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THE ANTIQUITY OF ciWLlZATlON-A
QUERY FOR PROFESSOR NEWcO NIB.
{ the Scientific American:

To the Editor Of the Scientific American:
Under the heading planetary Pop.
ulation." in your number for June
LIST. 1873, page 346. Professor New.
comb is reported as saying, 1.-The lat
ter (the earth) has probably been
revolving in its orbit IL, 600, 900 years:
man has probably existed on it less
than 10000 years; civilization less
than 1000 years" As student Of
archaeology and anthropology. | would
like to ask Professor Newcomb, who
being scientist Of some eminence in
his line is supposed to know what he
is talking about, how and where he
obtained the data for these most as
tonishing figures-especially the two
latter although imagine paleontolo-
gists and biologists would be equally
anxious concerning the first.)
Under these estimates of time what
becomes of the discoveries of LeDsius:
Marietta. and others in Egypt, where
they declare they have unearthed
structures, monuments. tombs, stat
ues. etc. dating back 1890 to 5000
years before our erat The decipher-
ing Of hieroglyphics, which has at
tanned a high degree of certainty,
shows US that nearly. If not quite.
1000 years have passed since the
Fourth King of the First Dynasty
built the Pyramid Of Cochome. the
first that greets the traveller toward
the desert on leaving Cairo. Three
thousand years before Solomon built
his temple to the ''most high God
on Mount Noriah. or the Assyrian
reared his affairs to Baal on the plat
form Of Koujunjik. Egypt was an old
country. her architecture grand and
imposing in style and perfect in exc
cution, her language mot only fully
formed. but reduced to writing, her
statuzry natural, and her paintings
vivid in coloring and truthful In de-
sign. have before me on the table
= fac sissiIe Of the hiorOglyphs O the
s-0liddon Mummy CaBe," . lbe Ma-
tianal Mmseua fS9ithssnjan eontriba-
tfco - KnOWlodgo, No ~ Uyype
Go1Gf1eD - agroe6 TIT til GO and
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POETRY
A STERLING OLD POEM.

Who shall judge man from his manners?
Who shall judge him by his dress?
Paupers may be tit for princes,
Princes tit for something less,
Crumbled shirt and dirty Jacket
May becothe the golden ore
f the deepest thoughts and feelings
Satin vest can do no mere.
There are streams of crystal nectar.
Ever flowing out Of stone;
There are purple beds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and overthrown,
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Love and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man appraised above his fellow,
OFT forgets his fellows then;
Masters-rulers- lords, remember
That your meanest kinds are men
Men OF labor, men OF feeling,
Men of thoughts and men of fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine
In man IS enrolling name.
There are foam embroidered oceans,
There are little wood clad rills;
There are feeble inch high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills.
God wi 0 counts by souls. not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me;
For to him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
OF a nations wealth and fame,
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and tattened on the same;
By the sweat of others foreLeads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Vainly lifts its feeble voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loneliness and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is sunny right.
God, whose worldwide voice is singing
Bundles love to you and me,
Links oppression with his titles
But as pebbles in the sea-
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Wit AVDHUM)3.

