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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1879)
August, 1879, THE WEST SHORE. 345 A writer in the Gardner' 1 Chronielr, In an article on the edible fruit of the foreat and garden of the P. tern tropica, give a long and intereating account of that lingular fruit, the durion, which the Seieniyie American oomlenaea ai follow: He lay that the regal durion Purh zibelhinm), like the Hneet of neotarinca or melting peart, must be eaten freeh and juet at one particular point of ripane, and then it ii a fruit Ht for a king. Ho highly ia Una veg etable cuitard valued that ae muoh aa a dollar each ia often paid for fine apeoimene of the tint fruita of the durion crop brought into the Kaatern market. It ia a univeraal favorite with both Malaya and Chine, but the opin ion! of Kuropeaua vary aa to ita merit. It ia a paradox, "the beet of fruita with the wont of character, " and, aa the Malay ay, you may enjoy the durion, but you ahould never apeak of it outaide of your own dwelling. It odor i 0 potent, to vague, ao inainuating, that it can acaroely be tolerated inaide of the houae. In deed nature here team to have gone a little aaido to diiguat u with a fruit which i, per hana, of all other, the moat faaoinating to the palate when onoe we have "broken the ioe," aa ropreaented by the foul odor at tint presented to that moat critical of all organ of aenae, the note. Aa a matter of oourae, it ia never brought to table in the uaual way, and yet the chanoaa are that whoever ia luoky enough to taato a good fruit of it to begin with, develop into a aorrcptitiou durion rater. There ia aoarcely any limit to durion eating if you once liegin it; it grow on one like the opium habit or other acquired tattei but, on the other hand, the very auggeation of eating auohan "unchaata fruit," 1 to many a intolerable aa the thought alone of aupping off cheee anil apring onion, waahed down with beer, and following it by a whiff from a abort "dhudeen," by way of dea Wri About th middle or end of J uly, durion fruit are very common in Singapore, and their apiny kin lie about the atreeU in all direction. Aa you paaa along you become aware of a peculiar odor all around you an odor like that of a putrid aewer when half auppreaaed by holding a perfumed haudkerohief to the uoae a blciiif ing of a good ileal that i nuty with a miypron of aometTiing rather aweet and nioe. On oiu ing a fruit for yourarlf, you Hud that th per fume, like that of muak plant, oaaaa to be evident after you havo once had a fair whifT at it at cloee quarter. Th llavor of the atraw oolored, cuataril lik pulp aurrounding the large cheatnut-like aeeda u perfectly unique; ana to taito it, aa Wallace telle ua, ia a " new aenaation worth a journey to th Kaat toaiperi 000." Th pulp i aweet, rich and utiafying, but never cloya; the richnee aeem counter acted by a delicate acidity, and the want of grape-like juit-ine i auppliad by the mut ulu aa it on Ita away, ice like, ou your tongue. The durion ia one of creamy aufta of Uia pun Dame Nature' "made diahca," and if it be txawibl for you to imagine the flavor of a com iiinatiou of corn flour and rotten cheeae, oeeta nnee, oruhed lilberU, a daeh of pineapple, a poonful of old dry aherry, thick cream, eprio.it pulp and a ttmpton of garlic, all reduced to the cunauWncy of a rich cuttard, you bar a glim mering idea of the durion, bat, aa befrmted out, th odor ualmoet unmentionable perfectly in.lMpriUI.L Tka fen it itaelf .. aa larva aa a I '.A.. I mJ la. I ll ... -LI.. I. ...U.I.I t by a harp broad leaaad apine aim liar to Ihoee of a hurae chetnt There are many varietie in th It .mean won la oa) but little larger than bore chtat frail, and having ouly two aeeda; other larger bait with atin orange red palp, not at all mo to eat, however hungry you nay be, atvleven th