THE WEST SHORE.
August.
A HEPBIMAND.
Behold my soul I Sin sits so far cbore you,
Your wildest dream may nerer sow to high ;
Yt in the old time when you nid " I lore you,"
How fairly we were mated, eye to eye.
How long we dallied on ia flowery meadows,
lly languid lakes of purely sensuous dreams,
Hteeped in enchanted mists, beguiled by shadows,
Oaatiug iweet flowers upon loitering streams,
Hy memory owns, and youra mine with deep
shame
Yyan with a sigh that life is not the same.
What partM n. to tare you In the valley,
And tend nis struggling to the mountain top T
Too weak for duty, even love failed .to rally
The manhood that should float your pinions up.
On my spent feet are many half-healed braises,
Hy limbs are wasted with their heavy toil,
Hut I have learned "adversity's sweet uses,"
And brought my soul up pure through every soil :
llavt t no right to scorn the man's dead power t
That leaves you far below mo at this hour,
Hwra you I do, whilo pitying even more
The ignoble weakness of a strength debased.
Do 1 yet mourn the faith that died of yore
The trust by timorous treachery effaced F
Through all, and over all, my soul mounts free,
To heights of peace you cannot hope to gain ;
Kings to the stars her mountain minstrelsy,
And smiles down proudly on your murky plain :
Tis vain to Invite you yet come up, oome up,
Conquer your way towards the mountain top I
F. P. Victoi.
"IIAKVKHT HOME."
HY H. A. TAJf STCXI.R.
The beautiful summer sunlight,
Is fading from earth away,
And heaven's blue vault above ua
Will soon be sombre and gray;
The grasses green on the hillside,
Are turning to tawny gold,
And deep in the leafy forest
The shadows are growing cold.
Down whore the brooklut murmurs,
Flowing so peacefully on,
The last of the summer's songsters
Are singing the faruwell song,
And out from Its leafy oove
On the parent stem alone,
lllushiug so sweetly modest
Summer's Itut ruse has blown.
Over the waving com (Ibid
Hurtling Its leaves of gold,
The floating iwphyrs softly
Hippie each silky fold.
And the song of the happy ruitie
Is borne on a lively tune
As he gathers his plentiful harvest
Hy the light of the "harvest moon."
Awsy on the mountain summit
Where the " hiapering pine" trees grow,
The gathtring clouds are building
'Air castles" of drifting snow.
And far in the western henvriis
They are floating softly by
Tinged with the gorgeous notor
That glow in the sunnetaky.
IViwn by the sandy seashore
And hiiih o'er the rocky steep,
The brvetes are geutly sighing
As the summer is waftud to sleep.
And swiftly our youth is fleeting
With each passing summer's day,
Like clouds on the far off heavens
Kurever are flout I tin awny,
And the ann!s above are weeping
As out with the summer's breath,
The children of men are drifting
On the dark cold river of death;
For the summer of hope will perih,
And the harvest of joy be o'er,
And nothing for winter be gathered
From out of (Ud's bountiful store.
A reeent Sim Francisco corn,
immli'iit of the OfrfoitidNi states that
owint; to rviulinjj a series of articles on
t-hip-huildiiiK n....ihe.l in the West
SmiHK, Maine hiphuillcr is now
on lii way to thi State to further c
amine into the Mihject. We cuulri cite
huntlmU of cusea, where people
.llmwU have U-en imluoeil hy rending
our tiuthful article u the rei-oiireo of
the Tacitic Northwest, to visit our
country ami in many case have lie
come permanent witter. The Wkst
Slum is the only paper especially tie
uteil to the resource of th !...;...
northwest. Kvcry resilient houlu
mereiorc, strive to increase our circula
tion ami ucfuliteit.
Our last city directory contain an
rtmusjnj; blunder: "One of our promi
nent dentist's Kilt"; put down a a
dealer in moltUM; it may U however
owing to the fact that he produce.
Hor'hum (sore gum).
WANTED A SITUATION.
V
TI1K EXPERIENCE OF AN ENERGETIC
FEMALE IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING
TO DO.
In these days of prosaic reality one
would hardly expect to 6nd much mat
ter for amusement, or serious thought,
in the advertising columns of the daily
papers, although there arc numberless
bright eyes that turn to the "Pergon
als," immediately aAer the " Marriages
and Deaths M have been duly honored
by their notice. Those same bright
eyes very often ignore the list headed
" iVunts," yet that column frequently
contains curiosities in the way of liter
ary matter worthy of more than a pass
ing thought.