What is an old maid? A woman
that has been made for long time.
Motto for a beautiful woman asleep
Handsome is as handsome doze.
Man proposes, but-hc is not always
accepted.
1t is well that Weber got through
before the thermometer begun.
a dogs bark may sbe worse than
his bite, but we prefer the bark.
Indians will never remain on peace
footing so long as they can ride on
stolen cavalry horses.
What is the most unfortunate
vegetable they could have on board
ship! A leek.
The New York Tribune reports
fifteen cases of sunstrOke on the 5th.
Come west. young man.
A young man who is given to Ath.
letic sports would like to know when
the much-talked-of Anglo-Saxon race
is to come of.
Over at the exhibition they are lay
ing up something fora rainy day-not
an umbrella, but a paris-haul.
Edward s. Stokes. the murderer of
Fisk, has fallen lower and lower,
until he has finally become book.
agent.
1t was about this time of year when
the little boy expressed the wish that
he was built like a hen-coop, out of
laths, so that the breeze could blow
right through him.
Jerold once went to party at which
Mr.. Pepper had assembled his friends,
and said to his host on entering the
room: my dear Pepper. how glad
you must be to see your friends mus.
tered"
$50 there's another rupture on
Mount Vociferous," said Mrs. Par.
tington, as she put down her paper
and put up her specs; 1.-THE papers tell
about the bursting lather running
down the mountains, but don't tell
how it got afire.
When st. Louis woman trims her
cOrns she is not allowed to throw the
parings into the streets, AS the gar
bage man insists that 1t is no part Of
his business to remove grindstOnes,
and it would require extra wagons,
which he cannot afford during the hot
months.
"Persevere. persevere," said an
old lady to her maid: s.it is the only
way you can accomplish great things"
One day eight apple dumplings were
sent downstairs, and they all disap-
peared. ''Sally. where are those
dumpIings!" Il managed to get
through with them, ma am" replied
Sally. why. how on earth did you
manage to eat 20 many dnmplines :"
Il persewered, ma am"
Westfield, Mass. boasts . woman
who takes the lead in looking out for
the main chance. Her husband died
quite recently. and In two weeks after
she had = new husband. one Of her
children was m inmate Of the Home
for the Friendlem In Springfield, m.
other was s'bound out, and The third,
N infant, was given = s'boot' t0tho
purchaser q her late husbands farm.
y - tnkeo = noW Start h rio world
rreff0k1rurk sS@
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The New Orleans Picayune informs
the human race. free of charge. that
the Indian mode of scalping will re.
move dandruff- An envious barber
hints that it's dam 'druff Way of get
ting rid of it.
An editor having asked a farmer for
crop news, received this answer.
And now the reaper reapeth, the
mower moweth, and the little humble
getteth up the granger's trousers legs
and bumbleth.s
Whats that man yelling str
asked m Illinois farmer Of his bov.
why" said tho boy, ssHe's yelling
= tie top e his vo6ce.
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Not q Joint In His Body.

" It's remarkable case J. H. Eberle,
of Buffalo. said in the rotunda of the
Aston House, "but it's fact that iona
than E. Bass, of Cambria, Niagara Co.
N. Y, hasn't joint in his body. He
can't move even finger. l remember
when he ran as captain of canal boat
between Buffalo and Rochester, in 1850.
He was getting stiff then, and coulin' t
do any work. He had to quit canaling,
and then he went to book keeping. His
joints kept getting sitter and sitter.
Doctors couldn't do him any good. At
last he had to give up, and for twenty
homestead of his family, between Lock
port and Lewiston. His trouble COM
menced in As. A pain shot through the
bottom of his right foot that fumbled
him to the ground. The foot commenced
to swell. and got to DE almost twice its
natural size. The stiffness in the Joints
followed. Now Bass Is literally a bone
man. There is no more bend to his legs.
arms and body than there is TO mar bic
statue. You can take hold of his feet.
and. some one else having his head. lift
him up like a stick of wood. His arms
are as fest to his sides as If they were
nailed there For eight years after he
went to bed he could move his arms. bu.
the joints finally became solid Dor4
They have to feed him with a spoon. His
Jaws are as immoveable as his other
joints There is . space between his
teeth that is just wide enough to get wet
uais through. In 1869 he became blind.
His mind is sound. and he II talk all dav
with you, If you have patience to wait for
him. as ne speaks with difficulty. ''-Nev
York Sun.
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SUN SPOTS.

The year 1873 is the time for the
recurrence Of the minimum period of
the sun spots, and since last Novem-
Der only six groups of these spots
have been seen. On November 80 a
very large double spot was seen. which
was visible for the last time on
December 3. On February 5, a chain
Of about twelve small spots was seen
near the center Of the suns disk.
These were again observed on Feb
ruary and I. On March 5 two very
small spots were seen passing Oft the
disk Of the sun. On March Is three
spots, one Of them double. were seen
between the center and edge of the
sun. passing off. On the 10th these
were again seen, but they were much
fainter. On May q two large spots
were visible. On the Goth they ap-
peared as one single spot. and one
group consisting Of three individual
spots. These were last seen on June
3, passing off the disk.
THE TURKISH BATH.
DR.. Fleming. of Glasgow. has pre-.
sented to the British Medical AS.
ISOLATION an account of some expert.
ments by the author upon himself,
with a view to ascertain the effect of
the Turkish bath, at the temperatures
of from 800 to l7Oo Fab, upon the
weight, temperature. pulse, respira.
ton and secretions. The results
showed that the immersion of the
body in hot, dry air produced loss of
weight to an extent considerable
greater than normal, amounting, on
the average, to the rate of about forty
ounces an hour. This was accom-.
panied by an increase in the tenn
perature of the body and rise in the
pulse rate, with at first fall and then
rise in the rapidity of respiration.
The amount of solids secreted by the
kidneys was increased. and, coinci-
IDENTIFY. the amount of urea. The
sweat contained aquantity of solid
matter in solution. and. among other
things, a considerable amount of
urea. The most important effect of
the bath, however, was the stimula-
ton Of the emunctory action of the
skin. BY this means, the tissues
could, as it were. be washed by passing
water through them from within out.
The increased temperature and pulse
rate pointed to the necessity of eau
tiOn in the use of the bath when the
circulatory system was diseased.
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Qnr ponla 0ahs.
LITTLE MISS MUSLIN Of QUIETILL-
ION SQUARE

