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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1881)
February, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 43 THE MINER'S CABIN. J Th little iketoh on tbU pig will remind many people, now residents o( cities, of old dyi in the mine. And it will alto be reoog nixed u truthful by Uiom who still "baoh it" in mining region! of the ooaat. The (tormi of thii winter must hve brought to many a fire tide recollections of days when "roughing it" was experienced by the head of the family, and when he came into the oabin wet and weary to rest and dry himself by the bluing open fire. And theie thing! are not recollections only; they are ttill being experienced by the hardy miners of thii oout. Hundreds of oabins dot the bill-sides, near the numerous mining oamps, which are scattered through the mining regions. In all of thae two, three, or four miners live on pretty much the same fashion that miners did 20 or 30 years ago. True, there are more hotels and boarding houses, and more miners working for wages, and less for themselves, than. there were in those "days of sold." . Yet the miner's oabin of romance is still a reality as well. Perhipe there would be very little romanoe in the life if many of ns were to return to it again after a lapse of years, wedded, as we are, to the arti fioialities of civilization j but we venture to as sert that few look back to their days of rough living, hard fare, and hard work, with the pleasurable exoitement provoked by the miner's vocation, without regret, and a wish that the same nnselliihneii that prevailed anions men then would exist now. A aard, wet day? work in a olaim, in a rain-itorm when water was plenty and the slnioes full, instead of bringing 11 humor and grumbling, brought joy and good bumor, as is depioted on the faces of the honest miners in our sketoh. NEW TANNING TROCESS. The Eglington Chemical Company,of Scotland, have been for some time actively engaged in nerfeotinir the new tannins process by bi-oro- mate of potash. The leather which they bave produoed appears to be a very serviceable ar ticle. The Scottish Ltathtr Trader, saysi We have seen a line sample of strap butts, from native hides, where the fiber had ihorooshly absorbed the tanning, and to anything but an xperienoed eye had all the appearaoo of an ordinary tannage. The oolor was good and the bntt mellow also a sample of crnpp, of which the tanning end carrying ere thorough.and there seems nothing to prevent it suiting all the purposes for which this kind of leather is nsed; also a sample of calf whioh seems to ns perfect and scarcely to be distinguished from the best home dressed. Sample of the taooig have been submitted for analysis to Dr. Clark, the oity Analyst of Glasgow. These samples were bends of foreign and nativ pelts, butts, buffalo hides, and oalf skin. Th object of the analysis was to asoertain the total quantity of chromium wbioh they contained, and the amount whioh was extracted by the action of water under dif ferent eiroumstanoe. fi .H nf ik. antlvaia anil vaminatiaa la IBIIWlilui ... reported as bighlw satisfactory. The leather WM alto fa Dim ilea w nr. auw; : i .MMmntsnaT wnrkm. BoatiiWswk. Loa doa, for th purpose of ascertaining th tonsils strengthof ohromtaaned vs. nark tanned leather. The results of the experiments showed that th .i . i...l,. mwnmmAm kark id itMfiirth. an 4 gjiniuw r. , that after it ba set under the neoasaary stress it sUU retains an eiwaoraiwry hnwi w .L;nk im availakU fne liohftMlnff nlfihin- MUI., - - - II err belting or pally. For inetono a pieos of enroo newer, ooee an uun the, per square inch, while a piece of bark leather only bora an altimit itres of 2.072 Da per squar inch, which prove th sample of chrome tanned to be stronger that) bark tanned by IS per cent. A Niw Illumisajit. -Herr Kordig, a Hun garian, has lately been performing som very ourioui experiments at scientific meetings in fens with a new volatile oombustible science, whioh is offered for lighting purpose. Having arranged on th table several lamp in which the eiience burns with a beautiful bright flame, Herr Kordig pour a quantity of th liquid on bis hat aud lights it, whereupon a long flame springs up to the oeiling. To the surprise of the audience, he put his hat on his head and weits till the name goes out. The hat is then shown