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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1877)
THE WEST SHORE WILLIKWKE s (ill ACE, He -asnt two years old. you str ut couldn't attar well A tingle void, this Willie-Wee Of whom I'm gviu to tell. Tetif you m , him some thin nod BtdwmtrMtony 1 His (Junk you, nia'am, ' M liett h .uU In pretty, baby way. And, kiiedliu: I'v his little bed, Ingowunf dainty white. He shut U TM BhM Mil ami si.l Our rather." every night. One moniliiK when the bell for MUWI Had Kuiiirtiiiiit.il all the house, He irlideii down the imrscrv stain A willy hs a mouse. "Hi, honey ! wha' ye fwiM wtdoul You' liy'arbeeti MMXrm down " Hi mammy cried: "Tlie chile's a)ut Some mischief, I'll he bouti." 'Come back din niinit, till 1 put You shoes and stuekbT tin ! BMmKtHd down the iiassave; but And to hiimelf she heard him aav Ai, lmttteriiu;. on he went, " "la-ia away ! paiia away !" And wondered what he meant, into the hreakfast room he pressed Mounted his father's dialr, And gravely waited till the rest Came in from roornltif prayer. And when iiluiiiiu, and sisters three Had taken, each, her place, And paused it moment, ipiietiy, To say their Mletit ,'trratu,"' Hti head our Willie-Wee tow bowed, And. foldinir palm to palm SlHIt ! I, i- ill.tl Sii.l . H.J. Pmktifln WUt A,nt. Tre Invariable QUIU fur nurse, with all VUfinla children 203 0BKO8OTKD. TIMBER Mr. Edward li. Andrew, of Boiton, has leased a large tract of land Emm the Boston Wharf omjDaay Id South Boaton, for the purpose of erecting thereon works for ereosotiug lumber. The impregnation of the porta of wood with "wwiBiwMn parpoaa oi preeervtng it from : decay and the attacks t.f iieeota, especially the teredo or naval worm, which is also destrue- meio smpimii;, woo, ,m.rs. i.iW. -t,. i ertain localities. .j ;.. v.... land in 1888 by Mr. Bethel!, who diawmd tlie emcacy of creosote, ami erected works for treating wood with it. At first it was used for UMMrl for railways, its introduction was naturally slow at first, but M its advantain-s iH'come known its use was gradually extended, until now there is scarcely a railroad in Great Britain or on the continent where creosoted ties are not uwl Wood whose pone have TOBACCO As A CHICKEN MEDICINE A wrifpr in kttm If, .....I .... . it. of your reatlers ever tried tobaooo U a cure for "'"7" 1 www it, tiavnig seen it itx-om-mended in the poultry department of a book, entitled " 1'urdun's Veterinary Ham) Book,"1 It runs as follows: "A correspondent to the QardenerJ i 'hronklt February 15th, I860, gave the following aocoont of his txperienoe regarding the effects of tobacco is a remedy for ailments in poultry. We may mention that his statements as to the curative effects of tobacco were subsequently eorrolio rated by other oorreapondentl of that journal. BpMjdiig to the wife of a working bailiff, who had been a aucoeeafol raisir of fowls, l asked what plan she adopted when they were sickly. She quickly made answer: ' 1 give them a mud of tobacco.' She further stated, 'I have adopted the plan with success for 10 years.' I then inquired why ifae nre it ami tlie quantity administered, to which she replied I 'I had noticed that when my husband w as mopish and out of sorts, that if he took a large quit! ' of tobaooo, be soon came round, and the thought occurred to me that it might relieve my fowls, which it always .toes; so," whenever 1 see any Of them (Bltol sorts, I gin them a piece of tobacco as targe M from the end of my thumli tO the first joint.' You can judge my surprise fts a medical man, when I state that I have seen a like quantity destroy life in a human being. NOW for the sequel. In the autumn of last year I purchased some prize fowls, ami one of them a mouth since became sickly. I gave the old woman's remedy -a piece of tobaooo the use of the first joint of my thumb L f., 30 grains). It had a most speedy and singubir eilect upon it. In two minutes there was a little staggering, accompanied by a peculiar twitching of the tail, which gradually became straight with the back ami ultimately trailed on the ground. In 0 minutes the fow l appeared quite well ami has continued