tion o f the eonseiousuMwof hitinanity
is awttketiisl, and the sanetitie- 'till
slumber which make it worth w hile
C. ('. Dot GHTY,
Publl-lnr. i to I h *. Knowledge, truth, love, lienu*
ty, faith, alone can g iv e vita lity to
tile meeliani-ni o f e x i't 'liee. I f you
S ubscription Ita ti'» .
cultivate and secure this«' you have a
fair domain w ithin more lovely than
(1 .*»!
Per Year
1 the lalded va lley o f Kasselus. When
'¡\ Minfin
I»)
( 'yrits the distinguished founder of the
iur Muntili
Ail vert ¡»In;; rate» made known on at'l'li- Persian Em pire, whose education is
so m inutely and graphically set forth
ration.
< 'oi rmpoiiili ni *• i« soliritnl from all friend» by Xenophon, was asked what was
o f the paper.
tiie lirst thing he ever learned, he re
plied; “ T o teU the truth.” Every
Momiinntii, O iyito i. Si pt.
¡» s s . teacher and every parent should re-
memlier that the first, leading and lust
! lesson to I k * impn-ssed upon tin* mjnd»
o f the young is not only ¡T all things
to tell the truth by word and deed,
50C T S
hut to cherish admiration for it and
live it. I f this could I hi io ilP'ii tin*
For Four Months.
I outward and visible life would only
ben reflection o f the bright pure life
Republican National Ticket.
within. Goethe, whose opportunities
J'or Preiident,
for observing’ men has Heidom been
excelled, and who was jhissossoi I of
BEXJA MIX IIAitKISOX,
rarcdiserimination has said, “ it is not
of Indiana.
j uncommon for men to I h > more ar-
Idently desirous o f a noble recompense
Prcddcnt,
j than studious to acquire the means o f
Mi >RTON.
deserving it.” Herein is seen the tsital
■P\ ork.
I mistake o f multitudes o f men o f to
day. They fail to burn tliis lesson
i that the only sure way to succeed is
For 1’iv ili ulial Kleeb.r»,
R oB E K T Mi LE \N.
W m . K A H ’ S, to heeome deserving o f success.
r. \V. FULTON.
< inly they who by patient pains
Rlatfnini: /'rotn-tiou o f American taking ami persevering labor, seek to
li* themselves thoroughly for the
Imliisirii », Am n r h i llu n n .i fu r faithful jierformanep o f the duties be
l l ’m / .iiig im n .
longing to the positions to which they
— i aspire, have any good reason to ex
pect to attain them. Special ex cel-
\> IRDKKSS.
[Tli- fnllmvi a ; «.Idre»» « a i lellin-nl In lenii* is an essential requisite for spe-
,|„ eial prominence iuany department o f
lion. Warm Truitt, ut ilio oj ,, ,
lile, and there is no exeelloneo with-
• Sept. I l, 'H
Normal Selin il Ti
out great labor. The general rule is
Mr. 1‘ri'iitrnf, ! Aulir* unti Gentle that the unsucei'ssful are the unde-
men: li ¡»a lini ve thing to Jive a true serving. lint they are wont to ex
lifo. T ilt'(»reck nial I. itili-eonsitler- cuse themselves and attrihute failure
eil liiitnan life tu emi-istilli' of three I to unfavorahle eonditions and unpro-
elcnieiii.i, anil ili '-¡•»untili tiloso olo-| pitious times after the manner o f
natiti by words iurri-pomling in llam let:
Polk County Observer.
THE OBSERVER FOR
meaning with mir wonts, hoil.v, intol-
li"t or in imi ami soul, lint whatever
may ho its divisions or essence, wo
know it alMiunii i in paradoxe» and is
shrouded in mystery. However, I do
"Tlie time ii imt o f joint: < > cúmel »pite!
