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cli should be just allowed to boil up ; for I iron is made by powerful rollers instead of the Curious Exliihilio/i. On cntcrinjf Mueana wt 



er it is boiled, it loses the more of its vol- 1 triphammer. I were witnesses to ratlier a curious exhibition 1 



'■> d aromatic particles, and consequently be 

 veak and insipid. As coffee is possessed 

 llont antispasmodic virtues, it is a favorite 

 :e with the hypochondriac and the hysteric; 

 cordintj to early observation, it is also the 

 d most effectual remedy in spasmodic asth- 



team of boiled coffee has frequently been 

 al to weak eyes ; and to such persons as 

 habitual wine drinkers, or of a very irita- 

 perament. — }Villirh. 



Sail Springs of Pcnnsi/lvania, — Salt Springs i should first nienHon, that the Persians are in the 

 are common in various parts of the state, but the ' habit of sleeping on tin; flut roofs of thfir houses 

 uiost productive are on the banks of tlie Conem- ! during the summer months. Day was just break- 

 angh and Kiskiminitas, about 80 miles east of I ing, when we arrived. As the houses of the nooi 

 Pittsburgh. The salt works are supplied with people are generally not more than eio-ht feet 

 water by boring. The richest water is procured liigh, we had a full view of nearly the whole pop- 

 by penetratinir from 4 to .500 feet. Copper tubes ulation in bed ; many were asleep ; some few had 

 are inserted in the perforation, in which tlie water awoke ; others were getting out of bed, to make 

 rises. The salt manufactured nt Kiskiminitas i their morning toilettes. The scene was hiehly 

 and Conemaugh has some years amounted to 300, entertaining, and brought to mind t.he story of Le 

 000 bushels ; it is sold from 'M to 25 cents per Diable Boiteaux. unroofinu the houses for the 



bushel, The expense of manufacturing is only gratillcation of Don ("leofas. Kennel's Journey 



10 cents. Considerable salt is made near Pitts- from India to England. 



burgh from a fountain procured by boring 270 feet. I 



Boring for fresh ji/atrr. — A pamphlet has been I -/In improved method of?nakin!c the Coffee Bever 

 recently published in New Jersey, on tlie art of ' "■2'^— To an ounce of coffee add a common tea 

 boring the earth for a spontaneous flow of water, spoonful of the best flour of mustard seed, previ- 

 in which the author maintains that fresh water °'^s t" '■^e boiling. To those unacquainted with 

 may be obtained by boring in every place, and i '•''^ method, it is inconceivable how much it im- 

 tliat water will rise to the surface, above the level proves the fragrancy, fineness, transparency, and 

 of its fountain, being propelled by aerial agents, gratefully quick flavor of the beverage, and prob 



From the Hampshire Gazelle. 



ES ABRIDGED FRO:>I SILLIMAN's " JOURNAL 

 OF SCIENCE AND ARTS." 



region in Pennsiih^anin. — The anthracite, 

 ' coal region of Pennsylvania is located in 

 taiuous country between the Blue Ridge 

 Susquehanna. The most inexhaustible 

 e in the vicinity of Mauch Chunk, a village 

 Lehigh, 35 rniles from Easton on the Dela- 

 nd 108 by water from Philadelphia. The 

 excavated on the flat summit of a mountain 

 es 1500 feet above the ocean. The excava- '''"' feet, but Mr Levi Disbrow first formed the 



acting under pressure in the earth. In the west- 

 ern states salt water is brought above the surface 

 by boring to the depth of 400, 500, 700 and even 



ably too it adds 

 Recipe Book. 



to its whoksomeness — Famili, 



from 30 to 40 feet in depth and no termina- 

 ihe coal bed has been found. From this 

 1835 about 750,000 bushels of coal were 

 Philadelphia and in 182() about a million of 

 :. The coal is carried from the bed to 

 Chunk on waggons, and is then conveyed 

 he Lehigh and Delaware in flat bottomed 

 The expense of raising and sending the 

 market is only two dollars the ton of 28 

 ; ^about 7 cents per bushel^ and will be 

 illy lessened by the construction of canals 

 ilways. The village of Mauch Chunk is 

 d in a deep ravine, surrounded by rocky 

 lins. It contains 120 buildings owned by 

 high Company, including a hotel, store, 

 es, mills, &c. The corrpany emj>loy 



project of bringing fresh water above the surface 



The first lock of the Pennsylvania Canal Wdn 

 founded with masonio ceremonies on the 13th. It 



in New .Jersey in 1823. The pamphlet gives manv '^/=«'>ed the Penn Lock. The fraternity descend- 

 facts relating to Mr Disbrow's operations. At '" '"'" ""^ ?"■ "^"^ ^"'' ^^"^ foundation, and placed 

 Brunswick, N. J. a well was bored to the depth of ", ''""'f ""''/'" "'° ^^°"''' containing the canal law, 

 175 feet and a tube inserted. The water rose to ""^ °"^^^ °^ procession, and a long inscription on 



the surface, and for 2J years has discharged ij^ ; Parchment. ^ 



gallons a minute at three feet above the ground. { It is in contemplation to establish a steam boat 

