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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1879)
December, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. ETHICS OF MONEY -GETTING. The deiire to nuke money ia a common ohar- actcriitio of our race Every man wand to ao qniro property, i. e., to be able to direct labor anil to control ita product!. This acquiiitive net' (aa phrenologiatt term it), being a universal propenaity in human nature, muat be viewed aa divinely implanted, neoeaaary and salutary, yet requiring checlu and balAicea to keep it within proper limits. How convenient and agreeable it la to have money, we all know very well; thero are fow boys or girla 10 yean of age who have not be gun to understand that. As they grow up and liud how many thinga good and pleasant, nay, indispensable, money and nothing but money will purchase, they often oome to regard money. get ting aa of all thinga the moat important. Not ao often do tliey oome to realise that all valua bles which can rightfully be bought and sold involve the labor of aome one. "The world owei every man a living." A true maxim; but true only when married to ita eminterpart, which is this: A'wrv mit on lie mow a life, a life of honest useful inns, of hearty service. Thoee thinga whioh oontribute to our living are furniahed partly in the raw material of the I 'i. met , and partly through the activities of man kind ourselves and ethers. We are eaeh an til led to the use and eniovmentof a fair nronor- tiun, not only of the necessaries, but also of the comtort and amenities. Hut this right is laiuud up insenaraoiy witn a duty, via., that oach MM tnuuve nis or ner snare ol Me work involved in the grand total of thing needful, helpful and delightful to mankind. In short, we must each of us pay for what w have, and pay in naeful labor of aome sort, mental or manual. If we jrt our living without eambtg our living, we are eitner thieve or pan pen. No matter how much money you or 1 may havo inherited, how independent w may be in our circumstances, we owe the world life; and our "inhere" is where we can, all thing considered, effect the most lor me good oi the whole. There is need of brain-work and hand-work, rough work and line; there is work of aome sort for us aaoh and all. And those who an freed from the cramp ing necessity of drudging for their daily bread should dedicate themselves all the more sacredly to such work aa the world is .affering for lack of, and cannot always pay for In coin or bank note. Each one should Mm hi portion; each, also, must do hi portion, else another, some where in creation, is defrauded and suffers need. Those people who are more concerned about doing their full share in furthering human well fare and happiness, are the generous. Those who will do their (tint and mean to hare their pay for doing it, are the just. While all thoee who care little aboat doing their part, bat are bent on getting their part and if poaaible aome one' else, beside are the mean, grasping, selhsh, covetous. "Take head and beware of all ooretooioea;" of seeking to gain pons anion of the product of other' toil, without rendering them a full equivalent; or still won, by pandering to their vice for the sake of lucre. Herein lie the wiokodnea of all gambling; essentially covetou itaelf, it ever beget more covrtim in aam. Then is no exohang of rain, hut whatever on wins, another la; the sac oeuful gameeter preya upon the unauooesaful ; the good fortune of any implies the misfortune ' oea other. No wholesome thirst is slaked, no value la croaled by all the activity of the player; they only band together to cheat each other and mutually whet cupidity. The loas of one party is nnreenmpenard, the other's win ning are unmerited awl the covetous propensi ty of both are loitered and lucraaisd, Hen or, U game of chance, with stake however trifl "!. toad to