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About Oregon Republican. (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1871)
J) J OA r4 0 VOL. 2. DALLAS, OREGON". SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1871. m. 42 JJL vi 1 1 rL. She 9rcgau Republican. It Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. It. II. TYSON. OFFICE Mill street, opposito the Court 3ou.se. STJB3C2IPTI0N RATES. SINGLE COPIES One Year. $2 00. Six Months, $1 25 Ihreo Month?, $1 00 For Clubs of ten or more $1 75 per annum. Subtcription mutt be paid ttrictly in advance ADVERTISING RATES. One square (lOlincs orlc?s), Srst lnsert'n, $3 00 Each subsequent insertion 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to quar erly and yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. Transient advertisements must bo paid for n advance to in?nre publication. All other adveriising 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. .tra iHdiicciHOiits lor CIrlihsi:?! DEHGHESTS ILLUSTRATED EIGHTHLY Contains Original Stories, Niw Moi House hold Matters. General and Artistic Llt.-r iture, andthconlv Reliable Fah;o n, with Fuil S ze Patterns. Yearly, only $3 00, with the splen did Chromo, " Isn't Sub Pnf.TTV," KislS. worth $$ 00, sent pot free to each Mib.-erihcr ; or the Large and Eleg.-mt Chromo, after Jb jiomk TiTiMi' w. Hiawatha' 'Wooing, s-ize 15 x 25; price, $1600. fr $1 00 extrjt, or both Chromos with the Magaziue, f ;r $i 00 post free. Published by W. JKNMXOS DEMOREST, .838, Jiroadiruy, Arm Yark. A splendid offer to our Sn'neribet a : We wi1! end the above Popular ard Valuable Maga zine, for one year with the 0 Chrorao. to gether with our paper for only ?i ; or. for $1 o extra. Hiawatha's Wofinsr.or fr $6 & we will sen.I Dtfiaorest's M m.h y for one ytr, hlh Chromos. and tha ORKiioN Rk.pi bi.I. Or for $3 50 we will send the Rkitbucas and Deraorest'a Monthly for one yejr. This is a Splendid Chance t secure the bt Magazine, Elcgnnt Chrorao, aud a good County Paper for nearly half the value. Send the amount to this ofiW, and the Magazine and Chromos will be promptly forwarded. THE ILLUSTRATE!) PHRENOLOGICAL JO I RNAL. is in every rM.e-i a Fir.t- Class Magazine. Its articles are of tit hizhest interest to all. It teaches wh.i t we are ami hvw to make the most of ourselves. The inf. rui ion it contains on the Laws of Life and Health is well worth the price of the Magazine to ev-ry Family. It is publi.-bed at $:', 01 a year. By a epecial arrangement we are euabird to oibr the Phrkmolocical Jocrvai. as a Prcms'tm tor 6 new f ubsi ribers to the Ohm;oi Ki:im n. u-s, or will furnish the pHREoi.o;ir a i. Joi ns!, snd Oiikoon IIkim bi.H'a ? tijtfo-r fr .? t'O. We commend the Joiknal to ail who want a go J .Maj.H7.ine. t 'iiiii:ii.mjMi'j-Mu-w.lJi.u-a.-r-'x-jg-miijta Fool.. Some molcrn writer of tlic npin ion that f.ols were scut into the world to afford amusement and relaxation to the vfhe men, whr would, it is feared, lead a very dull port of life without them; but it strike? us that wire men were sent on the earth only to hv laughed at by foe's. In numbers, then? cao be no doubt that fools have the ad vantage, and therefore, whenever ridi cule is made the te.st of truth, it in no wonder that foily is victorious over wis dom ; in fact, if numbers and noise carried the day in mundane affairs, as they Eornctin.es pcciij likely to do, tin would be a fools' paradise indeed, and the sooner wise men got out of it the better. But a sharp scrutiny into history will shov us that it is not in virtue of their much folly, but their little; wis dom, that fools are so powerful upon earth. " To (;et the fools and knaves of a country well r; verued, that is the problem fcr States to solve," says Car lisle. True ; and aa yet no State has arrived at a thoroughly satis factory solution. Every little helps. Kven a few honest words about lools may uot be utterly useless. " As one star dificrcth from another etar in glory' fo does one fool difier from another