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t (Or rj o n JWjnibHrau. " " - " ' 1 - I ' - - DALLAS, SATURDAY, NOV. 18. , . . . , , i , . , a THE J.121SUHli TIME OF HOYS. Every father of a family knows that there is a time in the life of his boys that gives him much trouble and some anxiety.' We allude to the period of boyhood when exubcruicc of spirit and thoughtlessness are at their height, and when the studies imposed by school discipline are entirely insufficient to find adequate, employment for their too ac tive minds and bodies. And it is not possible, or even desirable, to increase the'MVeidy considerable application of all mtU bred boys to the study of books and the acquirement of learning. It is not to be wished that a youth of twelve or fourteen should grow up to be a con ceited would-bo pedant of twenty, and a 'goJkWpj-m of thirty years of age. Thuatfie task of finding fitting occupa tioq for the leisure hours of a' boy is no inconsiderable one, as few pursuits into which a boy, would plunge with eagerness are suited for putting in the way 6f so much impulsiveness and want of consideration as most boys poj-sess. The question, then, of bow to amuse . our boys is one of paramount import ance and difficulty. VVYe would suggest to the many parents who have been perplexed with this difficulty to give their lads every possible opportunity cf acquiring the use of tools, in order to fit him to fulluw some mechanical trade. The industry aod ingenuity of a boy of average abil ity may easily be made to furnish him with a never failing source of amuse ment of the best order. The boy who can produce or make something, at once begius to feel that he is somebodv in' the world, that the achievement of a result is not a reward reserved for grown people only. And the education of the mind, eye and hani which the use of tools and mechanical appliances furnishes, is of a great and real value, beyond the good resulting from the occupation of leisure time. Having nothing to do is as great a snare to the young as it is to tho full grown ; atd do greater benefit can be conferred on youths than 'to teach them to convert time now wasted, and often worse, than wasted, into a pleasant means of recre atfon and mental improvement. We say, therefore, to all parents, provide your boys with mechanical ap paratus and tools. There is no greater pleasure to most boys than the hand ling of tools; and many great men and ingenious inventors look back with gratitude and delight to the day when they were first allowed to use the lathe, the saw and the plane. The expense is not great, and it would furnish a family of boys with an occupation into which they would all enter with alacrity, and which will in. struct them in two most important branches of education, namely, quick ness of eye and docility of haud. And, further, it will develop any latent ge nius they may have for the mechauic-il and constructive arts, which are, now more than ever, the most important means to the progress of mankind. The training of the intellect in some handicraft will have a salutory effect on a boy's character. At logic and mathe ruatics teach men the habit of using their reflective powers systematically, eo carpentry, turning and other arts are of "high importance, even if the boxes and spools made are of little value. These occupations t teach boys to think, to proceed from initial causes to results, and to observe their effects; and to acquire .knowledge by actual experi ment; which is the best way of learning anything. All the theories culled out of books leave an impress on the mind and memory which is slight compared to that of the practical experience of the true mechanic7. The future of the world is already sown, and is springing up in our children ; is it not worth while to bestow a little thought on the cultivation of a growth so important to society, and so easily influenced for ' good or for evil ? ,. Through iright, or some other canse a deer was aroused from its hiding place in the foot hills, and made its way into (he central part of Corvallis on last Saturday. It was killed by sheriff Palmer when within a few feet of his dweling. Subscribe fox the Republican. te mm mtaismmamaam IIONOK