Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-14
Cen. Sherman af We.t Paint.

Uens sherman At West Point
Gen. sherman, as everybody knows, Is mere
bundle OF highly elastic steel nerves. Whether
ne keeps quiet when he Is asleep Is not easy to
say; out IL Is certain 40 one ever saw him quiet
combined with square head and an aggressive
nose, enables him to get through great deal of
WORK IN a very short time. Within five minutes
aIter reaching the piazza he had shaken han Is
with th1rty-tWO men and thirteen ladies; been
presented to seventeen different persons intro
duced twelve old gentlemen to as many other
Olo gentlemen, military and otherwise; trod on
i've mems toeS, and tangled up In four trains;
apOiog1Zed to their respective owners and wear.
ers; talked with seven pretty young ladies 1.-THE
General Is a great favorite with young lades),
back, and by actual count taken of his old stra "
nat six tins and put 1t on again six different
ways. This last performance was absolutely
marvellous In the rapidity and variety OF the
on, and forthwith started on an Inspection tour
through the Academy buildings. He had Chief
Justice waite and Secretary McCrary with him.
Declining the attentions Of two officers who
had been detailed to accompany the party. he
undertook the plotting himself, remarking that,
ne knew the place like book" The Chief
dignity Of movement; the General is thin and
angular, and walks as ii he were late for a train
ne was In splendid spirits; he swung his hat
apou , ara TAXED Ike a school boy just out for
holiday; he strobe through the halls, dived
INTO the rooms, discovered the regions of the
hItcnen, uashed through the meSs-hall; the
Chit! JuStlce maze Such mighty Efforts TO keep
up that he was like to expire on the spot,
nevertheless, though the pace was so terrific
he held On, and with Secretary McCrary. who
ned tolera6ly good second place throughout,
nnally brought up at Gen. Schoheld's much
distressed but not distanced He was taken In
by the attendants, and afterwards the whole
party sat down to dinner.-lCor. N. Y. Times.
CURIOUS LAKR.-In Colorado Is a ten-acre
field which Is no more nor less than a subter-
ranean lake covered with soil about eighteen
inches deep. On the soil Is cultivated field OF
corn, which produces 50 or 40 bushels to the
acre. II any one Will take the trouble to dig a
hole the depth OF spade handle he will find 1t
TO M with water, and By using hook and line,
nsh four or five inches long can be caught The
nsh have neither scales nor eyes and are perch
Ike In shape. The ground is a black mari In its
nature, and In all probability was at one time
an open body OF water, On which was accurnl1-
lated vegetable matter, which has been in
creased from time to time, until now it has a
crust sufficiently strong and rich to produce
fine corn, though 1t has to be cultivated by
hand, as 1t Is not strong enough to bear the
weight of horse. While harvesting the field
hands catch great strings OF fish by punching a
hole through the earth. person rising on the
heel and coming down suddenly can see the
having the strength to drive rail through this
crust VIII ind on releasing 1t that it will disap
pear altogether. The whole section OF country
surrounding this field gives evidence Of marshi
ness, and the least rain produces an abundance
OF mud. But the question comes up, has not
this body an outlet? Although brackish, thu
water tastes as II fresh. and Is evidently no
stagnant Yet these fish are eyeleSs and sc ale
lesS+S1mllar to those found In caves.