so. This morn ing my man, as usual, let out the fowls and gave them some barley, but the oook bird ftnpeare.1 very sickly ami disinclined to cat Ho stood with his mouth slightly opened and wings hanging down. He refused to eat bread or anything. As this state had lasted three or nur hours, I looked down his throat, which appeared healthy, and lie had nothing in his crop. I then gave him the "quid " of tobacco (i. (., 80 grains.) In two or three minutes ho appeared weak and his tail liegan to drop slightly. He than sat down under a tree and remained quiet ibottt live minutes. I then walked to him, when lie got up ami in a few minutes commenced pecking some corn, and in a quarter of an hour from the first taking of the tobacco, he apjieared quite well and l?gan to crow most lustily, although he had not made tho slightest effort before during the morning, winch was very unusual, as he frequently crows when well. To see him now, l4 hours after the dose of tobacco, performing his accus tomed duties, no one would scarcely bcUtVO he bad taken so potent a remedy. I do not pro fess to give the eteafeu operwuii, but, as it acts like a charm, it is worth knowing." Having read the alstve, 1 resolved to try it on the first opportunity offered. A young cock, about six months old, full ill. His head turned black, his feathers all milled up and he apearcd blind and stupid, and seemed to wish to push his lieak along in front of him on the ground. When I picked him up, he was under the horse's feet and was in imminent danger of being trodden on, but he did not seem to tee them or me, f gave him alxuit as nearly as possible the dose recommended, and then laid him down, ai it happened, but not intentionally, near a water puddle. I went off and left him. In aliout five minutes I passed that way again and found him lying on his side and drinking vigorously, but apparently he was still blind, for if he did not happen to drop his head into the water, he would suck at the damp ground as if his beak w ere in water. Alxmt 10 minutes later he got up and retired to the chicken house, and I thought no more of it until 1 hap pened to meet him walking about about two hours later in perfect health and in company with other fowls. In due course of time he came to the table as fat and healthy a bird as ny of his mates. It others try thi and n-port their experience. A boy having been told that "a rertib . an animal that creep-," on being asked In ame one, on examination day. promptly replu i. "A baby. " THK SAW-MIM. RAILROAD. Among the many industrial contrivances to which necessity has given rise, that represented by the engraving is ,lot the least noteworthy. It is a railway constructed down the side of a steep mountain, for the purpose of lovtffins logs to a null to lie sawed Into boards. The mountain, winch is on the Cosumnes river, is so steep that to roll a tog down its sides would .i uin. intgiiieuui. i no railway WM eon. strut ted at au exact angle of 4b", and was '2 000 feet m length. It was built in 1888, THK 8U8QTJKHANHA. We give on this page a choice little piece of scenery which may be found on the line of the lennsyhama railroad It is a view of the Susquehanna in the early moniinK. The Sua quehanna is one of the historic rivers of the A SAW MILL KAILBOAO. been thoroughly impregnated w ith creosote w ill resist decay. The treatment with creosote was attempted in IIobUui some years ago, but the works were insufficient for the purpose, having lieeu put up for another use and altered over for creosoting. Vet the timber creosoted at that time, although imiierfectly treated, has, in most cases, given satisfaction, and is to-day, after live or six years' test, according to the BoetOfl VW, erfectly sound, as can lie seen in a portion of wooden -.lavement on Columbus avenue. At the French ex-osition of 1867 leeers were ex hibited which hail bean in wear on Kuglish roads since 1888, and yet were perfectly mud, The plant Mr. Andrews has ordered from the Whittier Machine Coniaiiy. The prineiiial tank or receiver in which the wood ii to M treated is to U- of one-half inch iron, cylinder country. Along iu nuk and aenws its