fool in folly. There is the vain fool, the proud fool, the learned fool and the ignorant fool, the talkative, fool and the silent fool, the clever fool and the stupid fool. All theso require examination. Pre-eminent io foolishness is the vain fcol; but lie is for the most part eaore harmlfs than the rest; besides he is fair game for those who laugh at the absurd i tier, of their fellows. The most comfortable thing in this uncomfortable world is the vain fool. Confidence in other people's good opinion of him wraps him arousd liko a garment, cr rather it en closes him like a coat of mail, and is proof against every tliag and arrow that Ecnne or satire may aim at him. Great is the vain fool's faith in the eentiment he inspires ; " childlike and Hand," he has no misgiving?, but be lieves, without a moment's hesitation, ll that he wishes to believe. If a man behaves with kindness and civility to hiut, the vain fool ets httn down as an admirer. If a woman smiles at him good naturedly, he takes it for granted she is distractedly in lovo with him, and makes a greater fool than ever in consequence. And yet, after all, the vain fool is the last of the species one would wish to see die out. The proud fool is almost as happy in his opinion of himself as the vain fiwl in his. belief in the opinion of others concerning him. 15ut the proud fool's happiness is not of a lively, expmsive, social kind, like that of the other. No! A proud fuol is solemn, slow, senten tious and reserved. He is often suspi cious, too You nny lauh without fear at a vain fool it would never enter his head that you were laughing at him; but be wan how you indulge your mirth in the presence of a proud fool. If he- did n;tt know exactly what you were laughing at, he would fake it for graitted that you laughed at him, and would be venomous agaitit you in the future, lie is not without a nervous fear that he is underrated, and his life is a continuous effort to keq up his own dignity. He acts the part of a gnat man to himself ; he looks on at Siis own performance and applauds The proud fool is the most unpopular of the whole' genus, because the little miud that he has is always occupied with himself. If he would send it abroad to give it an tiring, he might perhaps eeae to bo a fool; for he is not without the genus ot goo 1 sjose, and only pride floods all, aud will not stiller them to grow. The learned fool is tedious and ridi culous, without having any .suspicion of the fact, lie lives in the pleasing de lusion that the reading of books is svnonymous with th'e acquisition of knowledge.- Few people read so much and apprehend so liitle of the irtj.nini: of wh it they revl. H prides himself upon being a tuau of vast reading, and will talk away in a sort of bodii-h un sale, so that you would say he had picked up a great ejuantity of valuable matter, in hi studies. The only thing he is thoroughly mit'er of is the ue of oi words. He imposes upon women attd simple minded jn-ons by his ter rible settii forth of unheard ot epi thets. " He draweth the thread o Ids verbo-ity finer thin the Ftaplo.of his aruum jnf ;" and as to his (junta tioioirom dead and living tongue-, you would swear he had been at a t:reaf fe-j-t of tangUTes and h:d stolen the erars. Th-re is no hrm in the learned fool; bui. he is likely to talk you dead The talkative foot ioy not he the worst of fools, but he is deeid 'djy one of the mo-t tin plea int. The clipper of a bell, the continual flowing of water, trives but a faint conception of the wishv washy flow of his everlasting talk. Windy, frothy, in-ane, vapid, sense less, and semi-articulate, he will go ot for ever, without breathing pauses or full Hops. If is useless to wait for something to come out at la-t nothing will come- The stupid fool is the armc and crown, the ne hx ultra of foolishness. This is that sublimity of denseness, that pure, opaque stupidity, airaiosl which, as Sehnler says, "the Jods fight in vain." Hut, after ll, what would we do without