TWO WATERS FROM ONE WELL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2172, 10 March 1903, Page 3

TWO WATERS FROM ONE WELL.

A FrwnJLc of Nature TMuit Is Enjoyed by (ha People of Lyons, r**—■‘rr* A well that furnishes two separate and distinct kinds of drinking water from the one opening is a freak of nature which the town of Lyons, Miss., a few miles south of Memphis, is now enjoying, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. One stream is said by experts to flow from an underground current having its source in Lake Michigan, while the other is identified by taste, odor and chemical analysis with the waters of Waukesha springs. The well goes to a depth of 975 feet, and was sunk by Albert Goldsberry, of Memphis. The two streams emerge from pipes of different lengths, the one which taps the Lake Michigan stratum having the greater depth. Lyons is situated in a part of the country where good drinking water in all seasons is difficult to obtain, and recently when Memphis parties proposed to sink an artesian well the suggestion was scouted by the residents of the town. The discovery of the two streams, one a pure, clear, soft freestone, and the other a strong, sweet, chalybeate iron water, is a source of wonder to the natives. Both streams gush above the surface, the freestone to a height of 35 feet and the chalybeate 21 feet. I>itek of Food Makes Dietetic Stoles. Dr. Felix L. Oswald, writing about the scanty diet of Italian peasants in What to Eat, makes use of the following simile: “What makes thftt dog of yours look so long-legged and light?” inquired the visitor of a Sicilian farmer. “He hardly eats anything.” “How do you account for that?” “We don’t give him anything.” “What! Why don't you, (lien?” “We g-et nothing.” That allincluding reason fills Italy with dietetic stoics who can find solace in the reflection that “a good nap is almost as good as a meal.” The Drinking of Birds. There is no anatomical reason why all birds should not drink by prolonged immersion of the bill, supposing sufficient water to be present. A great many birds, however, depend for their liquid nutriment upon the drops of rain or dew which cling to herbage or foliage, and in this case it is obvious that alternate sipping and raising of the head is the only mode of drinking available. i Free Baths to lendworker*. Paris supplies free of cost sulphurous baths to all persons engaged in handling lead.