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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1879)
298 THE WEST SHORE. October, 1879, ONLY A WORD. blown through lh bxuy town, Llfbtr thftfi thlrtle down, LllfliUr than du.it hy nivli.g Imc or bird llrmhfd Iroin the hl.jMimiliii lilv'a gulden crown; Unnm Idly hen. aiid there, oh m ttio fammer fclr About rnen'i dmrrt the lunny itlllneM itirrod Only word! Hut ihftrp, oh, ihtw tbu twn-edfrcd sword. To )lercn ind ktLiitf ind r Thi heart whoto jh-wt bresihuf blunt could mar. Only wont, a llttln ward tint fell 1'iihMded aa the ilew That from Die darklliiir blur of n inner midnight wftly Urate, to ti ll lu Ule of hiKtiiK lirtMtk and lUr-lit dell In yonder uoaine atret. When. 1 ale wllb duet and beat, The little wtnduw ri r tu wtkiuau'a et'1 It dnxiiiltttf bell TnllfU to yraat tbe Ium It kuowi ao wall; A word .Imp if lb w ' But oh, IU touch could llie'a loel hope renew - Mary Krtty llnuletlt, in .Vunday Aternoon. "ONK MORI UNKOIUUNATK." " One mnr unfortunate, Wearv ol in i li, lUilily tiniMirluiiit (lull In her ileilh ! ! In hirth evidence, J Thrown from In i nilnenc ; 1 It'll l.'.'l'. '"l I'll llH- besml "K MtrmiiKtl " Kvery day is that Mil record "Anolhrr Sui ride" entered upon th ugei "' new "I1 M" 1 history, mi l, startling is the fact, ita oon t mi. :il apiiearanoe hM ) accustomed society to I In-1. 1 1 1 LI.' ravfges of this mania that that which miM .n! a thrill of horror through whole com munilies, now la not mure lasting in ita effects than that miilnihl ilrrain, which for a few niotnrnU only disturbs the peaceful reimso of ' I' !! has unto inch lott nils uf broken rest are llieM immnrtal ilropa of human life engulfed 'neath tba auiciilal wave; the passing .li. .... ami preciuui life each leaving hut a memory. In a lata auiciilal item the laat worth nf a "poor uiifiirtiinita" war proof conclusive that " Uive hy harih eviilenoa' waa "thrown fiom ita eniii.enoe. " A Mir heart broken wife had hy her own hands broken thnac thrraili, which a law yrara helore the hail o lovingly ami tnulingly consented might be woven into that marriage web which was to lie. from the UUIHi promise! of tha h) mmieal ierviv, a boM from hoaveu to brighten the way ol her anil hora with light mi clear ami peaceful that home life would b out a t.m tate ol heaven llll niter anil At tha early age of 20 yeara thia " raahly i lunate' lu death's agony write to titter port inrliilt "leanaat hear II Inurer pealh li mr only rallet Ita i I etna allh Iih anil MM ha ahauie tltllr II uarj ma, aim MM tnjr rlnlreaa arr I ... ke I and I.. Mr naa . and I haia not lh pro it ..I ililn. ,.. , t hi. baai Oh I hair ..rteil a. hard, lur mnner retiil cruel aiiiiCin( vi,t,, ami lor lot, runea leir ttaux. kanl aa In u. arl loan you, h batter off " Such II til aa.l UtUinony of one woman ' life, an. I il.rv tit world to tay that theae grave charge re left agaimt tlin hutbaml beeaua ol the Mar whim of a worldly disappointed woaaan out ao. lbaaiipmniinrul aloue, epci ally with woenan, rarely, if ever, care to aatiate it! unaatiiHad longinga hy .luiiing violently, an. I by bar own baada. Into "that bourn from Wkieh no Ir.t i ler returna, but rather " aeeki lo hear tn till bar, than fly to thou we knoa Bot of.' Thia maritag lie, winch ah. ml I ba th acme of earthly happinrwa, unlike all other bomla, u of earth, earthy male, yel rooming, it it war, the ai of haaveo, mailing it irrvvocthl. eioapl by death; bot whit a commentary upon the tJd too ol we.ll, ck ar thoa dlvoro decreet ol human la that ao lightly and rauly m , , , the chain that waa forged and waled for lif; yat Buy not avoo Ihu rod aavorauc be better than that death which is almoit the only re aource of woman ? For home-life being a wo loau'a Moiio, aTbtll fobMU of thia wlijkt uaM the left but the tcorn and contumely of a critical