/ THE POTTER JOURNAL AND jno. S. *an, <_ P- Hamilton. I OLUME XXV, NO. 25. Ihe POTTER JOURNAL AND \|'AVS ITEM. prS USHBP WEDNEM.AY AT cO UPEKSPOiri\ PA. Qfi . /*,-. Muin nd Third.) S I.R" PEIT YEAK IN ADVANCE. j : IF. „„ V Man". S. R. Hamilton, I r. Publish-er* ARTHUR B M ISN I" JOHN S. *'ANN A SON, TON ,,;. AT 1J CONVEYANCERS, '.urnF.USPiIRT. PA., 1 \ L'l'-ti to. ART^" R MANN • , ,_tLr- A.'-ul X Notary Public. PJ-'L M-: 1 VUY. M. !♦., „... • i>-.. PH.'-I* -AN AND SPWJLON , >I; A. I'ENN'A. R J cu R Tis. , -R, I ; ;t LTW AIIII I):- tr'et Aiteriu-J. • 7.4/• ■ "... 'rri'•' }'■'.'Jjpcr, ' OHTER>PORT, PA., •. i . •:. • pr.-r.inlnjs ! • ai-. pn.f.- -f ;• . rrz •• Y" v rjPiiit if*.' '.aim .Van rl, l ofiveyaiic**! AN 1 KI IL ESTATE IGOL 7'/■ it "tr.'yhi'a. Tl. . • .- ■- IV -i.. a . ■ . , . 1.. ... j • • R>. <". I ,KK i ■ OUSTED 4 LAIRA3EE, \N'i '"OUXSKLoRS \T I.AV. v ./ ;'e Court 11-■!'*?.) ' ]>KH-PORT. PEN N'A. SETH LEWIS, ■on • A'. LAW and Insurance AGENT, I LKWI-VILLE, PA. \. 'l. REYNOLDS, DENTIST, T. S • I K-TED 810. K. VJVDERSPORT. PA. Baker House, Raows A. KEI.LV. Propr's. •: O\D and EAST Streets, •: DKESPOKT, PEXN'A. ! " "■ *n p.ii Ito tli* convenience and I'omfort <7 ;rue-T-. " N'.-IPITIJI attache *. Lewisville Hotel, M R „f WU!* and NORTH Streets, LEWISVILLE, PA. * stabling attached. JOHN 3. PEARSALL, PAINTER, COL PERSPORT. P tlag. IDAZLNG. 1.-.IIAINO. Cal ! mining, li.-ar prompti;*!--- and iispatvh in MI! cases, and rio.i srvsr- RUTTED. 1 JN'Ts f* r sale. 848s i : ■' '• S 4. 8. M INS J rriJiflPSON & SUNN. -s. ieines. Bank-, Stationery, •7" .CMS P'-ftTS O'LS. WLIPAPEh.iw. * M'inonri Third St*.. >1 DE ITS PORT. PA. S. F HAMILTON. LSD JOB PRINTER ' * r M-iivi nud Third.) ' >' DER-SPOKT, I'A. D J CROW ELL, " -■ H -ILL Jrhter L £ Ititu Haciire, | •! \>N 1 >'•■' XMERIHI T*O.. Pa. ' / MAHI V K lu i V n> - •-1.; ! ■.. , -r.: ■ it :u w ,r. T m L S i *£ n , T. ;or.itivf VK Jrrsrc A INTER, I LOUDER SPORT, PA. :V ' -i Pa. IIR HANRiNO dotie " A * >• s- .MD ilispatch. ' • iiU'U U\l C " "UN LJI .. U 0 - t4 U .C*. , | • 1 >'l Willi' Oi j *.. fi at tht R UI JOI K •• FT-OLVE (.ron4>: ait.nttnn I For the Jouraal and Item. ON PICKET. TY it}, the gri \ mists folded round me. All alone for years and year-, I have watehed and prayed and waited Till my eyes are dim with tears.' I have heard no glad reveille Sounding through the shadows grey; Never seen the tiuLt'ring banner liaised to greet the dawning's ray- But athwart tlre cruel blackness, Hark: a clear melodious cry: "Keep thy watch with cheerful courage. For the morn is drawing nigh." Sore!. wounded in life's rattle, I will never give it o'er. Only watch with greater caution Than 1 ever did before; Only pray with meeker pleadings Till He send His army bright For a shiniug guard around me On the left and on the right. He w ho girded on our armor And commanded "Watch" to ail, Though the hosts of Siu l.esit*ee us, Will not let His servants fab. Though I keep my watch unbroken All alone for years and years; Though I see no glad s:ar shining For the binding of these tears; Though the grey mists closer gather And the night wind wshler blows, Something iwautifu! and blessed W alts to greet ineyet. 1 know; For ac.. s_, the cruel blackness I hive heard an angel cry: "Keep thy v atrl. w iih cheerful courage. For the mom is drawing nigh." • I red Centre, X T. M. E. JL EVERETT. OUT IN OREGON PORTLAND, Oiegou, O 'Jx-r \ INT Six yvars ago, after a L:ig j >tir nt v from St. Louis to New York. Sew \ ork to Panama, thence to —in Franeiseo anl the Columbia i I -iver—forty days in ;t !l—yy,. s |j.j anuiuo the white b vakers and tit ' .e gray morning <>f a i ii-eeuiber day aw ui Oregon shore, with its char u'teristie bristling garni. ore of tali iirs. swej.t by fogs an I mist. How iong it seems! For "YV r live in deeds, rt * yea" —i, houghts. n*' breavbs — In feeling., not in Igure- on a liii: We diouhl count time by hear, t nubs." YVlii-ii I tiiink of all tiiat has imp ; rnned to this North west—to on whole country an i to the world sine,* six years ago—the time seems right ' royal without the added record o; simple human lives. The first L' ters we receiv -d that wiut r, >verland through the snowsol Iri van. were sixty or seventy days <! 