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lFrom the Phrenological Journal
Southern Inventor.
Jn the year loDU one yenr preced
ing the war we visited tlu Patent Of
fice Department in Washington, and we
were surprised to learn how few among
the thousands of models received yearly
came from the South, an 1 how rKwy
came from the North. We wtre told
by the Commissioner that less than ten
per cent, of the whole number of op
plieants came from tte then slave
states, and or this small number a con
eiderable proportion were from Northern
men residing in the bouth. We put
this question to the Commissioner
4t Why is it that Southerners iu vent so
little? Have they less constructive-
ness than Northerners V I o which he
replied: " No; the one is quite as in
genious as the other ; but the one is a
planter and the other a manufacturer.
The rudest instruments an.swer the pur-
poses of his rudo agriculture, while the !
manufacturer needs, and must have the
best mechanism. Again: there is an j
aristocracy in the south which looks on
labor as a punishment rather than a;
. pleasure, and only those work who
mutt!' But idea or prejudice passed
away with the "peculiar institution,"
and now a different state of things ex
ista.
The Patent Office records of the
present year show a great increase of
Southern inventions. Instead of the
seven or eight per cent, of 1859, it has
now thirty per cent, of the whole cred
ited to the former slave States. Is not
this encouraging ? Southern gentlemen
fvbo had never supposed themselves
capable of suggesting a mechanical de
vice, " take to it" as kindly as a natural
born Connecticut-Yankee clock-maker.
We hope to chronicle great things in
thb respect now that the hess mecnan
ism is to be used in the South. Aunt
Ophelia's characteristic expression,
" Oh how Bhif tless !" will soon become
obsolete. Here is a paragraph to the
point from the Arlizan :
M The Plantation, a Georgia agri
cultural journal, in speaking of the
dearth of inventions hitherto shown in
the Southern States, asserts that the
earth does not hold a more restless, ao-
tive, energetic, thinking man than the
nmldIeeountry Southerner and that
they will hereafter produce, ' in rapid
succession, inventions of permaneut
utility to man We are glad to hear
this from an authority evidently faniiU
iar with the subject spoken of, aud in
the truths expressed thereby lies the
germ of marvelous promise to the
South. When the genius of her people
bhall be turned to the utilization of the
minerals hidden, and as yet almost un
sought for, beneath her soil, the timber
that grows uutouehed in her forests, and
the water power that now wastes itself
in picturesque tumbliug over the crags
of her valleys, it will take but a little
while to attain a thrift, far nobler in
itself and more honored by the world,
than was ever the luxuriant but idle
prosperity of a score of years ago.
44 It is especially desirable that the
work of devising new machinery to
meet the peculiarities of Southern in
dustries should be done by Southern
men. The inventive skill of Northern
mechanics can supply devices to fulfill
auy demand with the nature of which
they are familiar. Uut the condition
under which machinery in the region
referred to must be used are so differ
eut from those obtaining in the North
ern, Eastern and Western sections of
the country, that no experience, how
ever thorough, gained in these last
would be of use in elaborating improve
ments for use in the other. We believe
that there is room for hundreds of new
inventions applicable to agriculture.arts,
and manufactures m the Southern
States, and thesooner they are produced
by the energy and talent of the people
tuereol, the better will it be.
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAS
C.UAGE.
THB KMTOR OP TtlE "BALD EAGLE CLARION
STAYS ALL NIGHT AT THE " ISE HolSS ON
BLHNT lUVfcll IN KA3TEHN ORKGON.
Now I own to being an innocent man,
and pride myself upon my good be
havior, aud 1 did think that all Amen
t . i
cans spote the same language. I was
mistaken, as will be seen. I rode up
tvJ the door, when the following si
met my view: tf Ise House and other
things;" very bad grammar, 1 said,
mentally inquiring what the 44 other
things" might be. I called, when a
scraggy, beetle-browed M.t cuimmi ot ilu
genus homo made his advent at the door,
when I inquired could I stay all night ?