I have preserved many of these ad
vertisements, clipped chiefly from the
" Want " columns, as I would occasion
ally find one draped in slightly different
garb from its companions or predecess
ors; and in several instances I have
sought the writers and learned some
thing of them and of their success -in
the advertising venture. Here is one
of the first:
u A widow of refinement deeiraa a position as
companion to a lady or invalid; Is an excellent
nurse, reader or tnmio teacher; is invaluable in
ethknoss, and gifted in entertaining children ; will
instruct in language., vocal or instrumental music ;
will go anr distance. A good home more an ob
ject than salarr. Address A - B
This notice appeared for some tithe,
and I ut last asked for and obtained an
interview with the lady. She had re
ceived several answers, and gave me
an account of some of her experiences.
Almost the first lady she saw was one
who desired to obtain a governess for
her children ; she seemed much pleased
with the applicant, but after talking a
long time, acknowledged at last that
she was expecting a visit from an un
married brother, whom she had not
seen for a long time. She thought it
would hardly do to have so attractive
lady beneath her roof, at the same time
of his sojourn there. " lie might, you
know," added the lady, with the most
engaging frankness, " he might fall in
love with you, and that would be very
unpleasant indeed." " Yes, madam,"
iinswercd his impecunious heroine, u if
four brother is at all like you in charac
ter, it certainly would lie very unpleasant
and most mortifying to me! Good
irning, madam," ami she was off.
Now there was a want of w hat the
New Engenders call " faculty." A
II might have suggested to madam
the propriety of wearing goggles, and
covering her beautiful hair with a can.
and going without collars or culls, in a
generally slipshod and untidy manner,
until after the brother's arrival, and the
successful allaying of madam', jealous
fears. Then, watching her opportunity,
she could have shown herself in all the
glory of luxuriant hair, and beautiful
clear eyes, and a dainty toilet, and in
the role of a distressed beauty would
have taken the surprised brother's in
flammable heart by storm, and the cur
tain would have fallen upon the happy
denoumcnt! Hut, as I .aid before, she
hail no "faculty-."
Another desired to know if she could
cut and make dresses and boys' clothes.
as well as teach the children! "And I
suppose, my dear, you understand dres
sing hair, of course; for that ts quite
necessary, as I go out great deal. 1
am quite willing to give you twenty
dollar, a month; you know, you'll be
just like one of the family, and can
sleep in the umc room with Laura and
Minnie poor little Minnie isn't strong,
you cc, ami must have tome grown
person with her." Thi. woman evl
deiitly thought her oiler liberal.
Another lady Inquired suspiciously
"Have you never met my husband,
now, really " And after series of re-
I ' insult from ladies of position
and respectability, poor A B
u,no nonrlv driven wild, and at last ac
cepted a position in a popular candy
store, where no woman nas autnoniy
over her, and where her knowledge of
languages, the proprietor hopes, may
be turned to account. And A B
had, in happier days, been the mistress
of an elegantly appointed house, and
the idolized wife of an indulgent hus
band. Misfortunes had tallen upon
them, and the husband, unable to bear
their pressure, had committed suicide;
while the wife the "weaker vessel"
lived on to sell candy to dirty-faced ur
rhins! T could write a volume of the
trials mid rebuffs that delicately nur
tured women have met wim it tne
hands of their sisters. R.
" WHITE SQUAWS."
Here is a "A Little Hoy's" compo
sition :
A squaw is an Ingin woman. She
is generally the wife of a big Ingin
man. She does all the hard work.
She raises cum, beans, potatoes, whisky,
babies and other vegetables for her
Ingin. She carries wood, makes the
fire, cooks the victuals and blacks his
boots, while the big Ingin sits in the
parlor and reads his papers, or loafs at
a grocery and talks "hoss"to other
loafers. When he comes home late at
night, drunk, he whips his squaw be
cause supper is not ready. A squaw
works like a horse and gets a lickin'J
for her pains. But I suppose she likes
it; else why docs she put up with it?
But I know a good many squaws
among white people. They do all the
work at home, take in washing or sew
ing, and support the family, including
the big Ingin, while he is very busy
drinking or gambling or fishing. The
white squaw generally has s house full
of young ones. And they soon learn
to freat her as their father treats her.
She drudges in the kitchen, while her
daughters gad about the streets, or sit
at the window and look at the people.
But the white squaw does not want
them to work. She wants them to
he ladies. They don't go to school
they don't work. They have no
money, but they wn.i. dress well; and
after while thev turn out something
Ise than ladies.