Little Miss Muslin of Quintillion Square
Was cousin us high time made you aware,
Of your old friend Miltiades Peterkin Paul.
Mho venture to say, is well known to YOU all
Thus It ihappened-'tis not to be wondered at, is
That she paid him, one summer vacation visit
ana or some quite astonishing things that befell
tell.
Miss Muslin arrived at the farm late at night.
But the next morning found her up early and
bright;
And Miltiades, grand as a lord. started out
hlght away after breakfast, to show her about
lie showed her the barn, garden, orchard and
spring,
The horses, sheep, cows, pigs-in short, every
thing
That there was on the place: nav. he even intro
With flourish and bow, to the old Shanghai
rooster.
THERE at length said Miltiades Peterkin Paul.
As they paused by the wood-pile, Il think that
That there is to be seen" Just then, John Henry
Who Glanced to be going by, stopped and looked
back.
Why" aid he, there's surely one thing you
You've not taken your cousin down into the lot
To see Old Daddy Doolittle." Well that is
Cried Miltiades gayly. Wen go at once,
though"
Now :" Old Daddy Dooittle," it should be said.
Was nothing at all but broom-stick arrayed
In a battered old hat and an old suit of clothes,
Set up in the corn-feld to brighten the crows,
AND John Henry Jack, when he made that sug-
Had some miscellaneous purpose in view, beyond
question;
That was plain from the twinkle that lurked in
his eye,
Though just what he intended we'll see by and
by.
So Miltiades, all the time chuckling with glee,
10 think how astOnished Miss Muslin would be
When she found Daddy Doolittle really was not
man, but a scarecrow set up in the lot,
Led the, way; and they presently came in full
sight
OF the figure which looked not to the left nor the
But stood there apparently hoeing away
As II he were getting two dollars Il day.
The old gentleman's dreadful deaf of one ear"
Our hero explained as they both drew near.
>" We must go very close" Then he gave an
To call the old fellows attention to them,
And began with the most ceremonious air
Here's my cousin, Miss Muslin of Quintillion
Square,
Who has come all the way from the city dear sir,
To make your acquaintance. I'm sure you'll
find her"
Then he paused-and no wonder! For, all at once
The scare-crow it Strengthened banished its hoe.
And began to advance with an unearthly roar;
Whereupon, without waiting to hear or see more
Miss Muslin turned, screaming, land ran like the
wind
With Miltiades, you may be sure close behind
And neither found courage to halt or look back
Till they saw, from behind the wall. John Henry
Jack,
Starting up all at once, almost dying with laugh
ter;
While Just then, too, the scarecrow, who'd fol-
lowed close after,
Laughed too; and they then saw that it was no
other
Than Benjamin Franklin, Miltiades' brother
:" Ohor' what does this mean?" inquired the lat
ter,
People don't run like that unless something S
the matter.
Why explained young NIiltiades Peterkin
Paul,
1--WE We're making believe we were crOTs-that
is all"
John BrOCaj0hn, in VIDE Ai0ake for June.
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=" Not at Home"

