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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-20
Ruined Cities In America.

In the far West, In the cities or the great
canyons of Colorado, Arizona and New
Mexico are the dwellings and temples of
some of the arts of civilization. In the plans
are pastoral villages built of stone and NOR
tar, for both shelter and defense. The
houses are large, for number of people,
with courtyard in the centre. There
are no side entrances, but ingresS was by
ladders over the walls and into the court
yard. This indicates that the people were
continually on their guard against prawling
enemies, the Arabs of America. These
communal cities contain cirular towers of
great strength, constructed with concen-
trio walls and hollow circular court in the
center. Tbe walls are joined by radial
partitions, thus strengthening the whole.
Most of these towers are much dilapidated,
so that it Is impossible to ascertain wheth-
er they were rooted or not. A cast of the
remnants of one of the largest towers has
been made by Edwin K. Powell, OF the
Powell survey, and is now i'm the work
shop Of Prof. Ward at the University. 1t
is probable that these towers were entered
by secret, rock-cut passage, as at least
one such passage has been discovered. In
a recent article by Henry Gannett, the
suggestion Is ventured that these towers
were temples of the Sun, in the center of
which the eternal fire was kept burning.
Similar towers are now found in inhabited
cities or pueblos, and are used as sun tenn
pies. 1t is also quite probable that these
tower might have been used for defense in
sore extremity, the people entering them
by the secret passages. The double, and
sometimes triple walls would discourage
an enemy, armed only with bows ann clubs.
AS dangers thickened about these people,
or perhaps in their earlier history, fortified
dwellings were grouped la the caves form
ed by the disintegration of soft rock In the
perpendicular cliffs of the canyons. These
cliff dwelling must have been constructed
with enormous labor, as the stene was
either carried or hoisted from below. The
approaches were by steps cui in the rock,
and were very precarious. In the outer
stone walls are few small square open
ings for air and light, while the mode of
entrance was by ladders over the wall. The
cliff fortresses are of great antiquity. The
cedar wood used for beams Ia, however,
well preserved. Scattered about are great
quantities of broken pottery. The mortar
with which the walls are laid is still firm;
and in some places are seen the prints of
human hands, made when the mortar was
first laid on. The story of these ruined
towns and fortresses will, in all probabil
never be known. 1t is some satisfaction,
however, to know that America has ruins
of great interest.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-20
Sea Elephant Babies.

Two sea elephant babies were recently
exhibited at Santa Clara, California.
They were captured by Captain Peters off
miles south of this port, and are the prop
erty of AIr. j. t. Hayes. They now weigh
about eight hundred pounds apiece, though
only few months old They are good
tempered and playful, and willingly allow
gentle handling. Similar curiosities have
never before been seen in this city. The
bottle nosed seal or sea elephant is the
largest of the seal family, and from this
fact and the peculiar shape of its nose it is
so named. Seals of this species are often
seen that measure more than twenty-five
feeeFrom tip to tip, and fifteen feet or more
in circumference. In colors the males are
generally dark, grayish blue or brown, and
the females are dark brown above and yell
lowish below. The male bottle-nosed seal
has the power of extending its muzzle to a
foot or more in length, as does the elephant
its trunk. They have four fingers and
short thumb, with perfect nails, on the
front flippers. The hair is rather coarse,
but there is demand for the skins of these
animals for harness making? The oil that
is obtained from the blubber of these seals
is clear, although not exactly pleasant, its
odor and its taste are not bad, and it burns
slowly, with a bright, clear, smokeless
flame These seals are found in large
herds on the islands of the Antarctic ocean,
and in the winter time as far north as the
coast of Mexico, generally on sandy and
desert beaches, near fresh water streams.
in defense of their young or in self defense.
The species are much larger, as general
statement, than the largest elephant. As
consequence of brutal and indiscriminate
slaughter, they are now nearly extinct.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-20
WAYFARERS.

