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B. F. SCHWEIER,
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Editor and Proprietor.
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vol. xxix
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MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., NOVEMBER 24. 1S75.
NO. 47.
THE JACKIL'S PRATES.
S HOI I U I OT FABLE.
A chicken, wandering far and Hide,
Soon ssw a jackal at its aide ;
And though, for safety, belp was sought,
The sill; sauntcrer was caught.
Then said the chicken to the beaut,
Prayer always cornea before a feast ;
The hite mao doth some grace repeat
Before each meal or will not eat"
"I should not, friend, object to pray
If I knew now. 8 bow me the way."
The chicken said : "Now, understand
When you !gin. fold hand with band."
The jackal followed oat with care
This brief .advice, and offered prayer.
Then spoke bis guide : '-Your words are right,
Itnt prayers of faith, and not of sight,
We bow our beads unto the ground.
Nor look above, nor gaze around ;
Aud so. if you are good and wise.
You'll pray once more and dose your eyes."
So doing as his prompter bade.
The jackal shut his eyes and prayed ;
Hut, long before he ceased to prsy.
Chicken and dinner flew away.
Christian 1'niim.
A Fatal Sacrifice.
Leontine was the only child of Mad
ame de Neuilles, a lady of fashion; in
fact, one of the leaders of the 'e numtlr
ol Paris.
I.i-ontine dc Neuilles wa u)on the
eve of what a considered a most bril
liant marriage, '"it although the event
was near at hand she seemed oppressed
by sadness, and fier mother was at a
loss to explain the reason of said dejec
tion. For some time the young girl re
fused to consent to the marriage, but at
length, io the surprise of all, accorded
a voluntary yielding to the wish of her
family. Madame de Neuilles tenderly
iiestioned her daughter UKn the sub
ject, wishing to read her heart.
"1 am willing to marry," responded
Leontine.
But are you happy, my child?" in
quired her uiothr.
"As happy as I can be," was the sad
reply.
The Baron de Neuilles. anxious re
Set'iiiig his daughter, questioned his
wile frequently. "1 am pleased that
Leontine has accented to my wish," he
said; "but fear that she entertained a
prior attachment lor Maurice Dorval."
You are right," replied Madame de
NV-iillcs; "she has long been attached
to Maurice, but she has reason to be
lieve him false, aud so consents to wed
auoiher."
"Has she proof that Maurice Dorval
is false?"
"I'ndoubtedly ; and a love trifled with
is det roved."
"You may be right," added the Baron,
"but 1 tear that 1 routine is romantic,
and she will learu when toe late that
lite is earnest."
The morning fixed for the marriage
arrived and Henri de Tremout was
united to I-eontiue de Neuilles in the
chapel of St. Cloud, iMith being sur
rounded by a host of admiring friends
and relatives.
The last eight days of her girlhood
did been passed by Leontine in a kind
of stupor. She seemed dead to all that
surrounded her. Kach day her mother
had assisted at her toilet, and embraced
her tenderly, and yet she did not seem
to realize the fact that additional and
devoted attention was accorded her.
Kvery thought was given to the past,
to Maurice Dorval and his treachery.
Arraved in her white robes, and
shielded bv her vail, Leniitine was
driven to church and led to the altar
without one thought ot the terrible sae
rilice she was making the sacrifice ot
heart, sold and pride woman's pride;
that pride which, once stung, will recoil
in bitterness.
Madame de Neuilles, seeing Leontine's
unnatural condition and death-like com
IMisure, besought her to reflect and
weigh well the importance of the step
she projMised.
"If this marriage is displeasing to
you," she said, "there Is' yet time to
avert the evil. Speak, my darling child,
it is not too late yet."
"You are mistaken," responded Leon
tine; this marriage must take place,
mother it is inevitable."
In making sacriiices women are more
courageous ordinarily than men their
willii Inexoialde. Like Sappho, they
would throw themselves into an abyss
rather than fail.
The marriage was celebrated with
much pomp in the Royal Chapel. The
i-ourt attended the eeieinony, aud great
was the display of grandeur.
The new lv-married couple passed the
dav at the chateau, where the scene ol
sayetv was brilliant in the extreme,
l.eoiititse had never looked more lovely;
her bridal robe and wreath of orange
blossoms seemed to enhance the pure,
immaciila'e style of her beauty, lending
her an exquisite charm.
Not a ray of color tinged the marble
pallor of "her fair cheeks, and ill the
dreamy depths of her dark lustrous eyes
there was deep meaning. Many com
ments were passed upon the apearance
of the bride, and all were struck by her
inarlle-like calm.
"What ails you, Leontine?" ques
tioned the Princess de P , In a low
whisper.
"Nothing," responded the bride.
"Why, then, do you look so sad, so
cold, and calm!"'
"It is the effect of getting married, '
replied the Countess de V . who hail
overheard her words. "When we
women marry we all look more dead
than alive. Some say it is pure devo
tion to the object of our choice." The
w ords w ere followed by a merry laugh.
The young bride smiled sadly, and.
without respou-e, turned away.
"It is said that Leoutine has a secret
attachment," added a listener, "and it
so, this marriage w ill not end happily.
"My dear friend, you are mistaken,
she adores her husband, and It is a mar
riage of hearts as weH as hauds," re
n!iMi t hi. rjmntess de V.
During the evening Leontine was fre
quently seen to raise a small goiu vinai
grette to her lisand then hide itqutckly
in her handkerchief. The precious
stones with w hich it was constructed
-ouldbe seen through the flue laeeol
the handkerchief.
At 1 o'clock the Baroness de Neuilles
led her daughter to the room she ibad
a'wavs occupied. Nothing had been
chan-'ed except the bedstead. The little
snow-white lied, which had formerly
ii.-it.ul rer. was eone. and In its place
stood one of regal appearand, surroun-
letl by rich lace cuiii" nu .
I.r s l.msk snread. Upon the mantel
w:ere ornaments of gold aud fragrant
flowers. AU the caudles were lighted
in the chandeliers, and in all respects
the nuptial chamber looked bright and
beautiful. .
After lingering for some time, the
Baroness at length embraced her daugh
ter slid retired.
"Try to be reasonable and happy, mj
eh ilil " she said at nartinff. "and re-
mem her vou are now married."
"Not for long," murmured Leontine
when the Baroness closed the door.
