O P olk C ounty O bserver . A SKMI-WJOK k LV J o i/R X VOL. I . AL» r e v o t e r to PALLAS, POLK corv i y the HEN EH AL orbuon , 1 N I ' Eli ESTS OF , p 7 Thf Of a Naugatuck (Conn.) family were a w a k en ed th e other night by the «cream» of a young woman who dreamed »ome one had kissed her. The father of the family appeared with a lamp in one hand and S E M I - W E E K L Y . - $ 3 Per Year. “ r, 7 « lvt'r the other. No man . COullJ b,: f° und- b»t the daughter »aid D IR tC T O R Y O F F IC IA L CO UN TY one must have been about, a» »he felt Couuty Juiigt* j ■ his moustache. The mystery was 1 8 STOUKFKK. . ¿' w ilcLKNCHj Commissioner, j thoroughly solved when a pet kitten 0 W MCBEK. i Sheriff! emerged from behind IRA A HMITH ----- a . pillow C 0. COAD. .uerk, The htatue Statue of of Liberty l .ih i . Bedloe on Trt*am m‘r WM EL1.IS Co. School Superlntcudcut Inland has wonderful attractions for W I REY>'iJl' I,H Senator JC. T. HATCH the swarms of birds tfhat are at present f 8. POWELL .Kepreaentatives (■. G. FIrfHKKi migrating southward. They become attracted by the glare of the electric PROFESSIONAL C A R D S hght. and rushing headlong upon it ----- are killed in great numbers. The JO H N .1. D A L Y , other inornfrtg no less than five hun- dred birds were pieketPup at the base of the statue. Twentv-Iive ,li»tin.., wenty-five distinct Will promptly »ttrud to all legal bull ne»« eu species were counted. Nearly all of trusted to him. them were small, and mpst of them O K K 4 .4 »\ . DALLAM. were ‘ ’yellow" birds. A red-headed woodpecker, two cat birds and several W ARREN T R U IT T , Lnglish sparrows were among the slain. b e g g in g (O b s c n r r Attorney anil Counselor at Law. Attorney anil Counselor at Law, song . * » « « h m , i n r id e m T r l u . o a t h # c Slharian Siberian Kond. I shall never forget the emotions NWsed in me by this song when ] keard it for the first time. We were ^ one cold, raw, autumnal day, ® a dirty post station on the great Siberian road. waiting for horse». ^uddt nL' m> attention was attracted b> “ pe' ulil4r- ‘ow-pitched. quavering •ound which came to - — from a dis- wb^ich- although made ap- parently b* human voices, did not ™*e® b'e “ ny * * " « that l had ever befor?heard. It was not singing, nor chanting, nor wailing for the dead, but » strange blending of all three. It •uggested vaguely the confused and comi“ ink,led sobs, moans and eatreat- vf* hUman bein,i8 who wewHbeing •ubJwtt‘d to torture, but whose suffer ings were not acute enough to seek expression iff shrieks or high-etched cries. As the sound came nearer we went out into the street in front of the station-house and saw approach ing a chained party of about a hundred bare-headed convicts, who. surrounded by a cordon of soldiers, were marching slowly through the settlement singing i » the . exiles’ begging - _ song." No at- In a recent scientific discussion of “ Benevolence” it was said: “ Exper ience is showing more and more that those who are supposed to stand in .1. II. T O W N S E N D , need of all this voluntary benevolence * L 1Pt Was m^ eb>'the lingers to pitch derive but little real advantage from ' thelr ' ° u httrmony or 10 1 ’ro- it; that, on the contrary, it further n0um*e tbe words in unison; there weakens their already defective char I Tere1.no PaU8es or rests at the ends of Office on M 111 St. opposite Court House, . O K K 4 . 0 M . acters, and tends to make their condi- I he l , ! ? 5 **"4 »could not make out DALLAM. ontu 1 any distinctly marked rhythm. The tion one of chronic and constitutional i , . . P H Y SIC IA N S’ C AR D S. - dependence on the assistance of others ! ! & 8eem,>d to be constantly break- ing ln in U upon one another " with N. L. W O O D S , M . D., The time, we hold, has now come, 1 inir DOn nnP i,K slightly noia, nas when, broadly speaking, the best thing modulated variations of the same any man can do is to hold himseft slow, melancholy air, and the effect j produced was that of a rude fugue or Does general p ra ctice in an y part o f the erect, to practice a high-minded justice County. Office In W o o d ’s Drug Store. in his relations with his fellow-men, of a funeral chant, so arranged as to I be sung like a round or catch by a and Xo eschew all modes of action cal J. K. L O C K E , M. D., hundred male voices, each independent culated to encourage others to expect i of the others in time and melody, but that they may reap where