The Meaning Of Boom

Everybody, it seems li'is been misinformed as to the origin of the ''boom" - af the term we mean, íiot of the "boom" itself, which evorybody knows owes üs origin, alongwith the "hum," to the N. P. "Boom," has cominonly been supposed to be derivad, not from the "booining in the bittcrn,"uut from the boorning noise made by a in üood. It seems that there is a niuch more plausible explanation thau this. Miners in the Far West have a praetice of contluctaig exploraticus by a means wliich tliey cali "booniing." It cuiisists in damning up soine jorge 011 a niountaiii sido and alluwing the water from the tueltiug snow to iccumulate u 11 til aii immense reservoir has been iorinad. When tlie poni is full an outloi Is made, and ih : wajtr rushes down with ïrrcsistabla force, overWhelming everything' iu its path. - Hoeks, trees, and bouhleré are finstled along, the top soil is canied away and huge ravines are cut in e ïnou'ntain side. Soine times gu Üies7ö and 100 fee t wide are lorined, exteitd&ug to tho foot of the mountain. Kich veins and deposits of ore are ol'ten uneovercd by this process, ancl tho wonl "booming" deáui-ibin: it, is seun to have some real gintícanOe, It g sinif.Iar that tho wjr.i "bojiner" is liaed anon the native Aii-jtralians to signi'y anything gi-eat or Mroiiijw'fui. Á Ui-gp (uiimaJ üiauy kind i.j calle 1 a "uyoiuer,"' thí)Uh moro frequcntly Ilia Word is usc:l by ihe settlers to indícate the male kangaroo. The term s seen again in 'boonierang," a word describinga singular missiio weapon, nade of hard woud, and used by the naáves of trulia.. -