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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1877)
38 THE WEST SHOKE. November THE QUEST. fnm 'ut the pttl world's rush and din There aunt vuwt; The inner BOOlt fie entered in, And sat at reit Hluw on the wild tide at affairs The HtM witu duaetl ; , Afar the hunirrv hunt f earei At lint rtpOHd. Then Uiroufti tii din iiuum ol tiiejaut, All pure f blame, Came Wish BtmOflSf floating fast- II in avrtasn mow "Ah ! all thi loud world call the he Tii lean my head. "I cry wHbln Ihi crowned iay. That would he Joy, Crnild she but bear me far away, once mm Mf buy " Man'K Htreniclh ll treskOOOs, after all He hVkmI innfumil; None iiulte can still the heart'n wild call. Vntli- 'lltr arx hi. h) Across the fiec tliat knows DO fear A hade weit fat, An if a following uiijffl near Tliat moment pHMfL The mctuiI nileiu'e of tho room Hid Hottiy Mir; a apUodor new wlibtn Uh pom Of her, of her ! Out to the (treat wWtd'l nih and din llaa K11'") "' KUt; Tlie battle MHM, the (iralau men win Are hi not real Far mt amid Uh earth' turmoil A Ntrouif man stnU. t'libeld in triumph and in tolls lly unwell hmnls. lint wl i) lift with nbtlfl wand Thu MiaBkn wu wear? I onU know Mm nwUtCTl band U on hi hair. I only know thraaih ail luVi harms, Through iu' aiiiiy, gomtbOW, miniewhero that mother's arm win ree est boy Jfery QUmmtr, m , )'. InHtpmknL A HRROIO GIRI Miss. BmBM Riehtrdi, of Akron, a girl vorg. lug op 90 yawn of age, with h mother visiting lit the reeTdeooe of Mr. Timothy Lootnto, in Lodl, whoa smi of Timothy, iur named PI "w. PfDtKwed that be ebauld slum ber a small herd of ueer that wore kept in an iooloeare on theii premUee, The young lady consented, and Phiiieiu. started into the brush to start them up, tint young lady meanwhile tandlntf at i be mta await the eppearenoo of the menagerie. Suddenly ihe heard ury of "murder" In the somewhat juvenile voice uf Phiimas. Novor thinking of tear, .Miss n- arde started in the direct of the nnlee, and titer going a few rode dleooverod the boy pin ned ti the earth, while and angry book etood over hiin, with the prong ol one hum through the Heeh of the boy's! lide ami imbedded in the earth, she Inatanty grasped :t olub and went fur Mr. Buok, He paid no attention to the Bret ninl second hlowi, hut when she gave him the third erack no turned and went fur her. Unable i" ward off his ipproaoh with the olub, he dropped it. anil grasped hire by the ant Ion, al the same time calling t.i the hoy to nee uinl (mt fur the fence, He wai either too much hurt ur tu luolly scared t" mind her, ami mi, disengaging one band, ihe lifted the boy t.i hti feet, at the lame time orowdlni the deer back witii tlin other. nil plni young I'hiiinw f.niiiil lii" tiK'fil, ami put for tin- frmv like a streak of lightning oopper rod, while Hi' brave nirl gave all her attention to Mr. Buok, UwaiawvelytuaaKand it kept all her nerve and pluok t prevent her being thrown t.i the ground, still holding on to the bora, lu bauerl off gradually, ami in that manner reached ltl' fenoe, but not till her olothee wore badly turn ami her body waa brulaed again ami again. At lout, nearly ex- liauatol, !' nwbi'd tlu- fi'm t ami miiri'fdi'il in oottiuo over it without rooetving any erioui injury. It vjw a olOH call, but the Itiunh tliat many a man oould'ut have furnuihed won the day. t'Uvrlnmt l.outrr, THB "PACK8ADDLR." Thu view Upon tliin pn' n-pnwut a lwality MMnewhat oeleorated In uayeol primitive travel, It ii situated npon what wai then, and i now, oiiuul the favorite mutin tu tin- antral Wi-tt, being very much the eame that U now followed by the Panniylvanla rallroadi In wow 'lava, liuw' 0T thu iron hone bad not yet made ui advent, and water the meani ol transit Leaving the vaUej of the Buaquebanna, the travolor juurufved lwly ami laUirmualy up the Juniata lint by keel-boat or oanoe, alter wjinla by oanal-boai until it beadwaten w na reaobed. Here there Portage f SO or - mil. - ttt-roM the AOIeghany imuuiUin atiininil to the watera ol the Oonenwugh, a brlgAit little mountain itrann whloh empuea Into tin Alle gheny tome 30 milee above wi lunction of that river with the Ohio. Upon thta wemaugh river u aituat.'