The Mineral argus., 1884-03-20

seen Of him since he went into winter
quarters, October 20. The Keeper
placed some corn near the hole on Feb
ruary l., but this did not tempt him
He was closely watched, and at IL 30
on the following day was seen to come
slowly crawling ont. After looking
around for a while he went to the corn
and commenced eating. A beam of sun
light fell slaDtingly through the roof of
the inclosure, and in moving about the
grounding crossed it. He saw his
shadow, and Immediately darted into
his hole.
According to tradition the first Indi-
an reached Martha's Vineyard on a cake
Of ice, and found there a giant named
Moshup. He had five children. He
used to catch whales and great fish, and
pluck up trees to make a fire and roast
them. The Goals and the bOnes-relics
of these gigantic feasts-are still to be
seen there. To facilitate the catching
of these fish, he threw many stones at
proper distances into the sea, on which
he might walk with great ease. This is
called Devils Bridge. Once ON q time
an Offering was made to him of all the
tobacco on Martha's Vineyard, which
having smoked, he knocked the snuff
out of his pipe, which formed Nantucket.
Another ingenius device to gain an
easy livelihood came very near costing
two st. Lous men their lives recently.
Early in December one of them con
ceived the idea that he and his compan'
ion could be manufactured into Siamese
twins by a simple surgical operation.
and they employed a surgeon to per.
form it. A piece of skin about four in
ches wide by three deep was cut ant
raised from one arm of each, exposing
the bare flesh beneath. Then the tive
arms were brought together, the pieces
of skin Tapped n over the other, anC
the arms bandaged firm and tightly to
gether. The men were told it woulC
take between twenty and thirty day
for the arms to grow firmly together
and during that time they must remain
quiet in their rooms and eat, drink ant
sleep together. Their meals wer
brought to them and they ate qnit'
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the healing process began. and thel
they lost their appetites. The pain a
this time became very severe, and TO
two or three days both men were com
PEELED to take to bed because n or tn
other was too sick to sit up. FINAL
fever seized both Of them and the doc
tors were compelled to cut them apa1
in order to save their lives.
Camphor is made il Japan in TIN
way: After a tree is felled to the cart
it is cut up into chips, which are laid
a tub on a large iron post partially file
with water and placed over a slow fire
Through holes in the bottom of the tn
steam slowly rises and heating the chiI
generates oil and camphor. OF cours
the tub with the chips has q closely-fir
ting cover. From this owe a bambC
pipe leads to a succession of other tul
with bamboo connections, and the la
of these tubs is divided into two con
partments. one above the other the d
viding floor being perforated with sma
holes to allow the water and oil to pas
to the lower compartment. The uppe
compartment is supplied with a stra
layer which catches and holds the campl
or in deposit rs it passes to the coolin
process. The camphor is then separi
ted from the straw, packed IN woode
tubs, and is ready for the market. III
oil is used bv the natives for illumina
ing and other purposes.