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, 1879-03-01
4 GOOD EDTCATiON.

This is the first of what we hope viii be 4
series of short compositions from the Children
Of our public schools. The following is from
School District No. l:
What is more useful or valuable than good
educatiOn2 1t strengthens the mind, improves
and helps the possessor, whoever he may be,
or in whatever business be may be engaged.
To obtain good EDUCATION requires hard W ork,
and that of the mind more than the body 1t
requires not only days work, but the work
OF years. but when it is obtained it is more valu-
able than great riches. For, in many eases,
riches are easily lost, and soon vanish away;
but an education is durable. Persons who are
well educated are wise, and have the advan-
tage of those who are not. They lead in socie-
ty, transact more business, and have better
knowledge of the world in which they live.
Some persons are not educated because their
circumstances in life are of such a nature that
they are deprived Of the facilities Of obtaining
an education. But what misfortune to be So
situated. There are Others who have all TIE
advantage Of obtaining an education. who do
not vet see the need of it, and spend their time
in a way that does not benefit them very much.
Bat durins their lives they will see their great
mistake and repent for not improving their
time in I better way In youth is the time to
work for an education; when the mind is free
from care, anl when We have the time to de-
vote to the useful work of education.
EMMA MASTERSON
, 1879-03-01

THE BLACK SHEEP oF THE Pass
Without the merest shadow of an excuse.
brprivate reasons and not for public good,
certain so-called newspapers not only oc-
easioisaly fling poisoned darts, but also
throw their own columns open to others
with whom they have fellow feeling for
every kind Of meaness and underhanded
trlckery. Men OF such natures are the
lowest OF God S works. and do moe than
anything else TO confirm the Darwiniao
Theory OF mans descent from monkeys.
solely by ,Sason of their nastiness and
trickery; they hays never been known to
face their adversary openly, but shielded
by, and presuming on their eonE-ction
with the press-~hich they openly pros
Ntute, attack their betters at a safe dis
lance by throwing E:.h that decent man
would sicken at the bare Thought of re-
turning. The characters of these men
are too well known in their own locality
and no notice is taken OF the venom
arising IN most Instances from deraneed
liver. by those immediately around them.
but their items are copied and distribu-
ted tar and wide by other papers, which,
being conducted by honorable men, nat
urally enough suppose there are good
reasons and foundations for assertions and
statements that have no origin but pure
spite and petty malice, ard so their ends
oeins eonsummated they crow with delight
that they have shielded themselves from
danger BY striking the object OF their
eHvY over the shoulders NJ S.a.o,,. -o..,I~
, 1879-03-01

FOREIGN PEoTEcTIoN FOR AMERICANS AT
HoaE-Once again, To the disgrace of a
republican administration, Americans on
their own soil have to rely upon British
ship Tor protection and succor There is
trouble with the natives of Sitka. The lat
est news reports them as expecting utter an
nihilation every day There is 10 American
nan-otwar In the North Pacific to 20 TO the
rescue: and IN consequence, Her Maiestvs
ship Osprey, with all spare sail set. and
bunting fylng at her spanker- gaif, hurried
OIL from Victoria to keep things straight.
During the past twelve years, the republican
administration has squandcred on our navy
more than four times the amount of money
that the United Kingdom has The British
fleet is the finest the world ever saw, and is
IN high state of perfection and discipline
Our navy Is rotten to the core, and nearly
useless for any service. Once before. in
Cuba, Sir Lambton Lorraine, of the Hornet.
rescued lot OF Americans by threatening to
lombard the town ii the captain general
shot any more. 1t is pity that the id
foreigners should be allowed to do such
things; after while, they will be wanting
to be lone of us. aud think they have es.
tsblished the right to live Oh American soil.
However, their is hope for the country vet
for the Know Nothing rarty is by no means
defunc.
, 1879-03-01

SCHOOLS FOR TEACHING TRADES Gov. Nc
Clcllan in his first annual mesa .'e TO the leg
islaturc of New Jersey, strongly recommendS
the establishment OF technical schools at the
expense of the State-of schools IN which the
more Important industries shall be prac-
tically taught. He says:
'.In South Jersey one is required in the in
terests of the glass makers of that region. In
Patterson they are needed i'll the interest Of
the silk and cotton factories and the great ma
chine shops Of that city. In Trenton a school
is needed Immediately for the benefit of the
potteries, where boys and girls may be III
Structed in modelling, designing and decorating,
as well ~ IN the making of pottery; for the
potteries of Trenton have now reached point
where they daily suffer for the lack of suiFi-
cient number of skilled employees, and, if
properly encouraged, they will soon develop
into ore of the largest and most important in
dustries in the country"
II anything more than an elementary edu-
cation falls properly within the scope Of gov
ornamental powers, the arguments are very
strong III favor of maintaining such schools
as these recommended by the governor Of
New Jersey.
From the above it will be seen that even
the New York Lnigr, one of the most able
papers published i'll the states. takes the
ground that community owes its children
a common school education only.
, 1879-03-01

THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS. Lieutenant
C. Z. S. Wood 4. d. C. to General Howard,
who was sent with an ul;imatum to Moses.
was in this city during the week. Moses IS
still under lock and key, except when let
ont for occasional exercise. We are IN
formed that the army has now nothing
whatever to dc with the Indians. Every
thing pertaining to the aborigines now IS
left with the interior department, who Is re
sponsible for their good treatment and con
duet. Unless an actual outbrea'' occurs
no matter how serious the situation may be
the troops are not to be allowed TO make
move, or interfere in any way, without Or
drrs from the department In view OF the
fact that an outbreak is liable to occur III
the Columbia country at almost any time
now. this new move should meet with con-
demnation from every citizen. Contrary to
all expectation, Moses will not acquire the
reservation he so much covets. All previous
assertions to the contrary We're entirely un-
authorized. This will leave Moses no alter
native but being kept on the Yakima reser-
vation or going to war The willy old vaga-
bond is at tie end of his rope. All his
tricks are too well known to admit of any
more crcdencc beng placed III HIM or his
statements and nothing now remains but
submission and comfort, or death either by
the bulle. or the end OF 4 string.
, 1879-03-01
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SEcEsSI0Y NONSENSE menace that
the Pacific states will secede from the
nn;on if the aati-Ghinese bill Is not al
lowed :, become 4 law is only a piece of
wild and scnseless buster 1t is a thing
which cannot be done. No possible COM
bina.ion of states can be allowed To with
draw and set up for themselves. The
pepie of this country are divided in opin-
ion or various subjects, but on the sub
ject OF maintaining the integrity OF the
union, they are united. Our boundaries
may be extended to embrace new terri
tories, but they cannot be curtailsd- But
no sensible man in California, Oregon or
Nevada has any idea OF attempting new
rebellion against the United States Some
people in these states seem to cherish an
antipathy against the Chinaman, but the
states are not going to commit suicide in
order to try to crafty it.
, 1879-03-01

MrRDER Mosr FouL-Au old lady named
Hager was found murdered at her home
three miles north of Oregon City, on the
evening of the 2lst inst, about ) O'Clock
The discovery was made by the daughter of
the murdered woman on her return home
from visit to Oregon City that day. The
old lady's throat was cut from ear to ear,
and her head split open with an ak or
hatchet. inhicting a frightful wound. The
house had been ransacked, aud about thirty
dollars was found to be missing. No clue
mas yet been obtained as to who perpetrated
the deed, and the whole country is in a
state of great excitement hunting for the
mnrherar
, 1879-03-01

A STRANGE SToRY-Shortly before his
execution, James Cook told Jailor Haines
that in the sandbank, about fifty feet
from his Cook s. house lie would lind the
body of man who had been secretly
murdered by prominent citizen of the
Dalles and concealed there. We are IN
clined TO put this down alongside the big
load Of ''taify" with which Cook handicap
ped the 0Teyoaian special correspondent,
few nights before his execution. II such
thing were true, Cook world have told it
IN mitigation of his sentence ior burglary.
Ii Halnes believed it, he would not have
repeated the story to any one-Ialand
Empire
Why don't they clear up the mystery
and remove the narrowing doubt by
searching the sand bank! Anything is
better than suspense.
, 1879-03-01

A LONDON dispatch Of the 22l inst
says the latest information from Maritz-
burg state that the total loss IN the at
tack on Colonel Glynn's camp on the 22d
of January is now estimated AT only from
80 to 800 whites ColGael Woods col
u,nn has been victorious III all its en-
counters with the enemy Lord Chelms-
ford and headquarters staff intend max
ing an effort to join Colonel Pearson.
Reinforcements of British troops have ar
rived at Help Makaar Cetewayo is re
ported discouraged, the fearful havoc
among his finest troops having counter
acted the effect of their victory. Every
confidence is now felt by tie public in
prompt repatriation for the recent disaster.
The native contingent has been forcibly
disarmed and disbanded. Colonel Pear
son, with 1900 British troops, is en-
trenched at EkOwe, thirty miles within
the enemy's territory. His communica-
ton has been interrupted for days The
Country surrounding the post is infested
with Zulus hut Colonel Pearson has
two months provisions
, 1879-03-01