.! the ivkaivhiU'.' reoreeented In our ejmving. Thie wai point wnere the plnoky littlo river, haviiin fun. il ita way through mw of the outlyin riiht of the n-at AJwghanj ehatn, toawd mid foanuil down thnunh the gorge tt l. 1 mado in a style that forbade all at tempt to paw it with any Hit the UghtMl of oram Keel-boaM ami, later on, oanal-boata. oondna either way, wen oompelled to non ami unload their heigut on to the baoke f mulee or horaat, ami in thia way it wu earned on a well lHateti trail over the atecp mountuni, MUt the obstruction to the oioai water on the other aide. Thie ths origia ol the name the "IVkaad- dUM whieh till olioge to thu Moality, though the rilroil ha l.m auiev douo away with tlie old ejetei tienel, aul an fdd fiebioned ) k addle would now U looked n in the jajgnnOT IuhnI m a etirioaity. Fashion journala rea'rt thai broad guagl garton of the style worn in the time of .Ikiuea I an . iiiin iuto vena. "Mad ant." aanl ttvnlleiiuui b) a Iwly who ftoeidvuully dlOMed ona while j.i-Mit out of o Hruodwfty atorv, "yuu'ro lueiug your .1 collar." AN ECONOMICAL WIFE. We had been out to the graveyard to bury Mrs. I'idgeon, anil we were riding home in the carriage with the bereaved widower. While he Hupped lii eyes with hit ham 1 kerchief he told uh about her: " In unc respect 1 never Haw her equal. She was a manage'. I've knowed the woman tliut'H lying out there in the tomb tu take an old pair of my tTOWOCTl and cut them uji fur the Iraya. She'd make a xplendid atiit of clothes fur With of them out of them nltl panta. get out Blurt' enough for a cuat fur thu baby and a cap for Johnny, ami have Mine left over for a rag carpet, beaiooe making bund kerchiefs nut uf tlie xicKets ami a liuntle fur herself out of the other liningt. Give her any old garment and it was as good U a gold mine. Why, she'd take a worn-out sock and make a brand new over cuat out of it, I believe. She had a turn fur that kind of economy. There's one of my shirts that I Ixuight in 1847 Htill going about making itself useful as winder curtains and pan talettes, and plenty of other things. Only lost duly our gridiron gave out, ami she took it apart, and in two hours it was rigged as a splendid lightning-rod, all except what she made Into a poker and an ice-pick. Ingenious ? Why, the kept our family in buttons anil whis tles out of the bain bones lllC saved, and she made 1") princely chicken-coops from her old hoop-skirts and B pig-pun not of her used-up corset bones. She never wasted a solitary thing, l-et a cat die around OUrhoUSB, and the lirst thing yon know Mary Jane'd have a muff and a set of furs, and 1M begin to Bnd mince pies on the dinner-table, She'd etuff a feather bed with the feathers that she got off of one littlo bit of a rooster, and she'd even utilize the roaches in the kitchen so they'd run the chum i HI had a machine ehe Invented for the purpoer. lV0 seen her cook potato parings no's you'd think they weir oanVM'beok duck, ami she had a way of doctoring up shavings so that the nig'd eat em and gfOW fat on em. I boltave that woman could V built a fourstory hotel if you'd V given her a single pi 00 board, or a steamboat out of a wanh biter, ami the very last tlnug she stid to me was to bury her in the garden, to'e she'd be useful down below there, helping to shove up the eabliages. I'll never 00 her like again." I don't believe he will, either. M.ir .11 Ur, in PaiaWefpftM ButtrnM, LIFE IN A LIGHTH0U8R The Baltimore Sua describee an ofBclal visit to the lighthouses of that port by the Collector. Among the nuiulier is one at St-veu lout KnolL known as the " iron cheese Im " pattern, whieh stands on legs nut of the water. The I vioitore climbed a Udder through a trap door and found themselves in the garden, which is ail mm baleuny running around the chOQOO boi ami Hlled with flowers growing in pots and boxes, with several children playing in it In side the che00eboj was found a large suite of apartments, unhiding arlor with a piom, a large sitting mom, sleeping nnuns, kitchen, etc., quite as commodious as a French tlat in a largo city. Mrs. I tolling, the keeperV wife, said she and the children wen- never Pick. A little girl, thrve yean old, who was horn m the lighthouse and had never been on land but once, apneared rather shy of strangers. Thrve ohUdren and two grown KVple form the child's world, save the broad expense of waters ami the ships that come and go, and the sun ami moon