1. You eader~ (that is. those who read "t . cor res j > >n Ivnee"—does q -ijlm.jy. uu less he i- caught in a railroad >tatio with no train?) will have t!iis letu • to browse through in ten days fn>n laic. Twenty years ago, six roontu was a go.vl trip to Oregon. Wit J knows but that, in twenty years fron i now. we shall go by balloon exprv s !in six hour-? Perhaps so, if this ol ■ mother earth doe-n't get disgu-te with our fa-t living and turns us al. i. off to pr.-ture in some oinet's tail. Eigliteen months from -lanuarv t*. 1 s)Js, saw the Pacific Railroad com pleted and Chicago runner- began to see themselves from >,n L'ieg. to Ta toot eh Island. Then c-.mi Grant's election, tlie Franco-Pru sian war, t!ie unpreced. ntcd railroa j development west of you islander I the unprecedented development o •our bland celestial brethren west ] us Paeifie-slopv-rs and last, not lc'-e :o u- web-fee", the unpr.-c lent .1 a vent in our midst of ILn II dl id.,y. Ks<j.. the railroad magnate and a!< of the Northern Pacific railroad, whereby hangs such a tale to you bankers out. Last. Well, th ton has been full, and I have m on one paragraph. Shall 1 now rr\ : take my commercial and gentle read cr> a little stroll through' 'eelinca:- I pro-pect.-, pro'oiets and politic, o. Oregon ? Country splendid, crops bug" fchi ! year, summers iehglrfu , o . damp and m !J. n > ee. no - ;o . n lightning, no win u. e! .i: • | earthquakes, one leg • the most ma idled up, mi.- 'iaiti. .Ms- I in politics you ever -aw, not < .< vpi ing \ our in ett v little gaiii - i:i Nli— ' souri. Now for partial enlargem *n , 1 suppose vour kindly interest. - • -a.e stantially manifested in our lire of August 2nd, has not gone ivy alto gether and so 1 will say a word of that. We deserved it, as o ;di cities; lmt that's just thee;,'!- f '-vnig i thy, isn't it? \\ hat we d i t ■ - : serve We CiU bear great lt d bet ter. The quarter burned corresponds pret'y nearly to that part <u ?t. Louis w.-t oai lio.'tu "f •' eeou and Gi.cn. it \v .s bv no means tht heart wuich was L: k-.-u—only one lung. Small dwelling*, stores and j manufactures w ere tl;c main lueses. COUDERSPORT PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. 1874. Had the fire an anti-Chinese origin? No; there is no evidence of it. We do feel sore About John aorotimes, but no threats can be proved and no impression to that effect exUi here. Was it an incendiary? Soint think so. but spontaneous combus tion may have been the cause, as, indeed, it is proved to be far more commonly than once supposed. •Starting among combustible mate rials, old, summer-dried wooden buildings, our fire only needed an evident, which happened to the first engine, to give it the mastery. A broken "gooseneck" on a suction pipe, three-quarters of an hour, with out the- means of repairing it an ! the harm was past mending. When shall we learn tie* lesson of the jvower of little things for good or evil? Twenty-two Mocks and a million of property went up in the sunlight of one morning. We were thankful too, that it was morning, not black, lurid night; which is alway- a horror add ed to calamities and the cover of pillage. \o doubt many people West and Ivi-t were surprised that we did not accept help from abroad. Now that time has passed, we are better pre pared to judge calmly whether our authorities were wise or "otherwise." You must know that great indigna