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(HA A 1 M..0 VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1871. NO. 16 She (Drttjou $epubliran Ii Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. BY R. H. TYSON. OFFICE Mill street, opposite the Court IIuu8e. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. SINGLE noprES-One Year, $2 00. Six Months. $t ' 5 Three Months, $1 00 Sabicriptio mnt be paia ttrietly in advance ADVERTISING RATES. One square ( 1 0 lines or less), first insert'n, f 3 00 Each subsequent insertion- 1 IW A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. Profesional cards will be inserted at $ 12 00 per annum. Transient advertisements mnst be paid for in advance to injure publication. All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. Le-.il tenders taken at their current value. T? Link 8 and Job Work of every description funi "! at lw rits on brt notice. A Splendid Chance. "We will send the Dallas Rr.rrBi.icA5 and Dem rest'9 MosTnLr. which is itself $3 for one year, to any person who pays us $4 Demorkst's Mosthlt stands unrivalled as a Family Magazine. Its choice Literature, its superior Music, its large amount of valuable infr ta.it on on miscellaneous subjects, its practical and reliable information in regard to .the fashions, and artistic illnstration. give if a just claim to its well-earned title, "The Model JMagazioe of America." Editorial Gentilily. -A well known correspondent of a leading newspaper, in one f hh lt tersj relating uj-iiitly to the journals and journalists ot Chicago, took occasion l remark itt a general way ti the follow ing purpose j I sometimes wonder what it is in the profession that stiffens the backbone aud sours the temper. Vh is it that the politeness, patience in u word, the good breeding common to other pursuit.- cannot exist in a first class journalist ? This involves a too sweeping accusation, fince there are unquestionably to be found very many first class journalists in the country who are in the highest sense gentlemen not indeed mere practice of con ventional politeness and cunting-house ailabiiity, but men considerate of tin eeusibiatiea of others, and at all tim-s cordial in giving proper attention to those who may ask it of them. Still, the complaint is not without a very considerable foundation, especially with respect to the journalists of the larger -cities. Your metropolitan newspaper man, from the managing editor down to the police court reporter, is only less inflated and elf-important than those most pompous of mortals, railroad su perintei dents and bank cashiers ; and jas a rule the underlings outdo their superiors in affecting airs, and in tlnir arrogant efforts to impress the outside world with an idea of their superiority over ordinary humanity. We have met many characters of this stamp in our relations with the pr-ss. al5d have been led to ask ourselves in the vein of the correspondent quoted, what is there in the profession of . journalism that prompts or warrants such a spirit and habits in its votaries t To those who are familiar with the internal life and wotkings of the daily newspaper, with its continual drudgery and the exces eive train upon the energies of those engaged in its production, and who know bow comparatively small is the reward which ueh workers receive, this pretension looks supremely ridi cnlous. and intelligent men can hardly fail to entertain a similar view, albeit their judgment maybe tempered by the respect they feel towards a respon sible aud hon rablo calling. To our notion there is no profession in which gentlemanly, courteous conduct is more demanded than in that of journalism. flhe editor should feel that to his per gonal defor'ment, not less than to his ability as a writer and thinker, must he look for consideration and influence ' The newspaper fauctum is do place for a boor, and the man who cannot be a gentleman is out of hts sphere in the role of aD editor. We know that it might be argued in defence that the journalist is so frequently harrassed and annoyed by all orts of people, with all sorts of business with no interest to anyone but themselves, that self-protection forces him to adopt a repelling manner and exercise it indiscriminately; but the excuse is not sufficient. The late t venture in rural New York journalism ia eal ed the Sandy Jill &iw Mill. The editor expects to get hi board out of . DRIFT OF THE TIDE. No one who is m the habit of travel ing in the British provinces can fail to be imprest d with the extraordinary progress which public sentiment in favor of annexation to the Uuited States has made within a