demoralization, and should be utterly s voided and dieoou raged. W should ooMtaatly, and a a matter of principle, refua to take any part in lotteris. or raffle. eiil t'h.T'J?1" mtMtY.t. ot do ovil that good may oome! J? WgN ltion: What am I living lor But let us each one learn to nut it to sell with an unsparing and unflinching fidelity. Am I living for short-lived, selfish ends, or for all time and human interests! Am I merely Ret ting my living out of the world, or am I giving the world a manly or a womanly lif! A our boy. and girls are ooming up to face He, ask ib meaning, and begin to ahaiie their plan., let u see to it that they are imbued, nay enkindled with generou. desire to be of all the Me to put themselves tu the tax) UM they can It la of tarring they should l emulous, rather than of being served. Incite them to look around in search of something that humanity is in eieuial ueed of having done, and to make it their bu.ineea and their chief ambition to do that well, with their might, "not o anxious about theruw.nl a the work." (The reward will come, yet not ao surely if it be matin the foremost obiect of solicitude). Call it utouian, viinnary, who will: "none the leu the dream aludes'rand must at length tie realized of the day when no child of men will be found o mean ami iiu,avelnH-il as to live contentedly "nn the latasaatef Ma ........... or by matching an unearned booty out of p.,.. ing treasure, or in anywise without minister ing kt least aa much to other as othon nun ister to him. The lecturer closed with th.se words from l-.tncl son "I holm Amen, i , I i . . I. . . . it pride in Imiug a nation of servant ami not of the served. How on men have any other ambition where the reason ha not suffered disastrous clipe ? Whilst every mm can aay : I serve, to the whole extent of my being I apply my faculty to the aervioe of mankind in mv oalieoial lilac., hn th.o-i.in ml !.,- a reason for hi being in the world, ami ia not a mom or iiiuumDrencu in u as me tree exists for it fruit, so a man for his work. A frtlltle.K 1 1 In li t All I. Ill, annual dim. In.l al.nd in the universe. I hoy are all toiling, however secretly or slowly, in the province assigned them and to a use in the economy ol the world. '' Her. K. K. oy.l. How iLikkOAii Tim i Onraimn. - An ei change aaya: The I'ennsylvui rsdroad and all its divisions and hranche are furnished I'lnls lelphia time by I'rof. langley, ol the West era Observatory, in Alleghany, I'a. The main clock in Chief Telegraph 7)ierator HuUr .oflloe, in the Snerinteiident's department of the Union depot, ia connected with the ulawrr.tory solar clock by floe electric wire, and every vibration of the pendulum of the solar clock is announced by the tap of a small loll in Mr Muter' offio. The pendulum in the I'aiineyl rani, railroad clock mast keep pan with the hall, a in oaa of fadur the pendulum i l once re adjusted, i n solar rioe in me oo aervatory is regulated by a ilderaal clock, or a clock regulate,! from Hied star. The bell ia tapped by electricity through a aire omnentad with a wheel on the saonad hand of the sol.r dock, upon which there are to cogs, each oog indicating a degree of the sixtieth part of second. Ten of the as an filed oat of the wheel, for the parisrsie of breaking the eireait. and ooaaooncntlv Un taps of the bell are kail every minute, this ia done ia order to gf the operator a (tart oa each minute, and at the end of an hoar on minute lad tea ouad an net nsmrde.1 on the Ml. At four oesoca antn afternoon Operator Hater take hi posit t the clock battery and sends the Haw. a new aa scienoo oaa give it, to rUairsvilk, Alua, ..luml.ia, I'hiladelpriia, etc., in i niiii"" n.l Kris railroad, the Norther Central, ad Ik. subm connections and hranche At rive o'clock r. is. the Usn i giva to Use different ofhoe by single sod doable tape of the eu paays telegraph wire. IB saw e.r.o- nrea xo omaisu, mm points, and wie usw is torn r"-" the locality. 