OlJH nuJN'ESM. "It is a good sign when a man is proud of his work or his calling ; yet nothing is more common than to hear men fiuding fault constantly with their particular business, and deeming them selves unfortunate because fastened to it by the necessity of gaining a liveli hood. In this case men fret, and des troy all their comforts in the work, or they change their business, and go ou miserably, hhifting from one thing to another, till the grave or the poor house finishes their career. Hut while occasionally a man fails in life because he is not in the place fitted for his pe culiar talent, it happens ten times oftcuer that failure results from neglect and even contempt of an honest busi ness. A man should put his heart into everything that he does. There is no profession that has not its peculiar cares and vexations. No man will es cape annoyance by changing his busi ness. No mechanical business is alto gether agreeable. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affected, like all other pursuits, with trials, unwelcome duties, and spirit-tiriug necessities. It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets aud bur dens of his calling, and give his mind every day to the consideration of them. They belong to human lifo. They are inevitable. IJrooding over them only gives them strength. On the other hand, a man has power given him to shfd beauty and pleasure on the home liest toil, if he is wise. Let a man adopt his business, and identify it with plea sant associations; for heaven has given us imagination, not alone to make us poets, but to enable all men to beautify homely things. Ileart-varuish will cover up innumerable evils and defects. Look at the gcod things. Accept your lot as a man does a piece of rugged ground, and begin to get out the rooks aud roots, to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is something in the most forbidding avo cation around which a man may twine pleasant faucies, out of which he may develop an honest pride. Through Kail road Connection. The Q re y onion says: " If tl.ere be one thing which Oregon needs more than all things else, it is through railroad connection with the Eastern States. Local railway enter prises have, indeed, done much for the State, and will do much more ; but io long as we are without a railway to unite us with the Ka&t, we shall be in a condition of isolation, and the growth of our population and ' industries must be comparatively slow. People who would come to Oregon cannot get here with speed atid convenience. To many, the trip from San Francisco, either over land or hy fca, seems difficult aud for midable. Even more difficult is the trip through Idaho, from the railroad, ft is probable tha within a few ye.ir.s we shall have connection through Southern Oregon with the lines of the Central Pacific, but no one can yet form any definite idea as to when this result will be achieved True, the lines at either end are approaching each other, but it i.s to be remembered that msny hundred miles are still to be built, and that within this space is embraced by far the most diflieult portion of the whole route. And were this route now completed, it would still be a rounda bout way of reaching Oregon from the East ; preferable, indeed, to any route of access now existing, but still not what is wanted for the full accommodation of the State, The Northern Pacific will ultimately give us connection with the East, but this also is an indirect route. For a direct route, the proposed branch from Salt Lake presents advantages for the largest part of Oregon over all others. It is for this road that a land grant is now to be sought. The oppo sition to the policy of land grants, which has grown up within the last few years, will make the accomplishment of this object difficult. Still, if the case be presented to Congress in a proper light and on a proper showing, the dif ficulty may not bo insuperable. A memorial on the subject, to be ad dressed to Congress will be circulated here this week, and no doubt it will be generally signed." Who Will Have to Pay Li censes? During the present quarter the city revenue from license will be about 87,000. Of license paying insti tutions there are : Saloons, 