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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1879)
February, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 47 A HINT. Our Dally Uy down In her little nightgown, And kitted me again and gain, On forehead and cheek. On llpa that would tpoek, But found thomtolvea thut, to their gam. Then, foolltli, abturd, To utter a word, I asked her the iiueatton to old, That wife and that lover Aak over and over, At if they were eurer wheu told. There, cloae at her aide, " Do you love raer I cried: Hhe lifted her golden-crowned head, A puxiled eurprlto Shone in her gray eyee ' Why, that'i why I kill you' ihe laid ScUctic Majaiw. WHISTLE AND HOE. There U a hoy Juit over the garden fence, Who U whittling all through the livelong day, And hit work la not uit a mere pretenie, For you aee the weedt he hat cut away. Whittle and hoe, Blng at you go, Shorten the row By the tonga you know. Not a word ot bemoaning hit taak I hear, II hat toaroely time for a growl I know, For hit whittle toundi to merry and clear, He mutt find tomo pleeaure In every row, Whittle and hoe, Blng at you go, Shorten the row By the tongt you know. But then while you whittle, be ture that you hoe, For, if you are Idle, the brlen will tproad ; And whittle alone to the end of the row Hay do for the weedt, but It bad for the bread Whittle and hoe, Sing at you go, Shorten the row By the tonga you know STEP BY STEP. "How nioely you do that, aunti.," young girl m the took up tho hantleome pteoe of needlework. "I wonder if I ill!! ever be able to tew at neatly at that! Maybe I will wheu I am at old ai you are," ihe added with . . I. .. ,l,u.,,,r ,1,1., amnhaaia. "Maybe you will," taiil hor relative, with a lluth of oolor on ner cneoa, u yu Willie juu miv f , - Now, practioe waa juet what Alice Vonooril ilitlikiHl more man anyuiing own w - ; ..A ,...t m..,.. know it and while ahe MtMMM to the praito of her giddy young niece, her .1 1... ......I......I i,. l 1,, the ilava ami hour viiipiimivn ww... . he had ipent in endeavoring to aotinire nor .b .IU..I.....B uir.h the lleoillc. "Oh, I'd never have the patience to put in all thorn tiny little ttitohee!" atid Alioe, eiarniu- ing more eloMly the lainy -ne garntoni. aw . it perfectly lovely?" , Alioe a giA of very rtrong dirt and very lofty ambition. She longed to lie a tint elaaa prima donna, a dittinguithed pianut or artitt, or anything elae that would tecum her the admiring plaudit and the laurel wreath. Rut at for climbing the ladder of fame ttep by tttp. or working gradually up to the coveted potttion. why, that never entered her ailly I i. 01 ...1.1 ..... .1,. it She wanted the netn; nnv www w. pnie without running the race, and wemed to ff . ... .1 I mlMMI illll 111 be in daily anucuajuim at a 1- 1..., Il,air Jk. - f.,,l,.r with the ttorv '" "' a... -( tk. U...I nf Haruoana. arid otlier hi a ! I ............ .,,,1 waa an dajttled by the vn',1 ..v . ... 1.1, .... - . lory that thotie around their grand achirv. menu, that ah. laiUd to at. the hanl and thorny road by which th.y had attained that ft rouM b. p-aan to hav. ..taireae. ready mad. on which w. might aaceod. and Uk. our pUoet among the illuatrimu onw! But to bt llutrioaa, one mutt be loduttrion., and it it a wiae Providmo. that prevent the tran.mi.