The state rights democrat., February 08, 1884, Image 1

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
U FU. . K. CHAM BKRXAIN.
FLINN 4 CHAMBERLAIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Albany, Oregon.
jar-Office tn Foster's Brick Blook.-
Yl5nl8tf.
R. 8. STRAHAN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Albany, Oregon.
TIHLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE
f f Courts of this SUte. Will aivs
rMwdal attention to collections Std probate
Office in Poster's new brick.
49tf
L. H. MONT ANTE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
Notary Public.
Albany,
Office upstair, over John Brigs' store,
1st street. twoii
J. X. WEATHERFORD,
(NOTARY PUBLIC,)
iTTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. OREOX.
ttf ILL PRACTICE IX ALL TllB COURTS OK THK
TT trtele tlpsmsl eUesuos given is euaecuone ai
prebsto nsttsr. ,
Is Odd FelleWe Temple. ps
j. c. powklu "VtTBU
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Collections promptly made on all points.
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vl4nl9tf.
J. J. WHITNEY,
Attorney And Counsellor At Lav
AND
Notary Public.
ALBANY, OBECON,
Will practice in all of the Con Ha of
this State. All business intrusted to him
will be promptly attended to.
gar Office in OToele's Block.
L W. LANCDOM & CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Books. Stationery and Toilet Articles, A
Large Stock and Low Prices.
OITT DEUQ STOBB,
tyl 4 LB 1ST. ORECOX.
POSHAY & MASON,
WSOULaU ASS SSTaB
Druggists and Booksellers,
ALBANY, OKEGOS.
Tl6n41tf
REVERE HOUSE,
4 erar , Stat and Ell worth Albany
Chat- Pfeiffer, Prop'r.
TUt aa-w Rolsl is Bsted op in Brat
stria. Tables
wmimA with the best the market
affords. Spring
Been la every Boom. A gooc
tor Coen-
I Travelers.
Coach to aad frees the HoWl."
T. J. STITES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
Notary Public.
Ottce in States Rights Democrat
office.
DRS. 1. W. & MARY T. COLE.
Physicans & Surgeons.
ALBANY, ORE GON .
Offer their profeasional services to the citizens of
and adjacent counties. Office and reetdeace
Mar court flsu. Call at Laagdoa sad Co' Drug
Store.
Aioany Bath House.
1S.UE DHDKRSIttHSD WOULD RESPECT
f ally iaform the oitissss of Albany sad vi
sinUy that I have taken charge oftbii Eitablii h
men t, and, by keeping elsaa rooms and psyin
ftriet attention to bosinsss, expects to sait si
those who stay favor US with their patronage
Having heretofore carried on nothing est
First-OI ass Hair Dressing Saloons
szpeets to give entire tstisf'ttion to si
JBBCllien and Ladies' Hair neatly en
shampooed. J08 WEBBER.
RED CROWN MILLS.
ISO, LAKNIKG 4 CO., PROPR'S.
BBW PROCESS FLOCK SUPERIOR TOR FAMILIES
AND BAKERS USB.
BEST STORAGF ?4CJLiTIES.
Highest Frice in Cash for
Wheat
ALBANY OR.
PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Assets. Dec. 1882. 3,295,326
Premium income 2,607,139
Safe, reliable and quiek to pay in case of
loss.
ARCH MONTEITH,
Agent.
Albs ny, Oregon,
D. BROWN,
Judicious
ADVERTISING,
Discreet
SXJBSCKIPTIOIT
San Francisco, GaL
THE DISSEMINATOR.
Published every Saturday
AT
Harrisnurg Oregon,
STONE AND 'MARBLE WORKS.
THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO
Inform the public that be is now pre
pared to tto an Kinus oi atone auu mar me
a a A it s -
work on snort nouoe. ah worn is war
ranted to alve satisfaction. Will work
anv end all kindu of stone, but deal prin
clpally in Oregon City granite. Cleaning
rerjairiae aad resetting a upeolalty. Csll
and examine mv nrioes before ourchas
ing elsewhere as 1 will not be undersold.
hop on west siae oi rerry street oppo
site post office.
