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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1879)
November, 1879. 330 THE WEST SHORE. NLKKI'LKNS NKiHTS. u ill. in Uk hollow .il. ii' f the ntuM i ii't ..an (tut. t "iini Jn-r riatiat wild tum tml i.lanri hlmlng t lwr, Ainl unto Ur, ir MMMM trlglil. Nor Uim tloim t'luiNlrrtil in in li -Mf nit tin 1 lit . All t liltitfa I lift aw iiisvlr tuiml' o my ear: Hiulwd wuodt, dtuuli MM,Md tinny ft wmi.,llc inrt With Antl. infthii til rig... aleeii I - K . . I tlftbt. tlul Tpf m it h Itili rliftut fmin ahum mi l ara, I ruin fttnifliitf mint' llatlon, liumuihijt ilmn, M, Ami l.lff tlir-nwli Time's Rli jit Mowing vartiu.y, A llirlftin holy uiidrrtoite WW wruU(lll; Ami (rum iu t. mi ii' fa prtwiii-hotuti I taught I b awful mau f lone K Utility, Alrti Auttin, in C'rnhtH Magtuint. MILS. HAVKS AN n TBI WORKINGWO' MKN. Mn. President Hayes lately visited the "Wo man's leiartinent" of the Iinliaiiajiolia fair, mhI was ml M-.I I.) duo of the women man agers 111 a speech, from which wr take the ful lowing : "Mn. Mye, wife i( the Chief Kiccutive of theae United Mat. ., I, oil behalf of the Wo nana .State Hoard of Imluitry, eiteii.l ttayou a limit hearty and cordial welcome to the Woman's I .aliiH 1.1 of Indiana's Industrial Kioaitill. 1 believe I hut echo the sentiments of all right-thinking people when I ay that no more lilting or aiiniiriat place could have Imeii choecu (or you to grace with your presence anil nulra of approbation than the hallt whcH-m are massed (or exhibition the pfodecta of busy, V ill in I ami womanly hands. We are . I...I. hon ored mailam, to have an opportunity of making Una ilriiiunitration of welcome here to ilay, he csute we feel ture that the weight of the influ ence, winch your high oaitiou lemla you, if thrown 111 with our earneat rudesvors, will in a great nieaaura revolutionise pu hhc nnnmn with reganl to the atalui of a ran who work a, ami to a considerable extent ant in destroying the Aunty gsuu of isl pretense which aela the daiuty, weak, nil woman of th woiM far above awl aart from the energetic, thorough going, every day, working woman of the coun try. We, an aaaociatmn of practical working women, who know nothing anil alswdutoly care nothing about the vanities anil foiblea of high lifed idleness, commouly termed genteel aivictv, are glad to welcome you her, liecsutc we have even reason to believe, judging from your do Untuned and noble endeavon to make of the White lloaae a true hone in every aenae, inatead of a Uiuuttin daos lor intemcrauce, con viviality and lolly: that you carry within your breast an honest sn.l true reganl (or working women everywhere, lor thnaw women 'who low wwtl to the way o( their nan households,' and fur those brave, aelf aaculi ing spirits of our act who are striving againat advene inHneaoea to bring lor anl and upward into proper recog nition all of the mauilold industries by which wnaaaa are enabled to HMM nut only the ad or, arm, bul in a (rand mraaure the supporters o( tttsliuoa It cannot ) denied that, m pro portion aa the 'busy hum' of mduatry echoes thriaagh the homes of our land, just in the same proportion will the prosperity and perpetuity of oar aatioa, which la only our home m the sg grwgwts, bsooaws powsrfsl and enduring. It is a wrall known fact that of all the unimrUnt, overlooked, and undervalued psraniiagea in the world, working wusnaa an the most lasignili oaai. Tasan it a cootinued struggls agaiuat advent otrcuMslaaes a oomravrvd with the otittdittoa al the work lag tata of th country. TVs dlHecMKW between their cooditmaa it lite HJ dtttl active di6ference Iwlwera Labor du fraaoiussd. dsspdrnl ami hoivless, and labor Irwa. bxaaorabU, thriving, and aa to, sal sharer in pwlittoal power. As aa industrial association, ww are dstarsainnl la an far as. sir lullueucr and (lower eitaods, to bit the