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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
i go THE WEST SHORE. July, 1881. TWO FARMERS' WIVES. Daring summer tour among the New Eog laod motinUint, CoL Iliggloeon oeme across two type of farmers' wive. Th thought im-i-rti-l l U luwiig wee liiet "home" meant much la their patient, silent livoe7biahare seldom broken by a holiday. Hi wrote to the Wumim't Journal what b saw: "Walking by a eomloftahle farm-house, the other day, ,1 m attracted by remarkably tine iilv, of species new to ma, which grew io wooden era 00 lb dooretep. Da oluMr In eprction It proved to beautiful that my oonv pealoa Mil I male bold ti ring it the door end eik fr further Information. "We vert t once oordially greeted by a cheery woman o( middle age, who received with delight our praieae of the lily, ahowed Ui a fuchsia and geranium which rivaled It in bar efTecUona, and iaaisted on our goto Into bar old-fashioned parlor, where magnificent ivy liUrally encircled the (oar tidua of tha room Iron) a ingle root la tha corner. Hba had oorne to u Iron tha waab-lub, bat aba looked per lastly Baal, and ai ready to talk u we to listen. "Hba bad lived all bar life lo tbehouee where wa eaw her It bad baea 000a pied by thrne gen eration! of br own family before beri relioe of tbeir oldfaahiooed furniture were there, atoatly ttleined against the bland tab men te of luroilure hunter such ae ouraalvee, Kijiaoially ouriooi waa a qsaint old mirror, with heavy gilt frame, and an mid llllle cluck at the top, " Her oar haetese bad been married, bare aha bad borne ail children, aeveral ol whom bad died) aha bad lived for year or two in llushin, 'bub ol tha universe, bat the liked the old kotneeUed belter. tine did ail bar own work, the children at boma being etill young add aha epoUised prufueely fur the untidy appear ance of room in which wa oould nowhere de Wot speck of duet, la her manoere and lan guage aba would have appeared lo advantage eat where. Hhe lived, to be sure, near the vil lege; bat 1 aia aiweUnlly reoeiving the aama aurtof Impreeeiua from tha women whom one meets at the doors of lonely boaeea far op on the aaoauUln side. trtving a long distance, on dsy, In anarch of t toet epy-gleaa, I waa directed at laat up a by. red leading from a by road, and ending at length ta a solitary mountain gorge, where there waa bet a alngla boueo. I oould not imagine what bad brought a eetller there, until 1 noted a Hue Sugar orchard' of maple tree, tha fioeet to be aeea ia that whole region. "On my knocking at tha farnvhouee door, it waa opened by an old bvlv I ue the term ad vteedlyao belt, eo kind, ao agreeable ia e. Meta and manner, that a eity visitor would have felt Jeelilted in engaging a montW b rd at eaoa, ea the fees ol eppoeraaova alooe. For SA year aha bad lived up in that lonely glen, going out of It only lo attend 'meeting on eJey, or lo make rare purchases at tha little Village edHtk hoe did not aeem eo hare thought of it at d slant or miliary until all of bar children bad left tha farm lo aeek their fortune else bar but now aba onnleeeed la a wuh lo 1m re it, not bwxauea it waa ia I tee If lonely, but because 11 waa far fruea them. Cooeetjueally, aha now boiied that 'be' would buy a (arm nearer lo other folda." lapraraut. Ikkhatio. The arrival ol (uld in Uta United Bute from Kuropa ia aa great in wroporttoa aa ta the antra! at tajmi fraala (roe the aaata quarter. 