larger kind, with creamy pulp and many aeeda, vary greatly in flavor. The tree vary fro 70 to IM feet in higbl, with tall, atraighl bole and apraadtag tup, anil th folia u obtnoc acuminate, dark iraea abort, paler and ouvfed with redd tab hair or I be truia of IM nar vriue tail Milan niM mmm - ....... n,. ...... .1 1 --f-"t vii vim i miimi. IJ I Ml' 1 1 - out aocideuta to th native. The cluater of large white flower are produced about April. i.m.i f.M - . .a. 11 . v. im K" attraction 10 an ciinrmnua apeoiea of bat, a kind aaid to be ooe of the great eat peat of Kaatern fruit gnu-, Th tiuett fruit are obtained from cultivated tree. The tree doe wll in Sumatra, Java, flhc and the Hpioe Ulanda, and even at far north a Mindanao. Knrat ,,i it i.t .... .1.., i .1., paninaula, and very Hue fruit i brought ti NiHrnvwiM f., U: .1 . I.I . . 1 i " ni'iii niiii aiajui juij or Aiiguai. It do Ullt UCOed Willi in In.li an. I .1 bt grown in the Went Indie. Poaell. FimitI'HINTM IN Coal. At the laat meeting of the New York Academy of Natural Scienoee, Dr. Joeeph Utdy read a letter from Mr. V I .,ir. n, chief engineer of the Philadel phia and Reading Itailroad Company, refarriug to a foaail tpeoimen preeentexl to the academy by Mr. William I). II Maaon, f Williamatown, I'a. The epecimcn ia a maa of coal ahale with fiHitprinU, and waa discovered by the donor at the P.llengowan colliery, In th Mahaimy ooal (laid. Mr. I.oren icmarka that it ia of etieclal intereat aa haviug beeu the llrat ateciinen ol th" kind fuuud in the anthracite coal Held. The apeciraen it an irregular lal., upward of a foot long, and lea than half the breadth. The upper aurface ia obeourely ripple marked Inngi tuilinally, and ia crowed in a alant by ven track, which are in pair, icpt one, in ad vanoe on th right The four track on th right oooupy a line of an Inch, tad are about an inch ami a half apart from than on th left. The more perfect impreeeiona eihibit four widaly divergent to, ucctaivly Inureaaing in length from within outwardly, icptiug that the fourth toe ia lighUy hnrter than the thiril. The epane of th traoka ia aUmt one inch. Tb impreaaioat probably rtein to aom aala maiidrnid aniinali and a it had lawn found M ful to refer to fraud foot track aa the repre sentative of th animal by which they were made under diatinut namra, h would in aoonr.1 auoe with a auggaetion lim Mr. laired. Mm the fonn remeuteil by the Klleugowan authra oia, A But Nir a I. Datum. A curioua inaUnc of the iiivaeinn of a country by a plant of for eign origin ia aeon in th hiatory of the man., in Jamaica, In 1 7 v.' wclmen of th ciniuv mou jack-fruit and mangu were aent to th botanic garden of the lalaml. There the cinna mon wa carefully fnelered, Imt larored to be Ii He nit of culture in th ialarut ; whit the mango, which waa neglected, became In II J ear aa common aa the orange, apreading over owtaud and mountain, from th aa laval to ft, 000 feet elevation. On the abolition of ale very, immeuaa tract of land, eepacially coffee plaiitation, n lapar 'I into atat of nature, and the muigo lieum a favorit fruit with lb black ita atooe wr flung every where, giving ritt to grove along tb roadeiri aad around th MttUunenUi and tli fruit of theer, again, rolling down kill, gave nae to fnreele in the valley. Th effect of thia apread of the man." ha been to eover bundrada of thoeaaada ( acre, and to ameliorate th climate of what wre dry ami barren diatrnl by producing mot U re and aha I . anal by retaining th ram falla that bad pre mealy evaporated, all Una, heaiila affording focal tor vrl month of Ik year to la ita eegme and Hauaarrn Plain ma I'arin. -The Penua dlM I PI. I Mirror report Ikat the aaacbin ery, lately brooftht to that plaea ley Prof. Lunula, for the preparalmo of palmetto fiber le working aainfe. toiil) , aad thai the apriBMat it an aauret acoaa The a