Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-08-14

At the theater Of tie Varieties there is az
actress, one Of the best In Paris, who has ID,
misfortune TO be exceedingly, deplorabiY hin
We might almost say, scraWny. A short tim,
since she heard o. a doctor, who, it was said
had succeeded in manufacturing a minera.
water which had the power Of making peopl,
groT fat. She went 70 him instanter.
Doctor, said she, what must 7 do 10 Cei
fat?"
take ny waters"
And I shall get fat p"
Immediately."
The thin actress plunged into the doctor.
baths, and drank the water early and late.
Three months passed away, but she grew no
fattsr. At last she called the doctor, and
sad:
doctor, ! don't grow fat.-
Wait a little while, - replied the doctor.
"Wil 1t be long -
Fifteen DAYS at the farthest. You see that
big fat woman walking IN the garden. When
she first came here she was, perhaps, thinner
than you.'
What ! may hopsrs
Fifteen days At most said the doctor.
Two more months passed the actress grew
thinner and thinner. One day as she was tax
Ing her warm mineral batl., she heard a dis
pute going on in the bathing-room next to her
Owl.
aDscdsdlv, Doctor, p said he big fat woman
above introduced, decidedly, Doctor, I don't
get a bit thinner.T
"Have patience, madame said the Doctor ;
you see tlat very thia lady who sometimes
walks in the garden ?"
HTes-"
"WelL, she is an actress from the Varieties,
whose excessive fat forced her to absent her
self from the stage. She came 20 ne ; you see
he result. Before fifteen DAYS I promise yo1
shall Be thinner than she isl
Al these words the hin actress rose from
Der warn beth. dressed herself, and with q
heart divided By grief and Indignation silently
lsrt the house, hoping, however, 70 keep her
misfo-tunes a secret buf IN Pans a secret is
a. I~mnosabili.Y, and somehow or cher The
sory got DIT.
AsrrslAx WrLus.-Tbe Columbus CoAiO)
Ca=slts gives The following aeeourt Of tn.
boring Of an arfesian well In The state capitol
grounds Of that city:
Al tbe depth Of fa3 feet below tn surface,
Tie sugur first struck 6 hard limestone rock
and az lfo feet limestone water appeared q
80 feet zuiphur. and. at 675 feet salt water
veins we're struck. At 6s4 feet slate or Ehais
rock was reached, through which the augur
penetrated 20 the depth Of 1874 feet. At the
depth Of ls45 feet, iron tubing was inserted
foT 255 feet In length, which prevents the britt
~ aAAH EAA-AAN AaAa ~ 49,
On Monday msrning last the borlngs indiea-
ted the pressnce Of sand rock, giving the most
catering prospects Of a near approach 70 wa
ter. On Wednesday last, the augIr reached q
depth Of 1900 feet, sinking from four &c I've
feet every twenty-four hours. The workman
are more encouraged az this tine than they
have been heretofore, and we shall not be ata
surprised 10 hear Of the entire aneeess Of the
experiment.
The strata perforated BY the sugur may be
set down IS follows
loan, sand and gravel 10 feet limestone
rock, Sol feet slate or shale, 1920 feet and
sand rock, "A feet.
Tie bore Of tie well 10 the depth Of 100
feet is a inches in diameteT-below that3l in
ches. The cost Of the work thus far Is about
5000.
There is an ~artesian well az Louisville, KY, I
Of three inch bore, and 2OS0 feet deep The
water rises By its own pressure when confined
in tubes 10 feet abo e the surface, and Il Is
said discharges 260 gallons per m mute.
The s.. Louis artesian well az Bslcher's SUI
Refinery is 2l90 feet defp, and the water
3 feet above the surface Of the ground.
Some Of the salt water, near the Ohio and
Muskingum and Hooking rivers, srs from 1900
to 1000 feet deep.
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