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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
September, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 965 THK CHAM RES RIVER. Probably the view whicli wo preacnt on thia page will lie the meant of recalling to the mimli of many of our reader, sconce which have al moat been forgotten. Thoae of our reenlenta who oame from the Kaat by the Iathmua route will recognite the leautifut tropical eooner) whicli ailorni the bank of the t'hagrea river. In early day, before the completion of the rail road, the Iithmua journay waa partially made by atcending the Chagrea aa far aa poeailde in oanoea. The river it 120 milea long, and paaaea through a region of wondroua fertility. Aotoiiatic Clock. Kelix Meier, a Kavarian mechanic at Detroit, haa liuilt a clock which it mid to aurpaaa the famoua Straaburg timepieoe. It atanda in an elaWately carvod walnut caae, 18 feet high and 7 or 8 broad, and haa a dial which repreaenta the entire planetary ayatem, from the igna of the zodiac to the correct poi tioni of the earth toward the tun in the different asaaona, and the revolution! of all the planeta about the aun at their roapective diiUnova and timea. .Separate diala alto give the correct time at New ork, tandon, St l'ctenliurg, San r'ranciaco, and all the leading citiea of the world. A Nov ax aki. Swin V1w.11 A atean, . nnuau u oeuig omit at rmighkoepia, N. Y, It differa from anything m thia line ever before deaigned. In mn roepecta it ia aimilar to an ordinary caUiiiuran, the hull Mm in Hi. . t an onlinary hull aplit in two, the halve being placed about tiftoeu feet aiart, and the hoarded perpendicular aidea Wing eiactly parallel to each other. Thee two hall hull an joined to gether by heavy boarne. The width of the deck ia thirty feet and the length aeventy. IV l.ulU "f Mr. Memtt'a catamaran will lw tif t one fret on the keel, with only aeven feel beam and live feet depth, an thnt while the deck la almoet half aa wide aa it it long, the bulla are very MM anil narrow, and will diaplace little water and offer no inure reaietauce than a ainglc nar row hull. In each hull will be placed a twenty live horae power eiiKino operating two wheel, ao that the voaael will have lour wheela, twi. between au.l two outaiile nl the hull. 1 1,, whei'la themaclice are of peculiar coiialru. linn, lieiug eight feet in diameter and of the kind kn. wn aa the "feathering." The idl arc not nx.-.i, nut are moveable, and by a aiiupl,' latching and unlatching procma are held at right angle to the water whila plunging into it, and while coming out are edgewiee. Thua all the power ia directly applied to forward pro AWIKVT llt'M v ut., . From the diary of Th.uiiu lleeb of Undoo, who died in t'olorado alumina year ago, era give an aUlract of the dieeuvery by him of a human skull in a dopnmt, the age ol which he waa iircvenlc.1 from dtacuaaing by hia an.ldea death, "In paumg waalwanl fmm the Mia aoun to the llucky muunUina through Ne. hraaka, northern hauaaa, Wvuminu and t'olo rado to the umier member ol the ilrifl aertea, the equivalent ol the brown , lay at llbiiota ia found t" lie continuum, up to the baae of the moan Ulna. Drift gravel la generally found below it or ia contained in ttche in it. Searing the mountain! the clay ia of a darker color and a more eandy teiturc, and haa often pebblaa and ton. a .-altered through it large muskier ate alao met with neat the m.iuiilalna, and lieda ol Mb angular Imuldera and pehhlee, nearly el ai a of . 11. 1 all in. rocka, akirt the Hank a of the nniaina, run up the aidea of the valleva open ing int.. them, and can undated hllia In limit ol tliem to highta of about K,UU0 faet bov the tea, "In the nnighlN.iho.Ml ol ttenver the aaudy clay cover the whole country, eicaptlng on the The bis dial ia aupnrtad by aUtuettaa of Wil liam ( tillen Hryant and i'rof. Moraa, and the caae ia aunnonnUd by a bronise ligura of Cn. umbu. In carved nich.