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THE PAULDING NEW ERA.
•IA8. BKECKENBIDflE, Publisher.
“ONWARD AND UPWARD’
8UBNCRIPIIGH t $1,60 Per inn,
VOLUME I:
DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1883.
NUMBERS!.
GKNfDlAL NEWS.
Palatka, Fin, is to liava a >200,000
hotel.
North Carolina hag sixty-four cotton
(actorieg.
Theme ia a Mormon church at Aber
deen, Ala.
The gal tod mnl ct trade of Florida ia
increasing.
In East Mississippi Devon cattle are
Very popular.
Peanut growing in Florida ig boing
Warmly advocated.
The ruling price of oranges in T ninpn,
is >10 per thousand.
The Assessed valuation of property in
Texas is >520,000,000.
TirenE are nino negroes in the now
legislature of Virginia.
The domestication of buffalo calves is
to bo attempted in Arkansas.
It is asserted that no other stato can
make such a show in coal as Alabama
There are over 60,000 miles of un
broken pino forest in Southeast Georgia.
There are only forty-soven comities
in Georgia in which it is lawful to soil
liquor.
Texas is said to produce about one-
half tho cotton raised in tho United
States.
A Society fortho Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals has been organized in Chat
tanooga.
A cotton compress, gas works and a
street railway aro being oonstructed at
Pensacola.
A land syndicate lias bought GO,000
acres of land in Clay county, Mississippi
for >75,000.
Twenty cotton mills in Alabama aro
paying an average of fifteen por cent per
annum in dividends.
The St. James Hotel nt Tallahnsseo
is exchanging its tntife corps of black
servants for white ones,
Cookeville, Tenn., bids fnir to bo-
como an oil region. Three wells sunk
there recently hive struck oil.
The Uhltod States Court iu Savannah
is advertising for “good, honest and re
sponsible men” to act ns jurors.
. A glass factory will be established in
Little Book Tho building will cost
>10,000, exclusive of the real estate.
The plans for the Exposition buildi ng
at Birmingham have been approved by
the Board of Arrangements and bids ad
vertised for.
Upon therecentvisit of the agent of the
American Bible Socioty to Weakley
county, Tonn., 750 families were found
without Bibles.
The Borne (On.) cotton factory, which
lias beon in operation eigliteon months,
has doubled its machinery, and now runs
night and day.
It is now clnimod that tho couth is
getting to bo tho host market in tho
world for machinery and mochnnionl ap
pliances of all kinds.
From an orange tree owned by Captain
Dukes, of Lako City, Florida, ho sold
8G7 worth of fruit last Benson. Ho will
do better this season.
Two hundred thousand dollars' worth
of gold dust has been shipped to tho
Philadelphia mint from the Coco Creek
gold mines in Tennessee.
A company of Indiana capitalists are
contemplating the erection of a jnto fac
tory at Memphis. The building and ma
chinery will cost >150,000.
The Stato Controller of Florida has
decided that merchants selling brandied
peaches, cherries, ex:., must pay the re
tail liquor dealers' license.
The oie frrttn tlie Magrndor silver
mine in Washington county, Gu., assays
about >18 to tho ton. A smelter is tobe
ptu up at the mine very soon.
Texas farmers sold last year >59,000,-
000 worth of cotton, >53,000 worth of
cattle, >7,000,000 worth of wool and mut
ton, and >1,000,000 worth of horses and
hides.
The electric light company of Savan
nah has resolved to rebuild their towers
and continue business. $25,000 in bonds
will be placed on tlie market to secure
funds for that purpose.
The L.ttle Bock University, now'aji-
proaching completion, will by tlie finest
brick building iu the State of Arkansas,
and one of the largest and most con
venient in the Southwest.
An appropriation of >150,000 was
Voted for the nuw extension to tho Uni
versity of Alabama. This extension will
accommodate over 300 students and will
add greatly to the usefulness of the Uni
versity.
Mb. W. M. Dukes, of Lake City, Fla.,
has an orange tree on liis place that
measures live feet and three inches in
circumference three feet above the
ground, ana the oranges gathered this
year from it sold for >07.
Samuel Mackey, of New South Wales,
sheared 1,500,000 sheep lost year, and
this year ho expects to havo 2,500,000.
