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CA X M 0 VOL. 2. . DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1871. NO 36 Mht rtjfftt gUpuiliian I Issued Ivery Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Folk County, Oregon. BY II. II. TYSON. OFFICE Mil 6treet, opposite the Court Jtouse. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year, $2 00. Sis Months, $1 25 Ihroe Months, l 00 . For Clubs of ten or more $2 per annum. Subscription mutt be paid vtrivtly in advance ADVERTISING RATES. One square (10 lines or less), first inscrt'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion 1 00 A liberal deduction will he made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. Transient advertisement? must be paid for in advance to injure publication. All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. Legal tenders taken at their current value. Blanks and Job Work of every description furnished at low rates on short notice. A Splendid Chance. Tfe will send the Dallas RErruucAJt and Demrest's Moxthly, which is itself $3 for one year, to any person who pays us$l Demohest's Monthly stands unrivalled as a Family Magazine. Its choice Literature, its superior Music, its large amount of valualdo information on miscellaneous subjects, its practical and reliable information in regard to the fashions, and arti-tic illustrations, give it a just claim to its well-earned title, " The Modvl Magazine of America." The' Bamboo. This curious caoc is a native of China, Japan, and the South Sea Islands. It grows to the prodiiou height of 130 feet or more, having a smooth, glossy stalk, cylindrical in shape, and of a bright yellowish-green color, its surface being intersected with large knots. The branches starting from the top of tae stalk bear an abun dance of plume?like leaves. Around mansions and Urge estates in the countries in which it flourishes, the bamboo is often planted in hedge-row.-; which, however, have the disadvantage of often catching fire during storms from the heat caused by the f riction of the smooth, flexible stalks rubbing together. The number and variety of articles manufactured from this cane are almost inconceivable. The patient r.ad inven tive Chinaman has found the means of transforming the pliant reed with which nature has endowed his country into countless useful contrivances. Of all the form in which it is used, the nvs:t extraordinary is that of an edible Yes, however strange it may appear, bamboo i3 an article of fuod among "thee curious people who eat swallows' nests and boiled rats." When the stalks are young and ten. der, they are gathered and served upon the table in a variety of ways. Some time they are boiled and eaten with sauce, like asparagus in our own coun try, or stewed with spice and sugar, and put up as preserves, which command a very extensive sale, and which appear on the table at dinners given by the wealthiest native families. On the Phil'.ipine Islands whole towns arc built of this cane, houses and furniture all being manufactured from the same material. To be sure, thc-c houses are but one story high, and have none of the conveniences and elegancies .of our dwellings, as they are nothing more than huts, resembling somewhat the log cabins of our f&r West., and the furniture is of the most primitive and .ordinary description. 5ut the Malay has not far to go for his lumber. Se lecting a suitable spot on the banks of a jriver, near the outskirts of a forest, or in its very mid-d, he at once proceeds to -erect his house, skillfully braiding the iamboo twigs or tying them together with flexible reeds of lesser growth. In ja few hours the edifice is ready for oc- cupaney. Frail it is, and exposed to immediate destruction in case of a storm or a conflagration ; but yet it serves the native's purpose full well; it is merely a temporary shelter, for most of the Malays are wandering tribes. The bamboo is also transformed into conduit pipes, for supplying towns and villages with water from adjacent rivers and lakes. Strong and