-M olMthH. "The it room ettb top for loot. who have not only the talent, but the penever ance to continue olimbiug. Alice Veriooul would not practice her rauaio lettoni beotute tho wat jeaJoua of other girlt u,k i.laoa.l tkan aka .liil and thorn la tin ...... ....... ....... ...... - pottiuility uf her ever being a Hue performer. If, inatead, the had taken oounoil with hertelf, and determined to acquire tktll by portiatent application, had raited her itandard and (ought her way up to it, the would have done credit to hermit awl teacher, awl navo avouioti neanng her father tay at often at he did, "It it throw- HIH ItlOUUy HW.J tJ AM.VW WW. It it only by long praaticu mat inn mar unman can hit the "bull t eye" with inch unerring ...... V.m .ilmiM ami in aatiiniahml at hit tuooeu, at you would not be oould you count .. I, If! Lilt 1 4 A the numner a nil lauuret. nia aaiu la iut .11 tk. ...... It nt ...m. l.,l,l ,,r til,, t.lloi't llf t Nllll den intpiration, but then wat much previout experieuoe, the cultivation of tell-reliance, the 11 111I1I i lull tfl 1V, 'ill Step by ttep we win our way, at toholtrt, at teaohert, into every poaition.that it worth hav- ., Alt" .... " .1 If .... ,.l lug, or wonn itrivinu ior; ttuu u nnj ... waitinit like Alien Venenol. in the expectation of a reward they have not earned tmt are not entitiwi w, inoy win " ..v.. ...1. 1 tk.u I.,-.. 1.. 1... nbl that thev havn made but little progreti, and are not among thuae who htvo been criiwntMl ny itino. Karm Laiuibkk'h Sonuk. - The tongt tung by the lalwrer at the ale houee or the harvett Imme are not of hit own oomtxMing. 1 ho tune. whittled by the plowboy at he goet down the road to hit work in tht dawn were not written for him. Orwn motdi anil rolling lamia of wheat -true Heidi of tht cloth nf gold htve . ., i . .1 it i .. never yut iiiipirnt mote wno nwin ui.n w-n. .....I. .: .., .., Ir.oo the aoil. The aiilltil.li iif tho hilla over whoee tojie the tuinmer tun teemt to linger ao long ht not llllmi mo tnrp hcrd't heart with a wittful yearning that mutt be expretted in verte or mutic. Neither he nor tho plowman in the vale have hotnt or teen might that ttirt him in Nature. The ahepherd l .............I an inii.oirtal ! m 1 1 II 1 1 1 1.' nil lit never awt pi mm pi i the thyme under tht ihtde of a hawthorn buth at tunny noontnit: nor naa mo jwwaawa n... .kailnwv outline uf a divine huntre.t Villi wiiwii"" ......- - thMUgh the mitt that clmgt ti the wood temtt the llelil. Iliete people n. " J---I , ti I....L l. .. l nn tin he rulr aife. no nuriHia. i oey i"" - " .pi Achillet, no Agamemnon, ami no Homer. I lie ptat it vacant. They have not even a " Waohl ,.r a "arael aiae to main tin Khein till niiein, wi - - , . . . lit. .... L.......I .i..,. an. tlaahlllif eve. cnorua won uwi.aiw . r? V 7, l" I J No; nor even a ballad of the hearth, handetl down from father to ton, to bt tung at horn. .:...!. - iM....r.J ailver Uukanl II lettlVBlB mm m . . . , , brought out to drink tht htalthoftnh..w.r..l Kuett Hallatlt there art in old book lttilt.lt , l. .i... ..w Uiw waa ill every man ol tiaya wnm ...v j - . . han.lt, and war and tht chat gave lilt a color; i ... .L.. ... .I....I A earl i .-lliet tiowiv no-n lilt- niwi, "' . . ii .,l jog. tlonv; but if you luten. It tellt y.i no I. ' i i I,... ..r II. u L, and herda. iiotli nig in -i.., . . - - . mg of ohl g'"lt awl neriM-a, '" -- - ..?. i:. i , i. . .i .hi; i tui li you may bear the i gutter Araiie yelling in Umlon awl ivming from t mutic nmi. i. - A UM taking tea tt t imall oriinpaiiy, bto ir very food of hot roll., wat a.ka.1 tnuther. " Rttdly. 1 cannot," the rwal-Uy r. oiled- " I don't know how many 1 hav. tattoo already " "I do," unexpecUtlly cried a juvttillt ai ij . - .1 .11... ...I hitnaanal Jltltart, WW) inutuwr mmm ------- " r tt Uble. "Vou'v. tattti Npttj ato ooantin 1 A Kxrutiio TuaiATkunP. Small Iray Auntie, whtft a Uwptdo 1 AantU Noaatklng that I Iowa anmeli'ly "p. "J Mm' lj" TIhtu are y. a Utrpvl". 