"Vnt fnr lnnir! hut although married I
will never consent to be the wife of the
man whose name I bear. I was s.keo.
by the priest if I would be his wife. My
lips, but not my heart, murmured yes.
In the silence of my heart I hate him
hate him, and think only of Maurice
Maurice, my only love." As Leontine
ceased speaking she examined the flacon
hidden iu the folds of her handkerchief.
"Happily," she continued, "I have
drank it all. It is a quarter of 12, and I
commenced to take the drug at 7 o'clock.
It requires but five hours for the poison
to do iu work. In fifteen minutes I
will be dead. Death is near me, gather
ing closer and closer around me. My
body is already chilled and my heart
oppressed by heaviness; surely this
must be the beginning of the end."
As she ceased speaking she arose, and,
approaching her priedieu, she bowed her
head, and kneeling in prayer, folded
her hands devoutly before the crucifix.
"Let it come quickly," she murmured.
"Oh, God. grant my earnest prayer, aud
let death anticipate his coming."
For some time she knelt in silence,
theu rising, she placed herself before
the mirror aud gazed at her altered
countenance.
"Leontine," she whispered sadly,
"your husband is coming; be prepared
to receive liiiu."
She then removed her bridal wreath
aud vail, the jewels and satin dress. Her
hair being unbound fell around her
white shoulders, covering her form like
a mantle, its luxuriance brightening her
marvelous beauty.
Robed in a white dressing-wrapper,
Ieoutine at length threw herself upon
her couch, and iu the large mirror that
bung opposite, she contemplated with
horror the nuptial bed. As she did so
the mirror suddenly turned upon hinges
and another chamber stood revealed.
Scarcely had she realized this fact when
to her surprise, a man, beautiful as the
Archangel of Eden, stood upon the
threshold.
" I am here, " said the stranger,
calmly.
At first Leontine deemed herself either
the victim of some supernatural mani
festation, or thought the poison had ren
dered her delirious; but in an instant
she recognized Maurice Dorval.
"Is it indeed you, Maurice," she mur
mured, "and are you dying also?"
"Dying, Leontine!" he exclaimed,
seizing her hand. "Why, what do you
mean ?"
"That I have lost all desire to live."
"Late as it is," he continued, "1 must
have some explanation from you before
vou become that man's wife."
"What n1un!itinn tin vmi mniitr'
responded his listener. "You know
that vou deceived me."
"Yon were mistaken, and have been
deceived, terribly deceived."
"The man you married forged the
letters that calumniated me, aud held
me prisoner until this damnable deed
was accomplished. This chateau was
mv father's. I k;iew of the secret door
and came to vou."
'But I am dvins. Maurice, truly
dying."
With a cry of terror he raised her
gently and carried her into the adjoining
chamber, and, having placed her upon
tliA IumI ho miieLlv tnrtiAfl th mirror
and then approached Leontine. Eu-
circling ner witn nis arms, necaiiea ner
name again and again. At length he
pressed a kiss upon tier lips, and shud
dered at the chilling touch.
. . . . . . ... . , . i,.
"peaK, ieonuiie; on, sjieait w me;
he cried iu agony.
Leontine did uot reply; her lips were
colorless, and on her forehead the cold
dew of death had r?hered.
"A physician!" exclaimed Dorval,
suddenly, "if I cau but procure a phy
sician, it may not be yet too late."
"It Is useless," whispered Leontine
feebly. "Do not leave me, do not sum
mou any one, for I am dying." .
"Dying?" Oh, surely you are mis
taken. This is but a sudden weakness;
it w ill pass, and you will be strong
again."
"No," responded his companion.
T Lt.n m- - nlhpr l)un Ike I ( ill tr to
another, Maurice, rather than become
the wile ol any man out you, xiiayr
..L-on njuuiti Rnr. evpn the nain of
dying f hall with joy, for in your arms,
Close, to vour nean, a in uramc mjr
last. Press your lips to mine, and let
me feel your warm breath on my cheeks.
One kiss, Maurice, and know that I have
died for my love of you, for the sake of
a love that the grave shall preserve
sacred."
"Oh, Leontine, my love," murmured
Dorval, as lie claseil her to his breast,
aud pressed kiss after kiss nponjier cold,
trembling lips. "Oh, what have you
done, my beloved? Surely this cannot
be death."
'It is death, Maurice, and I rejoice In
m.- ou-ano I hiivo In invitinsr this fate
done my duty. Forgive me," she con
tinued iecmy, ur bui-hiih
Adieu, my love, and may God comfort
The words were scarcely auiuoie, auu
U nirLa Hirt-ul hnwml hia head to catch
. . t ,
the sound. As Leontine ceased speak-
ingsne ireniDieu vioieiiiij , ngu
weariness parted her lips, while a smile
celestial iu iu exquisite sweetness, crept
over her face. "Maurice," she whis
pered faintly, and, in an instant more,
i he spirit of Leontine de Neuilles had
fled from earth.
For a few moments Dorval remained
in silence beside the dead woman he
had so fondly loved. It seemed to the
man, in this terrible hour of agouy, as
,i,n.,h th nrl,l itself was nassinif
away' ; then, realizing that the still form
no longer coniaineu me suui, --i""
...i.i , nn him iml hprnshed forward
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and drew Leontine to his breast con
vulsively.
The stillness of the room was broken
bvthe clock strikiug the hour of mid
night. As the last stroke vibrated upon
the air, the noise of steps was heard in
the corridor, and a moment more the
door of the nuptial chamber opened and
De Tremont entered, taking the precau
tion to bolt the door after him.
He had replaced his court-dress by a
sumptuous robe de chambre of velvet,
trimmed w itu gold. Softly he glided
into the room, but soon saw that there
was no one present. Raising the lace
curtains, he observed that the bed had
not been occupied.
"Leoutiue," he saidV'where are yon V
"Here," exclaimed a strange voice
suddenly. The tone was dreary and
sepulchral. De Tremont shuddered at
the sound and turned toward the spot
whence It came.
Once more the mirror had turned and
before him he saw another room bril
liantly lighted, and upon the bed the
pale, still form of a woman. Beside the
couch of death stood Maurice, as pale
and almost as motionless as the dead
girl. HU dark eyes were fixed upon
De Tremont and In each hand he held a
pistol. ..t.nt.iimrat was such
that he could not articulate a syUable.
Ue looked at the scene before him, but
could not comprehend the meaning.
" What does this mean ?" he Inquired.
