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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
September, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 267 THE t'OTTAOE OATE III the sultry lime of mowing, When the fields sre full nf hjr, Pretty Jsnel hrinirs her e Inn ' T11 the gale et eliiM g day Ik yon wonder tin nl, Unguis 1 iflen fiances down the lane li" you ssk me w hy her nuirere Seem t find their work strain ' Lwt dreams hehl her lii their latin r Love li often ;ss we know) l ili' In the summer weather, Idlest In the iitneet g-liiw. Now the toll of dey is over; .'-ou t haa not lung to wait Kor t ahsdow on the elover, Ami footstep itt the rale. How Is this! The slighted sheeting lift! heen taken l)i anew ; Very tiilet ! her greeting, Hosrvely raised thoee eyee l l,lur Now he leans u)on the railing. Telle her sll slmut the hay; Till hie plsns seem i i ailing Very little will hr sa If oii think It strsuge, my resdcr, Learn ft lesson from the have I 1 mi the garden's ueenly leader, Pslreet flower thsl ever' hl.iwa Not ftt "in.' nlie Itftiinu her ietala; Kind ft I nnl of mlier green; ll) .in.l hy the -1 11 1 . Inn.: sofiels Hhnw ft ilftfth of sag hetween Breelee rock her; euiiliesuis woo hei ; Wlileantl wider dues shs aurt, t)iens all her rrlinsnti treasures, Yields the fragrance at her heftit Ah' the roae titlile will not render All tin ir miti'U In mil' lat . A "I the maliten, ihy and tender, ! aft dlirklent as they Hume' in.) -i The richest bridal drosses Mfl recently have lieen made of whit utin, trimmed with lacs. Cut in the pi incest atyle, the overdreaa nf luce, ur lace arranged aa ecarft, fnrtm the eutira drapery. The garniture con. atstt of Howen in mm. anil trailing inn.... The prettiest bridal drets of the season u of rioh white utin, covered with myriads of rowe of linely plaited Breton lace, and garniture.! with natural rooebiiiU ami orange liloaaoma. No artificial flowera wen' uard. The veil waa attached to a full, close wreath of the aame tiowera, but the botliinet waa composed entirely of white roaebuda. The effect of Mretou laoa la iarticnlarly soft and foamy, much more I n lug to youthful liridea than heavy (mint laoa. A very pretty and much more limple bridal dreea it of white barege, trimmed also with quantities of delicately plaited Itrrton lac. The garniture of thia dreaa it white aatiu rihlew. No Howen ueed, rioept a great uunch of nat. oral I ilnn nl the valley and white rosehudft at the front of the ooraage. Arttlicial flowera are not now considered itulinijtir aa a garniture for bridal dresses. Hmleamaida adopt the Ktighah faaluoD of wearing large quaint hats or bonnets. At raosnt wedding the bridesmaids wore princess dreasea of pale pink, a combination of ilk and brooade, and large hate of theliainoe Ixiruugh ahapa, trimmed ilh llrrton laoa and immense crushed roses. I hi Wom.ti'a IsMMUH N (.saving oat the Und linet, which connect all the civilised rountnes of the world with their neighl-ors, there are now over 70,(J(W miles nf coble cross ing the seat awl oceans. Nsw submarine tele graphs, rivalling in length the greatest now listing, are soon to be laid. A line frotn Han r'raoeieoo to the Haadwirh Islands, and tbenoe to Japan where now ft.UOO miles of wire are io opsratina, thongh the Aral wart only laid HI years ago so aa to noaaect the ialawt group of the Pacific with the continents of Asia awl America, will complete the telegraph). in all l Use globs. The king of the Sandwich 11 anda has granted a riinrsstatoa for the first part of thia Anal link, tad it will not he many years before we shall saw it in working oondrtion THE ni'MAN SrKCIKS, In the light nf modern discoveries, the prob. lent n( the origin of the humau race it con stantly receiving fresh accessions to the Mosaic