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voir or fountainhead from which radiate a number of 

 coUecSling tubes. From the fountainhead outward 

 through a trench or tunnel extends a discharge pipe to 

 the surface of the ground below the normal water-level. 

 This pipe has an enlarged head with a strainer, and the 

 whole idea is quite clearly elucidated in Fig. 6, shown 



FIG. 6 — THE NEWSOM SYSTEM OF WATER-SUPPLY. 



herewith. By this plan underground waters gathered 

 in a well within reasonable distance of the surface and 

 situated higher than the land to be irrigated can be 

 easily diverted and applied in a never-failing supply. 

 In winter the water can be diverted through a waste 

 way or can be reservoired wherever desired. 



Water Witchery. — Ever since the writer can 

 remember he has been conversant with the methods of 

 certain men who claim to possess the occult power of 