tion was filt for awhile; even effigies' were hinted at by the noisy among' u-. and the feeling was very general i nong all class -- that money should l>e received and perhaps asked fur.' We could have luul SIOO,OOO, no doubt, without making a very poor f.icv. Hut with the thoughtful the i qu. -tion was, will suc-h a course Im* i breach of trust? If we call for] ■lonev to aid >uffering ami destitute leople, can we apple it to rebuil '. j nsure or meet 10-se- of men who ari ; >nlv reduce! in means? Have we a i right to a-k until we have applied ! fin own fund and seen how far that 1 *.".1! go ? Thev erred, if at all, on the - gbt side; and though the .-vent ; nay show that s~>n,ooo more could xve !>een wisely disbursed (which i- , lot improbable), was it n<t lK*ttei ian to have abused the sympathy of' iur friends by overdoing? Portland vill go out to the world as a plucky • hy. at a time when too much is seei ft" both individual and social want ol 'clear grit;" nor d-> we v t know o ny suffering or want which has n<t ivetnly ielief. In a si.ort two montli ve have twenty-five brick l.uilding nd forty-five flame on the ruin-. Over $12,000 has been distributed t ( die suffi rers nn-l unless the winter i- i ( ry unlike our usual ones, we slnd ■iot -ee any great hardship. For this we must thank our-upei hiimlant crop, which lias come pro ! •. idcntially t• ease all burden.- an< .eassure our citizens. The Will.- inette Valley is famous for never- ] ding crops. In twenty-five year-' lothing like a Ihiinre has Ken knowi • oit thi- year i.> aliove average. I*e>- .iaj>- never ha- so full and cxtende: crop,.!'sucii quality, lieen real z, l.i ; ou will alino-t doubt my veracity • hen i say the average yield ha uen ovti thirty bu.-liels: many field .;\e given forty TO fifty and some i ..* <j bushel- of finest w heat to tie <•: >. A1! other crops have lieen in i<i<q>o'ti< n. i ins has also brought a good pr ee—from soc to $1 pet j bu-h,i the fanner -miles and w<. j witii him. I was told by an aulhoi-: ily in s.ieli natters, that four mil-1 1 *!.- g"l ; v ii colli, her. lllis tall lu: j wbeat, eaam 1 salmoa and wool, | v- • sum - netted to ou. people, j <•! ;.t-r ■ irn ts not enumerate'*;, lumber, eggs, meats, etc., will .. \ • p;d exp- 1 in- is asu .di j -u ;i u y our mid-', but to n- lUO.UUO iotiabitauLs it mean- s4o t< every mar., woman and child. Ai<*re pros perous. I doubt nut, than any in the Union, indeed, there woud lie no excuse for poverty with u-. and there i haixily any here. With manufactures and more people, we will IN* one of the strongest and m'rst independent comm unifies in the world. Ft* have va-t ant-ouehed niiiKv.V!i Id "inly waiting devel opment as a market presents it-el'. In another letter I may tell you ol thi (i-wego Iron Works.jn-t ivop coed wiliiin ten miles of Portland and also something about our fishc.ies and cminii g estisbiislinieiita. Ik'fore closing, let uie give you a glimpse of our political situation. Whatever may be its issue, do not attach much significance to it. You are, of course, aware of the unfortu nate record which came to light -non after the late senatorial election in our state, touching the character of the elected representative. The at tempt wa- made, and succas-fully. ;n convention, to procure a semi-cn dorseuier.t by the Republican party of this "unfortunate" man. The re sult is an indirect bolting of ao so much of the party that the election of the Democrat candidate seem- as sured. The Republican candidate is a noble man who ought by all means to be our choice; but it seems to a great many more important to rebuke the attempted whitewashing, and so vote for principles, than to decide as between the two candi dates. If Hiram Smith, the Repub lican candidate, is elected, do not put it down as Oregon's indorsement