The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-09


NEW YORK, November % 1850.
John Ericsson has just completed another mar
velous and remarkable engine of naval warfare,
before which iron amor is rendered practically
useless for ships of war. The weight of the pro
jectile including the piston is l,2Sl pounds, its
diameter Is inches, and its length 10 feet. At its
head it carries, an explosive charge of dy
Mantle weighing 250 pounds, cast-iron armature
being affixed to the tail in order to balance the
weight of the dynamite. 1t is shaped almost ex-
actly like an immense cigar, and rushing through
water point foremost, would suggest that rather
than anything else. Captain Ericsson says the
initial velocity with which his torpedo leaves the
gun is at the rate of $50 miles per minute. OF
course this cannot long be maintained in such a
medium as water. The Captain fires his torpedo
with gunpowder He says that the substitution
of powder for compressed air in propelling sub
merged torpedOes is the most important advance
in that science which has recently been made
He computes from the force of the charge, that
there is not an iron ship in existence that could
withstand the shock of the explosion of the tre-
mendOus dynamite charges with which his cigar
shaped projectile is loaded. The Captain has built
at his own expense a vessel which he STYLES tEe
Destroyer, that is intended for the experimental
demonstration of the simplicity and power of his
invention. He has made many improvements
since the trial at Sandy Hook, and will soon be
prepared for another series.
The selection of a site for the proposed Worlds s
Fair in New York is narrowed down to three
places-Central Park, Prospect Park, and Conev
Island There is great opposition manifested to
the selection of either of the parks, the ground
that, no matter how much care may be bestowed
on the preparation Of the grounds, erection of
buildings, etc, the park would be seriously dam
their parks for the sake of having the Worlds
Fair, nor do they think that necessary The gem
eral opinion is that sites just as eligible as either
of the parks named can be found. The Commit
tee admit that there appropriate sites outside
the parks, but say that whenever they have pro-
posed to select certain locality the owners of
the property have put an exorbitant price upon it,
and that this spirit Of speculation is so general
among the prOperty-Owners that the Committee
turned to the parks as their only hope
The quantity Of imitation butter that is in the
market has greatly exercised the minds of the
dairy farmers. To regain their fast disappearing
trade, they must turn their attention to supplying
the market with first-rate butter at fair price.
instead Of the sour, salted stuff they are i'm the
habit of providing and which is inferior to oIeo-
margarine. The latter article can never take the
place Of the best dairy butter with people OF taste
How to make good butter is, therefore, question
of considerable interest. It depends to a great
extent upon the feeding Of the cows. The hay
upon which they are to subsist during the Winter
must be cut when the grass is i'm bloom and
should be supplemented by some wheat bran and
carrots. For their Autumn provender pumpkins
are highly recommended. careful attention to
providing suitable food, and to breeding from
none but good mixers will about double the av-
erage of the butter yield in a dairy
From the report Of the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue. it appears that, for the year ending
July 30th, there was an increased consumption OF
spirits, and the account stood follows in gal
Ions: