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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1880)
THE WEST SHORE. March, 1880. 82 PUEBLO OF CHKTTKO KETTLE. In recent number! we have referred to the Aiteo ruin in New Mexico, nd given engrav ings of the ruins of the ancient town. We give in this iuue another illustration, showing the mini of the Pueblo of Chottro Kettle, or the JUin Pueblo. Thia ia of the same pattern aa the Pueblo of Hungo Pavie, anil is the largest of the perfect rectangles. Its outside dimen sions are 440 by 2.W feet. A semi-circular wall connects the two side wings. There are seven diatinutly-marked MdlM, four near the oenter of the main building and three near the end of tho west wing. The walls of the Pueblo at the northeast corner are fully 35 feet in hight, showing four Doors plainly and with indications of a fifth. In this ruin there was at one time a line of wall running around three sides of the building, 035 foet in length and about 40 feet in hight, giving 37,400 square feet of surface, and aa an average of 50 pieces of stone appearod within tho space of overy square foot, this would give nearly 2,000,000 pieces for tho outer surface of the outer wall alono; multiply thin by the oppo site surface, and also by tho interior and trans verse lines of masonry, and, supposing a sym metrical terracing, we will lind that it will swell tho total up into more than .'10,000,000, em bracod within aliout 315,000 cubio feet of masonry. These millions of pi t had to be nuarried. drnssod rouuhly to fit their places, and carefully adapted to it; tho massive timliers had to bo brought from a considerable distance, cut and littrd to their places in the wall and thou covered with other courses ; and then the other details of windowa and roof making, plastering and construction of ladders, must have employed a largo liody of intelligent, well organized, iiationt and industrious eople, under thorouuh discipline for n very long time. The remains of the wall that inclosed the court show it to have Iwen of stone and to have been divided into apartments, THE ORIGIN OK BOG IKON ORE. The roots of treos appear to havo powor to reduce the ieroide of iron, contained in aauds with which they come in coutact, to the soluble protoxide. When tho water which dissolves thia ruus into low plaoes, where branches, twins and leaves of treos are slowly decaying. the protoxide becomes reoxiaed and is deposited in the interstices of the vegetable forma left by the duooinHsition of tho woody huur. lhus. phi t of the trees are not petrified, but ferrilied tho whole beds of iron ore consist of these roots of dead vegetation. Whore the ferruginous waters do not encounter manses of decomposing wood, but merely lie at rest, aa in swamps and imiiiiIs, the evaporation causes the ore to be de uoailvd in lump , from the site of a ahot to .KX) uounds weight. Prion the bottom of poud these lump" uau be raised with tongs, like oys ten. In either form tho large amount of vege table matter which tins ore contains makes th molted iron reduced from it exceedingly lluid o that it runs into every nook and cranny of the east i iK mold, and reproduces it with sharp and precise outlines. When liog ores can bo procured to mix with other iron ores, they pro ilm e a highly beneficial effect in the running of the furnace ami quality of metal turniil out though, aa a rule, they will not yield 40 of metal. The pig metal obtained from them is so brittle that it breaks to pieces on being dropped on hard ground. Its weakness ia in part due to its containing phosphorus, arsenic. eto. Whsn taken from swamps, the workmen often throw into the cavities loose earth, leaves bushes, eto., which, often within eight years leave behind them fresh dcisits of ore. The most noted plaees of supply for bog ore in this country are: Monmouth oounty, New Jersey. Piscataquis oounty, Main and Snowhill, on the astern shore of Maryland. In the early part of the century much was obtained from the Sods of Plymouth oounty, Mass., and from g Harbor, New Jersey. A Simple Fokm of Audiphone. A gentle man formerly connected with the Philadel phia Ledger is reported to have discovered a simple form of audiphone, which he has tried Willi eatislaccory icsuns, aibuougu uo is very hard of hearing. A few days ago he was ex plaining the principle of the audiphone to some friends, and to illustrate his remarks, put a folded newspaper between his teeth, bending it over in the form of the audiphone. To his sur- Calomel in Tomatoes. An old subscriber and friend writes us that a celebrated French chemist and physician, who has analyzed toma toes declares that they contain all the elements ,f -,lnl nnA l,n tiao Irnnnm tfiftm tft aaltvnfn Oi Oftiomeij Auu iiu uas auuwu taiuut iu suiivubo persons. She wishes our opinion on this sub ject, and we have only to say that this idea has been going the rounds of the press for more than 30 years. It is a falsehood from be ginning to end. The idea that they produce PUEBLO CHETTRO-KETTLE, Chaco Canon, N. M. IB It 10 0 IP tB 1 IB IB Uculf, 1U0 foot MP w$i Hi $f II B SOO ydi to Pueblo Boolto. prise he found that he could hear aa well with the newspaper aa with the audiphone. Ho sub sequently attended an auction sale, and putting the catalogue between his teeth, and bending it down with one hand, hoard all that waa said, although without some such contrivance he could hear nothing. The experiment is a very simple one, well worth trying by all who are hard of hearing. Newspapers, pamphlets, card boards, even sheets of writing papar seem to serve the purpose as wall as the hard rubber audiphone. salivation may possibly have originated from tho fact that, eaten in large quantities by some persons, the acid of the fruit seems to irritate those parts of the mouth with which it comes in contact. The idea that tomatoes cause can cer, is another superstition, the outgrowth of the former notion that tomatoes were unfit to eat. They cause neither cancer nor salivation, and may be eaten with impunity by most per sons, and often with great benefit. Herald Of Health.