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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1890)
WEST SHORE. 3!) By EmilyA.Kello. OVR STARRY FLAG. Why 1b the emblem of the United States more lasting than that of France, England, Scotland or Ireland? The lily may fade tnd ite italic deoer, The row from iti itm mar eater, Thi taiilto tnd itamrock mil pau away, But thi atari ahine us (orenr. " Miss Sally " is the most popular individual In the London loological gardens. This lady Is known to scientists as Anthropopithteui Calm, but the common people call her a bald chimpanr.ee. Her attainments are remarkable, (she Is also very obliging, and usually complies with the many requests made by her daily visitors. Her ability to judge of numbers teems to give a satisfactory conclusion to scientific discussions as to whether ani mals can count. For a time three seemed to be the limit of her understand ing In this direction, but the drill in " number lessons " was patiently con tinued, and how she Is able to " work out her sums up to ten." Her meth ods of study are a lesson to all. She very deliberately selects a straw and holds it in her mouth while she picks up another, passing that to her mouth, and so on till the required number is collected. She then takes them from her lipa, folds the bundle in a compact form and delivers it to her keeper. But her understanding of language goes still further. " Give me a straw through the bars," says the keeper, and she does so. " Put one through the key-hole; now in my pocket," and so on. Not taxing her patience too long, he approvingly says : " Good girl, now you may have this piece of apple," laying several pieces on the woodwork between the wires. " This piece is for you to smell ; this piece yon may look at, but not touch until I tell you." Sally gives her undivided attention, not attempting to eat any until her keeper says: " Now you may have this piece." To"shke hands " with the right or left one, to put up her right or left foot as bidden to collect straws for a " button-hole " and to place it there, to take milk from a cup with a spoon " like a lady," and many other small performances are promptly, though deliberately, executed as the words are spoken. Whan rem so to ronr room at nif tit ou roo walk diraotljr to thi matoh boi and pat roar hand on it? Whan rou torn out roar light and lae roar room do roa hart to tumble for tha door, or oan roa go itralght acroM tha room and taka hold of the knob ? Can ron at night walk among tha treee without running into them, or keep the gatden path aa directly aa run would ware it dar light ? If roa wuh to animate the alia of anything, do groa know enough of feet and inohw to make a fair guew by limply looking at it ? Can jron guar the height of a hat by light ? Can roa oeloalet the weight of a book, a box of matohw, a bat, a ball, a glue of water, a latter, by holding it in roar hand ? If yon bear itreet oan, where there ii a double track, oan you tall by the aonnd whioh war ther are coming ? If rou an mar a rirar oan you looatt a lleemboet by aound ? Can roa oat roar knowledge of muelo in analyilng the prograaaioni of a ataam whie tie? Can you tell on whioh tone It llope f With roar eyee ehat oan rou tell what kind of a lower la put to your soee ? Do roa know the difference between the odor of a leaf from a rote buih and one from a maple tree? Can ron tell from the bark of the treee the point! of the oompaai ? Cu you by liitenlng tall what kind of a leuicle la ooming, and how manr horaaa are attached to it ? Do roa know the difference in aound made by four and by eight booh ? Can ron matoh oolora without eamplea ; carry oolore and ihadee in your memory ? By the touch only oan groa tell whioh material ia ootten. whioh U woolen ? Can roa from a bunch of differ ent-oolored aaphyra pick out a black etrand, keeping roar eyee ihut ? Can you by thi taete only tell what kind of meat ron are eatint ? Can rou deride what flavor baa bean uaed in a flue of eoda water ? Doaa a me petal taete like that of a violet ? Do hard water and eoftwatar taite alike ? In abort, do rou aw your eeniee ? Do roa train rur obaanration, and then remember what roa obeerre ? The new methodi of education are taking oare of arte and bandi together, but what nlmn are there for )our note, your eara, your toooh, your aenae of weight ? Where do you go to ecbool to learn to eee lathe dark, to email lira, to hear flineneiee? Do you not peroein that thii education yon moat girl ynureel! ? You oan train ronr aeneae etery moment rou are awake. At thil moment what do you lee, hear, email ? An rou aura roa raallr eee. hear and email what rou think rou do ? Buppow you make a game of " The Beowe," and aw bow many ooml nearer the booby prill than thi nret one ? And aa I like to gin my text at tha end unload of the beginning, hen it ia i That run an not rourwlf . but only a f notion of what ronr Hwrenly Fa' her mwnt you to be, unlaw you ban the full aw of the eenew whioh He gan you.