few years. Tins feeling is much s.ronger in Lower Canada than elsewhere, and there are many reasons why it should be so. There is less business transacted and less money in circulation in Lower Can ada than in tfpper Canada, with less demand for labor, and consequently more poverty Lower Canada is in habited generally by a French popula tion. French is the language usually spoken, and the pe ple have inherited the traditional antipathy to England. An immense emigration from Lower Canada to the United States has been in progress lor years, and the accounts sent back of the improved condition of those who have emigrated, have served to create a faVoratue impression on the minds ot those who have ramained at home in regard to the United Sato and their institutions. A great majority ol" the people in Qu bee and the coun try parishes in that part of the Province are to-d-iy hear ily in favor of annexa ton. Montreal is more pr sperous, and and the people sre better satisfied, but still thererure many annexationists. In Upper Canada there is not that discontent with British rule manifested that is freely expressed in L-.wer Can ada ; but there are influences at work in fivor of annexation which will even tually be vcrv powerful. The opposi tion to any movement which could re sult in annexation includes politicians of both the Liberal ard Conservative parties; pensioners and o'her benefici aries of the English Government; the descendants of Tories of the Amer ican Revolution who were driven out of the United States for their opposition to American Independence ; pauper. and deseenden's of paupers, who have been sent to Great Britain at the pub lic expense; and the Irish Oranirrinen, who are numerous, and as a class in tensely loyal to the British Crown When the new census is completed. Upper Canada expects to show a pop illation equal to that of all the other Provinces combined, and consequently to be aMe to control the legislation of the whole Dominion, and its politician hope to ru e the country. For thi reason they ar generally opposed to the idea.of annexation. On the other hand, there is a large American element in the population of Upper Canada ; many of the most en- erprismg business men are from the United States, and tjiese are all fullv alive to the advantages which would result to Canada- from admission to the American Union. Nearly all the Catholic Irish, who are abundant in all parts of Canada, are annexationists; if there wre no other reason for such a sentiment, the fact that the Orangemen are opposed to it would be sufficient. The rural population, aside from the classes mentioned above, are generally in favor of the change; they are con vinced that if annexation should take place, the introduction of Americm enterprise and methods would increase the value of their property, and render all classes more prosperous. This (cling has been gaining ground Knc the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty Throughout the L ower Provinces Nova Scotia and New Brunswick -there is a strong and energetie party in in favor of annexation Under the terms of the Canadian Confederation, their representatives are in a hopeless minority, ana trieir irmuence m the general legislation for the Dominion amounts to nothing The people arc dissatisfied and di-contented with the new order of.thinus ; there arc no im portant ties of trade or intercourse to attach them to the other Piovince-, while every iustinct of self interest would naturally induce them to d. ire annexation. Besides, the American Republic offers the most available market for their productions of every kind. These reasons for desiring a change increase in strength and add to the number of annexationists with each succeeding year. It will be seen that the causes which have operated to excite a desire for an nexation in Che minds of Canadians must become more and more potent so long as the present state of affairs con tinu -i, while the obstacles in the way of such an vent are constantly becoming less formidable. If the annexation feeling continues to grow in the future in the same ratio that has marked its progress for the last few years, it will not be long before it becomes too strong to be disregarded by those in power ou cither bide of the Atlantic, The Liquor Traffic lit England. The friends of temjerance in Great Britain seem to bo rousing to the im portance of regulating the liquor traf fic. We copy from a late English paper the following mote made in Parliament for governing that trade. The movemeut seems to be for the public good : ' Mr. Bruce, on behalf of the Gov ernment, introduced a most