His lands run 700 miles in one direction,
and comprise 5,000,000 acres, and have
boon nearly all reclaimed from the
desert.
Tnu apple crop of Virginia is so large
this boosou that purchasers aro uuablo to
find bafrcls, and the fruit iB boing lnndod
in bulk on the ears. Ono gentleman
from Baltimoro Inst week 1 sought 20,000
Parrels in Augusta county at prices rang
ing from $1.50 to >2 per barrel.
On neeonntof tlie drouth, which seems
to bo prevalent all over the country, the
orange crop of Florida is maturing slowly,
and tho fruit is somewhat smaller thau
usual, but the prospeot for a good crop
is considered excellent. Tlio yield is ex
pected tobe much larger than last year’s.
Chattanooga Times: At Dayton the
Coni and Iron .Company have struck it
rich by discovering six now veins of coal.
Each of t ese vojns lends into tho center
of the mountain, whoro it is almost a
solid mass of fine coal. About 200,000
bushels por day will bo taken out of iliese
veins.
New Orleans claims to bo the host
port in tho Unitod States, and the papers
of that city do not hesitate to montiou
that fact occasionally. Tho jetties aro
supposed to ho in successful operation;
at any rato they have provided a channo]
through which tho steam-hip Silvorton
pnaso.1 tho other dny, drawing twonty-
fivo feot of wntor, Tho Silvorton car
ried out a cargo equal in hulk to 18,780
bales. The Silverton, by tho wny, lias
boon ongnged to lay tho new cable for
J^mes__Oordon_Iiennett and J. W.
Mackoy.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tnu waters around Florida, tho Med
iterranean nnd tho Bahamas supply most
of tho sponges. Tlie Florida ip ugo is
coarse and die ip. That from tho Med
iterranean is lmed iu surgery, but tlie
fined nnd costliest sponge is from tlie
Bahamas. The harvest of sponges lasts
about eight months in the year, and dur
ing that time skillful divers make us much
ns i 10 a day oadi gathering them. It
requires from twelve to fourteen months
for aspougo to get its growth.
According to General L’adenu, out
minister to Cuba, tho trndo relations be
tween the littlo island and tho Unitod
States could not be in n worse condition.
Owing to our nearness to Culm, Amer
ican merchants should linvo almost a
monopoly of trndo, but the existing tarifl
rates practically shut them out, while
Great Britain nnd Germany got every
thing. As an instance of tho effect ol
tlie unjust laws against Amoricnn goods,
he states that flour from tliis eouutry is
first shipped to Spain, thonce to Cuba,
and sold for considerable less than tlmf
which is sent direct te> tho island.
The first ground was broken in l’ul •
man, Ill, throe years ago, and nowit bn-
0,000 inhabitants. It has a lesson foi
Atlanta in its waterworks and its sower-
ago. 'i ho system of sewerage is admir
able. 'J ho refuse of the town (lows tone
immense cistern under tho wntor tower.
Tho steam power is used to pump th<
Bewerago to tho town farm of 15,00C
acres which is thus irrigated nud en
riched. Tho profit on tho farm under this
system of culturo when it had only sixty
acres was >8,500. This land wns consid
ered exhausted nnd worthless. The suc
cess of this experiment suggests a new
use and value for city sewerago.
Adulteration of food is a growing
disgraco in the United States wliero the
people eat more impuro and unwhole
some mutter than anywhere else in tin
world. As long as tho black art was
confined to the luxuries it made little
difference, but tho necessaries of life are
now tampered by some of its most cun
ning tricks. The many adulterations oi
flour and sugar represent a vast amount
of vicious enterprise. Startling analyses
atfd repeated exposures of these frauds
seem only to increase tlie dnring onergy
of their perpetrations Tho baby bom
in a poor American family to-day starts
life with the prospect of eating far more
than the proverbial pock of dirt said to
be destined for every human stomach.
The Chinese Minister at Washington
says he has received many tenders of ser
vice from ex-officers of the union and
confederate armies, buthohastold them
all that their acceptance or rejection rests
with tho homo viceroys. He does not
think the trouble with France admits ol
mediation, which would naturally rusull
in a compromise, China, he says ( can
not accept a compromise in a oaae that in
volves the integrity of her territory and
the control or her own subjects. His
country, ho adds, docs not dread a wai
with Franco. Her army is well officered
by European soldiers of experience and
capnci y, and its equipment is up to
modern standards. T ho reported medi
ation of tho Unitod States is, therefore,
believed tube without foundation, China
is probably ready to fight, and she counts,
no doubt, on a long war and tho creation
of exponses that tho Fronoh people will
not he apt to staud up to.
