HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1880-10-15, Page 66
What. an Army of Sxovelmen
Thought Imposuible.
The sand storms through the great
Colorado desert are as ot'struotive to
the Southern Pacific Railrway as the
suow.is to the Central Papific road on
the Nevada summits. Instead of snow
sherds the Southern Pacific is putting
up sand tepees for many Mites, which
will greatly lessen the evil. Never in
the history of the Central Pacific road
has travel been interrupts for as week
before last winter. Snow sheds have
been destroyed and track. 1auried be- •
neath landslides of greatlextent. The
company has given proof of being pre.
pared for the emergency. Snow plows
and working brigades swanned on 200
miles of track.. They Seemed to spring ,
out of the gr.:Sued. Buy near Alta, ou
the California slope of the. Nevadas, an
earth and rock avalanche occurred of
such magnitude that the army of sbov-
elmen stood aghast et the month's job
before them. But • e hydraulic gold -
gravel guider smiled iia it "I0 forty-
eight hours, without 0, picks, shovel or
barrow, or a mumu to wield them, I will
say to you mountain mass begone,' and
it will vanish and leave ue sign !" Aud
it was so. It cuas but an hour's work
to make a flume of boards and tap a
mountain stream 150 feet overhead and
lead it to the ` spat. Tlieu, borrowing
,serine hydraulic hose and tl►ree inch
nozetes from gravel miners close by, he
had quickly aegerat such streams under
150 feet pressure, playing with nitro-
glycerine) power ou► the mins. Dowu
came rbblts, bo:ctlders, trees, stones and
earth ; 100 tons at a roll tumbled .down
the steep 'declivity, as geed as his •
Word, there remained in forty-eight
hours not a hillock . to bear record of '
the wondrous achievement. Quick Al-
most as thought the track, was replaced;
the ears and eugines appeared ; glad l
passengers, released fioua bondage, l
make the welki a echo with joyous '
cheers, and the next train wonders
where was the obstruction.-Coress
pondent Baltimore. •
-.- -- -
Pasture Lands in New Mexico.
At the last session of Congress a law '
was proposed to provide for the entry of `
a stretch of the public domain to be
known as pasture lands.. `Tho act as
proposed was bad, and is still pending. I
it provided that those lairds should be
surveyed and left open to sale at the
government price for agricultural lands
for a certain titae, and then, if not sold,
to be sealed down till they reached
25 cents per acre. The Land Commis-
sioner opposed this" plan. The char=
eater of the lands ought to be deter- i
rained scientifically, andS those tracts {
fit only for pasture . lands put on the ,
market at office at what they are worth. `
Attention was called to the matter, by
the receipt of a letter from a .pair of
stock breeders in New Mexico. They
set forth . in Colfax county—they have
fenced in 64,000 acres, ter thereabouts,
of land, containing no natural water,
and have dug five deep wells upon it and
erected windmills. They have stocked.
it with thoroughbred short horns. Now
there has been a long clrouth, and the
indolent Mexicans. want water for their
herds. They question the right of these
ranchmen to fence up this laud. They
propose to tear down the obnoxious ;
fence, and allow their• cattle access to
'this pasture and wells. There will be
,, a fight. The ranchineu: do nut propose
to have their inclosure run over and
wells made common property. • Then
they don't want their stock deteriorated
by mixing with the scrub Mexican
cattle They want to buy or lease land
at a fair price, but think that no land
is worth over 20 or 25 cents • an acre
When it is worthless for anything but
grazing, and not always available for
this, owing to droughts. i General Wil-
liamson thinks this would be a good
matter for reflection fore Congressmen,
Whoought to pass an act to make these
lands salable.at once, anti let the Gov-
ernment realize from them whatever
they are worth -Chicago Inter -Ocean.
A Lake of Fire.
The Country Gentleman gives the fol-
lowing extract from a letter from the
well known geographer„ Dr. Thomas,
graphically describing the wonderful
fiery lake existing in; the crater of
IS[lauea, a volcano in Hawaii :
"I have just seen probably the great-
est wonder in the world. Though dis-
appointed in many- things, I esteem
t znyselffortunate in finding Kilauea in
unwonted activity. I need not speak
particularly of what I have experienced
in the way of excessive fatigue in riding
twice over more than thirty miles of
what I actually believe to be the worst
road—take it all in all—ori the face _of o
the earth. The surface ;of the ground
at Kilauea is constantly chengin'g., often
rather slowly, sometimes very sudden-
ly. There was a remarkable outbreak 1
about three months ago. As the result j
:of this we have a new lake forming, the
principal object of interest at the pres-
eat time. Imagine a burning lake,
narly circular, 1,000 feet in diameter,,
a d surrounded by rocky walls from 80
to 100 feet higte, In the bottom of
th 's is a mass of molten lava, probably '
of unfaathiornable depth. Continually
from different parts of this mass of
liquid fire huge waves of flames burst
forth, throwing their fiery spray nearly
to the top of the encircling walls, con-
stituting, beyond comparison, the most
magnificent fire works I ever beheld.
