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About Liberal Republican. (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1??? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1873)
J f 3 J J. J JL M 0 VOL. 3, DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAR. 1, 1873. NQ 50. U J j til ht S ifeeral 31 efiubU tan OFFICIAL PAPER FOR c' POLK COUNTY. It Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Salls, Folk County, Oregon. P. C. SULLIVAN PROPRIETOR. t:j5MI BATES. SINOtTB CO PIES One Year. $2 00. Six Months, $125 Three Months, $100 For Clubs often or more $1 75 per annum. Subicription mutt be paid ttrictly in advance ADVERTISING BATES. One square (12 lines or less), first insert'n.f 2 50 Bach subsequent insertion 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly adrertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. Transient advertisements must be paid for ia adanc to injure publication. All other ad rertising bills must be paid quarterly. Lejal tenders taken at their cQTrent value. Blanks and Job W or' of every description mr nisbed at low rates vu short notice. TIIB ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, is in every respect a Ftrt Class Magazine. Its article are of the highest interest to all. Ifteacb.es what we are and how te make the most of ourselves. The inf.rmt tien it contain on the Laws of Life and Health is well worth thi price of the Magntineto every Family. It is publiAed at $3 00 a year. Uy a special arrangement we are enabled to , offee the PiiRR!fO logical JtTR!i 11, as a Prciuiuiti K-r a new mbscribers to the Orkgo Rkpi'buca!. or will furnish the Pbresoi.ogi:al JoritxAi, and Oregom Repirijicas together for $4 00 We commend the Jovrjjac to all who want A good magax;ne J . J PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC R P Boise P L Wu.us 3 O 1 S i: cV W ILLS Attorney at ILaw SALEM or.i.cio. Will practice iu all the cuurts iu the State F15 73 1.T JOEL? J. DALY, jLtt'y &, ConcIIer at -I.awv DALLAS, OKECOX. Will practice in the Courts of Record and In iior Courts. Collections attended topremptty. OFFICE In the Court House. 41-tt P. C. SUIililVAA, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all the Courts of the State. 1 . J.M. BITES, U. P. 1 Jt C, CRUBBS, A. If ., H. D. D RS. SITES &CRIBBS, Physicians and Surgeons, ' " OFFER Tnikit PROFESSIONAL SER vices to the citizens of Dallas and vicin ity. , . . OFFICEln rear of Nichols A Hyde's Drug Store. Feb22 73tf XV. n.-RV B E tit i. DEN T I ST . Office one door North of the Post Office DALLAS...... OGN. Particular attention given to the regulatlo children's teeth, All work warranted Janll'73tf For the very best photograph go to Brad y A. Ruloffson's Oallerv without STAIRS , I.fSS-ASCEND IN THE ELEVATOR, f29 Uwtfomtrj, street, San Francisco. c fx, . ry D I!. II U D SON ,1 M. ' PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. OFFICE. Over Souther's Storo. Cor Commercial A State Sts., Salem, Ogn, With Dr. Rk-burdson. Nor 9, tf c s. i i- vi: it, No. 130, First Street, PORTLAND, - - - . oiu:c;o Wholesale and Retail Dealer ia DRY GOOIR (WHIM), LADIES' DRESS GOODS, BOOTS AND IlOF5, II TJ4 A; CAPS GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, Highest Cash Price paid fr all kinds of Country JFi-xliic.M. FARMERS READ. NTED. ALL THE C;f)LD,SIL. T T vi-:a mid reh;ik in I .tk Coiihit, fr wh-h I will pny tilt' liig'iPt market tv in S'Mids, at ny tore at Iow?r rNis than ran he i.ht.iined nt any pUre South of the city f Portland, in the fctnt.. AT TffF Koiii vro.ts.. UAViNrt pprhii nr f,n;r: and cmplfte St-k .t'KH' ',101S, and receiving tr.'-h r . ; t i c evry week I cu t ply everybody with 15ry ?ooc!, i! merries'1 Cli, Ciicriiivarr, rI"ol:irto, t iar And ill article found in a i E N K R A L VARI ETY sT0I!K. I would respectfully cull th ittention of the Public to my I-t.tblishment. llihe.-t Tush f.ric jni I fur I UHs AND PELTRY. R. A. HAY. Kola. lk Co.. Ogn. lG-lf DALLAS LIVERY, FEED & SALE SS& S T A I L K Ms3 Coi. Iaiu ami Court Street, Thos G. Richmond, Proprietor. HAVING PURCHASED THE AIJOVK St.iud of Mr A. H. Whitley, wj bve re fitted and re stockei' it in Mich n in irmer will satisfactorily uiect evury wut of the com munity. Ilugies, single or double. Harks, Con cord Wagon, etc., etc.. Furnished at all hour, day or night, on hort notice. Superior Saddle IIire, let by the Day or tVrek. TERMS, REASONAHLE. 