durable agri cultural implements and farming tools are manufactured from it, as also water buckets, scales, trucks and tho various kinds of poles and rods which are used to carry loads or to push them along in the streets. In China and in many of the East India Islands, a very common mode of transporting heavy burdens j3 to carry them in a pair of large scales suspended from the man's shoulders by means of a flexible bamboo rod, worn somewhat like a yoke. Bamboo canes occasionally attain an enormous size. The Queen of Franc, Marie Antoinette, was presented by the Emperor of China with a pair of hand some broakfasc tray?, each about forty inches in diameter, and carved out of a single solid piece of this wood. This prodigious development is, however, of rare occurrence, evcu in the most pro pitious climate. The Chinaman's broad-brimmed hat is made of split and braided bamboo; the haudles of his parasols aud fans are quaintly carved out ef it; she split stalk is fashioned into baskets of every possible shape, and beds, bedding, chairs aud brooms; the Chinaman's opium pipe, even the paper he writes on, and the pencil with which he forms the- curious letters, all are m anufactured from the inexhaustablc reed. There grows quite abuudautly on the Molucca Islands a species of bamboo that is so hard that it emits sparks of fire when the axe is applied to it. Its wood blunts the sharpest knives. In this the knots or joints are covered with rugose sheaths, which are as rough and grained as shark skins, and as hard as steel. They are used to polish iron and ivory. The natives of thee islands, and also the inhabitants of the Islands of Java, m ike quite a variety of fancy article with this cane flutes, whistles, fishing rods, long pipes called calumets, poi soned javelins, and excellent pike aud darts, the tips of which are hardened and pointed in the fire. The rapid growth of the bamboo is used in certain parts of China as a means of inflicting the penalty of death. An eye witness says that at sundown the culprit is led forth and steurtly tied over the young shoot, and in nearly every case he is a dead man before the morrow's sun has set, for the extraor dinary power of vegetation forces the stalk up into the fle-di of the mau, who thus loses his life's blood. It is, finally, used in the construc tion of ramparts The King of the Macassars being at war against the Dutch in KI.il, in order to intrench his army, had two parallel rows of stakes planted, a yard apart, tied together with other pices of bamboo, and cov ered over with a sort of lattice-work, also of bamboo. The space between the two rows was filled with sand, gravel, stones and branches of all kinds; and thus the whole formed a compact mass which opposed a very effective resistance to the artillery fire of' the Europeans. The cannon balls could not penetrate through the intervening sand ami uramnics. i ne same sort ot ram parts is u-ed at this very time in cer tain parts of Africa, where this cane grows in great abundance. We now hear of cloths manufactured out of a mixture of bamboo 'and wool, cotton or silk. The bamboo is prepared very much in the sime way as straw, by boiling several hours in water, pro bably containing alkali. It is then run between heavy rollers, and subse quently through. a picker, which re duces It to a fibre. The fibre is then in a condition for being carded and dyed, ready for mixing with other stock. We have seen specimens of cloth made by adding various proportions of the bamboo. Cotton warp and cloth containing 50 per cent, of bamboo in filling, was strong, and capable of taking a fine dye. A silk-mixed cassiiycre, in which was 25 per cent, of bamboo fibre with warp aud filling, also looked well. The dyed fibre closely resembles wool to the un initiated, and the undyed looked as if it could be u-ed lor false hair, if it could be made long enough. Could this wonderful tree for it may be called a tree be acclimated and cultivated in our own country, it would doubtless prove a source of pro fit; for American