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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1877)
July. THE WEST SHORE THe West SHoV, A Sixteen Psgs Monthly Illustrated rapsT, imWished a IWtund, Orbuom, by L SAM r EL, 6 Washington St. rjuurs o subscription, (Including Postage to any an of the tinted States): One copy, one year gi M Single Number Besot Postage to foreign countries, 25 vents wHHftml s"3" Subscription must be paid in advance, ami all wwn will Mtiidy be stopped at the end of the lime Uiey are jviul fur. Remittance can be nmdi- bv registered letter, or h srder DC any of UwFMUwd bwiaw DOOMS. 201 THE OLD AND THE NEW. The world stood still fur a thou wild vcan And crept for a thousand mors. This wonderful world with winjrj for earn, Like the Messenger irisi uf yore And WilMd feet ami winded wand, And a Mng on its either l I. And more than Mercury wore. It bridles and rides furnace' fnal With Bm and baaUMr for ire, tireat clouds of wliiie from their 'nostrils roll, And it feeds its hutlBI lire ! Tliey are MhM Muck, the ciiirines swift, lVneath their heels the distances drift Like Htiowft from the Arctic Iule ! They rattle across meridian lines And down the parallels plsjr, They marry toother the i win is and pine-, A thousand miles in a day ! Tlie world ha trained u wonderful wire, A nerve of a unite for iirticuLitc lire, And taught the lihlninus to aav: "Hear .Mary, la; mine !" "Carload of wlne' "Out ton of cheese" "Maria dead" "Joy ! It's a boy !" -"I'm oomlug tu dine" "Send soap" -she's married to Fred." The humblest of words like angels fly A lliousand miles in the flash M an eye, XOU hear before they are said '. Wha- happened at ten jroq know at nine, Ami von away in the West, They distance along the lightning, line The sun in his gulden (est They talk to-day m UUdfoU tune, The telegraph turns tin- telephone And parted kmn are blest ! Think Of a W in a lonely hour, No beau in a forte miles, She -it - by the tube .if talking power. She thinks a minute rtnd smiles. "I'll call my John," you huicy her to sav, "He 'ices but a hundred miles wav, ' And bsjtfsfa Hie weary whiles." ' Heboid them at the ends of the line, Thin .lotm :iliil his bine!; eved boon His head mid hers totbl wire incline And she siturs him "ILmiiv Dooo." He ilghi for the only thing ainUs, He has a HJloj but ilicii he can't kiss ! He miirht us well be in the Moon I For emptier limn an Kilt wind's laogb. Is a luier's klai by telegraph ! Tlie old rid rocked the bane-t- to sleep And cradled tiie drown wheat. The scylhes tli.it went uith I rasping sweeh As they QKrWd their narrow street, And the new- n knife thev uit to reap Sickle and cnidtc and M-vihe'and all Are hi.) in the fafltVa nflMM hall With cradle for twin, when they dared Npiel Hid with the bonnet of Legliom flare And the ilist.iff's head of tow, Tlie old fct-Movc and the nub-wrought chair. And liell-en.wned lialsot the ancient Wear, The wanning ,,m and the little ahecl. The dusty gho-l of a el h k-ti.L reel And the trundle lied M low. It hid by day 'm-aib the (.tmiUi lied, A ebiekeii under a hen ! I Luc the wrecks .if the day long dead. The times of the hnmt men; 1 hue to think of the hearthstone fire 'I bat OfUMd ils lie.rt like a large desire. And rOOn at tal Ic for tell. The swift world reaw with a Hreleas thing And inos uiib a hundred i , Of the golden i ear ii -.-it iiti.Ht king Ami tlie strength of a hundred IK en ! As ml a Hag iiirluuidi puss, tures uf wrath f I lo ir path, hey pitied Torrents of grain and Umpe-tsof ehatT ! The thresher conies in h. might. Cm u lichen tin.. iraw ith u grate of laugh. Cloud, like the thick of a tUihi A thorn-and nmi power, it t-k.- it rank With pre sth.it smite the w..rld in tUnk, h ith tjjn -sIi.hI thought in splendid lino That in. nil ahrc.i-t to music dltlue For day that iicut MOMi night ! A century after Christ was ls.ni. The bmjta r,m kOiM the wind, And women RtMHtd creation' com jell Kii.dvcarsM.ub.Vlfi.rai.iill i. er i.tn..i a mime ..r rol!ltd a rill. Till lordly unit b.ul all diiiei Thi. mifd dwlarr.! f..r a cvcle or two The la-t ! Hum. were the idd, DM js Hi k-mMlfailiers Mod to do - AboM aa Adam waa told I And ihoiurht those Mwtng machiiiea the U-t. I Ami i would were I to U- prewtsl.) In ntarind hose and iulie. dreusnl Ami heart far ruber than irold. So husbands wore out a couple ( Uvea That atildied their hruds a thev wnmlhl Ordered a stub for each of their m'tt And IW i willow to wrep they I - i J.i . And witudcml what ilia "(aMvklemv" meant, That seainstrcwM- uwl grvm tmn im1 went And Kt their comfort at lioii)jlit. ITiey threshed a few oat with a flail To elul. kticI out of their h.rt, I'm., . I dol thewct p to ..