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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
July, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 193 THE DATE PALM. The data palm it on of the oldeat of th veg etable immigrant! to California. It baa taken muoh humbler pocition in tba publio tboaght than tha orange, tha olive and the grape, which were iU attendunta hither, and yet it haa grown into itatelineat and attained the dignity of a landmark in eeveral place. The data haa lingered in quiet probably becauee, though it leavea and flowere appeared freely, iU fruit It aeldom aeen. Why fruit haa not append, whether owing to the iaolation of individual tree and oonetqoent lack of fertilitation, or whether other oonditiona have made it barren, baa not, we believe, been fully decided. And yet the date palm haa fruited in California oooa aionally, aa our oolumna have ihown during the lait five yeara. It it probable that lack offer tilixation ia the oauee. We uat notioe in an aaaay on fruita by Dr. Sturtevant, of Maaaa ohutotta. that Theophraatua, in the fourth oen- tury B. C, obeerved that palm treea do not bear fruit snleea the femalea are fecundated by oarry their brenohee in religion prooioo. They were in their prima when the Caatilian from Mexioo waa attracted to the ahorea ot aoQthern California. They aaw him eooomulate They aaw him loee bin proud poaitioo and fall back before more aggreaaiv people. After nearly a quarter of a eentury had paaaed over the head, and two generationa had puted away, they aaw the new era dawn upon the land about them. On one aide two large brick blocka were euddenty erected. Ou the other aide, between them and the aea, among their oompaniona, the olive treee nearly aa old theoouuty oourt houee. They were large treee in I (Mil, when Fremont made bin famous ride. The emigrante of '411, who took the anuthern route from Halt lake, and track the l'aoilio flrat at thia point, remember them aa they ttood out againit the weatern iky. The are old and euhalautial evidence of tbe great fertility ot our eoll, of the genial nature of our elimate, ol the eollneae o our wind. J bay ought to be oheriahed and tiroteoted. The work ol human band, when deatroyed, oan be re- ? :. ;. c 1 . vv A BARBKR ON BALDNKHH. Speaking of the credulity of many people touching the efficacy ol hair tonic, aa intelll. gent French hair dreeeer aayai "Very often the hair falU out after eickace. In inch oaaea it generally grow again without tha aid of any hair tnnio whatever) but when It alia out from natural oauee 11 never grawa again. The celebrated Dr. Bailn, who waa formerly phvaician-in-chief of the til. loule lloepltal at 1'arie, and who la known through, out the world aa the moat learned epeoialiat lor affection of the akin, told me one day that there waa nothing that oould wake the hair row after the baldneae bad oome on gradually. Thia I believe firmly, or, if there waa anything of the kind, we would not ace ae many New York doctor with heed aa completely decti lute of hair aa tbe baoka of turtlee. "I don t think I am far from the troth when I aay that during the peat 8.1 yeare that I have preolioed the profeeaion of h7 dreeaer, I have made the trial niton dllT.reol bald heala of more than A00 different hair tunica, and I am hound to admit that I never aaw a tingle head, tha hair ol which waa restored af Mr bald. At tha end of ao many failure, I am completely undeceived aa la the veloe ol all the praier tionet and 1 would not now recommend any one of them, btoauee I would be afraid to emmi the crime that la deelgneted by the word, ob taining money under falae preleneee,' la my pathological atudlee upon the hair. I have funnd that people who pereplre a great deal from the head are apt to get bald. The bad bablt of wearing beta lndmre la aleo very hurtful to the hair. In IWNI, after the famoue battle of Jena, In whluh the I'rnetlana were eompleUly de feated by Napoleon I, Heron larrey, the eele brated military aurgeon, pafoelved that manv of the Herman prteotiere were eiHiipUtely bald, Hurprieed, be ma la lniulhae a to the eaaee i t tkU. and ha fuuad thai Itiev owed their bald neae to the ahate aa homely ae unhealthy of their oaiM. 1 he foul air ol their bead hating