11m foiled Mate Vara an oh vert reeoaroaa of produeUua that we are feet draining Kerope of bet eurplue gold and of bar beet blood and meed. Wa bare ottua, which maet be need lo clothe lag aailltowa, and of Ulo years wa bare bee uoplywg load ta immeneo queaUUee from the Weelara 8tetea a liom aba 1'asifta ooaat. K'erv yaaf now bat ntakea naorw wtaMleet tba raai deeliay wkleb la In a tore for Iba Ubaui. Uati al Ua awet larorwd people ia the world, 8T0IIINU UP ELECTRICITY. Tha Drinoiiila adoittad by iL Faure for itor- ing electrical energy ia founded upon an iDven- lion made aoma 20 yaart ago by M. l'lante, which ha called a aeoondary pile, and which of itaelf waa alao a m eaoa of storing electric energy to a certain extent M. Faure's plan ii do- acribed ae follows: "It couiata of two plates of lea1 immersed in water, acidulated by sul phuric acid. This pile ia inert in itself, inas much aa tha two electrodes are identical; but if it lie onnnMbvl with an eltrio oftnuratiru a voltaic battery or dynamo electric machine ox- iiiauon taaes piece on one 01 me leaa piaioe, re sulting in the formation of a thin coating of per oxide of lead, while the other plate remains as metallic lead. The pile ia then detached from the charging battery, and tha electricity remains stored up in it so long aa tha polarization of the til&te AnntintiM. Wimn tm (wn Alnfvw1na are joined by a oonduotor, there is obtained an electric currtui, irnensa but ol short duration; the pile ia discharged and tha plates assume their normal onndition. With a I'Untu nnnnL having ona half iuara meter of surface, tha curreui is suiuoient 10 beat to redooss for about ten minutes, a platinum wire one millimeter in diameter, and from 7 to 8 centimeters long. U Faure's invention oooeisla of an improve ment on riante's pile, by which its capacity for storing electricity ia greatly increaaed. This oontiste in furniihina the lead nlalm with a identity of the oxide at tha start. Kaon plate is oovereu witit a layer ot red oxida of lead, held in place by piooea of felt fastened to the tilatre bv lead rivala. Thau in th.n mlll together in the shape of a spiral, and immersed in .I.I..I. "... i . ... . . 11 mu. ueu oonnectea WHO a bat tery or machine tha oxida on the positive elec trode is converted into the naraxiila. whll. th.i of the negative is returned to tha metallic state. in mia war ma electricity can be carried from place to place, tha capacity of tha battery da pending, apparently, ukmi the amount of oxida with which tha plates are supplied. Whether this method of conveying aleotrio ourreuU will prove more economical than by metallic conductors remains to be aeon, but at present it looks rather doubtful Tha Mar hhihL. I . L - t I .... .. .u..,. ui (oanwi at Ltmf a Uat is largely devoted to a disoueasioa of this dieoor erv, and from it wa lm tk.i vi 11...:.. . - , . -t" iwi 11 1 m oleima that tha Faure battery will give out 802 of the immtm m .1 ; -l. . . 1 . . n .... i-.-. .wu in snarging m mis state ment is supported by M. Dumaa, who plaoea the loss at M. Ilo.i.ii.11... 1. itiLi.:. (rn, ortUciaes theee statemeota, and oleima that, -.. .uu. eooaiiieraiien tha losses sostained ia the transformation from mechanical to alao trical energy, by the dynamo electrio machine, as well ae that in converting the electrical power Of the batter (ntn ml,.ni.l r .l. S"5 fi ?Lb obUu"1 ,rom Kwr' bry " S; of the energy neooaaary lo charge it The oidiuary method of truumiisioo by me- ... Wiit yieiiia ou;,. Ae Wiluht bare hjin .1111 .l. j- . . -. yww, ui, uiecorery of M. laure baa peaeed into tha hands of spec. a.U-ik. loriuues lor them eelvea at the expense of tboee unfortunaU par ons w ho pnaaeea more money than foresight l1ilUrrt0i MomB ainoetha . waa nooamenaea ol , prereouon of crack- tag and subeMuenl peeling off ot roosh oeain. aader the action of storms and frost Someone w oteor aays utat bia own booea. eipiaed to prolonged storms on the eeaooaat bad pteces , of morter to be renewed eaob spring; and after trying, wilbowt effect, a aamber of ; "T r-' is e loona eawdest per- - "! mm oramar wraia Ui was snade by mixing one part of eement two of liaw, two ol aawdast, aad ttve of aharo aand oawdusi beio, flrrt weU mixed dry with the THE ADVANTAGE OP PERSEVERANCE. Aa wa have last Dsssed the oentennarw nf tk. eminent engineer, George