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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1879)
October, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 303 THE EGO. thing attempted, something done" that hie ... i." - II. .Kit IT 11 1 Ml), Wuli freshened fleam, And pearly bloom On thy oval shell What iluat thou toll ! What II ths eg cup will not hold Aught l.ut iu oan, lu unvroughl goldt It yet may be The ferin of a life-hope, Full and free; A life that ahall Oil, A world full of nsstlinfs, At Ita pure, aweet till, Whrn it own unfolded growth In time. (Shall have tun ill uouree to an end divine; Mi. 1 I "heller them there eith foidid wlngfl, And Ite sweet.at wing be the one It sings, To the tiruoded love of lu dally rare, That It aheliora and lovea. thouiih the world Is lair, Hay, what would we have thee bo Hut an efg -to all eternity What would we have the off shell hold, lint lie uwu full heart, am lie uwn true fold, Uopt ifayvoorf BE Y0UU3ELF. " If you do not paint mo as I am, with til my loan and wrinkles, I will not give you a shilling for your pioturo," said the hero Crom well to l.i ly the portrait painter. The manly veteran cared not to b limned liy the pencil of flattery, or oolored with the brush of vanity. With whatever furrows the slow ruuuing plows, of time and oare had soarred his brow, with whatever lines war and work hail marred his visage, with these he wishod to appear to pos terity; oareless whether his completion were of the fashionable shade, or his hair of the ortho dox twist. It seems a simple thing to ssy that the hero wished to appear the man he was. How many of us wish to be seen just as we really are ! How many of ut would willingly lie stripped of those showy peacock's feathers, with which we fondly trust we have so cleverly bedecked our selves that even our most intimate friends have no idea what a poor little jackdaw it is which carries so brave a panoply ? If we could only make ourselves happy by the assurance that even jackdaws are useful birds, and have a place in creation that pea cocks cannot till, it would all .ft a satisfaction in existeuc that no assumption of lluery can furnish. If the youthful Whop straw, who so admires rich young '1'.., numbly with his fast u am ami loos associates, could only be got to realm how muoh mora real happiness may lie tn his nwu apiarently duller surroundings, nay assur sdly muaf insr wilt lie there if he so determines, We should hear less talk of ' forsaking the farm " It is the very old story thst "one tool mskea many." Tomnoddy, cursed with a superfluity "f cash and a scarcity of brains, is lavish of the former, hoping that he may cooooal his dell cienoy of the latter; having no mind of his own he is vainly hoping to show his manhood by fol lowing the fashion of fsst lif. Whim-straw, bleeawd with a sound mind in s sound I., ily (and thus having "hanres in life a tlmusaiKl to one annul ol lomnmi.iyi is nail n cltued to whine at bis tot, and fancy that to show bimsolf m much a man as Tomnoddy hs must run is similar vicious coarse. He does not reahs hoar pitiable an ohjeot Tomnoddy is, with no an-bliug nocapatioa of mind or l. 