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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Ed Borton sold two lots on Commercial
street, between 4th and 9th avenues, last
week, to Messrs Theis and Heustis and p.
Heilman, fol $1,000 each. These gentle
men propose to build in due time.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
READING TOWNSHIP ASSESS
REENT

Mr.. H. F. Holmes, the gentlemanly and
wide-awake assessor OF Reading town.
ship, has completed his work, and fur
nishes the following abstract of the re-
turns, for which we thank him.
Total value OF real property
for 1876. including the
town OF Reading $l6S,712
Value Of personal property SO, 166
Total assessed value 2O7, e39
Total population in township 313
" No. OF houses 80
/" offamilies 80
OF acres under fence 2,so3
A cres IN winter wheat i0l
- IN Rye 11S
" intended to be planted in
corn 2,Oo6
Acres planted in oats 1855
- - in potatoes SIH
in millet and hum
gArian 2I3
No OF horses 2I2
No Of mules p
cattle OF ali grades 1,4O6
Sheep 2,774
Swine S16
Yours Truly, H. F. HOLMES,
Assessor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

The Board Of Directors OF the Lyon Co.
Agricultural Society, have decided that
thsir annual Fair for 1915, be held on
wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, the 18th, 18th, 18Th, and 10th days
OF September next.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Now doth the little onion
Poke up its little head.
Aud the restless little radish
Stretch in his little bed.
The sunfish and the minnoy
Wag their shiny little tails,
While the chipmunks and the robin
Adorn the fences rails.
The blossom by the hedge side,
And along the city's street,
Tells Of the beaHteoEs sprIng-tIme
And the roses blooming sweet.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

:" E. r. Bruner starts on his Centennial
trip next Monday, leaving c. A. Moses in
charge OF his store. After Mr.. Bruner re.
turns, MIR. Moses proposes to go to Arr.
zonia and California, and see how he
would like to settle out that way.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

A number of our county subscribers
whose time expired last month and this
month, have called on US lately and
handed us their 81 for another years
advance payment. While this is of
course what all ought to do, we never
theless return those gentlemen our hearty
thanks for their promptness, and evident
good business habits. The money has in
each case been very acceptable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

% pieces choice alpacas, 30cts to 75cts
per yard; % pieces choice busters, 20 to
SOcts per yard; 10 pieces of wash poplin,
121z TO 30cts per yard; grenadines at
25cts per yard. WIBLEY & HENSON.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Go and see the new stock Of hats and
caps at G.. p. Jones b Co.'s, which they
have just received. S-tf.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Beck has an excellent stock OF new
goods, very carefully selected, and one
OF the lightest and pleasantest stores In
the city. Give Mr.. Beck call.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
eagHnsI OrEansii

02REneI OrKenB
The Burdett is the standard by which
to judge all reed organs. Send to Conover
Bros. Kansas City. general agents for
Kansas, for special prices. 36tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Rev. A. p. Stewart writes us to send
his paper to Shelbyville, Ill, this year;
that he has one OF the best churches In
that part OF the State; also that the spring
10 late and cold and many would come to
Kansas If they could sell out.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

MARRIED-May 7th, 1876 by Rev. VIM.
McCoin, at the residence or the brides
step-father, 8. s. Chapman, Mr.. Oscar H.
Curtis to Miss Martha NJ. Gunkle, all OF
Lyon county.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

SPECIAL MEETING.-A special m citing
OF the Pomona Grange viii be he Id on
Saturday, May Goth. A full delegation
is desired on account OF important bust
ness. w. V. PHILLIPS Master,
j. w. TRUTrr Secretary.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

