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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1879)
June, 1875, 184 THE WEST SHORE. tiie sEcrxr or industrial success. W lately enjnyod reading an article l.j an eminent Kngliih economist, in a leading Ameri can review, in which great problems i( success ml failure in a World's trade ami industry were discussed. As we j.r-.. ! -I through the unti l a careful analysis of industrial conditions 111 all the great nations, and drew therefrom conclusions pointing to the cauaei of stagnation and depression, we were struck more foicihly thau aver liefore with the fact that success, and the lueaua ill ita attaiuuiriit, arc eaaeutially the name, whether it lie the aim caa of an individual, nr of a nation with a poHlltHim III many lull llutia. There ii 110 dia. u cry in tliia position; it la 1. Id aa It la tlllc; slid yet w e arc too psiine to look iihiii national iroerity aa something wholly unlike thai of an individual aa a grand gill from MM bifbtf power, and not aa a con ililioii nl Allan alio, led hy the aaiue claaa of causa and inllucm cs aa thoae which shape our nxii life aucueaaca. And yet thua it HI the trutlia of aililical ecouoiiiy like other gnat trulha cover alike the great ami the amall in life ami action, and hring 11a to hardship or pros pi ni according to our dceda. It la not our iuraiae to lollow the writer in In outline of catiaea producing the depression which haa lwii felt all over the civihr.cd world, liallier would we take the hint which the writ nig implies and draw from general and wiilu 1 caching oauaea aomo special leaaona for in dividual adoption. It la allow n that each of Ilia great listen.., whiuh are imw atruggling miliar depreaacd liadc and unrequited iiiduatry, haa, during recent years, undertaken nine wild and unwise line nl MUsaidttlire which has liecii greater 111 coal Ihsu tiie auiplua earninga of the country, ami haa ttrmlied up n lined capital 111 some manner. Id lung uniii marks of unuaual prosperity, uatimia MM pushed f . r w ard extrav agant s. hemes w lie Ii MM leaied Iveyntnl the liimla of surplus earuiugs and hevuinl iinnw .hale . inductive needs, and time have liunlcua ..111. I d.wu heavily 11 pill the x 1 ii.lr. repieaa. nig trale and cheeking uidnativ. II. like the Instoi) nl many individuals is llna chapter Imiii lb Ilia of nations? How many instances do we see mi all aide whir men have rclused to make then actual aurpliiaea atune measure of their new veuturet, hut rather have voided full adbaraiio to enterprises and pnqecta limit gralilled their faiiciea or hi nded tin 111 with the illusive hnie id some gleal and speedy aggrandisement. Following these splendid visions of eaay fortunes Icy fortunate atmhe rather than hy husbanding ,,( labor'e lewaiels, Ihev, have Uoirow el Ii in evcrv lender, and, aa their air caatlta vaiuahed, they hud tlisinselves laid 11 with gisat weighta which the can only discharge hy return U the old pathway nl diligent labor ami self denting acmuoiy. It is a weary work, alter one haa le I ,.ii ii. . in an I dreamed nl 110 labor hut tha waving ej a magical wand, Ui return to the toil nl the plow, the .ledge, or even 1,, tl, i,,mg mmy in men iiauuianig Ami rt the re . be ins ', and hapi.y la he w h aooneat 1 Use hiiiL Pm year we bare bean Iiviim 111 an aim. sphere nl venture and great under takings Tha our a hide industrial life haa bs-s tingvd mora or leas with retracted light, ami not illvinmed with lb clear while gleam ol labor and ita rewards (hiring the but law years w have tvewi sullenng from the c tlapsr ol great hollow idea which inflated jar brains until our abulia seemed nigh to bursting Now the wrecks ol industrial fallarvea seem to lie charing aa av kale the returning tide of truth, and there is hope far the ret are ol the good and enduring oannly of earl in .lav s Tha World' ln.li.l v ia a long tribute to tha virUea ol io.du.irv and froanmjr, and a warn. 1. i against their oprxaitea The eiiinmc of this leal era when II ahall be written, will bat strength! the old trsth h will pout tha ' 1W aroaliis rj Train, aast its Oaaaa,- 1 . rrat "iiiisj fv-vea, ia eXA aewetMa JUnew, tat Jwna true courao to nationi and to individuals It i a hopeful aign for the future of California in duatries that the lesson is being widely learned. The arta of prodaotlon were never more closely studied tha iw, for it is a vital point that wastes shall Iw stoed and effective work pro moted, l-ct our industries now have their proper place in the 'minds of tho people. Let the deluding thrall of specious schemes pass away. Ict us come down to the soil, tho min eral, the metal, assured that though the steps be hard and the progress slew, we are in tho true path which will lead us away from the debris nf cxplnilcd fallacies into the free open Held of holiest iffort ami temperate, living. Hy this sign we shall conquer; mid California will ere lung be known, not as the land of great illu sions, hut as the home of a labor-loving, economi cal ami prosperous people--a laud living no longer in the memory of an illustrious past, but 111 the realization of a more glorious present, anil cherishing the hope of n future beyond anything we now can know.