The way is long. my darling,
The road is rough and steep,
And fast across the evening sky
see the shadows sweep,
But o! my love, my darling,
No Ill to us can come.
No terror turn us from the path,
For We are going home.
Your feet are tired, my darling,
SO tired the tender feet;
But think, when we are there at last,
How long the rest and sweet
For 10! the lamps are lighted,
And yonder cleaning dome,
Before us shining like q star,
Shall guide or footsteps home.
We have lost the flowers we gathered
So early i'll the morn,
Aud on We go, with empty ands,
And garments soiled aid worn;
But o! the dear ALI Father
VIII out to meet us come,
And fairer flowers and winter robes
There wait for us at homo.
Art cold, my love, and famished.
Art faint. and sore athirst2
Be patient yet little while,
And Joyous as at first;
For . the sun sets never
Within that land OF bloom,
And { on shalt eat the bread Of life,
And drink hfe's wine at home.
The wind blows cold my darling,
Adown the mountain steep,
And thick across the evening sky
The darkling shadows creep;
But o! my love, press onward,
Whatever trials come,
For in the way the Father set,
We two are going home.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-20

Notwithstanding the fact that the game
called Fifteen" has been ridiculed and pro-
nounced fraud, the bashful young man
blesses it and will ever hold it IN fond re-
membrance. For wasn't it the means of
bringing his sweetheart's face close to his
own, and didn't it enable him to touch the
tips of dainty fingers, while her balmy breath
intoxicated him with its fragrance?" And,
oh! wasn't it just at that blissful moment
when the old man came into the parlo
caught him by the collar, yanked him from
the sofa, and lifted him off the front stoop
with the parting injunction, '1f ever catch
you here again, trying to kiss my daughter,
III fix you; eonfound your imPudence!"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
TIle Russlan Grand puke.

The Grand Duke Constantine, brother
of the CZar of Russia, is described by
foreign writer as q maritime Chester
field. He has a ready compliment for
every one who approaches him in society.
and has good deal OF light chit-chat for
all sorts of persons. But in private his
speech is curt, and he deals in those ex-
pletiyes without which the sailors
vocabulary would be incomplete. The
Grand Duke was married young to the
handsomest Princess in Germany-a
blessing he never much valued. He
travels abroad by himself, and the Grand
Duchess Constantine by herself. Con-
stantine has navigated and circumnavi-
gated good deal as an officer of the
Russian navy, of which he is now the
Lord High Admiral. As he grows
elderly he stiffens and shows hereditary
pipe-clay. His carriage has the bolt
upright stiffness OF the Prussian officer,
and his trousers fit as if held down with
straps. His trunk is clothed in kind OF
naval pea-jacket. His step is, for 30 tall
man, curiously mincing. It is q
dancing masters step, and enables him
rapidly and without fatigue to cover a
deal of ground. The Gar has an ennaye
look, and gives the impression of man
who never had a friend that was not a
valet. Constantine looks as though he
felt himself watched by spies, and
glances about without turning his head.
He is very fond OF animals, and has in
his park in Russia tZoo" of his own, in
which there are remarkable specimens of
Asiatic goats, buffaloes and yaks.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
Much Ringing.

According to the London Medical
Record, an American physician, DIR. Far
rar, has calculated that about half ton
OF pure gold Is annually packed away
into American teeth; and he goes on to
assert that, at this rats, within 800 years
as much pure gold will have been buried
with the teeth into which it is packed as
there is now in the whole gold circula-
tion OF the earth. Perhaps DIR. Farrar is
right, for half q ton of gold is only IT.
$40 ounces avoirdupois, and suppQsing
that one American in q hundred has his
teeth stopped with gold, that would give
each an average amount OF annual stop
ping OF something like one-sixteenth OF
an ounce, which is not, perhaps, very
extrayagant amount. But we are not in
clined to spdbd wonder on these trite cal
culations Of how much gold all the
stuffed teeth of the ages may be event
ually supposed TO contain, any more than
on how many wasted minutes all the use
less calculations Of the ages may be sup.
posed to have accounted for. You might
just as well calculate how many yards oi
artery there are pulsing away at Guild
hall dinner, or how many multiples ol
the present Lord Mayor would reach tc
the moon. 1t is always easy to astonisI
people by manipulating the insignificant
facts of life with the aid Of tho multipli
cation table, but the astonishment is bar
rem, not to say little imbecile. - Tit
| Spectation.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13

