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mi hum 1 1 wmjul x iUMmuajmwm fOSFSSSfSSBK!SC5Sf III llll I III 'IIIIIIIIIW VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1871. m 29. I Itc (Drrjnu publican Is Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. BY 11. II. TYSON. OFFICE Mill street, opposite tlio Court Xlouae. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. SINGLE COPIES-One Year, $2 00. Six Months, $1 25 Ihree Months, $1 00 For Clubs of ten or more . $2 per aunum. Subscription Muni b paid strictly in advance ADVERTISING SATES. One square (10 lines or less), first inscrt'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion 1 00 A liberal deduction will be inado to quar terly aud yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. Transient advertisements rnu?t be paid fir in advance to insure publica'wn. ah otner idvertisip-; bills must ! paid un Legal tenders taken at thcu current value. Blanks and Job Work of every description furnished at low raies on short notice. A Splendid Chance. Wo will send the Dallas Reitbucax and PkmJrest's Monthly, which is itself $3 for one year, to any person who pays us$t Demoiiest's Monthly standi unrivalled as a Family Magazine. Its choice Literature, its superior Music, its large amount of valuable information on miscellaneous subjects, its practical and reliable information in regard to the fashions, and artistic illn.-Urations, give it a just claim to its well-earned title, " The Model Magazine of nieriea." THE POLITICAL HORIZON. Extracts from Speecti of Hon. Columbus DcUiit), ai SaaJuiky, Aua'. 21, LSI I. DEFALCATIONS. I desire here to correct a fal.-;c im pression put forth by Democratic epcakcrs, of the defalcation of revenue collectors, and the lure amount.- due from them to the government. The Democratic Congregational ad dress, issued from -Washington in March -ltt, states that twc&iy-Uvo c'Uii.r.s have been thua lost to the Treasury. It ; n.eds but a brief explanation to c-'oet this error. The law require- folk-ctcr: to receipt monthly to assessors for the amount of the tax lists turned over for collection. The lists thus received and receipted for by the collector are charged against him at the Treasury Department, and so remain charged until accounted for, either by money collected or by abatement as 'uncollect able, in the settlement of his accounts. The law requires this process, though the collector resigns or is removed, and the tax lists are in the hands of h's successor. The accounts are, therefore, frequently charged with large sums not collectable, and. for which the Treasury Department does not expect, nor does it desire, to hold them responsible. On final settlement, they are credited with all taxes uncollectable, and their liabil ity, which appeared Inrge on the ooks of the Treasury, in fact may have been nothing. The frequent delays in settling offi cers' accounts, owing to deaths, resig nations and removals from office, causes the apparent balance to be reported against them. From a recent official report, it ap pears (hat the cash balances against collectors reach the exact sura of 82, 768,397 83, less than one sixth of one per cent, of the internal revenue collec tions; and these balances am secured by sufficient bonds in penalties amounting to ten millions of dollars. The truth, then, only lacks twenty-three and a half millions of the Democratic story. JJut who are these defaulters 1 And whose administrative service did they perform ? The balances are charged against col Jectors during their official term, as follows : 'To collectors appointed by Presi dent Lincoln . $ 899,058 95 To collectors appointed by Presi dent Johnson $1,813,75G 12 To collectors appointed by Presi ,dcnt Grant 64,581 76 Of the yearly exciso of one hundred and eigbty-five millions of dollars gath ,ered by President Grant's collector, there remains but sixty-four thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and eeventy-six cents not paid over to the Treasury. Whether or no this fact will shut the mouth of complaint and de traction, it shows a decent and unex umpled respect for official obligation and accountability not to bo found in the financial history of any former- adminis tration. PUBLIC DEBT. Hitherto it has been the policy of the liepublican party to reduce the public debt as rapidly as the prosperity of the people and the financial interests of the country will permit. I believe this to be a wise policy, and hope to see it contiuued. Gen. Grant has wrought to this end steadily and persistently, with results already shown. It ought to bo added that the annual saving of iuterest on the debt reduced and paid is 12,000, 000. This reduction has not been made by the aid of additional taxes, but under a largo repeal of taxes. The re peal of $80,000,000 in February, 1S00, was again repeated in 1870, by a total reduction ol customs and excise, which I now estimate more than eighty mil lions. If the fidelity, integrity and economy of the administration enable Congress to make still further reduction in the rato of taxation, and exempt a still larger list of objects, it ought to be done if it can be without impairing the public credit at home and abroad, and without embarras.