Show E editorials D I 1 T 0 R IAL lal S GOT SOME WATER Vr vrrginia vrr Vin aiNiA RaINIA CITY nevada is j jubilant ubi lant over her newly constructed and successful waterworks water works she is fair fairly velling revelling re in a bounteous supply of tho aqueous fluid through the pip pipes 9 of oatlie the virginia city and gold iii ILI hill I 1 water avater company the water after several preparatory attempts re rc pairings of leakages etc was finally turned in for good on august 1 the following is a brief description 7 odthe of the works The tho wamer water la 13 now taken from dalls balls or hobart creek in the tho Sl sierras erras about twenty miles distant from this city and some six miles west of washoe valley from hobart liebart creek it flows inflows through four miles of flume 18 inches laches wide and 13 16 inches in depth to tho the inlet of the pipe or inverted siphon the pipe is seven miles and foot in length and at its outlet empties into a i flume of the same size as that just mentioned land and hows flows through it to this city a distance of nine miles the flume at the west end will eventually be extended from I 1 robart fobart crock to marletto marlette lake a distance of or about ten miles and within one mile of the eastern shore of lake tahoe As soon as this end of the work is found to bo be perfectly secure and all the works connected therewith shall have been put in perfect order orders men will be set to work at pushing the flume toward marletto marlette lake this work york vork may in many respects bo be considered one of the greatest triumphs of engineering skill over ever achieved on the pacific coast and in one parti cullar culiar it Is ahead of the whole world for tor never before has water been convoyed conveyed through a pipe under a pressure so great as 1730 feet perpendicular many persons of not a little scientific knowledge predicted that the feat could not be accomplished shed buttis but dut done and the cannons are yet roaring in celebration of its final accomplishment pipe and blumes flumes therefore ther eforo are about 20 0 miles in length or nearly as is ion lon long iong r as from the point of ti tiie 10 mountain at the tho south end of this valley to this cit yand the whole certainly is a great and commendable enterprise for the virginians the pipe is twelve inches in diameter and in shape an inverted dyphon for the first mile at the west end it rises up a spur of the sierras at an angle of thirty degrees there was not a lealin the whole seven miles of pipe the water travelled through flume and pipe fifteen miles in six hours and forty five minutes and filled the second flume 81 8 inches deep equal to inches the tile arrival of the tile water at tho the outlet end of tho tile pipe was witnessed by a large and e excited crowd the tiie enterprise says tilo the people were water mad the israelites could not have more wildly demonstrated their joy when moses smote the rock than did tho the assembled multitude mul mui in bullion ravine last evening evenings when they saw this huge stream of water leap from the flume into tile the dry and rocky bed of the gulch turned loose into the channel of the ravine it seemed an immense stream and was likened by many to a largo b rook in the wilds of the sierra nevada mountains iksoon found rocky declivities and miniature precipe precipices ces ees over which to rush and leap and as it coursed down the mountain toward gold hill it roared like uko ft little niagara the dry rocks and dusty channel of the tho ravine seemed to wonder what had broken loose above ap a the cool rushed over them and dozing lizards made the dust fly at a lively rate as sue they scampered up the banks of the ravine to tho the top of the nearest rock there to stand and teter up and down and gaze and wink and wonder at the new deluge not predicted by any an jr of their prophets aint that gloriously was the cry which went up from the virginians and an gold as thew stood and gazed gp upon on the great stream that went rolling a and d boarin roaring g down into gold lull and away down into gold canyon and on down to astonish the people of silver Cit yand then to create a commo commotion ilon lion in dayton before finally plunging down into carson eiver elver but bat it will not bo be for long thattie that the water will thus bo be allowed to run waste and wild and gambol gambo I 1 through native and natural channels it will soon be boxed up cag caged a again a a and sent on in full volume to t is eity city E even esen on last evening a portion of the st stream ni of new water was sent hither a few inches just to tighten up tho the old d dry blumes flumes and tanks the water which Z first camo came through was unfit tor for domestic use as a large quantity of loam sawdust bran and shorts was sent through in order to fill up tho the cracks in the flume crowds of persons in carriages on horseback and on foot crowded about and many filled bottles with the first wamer water as it came through the flume dirty as it was the dirty water will be allowed to run off at bullion ravine when the full fall head will be sent to this city and gold G old oid hill elie THE historical EVENT OF or THE YEAR I 1 as they do in this remote corner comer of the world our readers may not have taken particular account of an event