fired, and im
mediately a stain of blood was seen.
The Marquis went up to the wall, and
when he had dipped his finger in the
blood which was trickling - down, his
awe and amazement wero so great that
his features assumed a ghastly hue
Yet the trick was simple enough; two
prepared bullets having been skillfully
substituted by Iloudin for the leaden
bullets he took from the saucer-- But
the experiment was quite new, and
Houdin tells us that he trembled and
conld scarcely control his terror as he
saw the Marabout drawing the trigger
of the pistol. -Exchange.
There is nothing which aJJs so much
to tho beauty and power ot nmu as a
good moral character. It is his wealth,
his influence, his life. It dignifies hiui
in every station, exalts him in every
condition, and glorifies him at every
period of life. Such a character is
more to be desired than everything else
on earth. It makes a mau free and
independent ; no servilo tool ; no
crouching sycophant ; no treacherous
honor-seeker ever bore such a charac
ter Tho pure joys of truth and
righteousness never spring in such a
person. If young men only knew how
much a good character would dignify
and exalt them, how glorious it would
make thei prospects, oven in this life U
Never should we find them yielding to
the groveling and base born purposes of
human nature.
Squire W was very fastidious in
his-notions of propriety. At weddings
and funerals he was quite officious, and
very particular that everything should
he dono decently and in order. In duo
time he was taken ill fatally soand
relatives and friends were gathered
around his bed, sad and weeping. Ono
of these, more thoughful than the rest,
asked tho department squire if he
rou.u iiko io mvuL-vit.uia. wm.cu
in to pray With lum to which he re-j
, : 1,1 i i. -1...
plied 1 tnink it wonuld be appropriate.,
.tJt&mM&mmS wrvmmtasjsjmfJk.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, d-C.
J. illfX, ill. D.9
Physician & Surgeon,
IIUI3NA VISTA, OKEGOX.
Formerly Practice'! with It. C. II ILL, M. X).,
Albany. 8-tf
JBIIJBYJIAIV imOS.
WHOLESALE DKALEB8 IJT
IR,Y GOODSj Etc.
MOOHE'S llioCK, SALEM.
100,000 1Im Wool Wanted
For which the Highest Market Price will
be paid. 3-3m
ATTORNEY-AT -LAW,
iVotary Public, &c,
HUEXA VISTA.
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J. C. GRUB3S, M. D.,
physician AM) si!it(;i;o,
Offers hii Sorviees to he Citizens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFICE &t NICHOLS Drus Store.
31-tf
w. d. Ji:n nii:s, m. d.,
Physician antl Surgeon.
Cola, Oregon.
Special attention giren to Obstetrics and
Diiu-afes of Woireo. Itf
c. a. win,,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
SALEM, OREGON,
Will practice in all tho Courts of Record and
lufcriur Court of this State.
OFFICE In Watkiada 4 Co's Brick, np
stairs. 1
P. C-SUMjIVAX,
Attorney & Counsallor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
MTH1 practice in all the Courts of the State. 1
J. JL. COLLINS, -Attorney
and Counsellor-at-Law.
Dallas, Oregon.
Special attention gircn to Collections and to
matters pertaining to Ileal Eetate. 1
GEO. B. CCHRET.
n. nCIlLET.
CURXII2Y& HURLEY,
ACforacys-At-I.aw,
LAI'AYIITTE - - - -S-if
on EG ON.
KIMSKLL & PERRY,
Real Etate Rroltcrs and
Real Estate Auctioneers,
OFFICE. St. Charles Ilotcl Building,
PORTLAND - -'-OREGON.
WAQ9H AMD CARRIAGE SHOP,
Main Street, Dallas.
Second door north of the Drug Store.
The undersigned wishes to inform iheJ'uhlie
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 customers and
friends for former patronage, he respectfully
solicits a continuance of-the same.
3'J -tf S. T. UAKRIS0NV
a FURNITURE
Rurcaus,
Lounges,
Tallies,
ItcoNleails.
A VTarl8ty of CHAIRS for Parlor and
Kitchen use.
RAW-II IDE BOTTOM CHAIRS
Of my own make.