4 Lase your beast of your filthy car
c.iss, anu 411 manic aua hang your
self on the first peg you see." My
dear sir, said 1, I do not desire to com
mit suicide at present. 44 Git eout,'
saiu ne, turning to late care ot my
mule. I went in; there were severa
in the room. Presently the landlord
returned, when supper was anuounced.
44 Would you strangle a little hash V
said he. I am not tf a vicious turn,
sir; I am a man of peace. 4IJut would
you not put something in the ?ay of
truck in your gizzard V said he. Oh,
said I; seeing that all the rest of the
company had bolted for the table, I
don't care if I have a little sapper.
44 That's it," said he, " I thought you
was wolfish." Supper being over, I
enquired where I would sleep. 44 You
can roost with Puddin' head William ;
or, in plain language. Mush-head Hill,
first room to the left, up stairs," said the
landlord, looking up from a game of
Poker. I went up a very ricketty lad
der,came to the door d2signatcd, opened
the door and was greeted by au awful
groan, and a voice said, 44 who are you ;
what the d 1 do you want here V 1
own to being a little shocked, and
thinking it was more than likely that I
had got into a private lunatic asylum,
I replied : I, sir, am Mr. Quilldriv-
er, at your service, I yuppose you are
the Hon. boup-headed William, (I had
forgot the name partly), I am profoundly
happy to make thy august acquaintance;
eouia I in any way advance your inter
ests through the influence of the C7f
rion ? Supposing, of course, to receive
a small consideration for services ac
tually rendered. Personal notices in-J
!lfJ?cahIn8 avorab you or
jum wiiujiauou, iwenty-uve cents per
line; dirt cheap, sir, considering the
unparalleled circulation. " Now, look
ye," said William I'm busted if I t&ke
auy more of your abuse. Plant your
self." Uut, I sir, wish a part of the bed,
said I. " Sail in," replied William.
Sir, said I, I am already ia, and I am
feign to confess that I do not exactly
understand the manly art of sailing, al-
though l have uubounded sympathy
with the arduous duties of a sailor. I
sir have never been on the racing main.
4 What the devil do you mean r said
William. I mean, sir, that I want part
of this bed. 44 Muzzle it, then, and be
d d to you, and shut up your in
fernal fly-trap, I want to sleep." bir,
said I; I have no muzzle, and the bed
is not a dangerous thing anyhow, and ns
to fly-traps, I do not deal in the article,
but I can recommend you to a very
reliable firm, whose ad " is in my
paper, who do; allow me to present you
with their cardGristle & Whitkius
they will furnish you with their cele
brated double-ended tiy-trap at the loi-
lowiugtow rates, strictly for cash, j 'To
I with you and Gristle & whit-
kms, and take your infernal fly trap
with you : you are the biggest qead-
beat that I ever seed." Dir.sam i.uristi
ingl am not dead.I am the editor of
the Bald Eagle Clarion, and,sir, I-scorn
the imputation of beiug either deid or
beat, and to prova what 1 say, please
sit up in bed and read this seventeen
column lender which I wrote, pioviug
conclusively to any ordinary intellect
that we have had a war ia Aajenca.
William flrst hustled to the bacl side
of the bed, but as I advanced to present
him a copy of my paper, he commenced
getting up. 44 No you don't" said he ;
then to himself: 4cray by hi 1.
Crazv's no name for it : if I git out of
this I'll set up the rest of the J night,
confound him I stood calmly by
watching his actions, for I thought him
demeuted, and as I had often heard that
a lunatic thought everybody else- fools,
I did not iattrrupt him. 44 Let rue
pass, stranger," said he: 44 I want to
go down stairs." He shot down stairs,
making the descent in about three
jumps. He accosted the landlord thus :
4 That fellow you sent up to my room is
as cratv as a bedbug. I told ,him to
turn in, and he wanted to sell uie sev
enteen thousand fly-traps; told me
where I could get them wholesale,
strictly for cash ; then went on with a
lot ot stuff about Gristle & Wfiifkins;
what do I know about them ? II called
him a dead beat, and he sprang a rig
marole about a bald eagle and! carion,
aud the fool wanted me to sit up u
bed and read a seventeen colama ac
count of the butzard's deviltry aud
explitcs When he first come in he
tuli me something about driving quill,
like as if as soft a thing would drive,
and called me the Hon. Souphead.