G. W. HARRIS, Prop.
JOHN 8CHMEER,
LIYERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE,
AlbanyOregoB.
" Wnt on Maanrtahlt terms
Horses and buggies let to suit the times.
Corner Beoona sua Kiiswonn etroets.
ROBT. OROSBY
THE DRAYMAN.
nirKIMA AMD MOVING PI
L AXON, orgnns sad fnralture
n specialty All hnnling within
the elty promptly attended to.
LOUIS CAMPEAU'S
Barber Shop.
fihavlnor done with neatness and snarn
razom. which are always kept in good
condition, asd hair cut in the very best
style.
SAN WA VIG.
LAUNDRY AMD CHINA MERVHANHISO BUSI
NESS. Rice, tea end Japanese foods. Ladies'
andarclothee. eoid t bottom prices, Contractor (or
Chine labor.
SSTSsxt to CUT Bank.
HENGr TENG.
washing and Ironing in the city.
No. 11, Ellsworth Street. One door south
of Revere House.
NEW BARBER SHOP.
. JACKSON - Proprietor.
Opposite Revere House
(Then In it and hair dressing done In flrst-
cless styie. Fli si-class betb rooms.
Bath for ladies and gentlemen t all boars.
Terms reasonable.
'83 A GRIP COMBINATION '84.
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no
year lor only 3.50. Two papree for little nore
than tb price of ooe.
Bypsyisg ostS-SOjoo srill receive for ooe year
tout borne paper sritb the "Courier Journal, the
reprssesUUra newspaper at the South, Pessorestts
aud for a tariff for revenue ooty. sad the beet,hrb.
tend shiest family weekly In the United States.
aew hodestrs to essjnlne a ssaspto copy of the
oriar -Journal" can do sost this efSes.
W. H. GOLTRA
DEALER Ilf
Farm Machinery,
WAGONS, HACKS, BUG
GIES, Plows, Harrows,
HAY PRESSES,
STEEL GOODS.
DOORS,
WEIGHTS, PULLEYS AO CORDS.
WINDOWS.
jBTConntT dealers are respectfully io sit
ed to call and examine our stock, note
our prices and fayorsble terms.
Send for Price List.
WILSON & BROTHER.
' Mannfaelnrers, Wholesale
ad Retail Dealers,
18, 20, 22, DrummSt., San Francisco , Cj
scie mam directory.
MONTGOMERY & DULY.
DEALERS IU CLOCKS AND WATCH
ES. Keep s full line of jewelry.
Watches and clocks repaired in first-class
oraer.
8CIO
OREGON.
We W. HIORROWe
DEALER IN STOVES, TINWAKK,
copper and sheet iron ware, crockery,
table cutlery, etc., etc.
SC10 - - OBECON.
BRIDCEFORB & BEARD.
KEEP A FULL LINE OP PURE
crrnmriea. freth candies, nuts, and
all kinds of confectionaries, tobacco, ccsrs,
etc., etc. Cash paid for proauce oi
kinds.
SCI0, OREGON.
W. H. TALCOTT,
DEALER IN DRY GOODS, CLOTH
ING, boots, shoes,' bats and caps,
groceries, cigara, tobacco, etc.
Main Street - - 8CIO, OB.
J. J. DORRIS,
Bridge Builder
AND
GENERAL CONTRACTOR,
SCIO, OREGON.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC LE TTTNGS SO
LICITED. Plans and .specifications
furnished on short notice.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Hill powder nerer varies. A nerval sf pnristr,
""HW e
end w
the ordinary kinds, sad cannot ba an LI In eomtMtiUua
srita tha noUttnde on low test, saert wsigbt, alost or
phoapaate powders. Sold only ta cans Ketal.
Basifcs Powsaa Co. I0S Wall Street, N. Y.
NOTICE.
JULIUS URADWOHL
of this oitv. havinfir taken
the machinery agency of
Q. F. Simpson, for Frank
Brothers, of Portland
will carry a full line of
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
suited to the trad 3. 1 3
wit:
WAGONS, HARNESS,
PLOWS, AND DRILLS,
CUTTING BOXES,
and all
FABMHSTO-
implements of less note
They will keep the
LA BELLE WAGON,
also the
RUSHFORD
a new wagon with all the
late improvemits and
warranted on of tha
best wagons in th9
mirk 3
ALBANY FOUNDRY
-AND-
HACHIXE SHOP.
