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Year: 1873

Green little yaulter in the sunny grass,


Catching your heart up at the feel of June!
Sole voice that's heard amid the lazy noon,
When even the bees lag at the sIImmoning braHs,
And you, warm little hoJsekeeper, who class


With those who think the candles come too soon,
Loving the fire, and with your tricksonle tune
Nick the glad, silent moments as they pass.
sweet and tiny cousins that belong


One to the felds the other to the earth.
Both have your sunshine! Both though small are


strong


At your clear hearts; and both given to earth
To sing in thoughtful this natural song
Indoors and out, Summer and Winter, AIirth
Year: 1873

1t is not generally known that the
leaves of the coffee plant are coming to
be used like the berries, and in some
coffee growing lands, Java for instance
are preferred by the natives to the
choicest berry for making the favorite
decoction.
Year: 1873

The subject of free seats in churches
takes up large part of recent num-
Der of the CO1agregatiOn0Iist. A large
quantity of testimony is adduced from
churches who have tried tbe system,
viii h goes to show that the plan has
passed its first stage of trial, and in the
opinion of the COngregdtiOnaList is des-
tined to come into very wide use during
the next generation
Year: 1873

Those whose faces are only seen
and whose voices are only heard in sea-
sons of religious revivals are like the
flowers that bloom in the morning and
fade in the evening without producing
fruit. They are not the eyergreens Of
the church.
Year: 1873




It is to be regretted that Govonor Ponder
thought it necessary or proper to Ie-Array be-
fore the public mind the origin Of our State
debt. II the Rebellion had triumpbed, the do
ing this would have been natural and fit, be-
cause it would have been justly matter of pride
Oh the part Of those who sympathized with the
South, that the measures taken by the Delaware
Legislature in that behalf, had helped the gen
eral success. Sat as the Union was maintained,
this persistent psrading of the one million, one
hundred thousand dollar Of State debt, saddled
on Delaware to weaken and discourage the Ma
tional armies, is in bad taste and Judgment
The Governor will excuse US, perhaps, for plain
speaking-the subject demands it.


The complaint, go often made thai u il debt
is a burden, peculiarly onerous and onenHive,
because Of the manner in which it was accumu-
lated, naturally rises to the tongue when the
subject is mentioned, and it is for this reason
that the Governor had far better have avoided
the question. His elaborate aud diffuse argu-
ment in justification Of the immense sale Of
State bonds, at heavy shaves, to release men
from service in the Army, and not to pay boun-
ties to the volunteers, is as illiudged can be,
for it revives to the people of Delaware the fear
full thought that in the time of terrible trial,
when the Union was aasailed their State Leg g.
lature was on the rebellious side, and, worse yet
that much Of the burden they now endure is the
legacy of that disloyalty. They will pay the
debt, but they do not want their Governors to
naunt before them, year after year, its infa-
nous history.
Year: 1873

We will not say the "beautiful snow
but we are getting our share of it in the
"Sunny South as well as our neighbors
in the "inhospitable North" On Sunday
morning it fell in abundance and old
mother earth was covered in less than no
time, to the depth of several inches. On
Monday "Old Sol" showed his smiling
face, and the snow began to disappear,
creating perfect "slop" as it went. Yes
terday the clouds again gathered and a
cold north wind again brought the snow
flakes in great profusion. AS we write il
continues to fall without abatement
Year: 1873

A Californian claims that the people of
his State are better looking than those


from other parts of the Union. Hear him:


This fact is most remarkable, with the
young people who have been born here.


Their ruddy cheeks are not scorched and
blistered by the ferocious August suns of
the Mississippi Valley; their full, round
limbs are not shriveled and shrunken by
the savage frosts of the northwestern win
ters, and they grow up in all the strength
and symmetry of nature unabridged.
There is probably no place on this CONT
nent where the proportion of pretty chill.
dren IS as large in California esq e--.
Year: 1873

ing the mail on route No, -, from -


-, do swear that 1 have the ability pecuni-
that that the bids bid is made in eood faith and with the
intention to enter into contract and perform the
service in case said bid shall be accepted and
that the signatures of the guarantors thereto
are genuine, and that believe the said guar-
antors to be pecuniarily responsible for and able
to pay all damages the United States shall suf-
fer by reason of my failing to perform my OBJ
legations as such bidder.
Year: 1873

NoTE.-When the oath is taken before JUS
tce of the peace, the certificate of the clerk Of
court of record should be added. under his seal
of Office, that the person who administered the
oath is a duly qualified Justice of the peace.
Year: 1873

For what reason p was asked.