Tlmt I vv.is ever Ixiru to set it riglit."
fathers rule the world, and this is an
epigruiiimutical statement carrying
with it a good distl o f truth. Napol-
itui Hoaaparte when standing on the
lands of Egypt in front o f the i ’yr.t-
inidse xclaiiiifd, “ F orty centuries are
look Ing down upon us!” And the
t, ¡tellers o f the present, w hile stand
ing in the presence o f their schools
anil looking upon the bright young
tiues before them m ight well exclaim,
“ W e are looking forward over forty
centuries.” For the w ork which they
are doing and shall do, w ill go down
and be felt to the end o f time. Tlie
Germans have a m axim that if you
want a sentiment nr principal to ap-
|s'tir in the nation put it in the school.
H ew important then that our schools
should I k * presided over by those who
are thoroughly trained fur their work
The teacher o f this age should have a
chmpri'hensive idea o f t i e condition
o f modern thought in all its depart
ment«, and the power and skill and
learning o f a master in ttint which lie
assumes to teach. Jle should I k * able
to go behind all text-books and man
uals, make his own analysis of his
subject; la* capable o f bringing out
frc-li and original conceptions o f liis
field of study. Hut tlie profession is
one o f hard w ork and small pay, in a
pecuniary sense, and many whose na-
tural talents and dispositions tit them
for teachers are unable to prepare
themselves for the brightest and liest
work; what then? W h y , the state
should come in and assist them. This
question was debated and settled as a
principal long ago, but the extent o f
the assistance an<l manner o f gi\ ing it
is still ¡i question. The states and the
general governm ent expend large
sums o f money every year in training
soldiers and keeping up m ilitary or-
gunizutions, to protect against armed
toes; hut there are dangers threaten
ing us m oredeadly and more destruc
tive titan any armed foe w hich can
come against us, that cun only In*
kept back and over-come hv proper
education o f the masses. I'lducation
in its full sense includes the right
training o f the moral faculties as well
as the intellect ami the state can af
ford to contribute liberally to support
schools where teachers can be fitted
and qualified to do tiie highiet and
best educational work.
Whenever
any great ev il lias fixed itself upon a
nation unless it laid moral force and
intelligence to purge itself o f the evil
Hint nation lias declined anil died.
Jacobinism in France, Chartism in
England
represent«!
phases o f
thought in those countries, and A n
archism in the I'nited States to-day
is only a manifestation o f the seething
wicked thoughts o f a portion o f the
people w ithin our borders. This
wicked lawless -pirit is bred in sa
loons, in dance balls and haunts o f
sensuality and vice; it is fostered by
Sunday picnics, Sunday parades, a
general disregard o f the laws o f the
land and the teachings o ft hristianity.
And in view o f the rapid increase of
our population and the constant ten
dency o f the ignorant toward vice and
law breaking, w e may still repeat the
language ol that bright exam ple o f
American manhood, and earnest
friend o f education who said, “ W e
must educate or we must perish.”
'I’lds being true we must have train
ed teacher.-and these teachers should
go out to their labor fully prepared
and tquippCd in head and heart todo
the great work demanded o f them.
Thus they cun succeed and real) a rich
reward, in m aking the world wiser
and better.
C. E. Worthington.
Surprising Cash Barga’
Physician and Surgeon,
Oftlcc Main St., next to Vaughn s, Dallas, Or
cr.
-ith-
C. B Y R D ,
N IE S & S M IT H .
D E N T IS T ,
Office over Luid <fc Bush's Bank, Saloni, Or.
W e are Selling our Stock
J O H N J. D A L Y ,
Attorney at Law,
Will nfnnptlv attend to all legal business
D R Y GOODS A T COST
entrusted 1 to ! him.
D A LLA S , OREGON.
W A R R E N T R U IT T ,
: 0 : ----------
Attorney at Law,
D A LLA S , OREGON.
Will practice in nil the courts o f the State. # bj *N ow is your chance to get great bargains, in our
ottico in Court House.