EJITABLINIIED 163.
By a. F. cherry, situated at corner or
Fust and Montgomery Streets. Albany.
Oregon.
Hsring- taken charge of the a bo ve named
Works, we are prepared to manufacture
Steam En sines. Maw and Grist Mills.
Wood-working Machinery, Pumps, Iron
and Brass Castings of every description.
Machinery of all kinds repaired. K De
nial attention given to repairing farm ma
chinery. ratters BUfclag eJene ta all lis fereae.
lftllyl A. F. CHEERY A SON.
SAM COHEN.
Keeps the best brands of Imperial and
domestic cigars. Also the
FINEST AND BEST BRANDS OF
TOBACCO, POCKET-KNIVES
AND ALL KINDS OF NOTIONS.
Keeps the finest billsrd bsll In lbs city.
I will also sell real estate, morohajdlae
household goods, etc., st suction for any
one in the cityor county Store opposite
Kevere ileus., Albany, or.
6if SAM COHEN.
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
No other complain t are so Insidious lu their
attack as those affecting the throat an4 luugs:
none so trifled with by the aiajoriry of suffer
ers. The ordinary cough or eotd, resulting
Ierhaps from a trifling or useosseioss es
xure, is often but the beginning of a fetal
rickness. Avxa's Chkbht PscroaAL has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years' light
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken iu all oases without detay.
A Terrible Congh Cosext.
" In ISS7 I took jl severe oold, whieh atfseted
my lnngi. I had a terrible eoMgu.and aassed
nitsht after night without c!p. The doetors
pavo me up. I tried Ayku'h CMSBMV JS
t'ikal, which retlered siy lnsgs, Inducod
9mt. Hud nffor.hil me the rest uecessnry
lor Hie recovery of my atreugth. By the
continued use of the l'rxrouai. a perrssy
sewt cure was effected. I am now at yeaia
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied yeut
C'iikuby Pkctoual saved me.
llODACK FAIKHROTIIKB."
Ilockingham, Vt., July 16, lt2.
Croup. A Mother's Tribute.
" While In the coontry lstt winter my Utile
boy, three years old, wss taken 111 with erous;
It seemed as if he wonld die from strangu
lation. One of the family suggested the use
of Aykr's Chbbby Pkctobai., a bottle of
which was always kept is the house. This
was tried in small and frequent doses, and
to our delight in less than half an hour the
little patieut was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the Ciikkby PBCTOSAIt hnd
naved my darling's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude V Sincerely yours,
Mhs. Emma Okoxfv."
1M West 128th St., New York, May 16, m.
"1 have used Aykr's Ciirbry Pfxtoral
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most effeetusl
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. S, Chakb."
Lake Crystal, Minn., March 13, 182.
" I suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no suc
cess, 1 was cured by the use of A Yen's Chrb
by Pktoral. Joskpu Waldes."
Byhalia, Miss., April 5, 1882.
' I cannot say enough in praise of AYKR's
Chkhky Pectoral, Believing as I do that
but for its use I should long since have died
from lung troubles. K. Bbaodov."
Palestine, Texas, April 22, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of Aykr's Cherry Pectoral,
and it will alwayt cure when the disease ia
not already beyond the control of medicine, j
PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
WHO WERE THE MOOT BUILDERS ?
Editor Democrat :
In answer te numerouB requeftf, I
give you a brisfacuount of recent d-
velopmsuts af the marks of snoisnt
a aa
mounu builders of Unn county. Ac
cording to previous arrangements Messrs
Alfred Blevins, Jag. Audawsy asd the
undersigned, last week, with pick sod
aboval started for mounds situated
l 1 1 ea .
nan onus west of Mr. Blevins' bouse
and seven miles southwest of Albany,
hoping to find something that would
scite the attention of the curious to the
invBtttgatioo of th. "things that were "
From this place for a apec. of seven or
sight miles up and nssr'tbe bank, of
the Csispooia river there am a number
f those mounds, but no ons before, so
far aa I have Won able to learn, hsa
si temp led their exploration. Tha
mound thai we selected tojdig tha first
prospect hole iu ia about two hundred
fast long from east to watt and one
hundred feet wide from north to south.