they have | all following a certain scheme of vocal O m c g : B uena V ista. Oregon. not sown.” ization, and taking up by turns the T. J. L is. O. D.. B i ' ti . rr . j same dreary, wailing theme. The Good Floors F or Stables. L E E * BUTLER, i words were as follows: A great deal has been written about Have pity on us. O our fathers! Dong forget the unwilling traveler»,* clay, stona, concrete and brick as ma Don’t forget the long-imprisoned. W ill answer calls from any p o in t In the county. terials for the floors of stalls and loose Telegraphic co m m u n ica tio n from M oum outli. Feed us, O ou r father*—help us I Office up stairs In Opera block . boxes. The theory is that earth is Feed and help the poor and needy 1 Have compassion, O our fathers I O K K S . O V soft and moist for the horse's feet and IS U K P S S iU lM C R . Have compassion. O ou r mothers I For the sake of Christ, have merty MARK H A Y T E R , that next to the original soil other On the prisoners—the shut-up on es! cool moist material is desirable. In — IDE *11ST,---- Behind walls of stone and gratings. practice a stall or box with no other Behind oaken doors and padlocks, DALLAM. - • OBKUUK. floor than clay soon becomes an of Behind bars and locks o f Iron, At Dental parlors does any k in d o f dental We are held In close confinement. fensive quagmire, a stone floor is cold work with neatness and dispatch. We have parted from our fathers. and hard, concrete is soon broken up From our mothers. BANKS. by the continual stamping of the iron- We from all our kin have parted. Wx. H a v ao k , Banker. | M. M. E l l is , Cashier. We are prisoners; shod feet, and bricks absorb offensive Pity us, O. our fathers! fluids to a greater extent than wood. It you can imagino these words, half A floor of good sound spruce or pine pranks, thoroughly soaked through sung, half chanted, slowly, in broken Exchanges bought an d sold on all points. with crude petroleum, will resist time and on a low key, by a hundred Special attention p aid to co lle ctio n s. dampness and decay for a long time voices, to an accompaniment made by DALLAM. . . . . o R K t.n V and keep clean and wholesome. In a the jingling and clashing of chains, D, T. S t a n l e y , Pres. | J. W. D a w s o n ,C ashier. Bta.l a double floor is laid, the lower you will have a faint idea of the course transversely of the stalls, and “ Miloserdnaya,” or exiles’ bogging the upper one lengthwise and extend wng. Kude, artless and inharmon M oa m oa tb . O reg on . ing back only as far as the stall itself. ious as the appeal for pity was, I had Does a yan 'ral b a n k in g business. Sight draft* on X. w Y ork, San F rancisco or Portland. There should be a very slight slope never in my life heard any thing so Deposits rect ived su b ject to check or o n certifl mournful and depressing. It seemed rites of deposit. C o lle ctio n s w ill receive prom pt to the rear for drainage. It is a se attention. Office hours, S a. m. to 5. p. m. Hall's rious mistake to make the slope too to be the half-articulate expression of Burglar P roof Safe, secured by Y ale T im e l ock all the grief, the misery, and the de steep, as it comjyels the horse to stand spair that had been felt by generations in an unnatural position with a con SURVEYO RS. of human beings in the etapes, the for stant strain upon the rear tendons of warding prisons and the mines. F R A N K BUTLER, the legs.—American Agriculturist. As the party marched slowly along - — ♦ • » ---------■ —Mud on the cows should not be the muddy street between the lines of ah d allowed. Use the brush. A cow gray log houses, children and peasant Address him at DALLAS. All calls prom ptly women appeared at the doors with should be kept as clean as a horse. answered. their hunds full of bread, meat, eggs, or other articles of food, which they* W . P . W R IG H T , P A R K E R & FERCUSON, put iuto the caps or bags of the three or four shaveV-headed convicts who acted as alms-collectors. The jing V . M. D e p u t y N n r v r y o r Plans, specification* and estimate* fnrni*hed ling of chains and the wailing voices B ill do work ln all parta o f the county. Is twe door* south of the of the exiles grew gradually fainter Pf»p«.red to fu m isti all desired Inform ation In on application. Shop two city water-work*. refard to landa surveyed. Office In bauk. and fainter as the part*y passed up the M K K 4 .0 V I k llK P K k B K M 'K . » A L L