Willi e cotton nnd grain aro moving
across the water ns rapidly ns at some
other periods, tho exports of provisions
aro unprecedented, nud there are no in
dications of a decreased movemout. The
exports of fresh beef aro more than
doubled, while thei'o lias been a hand
some increase in the amount of bacon
nndhnms exported. Lnrd and pork also
show iucrcnsed figures. Tho totals for
October aro wonderful. Fresh beef,
which iu the snmo month last year,
amounted to 8,00O,0tK) pounds, runs up
to nearly 13,000,000 pounds. Bacon
shows nil increase for tho month 22,000,-
000 pounds, or n total of 27,000,000
pounds, while tho export of hams is
throe times greater than that of last
yenr, or over 8,000,000 pound*. Tho ex
port of pork in October was 8,000,000
pounds, ns compared with 8,000,000
pounds in 1882. Tnllow slinrcs In tho
general increase. During tho month of
Ootohor tlioro wore 0,000,000 pounds ox-
ported, an improvement of 4,000,000
pounds over the corresponding period
of lost year, and for tho twelve mouths
there wore 52,000,000 pounds exported,
an incronso of 11,000,000 pounds ovor
thnt of 1882. Tho total vaiuo of pro
visions nud tallow for tho twolvo months
ending October 31 wns nearly 899,000,-
000, while for 1882 it is >80,000,000.
It is cold comfort to talk of money,
but this country has so many rich moil
that they constitute ono of tho staple
themes of gossip. Everybody knows
about tho Vanderbilts, tlio Astors nnd
Jay Gould. In the class of smn lor for
tunes nrg Homo names worth mention
ing. The wealthiest men in Philadel
phia are said to bo Frank Droxtl, I. V.
Williamson nnd William Woightmnn, tbo
quinine monopo ist. W. W. Corcoran,
of Washington, is known ovorywboro for
bis charities. Giving with a lavish hand
lias not loft liis fortuno loss than >4,000,-
000. Joseph Willard ranks next in tho
District of Columbia, nnd serupulously
conceals tlio amount of liis lucre. Fred.
Amos, of Boston, is credited with >20,-
000,000, nnd John M. Forbes, of tho
Bnmo city, seuflles along on >15,000,000.
C leveland has her John D. Eoeknfeller,
with >15,000,000. Cyrus McCormick,
of Chicago rates along near tlioso fig
ures, and J. II. Wade, of Chicago, has
about half as much. Some people say
Phil Armour is tho richest man in
Chicago, but bo gambles heavily and liis
figure is uncertain. Alexander Mit
chell, of Milwaukee, flies among the
king bees with >40,000,000. Ilonry Shaw
leads tho St. Louis list with >8,000,000,
and is a bachelor. David Swinton, of
Cincinnati, has as many millions ns ho
lias lingers on his right hand.- John
Hill, of St. Paul, counts to noarly 810,"
000,000. Tlio south furnishes very few
millionaires. Tho richost of thcsoisA.
S. Abell, of tlie Baltimore Sun, who must
havo nearly >20,000,000. Boss Winans
has hardly less. The richest man in
Biclimond is James B. Pace with 815,-
000,000. W. B. Smith, of Charleston,
has over a million Joseph E. Brown, of
Atlanta, is put down at all figures from
$1,000,000 to >5,000,000. Ed. Richard
son, of Miisissippi, is tho largest cotton
planter in tho worid, and has $5,000,000.
Hauper's Weekly relates tho story
that when, last spring, Bishop Williams
(of Connecticut) nnd liis clergy desired
to honor the anniversary of tlio meeting
of clergy which dispatched Seabury to
England iu quest of episcopal orders,
they wished to meet informally in the
same room of the old house at Wood
bury, now occupied by an ancient dame.
Tile old lady, when asked if tho clergy
might have the use of the room for a re
union and supper, replied, after somo
hesitation: “Well, I dunno. I’m op
posed to dancin’. They can come if
they won’t dance."
