Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-13
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In Tho open air, and isrp it melted pnt,l il b..
comes red lead, aud II vii! be faerd to hal,
Increased In weight ten per cent.
Expose i email quantity Of mercury 10 4,
moderate heat, in contact With atmospheric
s'r' and It Will slowly become oxydized, aac
become o. yde but Ly an incfassc Of hea,
ING oxygen will bo driven off Ind tie meta
will be restored.
Place together on a shovel, q little Hulohp,
ana mercury, and make tho whole rcd h,
over = strpng fire, and the beautiful pain,
called Vertpjllioti, viii lie produced.
Mslt on q shovel, or In q ladle, a ANAL atian.
ny OF zinc, and when il becomes red hot. i.
VIII burr Ntth 4. fll fame, and become appa
reniiy consumed but tho smoke will dcscend
IN iakss Of beautiful Eae white oxyde of zinr
10 little dilute ~sulphufic acid, add an fna
y hlin'ss Of copper, rs the acid will d~IssnIse :
ai'efYar'ds eyaporafs the ~goluiion by a mode.
rate heat, and beautiful blue ctystals u sal.
phstaof copper will be formed.
INTO . mixture Of nitric and t~uuria.ic acid
put . few leagss of gold: they viii almoss In .
a,ant'y disappear, shovi int a perfect spee1nsn
sf metallic s~o)gtlon,
LAnGr cYIIsors~~A letter from, R.,,a,
dam aiates that the largest steam cylinder
ever made in Europe has lust been cast At
tae foundry Of Fysnyoord. near hat town. f.
> INTENDED fqt a fhl hosae p5wey sngiae, Il,
bc placed IN tie Franch s.oarner yaubau,
GJs There are no less than thirty.tbte.
to"hS OF INC same name in lndiana--a bad
sys'etn and one which should be altered. lin.
less we name Of The country is specified, 4 lei.
GER may now 'faSsi over the stat: for month;
before II arrives u its dessinution,
GJ The bachelors and married men If
Montreal, Canada lately tried 4 match :,
q1oitse--Tbe po0r bachelors were sadty heat.
en-, but plueked up courage 10 make A sscord
iriai, from which they retired in true aiusI.
ofe&'eaacss, hgain leaving the victory with their
opponents.
GJ' Ths wife Of Mr.. lanes X, Corey died a,
Lyman New Hampshire, from a prerra,r,e AZ.
livery caused by fright at seeing her husband
brought nome covered with blood from A
wound given by a drunken neighbor.
q sif Isaac Newton, when he had aay
Mathematical problems or solutions in his
m'ho would never quit the subjcc, On auy ac~
COUNT dinner was often known 10 be tire.
hoprs ready for him before he could be
brought 10 the table. His man often said
wheh ne was getting up in the morning. and
began TO dress, he would, with on. leg In bis
small clothes. sit down on the bed and remsir
there Tor hours before he came down TO bfeaE.
fast.
IEay-Ffom The Public Album kec, .;
Niagara Faiis.--1he falls are cleyer-ouj,e 20:
put they do not hansen my expectations
! got thoroughly wetted by them and los, mg
al When the weather Is 'ot I prefer looking
at q hengsayinB Of them in tie tonss.
Nsw rAsaIosy-!t IL nov becoming fashion.
able with npper-crnst soapiocks in the Eor,f,
10 wear in their brooch or bfeaxt-pin ar ans.
Iogs disiich expressive oftheir fealty for their
This by the ~knawins ones Is called The Pin.
daric style,
EEwssArEE z~rIDEnfc.-ft may seem A sin
guiaT assertion, but ii Is one founded on our
own observation, that epidemies rage among
newspapers as fsrceiy and AZ frequsn. as
among persons, Ppcsc who are much in the
habh 81 ireg1sniias r~eading-roorps, or indeed
accustomed to bother an esitn9 by looking In.
to his private sanctufn and asking questions
that ne wants 10 answer in nex, DAYS papyr.
probably in the way to support us in otir GRO.
position. All editors Will, VIC are sure. Thee
know how at any one period every paper they
axe up, is filled with murders, rapes, robbie
RES, and all shades of crimeg. At another.
tpere VIII be nothing save accounts OF fans.
tics, false doctrines and pseudo prophets.
Then the papers are flooded by Fish stories"
Afterwards deluged by snake stories, and
finally wind up every seven or eight year;
with q pesfeet ppapta about mermaids! We
are ~ mids. Of the two latter epidsrnics at thc
present time. The New York and Philadei.
phia papers are descanting upon the mermaid
-'snf at thai-caught at the Fciee Islands.
white the prints in the country towns, deter.
mined to not be out done, are agoing i. strong,
on snake stories. The Sunbary, Pa. AmeSi-
can, has the latest incident which the editor
says occurred at the table Of one of the most
worthy and respectable farmers in that neigh
borhood, a few days since. The family had
baked some pies in the morning, and had Sc.
them in the cellar TO cool for dinner. 1t was
observed before the pie was cut, that it ap-
Peared very full, and that no sooner was the
knife thrust into ii, than a snake issued Oh,
to the amazement and terror of all at the table.
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