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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1879)
.46 THE WEST SHORE. May, 1879. THJ TAILS Of OOMKTS. I'rol. hrwlikliiur, ol Hi rcteraliurg, writes Mr. I'rocUir 111 Ihe Newcastle WrtUy CtrttuirU, haa made MM very uitarrr-atiiiK researches into the evldeoi-e respecting the tails uf cnlneU. 1 1 0 shows reasmi (of believing that those iiial ages may Im divided 111U1 three ilintiuct clauses, according Ui th" 1 1 Ifi' ri'ti t relations hotwocn the stirs live and d.sM-rsive power of the sun. The Utter towrr he considers t" lie, in mil prulia bilily, uuslilled hy the different prufiertica of the iMkrl iclos of which thu tall is funned. There are lew subjects nf incUiry mure dilhcult and jkarpluiuig thkii the phenomena nf cnmcta' Ullt. 'I he evidence keeini unmistakably Ui I -m nt in aome 1 kc Ui true repulkiva actum esoiled hy the aim, ami yet nothing seems harder U. understand than the Ksaihility that the ami almiiltl exert such a r 111 an ener getic a matuier aa o prisl lice the amazingly rapid eiteusinii ( tail matUr aeen 111 certain cases. Thus the tail ul NeH tuna unmet aeen alter the comet hail nikile ila neareat approach tu the aim, muat have loeii thrown out in leaa than a ilay ruhahly 111 leaa than a few linural lu a distance ul mure than ninety million Bllltl Under the aim a gravitating nwer, tniineniliiua lliiUl that Kii r aiqieais, the comul, with all the velunty 11 I. .1.1 already a umreil, look inure than toil weekam MMtWlNHH iltatanee. Tyn.lsll a ingenious atUnnil lueilain I he In--niktiun ul c .met a ' taila aa due tu the actinic '. - "f raya which have passed through the oomm head, hUtloM luforlbtpbooooMM prekeliled by lllkll)' lung laileil comets. I'rnf. Tail's . a MM analogy, hy which the formaliun a . -mei a tail la MMWfa with the coming MM u w ul a ll.sk ul aea hirda, aa the pIlMol their army innea lu cum 1, In with the ..Uorv era eie, would never have Ihtii ailvanceil by autuiir lauuliar with the history n( the muat iinMirlaiit cornels, ur even with the luatury uf anyone ul the ureal comets win, h hale is.cn visible lur mure than a few days What Sir Juhu Hem hel wrote muni than forty yean ago haa never et lieen invalidaUd, via , that the phenuin. uk ul uuiuela can only l. explained hy assuming the ciiateurw uf an intense repulsive lores, rieil.d hy the ami en the thin Material ralaaal Li Ma Mol Iruln the aurface ,,l comets approai laaaaaj MM tNM mleiatellar a.n, , Nuiasiaai. u i ia a novelty in . hina ware idWikIiiiwiI hy Mr. Vernon, ul Scotland, anil whl, h la well ayoMM ul hy the U.n.luli II,,, 1 (lamit. It constats 111 providing at the liaae nf the altlcle. ul, 111 1 ke ul ci, ra, under the run, grunt e, inlii which la meted a atrip ul mdia roliWr Thia attii ia ao formed MM In 11 m mlu Ihe gr..ie it hia tightly, ami that iart ul It win. Ii i.tuj.-cta lieyund it effectually irevenla the article I rum scratching any atuuuth auh aUu.c hi which it may U placed, inaurea the graalekt .puel w hen Ihe article ia being umied aU.ul. a, 1. 1 1, udrra It leaa likhle In Ihkt altpping from trays ilikl now ami thru can... much goaJ at tueaJ tune. At the It.iyal hut, 1. t,u . Mr Vnnon haa (da-iHl on eklnluli.ui iinii an MMMJM Mil 1 ..I MMM MiMMt and ta aarat.wM, Unlet a.t. , t. , ,, uinUlar in taraat u a di.,,lk I .hippina 0M ulaOOa M k MilUit UMn. thn kuriaw id which k) jmrlly ItUteglaaa, u.lly Imely a.liaha.l w,l, anil partly doth Th- uhle 1. art a i.K-ktag. M tmilaU the MMaMoM of a cahtn I. hie m a ataann at aea. M the ware MMMtMll) irlukra M laadtfe The value ol thia oaafil ini.ntion (or alup cn kery will Ian aparet. PntatTNII h tkkWII, ,.r 'I'ulnaiu a winc,, atom." ia Hie irri annruiirlalji am,. I .. rVd I'a. karvl to a crealur Nrat deaaMilant M him. and which ia rdialily Ihe araalleal ol ail kwuww iwaawia Aa iteln idual ..