-ing the regular and necessary operations of the Govern ment. The words of Washington, however, in his last address, on this subject, ought to bo remembered and considered. "As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit ; avoiding the accumulation of debt, not otly by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in times of peace to discharge the debt which un avoidable wars may have occasioned ; not ungenerously throwing upon pos terity the burden which we ourselves ought to bcr. It is essential that you should practically bear in miud that toward the payment of the debt there must be revenue ; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvct.icut and unpleasant ; that the j intrinsic embarrassu.ent inseparable from the selection of tin1 proj er objv;t which is always a elnice of dilucul ties ought to be a dtcileu motive for a candid const rui-t inn of the conduct of the Government iti making it." I kuow there are .-ora-- good Itepob- licaus who have serious doubts as to the policy of reducing the debt so rap- idofV1.'-" "'- r :;US gecer I have shown that the reduction already ru-oJe was from money saved by the economy and vigilance of the present administration. Thus far, no one, ccr tainly, ought to olject, nor to its con tinuance on such terms. But if we stop reducing the debt, because, we say, the next generation will be so much more able to pay it, ami therefore leave it to them, that generation will, in all probability, be quite as wiliimr to adopt our example and leave it to their chil dren, and so it may be postponed from one generation to the next, until, in the end, disasters may overtake the n-itim before the debt is provided llr. Oar public credit will thus be seriously im paired, and our pros; ; els of funding the date at a lower rate of interest utterly overthrown. Washington was a fir seeing States man, almost always correct on great questions of public policy, and it is not jet too late to be guided by his opinion. For myself, I. have to say that I do not desire the too rapid extinguishment of the national debt, but I do desire to sec its interest promptly paid, and its principal steadily and yearly reduced. I am for such taxation as will meet these results and the current expenses of the nation, Contemplating our vast undeveloped resources, with our present wealth and its natural increasing value, I will ven ture to predict it an easy task for this nation to preserve its faith and public credit; and that within the next quarter of a century the great public burden, which treason and rebellion forced upon us, will be wholly extinguished. And during all the time the people will be enabled to enjoy suck physical comforts and prosperity as are allotted to no other nation on the globe. To this end, and with a due regard for American industry and labor, it is my judgment that the excise and tariff laws ought to bo reformed aud re-enacted in the interests of the people. - - r. New Disease Among Cows. A disease has lately appeared among the cows of Jackson County, Mo., which has caused considerable loss to stock raisers. The eyes alono are attacked, and throw off water for neatly two weeks, at the end of which time a film covers the eyeballs and completely destroys the sight. The appetite mean while does not seem to be affected, nor is the general health of the animals in any way impaired. The cow doctors of Kansas City and neighborhood are very much exercised over the matter, but as yet have been unable to find either a name for the disease, or a specific for its treatment. WHOLESALE I'OISOXIXti. The New York Sun gives full parti culars of a terrible scene which was enacted at the Alhambra Hotel in At lantic city. The Alhambra is one of the first class houses of that fashionable resort, and was patronized by many of the elite of Pennsylvania and other States. Mr. Leeds, the proprietor, is a man well calculated for his position, and is one of those who know how to keep a hotel. On the 2d of Aug., the guests, to the number of about 125, partook of a splendid dinner, which was served up between one aud half-past; two o'clock. The guests partook of the j meal in fine spirits, aud seemed to j greatly enjoy it. About three o'clock, some of those who had eaten early, began to experience unpleasant symp toms. ly four o'clock, the number of affected had greatly increased, and the wildest consternatiou prevailed. It became apparent that they had been poisoned, and that the poison had been administered in the food prepared for dinner. The cook fled at the a'arm, and suspicion at onco rested on her. The proprietor was free from all suspi cion, as he and his. family were among the sufferers. The whole number affected was about sixty ; happily, how ever, all escaped death, though many came very near dying. Of the maimer of administering the poison aud its na ture, the Sun says . What the poison was is not yet ascertained. Several dtfT-.