FEARFUL ExrLoSION-On the .22d inst,
fearful explosion occurred at Stockton,
California The loss Of life was fearful,
nearly twenty being killed and about thirty
wounded The catastrophe was occasioned
by the oi-harliuesS OF the engineer in
charge of the steamer of 4 new propeller
pump, which was being exnerimented with
at the Stockton slonSh- The engine was
not in good condition, and the engineer was
told he could not work it. He answered,
'.she will either work or bust, and he
screwed down the safety valve. Dispatches
state that dead lie i'll every direction Some
were blown to pieces, aud others dashed
with such force as to break every bone in
their bodies The body of the engine,
weighing $500 pounds, was blown over the
telegraph wires, and landed i'll the plaza.
, 1879-03-01

THE CHINESE BILL-The bill to restrict
Mongolian emigration to this country
troubles eastern politicians exceedingly. If
the president refuse to sign it his rotten par
ty viii have as much show to carry the day
at the next election as the man In the moon.
Latest dispatches on the subject says: The
president and secretary of state are ex-
tremely re.icent on the Chinese question
but it is believed by many here that the bill
would have been signed but for the senate
amendment requiring the president 10 give
notice to the Chinese government of the
abrogation of articles 5 and 6 of the treaty.
It is held that by this no ice We would sur
render all rights of protection for Americans
travelling or trading in China, and release
her from any treaty obligation, even not to
enslave our citizens.
, 1879-03-01

NoTHING 10 EyPLAIN-The Teller asks
MS to rise and explain" certain charges
made against rs by Rinehart, the late In
dian agent at the Malheur We are tired
OF ''rising," and require a rest. Leland, if
You choose to believe 4 representative of the
rotten institution You have been fighting
ever since we knew You, instead of one who
has done every thing man can do for you and
yours, you are at liberty to do so. We can
do it easily enough; but you know the con-
sequences of answering a fool according to
his folly; and we do not consider the mat
ter of sufficient Importance to us. Sufficient
for us TO know that what We are charged
with, We will do again; and you will be the
first one to say, ''Bully boy, +" just as they all
did IN this instance
, 1879-03-01

FREE HIGH SCHOOLS. Maine leg
islature is inqniring into the expediency
of abolishing the free high schools OF the
state. 1t is an inquiry that is becoming
general throughout the country. In
Maine there are also two normal schools
which are supported by the state But
they are pronounced little more than
costly failures. An argument for the free
high schools is that they are needed TO
keep up the supply of teachers. But how
would it do to let the teachers fad means
to educate themselves 1t is no more the
duty of the state to educate oartain per-
sons to be teachers than it is to educate
Others to be physicians or machinists
On this whole subject the country has
started wrong. But the general discus
sion now going on about it indicates that
there will soon be L return to the sound
and comprehensive principles of the old
common school SYSTEM. .-OsrJoniaa.
, 1879-03-01

THE FATAL Speaking OF the
pIacue in Russia a st. Petersburg letter says:
1t has spread in the southern provinces at a
rapid rate. Thousands upon thousands have
died with il within the last iire days. The
yictiu!s when taken. live only about two
hours. and turn as black all over rs negro
An physicians ordered to the care OF the sick
have died. within twenty-four hours after
their arrival. The eorpses are burned, and
So are houses in which the people die.
Whole towns have been laid waste during
the last few DAYS. The government has
nlaced a Gordon OF soldiers around the IN
fected provinces so that people cannot get
ont and spread the disease. Any who at
tempt to break through the Gordon are shot
dead upon the spot. People are beginning
to feel uneasy all over the empire. The
government of course does not allow the
news to get ont, and all reports are suppress
ed, but the worst of it is that nobody can
get out of the empire The Austrian and
German governments have placed double
Gordon of soldiers along the frontier, pre-
venting all persons from entering their
territory from Russia. Persons arriving by
railroads are stopped at the frontier and de-
tanned twenty days in quarantine, their
baggage and clothing disiniected, and II
they prove all right after lapse of twenty
days they are permitted to cross the border.
During the twenty days the people are
housed in large sheds and barns without
any accommodations or comforts.
, 1879-03-01