93 ; lager beer saloons, G ; pretty waiter girls, 4 ; dance houses, 1 ; hotels, 20 ; hotel run ner, 6 ; dmya, 38 ; trucks, 14 ; hacks, 9 ; two horse wagons, 23; one-horse wagons, and carts, 75 ; auctioneers, 3 ; restaurants, 5 ; Place of amusement, 1. Bulletin. We furnish the Republican and Demorest's Monti I y for $4 a year. THE PASSIVE POLICY. The Bulletin has the following under J the above caption : " About forty Democratic papers in various parts of the Union, so far as heard from, have expressed favorable opinions of the passive policy suggested by the St." Louis Republican, which is, to hold no , democratic National Con vention for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, but to accept the nomina tion of a liberal or conservative ticket by the Republican opposed to the re election of Gen. Grant, and cast the full party vote for that ticket, in order to accomplish Grant's defeat. Horace Greeley or Gratz Drown are viewed as the strongest candidate for President on this lay out. The St. Louis Re pub bean daily publishes copious extracts from the various party organs on the proposition, and most of them seem to favor it. The chief and only considera tion seems to be to beat Grant. As father Ritchie used to say we shall sec." IltllH; ATION. Ilere is a hint which our California and Oregon farmers should not fail to heed. In England, where experimental agriculture is carried on to an extreme almost unknown with us, the invention of methods of irrigation has been very ingenious. At Stoke 1'ark u tract of twenty acres is irrigated by artificial rain, the system being quite suecc-sdul. The water was applied every night last tummer in showers, excepting when natural rain rendered it unnecessary The apparatus cou.sists of pipes laid in the ground, supplied from an elevated reservoir, into which water was pumped by machinery. The financial exhibit made by the results of the experiment is said to be a good one. The interest on the money inve-tcd in the necessary machinery, and the cost of operating it, aggregated S95 per acre for the entire tract of twenty acres Likewi-e the income per acre aggregated S20U, being made up. of the proceeds of one crop and grazing in the autumn of 1870, and two crops of hay in 1871. The net profit was thus 810") per acre On land of the same tract aud same character, used for the same purpose, but where the irrigation was omitted, the net pro fit per acre was but $iit. (toldeu at!. I.IVIIK COM 11. II XT. Many dark complcxim-d people, and some others, arc a';ivs troubled with Li' 1 inj - turn-'." W hen inquired of as to hiw they live, wo g'n rally find that they cat cmdy pretty liheraUy, a pound or two a week. They drink strong cof fee and make it very sweet , they cat griddle cakes f ir breakfast, with syrup aud butter, and thus they oveiioad the system witSi suuiar and fatty matter. They use vinegar pretty largely, be cause the system seems to crave some thing in opposition to the sugar and fatty matter, and the torpid liver yearns for something to give it a start. All through the spring these persons arc eating green stuff, radishes, and by and by cucumbers, because of the vinegar they eat with them. They worry along through the summer until the miasm i of the autumn begins to prevail, and then down they go with billions fever. A six weeks' release from labor, and the struggle with disease arid the doc tors brings them to their feet on tho approach of cold weather. My the time fresh pork, buckwheat cakes and fat poultry are ready to be consumed, they have appetites like wolves, and for three months they gorge themselves again with the billious producing arti cles of food I5y the next August they have made themselves ready for another billious attack. These people, wonder why it is that Providence so afflicts them. They buy pills hy the box, and their whole life seems to be a scries of errors in eatinjx and drinking. In the billious regions of tho West, where the fatness of the soil engenders fever and ague and other forms of billious disease the people live on pork, and articles with which molasses and sugar are largely used. A person who is well informed with regard to physiology and diet will sit at the same tabic