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@ j. shallow and approached
III 4, by narrow, tortuous
W.. channel, open to h Q
~r whole ''fctch" of the Pa
cifc, it has been practica-
BILE for modera,e.si2ed steamers, and
there used to lie daily communicat: on
between kochi and Kobe and Osaka.
Its entrance is cursed by most treacher-
ous, constantly shifting sand-bar, which
moves to and fro and rises and falls ac-
corcling to the swell that comes in from
the Pacific. so that it is a continual men
ace ri injury to fishermen, merchants
and flrMers N;st August three ty2hoons
swcnt over %hil;oEu, which let this bar
iirm b :,cn 3U0 yards long and fifty
yards " dc, and from two to ten feet
alb h;gh-water mark. The people
ape led TO the Governor, who could do
net i:i:,. There were several engineer
ing hcmes for dealing with the bar,
buS they required time and money, both
of Which were wanting. The oldest
inhal,i:ant then remembered that SINH
lar cHl&mity occurred thirty-seven years
ago. and had been conquered by the
whole population turning to and dig
ging a channel. The whole population
accordingly now turned to and worked
on tie brach for three days, at the end
of which time they had dug a canal
twentY-nne feet wide and seven feet
deep a>d success seemed certain. On
the tp.r,h day the south wind blew
AGAIN. and by evening tie result Of the
three days labor OF the population was
entirely obliteraied, and they have now
''to wait patiently the more perfect
methols of the Doboku-kyoku," or Civil
Engineering Bureau.
4 DISPATCH from Mono County, Cali
forn;n, gives an account of the murder
of settler and four Italians by band
of Piute Indians. The Mono Lake
region is q desolate, sterile section,
much resembling the country around
the Dead Sea. The waters of the lake
are thoroughly impregnated with borax,
salt and magnesia, and the only animal
life found in it is sort of q worm, about
one fourth of all inch in length, resemb
lin9 inanpcnrance shrimp. On the west
eln shore of Mono Lake lived a settler
named LoaiS Samman, Sclavonlan by
birth. He had resided there fer over
twenty years, raising cattle on the
st.:n ed pasturage around the lake, lead
ing lonely life Occasionally he would
kill piute and cast the body into the
alkaline waters Of the lake, where it
would soon petrify. This fact was
we'll known to the whites residing i'll
that section, and the gentleman who
gives this information says that he has
seen four of these bodies calmly repos-
ing at the bottom of the lake. Samman's
avowed intention was to use the bodies
as soon as they became sufficiently
hardened. for hitching-p posts and door.
steps. It haprencd that body of
Piutcs strayed near the cabin ofSamman,
and in the clear waters Of the lake near
by they saw tie bodies of their MUIR
dered brethren lying in the water under
going the process OF petritication. They
became frenziel for revenge, and going
to Samman's cabin took him out Che
was aione) and shot him through the
heart. They then went several miles to
place where four Italians We're, and
killed three of them, one escaping to
Bodie and alarming the citizens, telling
them ut the same time not to go out
there for few days, as the Indians had
sworn to kill any white man that came
out. The county officials have started
to capture the Indians.
THaEE is u case of human ossifcation
at G!pn's Falls, \. Y, in the rerson Of
Mrs. E. Palmer, Of Clinton Mrs. Pal
mer fell Il victim to her peculiar disease
about eight yeas ago. Some three
mortths ago she WAS brought to Gle@s
Falls hy lie Re-. George Eddy. Of that
village, for the purpose Of gl:inS lac:
TIE benefit Of "faith cure" under his
own treatment. Locally the case is
know as ti.at of the retr;fied woman,
and it is causing much comment among
medical men. Al her joints exccpt one
shoulder are perfectly rigid, and her
whole body is as still as bone. Her
lower limbs have stiifencd i'll bent o.
sition, while her arms lie helpless, but
as though ut case, by her sides. Her
Jaws arc securely locked, butas some of
her teeth are gone she manages to take
food and 20 carry on all necessary con-
versation. AS if to aggrava'c her condi-
ton, she is totally blind, and yet Sic is
OF cheerful disposition, and especially
enjoys having people talk to her. Mrs.
Palmer is 81 years old. She was mar
ried some years ago and WAS then IL
good health, but after she became thus
disabled her husband went to ConncGti-
cut aid procured a divorce. Mrs
Palmer's mother left small fortune.
Her sisters waived their rights, thus en-
abling the afflicted woman to have every
comfort possible to her condition. Medi-
cal men pronounce this as complete a
case of ossiticaton as ever came under
their notice. Her mind doe not appear
to be at all affected. During the pro
gress of her disease she has taken par
ticular pleasure in composing verses,
and her memory is 50 tenacious that she
can mentally frame Il poem and dictate
it word for word afterward. This has
been done so often that collection Of
these verses has been printed, making
quite an entertaining volume.
E. F. BULLAnD and f. T. Bracket Of
Saratoga have Just made what is prob
obIy the closing argument before the