of senatorial records, for it will rather mean that this gentleman had per sonal worth sufficient to overcome the feeling created by the indorsing resolution. If Mr. Nesmitb, the Democratic candidate, is elected, do not put it down a Republican defeat, but the result of a coss-issue in morals. Yours, AGNES. SWITZERLAND —Lucerne—ln ter l&ehin. Travelers say of all the Lakes on the Continent. Lake Como, <>f Italy, and lake Lucerne, in Switzerland, are the finest. The latter is certain ly magnificent fiom its mountian scenery. It i- completely shut in 1;. the mountains, and every turn am* way you look reveals new charms. Wandering along by the lake, one line morning. I found a spot which seemed to take in all of its beauty and gr iideur, and there I feasted and drank in it- superb loveliness t> my heart'- content. The days wa ta perfect, and we took long sails upon the lake, and gazed at the towering i'ilati- and Khigi—th >-e va-t Alpim monarch*, whtj-i suinmhs are clothed hi eternal snow-, and whose aspect ire -o variable, n- v pr-e:itii:g M>! 1. rugged fronts, and again wrapped in fleecy clouds, dimming tiicir outlines nto a beauty no printer can portray. Lucerne is a livily little jdaee. li, n untqualtni situation au<l fine ho tels and cafe-. The quay is like a i'ai i-ian boulevard in life and anima tioo. SteunbosUaad ufiiercnift art -ontinually arriving ami elejart;ng. Toolay after tab!< -d'iiote. where tliir- U-en cour-es were scrveil, (I begrudg •di the time given to it. when there was -o much to be seen outside.) v.e ■vent to see tlie Lion of Lucerne, which is a statue of a lion hewn in he living rock, a colossal lion droojj ng in death over a broken column oi -iiaft, which, though dying, it -liii eek- to defend. Tiie > xpre-sion of -orrow and suti'ering in the countc lance is almost human. At the foot if the solid wall of rock and the im ge. lie- a little sheet of water, refit ct i;g in it- mirror-iikc surface the fig ure of she lion and the drooping cy press willows -urroundi:ig it. Tlie statu* was executed in memory of 'he Swiss Guards—w!)i> were slaugh tered in I'aris in IT'M. The design •s by Tborwaidson. Our route over this pass was grand. A'e traveled by diligences—with four oid .sometimessix hor.-* s—often -top ping to get a relay of fresh horse-. We weni over "mountains high and valley -low." Tin* road wound around and up. disclosing {leak after peak to view. And at our side and far in low were innumerable mountain tor rents hurling them-eives into unfath omable ravines—roaring cataracts and seething whirlpool-, rushing and fbam'utg iike the Niagara rapids. We halted to view Dries-bach, on Lake Rrienz—it luiiey the finest waterfall in tIC Pass. The air was pure and exhilarating and exceedingly fra grant from the odors of the fir tree ami the pines. The laburnum grows very l ixur'u ntiv here, being a native of the Alps. Leery available spot is cultivated along heie on the moun tains—terraced and planted with vineyards or other crops to their very -umniit; and upon ledges of r ocks and places, winch, from a distance, appear too -Uvp to .-land upon, arc grapes growing, i'erche*! u[ou these dizzy h. iglit - r,nd apparently inac cessible spots, are the Swiss cottages or chalets, where during the summer month- the Swiss peasant tend- o the goat - and makes the cheese, One Cannot hut commend the jierseveriiig industry ofthese hardy mountaineers, although we cannot admire their un tidy habits and personal appearance. The children are like little animals— so dirty and filthy an they. Many Swiss fainiiie- live over the stables where the cattle are kept. Every animal of the cattle kind wears a bell in Switzerland, and when they mo\n in unison, tiie sound reverbrates over tlie hills ;uid through the ravines with a wild melody. Resides the