The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-23
Fat Contributor on Water.

WhFn hard pressed for o theme ",
sometimes take a scientific subject nnt
treat on 1t. Some Of our readers, W,
know, will turn away in disgust whcr
they find we are going to treat on water
prcfcrring to have US treat on something
else, beer for instance but il they don
like the treat We have inS Sitod them to
they needn't have il. There are those
who could not write on water all By itself
they would require to have something
stronger mixed With it-but We are re-
solved to put it through on the inferior
element alone. We remember trying 10
write on tcdter once, and failed miserably
We were out on Lake Erie in gale, and
sea sick. We were returning from an
excursion and had a good deal to write
up Took something to help Us right.
up before We wrote up but it came right
up.
Three fourtl,s Of che face Of the globe.
is covered with water perpetua!ly. What
u lesson for . large proportion Of the
earth's inhabitants Who's" Goos w".s-
never touches. During great food
which occurred further back than any
Of US can remember, the entire globe was
covered with water for some time. II c
water has not wholly retired in many
places to this day. 1t furnished great
impetus to sbipbuilding, however, which
had been rather neglected up to that
time, gave US the Tower Of Babel and
provided employment for numerous pro
fessors Of languages.
There are great many kinds Of
water, such as fresh water, salt water, we'll
water, spring water, rain water, soda
waters eye water, Congress water, dish
water, water ON the brain. Deorcreek
water, hydrant water, Blue Lick water,
joint water, break-water, and brandy and
water.
Salt water, found mostly at sea, differs
from fresh water in containing n lnrge
infusion Of table salt Salers arc very
fond of salt water, and actually live on
it for months at time. The effect of it
on most people is to make them dry,
which accounts for sailors being such
hard drinkers. In former days, it is
supposed, much larger surface Of the
globe was covered with salt water than
now. When it retired it left dry land,
and it has been dry ever since. (Inter-
mission to take glass Of water.)
All the rivers in the world find their
way to the sea. We don't know how
they do it, but they do. We tried to
find our way to the sea once, when boy,
resolved to 60 for sailor, but were over.
taken before We got there and brought
ignomlniously back, amid the jecrs Of
the villagers.
We remember gazing tcarfully on
brook that went murmuring back Of the
house, and sighed to think the brook
could run off to the sea and We couldn't.
We cant tell what the brook was mur-
muriug about. Perhaps it was because
it had to go to sea when it didn't want
to, like one of tho naughty boys that nre
sometimes carried off and shipped on
board whaler because they darn't whale
him ot home.
The water Of rivers is fresh, although
1t don't taste very fresh sometimes,
when furnished to you by the Water
works Company. We have heard of
"Salt RIVER" but as we are generally
successful in allying ourselves with the
winning party we never sailed up there
yet. With so many rivers Of fresh wa
ter emptying themselves into the sea ev
cry day (Suudays not excepted) il is
strange the saltncss Of the water cxhib-
its no perceptable dimunition. The wind
freshes at SEQ, quite often, but the water
never does.
The lakes abound in fresh water, ex-
cept Salt Lake; yet friend brought US
q bottle Of Salt Lake water not long ago,
and although it was ten days on the way
We found it quite fresh when we came to
open it. There is briny moisture in
the atmosphere about Salt Lake, and we
are told it is no unusual thing, for on ex.
oessively married Mormon, to find him.
felf in a pickle with all his wives.
Fresh water fish are cuu.ht, for tho
most part, in flesh water. Occasionally
one is caught in salt water, but he
wouldn't be caught there sgain, not if he
could help it. Fish will get out Of their
proper elemsnt sometimes like other
folks. The sardine, a salt wster fsh, is
Vfsvu Nuud in Vii, uud VIC muy udd, fn
pareuthesis, that nobody but "sardine"
would 60 "in oil" now . days, anyway.
Chemically considered, water is CON
biuation Of oxygen and hydrogen. Some
people, thinking TO improve on nature,
add little Holland gin, if they want it
for q beverage. Milk men put milk in
it before peddling it out to their custo-
mers. to give color to their transactions. |
Chemists say that at the lowest estimate,
five sixths Of living human body is
simply water. This is q grave warning
to people who are given to tho iutem per-
ate use Of cold water as beverage, for
thoy are in danger Of adding tho other
sixth and becoming oil water.
An old topper, who read somewhere
llat GYo.sixtha Of his hodu was watar |