united and systematic scientific re-
search. A common system which scien-
tific. men of all nations and all lam
guages can understand will render the
dissemination Of newly-discovered facts
and phenomena easy, and increase the
interest and expedite the discoveries OF
philosophic men throughout the world.
Prizes are offered for the best methods,
the first prize being five thousand francs,
and all plans shou1d be sent before May
/, 1881. Committees will report on Jan.
1, 1882. It is desirable that essays and
communications should, as far as possi-
BILE. be written in French, that being the
common diplomatic and scientific LAM
Quage, and better known and understood
than any other. Correspondence should
be addressed to Prof. M. j. Capelline,
President of the Association. 1t is de-
sired and expected that scientific men Of
the United States will contribute their
mature thought upon this subject, and
be present and participate in the delib-
erations of this most important congress.
FERNANDO JONES.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
The Climax OF Love stories.

It was, we think, with Jane Eyre that
it began to be supposed that the hot en-
counter of two lovers, with all their
juxta-positions and all their quarrels,
heats and coolnesses, was the only OBJ
ject of Naturalization discovery
which has done more damage in the
world than many q more important mis-
take. Taking Shakspeare's example,
however, we may say that story which
is pure love and nothing else, must end
in catastrophe. It is an intolerable
state not to be supported by the great
mass of beings who are not in love, and
its suddenness, and the overpowering
brief current of its potency, the pity OF
the strange and tragic conclusion, the
bitter sweet of that union which is end
ing, are component parts of its power
over us, and justify its acceptance as the
supreme romance, the one typical tale OF
youth and passion. There is no looking
behind or after in that sudden rapture
it is all concentrated in the moment, the
hour, the one point Of everlasting dura-
ton, which to ordinary mortals is beat
out upon the clock in the shortest spell
of time. But when the youthful pair
occupy their real position In real
world, the interest of their story not only
gives zest to the study of more ordinary
existence, but it gives the indispensable
composition, the necessary beginning and
ending which every tale requires.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
oregon Macn,nery Depot.

FL. p. Gregory & Co., importers and
commission merchants of San Francisco,
have lately opened branch of their
house at No. 43 Front street, Portland
For many years they have been known as
one of the heaviest California firms deal
ing in machinery, engines, etc., and
their large and growing trade in Oregon
has compelled them to open a house
here. Mr.. Stewart Mcclure is the resi-
dent partner here, and is q very pleasant
gentleman to deal with. They carry
wood working machinery of all kinds,
saw mills and saws, machinists tools,
steam engines and boilers, lubricating
oils, blowers and exhaust fans, and make
rubber goods speciality. A complete
line of engineer supplies can always be
found at their Portland house, where the
best of terms is always given to the
trade. Catalogues sent on application.
Every music teacher or musician In
Oregon, Washington Territory or Idaho,
who will send their name and address to
Warren's Music House, 80 Morrison St.,
Portland, will receive free for three
months, copy of his Musical ReUietc,
containing three new pieces of music
each month, besides current musical
news.
Beach T. 90.
This firm, successors to Coggins &
Beach, dealers in paints, oils, glass,
doors, sash, blinds, etc., is doing very
extensive business, which extends to va
rious points on the North Pacific Coast.
They import direct from the East the
gseat bulk Of their stock, which enables
them to sell cheaper than those who pur-
chase their stock either in San Francisco
or this city, and which accounts for their
rapid increase Of patronage. Persons
desiring anything in their line would dc
we'll to give them call before investing
eIsevhere
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
He Conlan,f HeIn It.