Retribution, " responded Dorval,
pointing to the silent sleeper.
"I do not understand you," replied
his listener. .
"Then I will explain. ontln de
Neuilles, whom you married and
thought to make your wife, "
dead before you. We meet In ""ed
presence, nd one of us must join her.
De Tremont could not speak, the
woras seemed irozen upon bis lips.
"Your sin has found yon out. and I
proclaim you a liar," continued Dorval.
"Y'ou deceived the woman 1 loved, and
who loved me. I learned the truth too
late to a venire the wrons done to both.
I know you well, and long to discover
ir. indeed. It is blood that flow s In your
veins. We will fight w it hunt witnesses
and here in the presence of the woman
you have tortured by doulite and false-
nood. ur tnese pistols but one Is loaded."
Maurice Dorval advanced with a firm,
determined step. As be did so, De
Tremont retreated until his back
touched the wall.
"Death is in one of these w eapons. I
know not which, said Dorval. 'Choose '
Realizing hisdanger De Tremont grew
calm, and quickly turned his eyes to
ward the door, but his companion inter
cepted the glance.
"Choose instantly, or I w ill kill you,"
exclaimed Dorval in a voice full of stern
command.
For an instant De Tremont looked
scrutinizingly at the pistols, but the cold
iron revealed nothing, aud, yielding to
chance, he grasped the one nearest him.
The two adversaries stood confronting
each other, hate expressed in the fierce,
relentless glance of their dark eyes. De
Tremont looked like Satan, Maurice as
an avenging angel. The scene was
solemu, and for an instant not a sound
broke the stillness of the room.
Not one regret for his misdeeds
troubled the niiud of De Tremont ; his
every thought was centered in the de
sire to kill his enemy.
"If you have aught to prepare before
dying," he said, turning to Dorval, d
so quickly, for you and not I w ill fall."
"Perhaps," rest oin led Maurice.
They approached ami placed the
muzzles of their pistols each above the
heart of the other, and at the same in
stant fired. The household were sud
denly aroused by the sound of a loud
report. The Baroness de Neuilles rushed
to the chamber of her daughter. On
entering the room she saw Maurice
Dorval bending over the dcadr body of
the Barou de Tremont.
Tke Paatheeia.
Directly np from the river toward
new Rome aud you come upon the
skeleton of a oiijrlity round structure,
which the people there call the rotunda.
You pans around to the front, and yon
staud under the temple th tt has been
handed down to ua from the heathen.
The uiiichty urauite columns that sup
port the tireek porch are too heavv for
aojr modem machinery to move. They
are too large for any modern designs
of architecture, and beiuit monoliths,
they, nnlike the stones of the Coliseum,
will probably remain there, just as
they are, for cycles to come. You wish
to cuter the Pantheon, to see the tomb
of Raphael. Good. You push the iron
gate, between the great col urn us. It
cracks ; a priest eoiuea out (as they al
ways do come out in every place you
go into in Rome), aud he stands before
you. Hand him a franc. You cau not
better introduce yourself. It does not
matter much whether you can talk a
word of Italian or not. They all know
ist what you want ; and you can have
it, if you pay for it, just as well with
out a speech as with it.
In Italy they are willing to do all the
talking themselves. They are a race
of women there. In Italy yon are not
expected to talk, bnt to pay. All
around the round, wigwam shaped
Pantheon you see only shrines and
tombs. Priests are moving abont in
their black gowns and sombre cowls,
candles are burning before the altars ;
mass is being said for the dead. It is
cold, damp and dismal. You feel the
chill and the fevers in vonr bones. It
is dangerous even to sit down here in
this vault. The pricsU know this, and
they keep constantly on their feet
when not on their knees. The Pan
tueon has sunk down into the earth ;
or, rather, the earth lias grown np
aronnd the Pantheon. Ages have
washed and worn the Alps away ; the
Titter has borne the debris to the streets
of Rome; and now the "temple to all
the gods," which was once reached by
ascending long and lofty steps, is
reached by descending through the
mud.
If yon come here when the Tiber is
fall vou will come in a boat. Many
times during the year all this par: of
Rome is under water, and yon have a
sort of Venice without the gondola. At
such times the priests enter the Pan
theon in boats. You see them pass the
great iron gates, row through the open
iron doors which have been put op it)
place of the copper ones torn away and
plundered to ornament St. Peters, and
then go all around the altars and say
their pravers, and light their candles
and count their beads, while the awful
Pantheon stands np to its knees in the
dark and dirty waters of the Tiber.
These priests paddle their own boats
at such times. They are sdent men.
Their cowls are about their faces;
ropes are around their waist. They
look like birds of evil omen, angels of
the devil, Charon on his solemn voy
age of the Styx. Joaquin Miller, in i
dependent. Bad EsTeeta Lavish EseteeMlltare-
There are many practical evils, patent
toalL which result from lavish personal
expenditure. In almost every case it
has a deteriorating enei-i ira mc vui ot
ter, pandering to vauity and conceit.
In an ideal world no one would obtain
additional respect and deference on ac
r i-h-ha Rut under Dresent
conditions large expenditure is a bribe
for obsequious anu unuewnni nuuiagc,
quite as certainly as money given by
candidates at elections is a bribe for
political power. W hile it tends to make
many of the poorfalseand sycophantish,
it as surely has the effect of giving the
rich a very exaggerated idea of their
own worth and importance. In most
ases it is a barrier to free intercourse
between a man and his friends, or those
who may have been his friends, but
who havs ceased to be, on accoiiut of
prosperity, selfishly used, having en
abled aud encouraged him to indulge in
tastes and habits beyond their means.
It is but seldom that riches are employed
for cultivating the society of the wor
thiest aud best. It would be nearer the
truth to say that they are mostly used
to cultivate the society of the rich, who
can gire a return for expensive enter
tainment practice especially incon
sistent with the principles professed by
the religious world, who are not less
than others the slaves of the prevailing
fashion. Again, from the custom of
lavish expenditure set by the opulent,
extravagant expectations are formed as
to what decency demands from profes
s'onal persons or others of moderate
r leans, which often make life a very
hard struggle, when, but for the exam
ple set by plutocrats, existence might
? n,ri-i,iiil anil Mir. There is a
large class, the vain and weak-minded,
l i wA A,.atAm ft th rich has
ovrr uotii mv. v., --
such overwhelming force that, in order
to comply with it, they commence life
on a scale quite beyond their means, the
UMw.,.i.nM twinir a nemetll:ll stTUl?fi?le
LVU9C-1UI.U--W " (5 I' 1 e?rj
with fate, or, in many cases, otter de
gradation anu mm. r rucr aiyiiiK.
rL.npl toff" ThnmiMMi is credited
with the prediction that by the 1st of
. ! I I I 1 ! 1 1 I. .