tinkling of the cattle bells, one con stantly hears the chiming of the con vent and monastery bells—mingling now and theu with the Alpine horn. Every sound echoes and re-echoes among the hills, and the noise of the driver's whip sounds in the clear air like the sharp crack of rifles and startling as j istol -hots. Our route over the Alps is the highest taken by tourists and pil ; glims to Italy and Rome, it was traveled by the armies of the 11 o mans. Charlemagne, and in the year • 1 800 by Nh}K)leon B.inaparte. It l : named after ilit great St. Rernard. Ithe good Saint and Doctor in th* Latin church. After leaving Lucerne I we rode eight hours in a liligence. 'and then we completed the remain ' der of our journey upon unde rlie procession of tourists, with ac companying guides, wound aroum md up. and slid uj tiie steep ascent-, i rusting more to the instinct un< sure footednes- of the nodes than t< the care of the guides. Reache> ; iios] ic* trslx in the cvei.ing, ivheia ! • e ha<l dinner and slejtt ujtuii hugt ; i*athtr bels. under great avalaneln 1 blankets, nicely wanned for us by .it- wanning { an-, a delightful uiiioi i* the romantic with the comfortable, p there we were 12.(100 feet above ■ l ac level of the sea, and the surround ing mountains are 3000 feet higher. Jf course you know that these mouii ains and all about us are always covered with snow . Still it did seem o strange to waik about in it an*. ,irk< the snow into balls in the niid ile of July. We were anxious to -ee a snow stoiin. but it was to*> •obi the day we were up there. The -ky was clear and bright and intense v blue. The Hospice or Hospital ol -t. Rernard was founded in the ninth ' century, and remains to this day un changed in its rules and regulation? '.md in its unrivaled hospitality, .'daiiy hundreds of traveler- passing •el ween Italy and Switzerland are an nually entertained here by the good .M. Angus iue monks, without exact ing payment. Tourists generally leave as much money iir the convent lox a- they Del inclined, but many poor travelers are fed and lodged gratuitously The self sacrificing monk- live hereto rescue and take care of travelers who are lost, or over taken by the violent and tei rific storms which often prevail in these regions. I saw but two or three monks, and these quite aged, but I was told that there was nearly thirty attached to the Monastery. 1 was surprised to find up here a fine toned piano, a gilt of Prince Albert. The establish ment and continuance of this hospital is indeed a great and noble work, a monument of christian love and an honor to the Roman Catholic church. Tiie Monks are assisted by dogs!— great splendid creatures, (i can't help : praise and caress them.) whose won derful sagacity enables them to take an important part in tiie labor of humanity and mercy. These dog only live seven or eight years, and the lives of the good monks are much shortened by the exposure an l hard ships they endure. Rut foi :t noble cause, i- it not? One of the most sa< and desolate sights to nie was the morgue, near the Ilospice. Il contains the bodies of those who have perished upon the mountains and brought in by the monk- and dogs. They are arrayed along the walls in a standing or lying position, await ing to l>e claimed by friends. Owing to tne pure air and the extreme cold ness of the climate up there, there is no decay, but a drying up of the flesh to the bone. It was indeed a shock ing and hideous sight. The buildings are of plain but of imposing appearance, constructed <-t gray stone and standing tut dation-of rock, surrounded by !;Lh bleak mountains. The com fort an * rest proffered t> the weary traveler wa- thoroughly enjoy ed and appreci ated by our party. We were awak ened very early by the monastery bel<- calling tiie monks to prayers. And soon after breakfast we prepared ourselves to return, which we did in much less time than we made t' as cent.