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, 1879-05-24

ABSENTEEISM IN CONGRESS 1t is won
derfally strange as they see power slipping
from their grasp how virtuous all at once
the radical papers are becoming. Things
that were not only noticed for the past
twenty years of republican misru,e but
were even endorsed by the organs, are
discovered to be sinful and revolutionary
now that the democrats have control
The following is a shining example. .'The
query arises why WAS it net discovered
long ago
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times has unearthed an old and
ong disregarded. but still unrepealed law
against congressional abSenteeism. II ex-
pre>S!y requires the secretary of the seuate
a.I the Scrceant-at-armS Of the house To de-
duct from the salary Of absent members the
amount forfeited by each day absence which
has not been occasioaed by the sickness of
themselves or Of some member of their fami-
lies. Ii Is also provided that withdrawal from
congress and failure to return before adjourn
meGt shall cause the forfeiture OF mileage 81
!rwaEce for the absent members Journey
nome. ~ completely has this law been ig-
Huisu tbsiG one Se.la,or drew, toward the
close Of last session, SO, 600 of salary for the
time employed in attending To his private
business and was allowed mileage, which.
under the law was forfeit. HIS is merely
the most fragrant case among number OF
minor instances Of absenteeism, and though
he Is not likely tn refund, out of his millions
the money which lie got Illegally, It is hoped
the people will net hs again subjected to such
a swlndle now that the law has been cxplic-
lily set fGith
, 1879-05-24

THE UMATILLA TRoUBLES.-L, ,eutcnant
Farrow havin" sent dispatches 10 General
Howard IN regard to- a certain class of
people III Umatilla county, who are doubt
less anticipating perma;ureiy that the
lands will be thrown open 10 the first
grabaers, and who from the tenor oi his let
ter wishes to push the mater 10 extremes
by making things lively for tie Indians
J. T. Turner IL :; letter SAYS:
THE people OF UmaSi;la eou:.ty are rep
resented as having formed ery-J org .sIrlzl
ton for the purp sc If shoatin, ln'laus, aI.d
that Lieutenant Farrow had been threatened.
Now. Mr.. Editor, ain 4 reS:ricgt ci Una
tia cpantv, and know that there are a
many ialsahools contained il :hc Telegram
as there are lines Thnr.a,, hriirap and
Simpson weie al arrested a,rl ;ia,i Their cx-
animation | assisted IN the Prosecution.
The two former were hc!i - a:sHer and
there being no evidence a,I:iist S;imYScn nc
Was discharged Tae t:vo lead to answer
were brought to Portland a:l;l discharged on
a writ of l.a!;cas CORPUS, hut wee not re-
uuirei to appear before the S.a:e coIct. Tie
matte. WIS brought before tie Grarl iTry.
rilt NltHf'NS-'s S'it t'iSst dtl 'lit s;.sti
failed to tind an Indictment. The grand i,trg
was composed OF gentlemen who knew tEeir
duty aad performed IL as honorable men.
No fcntiic;on men ever told Li:utc!ralt Far
row that they had the law in tier own
hands: no secret organization ever existed
for the purpose of killing Indions at all, or
1T any time, place or places, nor WIS Leut.
Farrow ever threatened with being shot
No United States marshall or deputy ever
stood in the prese4ce of Stanley with war
rant III lis pocket for li!s arrest and feared to
make the arrest, aud there are no reliable
citizens that fear To m0ve aga!nSs these men
| WAS employed to defend young Stanley,
who is mere boy, and went ~ the United
States authorities and informed them that ]
would nave him come Ill at any time for trial,
but WAS tui"!i ithat it WIS unnecessary to bring
HIM or bother with the matter TIL the other
cases We're determined iy Judge Deadly
For the truth Of all the above, | refer to any
reliable man in Umatiila county"
, 1879-05-24
Lewiston IieMs.

