Spouting Blue Clay

A strange account is given oí the performances of a government artesian well at Lower Brule Agency, in South Dakota. When first driven, the well threw up a column of water six inches in diameter. After a while it began to spout, alternately, sand and water. There seems to be an endless supply of the clay, and the pressure upon It Ín the bowels of the earth must be tremendous. It completely filis the sixinch pipe, and issues at the top like a gigantic sausage, rising to a height of flve or six feet before it topples over. It is necessary to remove the deposit of clay in order to save the well from becoming buried under it. The clay does not flow continuoualy, but, it is said, usually commences a little before th advent of windy and stormy weather, indicating a change in the pressure due to the state of the atmosphere.