Foots, who is a man of chronic ail
ments, drops in to see his doctor almost
every day nlmnt Romo real or imaginary
troulde. Generally lie has a very fine
lino of symptoms of an appalling char
acter with whicli to regalo liis physician's
ears, but the other day he was stumped
when the doctor made his usual inquiry:
“Well, what’s the matter to-day?” Said
Poots, disconsolately: “Well, doctor, l
don’t know; but I feel so well that I
think there mustb& something awful the
Blatter with pae,”
A TRAP TOll SEVEN.
A WKNTKKN HRNCHII'TION op an in.
tUDJiNT IN KKAI. LINK OUT THKKK.
Haw N«T«a Well Iran Mm Wee* ClmaeA
Oat li Twa-The Palatal Mleaee Whirl.
Basest.
Catch a rat hi a trap and ho will fight
Trap a man and—well, you can’t rely on
him. It's acoording to tlie trap. ,
Iu tha heavy atago-ooaeh as wo roll
out of Leadvillo are seven men. Ono is
an army officer who has half a dozen
sears to prove his hravory. Cut off from
his command on tho plaint last suumor
by a sooro of Indiana ho entrenohnd
himself aud fought the bnud off until
help arrivod. Two of the othors are
desperadoes who havo killed their men.
Throe ofttci ot hors aro stalwart miners,
oaoh armed with two revolvers, and they
look as if they would provo ugly custom
ers in a row.
The Seventh mnn might do some
shooting on a pinch, but be lionet tlioro
will bo no pinch. In the crowd arc ton
revolvotp, two derringers, three repeat
ing rite and four or five bowie-knives;
and there is perfect good feeliug as tho
Htngo rolls along. It is taoitly Under
stood that the army officer is to assume
command in caso the ooaoli is attacked,
nud that all are to keep cool and tiro to
kill.
It is ten o’clock iu tbo morning. Tlio
windows are down and tho pussongers
are smoking and talking nnd Becking for
comfortable positions. The ooooh has
just reached tho top of a hill, when ev
ery horso is suddenly pulled up.
"If it's a b’nr wo'll havo somo fun,"
growled ono of tlio miners, oh he put his
head out of tl.o window.
“U it's a robber, gimmo tlio fust pop
at him," whispered ono of tho dos[iern-
does.
No me oonld say what tho trotiblo
waa when n wiry littlo chap, about five
feet six inches tall, with black eyes nnd
hair, clean fnco nnd thin lips, appeared
nt the left-hand door with a cocked re
volver in either hand and snid;
“Gents, lam ... .y to disturb you,
but I’ve got to mnko a raise this morn
ing, Please leavo your shooters and
olimb down here, one nt a time.”
It was sudden. It wns so sudden thnt
it took ten seconds to understand tbo
drift of liis remarks. Tlion every oyo
turned to tlio right-band daor, and tlio
two revolvers held by a second robbor
wore seen at the open window. It was
a trap. The rats were caught, and would
they fight ?
"Gents, I’m growing a lcetlo Impa
tient," continued the first robber, “nnd
I want to seo tho prooeHsiou begin to
move.”
Lot’s soo. The enptnin was to lond
us, and we wore to bo cool nud fire to
kill. But tho captain was growing white
around tlie mouth, and nobody had a
weapon in hand. The rata were not go
ing to fight. One of tho minors opened
the door nnd descended, and tbo other
six humbly followed. The soven were
drawn up iu line across tbo road, nnd
while one roblier held his shooter on tho
line ho coolly observed to liis partner;
“Now, Willinm, remove tho weapons
from the conch and then searcli tlicso
gentlemen."
As William oboyod, every victim was
ordered to hold hiH linnjs above his head,
and whatever plunder wns tnkon from
their pockets was dropped into William’s
hat. Four gold wntolies, two diamond
tins, a telescope, n diamond ring, a gold
indge nnd 81 <200 in cash changed hands
in ten minutes. Not a mnn had a word
to sny. Tlio driver of the coach did not
leave liis scat nnd was not interfered
with. When the lnHt man hail been
plundered, tho genteel Dick Turpin ob
served kindly:
“You are the most deoent set of men
I over robbed, nnd if times weren’t so
darned hnrd I'd make each of you n
present of 810. Now, then, olimb back
to your places, and the coach will go
on.”
