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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
15a. THE WEST SHORE. July, i88t, TO TUB GIBLS. What era jot doing, my dear glrla, to belp aloog thi greet bright world o( ourt? lotud what path ere yoar feet tending ? To what goal ia iu (m UuMui iuUir lio your tiMMigiiie tara? Whil ia your aim in life? Thort have Un earnest-anaied woidm who have duo great Md good deeds ia humanity's oauea, or be mom with pan, peooil Md chlael, nodying honors, and writ tea their turn Io never-fading letter upon fame'i glittering pegs; and these, Bot scioos at noble stock, but bouest, eslf-mada women of the toil, wbo. through lung days of labor aad BlgliU devoid of ease, have railed themealvee io a high position by the mere (uroa of their sterling qoalitiaa with native energy Bad etrenglu of character. It eoat eomethiog! Ah, ye. Xortun aeldom eomaa at yoar beck j if yoa lit down with fuldad arm to woo the flckla goddeea, yoi will vary likely ait tbera U lha and of tba chapter. House yourselves, gird oa yoar armor, go forth with oonlldaooa and bop, make op yoar miod io work, and woik with B will, throw mind and tool Into yoar pur. it, fur whatever U worth doing at all U worth doiog wall) tha raward may be long in oomiug, yoa may aometlmee grow faint and wtary, and may fail mor than once, twice or thrtoa, but never giva Bp, try again and agiin lat every defeat Berve yoa to (rath ooattnL Oirl. whit ever your lot la life, do yoar bwti whatever yoar work, It la worthy of bait effort. In ollmblng tha moaaUia'l ragged aide, Uka oar ibal there ba no unwary alalia, bo luddao fall from roobtede Into ohasma of moral vioei Uud a beluiaa band bow and than to laad a weaker aompaoioa along tha rough pUose, improve aaoh guldsa morneot of opportunity, oelch tha good wilhia yoar reaea, Io not iiand yoar tiroa in vain rural for an miaukaa yoa bav mada, bat oat yoaraalrea io work to repair it) iha who walla for an opportunity to do muoh at onoa may braatba out bar Ilia In vata aod Idla wiahea, and ragrai at tba Uat momaot of bar lifa bar woria Ihaa aaalaaa endeavors la not aooepting tha meant Instead of looking into tha lar futura, for a mora glurioaa and aiallad ai'hare. rt vary ilroka tall, lat every etep ba a firm mark alone Tour onward luroey, footprint thit will remata long altar yoa bav peaiad to tha othar aborai aad lat whatever will ba your aim, auova all alaa, elriv to tnakayour lifeetrtcily upright. para and Boaoraulei ba everything that li trior ought womanly, baliiful, ehanlable, tandar towaid yoar fallowi a living, breathing Iraioa ta all around 1 aad a eoldea antham tiiat ahill rin goldaa ohlme of Joy aad love throughoat all ataraity. ilr F. 0. CiurrA, i Wtdtrn KurL HINTS FOIl WIUTKKS. Writ ooa Wa of tba ahaat only. Why Nteaaaa 11 la alia aaoaaaary io out tha page lata tehee' fiwlbaenmpomUwa, an J thia oanout ba data wbaa both atdaa ara wrtltaa apoa. Wnta olaarly aad dlatiaotly, bamg partieu Uriy oaraf ul la tha matter of pnipar aamra, and wwda from foraU-a Unguaita. iKm'l wntala a micruacopie band. Why ) Boaaaaa tha aompaaitar baa ia raad it aoraai bit aaaa. at adialaaoaaf aaarty twafLiilm, ba- huh tha aditnr 010 waula to maka aldilioai aad at abaana. Kaaar roll your maauaript. Wbyt IWoauaa it maddcaa aad atuiraki avanrima who loaobi ltdit , oomposiw aad pronf-raador, Alwaya wnte yoar lull bibw aad addi ally at tha aad of yoar Ulur. Why t 1U oaaaa It will afwa Wainaa lha tba adilor will vaal la awaumu iia yoa, aad btoauaa hi aadi ta baow tba wrtlar'a aama ai a gaaranta of aoad falta. U oa mm a paauiloatm or lai U wrtia yoar Mat and aldraai blw lt it Wtll MW ba diralgad. A lUwt U bold el a Oanraa