4 T. O. RICHMOND ysun A TO WP W TTj1 Wh ivii iii Jta tm, n uid uj MEN, ATTENTION Whv allow your wives and daughters to wear tbelr eyes out wheh Will purchase one of the celebrated IMPROVED II O 11 i: .SHUTTLE SEWING Everybody'uscsthem and they gtvejuuiver lal satisfaction. 'They can be found at BOLTER & IVORTLY, Agent for Folk County coitu i ni.N r Mr. Editor : ji Though not a citizen of Polk County. I ask jjpnee in your paper fi,r a few short article's tlitt have inerti'd tin' ever since I have been a ci izen of O'c :ou, that is, bow can the fanners of this val'oy secure more remunerati e prices lor the prolue ions of tht-ir tartns, es pecially their wheat? To api ly the proper remedy to an evil the first iliing tibedono is, to ascertain wh it the evil in and Jvho is renpnnxible for its txistenee, In this case the evil is at most uniform low prices piid fur wheit. He'iig a sort ol half fibular in farming niyM:lt, and beim personally interested ir tlie matter,! have given it good deal of th-Might, and have come to the conclusion that faraiers are ri-spoiible for the condition of affairs of which they compl in I ui iy fail to get them to st c the matter iu that liht.and may be mistaken, if so I am open to con viction, and am ure the discussion of this .-!;' j.-ct will result iu good to all intensted. Fanning like all other av- cations, iw liabb to be conducted upon rong principles, and fanners are lia ble 'to mistakes in tlu' manner of con duction their agricultural affairs ; and to some of these mistakes we wish to call th ir attention, and Mtg.-st what w coneeive to be the remedy, subject to ameudmeut by atiy futrtier in the v alley. Ill: HAL. cinnooi ur: ok iii;i ni'x:. Care ha been taken to make the fi-llowit'g jyf titi n.tifs ut-t urate, the lcst mill iritii s l uvitg Uin consulted iu ! ir preparation. TIIK LfMlTII lit man t.ifk. 'Ih avrrnpe Icrpl t .flif . ?s yars Oi r oiirlh rli b fi.ie tbr aj:e Ot... 7 Ore 1 nit Wti-r ib j:e of 17 T t e ri b live an t ragr of... ...2 Tb- p r ,. 3e Otie of 1 ,ii00 pereotis reaebvs ll'O One -f M;0 ., SO ., Mx of 100 rea' h b J The avcrag" duration of life is great er i!w than ever lefotc Aecrnding lo )utiu the ver;ipe length of life in Franee fiotn 1770 to 1 8 l'J inerea-e l hi f i r annum. Macsitley states that in HJS" the dia bs were 1 to 20; in lS.r)U, 1 to 4U. The rate of mortality 1781 A-a- I to 20 ; i853, 1 to 40. POPULATION. An able professor ol the University of Hetliu has lately made an estimate of tfie population of ti e g'obe : Eur-pe 272.C0ft.fC0 Asia 720.000, OtiO Alrica 09.t t O.tH.O America North and Sout b200,iH0.et)0 Australia 2,00.oni) Total- - 1,283,000.000 DEATHS. The number of deaths per annnm, as founded on tatUtic for 1S70 is 32.S50.000 The number of deaths per day U... 90,0o0 it hour is 3,7)0 Minute is 75 MARRIED AND SINGLE The married live longer than the single. The mortulity among bachelors between the age of 30 and 45 is 27 per cent; amonj; married men between the same ages, 18 per cent. Seventy eight men reach 40, while only 41 bachelor arrive at the same age. At the age of sixty tho advantago in favor of married life has increased 20 per cent. OF THE SEXES. There are moro males than females born by 4 per cent. At the age of 20 thero are more females than males. At the age of 40 tho preponderence is again on the other side, and there are more males than females. At 70 the sexes are auin even. Between seventy and 100 years there are 15.300 rJ more women than men, or an excefg of 6 percent. The mortality of women ig greatest between the agog of 20 and 40 Alter forty years ot age the piohahiii ties of longevity, jis is jdiown, are far greater for females than for males. OF BUtCIDKS. Three-fourths tf all suicides are males. The greatest number are caused hy divorces. The least number are among the married, next the unmarried next l he widowed. One-third of the eases are due to mental diseases; oni- ninth to physical suffering ; on-tenth lo fear ot j'Uiii.