cuss him For two cents, I d burn him
out." and he rolled his eves (savagely
towards the loft. In a moment ho was
Lpnlv Mrod in the name with the
landlord and packer. 1 had ,that bed
to mvsclf that night. The nfxt morn-
ing William eyed me sharply, iand took
good care to get at the fariherest end of
the table from roe. This, I confess was
perfectly agreeable to me. I
ready to start, when I saw
was just
u U Ham
cautiously advancing toward: me ; he
came uo within about thirty Jeet, when
he stopped, pulled out his! revolver,
cocked it, and said : 44 I never takes an
insult from no man, no difference where
ho is, crazy or not ; now, if you don t
take all that abuse back that you gin
me last night, I'll raise your top-knot."
Mv dear sir. said I. 1 am a man of
peace, I am the editor of la paper;
could I not induce you to subscribe on
the spot? I was advancing toarard
him ; he fired -on hot wdo of the
mark, then turned and bolted for the
b;irn The last words that I heard him
say were : 4 raving crazy, madder nor a
March hare: cuss nun. l wisn i nau
fetched him." I hastily mounted my
mule, and made double quick time out
of that.
N. IV I have sinde Inarned that
neither William nor I understand all
the Knglish language. Editor of the
Bald Eagle Clarion
VULGAR. One of the quickest ways
to expose ignorance, and alack of cul
ture gained by travel, is loud talking at
a public table upon maiyiauai mat
ters. I
A man may be mnch respected and
looked up to at home for having worked
and surrounded himself with a nice
home, aod plenty of good things, but
when he goes abroad he must not expec
that people will take him for more than
his actions denote.
Loud talk at a hotel table between a
man and his wife depreciates the gen
eranmpres8ion 0f both, and placet them
in aridTculoU3 iisht. 'There i a differ-
ence betweeu an easy, quiet self posses
sion, a perfectly well-bred-at-home feel
inp among strangers and a grim pom
posity whiv'h amounts onlyj to disgusting
vulgarity, although some people who
have not traveled far from home have
not found it out. Elm Orlou.
Cyrus W. Field gave a I Banquet Tel
egraphic Conference ot Rome, at which
21 countries, 20 languages and private
companies whose aggregate capital is
300,000,000 francs, were present. The
host in an eloquent speech invited the
Council to St. Petersburg in 1875.
We furnish the Republican and
s9invT99i f jnonwiy lor jfl a tear.
OREGON AVPAIKS AT WASHING
TON.
Prom the Washington correspondent
of tho Eugene Journal we learn that
'resident Grant informed an Oregonian
a few days since, that it was his desire
frcm the first of his administration to
have Mr. Williams in his Cabinet as
Attorney General, but refrained from
appointing him, on the ground that the
appointment of Mr. Williams, at that
une, would cause a vacancy in the
Senate, which would be filled fey a
Democrat. He,therefore, deemed it best
to let Mr. Williams retain his position
as Senator, until the expiration of his
term, which he accordingly did, and
then requested the resignation of Mr.
Ackerman and appointed Mr. illiams.