-rent storSe are ailoat in rog.it d to i'. Tho mo-1 foinmooly aecepud version is, that in making a ciUrl, the cook used oil of bitt.T almond instead of o-sctice of vanilla, as intended. This is a hard story to believe, aud can only be ac counted for on the suppoitiou that the took was so stupidly drunk that she didn't know what she wns doing. Any one in their sober st-n.-i-s wouui at once detect the difference in the odor. Oil of bitter almonds is one of the most aetivo arid deadly poisons ki own. it is four times as powerful as tin; ordinary prussie acid dispensed iti drug stores. One quarter of a drop of it is the limi tation of the dose allowed by the United Stutes dispensatory. A full drop of it would kili any small animal, and would be very dangerous for a human being. What in the world so powerful a poison wa left in the hands of a drunken cook is inexplicable, and eau-es doubts to arise as to the verity of thi.-: version of the case. Another story is that the cu-tardvas cooked in a brass kettle, and absorbed a portion of verdigns from the metal. Uut this would have rendered the 'dish so unpalatable that no one would have eaten of it. Again, it is charged that the cook purposely mixed strychnine with the custard, but the symptoms manifested by the sutfeiers were not those of this form of poison The con tinued absence of the cook renders the solution of these various theories diffi cult, but you reporter will endeavor to sift something definite out of them to morrow Lewenbc.eck tells us of an insect seen with the microscope of which 20,000, 000 would equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may bo seen in the cavi ties of a grain of sand.-Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies arc fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. the surface of our bodies is covered with scales like a fish ; a sin gle grain of sand would cover 150 of these scales, and yet a scale covers 200 pores. Through these narrow openings the sweat forces itself like water through a sieve. The mites make GOO steps a se cond. Each drop of stagnant water con tains a world cf animated being, swim ming with as much liberty as whales in th e sea. Each leaf lias a colony of iu t -eefs grazing on it liko cows in a meadow. IIt.ACKRFJUUES U.N WHOLESOME. A Philadelphia physician writes to the Post to correct an impression that blackberries are useful or harmless in cases where children are convalescing from diarrhea or cholera infantum. He says that from close observation during several years, meantime- enjoying a large practice, he is forced to believe that there is no other cause so fatal to life in these complaints as eating blackberries. Wo furnish the Republican and Dcmorcsl's Monthly for $1 a year. Til 13 SCHOOLMASTER. The art of teaching, like that of poetry, may be acquired by patience and diligence; but the true school master, like the poet, is born, not made. A successful teacher must know not only what he professes, but he must kuow it better than others. He who is on'y a few le-sons iu advance of his pupils need not be surprised if their unsatisfactory progress disappoints both himself aud them. The success of the teacher mainly depend on a proper estimate and appreciation of what is due from him. The superficial, half-hearted teacher, who has probably adopted the profession when everything else has failed, and to whom the labor of teach ing is drudgery and weariness, is a sorry spectacle. It should be the aim of a teacher to educate. An infi-riur teacher may instruct, but that. is not education. To instruct is to put in ; to educate is to draw out. A man must have a con sciousness of something more than thi dignity of his profession in order to a proper uiscnarge oi nts duties, ui a sense of their personal importance members of the scholastic profession have, generally speaking, m) lack. As a rule, they were, perhaps, the most Conceited of mortals, though they may not all have gone the length of Parson Adam, in holding that a schoolmaster is the qreate.