elaborate measure revolutionizing the liquor traffic. As to new licenses, the justices, whose decision hereafter will bo with out appeal, will firt decide the num ber of public bouses and beer houses required in each ward of a borough, or outside a borough in each parish. If the licenses granted by magistrates exceed a certain pmj ortiou, to be spe cified in the Bill, the ratepayers may reduce, but not increase the number. Then the licenses will be sold by auction to the highest bidder, who will pay a minimum license duty in the form of annual percentage ou the gross rental of tlo-ir premise, the licenses to last for ten years, annually renewable upon god hetivior. A pet-on may tender for all or any of the licenses, and may Hppoint man aners, who must be resident, and may appoint himself, premises to be ap proved by justices. As to exi-tiog licensed houses, Mr Bruce recognized in them a qualified vested interest, lie therefore sub-titutcs for th present annual license, a ten years' license -object to a nv derate license duty, after which it will be for justices and ratepayers to determine the number in each district, present holders of licenses to have a preferential claim. Mr, Bruce suggests that hereafter local authorities, as in Sweden, may buy up some of their vested interests, putting in managers for sale of drink, and thereby ensuring good order and good liquor. This txpeiiment would py. Meanwhile, every year would o'iminish the number of licensed houe", owing to severe regulations and inspection. In London, public houses and beer houses mu-t be closed at midnight, in provincial towns at eleven, ant! in rural districts at ten. In the morning they will open at seven instead of four On Sondas they must open only between one and three, and from seven till nine. Six days' licenses may be taken. All convictions will be endorsed on the certificate, which will be absolutely forfeited alter a certain number of convictions. Special exceptions will allow the supplying of tiavelers de fined as per-ons not less than five miles from their reside tees, the bur den of proof to he thrown on publicans. Persons falsely pretending to be traveler- will be fined. The penalties on drunkenness, whether it be in public hoijxes or streets, are increased to 20..; in default,- imprisonment, with haid labor. Special penalties will be in flicted on drunken pers ns in charge of horses, bteam-engines, or other special cases. Samples of liquor may be taken by Inspectors and tested al the Government Laboratory, and adul teration punished by heavy fine for the first offence, fine or imprisomeut for the next offeree, and afterwards heavier penalties, and eventually the absolute forfeiture of the license. The inspection of licensed houses to be carried on independently of the police, by a body ot Inspectors paid by the Treasury out of the license rental, estimated to produce jCL'0f00'J a year. Adulteration being thus prevented, vast numbers of existing licensed h )use must close, and honest traders and the community hen fitted The Bill was adversely criticized, both by Per missive advocates ami by advocates of vested interests. If it should pass, it will com into operation on the 1st ot October in the present year, so that but little time will remain for many publicans to set their houses in order." How is the bird oared for. lie gets up early in the morning, and goes a hunting, and looks after need and in Hects. He U cared for so that he is in his own sphere, in himself, the prepar ation for tuipplving hi wants. IJow is the lilly cared for? It pushes its roots down deeper and deeper, and pushes its htetn up further and further, and draws its nourishment from the earth and air. In its own blind way it enterprises Such is the structure of the world, such is the divine wi-dotn manifested in the creation of thing, that everything, from sphere to sphere, down to the lowest, is provided with means for self caro Beecher. ; We furnish the Republican and Vemorctf Monthly for $1 a year. The Jt'irnt Telegraphic Iiistiuuient. n Al' Ijtercstin-: relic of the earlv davs of telegraphy has, it is said, been dis covered in Morristown, N. J. It is the j first instrument by which messages j were received and sent by the aid of the ! e'ectrie current. When Prof. M was experimenting on the power and ' capability of electricity as adapted to the tiaii-ini.