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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1880)
1 THE XE W--NORTHWEST, THURSDAY,-VOOTOA 14, 1SS0. AN OLD.LETTEB. V I found an old letter, long-lost, to-days Tb Ink U faded, the words are few, ' Hut they speak to my empty heart, and mjV On lore la your life was deep and true P Abd fr away .from this quiet room, 'Away from thla working-day world of ours, ; " My aoul Ale out through the twilight gloom . To a land of temple and palms and flower. r- Owe more I am watching the inlnaret chine .. : la the last rich glow, of a tropleaun; One more I am ctaaplng hi hand In mine, ; When the aultry hours of day are done; Y- Tbe air I full of the balmy scent Of Orienr bloaeoia and shadowy tree. And I muM and rct In a till eoiitent On the heart that ever was fond to me. ; I but dream that U far too fair! ' . , The voice la silent, the rich light die I ami her In the dim old London square, He aleep In peace beneath Indian sales) And Hold the letter and meekly pray , For strength to uflVr .my-ltfe-long pain,,.. T1H 1 come at laat to the quiet way jpzzz That shall lead m home to my love again. WILLOW GRANGE. .A Story -or-LiFE is Easter.y Oheoo.v. V - . , BY BELLE W. COOKE. Arrnoa o-TBAa 'aim tictot." 1 Entered In the Offle of Librarian of Cpngrea at Washing . 7 ton, IX C, In the year lMu, - CHAPTER V. . The pleasure party was divided on Its arrival at The lilies." Some stopped af hotels, and some went to the houses of friend who were awaiting . them. : ": ' . ' - " The bride and her attendant were at a hotel, and, .after supper, which was served at the very American hour of alx, they procured a carriage nd rode, out oxl thehills backjoftheJtoWnJor a view of the magnificent scenery. After ascending -for several miles the smooth steep hills, they came out on the top of a range, where the whole coun try to the south or from flfty to seyentyBve miles and went to the summit of the Cascades -could be overlookedToward the south not a tree -was Visible. Smooth, rolling' hills rose, one after nolherTcovTed.Uittt brown and yellow gttRser ach top leveled off as though a huge flat-iron had Wn passed over It -Down there, toward the south," said Earlep4 Tygh Valley, a wild and picturesque nook In the foot-hills of the Cascades, Inhabited by wilder people, many of them half-breed Indians. They will be our distant neighbors." . "Why" said Bertha, "I thought that your place was a hundred or two miles from there 17 ----- - -i , - - .. - . .i1 band and wife took the stage that would convey them part of the way to their new home. Cross ing the Dechute and climbing and descending long reaches of dusty road, they Anally arrived at a good stopplng-plaoejl where Bertha, at least, was glad to rest for the night. The following days were only a repetition of the first one-a windy, dusty Journey, tiresome and monotonous. . The stage was exchanged . for a private convey ahce on i the, third day, and towanl evening the little party arrived at the .summit of a hill,' from which they looked down into a pleasant valley, with green, bushe and scattering trees skirting the stream that meandered through the center, i a a i a . . , . i t . i - . t l j aiiu nine irianguiar imicne i venture rcaciung their points up the gulehea whlthMield the springs that drained the hillsides. In one of these nooks, near a group or round-topped trees, iiertha was shown "the little cabin that was waiting for her." . "Oh, what a cosy little bird's-nest of a place It is !" said-she. "I, am sure Jl looks honie-llki know I shall love It," and she looked. uplnEarle face with a happy, Wirtndent love In her ey.' "Distance letws enchantment,: you' must re member, my dear. I fear you will and it a pretty rough nest, as it is not lined with either wool' Or feather." V "I will line It," cried Bertha. "I am glad you left it for me to do. v'- .. .... J r-. ,. "I am afraid it may not be as clean as you will wish," said Earle. - "Charlie Cleaveland, my head shepherd, whom I left in charge, is a pretty good cook, but he can't put things to rights like a woman." "WelfC. said Bertha, "I can soon make (hat little nest 'cWan, whenI ha'e rested a while." -7-"" 1 fear you will be too tired to do anything but rest for some time," said' Katie. "But we can give you a good aoft wool bed, as gooil as any they can get down In 'the valley ;r that I one cfomfort." "And plenty of wool to makehiore,.if Ihey were needed, 1 supiiose," said Bertha. - " Ves, indeed l" replle! Earle. ."Do yo,ii see that small house off to the left of the