the fools? A genial Lamb says, " Let us chciish the fools, lest in the improvement of the race, like the Dodo, they become cstinct." If ons es in the United States. It i: find that there arc arc 11,081, 000 horses in the United States. Illi nois has 1,310, 'j20 lamed and untamed Kteeds, the largest number owned in any State, while Ohio follows very close with 1,200,000. Pennsylvania claims 002,300 ajiiinils of the equine race, among which aio a great number of powerful draught horccs, which are hardly f,urpas?jed lor size and working qu.dilics by the famous breeds af lielgi u:n. New York hm 70.', 120 of the useful creatures, while Indiana, Ken- lucky, Texas, Missouri and Virginia have within their bordcis in round numbers 800,000, 053,000, 000,000, 520,000, 430,000 respectively. The l et urns from other States vary all the way from 9,000 to 300,000 for each. Mutual Helps. Walter Scott wrote : The race of mankind would pcrisdi did we cease to help each other. From the time that the mother binds the child's head to the moment some kind asistant wipes the dew of death from the brow of the dying, v?e cannot exist without mutual help. All, there fore, that need, have a right to ask it of their fellow mortals, and no one who has it in his power to grant, can refuse without incurring guilt." Eobcaribo for iha IUpudlku. sescBjexxaeaEzs: CiUTTING THi:iK I2YUS OPIiXHI). We have always contended that there was in the Democratic party a strong clement in favor of supporting our Government upon the basis of true Republican principles; that when these principles were clearly set forth, aud the danger of following in the lead of dogmas taught by the Democracy was thoroughly understood, that hundreds and thousands of those who were biiudly following the lead of base and designing men, who were toling them to political ruin, would see the danger of their way, and turu from their errors iuto th true iight. All can see in the recent elections that such was the case. The triumphs of the people over those base villains connected with the Tarn many r'ngsshow conclusively that when the people see dinger, they will pre pare to avert it. The point endeavored to be made by some of our Democratic cotcuiporaries, that it was not a Repub lican victory, from the fact that it was achieved by a union of Republicans and law-loving Democrats does not detract from the glory of the achievement It is veiy patent to every ob-erving mind that it was not accomplished un der the leadership of Democrats. Ihere being but two parties in the field, it is also evident that if not accomplished by on, it must have been done by the other. It was not our purpose, how ever, in this article, to crow over victo rie?, or to harrow t!;o minds of the con qnered by memories of defeat, but to hear testimony, and proudly loo, to the f.ict that no great part of the American people are so wedded to party as to go in direct antagonism to their own and the true interests of the country, in order merely to gratify personal p;tc ; that whenever vice and fraud run rampant in high places that the people rise in their might and suppress it, be it Democratic, or lx it Republican This is the policy which should actuate all classes of citir.us in cafir,"j their vote for public officer. In forming political parties, layiug d own political platforms aud principle?, it should ever b the aim to support the right and upjircs the wrong ; and whenever, in th" esiiunii m of am party, there is no wroutr H the ot-ritiun to longer fi-hf. it is meet and proper that they shooid follow the C"ure being advocated by the Democracy tit present pursue a passive p"ticy, aud let flic content go with a full swep in favor of the party which is h founded upon principle a, in their etiiuatiou, to be perfectly im- pregna ble. The proems of the rcductbm of the national debt reveals fi-inie interesting concomitant farts, showing in a p?r-b-etly unanswerable manner how t( burdens of the people are bring re moved. As has already