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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-14

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-14
Poisonous Ice Pitchers.
Scientific Americana


The lining or inner chamber of the
greater part of the ice pitchers in COM
mon use is made from two different met
ais or alloys. As it is necessary that
the bottom be quite strong, to resist the
blows from the ice when carelessly
thrown in, this part has been made of
nickle silver, copper or other hard metal,
while the sides of the chamber are gen.
orally made of Britannia or "white
metal" the two parts being soldered to-
gether and then silver plated. The cor
rosion of this lining and solution of the
metals in water naturally results from
this mode Of northumberland
these different metals, in contact under
water, form a galvanic arrangement.
If a silver coin be placed above the
tongue, and a piece of zinc below, allow
ing the edges to come in contact, a
metallic taste will be perceived in the
mouth from the gelvanic action and So
luton of one of the metals. And the
action is similar to these Innings, only
that it is not so violent at first. Several
of these Innings made as above, and in
common use, have been examined some
of them are very badly corroded, and it
is noticeable that the solder has been
first attacked. In one of these nearly
pure water was left for several hours,
that the effect might be noted.
In one hour the water contained
traces of lead and copper. In four
hours the water contained or grains Of
lead and copper; in twelve hours 1.6
grains; and in t%wenty-four hours 8
grains. With natural well water this
action is still more energetic. 1t is
hardly necessary to tell the reader that
metallic poisoning is one of the greatest
enemies we have to contend with in the
struggle for life, and it is common knowl-
edge that lead and copper are highly
poisonous and accumulative.
A Strange FelIotU.
Some n came to borrow the hodja's
ass.
"He isn't here" was the reply. AT
which moment the ass prayed from
within.
"Oh, Allah !" exclaimed the appli-
cant "you say he is not here, and there
he is, braying this momentl"
"What" replied the hodja, with in
dignation, "you believe an ass rather
than an old man like me with a white
beardl What a strange fellow you
areI"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-14
thirds cupfulabutter, n spoonful foul

thirds cupfulAbutter, one spoonful -four.
Nutmeg to taste.
BREAKFAST PUFFs.-One-half pint of
milk, n pint -four, two eggs, a table
spoonful of butter, or two of cream, and
a teaspoonful of salt. Bake inlhot-roll
pans.
Troy PUDDING.-One cup of chopped
suet, stoned ~raisins, molasses, and milk,
and one egg, three cups of sifted -four, a
little salt, and a pinch of soda; boil three
hours; serve with sweet sauce.
For DYsPEPTIcs.-Eat a peeled apple
/ every Eight before going to bed. A sure
cure for this distressing complaint, as
those can testify who have suffered for
over twenty years with it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-14
General BreUtttes.

Overwhelmingly Democratic.
The case brought by Francis D. Moulton
against Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for fifty
thousand dollars damages for malicious
prosecution was up September 4 in the
Brooklyn Courts on motion of Mr.. Shear
man, council for the defendant, for a change
of venue, as it is thought it would be easier
to procure a jury in some other county than
New York or Kings County. Mr.. Sherman
submitted a number of afidaYits from Mr..
Beecher and others to that effect. General
Pryor, for the plaintiff, objected, andmoved
to dismiss the case, as he thought the Court
had no jurisdiction in regard to it. Judge
Dykeman decided to consider General
Pryor's motion first, leaving Mr.. Shearman's
motion to stand over for three weeks.
At ten o'clock at night, September 5, as
the eastern bound train on the st. Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railroad reached
Salisbury, one hundred and seventy miles
from st. Louis, it encountered a washout,
caused by heavy rains, and all the passenger
coaches were ditehed. Charles Taussig, Sc
nior Treasurer of the road, one of his little
children, and a baby nephew, and Richard
Ellet, OF Yazoo, MISSISSIPPI, were killed.
Twelve other passengers were more or less
injured, none seriously, no bones being
broken. The track was cleared by the after
noon of the 9Th, and trains run as usual.
A very serious accident occurred Septem.
Der 6, at eight o'clock p! M, by the floor of
Holbrook & Moy's new Hall, at Clam Lake,
Mich, giving way. The whole audience was
precipitated a distance of ten feet to the
ground floor with a crash. There were two
hundred people in the hall. Three or four
were badly injured. None are dead as far
as heard from. There was to have been a
concert given by a colored concert troupe.
The statue of Lafayette, which was given
by the French Government as an expression
of friendship for this country, was unveiled
eptember 6, in Union Square, where already
stand the statues of Washington and Lin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
sailors, Yarn. and Wishes.