On the south aid. is an oak stump, or
snsg, thirty ioohos In diameter. Either
from age or storm this tree had fallen
many years ago. Ob the north west end
there is a standing oak tree about two
fost in diametor. On th. n.rth side Is
aa oak stump, th. Ires having fallen si
lb. first mentioned, thai by measure
ment ta forty-two inohes in diameter.
Years ago Mr. Blevens .out from the
tip and trunk of this tree'lhrao or four
corda of wood. Twenty feet east of t hit
ia a growing fir tree that is between
thro, and a half and four test through.
These trees are all on the edges of th.
mound sod from obosrvatioaa we decid
ed that they had grown entire since th.
mounds were built. Smeller trass and
much underbrush are to bo found grow,
iig permisoousiy oror th. meund.
This mound Is in sll reipects similar to
others in ths vicinity and a dsaeripiien
of the general exterior of ooe ia e de
scription of all. The surface soil any
where in the vicinity i a yellowish,
tenacious clay, almost aa adherent as
glue. The soil composing the mounds
is a black, rich loam, similar to heaver
soil or the alluvium of a river bot
that is subject to annual inunda
tion-. From the foot to th. top of the
mound is a gradual ascent. The on.
ve gore moot attention to, end thai I
am attempting to describe, is of svsrsg.
sise and height with the remainder.
Near each mound there ta a large hole
corresponding to length and width to
the adjacent mound. At this time of
the year these holes are full of water
which prevented us from examining
their bottom sil. Lsrge trees are
thickly atudded throughout those lakes.
No doubt but what dirt oom posing these
mounds was tranepott! by human bands
from these lagoons. The sides of these
mounds sr. uniformly smooth but when
ths top is reached occasional depressions
of vsrioue wtdtha and lengths, from ten
to twelve inches deep, are found. In
ooe of these depression! we determined
to aink a shaft. Th. black dirt of wbioh
the mound was composed would have
been easily shoveled had it not been for
a complete net work of large roots from
adjacent trees. We laid off a land four
by nine feet and proceed to ply the
shovel. When four fe.tjd.wn we found
a human skeleton lying on th. right
aide, head to the west, facing the south,
band under the head, the lege flexed
with the knees drawn np towards the
abdomen, aaifin a quiet sleep. Tho
only trinkets found with it were a few
flints, two or three rudimentary arrow
heada made of biack flatt, four beaver
tusksjja bone about three inches long
the ait. of a lead pencil at one end aod
gradually aloping to a sharp point. This
awl we supposed to have been bis kit
of tailoring implements. A pipe three
end s half inches long, one and a half
inches wide at top and one inch at the
bottom. Near the bottom there is a
creass out around the bowl and a email
bole passing from surface to central
cavity. There was no tobacco scent rec
ognizable, but it is reasonable to suppose
that the great length of time it must
have been in the ground would remove
all odor, and it ia equally as reasonable
to suppose that as this Indian weed ia
not indiginous to Oregon soil, a substi
tute was seed. The pipe u composed
of a hard, light colored reck, free from
aand or other grit. Lying near the
pipe was a flat rook ten by twelve in
ches, apparently a soft slste and unlike
sny thing usually met with in this lo
cality. A few years ago a similar rock
was picked up on one of these mounds
on which were carved numerous hiero
glyphics. Before attempting particu
larly to describe the skeletons I will
describe their position sod earthly
wealth. Four feet north and in a direct
line with No. 1, we came across Ny. 2,
lying aa the first, in possession ef a well
formed spoon, composed either of bone
or very evenly ereined wooJ. wbioh ia
v sf V
not easily to decide, a string around the
neck composed of wild flax or some
grass fiber, on which wss numerous thin
rolls of ooDuer. varying from one half
as w -
to two inches in length. Frequently
intsrsDsrsed with these copper tubes
-a r
were white beads, made of a amall salt
water shall, know as Oaukaobiok. In
former times this shell wss th. abori
ginal money and consequently prised
highly. Under the heed was a piece
of fttattitig, fairly woven, as lsrgw as e
man's hand, composed ef Ilk. msterisl
to the string above alluded to ; a few
looks of jet black hairabout three Inohsa
long and of fine taxtete, evidently from
the aaalp, were with the mat This, I
believe, composed the worldly effects Q(
Nos. 1 and 3. A few days later we add
od to our workingforoe Geo. Cochrane
end Fred. Holaappls. Wo continued
tho seaiob north. beut five tee. whew
w. cam. upon Nol 3 in direct line with
the others, fsoe turned to the nortb,lsga
flexed like the first, bat unlike the
oibere the arms wee. extended by the
aides ; trinkets, feurelid copper rings
f large wire, open between th. ends at
least one inch, and plseed around the
right arm between 'the band and elbow,
a buck -skin string with copper tubes
as th. second, and foar'ugly green glass
beads and a few atone beads, two fist
headed.squsre brass nails one inch long,
aloping from near the head to a sharp
point ; nesr ths points wete notches
cut end thread composed of ssme ms
terisl as tb. mat tightly rapped around
them ; a bone five inches long sad
twice the site of an ordinary lead pen-
oil at th. large end, aloping from nesr
the center to a blunt polos. This bene
wss slightly curved and from the eon
cave to the oonve aide was a hole one
iaeh and s halfinj'length, transversely
this bole were four smooth, evenly
formed bonce three inches long and twice
theelrcumferenoe of a large knitting
needle. Those bones arc supposed to
have been need io weaving their mat
ting. We also found near the seme
place traces o' what we took to be rod
paint. We then dug a ditch fifteen
feet long st right angles with the one
just described, and to the north of the
with negative rem1'. We next
turned attention to a'alight depression
eighty feet oaci of the shove. It was
ascertained abet a ranted hole
twenty-seven inches across bad previ
ously been sunk. This we knew ho
es use the dirt over thst spare was not
packed wbilo that around it was. We
dug s hole sufficiently lsrge to wcrk in,
four and a half feet deep.whaa we came
BO a ekeletCA sitting up, facing the oast.
The added soil at this place was three
foot before coming to the clay. This was
the oaly ekeletoa wc f jund "that had
been put below the baas of ths mound,
and it was sitting in the original clsy
four and a half feet below the surface.
Triaketc consisted of a bone spatula
something in shape and thickness of a
paper knife, bat showing no special
akill ia make , a few email, poorly
shaped beads cither of atone or glass, on
j string to first msntioneJ and
three brass sewing thimbles, each bsving
boles punched in the closed and with a
dimiuuti ve clapper attached ; evidently
ornamental bolts. One ether bole was
sunk ea this mouo-i with n rstttlt, sa
wss ale. ooe sa a large mound a half
ils south. Wherever wo dug we
fsund occasional spot of charcoal and
ashas, Indicating thst during ths process
of erection the builders had mtde firea
on their work for orne purpose. Stones
from the sis? of a mau'a fit to amall
pebbles were found from surface te day.
The original soil is fres from grsvsl. I
forgot to state that with etch ekeletoa
a number of fresh water ola m shePs
found.
The skeletons were in tolerablo good
state of preservation, soma of the small
bonce end the porous portion af the large
bones were decsysd. The first found
had a remarkably lare hetd, huge un
der jaw from 'which three teeth had
been extracted, as shown from the heal
ing of the alveolar process. One toeth
had a deep cavity from decay ; aeme of
the remaining teeth were badly worn,
but were sound. Tue bjnai of the legs
and arms were very large and long
The head of the thigh bone is at least
a third larger than ordinarily found,
and the socket in which it works is
aarresDomiinfflv wide and deep. This
skeleton when compared with an ordt
1 9 j
nary sized skeleton wbioh I have in my
office is an anomaly, and those who
inspected it suppose tho individual, when
alive, to have been at leaat seven faet
tall. No. 2 wss average size, teeth
g cod. No. 8, ordinary size, three teeth
of lower jaw badly decayed and had
large cavities from the orown to the
jaw bone, three teeth had been extrac
ted, no roots left. The skulls of these
three are peculiar in hsving flat foreheads
without the uaual frontal ridge th-t is
found with people of the present day.
