The Oregon scout., January 30, 1890, Image 1

The Orego
GOUT.
j VOL. VI.
UNION, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1890.
NO. 32.
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A REVIEW.
The Rcssnt Article of "Mc's." Keviewed i
and Criticised.
The Kpistle of "Me." to tho Oregon !
ans which appeared in the lust issue
of your most excellent paper is worthy
of examination unci review upon two
propositions resulting therefrom, to
wit: First, the absence of organiza
tions of any kind in our city of Union
having for their purposes the literary
and social culture of its youth ; ami
second the failure of the Biblical
teachings through the medium of tho
church exercising a benevolent or en
lightoning influence upon humanity.
Upon tho first proposition we may say
that up to the fall of 1SS(! the Union
Literary and Debating Society nour
ished in Union, supported by tho peo
ple generally, not excepting the Minis
ters of the Gospel then resident here.
The meetings of the society were held
at the court house, the society paying
for the fuel and lights and all necessa
ry expenses. Money was raited and,
in connection with the small collec
tion of books then possessed by the
socioty, many of the leading periodi
cals and newspapers published in the
United States were subscribed for and
kept for the use of its inemberH.
Since said date, the use of the court
house being refused to it by the coun
ty court, and there being no other
building suitable, the society has be
come jioh ext. That such a society,
with the support to furnish literature
to its members and to the public gen
erally, is a very necessary institution,
can not be gainsaid. Who is to bo
blamed for the absence of such an in
stitution? No one in particular and
everybody in the city generally.
As to the second proposition : Man
is a very complex superstructure; so
complex indeed is he in his mechan
ism that to know him in all his phases
is to know almost everything. Ana
lyze him and we find his being com
posed of about three parts physical,
moral and intellectual, tho importance
of which attach in tho order givon.
These are the three elements which,
taken together, constitute man. De
prive him of the last two of these and
ho ceases to exist as a man in tho
broad senso given to tho name. With
out the first ho has no existenco at all.
Deprive him of tho second and he be
comes a beast. Possessing tho first
and second, take away tho third and
he is no better. Tho highest develop
mont of all threo and man has reached
perfection.
To sustain man's physical being
Nature has provided an abundance of
material food tho wholcsotnencss of
which is dictated by his intelligence.
With proper food, air, light and clean
liness his physical powers attain a
high degrco of excellence. With un
wholesome food, poisonous air, little
light and iilthiness they soon waste
away.
Intollixonco came to man boforo
morality. Experience brought to man
intelligence. In his primoval 6tato
man know but little. By experience
his intellectual being was, and is yet,
fed. Tho second generation of man
had profited by the experience of the
first and gained 6ome knowledge.
The thousandth generation profited by
tho experience of the generations past
and man had advanced greatly in
knowledge and so on up to tho present
timo.
Man's moral nature necessarily was
in tho background for many centuries.
There was no society, there wero no
lawn. Physical and intellectual
strength ruled. Till when? Wo
know not except as we gleun it from
the Bible. Tho moral advancement of
inan, very slight though it must havo
been for ages, dates from tho promul
gation by Moses of tho ton command
ments and tho principles growing out
of thorn. Whether theso early pre
cepts and rules wero dictated by a
God we aro not hero to discuss. Wo
find them there as laid down by Moses
at the nearest estimation some 2000
years B. C, and whether given to man
through tho iigency of God or other
wise they aro nevertheless tho seed
from which has grown tho fruit upon
which man's moral being relies for
sustenance. Bury Ihoso precepts,
olfaco them from tho mind and heart
of muii and he becomes tho barbarous
beast that ho was in his primitive days.
Straightway when wo find man's mor-
es, Clocks, Jewelry,
al being advancing, wo find him build
ing temples in which he sets up hi?
god embodying the qualities of truth
and goodness. Tho heathen's god was
material, tho Pagan's both material
and idealistic. But no matter, it was
regarded as a representative of good
ness. These institutions established for
worship and moral training aro of tho
most ancient of any of tho institutions
established by man. That tho neces
sity for the moral training of man
exists to-day as it did in ancient times
will not be disputed, if not for the
sake of preparation for an hereafter,
then for tho sake of humanity. IIow
shall the moral or religious training of
man be effected?