January me jaiasusippi river mu
cut a new channel near Vicksburg,
leaving that place two miles inland.
A ateaalBlaeaaw er WaSerlw.
armies
When the French and allied
were nearing each other on the fateful
field of Waterloo, all men recognized
the interest of the final struggle, and
looked at it from their different stand
points in different ways. Old Baron
Rothschild saw It with financial eyes.
and perceived that the opportunity was
too good to be lost, lie foi lowed the
allied army, and at a safe distance
awaited t!.e result. So soon as it was
definitely known that the allies were
victorious, he started by relays of horses
for London. lie arrived at the Chan
nel; a storm was raging, and no one
could be found to take him over. At
last a poor boatman was found, who, on
the payment of what was to him a for
tune, risked his own life and that of the
Baron on the stormy strait in an open
boat. Thev crossed in safety, and the
Baron mounted the horses already pro
vided on the English side and hastened
on to the capital. He had caused all
things to be in readiness, for he fore
saw the chance of turning a knavish
penny, and was prepared. He arrived
in London late at night, and kept his
coming secret until the next morning,
while his agents were spreading the re
ports or a terrible defeat or the English.
Early next day he went on the street
and aided to swell the panic by sorrow
fully shaking his head whenever the
British army aud the battle were men
tioned. Meantime Knglish stocks were
falling with lightning speed, and his
clerks were buying, at ruinous selling
rates, all they could find. So it went
on all that day, everybody selling, and
Baron Rothschild alone buying. Next
day came the government vessel with
the official report of a great victory.
Stocks weul up as fast as they had gone
down ; the Barou unburdened, sold out
at a large advance, and Micketed, no
hodv knows how much some say X'3,-
ooo.boo.
Now comes the sequel. Y'ears after,
Rothschild asked Horace Vernet to
paiut bis portrait. Vernet did so, aud
after the work was done two thousand
francs were tendered him in payment.
This, to his notion, taking into consid
eration his own reputation and means,
ami the fabulous wealth of the sitter,
was a ridiculously small sum so small
indeed, as to enrage him to the last de
gree. Sending back the money, he
asked that the portrait be returned.
"Tell your master I will paint him a
portrait that will make him immortal."
The portrait was returned, and when
Verent's next great battle scene ap
deared, It was seeu how well he had
kept his promise. In the back-ground
were struggling groups of men aud
horses, half hiiideu by smoke aud dust;
on the ground lay dead and dying,
wounded trodden under loot, oroken
muskets, aud all the other accompani
ments of a hard-fought day.
In the immediate foreground, with
mean, disordered garments, disheveled
hair and panic-stricken couutenaiice,
was and old Jew, running with all
haste from the scene of conflict, toward
the observer, and tightly grasping a
inonev bag under each arm. The coun
tenance was that of Baron Rothschild,
and an excellent likeness. All recog
nized the resemblance, all remembered
how the barou had profited by France's
misfortune, and the revenge was com
plete. Rothschild applied to ther rench
Government to have the matter righted
but the Assembly declined te "have any
government picture defaced," and to
day in the Royal Gallery at Paris, the
old Jew still hurries away from the vi
cinity of the cold steel and hot lead, and
the eager guide relates to amused visi
tors the story of Baron Rothschild and
the Battle of Waterloo.
West laxtlM rare.
Most wonderful is the beautiful sim
plicity of some remedies remedies not
to be met with in any Pharmacopoeia,
or any doctor's Imok whatever. Only
think that a few hard red seeds of one
of the leguminous plauts common here,
worn round the neck, win prevent a
"rush of blood to the head," whatever
that terrible expression means. Only
think, too, that a little bit of scarlet
cloth round the neck, no matter how
narrow a strip it may be, will keep off
Ijie w hooping-cough. Perhaps the san-
?;uineous color of the seeds is a sort of
lomeopathic remedy like curing like;
but why the cloth cures the whooping
cough, and why it must be scarlet, w ho
can say ? Simplest of all cures, How
ever, is a small bit or paper, careiuuy
made iu the form of a cross, then wet
aud stuck on a baby's forehead to take
away the hiccough. This is a true ho
meopathic remedy in another way. It
can't hurt yon, even if it do you no
good. Iu the Island of Nevis there is
au unfailing cure for w arts. They must
he rubbed with a bit of stolen meat.
The peculiarity about this remedy is
that it does not matter what the meat is
whether ork or mutton, beef, veal, or
venison, or anything else. It is true it
must not be fowl or fish, but meat. But
the virtue is iu the theft. The meat
must be stolen, or you may rub with it
until you rub it all away, and no result
will follow. All West Indians are
familiar w ith the virtue of a wedding
ring for rubbing a "style," as those
disagreeable little boils on the eyelid
are called. One can understand the
use of the friction or of the heat that is
produced thereby. But the thing is
that the ring must be a wedding-ring.
Not every plain gold ring will do. The
reason probably is that a wedding-ring
is something which, once given, cau
never be taken back. It is therefore re
garded as a suitable antidote, to these
styes or "cat-boils," as the Barbadian
negro calls them, for, in my small-boy
days, it was firmly believed by my old
uurse, and so taught me, that if you
gave anything away, and then took it
back, you were sure of a "cat-boil." In
these cases, one can be one'sown doctor
even though you "have a fool for your
patient." But there are some horrible
troubles, iu which you need the aid of
an adept. Such, for example, is the
presence in the body of bits or broken
glass, old nails, aud such like, which
cau be drawn out, rubbed out, squeezed
out, or rot out somehow through the
sufferer s skin by the man or woman
supposed to possess some mysterious
power. Hard as it may be of belief, it
is nevertheless true, that not more than
two years ago an instance occurred in
the chief town of St. Croix, of two old
negroes, natives of the island, one of
whom was foolish enough to fetch in
from the country an Autiguan negro
man to rub nails out of his wife's leg.