From the eyes to the top of the head
the f rental bone recedes mere thsn that
even of the ounniag Indian of our time.
They are not what is known among
Indians as flat heads, and it would seem
a little strange if artificial means were
used in their infancy to ohange the
shape of their foreheads, that it was
not carried to gteater extreme, as Io
dians did in the early settlement o
Oregon. No. 4 had a large well devel
oped cranium. Nothing unuaual,except
great width of under jaw, teeth good.
1 here are some snstsmicsl matters
that arc ef minor importance to the
general reader, but arc of In tercet te
tho anatomist and anthropologist, which
I will not take apace here to mention.
The reason why I mention the condition
of their tooth is, that so fsr sa my
observation gees or informs lion from
others has boon obtained, the origins!
Indian of this country, before the
sweet meats and high season ins; of
civilised races were esrried'into their
wigwam, their teeth were frequently
worn down, but never decayed. The
esmi-civllised young digger of tho pros
ea slay, ahona tons coo, oats taffy and
drinks whisky, , and enjoys the tooth
ache with as much gusto as the umpire
of any ef our modern cxemplsry socie
ties.
Wsrm Spring Johnny, s whits maa,
who lives with the Iadisns and claima
to have been captured and raised by
them from io fancy, oallsd aad examin
ed the trinkets and volunteered an
opinion. It ia gcnorslly believed this
fellow will flinch from the gelling yoke
of truth, especially when it conflicts
with his ideas of personal prowess, but
say one who hss taken the time to read
the history of the cliff builders of
A rise ns and Mexico must acknowledge,
sfter eonvorsstioa with bim.thst he baa
aeen much of those osuntrles and has a
rich store of Indian legendry at head.
He aaya he never knew or beard of cop
per orncmcotc smoag fndisns, but the
most positive evidence that this ia ths
wcrk of s race of people long since ex
tinct is thst each tribe, as far back as
tradition goes, bsd s definite pattern
for an arrow hoed, and under no cir
cumstances could ons infrings upon the
mskc of others or change what they
bsd adopted ' as their tribal mark.
Opposing tribes met sod hsd hunting
matches, snd whsn gsms was killed tbe
srror iliot in tbe esreass, in case of
dispute, settled tbe question. This
county baa been the home of the Gala
poote tube exclusively, n.a far back as
Iodiaci history extends, and those flint
beads ere unlike any he ever saw or
heard of before. As to the mounds,
neither Indian tradition nor mythology
offers a word. He eayc the old Indians
any before tbsy knew of the existence
of tbe white man there were big canoes
Mtan ships) beached at Port Orford
end 5 job Bay, from which queer things
wo obtained. They describe having
gotten an instrument harder than rock
and in the shape of a tomahawk that
astonished them by eating wood so fsst
a broad aXa. Abo nails snd othsr
things to them strange.
The farm en wbioh wc made theee
excavations was homes teed ed by c white
man thirty-throe years ago, snd ths
gsnsrsl history of Oregon reaches much
father back than that, but who the
aund builders were or who wore in-
terred in them is answered by silence .
The mounds evidently date to the came
era of the mounds of the middle sad
southern ststos snd are of prebistorio
times. So fsr aa known they are the
ounds efa race that lived before the
Pilgrim fathers, but te theorize I have
on time just now.
This artiole was hurriedly written,
without time for revision, but I hope
the future will give me time to pay just
sttcntion to this interesting subject, and
I would also ke thankful if anyone who
may feel interested enough, as I hear
many are atnoe theee developments, to
W w
open up these mounde would note all
minutia and report the aamc to me for
compilation for a distant scientific in
stitution that has made a like request
of me.
Moat Respectfully,
J. L. Hill.
Albany, Jan. 30th, 1884.
roi'i lib aclases.
