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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1881)
May, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 133 HONRED TOADS. Ws give on this paga an engraving of a native CaUIuiuuu, lio can be utut willi iu U10 uiJJIs and southern part of the Stat. We have at onr offioe several living specimens, whioh appear to be thriving welL In the volume on xoology in Lieut Wheeler's 'Surveyi Weet of the 100th Meridian," it is tated that they found the 'Aryiuuoma, or "horned toad," very numerous, There are 11 diatinot ipeoies of this interesting little reptile, aooording to Prof. Cope. The one shown in the engraving is the form found in California and Ansona Phrynotoma tornuta. In its general aspect it somewhat resembles a frog, ana is oslled a horned toad, though really a nearer kindred to the litard tribe. In fact, it is a true litard, and is in no respect a batre ohian. The genus, whioh is North American, is characterised by a more or leu oval body, flattened and oovered with tuberaulated scales, the head having sharp spines or knobs. In confinement the reptile is sluggish, but It is said to be aotive in pursuit of insect prey in a wild state. It passos the winter in a state of lethargy in holes dug by gophers and other ro dents, ooming out in April generally. Those specimens whioh we have burrow under the soft earth in their box, oovering themselves entirely np. They are very abundant on the Fresno plains. Those interested in the natural history of the reptile osn find detailed deeoriptions iu Stanburs Expedition to Ureat Halt Lake," and Vol. IL of the "Mexican Boundary Survey." Scientific Prtu. OMLETTK 80UFFLR. 1. From five eggs reserve the whites of three. Beat the remaining whites and yolks together, and mil with them a Rill of eream. Into a frying pan put a piece of butter the aise of a walnut When it is brown pour In the beaten eggs and let them cook as fast as they can withonl burning. When nearly done spread the reserved whites beaten to a stiff froth over, and pat the frying pan into a hot oven for a momeul nutll ths whites are just stiffened. Pour upon a platter and serve. S. Beat the yolks of three eggs with three tablespoonfuls ol pulverised sugari add a little lemon or vanillai then beat the whites of six eggs to a stiT froth. Put the yolks in a deep bowl, turn the whites on them, and with a spoon, giving it a rotary motion, cut the two, mixing them carefully together. Turn this 00 a tin or earthen baking dish with sides two or three inches high and slightly buttered. Smooth over the top, sprinkle over eugar, and put into a moderate oveo. If it must be turoed or moved in the oven, do it as gently as possible. When risen well and of a fine yellow oolor it is dona. Serve immediately or it will fall. 1 Beat the whitee of three eggs, add a table, spoonful of marmalade est fine, or little pieoee of fresh peaobeei mil with powdered sugar. Bake oa a buttered dish In a quick oven. To Kieroai Buck Mxsimo. Sok the goods In stioog soft-soap suds two hours, then, bavins dissolved one ounce of extract logwood (which is ths amount required for one dreee) Is s bowl of warm water, add sufttoisnt warm not hot water to eover the goods, which are to be taken from ths sods withoot wringing, Allow the goods to stand in the logwood water over night) to the morning rinse in several waters without wringisgl la ths last wster add one plot of sweet milk, which stiffens ths goods a littlei iron while quits damp. It will not crock, and looks has new. TosfiTO Boer. rat two-thirds of two ponad sea of tomatoes oa the stove and let it bod. Pat ons tea-epoonfnl soda into ths toms toesi after it is dose foaming pat ths tomatoes into two quarts of boiling Bulk, eaasoa with salt, pepper aad a liberal Inmpof good batter. THE ORGAN OF VOICE. Ths larynx is ths organ of voice, and is placed t th tipper pert of the air jweeego. It l eitn led between the trachea below and the base of the tongue above, and forms that visible projec tion in the middle part of the neck known as Atlam'applt. Its form Is that of a triangular box narrow below and broad above. II is com posed of nine different cartilages, bound to gether by ligaments and moved by numerous muscles. Below the larynx stretchee the wind pipe, passing down iuto the lungs and subdivid ing like the branches of a tree into the right and left bronchi. The laryngoscope enables ns to look down In to the larynx aud watch its many movements. Ths linage we see in the mirror differs materi ally from anything elsa ws meet with in our anatomical studies. Ths epiglottis occupies the highest part of the laryngeal linage. Its free border may be watched, alternately rising and falling during tba examination. It presents a scroll-like form, and in the middle we see the under surface turned np liks a lip. The vocal oords are the next moat prominent objeota in the imsge. They stretch from ths front to the back of the larynx and are to be seen as two smooth, whits bands, standing out In remark able ooutraet to the surrounding red structures, alternately approaching and