The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-28
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The Astonishing Effect Of Water
Found in a Texas Well.
Fluid That May BE Added to the Number
of Known Elements as the sixty
Sixth-It Makes Men Shout for
Joy and Act Like Lunatics.

OF Anown Elements as the Sixty
sixth-It Makes Men Shout for
Joy and Act Like Lunatics.
A discovery of immense scientific inter-
est has recently been made near this. place,
says a Wharton TEX letter to the Phila-
uelphia Times-a discovery which 1t Is
LoebE hit will add a hitherto unknown ele-
the sixty-ive already familiar to
NJ, pSmist. Chudleigh Mason, a promi-
~ planter living about five miles
while boringan a~rtesian well on
=, struck water u fezY days ago at q
IA of 215 feet. A powerful stream was
thrown up with a loud report and a slight
trembling Of the Surrounding earth. Mr..
Mason, III orderto test the quality of the
water, drank q glass of it, and the negro
workmen alse. ecrowded about and drank
l&kEeely of tue water, which was found TO be
very cold and good, though possessed of a
slight unfamiliar flavor, which was, how
aver, not disagreeable.
Within a quarter of an hour, or even less,
after drinking the water Mr.. Mason began
to feel strange twitchings in the muscles of
the face, and his workmen also commenced
to complain OF the same sensation. This
twitching soon extended to the armsSs0d
{ legs, increasing all the while IN ~.
until at last the negroes CAST ts514s1s4f1
down, crying that they hat <~e<tfeocI1rsa,
and rolled about on ttc s8*Isking
aloud and writhinz #[<S '43811e contor-
tions OF the fs15 md 1oI<: be Jerking
r1d nu1fne a I{ ne@$eIcs % the limbs
4ss <t >>4f1 siolent all hands
~ H5a,d I'd q wild, uncon-
IN Hepping up and
;1'&<1j f4|<a}bn. says that
14 4<9tt|1 m <I@ 4ef great ok
every 50; The sighto OF the leaping ne
gross, y we're too frightened TO realize
that AneS were suffering only from fear,
and PR cries and shrieks provoked him to
aRf<s OF laughter that sounded almost
nQplAcal. Mrs. Mason, seeing her hus-
bands 9xtrDordinary behavior, became
alarmed ana, running out, attempted to
bold him d6wn. but, though he endeavored
70 assiSf her by cllnging with all his
strength to a post, 1t was found impossible
toStestrain him.
This dance was kept up until sheer ex-
haustion caused the involuntary partici-
pants to fall PROSTATE TO the earth, where
they lay and kicked for some minutes,
after which they fell into a deep sleep.
This sleep was the heavy, dreamless SUM
Der that follows ~intoxication, and lasted for
several hours, out left thcm with clear
heads and no vii consequences beyond a
ONENESS Of the back and limbs and q pain
in the face resembling neuralgia, which,
however, Boon passed away.
Mr.. Mason senta jug Of the water to Hous-
ton TO have 1t anaiyz ed, but the chemists of
that city profess themselves at a complete
loss to account for one of the elements en-
tering into the composition of the water,
and give as their Unanimous opinion that it
may be added to the number of known ele-
ments as a sixty-sixth. This element i'm
parts to the water q beautiful bright blue
tinge OF a metallic luster, and gives a taste
more like that Of fresh cider than any
thing else. When the water is heated the
element passes off in a colorless gas of q
most agreeable odor, resembling the per-
fume OF tuberoses, only more penetrating
and pungent, and so powerful that a gallon
Of water simmering over a slow fire will
render d whole house fragrant for hours.
Taken from the well and left TO stand, how
ever, the water loses its beautiful blue
color and thickens to the consistency of
t~urpentine, with a faint greenish tinge, and
win when drank or inhaled produce violent
nausea and vomiting, accompanied by q
swimming in the head and a failure OF the
!. aiGht apa hearing, which lasts for hours.
t'I1 ptt1<11 a>11< have christened tho
-..t<E4 f 1tc}r and regard it with
bid. with one exception,
q ~ <<<1j,t<I Upon TO even approach
n [IIt exception Is an old darby
I1Ihilinfiy known as Uncle Dence, who
Is actually becoming a confirmed drunkard
on the water, on which he INDUCES In
q daily spree In spite OF all attempts
10 keep HIM from drinking it. He
sps that he feels younger and spryer
each dance. Many OF the crowds that
Naily from all parts OF the county,
n from adjacent ones. to visit this
2 tine curiosity 10 taste the water to
It's singular qualities for them
it is curious 10 observe the diff
rs in which 1t affects individuals,
he twitching Of the nerves and
the uncomfortable propensity
common to all, the effect on the
fcrent persons is of endless
Il shout for joy, betraying all
mt Of a child; another will
tntle melancholy a third will
sing hymns, aaa perhaps a fourth at the
same time will Be praying aloud. Your
correspondent found himself reciting whole
pages OF blank verse from the different
poets that he had been unconscious of hav-
ing retained in his memory. b effect on
the spirits is delightful IN the extreme, a
feeling OF exhilaration and lightness per-
vading the whole system, and the senses
take On an acuteness and refinement that
is most remarkable.
BY the advice Of one Of the ablest chem
lists Of Houston q hermetieally sealed jar
Of this WONDERFUL liquor has been for
wardcd 10 tho Society Of Chemists and
PHARMACISTS nNcw York for their careful
analysis, which process when completed he
is confident viii confirm his opinion OF the
value and uniqueuess OF the discovery.