WHEAT GROWING N ENGLAND NOT
PROFITABLE AT PRESENT PRICES
mates made 10y Thomas c. Scott and Ar
thur b. Savoy, on English wheat growing,
show that English farmers cannot con
tmue it at the market prices of last season.
Careful figures show that wheat must net
the farmer f2 Ss- per quarter to cover ex-
penses, while the average during the past
four months was only g. They say if
American farmers can raise wheat, ana
after paying cost, including transporta
tion, can sell it in the English market for
81 25per bushel, then the time and money
expended in raising the grain in Great
Britain is wasted.
, 1879-03-01

THE Portland Standard says: "Onr
countrymen may well blush at government
that has to depend upon foreign nation ior
protection in moments Of peril An English
man who suffers an indignity, even from an
other and distant nation, Is sure OF redress,
while those in Alaska-Americans Just as
much as any man from Fremont, Ohio,-are
left by the radical administration to Their
fate. BE We men and suffer such dis
honor?'' -
, 1879-03-01

THE BANNACKS. Many Of our contempo-
raries are led astray in regard to Ten boy
being chief among the Bannacks. He is
merely the chief of branch Of that large
tribe, that roam along the heal waters Of
Salmon river and on either side OF the divide
of the Rockies. He has lately been re-
moved by Lis tribe, and another chief i'll
stalled in his place. He was friendly to-
wards the whites, and the change looks
bad. He left the Lemhi agency last sum
mer, for the buffalo country, because he
could not get enough to eat at the rescrva.
tion. He tersely explained his conduct by
observing, Too much God; no flour. thus
making double shot 10y alluding to the
preaching proclirities of the agent and his
stealing the Indians flour, seL ng it to
miners and farmers around, and pocketing
the proceeds.
, 1879-03-01

ExaGGERATIoN.-Thei immensereported
losses of cattle and sheep are highly ex-
aggerated. There is TO doubt but that
many died, and the worst is bad enough
Stockmen in the spring will not miss their
loss. There are about 400, ,000 head of
cattle in this basin OF this number, at
the very outside, 8 per cent. have died.
They roam everywhere, and it is a matter
of impossibility for their owners to gather
them in and feed them in the winter
when SNOW is on the ground. This cheap
outcry about inhumanity tu cattle is all
hosh
, 1879-03-01

FARMERS and cattle dealers in England
are represented as greatly alarmed at the
existence of the cattle plague in the United
States. No doubt they would Ike to com
municate their alarm to parliament. But,
as the Cincinnati Ga5ette says, the piagne
about it for the British dealers is that Amerl-
can cattle can he put 5own in good condi-
ton in Liverpool and London at price
that knocks the profit on the home produc-
ton. 1t is protection that John Bull IS
after in this case.
, 1879-03-01

APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR THE
Pacific CoAST.-The sundry civil appro-
priaticn bill as completed 10y the com
mittee on appropriations and reported to
the house contains the following distinct
i've Pacific coast items: For continuing
work on the Mare Island store dock, SO
coo; for continuing the survey of the Pa
eific coast, including the Columbia = i
other rivers to the head of their tidal IN
tiuence on ship navigation, $780, for
establishing lighthouse and fog bell to
mark the entrance to Oakland harhor,
$1,000; to pay the amount OF the decree
ot the circuit court, attorneys fees and
costs in the case of the United States VS..
Hopkins and others, a suit instituted for
the purpose of obtaining a condemnation
Of land for lighthouse site at Point
Arenas, $1,000; for establishing depot
for bucys and supplies in the 18th dis
trict, $4,000; for completing a lighthouse
and fog signal to be established at Point
Wilson, Puget Sound, $4,000.
, 1879-03-01

SENATOR CoNKLISG home organ, the
Utica Republican, has gone wae'G ell organs
go sooner or later; in other words :. las
given up the ghost, and its dying message is
a warning to all papers OF Its class. The
editor. in announcing his last issue, explains.
with some irritation, that the death of the
paper is solely owing to the failure of certain
friends OF Mr.. Conkling to supply that small
amount of money which is necessary to keep
an organ alive in the absence of those re-
sources which constitute the support of a
genuine newspaper. And how many othe
organs it leaves behind it hanging in thisI
, 1879-03-01

