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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1880)
5 February, 1880. THK FOX AND THE MASK. THE WEST SHORE. oonra homk. Klu M when my aplrlt fllM I '' ' tho boauly 0 your uvea Ileum ttt'iutf ihu wiivi-N of death, Wlillo I ilriiw my parting hrciith Ami am Imrno to yninlcr adore Whori. In bflloWl diit 110 more. And the liiitoa of WldlSSi i)rilif Through iMflOTtl fuuunrUil rlnir. 1 am ifoimr home to-nifM. Out of .1-1 .., I11I0 B7k'it, fMlt Of WcakliOaa, Wur .llnl iilill, into power, psaMand ifaiu; Out of winter, !' tie n.d ifloom, Into slimmer lirealh and Miami; l-Vnm ttui mnd'titlfl of tin' paal I am ifoliiy bOM '' lat- Klaa my Htm mill let mo no -Nearer iwella t Im; hoIcuui tlow Of tin! WOnd'rOUl Hlrcain that rolli My Hie bordvf land of aniili I fan oateh aweet atralna of annua Float Ink" down from dlNtmit I t,i..i,. .., Ami DM frol lli touch of hands Ueai'MiiK out from anjiol Imnda. Aiiifur'i frown ami envy'a thruat, Krl 1. 1 chiliad ly cold illatruat, NIihiiom nla-hl anil weary mom, Toll In frUltMN liunl forlorn, Achlnif head anil n .11 heart, liovn iloatroyed hy alantler'a ilurt, , 1 0 ill ink ahlp anil darkened aea. Over thuru Kill r 1.'. .1 bo. King In DtaWbtrl low ami bwooI, lift tlio aoma of two worlila moot Woaliall not Iki aumlorcd Inng--l.il. tin- it 1 ..I.. ..I of a Bong, l.lkc lint liraiichoH of a rill I'.ti 1 . .1 by ii.t roi k or hill, Wo aliall lili'inl In tuno ami inn. , Iiovlug on In psffSSI ili.t nif Whon tin' noon ll.la of your ilayi Ylolila to tttlllfpft alli'or luir.it, In tlio wt.rltl rttccdita In hi an-, lloaiottwaril lift your louder faro, l.ct your dear 0V liolnewanl aliluo, IM your apltll til for mlna, Anil my own "111 MiWIt you Kritiu lint dfltp ami lioumllraa liluo. Hwlfler than Out auiiliiam'a Hlhl I will cleave tint ifliHitn of ialf lit. Ami will uuitlt' on tii tlio laml Where our loved onol wiiltlnjl Htmnl, Ami llio It Li"'.- of tlio tiloat Thry allall welcome you to rout 'Moy will know itui ttbtt your oyoa On tlio laloaof lory rlao. Whon tlio 1 ' .t t . 1 1 atrcatns of life i I't-ioml all Jarring atrlfo, Ami tlio flowora that withered lay hloNKoni In Immortal May In n tin- mitva Ini-ln .1 anil tloar Thrill ORM rnoro Iho rapturnl car, Wo hIihI I loci anil know ami aco Otal know holtor far than wo. Jamn 0. Clttrk. Mow BOY Hkcamk a Paintkii. Mr. 8. 0. W. Ilrnjninin, in tho luat llnrrr, says of llaijamin West, lliu roat painter: At nino ' ot agi lie d ml hairs from a cat's Uil, im.i ni.i.li himself ItrtHih. Colors he obtained by grinding charcoal nuil chalk, anil crushing the red IiIihmI out (rim thn blackberry. Hit mother's laundry furnished him with indigo, and the frietully Indian who came to hit father's house gave him of the red antl yellow eartha with which they datiltcd their faoea. With audi ruile material the lail painted a child sleeping in ita craille, ami in that tint effort of genius ex ecu teil certain Inmhca which he never surpassed, ka he atllrmed long after, when at the aenith of hii remarkable career. (Ink of the lady teachur in a Iteno public aehiMl, a few days ainoe, waa tailoring with ail urchin on the science of aimplc division. Thii ia what came of it: "Now Johnny, if you hat) an orange w hich you wished U divide with your little aiaUr, how much would you give her ?" Johnny: "A auok." I will tell yon a very old fable which I think a very clever one : A fox once happened somehow to get into a theater; and on the floor waa lying a very hand some mask, made to be worn by some actor when he played the part of a hero. Among the ancient (irecks and this fable was written by one of them actors always wore a mask, which was made beautiful or ugly, serious-looking or comic, to suit tho character. Now a fox is a clever, prying fellow; he turned the mask over and over; he looked at the out side, and looked at tho inside. The outsid- was beautifully painted, and smooth, and come pletc; tho inside was hollow. "A line, handsome head I" said the fox, "W hat a pity it is there are no brains. Now there are some little girls and boys who think a groat deal more about the outsides uf their heads than the insides; who do not learn their lessons properly, nor care about improving their own braiiiB. If they spend so much time and thought on their looks, they will be just like tho mask, ami people will think of them as tho tnx thought: "Vt hat a line head this is I What a pity thero arc no brains in it ! Pray, my little friends, think of this. Little n mts A mike. A MMAI.l. boy oouhl not soo why the "leave" of table, not rarmblinv any leaves with which ha waa familiar, ahould be so called. At but h found it out. "1 know," he cried. "They an . .