Often a large part of the surface of the
lake seems covered for the moment
with a thin crust of partially cooled
lava,. Then a sudden. outbreak of the
fiery surge will break the thin crust,
perhaps nearly across the whole e'tein t"
of the lake, and in consequence a strip
or line of fire is seen to run suddenly
across the surface of 'the lake, caused
simply by the separation of the edges of
the crust, thus disclosing the liquid fire
below., Our party stood at the : top of
the eucircling wall, perhaps two hun-
dred feet from the nearest part of the
flames. The heat was se great as to ;
scorch our faces, and the brightness was •
.cutch as to appear very vivid, even in
the full glare of the sun. Risme of our
party went down and saw the fire-
woxks after night, tvlien of course the
in the har a ened la** up to Lis a i;
and .< over: of the • party' weft" wel
frightened. Th guide wirtg not with`
, thenal in tae eve ing -. Theylleave the
a very int.:llige t guide B ' long eat'
perie ce a d ob ervtion of= a ssgnr b
i the localit , he au generally else pretE
confident here it is safe to'. , V:sito
are often isappoointed beta' se be is
1 cautious a cause lie will n t go when
I he t inks it danger=ous. sate of ouii
, part the nextday very i prudentI
vent red a own into the cr:: -1 witho ,
1 the grid-. (I ought to say tha
1 ther are any plaices whe a the re
1 hot ave is 1 wing all bout. Th
1 guid" bro ght a to :one pia e• Where we
could run stick into the n;elted, re
1 hot lava, nal it Cool and har d
• the end.) Thi person' w s ab ut
try to con r so: a coins with. 1 va,
common t,racti a there, wh n a s de
i explosion took lace behiu ,huh, an
3 for Si.mit ent ; e gave hi" self up I for
lost. He eseap d however .'•-Tt is n ex
vellcus fe serious t� ;cidents cL''
+ cur when we reflect liow !m rn y fool=
hardy pe a ple t re are.':
11
10I Grow Raseterries.
F rst f rr black kinds, select deep,rich
i soil,.nd -ea ostl- sloping to the north-
warF' or . red varieties, a poor or
me o uality of soil is just as good;
Jewe1r
an
In t4is D epartine
-Jewelry and
(Goods ha'—4
'ell- them as
>it w. tial
Farcy G
dvanced
usual.
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in
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dally opt
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ctelltinue
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D
SILV:E
Horse
Cate e
Medicines, Fancy GO
Gold and Silver J ewell<'y,
Jewelry.
id a
t11
uJ
Watches ill bold
in -the befit
Ladies' Gold
Ladies' and'1
and Sit
nglisli,
and Jet Bra
ent ' Finkel
earl C
ewest d
es.
Golcl, Silver and.
Clocks in all the
—at old pri
tls This Departme
P
kiowrl to the public -au
Clocks will leave .ur be
PLAT
Tea Spoons,,
Table Spoons,
Table niv
Butt r K
Sat St
tis in ch.
all RE
attention.,
r at
mer:
lets
laic s t
cab 'old
E
arid Ne
mos.
Ba, t X11
ions'1
To of
IRI
id all
D GO
s,
ivies,'
nds,
Tobacco Pouche , a Tari
Meerschaum Pip s, cas
large assort eut.
Pipe Bowls, Stems, Ba
Briar Pipes, a 'age sto
• Iber, robber nd otl
)DS
bcoNIs
e variety .1 Cigar G
dand un aed,in
�ompoeiti i and Fr
ds andiM Lis.
kin G B. and
r� sterns alll shape
GLASS
Vases -La
Cut Glass
Cut Glass
ii
wh is Wje.
1 y, -W tches .c
ert Spo
It
poo
De
De°.sert niv is,
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Bu gar
seg an,
11 �s ze
n
ther 1
r Ho de Ss
itatio Meerschaum
pes.
bra dJ with horn,
s,
ooler
se variety it ne
alts we show
her morneters
CI�O�CKE
The balance of
f 5, 6, 7 and 8 incl,
Bowls, &c.
IFull assorting
Spe4tacle in the
;Spectacles fr
(;arving 1
Broad lin.