-siou of words, he spent a larg yVf tion of his Mneat Mori ihovn. where he was a-sisted by Alfred Vail, ! Esq., a practical mat h Hist and iuven-j tor. At the Speedwell yroti works of that town, then owned ov the father of Mr. Vail, the experiment on the wires and on the construction of .suitab'e in struments took place. On the comple tion of the experiments and the re moval of Mr. Morse to Washington to bring his invention V-fore Congress, Mr. Vail accompanied him, and, re ceiving tfie appointment of as-istant superintendent of telegraphs, he was stationed at Baltimore at that end tit' the expeumental line. The instrument now at M rri,ifown was one of two taken from Morrifown by Mor-e and s Vail Mot so Using one at Washington, I and V.dl the other at Baltimore The j fir-t message sent was the now well known " What hath God Wrought ? ' j which Morse t raii-toittrd to Wi! ; tut i the first public tin ---age w.- the tn w s of the toi'iiina' ion of Polk to the Pre-i- deney by the B bitoore 'Convention of j IHH. sent by Vail to Morse, j Them; j itistrutut'Uts were in Constant u-ofor! -ix years, when Mr. Vail, returning to Morristown, brought bis with him. and where it has ince rrtiiiined, in the po- i session of his family. . Mr. Vail, dying j soon after, his to-truu e'it was .peei tdy o ft, by a clause in bis will, to bis cld-st sou as a heir hom, whdo parts of in rt'tuiiients made during the eftperim n tal trials, wvrc left to Prof Morc, with a request that he would give them at some future day, to the New .Jersey Historical Society. The old instru ment works as v.vll as when fitst nude, and Saturday a message was sent to Xew.Yotk, and & rcp'y received at Morrs;ojfn. An excellent photograph of the instrument was l-o taken. atl with it a visit was made to Pud'. Morse, in New York, The Profc-sor was delighted to see the repr -- ijjoo of tft first instrument, fnvuig destroyed the fef'ow instrument which he had used tn 1$H. He rea ldy recognized if, and wrote a certificate acro-- the picture as toils being a true photograph of the first ii.-strument ever used to transmit public ur sages. He also expressed a wish that the photo graphs might be generally distributed, that it might be con how Jittle. in essential points, it differed from those now in use. With the exception of size and clumsiness, the instruments are almost exactly similar. The dimen sions of the instrument are sixteen inches 5 in length, seven inches in height, six inches wide, with two mag nets of three inches diameter. The paper used w is two and a half inches in width, three pens being proposed to be used. The Weight of the instrument is' twenty pounds. Scientific Ameri can. A New Vaj of Making Cheese. In a conversation recently with an intelligent gentleman, one interested in all tarlu processes and practicdly fa miliar with many ptrts of farming, he related the mitimr of making, or rather pressing, cheese, practiced by a neighbor of his a woman skilled in household economy, and famous for her nice cheese. With the number of cows usually kept, it takes three days to make a cheese. Her former method was to run up a cuid each morning, keeping them until the third day, then mixing old aud new curds together, aud putting them into the hoop and pressing. Her practice is now to run up tho curd and put it into the press at once, the hoop being about one third full. The uext morning the second curd is run up, that which was in the hoop was taken out, the cloth eh-uged. placed iu the hoop again, the top of it then scratched or broken with a fork, and the second curd put iu, when it is aga.u placed iu the press, where it re mains all day. The third moiniig's curd is then run up, the cheese takt u from the press, turned, the xurlaee hacked up with a fork, aud the third curd agaiu sliced on, bringing the first curd in the middle of the cheese. It is then pressed sufficiently, taken out aud placed in the curiug-room. Uy tins process, the work each morning is cleared all away and a good-sized cheese ia produced, of superior quality, and one as firm aud solid as ii all were placed iu the hoop at one time. Maine Farmer. Subscribe tor the IUpu plica PlOFfiJSSOiVAL CARDS, d C. 9. lilXSKV IIILL, TJ. I., Physician & Surgeon, mn: visr,, oni:(;ov. Formerly Practiced wirb H. C. II ILL, M. l., Albany. 8 tf IlitttYfllA I at OS. WHOI.KSALK lOALKRS l.H - DRY GOODS, Etc. MOOHK'S III.OCK, Htl.KH. 300,0,, lbs W ool W allied For wbtcL the IItgh't Market Price will be jutid. li-'.jin JOia V J. DALY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, IVolarv Public, kc, m; una vita. 41 tf J. C. G3UB5S, M. D., ll!YICIAN AMI MJIttaON, Otitrt bis S.'ivirc to the Citiitns of Iall:t mid Vp irii'y. OFFICE -x NICHOLS lru- .Store. 