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