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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 fd'ty dap, .... .....