ingenuity and inven tiveness would soon discover still more appliances for this reed, already so ad vantageously and extensively "used. Boston Traveller. The original copy of Lincoln's Eman cipation Proclamation was destroyed in the great Chicago fire. It was the property of the Chicago Historical So- ciety, whose building was burned with! aa. r I all its contents. The society paid 25,000 for the original copy. There aro 0000,000,000 cotton spin dles now in operation in the United States, of which over 2,000,000 are running on cloths for printing, and produce 450,000,000 yards per annum. Wo furnish tho Republican and Demons? t Monthly for ii a year. Dangers of Inappropriate Ciothin A considerable part of all our sick ness and loss of life may be traced (if we go back to ultimate causes) to inap propriate clothing, as often, perhaps, as to inappropriate food ; we will not say to inappropriate driuk, as the latter alone undoubtedly carries olf more hu man victims i than any other cause of disease and death. Inappropriate clothing is, first, cloth ing out of season ; insuilicient in quan tity and quality during cold weather, uncomfortable by too great quantity and wrong quality in hot weather. With insufficient elothiug in cold wea ther, the animal heat must be kept up at the expense of a portion of the food which otherwise would be utilized for nutrition ; and it is well known that, in order to make animals prosper in cold weather, they must be kept warm Too warm clothing in summer pro- duces excessive perspiration, causing ; weakuess, and the rapid cooling of the body inciuent to sudden removal of superfluous garment.) renders the wearer liable to serious sickness. The popular notion of the injurious effect of sudden changes in temperature is erroneous, as experience proves in regard to those who by their vocation are exposed in this way. Prolonged exposure to too great a heat produee. serious derangement in the portal sys tern, defective digestion, diarrhea, or even sunstroke; while prolonged expo sure to cold, so as to cool the body, etu-es either rheumatism, neuralgia, cough, catarrh, pleurisy, or souse other result d" "catching cold," in accordance with the prcdi.-position of the person ; his weakest part will Miller, whether it be lungs, dtgest-iot:, nervous system, J inu-eh's, or aay other of the wond rtul j complex aggregate which constitute- j the human body. ) This notion of the u-efVtiirs-; "f gra lually cooling off has, when carried j )ly one thin,; a'ut them was p.-itiv. into practice, often brought injurious le- j tiev were t.i-l.i ?ub!e. suits; it U well enough to be governed f he t'reshues--., simplicity and friuk t.y it when overheated; but we have .,f .n!Iu.d C?.s enOr.-Iv seen young ladies preparatory to a sleigh i rtde, leave the cotnlortable hre m the i room, and go in the cold hallway to cool off, so as not to move too suddenls from the warmth into the cold air -of the street. The result wa-, that when they reached the sleigh thTy were almo.-t benumbed with cold, and be came po thoroughly cooled during the ride that the results showed themsclvcs in severe colds ; while those who kept near the fire, stored up as much heat as they could, and then wrapped them selves well up in their winter outfit, returned with health increased by the invigorating power of the cold air, Kut there are other points to be ob seived in appropriate clothing besides those of being adapted to heat or cold, and which are also too much neglected, principally by fetnalcB. It is forgotten that every feeling of Idiscomfoi t is an indication of nature of impending in jury to the system ; if persisted in till one gets accustomed to it" as the phrase goes, then it is 'erroneously (sup posed that there is no more danger. Many injure their health, producing dyspepsia, etc., by not wearing suspen ders ; but in place of this have certain portions of their clothing kept in place by being adjusted above their hips by being simply close fitting. This pro duces a pressure on the stomach and liver, which