The crowd got injand the vehicle ro-
snmod its journey. Not a weapon, a
timepiece or a dollar bad been snved.
Heven well armed men lind been elennod
out by two, nnd not a shot fired nor n
wound givon. Mile after mile was passed
in silenco, nnd finally tlio seventh man,
the one who might fight on a pinch but
didn't, plaintively suggested:
“Camt somo of you gentlemen think
of a few remarks which would bo apropos
to tho occasion?”
No one could, nnd tho silence was re
sumed.—Seattle Pont-IntcUiyewer.
Looks Just Like It.
A lawyer of Cohoes, being before a
.■ourtin Kingston, N. Y., the other day,
wns privately naked whal kind ot a place
Cohoes was, when lie returned the fol
lowing answer: “I will explain it by
telling you a little story. One time a
Cohoes woman was in Kingston, and sho
went to an exhibition which was a pan
orama show. One of the pictures shown
wns intended to represent clmos, nnd
tlio word ‘clmos’ was written below tlio
picture. The Cohoes woman was a little
uenr-sighted, and seeing the word chaos,
took a look at the picture, and then re
marked to lier companion, ‘Why, it’s
Cohoes, and looks just liko it, too.' ”
An apple iu perfect preservation, al
though ninety-six years old, is in pos
session of u gentleman in Ulster county,
N. Y. As it rounded up from tlio
blossom of the parent stem, in tho
early summer of 1787, n bottle was
drawn over it and attached to the
branch, and after tho apple had ripened
the stem was severed and the bottlo
sealed tightly. It looks ns fresh as
when first plucked-
THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
WIIAT WM KIND IN THE lll'MOKOUH
I'Al'KItN TO M.M1I.K OVEII.
wanted a wntmNo.
I know a pair of lioys beside whom
even Helen's Babies must have dwindled
nnd grown tnmo. Naughty, wilful, mis
chievous, loving little scamps. They were
at times as soundly thrashed as a rather
soft-hearted father would permit, For
a timu they would mind; hut they
"wouldn't stay minded." to me a child
ish expression. Nothing seemed ho
forcible a method of punishment as tak
ing nway their spending-money—a few
pennies each day.
For somo particularly grievous offense
this was resorted to two or three days
la fore the Fourth of July, iuid great was
their grief and indignation.
Very early the next morning tho
father, who hail visited this upon them,
was awakened by bearing thorn nt tbo
chamber door crying.
“Boys?”
"Oh, papa I"
“Boys—go linok to your room I"
“Oh, papa—dear papa—won't you
pleaso givo us our pcuuies nud go bank
to tbo whippings ? '
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY,
Dnr is a hundred seekers nrtcr money
wbar dar is ono soeker al ter happiness.
Wo ain't got no respoek lur do stingy
mnn, nor fur do feller what flings liis
money away.
A man’s awkward shape ain't no argu
ment agin his 'predation oh do finer
pints ob. life. A ole black bear ain't
putty, hiit lie’s powerful foil’ ob honey.
Do ’possom was noher thought tor
linb much sense, but lie's mighty smart.
Ho lias fooled many a man in pretendin'
liko ho was dead, while the coon, what
nil ol) do animals call jcijfio, r'ars molin'
an' nobor fails lor git hurt.
1 has often liuerd tint do bcH' is do
ebenpes'. Ills drain' hole good In nil
eases, fur I'll ho dinged of do ehonpes'
way ter lib is do lies’. A man mout tell
me dnt bread an' ingons is belter dim
hrond, meat, 'titters an' ingons, but I
wouldn’t bolebo him.
It's mighty strango, hut do biggest
sinners in do worl’ believes in do ebor-
Ilistin’ tiro ob do debit. T lias knotved
many a good man what didn't buliovo
dat do dobil wns half sicli a powerful
feller ns tie preachers said, an’ I has
linnwod many a thief dat believed
ehery tiling lie wan told about do ole man.
1 ain’t got much contldoneo in dnt'ligion
wlnit is based on fear. A convict mni
work mighty hard 'onso do oberseor is
lookin', lint do work is nobor drain ns
well ns if ho wnn't fo'oed tor do it.—
Arkannaw Traveler.
