Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-11-01
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ErENoS AYi:ES. Jm!y 81. 1871.

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u|DITOH UNION: 1 shall hsair ihi,
y letter 10y =iviu. q Ini,I rli-r:iptiun
Of IIrr II O,"c"'n d,i Est, or the
Oracle of thr East.
shall first mikra few OILS. rvaiiur- on
his personal appearance, then I,ro,rrd
to those immense cndowmrnlS or mind
which have gained fur him the cnvia.
hle title Of "OracIc." The sandal, whicl,
ornament his pcdS, arp made Of the
first quality of cowhi,le, without regard
To TT, and armed with a heavy pair of
sUles, which announce in laundering
tones the movements of their veuera.
ble owner. His pauts, which, nh duuh.,
were mado In expectation Of Il lIuod,
had once been brindlc, but the sun had
sadly deprived them OF their original
color and consequently, a change had
come over the nature of the pants, and
they were brindle no more, huta mix.
turc between YrlIuw and briHdlr-;r Il
cn'ur cHcredingly pleasing TO the eye.
These pants, az lla- hepn iHLRiCti above,
came about three inches below the boot
tops, and extended up under the arms
AT the waist the POstcrior portion reach-
ing well up to the neck. His vest was
of the same color as his pants, improved
and brautified by yellow stripes. His
coat Was, originally, the same color ;is
his pants. His hat was an ancient
broad brim, tied on with stout string,
I'm height, the "Orarlc" WIS about } Il.
S in, slender, with an enormous nose,
thin face, small mOustache, and thick
short beard. His face was further
ornamented 10y a stream OF tobacco
juice running from each angle of his
mouth. This specimen was one Of those
persons who boldly advance opinions on
auy subject, how ahstru-e, how profound
sOevor it may be-. IH Chemistry, a
Davey, or Faraday, in Philosophy,
Il Bacon in Natural History, Cuuvier;
in Metaphysics, Il locke, or Hamilton
in Astronomy, Newton.
The "Oracle" was narfr,tly familiar
with all tIIu-e subjects, even in their
minutiae. When we wished to know
how long the wind would / low riam .
certain quarter, We would just consult
the "Qraclcn who after revolving his
quid Of tnlacco in his mouth, some half
dozen. times, and giving IA few sage
squirls OF the delicious liquid out
of his mouth, and looking as wise As, an
owl, would give the exact minute at
which the wind might he expected to
change,
If we saw a squall coming up, in order
to know tile exact amount Of danger 10
which we would be expnsed, or whether
tn take in sail or not, the ''Oraclc" need
only he consulted, and he would tell us
when, how, where and how hard it
would strike the vessel. This man OBJ
tanned the name Of "OracIe" by degrees.
When he first came among Us, his
wOnAerfpl knowledge Of the Scriptures
obtained for him the name of ''St.
Paul. He held this reverend title for
some weeks, and then on accnunt of his
maTvellugs stories or shipwrecks, bat |
ties, sieges, &c, we named him "Sin-
bad" But we found, in order to do
Justice to true merit, that we would be !
obliged TO adopt Il more comprehensive |
name, ! app9rlingly proposed calling !
him the ''0racle," which was unapi-I
mOusly adopted. We will now proceed |
to a few words on the waters OF. the |
ocean. By analysis, the waters of the |
ocean contain from 81 81 parts of solid |
matter in 1000 parts of water. This !
solid matter which it holds i'm solution, |
consists of chloride Of sQdiuu, icom-
mon salt-=the principle part chloride
and sulphate of maggnesia, also cur
Donate and sulphatr Of lime, with small !
quantities Of hrOmldes, iOdides, phus- |
pilates and ilOurides. The waters of the !
British channel contain, 9Gl,7 parts of !
water in one 900, chloride af sodium, |
(commOn SALT 3f,l, chloride of potrs-
sum O,S, chloride of magnesium 81, |
sulphate of magnesia 2,3O, suIphate of
lime III, carbonate Of lime U,0a, with /
some bromi'les Of magnesium.
The waters nf the Dead Sea contain
over 223 parts Of solid matter in 900,
or over ~ per cent. OF this, about s
per cent is common salt, over per cent. /
of salts Of magnesium, oF more correctly, [
magRcSiR. It is owing tn this immense /
amOunt Of solid matter, that the waters |
of the Dead Sea are sn houyaut The /
greatest amount vt solid matter Ia tile
waters uf the Atlantic Ocean is found .
under the Equator, and distant from
influence Of any fresh water streams;
and amounts to over 50 parts ia 900 Of .
water; and the smanest in narrow
straiiS, where there is not much more
than -. The mtter taste nr >oa water
is owing la the cXistcUuo al u,aguesia.
When we inst started, AMI while the
water was vet shallow, il WIS Of a
beautiful green color, but as spop US il