Dry Goods
Goods, Notions, Clothing, Roots and Shoes, FurnishingG -oods,
Crockety and Glassware, departments, etc. y«a
Buster &
Vernon,
Former Offers Fade Away In Oblivion.
Druggists and Apothecaries.
D
rugs, Paints. Oils. Class and all other Ar
tides kept in a first-class drug store.
These goods must be sold. But*-We are goin g to close out ourst
and parties needing anythin g in our line w ill find it to
t la ir advantage to call and see us.
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
I (lo not sympathizo with the
rff-Also Dealers in Reed A Barton’s Sil-
thoughts o f T. Ilueiianan Head ex-
vor and Piateti Ware, Jewelry , J/usical In-
pri-sed ¡n that delicimisly dreamy
strumenta of all kinds.
not wish I ideal with the alisi mse or unpructieahle poem— Drifting:
m i l l . ! ' .1 .
I .... I . . 1 . . I
. . t" 1 I I i _ e n l . ' l i i o i I n . 1
‘ ..w
. .
nietaidiysieal
phase o
f this «uhjoct to
"Mv soul to-day
day, hut rather-to briefly pri sent some
Ii far away.
Ilrirk Block,
Independent4.
practical thoughts and suggestions to : Sailing on the Yemiviun bay.
My winged boat,
you, and more < 'specially to these stu- i
A bird alloat,
dents, wlio are here to perfect them
Sails round the purple ]H'uki retnoti'.''
selves for successful lives, and many Hut rather with tln grandsentiments
o f whom expect to enter or continue o f Longfellow in ttint poetic gem,
in the imnoi'tant, and I might almost which I have thought reveals to us
say sacred culling o f teaching tIn* the secret o f his own earnestness and
young. W e look upon the pyramids, success— 1’salm o f Life:
Real Estate anil Insurance Agent
temples and monument- of earth with
“ Life is real! Life is earnest!
admiration ami wonder. Christopher
And tlie grave ii not its goal;
Wren, the great architect, who built
bust tliou art to dust returnest,
Was not s|Kiki'ii of the soul.
St Paul's cathedral, making it« erec
Ia't it- then lie ti|i and d ing
tion Ids life work, i burled in tiie
With a heart for any fate;
crypt, and in -crib d thereon is this
Still achieving still pursuing,
signitieaut and beautiful epitaph; “ I f
Learn to laborund to wait."
vou >eek his monument look around”
W e arc not destined to float and
3ÑT. H . B U T L E R ,
Hut the work o f tin* school f tie her is drift through life. There is a great
more enduring than pyramids ofslone work before us, anti i f we live up to
or monuments o f brass; is grander our < Ltd-giving capacity we can make
Druggist and Apothecary.
than even the life work o ft 'liristoph- it sublime. The real causes o f failure
cr Wren. You w rite inscriptions no are interior, and not ext rior; not in
—Dealer in—
on the tablets o f the heart and build our condition, hut in ourselves lie the
with human lives.
mean impediments over which we
I XniL'i. f'lieinii-uls, Books, Stationery,Toilet
W e read history and biography cannot get the mastery, lie who
\ J articles, etc.
not to learn o f the physical man, hut would win success must first become
n f his life as manifested by his acts the master both o f him self and his
Prescript Ions Carefully Conqioundeil
and by the Impress loti upon tie
surroundings, and o f timeand things.
in which lie lives, and the result of | He who has not the fortitude and
his work upon future generations* ! courage to accomplish such a task,
Monmouth , - - - Oregon.
When Robin hi < 'rusoe saw the foot must relinquish ail hope o f over at
liriufs upon the horc o f his lovely ta in in g largo success in any depart
island, lie knew that a being o f his ment o f work. It is also a law o f life
own species li id b ai there, and yet that men siavecd only according to
how brief anti ephemeral they were! | their average ability. H erein school
The dry goods store F. M. A. w ill
Oregon State Normal School.