FIUTKRNAL TIEN.
In the Limo Kiln Club Judge Ohewso
arose to ask for information, lie wanted
to know how strong the fraternal tics of
such a chili should bo considered. How
fur was ho obligated?
“Brother Cliewso,” replied the presi
dent, “I will read do fullerin' fur your
benefit:
"1. All meet heah on terms of equal
ity, bnt do member who blacks strives
an’ saws wood am not 'speoted to tio ho
fnmlliar as to usk do barber aimin'$17
per week to lend him his toof-plck.
“2. If you find a lirudder in distresa,
aid him. Dar am no pertiokler objeak-
sbuu to tnkin’ a mortgage on his stove,
in caso ho wants to borry fo’ dollars iu
cash, hut givo him a little show hefo’
fo'elosin’
“3. Excuse a hriidder’s faults ns fur
aH you kin, but nrtcr lie lias spit on your
Imtes about three times you kin con-
clndedat ho aches to lie licked.
“4 Speak well of oaoh odder; avoid
wrangles an’ slander; bo ready to givo
good advice; encourage sobriety an' in
dustry, but dean’ let a man kick yer
dog simply bokoso ho sits on do stool
nox’ you in Paradiso Hull.”—Detroit
Fr ee Preen.
USINO A KIIIE EBOAPE.
Tlio other day a prominent citizen of
Detroit, says tho Free Prenn, who has
been greatly interested in the subject of
fire-escapes, was inspecting a building
on East Woodbridgo street which hod
just been equipped with balconies nud
ladders, anil ho summed up his opinion
with:
“Well, sir, thoro’s no need of an acci
dent hero in case of fire. All any em
ployee has to do is to coolly step from a
window to one of tho balconies aud de
scend in perfect safety.”
At ono o’clock Saturday afternoon,
tliis same citizen wus in tlie same build
ing when somo rags took tiro on tlio
fourth floor, a smudge arose, and an
alarm was sounded for the steamers.
“Fire I fire I” was echoed through tho
building, and tho employees rushed for
the stairs like frightened sheep.
The eminent citizen lost his legs os
soon an bo beard the cry—ran twico
around tbo room without seeing tlie open
door, and finally brought up at a win
dow, The sash was hung on weights,
and yet lie pushed, pulled and tugged in
vain, nnd finally lowered tho top sash
and climbed over. As he descended to
tho second balcony lie left ono coat-tail
on a nail, broke his watch chain, and
took a tumble which lauded him on liis
hack, and he wns there yelling “lire!”
when the engines came up. lie hail to
ho helped through a window and down
stairs, anil when a heartless wretch in
the crowd asked him how long lie had
practiced the "escaping” business, bo
replied :
“Nono o’ your business, sir ! Driver,
take mo home.”
He who seldom speaks, and with one
calm, well-timed word can striko dumb
the loquacious, in a genius or a hero,
A REMARKABLE SPRING.
HOW ITS PKt'ITI.IAK PnOPMTttN
WK1IK DIMIOVKKKI).
Wnlrr Thnt llns Prrlllrlnc Pr..errin
FnnnA In California. <
I From tlio Ban Francisco Oitoi'llKlc.l
In Livcrmooro Pass, Alameda county,
on tho old rnnd from HaJfwaWs and
San Joso to Mount Dlably, stands the
Mountain noiiHo. The region round
about has a celebrity ns having been
the rendezvous,of a gang of Mexican
desperadoes ot the worst stamp. ‘lie
Proprietor, Mr. Zimmerman, a veteran
ot the Mexican war, is well known by all
<A the pioneer* and travelers of Uiat
lection, among wlinpi hisliugniittio abil
ities nnd his skill ns rnconfflirha'S
rendered him a general favorite. Bdt
circumstances Imvu made him the ,poa-
sessor of a secret which surpasses
any of liis talcs of foreign travel, and
which Is likely to prove a bonanza to
him. Within a comparatively' rMbrft
date an artesian well was sunk iipnn-ME
grounds, with a result to challenge
amazement. Tho water wns desired for
irrigating purposes,"and ono mornthfc
after all the work nbout if had lieon
completed, Mr. Zlmmerffiiiir went ofit
to survey this uow ndilition-to hia prop
erty. lie observed that throngh tho
carelessness of somo ono tho wntor bad
been permitted to run during the night,
nighty indignant nt tlib sight of eo
mueli water being wasted by negligent
workmen, lie gazed upon a pool of it
near tbo overflowing trough with grow
ing rage. Iu tlio )ms)1 of wntor Uio irate
eyes of Mr. Zimmerman detected several
large potatoes lying whoro tlioy had
been ilrop|icd ou tbo way to tlie kitchen.