"Because we are about to pass in
our checks"


Everybody wept. From the rear
platform we could see the miserable
engineer straining every nerve to catch
up but he had tight boots on, and
didn't gain anything to speak Of


At this monument ray of hope
dawned upon u.s.. | had just finished
my will on the back of visiting card
when l observed young lady in the
act Of detaching her hustle. placing
the artic'e-which was composed OF
eight hundred papers and hair
mattress-under her arm, the heroine
marched through the car.


She was followed anxiously.


She climbed upon the tender, and
then over the engine. 1t was very
interesting to see her climb over the
wheels and brass things on her way to
the COW. catcher. 1t reminded me of a
country girl getting over wire But
never mind that now. Let me see,
where was I? Oh on the COW
catcher. Holding on the cross bars
with one hand, the noble maid tied
the hustle on the sharp prov with the
other.


Ion can guess the result. In the
course of the afternoon the collision
took place. Protected by the tust.e,
the engine received only gentle pump,
aud we were saved. | took up a
collection ou the spot. / always take
up a collection on such occasions
| always. And what's more, never
forget to give the object interested
something nice out of it--never
There is nothing mean about me. |
suppose you have noticed my clothes!
Year: 1873

NHE ILLUSTRATED PHYSIOLOGICAL
l. JOURNAL, is in every respect a First
Glass Magazine. Its articles are of the highest
interest to all. Itteaches what we are and how
to make the most of ourselves. The informa-
tion it contains the Laws of Life and Health
is well worth the price of the Magazine to every
Family. 1t is published at S3 90 a year. BY


special arrangement we are enabled to offee
the PHRESoLoGIcAL JOURNAL as a Premium Tor
q new subscribers to the OREGON REPUBLICAN,,
or will furnish the Psychological JOURNAL
and OREGON REPUBLICAN together for 81 90
We commend the JOURNAL to all who want


good magazine
Year: 1873

highest places of trast have sold and
soiled the characters the public had
given them, fastening to be rich by
'treachery or fraud. See aow tho fine
gold of political and commercial probity
has been dimmed by these transactions,
aud the suspicious they engender.
What the French mean by 5ourgeois;e,
we express by shoddy; and no word in
our language has more uniformly
accepted meaning than this of recent
coinage. We all know what shoddy
means in textile fabrics. But never
did it gil such place or play such a
part in soldiers coat as it does In our
papermoney, in our paper characters
on change, and in the paper moraIities
which the last few years have
witnessed.


1t may seem disIoyal to our
Republican institutions to say It, but
when it is said, let the candid reader
soc if he can disprove it; what this
country needs at the present juucture
is the element that has been displaced
by the political ostracism of the
South. ! do not say that we need
Southern arstocracy, but We need one
which shall resemble and exercise
some Of its best characteristics aud such
We neel imparatively; North and
South, East ana west. We need a
class with as fine an esprit de corps,
with as high sense of honor and
personal and family dignity as England
ever produced or the South claimed to
possess. We want such men as
the Jeffersons, Madisous, Lowndes,
pinckneys, Calhouns, Clay and Bentons
und other statesmen whom the South
has contributed to the structure aud
glory OF nation whether they come from
one side of Mason and Dixon's line or
the other. We want men who shall
walk through the lobbies of Congress and
"wear the flower of blamlesss life
aud Of blamIess thought, though each
hall and every step beset with the
gift, bearing Greeks corrupting rings
seeking to place their gold "where
shall do most good" Ycu may call
such class or aristocracy, or by any
opprobious name; but 1t is class we
most need ln every section of the Union
stand as bulwark against .he
overthrow OF shoddy which threatens
to drown the political probity all purity
of our national life aud character.
Year: 1873