W. C. Fithian will be able to supply
all orders for ice this season. have about
70 tons on hand, and have made arrange
ments with Thos. Rankin, the patentee OF
the ice making machine, to furnish me
with all the ice I can use until the season
is closed. This machine makes 5000
pounds of ice one foot thick per day.
Ice will be delivered as heretofore, in any
quantity desired, to any part of the city.
lift W. Z. FTTHIAN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Decker Brothers pianos are matchless
in tone and incompatible In workman
ship. Send to Conner Bros, Gen'I Agts.
Kansas City, for illustrated catalogue
with prices. S7-ti
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Monday it was reported that the Neosho
had risen 80 high that It had washed OF
DIR. Armor's mill, but the Doctor says his
mill is in fact all right, ana uninjured.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Judge Peyton began an adjourned ses-
SION OF the district court yesterday, to
last several days.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

MARRIKD.-May 10, 1876, in EmporIa,
by Rev. A Il. Walter, Mr.. Leonida0 L.
Davis to Mrs. L. L. Appleby, both Oily
on county Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Tandy's Universal Ague pills are tcdr-
ranted to cure G0We. For sale by Tandy
& Eastman, and Spencer & Ryder, Empo-
ria Kansas 41tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
Rn-nA

Those elegant two button embroidered
back Alexander kid gloves, for one dollar
per pair, are to be found in all colors, in
GLIDING beautiful browns, at
46u pERTHY,s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Lamp, ana lamp fixtures in endless va
riety, and bracket lamps and reaectors
complete, for S1.25, $1.50 and e1.75, at
TT PKRLEY & RYDER's.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Prescriptions carefully compounded and
delivered to any part Of the city, by
7tf PERLEY & RYDER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

A full stock Of pure drugs, medicines,
paints, oils, dye stuff and patent medi-
cines to be found at
TT PERLEY & RYDER's.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
FOURTH WARD

Capt. Sommers, Land Commissioner
H., X: & T., was In the city Thursday.
Capt. IL laying q foundation for 3 heavy
immigration TO the Neosho Valley this
summer and fall. He is chuck full Of en-
terprise and 10 spoken highly Of by every
man that does business with him.-Par-
sons Sun.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Last Saturday, the senior Of TIE NEWS,
and Roland Murdoch, Of the Wichita
Eagle, were enrout for Kansas City ,on the
X. c. accommodation train which IL run
between that place and Topeka. The
bridge across the Shunganunga, was very
shaky, but the train passed over 1t, and
went on four miles TO where a culvert had
been washed out, and had TO stop. IL
returned 70 the bridge and the engineer
declined to recrOss, and an engine and
cabOose were sent from Topeka, and the
passengers walked over the bridge. and
the very next minute it went down in
the torrent. A few seconds either way
and some lives would have been lost.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

R.P. Murdoch Of the wichita Eagle
has been spending some days here, using
his best endeavors to make room tor new
stocks Of provisions and the incoming
crops. One noticeable Characteristic Of
his is he seldom brags on Wichita. The
people OF Wichita generally are not given
TO that sort Of thing, and although We
have listened to the sweet cnin-music o
this young man for some days we have
been rather surprised that he has rarely
alluded TO the ''queen city, OF the ''hap
Ply Vally," and especially its post ofic'
and pleading pAaer." We pine.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

DIR. K. X. McCandles started. east yes
terday morning TO attend the General
Synod of the Presbyterian church.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

A couple Of gentlemen were here this
week buying cows for New York dairy
farm.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

The picnic OF the city schools will take
place Tomorrow Saturday at SOden'G
grove.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Weather splendid, and planting going
ON lively. The prospects were never bet
ter.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Hot baths, in first-class style, al
Fred. Haussler's bar Der shop. soft
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

II any person is making = business Of
herdIng cows this summer we would
like bis name.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

G.. p. Jones & Co. have just received an
elegant line Of the latest novelties in gen.
tlemen's neck ties and scarfs. I4tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Trusses, supporters and shoulder
braces in great variety. at
7tf PERLKY & RYDER's.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

A full line OF prints. lawns, linens, per-
Gales, swises, victory lawns, hosiery,
gloves, collars, cufFs, cOrsets, neck wear,
just received and will Be sold 1t bottom
prices. WILEY 4 HENSON.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

