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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
ig6 THE WEST. SHORE. July, 1881. THE CINCHONA INDUSTRY. New that we are ia the midst of praetioal ex porimenU with tb cinchonas, m4 a tb Col lN of Affioalter Iim wnt m emtntwr nf seedling far tost la different part of the State, lb interest la th subject of juiaiii produc tion ii 4 direct m to Californian. W't ii UUi that lb Keitera intareet ia the subject U also (rawing, Dot with th hop that oinoho na m be gowa at Iht East, but that oar oouatry hould do awistMog to aeoertein whether ome of the varied olimetea within oar netiooel border oaanot do something to aug. mant tba failing supply of lha famoua febrifuge. There Was bill introduced by Mr. Kl!y, of Pennsylvania, at Uia last soesion of Congrees, to Urt aa inquiry tad sprtmnl under govern ment auspiose, iitt tha practicability of cin chona growing . Tba bill we lost in tha orob at tba olaaa of tha Maaion, but it may ba paoiad to oome up again and will probably ra oeive vigorous support at tba East, fr thar otrni mora dispoeitioa l look favorably upoo UU fitr quinine than upoo venture ia te oal tar. Wa treat it may prevail, for with tba evidence bow in band thara ia raaeon to believe that California should ba thoroughly aaaayed for mnohona qualiliae. Cinchona euller ia general la programing. Tba Philadelphia Lttlgrr, drawing lie informe Uom from foreign aourooa, says, aotn of tha I acta are already known to our readers, other are new, for 40 year Kngland baa beea Indue trionaly engaged ia establishing bark plant twma in lb apland region of India and Ceylon, tba Waat Indie and wherever it oould be ven tured on, and tha Iluteh have been equally boay and auooeaaful ia Java. Now auppliva from thee e for ar ooming regularly to the markeU in Ixmdun and AniaUrilam, and the price (nt lor thee Ktat India bark ar pro pottiotiaUly higher beoaue they yield a Utter peroeolag of qutuine, due te rire in culti vation, eeleclmn and pivi'eralun. We I nut tbi elaUtnent ia Una, It ia made without qualification and lb market rate is an iuUllible Wat (or quality in a material of thia kind. It ba beea feared that U quality of bark might nffef andar cultivation and by change of con ditio), and if thia fear eaa be laid Mid it will b fortunate. Th Kogllab authorities hav published full report of their long and varying aeriaaof iprimaat which finally led to the present anooeea, aad their aoientido Journal regularly report lb reau 1 1 of analyse of tb laet importation. Tb firld (or tba production of qtilnln aromi vpea and not likely to be oovered by th ntor- prtaae now under way. It laaaid that eom of th enterprising planter ta t vrlon bavgo anted no boldly, aad ar o confident ol their future, that they bar male eelculaUooa for a (apply thai will anon meet lb demand, bat careful ex perts, oh a air. Howard, th leading English aaaafarlarer of qumie. aad the other eeteotiflo Bae) with whom he la eaaootated la WeUng tb vartoae bark rot to Lnadua, rather discourage aay each aangnina hoi" aad boM th view thai lb meoit t likely to outstrip their of (aria. We tract that lb matter ma be M lowed up at tbe kail aeaeinai of (on greet aad that oar rrpeeseatetire will (ally tn(urm them Salve of the reea.lt whioh bar already beea attained her, fur the will hew lb vpporta tty for mar rrJ aflort and lb prooiux of 1 1 taeem. A NwTl'TooL. A valuable macbia for ttaaer ba been la rented by a llrtetuL Ten a., gealleaua. It M Uoagbt tba It til wperrttbqaarw, oirelarbear(aaddieaaow need, w kkk ol about $viO, aad that it eaa be rww vim area imftiuiy oy ion power, aa wu a ay aaaam. tat lareomr lama im maraia oaa be (era lab ad, empleia, for aboak fAU Ta model m aa iiUUua at ItnevJ, aad at kraota much UtenUoa among maobmun aad ajaanbaaMa. M0I10 110CK. On of th prominent landmark on th aonth era ooaat of California ia El Moro, a bigh ooni n r"k t)"t miny mi!' iVv n I tiia OWjo, Thiieurioo rock, ihown in th engraving, lion Kitero bay, which wa diaoovtred by Cabrillo aa lung ago a I MO, and her b obtained wood and water. Behind Kl Moro ar aeveral lagoon or ilraam, and th bigh land retreat for aotn ditanc, leaving th thor low and candy. From Moro np th ooaat or far aa I'iedra Illanon th bill t wall baok from the ahor, leaving a tract which i now oovered with thrifty larma. dairy ranchea, eto.. th town of Cayuooa, Cambria and 8a Simeon being th center of th ottlemanU. Tb big Moro rock mark th entrano to Moro bay, which i a eurt of lagoon or arm of tb lea, immediately behind th protecting rock. Ouo behind th rock a