- I'arijie lliiral Praia. Tiik V 1:1.111 try or Sound. A memoir is pub lished by William W. Jacques, in the February number of the Amtrictin Journal 0 Science nmf A rat, on tho velocity of very loud sounds. Tho author gives au account of experiments, made at the United States Arsenal at Wutcrtown, Mass. , for the puriMisu of obtaining automatic measurements of tho velocity of sound near a cannon, lb-hind the cannon -a six-pound brass tiehlpiocc- he placed at distances of 10, .'10, M), III) and IIHJ feet from its mouth ingeniously- untriiclcil meiiiliraucs, having an electrical connection with a chronograph capable of re cording .00001 of a second, lie found that the velocity uf the sound was not greatest at the immediate rear of the cannon, but at some dis tance from it, where it rose to a maximum "considerably aliovo the ordinary velocity, and then 1 i ll gradually to about thu velocity usually received. hen the cannon was turned at right angles to the line of the series of mem branes the distance of tho maximum velocity of the -uuti I came nearer the caiinnn. From these facta the author conclude that the velocity of sound is a function of ita intensity, and that tin 1 1 p-1 mo nte upon the velocity of sound in Inch a cannon is used contain an error, prob ably due to the buddy motion of the air near tin , 1 in, in. Thi employment uf a musical note ol low intensity is, therefore, recommeuded to rreclly determine the velocity of aouud. Siirn ,. II 1 Mm vamnk. lliemocvanino is the nama given to a new auUtance obtained from tho LI ... 1 of the devil lish, (Moin mlijn ru. The liquid portion of the blood of this ani mal rniilaina an albuminous liquid subatanco which forms, with oxygen, a stable compound M a dark blue color. In vacuo, by contact with living tissue, or when kept in closed ves sel, dissociation ami generation of oxygen ensue. This suWtauco seems to perform the iaii ui in, iiamngioiiin 111 the blood of warm blooded animals. It ia evaded with oxygen in tha reepiratory organs of the animal, carries it through the arterial syatem into the capillaries and tissues. The rcDous blood of the octopus is rolorlraa, the arterial blond dark blue. Thaa changes of color are the conaetpiencca of respira tion. On lavine mipn lb ... . -e IV Zl.- he-ad. we hnd tha blood circulating through the ...... ... ,., mi,,. u ,n(. u lnc animal lirrathea nnder water. Aa anon aa taken out of tho water the blood loan it color at once. Ha-mo-cvan.ii. may l easily obtained from the blood hy .lia.ly m,g the plasm formed by the Monti for three or loor dayi. Hereby the salt and other diffusible suliaiancea are remove.1. The remain ing liquor ia liltered and avaporataKl, wherehv the hsamocytnin is obtained aa a blue, galaiin- -'".yera n rail S J. VFW TtvTVlTVTTnwO StaRCII aoaked (or a roar in - ..J ----- ... . WIM Miurait-11 nuluui-u.d cv-mmoo aalt ia gradually converted We publiah descriptions, of the following new inventions, obtained through Dewey & Co. Mining and Scientific Prtu Patent Agency, San Francisco: Steam Boiler. M. N. Lawfenberg, S. F. Dated, May 20th. Thi improvement in boiler, consist in a novel construction of the boiler and lire-box, and the parti relating thereto, eg that the inventorobtain more heating and tab surface, utilize a certain portion of the fire-box without decreasing its capacity, and prevent the clogging of the tubes, by inducing certain draft currents in the fire-box depending upon its iieculiar shape, the grate and draft opening. While the engine ia applicable to all kind of boilers and furnaces, it i especially applicable to those whero it is intended to use straw and ami other light fuel which tho draft has a tendency to carry into and againat the ends of the flue so a to clog them. The object de scribed the inventor accomplishes by extending the tubes into the upper part of the fire-box, and securing them into a tube sheet which de pend from the crown sheet, at a point between tho front and rear wall of the fire-box, laid tube sheet extending across the fire-box to M to be united with the aide wall, while the plate lienoath the tube i made in the form of an arch ao aa to concentrate and Intensify the llamu at that point , and alio for the purpose of preventing deposits beneath the tube. In com bination with this construction, Mr. Laufcnberg employs a peculiar partial grate, having a draft opening or space at the rear and a plate in front, extending a short distance back from the door so as to direct the current of air and assist the combustion. Fikk Liqiiter. Cha. E. Thompson, Stock ton. Dated Mav 20th. This invention re lates to a device for lighting the fire of engine, being in. ue particularly intended to be applied to atcam fire-engiue where it ia necessary to start the tire quickly. The improvement con- ist in mounting on a suitable bar nnder the grate of the boiler a cup containing certain chemical, and placing in id cup a glaas vial of liquid which when mixed with the chemicals in the cup will generate a flame to light tb kindling in the fire-box. Lever are arranged to be operated from either and of the engine by meaii of cord, ao that at the proper moment, by operating a lever, the glass viol containing the liquid will be broken and the liquid b mixetl with the chemical so as to generate llame. Sgtt RtNo Boot Strapi C. W. Lona, An. roro, Nev. Dated May 6th. Thi i a im proved method of itnnrina the strati" to boot leg so that they can be mora permanently and strom-lv faatf-ni.il anil it oonaiata in the em ployment of a metal clasp or rivet twf throuirh the stran and b.nmnu and tirmlv bind- -r va. a, ing them together. Hat-Burxino Cook Stove. M. L. Wood, once a superintendent of the U. L k K. !d hu invented a bay burning 000k Itove, to eotv sume the straw and gnus of Wertern prniri Six pound of such material will bam 56 nun utes and create heat equal to tha consuming of '4p pounds of hard coaL Saitcilic Acid ai a PiVATTr of Water. A German scientist ho praaervad drinking water containing much organic mat ter for three year by adding on grain of lj' cilic acid to one pint. The water was kept in stoppered bottle which wo opened from time te time, and it tasted perfectly freeh at tha and of tha three year. Ann. Jour. Pharmacy. Ahocr 4,000,000 tool of nil an f" yearly to replace won oat stock 00 th riiro4l now existing.