waters were enacted some of the utirring scenes of tho Revolution. The river lias likewise beoottM immortal in the charming tales of t'ooj-or. The scenes along the river are full of lieauty. Throughout its whole length, from it rising in New York through its course across the State of Pennsylvania, it In-auty is singular and changing, and always commands the fullest admiration of the tourist. LbOM Suii--iii-ii.iii.sii in THK Umtkii St .11 Km, -According to a statement recently placed at the dis(Himd nf the New York Trihtmrhy the Iteg ister of the Treasury, there havu been built ill the I'nited States, since iKfili, for American owners, 251 iron vessels of all sizes, having a total measurement of lilT.-VlO tons. About 1 50 KAKLY KOBHIira ON THK SI SUTKHANNA ItlVKIt. 100 feet ionu and six feet iliamHter ami war. wr i .... I. ..1 bmJ Jm t . i.u ranteil to sUnd a working pressure of 'JOU !. LeM than 100 tons, :,7; frm I (Hi to law. to the square inch. This receiver will hold . 7.1; from !W0 to 1,000 tms, 41; ham 1 OOfl to nearly 88.000 feet of luml-er. The works lie completetlal-out August 1st DlSlOVSRV ... ViTll'r l. . , . VI t merie, in the Chemieat AVku, writes: In the 'i itnaiue ii u i ms, aituate.1 in a glen opening cayeil roots of a mulberry tree were being dug uti. On breakinir on of t ,,, f 1.. r.a... 1 fr it a ware of mercury. The country people are ui -uiUU mmm mo ueaui oi ceriain muiuerry urn w im tu um icunn ui m-rcqry, ine sou is of a achistoaa nature. 'Hi' ;,-"- UillS, til; Irom .'.') Ui . tuna 'I- from 1,000 to -4,000 tons, Hj over ,VO00 ton Ii total 2.M. A Naw I'HVLLOXKKA KtMit.v. Into chloride of sulphur wtll wiivert an onlinary drying oil into an elastic solid. A vohvtife .i.ui.. w trie mi at uiiii) lm- u ttl - protochlonde, will be inch-aed in the reeultini solid, from alm h it mmm . . J 3 aWwly. Mr. Memer has amhned in this way I as much as 70 . of bisulphide of carbon, and he j proposes to employ this ingenious device io J checking the ravages of the phylloiera. TRANSPORTATION OF FRUIT. The fferoj 'y of recent date says: We saw this week at the iVutral Vacilio rail road de,vot, a relrigerator car belonging to the Western Refrigerator Company, of San Fran cisco, which was designed to overcome the dif. ticulties atU'uding the shipment of fruit, ami is now being loaded with fruit for New York. The car has made two trips from here with fruit and was found to bo successful in preserv ing the fruit. Tho cxi-ense attendant on draw ing these cars with the passenger trains is so great as to materially reduce tlie protits, and therefore this car is intended to be taken by the freight trains, although the trip oooMtarM twice the time. This car is constructed with passen ger trucks and Miller platform, and on top is titted with doors to charge the proper receptacle with ice. The shies of the cars are provided with doors for the preservitiir chamber forp,'k. mg and loading purposes. When building the cur tho inventor sets apart a six inch sjiacu sur rounding the top, bottom and sides, as also the top and side doors, which he -.tacks with a light ami efl'eetive non-conductor (charcoal), Imperrl ovi to the extreme heat of Bummer and the cold of winter, and the ear is lined with No. 88 gal vanized Inm. Bach of the top and sitle doom have triple closing edges like those of an iron safe, titted with rublter wetbcr strips, so that w hen the doors are doted and the patent screw cap on the outside is applied to the thread of the longitudinal Utohbar on the inside, Itdrawa the door and the jam so closely ami iirinly to gether that no tarticlo of air can enter the pre serving chamber of the car, unless it is iH-rniit-tod to enter through the ventilator, which is only opened at the will of the consignee of a load of (torishahle matter and under his instruc tions or orders. Inside of the car and attached to the top is proiierly secured an air-tight, Y-sliH.