— L m ira Ad tv rti- r. Ruined Ey Medicino. In the new wor titl< <1 "Diges j ion a id Dyspepsia," published by |S. R. \\ * I . and written by Dl. : Trail, he say s: "Clergymen, lawyers and legisla tors, w ho devote much time to writ ing or studying and d ■ not give proper attention to diet and exercise ] are often extreme sufferers. \\ ere it proper and useful to do so, 1 would give the names of distinguished bi-ii ops, divines, statesmen, lawyer- and even physicians who have In-en drag ged down from post- of honor and wealth, tb moral degradation and poverty. U'can-e of this condition of t their bowels and the medical treat- 1 } inert. j "I -ay medical treatment advised lit . Tiie condition itself might l:;>v. { oceasione*i di-ease and even death;! but it would not alone occasion dis . : Honor. (jiates w* re giv* n to re ■ sieve pain and stimulants to support \ itaiitv. Their eii'tft- were onh cn{K>i*arv ani a- the cause wa- not emovt'd. they were frequently i* pea ted. Soon morphine ami brand \ ijecarue necessities; and ewntudh runkenne-s beeam<*a habit f*ilowed in some instance- by debauchery an*' iti.er vices. Some of the readers of these lines nay remember the sad story of two iistmguished prelates, men of good iiame ami fame and unimpeachabb piety, occupying the exalted [.osition •f bishop- of the two great* st slates >t our Union: New Yoik and Penn-: -vlvania. Tliey were brothers. Roth were degrade*! from their high and . inly office for intoxication and lech iotis conduct. The unfortunate men ; were more sinned against than -in ning. It was shown or. their trial that the medicine which had woiked their ruin had been prosci'died b\ j their phys'cians. The Colcrc-do Desert. Some interesting stateinepts con- ' cerning the recent explorations in tin ■• "olorado D**s*rt are giv* :i by tin San Fraliei -co Jlullrf>r). Vv e qiote; "It i- only a few days ago that ••** uad a report of a terific sand storm raging along the 1 -w. r -Me < !' San Raruadino Uoiintv. Tliese storm *nay fie traci-*! in some of their eil* et i i- high ui• a- Point Cone* ption, in ! Santa Raibara County , and inland as far north a- Tulare County. On the | stage road from Yisalia to I.os An j gel* >s these storm- have been eucouut- , : ered in u**h terific force that it has ijeen necessary to detach the horse ! in*! put them on the leeward side of ] tlie stage for protection. The hot. j dessicatiug winds have baked fruit, j on the trees in the lower tier of coun ties. In fact, the sirroco of the great j Colorado Desert i- more or les- felt j in five or six great counties compiis ; ing the southern half of the slate There is also a va-t rainless area j • along the upper side of this desert. ! Ihe rain storms which water the northern portion <>f Mexico do not travel across the desert, but the mois ture is exhausted by the dry and 1 heated air. The desert is a great oven, where a hot and ra rifled atmos phere is generated, which rage- in hot blast- from time t*> time over the-e couutie-. 'J here dry and heat ed currents encounter ti.e moi-ture which comes down from the norih in the v inter, so ti.at there is a region •on the southern border of the state which is always robbed of moisture by the proximity of this desert. There was a time when the greater part of this desert was covered by the waters of the Guif of California. Mucli of it iir*s ais*> ixecu covered by fresh water, as the mask- of the two benches, or water Hues distinctly show. "Th*: theory has been held that if the greater part of tLis desert were again eoveix"} b* water, I her* would 51.75 A YEAR Ix no mare hot winds racing over tlit- southern counties, as much rain Would fall there as in the most favor ed