A sign on a house on Croghan street,
Detroit, informs the public that wash
ing is done there, and it was quite nat
ural that mechanic working near by
should take a bundle under his arm and
call there, and ask of the boy on the
step:
Club, is the washwoman inP"
"No, sir" was the prompt reply
"there's no washwoman here at alln'
''But the sign says washing done
here" remarked the man.
dispose it does" remarked the boy,
in higher key-"spose it doesp A
lady may become the victim of unfortu-
nate circumstances to such an extent
that she is willing to wash and iron
shirts and sheets, but that doesn't make
a washwoman of her, does itP'
81 thought it did!' said the man.
"Humph! If you draw buggy
down to the shop to be repaired, does
that make horse of you?"
The man was silently turning away,
when the boy added:
eff you want to find the lady of I'M
fortunate circumstances go round to
the side door; but the washwoman isn't
at homer'-F'ree Press.
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Ahls wayn' he cried to them. "This
T nay, my friends; here he is, here is
DcS'h' was right in my pamphlet. |
" W. we should find him in the marsh of
ioq' the true nest of the cholera. |
Law got him at last, but non possas,aaats
o',,n5Te- cau't get down from this
cursed pear tree
long live Deathr' shouted the Con-
uians IN chorus, and they approached
% NJ me- nrst corners held out their hands
w. Death and the doctor, but, like the
u uoS'or: they were taken off the ground
W w eeized by the branches of the tree.
10y soon the pear-tree was entirely
To.oieu with men. Wonderful to re-,
h i"te; IL grew in proportion as it cot
n0Iu oI people. Those who came aft
o. m@ru took the others by the feet,
oIierS hung on to these, and all to-
s ssoie formed the rings of several
J Grams OF men which extended to the
Instance OF musket-shot. But in vain
was II mat the last ones pulled with all
tneir might, they could not pull off
VI, Gmelr friends from the accursed tree.
jjney TOOK it into their hands to cut
uown the pear-tree; they started off to
NUM- up axes, and began to chop all at
once alas! they could not even see the
MARKS Of their blows.
They looked at one another entirely
coniounded, and did not know what
SAINT to call on, when Misery was at
Iracted by the noise, and asked the
cause of it. They explained to her
what had been going on for SO long
GS9, and she comprehended the evil
f@had unintentionally caused.
"I alone can set Death free, and l
conseu' to do it, but on one condition:
that Death does not come for us, Faro
and me until | have called him three
times"
Agreed" said Death.
Com down, l give you permits
sion?' sad Misery, and Death, the doc
tor and tie rest fell from the tree like
so many Wer-ripe pears.
Death ct himself at work without
leaving hs place, and sent off those
who were in the greatest hurry, but
every one wanted to be first. The great
man saw that he would have too much
on his hands To assist him, he raised
an army of Doctors and appointed DR..
De Profundis general-in-chief.
A few days sufficed to Death and the
doctor to relieve the earth of the excess
of the living, and everything got back
into order again. Everybody who was
more than hundred years old had the
right to die, and did so, with the excep-
ton of Misery, who held herself quiet,
and who, since then, has not yet called
Death three times.
That is the reason, they say, why
Misery is always with us in the world.
-Scr1bne1''s Monthly for J'sne.
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ONE SATURDAY.

1t was an autumn day-that one
Saturday. The grammar-room class
were going nutting at Crow Roost; that
is, eight of them We're going our
set" as they styled themselves-four
boys, Dick Hart, Val Duke, Julius link
and Kit Pott; and four girls, Clara
Hooks, Sarah Ketchum, Mat Snead and
Constance Faber. By these eight Bob
Trotter was hired to 90 as driver, and
to take care of the horses and wagon
while the eight were taking care OF the
fun.
Lets go to Hawley's Grove instead
of to Grow Roost," said Dick Hart, as
the horses started. "Nuts are plentier
at Hawley's."
"Let's go there, then," said the 9th
ers-all except Bob. Hawley's was
four miles further, and he hadn't been
hired for that he said.
"Then came high words and a stop
page; but, at length, Dick cried out,
rather impatiently: "To Grow Roost
and be done with it, thenr'
All right" assented several voices.
"Crow Roost, Bob, by the lightning
express" said Dick, with revived good
humor.
But, as you were so particular"
said Sarah to Bob, "we're going to be,
too. We amt going to give you any
lunch unless you pay for it,"
mot mouthful,'' said Clara.
"Not even crumb,' said Constance.
Nobody saw any dismay in Bob's face.
All grew enthusiastic as they APP
preached the woods, and when the
wagon stopped they poured over the
side in an excited way.
"What shall we do with the lunch
basket?'
"Leave it in the wagon" said Sarah
Ketchum.
Clara objected to leaving it. Bob
would eat everything up. "Let's take
it along
"Why, no." said Julius.
He was the largest of the boys, and,
according to the knightly code, he re-
membered the carrying of the basket
would devolve upon him.
81 won't have to climb the trees with
it on my back, will I?" said Julius
"rll tell you," he continued, lowering
his tone-Bob had heard all the pre-
ceding remarks" we'll hang our bas-
ket on a hickory limb. 1t will be safe
from hogs, and the leaves will hide it
from Bob"
This proposition was approved, and
the basket was carried off short dis
lance and slyly swung into sapling
Then the eight went scurrying through
the woods, leaving Bob with the horses.
Wherever they saw lemon-tinted tree
top against the sky, or crowded into
one of those fine autumn bouquets a
clump of trees can make, there rushed
squad of boys, each with his basket,
followed by squad of girls, each with
her basket.
But in very short time the girls
were tired and the boys hungry. All
agreed to go back to the lunch. So back
they hurried, the nuts rolling about
over the bottoms of the baskets. Julius
had the most nuts; he had eleven. Mat
had the smallest number; she had one.
Val Duke was leading the party. He
made an electrifying announcement:
"A cows in the basketr'
"Gee-whizr' said Dick, rushing al
the COW. "Thunderr' said Julius, and
he gathered handful of dried leaves
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4 Day OF JENE.

