Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22
NO. So.

A WONDERFUL SpRING.-The editor
Of the Griffin Star, after paying visit te
Upsom county, gives the following account
OF a great natural curiosity of Georgia:
+. "The first grand point of interest was
the famous laundering Springs, located
IN the northern part Of the county, about
twelve miles from Thomastoh. We ex-
peeted to find quite curiosity, but were
completely amazed to find so remarkable
freak of Mother Nature as this spring.
1t is located in the widest part of the
mountains extending through the country,
and there, in the solitude of the wilderness,
presents most remarkable phenomenon.
The dimensions Of the spring proper are
about five feet in diameter, and of an un-
known depth, for experiments have re-
peatedly sounded its depth in vain, and no
bottom can bereached. The water boils
upwith great force; bubbles of gas costant-
ly rise up through the water, and explode
at the surface, This gas is highly combust-
able, and is frequently set on FIRE as it
makes its escape. Such is the force with
which the water rises, that a human body
cannot sink butts buoyed up in standing
position. 1t is famous bathing place and
we took the first opportunity to plunge
into this bottomless we'll There we could
stand upright for hours, with nothing to
support us bu. water The earth around
the spring is beautiful white sand. of
very tne grain, giving away readily at
touch of the foot, but Immediately re-
forming as before The walls of the we'll
are perfectly symmetrical, as if dug by
the hands of man. AS low down as We
could reach with our foot, we could kick
a hole in the wall, and, as soon as the
foot was removed, the wall would immedi-
ately reform as before The temperature
is delightful, and the waters are invalua-
Bile, especially for diseases of the skin and
blood. The spring constantly makes a
low, rumbling noise from which it derives
its name. ai.so 9a aCB sIE,g9itTsq 5GGj
THE BIBLE.-The Edinburgh Review,
to the space which the Bible
occupies in the history of literature says:
We see nothing like it, and it may well
perplex the infdel to account for it; nor
need his agaeity disdain to enter little
more deeply into its possible causes than
he is usually inclined to do. 1t has not
been given to any other book OF religion
thus to triumph over national prejudiees,
and lodge itself securely in the heart of
great communities, varying by every con-
ceivable diversity of language, race, man
ners, customs, and indeed agreeing in
nothing but veneration of itself. 5aI
1t adapts itself with felicity to the rev.
olutions of thought. and feeling which
shake to pieces all things else, and aexi-
bly, accommodates itself to the progress
of society and the changes of civilization,
Even conquests-the disorganization of
old nations, the formation Of new-do not
effect the continuity of its empire. 1t
lays hold Of the new as Of the old, and
tra.smigatez with the spirit ofhumanity,
attracting to itself by its own moral pow
,er in all the communities it enters a
ceaseless intensity Of effort for its propa-
cation, illustration and defence. Other
systems of religion are usually delicate
iexoties, and will not bear transplanting
but if the Bible be false, the facility. with
which it overleaps the otherwise impassi-
b le boundaries of race and cline, and
domiciliates itself among so many differ
ent nations, S assuredly far more strlk-
ing and wonderful proof Of human ignor-
anee. perverseness, and stupidity, than is
afforded in the limited presalen OF even
the most abjeet superstitions; or IT it
really has merits which, though a fable,
have enabled it to impose SO cornprehen-
sively and yariously on mankind, won
derful indeed must have been the skill in
its composition, so wonderful that even
the inGdel himself ought never to regard
it but with the profoundest reverence as
far too successful and sublime a tabrlca-
ton to admit thought,ef scott and rldlcule
30 CHOLERA AND THE ATMOSPHERIC
During the autumn of last year, when the
cholera was felt severely in Turin, Father
Denza studied the meteorological condition
Of the atmosphere he studied especially
the connection between the prevalence OF
Of the disease and the absence Of ozone.
His observations were made at Moncaherl,
rather more than half mile from the
town the electricity was measurd as well
as the ezone. During the days IN August
and September, when the cholera was
about its height, the amount OF ozone
present was variable, but considerable
nerhaps about the average. The cleo
tricity, However, during those days almost
entirely disappeared tits an interesting
observation, .aea5r5 4.-..l nj 5aa a5a /
paris occupies seventeen and han
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