7 Am"1' , a. Tl" Bt!. . S....II hrrv-Rltftt I beard rtO, tOVW. " mg " , uncle UUing pa yotj wen alwayt blowing hut P- MAKING LUMBER FROM STRAW, A ptrton named S. K. Hamilton, ol lluth nell, lUinoit, hat betn in tht. city for two or throe davt naat. willi aamiilet of lumber, whioh hat attracted much attention among the lum bermen and which, if it pot eat tt all tho vir ...... aka.1 am ..laini.iil for it ia nun iif the moat important invention ol itt kind aver brought 10 lloiiuo. ii ii it t aiiuvawA i win twtea - -- era in the art of building. To mak. hard wood lumber out of oommon wheat ttraw, with all ehVct of polith and ttnith whioh it n'lUmldo on the hardttt of black walnut and mahogany, at at little coat a clear pint lumber can M manufactured for. It certainly wonderful. Such are the olaimi of Mr. Hamilton for the ttraw Imard lumber which he hat Imwii exnntlting in thit city, awl the aamplet which lit produce . . i 'it..: k. ; I.;.... Tl.. wolllil go lar inwani veriiymg twwaitaaaai awe procen of mtnnfacturtt, at eiplamml hy Mr. II in 1 1 ton. it a. follow.: Ordiuary ttraw bnartl, tuoh at it maiiufaotiirea at any paper mill, it ivted fur thit puruoaa. At mauv alioeU are taken at art reipiirl to make the thiokntM of lumlier dotiretl. The theet. art patted through a chemical tolution, which thoroughly aoftunt up the liber ami completely aaturatat it The whole it then patted through a tuooatthm of rollort,dried and hardniioil ilurlng theniitage, at well at poliihod, and comet out of tht other end of the machine hanl, dry lumbtr, ready for lite. Mr. Hamilton ciaitin mat tna n cal pnipertie. hardaning iu the Hber entirely prevent water making, and render th. lum ber combnttible only in a very hot lire. Tht htrtlenetl linith on th. outtide abw mtkea it impervioua to wattr. Tht tampti. which Mr. Iltmlltou stliildU oould hardly b. told from hanl wood lumbar, and in tawing It th. ail- (........... ......1,1 not hawletaMied. It it aUtOtDtible of a vety high polith, anil tamptat of imitation of marble, mahogany, em., were .no wo, might ilei elve me moei eierieHewi am only duet Mr. Hamilton claim a tubttituU lor lumber in taah, dtaira and bliudi tnd Kutthing atull", but aleti t a mlaililul lor mact wainut awl other wmala in the mauufaolure oi an kiwla or line furniture, oofllnt, etc , awl alto an . .. diet. mlittituU for marble in marine mp tablet, mantle piece, bureaua, tto. Ht elaime thtt it will not warp in in leeei. ei. Hawawa ton it negntieling with partlet here, with a view of eetahlithing a manufactory in thit oily for intklng tht vaiiout article of building ma teritl Ii whiuh hit lumlier It lullalde. (A to.A, WU , rfKWfer. tiaaeaiaal . ..1.1 an.1 i.raaalire develoti liartf fine in crude wlri4aum, and thut wt liacl thai .L- ..1.. I ..I ika nil rea-lnll have lieeolne to BBN Ol ,1.. m m , .1 uliigged with partlllne tine the a-lvent of th. recent trclic wtvo, ni wiev '""" --TFT" oil iu tllthcicnl .illtllllty W teep pm Wltei an i .. .. I I.,,..., I ll.al 111 the liorthein III I H l IU I l Ml . . .a Z-T . , . ,. oil Held alone from LOOO Wi r).(X barrel of oil are going to watt lUily irum init eaaa. to torn owe the (reeling it nut to great at in olhert. Thit It owing lu th. oil being pumpl through pipe MM in ine groann. tna ettttt mg and pumping welle have alto, iu mi-iy eat., I-. I. brought b.t tUnd tlilli partly beeaaae th. atreama which fel th. bdUrt are frofn dry, awl iiartly Iwoauae the men cannot ataatl at . I c. 1.1. ,l. t..,...atnra at or work in me oemem Ulow ttro. a. u.i.ii i.i l ituiw. A tiateat lor arti ficial tallow wat laauad in rtubtr lat to rt-mor Miguel d. la Vega, of Nw lora. tat) ,.t,.r tUU. in hUpaUot. that 100 U. l th. Ullow ia pr.luc.l by tuning Uiewthar tO Vm. if owtor X 10 IU. ol at)lal Ullow, 10 .. of vegeUld. oil, ana M B- ui -n. i--T i, ...i. ... 1...U1 liMtwtbar for tho. I new ibibu inn, - -m , . M minuU by eUam heat. VYhttj tht HMM ouuU it I'arilttaV MM ibwjim i TT; J .1 Ak- alaaila llllltllll oil Will Pfjfg CtlJ , 1 f OB J at etawi - B- - - - anaw.r the parpuw eo,uaUy at well at oaaWf BBa