-ioatei Stockton. You can form interesting and highly pro6Uble games from the fore going suggestions. Some of them are suitable tor out-of-door pastimes, and will enliven picnie parties and excursions. Others are better adapted tor evening parties, and can be developed by a little ingenuity Into something quite novel and taking. I want to urge you to employ your own intelligence and invention in your recreations as well as In your more serious affairs. There is no reason why you should Indulge in worn-out, stupid, silly or harmful amusements while the world Is full of materials tor first-class fun and fresh, bright faculties are yours. There is none of your studies even from which you can not extract a game as Jolly as it is Instructive. Put on your thinking caps and see if it is not so. TALKS AT HOME. II. Bk Cordial to Strangers You young folks are, I think, naturally inclined to be cordial and hospitable to strangers. Yet, I have noticed many times when you have failed to give the kind and cheery word of wel come for which occasion called. Have you ever been among strangers yourself, and do you know the desolation of loneliness? Do not forget that experience when a boy or girl comes, a stranger, into your circle. Be thoughtful and ready to dispel the loneliness which will come at such a time. "How thoughtless I" is one of the most severe rebukes we older people launch against you tor acta which you are prone to think rather light offenses. Do you know that thoughtlessness is only one form of selfish ness? We are seldom thoughtless of our own comfort, but so often do we disregard that of others. When that other is a ttranger, the heedlessness is more blamable. You are " so sorry " afterward that you " didn't think." " It was too bad that Frank and Ella did not have a good time. Nobody meant to slight them." Of course nobody meant to slight them, but did anyone make an effort to make them happy? " But," you argue, " why couldn't they have joined in with the rest?" Simply because you and your mates did not ask them to do so. " But I do not know them, and they would have thought me queer to go up and talk to them." Blessed be queer ness I I acknowledge that it is queer in this cold, selfish world of ours to care for the Btranger's happiness. Have the courage to cultivate that kind of queerness. Never tear that cordiality will be mistaken for forwardness. Unselfish desire for the happiness of others prompts the one, and a false idea of one's own importance the other. The youngest and dullest of us can tell the difference. The former will ever win its way, the latter always repels. Neither may you allow yourselves to give shyness aa an excuse for neglecting a stranger. Shyness is the outgrowth of sensitiveness In the di rection of sell. I have little patience with the sensitiveness about self that Is seldom or never exercised about others. Last summer, at a large hotel In the mountains, the children held possession of the parlors from six to eight o'clock each night. One evening a timid, plain-looking little girl came Into the hotel parlor with her father and mother; it was evident they were not a family in the habit of traveling or of meeting people. The little girl sat timidly watching the other children dancing and playing games. Suddenly a little lady of twelve years left the larger group, and, greeting the small stranger most cordially, invited her to a seat on a distant sofa; in a short time she brought another little girl up and introduced her to the stranger. The little girl who first spoke to the new-comer, remarked : " I once went to a hotel with mamma and nobody spoke to us, and I remember how lone some I felt, so I always speak to children." When the stage lelt the hotel the next morning all the children gathered In a group and waved handker chiefs till it was out of light. All tills because one little girl proved herself a gracious lady and lived up to her privileges. Cultivate a whole-hearted forgel fulness of self and you will find It Increasingly easy to greet the stran ger with cordiality; you will acquire grace and tact in bringing the " new girl " or the " new boy " right into all the good times that are going. The Home Electric Light Company has been incorporated in Seattle and capltalixed at (500,000. This new company is a union of the Commer cial and Pacific electric light companies, and will spend at once (100,000 In increasing iti plant for producing both light and power. The Seattle (laa and Electric Light Company has also been Incorporated at Seattle, with a capital stock of ((100,000. The work of constructing the Albany A Astoria railway Is to be actively pushed from the Albany end. The preliminary survey has been completed and grade stakes are now being set. Though the company Is made up of Albany capitalists, it it asserted that the Union Paclflo is interested in the road. The Oregonlan Railway Company hai nearly oomnleted its arrange ments to extend its line from Coburg to Springfield, Oregon, and work will be begun as soon as certain titles are cleared up. The first grading contract extends as tar aa Jasper. The Portland Cable Hallway Company, of Portland, has filed supple mentary article! of incorporation increasing ill capital stock from (1100,000 to (500,000.