The Antiguan man was well paid for
the job, aud after a great deal of soap
ing he got au immense number of nails
through the old woman's skin. They
dropped from her leg freely through
his hands into a basin, an indefinite
number having been, of course, pro
vided for the occasion by him. If be
bad not been interrupted by the en
trance of an unbeliever, in the person
of the old woman' son, who caused
him to make a hasty exit through the
window, there is no telling what he
might have drawn out of her, as noth
ing was too hard for him to do or for
his victim to believe. In a multitude of
instances the illness comes from the
presence of some evil spirit. Rarely, if
ever, do we find among negroes any
such idea as that the spirits of the de
puted dead revisit earth wttn a good
Joined with the gross mater-1
i intent.
I ialisin of these people there Is yet a
I strong conviction of the agencv of
. :.. k.. .i.r .ir.a .i. '
"i" - - -j -
tial hurt as being an influence, de
cidedly hostile to living people. The
, ..JlimDW. Ulansl-noubly St.
Croix are evil-disposed. 1 he only in
noeent propensity they have in that
island Is to wear "jumby-beads." These
are little red seeds, very bright, and
with a black spot on every one. One
would presume they are called "jumby
beads" because tney are the "particlar
wanlty" that the jumbles indulge
in by way of ornamentation. The same
seeds are called "crab's eyes" In Bar
bados, from their resemblance to the
eyes of a very active little red crab well
known there.' The barbadian ghosts
are not so elaborately got up, it seems,
as their St. Croisian bretheru. Conteat
pnrnrg Itrri.tr.
LMS r Xatritla
Fermentation is a prwess of decay
which destroys nutrition. The first part
of the fermentation of yeast bread affects
the sugar which has been produced
from the starch, and breaks it up ii.to
alcohol and carbonic acid gas. The lat
ter, as it expands, makes the bread
light, a result which is attained in by-
gieuic ureai I by the imprisonment and
expansion of atmospheric air. The
quantity of alcohol and carbonic acid
gas developed, is a measure of the nu
trition destroyed. That these are con
siderable, is evident from the lightness
of the bread, and from iu indigestibility
wben new. As these are very volatile,
they are bcth entirely dissipated in the
course of twenty-four hours.
So large is the amount of alcohol, that
the attempt has been made repeatedly
to collect and preserve it during the
process of baking, which expels the
most of it from the loaf. One Dr. Hicks
of London, undertook this once, at au
expense of some $100,001) for machinery
and bakery, and would have made a fine
success of it, but that the other bakers
circulated so many false reports about
the matter that the people refused to
purchase the Dread. Uue or these was.
that Dr. Hicks extracted all the spirit
from his bread, while theirs contained
the whole, which, of course, must be
far more nutritious and wholesome.
This "blew the cap off from his still,"
as he says, otherwise the alcohol col
lected, and which is ordiuarily entirely
wasted, would have remunerated him
handsomely.
Caaaelllaaa.
The secret of O'Connell's power with
his countrymen was his consummate
knowledge of their idiosvnerasies, and
his natural rapacity for reflecting on a
glorified scale their aspirations, their
vanity, their follies, their conceits. He
was an epitome of all that is most bril
liant in the Irish character, and as such
his fascination aud his influence for an
Irish crowd never failed. He knew
wben to flatter aud to wheedle, when
to cajole and to coax, when to terrify
and alarm, when to rouse to Indigna
tion, and when to quell to submission.
He made bis hearers feel that they had
only to gaze upon his person and to hear
his words to witness an apotheosis of all
thosequalities aud characteristics which
were the chief ground of their patriotic
pride. "Nobody," said one who knew
him well, and w ho hated him as well as
he knew him, "can deny to him the
praiseof inimitable dexterity, versatility
and even prudence in the employment
of the means which he makes conducive
to his ends. He is thoroughly acquainted
with the audieuees which he addresses
and the people upon whom he practices,
and he operates upon their passions with
the precision of a dexterous anatomist
who knowsthedirection of every muscle
and every fibre of the hnman frame."
And in miscellaneous society, in London
as well as in Dublin, the Liberator could
make himself highly agreeable. He was
a visitor at Holland House, and it wpuld
not be too much to assume that the re
cognition extended to him had some
thing to do with his temporary aban
donment of Repeal. When Mr. Ureville
met him at William Ponsonby's iu 1829,
the year of Emancipation, he said:
"There is nothing remarkable in his
manner, appearance, or conversation,
but he seems livelv, well-bred, and at
his ease." In the House of Commons
O'Connell was a-failure, as every man
must be who has lived the best years of
bis life and has grown quite incapable
of readily adapting himself to a new
and a peculiar atmosphere. He could
never catch its tone, and therefore he
could never for long hold iu ear. His
quotations and his adaptations of poetry
were sometimes exceedingly happy.
Nothing co-.ild be better than his parody
on Cols. Sibthorp, Percival and Verney :
Three Colonels, la three difttant mantles born,
I.luouln, Armagh, and sujrn, did adorn ;
Tli find In malrhleas impnd-nce nnrpaased.
The next in bijc-itry : in buth tne last.
The force of nature eould lio further so
To beard the third ah abaTcd Uie olliar tan."
Of these gentlemen, two were imUrbit
and the third iMfn. He was also de
cidedly happy when, ou being called to
order by the Speaker for having charac
terized the interruptions with w hich he
was assailed on all sides of the House
as "beastly bellowings," he retracted
the obnoxious epithet, but added that
he had never heard of any bellow ings
that were not beastly. " "Perhaps,"
writes his friend Mr. Phillips, "per
sonality was his most besetting sin. He
had a nickname for every one who pre
sumed to thwart him curt, stinging,
and vulgar, suiting the rabble taste,
and easily retained in the rabble mem
ory." The personally aggressive in
stinct, which in the House of Commons
found its grati flcation in such aj- d'erit
as that just quoted apropos of the three
Colonels, assumed a far more vehement
aspect on popular reforms. "A man,"
writes Mr. fecky, the staunch admirer
of O'Connell, "who did not hesitate to
describe the Duke of Wellington as 'a
stunted corporal,' and who applied to
other oppoueuts such terms as 'a mighty
big liar,' or 'a lineal descendant ef the
impenitent thief,' or 'a contumelious
cur,' or 'a scorpion,' (as he called the
late Lord Derby,) place him beyond the
pale of courtesy." But there were
force, point and' sting in O'Connell's
vituperative phrases. They stood the
test of all excellence they stuck. His
description of Peel's smile, that it was
"like the silver plate on a coffin," has
only been of late forgotten; and his
characterization of the Timtt, "it lies
like a false-numbered milestone, which
cannot by any possibility tell the truth,"
is said to have amused no one more than
the editor of the Times Barnes. Tempi
Bar.