( ti,,. ,, w aa ,-kplun.l laat aun met hy Mr J 1 1 t win. t.. alu .le,ritioa..l it in the A mu rnu i, .VdlanW.af " lU Uklt ia twelve tl 01. an ill,. , ( aa uuh in UiuMh. ika ulMne ii, ik .. aaadlha ll u jirubably an tgg paraail uf tiva laal-c-utlaar Ue NTSRE8TIN0 TO AKlSBOFOLOOISia The Wnmf Oomtiy llrrnld cnntaini tho follow ing letUr from Iticluiiund, Now Mexico, which will he uf nitcrcat tu antitiinriana, A roaident here, while HCOaTatiag an nld huilding fur the iurMiacof making a cellar, found two akclctona, one uf a grnwn juTaon mid the other of a child. The akeleton of the gruwii pOfOOO was found ahout six feet iHiueath the mirfacu of the ruiiiH, almoat intact. The akull wuh well nliapcd, cx Mjt for a amall protulieraucc ulNiut where phrunolugiata lucatu amativeneaa. Thu teeth were aiuall and autiiid. I'laci d near the akull w aa f OQ fid a aiuall ulla, OOfitalnifig w hat nucml Ui lui the thigh DOOM of a turkey. After tho akull waa taken from it, placo, hair waa djlOOV ereit which on examination waa found to he hrowu. Btlft Whin OXpOMd A ihort time to tho air it liecame an luucli dual. The Hkclutun uf thu child iu found in a fiioht in the eant wall, kecurely cluaed lay a thin ruck m arly twu feet aijiiaru. The luiililing hud evidently liecn bttftod at MMt tune, aa all the tiuilicm which were used in ita structure were found in a charred condition. Thu tiuihcr used was the cedar. Who were the people who unco must have U-en an numerous from the nmiith of tho Grill Ui ita aouruu? Thu whulu valley at one tune waa thickly atudded with huildinga. No where ia there a record of any race that had the protulierauce on the skull aforesaid. At first it waa hclieved that this waa malforinutinn caused hy MOM accident to the skull, hut siucu it has Ih uii ankurcd tu he hereditary tntho race. Tho pruttilioraiicf was alsmt the aie uf a hen's eg". Li. 1. 1 .1 :i 1 .1. nun 1 t e 1 uivivak-ii niw sun, ueciiiise wo 1 1)11 corn ii.. 111 the MM uf the small awtiot pump kin ur squash aeed, a seed which ia tho exact counterpart uf luunii, and numerous kinds of seeda reaeiuhling MOUMI varieties. They had a liraat of hurdeli, for we liuil the teeth nf aome animal which muat halo lieen very largo. The urai r.urunau 11.41 visiieil me t.Ha waa rather Kilt, the rumancing iineat, iu I...T.I He says that the traditiona uf thu Aiteu were full of ktuites relative to the old civiliutiuu, and it- bboioU wealth. Iliaturians diHer in 0 M, hut ninny Udieie that thia poophj were extinct DfJHN the Asteo race knew anything aUitit this eutintry. The tradition ol thu Apachea ia thut the) haie U eu living here aliout !HI years, and that w hen they came they found "tho ruins abofit M we liml them. If auch ia the caao.it may have bfJOO aeveral centiinea provioua to the artiial ul the Apache, when thia people ilvand l the country ur were doatrnytxt. WAttt The ... . u tho growth Of warta ia due to obatruetiuu which preventa the frxaa actum rf the excretory organa. Thia oh slructioii pfodfiOM a thickening nf the tiaiue, I h. prOOOM ia auuu'what like that oliaervalilo on trees. 1 1 inn t,, koine injury, the hark beooinea dlaeaaed or damagml, and the juice, or sap, hy ila unnatural lIpaOMO Ui the atiniwphere, mi- ik"" a ohoMH al change, and a growth nr... duj.sl which l.omea in tune a in.ua uf har MOM tiaaue a kind nf Illinois or cellular 1,1 1 the tree, line (r.-,iientlv seei these growths; their lorms are much varied, and by on means cindll. ive U, the lieantv nf the tnv Canliil MMMMMt with chromic Mad will re move a aria. Tu Kktn MMM M) loaf a tune haa elaiare) sm.-e am thing waa heard from Keely and his motor that must people hail forgotten him. ur mnclude I that he hal given up in da apair hia attempt to hndle' the new and p..werlul foM which he claima to haie ilia oierrd The I'loU.I, dphia Tiuut, however MM 0jM .lining all ih.