banleas of Ins vaat array at totiuag e tana, was air at retching out tlwir hamlt to aa lor help front very city Uiwa. villas aaa Mini in oar .tut. IV e are dttstiiawt, ia as far as oar intarnc aad por e r toads, to open up new avenues of labor and work for our toiling aistcTH, and to secure for them, instead of aocial oitracitm, the honor anrl reaoef-labilif V aoeiallv thev iliallv Heaerue And again, honored madam, in view- of all this, and knowing you to be a high-souled working wniiian, with a true appreciation of the efforts of the workingworr.en of the country, we with seven fold hcartinuas greet and bid you welcome her. " Till: .SWALLOWS AND THE FI.OWKBS. Dusty and weather-beaten was the old eaves trough so very old, a part of it had actually fallen out, leaving a hole; and the rest was seamed with many a crack and crevice. Mosses be gan to gather in the grooves; and one day a wee, slender thing came up through the mosses into the light Straight, and pale, and tender, and tiny, this plant grew up alone: in sun, and wind, and rain, it stoutly held its own. In silence, yet pausing not, it grew. Swiftly and surely it put forth leal by lea(; until, one day, it was crowned with a golden crest o( llowert. And theu it proved to be the wee-est golden aod ever i en. No one knew how it come or whence. All the neighlMirs were thiuking o( themselves. I he grsjie near by was busy w ith its fruit. The trumpet vine swung from the tn i its royal ttaWIM ready lor the king. The birds were teaching their llcdgelings how to llv, and the white clouds above in the blue were never still nu hour. As for the plants that grew uimiii the ground, they never could have lilted their heads high. So when these lofty folks saw the Howers in the trough, they liegan to wonder: "Is it right?' Is it licit: and " hat shall we do with it! thrv said among themselves. They all knew well the meadow waa its home; for afar ofT thev uw the waving of the proud heads of iu kin. In time it ceased to be a wonder and was for gotten. Ni vt year, out of the mosses in the crevice of the trough grew a row of tiny plauU, le, and u-inli r, ami resolute. Ami they grew up nuiin ami flowered iuto five little golden-crcaU d root This time, the neighbon were disturbed in .iml. I In y talkeil it over anil over together, and wondered what ncit would come to iiaaa. At length, thev got a pair of iihilosonhera ti come and see. They were two fork-Uiled awal Iowa. 1 hey came, they perched upon the ridge of the roof, and looked and chatted. They said "l ittle Howen, are you mail, to oome uu ii trough, and lire without friendi, or earth to grow in: vv hy ilo you to! ' llevaue w are sown," said the flower. "Hut it is wrong, said the two birds in con. cert "v hereunto may not thia evil uro Voa are misplaced, and are, moreover, the most rnncumus little pigmies ever seeu. "All we know is, we were aown," said th II 'Wers. "Why dont you refuse to grow!" said th birds. "Heoaose we are bound to do the best we can," said th flower. "At least, yon can wither before the sun:" uid on bin). "Or break before th wind" (aid the other. "Ur refute to bloom' ' cried both. "Oh," aanlth flowers, with modesty, "w may b little and lone; but let as hold our own tout hesita. at least" "Itut are you happy!" uid the birds. "Most hapoy," said the flowers, and just tha a ray oi tun light fell on them, "sine ws'v done la best w could. "And are you tiling to Lire on Inst for that!" " Yes! oh yul " criod all th fir bul srdda nuts is a breath. Then the staptd swallow flow away qaite dtt fwsed. and tokt all th wis plants that th.s bve little flowen wr too Ignorant to be Uught API. .VAoiit. LIKINGS PROVE CHARACTER ... .. uu'ij o,, and an index of mo rality- it is the oni.t morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creattir is, w list do you like 7' Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. Go out into the street, mid ask the first man or woman you meet what their 'taste' is, and if they answer candidly, you know them, body and soul . 