The west shore., July 01, 1879, Page 196, Image 4

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THE WEST SHORE.
July, 1879
TllK THREE BISTERS. are nearly oiiual in size anil havo an eiact pyra-
ImUnl form Their Mes are flnly zoned with a
Thee mountains of III (.Wade range, caped , broad Wit of forest, whlnh mounts to an altitude
with perpetual iiowi, u viewed from the forki of ill thousand feet. The angles of The Sisters
of Ilia Mackenzie river, MM Kugeno Ott.", pro-1 are leu acute than (MM of other mow peakii in
lit a moat pictunMiue appearance. A good view thia State, lad consequently thoro are leas elides,
of them can alao lie obtained from the third story I and the ptakl aro always covered with glistening
uf the Uulveraity building at Kugene t'lty. They I fold. The cluud rest almost contiuuiilly upon
aflaHH Lw'LH HteB O Ewfe1!
"Paejaww aaHrWyTVv!BJsrMIMMwwBM BMf Iranr JR tJaari ' C"V0 Hi
tho peaks, adding their oontributioni of vapor to
be turned Into tiny luowfUkaa ; and of asoroitm
oft-times, the haze wrap them round in many
folds, produoing vague fantutio images. What
there are rain storma in the air, and clouds of va
por ride through the upper world, they are at
tracted by the bold outlines of these peaks, and,
settling on them, are changed into varied forms,
sometimes appear
ing like a knight 1
helmet, with crest
and feather back
ward streaming;
nomol imes twist
ing and wreathing
like volumes of
amoke from a great
conflagration;
sometimes push
ing out circular
cloudlets, like tha
bubbles of a mill
race. The Indians
have a tradition
that these three
peaks were three
female giants who
bad boeu wives of
Munitou, aud hav
lug rebelled
against him, were
turned into stone.
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Uood to begin
well; better to end
well.
Be lively, but
not light; solid,
but not sad.
Ureat pain and
little pain makes
a man weary.
Belief is not in
our power, but
trutbfulnrseis
Friction cleans
the hark and rube
down the knots.
" The Christian
lifeia not knowing
or hearing, but do
ing. Civility is al
waya sale, bnt
pi ide croatra ene
mies. If pride lesds
the van, poverty
brings up the rear.
Better break
thy word than do
worse in keeping
it
Luck is a good
thing, hut one can
not nlweya affoid
to wait for it-
Pluck ls better
thing, became it
ia always reed to
begin.
Knrbrare every
opportunity that
oflore. but only