Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-17
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feet when he struck what appeared
to be very hard substance, and he
pounded away time or two on it
when he was suddenly startled by
rumbling and laundering sounds
and kissing of gases, or what APP
peared to be steam, and his digging
tool was lifted clear out OF the hole
and thrown several feet, and vol
ume of boiling and kissing water
shot forth, $50 feet high. Mr.. Miller
made run for his life, as he thought
the water was chilling hot" as he
expressed It. After getting over his
excitement he returned to the scene
and looked upon something wonder
ful--a stream of water nearly six
inches wide and as clear as crystal,
shooting its way upward fully $50
feet and forming crystal arch,
beautiful in the sunlight, something
like the geyser, "Old Faithful" in
the great Yellowstone Park. Miller
stood still and watched this phenom~
enon for about thirty minutes. Then
Of sudden, as II done by some mys.
FERROUS hand, this great fountain OF
water was shut of. The appearance
In and around the place was entirely
changed. After pause of about
thi rty minutes again came forth the
mighty volume of water rs before.
Mr.. Miller, thinking he had enjoyed
enough Of this grand sight by him.
self, started of in haste to call his
neighbors, that they might also see
the wonderful thing. Word was
brought into town. and party inn
mediately left to view the sight. The
water appears to be heavily charged
with carbonic acid gas and Is pleas.
ant to the tnstc.
"a POET could write on The De.
serted Village with Virginia City 40
a subject and surpass Goldsmith'e
immortal production on the same
topic" said Il. l.. Henrne, OF San
Francisco, to a st. Louis Globe.Dem.
ocrat man. 1.-THE first time that !
was ever there the population Of Viz
ginia City was greater than that Of
the entire State now. Everything
ran wide open. Magnificent hotels
and opera halls, palatial residenc es,
stores that would have done credit to
New York, mil,ionaires who spent
money freely, maintaining a society
that for brilliancy and gayety could
not be equalled in the United States.
l was there q short time ago. The
hotels and opera houses are closed,
the residences empty, the stores re.
moved to other and more prosperous
places. Dwellings that cost hundreds
Of thousands OF dollars are given ovel
to the bats, and the broken panes OF
glass, the shutters hanging upon q
single hinge or Tapping in the wind
give grewsome sense Of loneliness
In years to come II will afford msgni
ficent spectacles Of ruins, and ever
now in some sections Of the town
there Is a sense to the beholder ol
beini; city of the past. Millions
were made and lost, and the history
Of Virginia City would be one Of thu
most thrilling stories ever written"
A MAN swallowed an electric light
Mt the City Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
the other afternoon. He was Johr
Thomas, a white patient, who volun
teered to do the trick in order tina,
the 400 students and the faculty Of
the City College could see how dis
eases OF the stomach are diagnosed
by the newest tangled method. Prof.
Julius Friedenwald, one OF the mos
eminent physicians Of this city, hat
charge Of the experiment. Thomas
stomach was cleansed, then a quart 0
water was pumped into 1t through I
tube. The water was to expand thu
walls Of the stomach In order that ,
palmer view of that organ could bt
had. Then the small glass bulb OF ,
/ powerful incandescent electric ligh
was given Thomas and he swallowed
IL with Us little ceremony as II II wa
glass of water. Professor Frieden
valid pressed the button, the ligh
did the rest and the abdominal cavit!
was all aglow. The interior machin
cry Of the man was family visible
. Thomas kept the bulb inside fo
about ten minutes, then II was drawn
up by string to which 1t was ut
tached. He said he felt none tn,
worse for his experience. The stu
dents paid close attention to the ex'
pertinent, which was pronounced per
haps the most successful OF the kint
ever made anywhere. The electrical
appliance was OF the very latest de
sign, being simply an incandes
cent bulb about the size Of larg'
| panon