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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1877)
28 THE WEST SHORE October THE SMILE ANJ THB SIGH. A lonely fimile, which tniled In eadntss, Onc lulled upon the umItik brci-M A new-born High, which IkIil-U in ladni m, To I'HI' ft fnllr-H BMfW 'v' The Sinllo iml Hiifh mum formed union A UN foil i n rliial in.'. bleat - Whereby, In brotherly iiminninion, i-u i. worked to lf the other rutt. Thus mutually their Mil In relieving. They lived in i- icH ill lijflit ami Hluulc, No (ictty ItakYlUSQI OOOBSWnf , Of naught, not even death, afraiil. Anil when, with MOMkMp "till unbroken. Fate OMIMd them fur a time to part, Kocti of the other kept a token, To prove the two were one an heart. Kor, tmliiikc, the Siuh to Heaven wan carried On arii;i-lit' yulilin hiiil;- "iitiluv. While, aiiftiiiii:. tin: Smile im earli mil! tarried, And lent im uhnrm to llfelexa clay. Till then, thin world was oftlfl dreary. But xince then (mi tho lfnJ Nayelh), In ..i I. - m.I, (ivei, Ufl unto the tnUJ A TKUK STOHY. "tfaatrr few hath M man than thU." From a home that hud two dirUllft, One wan , . I, , Hint mat away; llahy liiilpli ami littlu Willie MUmmI bun itorely at hli play. One ilay u he talked about him, Wmdwlng ninth where he had Kutic, Winning mwh he would not tarry, BroiUSI Willie wax u lime. Halil innther, M lviillliiir s in tiling of In r Mi rel pain, "What would Willie Hive, If only liuliy ludpb would DOOM again T' DnOMl) the liltlc head In alienee, Thinking hard, 'twat plain to mm.-, Then hu rtlHike nut hruve and Milder, "ilanima, 1 would give (iod me " ' OIVB THB 0IEL8 A OHAKOB, A pica fir the initiating of girll in a practical knowledge- of house-keeping " liy suffering thom to buy the supplies from Hum to tune, that they may learn prices and valuta, ami bow to decide- qualities ami kind, both of provition ml nMhlngi thus loquirinj a knowledge of the out of artick'H in daily use tliut would beget prudence and economy i the minsgernont of n family," is being copied freely by the press. The writer wlttdl up with "Mother, try it." He should liavu appealed to fathers, alH.i, as in a majority of families the mother haw not the handling of cash nOQBtttl or credits fur the pur- thasu of household wppliee, it depends on the father to give the girls this chance ; and in either casu his en .operation and encouragement are almost indispensable to a desirable result. In peaking to this (mint, a page of personal ex (Miriuucu may not bo amiss by way of illustra tion. For convenience in trade of a mixed charac ter, my father madu six mouths' bills at our vil lage tore. I, being the eldest child, was usu ally sent to sample or purchase supplies for fain ily use, it Iwing left to my mother to determine Hie kinds and ipiautitios in ordering the same. Once 1 forgot 1 was scarcely nine years old -to inquire tho price of some trilling purchase, but never again, for my lather always consid erate ami genial in his temperament cnlled me to him, ami in tones serious but full of feeling, remarked, "you do not have to work and earn it, as your father does, my child, or you would never forget to impiim ami count tho cost of what you buy." At 14 I was sent from home to school witli a turso reasonably supplied, and an injunction to rep an account of my cxitemliturea for his in spection, which I ditl to a penny. Prior to that tune my father bad habitually called my atten tion to the clothing supplies for my own or the family's wear, particularizing qualities, prices as to nigh or low, and the comparative economy of different fabrics, and of purchases by the web or by the pattern. In the latter depart ment as in the economies of making and mend l"g, mv mother's judgment was always appealed to, first or last, as infallible, and these lessons were given, as my father once told me, that I might "learn to take care of myself and my family, if lever bad one." "Keep an accurate account of your expenditures," said he, "and you will know, if you should over be thrown upon your own resources how much you must earn for your own siipjMirt, and can calculate for the support of your family what must 1k the joint income of yourself and l land." Ami here let me add that my father, who had several strings to bis business how, annu ally prered and confided to my mother an in ventory of his property, real and personal ; tho values set to each itemued parcel Iveing such as Would undoubtedly w readied in the event of his decease and its sale in the settlement of his estate, as he explained. To these papers