For his physical sustenance tho
woild is made a vast workshop. In
this department of the grand system
wo find every man engaged in his way
aiding and assisting. This is one de
partment nf life. In the sustenance of
i
the intellectual part of man we find j
millions of money invested in the nee- j
cssary instruments and an army of j
men engaged as instructors in point- j
ing out to the young tho uso of these i
instruments. This is another depart-1
ment of life. Wo shut our eyes as to
the church. Wo blot from our memo
ry every vestige of reinombranco that
there ever was or is now any institu
tions of this kind. Wo look around
us and wo see in the fields and in tho
workshops man's physical being being
looked out for. Our vision rests here
and there and we sco schools dotting
our broad land everywhere, furnishing
an abundance of food foi man's intel
lectual boing. Wo stop and ponder.
We realize that man's moral being is
second in importance. Wo ask why
all these millions aro spent for his
physical and intellectual life and noth
ing for his moral. Whcro are tho in
stitutions that ought to daily instill
into man's heart the glorious precepts'
on which his moral nature is based?
Echo answers where? Everything
forgotten except the gain for his belly
and his brain. The daily load for his
moral nature being shut off it soon
sickens and dies. The church, though
sometimes corrupt, is the foundation
of all moral training anil is tho instru
ment through which man's moral na
ture receives sustenance. This is true,
as history and the experience of man
kind prove.
The organization of institutions for
moral and religious training is an ab
solute necessity; for no great work
can bo accomplished without organiza
tion and system, and the greater and
moro difficult the work tho more the
need of systematical organization for
it. Tho church is such an organiza
tion. It has imperfections as has
everything else of man's work. It is
here for a great purposo and so long
as tho earth is inhabited by human
beings just so long will this institution
remain. And while some absurdities
may appear in the Biblo and its teach
ings, yet wo must recollect that thero
aro absurdities in everything. If man
has a spiritual existenco after this life
then many of tho absurdities, as we
might call them, which aro taught us
through tho church, become realities,
and it wero better for us to heed them.
Tho church was established for a dis
tinct purpose, viz: the elevation of
man's moral nature. Tho inventive
genius of man has discovered nothing
hotter by which to attain this purposo.
Iu thq adjustment of civil difficul
ties man has been led from the bar
barous practices of tho past to tho
humuno of tho present. A great rof
ormatiou has taken place oven within
tho past !J00 years. To what do wo
ascrioo this reformation? Not to his
physical or intellectual powers surely,
for 6omo of tho most intellectual men
of tho past havo been tho most barba
rous. Wo aro forced to say that this
great chango has been wrought by
moralizing influences and no other.
And wheuco this moralizing influnce?
There is only one answer: Religion,
based on tho Biblo and inculcated into
tho hearts of tho people through tho
medium of tho church. This is histo
ty; it is corroborated by experience
and is truo. B.
Call and Settle.
All parties indebted to u ure re'juunted
to cull and 'nettle their account without
further delay, as delays ure dungcrous.
Now is the accepted time.
1-3-12 I1HN80N BROS.
Silverware, Guns
LETTER FROM IOWA.
A Very Mild Winter Soma Mora Amuse
ments - Intsrestlng Notjs.
n-iKAi,:A Iowa. Jan. !, I'M.
