Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-10-16
THE MOUNDS.
4 Great Mystery solred at last. The Aoand
Builders CAimericaI. Il Beautifat
Theory spotted. Ind part OF
History Shorne OF It's Magic
and Romantic Charms.

IION iOliS lLIG GdIlu Has SlO5u none
can say. How many physical changes
It las passed through, we have no
means Of knowing. How long the
earth has been spherical is past finding
out. How many ages the surface Of
the globe has appeared, as it does move
with its continents, islands, mountains,
valleys and various bodies of water, we
know not Whether the division of
the earth IN the days of Peleg was politi-
cal or physical, and to whatextent the
face of the globe was furrowed by the
deluge must still remain in the field of
conjecture. Since geology has become
science, and men Of learning have de
voted their time and energy to that
field, they have collected vast amount
OF knowledge and have classified ia is
and phenomena until they have con-
vinced us that we know 'snothing vet,
as we ought to know" This we be-
lieve, that God created all things, true
we do not believe that he created rock
or ledges as we find them, and created
bones or fossils 10 them. The bones
grew in some animal before tiey
lodged III the rock. The very fact that
bones are found in rock formations, is
conclusive that they existed in anima'
before the rocks which contain them
we're formed, The general outer mo-
ton of the earth is now as it has been
SO long as man has known anything
abeutit Noah's ark rested on Ararat,
and all other mountains stood forth as
now; appeared thenas they appear now
TO the inhabitants all overethe earth; at
least no account of any important
change since mau's history. The geo
logical agencies, chemical, mechanical,
electric, caloric, volcanic, atmospheric
and aqueus have corroding teeth, which
never rest and are at work today =
what changes they do not effect bysiow
processes they eff,ct by violent convul-
sions. This continsnt was once under
water; how long Since, who can te'l2
/ Fossil remains Of aquatic amin Il life
are found in the earth, in the valleys,
on the hills and on the tops of the high
est mountains, OH the continent and at
the fartherdst distance from our seas
and OCEANS All believe, all know that
it was once submerged aud was after
wards emerged by those agencies above
namel, possibly all eaerset:cally COM
/ bi7el, and Nhen it was emerged il
brought all Oh its surface along with it
no dissenting voice here. Silent na-
tnre has here loutest voice. With the
| uphaavel must have come the noun
tains and possibly the mounds, if not
then, perhaps soon after, when the
whole surface WAS plant, but they
were rot formed at the same time.
| We said the mountains of the globe
were not all formed at the same time,
this is evident from the trend of some
mountain systems and the transverse
position Of others; then again from the
diversity IN tn cir size. The geological
agencies operated with different degrees
Of intensity when the mountains were
] produced, hence their size, height,
length and outer shape and at di fer
ent periods, hence their transverse 20
sitions. Then there are other geologic.
al phenomena that prove this theory
equally conclusive. Thus we say that
the geological agencies do not operate
according to uniform and invariable
laws, but are sometimes intense and
sometimes mere feeble, but they may
operate uniformly in any given reriol
whether general, or local, and on such
occasions the effects will be uniform
whether great or small. Promising
this. The mounds xii over the cont
nent being similar and Of a genera
uniform size, we conclude that the pro
ducipg agencies were general and uni
form, as these agencies would not like
| ly rise to the same intensity of period.
great distance apart as to time. L
tue mounds producing agencies hae
been periodical the mounds in some
parts of the United States would be
much larger than in other parts, anl Of
different shapes as the mountains nov
are, but their general similarity and
uniformity of size has been the main
reason why they are said to be artiti
cial. What is your reasonl Why
their similarity in form and uniformit,
in size2 They were produced by uni
form and systematic appliance ef hu
man energy. Well, this is just VIII,
we say thst they were produced in th'
same period when the agencies operates
generally and uniformity in all part
where they are found and hence pre-
ducing similar results, making a.
mounds about the same size and alik
in appearance. They were not produ
ced by deposit as the circumstance
under which depositions are made al
neither uniform nor general, but loca
and variable The mounds were pro
duced by nilder agencies, than thos.
which produced the mountains. or i
the same they operated more midi.
and uniformly. Scientists say that
the earth were solid and one grain o
powder could be placed In its cente
and exploded, the expansive force 0
conclusion would split the earth wild
open, if this force could not otherwis
7 escape. Perhaps earthquakes are pre-
duced by the expansive force of som
accumulated combustion within seek
ing an outlet. There is in Chill di.
: trict of country. which daily and almos
hourly shakes with earthquake commt