It appears that the leaf of a pleat can
transform into useful work ss much as
forty per coat ef the solsr energy it re
ceives snd absorbs.
The aand of the desert of Sahara is
of a yellow color, aad oonsiats of about
ninety per cent of well-rounded quarts
grains and nine per cent of feldspar.
Other minerals found in It, but in very
amall quantitiea, are ohslk, clay, halitz,
aylvite, magnetite, ohromite, garnet,
olivine, amphibole and pyroxene.
A French meteorologist has, in the
exposed court of his house, two bars of
iron planted in ths esrth of which is
fixed a oonduotor of coated wire, ter
minating in a telephonic receiver. His
practice is to consult the apparatus
twice er thrice every day, and it never
fails,through its indications of earth our-
rents,to give notioe of the approach of a
storm twelve to fifteon hours ahead.
In Derbyshire It Ij considered a
bad omen to gather eggs and bring
them Into the house after dark. Eggs
ought not to be brought In Sunday, and
no hen must be set on that day. The
number of eggs for a Betting must be
either eleven or thirteen ; the num
bar must be odd, and if 12 eggs are
eatudon, the hen will scarcely suc
ceed In hatching them ; or, if she
hatches, thechlcken3 will do no good.
TEIPERAHCE DEPARTMEHT.
BDfTBD BY TUB
Wimci'. CbrUUti rtDpereiee
I ni oo
' i i .i si. -
The W. a T. U., of Ohio, are open
log another campaign. They ere circu
lating a petition which, on the ground
thst many votes oast last fall Ice con
stitutions I prohibition oere not counted,
will ssk the legislature sgsio to submit
to the people such amendment.
Miss Lucia . F, Kimball, National
Superintendent of 8. 8. work, ia having
a moat
til tour io Iowa.
Ths P
oftbeRomsn Ce(fce!
lie Total Abstinence Convention Bo
no u need thst be hsd sdminittered
daring tbe car temperance pledges to
riy 12,000 persons.
The Union Sijjuil snd National Tm-
pmxmoe Advocate bsve been ordered for
the College reading room.
Mrs. L. B. Blain snd Mrs. M. J.
Townaend organized a W. C. T. U. at
Lebanon last Wednesday, Jan. 23rd,
ilh eighteen members. The ladies of
Lebanon seem quite earnest, end we
trust grest good may be the result of
their labors. Tbe Presbyterisn minis
ter was present and seem -5 1 rau-jh in
terested. By our next meeting we ho,ie to be
in our headquarters st the corner of
First snd Wash ing ton Streets. Here wc
hope to mske not only s genuine home
for tbe W. C. T. U.. but. ss we sre
prospered, cheery, inviting rooms to
which all shall be welcome to come for
pleasure snd improvement.
IBS WILLABBTS A
rasiisrBS)
At Ute Tenth Annual Meeting at Detroit,
Mich. ,Oetober 3 Jet to November 4lh,1881.
TIK DBfABTMEBTS OF VOBK
have reached a dignity and importance
thst renders quite superfluous' any spe
cific mention in this general survey.
Each National superintendent is "a host
io herself," snd the reports of all, with
tbeir public addresses and official re
commendations will form tbe salient
feature of this oonvention. The flower
mission snd kitchen csrden deusrt-
its, with tbst of work for soldiers
and sailors, were the only new ones
added last year, except too department
for railroad rates. All these have
abundantly j as tils a oar bopev. Many
arc hero to-day whose absence wc
should hsve Ismented, but for the self
denying labors of those true yoke fel
lows. Mrs. T. B. Csrsc snd Helen
Hood. There is something strangely
pathetic in the devoted work of 'our
invalid superintendent of the flower
mission, Miss Jennie Casaedsy,cf Louis
ville. Doubtless the magic growth of
her department in a single year is due
to tbe same aslf-forgetting love that haa
made her sick room tbe whispering
gallery of Louisville philantropists.
Surely beyond any other in our ranks
shs hss "a heart at leisure from itself,
to sooth snd sympathize."
Miss Mary MoClees, of Yonkers. N.