-. w,-.k. il mouths KM) haa Moo .liiigviilly at work biUia what he calls hia iduaWry eugim-,'' which I ulil.w. Ihe new uiot. r .w,r. and ia now en gagr.1 ui "graduating" th eiuitne. which taseu. I liar pr.K,.., ha aaya. will .oabl him to m 1 ".maily Ihe acUoa of the vapor. EkCPIIONS IK THB HAWAIIAN I SI, A Mis. Jo the latter portion of March laat, Uw volcano of Kilaueawaa aeuditig forth a lava flow of unu. anal volume, which ia deacribed by the Hawaiian Oauttt as follow.: "There waa a large lava How just to leuward of the crater. A river of running lava of about a mile and a quarter long by three-quartor of a mile wide. Looking to wards it, it waa agrand eight. The lava aeemed to run to aea at the rate of about half a mile an hour. There ia acarcoly any lire in any part of the crater, except where the lava it flowing from, and it is still running. If it runs much lunger there will bo danger. There waa aome lire on tho top of Maunaloa two weeka ago, and all the people in Kan expect a lava flow down there aooner or later. They had a ahock of earthquake at Kan about a week ago, and the people there are keeping a sharp lookout for what may come. " From the foregoing, it would seem there aro apprehenaiona of stirring times in the neighborhood of the crater of Kilauea and Maunaloa, and we would not be surprised to learn at any moment of volcanic action of un usual violence. It is some years since there was any great out-pouring at Kilauea and Mau naloa, and it is but natural that there should be a demonstration of nature at intervals, as here tofore. Those things are looked for by the na tives, and seems to occasion no alarm. I'm 111 1 1 iy nv HuRiTiiivn In ,.f .li.i; culty of breathing, the bystanders commonly i ii.e iiiu suiierer 10 a siumg position ana allow tho head to bond forward, and by so doing, they increase the difficulty. Dr. B. Howard, in a communication to tho Knyal Medical and Chi rurirical Societv. uoinUi mil fhkf. (km i anatomical remedy against respiratory obstruc tion. " Thu remedy is very simple, and may be described in one word position. Raise the chest, and lot the head hang back as far aa may Ik. Th ..m.of ..f .!,. il : - ui it,,. I'oroiion uu inu reBuira- Uiry apparatus ia described in anatomical detail Ii V I r Howard- hnt nmlup nil tla .....r.L Mafa the simple fact, "that complete extension back ward of the head ami neck should be the first and instant measure in threatened or actual apooaa. both aa a remedy and as the first step toward success in artificial respiration," T11 a Chinese subject the greater part of their IKircelain to only one tiring, first drying the pieces sufficiently in the air to prepare them for j nuwuig. 1 ins 1 nan inoy are atile U pursue, ne cauae the nature of their material ia auch that it resisU tho entrance of water. Their glaze is much superior to any in use in the European Mittoriee; but it reouires the most intense de gree of heat for ita fusion, and considerable art is consequently required for the management of the tire, aa well aa in the construction of their ovena. Theao aro built in the most substantial manlier, so that when the fire is at ita greatest hight the hand may lie applied to the outside w ithout any fear of burning, Brisk run thk Prkkkkvatiok or Animal an VMWAMal Mattch. M. Mercier, in the Attkhe oV (Irnrvt, recommends a solution of M aalt for tho preservation of aoological ami Imtanica! specimens for scientific purposes. It is ohaapat than alcohol, does not evaporate, doea not extract or alter the colors, and ia not likely Ui Iw surreptitiously drunk. The brine is Uuled to expel gaa. ami the specimens at iinnieraed at about 80 C, and dosed up, II the brine really answers the purpose, it will aave a gissl deal of expense and trouble in inuacuma. A ulaiw manufactory in Hanover, liermany. makes glaas which la a oluM imitation of marble, and tables and floor tUas which are pronounced preferable to marble 011 account of their extreme hanlneaa. It ia aaid that the ml that exudes from orange js-el when bent between the fingers, will check ' 1 !""' ' .ul lea 111 their incipient tag. 1'erhapa the oil may also bo useful for othor cutaneous aruptio