The Democrats, as well as Republicans,
from the Pacific slope, in Washington,
express their approval of the appoint
ment. Concerning the recent changes
in the Indian Department, the corres
pondent says :
"Senator Corbett states that the
Secretary of the Interior informed him
on the 25th of November, that, on the
solicitation of Rev. Mr. Harris of the
Methodist Hoard of Missions, he had
decided to transfer the Iudian Agency
at Fort Hall from the Catholics to the
Methodist, aud the Grande Ronde
Agency from the Methodists to the
Catholics, in accordance with which
Mr. P. R Sinnot was nominated. Sen
ator Corbett also says that, on account
of dissatisfaction resulting in part from
the assignment of the rort Hall Agency
to the Catholics, at the request of the
Superintendent of Indian affairs, he
was asked by hecretary Delano on the
10th of December to designate a new
Superintendent for Oregon aod named
Mr. Odeneal
Payment of the Dunr. In mv
annual report to Congress fur 1870, I
expressed the opinion that the settled
policy of the country should con'ctn-
plate a revenue sufficient to meet the
ordinary expenses of the government,
pay the interest on the public debt, and
from twenty -five to fifty millions ofdol
lars of the principal annually. It that
. . , t . L
opinion L auuere. ami wun even a
stronger conviction, that the payment
annually upon the principal of the pub
lic debt should not be lesa than fatty
millions of dollars. Large as the rcve
nues of the country have been during
the past three rears, our system of tax-
ation has not necn oppressive 10 inai-
viduats ; nor has it in any sensible de
gree eir.barra-sed the business of the
country, and, while relief from taxa
tion is desirable, yet it is more desirable
to maintain the public credit in its pres
ent elevated position, not only as an ex
ample to other natious, but for the his
torical value in enabling the govern
ment to make loans for large amounts,
upon favorable terms, if unhappily in
the future an exigency should require
suh loans to be made. The power to
negotiate a largo loan of 5 percent., and
enter upon negotiations for the sale of
bonds drawing 0, 4 J and 4 per cent, in
terest is derived entirely from an ex
hibition of an honest purpose, on the
part of the people, to maintain the
public faith, and tho consequent ability
on the part of the government to make
large and frequeut payments upon the
public debL2 Report oj Secretary of
Treasury.
Keep Stuiaght Ahead Pay no
attention to slanderers or gossip-mongers.
Keep straight on in your course, let
their backbiting die the death of neglect.
What is the use of lying awake nights,
brooding over the remarks of some false
friend, that runs through your brain
like forked-lightning ?
What's the use of getting into a wor
ry and fret over gossip that has been
set afloat to your disadvantage by some
meddlesome busybody, who has more
time than character ?
H'J'hese things can't possibly iujure
you, unless, iudeed, you take notice of
them, aod in combatting them, give
them character and standing. If what
is said about you is true, set yourself
right at once; if it is false, let it go for
what it will fetch.
If a boo stings you, would you go to
the hive and destroy it J Would not a
thousaud come upon you f
It is wisdom to say little respecting
tne injuries you nave received.
" We aro generally losers in tho end if
we stop to refute all the backbitings and
gossipiogs we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not
dangerous, so long as we do not stop to
expostulate and scold.
Our characters are formed and sus
tained by ourselves, and by our own
actions aod purposes, add not by others.
Let us bear in mind that 44 calumnies
may usually be trusted to time and the
slow but steady justice of public opin
ion." iwr,.-. :
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC.
I It. ABO El IV,
OCULIST, AURIST, CATARRH, THROAT
AND LUNG
PHYSICIAN-
OFFICE: Corner of 3d and Mor
risen -streets, Portland, Oregon.
DR. ABORN'S PRACTICE EMBRACES
tbe most modern scientific treatment for
the speed jr and radical cure of -chronic diseases.
41tf
JOIl.V J. DALY,
AU'y & Counsel ler a t-I4aw.
Will practice in the Courts of Record and In
feiior Courts. Collections attended to prompt!.
Office in Dr. J. E. Davidson's Building,
MAIN MTKC12T, 1ND12HKNDENCE.
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J. C. GRUBBS, m. Dm
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offers bis Services to the Citizens of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFJCE-at NICHOLS Drug Store.
, 34-tf
W. I. JI. Frit IKS, 51. I).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Kola, Oregon.
Ppecial attention giren to Olitetrici and
Dueaiei of Women. tf
P. . SULLIVAaV,
Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in all tbe Courts of the State. 1
el. L. COLLIXS,
Attorney and Coungellorat-Law.
Dallas, Oreg-on.
5pecial attention given to Collections and to
matter pertaining to Real Estate. 1
RUSSEL, FERRY h Y00DYARD.
Ileal Estate Agents
and Real Estate Auctioneers,
No. IOO. FRONT STREET,
PORTLAND ... -OREGON.
J. A. A P P L E ATE,
Attvfc Counsellor at Law,
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE,
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OaEQOH.
29-tf
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No. 130, First Strett,
PORTLAND, .... OREGON,
Wbo'c-ale and Retail Dealer in
DRV GOODS, MKB,
LADIES' PRESS GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS & CAPS,
GROCERIES l PROVISIONS,
Highest Cash Price paid for all kinds of
Country Produce.
