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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1881)
May, 1881. 13 THE WEST SHORE. 11 t 1 1 1 I ill 81 BAITS CURRENTS. It will b rwmembared that t thort time aiooe, are aaaalioBed Uii lot that W. II. Iell. of th U. H. Coeal Harvey, wha Km ped pnmVT af year la Aleakaa watere, oa Cue.t Hurvey daty, daalad the (leteuoe of any brai.ch of lha Kuro-Sbiwo, or Japan ai warm elreem, in liabrtsg'l atrait. That la, ba failed lo Hud vtdeaccof tb eiiataaoo of any each curreut, although ba had made careful obeervetina. At tba lelaadi la llehrlng'i atraita, bia veeerl had tailed ia oppoeile direwtlool with alib aad flood Uda, and ba thought tba only current there vara tidal la thair aaUre. Tba aiiatrnoe or aoa eiUWoo of tbia current ia an Important point la Arvlia rataarub on thia aide of lha oot lineal. At tba leet meeting of tba Academy of Koi. eaoa, prof. Derl.leon, of tha U. H. Cuaat Hur .y, aalbor of lha "AUakaCoeat Pilot," refuted Ir. Italia opinio of lha aoa eiielanoe of be mob of tba Kuro Hhiwo, or Japeneae warm Uaam, from tba aortb I'aoiAa Into lha A folio anaea, throagh Itehrlng (trail, lla aaid that iu IKA7 ba gave lo tba Aoadamy hia owa olre Wove, aad raoanlly ba bad ouafarrl llh I apt, C L. Ilpr, who oommeodad tba U. M. eteaater, Thorn Vonrim, employed aa a rave, aaa aUeiw aruiear la tba Arctic and around lha oaat of Alaaka. Cept Hooper ooollrma tba optatoae of all previa navigator, every oaa of which. aioit lr. Dall, any that branch of tbia wans atraeni placed air Inward lata tba Aretie through llahriag'a ilrail. It ia partly dilteotad by KL Uwraaoo lalaod, and elwaely follow lha matt oa lha Alukaa aide, whila a otild oarrwwl euaiaa out aouih, pael Kut nape la Nil-aria, akirtmg Iht Aetalla ehore ieat Kamat'halka, aad theaoe ounUnuM rinwa tha onaM of Chine, lla aaid lo often extended arverel Hi' Ire at award, I rum Keal cape oa tha AeteUo uda of IWhrtng (bail, making w hat aaa. ami aall a falaa aapa, and ladlcaling cold eUr, whlla ao Mob lorwialioo aiakaa oil on tha Aatartoea aida, whra tha eUr ia 19 degraet anwar than oa tha Aeialie ahnra oil lha I'm awed talawda, Mlaated la thamiddlanl lUhrwg 1 atrait, tba oarroat verie la lulanaity according aa tba wmd. t raatly It la el moat Bathing fur eaveral day, wibaa after a aarMa of aoathefly Blade tha bellow A rot haaia baa baaa HI led, andar a heary praaaara. wilb aa aanaaal volume of w. Uf, and a auddaa ohaage to aorUiarly win.lt, atakaa evea a am all oarrwot letting amah ward lor a law daya, Juet a at tiataa lha aarface rar rwala al wat war UoUlaa Uala oualiaanuily fur ft aad ih houra, aa abowa by lha I'aiWd HUUa aaat aarray Mm faawa. Vbalara rNirt that tba laamniBi waVir tbaa fliiwi In, auar tha towiixrary out DoalKf alrwaaa, (Nd baaa, of a vartaly kaooa tnfrow ia Imp. tnal Jaa, ara Niattad Into tha Al. Uo bum aa far aa paat fatal IWmw, aa tba Aawruwa aida, bat aowa ara foaad aa Ua AaialM atda, or aaar W naal 14, wbara a onld atrwaia amu, aad fan rMaataa lata la tba mam a. (a tha anrth ara afcla of lha Alaallaa lalaada ara fnand oa. oaaul baaka aad olbar tmwial prodactiaaa alraadad ah tba tMchaa. 1aa Awwnaaa ai ail ml AUaka baa aoa4i aarataraliaialo thaa tba AMaUa aaat of Hihana aad tha AaaarMaa tUBwar bwa aalaaxla ary lar anrlb. 