A H .................................... O R K U O B . street, aud when the sounds finally died away in the distance and we turned to re-enter the post station, I felt a strange sense of dejection, as if the day had suddenly grown colder, darker, and more dreary, and the ---------H E A D(i U A KT E RS--------- cares and sorrows of life more burden some and oppressive. —Oeorge Aeusiw, in Century. ______ D A LL A S. OKKW OS. Will prsctlc. In all the courts of the State, office In Court House. Attorney anil Counselor at Law. Physician and Surgeon. Physician and Surgeon. Physicians and Surgeons Dallas City Bank. HOIK C O U N T Y B A N K . County Surveyor Civil Engineer Surveyor ai CM Engineer. ARGHITEGTSanflBUILDEBS SHELLEY & VANDUYN, laug hter AND ____ W R IN K LE S . Cariou«) iQ J h w fit lo n i M ade by ^ J iiiidon P h fw i3 l»n . IN D E P E N D E N C E , O R EG O N . General Merchandise Bed Rock Prices ■ E 8 T C R A D i : O F C O O D S AMD F A IR DEA LINC . IS O UR M O TTO All kinds of gooda taken in exchange for produce. . Monmouth Agricultural Implements and - - O regon. Farm Machinery. E . W . C o o p e r, ■IDEALER IN Hardware, Stoves and Tinware AOENTS FOR MA P R , IN I ) E I » E N D E N C E , BU R R ELL A CO. O R E G O N . s Clever COUNTY TUKSI)i \Y, FEBRUARY 5. 188«». c. C DOUGHTY, or — Olii the apex. The scholar’s wrinkles form on his brow, while tho scheming politician’s come round his eyes, where they look for all the world like the spokes of a wheel. Some of the peo ple who bet on races have the most astonishing c?-op of wrinkles I ever saw, save on an elephant. 1'— Loudon Tit-Bib. B tf lL D W E L L . High on the granite wmn , ,,,* builder* taP'ng, Heaved up the tnasslre blocks aud slabs to piace. With swart and streaming brow - and -uatalng sinews, Under the sim m er » blaze. • And higher yet. amid the chills of suturnn. Tier upon tier and ft v h upon arch a r o se : And situ crept upward, ooldly, wearily slowly, 'Mid winter a sifting snows. From stage to stjvge up springs the mas.’ er- i builder. Instructing cheering. chldliigSoere and there. Scanning with s -ruttny severe and rigid Each lusty laborer's share Auon his voice to those most distant slu^iting Throvgh the hours« trumpet wake* hi* orders sw ell; Or utters words like these, to rouse sud heurtro “ Build well, my man, build w e ll! “ T he ropes are strong and new, aud sound tbe pulleys; The derrick's beams are equal to the strain; Unerring are the level, line und plum m et; LetAiaught be done ln v a in ! “ Build that these walls to com ing generations Your skill, your strength, your A lthfulues Shall te ll; That all may »ay. a» storm s and centuries test them. The men o f old built w e ll!” And effer thus speaks the great Master Builder T o us, w here'er our “ Journey work” may b e; “ W h ate'er the toll, the season, or the structure. Build w ell—build worthily —H. S. Brown, in Journal of Kducatioit. BALLO T REFORM . -------- o H o w t o K r a d lc a t« S o m e o f th e In iq u ities o f F olltlcw l “ F ine W o r k .“ This is one of the reforms which must come, for without it our system of popular government can not beo maintained, livery election, especially in our large cities, shows that until this reform is secured all other reforms are impossible of accomplishment. The control of the election machinery, of the printing and distributing of the ballots, must be taken from the poli ticians and put info the hands of the State. That is, we must take the power to control our elections away from the men who have no responsibility and nc interest in government save extrava gance and corruption and put it into the hands of officials who are sworn to do their duty. Ol what use is it to try to get honest men nominated for office when we leave in the hands of the political workers the power to defeat them at the polls by distributing fraudulent or defective ballots, or by making “ deals” and "dickers’ ’ whi^h cheat the people of their will? We have talked for years about reforming the primaries and thff nominating conventions, but not one particle of progress has been made. Under the Massachusetts law any four hundred voters, in case of a candidate for State office, and any one hundred voters, in case of a candidate for a les ser office, by uniting in a petition in behalf of a candidate of their choice, can have his name printed upon the official ballots and have those ballots distributed at the polls at