bird's-nest ? That Is half full of coarse wool, which' was pot At to send away, or would not pay for hauling. You can have that UHlne our nest, with." "I promise you I shall And use for some, of It," said Bertha. "Now, if I could , only spln-and weave, 1 could use it up In making th!ng useful, couldn't I T "I am sure yeu willliave enough for one small pair "ofLhands to do," said Karif,:.!Lw.ilh.QUt going Into, the manufacturing business right away, nd so It Is," said Earle; "but when one's "earest neighbor Istwenty-flve mUe. J.wyj 3iutidred miles Is not out of one's neighborhood." , 7Ii lhat not a cheerful-prospect T' said Anlee. .,"1 am sure I am glad It Is not I who Is going Into exile In thls"barren, forsakeO-hwking country. ... I " ould not endure to leave the luxuriant groves of Ihei Willamette Valley to live In "this treeles re- Butlt-is.n6t totally. lreelei,' saHQjirle. Do n In the little hollows by the springs, and . on the borders of the streams, there Is willow and cottonwood, and-occasionally alder; ami in some locations there Is quite a growth of Juniper.- And - ; then, you do not know how their rarity enhances. " lhelr beauty and value." " - 'I presume," said An lee, "that it Is the same ;-way with' the neighbors. I do . not know but it would pay one to live In such a ctuntry, after all, In addwl appreciation.'' .. . . 44Oh, we shall soon have neighbors," said Earle, Tliecountry Is fastseUungujiL Over IifAntel- Valley there Is a very nice -family, lately come In, and I heard there was a German family nettled onVillow Creek, only a few miles above tw." '-" "I hope they will be good tielghlKr," said Jlertha. . -J. "you will appreciate them for all they are . worth," said A nice, "before you haveleen there -a year. But you had better rub up your knowl . -fHlge of German, unless they have iwcome, well " used to the English language, for I do think the iiermans can outdo any other foreigners In mix ' Ingup tlielr talk." 4tOh, I can understand almost anything," said Bertha. "You know I understand the Indians : ami, the Chinese, when they can talk but little, - Jar better than many do.Mothet always has me I rnme to Interpret foFher whenever they are about rr-ULtor the pcenery, I think It is beautiful One liaasueh a sens of freedom, the country loots o stml'iiiMiui ail iilieM wa shall liavo mmoii niore sunshine than we do Valley. I like sunshine." In the Willamette 1 aeo-you ar dtnuinedial 4easd with all sure, since It Is to be your home." . As the little company turned to go back, they liad a and view tit Mt Adams on the one hand and M. Hood on the other, each tipped with Ahe old of the aunset'i glory, which was soon changed the hue of the rose-leaf, and glowed and faded a they rode along the crest of the Kill, till Just as . iher ieBran to lose sight of the jteaas, a win, mt.trrrll of blue crept up and over them, and seemed to fold them away for the night bx a fllmy Hverinir. U rritf the" next morning the pleasure party hlr return trirv and the young hus- t . "Why,' Earle, you .must have some one about who has is woman's taste."4 " I. . "Yes,'Vsald Itrle; ,'l'v.elnJ has remarkably good taste. He Is a pleasant fellow, and I am glad we have him for company as well as for help.J With the assistance of the teamsterrthe wagon was soon unloaded, and the big boxes and trunks almost Ailed up the room.' i ' -7 "We have too niuchT'-xried Bertha. Wecan never get it 11 Into this house. We shall have to move up the wool-house and make an addition XL j "No," said Earle; "I am going to have another ing built on to .he house right away. I would have had It done before you came, but I wished to superintend It myself, and I thought perhaps you would prefer to say where it sliould be."v .. "Oh, tlut will be nicel" said Bertlia, as .she peeped into the kitchen and saw a neat, shining stove and a brilliant array of ..tin-ware on the shelves. "All we shall need is a couple of bed- -iTotmi'i.x think." - ' V . 1 "F121! . Z , ' iV WhUa-makaU At far a. queen4-CharIler there Is Thatrayweli-enoogh-forr-gra j. . ft atkaka a were only educated in "ine tnree n s, .aim were ot aflllcteil with literary tastes, and had butfew of the accomplishments that take up the 'time of the women of to-day." 