-I at the pail. it hoop a!) reaily to Uart, Turcisl at a tii for the sake of a pound. ii.. ! f.ir a well on lop of the irnHiial, Ami kked the bani with a niL Ah, had they marrinl a "Sinifcr" "ILme," "Uetninutou." "t.n.vcr and llaker." "Wilwon." ',WiKler," I - " they now, Mmuld Die ercaturr n4 anit them to aew, Mbjht bnj dfaffl from the maker An attaehment without mi bcrt, That if bndte culd h mendnl hy art, That .i i aiiiK u the needle' go-cm. Hum. e i t hum ! "There' oc iilaee like hum. Nu widower orrowful Ihmw! Ah, bail Ihcj married a arwinir marUne Aim! iteu aur w.anati the itoubt, Not a man of them all would have lu Two irnvca and two ntotiumrtita out ' flMj pl .w tia) with a w.'idrn enuk H here Orient tnmirea rule. The drive a team with a Jrrwy ), A nxither iii-Uw and a mule ' They aickle the irrain alxait their kneea. They tan the cfawff with a .Nialhern brweat Where they shingle shU with old DM straw And it rains the xhowera, We went a plow, according to law Curved like the statutes of , r "Here U a god," the savages Mid, They set it on end and twinted it red, " And enitvncd it with pirlandwl flow.rs. -JMutadN f. Tkytm TAKE TIME TO BE HAPPY, A lady writts fr the Horn Journal some IHiiiited tnttlis on the oWervanee of which we Iwlieve many nmy Bttd happiness. She says: It b the failing of many of the l.usy " Marthas" of the day that they do not take time eiuiuuh t make themselves happy, '"the hurry ami I niBti of every-day .luties, thev are lalwrious ami pains-takni; for everytjocly'sticuetit exeept their own. Now this is a great error, ami works a : L'reat mischief. They wear out Uh soon. Thev I break down physically ami mentally, and life ' beeomes a hundle of intinnitiea, when it ought i to be only in its noon-day prime. Now happiness can be made to tnrn on vr-rv Uttln biagM, Itie world is full of small pleasures which skillful cleaners can pick up if they'll but keep their eyes ojwti to observe I them. Of course our tastes vary, and what is pleasing to one might bo a matter of utter in- ! dillm-nce to another. You might care nothing ; for this tiny spray of "spring beauties" which j lie on the pajier as I write, but to me thev are ; like an open page in the pleasant book of my chihlhood's history. 1 will take a moment's; time ! to rejoice in them, to look at the delicate tracing (H pink on their p. ail-white jietals, and to re-1 WHAT'S IN THE RAG BAG, The "tinds" in the rag btg and the rubbish heap are sometimes not a little curious. A mis tress allows lletty, the maid, to keep a rag lag, and iK-eiuaotially Batty yields to the temptation of puttiug into that hag article? which are cer tainly not rags. But apart .tout anv suspicion of dishonesty, valuables find themselves iu very odd places, tlinnigh inadvertency or forgvtful nes. We need not say much about such small creatures as insects, spiders or lizards, that are found by the paper makers in bundles of es parto; they are unwelcome intrusions rather than finds. A iiateut look was once found among the contents of a family rag liag: and as it was worth live shillings, the buyer was well content An old Uttln traycr-look, bought as waste paper, had a bundle of nails, curiously linked together, packed inside it Half-sovereigns and other coins are found in cast-off pock eta, iu the heels of old stockings, and inside the linings of dresses. An old coat, purchased by a Loodon dealer, revealed the fact a joy ful fact to the buyer that tlie UtU.ua couaui ed of sovereigns covered with cloth. Throe pOOndi sterling, in Genua, paper money, found HMurway him a DanattOI Utnnw rags that reached a paper maker. The London rag-bri-gadu Itoys once found a bank chtvkdxaik, and on another occasion six pairs of new stockings, iu waste paper and rags which they had Imught; these unexpected articles were, to the honor of the brigade, nt 0000 returned. A rare liud onc occurred in the Houndsditch region. A dealer of the gentle sex, we are told gave sevetipence and a pint of lieer for n pair of old EKDXPENDKNCS HALL. Independence hall is preserved with jealous care, so that eomiug generations may share with us the inspiration of entering its portals and re calling the ohl scene. Interest centers on the boibuag and it contents, and iu conneetion with the engraving we give the following de scription from the pen of a recent visitor: The cast hall has a goodly namber of historic relics, most worthy of note among which is the famous old Uberiy Ml, which rang out melodic for the sons and daughters of the