of the greatest rea test importance to this planet at at least which came off on t the tho he first of jul jui july oa ort one of the hubs of the universe the isle of kanand Ma nand naud which is thus introduced in the columns of anonas monas herald find jar Far ghers isie isle of man advertiser published at douglas I 1 M twice a week at one penny delivered in town and country frea free of charge in a which n new now aw features of interest will be in j produced trod from time to time also trial yuan ny hoarn son gimbal I lune nune aune gune lajer licorish bing dy dad as yn ard vrin but ut here is the tilo announcement the great historical event of the tho summer of this year r of grace eighteen hundred and seventy three the line ot of lines iines to bo be i inserted in connection with the first ifju of july in all future insular Almanac almanacs Alman aiman acks kg the opening of the first railway in the isle of bian alan was accomplished under most favorable auspices and with a success flattering natt ering to everybody concerned from the noble chairman of the directors his graco grace the duke of sutherland down to john henry the officer in attendance at the douglas station tho the weather was all that could be desired and as everything had been well arranged beforehand under the personal superintendence of mr vignolles the chief engineer engineers mr watson the tha contractors contractor and mr george henry wood the indefatigable secretary of the tho company and as the proceedings ce were graced by the presence of some of the most high born of english and scotch ami Imi mi lords as well as by tile the very first of our aristocracy the event has worthy so Import important aut lut an occasion lon loa all of which every truehearted true hearted manxman will be very glad to hear ilear but first let us say that the principal credit of the enterprise is due duo to mr air alfred walter adams and after him his excellency the lieu lieu tenant governor the former gentleman havin having been working at the thing indefatigably for years and endeavoring to awaken the lethargic home manxman to a proper appreciation of the great benefit of the institution to all the world as well as the 1 I of bi the has only upwards of four columns of deser description p tion of the work and the open opening ing ceremonies and yet our notice must be still still briefer the line to peel 12 miles narrow gauge was to have been opened for public trammie traffic a month earlier but difficulties had llad supery supervened ened A branch to castle town is is also to be constructed the douglas station runs from bank hill bill to the tile far end of qu ili til g rope walk and is raised nive five feet above the old level of qui g ins inh yard the passenger approach approach T is at the top of bank hill and the approach for vehicles luggage and excursion people is at the foot of bank hill we are thus particular because some of our readers may have to use this tills railroad the sta tion house is of timber swiss style diamond tiled with an exceedingly ornate appearance it has one clock with two faces but that is not enough and another clock is asked fon for the passengers enter the carTi carriages ages from the south platform and land on tile the north platform there are four four lour gracefully formed shunting lines and all kinds of necessary sheds and shops the road has three large largo locomotives the sutherland the derby and the pender ponder thirty p passenger carriages ria first and second class no th third rd of course and twenty or thirty luggage wagons aud cattle trucks truel wigan coal is burned but manx coal may bo be shortly there is a telegraph wire along T the tile line also an alarm at each sta station tion and and crossing ol 01 0 announce the starting or approach of trains col rich and captain Teri terl keth etli of the tile board of trade inspected the line and afew a few fow suggestions of improvement pronounced it all right the isle of nian man steam packet company sent their new clipper steamer king ony orry on y to liverpool for the duke of sutherland and party among whom were the right hon frederick A stanley MP INIX for north lancashire M and the hon hon lady constance stanley J pender ponder ea esq sq MP AIX and mrs pen ren ronder ponder den der the hon ron F bathurst esq MV MP C woods esq esq chairman of the 10 london and north western railway company B R J fisher esq C B vignolles esq C E ani and and airs mrs vignolles hutton J vignolles vignola es esq and miss bliss vignolles captain reay beay I 1 capt rennie bennie J B smith ES esq q one of the contractors of tile the isle of man alan railway J B batten E esq sq speaker of the house of ic reys keys e s and mrs ac ac ade when n they arrived at douglas they were grandly received by the local dignitaries and the band of the loist regiment 34 pieces on the opening trip two trains and or persons passed over the une illig making the distance to peel pee 1 in from 26 to 29 minutes then there thele was a banquet toasts speeches 4 etc in the drill shed the thib lake here are some of the beautiful beautiful mottoes displayed on the tiie occasion eilan elian douglas and peel united 1 ellan ef an son da bragd I 1 I 1 cc ellan veen an and d ellys dan dain iad lad raad fiarn dool ish as port ny henshey 1 the day previous