1 aa ina fwaa aarly la tba aaaana aa tba Aaiarioaa atda, aad laranaMy lata aa tba Awatta. lht,f, U ll.traayaMiaabaaiaat aortb at Hinai trail, r4 tba Aawrtnaa auaK, la Ua Arrlar baaa, tba V. H. ataaaiar I W ( Waia, baa baaalaird tor M boarm, dnllvd 40 auk to tba nnbwarL froaa all tbaaa, aad olhar la tM aaaalaMa taaUamy of A ami 1 hr for ywa apaal ataay aba ArrUa, aad Iroaa bia Biaalba aaaaally la aba ArrUa, aad Iroaa bia a w abaarvalioaa, ba argwad that a braocb of tba Kara Khiww, or Jaiiaaaaa wrana atraa aa aaataoaahly raaa aarUward tbroab IWbrta,' atrait Into tha Arctic batin along the oorthweat rn ooaat of Alaika. I'rof. Uaridaoo than callrd to mind tha toati mony in rfgtrd lo tha rxutanoa of Plover ill and. batwern Herald uland and Wrangel land, which ba aaid waa tint maila publio thronKh thia aralmy. Tha evidance of Ciili. Wil liami, Tniimaa and Iing, wera rrcitrd and ht(lily praiatd. (lua nl tlx otliiwra of Admiral Hudgim' riprilition climlnd to near the top of llrrild uUii l, at a tune of great refraction, when probably a fain horiton em tod, and henoe did nut are l'lnvrr ialand, although Wraogel land w aa III right I'rol. Davidwin thinki all the authnritiee are agaiuat I r. Dili, who attribute! the warm cur rant he ohaerrrd 00 the American coaat, to water from tha Yukon rirrr, and to the large eipanta of ahalluw water expoeed to theium raya. Ai 1'all'i olieervatinm only covered a few Java of puaaibly exceptional weather, and tha whalera, and Captain llooper'i oover aaatly lon(er periodi, and whalera all lay it u a iirvtty hard thing to beat lotithward through llrhnng'i atrait, owing to the northerly ourreut eettinginlo the Arctio, we are foroed to the ooncluaioo that Dr. lull hu mutaken the exoeptiou for the rule, and hie ooncluaium are lharelura erroneoua. When, in lH'.'t, Wrangel want north, he, like othira, alwayi found hmken loa and onnaiderahle open water. In M7, when C'apt, Thomu Iing made Ilia mem orable aurvay of the ooaat of Wrangel land, tha aaaaon waa an exceptionally open one, and in California wa had heavy raim, exteudiag into July. Sdrntiie I'rtf. Mdkkaui or nil 1'At'irifCoAiir. Manvner- aoni hare the impreaaion that iiuld. lilver. ood- per and uuickailver make up the mm of the mineral product ol l alilornia. Thii ii a mia- take. Many other valuable minerala ara alum. deal. Without regard to acientillo olaaailication, nwinn omnomic mineral! may be men tioned, tha liMialitina f trhih . I. to niinaialoijiiU: IMatinnm, iridium, ore of lead, nu, H-uaniim, moiyiKieuuin, chromium, autlmnnv. biamulh. m.-k.l .i lr0 oxiiia, ailirateand oarbnoaleof manganeae; r.i .nn yrunw ooner, umiirr, carbonate and iul- phat of barvla. Iinrna (jinna m arklaaa ia ...... Uauliful vanaliea, dolomite, hydraulio oemeut, gyum, graniU, lyeoile, porphyria, freeetone, uuarta aand uluin. m..... . -. ...... iK-giuauia, 001 UII um, burh-elooe, triimli, dieloniaoeoue earth, l..o.. auina, aapnaaum, mineral 01 la, lluor apar, ilmaliamU, carbonate of mignaaia, oar ,K!j ' ,ull,hur' "1lata of iron , ' - iixniia, graphite, nre-o lay, borax, turat-io aaid. L.,,1.. ... ...1 -.: V 111 1 . ' b-"" " mineral alualde only for ornamental purpoeaa, and par ka othara and there at no doubt unknown mineral raaouroee In the Ntat that may develop of the Ktalo Mining lliiroau lo diaoover, inveiU. gale aad bring them into ootioa. Atiimh- wimiiT ii Uia weiuht of tk. -1 aa element aa compounded ailh th.i .1.. al.Ma of another elrm.nl, .erUiiil from ilie pnUoa. by weight ,u .hub the, comhini or, laaviag o, 4 hyuheUcJ idea of aa w, 1. 11,, e.pr.Min. ln. p . , ..... n ,nV aiemenu oom- Una-oa. of the element, either hydrogen or --,. ,... aa vuo unil lor oomjiar tana with lha oth.ra 11 , . 