THE WEST SHORE.
February,
4
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Twelve I'arfe Mnmhljr llliiMrated Piper, fmlli-Jied
Vuhii.aku, OHVf.oN, by
L. SAM If hi., i Wuhint-toa-kt.
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION,
(Including I 'ullage 10 any pan cif the United Stale,:)
One copy, one year, ijo
Single Nuntbm, ...... cenlt.
frmled by fllo. II. 11 tun, cm. From A WaJuntton u,
STAND FROM UNDER.
Il is our lime to grumble, am we Jo it
as follows:
Tllie United States Government under
take for a consideration which is undoubt
edly ample to forward our mails. Its sub
contractors, yclept ntail'Carrieni, receive a
certain amount for carrying the mails over
slated routes. Arc they fulfilling their
contracts? Have we no rights that these
people are hound to respect? The Sacra
mento mail of the 7th ol February arrived
here on die 23d in a coudition proving
very plainly what the drivers of the stage
routes between Redding and Koscburg had
used the mail-bags for, namely, to fill up
"chuck holes," Not more than one-half
the papers were readable, the majority of
litem being delivered here in an unrecog
nisable pulp, iluwever, this route has
been spoken of in no very complimcntary
lerms by a number of our Oregon najicrs,
with no prospect of relief.
Another model mail carrier has the
people of l'uget Sound "under his thumb,"
namely, Captain Starr. This gentleman
receives a very large sum for carrying
a Iri-wcekly mail on the Sound. It is,
liowcvcr, a mystery to us what ossiblc ob
ject lie can have in carrying the mail up
and down the Sound several times before
delivering it. From personal oliscrvalion
nude (luring a late trip in that part of the
country o arc convinced that the mails
are not carried as they should lie. For
instance: a friend at Seattle received a
HuLigeof newspapers from Portland which
had been three months and five days on
the road, one from Oh n.pia, distance 71
miles, fourteen days on the road, and oth
ers In fully as quick (() time. The fact is,
this " King of the Sound'1 lus no regular
days for running his steamer. Although
announced to go up the Sound on Tues
days anj Fridays, he is as likely to come
along any other day without previous an
nouncement. Isn't it aiwut time some
thing was done to make these men come
to lime? If Captain Starr doesn't possess
ability enough to nut a little boat on lime
en Iho placid waters of l'uget Sound, he
should be compelled to give up the mail
contract. And right here it may lie as
well to remark that we arc inclined to
think the g.tllaul Captain is hardly the
ighl man in the right place. In the down
trip on Thursday, February loth, the pilot
tiald back at Olympia and Captain S. un
dertook lo run the North Pacific. All
wenl well until ust Tacoma. Here from
some cause the Captain liecame a little
frightened and had to run back lo Tacoma,
hcre the c.iitain of the steamer Alida was
liunled up ami taken aloard, who finally
lirnught the North Pacific through all 0. K.
Another trouble ii that most mail car
licit look upon Uier mail as of no special
value. They should be made to under
stand that new5iapcni are often more val
uable than letters; and we for one would
be willing rather to hoc many of our letters
than a single copy of some of our favorite
journals.
0:iu station on the N. P. K. K. is look
ing uv Mr. Win. linihcy, formerly ot
limphrey's landing, lus o;iicd a general
merchandise store at tin. place, and reports
trade liiisk. Mr. l'uiuphrey u also a
.farmer on an extensive scale, hn (arm ad
joining the station
"Mother," said a little girl who was en
gaged In making her doll snap, "
hev 1 will be duchess when I grow up."
'How do you evcreipcii to become a
rfluchen, my daughter?" her mother asked.
"Why, br marrying a Dutchman, to be
tiro," replied the girl.
BIOGRAPHICAL
College; but he afterward resigned this
position and accepted a call to the pastorate
of the First Christian Church in Salem,
where he was also elected to the Chair
of Phvsiototrv and Microscopy in the
Medical Department of Willamette Univer
sity, in which institution he had previously
graduated. Here for the most part, he
has ever since lived and labored. He
sjent seven months, however, in 1873
Prof. L. L Rowland, A. M., SI. D., is
Sujieriniendelit of Public Instruction of
Oregon. He was born in Tcnn., Sept.
17th, 1831; but he emigratedto Oregon in
1844, spending his youthful days, in Yam
hill county, and availing himself of such
meager educational advantages as the ordi
nary country-school of that early day of
our infant territory afforded the pioneer's visiting school? and colleges in many of
son. But he enjoyed in the winter o1 the Atlantic Stales. Having been appoint-
1850, on North Yamhill, aten-weeks course ed by the National Association of I,
under the tuition of church to supervise
Dr. W. I.. Adams, their missionary work
which proved of in- v among the Indians
estimable value both in Oregon, he spent,
in rendering him with a view to this,
thorough in the first fifSi3i several months
principles of science t!'lvX 1874 at the Malheur
and in awakening a Hi' f '"J"" Agency; ac-
thirst for deeper learn- ft I jJSJfSf cepting the appoint
ing. Having fitted k-- jp'sj ment and performing
himself for college, ' W ''j'fVA the duties, in the mean
and having, by dint 1 . n . gfs-,- time, of Resident
of hard work and ' Vf , ''W.' fi' I Pliysician. While thus
rigid economy, ac- ''iWSN. occupied, he was
cumulated a sufficien- V3r'fiJ ' ' elcc'lC(1' June Ist'
cy to defray the ex- iff "Vl ' 1874, to the above
lenses of a collegiate A ll I I ff mentioned office dur-
course, he left La- II I I J ing the terra of four
fayette, Feb. 8th, V f years.