begets a series of troubles, from which many a sensible and honest physician has relieved scores of patients by no other remedy than advice accord ing to the principles stated. In regard to females, this habit of pinching the waste is a crying evil about which so much has been said that it is unnecessary to add anything, except the declaration that we join in the protest against it. A great deal could be said about the choice of appropriate clothing for those engaged in ditlercnt pursuits of life. It should be borne in mind that a badly adapted suit of clothes mny not only be dangerous to health, but even destruc tive to life, and often the means of sudden death. The MuutXactarcr andx'X were clean, instead of IJiiiMer. being tipped with jet like that hand HU Three hundred thousand men, wo men and children are act ualy employed daily in the city of New York, in money making occupations, to feed the balance of 700,000, not counting those outside the city, and also livinir on the money made in the city. These SOU,- .a' 000 are nearly equally divided as fol low : 100,000 are engaged in diffetent manufactories; 100,000 in trading, buying and selling; and 100,000 labor ers on buildings, on the (streets, docks, wharves and miscellaneous work. Our sister city of Philadelphia surpasses us in manufacturing population, having 125,000 persons employed in not less than 0,000 manufacturing establishments. Miniature Women. We do not know when our feelings have been ko touched with pity as at a spectacle witnessed a Sunday or two ago. It was a ihy to tempt even an atheist to some recognition f a Supreme Ueing. Tin religimsly inclined could not resist Its calm, Iritfht invitation to go up to the houso of God, and give thanks to him for the beauty of earth and heaven. It chanced that the Sunday school was still in session as we entered the nave of an opcq church, and while waiting through its closing exercises, there was an opportunity lor the inviting study of young children's faces. Looking about among the rows of sp, irk ling eys and mobile features, the vision was suddenly arrested by the ornate toilettes of a couple of sistersjfor, although strangers, the perfect uniformity of their dress indicated them to be such. Crimped, curled and braided, the hair of these mise was a marvel i-f 'intricate ar- ran'jreiu..-nt, which set one hopelessly wondeitng how much patient and irk some labor before the mirror had been spent in its adjustment. Mounted above it, a:id tipped low down ovtr the forehead, was a miracle of milliner's art of ribbons, and flowers, and velvet. Their white mu-lin drcsscs were elabor ately decorated, and tied with rainbow hue sa-dies at the waist, and enlivened with scarf, laces, chains and brooches at the throit, Ti e faces sat in the midst and over.-h udov. .-d by all this lavish adornment were small, pale and thin, and had a su-pieious suggestion of powder and the pall box in their elahorat w hiteness. I Plicate, drawled and preex'iou-, these miniature women looked of no i:i re use in the world tj,ail a couple of foree-l, fragile flower? jt Was jfn tK.iUo to jru'vs their rn from n!,y hint hi the-.r attire or expr--- j Ttey :i;'-ght be ten or twelve, j ai;,i ti.ev mi-l.t be ei-hte. n or tw. sty. I ,,i(j:vtat, Whcn thev school and aoo at the n -ed down ,,.;. ki-- i! ,,t' thi iIc, their bent ii-un humped hack and mincing mco at e ar i me finishing ab.-urditv of tiS.t sh-n-s aud biuh he !, while their conscious air and artificial manner completed the painful j icture. They were girls- of the period. And multitudes of such arc jrrowin;; j up nil over our own land, with the ex- ! p et;tion of fulfilling the destiny ; of : u oumiiiitjou aim uecomuig ics ;uhi mothers ! The men who are to marry such had far better think twice and then decline. Chicago Post. HIS hih omm i:nTioxs. A gcntlemnn advertised for a b tv to assist hiia in hiss ofliee, aud nearly ii t s v applicants prtsented themselves to him. Out of the whole number he -.elected one after a short time, aud di.stnis-scd the