talk ef the acrub Glmetto are aeed. It t aaid that the fiber aa ,iy to prove aeefat for oofdage, paper, lab, pail, Hoar barrel, boat, powder keg, aad m mm) of other article W general ae. I'INi INHI'ISHINO BlTTTP.lt PROM I VIII BKKP PATS, KTt . Mr. William tluatavua frank, ouhli.i ....li.i tor Norwich, Kn.ltad. .Ieecnl.ee a n.ih..l which will In a fw minute diatiugalah buttor tram th tat of b-el, inuitou. or pork, or mil. lure ol tin-in The aample to b eiamined (if in the taawa .j buttor) mnat U lirat mltd and reu.Ured pretly irae i mm water and aalt, by Miration If neoe ary , 10 grain ar than to be put into a let tula, and liquiflcd by placing th tub la hot wter at almut Ifttr Kah. remove h tulie when reedy, nd arid ,H minima of oarholic acid (fal vrt No, ( acid. In cryalali, on pound i dl lilleil water, two lluld ounce) Shk th mil tur, and agalu place it in the water hath until 1'"" ,n" 'uu ""le fur a time If the aainnle tim lmi.l k. ...... a . .. , a " ii- j"i.e iiiiurr, a perfect aoIuUon will la th rtaulli If l... I, " . " i.r iai. me miuur will renle Itae ( int. i tii anluli..!.. ..I .l.lV...t I in with a clear line of damarkation i th. denwr M .ne two Kuunon. ii l we I lal, will occupy alaml 4U.7 . ; lanl, 4U.il , mutton, 44 of th entire volume i when aulli. leutly cooled, more or 1m demi will b olirvtl in the upprmot aolu- i If ollv nil b Ihu tealed, the luUlraluin will occupy about HO' with caator oil, th. re i .... ,.....,,. i, , ,,,, u l)0, aalw to lei nae.1 frail.liilniillwl m. .......... .. L.t - i . .... .... tntMiii take place; th aildiUon of a miuut portion of alkan! hail will render the reading of the a. ale ettretnelv .llallln-1 hv artirt..!.! I, n.i n. .L. ... ,.t .. t lie aii.imr aUte. that th alaive method (although not In. urM inner pra eaaaa, I. capable ..( will application, th aaviug o( a large amount of time, and the reliability of It leault will at re. . .mini ml it a a " lint tp " In butter auelyai. I'.ler Qtlfm ol New Vork, mak th ul,-i of a long ltlr, addrteeaat to the pi . ... th lm proved in. ih.nl. of rapid traMit To obvlal th anuoyamw attendant on th preaanl aytn of eUvaled rallroaila, b ailroeatee the adoption of plan of which th tali, nl I, at.,,,, ,. g,, . nl an en. Ilea chain. After ennaldeung th d vantage of ihi method ..f iirnpelling the ear, he rewimmeiide plan (of the n.nelaa runnln i it,, ......... it. .. I. tl. r 7 it i M Minataill M.OM.I ing of the wheel In laaeaiag fr.Mn oa rail to aimlhnr U tn tb ......I..I 1.. ... . t . i. 7' r" inaaa " awa a mail which Will glv aupport to lb wheel. Tha whaela Ihenuelvee ar to U mail with egruate over th Whnle fe e it hi, I, la 1. 1 1,. I tilk L...I gutu i-. h. -Aa elevated railroad art eon truct.l," Mr. fuouer aaya, "with the propel ling power under the ground, an I h rail M arraagetl a to tak p th nmaneatam in atop ping and hold II ready to b given out In atari ing, with IM wheal of Ike oar covered with gull perch, . irking on gutu .rch MajL ...i ii.. . . i k I.I . a . e . "Mini araep in an Hli. nihil r , hair an thai it 1. 1 ....a i. 1. . i' irmt in any of It part, would have nothing to convey eoand acepl th mere raldiing of the fUM againt the aid of lb rail Thle nhl.na c.ejld he (Voidnil mlaly by the hp of fUuge Th ailaantagee elevated for Ihl mlh.. taf rapol trti.t.i are the mll anel of uperallag. aU.UI. aal. t) , aad Ike perfeel freedoM I,,.,,, .,. . . .. L . I.... . J -I .... leal aaut ( A Nuiat Wat or I'iumhiu fiaarta. It ia i. thai tha fhiean aa a antkoal f r. aervlag grauw drtag the eatir year by eat ting eireuUr pleee oat ol a rip pempkia, or gourd, aiaklag aa apwtar Utg aaeagk to ad mit th head The interior la laaaa waaplelel cleeaetl oat, the rip grpM are ptaml laeide, aad the eover replaced aad prad la araly. Tb paaapklM ar tkea kpt a a aasd aad IM grefaaa will U foaad to Maia laeir inaaam io a rt knag u