EniTOit Ouucox Si'orr:
Tho residents of Oskaloosa who
have lived hero for the last twenty
years aro immeasurably surprised at
the antics of tho weather. It is the
first Now Year they have known in
which pansies and dandelions m full
bloom wero plucked from the soil of
the open air; in which spring overcoats
wore a burdeii and the heat from the
grate and furnace an oppressive nui- J
sauce. Old times furnish nothing so J
languid ind olfemiuate as the weather '
of thopust month. Wo hata Ueen tie--;
sirous of seeing over again the good .
old times of 1 " below xero. They j
were the happiest childhood days when j
tho frosts etched the p.wioa of tho win j
dows; when; the rivers wore torpid
with cold; when thu 'clear grinding
clamor of tio ok.iter's stool rang I
from tho parks and far out on the
lake; when thu thermometer sank, low
to escape the tierce cold; when men
hurried along jho streets, rubbing their
ears and noscsj to prevent tho bites of
frost; when ifi'g the streets there
were tho swift rush of n-leiglw, tho
rich jingle of ijolls, the quick thud of
iron shod liool't, and a panorama of
spirited bloods, gaily decorated cutters,
fur-clad men and women, their faces
scarlet with the strong kifses of tho
icy wind TIiofo weio bracing, robust
days. Tho blood then Hew along tho
veins,, Iho heart pulsed with dolight
and tho nerves thrilled fiom tho eon
tact. Those wero happy days indeed.
This winter is one, of inequality of tho
dude weak, insipid and elfeminato.
We visit here with two brothers and
their families and many friends. 1 Tore
is where our little daughter Jossiu was
born. Yesterday wo went to sec the
little cottago and our first home. Tho
chango and inroads of timo havo left
their mark there as well as elsewhere.
Tho memory of her who now sloops
beneath tho green sod in a far-ofl'land
causes many a lorni lingering look at
my once hnppy homo. Hero where
wero spent so many happy days that
will over recur in fondest recollections.
There wero the trees beneath whoso
liltlo boughs we bade farewell to broth
er, sister and friend never to moot
again. Trees, buildings, fences, all
seem as of yore, but Mary is gone for
ever. Wo turn sadly away retracing
our stops to the crowded buy city.
Tho nogtoes here are numerous, and
are as black and dirty a set as can bo
seen anywhero. They are crowded in
to all tho public schools on equal pri
vileges with tho whites. Quito a kick
is soon expected that is hoped will
land them outside tho corporate lim
its. A littlo town threo miles south of
here called Beacon, hag fired , the last
negro, bodily, out of town, Tho only
real staunch friend tho colored raco
has hero is tho members of tho Grand
Army, and they aro bringing disrepute
on themselves by so doing, although
in tho negro thoy rccogui.y tho founda
tion of all this renowned and much
boasted glory. That war was tho re
sult of what it was then called tho all
absorbing negro question, and it is
still huro being fought, not only in tho
south but iu every point of tho com
pass iu tho United Slates, ami will ho
continue as long as tho wis of Cain
arc strangers in a strange land. Sacred
history tells us Cain was a sou of tho
Dovil, whorefore can aught bo expec
ted of his relative!!? Canibalism is
their chief engagement in their native
laud. Our common iwino oat ono
anothor. Querry: Has a hog got a
soul?
Wo neglected to give tho amuse
ment of tho onion parties in Nebraska,
and thinking some of the bunch-grass
lassies might enjoy tho sport, wo give
it here : Six girls stand in a row while
ono bites a small chunk out of an old
onion, and a young man pays ton
cents for a guess as to which ono it
was. Tf ho gueanes right ho gots to
kiis tho other five, but If ho dooau't ho
is only allowed to lcis tho ono with
thoonion-Bcontod breath. Tho amuse
ment is said to be highly popular with
tho young folk. In Iowa thoy aro
not so rude. It ii church wcials that
knock thu bottom out of (ho onion,
Iloro is a sample of thorn nil, a social
with a peculiar bill for tuppor, hold at
boino church : Tho girls pay their ad
mission of ton cants, and tho boys
and Amunition Just
havo to take them to supper, paying
ten cents a foot for the height of his
girl and ono cent tin inch for each
fraction over a foot. If the boys boy
cotted the girls and took supper alone,
it cost them five cents a foot for their
height. It is fun to see the young
men searching for tho short girls.
