The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-01-16

Dy a peculiar responsive whistle, mean
ing, as they said, Alright; go ahead !;
wo arc coming The bird never dccciv-
ed them, but always guided them to a
i'lvo OF bees, though some have but little
honey in store"
a CoNTTNENr COVERED WITH IoE-
Prof. Agassiz comes to the conclusion
that the continent Of North America
was once covered with ice a mile in
thickness, thereby agreeing with Prolcs-
sor Hitchcock and other geological wri-
trrs concerning the glacial period. In
proof of this conclusion, ho says that tho
slopes Of the Allrghany range of noun.
tnlns nrc 8 gaci"r-wom to the very top,
cXcpt few points which were above
the level oflhc icy mass. Mount Wash
! ington for instance, is over six thousand
! feet high. and the rough, unpublished sur.
Inco Of it's summit, covered with loose
fragments. just above the level Of which
glacier marks come to an end, tells that
it lifted iss head alone above the desc
late waste Of ice and snow.
In this region, then. the thickness Of
VIZ 'SS Shiiilth IllSE b'tH UllCll lcSS liltil
six thousand feet, and this Is in Keeping
with the same kinds Of evidence in other
parts o! the country, for when The noun
'ains arc much less han six Thousand
feet, the ice seems to have passed dircc..
y over them, while the few re,t7 ri<n,
to that height arc left unlouc'l,l 4. The
glacier hc argues, was Gods great
/ al ,,l,.,, IL T..
the face OF The land it left /; prepared
for The hand Of the l,shandman.
The hard surtcc OF the rocks were
ground to powder, The clements OF tho
soil were mingled in fair proportions,
granite was carried into the lime regions,
lime was mingled with the more arid
and unprotected districts, and soil was
prepared for tho agricultural uses Of
man. There arc evidences all over the
polar regions TO show that at one period
tho heat ofthc tropics extended all over
the globe. The ice period is supposed
to bc long subsequent to tins, and next
to the last before tho advent OF man.
TlIm OCEAN BoTroM. - Mr.. Green,
tho famous diver, tells singular stories
Of his adventures when making search
III tho deep waters Of The ocean. lie
gives some new sketches Of what he saw
at the ";Silver Bank, near lIayli:
The banks Of tho coral on which my
'tivings were made are about forty miles
in length, anil from ten to twenty il,
breadth. On This bank Of coral is pre-
secuted to the diver one of the most
beautiful AMI sublime scenes Tho eye
ever bchell. Tho water varies from
ten to one hundred feet in depth, and is
80 clear that the diver can SEQ from
two to thrao hundred feet when sub.
merged. with but littlo obstruction to
tho sight.
The bottom ofthc ocean in many pIa-
ccs Is as smooth as a marble floor, in otl,
crs it is studded with coral columns
from ten to one hundrc feet in height,
and from one 10 eighty feet in diameter
The tops OF those more lofty support a
myriad Of pyramydal pendants, cacl,
forming more. giving the realty to The
imaginary abode Of some water nymph
In other places tho pcnanis form arcl
alter arch ; and rs the diver stands ON
tho bottom Of the ocean and gaz"s
through the deep winding avenuc, he
finds they will Gil him with sacred awe
as ifhc were in some old cathedral which
had been tong beneath old oceans waves
lcrc and there the coral extends cvcs
10 the surface Of the water, as if The
l,(ticr columns were towers belonging
to these stately temples that arc now in
| ruins.
SCLrtATE or TRog AS 4 DIslSrcc
TOR-Grcat attention is paid. and will
reasons, in this country, (England,) in
Holland, and in BcIgrm, to tho disin.
icctIon Of stalls and Of the cxcrcmcns
Of animals Of The bovine race, infected
with tvphns, in order to arrest the rava.
Gcs of this terribly contagious maladv
The use Of phosphorc acid which is pro
posed for this purpose, is rational, il
that it cnrchcs tho manure, bnt rot j
yon consider tho expense, the difficulty
of transport, and tho many precautions
necessary in handling it. SulpI,atc O
iron, on the contrary, is Of insignificant
value, (say larthing per pound,) eco
nomical, and easy Of employment, ant
having great cllect upon a'lanimol mat
tcrs, would completely purify Tic infect
cd places and the mannrcs OF animals
suffering from, typhns. 1t does not in
jurc The manure, but conscrvcs its most
energetic paJts by converting tho car
Donate OF ammonia INTO sulphatc of am
monia, Gxed SALT which is easily ap.
propriated by the plants. was il
1915 that Mr. Schaltcrmann, director
Oft tho mines Of Bouxwi!cr Department.
dn Bas' Rim, proposed the d>,icclior
al iccal matters and Of mannr14 by means
Of sulphate OF iron, and since then this
salt has been generally cmp'oycd in
France Tor these purposes, az well as to
purify tho slaughter honscs, bitches, and
all places whore obnoxious cmanations
arise. Its use is very simple. Dissolved
it gives very acid liquid that can be
handled without danger, and which pen.
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