rest. 4i 1 slioubl like to know," paid a friend, " on whit ground you selected that bov, who had not a f ingle recom-, mendatinu " "Vou arc mistaken," said the getiuc man, " l e bud a gn at many. lie. wiped his feet wh?u he came in, ami closed the door after him, .showing that he was cartful. He gave up his scat im mediately to that lame old mm, show ing he wis kind and thoughtful. He took oil his hat when he came in, aud answered my questions promptly and respectfully, showing he was polite and gentlemanly. He picked up the book which I had purposely laid upon the floor, and replaced it upon the table, while all the rest stepped over it or shoved it aside ; and he waited quietly for his turn, instead of pushing and crowding, showing that he was honest and orderly. When 1 talked with him, 1 noticd that his clothes were eare i". .11.. t i i i i , mil) uiuMicu, ins nair m nice order, aud his teeth as while as milk am when he wrote his name, I uoticed that some little, fellow's in the blue jacket. Don't you call those things letters of recommendation? 1 do; and I would give more for what I can tell about a hoy by using my eyes ten minutes, than all the finn letters he can bring mo Little Corporal. M i n c t i: 3 1 a chin k u v. M aeh i n cry for microscopic writing has been in vented, which euables a person to duplicate hU writing a million times smaller. The inventor claims that it can copy tho entire bible twenty-two times in the space of an inch. Two coal mines in Coos County em ploy in tho mines ninety men, and the aunual yield is something over 00,000 tons, QtUcr wiocs are being opened. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, AC. J. n. iiAiri;vimi2, FOKTLAM) - - - OKIiGOX. General News Agent I-'or Oregon and Adjacent Territories. Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR, of all kinds of CLAIMS. AGENT for the Dallas Republican. JOilX J. DALV, AVill practice in the Court3 of Record arnl Iu fenor Courts. Collection attenJeil to promptly. Office in Dr. J. E. I'.ivMsonV l!ul.lin, MAIN XTltHHT, IXDEPEMIEXCK. 41-tf J. C. GRUODS, M. D., IMtYMC'lAX AM) SlTltCiKOV, Offers his Jmtvicbh to the Citizens of Dallas atil Vicinity. OFriVi: at NICHOLS' lrug i-'tore. 3t-tf X. I. JKFl'ltli:, SI. 1)., Cliysician ntitl Surgeon, Hula, Oregon. Special attention given to 01 .-It-trie? arol !i-t a:-f of lion. ltf Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all the Courts of th Ftat. 1 .1. I,. CO!JJS, Attorney and Counsellir-at-Law. fulla. Oregon. S-vcia! at'cfiiioij jriwn to Collection! atxl to m.it-rs E ' is: ; Jo '. a I Kfttc. 1 RUS3LL. FRFiY & WOODWARD. lira! S'NIalc .$...:&! P.nl !!?; 'lJ-ton-ur ana n a i.JvLoruers, No. loo. I'I'uvt sTt:s:rrr, IMIRTf.ASO - - - - -Ht';oN. j. j. AnLr:(, iTi:, A ftv A: C'oJiiiM'lIor ;il Law, OITICi; IN COURT HO'SK, DALLAS, POLE COUNTY, OREGON. L'.'-tf "" "' " " -' "-m - - COtJSiiiiJ Oc on Railroad Jim' di id -1 th.it r soon ai Oregon iVntral H.;iir. i ( V,-.- Si ! ) is rotnph ted into P. k iU!.' v, th"y iil iue ;rd rs t. all '.n trart o and wmkmcn on the Una t j urcliase all th:ir Grocpricr and Provision', ClothinfT. Soot and Shoes, Ladirs' Dress Goods, Hardware. Tinware, Or anvthinc they may happen want of M. M. Llii. at I:o-l !:. f rm- fly l.n .un a CiutT'si S-t r''. IVT'-'jir: 1',.-. ;ul l itiM rs or ar.yt;t will f r. I is , n ir ii-.tfn-.-t. to rait and inn! e t'.eir ''e.-ti'-rs. A't ar wnre that I Pta .!! i'JiT g-nd- r'-t;ir C'..f, u i;-1' i l',;!l !'.. 1 1 av t,nnf 'T" i.o'- t!t:oi any fr- in the Ci -unty. So hriniz l-?ng 'y.ar T. o: r ii it is s"t T, and ii it soi.i;, nil tho hrtUr. Your truly, M. M. ELLIS. 20-;ui mi door m M?5& BUiJD FACTORY, MAIN STIil'.liT, I)Vl.I,S. 1 luivc constantly on hand and for Sale WIIYDOW KANII, blazed and llnla.ed. POORS OF ALL 81ZKS. WIXOOW AM) DOOIt l'H AMIiS, All of the Best Material and Manufacture, ll-tr JAMES M. CAMPBELL. ocuLisrr, salem, - - - ori:;ox. All who require Surgical Operations on the Eye, or triimnont, are invited to give him a trial. Thono who do not receive permanent benefit will not be required to pay for tnatinont. Ho in amply provided with all tho modern ntnl improved Instrument;, mid will make thorough Examinati'Ois froc of charge. Carriage, Waosi, Siii9 AND ORXAMKNTAL IMtoTIXG, GRAINING & GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, &c, Done in the most Workmanlike manner by IX. P. S11KIYKH. Shop upstairs over IIoKart i Co's Harness She p. DALLAS, POLK CO., OitJUGON. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC. IALJLA IIOTEI, COItMUt MAIN AND COURT STS. Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. The unflerfigneJ, having RE-FITTED the above HOTEL, now informs the Public that he is prepared to Accommodate a31 who maj favor him with a call, in aa good style a can he found in any Hotel in the Country. Oire ine a call, and you thall not leave disappointed. 12-tf W. F. KENNEDY, Proprietor. Saddlery, Harness. S. C. S T I I, E S, Main st. (opposite the Cour Ilouse), Dallas, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Ilarnc?, Saddle Hridlcs, Whips, Collars, Check Line, etc., etc., of all kinds, which be is prepared to fell at the lowest living rates. A-sV-ItEPAIKINO done on short notice. 7o JE V E K T W E 12 K ! K AD E EASY, BY LADY AGENTS. We want Smart nicl Energetic Agents to introduce our p.pti!:-r and justly celebrated invi'Mior:, in every Viltuy,-, 'jtrn and City in th- Wurtd. Lulls: nsahlc to every Household; Thoy art- highly approved -of, endorsed and ad .pU-d by Lndivn, 'A '. Viw and Dirinr; ar.d are uow a KAT FAVORITE with them. I'ery Family ulll Purchase One or tin. re of them. Sumc-thing that their merit are apparent at a GLANCE. DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS. DRESSMAKERS ai.d a'.l who keep FANCY STORES, will find ..or t v t ;ie: t arf U Sh'L L YE II Y II A PD- I. 1 , j-'ivi.- p' i:.ct .-a! i-farti.yii j,iid netting SMALL FORTUNES to all Iir-MiiT? and Agent. county i;k;iits free all who o..-r engaging in au Honorahlt, !.'. t, !.,.!, , . !', . d.'r Hn.ivfn. at tbesama u.oo go u thr,r companion in life. .-ampio ri' .. M-nt fr,-. by mail ob receipt f ,,ri. m-:ni mi: wholesale circc- I. 111.. .ll'. t,,, VICTORIA MANUFACTURING COMPY., 17, IMitK PL ACi:, Ncu York. t 1 . m fill! !1B (iiLLBTiF. J. II. KI N'C AID has opened a New rfeotcsraphic Gallery In Dallas, where he will he pleased to wait on Cu?t.i,jors in his line of Business at all hours of the Jay. J Children Pictures Taken without gruir.l ling, at the same price as Adult;1. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price to suit the times. j . Boom? nt Laf .llcttV 0!jd Stand, Main Street, Dallas, Polk Couuty, Oregon, April 27th, 1871 I JJ i I I. v ES, No. 12t;, Tirst Street, ioi:tlam, - - . - oregojt, Who'ef.ile nr. 1 Betail Dealer in m mm, cLoraifi, LADIES' DliKSS GOODS, HOOTS A NO SHOW, II ATS fe CAPS, GROCERIES 0 PRO VISIONS, Highest Cash Price paid for all kinds of Io-4m m.M a V tl(i III) VLB PERSONS HAVINil MATERIAL for Bag Carpet?, and wishing them Woven, can be accommodated by calling on the undersigned. Orders left ot the Store of B. Howe Brs. will be promptly attended to. 16 :!m WM. SAI LSBEBBY. C. N. l'AJlMENTKR. P. J. BABCOCK. PARfilEKTCR & BABCOCK, ! Manufacturer, and Wholesale aud lie tail Dealers in F'niMiitiii'e, Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon, HAVE ON HAND THE LARGEST . Stock of I'tariiiliirc, Wifittow-Sliadcs, ! Hollands, and r a p i: it-ic a : iis To be found in Marion County. All kinds of Picture Frame!), Coffins and Caskets made to order on short notice and at reasonable ratec. PARMENTEIt & BABCOCK. Salem, March 23, 1870. 4.tf Bargains ! Bargains ! HAVING PURCHASED AN ENTIRE New Stock of Goods, I would eall th attention of tho Public to my Old Stand at the Brick Store. I have a full stock of Groceries, Diy Goods, Hoots aud Shoes, and everything found in a firsUclass Variety Store. My old customers will find it to their advantage to ronew their patronage, and now ones will bo cordially weleomod. All kinds of Produce taken at thehightit market rates. DallUfAuj. 3, 1871. W. C. BROWn.