'Yon, my Mend iu uie rags, wiui uiu uiisieaay gall, what do you like?' 'A pipe and a quartern of gin.' I know you. 'You, good woman, with the quick step and tidy bonnet, what do you like !' 'A swept hearth and a clean tea-table, and my husband opposite me, anu u uuuy ui my ureasl.' (Jcod 1 know yon also. "You. little irirl with tin- un'il.' en hair and soft eyes, what do you like !' My canary, and a run among: the wood hyacinths.' You, Utile boy with the dirty hands arid thelow loreheiul, what ilo you like r 'A shy at the spar rows, und a .11110 at pitch-farthing.' Good; we know them all now. Whaf more need we ask! Nay,' perhaps you answer; 'we need rather lo ask what these people and children do, than what they like. It tiiey do right, it is no matter that they like whut is wrong; and if they do wrong, II is no matter that they like what is right. Do ing is the great thing; and it does not mutter that the man likes drinking, so that he does not drink; nor that the liille girl likes to he kind to her can ary, if she will not learn her lessons; nor that the little hoy likes throwing stones at the spar rows, if he goes to the Sunday school.' Indeed for n short time, and in a provisional sense, tbia is true. For if, resolutely, people do what Is right. In time they come to like doing it. Bul they only are in a right moral state when Ihry havt come lo like doing it; and as long as Ihey don't like It, they are still in a vicious shite. The man is not in he. lth of body who is alwtil thirsting for the bottle In the cnpbon.nl. though he bravely bears his thirst. And thevnlireubjeot ot true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things not merely industrious, but to love iodnatry not merely learned, but to love knowledge- not merely pure, but to love purity not merelylott but to hunger and thirst after juaticu." sAaj A'uslin. I ii, lit iv . ImhIms in ('..him. bia. South America, in travtning an arid and nt-Hoisi iraci oi country, were siruc wuu strange contrast. On one side there was a I. ,i t . . t i .1. k.-i I on thji nt I., r m roll ftmt luxuriant vegeUtion. The French Consul at Ltirsto, -Mexico, says mac mis remaraaote contrast due to th presence of the "Tamai caspi," or the rain tree. This tree grows to th bight of 60 feet with a diameter of t h re feet a its base, possesses the power of strongly attracting, ab sorbing and condensing the humidity of the atmosphere. Water is always to be seen drip ping from it trunk in such quantity as to con vert the surrounding soil into a veritable marsh. It is in summer especially, when the riven an nearly dried up, that the tree is moat active. If this admirable qnahty of the rain tree wu utd ied in the arid regions near the equator, the imitiiL UiuM livina in m ik m nn aeortBal nf atpS ' i ' " " '-S unproductive soil, would derive great advanta- a : . i 1 1 it, Mtasl ' ges irxini its lutrxKiucuou, as wen mm w, p-r nf morn favoetMt eountries where the climate M dry and drouths are frequent Koi'CATtowAL CAimio. Hrot Hatkiy, peaking of the high pressors or "cramming system in th schools, says that th childrtn Uugbt are "conceited all the foreaooa of We and stupid all its afternoon," aad, also, that "their facoltses are worn oat by th strain pet npoa their callow brains, aad they are demora lised by worthless childish triumph before the real work of life begins. I have no easmasssiea for sloth, but yonth has more need for intellec tual rest than age, and the cheerfulness. UJ tenacity of purpose, the powrr ot work hich L - i stlaMa what ha la nS i. im- iiinin K 1UO. hiui miwi - . - often be placed to the credit, not of hie hoon ot . . l . ... , . a -M ' tea it,, in. sr.- i .. that nf is is. rwiaB rm aa MMm7mmmm U-yheDtad.''