account, nniwitliatamling the reararchea u( to learneil a man aa Agaaais, and the delectaUe theories of Darwin. In onler to etplaiu the perplexities that arise it the strange an. mi aliea that aiitt in the human family, Agatau selected tevoral ceiitert of creation nl man, giving to each of the great races a artlcular crea tive point, otherwise the Mosaic account waa accepted eo far as it throw am light uion the reaulta ol modern researches, look ing 11 1 Kin the different racet aa possessing noth ing in common with each other, ami the anitln giea endiiig with the general appearances and structure of the )hysical svttem, peihaps the theory could be maintained brum a strictly mat aria point of view. The views of Agassis in thit regard were not entirely satisfactory to him, and up to the time of his death he hail uot yet fully determined upon a pniier solution of the pmblcm. It it not necessary to anathematise Darwin ism, although, the descent of man fnun epos is revolting to all our intellectual idea. Tha theory it plausible enough leaving out the im mortality of the aoul as maintained by equally wise philosophers, hut has reference in our opinion more to tha analogic existing in the animal pmprniitiee of the human race. Indeed, It la not necessary In go lav yond the present time to find the intellectual faculties wholly obliterated hy brutal intttnett, all the more agravats-d in man by aa much aa ha is supHiaed to bo so pi 1 on to annuals. I In 11 is nothing to fear from thia doctrine gaining is it t vernal acceptance. It it hanlly reasonable In suppose that it will become a rule of conduct In our a. ml relations, tarried out, however, to Its fullrst silent, the evil consequence mutt he ap parent t all in the total destruction of humau responsibility to any superior (lower. M. Dc Ouatrefagea, IWoasor of Anthnipul ogy in the .Museum of Natural History at I'arls, haa lately given to the public many interesting points concerning thit subject lie maintains the unity of the human sisiies, and arrives at tha conclusion that all men of whatever color ladling to the same siecies, awl that there is 1. ul one apeciea nf man. Mini, onnsidsnng tome Hiints in hsrwlniim as the ttruggle for esistence and selection iierfectly unassailable, I'mf. I ,)'iat r (ages refuses to admit tha 'la scent of man from apes. The Professor dies not anathematise IIons who maintain that man it so descended, wr does he greatly blame then lailduesa. Knr himself, however, he derlarsa as the result of all hit studies that he doss mil know the origin of the human tps-riee, awl he believea the aolutioii of the miration it at prss ent imNissdns, ami will, psrhapa, always be au. Aa to tha ante put) of ths human mos, as , (insiders thst discnvsriss warranl the . on. In sioo that man has sun n .d two grsal geolognod ra'lit, having lived during the gls- isl psrlwl hy pi.t" tins' hunsslf with firs, awl svsn sug. gssla Unit it la pussibls that heraaftsr traces of man may yet be found further hack still Hs is unwilling to accept ths theory of Agassi' of several centers of creatine, snalntalslsg that mi facta have yet boon dtacuvered who h authorise us to place the cradle of the human race else where than in Asia, He . hums that the globe was s.pUI by rat. grations by lawl and sm, and in rogaivj to prim itivs man folio t ths opinion of lbs Krssash nat aralltt, M d. Hallss, who altnbnass rod hslr to ths earliest men It is also argwed thai the anosatora of ths negro were a rare of a much lighter color. The Professor doss ass) sssasarn himself with ths dhHiawtsaa to bs sstsUutuwl betwesw mind aad matter, sad ths sayatervuas link which salts ths physical with the iate. Isetaal bwag, hat only with ths laves tigst. , of lbs several manifestation resulting from tins csuinecuon, ami wtlh the recognition of th dla tinotive marks of the groups which he la siu.lt ing. Avoiding tins Scylla and I'haryhdia upon which so many philoaoplnc.il theories havs been and are still lssing wroksd, the domain f the spiritual haa no place with the material, siespt, peihaps. aa a dirsctlv power, th puwar of spirit over matter, In the near future, pf bis, an nbisutlve aiinl may be reached !., human one. ligation, which will more fully ei plain the relaUona of spirit ami mailer, iffaisv rnnf .N'.