 The cost was $425. At another place the auger line between this city and Boston. The communi- 

 wassunk to the depth of 304 feet, where it struck cation then might be regular in about thirty 



a vein of water, which immediately overflowed at Ijours. JV. Y. Adv. 



the top, and was discharging 2 gallons a minute | — ■ . 



in November last. This well is tubed to the | The nominal (t«&nni of failures in tne province 

 depth of 194 feet with a copper tube U inches in of Lower Canada, within fifteen oi- eighteen months 



diameter. Another well v.-.is bored to the depth 



of 176 feet ; the water rose to the surface where 



it discharges 2 gallons a minute ; cost .$440. In 

 5l!0 men. No tippling hoiipps are allowed, 'Jersey city, opposite New York, a perforation was 

 drunkards are dismissed. The company I made 208 feet in depth ; the water ran over the 

 n iron furnace in operation v.-hich produces I '•op of the tube, but the boring was continued. In 

 500 pounds of castings. The ore is procured | Albany the auger was sunk 260 feet, snd the wa- 

 3S below, and is exchanged at the furnace i ^er is witliin four feet of the surface. Another | ^'00,000. 70!i,000 tons of shipping wore export 

 same weight of coal. | well in Albany was bored 37 feet, when the auger j ed from the North American colonies in 1835; 



t to Mauch Chunk, Pottsville, the head of] struck a vein of water which instnntly overflowed j which is more than was built in Great Britain in 



past, is about one million. The business done in 

 some kinds of arlicles has decreased; in ashes, 

 13,000 barrels less than the average of several 

 preceding years; in flour, 10,000. The export of 

 ships was 17,000 tons ; about 5000 tons less than 

 the preceding year. This branch of business will 

 probably fall off the coming season in value, about 



hOylkill canal, is the principal source of the 

 of anthracite coal. Many lar:.'e veins are 

 d near that village The coal is conveyed 

 the Schuylkill to Philadelphia, a distance 

 miles. The whole expense from the mines 

 ladelphia. is from 4 to §4,50 per ton of 28 



he northeastern part of Pennsyh-ania, there 

 tensive coal beds, the most considerable of 



ire the property of the Hudson and Dola- 

 Canal and Co:il Company, The coal of this 



uill be conveyed to New York, a distance 

 miles, by a canal now constructing. This 

 begins near Kingstim on the Hudson, and 



to the Delaware 67 miles ; thence up the 



at the surface at the rate of 5 gallons a minute. — j the two years, 1823 and 1824. This business was 

 In the city of New York a hole was bored and i suddenly discouraged, which would have produc- 

 tubed 96 feet; in this t!ie water stands at four'ed incalculable distress, but for the v.aste lands 

 feet from the top. In the Newark Meadows, [salt i a"d public works, which furnish the poor with em- 

 marsh,] bored 804 feet; excellent soft water is ' p'oyment. 

 within three feet of the surface. Many more sini- 



ilar facts mi<;ht be cited. 

 Mivigation of the Schunlkill. — Attempts have 



In France, the grapes most valued for wine are 

 small and of a harsh flavour. The oldest vines 

 produce the best. The finest Burgundy is made 



l,oc„ „ J • • .1 ■ ^- r , prouuce uie uesi. i ne nnesi ourgunuy is maue 



been made to improve the naviu-ation of the ■ • , , ■ l , , , 



■sr-Kn,,!!,;!! J, . J II, , ■., u . '" '"^ vinevard whore no vines have been p anted 



bcnuylkill by dams and short cnnals — with what ■ ^ . ■ f ^ 



.,, , in two centurie:!. 



success the following extract will show ; 

 "The navigation of the Scluiylkill haa been 



Lov" of Knowledge. — As a striking instance of 

 much interrupted by droughts the past season, irresistible thirst for knowledge, it is related of the 

 and frequent repairs required. Boats have often late filiss Bender, whose death in Kngland was 

 grounded in the shallow water of dams. It wilL lately announced, that when young, fo'r want of 

 i-are 20 miles and up the valley of the Lacka- | probably be found advisable tn concentrate the ica- book's, it was her common practice to plant herself 

 to the coal region. ter in a canal, for most of the distance. Fevers, j at the window of the only bookseller's shop in the 



Uimenous Coal is abundant in the western so generally prevalent within a few years in the j country town where she resided, to read the open 

 " Pennsylvania. It is found on the Conem- ^aH'^y of the Schuylkill, have been attributed by i pages of the new publications there displayed, and 



Alleghany, Monongahela, and in numerous some to water stagnating in the dams." 



places. Iron ore occurs in various parts of) — ■ 



:ate, but it|,is most abundant in the counties I ^'^'^ J^'ame. — In the Gettysburg Centinel is an 

 sntre and Huntington. Centre county bar- ! advertisement signed by Jacob StevthcbakeT. 



to return again, day after day, to examine whether 

 by good fortune, a fresh leaf of any of theijj might 

 have been turned over. 