with those who live unwisely and eat such articles only as are wholesome; will work in tho same fhop or store, and will neither have a sick headache nor a billious attack of any kind, will not lose a night's sleep nor an hour's work; require a particle of medicine or suffer a pang from sickness for five years. Providence is on the side of know ledge, self-denial and hygiene; and punishes gluttony, drunkenness, lazy ness and bad habits of every kind. Rut some will not learn wisdom though Providence " bray them in a mortar. Phrenological Journal. Wild Plums The surveying par ty which has been out at work east of the mountains this fall, report having found several sections of land on the mountains west of Langcl valley cov ered with a heavy crop of wild plums. Thoy estimate the crop at from four to five thousand bushels, and report the fruit excellent. It is a good many plums for one patch, but tho stateuieut i cannot be uoUDteu. fxnunei. State Item. Gleanings from Stato Exchanger.! The Democratic Times says: Thursday evening, as Mr. William Chambers was driving home from town in his wagon with William Chambers, Sr., John Chambers, Daniel Murphy and II. F. Cook, in making the turn around the corner near the Catholic Church the team, being young, became unmanage able, and the wagon was capsized, throw ing the whole party violently to the ground. The Messrs. Chambers escaped, receiving but a few slight injuries, but Mr. Cook was badly bruised and lay insensible for some time. The boy, John Chambers, is supposed to be in ternally injured, but the extent and character is unknown. From the West Side we take the fol lowing : The man Webster who has been confined in jail for some time pist awaiting the action of the Grand Jury, made his escape on Sunday night lasst. It is not definitely known how he obtained the tools, but there is a possibility that the officers will get tho prisoner,and also find the parties who assisted him in ob taining his freedom. We learn that he sawed the bolts of the crge door, and it was then only the work of a minute to get free. The bridge over the Cozine Creek will be finished in a few weeks Parties are at work framing, and as the lumber is coming as fast as wanted, it won't be long b:foro we have a safe crossing over this creek. The Eugene City ' Guard says : The recent f-alo of lots at the new town of Cresswill was not to auy alarm ing extent a success. Only one lot was sold at auction, as bidder: were not in clined to pay over $20 an acre for lottj m this embryo city. Ou Wednesday night of last week Mr. A. J. Cruzan killed a large cougar out on the prune between hi house and Cloverdale. The varinjiit was probably looking for a good "square meal." Joseph Sherfey, convicted of larceny was on Thursday sentenced to 1 year in the Penitentiary. Joseph and Julkins will pasture their sheep on different hills until next fall. Th ic c-orvains uazcite says: .Mrs. Caroline Jolinc, of Salem, Oregon, while on a visit to her relatives in this city, was taken sick on last Saturday with the Billious Fever, and died on Monday following iShe leaves a hus band and five .small children to mourn her death. Sim Bet hers & Co. have sold the Vaquina Stride Line to Joseph Woods of -Mary's river. Mr. Woods, we un derstand will run a weekly coach during the winter. An effort is being made to have a mail line established betwen Albany aud Ochoco. Hay has been sold in Eugene recent ly at retail for 810 per tod. From the Bulletin we take the follow ing : A Class Cutter. Mers. P. Itiinry and C. D. Snyder have purchas ed the right' for Oregon and Washing ton Territories to vend a patent glass cutter. The little " fixing" is shaped almost exactly like a diamond glass cutter. From ocular knowledge we know it will cut glas-i fully as well as a dia mond. It is sold for the small sum of 31. We learn that a meeting of the Pngct Sound Land Company was held in this city last week, when it was de termined to make no Sales of land at the present juncture, but to allow the same to remain in tho name of the in corporation, until a more favorable op portunity preseutcd itself for disposing of the same. Erom the Orrrjonvtn of the loth instant we glean the following: In Washington