was appended a statement of the year's increase or decrease of the sum total, with how much was business income, how much increase by im provements or a rise in prices i or, if loss had accrued, whether it came by casualties, or shrinkage in values, etc. In my fifteenth year my father extended this confidence to me also, remarkinc that 1 was "old enouuh to lie trusted with a knowledge of his pecuniary affairs, and he had H fear that I would presume upon it to te euravaganL This confidence in my filial sympathy and Ait return, with the discipline of active co-opera' on in the matter of household supplies, U- same, hy habit and aaacviation, a well-spring of sweet and prutitaule imnionea. w hich 1 eartn-d with me into my own home. And whether that home was m the city or the country I a well- luruwim uouae in nrw rjigiami, or a log cahtn surrounded by the fresh broken sod of a Kenaas prairie, the "chance" which my parents (ave me Itv such leasona m expanditure and the keep ing of accounts, made it posaihU for me to so Mcouot the oust" of neceasary family supplies, that 1 could uot, without violating my aelf resjwot and the cherished ambition of a Ufa of memharrassi 1 usafulnsaa, commit the fashion - able extravagance and social larceny of living beyond my legitimate means. I tirmly believe that, the same " chance" given, eight girls in ten will admiuister their household affairs in the "pay as you go" spirit, and judiciously apply the means in hand to the health and comfort of the family. Of course intellectual culture will determine, so far as tastes and means are in harmony, the social at rnoBtdiere of home life. But in the absence of a proper training in the domestic economies, the restful enjoyments of a cultivated intellect will le like pin-cushions drawn from a grab-lag to trio motlierot a tamiiy. "What the first generation gets the third spends" is a homely old adage, and true of the mass. The reaxon whv is anoarent to even an ordinary thinker. The second gem-ration breaks tho Itreao ol toil witli the first, ami, cuuneu in its nrmeotl. svnmathizcs with it. and learns by heart its forced economies. It has formed the habit of industry, the habit of economical ex ieiiditiires and uses, and when, in tho course of time, it is enriched hy tho savings 01 tlie fail en. It adds thereto and latum to its nhfldreB- tlie third veneration a (.'onerous coninetenct possibly wealth. Hut Umb third generation has not been trained like tho second. It has never felt the pressure of necessity ; never eaten of trie loaf weighed out to the wages m oaiiy ion, or worn tho scant gnrmcuts tittcd by the iu mraltv of a riaid economy. It has been shield ed, perhaps, by mistaken affection or moral cowardice, from an industrial training, involv Inn ways and means for a life fruitful in self control and honorable ambitions, and left to drift with the tide of fashionable extravagance, lives romptaouily to till a pauper or a suicide's crave. What the first and second generations accumulated by practical industry and economy the third L'eneratiim. throuch lack of industrial and economic training of its predecessors, flCU "." Are. 0. . H. yiehol in Parifie i, unit rreM color in HOUSE FURNISHING, From a recent lecture on " Industrial Art," by Charles L Kostlako, wo tike the following par agraph: While on the subject of color, I can not In In ftuvinL' that tho more I study its effect uml value, wliethur in pictorial or decorative art, the more convinced 1 am that its applica tion will DC found more harmonious m instances where ouo dominant hue is found to which all others aru subordinate. You havo all heard of that famous picture, "liainsborough's llluo Hoy,", which is the delight of every painter and connoisseur. Now why has this portrait such extraordinary attraction? Chiefly, I ven ture to think, because it has this quality of chromatic unity. You r cognize it at once as a blue picture, I don't mean that it is all indigo or cohalt, or I renrh MUC, or rrtUliM blue. It may pass from one to another of these shades, and in, In. I. irrav. white mid grain. You muv get wanner hues of pink and brown in the flesh tinu and background, by delicate contrast, but the prevailing tone is definitely blue. W ell I think that our rooms should be deco rated on this principle, uot in the upholsterer's Hcuse oi narmouy oy covering an ms itiriiiiurc with stuff cut from the same piece, and by hang ing up curtains to match, but by making one MOT dominant and ringing in a variety ot hanccs on it. In this way yellow might lead up to green, silver gray up to