Notwithstanding their hardships, sal
lors cannot refrain from "yarning In
the most extravagant manner.
"'If was q king, said q sailor, 1
would make everybody rich; L would
take off the taxes, and make everybody
contented and happy. Then L wouli
marry a pretty girl, buy q horse and
COW. and 90 to farming Jack always
has a great terror Of taxes, though he
never pays any, and q most romantic
idea of farmers life, although ne may
never have passed day on farm. That
the farmer has all night to sleep, while
while Jack is able to be called at any
moment, is the one great cause OF SAL
lors wanting to be farmers. "lf L was
king said the other, Il would make
nv father and mother and all my bro
theirs and sisters rich, then get all the
money [ could, and leave He failed
to saw where he would go-probably to
sparts unknown s'Vast there, said
tine first Jack, how much money would
YOU want, anyhow? Be easy, now.
don't take a hogs bite
"sWell.' said the other, Il would be
satisfied if that ship were loaded down
with needles, and every needle would
be worn out with making bags to hold
my money
is'Belay there' said Jack number
one. Don't be q foOli When you
make wish, wish for something IN
reason. Now, wish that l had pile
of money so big that your pile wouldn't
be enough to pay the interest on mine
so long as you could hold a red-hot
knitting needle in your ear.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The Worlds Opinions,


~ "aaeh Closely, and criticise sharply.
attributing to your actions .varr r,o,;,,o
excepting the right one-to can r",, q
hypocrite if you wear sad face, and q .
shallow, beartless fool if smiles are ma
tive to your countenance, and leave
their impress there-thesea are little WAYS
of the world. If home cares hidden
skeletons that peep from many a closet
have proved too much for your tightly
tensioned soul TO bear, and sickness
follows as the inevitable result, why, OF
course, you are giving up weakly to
your troubles If rest and change seem
to be absolutely essential to recovery,
and rides and drives in the sunlight
and free air are the order of the day,
you are both indolent and extravagant
and prefer your own enjoyment to the
comfort of others! Between friends,
there's not much the matter with YOU
anyway-Other folks work on, sick OF
well. summer and winter, and why
shouldn't you2
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The Goodness of Modern Houses.

A writer on "health, comfort and
cleanliness in the house." in the Builder,
says that the houses of the middle class
have, in his recollection, become colder,
except as TO the unwholesome heat
given out by gas. With the general
discarding of soft feather beds, with
close hangings, and the increase Of
habits of personal cleanliness, has come
a still greater necessity than ever before
for the amelioration of our climate, in
doors. One thing, of which he does not
speak, will occur to any one who is
Obliged to examine the houses which
are "built to let'' in this or other cities
where wooden buildings predominate.
Too many buildings intended to be
homes are built so hastily and carelessly
that the cracks and crannies let i'm more
wind and cold and wet than poor man
can warm into comfort, though he spend
the half of his kingdom for coal. The
writer notes one important fact in
speaking of dampness. He says ''the
best way TO keep house dry and
healthy is to use it, living i'm all the
rooms either every day or by turns. A
spare room is usually damp, ill-venti-
lated room, and an empty house deteri.
CRATES much faster than one that is oc-
cupied.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