to be intact He pours some of the liquid on the floor and on a handkerchief and lights it. The floor end the handkerchief are noways damaged. Some drops may be put in th hollow of oie's hand and burnt without producing appreciable pain. Theee extraordinary facta are easily explaiued. Herr Kordig's mineral es sence boils at about 34" C, and the tension of its vapor Is considerable, so that it. Is not the liquid that burns, but its vapor. He ttates that the liquid is a very volatile eneooe of Niw Triatmikt roa Vamcosi Viins. Ao oording to th London Lantui, Dr. Moon, of Verviera, has nsed per-chloride of Iron locally with gnat enooois during th last three year in the treatment of varioee. The strength of th solution I about two and a half drams to eight ounce of water. Compreaaea of flannel are steeped in the water, then wrung out, anil applied by means of a flannel bandage, whioh is only moderately tightened, Thii application la to be kept on 24 hours, and on removing it th surgeon is muoh surprised to find that the von. ous dilations hive almoit entirely disappeared. The applications are to be renewed for seven or eight days successively, after whioh time the bandsge is to be kept on, without any further wetting, until it gets loos. It is then to be wetted again with th solution, and applied until the varices have disappeared, whioh gn orally takes plaos after eight days or a fortninhr eooording to the sixe of th swelling, fhi't simple method has removed, in a few day, enormous varices, whioh were accompanied by 71, V HOME AGAIN AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK. naphtha, with a oertain mixture of ether of It composition added. Th new eneooe is eaid to be obtained quite simply from natural oil bails reoeutly discovered in Hungary, and the oort is low. The liquid has a slight smell of petro leum, and nroduoss on th band a oold sensa tion like ether. violent pain, with black spote oo th surfaoe, and have restored the us of th limbs, liy th unsuooeesful application of dry bandage only, ur. liinon has been able to snow lha II I not oompreeiion, but really th local notion of th iron which la allloaotous. Nioralou a a ' Wahxino." Th gnat prevalence of "neuralgia" or what oommooly goes by that nam should b regarded a warning indioativ of a low oonditioa of health, which mmt necessarily render thoes who are afTected with thi painful malady especially susoeptibl to the Invasion of diseases of an eg oreenv type. It ii always essential (bat the vital foroae ahould be vigorous, and th nerv power, especially, in full development. Neil' ralgta indicate a low or ocprssssu eui oi vi tality, and nothing so rapidly exhauite th sys tem as the ttata that prevent eleep and airnnise both body and mind. It is, therefore, of the first moment that attacks of this affection, inci dental to and indicative of poor and weak state, ehoald be promptly pleoed Sndnr treat ment, and a rapidly a may be ooo trolled. It is worth wbil to not this fact, beoauoe, while the epint of manlmee Incite th "strong minded" to Detieot endurano of eefferini. it M not wis to suffer the dietrea oaueed by thi malady, a many are now suffering It, without seeking relief, forgetful of th condition it be speaks, and the oaatitotioaal danger of which ' it warning sign. unem. KiK'MKXi and Salt roa DimisaiA. A oof. raapondsnt of th New York Suit aaysi "la 1802, on a plantation la south Alabama, whei then was great difficulty In securing good medi oil ad Woe, I saw a whole plantation of black, el well a the white member or a larg family, oooessfully treated for diptheria with keroseo oil and eelt, nsed than Every patient was given a lump of rock aalt about th eii of a boy's marble, and instructed to keep It in hi or her month, swallowing th salty saliva. At the same time the throat was rubbed with her. oeene oil, and a flannel saturated with kerosene) kept aroaad th neck antil th symptom were) abated or entirely gone. If nsoaesary, mild eathartio were given. Not eaa was lost, ana mere were luuy iou in ail on me plant Russia Sir k ItavsaAoa. The rubber tree belongs to th genu Kupborhioea, whisk are) members of the Maseoraailub of Hrll, th sow tre of Demerar and th butter Ire of Africa. The negroes tad Indian are fond of drinking thi aep, it being toe custom of Out latter at the beginning of ihetr feasts to auks present uf a bottle of it to their gacste.