purple, and Ven etian reu up to urown, uui inesuonrumaio tints in each case should havo a certain affinity to the liuninnntcolor.and when you havo settled all this ran will tin, I that any little bit of contrast intro luced provided it be unobtrusive, and does not nterfere with your scheme, will have a cheerful rather than a discordant effect. And this prin ciple concerning tho decoration of a room may lu safely applied, I think to all departments of design in which the element of color is a lead ing feature; as for instance, in textile fabrics, paper-hangings and the surface patterns of lot tery and china. Wherever you tind two or nioro colors introduced in such even proportions mat you are puzzieu to Know which rules, so to teak, lie sure the design is bad. DRE8B EUrOKjn. A few vui since the phil anthropic women of tho Now England Wotnan'i Club, recognizing the wide-spread and rapidly inereasiuc dissatisfaction in ronril in wnmnn'i dress ami tho caprices of fashion, determined to make serious inquiry in regaid to these dissatis factions, and to determine what steps could bo taken toward making it more healthful, artistic and serviceable. 'IJiey discovered that the itadel to U-attacked was the undcrclothinir for, says Mrs. Woolson, "What are a few niilles more or less, a fitful change in the trifles of finish and trimming, to the inequalities of ten, jierature, the burdens and the compressions, which our dress in every one of ita many forms must inflict They aru but mint, anise and cummin compared with the weightier matters of physical laws perpetually broken by an estab lished and unvarying stylo of senseless under wear. What then is needed is not to assail fashion, but to MM A hygiene," and in order that at least unco a year a national object lesson may be given, Mrs, Woolson suggests that at every national, ,iu- ami county exposition we ought to have a dress department, where the best material may be shown, and where styles, from a hygienic, aesthetic, and economic point of view may ne discussou. BOTXAl Inkrith. In an article in the Pop ular Stktot Monfhlu. K. H. Inland writer "The lile of ooitons or eamiveroua antaisuot all work, however; they seem frequently to be employed in a way that looks like recreation. This always takes place in a sunny nook. The mam column of the army and the branch col umus are in their ordinary relative positions but instead of pressing forward eagerly and plundenng ncht and left, thev seem to be mitteu with a tit of Iuinea. Some walk slowly about, others brush their antenna with their fore feet, but the drollest sight is their cleaning one another. Here and there an ant may be seen stretching forth first oue Irg and then another to he brushed and washed by one or more of its comrades, who perform the task by iMUHuni: the limb ttctwecn the laws utd the tongue, (iniahing by giving the antenna' a lnvumy wipe. THE SUN'S DISTANCE. A writer for the New York Tribune notes that a somewhat unexected result is obtained by the reductions of the British observations on the last transit of Venus. The data used are the l (;.,- jt-niBrni.i..) in RdrvttL Honolulu, tfew Zealand, Rodriguez and Kerguelen. The photographic observations nae not reduced, and there are also eye observations taken in India and Australia that may be util ized, but it is not believed that any great change in the computation will be effected by tlie ligures obtained from the latter source, aud the value of photographic observations is U yet an ipeii proli f be new British calculations nfm for the value of tho sun's parallax, 8 .iW, u-;th n nmhMa Prmrnf 0013. This corre sponds to a distance for the sun of '.):(, 300,000 miles, with a proDMM error oi ' Thm eurioiiH feature about this is that it is, in some measure, a return toward the old figures which made the sun's distance very much greater. These old figures from tho transit of 17I7J were believed to be in error to the evtent of three or four per cent. But if the new figures for the parallax be conceded, it will he estimated alwiut midway between the extreme view The following table will make this plain : in it, No. I is Prof. Knck's estimate from tho transit of 17C9; No. '2, Prof. Newcomb's as used in the American Nautical Almanac; No. 3, the esti mate of Uverrier adopted by Prof. Hind and given in the Itritish JSauticai Almanac; no. , the recent deductions iroiu too m-mmi uuacnu tions on the last transit : Eitlmate. I'urullttx, seconds. Distance, miles. No. 1 H.67'0 'Ai"..'