1853, aboard the first 4L 14 In discharging his
little steamer of the official duties, Dr.
upicr Willamclte, on ,D?; "W!LN'D:, Rowland seems to be
his way, via Panama, ' giving general satis-
to Bethany College, W. Va., where he faction. He has proven himself energetic
graduated in 1856, receiving the classical and efficient, and which is very important
degree of A. I)., and subsequently that of ' and to which he is largely indebted for his
A. m. lie also graduated in IheT heolo"- success, eninvs die hem-tip.;! ro-onoraiinn
ical Department of the college. After
traveling extensively over the .Middle and
Southern Slates, he taught for two years a
select school in Alalama. Nov. 181I1.
1858, be was married lo Sliss F.mnia
Sanders, of Slarian, Ala., and to them
have been born live children, only one of
of the press and of all friends of education
throughout the State.
The West Shore, published in Portland
by Sir, I,. Samuel, comes to us as a wel
come visitor. It is well and ably conduct
ed, and has among its contributors some of
whom, liowcvcr, is hung. Returning j the ablest writers in Oregon. It is well
home in 1859, he was chosen Principal of i illustrated with scencrv, some of which is
llcthel Collegiate Institute. In iSno he taken bv the artist from our own section of
was elected school Superintendent for Polk
county, and organucd, it is slid,' the first
educational association in the state. His
health failing, he resigned both his supcrin
tendency and his Rsition in his school,
and retired 10 his farm near Independence.
With the hope of regaining his health, he
removed, in 1863, to Kastern Oregon,
where he embarked in farming and stock
raising near Dalles City, and where he
still owns an extensive stock-ranch. In
1 866 he was chosen President of Christian
country. Those who wish a good periodi
cal, and to, at the same time encourage
something near home, had better send on
their money and names, and receive the
Wkst Siiuke in return. Price, $1,50 per
annum. Walla IValla I'mon.
"Oh, I am so glad you like birds! what
kind do you most admire ?" said a wife to
her husband. "Ahem! Well, I think a
good turkey, with plenty of seasoning,"
said the husband, "is as nice as any."
RAMBLING NOTES ON OLDEN
TIMES.
BY W. L. AUAMS, M. D., A. M., LL.D.
nr. r.vfL 1'iiriu 11. walla wall..
To gaze into the future and descry in
the distance the dim outlines even of com
ing events is a desire that is common to
humanity. What would we all give to
look at a picture that would tell us just
how people will dress, act and live, what
kind of tenements they will occupy, their
facilities for travel, their creeds, moral,
social and political, a thousand years
hence ? And wouldn't we give nearly all
the cold we have, to stand on one of the
rings of Saturn and take in at a glance the
speck ot universe known as Uie "solar
system;" sec all its atoms as we can now
see one under a seven hundred diameter
microscone. and bo surrounded for a
month by all the spiritualities that were
ever embodied trom the dust ot all the
worlds in view, just as they will appear,
radiant with intelligence gathered by half
an eternity of investigation ?
But " Heaven from all creatures wisely
hides the book of fate" draws a veil over
the evolvinir acres to come, and snrpada
also a pall of darkness over, what through
science we can only conjecture was, long
before, and for aires after Fauna and Flora
announced that the world was ready for
the advent of man. What u-niild u- imva
to know just how the antediluvians lived
and acted; to know what great moral ques
tions agitated the public mind: iust how
elevated were their most exalted charac
ters; to walk into the house of Noah, for
instance, just as the family was sealing
itseti to dme on a stewed kid, served up on
chins, and have a familiar talk with the old
gentleman on chemistry, geology, geogra
phy, and the theology of that age, and
compare the probable rainfall of his coun
try with that of Astoria? How delighted
we would be to be able to see Ad :1m am!
I his consort, pure, unconsciously nude nd
ocauiuui, suDsisting on trails and flowers,
and then follow their descendants down
the stream of time till by eating meat,
changing climate, and adontintr new rne-
toms, up sprung the Negro, the Mongolian,
ana Indian all no doubt destined by
obeying the "laws of life." as thev should
have done at first, to take on the same
sandy complexion that it is said their an
cestors had. But all history, sacred and
profane, throws but a glimmering light
over past generations, even those who lived
but a few hundred years ago. What those
ages wanteu were writers, painters and
printers. , Heroes in war they had, tall,
ferocious and bloody; and giants in intel
lect, too, as is shown by the Iliad, preserved
for centuries in the memories of versifiers.
nut tney had no newspaper writers to sketch
men and women as thev moved in
to daguerreotype passing events, great and
small; no photographers to preserve the
likenesses of the handiworks of the age
"e 8real men ol past ages, like Cicero,
"cmosmenes and Homer, onlv live in
.speeches and song.
hat a pity we hadn't a regular file of
newspapers preserved as we preserve them
now, giving all the debates in the Roman
Senate, the discussions 111 fhr VrloelnMlA.)
councils, the intrigues of courts, the condi-
' Puu"c "'orals, in the days of Theo
dora; the prices of provisions and clothing
ihe wages of mechanics, and what Cincin
naus paid his hired man to plow, and how
, much he plowed a day while hi, employer
- -.. .0 uie war; how much wheal
Ihey got to the acre. h -i ,l
' VHCT USCtl,
and whether they "vitrioled" it to kill the
smut; the wages of harvea h,,i.
presses and cooks; wha, egg, were worth
7, "u ,ur"' cost about Christmas,
now interest itwnnl.l k .1
-r 1 . guuee over
w eduonal, describing j detail every
set-to b the eladiatori,! .L .1
f mic names
I of all the killed, and what "uainer" wa,
" "esuui m thickening the blood of
those who were the Wm i. au
10 glance over it, column, of contribuUon,