Tke Va f Tenaetsx,
Much has been written against the
use of tobacco, but there are very few
cases where it can be charged fairly
with abridging life. In consequence of
iu power of relieving nervous excita
bility, of rendering the mucous mein
braue of the air passages less suscepti
ble to the influence or cold and damp,
and the cause, whatever it may be, of
influenza, it must, when nsed in mod
eration, rather tend to promote longev
ity. I have known very aged persons
who have been smokers for the greater
part of a century. Dr. Gardner.
Farms to rent are In great demand
in central Illinois. Five dollars per
acre U offered.
rovea-ty arilM Swiss.
A correspondent writes : We have
been very much disappointed thus far
in seeing so much squalid poverty
among the Swiss. The peaaanu have
a sallow, sickly, depressed appearance,
the women especially, and the children
have not the rosy bloom mountain air
is supposed to impart. In Hospenthal,
nor in any village through which we
have passed, have we found a sin ale
clean, comfortable private bouse. The
hotels make some pretension to modern
comforts ; but oouide of these there
is little to be said in the way of home
like comfort, which, with cleanliness,
is not dependent upon modern conve
niences. It would be very deiightfnl
to happen upon some ot those
charming, happy peaaanu about whom
one reads. inns tar in Switzerland,
and all through Germany, we have
searched for them in vain. The patoit
in Switzerland is very disagreeable to
the ear, and the German language is
mutilated bevoud comprehension
Notwithstanding these drawbacks we
have persisted in trying to draw from
the peasants some pleasureable iuci
denu in their lives, bnt we hear only
of hard labor and an incessant straggle
for the necessities of life. A girl of
ten years was wheeling home on a
clumsy barrow a bundle of bean-stalks
from which the hard, coarse bean bad
not been removed. In answer to a
question if they were not for the cow,
"Oh, no," she said, "we eat the beans
and save the stalks for fuel." The
load was large enough for much stron
ger arms than hers, and she looked
Krematurcly old and careworn, as did
er father and mother, who followed
her with correspondingly large bun
dles. Disposed as one may be to look
ou the bright side of the picture, we
cannot belp feeling that the glorious
descriptions we read must be drawn
from festival days, when the peasants
are in holiday costumes and spirits
Wherever we have stopped for a glaas
of milk it has been given us with such
a proportion of sedimeut and such a
taste and smell of the stalls that it is
not possible to drink it. This is oar
actual experience, but we are going on
perseveringly iu the search, and wben
we come to picturesque costumes, rosy
cheeked children, inviting chalets,
clean milk, etc., we will iet yon know.
Don't imagine for a moment we blania
the peasants themselves or think that
under all this rough exterior there are
uot warm hearts ; we only feel like
touching those writers who look at
everything through rose-colored glasa-
ses.
rrttlrlslaa- a Play.
In the case of a play, ask yourself, or
still better, somebody else, these ques
tions: 1. Is it from the French? If
you are unable to ascertain the fact, say
it is. Nine chances to one you are
rijfht. If any one disputes the state
ment, say the plagiarism from this or
that work naming an obscure book, if
possible out of print is too evident to
need proof, aud the man must be a fool
who fails to detect it. 2. Is there any
thing there generally is something-
awkward about the arrangement of the
aeu or scenes? If so, you cau say the
writer lacks the dramatic faculty.
Neatly put, the accusation reflects as
much credit on the critic as discredit on
the playwright. Many a critic has
earned the reputation of being a drama
tist by this class of observations and
kept it until ne tried to write a piece
himself, to the great Joy of his fellow,
critics. 3. Is it produced economically.
hastily, or with too lavish expenditure?
In the first case, yon can say the man
ager is using up his old scenery, wlrich
always provokes him, especially if he is
not thriving In tiuslness. lu the second
case you can insinuate, or still better
assert, that he has come to grief with
some other piece, and has been- com
pelled to produce the present as a "stop
gap." This tells admirably, and has
the advantage or hitting some author
who is supposed to have a piece "under
consideration" at the theatre. If the
production is marked by profuse outlay.
you may make the finest "plunge" of
all. Say the whole thing has been got
up for the gratification of somelmdy s
vanity, or for the display of an indi
vidual it should by rights be a lady.
A clever critic will make much profita
ble capital out of these suggestions.
Behjrxtri.
Irish Faalla.
We owe this beautiful fabric to what
was at one time considered a great mis
fortune. Nearly two centuries ago, a
baud of exiled Huguenots from France
landed on the coast of Ireland. . Few in
numbers, yet Industrious, this little
band of intelligent meu established the
silk trade which has since been modified
into the manufacture of poplin. They
located at Dublin, in the CoomI, where
the woolen trade of Ireland formerly
flourished. Here the silk weavers were
impeded by every possible restriction,
and by a variety of legal enactments;
but the present prosperity of the trade
is owing to what was at that time con
sidered their greatest misfortune the
inadequate supply of silk. Necessity
compelled the unhappy silk weavers to
employ another material to eke ont the
scanty supply ol silk, .aiurany tney
took wool or worsted for the wefts, aud
thus Miplin was introduced. Of the
beauty of Irish oplin there is no occa
sion to speak, but the enduring qualities
of this choice fabricate not well known.
Being made of pure silk and pure wool,
poplin yields to the slightest pressure.
aud this quality insures au absence of
permanent folds, which spoil the ertect
of any dress, however rich the texture.
As the wearer of Irish poplin moves, a
wave of colors seems to run through the
fabric; while the colors of poplin a,pear
more beautiful than those of any other
material.
Baas Cartons raeta aaaal Taala.
Every mechanic knows that old
tools, which have been laid aside or
lost for a long time, seemed to have
acquired additional excellence of qual
ity. Razors, which have lost their
keenness and their temper, recover,
like mankind, when given time to re
cuperate. A spring regains iu tension
wben allowed to rest. Farmers leave
their scythes exposed to the weather,
sometimes from one season to another,
and find their quality improved by it.