the public expense. What more certain way of reforming tho primaries could be de vised than this? If there were such a law in New York City there would be an end to the astonishing spectacle which is there so often presented of a “ boss” setting up a candidate of his own for office in spite of all protests, and frequently electing him in spite of all opposition. Under such a law both ••bosses” and primaries would in a very short time lose their present domi nance in our politics. In fact, there is scarcely a form of Iniquity known to ourelection methods which a good ballot law would not eradicate. We should be rid at one stroke of the assessments upon candi dates. of the bribing and bnlldozing of voters, of the nomination of notoriously unfit candidates, of “ deals’ ’ and “ dickers” and “ trades” at tho polls. All ____ these would disappear, for the sim ___ p|e rBa8on that the machinery of elec- tlons would be taken out of the hands of Irresponsible and often dishonest men. Such an obvious and imperative reform as this can not be long delayed. — Century. A (P «ado .physician has recently kin. ¡(.study of wrinkles. Says the dx . - i “ 16 is customary to say that wrinkles come from worrying, but the truth is that most of them come from laughing. This is rather paradoxical, I must admit, but I have W A S H IN G B L A N K E T S . only been convinced after the most careful investigation, l o know how The Uit of Ammonia More KflWtlre Kubblng With Monp-ttud«. to laugh is just as important as to Put a pint of hou*phold ammonia in know how when to de i t If you laugh with the sides of yo«ir face ths the bottom of your tubs, having had »kin will work loose In time, and the blankets well beaten to remove all wrinkles will form in exact accord clinging dust before you get the tubs ance with what kind of la igh you out. Then lay the blanket lightly on have. The man who always wears a over the ammonia and pour nj>on it a smirk will have a series of semi-cir sufficient quantity of warm water to cover the blanket entirely. Then with cular wrinkles covering his cheeks. ••When a gambler who has been ac- a stick or the band flop the blanket customed to suppressing his feelings about in the solution, pressing all the augh* a deep line forms on each side water that will come out of it against of his nose and runs to the upper cor- the side of the tub without wringing, . h-M mouth. In time this line as you remove to the rinse water. You extends to the chin and assumes the will be amazed to see the dissolved dirt shape of a half moon. A cadaverous coming out through the fibers, as no person with a waxlike skin is very apt washing or rubbing with soap-suds will to have two broadly marked » n n k l « . bring it ouL Rinse in the same way. in one running o f from the^jaw and^the the same moderately warm water ( not ether under the eye. inese meet »» i boiling water), and by simply pushing at the cheek bone and ¿he blankets about in the tub. Press iook'a^'thoufk they formed » knot at| through the wringer and hangout to dry in a windy place, not in the sun. As the blanket hangs there drying, a little water will collect in the four cor ners. which is rather an amusement to squeeze out to help the drying process. If you do not care to put a second blanket in the tlrst ammoniated water, which must be done promptly, as the ammonia evaporateequickly.divide the quantity, taking half a pint for each one of the two tubs, and wash two blankets at once. The evaporating am monia. released by the warmth of the «Hater, can only escape through the blanket, which is laid over it In the tub before the water is applied. Hence you get the Valin«of every drop of it, In ordinary cleaning with ammonia, for paint, brasses, silver, etc., mix it with i*old water first, and t?ien add a little warm water tojh e pail.— 1‘ublic Ledger. O P E N IN G A M IN E . A * Operation «» lu.-li l>«,uurt U s o , Tliss- ■amt* o l Dollar*. Working a gold mine sounds very nice, but v.