-t of all professions, and himself the lTs. at.;ct of schoolmasters; or of the father of Drinsley .Sheridan, iu whose estimation the pursuit assumed such importance that he i.-j reported to have said that he would rather see his two sons at the head of respectable academies than one of them Prime Minister i f England, and the other at the head of affairs iu Ireland. Nor is this a modern characteristic, to jude from the old tale of the tutor to the King's sous, who boasted that he w is the ruKr of the 'country. How do yon make that out ?" asked one. iv Do I not govtru the Princes ?" was the reply. "Pe th-. , nut rale their mo'hcr? Has she not complete control of the King? And dots he not govern 5 recce" It may or may not bo matter fur regret, but certainly this has not ieen Uiu opinion ircnci all' ti'inuU-.l It as wat least honestly expressed by the worthy matron who, when placing her son umier the care of a schoolmas ter, begged that he would get him well on with his learning ; for, said she, "If he be granted j;race, I mean to make a miuister of him." Put," said the schoolmaster, " What will you makeot him if he be not granted grace?" ik Oh," she replied, "I'll then make him a dominie." No qualities arc more essential in a teacher than tact and pati' uee ; and perhaps in the majority of instances in which they arc in any way eoti-ipieuou-, they have not been natural virtues, but acquired by long and painful experience. There is no man or woman in the rofession who cannot testify to the labor .and weari ness daily undergone in the apparently hopeless effort to impress the careless, the idle and the ttupid. There are minds to all appearance dense and un impressionable in every large class of children on which no labor, however incessant, no indulgence, however wise, and no severity, however justi fiable, have any appreciable effect Vet we believe there is a key which will open any boy's heart aud win his confidence, if we would patiently aud pcrscvereingly endeavor to find out how wc should apply it. Tinslafis Maga zine. It is a curious fact illustrating the necessity of cleanliness, and of keeping the pores of the skin open, that if a coat of varnish, or other substance im pervious to moisture be applied to the exterior of the body, death will ensue in about six hours. The experi ment was once tried on a child at Flor ence. Ou tho occasion of Pope Leo Tenth's accession to the Papal chair, it was desired to have a living figure to represent the Golden Age, and so a child was gilded till over with varnish and gold leaf. The child died in a few hours. If the fur of a rabbit or the skin of a pig he covered with a solution of india-rubber in naptha, the animal will jcease to breathe in a couple of hours. An old gent is walking in his garden. Presently tho milkman comes along outside the high garden wall, and gives his'-customary yell. Old gent hears something, but being very deaf, is un able to make out just what is wanted ; so he puts his ear trumpet in place and elevating the bell edge over tho wall, exclaims "Here!" Milkman takes it for a dish) and empties a qaurt of milk into the old gent's car; and goes about his business. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, tC. POItaVXAM) - - - - General New3 Agent For Oregon and Adjacent Ternltories. Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kinds of CLAIMS. AO EXT for the Dallas Republican. iosa;v 9. aAiiV, ATTORNEY-AT -LAW, lHJIJXA VISTA. 41-tf J. C. GRU0B3, M. D., PHYSICIAN AI MJH(;t:O.V, QHcrs bis Services to the Citiatcus of Dallas nnd Vicinity. on'Ch'mt NICHOLS Drug Store. 34-tf w. i). ji:fi'iui:s, m. I9hvis:m ami! SlI2't'051j Iula, Oregon Social attention given to Obstetrics anl LH-v-ifts of Women. ltf Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, HAM2M, oiti?r;ox. Will jr.vti',e in all tho Courts of Record and Inferior Courts f thi .State. OFFICE In Watkinds & Co'a Brick, up tair. 1 Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all tho tYuria of tho State. 1 .1. fi,. coz,.L.ifts, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Jjl!.is, Oregon. Spc-ia! attor.fi . n riven to Collections and to rau:ri 'erUiiitii' to ftel 1'st.ite. 1 Ileal SNtaic ,4t5t! ana n..3i,rvt5' A?ictioDnr o. 100. FKONT sthi-:i:t, rOKTIANI ----- OltEKOX. WAGON AND CAnniAG SHOP, Main Street, Dallas. Second door north of the Drug Store. The undersigned wishes to inform the I' iMie thiit he i. prepared to da uny khrd of work in hi line on the ?1 orteft n! ', and in the test style. Thankful to hi li .r;itoui-r. nnd frit ud for former p:itror;;io, he respect fall y solicit a cootianauco of th same. aa-tf S. T. UARKISOX. 