16-tf
I ike;; EIRE!;:
fllO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS I
on tha 'V 1 bVe rbuilt mf ShoP
SAME OLD CORNER,
JOBBING111 prCpareJ t0 do a11 kind f
WAGON WORK AND HORSE
SHOEING ON SHORT NOTICE.
A IAY'i I"1 all mj PrPrt ty Fire, those
indebted to tne for work will confer a favor
WiV HQ VI n. .i n . J t
j t'"s " y uuieiaieiy.
A friend in need, is a friend indeed.'
12 tf ASA SUREVE.
SJ8I1, DOOR MD
in
IB BLIND FACTORY,
MAIN STREET, DALLAS.
1 have constantly on hand and for Sals
WINDOW S4SI1, Glazed
and Unglazed.
DOORS OF ALL SIZES.
WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES,
All of the Best Material and Manufacture.
H-tf JAMES M. CAMPBELL.
ERA NIC A. COOIC,
3300XCBIIVIIi:R5
AND
Blank Book ltlanufactiirer,
SALEM, OREGON,
nVj? "tab,'hed a First Class
BIBfrX Bookb nderv tn Rlm t.
prepared to do all manner of
work known to the trade.
Magaalnes, Newspapers and Maalo Bound
la any desired Styla.
Old Books Ee-Bound.
BHNK ?0K8 of rjr description, with
or without Printed Headings, Manufactured to
Order.'
BLANKS of amy kind Ruled and Printed
to Order.
PRICES SEASONABLE
In Oris wold's Bloak. aa
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
I2&
mum.
DALLAS HOTEL,
Iffl
CORNER MAIN AND COURT STtt,
Dallas, Folk County, Oregon.
The tmlersigned, having RE-FITTED tb
above HOTEL, now informs the Poblie that
he is prepared to Accommodate all who may
favor Ijiru with a call, in as good style as can
be found in any Hotel in the Country.' Gtva
me a call, and yon shall not leave disappointed.
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Saddlery,
Si
S. C. STILES, 8
Main at. (opposite the Conr House), DaHas
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. IS
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Collari,
Check Lines, etc., ettf., of all kinds, whieb aria
prepared to sell at the lowest living rati. .
REPAIRING done on short notice.
NEW PICTURB GJLUBY.
J. II. KINCAID has opened
f -'
New Photographic Gallery ?
In Dallas, where he will be pleased to wait on
Customers in his line of Business at all hours
of the day.
Children's Pitturei '
Taken without grumbling, at the sausa price as
Adults. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prica U
suit the times.
Rooms at Lafottett's Old Stand, Mala Straet,
Dallas, Polk County, OVegon, April;2?to, 13T1
G. IS. STIILIES
DEALER IN
Groceries)
PROVISIONS,
Cigrai'g and .Tobacco,
WOOD AUD WILLOW YABE&c
DALLAS. OREGON. -
DALLAS LIVERY. FEED & SALE
Cor. Main and Court Streets
Thos. G. Richmond, Proprietor.
HAVING PURCHASED THE. ABOVE
Stand of Mr. A. II. Whitley, we have re
fitted and re stocked it in such a manner as
will satisfactorily xpeet every want of tha eom
monity. ' "l
Buggies, single or double, Ilacka, Con
cord Wagons, etc., etc.
Famished at all hours, day or night, H
short notice.
Superior Saddle Horses, let by tbe
Day or Week.
TERMS, REASONABLE '
4 T. O. RICHMOND
1EW PAINT SHOP.
Carriage, ; Waon, SigEj,
AND . . . .
ORNAMENTAL PlINfiNO ;
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PAPER HANGING.
Done in the most Workmanlike mtontr by
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and all who keep FANCY STORES, m jfta
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S M ALL FORTUN ES ?
to all Dealers and Agents. "
COUNTY RICIITS F TIE 13
to all who desire engaging In an ' JTonra lit,
RetpeetabU end tSvfiabU JBurfnt, at theism
time doing good to their conspanions In Ufa.
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