The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-11-04

Son ASo' liz I0o0tilpOi, VuC htpuDll-
cans in Congress must express the
sense Of the party against this third
term business. If they had done this
last winter the Republican party
would have been in much better
shape to-day. This is one of the
things that must be done.
Gid Bo0t Jelly-Sllirt Coffee and
Sugar,
In an article on the utilization of
waste material, the Scientific Amer
lean says: "There are quite a number
of patented processes for the utiliza-
tion Of waste leather, which convert
it into leather board, valuable for a
variety of employments. One way
consists in grinding the materials to
a meal-like powder, mixing it with
gums and cements,, and applying
steam. The compounds then
kneaded and rolled into sheets. An
other plan is to mix old leather, hemp
fiber, and sheepskin cuttings, and
bolt with soda ash. Sulphuric acid
and coloring matter aressubsequently
added, and the substance, nodded in
to sheets, forms a good quality of
leather board, Oerting's process
makes a good waterpfo of article,
which is useful for making buckets
and similar objects. 1t consists in
dissolving rubber in benzine, to which
q quantity of ammonia is afterward
added. The leather in the form Of
pulp is next put in, and the whole
worked into plastic dough. Slaugh-
yter-house cuttings are. worked up in
to glue, raw-hide whips, and small
fancy articles IN immense variety.
We had almost forgotten one val
liable employment Of old boots the
manufacture Of jelly. The reader
may. stare, but science smiles supe-
rior and asserts very emphaically
that toothsome delicacy can be
made from dilapidated fo)t-cover-
ing. Some time ago, DR.. Wander
Weyde, of this city, RECALLED some
friends not merely with boot-jelly,
but with shirt coffee, and the repast
was pronounced by all partakers ex-
cellent. The doctor tells us that he
made the jelly by first cleaning the
boot, and subsequently boiling it
with soda under pressure of about
two atmospheres. The fannie acid
in the leather, combined with salt,
made tannatc of soda, and the gelatin
rose to the top, whence it was re-
moved and dried. From this last,
with suitable favoring material, the
jelly was readily concocted. The
shirt coffee, which we incidentally
mentioned above, was sweetened
with cuff and collar sugar, both cof-
fee and sugar being produced in the
same way. The linen CATER, of
course, washing) was treated with
nitric acid, which, acting on the lig-
mite contained in the fiber, produced
glucose, or grape sugar. This, roast
ed, made an excellent imitation cof-
fee, which an addition of unroasted
glucose readily sweetened.
BY way of conclusion, let us nall
a paragraph which still crops out oc-
icasionally among scientific items in
country journals, and has reference
to the synthesis Of leather in tea,
affirming that the addition of milk to
the infusion of the herb acts upon
the tannin therein to form the leath-
er. The only difficulty about this
statement is that milk does not con-
tain particle of gelatin, and hence
cannot possibly form leather with
tannin; so the neat calculation Of the
number of pairs Of shoes which ev-
cry human being drinks yearly is
like the owners of the subject of this
article-without substantial foun-
dation."
LEIGH PONDS IN HoLLAND.--The
most singular among the sources of
industrial production in the world,
are the leech ponds Of Holland. Most
of these are owned by regularly Or
ganized company. The marshes of
the land, (which, if moored to it's
shore,' are admirably adapted to the
unlimited cultivation of the leech,
and the trade in them is larger than
imarinad A GOOD fat laech. Of NOW.