'v. with jsded last for refining lova, with sattaty for appalita, without ambition for th future, til,. .ut satiefacttr tn th put: surely Us countless dollars ar hardly an enviable heritage I Wby. the, doe Whoa-straw sk to amid Mm-.11 in ths dollar mold ? Mart w all b railro ul k'Bf or uobodys Is lhf no higher standard than the "guim- sUssp 1 Hs Uw pOOf maw no loOger SfijoyBMClt I hsnl earned meals, when good digestion waits on spprtit? Why than this perpetual, insatiabl folly of aping ths rich man ! W need again th pout's waruiug in our ears: " It there (ar honsst mvrty Tlul henga to. head and a' that t The -uwe'd slave we sms him by, We .lira he p..r t..r a' taai for a' thai, and a' that. Our Mils ..Secure and a' that. The rank Is but tin guinea stamp, Tlie roaii'Ahe fold (or a' that.'' I every youth lay to heart that last line. Man is the gold; not must lis for gold; muat sUtal lor gold; must sell himself body ami soul for gold. Man it ths gold slid youlh is Die time for putting shape to ths metal. Don't feel bound to use just ths exact iistlern every Ml else uses. We are sure to grt eimugh of the regulatii'ii stamp; it is originality Keeps the world moving mi. Not only resolve to paddle your own canoe, but afrrr it yourself; mske up your ii. in. I where you are going to, aud deter, mule to got there. Guide your onurs by ths pole star of Truth, avoiding alike the n ka of bigotry aud the shoals of Hill lellty. Know sll you csu ! Act up to your kimwledg I Dure gard the blustering gusts of opinion. 'there was a tin n when mis man held his opinion agaiuat all thu world. That man was Athaiiaaius. Now ikt iroril Aois Ais ami declares that he who demos that creed shall, without doubt, erish everlsstlngly. By being true to yourself, to the light thst is ill you, to your better alf, it may lis sour lot to sot the world right. There's ss much scops for reformers ami truth-seekers now aa there then. Anyway, if you dou't sin-ored in settuif the I'acilio noeau ou llr, you will rmioblo one imlivnlual iu tho liumau family, atnl thai a what you ar living for. Work for others il you msy, but you mint In 1 work for yoursrll to be able to help others by anil by. Make a good start las Ills ! I o heva done well once is a reason for repeatedly doing well; and " ths penalty of unliuth Is untruth Finally, don't for one moment suppose that you prova your manhood by indulging lu vlc any fool can do that. The loenmotiva is useful only when on the right track, (let you ou the right track ! "Hllck u your aim; the ttvMif rel's hn'd a III slip ll. it only i-r-wlNirs I'Mise the bull d's f rip run nl ss he I, Hi. Jew thst nstsr llelde Drags down the helluwlnf mntierth iaf Ihe fields Mwanl HtrvWk in ( Hunt! I'rtM. A l.nTi.1 lUbo. A brav act maksa sry one (rel happy ; the on who performs it, and the who are wilnees of it. A onal shaft is beiug suuk just north ol llullia, III., and ono day lately, a workman by ths nains ul Martian. i light, d a slow liiau.li loaning so a meat, then anmaled to be drawn up. Ths depth the abaft was TU feel. When lie hail been raised 14 feet he strack ths bottom ol s ' i psrtiiioa, ami waa thrown back to ths boll mi I boa (ran. UI, a step a. n of Mr. Ilarll.n l. wss aitneaa to the accident, and promptly slid do h. aaa 70 (eel. ami tors tho match If "n tbs fuaa 111 tone to bfVSUt Oil elphanH Th Set waa a hrave one. acaroslv to bs oerelUled Ths hue a hamla wer tevrib v lacerste.1 hy th Ine in n of the np. Th step'slbsr wss rescu-d with a btukeii rib and r-ttwr ssvers bfuuss. An obi Hcolliah ls.lv was told that bar minis Lee need not, or read his serssoas, bat she woabl not blMVlt. A swighbor tody sold ' I,.i,j on Lo the sslbrv awl sew lor -Ursall l4h did So, an. I Irua bar W putat of vasw aha as .awl haaril th SI1IUS SSrOHSB. Alt the luckless preacher had oosarlodsal th reading of the last page, ths -' M MtM scarcely smi ell, when bs sswl. " Bui I " Uin hersell, whs bs saerj, rwi i win m larf r 1 Tbsm lb worthy aid lady Books of assarting, 