-l.mcnt or shame; one ninth to family quarrels; one-ninth to drunkenness, gambling, etc. ; one twentieth to disappointed love. Of boys under 15 years of age 80 per cent, hung themselves; of girls of the same uic 71 per cent. drwn themselves Voutiir ii, en mot c mmnly use the pistol old men the razor ; young wo men drown thutnselves old Women u-e tlo rope; (Ally one female iu 200 uses firearms, The ratio of suicides, sis given by M Hecaisne befote the French Academy of Seii neo, ii as fo'low : Ii nduu, one iu 175 Jeaths ; New .York, one in 172; Vienna, 1 in 100; while itt Pari it has reached the shocking nuumbcr of I in 72. OF WKIfiHT. The average weight at bir'h is 0 pounds the weight of males a little ex ceeding that of females ; the extreme vi weight uthinh are 2 and 12 pounds At 12 years of sige the sexes .ri of nearly ejuil weight, after which lin.its mules ;te heavier thin females. At 20, male. avrrac lilt pounds, tem;ihs 120 p und-. At 50, females average 120 pound, bovine; cairn d but 0 pounds in .'JO j ears. The weight of males at full growth average 2( times their weight at t.irtb ; ths.t f rVm ! '20 tin.r The averave weight of all p opfe to gi tlu r is 100 pounds. Proh.'tl ly the largest ansl honvisf sin.'le f.miilv iti the worl 1 is the How- m ard iamiiy, of Kent nek y ; and poibly there has never at anyume exi-ted a parallel to ir. In the Miljoii-cd tal le l be accuracy of which may relied upon we give both the weight and the height of its members. Father... feet t inches 200 pounds Mother... 6 Th.:isa...fi .. A 2:. James 0 0 ,, 21. Surah 0 2 ,. ...... l'-.i John 6 11J 2i-.fi Mnrjr 6 ., 2 15" Kl.jih... 6 ,. 3 210 M.ithcw...o :, 6 230 Kli C ., f-i 190 Daughter 6 ,. 3 , ICO f Total 70 foct 2 29S Comjtited strengb cf father and ?nn. ti.OOO pounds. Kntire ajies, 557 years Many of the grandchildren of this family are 0J feet in height, and weigh over 200 pounds. DRAIN WEIOHT. The theory that ns a give quantity or weight of brains is necessary for the mental faeul'ies, therefore all men are provided with an equal quantity, has been latterly exploded Inquiry has demonstrated that th.-re is a differ ence iu the average brain weight of races and nations, and a still greater difference in that of individuals., as tho fdCts nil) show : English.average weight 47. 50 ounces French ,, 44.58 Germans , 42.83 another estimate 44 10 , Itatians,average weight 47.00 ,, Dutch 4.00 American (aboriginal races). ..44 73 , Lapps Swcds, and Frisans-40 58 ,, Vcdahs and Hindoos of Asia... 4a.11 Mussulmans ' 42.30 Khouds of India (aboriginal). ..37.87 African races frem 3S.00 to 45,00 The Katfre high, Dusham low (Australlian race) 40.50 ,, Malays and Oceanic races from 39.50 to 43.70 The maximum weight of tho human brain (Cuvicr'a) is 01.50 ounces; the t minimum weight (idiots), twenty 1 ounceg. Average weiht. maje ndnlt..... 19 a ot , , ft-male 41.00 to 47. The heaviest individual brains on record, next to Cuvier's, are, fiist : Daniel W bter 61.00 ounces ? Dr. Aoercr. tnbic. 03.00 Dupuytren (4'rench surguoo) 62 5j DIVISIONS OF LIFE. A French statistician bat estimated that a man fifty years has lept 0 000 days; worked 0 500 diiys ; wdked 800 days; a nuts, d himself 4.000 days; was eating 1 ,500 davs ; was sick five hun dred days; ate 17.000 pound- of breach 10,000 pound of meat, 4,000 pounds ot vegetable, e'gs, etc, and drank 7 000 galous o liquid of all kinds. This amount of liquid would make a lake i00 feet squire and 3 feet in depth. THE NECESSARY DAILY PROPORTION OF FOOD. Dr. Mott gives the following daily propoition of food as requsitc to sus-t-in lift healthfully and soundly. 1st Cla-s Persoiis of moderate health and little exercise, 12 to IS oz, A food, equal to tea ouuees of nutri- 1 ious mutter. 2d Class fersons of jood health and ord.nary labor (mechanics etc..) 18 to 21 oz of food, tqual to 10 oz. of nu ll intent. 3d Cla-s Person; of sound health, hard labor, and consequent violent ex tnise. 24 to 30 oz. ol food, tqual to 22 z. nutriment. THE HUMAN MECH1NERY. A fully developed man has GO bones in his head, 00 in his thighs and Icgsf, 02 in bis arms and hands, and G7 in bis trunk ; making a total of 219 bones. Such a f rame will contain 15 quarts of blood, weighing j twp pounds each. Kvery pulsation of trte heart dischar ges two ounces of blood, which is an average of two hogshead an hour. The united length of the perspiratory uue- i- o tune-, uii ii.r ui.iu nuui he body an average of 3 pounds of . u :t .... i .1. r.. . matter per nay. wnicti ih nve eignis oi Jl that the body discharges. The human body contains over five hundred muscles Ti c intestines are 21 feet in length The fingernails grow their lull length in 4 months. A man 70 years ol age has leuewed his finger-nails. 