bnn stated, the total reduction of the debt since March 1, ISO:), is $273,741I1 08. ami the moot lily interest, charged m the total debt has decreased from 510,532,402 50 on the 1st of March, 1800, to 80,008,453 42, or in other words the reduction of the debt is now paving to th country in interest 31,301.000 08 per month, or at the rate of SI 0,308,008 00 per year. A . )". Times. The ' A"w Xortfttre.it This entor prizing publication conies to us regu larly, and is always read with pleasure. Though as a consequence we cannot expect to endorse everything advocated by that or any other paper, yet, for unswerving fidelity to principb, and intelligence in advocating its princi ples, it has few equals. We can hut admire its candor in dealing with those who are candid, while its cutting repar tees to those rho deal with unfairness is really refreshing. Success to the orgon of Human Rights; aroJ if all this class of papers would ad,0JJt0 the same principles, we migHt aJraf)rtt i,c tempted to eay, success to Woman's Suflrago. Sun Printino on Fruit. Hoys and girls, if you wish to astonish any members of the family, or any coning guests, by some day allowing thetu to discover their initials ueatly printed on a pear, peach or tpple, as'it hangs on its branch, this is the way tc carry out your plan: Just before tho fruit ripens, cut the desired letters from a sheet of thin, tough ppr, sod paste thcra on the side of the fruit most ex posed to the sun. When, in the course of time, you remove the paper from the ripe surface, you will find the let ters distinctly marked upon it There are other ways cf printing fruit, but thia ia (he most Rim id c. The dress in which Madame Cata casy received Alexia traa bought in Ti.nn, wtl cost 1,200 in that itj. Death on the Mcaraer AJax. The San Francisco Chronicle of the 9th inst. contains the following part oVt- lars of a death on th Ajax : "The friends of Leon Gosset, the man who died last Wednesday on board the Aihx, wh.le the vessel was coming into bort, alleire that his death was cause by iil treatment. The fobtwing! parttcuirs were giveu : Deceased was named Leon .liosset, aged City three years, a native ot Conueilles (Kure), Franee, a butcher by trade. The morning that she Ajax passed over the Columbia River bar, a Belgian, who occupied a unk with (io.et in the steerage, coul tind to the mate that Gosset had a large butcher knife in the bunk, ani he was afraid that he might use it.j While Gosset was on deck on Suudjy morning the mite con fi-cated the ktife. lly this time it was whispered about the stceratic that Go set was crazy, and to satisfy the other passengers a watch was placed over him during the afternoon, while he was lying in) his bunk. Soon after, Go-set spraufVoin his bunk and made a rush at a ps-t nger who was not far distant, and fith whom hv had had no difficulty. Toe mate was ent for, and he, with theaid of home of the crew, was dragged on deck, hi boots having first been foced on his feet, and with iut a linen coat on his back he was pushed iota the donkey-engine rom, which is a fuill house on deck -containing the in u$d donkey-engine and a quantity of rubbish. Although Goset was perspiring profusely from his struggles, aid the weather was cold, he was thrown into this cheerlcs, comfort less pUce without a blanket, without sufdcient clothing, and unable to keep warm liium-lf by reason of his having been put in irons. In this donkey en e room Gct remained two night aud a day, during which time the weather was intensely cold. When the vcMel was r sight of the hod on Wednesday, it was discovered during the second dor watch that Goet was dead..