Boiler-makers frequently search old
boilers carefully, when reopened for
repairs after a long period of service,
to find any tools that may have been
left in them wben last repaired, and if
any are found, they are almost in vari
ably of unusually (inequality. The wri
ter when a boy in the shop, frequently,
if denied the nse of their tools bv the
workmen, looked abont the scrap heap,
and under the windows, for tools pur
posely or carelessly dropped bv the
men; and when one was found oadly
rusted by long exposure, it proved to
be of the best of stecL Englitk Me
chanic. Vlesarte Becta.
The buoyant power of the leaves of
tbe great water-lily, the v trtona rryia,
has lately been tested by M. Von Iiulle,
chief gardener of the Botanical Gardens
at Ghent. He found by actual trial that
a single leaf was ahle to sustain a weight
of 761 pounds. Tbe leaf of tbe Victoria
is orbicular, and from S to C feet In
diameter. The edge turns np alt around
forming a rim about 3 inches high, a
strong frame-work of veins supports
the leaf on the sonace or tne water.
nnv CMXH.
Tie Stone in tie Roatl. There was a
duke once who disguised himself, and
placed a great ruck in the middle of
the road near his place.
Next morning a peasant came that
way wttn bis ox-cart. "Uii, tnese lazy
people!" said be, "there is this big
stone lying right in tbe middle of the
road, and no one will take the trouble
to put it out of tbe way." And so Hans
went on. scolding about the laziness of
the people.
Next came a gay soldier along. His
head was held so far back that he didn't
notice the stone, and so tumbled over
it. He began to storm at the country
people around there for leaving a huge
rock in tbe road. 1 hen he went on.
Next came a company of merchants.
Wben they came to tbe stone, the road
was so narrow that they had to go off
in single file on the other side. One
of them cried out, "Did anybody ever
see tbe like of that tug stone lying here
the whole morning, and not a single
person stopping to take it away f
It lay there three weeks, and no one
tried to remove it. Then the duke
sent around word to all the people in
bis lands to meet where the rock lay,
as he had something to tell them.
The day came, and a great crowd
gathered. Old Hans, the farmer, was
there, and so were the merchants. A
horn was heard, and a splendid caval
cade came galloping np. The duke got
down from his horse, and began to
speak to the people gathered there.
"My friends, it was I who pnt this
stone here three . weeks ago. Every
passer-by has left it just where it was,
and has scolded his neighbor for not
taking it out of the way."
He stooped down and lifted np the
stone. Directly underneath it was a
round hollow, and in the hollow lay a
small leathern bag. The duke held
up this bag, that all might see what
was written on it : "For him who lifts
up the stone." He untied the bag. and
turned it upside down, and out upon
the stone fell a beautiful gold ring and
twenty large, bright gold coins.
So they all lost the prize because
they hail not learned the lesson, or
formed the habit of diligence.
The Sicinn in the Wood. There are
few plays that show the real disposi
tion of children better than swinging.
Where there is only one swing and
there are a dozen children to swing in
it, we can sona see who are the reason
able ones. One child can swing at a
time, the others have to wait. Some
of them can push the swing. But they
canuot all do even that. Sometimes,
if we stand behind a tree near the
swing, we can bear something like
this:
"Now. I say. Mary Jane, it's too
mean, it is. You've been swinging all
day, so you have, and you wont let me
swing a bit."
"It's my turn next. She promised
me 1 should have it first, and thereV
four of yon big girls have had all the
swing yon want, and I haven't hail
any, so 1 haven't. It's too bad."
"1 don't mean to come any more with
such a mean lot of girls as you, I can't
get any chance at all, a bit. 1'iujnst
going home to tell my mother."
"I'll pull your hair, you cross old
thing, if you don't get right out of that
swing, now let me tell yon."
"1 say, lU too bad, nobody will push
me. I baint had a push to-day."
And so it goes on. But it is a poor
way, and a very poor way, to have fun.
" -il ."': want it."
"You shan't have it."
"I want it, and 1 will have it."
"I want it myself, and I'm going to
keep it."
That's the way the trouble generally
begins. It is in a mild way at first,
and even tolerably pleasant ; not
scratching nor biting, nor pounding
nor tearing, nor saving very ngly
words, nor doubling up of little fists.
"I want it" has caused more quarrels
than almost anything else in the world.
Often a quarrel has begun with a very
little want, almost as small as a child a
doll. One side wanted it as much as
the other side did. The question got
to be which was the strongest T It
generally turned out that tbestiongest
wanted it the most, and got it if it was
worth having. If what was wanted
turned out not to be worth having, the
strong one would generally let the lit
tle one have it. To fight for a holy
principle is noble. To quarrel and
snatch, and try to get every good thing
we see that belongs to others is not
lovely. If yon want people to love
and treat you kindly, begin early to
treat everybody else kindly.
Elephant and Child. A. troop of el
ephauu were accustomed to pass a
Kreen -stall on their way to water. The
woman who kept the stall stock took a
fancy to one of the elephants, and fre
qneutly regaled her favorite with re
fuse greens and fruit, which produced
a corresponding attachment on the
part of the elephant towards the wo
man. One day the group of elephauU
unfortunately overturned the poor
woman's stall, and. in her haste to pre
serve her goods "he forgot her little
son, who was in danger of being tram
pled to death. The favorite elephant
perceived the child's danger, and tak
ing him no gently with bis trunk, care
fully placed him on the roof of a shed
close at band.
A UitU 6-year-old girl went into a
store where her father was lounging,
and slily approaching him said. Taps.
won't you buy me a new dress I
"What, buy you a new dress, Snsy T"
"Yes. papa, won't yon t" "Well. I'll
see. I'll speak to your mother about
it." Elongaiiou to an alarming extent
rapidly distinguished that little coun
tenance, but a thought suddenly struck
her, and with a smile she looked op
into her father's face and said. "Well,
papa, if you do speak to mamma about
it, do it easy, or she m ly want a new
dress herself."
A clergyman was preparing his dis
course for Sunday, stopping occasion
ally to review what he hail written, and
to erase that which he was disposed to
disapprove, wben he was accosted by
his little son, who had numbered but
live summers: "Father, doe God tell
you what to preach T" "Certainly, my
child." "Then what makes yon scratch
it out."