1 lore lb eomUmng pmportioae ol hydrogen d oxyt-ala, to M -wa - - - wxa-waes, ia tka Wood Him ooanlry-oa aorwahaok" lb-a bo g, w tti m,o to d wad. paa. root, or aiak oa iroTVrv pto tor the neb d.. .. -r . , . T BnT. i mar. fo, aU iZ'ZZT ' TOBACCO 8M0KE, In further reaearoh on thli mbject Dr. La Bn find that oollidina, tha new alkaloid ex. iiting in tobaooo imoke, with other aromatio prinoiplei, and pruaaio acid, aa well a niootine, 1 a liquid of agreeabla and very penetrating odor, and ai poiaoooui a niootine, the twentieth part of one drop lufBcient to paralyie and kill a frog. It ii the prunio acid and vanom aro matio prinoiplei that cauie headache, giddineai and nauuia in imoking certain tobacooei that contain little niootine. Other tobaoooea, rioh in niootine, have no inch effeota. Tha tobao ooea containing moat pruaaio aaid and oollidina are thoee of Havana and tha Levant, Th dark lemi-liquid matter which condenae in piiiei and cigar-holder oontain all tha lub atancei juit named, a well aa carbonate of ammonia, tarry ahd coloring matter, etc It ii very poieonoue. Two or three drop of it will kill a imall animal. The eombmtion of to baooo dritroyi but a imall part of tha niootine, and moit of thii appear in tha (moke, Th proiortion abeorbed by imoker varie eooord. ing to oiroumatanoea, bat hardly aver fall be low 60 oentigrammea per 100 gramme of to baooo burnt. About the lame quantity of am monia ia abaorbed at the ame time. Naturally, more of the poiaonoui prinoiplei are abaorbed where the imoke i breathed (a in a room)) lea in the open air. A frog placed in a receiver containing a aolution of niootine, with about one drop of that lubetance to a little of water,' luocumb in a low hour. Tobaooo imoke con tain! about eight milliliter of oarbonio oiide per 100 grammei of tobaooo burnt Tha poiaoo oui propertie of tobaooo imoke are not du to thii gai, u ha been maintained in Germany, KlROHKNE XHn Rai.t ana TltDirrunn A onrreipondent of the New York Sua ay t Id 100., on piaouuon in eouin AiaDama, wnere there Waa ffrnat diflinnUv in iMnMnii Hn.J m.aJ ical advioe, I law a whole plantation of black, aa wen aa me wniie member 01 a large family, luooeiifully treated for diphtheria with kero aena and aalt. nuwl thus . ic., . - given a lump of rook lalt about th lixe of a boy'i marble, and inatructed to keep it in hi or her mouth, (wallowing the aalty laliva. At the (ame time the throat wa rubbed with ker oaene oil, and a flannel uturated with keroaena kept around the neck nntil the (ymptom war abated or entirely gone. If neooeaary, mild oa thartic were given. Not a oaae wa loat, and .uco were luny i.iu in all on ID plantation. THKATUKNT nt Pm-in Pvf.unii.imAM a w.. - Farr A oorreipondent of tha New York iVa. ttai Rteord writea 1 "A a reoipe for fetid per- ipiration of tha faot am. t k. ! .).. J a I do not remember eeing mentioned' one "iu m my nana, 1 nerewiin (na 111 A it Watorv aollifcinn nl nimiiiiMHiU aI potaaaa. Bathe the feet ia it night and mpra- I..., nlluu It . . u uouaaaary, even to every nour, leiung the feet dry after each bath without wiping. A itronger (olutioo may at time ba neoeaaarv t generally a weaker on will anawar. Iheitrooger the aolution th greaUr thdia coloration of tha (t V,., ii i. paticnu pnfor j, to the fotid moutura." ' Tlvaiwn Itt ..r E r our ouaoaa ooppera ana one ounce logwood extract to each pound of goodij duaolve the oopperu in water luffioient to oovar the goodi; wet them in oleaa water b. lore putting them io ooppera water, to prevent inotUng; bod them Ln the ooppera water about M minute; tek them out, no io dear water rat, thaa waah io (oap-tnd till it aeemi loft a befiira il mmm ..... . L . . , V. 7 mi nonpar wawr; tnen Put into lha huiwnwl A... ..4 l.k ia k.11 .1 a - - Mia ava win awui .V minutm; t.ke out and let it dm. .u ha. lore it drioa, or afor, aa i moat eonvenieot; it wOl neither crock, fade, nor grow nuty. Tiitni i gr,t Wlnt , jj,, 8taU 01 Ikuivia. In 1 . 1 . , WU"HL"M 01 u lavage 01 10- U 00 thi oraaia.palJJlY rio and IndUa wOfw