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T H R O B ; and a short story by the author of
" A L I C E I N W O N D E R L A N D ; " a new fairy
Attorksjr a i d Counsellor At L a w .
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Office tip stairs in Sohns & Schuelc's build- R. S T O C K T O N , " T H E P E T E R K I N S ' C H A R A D E S , " by L U C R E T I A P . H A L E ; a poi n g M a i n street, Vancouver, W. T.
etic riddle by D R . J . G . H O L L A N D , and a
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A L C O T T , entitled " U N D E R T H E L I L A C S , "
A t t o r n e y A t L a w and N o t a r y P u b l i c . w i t h illustrations by M a r y Hallock Foote.
The Christmas Number contains also the
Booms at the I N D E P E N D E N T Office, Vancou- opening of a new Serial Story for Boys, a tale
of tropical life, b y G U S T A V U S F R A N K ver, W . T.
E N S T E I N , entitled " T O W E R - M O U N • E g " Particular attention given to convey- T A I N , admirably illustrated by the artists
Moran and K e l l y ; A P O R T R A I T O F M I S S
aneing and the examination of laud titles.
A L C O T T , w i t h a sketch of her life; several
poems b y T W O L I T T L E A M E R I C A N
C. A . M. SPENCER, L L , B.,
G I R L S ; a P L A Y , and a C H R I S T M A S
C A R O L (set to music); and half a dozen
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The " H O W " S E R I E S of instructive papers,
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" H o w K i t t y was Lost i n a T u r k i s h Bazaar,"
"Master Montezuma" (a Mexican story),
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J. J. WINTLER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:—•
If you expect me this evening to enter into a discussion of the life and
character of h i m who, nearly nineteen
hundred years ago was born at Bethlehem, i n Judea, you w i l l be disappointed; for while Christmas is observed as
the birthday of Christ, there are so
many opinions, honestly entertained, regarding the character and mission of
Christ himself, that i t would probably
be more profitable for us to put these
differences out of sight this evening.
A t the time Christ was born, Rome
was the proud mistress of the world.
Pier empire extended over the greater
portion of Europe, Western A s i a and
Northern Africa. The tramp of her
legions resounded from the B r i t i s h Isles
to the Euphrates, and her eagles spread
their victorious wings from Carthage to
the Rhine. H e r statesmen made laws,
and the world obeyed. H e r poets wrote,
that the world might read. H e r philosophers reasoned, and the world learned. H e r orators spoke, and the world
listened. H e r Generals fought battles,
and the world trembled. To-day the
language of the Roman of nineteen
hundred years ago is the language of
science and the foundation of belle letters.
The work of this proud and
mighty nation still survives. H e r great
men still move among us. Their words
and deeds can never die. The tongue
with which they spoke their burning
words, though dead, still lives. I t lives
to lend a charm to every language; i t
lives to enrich jurisprudence; i t lives
to strengthen knowledge; and i t even
lives to sanctify superstition. I t lives to
embalm forever the classic thoughts of
its immortal heroes. The empire has
long since fallen i n pieces, but the seed
of the old stalk has continued to produce and reproduce successive nations
that have come and gone like the waves
of the sea. I t is sometimes claimed
that the world has advanced but little
during the past nineteen hundred years.
M a n y , indeed, believe that mankind is
perpetually changing, but not improving i n the aggregate; that nations and
individuals are continually advancing
and receding, and that this advancement and retrogression is ever recurring, again, and again, and that i t w i l l
continue 'as long as human life possesses the inherent power of reproduction. These theorists assert that the
high state of civilization which once existed i n E g y p t was fifteen thousand years
old before Cadmus carried letters into
Greece; and that the arts and sciences
of to-day were known and lost by the
darkness of the intervening ages longbefore the most ancient traditions were
woven into our most ancient history.
I cannot believe this to be altogether
true.
Observation and^ reason must
teach us that the world moves. F o r
one, I believe that the earth, itself, is
growing.. That as a planet i t is gradually but steadily increasing i n size,
and that its physical growth is but typical of the moral and intellectual growth
of mankind. I cannot believe that the
January
3, 1878.
sleeping centuries came and went and
brought the world no lessons of wisdom, no woids of cheer. I cannot i m agine that there w i l l ever be a time
when the human intellect w i l l rest upon
its achievements because there are no
more worlds to conquer. Such a theory
might have gained credence, had not
that sagacious mariner of Genoa been
born to discover a new continent upon
which to plant a new nation and develop a new race. Such a theory might
have been possible, had the Yankee
himself been impossible.
W h o says
that this Yankee of the nineteenth century is not infinitely above the proud
Roman who once ruled and instructed
the world.
No. 19.
The remains of Lieut. Theller were taken
to Portland under escort last F r i d a y morning.
The funeral pageant, headed by the
band—playing solemn but beautiful a i r s was a very appropriate and handsome display
in honor of the brave young officer.
D O N A T I O N P A T E N T S have been received at
the L a n d Office for the following named persons: Taylor Rue and his wife M a r y A n n
Rue, J . B . K n a p p , W i l l i a m L a k i n , A l e x a n der Davies and his wife E l l e n Davies, H e n r y
Fiester and his wife Jane Fiesterj E d m o n d
D . Brezee and his wife Hannah Brezee, W m .
T. Harrington and his wife Elenor C. H a r rington, Gustavus Krebs, J o h n H . Mathews
and his wife Elizabeth Mathews, James J a m i son and his wife Jane Jamison.
B O A T L O S T . — L a s t F r i d a y a couple of men,
Johnny Dupuis and another, were hunting
It is said we may laugh and grow up i n the v i c i n i t y of Government Island.