and stare overhead. When the loo oum against the piers of the lighthouse in the win ter it roeks like a cradle. winter it oc cupied two men nearly all the while to watch the stores and k.. p thein from ovtrtunuuit. Everything was found to lie very comfortable and homelike, and the occupants of the singu lar dwelling were as happy as if they lived on olid laud. A otromq, free and happy emeaanhood aeeeae to demand, in addition to moral, meutal and physical culture, such a direction of practical OMrgy as wilt make self support as easy as tt is for bmu. - - A atto ('. Haiti. LADIES NECKTIES. Economical and very pretty ties for the neck, oays a writer to the Rural Xtw 'orier, may be made of groo grain ribbon which has done service as a belt or bonnet ribliou, even though it is considerably worn ami faded, for after be ing raveled and finished, only the bright new side appears. The riblon should be cut ex actly by a thread in strips from one-halt to three-fourths of on inch wide. These strips should 1 raveled out on each side, leaving about four or five threads in the center; then twist each strand with the riht hand, holding it with the thumb and fore-tinger of the left, pressing the center closely with the thumb nail. This gives the appearance of chenille cord. Sew together at the onds with silk thread, of course some Ave or six of these twisted strands uf a suitablu length, and fasten a tassel, or two or three small ones, at each end. The tassels are made of the raveled thread whloh should be oarefully saved for thin purpose, as they are pulled out. One of our friends has four or live of these ties, each of a different color. They are much admired, and one who did not know all about it, would not even suspect that they were home-made. If a ball is prefered at the top of the tassel, it may tie made by sewing the rav eled silk many times over two circular pieces of jiasteboard about three-four tits of an inch in diameter smaller, if for small tassels and hav ing a circular hole in the center, near one-fourth inch in diameter; then with the scissors cut the Silk between the boards on the outer edge, and tie it firmly between them with a strung silk thread. Pull oil' the boards, and if you have tilled In enough silk, yuu have a pretty . "FACKSADDLK" OF TI1K ttiM.MAL'till. ball, though possibly it may need a littlo trim ming with the scisors. PilornoiuriiiMi Counts .Joseph Alliert, ac cording to the Vienna pTMs, has linally suc ceeded in inventing photography to render the natural colors in the picture by a photographic steam press of his own construction, without the aid of a pencil, I have seen some of the proofs of such colored photographs by the Al lien press. An expert painter OOUU hardly give tlie colors of the objeet more faithful in living reality and with a distinctness to the nioon shades. The secret of the invention con sists in the analysis of the white light iuto the three colors yellow, blue end red and In their recovery of the three colors ready for the press. nn ., u.n ,.,...,.,.. i ...' I but the yellow parts of the light, and the tunes ot tlie colors ut the nliject to tie reliected, tlie Bret photograph is taken, when a negative of that plate is at mice put under the press, whose cylinder is dublied over with yellow iaint. None but the tones of the yellow eulors are tin w seen in the impression. After that the obtoet is photographed on a plate matte to reflect but the blue colors. This plate now under the press tvtlects a blue impression, the cylinder being dublied over with blue tiaiut In the same manner bo receives but tlie tones of the red oolore by means uf a third plate. Printing thu individual pictures of a yellow . blue and red, over each other, a hie turn is iirodticed tnie to u&turv, the colursiutermtxiiig by having been printed over each other. The idea, long entertained and prose on ted by Albert, to photo graph oolore, may no longer lie considered as nut feasible. It is hard at present tc foretell what revolution the new invention will produce in the many departments' of art PamtXIXU lSMA Kt'HHKK ON HUTAt. A mastic lot LisU'iniii; India ruluVr .n metals mav le obtained by steeping gumdac, in the form of pulveriied o. ales, in 10 tmns its weight of con centrated ammonia. A traniarviit mass is thus funned, which, at the end of three