.!, (MH Nu 2 .8.84s ttJ.SsI.O00 No. a..! 8.ii oi,.ooa No. 4 8.70 W,a.0W ErxALYJTt H Tea. Mrs. Fuller, of the Eisen farm, infornis the Fresno Republican that she makes, daily, a pail full of tea from the leaves of tho blue gum tree, and that nil the men about the place drink some of this every day. There is not now, nor has there been any ma larial Bickuess on this ranch during this season. We know of onr own personal knowledge, says the Republican, that there were several cases of intermittent and bilious fevers on the same nlace but vear. Irrigation is extensively prac ticed, and lost year a krge body of water passed through the ditch, which raised the water in the well, and also afforded a fine opportunity for frequent bathing. Some of the hands care lessly drank water from the ditch, and Bickness followed in consequence. The absence of wind last season gave miasmatic poisons a better chance to generate than usual, but still we feel satisfied there need not have been more sickness than usunl lost year. The drinking water used this season is first boiled and tbenollowed to cool. The place is kept clean and in perfect order, anil all hands take a little blue gum tea daily. The prophclactic and curative properties of tho Australian Kucaly4us Globulun are well known to medical men, and different preparations of it are often prescribed. It grows thriftily in this climate, and no better preparation can bo made than a tea made from the leaves, which, however, Bhould steep, not boil, as boiliug drives off the volatile oU which gives the plant ita aroma and medicinal virtues, The Pkksekvation of Wine with Salicyl ic Acid Prof. Nesslcr. of Carlsruhe, hasjdis covered a mcaiiB by which wine can be preserved by means of salicylic without necessitating a mixture with tho same. He recommends the use of molten paraffine, containing two per cent, of salicylic acid for the saturation of Binall sticks of wood or cork, say of 15 m. m. length and two m. m. thickness, which are to he thrown on tho aunnce oi the wine, ami thereby prevent tho formation of mold. Ex periments showed that wine, which would or dinarily spoil on an exposure of eight days to atmosphere, was with tne addition of the wood l uli I.h bo prepared, perfectly clear and sweet, even after an exposure of four weeks. It tno mold has already been formed the ad dition of alcohol effectually kills the same, and causes it to fall to the bottom of the ves sel. The addition of the salicylic acid in the way described prevents further formation. The cost of thus preserving wine would not ex ceed 15 to 20 cents per barrel. Fklt Mats. The Western Alanvfacturtr s&vb that mats and rugs for carriage doors, etc., are now made of felt by the following process: A piece of felt of suitable thickness is cut into strips three to five-eighths of au inch in width, and as long as the mat is to be wide. These are laid sido by side on edge, and holes are made through them, and through these holes cords of fine wire are Mused, and the strips are then drawn tightly together and fastened in lace at each end ot the wires, lhlsgivcsa abric as thick as the strips are wide, and of a light, flexible and elastic character. The strips may be in various colors and may be disposed in any dcsirablo jtattern. These mats are re lorted to lo strong and durable and able to re sist heat, cold, dust and severe usage. The color keeps well because in dyeing the felt be fore the strips are cut a uniform color may be obtained, and when finished the mats have a good face on either side. I.IMI I I: ,1 Tl,,. 1 1 ni luimwiug umm I'll II li-inin- mended as the best mode of preparing lime dust .... uuu iiimren, uic: i.ihr s pec oi iresn or sharo limo l,nLn ,.,., . ,., .n .. .. i add to it four pounds of Hour sulphur. Add one uuru u mucn oouing water, or just enough to slack the lime to dry powder, and cover tho j mm ine ler i poured on. By adding water it may be made into an excellent whitewash for trees, thejsulphur increasing its efficacy. Tilt Cavk Pwillirh. According to .Yarn V'tm Vl nmsBBn, place ine cave man in the bon rather than the stone ag. highly finished, while his stone implements : , I J ' i' uiu Niu we cranuil developments of the care people, show that they possesoed a high capacity for culture. MARRIAGE OF RELATIVES. There ib a good deal of confusion in the Mn"TT enects marriages between relatives. In the ntsaTfi animal creation it is noticed that interl-? generally has good results, and it in v! tain that m some cases tho marriage of cL results happily in the matter of oSprina2!? the human spieccs. It is, however qbaTS that in the majority of cases the ofnmlLTS children