'I dare say," said Bertha, our gramlmothers wyre right noble women, ami many of them iwjsh sesseil more literary taste than the world ever Imagi ned : bu tt hey werejioencouragwlto cul tl- vate It." So we have lost no eml of fine books that they might have written, If it had not been for their Using their manufacturing proclivities In other directions." . : ' 7 "I think it is Iwirely possible that it would be letter for the world If some of the writers of to- day.'nol only the women! but men, woultfexerelse their talenUluotherJIIrtitio "Xo doubt It would be agreat saving -of paper and pflntersilnk," Answered lWrtha. '.llut, after all, don't you think that the privilege of writing Uwks, expressing one's ideas, and following out one's faneies, is a tolerably harmless amusement, and in some cases a kludof safety-valve for (teople who become so full of thoughts and fancies that they need some kind of vent for the accumulated wIslom of tlielr varied exiterieuces?"- ; . '. ."I4I0 not know but you -arehrht,".said Earle, "But here we are at Willow Grange I This is my name for our place ;"but"you ha vecalletTltrt he Blrxl's-nest Which shall it beT' T "Can it not be both?" inquired Bertha. "I am sure a. bau s nest among the wiuow is' not un common. , lHowiirange is : the name. of. the whole ranch, and Bird's-nest the cottage home l-W4y notr And why not?" echoed Earle, as the convey? ance turned up and halted 1eforeTle neat picket fence that ran in front of the cabin. A large "wil low tree stood on the south side of the little house, with a pretty group of alder 'and 'eottouwood only a few yards back of It. The spring that came sirkling from the hill-aide made quite .a 'rill down one side of the-yani,. that wouUl keep its edges velvet green through all the dry days, of Summer. " - " i'IVi LlieJUlnlsercome .here ?akeI Ilertha. "One has Just arrived," laughingly replied Earle; "an imported nightingale or sky-lark,. I am not sure which." 'tYMtia MJitt44fthAkyrlairk ,,s)Miit me, T guess, or erhaps mocking-bird. But what kind d o you have here T ;. . -"Tlmesuhw-lark -are tle-sweetest singers. mTKHhrsaghenr the swtvtestejy4ther are very plenty. e have wrens, too, sometimes, ahd they are splendid company." . 1 x 1 ' When the new-comers entered the Jiouje, they found It scrubbed as clean as waterand soip could nake It The Urge front room had a Are-place at one side with a window on each side of 1L A comfortable-looking b4-stood In ,a back corner, covered with a clean white spread. A group of juniper boughs and berries was arranged over the mantle-piece, and a glass goblet held a cluster of delicate wild blossoms, mixed with sprays of green, that betrayed the presence of unmistakable good taste in arrangement. "There is a: little Wd-room'ofT the, kitchen," said Earle. "Did you see lt?!!::': . ""X o ; I never mU'trusted it," answeml Bertha. So she made a closer Inspection of her kingdom, a jid fund the additional room all neat and com fofjable. ; '---;r---T----r--;--r'----- ' . . "'!: "I venture to say there Is not a grander private house on Willow Creek," said Earle. ' That is not comparing it with ery many, Is it?" asked Bertha. u - j "About a dozen, are there not,vCleaveland T ' "Two new ones are being built since you left," replied Cleveland. "One by the German Zimmer man, about four milesabbve here, and the other by a man named Sanders, ten miles below. These will make the number over a dozen, I tiilnJCL By the way, Mrs. Russell, you had a caller the other day- Mrs," Zimnupman; eame down,- knTsaid she .. . . . . - . ' 1 A . t . nearti mere was 10. oe a orme. nere, had and thought perhajis you were already co "I did not expect any calls," said Berfha: "but they will not come amiss when we get our things arranged."1 7". ." . 'The supix'r table will need some of the new dishes,"1 said Earle; "so ae had better unpack them at once, and see hdw.many are broken' "Oh, I would just as lief eat on the tin ones," aald Bertha. "I am not too gooL" ... . Vlndeetl you--are," said Earle. ThLnk of a brih-tklngJ4r41rt tin dishes, especially when she has such a neat set, that only wants exhuming and a good ht plentyof ttlme-atMl-hotwaterf amlwVlteh'risten them, won't weM- - : . . ;Yes," said Cleaveland. "It would be-a pity not to begin In style, I am sure." . ' Tlie pure white china looked almost out of place In the little rough kitchen. But Earle, following Bert int'sii i reel tons, went to a trun k a nd tok-ou t a nice table-cloth, and -when the'dishes M-ere walel and arranged on it, and the new' forks and spoons, with their pretty suver nouier, were brought out, the. table Ugan to assume quite an air of elegance. ' . : - -:-' : ; ; " -"Shall I get out the castor?" asked Earle. . -"Just as you please," answered Bertha. J!!' You are. the chief of the kltchen.to-nlght." -.";'.' - Xot-at- aiU'l-aaid EarIe4,Charlie.lia4ihat honor,-- now- and henceforth, ; always : subject- to your commands. But I'll get the castor. .We might as well go the whole flgure."" "Yes," said Cleaveland. "I lelieA-e In good be ginnings, let the endings be what they may." "Vhat-do you mean about Mr. Cleveland I eing chief In the kitchen T said Btrtha,as he went but to get a bucket of wrfter. .. . -r ". ' ' "I mean that he Is to be chief cook," -replied -Earle.,- . - ' . ; : "Is he a illing to be ?" asked Bertha. "Of course. I would not rtmlre It of him If he were not," said Earle; Hetias cookexffor me for the last year, ami he likes it better than Wing out all the time. He has the "place of chief 'herder, and he oversees the other boys and helpe plan and manage things, ami then I have him for company wherever I go. You will see he understands his business." ' . . J.: J4Oh, I dKl not doubt his ability," said Bertha. But tt Is so good of you to think of haying him to help me." - t? : The uper was appreciate! by the tlml travels ers. Three sherheru boys came in after the rest were through, making, with the teamster,' six hungry men to be fed ; and Bertha thought what a task it would-have been had she been obliged to cook the supper for them and clear away and wash the dishes when .she was so tired. She had never been accustomed to cook! ng, ami had dreaded her hew task more than she had dared to acknowl edge even to herself. She left the kitchen, after eatlmr her well-cooked supper, with a sigh of re- TTe77a nd her husband MUfiW lifted from her heart.- ot that she was Indolent and desired ease or Inaction, for she was Industri ous ami energetic; but she mistrusted her ability learned to-tto, and rejoiced to think she could now have opportunity to learn by degrees as It would W required of her. ' . , .- s-'' , ; To be continued.) Those who think most require the most sleep. The time "saved'lfrom necessary sleep Is destruc tion to mind, body and estate. Give yourself,. cnikiren and servants the fullest amount of sleeo by compelling them to go to bed at some early nour, ani .rise in tne monung the moment they awake of themselves, and within a fortnight na ture will unloose the' bonds of sleep the moment enough repose has been secured. The Maufactvke of Slate-Pexcilh. The process of making slate-pencil "Is thus described by the American fllttjioner: . ' , ( Broken slate from the state quarries Is put in a.. -mortar run by steam and jounderiTito siua.ll par ticles. ' Thence it goes into the hoper of a mill,' which runs into a "bolting machine," where it la -"bpltel," the finer, almost lmialiable flour that results -being taken to a mixing-tub, where a small quantity of steatite flour, similarly manu factured, is added, .together with ether luuterials, the whole being made into a stiff dough, widen Is kneaded thoroughly by iassing It several times J U'tween 'iron rollers. Then it is conveywi to a table, where i. is made into "char)tes" that is. short cylinders, some four or five inches thick, and containing some eight or ten iounds each. Four of these are placed In a Mrong iron chamber, or "retort," with a chahgeabie nozzle so as to regur late the, size of the pencil, and subjectcnl to tre mendous hydraulic pressure, under which the' comMsltion is pushed through" the nozzle In a long cord, like a slender shake sliding out of a liole, and passes over a sloping table, slit at right angles with the cords to give passage to a Jcnlfe witihuttliiainlaJei)gthM'liey are- tlten laid : on boanls to dry, and after a few liovif iTa rete movel to sheets of corrugattHl zinc, the corruga tions serving to prvvent the"jeneils from war)ing during the process of baking to which they are next subjected In a kiln, fnto which superheated , steam is introduced in pipe, the temperature be; Ing regdlated according to therequlrelfteTJts if the article exMsed to its influence. From the kiln the articles go to the finishing and packing-room, where the ends are thrust for a secoirfl under re volving emery wheels and are drawn neatly and smoothly jointed ready for use. t Keer Stwaight Ahead. Pay no attention to shinders ami gossip-mongers. Kefp straight on in j'our course, and leLJjteir backbiting die the- v death of. neglect. What is tlie use of lying awake nights brooding over the remark of some false ' . friend, that runs, through your brain like light ning? What is thevuse-of getting-intoaworry- and-fret over-gossip-thatrtias bi-eii set afloat to your disadvantage by some meldlesome busybody who has more time.tnan character? Thee things cannot oosslblv iniure vou. unless, indeeil. von take notice of them, and in