The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-10-06
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

-. - N0oe every year, so tnal
parties are already looking for other ma
terials that will be suitable for building
purposes. The great market from which
the present supply is drawn, is the val
ley OF the Ottawa, in Canada. The for.
ests OF the United States, which are
available, have been nearly exhausted.
lhe region in Canada embraces an area
OF about seventy-fve thousand square
miles, which is covered with a dense
pine forest. 1t is estimated that this
may last century. The government is
taking steps to plant trees upon the prai.
RES OF the West, in order that the neces
sity may be met and the wants of future
generations provided for.
PROFESSOR WooD, who has recently
made botanical exploration of Oregon
stood on the Goth of last August upon
the summit of Mount Hood. The ascent
is eleven miles, and the angles vary from
10 to 40 degrees. At times the iournev
was exceedingly difficult, and the masses
OF snow which had been softened by the
neat OF summer were dangerous obsta-
cles to surmount. Volumes of sulphu-
rous smoke issue from an open abyss on
the west side of the ancient crater. The
intense heat has depressed the snow near
this spot about one thousand feet. 1t is
1860 feet in hight, and is the loftiest
land in the United States, if not in the
North American continent.
MUCH amusement is caused to the peo.
pie who live near Mariposa grove, by the
attempts of visitors to bestow upon the
big trees " of California names that will
endure for ages. The so-called Duke
Gwin," formerly of the Senate of the
United States, contracted with an iron
founder and placed his name upon a tab
let, which was affixed to one of the lar
gest giants of the forest. This was torn
down by the admirers OF Horace Greeley.
Lincoln, Grant, Seward and other well
known characters We're remembered by
the Burlingame party" "A daughter
OF the South " erased them and substi-
tuted in their place Lee, Davis, Stone
wall jackson, etc. In the meanwhile
the trees continue to flourish, and the
temporary christenings which they re-
celve do not affect them. Scientific men
compute their ages at not less than two
thousand, and some consider four thou
sand years, correct estimate.
Il. A. CLUM, of New York, claims that
he can foretell the approach of storms by
means of his invention, termed the Gael
loscope." 1t is the result of twenty-one
years of study, and if accurate in it's pre-
dictions will benefit the people and put
large fortune in the purse of the inven-
tor.
THE remarkable progress made daring
the last war by American inventors con-
tinues to astonish Europe. The mari
time powers are counting up the sums
which they have wasted in their efforts
to create powerful and invincible navy.
Great Britain, which once assumed the
proud title of mistress of the seas
has spent hundred millions in the last
ten years and cannot produce one sea
going iron clad. Sir John Parkington
recently observed in the House of Com
mons that the Admiralty have great diff
ficulty in finding relief for the ships that
return from foreign service" After
reading this startling assertion, we need
not be surprised at the neutral course
which the ministry pursue when the de-
mon OF war appears upon the soil of the
continent. Peace is the gentle goddess
that now presides over the destinies of
the once savage and belligerent John
Bull, ...0. ., .-.....>
ENGLISH and French engineers are
considering the practicability of con-
structing tunnel between their respec-
i've countries under the English channel.
Many suggestions have been made, and
one writer proposes to suspend, by
means OF buOys, an iron tube through
which railway trains can pass. The
London .RGiIacdy Neacs states that Mr..
Henshaw is g occupied with his investi-
cations in the channel" for the purpose
of selecting a site for the proposed work.
The word impossible will soon disappear
from our vocabularies. q ,-.,v --..
THE GoJOnist has leader upon the
Importance of developing the quartz
leads of British Columbia and Vancou-
yor Island. Discoveries of rock have
been made at Cariboo and Big Bend,
which seems to be as rich as that of Cal
ifornia or Montana. Companies are or
ganizing for the purpose of testing their
value, and there seems to be good rea-
son for assuming that a region, which
has been favored with alluvial deposits
that bestowed wealth upon their own
ers, possesses the sources from which
the gold flowed in the original streams.
EVERY. labor thatis performed by man
at the present day is represented by its
champions. Trials of every description
are held every week, and the newspa-
pers contain accounts of rowing, spad-
ing, printing, running, fighting, and a
thousand other varieties of matches.
Two parties, recently, had a contest for
the golden key, which has been awarded
to the best writer in the Morse telegraph
alphabet in New England. A Mr.. Burns
" sent" two hundred and fifty words in
five minutes and ffty-one seconds. Mr..
Kettles performed the same task in bet
ter time by one second. The prize was
awarded to the first-named gentleman
because the writing was palmer.
For many years, persons have labored
with untiring industry and zeal to find
the millions which Capt. Kidd is sup
posed to have buried on some of the
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