180 times. Allowing each nail to be half an inch long, he has grown 7 feel 0 iuches cf tiil on eaeh finger, and on fi gers and thumbs together, a total ot seventy seveu feet and six inches. '1 he hears makes an average of 01 pulsations in a minute, which is 3.810 in an hour, and 02.1G0 in a day. Two fifths of the oxygen inspin d dis appears with each inspiration, the place of which is supplied by the carbonic gas thrown off by expiration. Thus each adult person ouht to consume 44,000 cubic inches of oxygen every 24 hours, and iu the same time he generates 18,000 cubic iuches af car bouic acid gas. Every moment during life a portion of our substance becomes dead, com bines with tome of the inhaled oxygcti and is thus emoved. Uy this process it is believed that the whole body re news itself every seven years. Pyre nohyical Journal. I ASHUHli VOU, Mil, 111 IS NOT MY The Julia Giant is responsible for the following : Monkeys are scarce in Michigan. A naddler kept one for a pet, which us ually sat on the counter. A country mar, who hud never seen a monkey, came in one day when the proprietor was in the back room, and asked the pet what he would take for a saddle, at which he pointed. Monkey said nothing, customer took a twenty doUar bill from his pocket, and said, "I will give you that for the saddle." Moukey put the money in the drawer, and the man took the taddle, wheu the pet j molinted him, pulled his hair, scratched his face, and so frightened him as to cause him to cry for help. The pro prietor rushed in, and asked, "What the fu-s ?" ' Fus" said the customer fu-s? I bought a saddle of your son sitting there, and when I went to take ir, he wouldn't let me bare it." The saddler appologized for the ".nkey, but assured him he ws no' VV .J 1 ' ; : Pll VSlCAli SCIENCE. We make the following extract from the el-quent address of Capt. James B. K ids. delivered before the Academy ef Science at a recent meetiDg in Louis : The civilization of to-day is in reality mainly founded upon our knowledge and application of physical science. To this cause are we almott wholly indebted for the superior refine ments, methods of life, and multiplicity of appliances for increasing our happir ness. Nor does theglory of scieoee end with these magniGceot and tangi ble evidences of her power. To her is chiefly due that moral force which characterizes civilized life. She pre vades aU departments of intellectua labor, and all theories and forms whether of law, commerce, agriculture, social economy cf government, are subj eted in some measure to her crucial tests. Even Sacred Writ ac cepts just such interpretation as her inexorable laws demand Through her teachings we are learning to correctly estimate the value ot experiment and observation, and to demand that evi dence shall precede belief. Already has the startling fact dawned upon tho human understanding, that man's wel fare on earth is wholly dependent upon his implicit observance of certain immutable laws, and only through the most perfect koowledge of these can he hope to yield that invariable obedience which secures the highest degree f . . ... numan happiness. Science which wa ,,ave Loeo too prone to u -..i ..,. p material prosperity, here proves our friend in a higher caue. She alone an unfold these vital laws to man. Her domain, embracing as it doe the entire cosmos is so boundless however! and the mental scope and lifetime of m::n so limited, that it is only by gome judicious co operative system, in which ndividtiHiS confine themselves to special ' K.partments of investigation, and in which careful records are preserved to convey to future workers their ob servations and discoveries, that man kind can hope to attain the earliest possible insight into ail of the myste ries of nature. " One sciencoouly will our genius fit. So vast is art, so narrow human wit. M We sec, thefore, the importance of encouraging such institutions as this where investigation in all departments of natural and physical science may receive such aids through experiment demonstration and observation, as geni us when fostered by wealth can accom plieh, and where the rrcordg of tho past, and the details of present discov eries in the world of science can be temptingly placed within the reach of every inquirer. What purer philanthrophy can wo conceive of than that which has for its aim the most thorough instruction of our fellow men in the comprehensivo knowledge of those unalterable moral and physical laws, on the observance of which, and their proper application, depends the amelioration of mankind? This is the noble purpose of your insti tution. ' 1 The acquisition of wealth usually quenches man's love for his fellow. The pursuit of knowledge, on the con trary, awakens one of his noblest attri butes. . The cultivation of the mind' inspires the ish to benefit bur nsigh. b rs ; and the desire increases in 'pro' portion as knowledge supplies the pow r - lvate uud iiuprgve his condition