"Ad," olwerved Blohb's little child
reflectively the other night as the first
stars came out. "don't you think that
when those stars winkle that way they
must tickle tbe angel's feet f
"iiaa"
The Talmud gives this reason why
the first man was called Adam. In
English the word Adam is spelled w ith
four letters, but in Hebrew it is spelled
in three letters, ADM. It says: God
did ordain that the world should last as
long as He sees good. Tbe first man
that was created was called Adam ; the
second man. who was a man of God's
own heart, was called iHtvid; and the
la-ft man that ever will be born will be
the Messiah. The first initial stands
A., for Adam; the second, D., for
David; and third, M., for Messiah,
which they say is the foundation or the
reason why the first man was called
Adam.
It has been figured out that we are
to have 26 snowstorms this winter.
IXWS IX BRUT.
Cranberries in Marquette county,
Wisconsin, have yielded 1,000 bushels
to the acre.
D. O. Mills, the new President of
the Bank of California, stilted in life
by vending soap.
A car-load of apple-jack is shipped
from Terre Haute, lnd., every day to
St. Louis or New York.
A 3,0H0 slander suit in New York
had iu origin in a quarrel over an old
tin coffee ot, not worth ten cents.
The bog disease is playing sad
havoc in Ohio. Six thousand have died
in Franklin county withii: t mouth.
A man eighty year ol I has applied
for admission to the German orphan
asylum in Baltimore sayi- g he is au
orphan.
Pocahontas veritable ortrait has
been found in England. It should be
secured by the Virginia Historical
Society.
New York has reduced the salarie
of female school teachers about $3ut
per year, while their labors have in
creased.
Nearly $7.,0uO a month is paid
out for labor in the silver mines of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties,
Michigan.
There is a sweet potato on exhibi
tion at Madison. Iml.. which is four feet
eight inches in length and is not thicker
than a pipe stem.
"Mush and milk festivals" and "ap
ple-butter parties" are social evenU
frequently chronicled of late in Penn
sylvania papers. ,
A sweet potato plantation of about
seven hundred acres near Atlanta.Oeor
gia, iexiected to yield forty thousand
bushels of the favorite edibles.
General Garfield says that he in-.
tends to move a repeal of the law in
creasing the postage upon newspapers
as soon as Congress assembles.
A Boston judge after a woman had
been before him fifty-one times for
drunkenness, got out of patience and
sent her to prison for ten days.
Mr. Hen is nominated for office out
in Nevada. The only objection we
should have to him would be bis dispo
sition to be always on the fence.
It Is reiiorted iiimhi the authority of
experienced miners that extensive gold
fields have been discovered in Alaska,
and that it is a second California.
Pennsylvania has 707 newspapers
ami periodicals, 78 being duties. The
aggregate yearly circulation of these
publications is stated at U.tJS.JM.
At the Connecticut State Fair lately
held, it was discovered that the barley
which took the premium had been
swollen unnaturally by si-iking it.
A clergyman SO years eld Is num
bered this term among the s'.ildenU at
Dartmouth College, lie is a good ex
ample to many others of his profession.
Sarah H. Bravton, M. D., has re
ceived the appointment to the chair of
Materia Meilica and Therapeutics In
the New Y'ork Free Medical College for
Women.
Baron von Kalchstein and a number
of ex-offlcers of the Prussian army are
traveling through Georgia, prospecting
for a location for a large colony of Ger
man artisans.
Harriet Hosmer will contribute a
group representing emancipation, to the
women's department or the Centennial
exhibition the largest ideal work she
has executed.
Sharkey the murderer, about whom
there has teen so much talk, has been
released from Cuba and allowed to go
to Siialn on promise of enlisting in tne
Spanish army.
The proposed lake, to be built in
Congress Spring park-Saratoga Springs,
will cover nearly an acre of land, and
tbe music stand w ill be on an island in
the middle of It.
Dartmouth College now has about
$140,1X10, the income of which is annu
ally given to students needing pecuni
ary assistance. The scholarship are
mostly of 1 70 and $ 100 each.
Germany with a population of 42,000-
000, last year produced titiO physicians,
rejecting 10s applicants. In the same
time the diked States, with a popula
tion of 40,000,01)0, graduated 3,000 phy
sicians. The distance around Lake Meudota
Wis., is about 25 miles, but two young
ladies of Madison recently swung
around the circle in a little over seven
hours. They just kicked their pull
backs loose and stepped out like little
women.
You can buy a Chinese girl in San
Francisco for sixty-live cents, provided
her nose is crooked. If the nose is all
right however, and the face otherwise
unblemished, she may cost you nve
dollars.
Mr. Willard Carpenter of Evans-
ville, lnd., has signed the deed trans
ferring 1.100,000 worth of projierty
given by him for the new Willard col
lege, ami the trustees will begin work
at once.
Chicago wreckers have found a
schooner laden with whisky which was
sunk in twenty-three feet of water in
I-akr) trie, near Monroe, ilich, twenty
three years ago. The cargo is worth
150,000 to 1200,000.
The waters of the A u Sable river,
between Lambton and Middlesex, Out.,
have been turned into a new channel
cut for the purpose. It is claimed that
19,000 acres or submerged land will De
reclaimed by this work.
Rev. W. H. Murray's book on "The
Perfect Horse" was recently refused a
place on the shelves of the pnblic
library at Southbridge, Mass., beceuse
of the supposed unseemliness of a cler
gyman writing on such a topic.
Leave has been granted to the
dairymeia'g association of New Y'ork to
erect a building on the centennial
grounds at Philadelphia. Lovers of
cheese will be able to see the whole
process of iu manufacture therein.
An iinineuse lede of isinglass is
reported discovered in Ada County,
Idaho Territory, the ledge is lu tne
mountains near Horse Bend, on the
Snake River, is about thirty feet wide,
and is encased in a wail of barren
quartz.
There is a lively fight in St. Louis.
The bridge company refuse to let the
Atlantic and raciflc telegrapti company
wires be run across the bridge. The
wires were spread one night against
orders, and the next day were torn
down by orders. And so it goes, with
loud cries of monopoly.
There is an artesian well in Merced
county, Cal., on the batik of the Mari
posa creek, sixteen miles below Plains
burg, called the 'Giant of California."
It is represented as being the finest well
in the valley, 270 feet deep, and throws
a stream equal in quantity to a ltt-lnch
sluice stream, miners' measurement.
Consequently the well furnishes from
150 to 175 gallons of water a minute
150 at the lowest calculation. Every
twenty-four hours the enormous quan
tity of 216,000 gallons of water is sup
plied, sufflcieut to irrigate at least 900
acres of land.
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