The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-14
STRANGE RUINS IN ARIZONA
Foot Prints of Pre-Ristoric Race.

/ NALcA ttTe = pitratIeu ABOUT ten or twelve
1eet, and which are between twenty
eight and thirty inches thick at the base.
IN 0he walls, up TO about nine feet. and
eNlehdinS entirely around the structure.
was placed at the time the building was
put up row of cedar beams. which
probably served to brace and STRENGTHEN
the building. The ends Of thasa tinha-s
which are still in a fair state Of nrasa-,
| Walton, show that they were consumed
| by fire up 10 and in some instances mart
| way through the wall.
There are now three stories of tho
| wall still standing in one place Tha
windows are long and narrow, and seem
| to have been placed where they were
needed and without regard to external
symmetry. The doors are at the corners
AT the top of the inside walls are several
round holes. about the size of a hat
The art of plaStering seems TO have been
perfect in those days, as the inner wall
is still smooth. and of yellowish white
color. What this building was used for
can only be conjeetured, as it stands in
an open space, surrounded by the same
class of ruins rs those above referred to.
Ii is probable that it was a church, or,
if that people did not worship God, idols
may have received alteration there.
Near this building, and at other points
among these ruined cities, are still stand
ing rows of cedar posts, set on very ae-
curate lines. The upper end of these
look old, and have been worn by the
elements. still they are in a good state of
preservation. The portions that are in
the ground are much larger, and are
very little affected by age.
The same class of ruins described
above can be found all over Southern
Arizona, New Mexico Territory. and the.
northern part of Mexico, wherever there
are fertile valleys and flowing streams.
Little or nothing is known of the people
who built these cities, or when they ex-
isted. The Indians say that long ago
the inhabitants of these places were
summoned off to the South, and engaged
in battle in which they were ell killed.
They probably derive this story from
early American or Mexicans who visited
this section and seeing the ruins CON
cluded that they were formerly occupied
by some of the semi-eiviliZed tribes with
which MOntezuma, the Mexican King,
made war, and perhaps plundered their
cities and burned them. This is simply
conjecture. If these were the facts, as
Montezuma kicked up his troubles about
three hundred and sixty years ago, We
would probably have had some account
of it. And then again, there are, WEBB
lieve, no such pottery and household i'm
plementS in the Arizona ruins.
The theory that the wanderers through
Asia, about 1000 or 1,500 years ago,
crossed Behring Strait and made tiniGG:;r
way dawn the Pacific coast of this con-
tinent into the temperate and torrid
zones, may, probably does, come nearer
to offering an explanation. But what
has become of this race and history2
Were they both bloJted out at once2
And if so, by whoml Now that the
bloody Apaches are being subjected and
exterIninated, a fine opportunity is offer
ed for academies of natural science, and
men with money to expend for the en-
lightenment of mankind, to encourage
and aid in exploring these ancient buried
cities, and bring to light what has long
been enveloped in systery. Who will
be the first to move in this matterl
~
WOMAN'S WORK IN THE DOMESTIC
SPHERE remains to add that DIR.
PrieStly was eminently fortunate in his
domestic relations. His wife possessed
rare qualifications, as helpmeet to her
husband, and had a large share in the
success Of his career; for although as far
as We can learn, she did not participate
in his special studies, yet it appeared
that but for her, he never could have
carried through his numerous, and form
idable undertakings. His testimony to
this point is explicit. He says; my
wife was IA woman of excellent under
standing, much improved by reading, of
great fOrtitUde and strength of mind, of
a temper in the highest degree affection
ate and generous, feeling strongly for
others and little for herself Also, great
ly eXceiling in everything relating to
household affairs, she entirely relieved
me Of all concern Of that kind, which
allowed me to give all my time TO the
prosecution of my studies, and the 9th
er duties of my station" His son states
that his father used to say that he was
merely "a lOdger, and had all his time to
devote to his own pursuits.
All honor, then, to the wife to whose
wOmaniy devotion the world is indebted
to whatever is great and good in the
achievements of the husbandl We have
lately heard much of great man who
attributes all his profoundest thoughts
to the genius of his wife, he being only
IL scribe and editor; but we here see how
a great man may owe his intellectual
eminence TO his wife, even though she
be not so gifted as to be able to furnish
all his best ideas of the two methods,
this is certainly the most encouraging for
women. as it assigns the highest office
to ker acknowledged capacities, and
preclHdes all question of rivalry. The
united pair work in separate spheres and
different ways to the same end; and the
wife's affections become as indispensa-
bic 10 result as the husbands intellect.
Had Mrs. Priestley been animated by
modern views, and essayed to carve out
her own separate fortune in the field OF
science and theology, it il eminently GER
tain that she would have failed to do any
great thing herself, and quite certain
that she would have eTectually defeated
her husband This must have been the
result. II what DIR. Priestly says is true,
that her efficient domestic aid and her
sympathetic support in his trials and
sufTeriugs were amOn2tE Indispensable
conditions Of his own success. And
thus. in the seclusion Of her own family,
absorbed in social cares, foEgstting heT-
self in instructive sOlicitude for Others,
and probably with no ambition beyond,
this true woman and model wife was
really joint partner with her illustrious
husband ia the good he accomplished, if
not in the fame he won. And who shall
say that hers was not, after all, the no
bier and happier share Of the work.
Z. l.. YOUm0Hs, iH POput0T Sctenes
U9Hthiy..
WHAT can De pleasanter than the life
of a Missouri farnnerl At daylight he
gets up and examines the holes around
his corn-hills for eut-wOrIns; then he
smashes cOddling moth laFve with
hOe-handle until breakfast. The fore
noon i devoted 10 watering the potato
bugs with a solution of Paris green, and
after dinner all hands turn out TO pour
boiling water on the chinch bugs IN the
corn and wheat fields. In the evening
a favorite occupation is smudging peach
trees 10 discourage the eurculio, and
after a brief season Of family deyouOh
al the shrine Of the night-hying eoleopt-
era an the folks retire and sleep soundly
rII Aurora reddens the east, and the
e,ras.hopDer tinkIe against the panes and
-,,uruou them 70 the labOrs Of another
day.
A CORRESPONDENT lately interviewed
Gen. Hillyer, and asked him what he
thought Of Gen. Grant. Il never
thought much Of him." said Hillyer,
until at the battle Of Fort DOnelsOn,
where he came up late, after Lew Wal
lace had been demOralized, and he asked
ne if there were any prisoners. Taking