new laud a hun dred yean ago, but now ihowt the lingers of time in a huge lissure. Here is the ohl front dour belonging to the Ohm mansion, which was battered and splintered at the siege of German town. Uresses of "ye olden time" are abun dant, showing that loving descendants of the men and women of those days have guarded them carefully. A piece of one of "Lady Washington's" dresses is a llowered camhrie QOite like the gay chintz so much in vogue for lOOnge OOVeringl now. Here are porrrnit id all tlie signers ol the Declaration, otlicers of the Continental army ami members of the timt Con gress, The lieorgea are there, too. Is it pre j udue, or do their faces look out from the can vas crafty, sensual and acllish ,1am and chairs ami labial used bv Gen. Washington, havo a nana aooat taem iiumtne Wuugnt tnai they have been part and paroel of his plain househohl a toongnt wiueli reilivtns the honicln.ess. heir excessive And ntheu The ukIj en. yet etUe! the earth Ai I. ..1 l.'ii IMkdifc at arhiMil. We find at MM what letch in i- wurth a iU: i.iAJa u lesni t.u! a foU. INDEPENDENCE HALL. PHILADELPHIA call the old dellgbt I need to feel in every vein when the April woods were all OBfMCM with their blossoms. I slmll w the happier all day for this small boQquot my little girl baibroogbt me. And I In-lieve, too, that ople are U'tter for lieing happier. It is ho hard for unhappy people to lie good or to make others good with whom they associate. The worry gets into the voice and the won In, and thev sound snappish and rasping, and we all know how that ailecta us. Did yon never sa by a house and hear a mother scolding her child ? Did it make you any happier or lietter? What do you supiKHw. the effect was tioti the child's nature! Another mistake, is to keep the liest rooms shut up in gloomy atate for chance guests, while you conclude that any room is good enough for your every day use, provided it in tolerably "handy." Don't do it Kobody deserves thu l;ir. . airy front chandler so much as you no body needs it so much. Make it as cheery ami inviting as you can. Make it oool and shady, and sweet with How era all the summer tune, and warm with a nice stove in the winter. We, all of us need seclusion at times. It makes us lietter and happier to rest alone for a little breathing space, wheu one can take up a liook or pa.cr inaylie, and hav no curious eye glanc ing in ujmjii us. We can many of us "plan work'' twice as well when "all by ourselves." Havo your one room, the batl you can afford, and a iileaiant a you can make it I t it le your kingdom, where you rule supreme, and take up your apple t pare there, if yon like it letter than tlie hot kitchen, and ask nobody's leave ither. Take time to be happy and to make yourself cutnurtahle. breeches; while tin bargain was Is'ing ratified at a public house, the buyer began to rip tip the garment when out rolled eleven golden guineas wrapped up in a thirty- I bank note, VVe rather think that in strictness of the law the guineas of this treasure trove lielongcd to the crown; but fUOft likely the elated buyer and the i titled seller made merry over tin- srindfalL Many people, in the days when hanking was little understood, had a habit of concealing their spare money about their icrsoiis; thus, an old waist-coat, bought for a trifle, was found lined with bank notes. But of all the limls, wlfttt shall we think of a liahy? A aior man ufacturer assures us that in a bag of rags brought from Lagtsom, and opened at an Bdln burgh paN-r-inill, a tiny baby was found, press ed almost flat i'hnmifr' Juttrnnl, A MoTrUa'l PlOHT huh as Eaulr. IU ceiitly a child was atUcked on Onissu Tetu by a large eagle, L'pnn hearing the screams of the child its mother ran into the yard, and when she discovered the eagle endeavoring Ui carry Off her child she made a desperate attack upon the intruder. During tlie light between thu eagle and the mother the child crawled under the house, and finally the mother was forced to retire, as the eagle fought with unusual desper ation. Several jwrsons were attrai-U'-l ti the iot by the scruains of Uith mother am) child, and after tiring several shots at the eagle he Was finally killed. The eagle was very large. A Wal l street man want U know what is the difference between the ilay rate of gold and the nitrate of silver. Tlie original Declaration of Indciicndcnce. with paper brown with age, ink faded and dim, has a mysterious awe about its immortal word ing. Close by is thu veritable inkstand into which those grand men nipped their (pulls, one after the other, as they traced those names which