The first sweeping w ave or stirring you ti -t anti mark scholarship by that g iv e yon a bargain if you w ill call
breeze might obliterate them; but the rule and it holds good in the world’s ( l i d - I K ' t h r i l l .
foot prints referred to by Longfellow broad school. Hence it is o f the first
FI LL FACULTY,
are spiritual or intellectual imprints
importance for those having tin hon-
GOOD BUILDINGS,
which neither waves nor winds nor 1 otable ambition to excel, to secure for
L IG H T EXPENSES
drifting years can blot out. Hut the themselves a symmetrical develop
life o f man is dual in tliis important ment o f character and intellect tttid
MOMMO l TU,
OREGOX.
respect that , very person has a,i out- , thus
M i-orlV il men. The
O p en » Septem ber lOlh.
Ward or public life, and an inner or l ick o f this has been a fatal obstacle to
TW-Doc»
a generai hnnking business. Siglit
private life, which is not fully known the progress o f many men in every
1 »ratti on New York, San Fmnciseo or Port
liy tlie world, and is often only dim ly
department o f work. Conscious
ti lumi. De|M>.iits reoeived suhjert toehcck'nr
until rs nod by its "possessor. In that great abilities in some elements o
of on eertilleatei of iletiosit. Collei'tions will
strange philosophical poem,the Essay their being, they have ignored a cor- reeeive prompt attention. Office hóurs 8 a.
mi Man, Hope expressed a profound , r 'ponding degree o f weakness juid ni. to o p. in. //<;// a lio .jlor Broof Safe, 9 t~
All Normal Graduates receive a Diplôme
corei bo ì'alc Time I.ork. ’
truth when.lie -ays;
fi'Ani the State which authorizes them to
"Km >« then thyself preiinmi noH 1»I ...... .. ! deticieiicy in other respects and hence
b ach in any public school in the State. Other
their career has been a disappoint
The |>i• >|r -Mi'li of in.mi in i ¡i Hum *
States grant teachers' cert ¡flea ten on presenta-
How littl" we really know o f our ment, Imtli to themselves and to their
tiort o f these Normal Diplomas, without ex
selves and how much less w e know of friends; and tin; positions and honors
amination.
11n *— about u in every day life! they hoped to secure, have fallen to
What wo neeis only the shallow o f i the lot o f other men w ho, though less
the eagle upon the grass, what we notable for marked ability in any one
GENERAL 6LACKSMÌTHING.
C H E A P LirvUCHSJ-Q-.
hear is but tin* whisperings o f the particular, have developed a well
lofty pines or tin* murmur o f distant rounded symmetrical life.
AND
This age wants men and women o f
W liters.
r-!*'Gon<l fable board is famished to stu
" W i t Ilia t hi s da i l y life allot h e r life r u n s tit t>p broad roundabout common sense; of
dents at tlie "Normal Dining H all'’ at il.SC
I'idtivutisl
minds,
sound
bodies
and
, 1
' "A H,
|i'f week. ( okm I hoarding in families with
lien.-at il I il I ' in.i
'if. • if ileal li nliit sleep,
symmetrical characters. For these
furnished room, fuel and lights, fct.uo to i:t .V
And sometime its murmuring throws
ja r week.
•
we must look tonurschixils,andovt
( :
’ i
i'ii r . i i i
. . h . ' - . >t ii | u ,
and above the schools we must look
l . i ke liir " I f h a r m o n i e s .,t t wi l i g h t ' s h o u r . '
W e too often, in our judgement do to the teachers. Som eone has said
fcô’-A SiK'cialty.-ijB*
teachers rule tlie world
great wrong to others because we do that ....... .
Practical Course of Study,
not understand them, and thousands in ‘.his, that they rule the children,
Shop ot>|M>site livery stable, at the founilrv
fail o f success in life lieeuusc they do and the children rule the mothers anil
t h e .... tilers rule the fathers and the ImlepexHlvnce.