-tiled leave because you can leave them up or you can leave them down." TiikTviiannicai. IlrsiiANi). Amongso-called gentlemen there is niton tho overbearing, ty ran ileal husband, at whose voice children and sorv ants Hue; soured, probably, by dillictiities in his business or profession, but surlily keeping his trials from his wife, and snappishly resent ing all her attempts to win hiscoiilidenco. Who so capable as she to soothe antl to aid, by her womanly tact and discrimination, mndo keener by its concentration in her little world home anil have wo not sacred warrant that the wife is a helpmeet for the man, not a slave to min ister to hia matcrinl wantH only, whilst he gruilgingly doles out his money, never dream ing that tho order of his house is only arrived at by a thousand littlo domestic cares, so heavy in the total, yet a lutxir of love when lightened by kind, husbandly interest This mau acts as if he were tlovoid of affection himself, and grossly presumes on his wife's early inculcated seuso "I tiuty. "Okikntai." (,'i'RTain.i. Take cream-col-ored cotton. At tho top and bottom put lirst a atril) of black calico lir altiaoa almtif a , of a yard wide; then a little wider strip of dark run or yenow, men me mack again, tho same width as at first. The top and bottom must be alike, nnd the atrina tinattv afilohn.l kmlU .... the wrong side. Very handsome heavy cur tains aro mane 01 coarse latlica cloth, or rep dross goods. This being double width, only one strit) is ntonired for m window Tlwtu cially designed for parlors or dining rooms, something lighter being prettier for the common anting or sleeping rooms. It is well to line them, for instance with roso-cnlomd nr vallnm silesia (which you can get for fifteen cent a yard), putting gimp or fringe on the edgo or not, as suits your fancy. "(ioiNti to lcavo, Mary?" "Yes, mum; I f I tlil I lm vcrv .lis. ..t. t.. nt. . I 11 "I. it I- 'J " ....---.... . i nun' in anytliiuir I can tlo to make vou comfortwliU lot in.' km. u "No, mum, it's imiossibie. You can't altor your rigger to my ligger, no mor'u I can. Your drpaana woii'f lit ma .....I I -- - - - .... , in., t t .in i appear on Hundays as 1 used at my lait place, I ... . ' r.i. t: . . I i .1 ,, r 1 . ' it'iiit t. :in ii xacuy. ( i It A N 1 1 M A until uliom tl... .,1,1. I,.... l.-.l . -- I---- . i . . hiid u.t.t linn ,i a slight dilference of opinion) : "I'm sure, girls, i nuu v anew wnero you get your nasty temiicr frOIIl." Nellie: "( nlmi.lt nut I,' ...... , ' v v iii ua, graiulma, for you have never lost any." "WllAT a beautiful aiolit i!" ...I I ( o " - ' ill I a. Jouea, rapturously, as she looked out over tho beautiful scenery from a Pennsylvania railroad car. t ea, replied .lones, without raising his eye from hi paper "authracite." A SCARECROW NOT A SCARECROW. An umbrella for a scarocrow Was in a com Held placed, And with loud caws the aly old crows Around It frravoly paced; When suddenly a shower fell, And under It they went, And "tnld until tha rain had ceased. As in a littlo tent. Ami said they, as they all trooped out, "That man's a Jolly feller; Not only plants tho corn for us, Hut lends us his uinbroller!" Harper's Ymtng People. " SORRY IS NOT "NUFF." "Allan! Where is Allan !" A moment ago he was playing with hii little cart in the yard, hauling dirt to the currant bushes. I cannot tell how many cartsful he carried. He waa as busy as a little man. But Allan was gone; there is his cart. "Allan I Allan!" "I'se here," at last said a small voice from the back parlor. "What are you there for 1" asked hia mother, opening the door and looking in. Allan did not answer at first. He was stand ing in the corner with a very sober look on hia face. "Come out to your little cart," said hia mother; "it is waiting for another run," "I'ae not been in here long 'null," aaid the littlo boy. "What are you here for at all?" asked his mother. "I punishing my own self. I picked some green currants, and they went into my mouth," said Allan. "Oh, when mother told vou not to! Green currants will make my little boy sick," said hia mother, in a sorry tone. "ou ncedn t punish me," said Allan. "I punish my own self." Hia mother had often put him in the back parlor alone when ho had been a nauahtv bov. and you see he took the same way himself. "Are you not sorry for disobeying mother!" she asked Allan. "I sorry, but sorry is not 'nuff. I punish me, I stay here a good while and thinks. Is not Allan niiht ? Sorry, if it is only sorrv. is not enough. How often children sav thev are sorry, and yet go and do the same thing again ! That ia a very short, shallow Borrow. Allan ran this; so he was for making aeriou worn 01 it. An old farmer out in Indiana says that for 'lis Dart he don't LtnniV letter,, fhn nraaant r,.. for trimminrr bonnnta with hirda (miner ti . urn 1 Only four or five years ago he bought hia daugh ter , Humming mru, next year she wanted a robin, the next a pheasant, and this season he declares he had to chain nn hia ThanLTanivini turkey or she'd have had that perched on top of her head. A MAN. nassinff t brunch a oatawav in tin. dark, ran asainst a poat. "I wish that post wa in the lower regions I" waa hia angry re mark, "lietter wish it was somewhere elso." said a bystander. "Y'on might run against it again, you know." A MAN Who hail Sli.l stolen frnm him m,..,;.-,.,! a note with $2i), saying: "I stoled your money. Remorse naws at my conshens, and I send some of it back. When remorse naw aoaln I'll en,l some more." Immf.nhk Wnnva Thn.- kaaau. - - ....... i iiii.m vrogwua to be used in the mines of Colorado are being made in Chicago. The back wheels are six feet three inches in diameter aud the tire is five inches wide. The wagons, including box, are nine feet high. They are eaoh to be drawn by twenty voke of oxen, and am namkla f ,.,..,. ing ten tons each.