They tied u p their boat and left i t . B y
fat; and where, for this purpose, can
some means the boat became unfastened and
you find i n a l l the literature of Greece sailed down the Columbia on a little voyage
or Rome, anything that w i l l compare of discovery all by itself. The men went i n
with the varied richness of ours? T h e pursuit on horseback down the river bank.
Greek philosopher and the R o m a n They kept i t i n sight u n t i l coming to a
place where the road leaves the bank, they
statesman dealt with only stubbon facts,
lost sight of the boat and saw i t no more. I t
and dealt w i t h them i n only a stern and is supposed that somebody captured i t . I t
matter-of-fact manner. W i t h them i t is a good boat, worth about $40. The finder
was almost a sin to laugh. W h i l e we, w i l l confer a favor by returning it to Johnny
of the nineteenth century, have kept Dupuis.
pace w i t h the strength of their logic;
while we have added to the truths of
their philosophy; while we have excelled the beauty of their poetry, and
equalled the pathos of their eloquence,
and the sublimity Of their rhetoric, we
have been able, through the genius of
our inimitable humorists, to develop a
feature of literature, which to them
was almost unknown.
The Yankee
spirit of drollery and fun which conceals the caustic satire of J a c k Downing, Artemus W a r d , Doesticks, M a r k
Twain, Burdett and others, lives to-day
as a wholesale manufactory of smiles
and health—loud laughter and long
life; and w i l l continue to live to bless
for succeeding centuries the generations
that come after us, with a perpetual
feast of reason and flow of soul. I
have now the pleasure of introducing
to you one of these Yankee benefactors
of m a n k i n d — M r . Burdett, the celebrated humorist of the Burlington Hawkeye.
The W a l l a W a l l a Union says: " I t
is understood that D r . B a k e r has, with
M r . Zahner, the surveyor, made a
careful survey of a practical route for
a railroad line from W h i t m a n station
to W e s t o n , U m a t i l l a county. T h e
estimates of the cost of b u i l d i n g the
road have been made and D r . B a k e r
is studying the ways and means of ext e n d i n g the road to that place. I t
w i l l tap a very rich agricultural country, and is much needed." The Union
is of the opinion that the b u i l d i n g of
the extension w i l l be commenced next
spring, and vigorously prosecuted to
completion.
To those who clamor for paper money because "greenbacks carried us
through the war and saved the country," the National Baptist responds:
" A s well say that the pustules and the
pits carried the patient through the
small-pox. I t was gold that carried us
through the w a r ; that is to say, i t was
the hope and belief that greenbacks
would be paid i n gold, which alone
gave them any value. Instead of the
greenbacks saving the U n i o n , i t was
the U n i o n that saved the greenbacks.
Instead of the greenbacks saving the
country, on the other hand, the country
endured the greenbacks for the sake of
the war and the U n i o n . "
Prof. Tyndall thinks that the thoughtful and penetrating minds who, following the lead of physical science, are
trying to discover the laws of society
without the aid of the supernatural w i l l
succeed, and that morality as a social
duty w i l l obliterate the strifes and
heait-burnings which disfigure our everyday life. So he puts honor above the
creed.
State of Washington.
N o w comes the P o r t l a n d Standard
and acknowledges the claim of W a s h ington T e r r i t o r y to be admitted into
the u n i o n . T h a t paper takes a very
sound view of the situation. I t says:
I n our opinion, W a s h i n g t o n T e r r i tory, under an economical C o n s t i t u tion, w o u l d be m u c h better off than
under her present
Government.
Washington Territory is growing
very r a p i d l y , and she needs increased
representation i n the councils of the
N a t i o n . A State need not be .much
more expensive than a T e r r i t o r i a l
Government, i f properly managed.
O f course, the inauguration of a State
Government is attended w i t h some
expense, but after i t i s once established, the people w i l l not necessarily
be taxed more than to sustain a T e r ritorial Government.
T h e increase
of wealth and population w i l l soon
add the difference and the increased
burden of expense w i l l be d i v i d e d
between a larger number of people.'
W a s h i n g t o n T e r r i t o r y needs a State
Government, and should be admitted
into the sisterhood on the formation
of her Constitution.
T h e people of that T e r r i t o r y i n selecting the Delegates to the C o n s t i tutional Convention should be careful that their best and ablest men are
chosenforthat purpose. T h e y should
be men of good practical sense, sound
judgment and liberal minds. T h e y
should not be reckless or extravagant
i n their views, yet not penurious and
narrow-minded. T h e y should form a
liberal Constitution, and one calculated to meet the wants of the people
at a future time as w e l l as the present.
The people of Oregon adopted a C o n stitution^which was ample i n its provisions for their wants at the time i t was
adopted, but Oregon's demands have
outgrown . the Constitution and the
instrument i s at the present date
worthless.
T h e salaries of officers
should be liberal, yet not extravagant, and sufficient offices should b e
created so as to divide the duties i n a
proper manner t o guard the p u b l i c
interests. A n honest State G o v e r n ment need not cost the people of the
Territory any more than i t w i l l cost
to govern the same number of people
under a Territorial form of G o v e r n ment. B u t the interest of the people depends entirely on the C o n s t i t u tion which shall be framed, and the
very best men i n the T e r r i t o r y should
be selected to frame the document.
B L U E M O U N T A I N L O D G E . — T h e foll o w i n g officers were elected at the
last communication of this L o d g e :
F r e d Stine, W . M . ; J . D . D a m a n , S.
W.; Harry Wintler, J . W . ; W . P .
A d a m s , Treas.; N . T . C a t o n , Sec'y.;
H . A . C r o w o l l , T y l e r . — W a l l a Walla
Union.