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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1879)
May, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. '43 A STORY AVT POMMRNT9. A younii man was very anxious to secure piece of proierty which u Just thou (or talo on very advanta goous terms. Ho went to confer with Irlond ol his, who wu a banker, about the matter, ami to Inquire wholher It wouhl Iw prudent to borrow the requisite mm ami pay it In regular instalment. He thought he ahoulil le ana to manage all hut the Drat instalment. He was advised 10 hnrrow (rum the liank a sum enough larger than ho uiidiod to raise to cover the first ieymoiil, lat It strictly aalds anil then go ahead. " Hut," said his friend, " you must sH'iid literally nothing. You must llvo off your place. You must make a box and drop In it ail the money you receive. " The young man and his wife went bravely to work to follow his ailvlce. If it was necessary to dine off a head of bolloil cabbage and salt, they did so and never grumbled. Kvery payment was promptly mot The egg money, and the butler money, and the corn and wheat niunev all went into the wyuient box, and at the Bpecirieil time the place was thelr's. There was an Invisible wealth shout such hard-earned pososlnn that common observers knew nothing of. On the very day of tho last pvyiuuiit the young man presented hllusoll Mora his friend with a smiling face and with theiiiouoy in his hand There were no rags to he seen, hut his clothing was well covered with darns from head to fool. " You see I have followed your ailvlce," he said, oasling glance over him self, "and my wife looks worse than I do. Hut I have earned the farm and now 1 know how to earn another." -Cincinnati Timri. The above touching narrative ii doing regular sorvice in our exchanges ai a true story of the experience of a young man in agriculture, anil the conclusion ia that other young men are ox bortad to 1I0 likewise. This being ita manifest purpose, we caunot let it go unchecked, becauie it ia, even if true, wholly inapplicable to the caaea of the vaat majority of the young men to whom it is bold nut as a precedent. Wo beliovo in uxhiirting young men t go forward and in urging them to take earneat hold for themselvea of tho problems of home and livelihood, but it ia wrong to iueite them by recitals of exception able rx'xiriences. In the first place, not one young man in a thousand who haa to make a start fur himself, can Mud a bank which will loan tho full pur chase price of a piece of property to anyone unless there lie ample collateral security. This young man happened to have a friend who wan a banker, and who lent thu money aa a friend and nut as a bauker. The impliod advice would lie, then, young men, go to your rich and gen erous friends, and get them to accommodate you to an extent lieyond what ia usual in business transactions, f couiae, this advioe is, gener ally, impracticable, becauae moat young men cannot llnd such indulgent friends. The hanker a advioe to the young man about the Howl of systematic economy and hustiandiiig of every dollar which may lie received, ia ex oollenl Thia, counted with the diaiHwition to work, will accomplish wonders. We can be lieve almost any account of individual aueoraa by such methods, but it is not wiae to draw general oonelusiona from occasional individual instances, because moat young men, or old men either, do not possess the genius of self-drnial or accumulation which is requisite to thia man ner of success. It ia alao true that since the productive industries of thia country entered the area of low values which nnw prevails, a farm, which, year after year, gives a livelihood to the farmer and returns a surplus equivalent to the interest nKin the value of the iimperty, is batter than the average of farma. Still more exceptional ia the farm which will do both theae things, and in addition yield an instalment of ita purchaae price. Of ooarae it ia done in cer tain esses, but such ia not tb- rule. Sometimes a single crop will wall nigh pay for the land on which it ia grown, but such eroie are lika visits of the angels. No ; a yang man who starts out to pay for a farm which haa a mortgage aa large aa the deed, will, in moat cases, lite! his task hka that of lifting himself by hie boot strapa. It ia hard enough to clear off a mort gage whan a good part of tbs land is free, bat this may, in some nasaa. ha wisely undertaken Whan it is more than tins w should want to b vary aura that than was a friend in the bank. Our ialUoa la then, concerning the fact de sen bad ia the narrative, that it ia impracticable as a rats, Brat, becaaas it b impossible to gat lou ouu ,u u,u way uweuriowu ; saHHiuil, it any second oould follow a primal impoasibility, it would bo impoasihle to keep it if it oould be had. Wu have now a lesson to read this successful youug mau. Me did well to allude to the econ omy he aud his wife had practiced to aociire the end in view; aud that hia wife waa won utr in pniut of apparel than waa he, ia only what is commonly the ease wheu a true woman seta out, with womanly devotion, to aid her hue hand in Ins - In one securing enterprises. Ilut with this fact iu uiiud, the young man con cludes: "but have earned the farm," etc. lie waa wrong and egotistical beyond measure. Mis weary and eollaaerilluing wifu had doue fully aa much aa ho hail toward their mutual success, and his words should havu been " He have earned the farm." Do not forgot this fad, successful youug men! When your devoted wivea labor during the lung daylight hours in thu homo and its attendant industries, the dairy and the poultry yard, and probably sit up half the night, while you are sleeping, toiling with tired lingers to give your worn garments a sem blance of respectability, neglecting their own wardroboa that you mav lie saved from raga never forget to say " Wt earned the farm. " 'uifft'c Rural I'rtiu. BOYS WANTKD. There sro alwaya boys onoiigb