Esymon Saux, the proprietor Of our new no
tel. Is shipping lumber from Portland How
is that for a timber country.
Many OF our citizens talk of putting up
brick buildings the. coming summer, and sew
eral kiins Of brick have already been burned
The valuable stallion belonging 10 Frank
Holt died recently. Frank says h Is out TWO
thousand dollars it IS pretty rough ca him.
TIE C',art-rnaster 1T i'o.t Lapwai has ad-
Tci;;Se, u, i''s..ls :urSj pscl mules To ac-
company troops on thirty day scout We
are not informed rs to which way they are go
ing. bat -hould aos be surprised If they paid a
visit to the Salmon river mountains good
chance for you, ol fellow; good scouts are al
ways in demand
Have been taking trip into the country
abou: here, and find all kinds of crops boxing
well in fact We never saw them looking 81
well before at ti.is season If the year. Gram
is about a foot high and bids fair to yield one
OF the heaviest crops ever known, as we have
had an abundance Of rain all spring. Our
fruit crop vii Be immense; nothing injured
by the frost.
NFPTTAS
, 1879-05-24
\ GEANn lppnr1r-\.,N -.

A GRAND OPPORTUNITY. Senator In
gals, of Kansas, has introduced a bill
for the relief of the poor blacks who are
Hooking to his state. Wonder what he is
going to do for 4 million poor whites in
the country! Are they to be kept in an
impoverished condition! asks the Louis
vile Courier Journal Are tl.ev 10 he
left ont in the cold, unpitied and nncared
for, by heartless congress What Is
sauce :er the goose should he sauce for
The gander. Bat there Is no constitu-
tional authority 10 feed either The goose
or the gander out Of Uncle Sam ;. CRIB.
The establishment of the free,lman's 5
bureau, to be sure, can he quoted as
a precedent. Bat it should lie remcm-
bered that when that act was passed
radical congressman, ace pri;ng To the hirh
authority OF Tnadeus Stevens, Were leg
lslating outside of the constitution. 1t is
to be hoped that those DAYS aru PASSED
and gone forever. The poverty stricken
black emigrantS are unaneStinnably III
need Of help, but it must Genie from the
charitable and humane of the land. Here
Is grand opportunity Tor radicals to dis
play their prnfessed love for the colored
brother. VIII they do it AID viii they
hold out to the end I
, 1879-05-24

ROADS TO NAKMa. some time
past the Sound papers have been endeav-
curing to create an excitement in regard
TO a road across the Suoqu4lnnic Pass 10
Yakima City This is a very good move
and one We highly commend. The Yak
ina embraces III its wa;eTy f. is a vast
extent OF the best agricultural and grazing
lands in tha whole Northwest, and viii
soon he filed with & large and cnterpris-
in. population. So far the trade has been
divided up between Portland, Dallcs and
Walla Walla, the greater part going to
the first two towns, S"le!y because no
effort has yet been made by nu,' c;ti2aEs
and business men t. control that section.
The Inducements for the Yakima people
To trade here are very great, tlic only
drawback was the ferry facilities across
the Columbia With the new steam ferry
now being placed their by Moore Brcs.
and HOdgiS, thare is na earthly reason
why Walla Walla should not do large
business with our rc;ghborin9 county.
The distance is about the same from here
rs it is from Yakima City To the Da!les,
with the great advantage in our favor
that there is good wagon road open at
all times of the year the whole distance.
We give this for the heuctir of our brsi-
ness men. There avc iarac fortunes drift
ing away from lis for want of Il ittlc husi-
hess enterprise which is solely the natural
result Of the feeling almost universal
amongst us. that wr are az doing we'll
enough, and tendency to allow trade 10
come to us instead OF n'1t;nJ it come our
NOV
, 1879-05-24