'oEsiE3iHcc on 5.ai Krone! Have do ' !c t that n soon as the Oregon r ntru! UiiiSroa'. West Side) i eiMnplttc-t into 1'oSk County, ili'-y -H iiv-uo orders to all con tractors and woikuu'D on the lino to purchase all tbeir Groceries and Fro visions Clothing, BooN and Shoes, Ladies Drcsg Goods, Hardware. Tinware, Or nnvthinc they may happen to want of M. M. F.lli., at Lnelede, '.ormerly known as duff's. Store. Meanwhile, all f.irtuers, or anyone else, will find it to their interest to call and make tl.cir selections. All are aware that I am sell ing goods chs'irr than avyfioily in Wi Co. huv wore Produce, than any tiro stores in tho Comity. So hrins alonjr. "your Iititter if it is soft, and if it is sour, all the better. Yours truly, M. M. ELLIS. ftmBM BLIND FACTORY, MAIN ST It HUT, DAI. I AS. 1 have constantly on hand and for Salo WLI5W SJlSSl, fj lazed ami llnJnxcd. DOORS OF ALL SIZES. WINDOW AND DOOH FRAMES, All of tho Best Material and Manufacture 1 1-tf JAMES M. CAMPBELL. Carriage, Wagosi, Sign, AND llll 1 1 illfll-llflS 1 I llll I nnTinn UilMJmiYLiHJ 1 llll I 111 GRAINING & GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, &c, Done in tho most Workmanlike manner by II. I SIIIUVKK. Shop upstairs over Ilohart & Co's Ilarness Shop. DALLAS, POLK CO., OREGON.' 27-tf PROFESSIONAL CARDS, &C. CORNIER MAIN AND COURT STS, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. The undersigned, having RE-FITTED the ahovo HOTEL, now informs the Public that he is prepared to Accommodate all who may favor hitu with a call, in as good etyle as can be found in any Hotel in the Country. Give uie a call, and you ehall not Icare disappointed. 12-tf W. F. KENNEDY, J'roprutor. Saddlery, Harness, S. C. STI Main &t. (opposite the Cocr IIousc), Dallas, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Collars, Cheek Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which h.9 Is prepared to sell at the lowest living rates. i2r-er REPAIRING done on short notice. S7o ETKity WEISJi! MADE EASY, LADY AGENTS. We want Smart and Energetic Agents to introduce our popular and justly celebrated inventions, in every Villa jv, Toicn and City in tic World. . 3 Iiulhpcnsahle to every Household They are highly approved of, endorsed and atbpted by LadiC, l'l.yiJ.,wt and Dlrine, and are cow a .GREAT FAVORITE with thou. Kvcry Family will Purchase One or m ro of them. Something that their merits are aiparent at a OLANCE. DRTJCISTS, MILLINERS, D RES S MAKERS and all who keep FANCY BTORES, will find our exMlei t articles SELL VEt T It A 11 D L ", givw perfect satisfaction and netting SMALL FORTUNES to all DekVrs and Agents. COtlMY RICIITS FREE to all who desire cn'ajrins in an Uanorahl H)fvrfnUt iwi Prtijlabf J'ititcti, at thesnmo time doing goad to their companions in life. -ciimpl 00, act t free I y mail on receipt of pri.-. SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIRCU LAR. ADDRESS, VICTORIA MANUFACTUFJITO COMPT., 17, PARK PL A CIS.. New York. SEW PICTURB GALLESy. .1. II. KIMJAID liasoperTed a New Photographic Gallery In Dallas, where he will be pleased to wait on Customers in his lino of Business at all hoars of the day. Childrcxi's Pictures Tikcn without grumbling, at the same price as Adults. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price to suit the times. Rooms at Lafollett's Old Stand, Main Street, Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, April 27th, 1871 ; 8-tj . V. $. SI Ms VJEH, No. ISO, First Street, PORTLAND, - f - - OREGON, Wholesale and Retail'Dealcr in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS A CAPS, GROCERIES it- PROVISIONS, Highest Cash Trice paid for all kinds of Ooixiitvy Produce. 16-tm Itas Carpet Weaving. VLL PERSONS HAVING MATERIAL for Rag Carpets, and wishing them Woven, ean be accommodated by calling on the undersigned. Orders left at the Store of R. Ilnwo Bros, will le promptly attended to. , 10 :Jm WAI. SAI LSUKRUY. FURNITURE! SZiircaus, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads. A Variety of CHAIRS for Parlor and Kitchen use. RAW-HIDE BOTTOM CHAIRS Of my own make. $ ? ; .Shop near Way in ire's Mill I INVITE THE PUBLIC TO EXAMINE my stock. I shall be pleased to show yoa my goods, and better pleased when you buy.-. ".' NEW WORK put up to Order, and RE PAIRING douo at the lowest cash price. 4-tf WM. C. WILLS, DaUat. I.I.I . ... . - Ilargains ! bargains ! ! AVING PURCHASED AN - ENTIRE New Stoek of Goods, I would call the attention of tho Publio to my Old Stand at tho jurtcit store. L hare a full stock of Groceries, Dty Goods, Hoots and Shoes, ' and everything found in a first-class Variety Store. My old customers will find it to their, advantage to renew their patronage, and new ones will be cordially welcomed. All kinds of Produco taken at the highest market rates. . Dallas, Aug. 3, 1871. W. C. BROWN, j 22-Sm