iboamakar. who. barinf au4a a pair of boou for a laailaoiaa of wbwa ftaaaoau iaWfnty ba bad auaauiarabli doabl. mada lha loUoatag rtl to him wbaa baaalUd for lart4aa: Uat pooto iah aot qoito doaa, pat Oar Paul laa mad oal MIND AND BRAIN. Arutotla rrgardedlha heart ai tha aeat of tba rational aouL" Tha brain wat looked upnn by thii prinoa of philowpberi ai a oom paratively uielna organ, whole only function to cool thi hurt. Aooording to we jaw ninion of acientiflo authonUei, the lunotioni of tha mind are performed in the rim of gray matter of which the ontermoit Uyer of the brain onniuU. There aenialion emu anu wiuuKu b'gini. There are the "end iutioni wnere the meetagee from the ouUide world are deliv ered, and where volition! originate. But though anatomiiU have luooeeded in following the trail thui far, and have, io to ipeak, oor- norad the mind and driven it into cloie quar- en, thy teem ai far ai ever from aeeing the mind iUelf or Irom learning wnat u u. Mental aoienoe u ai dutinct from phytioal eoianea to-dav u it ever wai. The nervei are aii-iLl bv motinna. Thnie motioni are dcliv. erad to the brain, ind there become transformed into thinn ai difTurrnt from the motioni in which thev originate ai light ii from darkneii. Tha nerve of the eya when excited cauiei the nutinn nf liuht. Thia exoitation mav be oro duoed bv nndulationi of thi luminiferoui ether, iv electricity, by congeation, or by a blow on the beadj in every can the meeaage along the nerve ia, in thi bnin, translated into the tenia- tion of light. Tha meeiagei delivered by the nerve of the ear are translated into the etnie tion of tound. Hut theae varioui teniationt are altogother dilTi-rent from the phytioal excite menu producing them. Ho alio ara the thought! and volition! radically different from the ecniauoni, L ux nr Phum. jo matter what men may write or lay upon tne lubieot, the womanly woman will alwayi piy oonmleratile attention to bar dreat, ai ilia should. Indifference, and oonriient inilteutlon to dreu, often ihowi lautry, Ktll righteouinass, or indolence, it not a virtue, but a dulect In the character. Kvery woman should study to make the. belt ol herself with the muni at her command. Among the ruh, the love of dreu promote! some ilrareni ol exertion and disulayi of taate in thenitclvrs, and foiteri ingennity and in duitry in itiferiiri; in tha middle classes, it ngvuilcri oontrivanoa, diligenoe, neatness of baud; among the humbler, it has nood effects. no lung ai ureal merely inUreite. amusea. oo cuuioa sucn time and inch m am ai wa reaion ably alut to it, it ii salutary; redoing tha tastei and the habits, and giving satisfaction and pleasure Io other. Sensible men like to tee their wivn and daughter! well dressed, and Uka pride in their appearance. Tha woman who baa not some natural taite in dress, tome hive of novelty, tome dolight in tha combine- Uua of colors, must be deficient in a aensa of tha beautiful At a work of ait a 11 drraer4 woman is a ttudy. Coniistenev in re gari to station and lortune, u the first thing to ba oonsidered. A woman of rood arna will not wish to expend in unnecessary ex travagsaoM money wrung from the handi of so aoiiooa, laborious hustsnd; or, if her bus. oaou oa a man ol lortune. she will not an eruaoa nooa bar allowance, h , her amy ta ureas well with as lulls at nan.. pnaaikla for it ii unbecoming to no woman's dignity to be oareful of the clothe! ihl wean, aod to aoonomiii ia bar expenditure When lova of draw it indulged io beyond tha oom paaa of moaai, it oaaaot be too severely con d.mned. Hut it ia tha doty of tvary womao Ui dreaa as wtll aa aha oaa. Till peotileof a Waetara town an u U.n. lsy that ahee tha wife of minister who bad