no leeue, deetroyed the vilallty I. 7P '-"'MK THE DATK PALM IS CALIFORNIA. Huob work, when diet, tbe duet oootainod ia tbe flowere of the mala, nod that in (ireeoe tbe balm treee raiaed for ' ornament ia the gardena bear no datea, or at leaat never bring them to perfect maturity. Thia ia old obeervation. The old pedree ahould bare understood tbe philoeopby of date and fecundate, and have made their early planta tion aooordiogly. ' Tha oldeat date pal mi ia the State are thoae which are growing upon the ai tea of the bliaaioaa ia Honlbera California, The engraving on tbia page give a view of one of tbeee, nod the uae of the engraving iaaoggeeted by a fitting tribute to pair of tbeee old pel me, which we find ia the Yes tare ffyaal, of Uat week. The old treea and their bietory are well toaebod off ia tbe following paragraph 1 For many yearn two large and ntately palm treea, ia what waa eoeo the lainriaat garde of the old Mkeaioa la then of thia plaea, have beea admired by Kaetara peopla ae the principal attraotw of Maa Bueaaveotarn. They are about 40 ft. biah, and 10 ft. ia aireamfer eaoo at the boaa. Loag aad (raoeful fern like leavea braaoh oat about 30 ft. from the rroaad. They are from aeeda planted by the Muaioa fathera, probably la 17W. For nearly kandred yeara have they ttood ailaat wit nieeel of tbe decay of the native reoa, aaaay of whoa, ia year goaa by, war aocnJtaeaed to never oaa tared, be. Tbe palm ahowa in the picture la emaller than the veteran at Man Iteenavenlurn, but it la of the name peciea, a id aervee to ihow tbe general obareoteriaUae of the lntUJaHfltm. During recent yeare there baa beea quite a dia poeitioa to plant date palma, aad aomo very hand tome grovea of young treee may be aeea la different parte of the Hut. It remain ! be aeea whether they aball prove of aay value for fruit bearing. lUaarr a u Miecrt, Clean, tkia, week and out no a rebbUi uat la aaaeepaa with oa. fourta pouad of ballafi aalt, pepper, a eoopla bUle of maea powdered. V nea abool tbrea- fourth done, add two tenepooafela of Boor, a plat f water, two glaena of aherry, two teUe pnoafula of mlnowl paralay, aad if you have theen. tbrea dried UMuhrooeM. Iluil hard (ur 10 miaalea. Ilm k III To I gallua pare mia water take I lb. of lug wood ebipe, I 0. bi ebroenet of Dvtaeb aad 13 v bruaeuU of potaeh, Bod aad aUaia the toe-wood Bret. Ihoroaghly, ald lat water to nuke it up to a gallon. Then add the other iagredMaU Uaadrede have paid a dotlar each U thie reeip. It ia eeil to etoad tba teat el alalia acid.-.V. f. Trbnmt. I gear, of the VanTAiii.a Ijiariiia, The lmlo iwi-ia- ir-' Haondn atate that there are very eilen aire woiki at Stepney (irven, Udna In nkiuk great iuaatilie) of nrtillaial Uelher, are man, featured. In appeerenae It recant lite neinn leather, and It ia only by a very obiee aerntlny that the dtetlnolloa bet aeea thim eaa be dl t;Ui, It le uianalaotnred ia web 60 yard la length. and four and t half I eel in breadth, and I new much need for bookblndlli, and eeveral other purpowe for whlob tanned ealf and aheeiiekln are employed by at. 11 u aieo aeea uy ea-iaier for making heme, aad It may be made of any thick deMrabU, and 1 enpeble id belag tretobed or cemented. Imlla rubber le lb pnnelliel luheUaoe of It MWpuellloa, bat there are other ingredient miled with It, whereby It leather qualillea are tenor t. The aaathiW of making it I at given, nad It epveeru that tale I kept eeereti bat thel took a wiUtaae I ntaa feet red, told nad aeed la targe quanUUe I a (a1 of too great tmportaaeo to be overlooked. TnI baby diJn't feel pretty good nay way, poor little) thing i tba ear we aoid aad tba road waa rough aad averybody ele waa mm aad glum, aad tba baby bad aaly aaa way la which to eipree It eeaotloaa, a it erlod. Aad bow it did try I Tweaty-etght mile of It, aad aa alga f a lt up, aad the tired met Jt tmntherlng II wilb baby talk aad reeking tha Mil thing ia br arm. I'reeenlly a tty looking aua. aa old baobab If there ever waa en, torned ia hi ! aad tootled, "t'aa'l yoa bet that child apt" The light thai gleamed freea her ya wa daagerona, a ah htd tha baby a lilti oteeer, and Bred beck at hi, " I aa ahetoa ap a great deal quieker," Tba bowl of fttheU weal aa all ever tba f aad hH that up."