NARROWING WHEAT.-The uniform
testimony of all those who have tried
narrowing wheat i'm the spring is, that
il paws. One subscriber says: 81 have
acted upon the advice given by you and
[ finu the result at harvest most salts
factory. l began the custom by har-
rowing fifteen acres, or about one-half
the usual number of acres that 1 sow.
My neighbors, who had never seen ii
done, insisted that it would kill it out.
l shall continue the practice, as l have
now procured one of the Thomas
smoothing harrows, which, in a great
measure, enables me to dispense with
the roller, which still use, however,
when the early spring is an unusually
dry one. l think by using the barrow
that the wheat tillers-that is, stools
out better than when it is not cultivated
in the spring."
Another subscriber writes as follows
81 find that narrowing wheat in tie
spring pays well. 1t gives the wheat a
good start, and the narrowed portion
ripens as early as the unharrowed part,
and has heavier seeds"
In narrowing wheat, care must be
taken that the soil is sufficiently dry SO
that the harrow will pulverize it nicely.
In such cases, once narrowing is as ad-
vantageous to the wheat crop as one
good working of field of corn in the
early part of its growth. Experience
and judgment must determine the pre-
else time when this work should be
done. 1t should not be done until the
heavy frosts in March are over, which
will, however, depend much u.,on the
season.-Rural World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The Reds at German Hotels.

i had supposed that the beds which
Tom Hood seemed to caricature, but
only described, had been changed some
thing more in accordance with the needs
of the modern traveller. But find that
North Germany adheres to its down.
Even in the city of Berlin, at one of the
best hotels, the beds were a relic of the
barbarous social period out of which
the Germans are slowly and with re-
luctance emerging. L found my bed
at Wittenburg TO consist of a mattress
with one sheet spread on it, and on top
of that short, fat down bed. Previous
experience of the like told me that with
this sort of bed several things would
happen in the night: the bed would not
cover my feet; it would not cover my
shoulders; it would become intolerablv
hot if could curl under it, and itcould
not by any skill of mine be long kept
on. In order TO keep this encumbrance
in place you must lie awake all night.
Accordingly 1 summoned the waiter.
the waiter called the chambermaid. L
told them that, if could have no other
cover, l must at least have another
sheet, so that my feet might not be left
naked and defenceless in the world.
They consulted and finally came to a
conclusion. When | returned L found
that the sheet had been taken off and
another one put on, which the maid ex-
planned was longer than the other;
otherwise the situation was unchanged.
| insisted that desired two sheets in
order TO have one over me. This was
too much for the experience of the
cham mbermaid, who exclaimed: "What
two sheets, Mein Godr ~ "Yes," said,
''two sheets, one above the other"
With great reluctance my order was ex-
ecuted, but the sheets were tucked i'm
together i'm manner to show that their
strange use was not comprehended, and L
have no doubt am talked of at that inn
as the eccentric stranger who desired to
sleep on two sheets.-Chdrles Dudley
IT0gJpr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

Weighing the Light of a Candle
Prof. CrOOkes of London has actually
succeeded in weighing the light of a
candle, although light has hitertO been
considered impODderable. The priDci-
pie of his delicate and complicated in
strument is based on the fact that a
fine thread of glass, suspended at one
end, may be turned round twenty or
thirty times without breaking, and has
a tendency to untwist itself. By fas-
tening such a thread in tube and
throwing a ray of light on the interior,
1t has been found possible, with the aid
ofother scientific appliances, tOregister
the revolutions and tensions caused by
the introduction of the light of a can
die into the tube, the result of which is
that it weighs about 0.00172S, or nearly
the two thOusandth part of a grain.
Taking this as an approximate starting
point, we find that the light thrown
out by the sun on the earth is equal to
about thirty-twO grains per square
foot, or fifty-seven tons to the square
mile, or 5000, 600 900 tons on the whole
earth, force that, but for gravitatiOn,
would drive our planet into space.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

A Valuable Discorery.-A discovery
is announced by French chemist. Its
application is to the discovery of alte-
ratiOns in writings that are supposed TO
have been tampered with, The color
ing matter of ordinary ink consists
chiefly of combination of tannic acid
with oxide of iron. Colbert has discOv-
cred that, however skillfully anv writ
ing may have been erased, sufficient
traces of the iron oxide always remain
to appear in a Photographic image,
though they may be totally invisible to
the eye on the original paper. he pre-
sented as an illustration bond drawn
for 105 francs which had been altered
to 5000 francs, and so negotiated. The
original paper bore no suspicious ap-
pearance, and the closest ocular inspec-
tiOn failed to detect any trace of fig-
ures erased. But on photograph of
the same paper the figures 105 were
plainly discernable, mingled with and
partially Obscured by the later figures
substituted. The light reflected from
the surface once stained by ink, though
indistinguishable by the eye. effects
the Photographic materials differently
from that reflected from the paper
where the ink has not touched 1T. Ii Is
believed that photograph will always
settle the question whether suspected
paper has been altered by erasure.-
Boston Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
Experience OF . Bill Collector.