world, while man, with that unquestionable im puuity ever conceded him, may be a perfect nomad in name at well at in home; the round world being hit, and the supremacy of home right readily granted by thu sojourn of a few days. The wife that leaves husband and child run to wander, no matter what the cause, it for ever under ban, her every footstep taken only at tho, to her, expensive protest of her society world, while husband cau leave all depending upon him to the teudur mercies of that world that owes him a living, and at ill true tn his n UHMd (iixl-giveu nature, bo master still; what matter if that mattery bo asserted by brute-like foroe, it is not less certain or potent iu its efTccts. To such down-trodden wives everywhere we, that are in a happier sphero, may preach patience and forlieiirance with the attendant promises of just reward to the buffering, and that sure punishment awarded the sinning; but to that loving dinging woman who has staked nil Imp itinrnt upon him whom the law has made hus band, how littlo comforting to her the thought that thu father of her babes has by this decree of tin not only entailed upon himself desorved punishment, but to those helploHi loving ones a fate worse than death. Hence, is it atrangn that to theto weary-worn, poverty stricken inula, "MM V"i" pror'uirntr netmi rutrnnyedl" and they would fain break tho "golden Imwl," fold the weary hands, rudely stop the almost burst ing beart-bc.it-. and, acknowledging, aa they do, thu seeming estrangement and forgetfulnets of their Ood, longingly say : "Anywhere, tnywhere, nut of the world," And, with that courageout madness bnrn of despair, icek relief of those fatal Hiison drops; or, HUtyhap, the cold, hissing, seething waters, will kindly and forever hide from earth life that soul made desperately 'Mol 1mm life' history, '.lil to iloath'a mystery." Human ltw, in ita weaknets, touchct not him who coolly and deliberately cruthei tha tout of her whom he hai iworn to love and protect, but, in ill itrength, cutt off forever him who, in an unguarded moment of pulsion, dares to take life I Justice, 0 Justice 1 how dare you wear those sjMitless mbes of ermine, lest you appesie, with your ttrong srm, tho sufferings of that spirit which is lashed to its utmost, or stay, with your magical powers, those cries of mortal agony that coma reeking with tho life-blnnd of many of tho noblest and purest mothers and sitteri of our land. At yet, 0 lardy Juitice! thou hatt not from thy iila, weighed to mortal eyes penalties be fitting the various and refined crimes of family abu.e, nor yet hast thou painted in word-light the shade of muidrr which oft times the hus band and father la years in consummating upon weak but devoted wives and mothera double murder, we might isy, for the continued pricb inga upon frail bodies reaches, ultimately, the Mini's depth, and long ere the mortal nature is torn iu shreds tho living vital foroe is chilled and (mien, so that many a poor woman, instead of giving that heslthy, hsppy life-principle, unconsciously as the flower giveth ita perfume, becomes almnet a stolid, iuert statue of duty, moiing only by the pressure of thoae circum stance in life that have rrlrntleeily hedged her in a certain routine. This forced, unnatural Ufa. muat. perforce, lead to a stagnation f healthy life force, which, in all probability tends to an utter moral death of this aa well as the nest generation. 