Shop near Way mi re's mill
L INVITE THE PUBLIC TO EXAMINE
my stock. I shall he pleased to show yon
my goods, and bettor pleased when you buy.
NEW WORK put up to Order, and RE
PAIRING done at the lowest cash price.
4-tf Witt. C WILLS, Dalla:
mil AND DOOR FACTORY,
MAIN STREET, DALLAS.
1 hare 'constantly on hand and for Sale
WINDOW S'l&li, fsllazccl
anil Unglazcri.
- BOORS OF ALL SIZES.
WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES,
All of tho Best Material and Manufacture,
ll-tf JAMES M. CAMPBELL.
A LL KINDS ' OF SEWING DONE ON
i. Short Notice by Mrs. Ceilcia Klliberry,
wajmiw a Aim, iMiia
z3t
PROFESSIONAL CARLS, AC.
jr. ill. RAintfiQ&E,
PORTLAND - - - OR EGO!,
General News Agent
For Oregon and Adjacent Terrrltorlei.
Alao SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kind
of CLAIifS.
AGENT for the Dallas Republican.
WOOL! WOOLU
"11TE WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAU-
? ket Price in Cash for WOOL.
Sacks and Twine Furnished.
Wool received at any Shipping Point on the
' Willamette Hirer,
COX & I2ARIIART,
COMMERCIAL STREET, SAL, EM".
I - - T - - - "
II. P. SBI??IVI2K,
Elonsc, Wagon and Sign
rainier,
Dallas, Polk Couuty, Oregon.
4-491
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mA;E FACTOISV.
RICHARDSON & CO.
Inform the Pub!is that tbey are now ready "ta
do all kinds of work in tteir Hue.
CARRIAGES, WAtiOAS, Ac. Built or Re
paired with Neatness and Dispatch.
WAGONS constantly on baud for Sale. i
ULACKSMI'l'llING done by au rporience&.
Workman.
One door south of Livtry Stable Dallas, Ogn,
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Umlerwoocl, Etaxter & Co
WAGOX IAKERS
Commercial street, Salem. Oregon,
MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG
ONS after tbe most approved styles and
the best of workinanebip, on short notiti,-JLal .
AT PORTLAND PRICES'!
12-Sm
Saddlery,
Harness,
S. C STILES, ;
Slain st. (opposite the Court House), Dallam,
"jl T" ANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
j)L Harness, Saddles, Bridies, Whips. Collars,
Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which he is
prepared to sell at the lowest living rates.
SstRE PAIRING done on short -orrtiira.
HURGBEN &. SHINDLER, :
Importers and Dealers in
FURNITURE
AND
Jl E I 1 X G .
The largest Stock and the Oldest Tut
nlturc House Iu Portland.
. WAREROOMS AND FACTORY
CORNER SALMON AND FIBST STREETS
PORTLAND, OREGOX.V
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BY
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We want Smart. and Energetic Afrents to
introduce our popular and justly celebrated
inventions, in every Vilhrye, Tvtrn nnd City t
the HVW.
ItuHspensaZle to every Household; '
They are hihly approved of, endorsed and
adopted by Ladiet, and ZVri'iiri, ,
and are now a GREAT FAVORITE with
them. -
Every Family will Purchase One
or more of them. Something; that their merits
are apparent at GLANCE.
DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS, DRESSMAKERS
and all who keep FANCY STORES, will Bod
our cxcellet t art icles ,SKL L VEH Y It A VID
L Y, gives perfect satisfaction and netting
SMAL FORTUNES
to all Dealers and Agents.
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to all who desire engaging In an Ifonombfe,
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IT, PARK PI,ACI New York.
KEW T IlTlJ R II Uii LL E Ely.
J. II. KINCAID has opened a
----w, -
Tn Dallas, where he will be pleased to wait on.
Customers In bis line of Business at all hours
of the day.
Children's Picture ;
Taken without grumbling, at the same prtco as
Adults. Satisfaction guaranteed. ; Pricea to
suit tha tlraes. '
Rooms at Lafollett'a Old Stand, Main Street,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon; April 27th, 1871.