31 tf X, I. Ji:'ltllX. M. !.. Physician ami Surgeon. liota, Oregon. Ppia! t!Mitim given to Obstetric toJ !!!. ! V -iij. ii . I" . i;. ( ( Kb, Attorney and CounseHor-at-Law. sAi.t.M. oHi:t;n, Will ri-rir in ll the Court f Record an 1 Inferior t.',urt f tbi ttt. OFFICE In Watku.ds -A CVe Brick, up P. C. SU l.I.I V AX, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law. Dallas. Oregon, Will practice in nil tW Court ttftb State. 1 jr. fj. 'oi.i,s., Attorney and Counel!orat-Law. Dallas Oregon. jH,ll attention jr'nm u CUctin and tu matur pcrtaiiitg K-l KMat. 1 ro. b criutr.r. n. nrttL.r. i WKtI2Y& HURLEY, Alloriitv-AtI.niv, i. r vvi:rii: - - - - ori:c;on. 3 tf IU SSELI, V l-'UKKY, Ileal i:f;itc AkciiIm and Real Estate Auctioneers, No. loo. 1'itoxr tmki;t. toit i i, v sit - - - - - oiti:r.o. WA33?i AND CRRIA3E SHOP, ?f alu street. I.llaf. Second ibor nor'b f the I'rug Store TIip under! jnfd wibc! t- indr'n tbc Public tbfit h a fri'jur.'t to !' nnv kind f work in lii tine nn tbc sb"rt'ft notice, and in the be?t x'vlc. Thankful t hi old customer find fri.ud f r former nitron age. u rcjtpcctfull v d .limits couliiiuante ut the came. 3.tf P. T. HARRISON. FURNITURE! KureniiM, Eouuoi, . Tallies, R'dleTfli. A Variety of CH Ilt t.r Parlor and J Kitrtieu line RAW-niDC BOTTOM CHAIRS Of my own umke. shop near VTayuiireS mill I INVITE THE PHRLIC TO EXAMINE my tock. I hill be plcusod to show you my gntd. and better pleased when yuu buy. NEW WORK put in to Order, and RE PAlKlNOdone at th low-!t.cfh price. 4-tf WBI O. WILLS. Ih,lta. m 1D 11(1011 FACTORV, main sTiti:iyr. dvi.i.a. 1 have constantly on hand and for Sale WINDOW SASH, -!azcl anil I iilaxecl. DOORS OF ALL; SIZES. WINDOW AND DOOIt PIMMKH. All of tho Best Material and Manufdcture. V-lT AU& U. CAl"?llU PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC. l'(HH'LANl) - - - - "OREGON. General News Agent For Oregon aud Adjacent Terrrltorlea. Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kid of CLAIMS. AGENT for the 1111- republic -h. WOOL! WOOL!! TV. WILL PAY THE HFGHEFT MAIU f f ket Price iu Caih for WOOL. Sacks and Twine Fomiched. Wool received nt anj Shipjdng Point on the WillionHle Uin-r. COX A: E A Kll ART, COMMIiitCI AI. STRHliT, SALEM. ISouc, Yl'.igroii mid Sign I'ninlcr, Dallas, lJk Cotuty, Oregon. 4-4 m A 1 : XV XV i O A A II i'A It HlAI'E IMCTOUV. It I CI I III)MN CO. Inform tho Pubii t hut they are now readjr to nil kiua of work in tLeir line CA It K I A I.S. WAOONS. Ac. Ruilt r Re- j:orcd with Neainvii aud licatch. WAtiONS roiid autiy on hnnd tor Sdl. iil.ACKMI 1 IIINO iii by an experienced WorMunn. One door sculb ot Ltvvrv Stable Dalia, Ogn. 8-if ( udenvood, Itaxtrr A: Co, WACiOA MAKERS,' Commercial street, Saleoi. Oj-eguu, J ANlTPACTJRE ALL KINIS OF WAfi iiJL O.N'S alter the iiiot approved Mjleand ta bt-t of workiunmtbip. on hort notice, and AT IN HI IT. A X D M I C I I '12 -am Saddlery, Harness, ... . S. .. C"V S 'III - E fSj. ,; ta laln t. (opposite the Cour House), Italian MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN H.irn', Saddled, RriJlcs, WLip. t'olUrn, t'lin k Lin"j. etc., etc of all kind, which be if preparvd to fei! at the lowest living rates. t-REPAlRINl done on short notice. HURGREN & SKSNDLER, Iiaporters and Dealers in FURNITURE AND REDDING. The Iarcest Mock and the Oldest Fur niture House In Portland. WAREROOMS AND FACTORY CORNER SALMON AND FIRST STREETS I'OHTLAND. OltnnON.! IU-If J?7 E V E R Y W S'.EK! HADE EAST, LADY AGENTS. We wnnt Smart and Enerpetic Ajrentu to intr-dno our popular and justly celebrated invention, in every Villnye, 7Wn and CHu in ll World Lot ixpen sable to every HnsehoW They are highly approved of. endorsed and adopted bv Lidie. Avo '"' and Dirine, and ar now a GREAT FAVORITE with tbem. Hvtry Family trill Purchase lne or tii'ire, of them. Something that their merit! are- apparent t a 0 LANCE. DRUGGISTS. MILLINERS. DRESSMAKERS ami all who kep FANCY STORES, will find our exeellct t article SELL VEIi V KAPID L Y, gives perfect atifaction and netting SM ALL FORTUNKS to all Dealers and Agents. COUNTY It It; HTS FREE to all who do re engaging- in an Jlumomblr Itrrpeetnlde and lrfjiible liuin. at the tanie time doing Ro -d to their companion in life. Sample $2 l0, ent free bv mail on receipt of prine. SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIRCU LAR. ADDRESS, VICTORIA MANUFACTURING COMPT 11, PAI5K PLACE, New Yrk. Mi j J. II. KI NC AID has opened a New Photographic Gallery In Dnlla. where he will be pleased to wait on Cutomcrs in bis line ol Business at all hoar of the day. Children's Pictures Taken without grumbling, at the same price ai Adults. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price to suit the times. Rornns atLafoilett'g Old Stand, Ma '.?. Dallas, Pslk Cuuutj, Ortoo, April 27U, 1S7U