Warren sheaf., 1896-11-05
BIG SPRINGS.

" u1S uc" PARISH.
BIG SPRINGS.
Pennsylvania Has One Whose Flow Is
100000 Gallons a Minute.
Pennsylvania possesses number of
remarkable springs. The big springs
of Bellefonte, the beautiful Fount,"
from which the town derives it's name,
and which pours forth 2sO,oo0 gallons
per minute, has had it's story repeatedly
told But almost within the limits of
Bellefonte is another spring, never
mentioned, almost unknown, because
Of it's rival in the borough, which for
purity and outpour is as large as the
one in the town. A pure crystal stream
of water two feet deep and ten feet
wide gushes forth the year round, and
the temperature varies but two de-
grees, being that much warmer in the
winter than in the summer. Then there
is the spring at Axe Mann, another very
large one: but among the marvellous
springs in this section is the famous
rock spring. There the water gushes
forth from a cave in the rock fully ten
feet high and feet wide, with clear
ness that rivals even the crystal. No
rain has ever been severe enough to
even make the water of a murlxy color.
From out of the depths of the cavern
Gus rock come various specimens of
the finest fish, among them being the
delicious mountain trout, and, though
they can be seen coming out, no one has
ever been able to see single fish swim
into the cave. Whether they are bred
underground, or where they come
from, is a mystery that has never been
fathomed.
Another remarkable spring is in
Huntington county, near the old fur
mace by that name. There the cavern
which is the outlet of the spring is of
such dimensions that team of horses
can be driven into it for considerable
distance. Ten rods from it's source the
spring gives stream of sufficient
power to run large grist mill, and it
was never known to be too low for this
use. Then there is the 'Blue Spring"
in Bald Eagle valley, named so because
when looked into the water seems as
blue as indigo. This is because of it's
great depth, a matter which to this day
is an unsettled question. This spring,
which in appearance is like well about
four feet in diameter, has been sounded
to depth Of several hundred feet with
out finding any bottom. The water is
near enough to the top so that man
can lie down and drink from the spring.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Diffusion of Powerful Odors, Z
It is said that a grain of musk is ca
pable of perfuming for several years
chamber would contain 1855, ,9S4 cubic
without sustaining any sensible dimi-
mutton Of it's volume or weight. Such
chamber would contain 2,9S5,9S4 cubic
inches of space, each cubic inch con-
tanning 1000 cubic tenths of inches,
making in all 3,ooo,0oo,ooo tenths of
inches. Now, it is probable, indeed, al
most certain, that each cubic tenth of
an inch of the air of each room contains
one or more particles of the musk, and
that this air has been changed during the
series of years an inconceivable number
of times. This being the case, it is only
natural that the imagination should re-
coil before attempting to compute the
number of particles which must have
composed that single grain of perfume!
Numerous as they must have been,
taken all together, they haye no appre-
ciable weight or magnitude. True it
is that the human mind cannot CON
ceive of such "infinitesimal littleness.'
Verify, Horatio, there are more won
ders in the world than were ever
dreamed Of in your philosophy
Louis Republic.
That Was Different.
Maid-Shall madame wear her new
gown tonight?
Madame No, I guess not. This is
the night my husband comes in from
town, is it not?
Maid Yes, madame; with gentle
man friend.
Madame On second thoughts, Ce-
leste, I think will wear the new dress.
IN. Y. Truth.