combatting them give them standing and character. If- what Is said alout you Is true, set yourself right ; it. it is false, let it go for what It' will fetch.' If a Itee sting you, would you go to the hive to destroy it ? Would Hot a thousand come upon you? it Is wisdom to say littlo respecting' the injuries you ' Iiave received, We are generally losers. In the end, if we stop to refule all the backbiting and " gossiping we may hear by the way. They are an- . noylng, it Is true, but not dangerous, so long as -we do not stop to expostulate and scold.. Our ewi,feeefT by our own actions and purposes, and not by, others. , liet us always bear in mind that "calum niators may usually be trusted to time and the slow but steady Justice of public opinion And, phi how much "evil designers fear jublle. opinion I. Old Letters. Never burn kindly-written let terf : it-ls-so pleasant to real them over, when the ? ink Isbrowir, thelajier is yellow--With-age, and the hands that traced t he friendly .words are folded . over. the hearts that prompted them, under the. green ssL- Above all never burn lovejetterSiTo h'ftttlhem in after yearrts-likea-resurreetion to a . a .t vaa a a a a .a one s youth. Ihe eloeriy spinster limn, in the imiwsiondxvr--she. folIshly rejectel iventy years ago, a fountain of rejuvenescence, ti lanc ing over it, she realizes that she wus once a belle and a In-auty, and beholds her former M-lf in a mirror much more congenial to Jier tastes than the one that confronts her In her dresslnpr-rfsmi.-Tlie "widow. Indeeil" tier! Ves a sweet and solemn consolation from;the-lmenrntllcl0"'l me who has Journeyed before her to the far-off land from Which, therecomesjio message and where ' she liope oneIay to Join, hi m-So: nhoh)graihs can so vividly recall to the memory of the motiier -the tenderness and devotion of her children who have left at the call of heaven as tlie epistolary 6utiouring9 of their love. . The letter from a true son oriIaughter to a true mother is something letter than an image of the. features a reflex of the writer's soul. . Keep all loving IHter; burn only.the harsh ones, and in burn ing forgive and forget them. . .' -' .It will be a surtrise to a Jarge numWr of "our American women to be told that the white wax, of which thev make such constant use when en gaged in thefr household sewing, ithenliseased secretion of a iKculiar.seeies of fly fotihd in the ' eastern portions of Central China. Most of our. ountr'-women, if they have given a thought' to the subject, have supposed, that this white wax was some reflned product of beeswax, an article that has about it tne conditions of cleanliness and healthfulness, which is more than cSn le said of exudations of Insects due to some bodily malady. These flies apparently become diseased "from feed ing on the leaves .of a peculiar kind of evergreen tree or shrub, of which they are exceedingly fond. The twigs of these trees hi certain seasons of the vear are thickly covered with flies, which, In' lime, - leave "upon them a thick . incrustation of white matter. - When this has increased tosuffl eient si zv-tlte branch Is cut off and Immersed in boiling water, which causes thew'ax toeome to the surface in the shapeof vlsciL;Sutstance. " which. Is skimmed off, cleanse!, ,and afterward allowed to cool in ans. The trade in this article is quite an extensive one, as If is estimated, that last vear the crop was- worth not less than $3,2o000." . , ' - . : Hoxesty Tested. There was a lad In Ireland. who was put-to work at a linen factory. While, he was at work there a piece of cloth was wanted bort.of tne lenaait ghLOhat Tnwnt uul whiUi wa shiirt nf ta, ought to have been, but the master thou JnlgbX-beiade-aJlttlftJonger-hy-jBtre lie thereupon unrolled the cloth, taking one rnd lpl< himself and the Isy the other. He then saMv --VrulL rAdatarrolt. 'rftrorritMl "Why not?" askel the master. "Because it Is wrong;" and he refuseI to pulUljion this the -master said he would not do for a linen manufac- turer. But that boy became the Bev. Dr. Adam" Clarke, and the strict principle of honesty of his youthful age laid the foundation of his future greatness.;-. - '. ' A noted cure for neuralgia Is hot vinegar vapor- lied. Heat a flat-iron sufllciently hot to vaporize the vinegar; cover this with some woolen mate rial Which Is moistened with vinegar, and the ap fkratus Is then applied at once to the painful spot, he application may be repeated until the pain disappears. 1 . i. . - '"-"" -W v- a-a 1 1 ii.iii (r.T.T1r , a........ ' ... 1. Hi in i 'n ' -i ', j ' m r'