February, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE.
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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.