a 0 o oz Z solid silver service was wag presented to mis loch loeh wife jj fe of heli heil uy drou aham loch esq C BLi BLie bliest cut ut governor on tilo the occasion of her giving birth to a son which was enciu encouraging aging to her iier to continue her labors of love iove SEASON AND SICKNESS THE map liot hot season is fast passing away it is much more than half gone and the days are rapidly y growing shorter while whilo the tile nights lengthen with corresponding rapidity and grow gradually cooler the hot months of tile tiie year in this climate are not favorable to great and prolonged exertion either oither in in work or recreation for many matiy rhea reasons the heat is very exhausting and debilitating and if great exertion is made the body should be nourished accordingly but the tile appetite is usually by no means sh sharp arp and the stomach can take and digest much less food than in colder seasons besides tile the stomach and bowels are particularly liable to get out of order in hot weather and such disorder is an u unfailing n cause of rapid debility in chil chii children diren being a difficult af affection to manage and causing a great increase of mortality among them remedies for diarrhoeal attacks are numerous and sometimes are much more effective than at others it is generally an easy matter to check the diarrhoeal discharge but it is often difficult to restore the intestines to a perfectly sound and healthy condition perhaps one of the most certain means of doing that would be to remove the patient to a colder climate which may easily be done if sufficient time and means are at command this however is only the case caw with a comparatively small portion of the comm community unit r owing to the incessant strain ekich which the civilization of the day induces with the large majority of the people for the tile attainment of a satisfactory condition of living children infants are the greatest tile the most numerous victims of these diarrhoeal or summer complaints pla ints periodical maladies which it is worthy wortlie of note are not so observable ablo abio among tile the animal crea tio neven the domesticated portion dr harris health officer of NOW new york speaking of the mortality of that city for the week ending july was at the annual ratio of per thousand of tile tiie population says nearly one third of the ibe deaths were from causes twenty seven deaths only from these causes were of adults wl who I 1 0 were of advanced age and tile tiie great majority of the whole were of Infant infants of tender years the great majority of the deaths also occurred in filthy portions of the city becu pied by the poorer classes wh ich ieh shows that cleanliness fresh air suitable food and aud clothing and attendance when sick and perhaps freedom from the necessity of hard long continued and incessantly recurring curri currl no I 1 labor are highly favorable to health though it is very likely that all these conditions enter into tile the list of preventives of disease and death yet dr harris thinks that filat if parents would keep their children ell cli ildren lidren and their houses clean chany many lives might bo be saved and if in addition tile little ones could be taken into parks daily those who now perish needlessly by thousands would not die perhaps not but here in this city where the tiie people are generally cle ele cleanly aruid arild any where there are no crowded and confined courts and alleys the infant mortality in the hot months mouths and for fora a few weeks following is i ruu run much ch larger than is is pleasant to contemplate and this mortality is not confined to the poor for it visits the families of the well to nowhere every comfort and convenience can be obtained and where strict cleanliness is an undoubted condition tile the most reasonable explanation is that notwithstanding tile the presence of the conditions of cleanliness fresh air 3 and creature comforts general lythe hot season is really unhealthy seeing that hat this is manifestly the cae case P would it nut be well for all who can mothers mothie N and iho the weakly esp especially delally to abst abstain alif from unnecessary bodily and mental exertion and excessive nervous excitement to take good appropriate to the 1146 season tto tty keep themselves from needless exposure e to severo severe atmos atmospheric atmosphere pherl changes andt antt to tako take pleasant recreation or p perhaps make an occasional vleit to 16 a portion pritim of the Terii teril territory tory where a 4 cool cooler crand enand andia an dif dlf jf P possible a iwo iho golater t 4 pa ight ti i 11 il J i bo be joyed enjoyed ep if such finch visits are aro out of tho the question it might still bo be prudent 0 so o far as conveniently practicable to perform feces necessary sary labor in tho the tilo cool cobl of the morning and evening avoid unnecessary exposure to the blazing heat of the sun the moonlit or starlit nights are cool and very pleasant however they tiley are the tho times nature suggests and sen ren sensible people enjoy repose but the evenings for an hour or two before and a little after sundown are still more pleasant arid enjoyably cool and are g growing row cooler every week they are good times ifor either cither 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