Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-21

ur and the ncaIcEt p1ucs1'y ov~fsss
almos, impossible, in thc present state ~
knowledge, 90 make much progress IN re
gard 10 the ,vact structure or physical con-
aiticn Of nuy Of the collar group. However
telescopes are constantly revealing great
aud unlocked For things in regions above
the sky, and il is ~ no means improbable
that astonishing discoveries arc destined TO
crown with illus,rous some held gonius fame
in n coming day that NAV entirely cicipse
the which are now record ed among the gran
dis achievements Of the human intellect
Telescopes have not attained the perfect
ton Of which il is universally admitted by
practical astronomers they are susceptible
Very huge instruments are found IN the
sniucipai national observatorles OF Europe
and America, but they fall:quite slow what
they should he in such institutions, 20 long
as the fact IL admitted that there is no pos
tive limit TO their power.
No rejecting telescope has been made 30
large a should be constructed % compofe
With the dignity OF the service IN which =
would be employed norlhss an object g'ase
exceeded about three feet. The expenee ~
q mentllic spectrum twenty fces. anu 20 ~.
iect glass three yards in diametes. veuie
omen 10 the human eye anexplosed fields To
the celestial domains. We might have pos
lions ~ The moons surface bSaught appafs
er,lv within ten miles Of the earth. II there
src mr. large astifieiAl stsucsurts there are
ersn onsome Of the other planets equal 10
those that have bssn reared bssc, they
could be distinctly examined. Forests,
mountains. lakes, rivers, and other otjscta
would be Il -asly defined.
But the prod,gious expense Of pesfcct'ne
two such magnificent appendagcs to the two
kinds OF telescope used Tor the distant ex
plorations ID wholly beyond the resource
| OF any save miiIionaires. IL one Of these
! favored mortals would secure TO himsel
cyclcpadial Immortality, Let him order TN
fabrication Of telescope that would show
TO " the glories Of Gods creations wher'
no philosopher has yet gazea 1t would en-
large the boundaries of science, give u
hirher conceptions Of the illimitablc fesour
ces of creative power, while it would humble
us in view Of our low estate, circumscribet
attainments aud nothingness in the univefs.
Of such displays as great telescope woult
bring TO light -Hdrpsr's Weekly.
The Caiiformaa iOld Discovery
II was in mill race belonging to Johr
A. Suffer-, a weather grsxior. the owner o.
a principality Of fifty square leagues in Gal
i,ornia, and Of thousands of cattle, that gold
was first found in 1913 and Jsmes w
Marshall, the superintendent Of the mill On
industrious and throwing American, Wa
the disceveref.
E.Mr. Dunbar.::n . very readable little vol
ume, 1.-THE Di, covery Of Gold in California,
published b. tho Applet ms, tells the stor]
Of these two men, who, according to 81
probability, ought now to be wealthy Be
yond bounds, while in fact they were boil
ruined and reduced to absolute want b.
their luck. II seems - though nature, VIII
had 80 long linden her precious hoard, too
. terrible revenge upon those who accident
ally laid il bear to the world.
I Colonel Suffer Lost his cattle ~ ope
robbery, was driven fsom his. estate b
squstters crazed With the desire los gold
: was involved in expensive lawsuits to Il
G cover his lande and was finally and cntir
4 " ruined by an adverse dscision in CO
covering two thirds Of his property, whi'
he had sold with warranty deeds. II TO,
al that was left him to make goods
. warrant'es.
@ Marshall was made homeless wander
FOR years. lie complains pathetically in
Letter that he could settle nowhere in c:
forni,, because every miner thought whc
= Marshall put spade in the ground there n,u
(. gold BE- plentiful. A mark like that OF Ia
f, seemed 10 be upon him; he nearly siary
TO death; and is aOis day ap,cr farm'
on small piece oflind.
II is n curious history and n sad or
' too. isrepub.ics were not ungratslui, &.
irornia would, before this have granted
). snltcr an dMarshall at least competence
g their I'D age. Mr.. Dunbar gives some st
king sketches Of the great, eager, W
u scramble for gold which followed the iii
y discovery. Human nature does not chan
i Helps relates in his story Of the Spani
= conquest in Americs, that when Ccrtez W
upon the Mexican shore, Montezuma &c
an astutc plenipotentiary to him 10 disco
Y CT what he wanted 10 far away from hon
4 "Tell your MASTER" replied the cyni
= Spaniard, 'thatf have disease Of the he,
which only gold can cure This disease
came epidemic again, in 1919 in this cou
: try.