Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-02-10
The Deers for tho Capitol.

The Springfield Republican de-
scribes the double doors for the Capi-
| tol at Washington. which have been
! il the hands of the Ame8 Company at
ChicOpee for the past three years, and
which are now approaching compile
ton. Early autumn. it is expected,
will see them in their destined place
ut Washington. The pannels OF the
| peace side representing peace the
ovation to Washington at Trenton"
the Inauguration of Washington
and the " Masonic ceremony of laying
the cornerstone of the Capitol. Sep
| tember Is, 1888" surmOunted by an
oak wreath and a star. are already ar
| ranged for insertion in the cast iron
| frame that Is To support them; and
something near All adequate idea of
their beauty and appropriateness as
national cOnmemOration of the skill
and labor reqired to bring them rom
the rough bronze to their present high
| finish may now be formed. The pan
| nels of the 'war" side represent
"war," the charge at Yorktown" :"
the "rebuke of Lee by Washington at
Monmouth, and 1.-THE death of Warren
ut Bunker HIll.n The artist CrwfJrd,
has been fortunate in having the high
est skill in the country to carry out
his designs, To a result that will not
suffer by comparison with the foreign
works of the kind. Each of the doors
weighs 1000 pounds, OF which |, 800
belong to the iron frame work, and
the remaining 200 to the pannelS and
the polished bronze back. NOtwith-
standing this immense weight, the
doors will swing with comparative
ease, as has been demonstrated by ac-
tual trial; the hinges are pondeTOus,
but the point of friction has been re-
duced to the fraction of an inch.
PETRIFIED FORSYTH. B. AIeXan-
der, of this place, few days since dis
covered IL very interesting field of pet
rified trees. 1T is situated near the
ranch of Charles Alexander, at the
lower end of Alexander Valley, and
about twelve miles from Healdsburg.
He does not know over what extent of
country it exists, as he had not AN Op-
pOrtunity of prospecting extensively
at the time he was there. He saw
large number of trunks of trees and
stumps, and a great amount of the
limbs in fragments, all over the coun-
ing are On hillside, and stand per-
pendicular to the surface the of ground.
If the theory of petrificatiOn-that il
it takes place under water-is correct,
1t is reasonable to suppose that these
grew upon level plain: that plain
and trees became submerged, and after
the process of petrificatiOn was com
pleted the earth was again raised up
TO ifc VnSitinrN nnH loft NJ
incline instead of level as il was when
the trees grew.-RusSidn Rirei. Flag
THE LOWEST TYPE OF HUMANITY.
The following extract is from am ar
ticle on " Barbarism and Civilization"
in the .dH0ntic MOHthLy:
On the Island of BOrncO, there has
been found "A certain race of wild crea-
lures. of which kindred varieties have
been discovered in the PHILIPPINE
Islands, in Terra Del FugO, and in
South America. They walk usually |
almost erect OH two legs. and in that |
attitude, measure about four feet in
height. They are dark, wrinkled and |
hairy. They construct no habitaiiOn, |
form no families, scarcely associate to- |
gether, sleep in cave or trees, feed on |
snake and vermin, on ants eggs, on |
mice and Oh each other. They cannot
be tanned or forced to any labor, and |
are hunted and shot among the trees |
like the great Gorilla, of which they |
are stunted copy When they are
captured alive, one finds with surprise,
that their uncouth jabbering sounds |
like articulate language. They turn |
up human face to gaze mt their cap
tor, and females show instincs of mod |
esty. Are these wretched beings hui
man?