DIED.-Erna b. Kirkendall, daughter
OF n. w. KirkendAll, aged 10 years, died
OF lung fever on Saturday, May 9Th.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

school District No. 55.
Average department and attendance
of Emporia school district No. SO, for
the months OF March and April:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

The stock Of Gents FURNISHING Goods
Is cow full at G. P. Jones & Co.'s. eff
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Cold and hot baths, in first-class
style at Fred. Haussler's barber shop,
under Dunlap's bank. Soft
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

G. P. Jones & Co. are receiving orders
for suits every day. Come along. 9-ti
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Rubber goods, full line constantly on
hand, and cheaper than elsewhere at
45tf PERLEY's.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Thomas & Jones keep the best stock Of
teas in the city. IF
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Kretzinger is making splendid Ice
cream at John Bays restaurant.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

If you want q good shave, shampoo
and hair cut, go to Fred. Haussler's,
under Dunlap's bank. 5etf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Lyon county will pan out 10000 people
tkis spring.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

You will find z. Beck ready for you,
just one door north Of s. r. Halls gro
Gerry. 14tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

The Presbyterian church 10 being re
paired and improved.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

DIED.-At the old Fremont townsite,
May LIST. 1876, Mr.. Clarke Coon, in the
both year Of his age, leaving wife and
dVe children. He was born In Hoosac,
Rems county, New York. At the time of
the breaking oat OF the war Of the rebel.
lion. he was living with his family
in Va. near the City of Washington, but
his union sentiments made 1t necessary
for him to leave mis- home and seek .
place of safety for his family in the
north, alter which, he enlisted and fol-
lowed the old flag to Fredricksburg.
After the war he came west to recruit his
fortunes. But after battling for years
with an incurable disease, he has at last
gone to his rest. He was q member of
the Burlingame Baptist church. His
funeral services We're conducted by Rev.
Mr.. AverilI, and he was buried at the
| cemetery near the Rosean school house.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
CLEARLA ICE.

Cottonades and Jeans, and other goods
cheap, at E. BECK's.
l4tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
ZkASE " AID
EMPORTA Nav r

1@7-- ~-'---f ~ = -00'
In pursuance Of q call made by chair
man OF the Co. Central Committee, the
Republicans Of the first ward, city OF En-
poria, met in caucus at the usual place Of
voting, and on being called to order,
Noyes spicer was chosen chairman, and
j. H. Russell secretary. On motion the
following were appointed: delegates to the
county convention to meet on Saturday,
may I3th:C. v. Eskridge, Jacob Kizer,
Hiram Conner, ]. 81. Russell.
J.H. RUSSELL, Sec'y.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
MOVES sPIcER, Chm.
THIRD WARD.

At meeting Of the Republican voters
Of the third ward OF the city Of Emporia
held at the Court House May 8, 1876, at
O'Clock p. NJ, J. II. Steele was chosen
chairman, and E. T. Kerns Sec. The fol-
lowing persons were.then severally put in
nomination for delegates to the County
convention to be held in EmporIa, May
18th, and each was unanimously elected
1st, Jacob stotler; I'd, w. W. Hibben; 3D.
j. III. Steeei; 4th, l.. l.. Halleck; 9th,
Frank Kenyon. J. n. STEEL, Pres't.
e. T. KKRNs, Sec'y.
FOURTH WARD
Delegates to the Republican County
Convention from fourth ward: L. B
Kellogg, e. BOrton, James Dougherty
and VIM. Il. Gllchriest.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
EyERYRODY,a BUs1NEss,

Absent-eXcused.
ANNA THOMPSON, Teacher.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

A large line of staple and fancy carpets
at New York cost, till all are soil. 25cts
TO S125 for Brussels.
WIBLKY & HENSON
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
THE MEN WHO ADVERTISE.

&1C day at home. Agents wanted. Out
0AS ut and terms free
My True & Co.. Augusta, Maine
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12
RePUsLICAN PR1MARIEs.
EnPoRIA TOWNHIP.