-a at each aide of the dial atanda a baby, a youth, a middle-aged man, an old man and the akeletnn Hgur of Death. The baby atrikea the quarter hour on a tinkling I" II ; the boy, the half hour on a clear-toned ball; the etmng man, the thmn-quarter hour on a full -toned bell, with a hammer, while the gray beard atrikea a weaker bell, ami theu Death toll the fnll honr. When the knell of the hour ia gone a In ely national air atrikea up, anil all the T'raaidanta down to 1 1 aye emerge from a door guard. . I by a colored aarrant, ami HI befor Waahtni(tin, who eita under a canopy aur mounted by 37 a tare at the top of tha caaa. Aa the I'raaidenta draw up in front of Waahington, he naea and war a oopy of the Declaration of I ndeieu.lence. Th I'raeidente aalate him ami paa aoroaa a platform ami nut of a door opened lor them by another colorad errant Mater haa pent 10 year, and $30,000 on Oil clock. "Maiv Mtrai.aa Maai a Mi' ai.E." Aooord ing to tb calcalation of Mr. (i. T. 0, Raritey, an on noe of brand watted daily in each him hold in England and Wale, ia equal to 33,000, 000 quartern loav, th produce of SO.la'JO acre of wheat, and enough to fat annually 100,000 paa pea, An nana, of meal waited ia equal to joo.ooo si K.N K ON THK CHAHUM ItlVKH pulamna, and none whatever i w nl. I in lilt lug or depreaaing the vneael. It ll thought that thia novel craft will lie able to make thirty milea aa hour. A . . 1 in 1 Kaii.h av IIhiihii nm KlMaBJ Hum In lit'1 the lewlUn HuawiiuHt Hri.lge I 'oniiuy and th guoemtou Suepenei.m Bridge I 'ompany war organi'ad, th flrat on tin nl" and the aeeond on the 1 ana-la aid- nl the Niagara river. They built a highway ua lienaion bridge at l-ewialou, and maintained it lor aome time. It blew over one day and w never repaired. The ruina ol the atrueture alill remain in the lorm of rnaaonry on each aide of th nver, and one cable till aaijaded. Tb IHwego I'nllnJIim aay that th lloene. Water town and Ogdenahnrg and the Ureal Western if'aaadei railway ooeapaaiae hav bought th atock of th old com pan lea a reive named and formed a company with l,,lgJU raptlal to build a bodge at Uwieten The work w ill h. Ugun immediately. The bridge will lie .me of the lineet of the kind in the wiarld. The nver at the point to b road ia 400 lt wide. The bridge will be a eteel trnaa -tractor af en r. and will b railroad and highway bridge object of the part la later 1 In eon modal th local trad of th. II.. me, Waurtewn and 1 hrdetuhorg road ami that of northern New Kngland and th Weel teeer alopee, where il ia eumeliina ala.it t denudation. II ia iifteu a much a Ml feel III tht, kmu, and . untaina here and there l.iulder .1 . rtaUlliiia rock cellared through II. In ollie of the ae.-tl.im line are aulflclenlly he meriiua to make it a boulder clay M.n h of it I itn.lralil ..I ami with vertical lotula "W Inlet ciainimng th- aide of cutting through Ihie d.aill on th I 'olnradu Central railway, near the top of the low aatanhed be tween the Koulh l"atl and ll Irlbutery, Clear I reek, I noli. d a whiliah aulaUm nn the face of 11.. . oiling I'u dipping mend it with a kinf. ll proved to be h lop of human ahull. II w a. m parfx lly uoditaibd lu like . lay. at a depth of thre fel alk lac ha from th mile Al Iht aame hortann al Interval were email angular piee of mloraew wmal, No other leine war fouul, ami none el the lth ftevenly yar.la .lulant I found what appear to b a porUre of a human rth "laulaled lam of other animal than man are nt uncommon 10 lb aeighhorheul of Denver ml near th- f-'t hilla in lha brown alay aad aawiatad drill gravel lloeulee th.at found b. mya.ll, IV I lak... f Mk ami Mr II. V. Towner, of Denier, bar dletd many apacl. Man, Aaaong Mi, haw of the eaaaaaua bull!,. . 10 be atoat frually met with ' A KM recently kanekad down as l.phaal, Haa and a rhianawren, all al one lie. He