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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
THE WEST SHORE. July, 1881. NEW METHOD OK INLAYING WOOD. A mw method of inlaying wood h. been ontrived by a furnitare mMufacturinghouM in England. The prootM It u followi: A vMr toe mm wood m that wbiob tht datign to bt Inlaid ooniista My sycamore ia glued en tirely over tbt rarfaoe of My luri wood, mob m Amrlou walnut, m4 allowed to dry thor oogbly. The dwtgn it thou eat out of a lino plat about ont-tweotieUi of M iocb la thick- MM, tod plaotd UKm Ul Veneer. Tbt wbolt It mw taujected to tbt action of .teem, Md madt to trtvtl between two powerful ct iron rollart of tight inch, in dunwUr by two ft loaf, two ebov tud two Ulow, which my bt brought within toy duttoo of each other by sertwt. Tbt tnormoat premura to which tbt ttM plato it subjeotod foroM it oompleUly into tbt venter, Md tbt vmw into tbt tolid wood beMeth It whilt tbt lino writ np oat of tbt malrti it bit formed Md ooaut away ttiily. All that now remain to be dont it to pUat down tbt Ttnttr Uft untouched by tbt sJuo un til thin shaving it taken off tht portion foroed into tht walnut whtn tht surface btiog per ftotly ttnooth, tht operation will bt oompleWd. It might bt euppoead tbtt tht rwult of this for otblt oomprMMon of tht two woodt would leave ttunl edge, bat thit U not tht mm, tht Joint bring to singularly perfect m to bt anap preoieble to tht touch 1 IndMd, tht inU.d wood lite more aooareWly then by tht prooMt of tit ting, matching, Md tilling up with glue, it It practiced in tlit ordinary mod of inlaying. I'moLit M At KvKU-ItoatiM engineers and toohnologiala appMr to bt diddedly in advMot of m In rwpevt to tht ntiliMtinn of petroleum la plaot of onal for generating motive power of my daeortpUon. In tht neighborhood of tht oil ragiont of Knaala, oradt pttroUam it very generally ttttd for aUambuat Md luoumo- propalaina, M wU m fur ether tm In gn rating powar wbart ooal hat hitbarto Utn em s'0?! .. hMU" P0'. petroleum it to deotdadly Mparior to ooal, that bo question oan bt raiatd againet lU aee oa tbt toon of toon way I Md in all tht tiparimantt that hart been mad with it in thit aouatry, it hat demon ttratod iu menu la tbt motl salufectury man aer. ItoeeUa engineer wbo hart oeoMMroally vUlted thit country, hart rapratadly eipreaeed thatr wirwiM Uat, ta oountry likt our, hart eaoh abandMt MppliM of pttroUam art available, IU edvMWgM m fnal have not ban atom fall developed. In thit reaped, lUaia, which it m far bahind nt in many othar raepecU, M taaok m a valuable Uaaua. 0jb.t on tni llann Ami Iut. Maoa wm eipactad from tht dieoovtry madt by I'rof, lloll Uvat tbt image of the object r Mia M tht raUM of MUnalt ntar daalh. It wm Uawght, lor eiample, that tht Uat eoaat f myeWno awrdar would bt found by prop. rly Mawiaing tht aya of tht wUm, Actual taatt ahowa that Uia optogram Ma bt of M im ta datacttng arima. lr. Afrt madt mora lhaa a thonMnd parlmaobi ta tht Ubo rator of Trot knbna, nt llaidaibarg, aad mat wit bt poor tooaM. ThtbfatraltMob. U"'.iVu aUring rabUt, which bad baaa doaad with atropint, to a pho rrapbM nfir, Md arwi la thit mm pwrMi wat impart act, UdiattMt, and HuKMMtfl Bait Lxio,A ortMpondaat f Ut Amtrtrtn JfarJUmt datonbM a wtj dnr aUt bait boing, wtttob wM madt at tullowtt A dry, aatonaad bottabidt wm tnahad ia watar aaul oft MMgh to nt, and thta cat into atrtna, TWm wart madt toft aad pliaUa for twtng by awmgH laam orar a aqakroof aorwd trwa. Tat bait wm Ibaa mwad with tht half aid inward tbt Brat Una aomat, and oat ward M tht aaiah, at that tht batr took all tbt woar. Aftortbt atrtag bad dnad it wM m okd at My baoaa, U tat adraaUc that oaid aat nalMok. It wwrtramatkably wall Mwn( moal mMl4 tt (mVw anolalnmi THE SCENERY OP THE COLUMBIA R1VEB. Tht Catoada region of tht Colombia river praMnta to tht tyt of tbt touriit tomt of tht wildcat and moat inblima toenet to bt found in America, being a lucoeaiion of towering hi)jliU Md beautiful waterfalls. Tht Tourellt falli, of which wt girt an engraving, it one of the (rraodeet on tht river, Md to thoae who will lop at the la Tourellt Mountain Home, and visit tht fall, there will be at ItMt one luting reminieoenoe of a tuooeaiful touriit. Tht falli Tiuinbw about Tin II0HE8TKAD. There U m old itory to the effect that onoa upon a time there wm a man in March of a housekeeper, and m applicant for tht petition arrived ha arranged matters so that each cue, u La tu tored, found a broom lying on the floor In her way. All the women but one stepped over the broom Md passed serenely on. The ont woman who stooped and picked it np secured the plaot of housekeeper solely from that fact. It wm her only recommendation j but her employer argued from that, that the woman wm obaerv I ant and orderly two qualification that he : .: rtfi I l km vp$tm , Up " :wpMw t o If : WM a 1 rf THE TOURELLE FALLS. art aboat 4(0 ft high. Coming from an over hanging wall projecting from tht land a dutanot of aboat M It. tht waur la thrown ia rain bow Tjh lM mtim ig Jhroagh mid air with graat foroa, dathee itaelt to Peoas ia a baata oarvtd from tht rock, by iltowa power, and ornamMtod by wild flow. S.1 !"ii profuaioo, IWh.nd tbt tall, there it a dmtanoa to tbt main land ofahontsott Thit. wnplt room f.dW y mlwara tht fall Md tht back wall ion look oat apoaabread opaa vacant aad Md iaflmly tbart tntMt daahing down in JW-rMM, oat ooioMal wator oolamn from WII. Tht null wdl ttort np axt month. & PJ,ruoi'Ud' , Wh"r yon walk ov.r etiekt Md bru.h and rubbuh in yoor yard that duHgn,. iU tidy appMTMM, ln.td ih!' r,,m'5b,r "S ;oB "tepplng or? tht broom," and somebody will put judament r.fgn"If",l,ri0- Jgn MT!l2T'WiUJ?aito oorrt- I' every man, woman and child about tht pramiMt wtrt walking .hont a yard or Uw thtre would al- hi$iLl PP4f aaatOMt aecurad al UUt OMtAamf An Torkfr. Ji.LA".'-.TP;1 m "PPi X? V??ll,ii"-,dt telb P".. Buto it Tfc .th.gTMM off tbt pavyrnaht