—Completed in n—
not understand thonisehcs.
i
HR» o f a
' x pressed by
his acts and intlut'inv upon the world
o
should spring outwanl from a well
cultivated mind and a pure heart
within, and not surround and invent
Send for Catalogue. Address tlie President
itograhriveiled mind and haae heart,
>. T. S ta h lst , JVonimmth, Oregon.
like a tinselled elotik over the w retch
ed form o f a diseased beggar. Knvir-
omneiTts and eireuntstances have ¡i
Cook stoves furtiishixl íló a n d higher.
potential intlti.'iii';' upon wliat the ]
Mi l k p .n i' i • ctnand higher.
•
world calls micivss , and (hr tlint r.ni
'I ilk pails ;t-'> ets and higher.
D. Warren.
J. E. Jcrman,
si >ii fatalism has had many I h >-
Siove polish ô et- and higlier.
Ilevers in every age, and among all
nature, hut they have hut little to do
in making or marring our inner life.!
full
of*
C o iT o s p o m lin g ly .
Th e doctrine that a Mind late rules'
Nails :tt ets per |xiimd and higher.
and d ■ i*i i the d t ,h ■ e' n tr. uiq
General
Rope P'd ets per pound andJiiglier.
and tlte lives o f men is a dangerous
I ! 'du are, lumber, shingles, tools, -a-h, tioors, mouldings, etc.
heresy, and should c-pivinily Isy
N\ oven wire and spiral spring matresses.
n voided I iv t hi#
|
what
some call luck may give you wealth
or place in life hut it cannot j
give a cultivatisl mind nor a pure
heart, and therefore, it cannot g ive
A munition and fishing tackle.
you real happiness nor real success.
W all pu|«cr and w indow »hades.
I fare then to live a tirave true life .'
Mini cages, bracket« and mirrors.
Issik not to the outward alone, but
liiirn to know yourselves, your capa-
hilites ami your asplnitions; form a
Wood Work a Specialty.
bright ideal and strive to reach it.
In this res|xvt let your theorii“« reaclt
the star** though your halting leet
f° r ^ &Vors wo
« ’"tinuance of your
may only reach the lull tops. The
tn#rv lapse nf years is not life. To
eat anil drink and sleep and pace
“A ll charge na»ormblc. Give it» a call.
around in the tread mill o f habit is
not life. In all this but a |SH>r frac-1
Goods will be Sold Cheap
te j ltem ber the place, corner brick store, N I F.S & SMITH,n
Dallas,
Orego
James Tatoin.
Monmouth,
Oregon.
SH ELLEY & YÂNDITO
Mead Quarters for Menerai Mercliandk
In d e p e n d e n c e
B U Y Y O U R GROCERIES A T
S. J. WATERHOUSES.
Polk County Bank.
Normal, Collegiate, and
Commercial Departments
Vnurlili A Hillard.
' Horse-Siioeing
Short
lino
W arren &
Tinwaro
F A N C Y W IR E FENCE.
A fiood Line o f
f
every description, as cheap as tlie cheaiiest.
Call and see him .
O cited.
Y o u r patronagei?
Monmouth.
Farmers
tregrm.
Mercantile
Association,
D E A L E R S
G en eral Merchandise.
Bed Rock Prices,
B & t Grade of Goods,
c
And Fair Dealing
o
Is Our Motto.
O U I kind» o f produce taken in exchange for giivdi -
OREGO J
M O X M O C T ir,
Blacksmiths and
Horseshoers.
Furniture.
Q D U E C 3-0 3 Sr-
N O T IO N S ! N O T IO N S ! !
Jerman,
Farmers Supply Depot Co.,
M O IS T M O U T H ,
-----Carries at all times a fresh anil com plete stock of groceries.—
Time,
N ew Goods--NewnPrices.
A
Oregon.
MONMOUTH.
OREGON.
Agricultural' Im plem ents and
Farm Machine
COOPER & CONN AAV A V,
—D EALERS IN —
Hardware,
Stoves and Tinware.
Agenti for Kapp. Burrell á Co.
Independence, O lt p * 1