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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1879)
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It mm in th l-'t tlitt it lluwi Umr. wm wliu r m.ir r ! ili-ivmlriit uimn t gmt, uiil it ii lhr(nr mmt llllflM whan muiwwi .ui iiiu cuidlrrn. Nr ia tinlm --...i..s in 111,1.1 wninrn v wiinni Una awr MM hi ia .lanixl. t t.fUll a it laviahtx .i onal w nail unworthy ohjo-la, (i,r mtli mi w,imn in iir i.. I., aff. ti,ui ,, "'I th lv MW w.iulil, uu.lor .lifforwit nr. uinaUi.M, m (iran Ui hiiaUml miu 1 mint ii iiiu (orcwl ui flow, thoiiKh ........ . ..annria. I rnilmaa n natu iiuann, thi.iiii n.. ,-.l,r ( , ,nnan,l ma- .lr . MM I ourat; may ! . itlirr phya "nr caa h will , hrar.lv. OfMM) it inmhlily, r, ,( 1P , nin 11 wmiii Man 1 III. ami work ,, J I 'IKMily aa woman'. wummUm il loji hr UH.I.IIWM. tk , llU,, h.wn II. ,u, t,r Ul mi(l(i ti .n,T; ,., ngM ,, UMtMt II,. tlr,. I.. I In. .lail. It. I. .11 L. 1 --- - i.mraT, n ran imiii mi nwy, ui riat th UonpUti.in an.l tin i. wnirn um nun on vry ai.l to tlht "' "l ui .), rhMrfully at r mt n an.l ,n ,u rhaii ami ,,i.t ...... ,. Mrrnm rrnrwr.1 ,.r t wm. 1 nam. 1 1 . , . ... iw. wic! .lfi.l...o.nt ol .-hanu-trr. nthrr " w.na. .Irn.l. u..n In. .-..ml,, ami in on an.l th I -""'an i.t i, ,n ,., M.U. ball)., .ho n, mlh, thuhwt ,i th n(ni 11a a o..uta.. w hich ia auhlim ia th MM wtan wh. in th , aim wh.rh imxrwla coo P," mU. AuH u. it oawrw Iwt wunla Irani .lyin. ,. An.l th wmawaii who aanat uJ,ri, Imu, ,IW ,,,,,, m . who. in mat and au.l to hw atj a .Murar ki.v ;. .;,nnlu marvclom. Our tcndemew U commonly meMurel by the helpleaaneaB of the recipient Hie nnlinary tones in which t dNM ur leliowmen are wonawniuu u.ro..o when we apeali to littlo children, and lby ears ahoiiM hear only tne cooing wnwpeni which leaaen tlio diatance between heaven's music and uarth'a diacords. So witli courauo. Friend liiihts for friend, ml Rahta noblv. Hut conmare this friend with a father defending his children. Who stands the itroogtrl The heljilossnesa of those we benefit spurs us on to mighty efforts; it keeps ua patient ami tender when we are tempteu 10 be liarnh and irritable; it sustains us in resisting evils and danger which we eouhl not conquer were we lighting for ourselves alone. Must it all vml here? Are there no calla for the exercise f theie oualitic save from our fellow men and from our children? All around us is constantly ascending the cry of the nppreued against the oppressor the old, old cry uttered when the world wa young. Again and again it soundi in our ears and moves our hearts to pity. But there are other onpresBod ones Irom whom no cry ascends who have no words to tell their sufferings the great army of .Intnl. crcaturea. Few eyea shed tear for them; few hearts are heavy with the thought f tie it distress; few hands are stretched forth to relieve them. For very thoughtlessness our svmpathiea ceaae with humanity. Beyond that lino we think thero is no call for active pity. And yet among that ailent throng are the most helpless nl I .oils creatures. To us, the stronger, the more gifted ones, belongs the duty 01 earing tor mese. With most of us the attention given them is pmiKirtionato to the benefits we reeeive from them. A horse or a cow is well sheltered and well fi d I.. in this care brings to the owner just so much comfort or just so many dollars in 1 ota.ni qmbwM we cannot allonl to neglect them. This is hardly fulfilling the obligations placed IBM us by Him who gave man dominion over all Ilia other works. That gift brought ita responsibilities responsibilities which we dare t ihirk. Because we have a certain iKtwar of making life yield good or evil, we are bound to call lorth all the good we can, not only for our selves, but for all creatures. And Iwii.bui f,w,l ami ibelUir, a iirotier amount of rest is aa vs. sary to the well lwmg of a working boast aa to that of a working man. The night's rest and th seventh day belong to all. Statistics prove mat in hone or ox who works seven daya in the week breaks down sooner than the one that iwnvn his due share of rest In short, practi cal fellowmeu, it ,, not jmy to Iw unmerciful - ---- ., wi.oii w can pare him. 11 us give an animal a holiday out side of .table door. 11,. will thank ua, in his ... ww, nommcM, ami such thank aan, not to w amim. So much for the throe esaentials iMt, .heltf r, and re.t. Betide, these there are " "' ways in winch we can minister "' " comiort. Wo ca do inlinitelv mor it, , ..... .i i . , . ' Tl i'o ii.an-n maaiug riiara Ti