PLENTY or TRJ FH-It will be rlmem-
bered that during last winter the Teller
gave a long account Of the killing Of over
80 Indians on the head waters of the Pay
ette At the time, for coed reasors, we
considered it a eaaaid and placed 10 rcli-
aHce on the report and without exactly
contra6icting 1t asserted our disbelief
We have just had an interview with one
of the participants in the affair and find
that although the Teller's account WAS
somewhat exaggerated there is yet plenty
of truth in its account Some time last
January trapper reported to certain
Weiser citizens that band Of Indians
were camped in little basin between the
old Packer John trail and the new mail
route above the little lake on the upper
Payette and that they had stolen his
traps. As the news spread through the
country band of seventeen brave mea
armed themselves and rode on a mis-
sion OF vengeance, the snmmcr previ-
ous their friends and relatives had been
cruelty murdered, and no retaliation had
been taken. The opportunity was not
10 be neglected. They travelled through
the snow covered mountains as far as their
horses could take them, and tEen travelled
16 niles on snow shoes, packing their IA
tions along with them on their backs
They arrived at the Indian calap at night
fall, reconnoitered their camp and laid
over in the snow until day break when
they attacked tie camp, and killed al the
Indians there, They fought desperately
one white man porrsd IN {. ''ciothes Ii
lead" from his Henry rife and not u
they were all stretched ont did
firing Stree then other well know
egades have been killed as soon
have made an appearance Fc
these Indians were supported by
men a,ey embraced the first OF
10 Kill, aha the settlers only a.
in cleaning them from off tbs
earth, In the engagement OF
twelve We're killed since t
Others have been improve
the earth,
, 1879-05-24

CiPrAIg BEyoERE. about whom there was
a court marital, brought the ordeal 70 sud-
den halt by taking back the offensive Ian
gauge he used toward Colonel Ofis.-Teiier.
Mr.: 7et'er, Captain Bendire did moth
ing OF the kind, he is the last man in tine
world to take hack as you call it, any
thing he ever said If you had said Otis
took back his complaint, you would have
struck the mark.
, 1879-05-24

How SPEECHES ARE MADE Mac. g"
ct the Hartford Tidaes, writing from
"ashinston. says: The ''ipriginal speech
writers, aciass of literary gen;lem N who
make living by furnishing speeches to
order to members Of congress, have been
quite busy of late. Oae OF these rentle-
men furnished s'5 speeches on the army
appropriation bill lie has already cot
one up on the disputed Points in the leg
lslatlre bill, and has orders FOR four more.
These speeches are among tie best thai
will be delivered on the bill. and, besides
being well filed with flowers. are stored
with facts and more facts and more infor-
nation than a new congressman could
gather in month.
, 1879-05-24

AIN T it about time that some of oar dem
oeratie contemporaries just remind '.those
republicans who have their nose in the pub
he e:l5 so long, 10 tremble, Or has this
srereotrped block worn QUIT WG0StuyY
Times.
The fact is as the poor devils have
a!most got to the end OF their rope, in
pure mercy and generosity toward falling
foes We refrain kicking them. 1880 viii
let them out, and You can buy a stereo-
typed block for the benefit of democrats.
Don't forget il.
, 1879-05-24
m rx, r,rao,, OF THE sriTEsH.S.
Music IN the Sir.