just aeuie.1 in that town asked a prominent eitiaaa it tba inhabitants eenar.lt. n., the Kebbeta and refrained from business, be re- pliad: Confound it, ma'am, they don't do TH' " a wooia weal to break thi Sab- naw, u ii wai au a one on that day," THE ORPHANS' LOVE. Abov. not over 11 year old, whose cinched f&oe betrayed hunger, and whose clothing could icaroely be called by tha name, dropped into a carrienter ihop on ' Grand river avenrte the other day, and after much hesitation explained to the foreman. Wa want to get a grave-board for ma. Shi died last winter, and the gravel are to thick that we can't hardly find her no more, Wi went up last Sunday and we came awlul near not finding it We tbonght we'd git a grave board to wa wouldn't loose the grave. When we thought we'd loet it. Jack he cried, and Bud the cried, and my chin trembled io I could hardly talk 1" Where u yonr father ? aiked the carpen ter. O. be t at home bnt be never coet np then with ui, 'and we ihan't tell him about thi board. I gueu be hated ma, lor he wain t it borne when she died, and be wouldn't bny no coffin nor nothing. Sometimes, when we art sitting on the door ttep talking about her, and Jack and Bud art cry in', and I'm remembrin' how the killed ui all before the died, he tayt we d better quit that or we d get what t bad for us. But we sleep up ttairi, and we talk and cry in tha dark all we want to. How muoh rn , J I. - til win me ooara oe i The carpenter selected something fit for tht purpose, aod aiked. w no win put it up at tne grave r "We'll take it upon onr cart," replied tht boy, "and I guest tha grave-yard man will help nt put it up. Yoa want tha name painted on it don I yon?" lei, nr, we want the board white, and then we want yon to paint on that ibe wai our ma, and that ihe wat 41 yean old, and that he died on tht 2d of November, and that ihe was one of the beat motben ever wat, and that wt ara going to be nood all onr livet and go np where ihe it when we die. How muob will it coet, nr! "How muoh have you got? "Well," laid the bov. at he brought out little oalioo bag, and emptied ita content! on the benoh, "Bud drawed the baby for tht wo man next door and earned 20 oentsj JacK ne weeded in the garden, and earned 40 cents, and found five oente in the road; I ran two errands and made kitea, and fixed a boy'i cart, and helped carry eoma applet into a itore, and I earned 65 oente. All that makeia hundred and thirty oente, tir, and pa don't know wt'vt got it, oaute we kept it hid in tht ground under a none. " The carpenter meant to ba liberal but ht laid: "A grave-board will ooit at least three dol lar Tht lad looked from bit little itore of met all to tht carpenter and back, realixed bow many weary weekt bad passed lino the tint penny was earned and lived, and tuddenly willod out "then we can never, never buy one, and ma't grave will be loet" But he left tha thop with Uan of gledneu in hit eye, and when h returned next diy little liud and Jack were with htm, and they had a cart There wat not only ahead board, but one for tbt foot of the grave aa well, and punier ana carpenter had don their won wito full heart and dona it well. "Ain't it awful nioe nioer than rich folk havt I" whispered tha children, at tha board! wen being placed on tba cart; "won't the gravt look nioe, though, and won't ma ba awful glad r Kr thia the mother' grav hsa been marked, and when night oomea tha three motbarleai one will cuddle close together and whisper their gratitude that it cannot ba loot to them tven in the itonm and drift of winter. D froil Vet PrtM. A miiui it building at Link villa for Big Klamath Uka. It will be screw propeller of 83-borat power, 60 ft long and 12 ft beam.