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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1879)
June, 1879. 74 THE WEST SHORE. A TII1KTY KIVK THOUSAND DOLLAB Our illustration on this page shows the head n( not of the highest prioed cows which aver 111ml umlrr the hammer of the auctioneer. Mhe m the l(Kh Duubnes of (iencva, and waa of the famoiM New York Mills' herd of Short Hi. tin. owned by Waloott A Campbell. Thii eow waa aold, in 1H7.1, for KkVOOU, to the sfsaal of Karl Ihwlive, anil waa by him taken to K11 glawL The sals, on the whole, waa one of the moat remarkaMe ever held. Amid the wildcat A DaMOMI Kstkhphiie. A great engi neering work, now in conric of eiecntion is the lighthouse ol Ar-nien, on a rock beyond the Isle of 8ein, off ( ape Kiniaterre, (Und'a End), Brit tany, western France. In 181)0 a commisaion waa aiHiiuteil to inquire into the possibility of constructing a lighthouae at this point, where the currents were ao tremendoui that even in the calmest weather they cauee a very heavy sea in certain directioua of the wind The rock ia of hard gneiaa, from 40 to 50 feet in length ami about ft in lireadth. The preliminary work waa done by llihermen of the lale of Sein, whoae familiarity with these waters enable them to reach the rock when no one else could. Their The Somi African Cabli. The telegraphic cable to connect the European and A.I.TL ,. graphic systems with Cape of Oood Hope will be 4,000 miles long, extending from the Hed Sea cable, at Aden, around Cape Guardafui and along the cast coast of Africa to Port Natal, where it will make a junction with the present land line to Cape Town. The cable will be laid along the coast, the depth being moderate along that side of the continent, and the facility for repairing possible breakages haa been carefully ascertained. The cable will touch at Zanzibar, Mozambique, 8ofala, Delagoa Bay, and thence to Durban as the submarine terminus, from which point the land telegraph becomes avail- A THIKTVMVK THtHSAXD DOLLAR COW- THK TKNTH DUCHK88 OK OKNKVA." scataMt m . , iu hU Dwdms el liea art, was bed up .UU0. Thai hick tance was .tiajiapsrt it is believed. h MM W Fxusaare nto Coal IWdewd caal is trasaW -ita alsrv ad, or ,t ltrmW ,y "1-si.lf.wvaaA Thoa a rwtM af the oeal wUl Wlrw ia eautasw or eerbtaaeea ikk- T" Ui how, .ucav A maas, as a pswirt. TVs hretra alkansw eolau aay WeZfeaswd liT " IT" ' - "ii-ruinnj oneroi. lor two r- "H cork beau, to rat oat of their boat, aad lie apoa the rock, which thev clutched With m hu. k.L l 1 l . . . - -. noiea a I inter- y " wit tax other Meanwhile uwy r covered ,U spray, aad sotnatimes mmm by a hoat. i L T ' V1 oi could Uacoou- piaAad, aaW i kola Um Mll VMr w hasse wwro made. Ia ItaaSa Um building was be. Plfr " feet above Ota i-L J " ' o he about 90 lews. JfaW.rt.rvr tmd RmMrr. MlaVh WsVa iVaw aMe to complaU the circuit to Cap Town. The cost of constructing and laying the cable ia estimated at $7, MO, 000. The line from Durban to Zanzibar ia to be finiahed in July, and the whole cable by the middle of November. Iwroyuiinti IX tux Steam Kama. Daney statea that future improveeaeat of the steam engine must be in the direction ol - ng the following defects: The ureecat small ranges of temperature, the waaU of heat by lav heating and cootufcj ol I refiaery. prodac- sa. while the soaav , ...Ml , UH WWW dun on, the too ready beating the cylinders and putoaa, and xuracy. putoaa, aad merhaaisal in Tmi averagw weeaJy ahtaauMt of irosa nostoa to Europe u about 300