For the past few weeks the ar has been
alive with rumGrs OF the great things the
different railroad companies are gong I"
do for this country. They appear to have
at last awakened to ihe fact thai tins Is
second 10 no other agricultural region on
the face Of the earth. The very fact that
the North Pacific Company wert gong to
work in reality, as thcy were beginning
to discover they could save the:r valuable
land grand by 30 other method eAcoGr-
aged other companies t" enter mi" COM
petition, and get tie grand iTize that awaits
the first comcrS or bulIde.o ii a road that
will benefit the whole country. Ihe more
the merrier says the p>"?ie OF the great
Walla Walla valley We have tricd hafi
- believe that the North Pacific railroad
company, and the o. 5. y. company are
not one and the sane t. all !ntehtS ana
purposes so far as The trade Connected with
this great interior is concerned All the
people ofIhis upper country are c"gn.Zaht
of the fact that the !. 7. has been very
short of funds for many years since their
great fizzle it now appears that the .. ,.
S. n. Co have Iahenadvantage ot tbs tact
and BY getting in.eres;el III thls little ar
ranoement, have einser;ed the thIn end OF tie
wcdpe that has for 50 many years impov-
erishrd the whole country 10y eXorb.tant
frei1hts: We are willing To admit that thcy
have benefited tn country to c'rtatn
extent and no more If the o. = y.
company had not controlled the river Tor
so long tEe e would have been more com
petiriOn. and rs frcights would be reduced
there w,d.!d be much more business done.
Rut now comes a kindly comrctt, IN
the shape of representatives. OF the Utah
Northern read and .. s. 5. company.
They promise Wa'ia Wai.a a read right
away. that will give Us communications
with the Union Pacific on one end, and
the sea bv means OF the Columbia On the
other. They say they mean business
every hour out of the twenty four, and
the great O. s \. company will either
have 10 sell TO them, or fight ii ont, for
control of the river they must and will
have. This is certainly pretty talk Tor
our people 10 hear, who have been raised
in the belief that the o. S. y. company
is an oycrshadnwing oian present power
before whom all must bow the knee even
AS the ancicnts did unto Baal. Still,
anxious as the People are for a railroad
communication. we ses no great beneilt I"
he delivered III changing Cd lamps for
new ones, ar the present monopoly for
one that VIII squeeze us a: bad ii moi
worse than the one we have To a certain
extent got well used to: tie people of
this upper country are under no oJ!lSa-
tions to any corporation, aud as Il conse-
quence will support and patronize any
company that viii undertake to d" Ills
the most good with the least expenditure
of cash This last is proposition that
our citizens may as well at once take into
consideration
, 1879-05-24

The New York Tribune says that ike
louder the democracy groans the broader
the country grins." But then the 1'rijrte
always was lar We guess the poor
mel. of the land are not grinniilg very
much just ROW under republican rule
, 1879-05-24

The Portland Standard cones 70 us
srllntul Of news and Wit as usual A new
and special feature OF this Ire paper is a
column OF witty paragraphs from, the ever
ready pen of Tom Sutherland who is
qnoted now as often Buriette of the
Hagkege.
, 1879-05-24

Ii is rumored that Hayes has Welded
TO very earnes: and general request on
the part Of the medical profession, and
his unique yesiebre viii, in due time,
grace ome Of the largest and most select
anatomical collections il the country
, 1879-05-24

lhE court of inquiry in relation to the
loss OF the Great Republic has suspended
captain Carrolfs license for SIX months.
ana the license of the Pilot Thomas Doio
4 suspended for one wear s
, 1879-05-24

IT tickles the heart of John Ch:raman
t. read the big Indian manifesto OF Presi-
dent Hayes that ''tae white man must
80.
, 1879-05-24

BLANK DEEDS at the s,A1ss,.As ofsce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10
n. L. THOMAS, PubiisAer.
LYING

1t was n lover loved q maid
That had a father who
Was thought to be by all the world
Exceeding well-to-do.
"Oh. be nv wife," the lover cried;
.My brice. my queen. my own"
"fou 90 not love me" che replied,
IL lear, for myself IN
"My pa he is a wealthy man,
His only Child Am I;
And all his riches shall be mine
Whenever he shall die.
"But riches, the Apostle says,
Unto themselves take wings; oh.
pa were POO gonld you love meT'
IL would" hUeaed, 'by lingo"
81 am so glad-I knew you would
l in your love am blest;
PA failed last night" she sobbcd and sank
Upon her lovers breast.
THAT makes not a bit OF difference"
That gallant lover cried;
$50 ] have you / care not who
May take all else beside"
That night when her lover took HIS leave,
It minutes TO one.
she whispered softly In his ear,
Darling, i was I'm fun.
"Truc. pa has failed, but he his pile
Had duly sailed by;
only wi he'd TO try your truth
Darling, how glad am /.
For now i know you would o me well,
Even i'm poverty"
And a. he went home the lover,
Who was by no means green,
lie blitbely Rugged himself and sang,
81 know what failures mean"
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10
THE Al

