Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-27


TuE WINDs.-The ancicuts believed
that the winds issued from cavern at the
Command of .Jovc rd that they were ur-
der the control of four dcities, to whom the
| Phwnicians, Greeks, and others erected
temples. We now, however, know that
wind is merely air in a state Of motion, and
that 10y waving the hand to and fro, or
blowing our breath, we may produce wind
on a small scale. When the air, at any
t;nn ~ W thd % s r"1;.,; tI "''t' !. r;"os
! hn,,,,,,so ~ ~, E,.i,,'2. ,'I oiI f.a,,
10 s,,rr,,,nJ;n,S i"n'i;,;oa n.L"e - =. e.,
;ts ,,Iaoo ,,,,,,,, Isa,,,. ,.;II ;i,,,,.,..
th;s If wc ,ort;nI,, ,,,~n tho dnnr of
warm rn,m and bnlj Erlt mc,r tI'o ton
thn n,mn vii 10 II,wn ,,,,yards u, thn
heated air escaping; and if we hold the
lioht ncor the bntton the fame will be
hiovn ;nw,rds bv tbo cola ,;r that - rnsb
; :, .l.,,r I.,I.;.
''S ~ :" "'"Pl'l WV P'"0' W '"I '''"'',' ''',
','"c mas escaped IN particular parts OF
the troplcal regions, where the ar becomes
! highly heated 10y the sun, there is Il con,
slant rushing of air to these points from
east to wcsi and this causes the i.,,,Lc ,rj1,lS
50 oolIoJ boo,,,e, ,,l,, ,l,.o,,t -
,a,,,,,,...>.- - I.,.: ~ ~
~o'o''''''',,v'i ~, vi, ,"' -N'''"''c """ "c.''c
oceans. hoY n'o" III uiic same direction
Tor months together. THIS local action OF
the sun on vast areas of land aud water
produces several other important winds
such as the ,,,0nS0oDH, which blow from tbc
south to .hc north hc;na tr,1o wind.
tnrrcl roun1 w., ,Ln LoaE Of I.,a l,.;,,,
within the tropics; the Sjmoom is a burn
ing blast that rr,Shcs over the Arabian DIES
cws.
II men could find tie tabIcd fountain
that is said to restore youth and health and
beauty. with What cnucrncss thcv would
rr.L - 1,;n1 a., ,rt" N,,,;.l ,.,,i..
,,','.,,.' y
''"' ''7I' ".,' w '"oJ nv" i"H' !" u''''N y,
waters thnt br'ng upon them premature OLD
age and disease, and loathsomc uSIncSs.
Iuvrn,,rr Rrvrnr ron pnIsov If nor
son swallows n nois,n del;bcrntcIv or NV
chance. instead of breaking out into 'multitu.
dinous and incohcrent cxclamations. despatch
some one for IL doctor; meanwhile run to the
kitchen, get half glass of water in ANYTHING
that is handy. put into it q tcaspoonful ofsalt
and as much ground mustard. stir it in an in.
stant catch firm hold of tho persons nose
the mouth will soon fly open, then down with
the miXturc. and IN second or two m will
come the poison This will answer in lar
ger number of cases than any other. by
this time the physician has not arrived. make
the patient swallow the white of an cgg. fol.
lowed bya cup OF strong coffee. (bccausc these
nullify larger number of poisonS than any
other accessible artc!cs,) MS antidOtcs for
poison rcmining in the stomach.
IiiNS joWndi Of WrGlM.
~, a.
lNFER'EN!E;-l mere Is pretty herman
r'"'9 VI "'' n'H''' m""' even "iuc' ''i'S-
'"r'unc, was napPI-h"PPH III WHO hG pas
Slon"'c!y i"Neo; hHr v"icc was sweet ana inw'
an" gave her cr'9't Tor mat Deanty WHich
nn' nc peG,' painter was INC o'9Sc' "i ms
, i""'a.!Y' y physician came, an", curing
tn' "'Sc"Sc' rS''o'cI i',c nnSp""" !" S'S'''
w"'c.' nc ch'c"! Nn'"c" ~ II W"",u c"".,'c
nm M 10 gaze Oh lhe 'oNe'E FEATURES oil ms VIC
nc '""hS' an" secs '"!r mucous IN "@'!
"cSS nc 'S 'cH'orc" ~ S'1"'' n'' HIS '"pP
ness Is over |: hD' 'h'S our history O"r
cFuc' P''!S'c'a" Is EAperlG"ce.
PEcUmARITIEs ofTnE MISSISSIPPI a late
scientific paper, IN discussing the pccullar-
ties of the Mississippi River and the country
upon its borders, maintains this theory:
The width and depth of the river from
Cairo and Memphis to New Orleans is not
are made to the quantity of the water in the
channel lay large streams from bath the East
em and Western sides of the Mississppi.-
of this vast added volume of water? 1t ccr-
tainly never reaches New Orleans. and as
certainly does not eyaporntc. and of courSch ii
Is not confined to tic channel of the river,