Territory the Lcgis lature has passed an act declaring that dogs are personal property and that it is larceny to steal them. In Portland the idea prevails that dogs are a nuisance ; it is meritorious to steal or even to kill them. The Stoum at the Mouth or the Columbia. A gentleman who came up last evening from Astoria by the John L. Stephens, informs us that the storm ef Sunday was the severest known for many years. The water was driven in by the force of the storm so as to submerge the wharves and all the lower streets of the town. At Fort Stevens, where our informant was on Sunday, the water flowed clear up to tho glaces of the fort, and entirely de stroyed the road hading from the fort. At Capo Disappointment, the road in front of the garrison was destroyed, the damage in this and other respects amounting to not less than $5,000. At Jacksonville, three horso thieves, named Morrill, Wener and Good, who were confined in tho jail at that place awaiting their sentence, overpowered the jailor and escaped. They had just eaten supper, when they made the assault by knocking the jailor down, robbing him of his rovolver, money and keys, and locked him in a cell with a Chinese prisoner. A reward of three hundred dollars is offered by the Sheriff for their capture or a proportional j amount for either. REAL ESTATE. B. H. TYSOIV, REAL ESTATE & GEfJR'L AGENT, " REPUBLICAN" OFFICE. Dallas, Oregon. Special attention given to Sales or Purchase of Ileal Estate, Collection of Claims, Ac. Agent Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. For -Sale. fTIEN ACRES OF LAND, with good House j and Barn, all fenced and under good Iins provetnent, situated in the Town of Dallas, Polk County, an extraordinary opportunity. TWO HUNDkED AND FOUTY SIX Acres of Land one Mile North of Eola, Polk County, good House, good Double Barn, aud other Bnildings. All under fence, with Cue Orchard, and in high state of cultivation. A HOUSE AND LOT IN CENTRAL V. Salem, netr the two Central School Houses. The House contains Eight Rooms, all Plastered, with Hard Finih, Barn, Wood House, and all conveniences to make it desirable. A FINE MILL SITE IN SOUTH SALEM, on Willamette Slough. A block of Six Lots, enclosed with Board Fence, good House, Barn, Ac. VGOOD STOCK FARM, CONTAINING 480 Acres, good House, two Barns, Orchard, Ac, Mtuated on Upper Salt Creek, 7 miles from Dallas. VFARM CONTAINING 250 ACRES, 100 acres under fence, 60 acres under the plow; good House, Barn, and fine Orchard, situated 1J miles west of Dallas. VFARM CONTAINING 137 ACRES. 1 Mile north-went of Bethel, Polk County, 7i acres under cultivation, 80 acres prairie land, good House, Barn, Orchard, Ac. rilHUEE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRKS J of land, 200 acres under fence, 25 acres cultivated, good log barn, with lumber for hourfe, good orebmd, living water near all the year rund. 3 miles tx.uth-wc&t of Simpson's Bridge, Big Luckiamute. A FIRST-CLASS FARM, SITUATED AT Pleaant Jhll, about two miles from Sbcr idau, in Polk County, conUini"g 4M) acres, all under fe'icc, 2l'0 acres in iiiliivHti.ii, good Barn, Orchird, and a comfortable firm House. For ale at the low price of fifteen d Ii;ir per acre. Emiuiru of Jobu Milicr,ou tho premUes, or the uudersigued. For Particulars enquire of It. II. Tyson, UtiaiiucAx OrncK. CHICAGO flu Flames ! ! The fJreafcat Con! Ingra tiou oT the Axe ! ! .XolwithMan-linj tho dot ruction of the a hove named City, the " OVHU LANI) SrOlUr still continue to kc-II (ioods eheipt-r than ever, as the fol lowing prices will fully show, viz. : 10,000 yards Bct Calico made at 10 cents per yard. 50,000 yards Heavy Domestic, one yard wide, at II cents per yarJ. 75,O"0 yards Heaviest Domestic, one yard wide, at 12i cents. .1S,000 yards Finest Bleached Shirting at 12J cents er yard. 10,000 yards White Flannel at 25 cents per yard. 8,000 yards best American Delaines at 20 cents per yard. 5,000 yards Fine Mohair Dress Goods at I C cents per yard. 1,000 Fine Assorted Poplin Dresses at 12 50 each. 3,000 yards French Cal'd Bombazines at 50 cents per yard. 3,000 yards best French Empress Cloth at 60 cents per yard. ALSO, Fine Business Suits for $15, worth $20. Fine French Cassimercs Suits $1S, worth $25. Fine Genuine Beaver Suits for $21, worth $35. Fine Genuine Chinchilla Suits $27, worth $33. ALSO, Ladies' Foxed Balmoral Shoes $1 75 per pair, worth $3. Ladies All Cloth Shoes for $1 75 per pair, worth $3. Men's California Screwed Boots $5 per pair, -worth $7. ALSO, 1,000 dozen pairs French Kid Gloves at $1 per pair, worth $1 50. 