Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-24
NATURAL. WONDERS IN
TEXAS.
A Curious Lake Wells that
Emits Gas and Contains Sour
Water.

have IN my time bssn ia many Oi
the most remarkable places 10 the world,
and nov | have turned up, ] think, IN
the most remarkable oi all. sour lake
is acirculaT pool Of an acre OF two IN eI.
tent, situated IA a depression on the
most elevated tract Of land la q vide
scope of country. II rises above the
contiguous territory ss All island in the
sea rises above the waters Nov con.
ceiye a depression in the centre Ot our
island filled with a bubbling, b1iling
pond, as round a. a well, surrounded
by dense forest. and We have souT
Lake aud It's topography.
On the edges oi the lake OF pool are
situated most oi the wells, five or sir
feet in depth, with plank curbing soms
Oi these are IA a vigorous state II ebnl.
litIOn, while others have very little
ebullition This ebuliition 10 nothing
hut currents of gas escAping from the
earth. This ID made apparent by CON.
mon experiment here. Take common
fruit can open at one end and q small
hole bored ia the other. Immer-e hall
OF Il i the water where the ebuliItion -
going on. and then touch q llghte.i
match ln the hole. Instantly a brilliant
fame pops up. which will burn unless
blown out by the xlnd a. long a. YOU
choose 10 hold the eau ia its position.
There are jets of gas issuing Out ii the
ground oil about the pool ~ that With
fruit cans and milk cans you may have
flames without end. fon msy even set
fire to the pools, or apparently do ~,
by applying a match 10 the surface
where u 10 bubblins or boiling. but
these flames speedily 81 out
sOiBeOl these wells throw up = yellow.
ish aud blackish oil, which collects on
the surface and may be Skinned like
cream This smells very strongly II
tar OF napths, but si q little d,stanoe 10
pleasant 10 the nostrils The water on
which this substance collects sAstes pre-
cisely like the substance smells. He
who drinks of It gets his whole body
considerably iniected with the ssesl
This substance 10 gathsred here, snd
the Dec pie readily buy Il At Q dollar Q
quart. They nay II cures sores, cuts
and burns. II IL infsmmable and
burns With great smoke. IL ID. ] sop
pose, liquid carbon.
Others oi the uels are - sogr -
crab apples, and these invariably
-end up Q strUng odOr Il Sulphur.
| They bubble and boil considerably, and
have q whitish appeArance, ~ II pulvsr.
l1ed chalk had been stirred gp IN them.
This IL white sulphur They have 0
sliyht taste oi the huid carbon. These
are said % art pousrfuily upoa the
r.. 'sls.s..FS ..sssIsss sssf 7skss .
-: -: -: Z: :: -! - - =: -
soit and hnipid.
Th.n there u snaai.sr vsil 90 Dsp4.
vhich. Il . hat ls aid ot II te Kus. b. d
not the most rem.stabse, yes ornessy
destined " be the mot renovbef d AL
They call ID "ioath and besoty n
deyo-it . peculiar son Of srdiment On
is baton, shich, - hey ssy, be- the
resnartsbie propsrty a hssutify1ng hs
skin and removing frectiea ] sm tosd
that this depC>it q ~ nuch 10 demand
hat ii . nod slssys easy 70 heeps mp
ply q IL daring the viater ssssos-
The ate here IL really . Eiorioas ons
ior o Watering pl.os; . great prsiT'~ 70
the sOgth fllef sith frapssos and uisd
hovers, and o gress forea n ssuy
other direcfion. psnetsstsd vIfh sey-
rinfkins ualks; oaks. negnoslas uyf-
! lie. holslek, bsschss, cd DaSes I'D
xuuaS. and yinss vftkost esA Hoe
s.sy uouid a b. b hSbt al tkis sxtea-
sivs srvund into o baAss a e3ory q siykl
by stiiiiny The - thsf pos0 10 bs-
renis out a the eassA
JlEICgS has ooatss<ssd vish eassh-
enyIlss parties tos u the hs,ck ssd eas1
| b. can saaaaisefzFsL He kas slsoAdy
,kippsd ons fAi ioad a eisy % " o.
Neal 20 2 He kas put . boot too hss-
| drpd fe<s Il ssu bsaftne On his nsshi.
.<ry. Jake kss csnghi he boon h
/ esrnsa- he intssAs 70 oooasncs rua.
mag night and dsy ia shot tsns, %
- 70 al Ors<rs PrunPdy.-os>ks$s>d
E.asy1do@l
Tnr.s 10 sslhine noss nn.icsl a.
he vois oi Q ksby dsri.g De ~
time, and noshisg ssss snssaa q Ise8-
BE sbsn kesrd s1ss yos ksys suoRsi
yoars>if kE co9zfssaa1ss nigks's auuo.
ID dala's hsip - oe11R 90 - ~
niadsd thsG yos t1ps peer $500
svsk@ IL the vsry 80 Ny, - -
sood Cd Mo<hsr Nsesss. vke nspos -.
- -. b iap,y ssfssc&su - ~