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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1878)
April. THE WEST SIIOIIE. 125 A COLD POEM. 1 1 Mj i bitch objset to a sdeeze do S'd thed. It wakedi I Wl up. t'd it dun out the heau But, when aud it timmT trod bortTl to digbt, wsMMrbodotoloni wldotrltfev! I snbtibe quite fieT by head will cub off Id wud o these wlerw. -they're worn lhad . eourh. A coiijth torn your Iwdp, but ft sdeexe lean you through d--jpHjUdWB!-if( cuhbi'E-ft-tMhwI-ft-tKhoo' That dothi jr to what K cad do whed it tries! It rim through hr ulieat. ad tear out at by eve. Bv dose d by bouth. with a shiveri crm.fi. That ghatiers by fr.be wud horrible tdwsh' Ah that u a sdeewl Whed it cuba if. a cruahw-Ad-uu! it t eubbi'K-ar-r-ruschah:- ar r r ruseh ah! Punak. AIRING BEDS. No housekeeper has any valid claim to neat ness, cleanliness and tidiueaa, says the Watch man, who makes her beds as soon as they are vacated; or if she has such a claim, it is based on the condition of ignorance. To demonstrate this, let it be remembered that of all the food Md drink taken, about three tilth, pa, out of the system through the outlets of the skiu the pores, about seven millions in number. This waste and effete putrid matter is dwd and poisonous, passing off more rapidly by night, and becoming more or less entangled in the bedding and on the surface of the body. Hence the necessity for bathing and brushing, with still greater necessity for airing and purifying the bedding. This is done most effectually by exposure in the light of the sun and in the morning air. Indeed, the sun is the great pu rifier, and "nothing is hid from the heat thereof." And here it may bo remembered that the beddiug of the sick, so soon saturated by the filth of acute disease, by being ohwgtd once in at least six hours, and exposed to the free sunlight for the same time, will be safe with half the washing otherwise absolutely needed. Such clothes cannot lie kept too clean, while there is no danger of too much care in these respects, as one of the means of controll ing such acute diseases as fevers and inflamma tions. The Dutch method of placing all of the mov able clothes of the bed on two chairs near the window, allowing them to remain till afternoon, might well be copied by Yankee housekeepers. Cold is the Eyes. The white matter appear iug at times, usually in the morning, on the eyes and around the eyelids, is caused by a cold settling in the eyes, irritating them ami causing a mucus deposit not very unlike the mucus de posited on the membrane of thu throat from similar causes. As the eye is quiet and closed during sleep, at night, tins deixwit forms in suf ficient ouantity w be iien-eptitde iu the morn ing, and sometimes, frequently in the case of children, gums the lids together. As to the cure, it-should lie strictly observed that this matter must never lie pulled or picked from the eyelids, nor the eye opened by any force. Tho best thing to do is to wash the eye very care fully in tepid, or lukewarm water, nothing else, using a soft sponge, until the white matter is washed away aim the eye is clear. This will require patience, as it must Iw soaked off, not rubbed off'. If the eye then shows any -l lis of inflammation by redness, or pain, a wash will be necessary. The simplest is made by dissolv ing a small piece of common borax in a cupful of strong green tea, and wash the eye with it often. Another is mule by putting a few drops of cream or very tine sweet oil, into the eye. Hut if the eye bo very red, the nearest druggist will make you a weak solution of sugar of lead and water for a wash. This mixture must be handled with great care. It is a rank p lisou if taken internally, ami as it resembles milk and taste's sweet, it must be locked up where it can not lie mistaken. If used on children's eyes, bu careful they do not put their tlngera to the eye and then suck them. Should thu eye grow worse, call in a good doctor, and do what he says. You cannot afford to run any risk at all with your eye. 1 hiring all such abnormal con ditions of the eye as indicated by these secre tions and inflammation, it should be carefully shaded and rested. Especially bright lights, reading of all kinds, exposure to sudden changes from light to darkness, etc., must lie studiously avoided. A little negligence in these things may easily bring on inflammation of the optic nerve, or chronic weakness, causing weeks of confinement in a dark room, and very probable permanent injury to these very delicate organs. Tomato ami BRaJI Hon. For two quart of broth, soak a quart of ln-ans over