the toumi of history shall ever be proud to repeat The inkstand is heavy and cum bretis, is made of solid silver, and Wars the maker's name PhtUp Sytig, fgS. The tint draft of the Constitution bang! in a frame, a conspicuous 0DJ001 01 Ulleiilinn. I There are several (Hirtraits of Washington, taken at different ages. William I'cnn is here, iu company with his second wife a wholesome, plain, sensible sort of a lady. The face of Francis Key, the author of the Star Spangled Banner, is iparkling and refined. Manpiii do Lafayette, the noble Frenchman, is gentle, cour- teoni and loldierly, in this hall, iii a case, are numeroui articles of tho tlolet dresses, stom achers, towels, stockilins, higlidlceled slippers, laces, over dresses, ribbou, etc., all of great an tiquity; also table articles, mich as spoons, , UUVM ami forks, sugar Ih.wIs ami similar things. Hen is the celebrated painting by Benjamin West, depleting Penn'e treaty with the Indians. The subject is true to life. In the shade of the loftV woods, the Induutl and whites have gath ered to listen to their "p.de brother." as he stands there, cann-llv setting forth tho coudi tioni of the treaty. Tlie old chicts are gravely listening, while their eyes are turned calmly upon hint, us ht stands there, surrounded by his friends. The women of the trila' have drawn near to hear the "lug talk," while the half naked Isiys and girls, with their symmet rical llinbe, arc amusing themselves near. The ligures are clear, bold and natural. Here, bm, are many original letters of Benjamin Franklin, written in the troublous days of our country, when his beaii full of loich alitigs lest her leaden went nol right. Uow his great soul would be troubled could he have a chance to obeerve them now! Willi a Ii.ng look at the many treasures this room contains, I cross the hall to a room tilled with old portralte of the prominent men of those days; look at some ohl, . still and uninviting ohalre and rttaeo. and as- oend to the two halls above, in whiih the urea. OUt city council hold their sessions. Both these n is are tilted up ill modern style, with vows of desks and a few easy chairs. It was for, marly one room, known as the banquetinq hail where, on all slate occasions, the festivals were held. Here Waabingl leliverad his famrell a.ldress to the Continental Qmgreae, whose de liberations took place in this hall. There Is a sphndid painting npreaenting him in the not of making this laal rooeoh, which hangs over the very sjmt where he stood. The city of I'hila delphU paid SiHI.ISMt for it. and thev'elaim that It U the moat aooarate Uhenaai of nlm in exhnV Vauih. A few miles north i Teciitnseh, Mich,, there is a brick school house, wherein reigns a muscular young schoolmistress. She Inouoed the trueteee to brighten the ding walls w ith new paper, and warned the subjects ol Iu r little realm that they must Hot delate it. line young holy willfully ami repeatedly ornronent ed the new Wall paper willi splashes of ink and inartistic peonMllllup. The school was dismiss. ed, the onlpril istainad, the door locked, and the fertile bran liahad, The pupil rtraoh iwek, and a handt0kand DOnflioi raged. A brother and sister of the yuiig rels-1 ran home and summoned two indignant parents to the scene of war. The .hnir was Unloohed, the father breathed out threateiiings and slaughter; tho mother relied up her sleeves, seized the arm of the school m istrea. and was eel the isiint of Istating ami biting her. when hi! a champion of the oppressed entered. It was h lieaiitiful young lerrtiemen Who hal driven up in ;, aleigh IO invite the teacher Ui go with Um to a eon eett in the vdlage that evening. He searated the oomhataata. glared at the father, put the m lus.lmistreas in the "cutti r," ami dfOfw away orer the aille aad dalee, Afur the eoreert ho pm h. r a sevcii sliiH.tor, ami Iswle her defend herself in future like a man. A Woman's FniKsimmr. It is a wondrous advantage U. man, in every pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman tln re n at BBsM a subtle deliiuy of tail and a plain soundness of judgment which are rarely combined r, ,,u etiual degree in man. A woman, if she le really your friend, will have a sensible regard for your character, honor and repute. She w ill seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing, lor a woman friend always de sires to lie proud of y(,u. At the same tune, her constitutional timidity makes her more cau tious than your male friend. She, therefore, seldom counsels vou to do an IbiisimiIsiI bUsm A man's lieat female fnend is a wife of good ' sense and heart