Tho greatest improvement of any
town or city wo havo seen was in Dcs
moines, and Oskaloosa next. The
former has built hundreds of mam
moth buildings everywhere. Tho
state house is now completed at a cost
of three million dollars. It stands
high upon capital lull, visible for
miles in all directions, and proudly
may thoy direct thu oyo of tho stran
ger to the huge monument of Iowa's
proud people. Tho city employs over
six thousand hands. The annual pro
ducts exceed fifteen million dollars, i
Seventeen railroads diverge in ovory
direction.
Oskaloosa has live railroads, whole
sale houses, electric light works us
fine as anywhere, a gigantic powder
house, pork packing house and several
other industries. The new court house
cost over ono hundred thousand dol
lars. Wo mounted tho pinnacle yes
terday, 1 10 feet from the basement. It
has a tower clock that can be plainly
heard strike a distunco of two miles.
Tho new theatre of two circles is a
beauty, there being no wood in it ex
cept tho top rafters same of the court
house all beams and stays aro of
heavy rolled steel. Foundations aro
of rock, doublo arched.
What wo learned at tho slaughter
house wo defer till our visit to those in
Kansas city. Oskaloosa is a city of
coal kings and miners. Tho warm
weather has a tolling effect on tho in
dustry and especially tho minor's
purses. Everyone burns coal. Tho
gas and smoke from tho stoves almost
smothers a High valley wood burner,
and loaves a shady color on every wet
garmont hung out to dry.
lOvery old acquaintance was passed
by unrecognized till wo procured a
guido who told us who they wore.
Yesterday wo got Tin: Scout of Janu
ary 2nd, stating tho tcrrinlo tragic
death of Conuity, tho result of poor
whiskey badly applied. Such actions
arc loo often "called accidental by jur
ors when tho reverse is truly tho case.
Much do wo regret to hoar of this
great crime in our littlo valley. Wo
leave hero on tho MUi for Ottumway.
J. W. M1NNICK.
EAGLE VALLEY.
Recent nappanincs Sentiment of tho
Feoplo on the County Seat Question.
Tho general health of tho peoplo
hero is good.
Mr. Letter Holcomb is preparing to
go east with some horses.
Mr. Sam'l. Sanders has just recov
ered from a severe attack of pneumo
nia. Tho great excitement about tho
diphtheria is over and tho children
havo all returned to school.
Wo have had a very nice fall and
winter. The dry cold weather has
been pleasant for feeding stock.
Mr. W. W. ICirby was confined to
his bed for about threo weeks with tho
sciatica, but is about over it now.
Mr. Younco is breaking a carload
of horses for t,ll Market, There aro
plenty of good heavy horses hero for
sulo at low prices.
The now iron brklgo at (ho Swisher
ford is completed with tho exception
of a littlo work at each end. Tho peo
plo hero aro very proud of their now
bridge. Mr. Ka'iiig, the builder, is a
rapid and excellent workman, llo is
tho architect who built Mr. John Fow
ell's fine residence.
I sco a statement in tho Baker City
Domocrat to tho effect that tho peoplo
of tho "panhandle" ore vory anxious
to bo attached to Baker county. I
am very huio such is not tho caso.
Tho La Grando peoplo may want to
get rid of us, but oven if wo should
give them a chanco (o do to by voting
for their town for county seat thoy
would bo certain" to hay to us- "Hold
on a littlo while. Help us to build
our court house and jail and pay tho
public debt and thou wo will let you
go to Baker and holp them pay their
big debt." You may rest assured tho
peoplo here will do no such thing,
Time will tell, I urn certain I uover
heard Dr, O'Connor say anything rela
tive to tho matler. I think tho doctor
is too smart a man to engage in such a
great undertaking. If the La Grando
peoplo want to build up tueir town let
them build it up themselves and not
ask tho tax-payers to build it up for
them. Tho tax-payers of this part of
tho county will not voto a dobt on
themselves to help u few men iu a
littlo (own bixtcon miles further away
from them, but will voto for tho coun
ty seat to remain at Union. K.
