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DALLAS, SATURDAY, NOV. 18.
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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
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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.