There was another case yesterday Of q
boy who couldn 3 help il. a prominent
and dignifed citizen was looking ont
through the third story window of
block on Jefferson avenue which he had
thoughts of renting, when the idea sud-
denly struck him to look into the alley
in the rear. He raised the sash Of
window and peered out upon ash boxes,
coal scuttles and barrels OF straw with
out number, and was about to close his
observations when the sash came down
with q thud and struck him behind his
shoulders. In his fright he fell to his
knees. and while the solid half of his
the window sill. In addition to the
body was accompanied by pain. The
cash could not be reached with his hands
freely enough to lift it, and it soon oc-
CURED 20 the prominent citizen that he
ought to have help. He could not expect
it from behind, fof he was alone in the
store, but as he looked down into the
alley boy came stumping along to find
something worth lugging away.
"HelIo, boyi hell or" called the citizen.
Hello yourselfri cried the boy as he
looked up.
..Say, boy, come under the window
here; want to speak to you"
"Not much, yer don't" chuckled the
gamin. 'sYou can't drop no coal scuttle
on my head"
"But don't mean to-"
"Mebbe not, but you'v got bad faee
on you for all that. When did You get
out Of the iug?1
Boy, I wantyour help.
So does yerIaunt! Don't get me to
stand in with no such duffer as you
/ arep'
I'm caught in this window and want
| to get out"
$50 would I! Been prospecting for
old junk, eh? You'll get six months fol
that
ssIf you'll come upstairs and help mt
out I'll give you a dollar"
"a dollari You can't play no dollar
store on me, old man! If you make nj
another face like that at me I'll hit you
in the eye with this old lemon. I dom
look starched up, but I don't let any
man insult me, all the same.
Don't you know who / am p softl,
| asked the citizen.
'sNaw, I don't, but I'll bet the per
leece do. You've got one of the hardes
mugs on you l ever saw, and I've good
mind to give you one, just for luck
Look out now"
He made as if he would throw, and
/ the citizen lodged. This was such fur
for the boy that he kept it up for thres
or four minutes, and the offer of 50 hai
1 no effect on him. Then he gathered si1
or eight old lemons and oranges to
| gether, and said:
/ sks'I believe you are the boss hyena wht
| knocked dad down at ths caucus, and Tn
going to drive your uose back exactly al
! neh!"
aThe sooner ye call the sooner yen b.
jugged! Here's to hit you square on the
nosep'
The opening of the back door of .
store and the appearance of q man dis
concerted the lads aim, and the lemon
struck the citizens hat instead of hi
nose. His yell brought climax, bu
the air was full of tropical fruit even al
the boy busted down ealley and turned
/ q corner.
The boy couldn't help acting that way
He was born so. 1t wouldn't have beer
a bit like boy to run up stairs and re
lease the man. He didn't have fai
show with his spoiled lemons, but boy
soon get over disappointments. - Detroi
| Free Press.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13

Progress OF the Electric Light.

The electric light seems to be COM
ing into use in England almost as
fast as in America. 1t is the Anglo
American Electric Light Company
that controls the Jablockoff system,
but having become satisfied last win,
ter that the Brush was the better
system, it purchased the English
patents for sl50,oOO. In the mean
time a commission, appointed by Par
lament, made report filling large
volume, which, after months of in
vcstigation and thorough test of
the Siemens, Gramme. Wallace and
other systems, awarded the Brush
light the superiority over all others
by 40 per cent. in the results at
tanned. The government immedi-
ately cabled the Brush Company at
Cleveland an order for $50, 900 worth
of apparatus. The fact was tele-
graphed all over the world, and was
in the TELEGRAM's Associated Press
dispatches last February. Since then
the Anglo-American Company have
sold enough machines to make the
aggregate reach nearly 1000 lights.
The Government lights are used in
the Royal navy, in the ship yards
and offices. 1t requires 80-horse
power to drive twenty.seven Size
mems lamps, of 1000 candle power
each. TO drive twenty lamps of
the Brush system, requires 24-horse
power. It requires separate ma
chine for each Siemens lamp. One
machine drives torty Brush lamps.
The greater economy in fuel with
the saving in wire and machinery
must at once be apparent. The Brush
French patents have been bought for
$3.50 600. To run forty Brush lamps
REQUIRES but thirty. four horse power.
The machines can bo run for fifty
per cent. less than pas can be manu-
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
Iscariots.

