The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-28
DIFFERENCE OF oprN1oN

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the ingenious theOrist, who catches at b bing OUT
and faintest analogies; and another siIsntest
scents the ridiculous from afar will boIj ~, VINO
with him who tests exouisitaI1 +I o con- sn
feelings of the heart; whereas, talent is talent S
mind is mind. Wit gives to life one of IT, L1 lu
favOrs; common sense leads to immediate ,,t;SssSe
and gives society its daily motion, large and Co..
prehenslve views and its annual rotation; ridi
cule chastises folly and imprudence and keens
men in their proper sphere analogy darts away
in the most sublime discoveries: feeling paintg sK
the exquisite passions of mans soul and rewards
him by thousand inward visitatOns for the sor
rows that come from without The Creator r,ode
them all 1t Is all very good We must not de-
splse talents OF any kind, for they all have their
separate duties and uses-all the happiness of man
for their object. They all improve and exaIt and
gladden. life
We all have our little weaknesses. rnivad ~,
with the rest, which also have their uses The
study of human nature would lose half its charm
were it not for these. Friendship would be a
mOnOtOnOus, empty form, and love a mere matter
of calculation, if it not for the little oibes
or weaknesses which mark out Individuality II
Is often the harmony of these little Wea aknesSeS as
we term them, which links friend to friend with
chain that would never have been forged but for
them. Through these we sometimes make the
discovery of harmony and concurrence of thoughts
and ideas which had previously been unapDre-
ciated; and il is often the case that the whole
course Of life, by such accident, is changed
from its wOnted channel, and all from the fact
that one has, through his or her pecuarity struck
a chord IN anothers soul which harmOniZes with
his own. And who shall say there is folly i'm it?
All is good, if we do not transform it into evil.
THE EDITORIAL SKELETON.-One who wishes
the paper well delicately hints that ne found a
wrong letter and another upside down. Did YOU
ever think OF what constitutes the mechanical
makeup of newspaper? You have been to a
country fair and seen one Of those eternal gaudv
and tasteleSS patchwork quilts, containing saw
1000 pieces, that was the work of some woman for
years. She could take her time about it, and if
anything didn't suit could alter it. Now, a paper
l. composed of several thousands of pieces Of
metal, and with every issue it must be pulled 40
pieces and put together again. ana that too i'm a
limited time; must appear at a set time and is at
once spread before its readers with no chance for
correction. This paper YOU are reading contains
IN lts columns OF reading matter something like
23O,uuO pieces of metal-letterS, points spaces
etc.-and every week all these must be distributed
and set again Then all sorts of minds natures,
and tastes must bee catered 10. And there seems
10 be a law of perver>ity running through human
life, by the action of which things 20 wrong i'm
spite of the best OF care to prevent IT, Is il any
wonder that the poor editor Is walking Skele-
There is good story told of the President"
says the Washington Star. Gin connection with
the recent appointments made To On vacancies i'm
the United States army. A --rrrtIrrnuIt " bo l.
distinguished i'm social life was extremely anxious
To have the son of a warm friend designated for
one uf the vacancies. He called upon tle NI.---
dent and made known his request. you see. Mr.
President, said he, i'm advocating the young
mans claim, his father Is "a distinguished eN-
army officer; his grandfather "a brilliant sol
dier of the army; his great-guudfather earned
distinction i'm the warof 1872; and his grcat-ereir-
grandfather officer i'm the navy during the
Revolutionary War These points were pressed
with force upon the attention of the President
All of sudden the President said: And this
young man father grandfather gTcat-graud-
father, and even more remote grandfather. have
all been officers of the United States ~ Yes
came the reply Well replied the President
with merry chUckle, don't YOU think il about
time that some one i'm that family earned a living
for him~elf""
Miss Margaret Hicks, a recent graduate I'm arch
itecture from Cornell University, is, we believe,
the first woman I'm this country 90 undertake u
profession i'm which there is no reason whatever
why woman should not succeed. The ADlCrie0R
ArchHCct has published portions of Miss Hicks
graduating thesis on Tenement Houses" and
while the essay is naturally stronger i'm its sum-
mary OF past attempts at improving tenement
houses than i'm suggesting a new one there are.
after all, few graduating theses which are worth
publishing at all. There certainly great things
i'm the way of closets to he hoped for. if women
architects come to be frequent.
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Miss Fanny Sprague, of Fitchburg. one of the
most accomplished lady swimmers ON the Vine
yard, swan this Summer To "a buoy aboEt half a
mile from shore. When near her destination, she
heard a faint cry for help and sent the boat which
accompanied her to the rescue \ young man
was found and taken into the boat so nearly eN-
hausted that ne could not have held out two NM
uteS longer. He owes his life TO the shlH ana
bravery of Miss Sprague
The man who has money in the bank and
plenty I'm his pocket can wear straw Iiill l0ur
weeks longer than the one VINO Is III uSu' Ior MS
last weeks board. Why is it?-Dftro" FFef Press
On analysis by the Royal Agricultural Society
of England sample OF iinSeed cake lso-calledl
was found to contain more S1hd Ihah llnseed
though sold for s6G the ton.
a few old rusty nails kept in a vessel out of
which hens drink, will be found more conducive
to their health than uine-tenths of nostrum foods