*ry few people are aware of <jhe difficulties and expense attending this operation. There are plenty of men in° this city who have been “ bitten” in small mining schemes, and who do not now under stand whv they were failures. It is a very common thing for some hopeful prospector to stumble across “ crop pings” thj^t show free gold, and that, from all appearances, could be worked to advantage with the expenditure of a little money. The first thing the prospector does is jo “ think up” some capitalist friend whom he thinks would be willing to « invest in the enterprise. Ho then re e o n T y e F A R M . writes a letter something after this ■» Mot O n ly a C o m fo r t Hut Ha* A M fashion: . M an y R oonotuko I ’tca. “ I have one of the finest propositions you ever The majority of farmers look on toe heard of. I have dtsoovered cropping» that In as a luxury only to be enjoyed iy the d lcalc the presence of a ledge S feel wide, aud rich who live in cities and regard an which 1 am certain will be found permanent. “ The croppings show that the ore will mill at ice-house as a needless eftlravagauce. least 4 per ton l.et us say then that the or* Ice in summer is a luxury, but it is will only yield half this amount. “ This mine can he works t — ihat Is. the ore also a substance that promotes health und comfort and which has many eco- can be mined an.l m illed—at • ,u.i.i:=uni oo»t o f Cl per ton. This will leave a net protlt of. say. non^c uses. Unless a farmer has a Is Now the cropping* show along tbe surface spring off <*r which he cun build a milk- for 401 feet, and are so situated that a tunnel be run 'JUI feet below. There Is no d oubt house lie will find it difficult to muke could that the ore will hold out. and after the tunnel first-class butter if ho has no ice. He Is run there will be 'In sight’ practically CS.iUU will also experience much trouble in tons of ore, which at Is a ton. will, as you will see, yield a protlt of I'.*«) (US). keeping the butter in a oonultlon to be readily “ All I need la enough m oney to run this tun sent to market. With ice milk and nel. lea n then haul the ore to a custodi mill butter can bo kept in good condition (there Is one atMiut a mile distant), and after that tbe mine will pay for itself. I only need with but little trouble. Cool milk is a S'l.110 i at the outside, and If you will put up this most desirable drink during the sum amount you may have a halt Interest ln the property." mer, und one that should l>e used to a greater extent than it is. An ice , On paper tills is n fine proposition.’ house or an ice-box is the best place A sure fortune for $3,000. Tho capital for keeping eggs, vegetables and small ist is caught and up goes his $.1,000. The first thing to be done is to drive fruits. Fresh moat, poultry, fish ami Kaine can also be kept in one for many a tunnel into tho solid rock some 8 foot days. A supply of ice promotes econ square and a distance of 200 foot A omy more than it does luxury. It en double shift of men, say eight, are hired, ables one to save many tilings that also a blacksmith to sharpen the tools, men to clear away the ground, etc. would otherwise be wustod. Ice saves fuel during the summer This can easily be accomplished for $.r»0 by diminishing the umount of cook a day. A house or cabin has to be ing that is done daily if not three built, but tills will only oust some $300. time» inch day. All kinds of cooked Powder, tools, timbers, * lumber and provisions as well as those thut are provishms will make the first $1,000, to not cooked cun be keep a long time in an use a popular expression “ look awful ice-box. During tho summer we desire sick.” F'or the first few days the work food and drink that are much warmer or much cooler than the temperature progresses favorably, and tho capital of the air, and it matters but little in ist receives the most encouraging let which onv of these conditions they are ters from tils mining friend. After that in. At a hotel table in a city about the letters are less frequent aud not * half tho persons will call for ice tea near so encouraging. Tho miners have “ struck a horse.’t for supper, while the other half will take that which is nearly boiling. To This is generally sumo rook about as be grateful to the taste its tempera easy to drill through as so much east ture must be much Hliove or below steel. A hole six inches deep may bs that of the body and tho surrounding drilled into the rock ln about ton hours, air. During the summer the majority and wlton the giant powder cartridges of persons (»refer frozen cream to hot are put into this hole they shoot out as puddings, and with a supply of ice It if from a cannon. There may ho 10 feet of this sort of is cheaper. There is no good reason work, there may be .50; at any rate, why farmers should not have ice cream before tho dilficuitv has been over on then' tables ilurlng tho