The world is full of Iscariots. The
original was not so bad as he was painted.
He did not mean to compass the death of
the Saviour, but though he could save
thirty pieces of silver and that the power
Of his Master was too absolute for any
harm to come 10 him. There are thou
sands and tens Of thousands of men like
him in the world. There are men who
will betray their country in o small way
to make money of it. They console
themselves with the thought that the
country is too great to be shaken by SO
little transaction, and yet out of them
have grown all our Indian wars, be-
cause of them almost all the sorrows
and divisions OF the country have come,
and because of them the masses
have fallen off in respect for the
authorities so much that really upright
men hesitate before ieopardizing their
good names through accepting office,
| The baneful evil descends to private life
and becomes the father of q thousand
heart aches and crimes. The clerk loves
his employer, would not harm him for
| the world, and yet some time he ventures
| to take q dollar, unaccounted for, from
the till intending to replace it next day.
| Like Judas he wants the silver and be-
lieves that the act of getting it is not a be-
| trayal of his Master; but the next day he
wants more and the result is fight or a
| prison, or often, as did the Iscariot OF
old, he goes ont and hangs himself. A
great evil may cloud or fetter commu-
nifty. You will find thousand men who
will denounce it to you and tell you it
ought to be abatel, but if the test comes
that requires their presence or their sig
nature they will refuse Why? Because
| for the little silver they can gain by
| hiding their thoughts, they have sold
lItheir souls, and are willing to make
| those who nurse the wrong believe they
are smiling approval. The greed fo1
| gold is emasculating the world. Men
are betraying their Master, principle,
every day for it, as much as did Judas
Iscariot. They are obsequious to wealth
they smile approval to tyrannIes; they
! withhold their hands from the palms oi
honest poverty; they betray their own
manhood; they are Iscariots for coin
i The eyes of mothers catch the CLEAN OF
gold and become facinated until they be
tray their daughters into false marriages
even while, like Iscariot, they kiss them
Young girls walk the streets and watch
the finery displayed in the windows, and
the Iscariot within then begins to whisper
"Of course you'll not betray yourself te
the world, but You are very poor, and the
mantle of the night will conceal for yor
little indiscretion." Either the old Is
CARROT has been too much blamed or ther'
is not blame enough for those who imi
tate him in modern days. The thing
most full of human nature in the New
Testament is that the Savior, or even of
ter at His touch the eyes of the blint
were opened, and at the sound OF Hi
voice the grave gave up its dead-th'
most natural thing, we say, was that h'
was betrayed by one He thought hi
friend, and that He was betrayed fo
money.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
To the People OF the Great Northwest.


WE WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION 10 A
w few facts and ask your careful consideration OF
the same
coast afflicted with CATARRH in one or more OF its
origin Of their suiferfngs and consequently In spite o
all they are able 10 do. continue to suffer.
thai it lis simply a local Inflammation Of the mucous
membrane lining OF the nasal passages, produced BY a
erroneous in the extreme else why do they not cure
simple disease which is merely the result OF a
ThlrdmTha. Catarrh is not simply LOCAL but
hence capable Of transmission 10 offspring, which &C
counts in part for it's rapid increase.
Of all scrofous diseases, of which that form known
as GATARRH Is most prevalent. alent..
treatment, all LOCAL means must prove futile, why
then longer continue the use OF snufs Douchest In
sixthLFhat we have made the above facts life
this worst OF curses, until CURED BY Our OWN
REMEDY, and fully warranted In the assertion
s o aaa
CATARRH, upon the above principles with the very
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o1 theoTy q the & S sSd hs
directions are strictly followed
OUR REMEDY rs SPECIFIC,
We have decided to piaes our SURE CURE FOR
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