Long had the barn. with dusky yawn,
Its broad and RATED loft displayed;
Which, strewed like spots upon a fawn,
showed freckling specks of light and shade.
Through knot holes, chinks. and clefts made
Eyeiets and streaks like tangled straws;
Here, on a wasp's nest I'm clay,
There, on a spiders house OF gauZc.
One broad ray through the window shot,
Notified with NOTES and richly toned;
Dashing upon one dusty spot,
Where the fierce, yellow hornet droned.
Two diamond dots, a rats keen eyes,
Shone i'm the shadow of a ook
And Ike a bell the buzz of flies
Came iulling as a murmuIfng brook.
But now without q rumbling roll!
Up iolts a hay-cart from the croft,
And soon from of the tawny knoll
Loads, on bent pitchforks, reach the loft.
Old Dobbin, streaming DER with hair.
Picks the loose hay, while mods his mate,
In little doses, ana with stare
And stamp, the pert colt guards the gate.
The red farm gate, with reaching swing,
And sleek Tom purring on the post,
Opening the lane where hoof and wing
Make up the farmyard's living host.
In sweeps the hay, the hay. NOW fills.
The bay-cart lessons, muscles ply
On :ill the sunshine scarcely drills
Rays through the windows blinded eye.
And now the wasp's white knob f. hid,
The hornet seeks in vain its chink.
And where the knot holes showered amid
The loft. rich rain, not even a blink.
In the gray tangle strays the rat.
For mangled birds the scythe destroyed;
And twilight wakes the head-down bat
That through the knot hole skins the void.
a breathing silence, save the sound
OF insects trickling through the hay,
Swept up within the fawny mound
And searching for the vanished day.
Its winter wealth the full NOW yields
Below to doing plow-worn gray;
Red Crumple finds the summer fields
Renewed in wreaths Of juicy hay.
-AIf ed II, Street,
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

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ssttsfIetSaz as ~. Fxsess .S4Asa N~SaoA
Dscutsrr ses d. es<~fs CstsfTs E&~3y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10
A Poor house Philosopher.

Not long since . party Of visitors in
spected the poor-house. Among the in
mates was . venerable-looking old man,
whose face indicated perfect happiness.
He seemed 10 be perfectly contented.
Said one of the visitors: " You seem to
be satisfied with your lot" 81 am" he
replied; 81 have . sourceo Of consolation
denied to most men" "Ah," said the
visitor, you look forward to . blissful
future beyond the grave" EYES," TO
sponded the old man, but I also find
much comfort in the proverb that says
one mans loss ID another mans gain
1t makes me happy to think I never lost
enough to do the TELLER that found it
much good."-Boaon CoxsIe5.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

Tho friends of the gifted Southern
poet Paul II. Hayne propose to pay him
the graceful compliment Of celebrating
the completion Of his fftieth birthday,
January 1, 1880, by the issue Of . COM
plete edition Of his works, Handsomely
illustrated, and revised by himself, the
entire profits Of whioh are to revert to
the author. The enterprise IS conduct
Cd By Colonel John G James, Superin-
tendent of the Texas Military institute,
Austin, Texas, who invites the co-opera-
ton of those Interested In the poet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

TO Make Boots Water-proof.-Four
parts mutton txllow to one part resin
mutton tallow alone is excellent-put on
the tallow after the boots are blackened
with common backing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

ssce 1905 p0asi. az astit~st's sssrvAes
manufactured al bLG.Ae, y 4. ssFs sAisgei
In tic day 81 LSEdpn. tb.iAad Th~ orasFs
irom ossmaay, isata. ssAin. Aasifsii. sd
other ~fOE.isa uosaGte- aFr also yerf Large
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