0 purblind hu-banda! if, aa Napoleon waa one told by a noble matron, good motkrri would men a nation long lived and prosperou, for give us for saying that this same matronly, far reaching sight ihonld have lightly tipped a dag gr of rebuke to this ooloaeal piot of manhood, by replying that good, thoughtful, unielfl.h huihai.dt would make good mother; and say ui not nay when w amrm that inch good mothera and pure fathers would, in time, leuen in num. her such sensational, unhealthy newspaper item. a "Aiwilier Suicide.' Maria ts. Latuitr fc Rural PrtU. ' An Aoed and Historic Ship. The ship that carried William 111 (Prince of Orange) to Eng. land, when he went to take possession of thi Monarchy, had a long life. It was named the Princeu Mary, and wai built on the Thames. It waa more than half a century old when Wil liam landed from her at Torbay, November 4th, 1688. She was 80 feet 3 inches long, 23 feet broad, double decked, with two maits, squan rigged. Her earlier name in said to have ben Brill, but thia we believe is not established. She was christened the Princess Mary after thi King's consort, when she was selected to heir the fortunes of the monarch to his new king dom. During the whole of his reign and that of his successor, Queen Anne, she wis used as a pleasure yacht and was kept in thorough order, some of the repairi being quite extensive. In 1714, when the vessel came into possession of George I., she oeaaed by his order to form part of the royal establishment. About 1750, to a fit of economy, the government sold her to the Messrs. Walters, of London, who ohristened her Betsy Cains after a favorite West India belle of that name. After a score or more years ia the West India trade, duiing which she was known aa a staunch vessel and a fast sailer, she waa sold to Messrs. Carlins, of London, who employed her as a collier to take coals from Newcastle to the great metropolis. About ths year 1826, more than two centuriei probably from the date she was launched, she wu pur chased by Mr. George Finoh Wilson, of South Shields. On the 17th of Februsry, 1827, shs was taking a oargo of coals from Shields to Hamburg and struck upon tbe Biauk Mulilerns, n dangerous reef of rocks north of the mouth ol the Tyne, where a few days afterward she be came a total wreck. Her remains were eagerly purchased, and innumerable snuff bnies and other souvenirs were made from the old osk that had been so indestructible through mors than 200 yeara. About Bills. In making large bells, loud ness rather than pitch is theobjeot, as the sound can be conveyed to a much further extent This accounts for the enormous weight of some of the largest bells. St. Paul's, London, weighs 13.000 pounds, the bell of Antwerp, 16,1100 pounds; Oxford, 17.000 pounds; the bell at Koine, 19,000 imunds ; Mechlin. 20,000 pounds ; Bruges. 2S, 000 pouuds ; York, 24,000 pounds ; Cologm, '.Ti.OOO poundi; Montreal, 20.000 pounds; Er furt, 30,000 pounds; " Big Ben," at the House of Parliament, 31,000 pounds; 8en, 34 000 im inula; Vienna, 4O,0o6 poundi; Novgorod, 60,000 poundi; Pekin, 139,000 poukds; Mos oow, 141,000 pounds. But, as yet, the great1 bell ever known is another famous Moscow Ml, which waa never hung. It was cut by the order of the Empress Anne in 1653. It lies broken on the ground, and ia estimated to weigh 44J, 772 poundi It ii 19 feet high and measures around tbe margin 64 feet The Rev. Daniel Iiaao was an eccentric itine rant pi. . her. He once alighted at an inn to tay all night On aikiog for a bed he was ...1.1 L , T . 1 . waa to b tosH ne couiu noi nave one, mm men- A a hall that night and all the beds were engsarr. .. . . . m un i l ia- Aiwnaiiime aoes me uen ure -r- r...i vi. I .. ai..,.,i e in (he inornlef. funvu mi. man, aawwua w -- nr." " Well, then, can I have a bed until thai . . . . . . .... i i.. ..kal lime: let, certainly, oui li we i for you will have to move. " ' Vei y plied Mr. Isaac. About 3 in tbe morning ha waa awakened hy a lond knocking at the cham ber door. "What do you wantT be aake-t-" How many of yon ar in there ?" irjoirf voice. There'i me and Daniel and Mr ln and an old Methodist preacher," was the reply " Thn. by Jupiter, there's pl.nty of yuul an" the applicant passed on, leaving Mr. Isaao w tinish his night's slumber.