A FRESH SrART.-The New York Eren-
:ag Post says: by common consent 1879
Is regarded as year for business. In the
commercial and industrial world the recov-
e::y OF which there are signs is slow. but
there are signs i. it: al least in tins country.
We are ready to take ires;, s.;S.::, s..;S.::t with IN
honest -hundred-cent dollar, with old
debts paid or III some way cancelled, with
the wisdom taught by bitter experience,
with more moderate ambition aud better
regulated purposes. There is revived sense
OF the necessity of the work There is no
longer royal road to riches. Men feel that
the money which they are to get in the next
twelve months must be earned, and they are
turning their attention not to easy specu-
lation but 10 substantial business"
, 1879-03-01

HERoIsM- is worthy of record that
during the recent yellow fever plague in
the South, the number of Catholic priests
and sisters who laid down their lives as
sistiug suffering humanity, were largely
in excess of all other denominations put
together. The grand total If these he
ro's and martyrs amount to SO; consist
ing of "a sisters; 80 priests;3 seminar
ans and 6 brothers They evidently be-
long to religion that believes in deeds
instead of words.
, 1879-03-01

IL letter received by Lot Livermore,
from Division Agent Baker. received on the
26th inst, we learn the following: 'Ihe
two main bridges across Grand ROnde river
washed away yesterday. Don't send any
thing but mail. | will have trail made to
pack around in few days. The water Is
higher than ever saw it, and the grade be-
low Pelican is under water in places. y
Pendlfson Ia.lependeAt.
, 1879-03-01

Wool TRADE.-Owing to the last Indian
war, the late severe weather, and the preva-
lence of scab in sheep. it is not expected that
the Oregon wool yield will exceed that of last
year. 1t is impossible to state at present how
prices will rule: for common clips it is quoted
in California all the way foom L to 17Ac- We
have made arrangements with prominent
wool firm in Boston to have the latest quota
tions sent tn the STATESMAN, which will be
published for the especial benefit of our sub
scribers.
, 1879-03-01

THE PROGRESSION OF PoLITIcs- = How
wretched are those men, says the Chicago
Times, who depend upon politics for live
hhood. By way of illustration, there is the
case of Hartranft, of Pennsylvania. He
was governor of the state He was NEIL
toned IN the Cincinnati convention for the
presidency. He was spoken of as sue
cessor of Don Cameron III the senate; and
he comes down ROW to the Philadelphia
post office, salary $1,000 per annnm, and ap-
parently is glad TO get IT.
, 1879-03-01

CorxTBIFEirs. out for counterfeit
silver coin and dangerous twenty dollar
pieces. These latter are bored until tonr-
teen dollars worth Of gold is extracted, aud
then filed with composition the exact
weight.
, 1879-03-01

'.AN English man-of-war has lett Victoria
for S....La in answer to the cry for help from
American cis:zens." This Is simple state
ment, but it carries more disgrace TO our
government, aid more humiliation to our
people, than even the presidential robbery OF
IS16.-.Standtrrd
, 1879-03-01
MGTs TsEE.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
H-aIIa NTaItI Epnr,l1r-, nth lS1g [

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
Walla Walla, February 18th, 1879
COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN EN-
u tered at this Office by JAMES HALL,
of Columbia county, against JAMES w.
GEORGE, for ab=nloning his Homestead
Entry No. 221, dated October 30, 1873, upon
the NJ, SWf and 81, NWi, Section y, Town
ship North, Range ~ East, in Columbia
county, W. T., with view t" the cancellation
OF said entry, the sal! parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at this office on the 18th day
of April, 1879. at one o'clock, P. b., to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
L. H. MORRISON, Register.
ALEX REED Receiver 9 5w
, 1879-03-01

A SUGGESTION that Zach Chan
der has returned to the senate, we think
ii would be rather a good policy for the
democrats to keep an eye upon him; more
especially during the next presidential
election.
, 1879-03-01

''CARE killed cat" says the proverb;
but, two to one can safely be bet that care
never killed a woman who has Just got ,
new dress-at least not until she has had q
chance to show herself in it two or three
times.
, 1879-03-01

THANKED. Paine Bros. will please consider
themselves thanked by the ladies of the Epis,.
copal church for the generous spirit displayed
by giving them the use of their fine hall on
the occasion of the concert on Tuesday even
ing last.
, 1879-03-01

Nor M.RRrED.-A London letter states
that the authoress of adam Bede, as exc
cutrix of the will Of the late G. II. Lewis,
swears that she is ''spnster, and the ALI
davit is signed Marian Evans.
, 1879-03-01

IT would be good idea If the city would
appoint some cool, practical man, to an honor.
AIRY position, to direct operations in times OF
danger. During the excitement of the freshet
on Monday, while one man was working there
were score to tell him how to do it.