Y., ia cleerly the right young woman in
tbe right place for the key work,
workman tbst needeth not to be asham-
s l s e e
so, sna wnoss treso, vigorous powers
are consecrated to a form of Christian
endeavor which has proved more win
ning to our city girls than any other.
Tbe work for aoldiers and Bailors hss
been well begun, ss yu will see from
tbe report of the superintendent, Mrs.
& A. MoClees. Its success in Wash
ington, D. C, haa been really marvel
ous, constituting, with tbe work of Miss
Jennje Smith and her coadjutor Miss
Addie Shsrmso, the chief evangeliatie
feature of the year's record.
In the recumc of recommendations I
have auggested several new superinten
dences. For the W. C. T. U. is a
compact of magicians whose divining
rods locate the cold water movement in
unlooksd for places. Hence our multi
plying departments, none of them obli
gatory, but all helpful and suggestive,
intended to develop special workers and
to apread leaves :f healing, "wi le as the
curse is found."
TOTAL ABSTIXKNCK.
I am profoundly impressed with the
importance of ooustantly making fresh
accessions to the total abstinence rank.
Have we not unduly slackened our
efforts in this regard t At every meeting
the pledge should be offered or the
audienoe canvassed for names. Dear
sisters, let us stir each other up to due
diligenoe in this quiet work of bringing
forward the muster roll and recruiting
the army. England has never seen a
year so blessed as the present one, by
reason of the blue ribbon work, which
has penetrated alike to cottage aad
palaoe. Chief Justice Noah Davis, of
New York, says of the founder of that
movement, our brother Francis Mur
phy, that nosing!e effort in temperance
a at' sa '.! .
annala has done so much to unite
America and England. Do not then
incur the criticism frequently beard of
late, thst the pledge is not offered in
our meetings, for unless our moral
suasion work keeps pace with thst of
legal suaaion, tbe W. C. T. U. will be
come u nay ra metrical, will drift from its
gospel moorings and make shipwreck
. e .
like many another organization when
disloyal to the princip'
es ofiti great
founder Christ.
bewm ib Bains.
A man in California took strychnine
a few weeks ago because of tb ; failure
of a lottery ticket be had bought to sc
ents a prize.
Fourteen thousand men sre now at
work npon the Panama Canal. The
dry season has set in, and hopes sre
ei.iertained thst much progress will be
made ibis year.
Tr t .
has seen stars
through the tail of
miles thick.
s comet 150,000
Nihilistic activity
is increasing in
Russia among tbe upper classes.
A chicken rode from Clarion to Cedar
Rapids, lows, thirty-fivejroiles, on the
trucks of s baggage car and was taken
off uninjured and contented.
A horse wearing shoes weighing six
teen pounds, in tbe course of a mile
ifie 24,000 pounds.
There ies modiste in Peris who cuts
sad trims for doga only. In her estab-
ishment are mats snd rugs on which
tbe animal rep se while waiting to try '
on tbeir garments.
A Linden physician recommends as
cure for s cold ia the bead a huge
pinch of strong snuff. Then lei tbe
sufferer wrap bis cost about him and
sneeze, the oftencr snd harder the bet
ter, lias, be says, ts natures
w ar r
remedy for s cbili.
Marks Brothers are the largest
ufacturers of caps in New York city.
A few dsys ago the finishers in their
employ struck. It appears that the
firm have been paying cap finishers st
ths rate of sixty-two cents a dozen for
their completed work, snd the cause of
tbe atrike wss their s vowed intention
of cutting them down to thirty-one
cents per dozen. Tbe operatives claim
that h is impossible for them to live on
that pay, having, as tcey say, to work
at least sixteen hours a day under the
present rate to mske from $10 to $12
per week. Mr. Bu!kbo!z, one of the
atrikers, yesterday said : "We have
sppoioted a committee t? tell Marks
Brothers that we are willing to accept
work st the rate of fifty cent per doz
en for completed caps, hot we will car-
tainiy roxuse so wws .or
. i - ..- t j sew-
The report comes from Qa
that mill operatives are In very des
titute circumstance!. Abul 00
people are likely to become c .arges
upon tbe town. Subscription papers
havo been started in their oabalf.
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