Stephenson June 9 ioi it u not out ui uiaoe w rernina atrua- li n(o. ,.. UUJ JUUUm M1-UU.V UI WUIIMNlia OaS01S ?;reat man aid not achieve his distinction and ama without hard work, and that it waa not his genius alone tbat saved bim and made him what he waa, but more his perseverance, enenrv and determination to succeed. It will-not do for a young'man, because he supposes he has genius or his friends suppose he baa, to lit down and wait for opportunity to oome to him. lie must manfully sail forward and pot aside the obstacles which impede his path, must perse vere in his endeavors to perfect bis knowledge and skill, and make the opportunities to use them. Samuel Smiles, who has written a life of George Stephenson, says of him that for tha tlrst SO years of his life, he bad everything against him. He owed nothing to luok, to pat ronage, to the advantages of education. He owed everything to bravery, intense conviction, and prolonged peraeveranoe. He had to teach himself everything from the A B C to the prin ciples of mechanics. He had to conquer every inch of tha ground on which he stood. His conquests were not easy, for arrayed against mm were, nrst, nis own ignoranoa which had to be subdued by silent persistent endeavor! and second, tha opposition of men ot knowledge and science, wno stood united to oppose htm and oould only be silenced by suocesi. At first, Stephenson stood almost alone in his belief in, the powers of the locomotive engine; ' His ex periments were carried on in silenoe and ob scurity. They were quite unknown to the jour nalists, historians, and writers ot the day. The great work was done without any help irom auinors and orators. 11a never contented himself with dwelling in the regions ot pecu lation and abstraction. He worked energetical ly in giving life to a dormant principle, and practical realisation to an abstract proposition. Yet the facts which he developed by experi ence ware laughed at as "moonshine. ,r There is something tragio in witnessing the determined hostility which obstructed his ef forts. The whole prejudice ot the eciontillo world opposed him. When he invented the safety lamp he was "pooh-poohed," and re garded as an interloper. The oivil engineers op posed mm to a man. tie waa not "one of us," he had never received an anoineer'a education. They would not admit his facts. They would not even inquire into his experi ments. Everything tbat he proposed to do was demonstrated to be impomille. The oivil engin eers ueciareo. mat it waa impossible to drive a locomotive at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The engine would be driven back by the wind. It it traveled it would be beaten by the canal beats. !... la. a . . nu. n oouid never go at alL The smooth Wheels Oould never "lilto" imn amonth rails. The wheels would merely turn round and round, aim me wnoie machine would stand still. It was also declared to be hnpouiblt to make a railroad over Chat Moss without stopping ahort of the bottom. "No engineer ia hi ttiue," aaid a distinguished oivil engineer, "would go vuai .uoae 11 ne wanted to mate a rail road from Liverpool to Manoheater." The whole thing waa declared to be "impossible." And yet the impossible thing were done. What eorge 8tepheneon proponed to do, he did. The impossible locomotive waa run, not only at 12 bat at 60 mile an hour; and tha impossible railroad was mail from Liverpool to Manches ter over the oenter of Chat aloes. AJKther the life of this distinguished man affords an exarrple of what one may do by per sistent efforte, and unsubdued energy. Th moral teaching ot such a life is great, and the yoong men of the dsv will find that as tar as the means of personal progress are ooooeraed, the means bar not changed since George Stephenson time. bear ot a maa who ha mad a fortune by attending to hi own Hiinss This i aa tbentio. liut then he had few oo petite.