37' AN ISI.ANO ftKII'IMVll MOT WaTsMi A lata iaaun ol the Undou Vr.,nlst coa tain an a. . ..u nl I non the iwr lanuh of the alarming iiit.llig,.,,,,, respecting Ik strangely abnormal condition of earth's crust m thoee wild but lovely regions where the rugged lar pethiaiis con. i not,. the Itnuuiaao-Huagarun frontier These niouuUin.nis distrtots were terribly convulsed ly th earthquake reported some days ago fnun I aat. m I im.. ; and Ilia Island of llaliagai, which lit in mid lituulw, of) Moldova, not far from the Inn, Hales, ami in eloa proximity t., ths tumulluou. raiad, that avOlate the licea.t of Ik. ..... .. " " ----- -- - . i Oraov to Drenknva, ha. been the scene of some riiraoniinary plienoiiiena, which have stricken ia inii.ouanis wiin pa.n liiinnglhe earth intake a huge gulf was rent In Ihe turfse tsf the Island, and promptly emitted an enornioii. dlinin of scal.llnu water l.v wkk.k . ......Li.. able iHirtlmi nl llaiiag.i was within a few hoars inundated. On Sunday, fhr ih .,f IMnl, this deatruetive geyser ceased tn spnal as aul denly as it had eninmennrd, but when the vast g.p whence it hail flowed was dried up il was observed that several ragged edged craters had f. , rilled themaelves at II,. I. II..M, .d Ik. , I. ill The cr.Urs have ever since, at brief Intervals, vomiieii not e.rth slid lila. li sand In large ipian titles, .ml aldm hclistuh. sr.. . ,,l. il. I Ik. I either the island will altogrlher disapwar, or mat II will necome in sile nf , immanent volcano. A hill" lurllor up the river, ths plctureiue ruins of (luluha, I 'aatle, an en. lenl feudal fortaliee, bailt up.,, the no,, f Itomsn stroiighuld, h.v l..u . . nii.l. Irly ,1. mnlished by the erlhip..k-, which has also lilted up the gloomy oVM In Ihe lie ka Unealh lloluhae. Theaseav were credited, or rather discreilltcal, aa the chief l.n . In,.- pi.. . . of th. Ill.llgnuit ueai. put, ice Uisl in bet Ihe lU.i.il,. and Ita banks between llaslaseh and Turno Heverin. Their dsatno ti..o, therefore, is a legitimate sou roe of esullalloo la Ihe ,-ipsru-i .,pulati.,ns Not so ths ileveliipmenl of vol csimes anil ladling springs la Ihe neighllosal of cnuallea Wallsehian amIHervlan hmonaleails Kiki.r I hon M.giau in Kani aan ih. reign of Klwanl III, Iron was so scene thai Ihe pnla, spile and frying pea ( the royal kit lien were i teased among th King's IsWsa. I'p to Ihe end of Ihe fifteenth century, Keg lull iron wa not only dearer, tell Inferior la ih.i inanulvlurel on Ihe I'onliaeal Hunag lies llfleenlh century the muiufacture of ln U gan t" la es tensive in Hosess, where the (ft and limber for melting it alsniauVI, If. ' mills aam lascame numeroos la the e.iaaUy The l.lided pririelos eeleled Into the laiei tteae eagerly, and nol only were eaany a si sal houses eon. he. Iheleby, leal several lew men nutred wealth and )ounM famille la lh. foreel iaf li. ao. also, where il was plentiful iroa we hugely ssaelleiL The load, however. mum because ddd of Use la e.e.eass of the eicleelve use of charvial for swelliag, pes, pie were alarmed, ami many s.it were flai ualeil reelri.ljog the aunafssrlar ef tfaa Krrnluslly the feeling becaw so slng Ihal from th lime of the ileetuf allot th in moan factvre of Kaghutd rapidly deellaesL foal was knowa, Iwt llvne as a weiwlesa agaoMt Its ass aa aaeoaat of lis sp-l piilenlil nal iUse. I'asvl, neereever, a Mesa d, lajun nasly arTetl Ihe iiaallly d lh wee, sad l was n,.l till th heglaaiag d Ik eighteenth cea larv Ihet lh first real etep fa eveteneaiag Ike diOkally were taken. A on. man. wheal oa nek lag his will, waa asked by la lawyer th av of hie wife, wlssa he tn,'h "I'1""' 'Well, kkIomI, I reaJlv gaa) ree-JU. t what II ka VYt'i keaa asarnsd la pwsrd. of forty yean, td l' always railed he mf old wean." TVs lawyer Udl a Maak. to be ItUed ahea klo oil weaaaa'l aaax wa rtalal