I know a white squaw whose hus
band is a gentleman. I Ie says he never
did work, and never will work. lb
has no money, but he walks about the
street with cane and gloves. He says
he can't get into business. By that he
means getting somebody to lend him
the money to live on. Now and then
he borrows five dollars of somebody
who don't know him. His wife takes
in washing and docs all the work. She
even saws the wood. She has two
sons who arc young men, but they let
ner saw the wood. She says that
Johnny is studying so hard at his pro-
tession that he has no time to help her.
But I think his only study is base ball.
And .he says Willy is weakly and
never could stand work; it makes him
wilt right down. I would let him wilt.
Johnny come, home and swears at her
because dinner i. not ready. But she
mvs he is in such a hurry to get back
to nis studies.
These arc my reasons for saying
there arc white squaws as well as red
one.
Mr. Printer, you need not be afraid
to print this, because no big Ingin will
take it to himself, and other people will
find a great many Ingin. that it will fit.
Humility u the tint 1. i
from reflection, and self-distrust, the
first proof we give of having obtained
a knowledge of ourselves.
1...-1I: e 1Z
,i,MKvnn rrom ivosan announce,
that the Cierm.n Expluring Expedition
to cstcrn Siberia has arrived there.
SNU11BERY AND HERALDRY.
A dashing and gorgeous carriage'
made its appearance on First street, a
few afternoons since, clothed in heraldry,
having on its panels a crest, consisting
of a crescent shield with leopards ram
pant, quartered with gilded bars. This
is a palpable usurpation; for, except the
lunates felt us of the Amazon war
riors, we know of no other people who
adopt them; and do not imagine that
any of our Portland magnates can
trace their lineage from such a source,
especially as the Amazons did not coun
tenance wedlock. If a coat of arms be
really necessary, it should be emblem
atical of the virtues or business of the
adopter. There is! eminent expressive
ness and utility in Captain Turnbull's
crest, the retired whaleman, who drew
upon his carriage door a spouting
whale, with the motto, "Blubber fore-'
ever" From the same consideration
we might suggest the appropriate em
blem for the escutcheon of any who arc
inclined to adopt feudal apenduges, , If ,
an itinerant dealer in bivalves, for in
stance, falls heir to a million, unci sports
his own establishment, let him adorn
his panels with a tin bucket quartered
with Puget Sound clams, with the
motto, Clam el Paam fn The shoe
maker, too, when he relinguishes his
ihop and retires with a plethoric pocket-
book, might mount a sable displayed
lapstone, with pegging awls rampant.
The successful speculator in salmon,
when he abandons the fish-stall, should
eschew shields and similar trumpery
also, and instead thereof hang upon his
panels a mackerel passant upon a grid
iron argent, with a motto in real old
Knickerbocker Dutch. And for a re
tired tobacconist we suggest a plug of
tobacco encircled by spittoons, in azure,
upon a bridle-gilt field, with device
if English be too plebeian, from the
German ' Plug muss ich Maienl"
Of course we charge nothing for the
suggestion.
Absence Proper for Husbands,
A lady of our acquaintance gives it
as her sine qua non of domestic felicity
that the men of the family should be
absent at least six hours in the day.
And truly a mistress of a familv, how-
ev cr strong the affection for the male
members ot it, cannot but acknowledge
this as a great boon. A house where
'papa' or 'the boys' are always about,
pupping in itiui oui ui ail nours, everlast
ingly wanting something, or finding
fault with something else, is a consid
erable trial to feminine patience. And
I beg to ask my sex generally in con
fidence of course if it is not the great
est comfort possible when, the mascu
line part of the family being cleared
out for the day, the house settles down
to regular work and quietness until
evening? Also, it is good for them as
well as for us to have all the inevitable
petty domestic bothers got over in their
absence; to effect which ought to be
one of the principal aims of the mis
tress of a family, Let them, if possi
ble, return to a quiet, smiling home,
with all its small annoyances brushed
away, like the dust and cinders from the
grate, which, en passant, is one of the
fisrt requisites to make a fireside look
comfortable. It might be as well, too,
if the master could contrive to leave the
worldly mud of the dav at the scraper
outside his door.
If your seat is too hard to sit on
st.tbd up. I f a rock rises up before vou,
roll it away, or climb over it. ljro
wish for confidence, prove yourself
worthy of it. It take, longer to .kin
an elephant than a mouse, but the .kin
is worth something. Don't be content
with doing what another has done
surpass it. Deserve success, and it will
come. The boy was not bairn a man.
The tun don't rise like a rocket, or go
down like a bullet fired from a gun;
slowly but surely it make, its round,
and never tires. It i. as easy to be a
leader as the wheel hone. If the job
be long the pay will be greater; if the
task i. hanl, tfie more competent you
must lie to do it.
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