summer. They have milk and eggs in abun come, some $2,000 or more will have dance, and the salt that is used for been sunk in the enterprise, and the forming a freezing mixture can be ground scarcely scratched. Of course more money will be de utilized on a farm. Ev ‘ry farmer who has a crook, lake manded, and then still more until the or fish pond on his place can obtain a capitalist becomes disgusted and quits th< thing all together. This Is the way supply of ice from it at the cost of cutting. If. however, ice is put up it generally works. Difficulties are not only encountered for commercial purposes within one in running a tunnel or sinking a shaft, day's drive from his farm he may find it more economical to buy it, as It such as the caving in of the work, costs very little. An ice-house need rebellious rock and others too numerous not be an expensive structure, and if to mention; but it Is often discovered it is only intended to preserve ice after the tunnel has been run tho de enough to supply one family there is sired length that It should have been no occasion for having it of large size. run in some other place. To estimate the actual cost of the Blocks of ice that form a cake of ten feet will supply a family for five opening up of a mine from the “ grass months. A building to hold iceshould roots" would be a very difficult matter. be so constructed us to leave a space Under the most fevoruble circum stances, however, unless a pocket oi of from eighteen to twenty-four Inches on each side of the bunch of very rich ore is encountered, tee to be filled with sawdust, from$60,000 to $75,000 may be set dowu grain chaff, or straw chopped as a very close figure to put a mere very fine. A double wall is not neces ••prospect" in paying condition. As much sometimes as $200,000 are sary. Experience has shown that it is best to have the sawdust or other ma spent in opening up a mine before any terial come direetly against the cake “ money" is taken out. All this refers of ice. As one piece of ice is taken merely to those "little" mining propo out the muterial employed for preserv sitions or “ Dyers,” as they are called, ing it falls and occupies its place. A in which the uninitiated, in the hope tight roof, good drainage, and small of becoming millionaires on a “ dollar" doors in the gables that can be opened investment, come ont in almost every instance at the smull end of the horn.— and shut at pleasure are necessary. There is economy in large ice-houses. y . y I M A They are cheaper to build and to fill. Safe B urial o f B ow lders. There must be the same thickness of Having buried many large stones, I sawdust or other material around a affirm that the dangers incurred is small cake of ice as around a large very slight If the work is attempted ln one. It costs but little more to con the right manner. Do not dig under struct a building that will contain ice It at all. Keep the excavation about enough to supply ten families than one six Inches from the nearest side of the that will supply ice to but ono family. stone. Make it long enough, wide Borne creamery and cheese factory enough and deep enough to contain the companies have arranged to supply ■tone with room to spare. When the milk at a low price to all their patrons. note is dug, then with long-handled A block of ice two feet square will or tools carefully remove the six-inch dinarily supply a family for three or shell of earth as low as you can reach four dayt. In some places a dozen or easily without taking any risk of being more farmers have united in building crushed. A plank laid along the further and filling an ice-house. It is located edge of the hole may give you some at some central spot and the farmer advantage in digging. Next dig a nar living nearest to it has the rare of it row trench along the opposite side of The general plan is to have it opened the 9tone from the excavation. Make one hour in the morning on alternate this trench close to the stone and part day*. This gives every farmer an ly under i t Now pour water into the opportunity to get ice and prevent* trench, and keep on pouring until the waste. Where this plan has ben pur earth underneath is softened into mud, sued it is always found that consider when the stone can usually be slid able Ice can b 1; sold to persons who are without much trouble into the hole. lever can be used to give it A start, not connected with the enterprise.— A —/ ’arm Lift.