The following persons were appointed
delegates TO the Republican convention
to meet at the court house in Emp oria on
Saturday, May 18th 1876.
81. 81. Gray, A. A. Hickox, VIM. Jay,
T. r. Hall, John R. Grifiths, B. F. Par
ker, Jos. Ernst. Jacob B. Noon, J. B.
WAlkup.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-12

Z. II. FoRDK, City Clerk.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10

Chicago Tribune: They stood to.
gether in the entry beneath the hail
lamp. "Then, Henry" she said, in a
low voice, wherein were blended de-
termination, melancholy and love,
"you refuse my suit?" Eyes, Ella"
he replied, in accents that were firm,
though the speakers voice trembled.
~ admire you; / will be brother to
YOU, and watch with pride your course
through life, and ifever trouble should
befall you, there will at least DO one
friend to whom you can come for sue
cor; but can never, never be your
husband.n at Is not because l am
poor, Henry? For oh, II that were
ali. i could toll gladly from morn Till
night for you, and strive and win
home for you, humble 1t might be, but
our own.n at Is useless to attempt to
induce me to change my determine
ton. Though l am but poor, weak
man, / can never, never change my
mind.n "Then, cruel young man, so
fair, and yet so false, farewell. 10
morrow YOU will see my mangled re,
mains on tho lecture platform, and
know that IL has been your work. But
II will be too late" aud clasping MIN
10 her bosom In a wild embrace, she
fled into the outer darkness.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10

writer in the Fortnightly Review
asks whether artists, and especiaiiy
orators, are peculiarly liable to the
sensation Of pain and to fear. he
thinks that they are, and attributes II
IN an unusually sensitive organization
Pal IL believed TO have owed his death
IN being unable TO bear an operation
which q less sensitive man might have
borne.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10

FRANKLIN, La, February s.-Mem.
hars Of the bar of st. Mary's parish met
and adopted a resolution requesting y;
u Mentz. Parish Judge, TO resign, ana
&, The avent of his refusal to resign, q
c ~, was appointed to prepare
articles Of impeachment 70 oe io T,. :
with presented TO the Legislature. Inc
alleged cause for this action IS tna'
Mentz has neither capacity nor in'
tegrltY.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Arrival and Departure Of Trains al
Dallas.

HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
AIrivaa.
From the South tnail and express). 7ii5 u. m
FROM the North lmail ana express). 02j p. IN
From the SOUTH accommodation l;20 Il, m
FROM the North, Accommodation 800 y. IN
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
Leaves. Arrives
Mall and EApress."..., B;2b p. m. 1906 y. IN
Accommodate ION. .",.... 800 II. m. $50 D. IN
Through Freight....".. $3.50 u. NJ. lOOO u. m
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10

We are agents for these shirts, which We de-
sire 10 call your particular attention TO. we
sell them for less price than you can buy the
linen and domestic for by the bolt. They are
M AIDE OF the very finest linen and the very
best domestic. The shirt IL cut out and the
bosom made and set in, cuffs made and the
shirt put together, so that little girl can
make II in half an hour.
They are the very thing that our people
need, and everybody isinvited TO come and
see them, and when they return home 10 Tell
their neighbors about them.
We promise hereafter TO supply all sizes
as our supply Is now unlimited.
h Please call aud examine our stock before
going elsewhere. Tho very best attention
Shall be given TO you. No trouble to show
you our goods whether you buy anything or
not. Thanking you for past favor, your
friends.
BLAKE & JENKINS.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10
BLAKE ( JENKINS.
THE FASHIONABLE
Dry Goods Emporium
TO Make Room for our Coming
Spring Stock

We are now Offering all our DRESS GOODS
as Cashmorcs, Mozamblgues, Popllns, Pop
cost price marked down In plain figures,
so that everybody can soc for themselves,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-10
SHOE DEPARTMENT

We have just received the latest styles OF
Philadelphia-made Shoes, q full line of La.
dies Shoes, n full line OF Misses Shoes, and
n VERY large assortment of Children's Shoes
We guarantee every pair of them to last at
least one Ynnr.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-04