Ne record with sincere Qualification the fact
that the most Important journal Of the Republi-
can party, the Netc Rork Tunes, not only appre-
oiates the necessity Of reform within the party,
lut has energetieally commenced the work OF
pointing ont the precise nature and scope of the
indispensable measures The following extract
is taken from the Tunes Of yesterday:


ave frequently begged tue Senators an Rep
resentatiVcs to apply themselves TO practical busi.
ness, but the only practical measure which the
people viVidly recall is the odo1s back-pay bill
II may be said that it Is unjust TO Congress thus
10 single out an unpopular measure, and take il
ls the representative work OF the session. Ysi
the people cannot be blamed, for the back. paw
bill touched their interests very closely, and was
certain 10 provoke resentment and indignation
Why the Republicans who voted for il and de.
Tended II never toresaw these consequences, has
always been q mystery To US. This was one al
the cases in which tue party journals proved
themselves much wiser than the party leaders -


We hope that the Tunes will 20 on TO insist
upon the full repeal OF this oaIous bill not
merely so far as 1t affects the salary of members
ofCongrees, but the salary Of the President aleo
Certainly, considering how bad the bill is and
how thoroughly the responsibility for II rests on
the Republican party, there is no measure which
can be more imperaIively required by prudent
regard Tor The future. il Is true that the members
OF Congress who have taken the back nav cannot
DC compelled TO disgorgs il; neither, we suppose
can the President be expected 10 surrender that
part OF his present years salary which he has
already drawn al the increased rae but lie can bt
prevented from drawing that increase hereafter.
inasmuch as the constitutional provision against
the reduction Of the Presidents pay during his
period Of onlce does not apply IN This case.-N. Y
San.


The Commercial says 1t does not think the sal
anes Of Congressman too high. The New Yorh
Times does not appear to agree with it, Perhap,
'he result Of the late elections have had something
to do with the opinions Of the Times, and mai
change those Of the Commercial also.
Year: 1873

The Nevada Transcript says: A lady in this
city, few Evenings sinoe, was startled In a most
shocking manner o0 discovering a scorpion on her
headdress. 1t appears that during the afternoon
she had been out TO the graveyard, where the bug
probably got her dress, thence to her headdress
During the evening, while she was arranging heI
hair, she felt something singular about ii aud
commenced to ascertain the cause, and no sooner
had she placed her hand on the bug, when she re.
ceived severe and painful sting on one Or her
fingers. Her husband, who happened to be near
by, iushed 10 her, and seeing the situation folded
a towel together and took the bug from her hair
and while doing so received a sting through the
thickness Of the cloth TO his hand.
Year: 1873

In The discussion of the report Of the Park
Committee on Thursday night, Il was said by M.
Febigcr of the Ninth Ward, that the assessment
of property within the city in that Ward would
he increased from $500 an acre to 5000 an acre,
and that the increase Of the amount OF money re-
ceiVed from taxes there would pay hat the hrst
installment on the Park purchase.


II this proves correct aud satisfactory TO all
parties concerned, it will be rapid and easy ROAD
to wealth and prosperity; and the city might as
well make other purchases aud have two or three
parks Surely those whose property is lifted mp
from $500 an acre to 5000 ought not 70 COM
plain at the rapid way in which the city has ac-
cumulated money for them while those who
sell their land at 900 acre are sure Of being
well paid for it.


But who pays ell this money! II does not
come out of the soil Labor, which is said to be
the basis OF all wealth, must be called on to make
up this difference. Rents will have to be put up ;
and it will be doubtful whether those living in
the Ninth Ward will be able to meet the neces-
stics of these demands. If the land In that Ward
is raised in value by the purchase Of the Parks
from three thousand to Eve thousand can acre,
some persons have got to pay the difference. This
cannot be questioned. But before this land can
fairly be taxed .fUe thousand d9lldTS an acre, BY
the city, it should be sold for the amount. We
do not put the majority Of the Council In exactly
the position of the old lady who counted her
chickens before they were hatched :" but there is
evidently not q very wide difference.
Year: 1873

The Alexandria Ga-1ttc, i'll notice OF
the death OF the lamcnted consort Of the
late Gen Robert i. Lee, says:


For MANY years she llas lc2n an i'll
valid, suffering Intensely ut times from
q neuralgic affection, under which how
ever, she bore up with tortitude and
without complaint; but the death of her
husband, the great and good Gen. r. E.
Lee, and more recently the loss of be-
loved daughter, broke down tho spirit
that had so nobly battled against ILL
health and adversity, and she has been
taken to her reward.