'Vs caousa, ys cssuva. for oat la yoar CHAfr. Quiti Actxit'DTIKU r.in Ir Mrs Noroaiss: "How did ywr mamma bk thai l.uti r I suld hsr, Mies tuev t" Miss Lueyi "Tha Iwtsar waa uoi gieal at all, Mr i-'skio ; and II waa all Boris of different odors. Mrs, Horosegtos i "That sin't n.. Hi. i' ll ysw waa to ss my oosrs ysw'd riml tbin a main solghl mors sHckldr than th butter." A Danuuhiiii Uival, Pashioaabla wifa i "GihkI heavens, Gsrg I you are mil going out to dinner like thai?" Alnlatlc husluuidi "Just am i I, though I Look bars, Maria, I'll graul you your nock aud shoulder aud your pretty iaos, but I think 1 bl you lu th mailer uf arms -and if so, why should'ul I show as muoh of them ss you do T" A I'UHovms, preaoldng a asrmnn on dsalh, com linlsil with the followiug nbaervatloni But svsu death, my brethren, so a ell dssersnl hy mankind (or their sins, lb ladom of Pm.i dene has, in Its paternal klndnssa, put at th end of our siislsiio . for unly think what bio would b worth if death wort at th bogin uiug!" Ir is relatod thst loseph Cook ono aakl a certain laily to lis his wife, and uinne.lially lswnd into a irolonnd study of aonssthlng. Th l.i.iv softly said "Vs," and ss ha dlda'l re aiHiud sh rwatsl th word a lltll loadar. "Stop your noise," riird Jiabh, "I ve ajol an argument at my tongue's nd lht will kaoek the spois out of John Htuart Mill, ami hor you re trying b sptUI it TIIF, llldl IMHI S HTOHY. I waa born and rerd in a stirring family of thirteen children. I bsllsvs thirteen la a. uountril a luidty uuutbsr, but for in II waa b vary axaeay one I Thai llilrlcsnth memlssr never wsailed of pulling m aboal, aud my long, solemn nos waa svsr pointing in all din. lions. My caudal appendage, ul which I waa proud, and justly loo, look ua an eilrs kink in my poppy days, which I have never bm aula lu get out, and I shall carry that additional uirk to my dylug day i sail remlndsr of th pranks ol mat ol'l auinoer ol our lasnny eirvie. IUI not mat ihiiii usemi aau swasaswsjas no ii. n. i ol my irsme oe rv sii..nir s Uchil lo my I.--I), II and I would have partwl . ' , . , I Ii..a I . mpny long a,... lor s.o. inniy aver mi. hav hail four of thoa ehiblreu palling II l om e. l.ut III "pp -He .linx tlnlia n e.i.nin pou allogelber woubl have dots lb work lot me, and I should hsvs gon through Ills w ilk aw wafifinf spliendsge to show wbsu fotlaaa was smiling upon ma, and am .If -ping ut Iba sain uiemliar I" tell ol nverslly, wun iss emu an i . I. sill, of boo I was s very martyr to thai family. H was " Hhlp" here sod "tiblp'' lhr, until th skip I. II " me w.e fm mil, and I an ,1,1 ,iu lesfora in v Urn lift nrsi.is.1 aiy wsig glossy luvir uu ill II stool out all over m like 1'lllls on the In Kill p'nupl lee weis as thus all Ukeotf saa, and 1 111 aswab lag, bk s do Ihsl hsvd si. Uo a Uaa ; by lb wy. a thing that 1 ver do I To l a l dog in a growing lamuy M Sim ply busiasw t It iseavn to b naaly lo re si .,rry in. o. i-r s o a, aau aavev s Me aSHsa soars of u Maine! ess lfu eleeesssag oil of holaaaon authority now savl ths over our ones mat to, tluri at' It was scb l to slaly show bar my kll U-th .! ska was s) ryiaa a ear... rnofial. Savl ap)rr..p.ll to mssall l b I I was sar to Mavr "Hfclpl" inosvesassl la Ibaa ifj tosw eias to sav aisrllad sar. awl all slash lor lb sinew sa-real was gssB. I am ( tavl gray a-w. My yoaaa masura sre Uasviag sm sa-re Uislaaal. anal I hop (or a t-"Wl.4d soys, aatalsto (ss aw asai lb. Y I a, toaly .a.1 ast aat em BsaKaalashl sesalasjs sad bask si lb mom, la gyvs val la my sssl stf H'.aT.ra HwrfU. llr a a ftm .