- His remains were received by order of the M?emd ofiicer, who refused to aihiv any uf the passenger to. look at the ly. On arriving at thi port the ret. in were budded over to Coro iter Sti'2n:at, who, on tl statement of the oiTivrs of the diip, is-ueo r certifi cate tie Go-M-t die 1 of delirium tre mens. On hearing of the- chirges. Coroner ivi.luun defermiued to hold an ioqutft and .ttat.e a thorough examina tion of ail the circum-tances. This will be done to-dav. Singtttar ai;er. A wa;cr lately came off, the term of which err as follows: I will bet any man X'I'M) that he cannot make a mil lion Mr Krs with pen and ink, within a month." They were not to be mere dot ancs- ratehes hut fair down strokes such as form a child's first Ics-on in writing. A centletMftn accepted the challenge. The month allowed was the lunar m . nth of twenty eight diys. so that, for the completion of the under tiking, tn average of 30,000 strikes per diem wa required. This at CO per minute, or 3,000 per hour and neither the huiQtn inttdlect. nor the human hand cn bcexpeeted to do more would call for ten hours' labor iu every twenty four. With a proper repect for the Sabbath, the gentleman determined io abstain from his work on Sundays, pud by this determination diminished' by four days the period allowed him; at the same time, by so doing, he in creased the daily average of his ptroMes to upward of 41.000. On the first day he executed 50,000 ; on the second day nearly as many. Rut at length, after many dnys, his hand became veiy stiff and wcaiy, the wrist swollen, and, with out inteirupting its progress oker the paper, it? required the almost constant attendance of a friend to besprinkle it with lotion calculated to relieve and invigorate it. On the twenty-third day the million strokes, exceeded by a few thousaud to make assurance doubly sura," ttfere accomplished These in teresting f apcrs are not placed in ths archives of the Royal Society, of which the gentlunau is a Fellow, but were claimed and received by the person who paid the wager,- From a London lla Per- ,...,. - . The State Senate of Illinois; has adopted a rule requiring the roll to be called every morning, and the absence of members to be marked. In the case of Turner vs. Ortix. in San JranciHCO -suit for breach of promise the jury brought in a ver dict ia faror ot the plaintiff for C7,5C0. . r v The total vote of the State of Illinois tt the Ute election cas 253,336. PR OFESSJONA L CA RDS, d- C. .!. A it o n IV, OCULIST, A UIUST, CATAKUII, THROAT AN'D LUIiG V 11 V S I I A . OFFICE: Corner of 3d and; Mor rison streets, Poutland, OitEdON. DIt. ADORN'S PRACTICE KM D HACKS the ta"t mo'lerti cientith treatment for tliu ajieedjr and radical euro uf chrunio diiayi. 41 tr JOS1 V J. X Wy V Vo u n jse 1 1 e r n t Law. Will practice in th ('curtH of Itcrnr:! nl In ft-iiur Court. Culler limis attended to protuptly. Offiee in Dr. J. K. lavids.n' Iliiildin?, main sTitiiiyr, iM)Ki'i:M)t:xcr- 41-tr J. C. GHUDBS, M. D., IM1VXICIAN' AMI SVlUilAtS, Offers hi. Services to the Citireu of Dallas and Vicinity. OFFICE i NICHOLS' Dru? Ptrc. 34 tf v. i). 4t:i'iitn:. m. i)., 2'Ii -sici.-ui mill Surgeon. lla, Oregon. Spfial aftntin giren to OLstetrici" nd !icaej of Women. Itf I. C. NUIaI.IVA., Attorney & Caunsellor-At-Law, Dallas. Oregon. Will rarti- in all the Cuurte of th Ftate. 1 J. Is. COlAsWX, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Dallas. Oregon. ?p-t! attention j-ivrn to Cllptioni and to matter pertaining to Ileal Ettate. 1 RU35LL, FERRY & WOODWARD. Ztvnl INIatc AciiIm and Real Estate Auctioneers, No. 1'MK I'lUiM HTltr.liT, rtiitTj.AM) ..... our,t;. .i. a. apei,katb:, AITy A: C'ouaiM'JIor at E,ar, OFFICK IN COntT 1IOU5K, DALLAS, POLK COTJNIY, OSEOOIT. 2iMf 10, BUttO FACTORY, M AISi 'sTHIiHT. I) i I.I. AS. I ha constantly on hand and for Sale WINDOW ':3, Clnzccl antl llnIazetl. POORS OF ALL SIZFS. win now and iiooit nn.iiKs, All of th Bc!t Material ant Manufacture. H-tf JAM K.-S M. CAMPBELL. li 4I2AEt LES W SiO.V, SAI.IIH. ... OHIiCiON. All -ho rtqnr Purijil Operations on tln Kyec, or traiincut, are invite ! to gire Litn a tri.1l. Tho who do r.it rcoci-3 fcrmar.pnt loneflt vrili not b( requirt-J to py for troatmont. He ii an.'j'ly (.r.vi l-' with all Iho u.(!orii anl improved Inrtninnts. and will tnakv tl oro'iich Kxit.