For several years she had fondly cher
ished the hope Of ending her days at Ar
lington-the parental mSnsion-hor own
home and the homo of her children.
There she was born, there she had been
married, and there her children were
born. Naturally all her affections clus-
tered around this, to her, hallowed spot,
and as years rolled on she became more
and more anxious to return to the old
homestead, where lie buried the remains
of Il devoted father and mother, and
where she had hoped to peacefully sur.
render her spirit to the God who gave it,
surrounded by all the recollections
of happier days. But in this she
was doomed to disappointment-a dis
appointmentthat added to her recent
heavy bereavements, finally broke
down shattered constitution and death
ensued. She felt keenly the wrong I'M
posed upon her by the Government, that
without the shadow of right or justi6e,
but merely by the strong arm of power,
withheld from her own and her children's
in violation of the very. laws under
which the property was at first seized
and few there are in the land, we should
think, who will not regret that this in
justice was perpetrated, and who will
not now he willing that the restitution
shall be made to the descendants of her
whose soul has passed to happier home
Year: 1873

Take strong rope, and fasten it to a


beam overhead to the lower end of the
rope attach a stick three feet long, con-
venient to grasp with the hands. The
rope should be fastened to the center of
the stick, which should hang six or
eight inches above the head. Let a
person grasp this stick with the hands
two or three feet apart, and swing very
moderately at first-perhaps only bear
the weight, if very weak-and gradually


increase, as the muscles gain strength
from the exercise, until it may be used
from three to five times daily. The
connection of the arms with the body.
with the exception of the clavicle with
the breast bone, being muscular at
tachment to the ribs, the effect of this
exercise is to elevate the ribs and en-
large the chest and as Nature allows
no vacuum, the lungs expand to fill the
cavity, increasing the volume of air,
the natural purifier of blood, and pre-
venting the CONGESTION or the deposit of
tuberculous matter. Wehave prescribed
the above for all cases of hemorrhage of
the lungs, and threatened consumption,
for thirty-fiv years, and have been able
to increase the measure of the chest
from two to four inches within O. few
months, and with good results. But
especially as preventive we would rec
ommend this exercise. Let those who
love to live cultivate well-formed, ca
pacieus chest. The student, the mer-
chant, the sedentary, the young of both
sexes-aye, all-should have swing on
which to stretch themselves daily. We
are certain that if this were to be prac-
ticed by the rising generation in a dress
allowing free and full development of
the body, many would be saved from
consumption. Independently of its
beneficial results, the exercise is an ex-
ceedingly pleasant one, and as the ap-
paratus costs very little, there need be
no difficulty about any one enjoying it
who wishes to.-Dio Lea0iS.
Year: 1873

James Maxwell, of Glasgow, was q
pilot. He belonged to a family of stur-
dy and energetic men, and inherited
their qualities. In 1927 he was en-
ployed to pilot fine steamship--the
ClydeSdale-from the river Clyde to the
west coast of Ireland. Every one knows
the terrors of this rock girt coast. The
weather was rough, but no danger was
apprehended. A foe more dreadful even
than tempest was destined to attack the
vessel. They had just reached the most
difficult part of the Galway coast, when
the vessel was discovered to be on fire
The flames burst through the paddle
box. The pilot, of course, bad charge
of the vessel, and his place was on the
quarter gallery, where the heat was
most intense. He had to put back, and
the passengers were gathered to the
bow, the rapid rush of the vessel
through the water keeping that part
cool, while it carried the flames and
smoke backward to the quarter gallery.
There stood the pilot, like a martyr at
the stake-for the only chance of safety
to the passengers was his keeping to
his post. The master and crew did
their very best to keep the place on
which he stood as cool as possible, by
deluging it with water. But soon the
cabin under him was on fire; still he
never hinched. He certainly gave him
self up, for he breathed prayer,
ooh, God, provide for my wife, my
mother, and my child, and enable me
to do my duty"