night, in plenty of clear water. In the morning drain, and put them into the broth, together with a quart of tomatoes, and two quarts of water. Lot all boil together until the bfJMU are soft, then mash them through the cullender and strain the broth onto them. I'ut this into a eleati saucepan and return to the tire. If too thick, add hot mater; if too thin, let it boil un til thick enough, than season to taste with cat sup, pepper, and essence of eelery. Au OtnOB added to the soup while Liiling, will improve it formally, and fresh celery roots also, if they are to lie had in which case tho MMDOt of celery may be dtOpMHtd m ith. Dried pea soup made in the same manner i. excellent. To make either of these soups without the broth, use four quarts of water, a slice of salt ork. a few scraps or bones of beef or veal, to u quart of peas or beans, ami a quart of tomatoes. It will re quire sltout three hours boiling. Cut stale bread into mail diamonds; fry them in lulling drippings; drain well; place them in the bottom of the tureen, and turn the soup over them. Pateht No. 200.001). Among the patent leaving the Patent Office on a recent date, say the Scientific A mrrican, i one ieeued for a carbu reter, which bears the number 200,(MI. This, however, i not the whole number of patent that have been iaaued, but only those granted since the reorganitation of the office iu lS3ti, a txfore that (period the patent were not num bered. The whole number of patent issued from WOt the reorganisation in MM numbered 1 1, 340. By adding these U the No. 200,000 above referred to, we get 1)1,141 a the whole number of patent. The average number of patents issued yearly, up to and including 136, was 347. the average since that time was 4,839. LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY INMAS8A. CHUSKTTS. A feature of the Massachusetts census of manufacturers of 1876, descrring special m tice, is the showing made in regard to the of feet of labor-saving machinery on the produc tion of some of the leading staples. We f; i that, with 94,161 hands employe,! in 8M there were produced 17o,87.,000 yards of godB a ratio of 7,850 yards to each employee In I87fl there were produced, S74.7SO.lHH) yards by (id' I7ti employees, or about 18,818 yards to each hand. This shows that with an increase of a little over 149 , duriug the ten years in the number of hands employed, the quantity of cloth produced was increased nearly gra Woolen good" also make a very striking hibit. For 1866 the production is pWcd at 40,008,141 pud, and the numlwr of employees at 18,768, For 1876 the prodaotioa is to u 280 yard, and 10,088 employees, showing au increase of In production to I in the number of employees. The Dumber ol pairs of boots and shoes made in lSli,"i was 11 870 'iSl and number of employee. 68,881. and' in fS;; B9J6S,860 pairs with 48,000 employees. ' This is probably the most inq.ort.-uit ihowtnfl made, the production during the ten years hav ing been increased nearly 88 , while the force employed was less by 4,7.11. The product of carpetings in 1878 increased fourfold as com pared with 18tio, while the increase of force em ployed was less than half' the amount The average value of bouts and shoes produced in TESTS OF FORKING COALS. The Government of Mauritius having Iwcomo anxious to settle the vexed queetiou ot the re spective merits of naval coals, they ordered some experiments, the result of w hich are sum marised, Mow. The trials were made on board tho Victoria under almost precisely the same conditions as nearly all these kinds of coal are brought to this port and used by our coal con sinners; these results will DO 01 loot interest. It mas found that judging by the standard ot economy, Cardiff ranks first, Wing followed by Sydney, NtW South Wales; the third place is occupied by West Hartley; Ltinhton, Now South Wales, stands fourth; while Scotch coal stands last Judging, however, by the stand ard of ash production, the order is the exact reverse. Scotch 1 (i.c.t formed least ash); Lunbton, New South Wales, 2; West Hartley 3; Sydney, New South Wales. 4; Cardiff. , For maintaining a regular supply of steam at a certain pressure (10 pound persona inch), the samples gave the following result: ljuub ton, Now South Wales, 1 hvt steaming J; West Hartley, 2; Scotch, 3; Syduey, New South Wale. 4; Cardiff, A. Comparing tho cost per ton of coals here, they take the following order: Scotch, 1 tho ehe,itestl: West Hartley 2, Cardiff, ;t; Sydney, 4; Unibton, A. Tho officers are therefore of opinion that on tho score of economical eoiiMiiiiptinn, free itoilll Ug qualities, comparative freedom from ashes, and lowuess of price, the Scotch 001 takes the first place, and West Hartley or Newcastle PASSENGER riQEOIt. I84A ma 70 cents r pair; in IN,V, Ml rent.; iu IW15, 81. 