receding from each other as the patient breathes. These two mov ing bands once seen will never be forgotten, THE CALIFORNIA Right hers permit the remark that Ltryngnlogy hsa done many wonderful things in delecting sod remedying the defects and dueaaee of the human voice. Light hae beeo thrown Into dark plaoeei alight changes have beeo readily uiag noed tumors, ulcerations and abrasions ate seen at a glauoe, and thus every applianoe of science is brought to the aid of the most beauti ful and fasoiuating specialty In the whole do om n of msdioiue and surgery. As ths statue of Mamnoa is said to have grown vooal wheo touched by ths first beams of ths morning sun, even so has the voios of the dumb broken forth into sotga of thanksgiving when set free by the skillful naod of our Wod given art I As ths skin covers tbs body oa ths outside, so the msoons membrane linee It In the inside, and nnder certain oiroamatanoee they become readily transformed into each other. "This is only a single insteuos of the marvelous handi work of Nature, and ooe may well stand is awe and la wonder when be eootsmiilatss the Di vine wisdom which has fashioned such aa ex quisitely titling gsrment, woven without seam, adapted by a hundred variations to svsry etliue it has to fulfill, covering tbs body outside and lining It Inside, winding at every turn through the intricate labyrinth and Inclosing within Its folds tbs strange machinery of Ule. Ws nut only trace tba linger of liod upon the stone tables of ths earth, the Utters and ths law of its sverlasting form, but we ees It la every line and movement of this wonderful names frame of oe re I SaHtlniy A'rsM. If it funny, bat a soft-palmed woman eaa past a hot plats to bs neighbor at tbs table with a smile as sweat as distilled honey, while a sua, with a hand at horny as a srooodile't back, will dmp it to tbs Boor and bowl around Uks a Bioai ladies at a scalp oases. EUCALYPTUS AND THE ATMOSl'UKRE. H. N. Draper writs (or CSamtxn' Journal an article concern!!!; th en'rns In the Roman Campagna. Ws .take therefrom two paragraphs which will Interest growers of ths tree everywhere, both In showing how rapidly the trees exhaust moisture from ths soil, and tht iiitluenos of ths leaf-exhalations upon ths atmosphere! . The question of how and why ths eucalyptus exeroiss sanitary ohangra so important as those which have been effected at this little oasis in ths Campagna, may be best answered when two re merkable properties which characterise many of the species have been shortly considered. The Hrst of thsss Is ths snormout quantity of water which the plant osn absorb from tht toll, It hat been demonstrated that a square meter which may roughly be takea as equal to a squire yard of the Sucalyitui globulin will SX hals iuto ths atmosphere, during 111 hours, four tints of water. Now as this square meter of eaves of course the calculation inoludes both turfsces wsight two and three-quarter poonda, it will lis sasiiy teen that any given weight of euoalyptut leaves osn transfer from the soil to the alinnephers nearly twice that weight of water. M. Valise dues not haeitale to say that under the full breets and sunshine which oould necessarily form no factor In such accurst ex periments aa those conducted by hint - the evap- HORNED TOAD. times tht weight of tht 'leaves. Ons teases to wonder at Ihees Homes, on learning that It has been found poatibie to oount, nn a square mllli. meter of the nnder suifsoenf a single leaf of AerapifM globulus, no less thso SAO alomoo, or breathing pores. And It now begins to be In telligible that, If such an enormous quantity of water can be trenefsrred from earth to air, It may be possible thsl aa almoephsrs, which without such aid would be laden with malari ous exhalations, msy be rendered pars by this prooees of leaf distillation) ths putreeeible sna stitusntt of ths stagnant water are aborhed by the roots, and become pari of tht vegetable Us tue of the tree. But thit is not alL Llkt those of piss, ths Wares of all species of eueslyptot secrete large quantities of an aromatic eseenlial oil. It hen recently been shows and the statement has been Impreeeively put by Mr, Klngtetl thai under the oombined entioa of air and moUtare, oils of the turpentine elass are rapidly oxidised, and that, at a recall of thit oxidation, Urge quantities of pteoiule of hydrogen are prod used. Now, preoilde of hydmges Is being IteeU one of the most potent osMlasra known a very aotivs disinfectant) aa4 as ths leaves of trnns species of eucalyptus contain la each 100 Its. from three to tlx lbs, of essentia) oil, ws eaa hardly avoid the conclusion that the oiyfea-ear-rying property of ths oil is aa important sls men I a malaria-deelroying power H the goast. Moreover, tht oxidation of the ml is atteadsd by ths formation of large quantities of sab staaoss analogous is their properties to cam phor, and ths reputation of eeenphor as sa hy gieois agent teems tafftoieatly well foaeded to allow aa to admit el least ths pneeiotlil of these bodies pleytsg some part la to buinnat s schema, oratioa of water woo Id be eqaal la foar Sf Irs