-od, galvan ized iron receptacle or trouh. which holds alntut one ton of lot, This receptacle, owing to its gutter form, prevents the water from the melting lot coming in contact with the sou ml ice, and as it melts, the water being facilitated by the gutter form of the lower part of the re ceptaclo, jiasses out through an iron pipe ex tending through the bottom of the car, this cup being trapped at the lower end to prevent the admission of air. The small gutter which runs below the V shaped receptacle carries off the moisture w hich may Ihj contained in the provision chandler and condenses on the surface of the ice Iwx. What ever hot air there may tie has no chance to come in contact with the ice ami melt it, so that economy in the un of loe is obtained In other ears which we saw at the depot tho ice was exposed to the contents of the cars iu such a manner that it was liable to melt very rapidly ami also added to the moisture in the car, in stead of condensing it as in this ease, which has Inch proved very injurious to fruit. THK QRAPKVINH HL.U'K-K NOT. Prof. Hilgard, of tho California tfuto Uni versity, says through the columns of the Pnefit Rural ' have for some time had under examination and observation, some speci mens of "black-knot" from vineyards in lo calities when! tins die BMC, unusual on tho vine, is beginning to produce alarm. The knot is a brownish, s ewhat IpOUry, light mass of, apparently, gnarled WOody tissue, the curved and interim ing tiUirs being readily observable with the naked eye. The mass is quite brittle, so that it takes a sharp knife to cut a section from a dry sjn eimeii w ithout pub Venning the chip. On soaking in water it be comes rather soft and spongy. On dry sections, or in those recently soaked, it is difficult to ob serve, even under the inicroscoj.H, anything more than the very jKculiar laddcr-aha-icd tissue which forms the main mass. On the sur face of cracks iu the interior, this abnormal yine-tissiiit may some tunes lie seen resolved into its elements; rill long spindlo-sha-icd, and usually somewhat spirally curved, vascular tells, looking not unlike the "ladnVr aha-ied ducta" of ferns. Attached to these, and some times enwrapping them, appeal1 occasionally long fungus librila. tut the multitude of these latter is not appreciated until, after a few min utes 1 soaking, they detach their ends from the wrwsl cells ami finally project from the latter in large numWrs, forming short -jointed stems or fibrils of nearly uniform diameter. From the joints of the longer fibrils then! project one or two linvcrtod) Mask shaped bodies, apparently the buds of new branehea; ami in a few eases I saw them terminated by a yellowish feed, about three times the diameter of the fibrils - evi dently a kind of "seed vessel." When the soaking is continued fur an hour or so, the long projecting librils disapj-ear, having apparently resolved themselves info a multitude of short, a. utely egg shaiied cells, which pos sesa a slight vibratile motion. The farther de velopment of these I have not as yet been ablo to follow up, but rauiiot doubt that each one of the many cells so formed, would continue the siH-cic under appropriate conditions. It would thus lam that the winter rains must carry the infection with them all over the vine. Now, as to the jMMaible remedy, I conjecture that in this, a in all other fungous diseases, a more or less abnormal condition of the organ ism piecadei the att k; although, when the trouble has once gathend overwhelming head way, it may attack even healthy plants. I would aak the vine growers in infested localities to otwervo carefully all circumstance of soil location, drainage, etc., that may -ibly in' tlueiice the health of the vine; note the charae. ter of exempt localities, and try a few exj-eri-menu in manuring (say with stable manure, ashes and bine, each on a different plot of vine yard!, undrdraining, etc. As for the cure of the vine already attacked, it will lie neoeasary to examine the depth to which the fungous fibrils penetrate the tissue of the vine stem proper, to determine whether all of the diaeaaed part can aafely lie cutout. I would suggest experiments a in the effect of coal tar, both on the tcrca cence as a whole, then on the wound left after breaking it off aa close as may be, and finally on the wound left after cutting out all tppar entiy diseased wood, if that can safely be done.