80 and 187A, l.Aff. The value of caqiet- mgs m a 88 por yard In I, and lees than 7.t cents Jut yard iu IK7A w hich shows the source of the immense supply of dollar carictiiiga. The great reduetion in the number ef employees iu the clothing busiiie shorn, to what an ex tent the sewing machiue, the machine .hear and and more careful gradation, of "ready-made" have superseded the need of the tailor ami the needle woman. A'. . An'fjj JtutUtin. Imitation' Tfkha Cotta. -The following rooipt from the 1 PUhntfUi will enable our readers to convert plaster cast IfltO excel -leut imitations of terra-cotta ware: The color required are brick red, lamimlack. zinc white, and yellow ochre, all in powoer. The object to bl treated is lirat carefully ruhld with "III)'1 sand-paier, a t remove all roughness of the surface or ndgea indicating where the part of the mold have Iwen joined. The mixed color con sist of yellow ochre two part, brick red two Crts, and black one part These are well rub 1 together. Then three part of cine white are parat.lv mixed w ith little milk to pate. All the ingredient are then combined iu a mor tar with eight or ten part of milk, and the re sulting mixture is iatud through a fine sieve to remove any particle of the white. A soft brush is then used to spread th stain over the object, care being taken to lay it on evenly. After '14 hours' drying a second coat is applied. When the article is completely dry, rubbing with the finger will eliminate brush marks. coal the Nccond, A judicious mi Uure of these two kinds of coal, in prXmottlon of fart-thlrd Weat Hartley to two-thirds Scotch, mould prob ably, they consider, give excellent result. No direct exjerimeiits were carried oq nooo the railway, as it has long tieen known liy one of the membera of the trial, committee, that Au. tralian I.in.I t.-m and .Smith York.hire are the moat suitable and economical for the engine upon this railway. Cardiff is unsuitable iroin its intense heat and quantity of ash formed. Scotch is not me. -ban leal I y strong enough to reHt the intense blast ElaUTUra a Cirv ii v Sir.AM. The eijteriment of heating the city of LOOkpOft, N. ., by steam ha pnrtd highly nun.aful. Three mile, of plpti proierly covered mith non-con-ducting uiAtenal, laid underground through ome priucil atrecU, radite from a reutral holW house, aud different dwellings and other ntilice, iucluduig one large public school building, have liven thoroughly ai no d all w in ter. I 'welling, more than mile distut from the steam generator are heated a readily a thoe next door Steam meters are provided, so that each customer need pay only for what he cousumea. It is claimed that the system can he so develop,! a to furnish stearn at M pounds preuure tranaunlU d through 211 mile of pipe, thu supplying iower for engine and mauufactoriea, aud steam for cooking ud laun dry purji, for eitinguuihing courlagrations, for clearing atreet of or snow, or protecting hydrant from frost THE "QUEEN'S PIPE," The following is an extract from Mr. P. L. Simmoud' work on "Waste l'roduct and Un developed BttbftaDON'1 "hi the ver- center of the large tobMOO warehouses iu the Loudon docks there is a great kiln, familiarly known as the V ueeii s Tolucco Pipe,' winch consumes a waste' an enormous quantity of article. The tire of thk furnace never gwsout, day or night. Mom ear to year. Thcjv is au attendant who supplies it With its fuel a. it can take it, aud men. during the daytime, are constantly com ing laden with great loads of tobfjOOO, cigars, aud other valuable inerebandise condemned to tho tlames. Whatever is forfeited, ami is too bad for sale, be it whatever it may l is doomed to the kiln. At the otherdocks damaged goods are buried till they are partly rotten, and then taken up and disposed Ot as rubbish or manure. Here the neeu Pipe', Bucks all up, except the greater quantity of the sea, which, having once set the chimney of the kiln on tire, is now rarely burnt. And strange are the thing, that HOinetiuie. come to this perpetually burning furnace On one OMMiN the attendant in fonne.1 01 he found 800 Australian inuttoii ham. Those were warehoused More the duty came oil'. The owners suffered them to remain till the duty ceased, iu hopes of their Iwing ex. enipt from it; but thi. not being allowed, thoy were left till so damaged as to bt unsalable. Yet good many, the man declared, were ex cellent, aud ho often made a capital addition to hia