The great difficulty in this country is,
that we have no time for anything. The
very walk Of an American shows that he
is in hurry. An Englishman buttons
his coat and gloves, and goes to business
as deliberately as he goes to church. An
American business man flies after the
car, struggling with his coat sleeves as
he runs, plunges in head-foreniost, and
plunges out at the end without regard
to his neck. Chief amongst our acci-
dents stand those which occur because
people jump upon flying trains or depar-
ting boats. To wait ten minutes is some
thing not to be thought Of. Dinner is
not eaten: IL is swallowed whole; and
when one comes to the dessert he finds
that the fruit was picked before it was
ripe. Everything is hurried through,
from the building of house to the cur
ing of ham. The women who work
on sewing machines stop before they
come to the end Of a seam. The dress
maker sends home your dress with bast-
ing threads in it, and no loops to hang
it up by. There is none of the slow,
sure completeness of the world about
anything, and even fortunes are made
in hurry, and lost in the same way.
If any man we know is getting rich by
the slow and patient process of saving.
be sure that he was not born upon this
continent. Yet people live as long here
as they do anywhere else, and the days
are the same length. Why is that we
have no time for anything?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-04
An En- uglishman's Tr0uble with Eng.
lfnh AAiden0.

Another yeung Englishman, who has
been here about a fortnight, has an
nounced his conviction that it Is his
fate to marry an American girl, and
tells thrilling stories of the trials and
tribulations through which man must
pass in England before he can propose
to the lady of his choice, and of the
perils he incurs Of having his intentions
asked and an exhibit Of his bank ac-
count by the stern parent OF girl to
whom he has shown some slight atten-
tions, or at whose guardians house he
has called several times. He complains
bitterly that a man in England has no
opportunity at all of cultivating the ac-
quaintance of lady to find out whether
he will like her or not, as he cannot see
her except in public, or when her chdpe-
rome is with her, and that should he
dare to call on an unmarried lady and
send his card up to her, he would
be considered as having to a GER
tain extent compromised her. On ac-
count of the circumlocution necessary
before a man dare propose for lady's
hand, he says many Englishmen contin-
ue bachelors, and many English woman
of wealth and rank remain unmarried.
As regards the last, approach with ma
trimonial intentions is especially difii-
cult, since a man who loves an English
girl with a fortune is liable to be insul'
ted by her papa when he asks for her
hand, accused of desiring her money
only, and asked point blank what equl-
valent he proposes to give.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-04
Curious Natural Cfsterns.

In the rough granite county back
from Mossamesdes, on the West coast
of Africa, are some very remarkable
natural cisterns. The country itself is
peculiar, huge single rocks rising out
of the nearly level plain in some places
and other hills of rocks. in several of
which deposits of water are found at
the very top. A recent traveller Wis
tied one of these, and describes il as a
natural tank with narrow entrance,
containing some 800 or 400 gallons of
exquisitively clear and cool water. 1t
was covered by vast slabs of granite,
from which the rain drained into 1t
during the rainy season, shading the
water so that it could not be seen with
out a torch, and so protecting it that
the sun cannot evaporate it during the
dry season. Thus bountiful store of
excellent water is preserved, while
there was not drop to be had else
where for miles. A still more remark
able cistern of this sort is that of the
L tuTd vi duuc VI Dig iotohc, SUNNI thiAts
miles from Mossamesdes, a huge
rounded mass Of granite rising out of
sandy plain. On the smooth side of
this rock, twenty or thirty feet above
the plain, is a circular pit about ten
feet deep and six feet across. The rain
fall on the rock above the pit drains
into it, filling it completely every rainy
season. The walls of the pit-wbich is
shaped like crucible narrowing gently
to the bOttom-are perfectly smooth
and regular, the inclosing granite being
of the closest and hardest description.
The cistern will hold several thousand
gallons of water. Near by are smaller
pits of similar character. Their for
nation is unexplained. The water of
this strange well furnishes the natives
and travellers with an abundant sup
ply during the dry season, consequently
it is a noted halting place.