o happiest day of summer time
| see the shadows shift and climb
The peaceful hills, as down the west
The sun goes journeying to its rest.
The rivers song is low and sweet,
Where hly-leaves, fairy fleet
Are rising, falling, by the shores,
Like boats adrlft with idle oars.
All day the elves of June have swung
The lily-bells the grass among,
And filled the air with melody
Like that which comes in dreams to me.
And lilac trees from nodding blooms
Have shaken incense-like perfumes,
To lull men in Lotus dream
Of drifting down an enchanted stream.
The sky has seemed, the whole day through,
Like great violet, overturned,
With sunshine filtering through its blue;
While careless, idle, unconcerned,
| lay among the grass, and heard
The happy carol of the bird
And saw the clouds go drifting by
Between me and the tender sky.
No discord mars the low, sweet tune
To which is set. this day of June,
A poem from the heart of God,
Wrote out on sky, and tree, and sod.
And !, who love to dream away
The long hours of the happy day,
Have talked with Nature, and have heard
Her voice in brook, and breeze, and bird.
Oh, such strange things as she has todd
The secret of the sunshines gold
The mystery of the tasseled corn
How roses break apart at mornl
This happy day have been near
10 Natures heart and felt it beat;
So close that | could feel and hear
Her loving thoughts and fancies sweet
Eden II. RerfOrd, IN the Cricket on the Hearth.
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EIGHTEEN families in New York count
up S24O, 100000 among them.
, 1878-06-14
COMING TO OREGON.

The afflicted will be glad to learn that a
corps Of Surgeons from the National Sur
gical Institute. fitted out with complete
assortment of apparatus for the treatment
ofevery human deformity. will again visit
Portland, Oregon, at the st. Charles hotel
from June 25ihto July lst, inclusive, 1873.
This Institution originally founded at In
dianapOlis. Indiana, has extended its busi-
ness throughout the United States and has
attained a reputation for the successful
treatment of Spinal Curvature. Hip and
Knee Joint Diseases, Club feet. Paralysis,
Piles and Fistua. heretofore unknown to
the profession. References of the highest
order can be given.
, 1878-06-14

THE FOURTH OF July EXCURSION. -
Father Cesary writes us, from san Juan,
that they are making preparations over
there to accommodate large number Of
people on the fourth of next month. The
Dispatch has been engaged to carry eX-
curSonists; but we are informed larger
steamer will be secured if necessary.
Tickets for the grove will be sold at Mr..
Thornton's landing. Tickets from Seat
tie will cost $3.50, round trip; children
hall-price. Admission to the grove 81.
The steamer will leave Union Wharf at
6 A. NJ, Qnstead of at as formerly in
tended) will reach San Juan about 10 A.
NJ. Dinner in the grove will be served at
II NJ. Amusements of all kinds will bt
the order of the day from p. NJ, until g.
when supper will be served. after whcl
amusements of different kinds will b,
continued until A. N. 1t is proposed to
start home at O'Clock, A. NJ, July 9TH
Undoubtedly a pleasant time will be en-.
joyed, and many will have cause to re.
member the occasion.
, 1878-06-14

NEW LoDGE.-On the evening of Fri
day the 7th inst. new lodge Of Odd
Fellows was organized at Port Gamble
with five charter members and nine initi-
ates, by Hon. II. G. Strive, Dist. Dpty,
n. G.. assisted 10y DR.. n, Lane, and w.
II. Pumphrey, of Seattle, DR.. n. d. Hill,
of this place. and n. S. Porter, Judge
Hewitt apd Jno. NJ. Swan. of Olympia.
1t was christencl - Friendship" lodge No
l3. After the lodge was instituted and
its new members initiated, magnificent
lunch was partaken OF about o'clock, A.
w. when the lodge was re-opened and the
degrees were conferred upon applicants.
Altogether the ceremonies lasted until
near five in the morning. The new lodge
bpgins its career under most favorable
auspices.