breakfast from t'ie roast that for some time was so inloriferously going on. On another occasion he burnt IH.000 pair of condemned French glovos. In one department of the place often lie many tons of the ashes from the fur nace, which are sold by auction by the ton to gardeners and farmer, as manure, and for kill uig lufOOU, or to soap-Uulers and chemical manufacturer. In a corner ate generally piled curt loads of nails and other piece, of iron which have Wen swept up from the floor or have remained in (be broken pieces of casks and box which go to the kiln. L'HKRSK FliOM POTATOES, A foreign journal dworibtl tho process of making a sort of cheese from potatoes in Thur ingia and Saxony. It is as follow: After hav ing collected a quantity of potatoes of gind quality, giving the preference to a large, white kind, they arc boiled m a caldron, and after U coming cool, they are jioelod and reduced to a pulp, cither by an. of a grater or mortar. Co tn- pound, of tin pulp, w hich ought to he at equal at DOItiul, one pound of .our milk and the uece.ary quantity of salt. The wliole is kneaded together, and the mixture covered up and allowed to lie for three or four days, ac cording to the seji.ou. At the end of this time if is knew led anew, and the cheeses are placed in little basket., when tho lUpWfluOOl moisture eeaprw. Th(0 are then allowed to tlry iu the .hade, ud placed in layer iu Inrgc vesels, where they must rem Hi i lor fifteen days. The older these oh.MM are tho more thuir quality imi.rovcH. Three kinds are made the first aud moat OOrUnfon U nade Hi detailed above; thu .ecoiul, with font' part, of .itaUies and two parts of curdled milk; the third, with two parts ol no tallies ami four part, of cow or own milk. These cheese. bate this advantage over other kind., that they do not engender worms, aud keep fresh for a ntUnbif of years, provided they are placed in a dry titUWM and iu well closed veaaels. THK PASSKNHKIt PHiKON. The pa.heiiger pigeon, or wild pigeon of Amarion, range, far to the north and aouth of the Unitod State., iiml we.lmard to the Itooky ' mtaiiis; but is rare) met with except in I'ouimunitics of million or billion., requiring (br their rooNtmg place an immemMi forest, the trees of which are MKM eni.hcd and blighted by their weight. Tbil extraohlinary gregarious lies, is wholly iiiexplii:able, The homo, or nMisting place, of this pigeon is selected with referein-e to tho abundance of bitoh ami oak mast in the vicinity; that ii tu .ay, within a few hundred mile; for it is al leged of them that they liy at tho rate of a mile a minute. Indi-ed, altbought thoy digest rice in 12 hours, fiMwl of this kind, which must have I wen procured in the Held, of South Cam liua or iuorgia, has btW found undigested iu thu stomach, of passenger pigeon killed in New York. A .Uwri.ck'h Tur roh (1oli. A liquid for testing gold, says thu Jru-flrr tmt SUfVtmttk, may M pjukU with two ounces of nitric acid, four dram, of water, and one scruple of munatie acid. The articles should U well mixed to guther aud kept ready for line in a .topprrcd gla. Inittle, and the toper should have a glaas prong dijping Into the mixture, so that when it is taken out, the article to ho tested may be tom bed b this prong with MM of the liquid upon it Hut bifori tom bing with tho moid file should U drawn over some part of I ho article, so aa to make I'ertain that it i not . ilt or plated, ami the liquid should lw Applied to tho place of the tile marks; if tho metal is le the fraud will lie imiiiediately detectwl, as the acid would have io effect M gold. (Vualitie al.tve nine carat m ill itaud this teat. The acid mould IhuI more or less green iu inferior quali ties; if alloyed with au eitra quantity of silver they will only liartillv staml this teat, but th color of the gold would thou he considerably pab r, which would afford guide to ita value. The (Ikowtii or aSIih. .Homo idea of tho rapid and gigantic growth of tho llntish Me tropolis may Im (aintsl (rem the statiatiu re cently lunuahod by Col. Hendereon, Conunis loner of the lalSdM MetroMlitan Police. He say tht ilunng tho paat year 2211 new stroeU ami three new iuare have been ojirued and handoil nvrr to tfie -!. Thoy oitriul over Afl mile. 1,074 yanls. Twelve thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight now houae were built during the year, and 4, IAI were in course of erection, a considerable increase alxivo pre vious year. One thusaud two hundred and forty-seven mile of now atreet have been ojwuod in WM1 since IH.'hJ, and theie seem no tendency to detreaae in tbeanuual rate of progression. Amtrtcan Itutbltr.
