The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
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4 Remarkable Body Of salt AID a Pro-
libition Spring.

NEW YonE. Feb. ei.-NAil making o
tour through southwestern LOU lama lat
.iuucr / saw the most rcmarsaol, body
OF salt in the world. IL Is ON tic Dee a.
iclit Anse. l9j miles due west oil Now
Orleans. The deposit is OF pure crystal
.ait. II covers $50 acres Co an unknown
depth and has been explored $50 feet
down. The surface Of the bed undulatos
from one loot above tOeix feet below tide
level. Tire earth covering the sale ranges
from 10 10 % feet in depth. one bin ris-
ug 1875 feet. showing that am after lorma-
fion took place. On the top Of the salt
bcneath the earth have been found the
remains Of the mastod0n. mammoth
-loth. l0cl horse, tasks and bones inter-
oiugled with Indian relics. such as
arrow and pear points, tomahawk beads,
paint pots. mortar and peitle and rot
terry Of all kinds. The dip OF thc salt Is
eight degrees.
There is a deposit of pink spdstone
quite decomposcd, a coal formation thir-
teen to seventeen feet thick aa.i 80 per
cent. carbon, thc Ignite cropping out 100
feet abovct hcsca. Ovorthee altcomcp pink
nd yellow clay beds. the sandstone. thau
clay, each stratum trending toHards the
north. There are also sulphur springs.
The salt is conglomerate na.i of cl,s-
affiliations. which I'm the mine hook li,e
lark salt, but when exposed tn fle light
ere seen % DE- white. b. aua.y-.- tne
salt is found % be 99.s3 per cent pure,
tlc remainder being made upol sI. naate
and chloride of calcium. Tho position
oi the salt shows it to be oilor f4au tie
coal and limestone which lle above g..
and also than the ml.toa.l ..i cel-
temporary animals.
Tho deposit was discovered during
1852, while % well was being cxc.rrtci.
IL was seized first ly JcIcgon Davis
during thc war and the eaitu.alf eI the
Confederate forces. Admial lal1a.'t
.eizcd finest. The land j. owr.l lg lle
Louisiana Aycrys, who lease tae iea 90
% New York concern and receive ror-
lity OF from $1,000 TO 5000 per month.
according to the demand and supply. il
lies next TO the great estate .i Joseph
jefferson. the actor.
There Is some water that viii not mix
with whisky. however absurd this may
seem. Such water is tho very stroneo &
loften heard while in the south
j q spring that killed men, o. 10 least
gave them apoplectic or other fits who
eentured % drink its water and whisky
10 the same time. was told that roli-
l'cian3 and men accustomed % hard
drinking periodically visited ssmo In-
diana spring to recover from the effects
Of whisky in order 10 brace up for on-
other year Of debauch. Ihad supposed
these stories were myths until one day
Zoo Louisville / got tangible evidence sd
the whereabouts and positive existence
II this wonderful water. The name
# the spring was given as Pluto
and lbs location in southern Indiana at
M obscure place called Trench Lick,
miles northwest OF Louisville. !
went up o. French Lick, having nothirc
more interesting on hand. The spring
,sas certainly ordinary enough iu looks,
.ut while there had ample opportunity
TO sec its powers tested. Iheaecond day
after my arrival a man came there tuil
5f buster, declaring that be was not
afraid Of the water. in spite Of the
warnings Of q local physician De got iul
II whisky and took o glass Of Pluto
Within an hours time hc was
)rostratcd with horrible convulai such
ls / hope never to see again. Bel0resun-
Down he died the death of o maniac in
terrible agony. Ia less than @ week
another fool thought be could mis- tic
Pluto water with asineleg glass Of whisky
and ascertain the effect in a mild way
without any serious consequences. lie
took the draft and not long after was
stricken down with commissions and fits.
Tor several days three doctors worked
faithfully to save bis Ute and iinaliy got
him u of danger, but it was a long
line before herecoveYcd his equilibrium.
The popularity or rather anomaly Of
his water is that IL viii absolutely cure
Inc effects Of alcoholism If the patient
lbstains from drink while using il and
tor twcnty-iouT hours before beginning
10 take IT,. WILLIAM IL. BALLOU.