100 dozen Ladies' French Corsets at $1 each, worth $2. 1,000 Fine Linen Handkerchiefs at 12J cents, worth 25 cents. 1,000 pairs Ladies' White Hose, six pairs for $1. 1,000 pairs Children's Woolen Hose at 12J cents per pair. Tho Highest Price paid for COUNTRY PRODUCE. Save your Money by Trading at the OVER LAND STORE. F1KE!! FIRE!!! fpO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS I J. would say that I have re-built my Shot on the r SAME OLD CORNER, thT,rJaui PrcParcd to do all kinds of JOBBING. WAGON WORK AND HORSE. SHOEING ON SHORT NOTICE. As I have lost all my property by Fire, those indebted to me for work will confer a favor by paying up immediately. A friend in need, is a friend indeed.; ASA SHRJiVE. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 6ggp W, H. RUBELL, DENTIST, Is now stopping in Dallas, and is ready to attend to all those requiring his assistance. Artificial Teeth of the very finest and best kind. Satisfaction guaranteed, or no charges made. Now is the time to call on the Doctor. Office, first door north of Dallas Hotel. STRAYED OR STOLEN. On the 9th of August, a Sorrel Mare, sir years old, saddle mark on back and sides, shod all round. Anyone delivering said animal, or giving information to that she may be found will be liberally rewarded. Dallas, Oregou. Z. T. DODSON. 37-tf RE-OPE1MIIMC. AT THE OLD CORNER, HOLM AN BLOCK, COMMERCIAL. STREET, SALEM. II. & W. IIIRSCff, Having Re-opened in the Old Stand a Com plete Assortment of GENERAL MERCHAN DIZE, are ready to wait upon the Public, and oTer their Stock at very low Prices. All kinds of Produce taken in Exchange. We cannot be undersold. Please give as a call. No trouble to show goods. Everybody call. 37-tf B. W. HIRSCn. CHEMEKETA HOUSE, SALEM. PRICES OF BOARD REDUCED TO SUIT THE TIMES. A thare of Patronage of the People of Pofk Solicited. Every attention paid to Comfort of Guests. TO Till) KTRLIC. 4 LL KINDS OF WORK, SEWING, A V.'a-hio' ami Ironing, JLc, done by Mrs. Burnett on .-hurt notice and on reasonable terms. AU orders left at the house, south-west part of DrtlUs, will be immediately attended to. C. W. nOB ART. V I!LjE, 3. V. BOBART. HARNESS & ( OLL U: SHOP! North-East Corner of Mala and Mill streets. Dallas. GEORGE W. HOBART & CO. Will Msinufacture and keep CONSTANTLY ON HAND a large Assortment of SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND COLLARS, Cousisting of all th HORSE: KQIJIIMIEttT Usually kept in a FIRST CLASS SADDLERY SHOP, All of which will be made ot THE BEST MATERIAL. AU. C R R T A G E TRIMMING and RE PAIRING done to order on the shortest notice. Call and examire out Work before purchase ing elsewhere. 41-tf GEO. Y. II OR ART A CO. Tins Space E 11 V IS 10 FOR J. V. GILBERT. Boot mid Shoe Dealer, COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM. 28-3m Mothers, I've Found It! IOR YEARS I HAVE SEARCHED FOR . a remedy that will CURE your children by removing the CAUSE, and at last I can aj Eureka." TRY IT. CABMINmVE CORDIAL. This is a pleasant antacid, and in large doses laxative; in small doses, an astringent medi cine; exceedingly useful in all bowel a fleet ions, especially of children. It is a safe, certain and effectual remedy for Cholic, Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint, Griping Pain, Sour Stomach. Costiveness, Wind on th Stomach, Crying aud Fretting of Children. In Teething, there is nothing that equals iL It softens the Gums, and renders Teething easy. It is no humbug medicine, got up to sell, but a really valuable preparation, havingbeen in use for several years it recommends itself. Do not give your children the "soothing syrups," tor they stupify without doing any permanent good. Prepared by Dr. W. WATERHOUSE, MONMOUTH, OREGON.. . For Salo by Druggists.. The trade supplied, on reasonable terms. Hundreds of Testimo nlals can be given if necessary. 13-Vf &. W. WATEEHOUSB.