~ ~As III
had already enjoyed two hours of free
dom. Miss Norfolk Stanley's first i'm
pulse was to throw herself on their mer-
cy to the extent of releasing her dog.
In travel she had eve yet encountered
another woman who did not assist in
smuggling Bijou with the delight in
contraband warfare of any kind peculiar
to the sex. A second glance at those
yelled and muffled figures deferred her.
The strangers, with . murmured apollo
~ in French for the intrusion, sank
into their places ut the other extremity
Of the carriage, and remained as silent
as statues. They carried no baks or
parcels of any kind. The yellow hand
produced q smelling bottle of cut steel,
and q pungent od0r diffused itself grad
ually, as the windows yer closed to
exclude the smoke.
Now the tunnels were gained which
form the threshold of Mont Gents on
the Italian side, and which are i'm.
m~easurably more black and oppressive.
A rush of steam, q shrek of the loco
motive, and the train was ingulfed in
the first of the three long tunnels. The
gas burned in q tiny star in the roof of
the carriage. Horrible darkness and
dense smoke, like an opaque wall
against the window-sash! Bijou's mis-
tress unfastened her collar and sought
her fan. At the other end of the car
Iiage the yellow hand was deity open
ing the owners cloak, while q pair of
glittering eyes we're turned upon the
unconscious Miss Norfolk Stanley from
the folds of the veil. The smelling-bot-
tie of cut steel had vanished.
A rush of steam, q shrek of the loco
: motive, and the train plunged into the
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

Va OOA0uuAuk AZ saSACSs
Next evening Nephew Dick appeared
at Modane in response to the maids
telegram sent back to Turin. He had
been delayed by reason of q robbery, in
which he had lost both watch and pocket
book. on . night journey between Rome
and Florence. He was disposed to suS-
pect two gentlemen who had staid in the
same hotel at Rome.
In the years 1877 and 1873 . band of
thieves waged war on the Continent,
their connection extending from Stock
holm to Naples. They appeared as Ia.
dies and gentlemen at leading hotels,
and pursued everywhere the higher
branches of the profession. Doubtless
Miss Norfolk Stanley and Nephew Dick
were both their victims. The latter was
speedily re-instased in his aunt's favor
BY his ability displayed during the trial
and conviction Of the miserable women.
Bijou has gone into honorable retire.
ment in the country. His prejudices
are respected. II he sees . railway and
. moving train, he bowls and runs away,
in remembrance of the awful day when
a cruel yellow hand seized and hurled
him from the window as the ladies'
carriage emerged from the Mount Gents
Tunnel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

We hsvu tuax ~sntxd . ss'e .Hs rvitaass
rsuety for th- rorz 90 shsiis AL fxsxs
SaiaiHs StI cure ~. b2t 81 distEfbs ~ BOD
and tk- trysE rsssrsA Nee. 90 &c thst
Nessfa Nheslax& fsai.y a &c paA@tsh 10
scrgx~ftian os thsif ur b. NGkah's Asa
frrt de 90 Fever sna Age Tuk -tsA q
guzfSnie~d . ss~rsEc fer TIE rsfe es Csias
and Fever. pums calls shi 81 oahrr aas<ssss
pr,s5ar~! ~ malaria Try - - esH - ia1@i
sn ever uygs ssoFp-
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

Cns. J.eksca's Bes, s.se, Navy res>ssA
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10

An interesting essrcsss sAs r~osat
" gi~~n 70 ihs papils Il he Sortois
High school Ks=A e item .as re-
CURED ~ aai oa;, BIZ persoaA es~rva
ton. hos ua.ny Different tiai, - tres
coald &c found va;Ain the iiniss q ihe
town, and a scsensiac bonk wN offered
. the pupil ~so shoali ersns IN he
suile., list Dee paPgl's lts; ifrlateA
Us. hut ano.her'. ran a. hish ne iss.