Bread K
Pocket K
Cork Sc ••
LEAT
1
Shawl and t'
ac�eite would bo immeasurably more �
grand and impressive. The glare on 1'Gi1: Holders, Ftilc
the clouds is most strikiue. I did not
go down, as I bad walked already nine
or ten miles -that day. One that did go
said that the scene l was inexpressibly
terrible, To have been there alone s A
Would have severely tried the stoutest
heart. It was besides very dangerous,
for in the present activity of the vol-
cano the fire might burst out in ansa-.
petted pieces. One of the most ex -1
perienuedluf the party fell iuto a fissure
our Crockery
Plates, Coffe
sP
as
rd
t of all ageso
rlet.
5 cents up
niv
nes,
Ives
ive
ws,
H
fit S
ils.
Large Assol
wil
clecora
au exte
aid a la:
esiesu anal x crings.
cis; ery ch p.
ti eit! of a cy G1 ss Goal s.
Puri Mph, ,k1 r
of Tin, Cream of `1'
Stook is complete.
Hair B4ushts
Also Hand lirro is
TO let S
I Honey, Almond, •
Shaving
for cleaning cloth,
P rfume
Remmel's�, dei. Pei
Maddckjt'
rtar, Indigo
'�.o
Silavi
asps, all
ndsor, Gl
oap.
emoVing :' e s
y," such • a
•fumery in q a
Chet owders,
Salt Ilottl:s .(Sm l 'ng Salts) ii
'inlay CO$l'lbs
u Rub r, Horn au
Fine Combs in Iv
Ci
all kinds,
all prices.
a
eared out 1✓liea,p, a d cons
nd aucer!s, Tea ' ots, 5 ;; ar
the Celebrated
o .2, to shit all
TLE ®Y,
Dr
.1
ges.
t.:
s and Fork and 3t e s,
Butcher Kb `.vee, �;T, b�'e
and Butche • Kujve , 1i
, a variety of differdn r
an Openers, Knife 5
R AND
st
oud p ctaele—the •s
•
rge : ssorti nt.
eves i nd Fo s, a fu line.
k- in iv r handles,
es in 1, 2, 3 d 4 blade.
ners, Razors, &c.
raps. 1.'ures, a
ment of Toys
be cleared Q
D Ul\
See -
CAN
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Coo
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S
Port nunuias, Peus
0o i 11,1 ero
t h0,11' pri
UNC
enti
es,for
Miller's
Cold Cream—The
faee, &e.
Lyman'
and Gro ell's N
White and Brown
Sltavil t
Shaving Mick, Pe
{
Vo1in
Tail-Boaids, Hai_
{ In Pat
r
lycerili41
bove are all e
Cherry
rsery Powvd;
for the Mini
So p-, R
is oap Ta
trings iii.
for Bows,
nk, bens an
1:um hrey's
pon es-Fi
eedi g Bott
'dies 's Abs
eab rry—U
hest Protec
5hou !der Bea
Ian Boobs,
her omete
Wewit
Liver Oil, Cameib
popliosphites, All
Pierce's edical
er, Ayer'�Sarsa
The Gre t Shos
ler's Est act St a
Our S
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11,
h.
n
he ewit
ll's t'od Liv
re's ung
isco ery, Pi
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nees Reined
'ber y, Pills
c
ii
i
CALL.�A.NI. BE CO
roast Pu pa, NI ple Sbie
and coon
e of the most
, or the cou
f all kinds ve or a lie
a er and En
s, R bber Ball
r.
it: c
te
S ou
11
pound, Indigo,
enu
rush -es# To
•
St is comprise
din
pat o
tract Logwood, Blue Stone, C, chineal,ISolutio
geuta, Handy Package Dyea, Paaage Dy*-41in fact ou-
at a few
uch. as
UT Va
ne
th Br lshes, Nail Brushes, Cloth Brushes, &
Pure 1Glycerine,
Silver IS °al
'astile Soap -in
for 6eaning Silver
enovating Kid G oyes, dm; Dog Soap, for killing
Florida W
•
k COl4S,
; from 5 cants to
ne, Horn sud R
Tdi.1
bars ansl cakes, Toile
p,8 on do
ter, limbin's, Atkinson Co
'ss., Bos uet, Ylaug Ylang, J:00107 Chib,
ey Chi) Sachet Powdet by the
tees, all inds.
Erasiv
s.
dray's, ILI
late Rose, K
de Co
50 °elite.; Pocket Combs in Horn? Bone,
bber, 0,1 11 assortment.
nbs and Lead Combs. Dress:ing
ubber, and Ni
t S ndries.
elly, Glicer ne an Rose Water, 1
eg nt peeper tione or the sk n, Such as sore hands, 8
•
th Paste P. risiant
ace Powdhr's, al descripd.
e.
t el and
Ti Bows and
Jot in
Soa
resto
Comb
Tooth_ Paste, Ea C etry Tobt
ns, for beautifying the Complexi Cosmetiqu
xes. Vi let Powders, all prices,
uncl. ies.
legaut
and T
elope .
nd Common.