or four weeks, Uvomes thud without the use of warm water, nua eubstanca. anuUsdou India rahhssR boOOOBOe hard, and completely impervious to in pi ins ana gases. BnMKLaYBUa and their helpers --masons and bedfellows. PBESERVING CITRON. At the lost meeting of the New York Parm er's club, Miss. Juliet Carson remarked that the genuine citron is the rind of a kind of lemon very thick-skinned and fragrant which grows in Italy and the south of France. The recipe used by European confectioners for preserving citron is as follows: The citrons are cut, pared and pricked with a large needle; put over the fire with cold water and gradually heated and boiled until tender enough to pierce easily. They are then laid in cold water while the fol lowing light syrup is being made; Use one pound of while loaf sugar for every pound of fruit. Put the sugar over the tire in a copper sugar-lwiler, adding half a pint of water to every pound of sugar, and beating the white of an egg with every six pounds or less; bring to a boil, and as soon as it begins to rise in the boiler tbruw in a little cold water to reduce it; let it rise in boiling three times, throwing in a little cold water each time; the fourth time it rises skim it thoroughly; then strain through a flan nel bag and it is ready to one. Put the syrup over the tire and loil it to what con fectioners call a Small thread, i. e., until, when tried between the thumb and forefinger (which is done by dipping the fingers in cold water and then (juickly into the syrup), the sugar breaks as you part them, leaving some on the fingers. When it has reached the "small thread" put the citrons into the boiling syrup and let it boil over them twice; then take off the boiler, skim and turn both preserves and syrup into an earthen vessel to stand until the next day; drain the fruit, boil the syrup again (this time until the Btigar does not break when the fingers are parted!; then put in the fruit as before di rected; the third day boil the syrup again, and again on the fourth day; after this put the preserves in stopped glass jars until wanted for ue. TO TANDY I'lTHON. Prepare ami preserve as directed above, nnly, after the fourth botiiugj take the fruit from the syrup, wash it clean in lukewarm water and dry it in a moderate oven while you loil the yruptoa "blow," To ascertain this point, dip a skimmer in the boiling ay nip, and after shaking otl the syrup, blow into the holes; if the syrup in them shows bubbles, it has reached the right degree. Put the frnit into it and let it reach thy "blow" again; then take the kettle off the lire and let it stand ten minutes, after which push the fmit outside and grain the Biigar by rubbing the inside of the pan with the skimmer: as soon as the sugar turns white take each piece of fruit on a fork, stir it well in the grained sugar and then lay it 00 a wire grating to drain; as soon as dry, put it away from the air until needed for use. A strong solution of gum arabic added in "graining" the ay nip im proves the luster of the fruit and helps to keep it PltKSKUVATION OK TDK YkLUIWHTONE P.BK. In the Trtbmi report of the Nashville meet ing the American Association of the Advance ment of Science, it was mentioned that a series of resolutions had been jiasscd with reference to measures for the preservation of the natural curiosities of Yellowstone park. The Secre tary of the Interior is charged by law with the maintenance of that reservation as a National park, but no provision has Iwen made for car rying out the intent of the law. The Ameri can Association will etitiou Congress to take active stejw to prevent further destruction of the natural cunosities of the park, as their loss would be irreparable, and they have a value to science as a means of settling some open ques tions. The committee having the subject in charge consists of prof. Joseph Henry, 0. C. Marsh and Theodore It. Conutock. Map J. W. Powell and Lieut (ieorge M. Wheeler. The first meeting of the committee will probably I bebl within a short time, at Washington. It ii U be boned that the measures for preserving the leauties of the park from the ravages of tourists, will lie taken before the devastation is complete. Ix Cincinnati every nart of a hog is turned to account except the auueal. In this Stat they use the squeal to call other hogs.