Received at A. N.
THE PR03XE33 OF WOMEN.
An Interesting Article Contributed by
B. W. Huffman.
"For thro I will arouse my thouithti and
try
All heavenward flights, all high and holy
strain:
For thy dear sake I will wnlk patiently
Through these long hours, nor "eonnt
their minutes painH."
Since tho fact of American indepen
dence was first recorded in tho annals
of human history, woman has been
gradually emerging from that stato of
obscurity in which she has sat, sinco
the old fellows who plowed the first
fields of tho new-cast earth, chose to
have female slaves in their households.
It was her luck, to lo behind in tho
start in tho great raco for life, liberty
and happiness. I5ve followed Adam
out of tho garden, in place of walking
by his side. Ho choso to go firsevou
if she was tho cause of their exit.
And when tho sous of man had be
gun to accumulate a littlo property,
and to enjoy a scant stato of freedom
and power, tho first bad thing they
done was to enslave fomalo flesh.
Their households were not complete
unless they swarmed with girl servants
and girl toilers. Tho men after "God's
own heart," even, wero tho leaders in
introducing into tho new-born world
ono of tho greatest evils tint has over
shadowed a laud.
When a man's moral standing was
summed up, anciently, his many arti
cles of wealth wero enumerated 5000
camels, U000 asses, 200- men servants
and 1100 maid servants. His character
was weighed in tho scales of dollars
and cents (or shokeh.) And with tho
growing ambition of man the disregard
for women grew apace. Sho was a
household machine only fit to work
and sweat and livo in the most strict
obedience to tho primeval man, just
stopping out intcstho new-formed vales
and valleys of this world of ours. Tho
matters of slate wore strangors to her.
Tho tent and camp-fire was her do
main, as long as slip was humbly sub
servient to "my lord's" wish and wants.
Gradually as man, began to grow re
fined and cultured, Ihu females were
more and more respected. As tho
gentler parts of man's nature developed
and unfolded in the genial sunlight of
a better day, his regard for his better
half became more marked. As tho
Old world gradually drifted into tho
grand flood of Grooiun culture and
Grecian enlightenment, she could be
seen parading tho streets of public
life, hand in hand with man. Sho
could bu heard singing tho toll chorus
of peace and happiness, in tho throngs
of statesmen and of heroes. Sho was
mado to know tho grand responsibility
that hung on her stately shoulders.
She was told by wiso men her enlight
enment ami her souse wero tho fount
of all that is noble and majestic in tho
life of a nation. Sho was told that her
tendorncss and her purity, from which
spring these sublimo traits of tho poet,
tho hero, tho btntosmnn, wero to lift
tho world from whoro it stood lo high
er and brighter stalions. And po sho
advanced, During all tho turbulent
centuries that rolled by, from tho
times of ancient Grecco to the birth of
this wide and beautiful nation, sho lias
lit intervals rizen to heights clouded
and folded in a majestic glory. Sho
has at different limes lod the faltering
spirit of a nation up and onward
through difficulties that seemed im
penetrable, to tho summit of somo
prominenco, from whenco man sur
veyed tho problem that Btaggercd him,
and from whenco ho pasted from his
troubled dream into tho gautlo fields
of national peaco and plenty. But not
until tho stars and stripes waved out
into tho skies of American indepen
dence, and tho primoval man had
omerged from tho shadows that cloud
ed his way from Paradise to America,
aud-becumo tho freo citizen thorcof,
did woman enjoy all sho was undoubt
edly heiress to. Then it began to
flash before man's vision that fclio was
endowed with tho throbbing faculties
of a human boing; thatsho could "livo
and lovo and labor;" that sho could
think and act with u purity that was
unknown. It began to uppeur that
she had uovor been allowed a fair test
of merit; that her wings had never
been unfolded in tho higher flights of
life. Men began to wonder. Thoy
saw in tho liberty of man the upward
march of woman. Thon they ew
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