in the market, but some of them are of little use. Tho kind that are always wanted are: I. Honest; ', Pure; .1. Intelligent; 4. Active; A. Industrious; 6. Obedient; 7. Steady: H. Obliging; II, I'olite; 10. Neat One thou s.i 11. J first-rate places are npe-n for a thousand boys who come up to this standard. Many of these places of trade and art are al ready tilled hy Imye who lack aome of the mint important points, but they will soon be vauant. One haa an oHIoe where the lad who haa the sit uation is losing his H rat miht. Mo likea to attend the driuking saloon and the theater: this costs more money than ho nan afford, but some how he manages to lie there frctpwnlly. Ilia employers are ipuotly watching to learn how he geta so much spending money; they will soon discover a leak in the money-drawer, detect the dishonest hoy, and his place will lie ready for some one who is nnw getting ready for it by ob serving point No. I and lieing truthful in all his wave. Some situations will soon lie vacant lecaiias the boys have been poisoned hy reading had hooka, such aa they would not dare to ahow their fathers and would he ashamed to hsve their mothers see. The impure thoughts sug gosted by these books will lea. I to vicious sots: the boys will be ruined, and their places must be tilled. Who will be ready for one uf these vacanciea ? Distinguished lawyers, useful ministers, skill ful physicians, successful merchants must all soou leave their places for somebody else to till; one by one they are removed by death. Mind your HI points, hoys; thsy will prepare you to step int.. vacanciea in the front rank. Iliui-.r MatiIkmatics. To estimate what a bridge will cost any city if It la done by con. tract: Take the highest figures presented by auy engineer and multiply them by the length of the bridge in inches, point "IT two place, and then sld enough to prosecute any one who baa anything to do with handling the funds, and the result is that the bridge is an olsUrurtion to navigation, ttorail Ft "rest. "Yor bigoted nigger," said Ham to Peto, "Kig-gotad, what do yoa mean by dat" ssked Pat. "Why," reps ted Ham, "bigoted means yoa know ton much for on nigger, and not enough for two, 111) used on a railway atgmfie danger, and says "stop." It it taw same thing displayed on A SlUKY POK tl(M)l) LITTI.K OIKLS. Ma-ry waa a good girL She loved bar dear broth-en and sis. ten. I will tall yoa on mce thing aha did. Her moth ei waa vary sick. She hail to stay in her bed all night and all day. Ma ry's father told her one day, "Mary, yoar moth er is too sick to leave her bad. Yoa must hit a ninth -or to your lit tie broth .era and I. is And Ma-rv said. "Yaa. n.na." Kn her fsth er gave bar money. He tohther to buy bread and meat and eeo that all hail e nough to eat. Ma ry took the mon ey. When her fa 1 in-1 had gone to hia work aha called her broth en and sis-tan togoth-er. She said "Yon lika can dy and cakaa and doll, aud bs by raga. You shall havo can dy and cakea and dolls aud ha bv raga. " And theshildren oriad, "Oh. tlvi win Iw so nice ! Then Ma rv took some rve. meal and matin aome nioe pod ding. Wit the mon ey her fa ther hail giv en her aha bought candy ami cakea anil dolls anil ba by raga. The iieai nay tney nan pint Ming for break fait. rnriiin nor tney hail pint .ling, they hail nod. ding for sup tier. They hail nuddlnu three times a day for two weeks. Wheu their moth . got well they did not tease her for oaa-dy d cakea and doll, ami U bv rain. No. tksv be haved lika good children And whan meal time came they did not turn up then lit tin 110-aea at what waa aet lie fore them, aa I have seen some chit .In u do. They at of what their ttear moth er of -fered them. Ma-ry waa som-pli-metit otl on her man ait menl id ohil dren. Those chil dren were never af ter-ward known to cry for ryo-puddiug. HOW TO PltKVKNT DIHKAHRH AMONO tllll.l'UKN. A com I. ni of the New York 7'osaj say that he haa followed a recommendation from a l,d-, to evaxiriaa a little oarbolio a. id daily la the heaters ss a disinfectant ami a preventive againat contagious disease, and the results as been most satisfactory " hate a large school, and nut of the whole number only two pupils nave iioen sick with acsilet lever, and even these caaea ware indirect one. In my owa family, which consists of U children farta nately not all my own and live adults, not una haa been afflicted with any malady, not ve with a sore throat, for longer than a day or two. We certainly keep the house minutely clean, ventilate it thoroughly every day, and never heat tin- r. Mini, above on Pah. Duriag my 10 yean' experience I hav never seen the Ilk." We think It pmheiile that lh us of a small uantity of . ai'... I:, acid in the manner there mentioned may, in some oeeae, be beneficial. Ilut if it were the golden rul in every family to keei, the houae minutely clean, ventilate it thor uglily every day, and never heal above (10 rah , there would probably lie little need of earbolio aeid or any othr drug. CaJTiui Hoar. The reason that oaetile aoan ia an ettoaaively advised by physicians la b esuse of It purity ami freedom flora alkali la the manufacture of uaallle soap, vegetable oil I 11 sett Instead of animal fat, aad great ear I taken to avoid an aloes ol the antlai oaly enough laving used In lake Bp or neutralise lbs ml. Thia soap, therefore, la mild aad gaatla, ami can be used on irritated surface or wounds, where mammon sssp would give paia, per heps reaston injury. The inotUad sorts of casta soap ar mad by lh addition of a small iiuaa tily of sulphate of iron copperas. Thia tem peras in solution is stirred into lh soap while in a fluid state. At Drat the aulor ia Mulsh, on espoaur to the air it chsngaa la a fad. This eoep waa called "raattl," for la rssana that It waa largely made la the previa i Naaia a called. Ths Largest amount, howsvsr, from lh south of Fraaaa, aad la karoo lei variety of aoan is more gsaiially known by Ik nam. of Msrweillaa than castll.