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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1879)
June, 1879 .68 THE WEST SHORE. SHADOW. JIY A. Cl.AKHK .1. MMMM, Shadows take f(irm when Hi dawning, The wilting sky Warms with the faintest warning Tli.l day la nigh, Than tlnU ( llowinii amber Aiiiioutire the ray: 1 1 Imttnii from heaven's ihuibM Imoli far away. Hw, In Hip rut, Ilia mountains Sink. off thai' grief ! Dewdrnjia from myriad fountain! Claim avrry laaf ; Tlia stais, I heir many rye art rioting, As grows ,(" e.'''1"'. Wlilla the 1 i lit -l.ir.l- wing reputing, Bkowl ,u) " "" " Ami when the ami, reclining I in iniiunUlii wall, Utw Ilia a 1 i.l It shining Thn kdowa fall. Shadows of mighty mountains l.la QJji Ula vala, Maul i 1 -Inarm and (ountalm, Mall lit!.. I tall. Tall, .lllrn,l .pins ul Hr and pins I'atnh th sun's glow ; OrrharJ tim and forest tine Would top Ilia llair. With amy day come toil and ran, And there an shadows everywhere. 11. goea. S'txtnlidi. M lbs Inn . -1 tltddn llnnga golden gnin ; Itipenlug nun a gladness yialda In song's n ti. ,111 ; Thru Hi (ei raut nya mini down With aurh scant shade, li..! Ilia hadow'i umbar imwn li welcome made Thai Ilia raapars, nuonlldr, llngar, To avoid Uw ny I ul. : liy the aullxy Itngtr HI ll.a barrwalday VY noli thai lit etoiiin ol oran Than eek Um !, To Ian Iha worker's brow with motion III eea-awapt gale lialaa and ahadowi graUful come To work an lor lb lUrtaat II .... HI IWwn Iha watt tka day la linking, IHhar shadows grow, All Ik waaiy w.-il.l u thinking Tha Waal aglow "Cuaw Iha night ol nat and peaca Coma tnlag'a rkaor, Co tha hour whan lull ahall nrnaa And not Iroaa faar." Krai, Uay waited 1. 1 lb morning, That hour Iha kwat, W 1.. Iha wklg ol law dawning I bona toward lb ureal Now, thay weary wail Iba coating Ol IwiHjrht'i boat j Watching and waiting tor th gluaaaing WiU lu ra.Ho! dowwr. Knt. thay wat.'lied the east, impatient For tha kindling day, Hatting, a the skies grew radiant, To toil away. Now thay homeward weary plod, A twilight omen ; Slow footsteps on tho yielding sod, Toward! liadowod home!. Thay know that hour, of all tho beat, When ihadow! reach them from the weat. IV. nan. Now all ii ihadow ! With tha night No aingle shade Can lutercept the aun'a grend flight In glen or glado ! The lir tree itanda athwart tho iky, A warning cloud, And through it, aa the winda go by, They whiiper loud. No ahadow ii there from the oak, Hut, 'ni'iith ita branch, Whilu from ita midiit the owl may croak, A ghoul might blanch. A deeper ahade OAS here and then Almoat tie felt, Night 'a ahadow overmautles care And heart will melt. The atan may liugur in th arch Of fartheit blue, running their eternal march, Tho worlda to view At through the rounded agaa paat They gleam in apace, Ami 011 our oarth their glauce haa caat A ihadow'i grace, The moon, betimea, tend iti oold my A tilver gleam -Till feeble rival of the day'i ' Hright golden atream. Yet thii pale empraaa of tha night, With strangest power, Hall fear, half plaaaure and affright, lleapella th hour. Forgetting faar and Joy, w alumbtr, W rt aud sleep, bar, Whll Night'a wird aplendon, without num. Their Tigila kwp. Moonlight, starlight, floating cloud Or raging itorm May bida them all wiUi anger loud Wa fear no harm. Wa know tho aun muat riae again In aplaadid joy ; Shadows ahall fall on atraam aud plain A llh'a alloy ; Thai lore and hope ahall sweeten toil While life shall but, Till In from all the bnf turmoil Wa aleep at but Whan conn tha night that know, no waking, And not till Uin, will day be breaking. 1 Ws iv the MMOn of the year when J ' " i il'le hen enter their second child hixnl .111.1 arc broiled for Iprini chick en. Tlu Chinest must go. The price f waOung fallen so low that wo. men can't malt enough to keep their mmadt 1.1 food, clothe and whisky. WEIGHTS AND MEASURKS. Questions are always arising concern ing various points in weights and meas ures, and we print the following scale, recognized by the laws of the United States, that our readers may preserve it for convenient reference : HUBHKI.. FOURM. Wheat n Shelled Com 61 Corn in the ear 70 By U Oat 32 Barley 41 White Bean 00 Irish Potato 00 Caator He huh M CloTOr Seed 00 Timothy Seed 44 FlaxSeed M Hemp Seed 4 Millet Seed M Pau ei Blue II rum Seed 44 Buckwheat ..U Dried Peaches 11 Dried Apple 24 Onion 67 Salt M 8tono Coal... N Bran M Phutering Hair 1 Turnipa 66 Unslackad Lima II Cornmeal 41 Fine Salt 66 Hungarian Urate Seed 64 (1 round Pea II Peanuts, per bushel, African, p pounds; Tennessee, 28 pounds; Vir ginia, 22 pounds. A box 24x16 inches, 22 inches deep, contains one barrel; i6xi6j inches, eight inches deep, contains one bushel; 8x.S4 inches, eight inches deep, con tains one peck; 4x4 inches, four and 1 half inches deep, contains one-half peck; 4x4 inches, four-tenths of an inch deep, contains one quart. The standard bushel of the United States contains 2,150..!. cubic inche. " The Imperial bushel is about 68 cu bic inches. Anv box or measure, the contents of which arc equal to 2,1504 cubic inches, will hold a bushel of grain. In measuring fruit, vegetables, coal and other substances, one-fourth must be added. I n other words, n peck measure five times even full makes one bushel. The usual practice is to heap the nicai urc. The standard adopted by the United States is the Winchester bushel, 18 inches in diameter inside, eight inchei deep, and contains 2,150 42-100 cubic inches. It is the legal bushel of each State, having no special statute bushel of its own. A half bushel measure should contain 1,075 21-100 cubic in ches. The United States standard gH measures 231 cubic inches. Five yards wide by 968 long contains one acre; 10 yards wide by 484 long contains one acre; Jo yards wide hf 242 long contains one acre; 40 yards wide by 121 long contains one acre; 00 feet wide by 726 long contains one acre; 110 feet wide by 396 long con tains one acre; 220 feet wide by 198 long contains one acre.