imall vaiael ia eefe from all wind, but the entrance U to diffi cult that tb iniurano oompanie will not un derwrite 00 veaael trading there. Tb plaoa I really nnaafe for nailing veaaeU, but email light draught achooner trad tber. There ar ever) mall wbarve in th lagoon, and pro duce ia brought from th bead of th bay in email looi down to lha tteamtr or achooner. THE COLOR OF THE SUN. Prof. S. B. Langley, Director of tba All, ghany Obiervatory, famous in the Una of di. covfry in o!r physi?, it aboot starting on aa expedition of oientifio and popular intereet, Th main object of thia expadition ia to deter mine by aotual experiment th amount of boat given by th inn to th earth, and alao the true color of th tun, a it would appear to aa ob. erver beyond onr atmoephere, Nnmeron quaa. lion of importance to meteorology are eloaaly involved in thia inquiry, and hence it ha a di rect practioal bearing. A liberal citizen of Pita burg, Pa., who wiahe that hi nam (hould not be made public, ha defrayed the large coat pf th requisite apparatu, and alao of the inciden tal expense of th expedition. The oo-opera-tion and hearty aaaiitanoe of Qen. Hazan, Chief of the Hignal Service Bureau, ha been given to the enterpriae, and it proceed under hi oflioial direotion. To attain it tpeoial object the ex pedition muat eek one of tbe moat elevated aummiU on the continent, in an extremely arid region, the two condition being essential. These are only to be found combined in tbe re mot localitie of Arizona and Southern Califor nia, in pleoe far from civilization, and where . ef;' ?W ' A ' - ar ' : l-CS. vwu'-' - t "t ? MOltO ROCK, ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA. Umber ia carried to tbi bav. and dairv nro. due, wool, hoR. to., arhippsd. Shipment mm in wnan in una uiua bay at year were 12 3.17 aaoka of flax d 10,044 tackiof wheat; i.TXi aack of bean) 1, 160 bog. Tb Import were mainly lumber. It la a good farming ooun try in the vicinity, the land being a eandy loam. Further south along th ooaat lie th Canada d U Osaa raaoho, of 32.430 aorea, adjoining oa th otb of which i th Miga'ito raaoho ol aerss, nearly ball of whioh t Wait mmioteia tend. It l only a fw year ago that thia waol region wa a pastoral on but now farma, dairtea aad littl ttlmnte dot th Uadeoape. I'lUIHT rl JolKTII. Wkan nl.k nt.l.. aad nnn are aaed for makine miHatin Iwsea ateam aad othor piiet, leakage of joints auy be prevseted by eawg a eemeot made by disaolvtei ahellae ia amraooia. The pulverised tsm-ahellao ia aoakad ia tea ttme it weight of tng ammoaia, wbea a alimy ma iaobteined, ia wr or loar week will beoom It qaidwittioai the ae of hot water. Thia fee. tea wall both to tb rubber and to tb metal ar wood, aad bsooms by volaUluatioa of tbe ammoaia, bard aad im permeable to either gas erflaida. Ouuxr. A plain omelet wa mad with four fC. Wtoa with a epooa, two Ubletpooofab of milk, owe tobleepdoafut of aali, The pan la which it wa cooked wa very hot whoa tb atlxtare wa pel ia, aad whil eookiag the paa wa kept ki raptd aaoUoa. th aid of government by th War Department ia indupenaabl both to provide transportation and protection. One of the object of th expedition will be to prove by a new clae of experiment a onri 00 eonolution whioh Prof. Langley ba already arrived at: to the affect that tb inn is not re ally a white, or yellow, or even a red object, bat that (unlight i in reality "deeply, darkly, beautifully blu." V, bowavar, as auolight only through tb dtluciv medium of an atmoe phere. We ar in th position of peopl who oav been looking through colored spectacle without knowing it If we bad alway looked at the elactrio light in this way say throagh yellow glass w thoald bav fully believed it yellow. Tb proof that w bave a bine sua ia, however, somewhat eoncluaiv at preeent, and tbi expedition is likely to add to th strength of the proof. This is not mr)y a abject of carious inquiry. If oar atmosphere ia reaiuy na played lb part ol yellow glssare, it follow that an enormou pro portion of th na't heat ba nvr been taken into acooant ia those qneatwe of aoMntifie meteorology which bav a special bearing oa climate, aad bsne apoa ricaltare and other practical af fair. Two adjacent atatino will b asleotsd, respectively at highte of 3.000 aad 14 000 ft. lor parpoae of oompsnsoa, throagh their vary different thicknaas of atmoephere. Th per oaarf of tb expsdition will loolnd at Uast is specialist, of whom one will be aa officer from tb army, three from oivil life, and two aoav sommisswosd oAoar of tba Signal Servioo. The upeditioa (tart July 1st from Pittsbarg.