parts of the slate, and the climate would lie so tempered by the prox imity of a large lx>uy of water as to become cooler and more equitable, rial,- haw i-ccn brought forward at one time and another for the reclam ation of such part - of the desert as are within the boundaries of this state. "A few months ago a well-known citizen of Ban Francisco commission ed at his own cost a civil engineer, and sent him down to gather facts respecting this desert. He explored the country between the Half of Cal ifornia and the southern boundary of this -tate. The engineer, J. K. Jaincr, lagan his work by running a series of levels from a point on the liae of the Texa- I'acific Railroad known as Indian W ells to Montague Island, near tiie head of Lin- gulf, lie fi-uud that the ordinary tides it the head of i the gulf ri—e alxxit fifteen feet; the rise of extreme high tides i- about thirty feet. ••The Ooeopab Mountain- extend lover this desert for about fiftv mile. , '• * ana ai.- al-out 1<H0 Sect higli. They are -upj o-< d to be rich with, gold, silver, and copper. On llu inntli i wests-i ly side of tlds rang- i- Lake Msquat a.a euii-iderablc ' >•' sly of -att iv. at -r, which i.- fed sometime- by the high tide- from the gulf, and at other time- by tin* overtlow <>f the Colorn d>- 11i\< r. On the -outherli -ide < f the ( ocoji.'di Mountain- ;- a large body of land hav ing an alluvial soil, and I-every way -uiiable for agri cultural purpose-. In thi< di-triet are a great nunder of mineral springs and volcanoes, and a iak of fresh watei ( Lake Ciiapman) whose waters flow northward down New River. •'Aorta of what is known as the Color; do Desert is the Mohave Pe er!. and further on, the Armagosa or Death \ alky. The two iatter ate below the level oi the sea, and both are really connected with the greater one and constitute one desert. 'J he {engineer found that Aew River, ;v i-ranch of the Colorado, could le turned into the desert, so that all the iowet level-, eicbracing the barren j and w>,ri])b's- pan, would thus be 1 covered with water, leaving the | mountain- and the fertile districts •above water. "The theory is that this great des | ert furnace can be cooled by covering i a large and now worthless area with water, at comparatively small ex j [K.-n-e. This theory i- t adorsed by j the engineer, who ls1<1~ that were t!.• desert a s-u. it would send up a column • fa tun sphere chargcl with moisture, which, tin eting -lie colder currents from the ocean, would pit-- cipitate frequent -how. r-. and thus | ehange large tracts of country from ; barrenness to lertility. The rain 1 currents moving from the southeast Toward the northwest, cross the uc-s --j ert, tin* moisture falling to the upper | edge, at which point the rain disap pear-. it having been aLs.orl.K-d by : the heated air of tin- plain-. The en gineer observed this phenomenon for | nearly a month, including parts of I J uly and August of the present year."' A CARRIAGE wheel grows less tired j the more it works. T FIE cult ivation of oranges in East Florida has had the effect of enhanc ! ing the value of real estate on all the navigable streams. In some instances land has gone up from five dollars to one hundred dollars per acre. WHAT nation produces most mm - rirgo-? Fa-ci-nation. ! MCWATVE'S Kip Van Winkle is made to say, upon hearing of the kot h of an old acquaintance: Veii, Derick vas a mean man in some l tings, but be vas meaner in other tirgs. THE greatest nutmeg ever known met with a greater. IRASCIBLE old party ■"Conduc tor, why didn't you wake tne ar I csk ed you? Here 1 am miles beyond my station." Conductor.— "l did try, sir, but all I could get out of you was hdl righ T . Maria; get the chil dren their biesklast,and i'ii be dowu in s minute/"
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