| Show THE THE watte WATER BELOW is a water source below as well ivel fas as one above e or upon the surface face oace of the earth and the question has been sprung whether in many instances the subterranean source Is not the most certain most abundant bun dant daut and mast easily available san francisco and other portions 0 of f california are contemplating some gigantic and very vory expensive schemes for furn furnishing water for domestic and R agricultural gri cultural uses and a san francisco paper sug suggests bests that the subterranean ari ati supply has been too enuch neglected and might frequently bo be made more cheaply and anc more satisfactorily available than the supply above ground by means I 1 of artesian wells the outlay for large and long canals I 1 is 8 very gleat great and they coi cos cost t considerable annually to keep them in repair when they have been successfully made hero are some suggestions from the S F chronicle chron riwe we are of op opinion that A a simpler and cheaper expedient should tira fira be thoroughly thorough ay tested in all parts ports of the tile state y tate rate where irrigation is need ed d from the geological mid and topographical character of the state we are driven to the conclusion that there is plenty of water unde feet which could be brought to the surface by artesian wells wens of which a bum suM sufficient clent number might be sunk to irrigate all our valleys the process would pot not be very expensive thab that is when compared with that of constructing canals and would not require the creat creation on of incorporated c companies 0 banies the sinking oran arte artesian s ian lan n well would bo be a mere neighborhood u undertaking n d e f taki n g I 1 in u which the farmers barme ra would be required to invest little else than their own labor put is the water to be generally reached by this simple simpie process we know that initially many localities and that there have been few rew failures in san jose josy valley and the lower part of luos los angelea valley as well us in san bernardino artesian wells are very numerous and furn furnish lil abundance of water tor lor all purposes we know also idso that in many other localities plenty plent t of water has been found although flowing wells have not been struck so far as mere experiment has gone therefore everything 0 indicates the probability of success but even experiment experiments valuable able ablo a aa they are in a practical question lle like this fall very far short of the favorable evi evl evidences eviden dences dentes bees tees furnished by the topographical po features of the state 1 it is then than evident that an immeasurable amount of water finds its way way below betow the surface olour of our valleys beneath strata foral forming ng a network of ot living streams which have nave somewhere an outlet yet undiscovered by man it is known that such st streams reanis do exist in countries far from mountain ranges in southern algeria in tho the edge of sahara artesian borings bolings struck streams abounding in fish of hitherto hit herte unknown varieties from the mud volca voica noes of central america fish of several varieties varlet lea iea have been often thrown out such facts are evidences that subterraneous streams perhaps equal to the grandest on the surface flow now in and darkness beneath the ribs of the solid earth in our val leys the problem is to tap tile tiie these so streams which every analogy in nature proves to exist suppose since there are so r many a any objections to having the state extend its aid to canal projects the legislature were simply to boffl ofner onner er a liberal bounty to the discoverer of artesian water in any valley vailey where it had not hitherto been found these observations would a apply P ply pis in part to utah where man many teah icah canals hato hava been dug 0 and where re some expensive ones have not proved very successful it is true attempts have been been made to bore artesian wells in this vicinity but the attempts have leave not been successful nor have they been very thorough there being a widely prevalent belief that the sinking of such wells would not bo be a success in these valleys this may bo true or it may not but it would certainly be worth while to make a thorough experiment at somi aarne sult suit abl abi ut ha navai naval the qu question estion estfon settled one ono way gli gat r tho other y pae par gnk awk 74 7 4 4 0 spontaneous SPON sros TANOUS combustion the tuolumne cal ca il independent presents a case caie cale of spontaneous s gom combustion wl last saturday judge mackey of merced bierd e d discharged oner of his hired jae luen juen n who was wali a confirmed drunkard the man stayed in city until the following monday when he deil doil departed arted farla grangel grange taking the precaution to take a gallon of gin alon aion along 9 kotbin nothing was seen of him af atter after ter chis until wednesday when two small boy boys living j just use outside of la grange ran roii into their mhers ahers father house in great ala aia alarm rifi rift saying there was a man on the road who was burning up such proved to be the case the unfortunate man by his excess in drinking had destroyed his hia vital energies and chemical agents had obtained the asce ascendancy molancy so th the 0 11 hydrogen y of alcoholic d drinks rinks had combined with t the phosphorus orthe body forming hydrogen hydro ged geu which ig ignited nal nfl add spon bron spontaneously tane and the wrete wretched h ed man died a most appal appalling ing lug death the Sac bac sacramento reco decord du d union U the gothe most eminent authorities are ire still in doubt a aa to whether what ahat is called i spontaneous combustion of the human body is possible and it will not therefore d do 0 to upon rhe fhe M di that there therb A la 9 plenty I 1 euty enty of evidence in behalf of the reality of the form of death la Is however iain fain and when so distinguished a bild blid chemist mist asle as le cat positively ade clares dares th that af he has had satisfied hims himself i by personal exa examination nil nii ha tion ina in lna a case which mccu in a house where lie jie was living jiving that spontaneous is combustion does occur it itts Ts not so po easy to accept the equally positive denials of the hough though so high ari arl an authority as liebig be on that side of the tile opposition two of the best authenticated cases hv tabe thosa oy bt a y young 0 1 ung kanand man mau and a young woman neither of whom ebe were eie intemperate nor fat fhi of them jj atia ls recorded that t f with nothing like the premonitory symptoms of disease flame was communicated munica ted to their fincers and increased upon them playing about one or both hands bands and setting fire to cloths claths used to envelop them immersion in water wate r did not readily eiting extinguish the fire and even after it was thus made to disappear it would ouid again break out spon tane bously the effect did not extend beyond the hands the fire being extinguished flie the burns wei wel were re anai anal finally healed healed after the loss of the epli epidermis and many of the nails 1 I while we iye have never witnessed anything any thing like spontaneous combustion of human kind we may confess that we have seena seen a felper few persons who would receive e a p portion ar of their deserts if they were to expire that way |