-iesf.aV 'mi NKUV K MTIMn.ANTS. Dr. Ilruntou haa ths following interesting and anggestlve remarks on this subject lu a r cent article itt the ''nafrmajriirg Rtrkm: Thsrs ar Iwu nerves, known aa tha " fifth pan. which are dtalrltiule.1 to the skin of the head and to the nun-out membrane of th eyoa, nose awl mouth. Tkea narvea are closely eon neotod w ilh the hesrt ami vessels, and hy atim ulaling their brant he the clreulattiw may be reauy influenced, aa In the os ol fainting I IS a curious fact thst twoole nf all iiatl.oia as. a. cus 1. .in, . 1, when in any ilimcalty, to ttlniu late one or another branch of the fifth arv, and quicken their mental prin'uttti. Thus, tome peis.. ns, when putileil, scraleh their heads, other nib their forsheada, and othsrs ir. ke or pull their Iwarda, that allniulating Ihs occipital, fnmlal or mental branches id these nerves. Many Hermans, when thinking, have a habit of striking their lingers against tlmr noses, and Unit illmulaling the nasal hi taneoua brain lies ; whils In other osMintriee some people stimulate the branches dislriiiutoil to lb miii oiis membrane sf the mis by taking snull The Isle I ..id Derby, when Iranalating Homer, waa ac uilomsil to eat brandled chsr rirs One man will sat llgt whlla niinuaalafl leading article i another will auek chosnlate crsanit otliera will smoke clgarettesi awl other up lerawlv awl water. Ily thaw means they stimulate Ihs lingual and buccal branches nf the fifth nerve, amfthua rsltsily atclt tbalr hratna. Alcohol apneara to an it., ihs clnmla lion through ths brain rrflsily from ths rmmlh, and to stimulate ths heart rsfiesly frotn the loins, h. even before it Is alaaorbail Into th blond. Hhorlly alter II hat bssn swallowed, however, II I ahenrlisd from the stomach, awl liaasss wiib ths blood hi ths hesrt, to ths brain, and Ui Ihs other parts of ths nervosa system, upon which it tin u hsglns to act ll reotly. I'ndsr Itt influence the heart bsala mors iulckly, the LI I drvalates mors freely, aad thus ths fuwlional power of the rarioaj or gent in the body la increase.!, to thai the brain may think more rapidly, the muscle act aaors powerfully, and the stomach digest mora mm ily Hal with this eioeptlo lbs etTssil of sieo hot uem the nertoas system may bs ilaawrtheal aa om of prosrestlvt narrjysta. Th higher .enter suffer firtt, and ths Jtidginenl la ths Drat quality to hs impairssl, so. T this luiaiam the more to aa the sfTect ol tleobol hi i gi sssat, although Ihs other (senilis of Ihs moid may remain not only undiminished hy Ihs direct as lion nf Ihs si ..In.l oa the brain, bat gnall hi. rreessd by general si. llemant of ths In ulalson Hy and by, however, h uthsr part ol lb M. voae cyvtom are suecssatvely wesksssast, lbs lege fell, awl Ihs persna falla Isssatlhia, 1 1 la svident, then, that only lbs first stags of tits holie set son ar at all hsaefici.il. the later stages living aa rhsarly inlariuaa. JrfKti , bow a very able jwigs of a West- era roar, when he first cams to the bar was a very blundering speaker fht asts naatln. when he waa trying a . aes invulving lb rlfbr f stkrnl to a tot of hug, h ettdisassat the sry a follows 'itsatletnea 4 lbs jury, Ibsrs won just 24 bog ta thai d... ut M gswtU mea, tturilf twin ar aattaf us Ihtn art ns taai fmrf tau The sffeet east bs iautjlnsd f