His feet were actually roasted on the
deck but he contrived to run the ship
into creek, alongside ledge of rock,
and there every creature got safe on
shore-all uniniured except the gallant
man to whom they all, under God, owed
their lives. He was terrible spectacle
of suffering not only were his feet dis
abled, but bis sturdy frame was reduced
to the utmost emaciation. His hair
turned gray. He looked ten years older
in that one night. 1t is not on earth
that such deeds are rewarded.


Messrs. Chambers brought his case
before the public, but the brave pilot
did not live to realize the full benefit of
subscription that was raised for him.
His wife did not long survive him. His
children were aided in their education
by the funds raised. But their best in
heritance was their fathers example.
Year: 1873

A lecture was recently delivered be-


fore the United Service Institution, in


London, by Captain Brackenbury, of


the Royal Artillery, in reference to the


new tactics which the modern breech-
loader is forcing upon the various war
departments of Europe. He said that
those officers who had not had any ex-
perience in the field with these terrible
weapons would do well to give the
whole subject thorough and profound
study. To go to war armed with breech-
leaders, proposing to meet an enemy
armed with a weapon of the same or
similar capabilities, and at the same
time expect to man9uvre in the face of
such an enemy with the old system of
tactics, would be about as wise as to
send a feet of wooden ships to encoun-
ter fleet of iron-clads. The whole
system of tactics must be really in
verted, as it were. Skirmishers, instead
of being the dntenng, the mere feelers
of an army, will be the army itself
and any reserve held back to operate at
particular moment in line or column,
will merely come in on rush to reap
the fruits of success already won, and
will not be itself any longer the means
of winning the success. The notion
that line will advance over or through
its own skirmishers to attack the enemy
beyond, is, therefore, a theory which
must be entirely dismissed from the
minds of campaign drill-masters. All
recent experience shows that the way to
get skirmishing line forward is not to
keep it hanging under cover in hopes of
relief, but to keep on throwing in judi
elous reinforcements, so that its line
may be constantly advancing, and, if
possible, crushing back the opposing
party. Whether it will be actually
possible ever to strengthen the line of
skirmishers into such close order as will
make it approximate to the normal line
of the present drill-books, is doubtful,
though, of course, compression in O
very great degree will sometimes be
forced upon commander by the nature
of the country. This whole question
of the future of infantry opens up a
most interesting and useful line of
speculation which, it is to be hoped.
will finally crystalize in new tactical
system fully equal to the demands of
modern warfare.
Year: 1873

Better to wear calico dress without
trimming, if it be paid for, than to owe
the shopkeeper for the most elegant
silk, cut and trimmed in the most be-
witching manner.


Better to live in log cabin all your
own, than brown stone mansion be-
longing to somebody else.


Better to walk forever than to run in
to debt for horse and carriage.


Better to sit by the plain pine table,
for which you paid three dollars ten
years ago, than send home new extern
sion black walnut top, and promise to
pay for it next week.


Better to use the old cane-seated
chairs, and faded two-ply carpet, than
tremble at the bills sent home from the
upholsterer's for the most elegant par
lor set ever made.


Better to meet your business acquain-
tances with free "don't owe you a
cent " smile, than to dodge around the
corner to escape dun.


Better to pay the street organ grinder
two cents for music, if you have it, than
owe for grand piano.


Better to gaze upon bare walls than
pictures unpaid for.


Better to eat thin soup from earthen-
ware, If you owe your butcher nothing.
than to dine off lamb and roast beef.
and know that it does not belong to you.
Year: 1873

The success of flying machines is
truly astonishing. A Mr.. Folger, up
in Michigan, recently constructed one,
went to the top of the barn, "lit out,
and went with such rapidity that he lost
his consciousness for half an hour.
when he found himself but few feet
from the barn. He thinks he could not
have been entirely unconscious, other
wise he would not have returned to the
barn, where he picked himself up.