of cousins are defective, and vSu opinion in consequence declares acainstZ unions. This topic, aays the New York f; is again being discussed on account of 276 lowing statement which has Wen widely Mi ished. touching the celebrated naturaliat, "Darwin married his cousin. His chUt William Darwin, is a banker at Son&ZS tlie second, (ieorge, took high honors at l' bridge, and is now a fellow at Trinity-' third, Frank, who has inherited his father' !a health, acts aa his secretary; the fourth rd, is an officer in tlie artillery, and 'dirt!' sent to observe the transit of Venus: the RP Horace, is an excellent mathematician, ft married and one unmarried daughter comnuT tht familv." b The rule with regard to tlio intcrbreedimr nf either men or atminiU seems to Imi tl,i.. uT6 1 and robust parents, if of allied bloods areS to have children in every way superior to uW, progenitors, while weekly or diseased tJZ! if cousins, arc almost certain to have defectiiS : HB mh jLi jn "iure, m the i .uu, au.eu mum s, iiitenmhes the roW pecufianty. whether it baatranirtli nP...L7 The bulk uf mankind is imperfeetlv kj . as a Mnseouence, the children of PcopUilJJJ , j ; " ,,4"T,U? "UI1"- "cat. cnu- pleil, or m sonic way diseased. IWIipi, l,l.r as seems to be tho case with the Darwin fun! vi - uwuwuiMu ucaiiny, or ro bust, the offspring is benefited by the union. CHAFF. Roll-call The baker's visit MAR8 third satellite may nrnvn nn ItLX. So far it is nothing but Draper-y. Tuhkh wear no heels on their shno a. iiuniuiio van u uiunu luviu neei it. TBI Halt Lake Tribune, savs: "Or, L ... pulling tho Hyde off of what is loft of Brigou 1. 1 1 1 -1 . i nu ii ia just now examining the riot bills presented to her, and studying tEe problem At n iirinters' featival Inal,. tl.. r.n . " , -m. uiimu UBUUSKI 10 UK press in the dissemination of news." CAfK Cod cooks put a deep fruas .ir,.nn,i their huckleberry picB. Here they put s hurr double hem and flounce around any pie. A Canadian bit his wife's nose off last mk They muBt have poor whisky up there or iht eouui uave Biiieit, ins uream at a safer uutuct. PnTsnUROERS sav: "Whv. it isn't m M here as in some places. There's Thebes, for in stance, where the ruina extend for twootv miles. " Patrick, lamenting hia late better half, uid: 'Och, she was a jewel of a wife. She ilnn struck me with the soft end of the mop" It is a remarkablo fact that tho bov who "didn't know the irun was loaded" is alnn found at the safe end of it This needs inwti- gation. As Irish coachman, driving past some fields aim addressing a smart girl engaged in shearing, exclaimed, "Arrah, my darling, I wish I this jail for stealing ye," Wk have Positive nmof that nelinani mme- timcs kill whales, for one recently run moot at Humboldt with tho marks of the Peliou'i beak on his neck. "Great emergencies," says an excaugt, 'are mat men's opportunities. " Will wme- body be kind enough to hand us a great emer gency Rochester Democrat. "Comb down this minute." said the best- swain to a mischievous son of Erin, who w idling aloft "Come down, and I will gi J a good dozen, you rascal!" "Troth, but, u' I wouldn't come down if you would give ms nre oqmeih KiciiAKD Grant White casually remarked that "Ho who can write what is worth the reading may make his own grammar." Whert upon the Burlington Hawkcye resnomU: 'Thost is which we has always did, Mr. white. Aokntleman havinc a horse that eUrtel and broke his wife's nock, a neighboring sqiurt told him he wished to purchase itforha to ride upon. "No," says the other, "I" i mm ii. i intenu to marry again w;- A vunnT-Ruin nrt. nf & linv with feet Central market yesterday till he reached ssnB kept by a single woman about thirty yesn Halting there, he yelled out: "Say I say 1 I little boy has been run over and killed, op V tho city hall !" "Oh ! oh ! Heavens-ohlJ' r 8ho screamed as she made a divetr the counter, came op on the outside, anditarw to follow the boy. After going ten f halted, looketl very foolish all oi asuaucu,-: remarked: "Vhat a goose I am ! Why, I even married ! I'ttroU tree nip ARorND thk World. The date of the ing of the Woodruff scientific expedition fixed at October 28th. Only 60 had J" "booked" up to Monday of last week, altaotp the minimum is 250. Gen. Macauley and Wooilruff, however, expect to sail IirJ but in case of failure, the tour will M r poned a year. At least 800 have ma quines, and over IUU have promiseu i" fee has been reduced from K,000 to $! Charlm Lamb wae once naked by jj mother knw I,.. liVwl K.VM With htS ble stutter he replied: "B-b-b-bciled, Mj )