-tslnalior.H ireo ot charge. Carriage, Wagon, Sign, GRAIHIKQ & GLAZINQ PAPER HAWaiNO, &C, Done in tho most Workmanlike manner by II. sinux i;h. Shop vpatairs o?er Ilohart 4 Coi Ilarue."? Shop. DALLAS, POI.lv CO., OHF.r.OV. . 27-tf I UA.Ii A. i tiOli, AKI Blank Baok Hmufacturer, nam;m, onr.tiox, -sxTm-m Hnving ftablih4d a Firit Cn K4ffg J Hook bindery in J-aletn, i now krZniy prepared to do alt manner of vr work known to the trade. Magazine, Newspapers aad Moiie Sotmi la any d4r d Style. Old Books Be-Bouad. BLINK HiOKfi of every deecriptloD, with or without Printed Heading!, Manufactured to Order. : ? i v.: -'U rr t ? --,- SLAKES of erery kind Ruled and Printed to Order. PRICES REASONABLE t riaol4 Kaak. .j li-$m A jmi,wf"Wg,t.uHF -jwuanwwuaj PR OFH&SIOXA L OA RDS, & C. 4 ffc COHNKR MAIN AND COURT STS. Dallaa, lollc Coanty. Oregon. The underfed, having RK-FITTKD the above HOTEL, now inforraf the Public that ho iti .prepared to Accomtnodato all who -may favor hiiu with a cuU, In a good style as can be found in ony IIot-l in he Country, tlive me a call, and yon ba!l not leave diiappointed. 12-tf W. F. KEN'NEDT, Proprietor. CHErVIEKETA HOUSE, 8Atn.ii. PRICES OF BOARD REDUCES TO SUIT THE TIMES. A hare of Patronage of the People of Pofk Solicited. Kvry attention pail to Comfort of fueta, S7-tf , S a d d I e ry, Harness. .S. C. STILES, Main -t. (opposite the Cour IIoubc), Dallas, MANUFACTURER AND DEALKR IN arm h. Saddle, Bridlco, Whipn. Collara, (Micrk Lincv, etc., etc., of all kind, which he ia prepared t fell at the lowct living rates. 3trTEPAIRINO done on short notlc. !?75 E V B: il V V 12 12 & ! HADE EASY, LADY AGENTS. Vi! want Fmnrt And Energetic Agcnta to irtr iH-e our popular and jm;ly ceklr.:ted iov r,t?i.n. in every Ytlhioe, Twn nd C'i the, Vrld. yptnsalle to every Household; , Thy are hilily approved of, cdrnd nd adopted by Ladiv, '!,ttUiftt nut "rie,' and are now a GREAT FAVORITE with them. nvrry Family trill PorrLase One or m'.rw of them. Something that their merit are apprent4tt a LANCE. DRUGGISTS. KILLINEE3, DEZSSMAXZSS jtH el! who ket-p FANCY STORES, will bud ...ir t xceUei I arti.-! SFLI. VFtV HAP1D il', jrivca perfect iat i'faotinn and netting SMALL FORTUNES to all Dealers and Ag.iaOi. t'OUNTV RIGHTS FREE to all who dm re encasing in aa Hxrnorht 1l'prt l)t c Pit.ft.tUe Jiuitep at tLeaut time d'.ff.g go-d to ttwir e.i j anioc in lile. Sairple t ' ''O, eeit free t.r mail on recript of pric SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIRCU LAR. ADDRESS, VXfTOaiA KANUFACTUaiKO C0MPY., 17, PARK II.ACE, Nch York. xSHpitRB CiLLEHV; J. II. Kl NCA I D lia opened a Nevr Fhotosraphic Gallery In Dal!ai, where b? will be pleaded to wait a Custom" re in his line of Bufinces at all hourf of the day. CIiililroiiN Pictures TaVen without .grumbling, at the patne prica as Adulta. Satiffaetion guaranteed. Price te uit the tiojes. Rooms at Lafollett'a Old Stand, M aio Street, Dalian, Polk County, Oregon, April 27tb, 1371 S-tf C. N. S I I, v s: R, No. 13G, Firtt Street, PORTLAND, .... OREGON, Whokle and Retail Dealer io JBY (K J imn fin m nn?nvn v LADIKS' DRESS GOODS, nooix a k i shoes, hats a caps, CRQCKRIFSd PROVISIONS, Highent Ca?h Trice paid for all kinds tf Country Produce. 16-tf 4 ll rnnsoNs iiavinq material Rag Carpets, and wishing them Woven, c;i ba accommodated by calling on the underpinned. Ordcra loll at the Store of R. Howe Bros, will be promptly attended to. . Ifltf 1VM. SAULS BERRY. ESTAISI.DIIIED I8!. Knit's I A. I2niLiAfw.SOI, GENERAL C0HOISSI0N KEECHAKT, SAN FRANCIS CO, DEil.F.R IB Drugs. Chemicals, Essential Oil., Dye Stufili and General Blerchandigo, By the Package Oaly. Caab Ordcra for thia or any Foreign Market, will receive prompt and Faithful Attention. Miner. Manufacturers and Wholesale Trade Supplied for Caah. No notice or attention paid to Ordert for Oood, if there is no provision made for the paymeat of the name. - . . Terms Net Cash, on Delivery, ta U.B Otl4 Coin. -: - - N. B. iConiiffnmentt of Oregaa Prodaaa firaltt, Wheat, Flour, iiated