Rubber Tubing,- :Nip
r Pad.
ical necessaries, fur th
sou with a weak chest.
ery descrlption.
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th I131
orted and. 9311
ples, Te
preser
cir_l.es we lways IFe
✓ Favorite reser ption, All
fi aline, Vas line, egetine,
Irma nse
give a y e
ICK
Rin
alien of t
e tee
Pas
in Bla
Vio
principal ones : Scot
ars, Vinegar -B itters, ickson's
Tilden's Este: act Malt, Extract
Flower, BOBS 3h4e's Ge -Man S
=Aline, Eel( ctric Oil, Pain Ki
ds, Salves, lasters, c
ls
If
hat is incip
tend ted
4
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Tonic Bitte
Malt with
Vigor, Luli
ler, Medical
ssit4.
um
1, and hills des ttiat incline to wash ca
1
thus be pat to I good Use. Subsoil o
plow as eep as possible. Plant
rows sev a or bight feet :part, wit i
if feet apart for black
and r
.hills two n t�
►
P
land four for red. Plant tolerably deep
! with cor , cabY age or potatoes betweer
, 1 the rows ,said e' ly dwarf beans between
Ithe hills the first year, andi white beani
between the rows the second year
cultivat: shallow, but well 4 all times
and Mu h if Object I to d ugh!. . Th
first f yea I pinch off 'the young cane
1 at one f ot, and after tht two fee
hig 1 I pinch only office a , ear, but
the pri g I cut off. all that is es!.
kill d a soon as the green avec she
i what p • ' tion i dead. With the r
kinds, however, I do not do so much
pincl►iii . and trimming ; yet this should
be to g.ded to a,t the proper time—sa
when t fee to tour feet high, In fact
this pin ping f their cranes is them.:
partieu ar par of their r anagemeu,
as they shoo• be watcliecl closely;l
-don is al ow them to get' to: long—that
is don't let thiq cane get four feet long
and cut off one foot, as is often done. -
A so a n as the fruit is gathered I ct
out 11' he old canes, that they may `be
out f t' e way of cultivating. Another
mai f attire ifs to ;row **berries ' in
111
the he ee of a are er, muc inclined from win
roo a. They axe thus suPported : also
aboat t e root and give winter pro -
Wise ,culti4ating the black kinds, all
the yo ng plailits should hoed out,
leavin only the origieal ls, while the
reale]] s ehould. be allowed to grow a,
thiCk ow, not more than lour fsf,,,wid
hoe o mow closely wit a ecythe.
against it on ecount of i .tendeney
it say this is o real obje Anil, it oug t
to sat sfy all opposition. With tru b.
I can ay the, if there. was- but e
eas
d br ak, w en the ere begin to ea
el , er rother are off to t e fields, while
it is carried .0 there in t e fields. At
sanse the la .ors of the rare brou ht
teomart
loasred, a . d the men sit down ere s-
lid
ilitsulieoeintgohai ,billyeisrsintehllioetet g .
The onversation is
neighbors d. p in and. join
the b nooks the crops, na the coWs;
-the lowiu harvesti g, sowing, or
Irrig ting. But money s ever the b r-
ate eniz.. :3113 at Iraii neoanta k, _si;erner dun:pre; e; tsht, 4 e cost, loss or
with the far or household. The whble
are r ligious They may be everything
that s good r bad, but they are limier
Wan dug in ar of the gods. They, *re
cells antly ttering the sacred na les,
and hey off r a portion of every m al
to t a gods f the earth, water and s
Thie see de ty in everything that x -
thin that moves. If they meet a ow
or a weddirg, they rejoice over their
good fortun ; if they see a -widow or a
fune al, the are down -hearted at their
ill -1 sck. T ey engage lei no business,
kind witho t a prayer to the goddess
in . pha t-headka Ganesha. Every f il
Or g oup of families bas its own P ro-
hita 'or idol:head° Brahman, who er-
for .. s endless ceremonies of prop ta-
tion, eonse4ra,tion, or purification at
iiiDirt se deaths, marria0s, fasts,' f ti -
at, mad to th gods, with occasional Pre-
y- iElei • ents of every kind, In return, the
lice, fruits and vegetables that are
*et or dis riet, makes his appearance
h e' tive s thi3 name of t 6 god that each
,iiie Ei to w4rship as h.* own individual
11 ose- , prayer,' and. 18 be uttered by
t Life in Bengal.
of Cod
.,...peirihioipsei,' w_
E tract NI
is 'every, F
IPTI(30 TS CAREyULLY PRE
•
ruggis
s, Sea
AR
1). A port
mite ,
pie fall
Sev
. I kill and
ysins Oath. lie- Church' at
collapsed reoently during
ing a, large of pee -
the main .40or of the edi.
I persons are reported
many others injured,