NnturnPy of a provident diainailioa,
this disoiivery increased ilia disgust lor
tlio wastefulness of tlio employers, end.
stooping down, ho gathered tlio scat
tered vegetables into Ids hand- By
involuntary impulse lie attempted to
press off ono of tlio "spjfdV’ oyca.' It
was impossible to do so k aud 04 examin
ing it more closely Mr. Zimmerman.at
once saw Unit a radical change in the
nature of tlio potato bail taken plaofl.
It could no longer bo classified with tho
vegetable, but witli tbo mineral king
dom. Tlio potnto, in fact all tbo pota
toes tic had picked ont of the pool, were
completely petrified, but quite unlike tho
potatoes petrified through being curried
In tlio pookots of rhoumntio people,
cneli ono retained its size and outward
npponruiicu. When broken in bite by
repeated Mows of a lioavy ax they ex
hibited a stony fracture similar in looks
to Mint of fossil wood. Tlioronpun, as e
natural result, this discovery followed a
series of interesting experiments, each
of which strengthened tho feeling of
thankfulness iu Mr. Zimmerman's
breast thnt lie hail not used the well
water for drinking purposes; also that
the discovery had been made in time to
provout the destruction of his garden
nnd orchnrd from irrigation with this
peculiar fluid. As a preliminary to this
experiment ho built nn airtight structure
of ono room. Within thin was a trine
tulr, connected with pipes leading from
the well, Iu tliis receptacle have, been
plncod sinnil fowl, dogs and outs. These
animals after being immersed for. three
or four days contiguously, beenmo per
fectly rigid and would stand alono. The
oiithnioMtio proprietor is convinced that
they will so remain during all time. At
any rato he Inis lilted up an apartment
with glass cases, in which ho tins pre
served his specimens. For somo timu
tho wonderful properties of this spring
have boon known to a few, bnt the facts
leaked out n few days ago through tlio
misdirected zeal of one of the initiated.
As might be supposed, there is a move
ment afoot to orgauizo a stock company
with simple capitul enough to make tlus
bonanza nrtesiun well yield its benefits.
Preparations aro now being made to pet
rify human bodies which after a certain
length of immersion in tliiB spring shall
be ns stone statues. It is an idea of the
company that bodies may bo utilized as
statues for drawing rooms, parks and
gardens or with arms extended for torch
lights or gas jets on street corners. It
may bo a trifle hnrd to induce conserva
tives to full in with tlio plan, but an at
tempt will ho made.
An ImmciiHo Farm.
A correspondent of tho Loqdon Tc/ts»
tjraph wlio went to tho Yellowstone *
Park recently, wns astonished by tbo
big farms which ho saw in Dakota. Ho
wrote:
The particular farm wo inspected waa
twelve miles square. It was one vast
field of wheat; no division of any kind
appearing except roads for wagons anil
horses. On tho morning we visited it
the harvesters were to commence reap
ing and ono hundred machines waited
our arrival as a sigunl to begin. What a
sight I Two Hootch farmers who were
with us wore simply amazed. While tho
harvest lasts there are transported over
the Northern Pacific lino to Buffalo, as
the objective point, by way of Duluth
from 25,000 to 30.000 bushels daily,
employing srano thirty-five to fifty rail
way ears. It was estimated that this
year tlio yield would bo about twenty
bushels per acre, but, if a careful sys
tem of farming were pursued—anything
liko thorough English calculation—the
raitcomo would bo thirty bushels. The
top soil wns eighteen inches to two feet
of tlio finest loam, absolutely free from
grit or stones of any kind. Tho sub
soil is pent, retaining moisture all the
year round.
TnE Japanese believe that the first)
man wan not Adam, bnt Hu-siug, who
made bis wife of day aud baked her
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