i -- "' iiinicieii il. small wonl ami , Ml BfUadMH will a,,n win an animal' MMwti 4 I lira mamm are oiml. And "" ." owen not only to thote anials wh -....or Ui, IWI , ,very etVitun ellll(iwe " iir to sutler ami to eniov. Bv un.vrrtal law, mad. not b men, but .for the. n'iivi nnarrv: t.i I. t..u " "" Tni! I?n.rEKCE or Home. Each new uuiue. genuine home rooted in our toil, adds hope and security to our Republic We are told that there is in our land an army of one million and a half of "tramps." At any rate, recent yean have greatly swelled that list. Men who have no interest, no anchorage anywhere, are not merely useless; are a constant menace to soci ety, to any government. Everywhere it is the i itch in inn I ilc that are the dangerous characters. It is good for a man to be set into society; to feel that he hat a ra- ponsibility in it and to it. It it good for him to feel that something depends on hit diligence and faithfulness; good for hit character, good for his happiness. This develops, disciplines, utilizcB.stalulitateshitn. The man who has no one pot where his hopes, his thoughts, his affec tions nestles, in short who hat no home, lacks that important element of success persever ence. The attachments of country and so ciety and contanguinity, and indeed of the chinch, have their root in the home. or the security of progress and self-govern ment gives us the ties of proprietorship in a local habitation. Property is a great social conservator. The floating, irresponsible, penni less l lining are uncial destructives, are travel ing dynamite. As you love your country, foster every influence, social and civil, which shall tend to parcel out its broad domain into little omes American homes. A real home, mean. INot a lodging room in some third or fourth story ; not a boarding house. Such places are a great convenience a necessity, but they fall far short of being a home. A nation living in hotels and boarding houses it in an unhealthy state inflammable ready for any fool hardy venture. A nation of houteholden is no tinder box, is slow to ignite, cautious of blazing up, but is terrible when ablaze. What a rallying cry that would be strike for your boarding house ; fight for your lodging room I No ! light for your Ziome for the land you have a right to call your own for the spot which lias an interior history, twined in bridal ana funereal wreaths, sacred and read by you and yours ! Rev. Martin Pout. w are l.iund U whrvr we can, ui, .m!' , ".Vumnmn ". ou.r ""i t.k again. tWWmg plead fr thoa. who . f , """" wnerw it u mrelv iiw.1.! oil th ll. vJL. '"my .ilrnt ""l"eM, and th V. . "-tjwta- it spoken of by an F.nKli.h 11" . th,n, pirilw, in , by 'mm.Jmm Halt k Ot, Strint and .h.i ar ma.1 n it .hi.-k .. Jn. V1 . h lr wrapumg .Uam Z '' mm- Uo TerX rapptn. tUam pip. M n. ii Lint Few pertont have teen to much of the varioua aspects of life at myself ; lew, then fot,., oan be better judget of the difference between great poverty and great wealth ; but after all, this doet not by any meant constitute the chief distinction between the high and low states. No ; the signal contrast it not in the external circumstances, but in the totally op posite nun, Is of the two classet at to their re spective enjoyment The society in which I .,,..in!iiy uutveii was ail chcertulueas, lun, irono and vivacity. They oared for nothing, thought of nothing beyond the pleasure of the present nour ; ami to these they gave themselves up with the keenest relish. Iook at the circlet in which 1 now move. Cxn iivthino be more wearv. atale. flat and .,.,ri;i,.l.l.." th.n their whole oourto of life! Why, one might at well be iu the tread mill aa toiling in the stupid, monotonous round of what they call pleasure. I ....... . .. ' . f t. i I,,,,,.,.,, wnen ill merriment, an in dulgence of our natural emotion!, if they be of a joyous nature, ire ,1..,..r...l t.. ha vulvar. There can be no cordiality where there it so ,,.cn cjciusivonoas. No; all it coldness, re serve and universal rnniii, even when this starch nets of manner is uiiaccompanied by any very strict rigor in matten of conduot Look, now, at these .iiiadrille dancen in another room ; they have been tupping, they have been drink ing as much champagne as they liked, the band is capital, the nieu are young and the girls art pretty; and yet, did you ever see such crawling movements -tuch solemn looks ! aa if they were dragging themselves through the most irksome " m the world ! 0, what a different thing wa. , country dance in my younger dart ! Jlwnoir. of th, Dueha, o St. AIImiu.