SIN my younger days." said Mr.. Ma
guffin, 81 was at one time collector
a bill collector At first 1 had good
deal of trouble finding place. There's
a prejudice against young collectors.
YOU know. The keen, experienced
debtor handles them very easily. A
glass of beer, cigar, or cheaper and
better yet, little judiciOus flattery,
and the young man goes back and re-
ports, Cant get anything out of him.
Middle aged or prime old men do best
as collectors
"But | managed to get work, and /
was very successful. In fact, being a
Young man, L could not afford to fail,
and made it a point never TO undertake
the collection of bill that did not pesent
reasonable hope: so that l collected
every bill | undertook with one excep-
ton, and in that case the circumstances
We're such that | never considered my
failure derogatory to my character as
collector.
'He was a rich man, abundantly able
to pay, and didn't doubt that would
some day get the money. He had taken
offence at something said or done to him
in the store, and swore he would never
pdN lIlt blll- DuN u say
worse things than that, and pay after
all. So L went 10 work at him First
1 called about twenty-five times, at
regular intervals; that was enough to
show me that he was man nofendurance,
and that it would be long chase, on
which L could not afford TO waste time.
So put him along with two or there
others on whom 1 called whenever L
was in their neighborhood. If l was
down town, near his office, l dropped
in and asked him for the money; if 1
was up town, near his house, L called
there; if happened to meet him in the
street 1 didn't let him pass without a
dun. One evening l saw him get out
of a capriage at the Academy, and
hailed him on the spot; but always he
said it was no use, he never would pay.
"And so it went along for two years,
but L was not discouraged, for l had
recovered debts after waiting longer
than that. In this time we got very
well acquainted and he used to smile
and talk good-humoredly when came,
and must say that while he was very
pig-headed and obstinate man, still he
had cheerful courtesy about him that
materially hghtened the monotony of
my visits,
.'In the summer of '53 went on my
annual vacation and came back to town
fresh and hearty and ready for business.
The first call made was on my resolute,
good-natured friend, whose conquest
had come now to regard as essential to
the preservation of my prestige as col
lector. 1t was at night-quite dark
night as / remember it, and L had
skipped up the door steps and grabbed
the bell handle preparatory TO an ener.
getic yank when | felt something on
my hand, soft, and at the same time
kind of crispy. 1 bent over to see whal
it was, and by-gad the good natured
resolute man had beaten me at last
The stuff ON the bell knob was cTapen
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

To CLEAN Rusty PLoUGH.-Take a
quart of water and pour slowly into il
half pint of sulphuric acid. The mix
ture will become quite warm from
chemical action and this is the reason
why the acid should be poured slowly
into the water, rather than the water
into the acid, and let it remain on the
iron until it evaporates. Then wash it
again. The object is to give the acid
time to dissolve the rust. Then wash
with water and you will see where the
worst spots are. Apply some more
acid and rub on the spots with a brick.
The acid and the securing will remove
most of the rust. Then wash the mould
board thoroughly with water to re-
move all the acid, and rub it dry.
Brush it over with petroleum or other
oil, and let it be till spring. When you
go to plOughing, take a bottle of the
acid water to the field with you and ap-
ply it to any spot of rust that may re
main. The acid and the securing OF
the earth will soon make it perfectly
bright and smooth. If all iron work
be washed off with petroleum as soon as
we put our tools, implements and ma.
chimes aside for the winter, it will keeI
them from rusting, and save a greal
deal of trouble and annoyance, to say
nothing of the depreciation and lOss.-
Rural World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
Eject of Extreme Cold On Mind and
Body.

NJ. Payer, the eminent Arctic explorer,
referring to a certain day on which the
thermometer indicated So degrees Far
enheit below zero, says that so great
an amount of cold paralyzes the will,
and that, under its inufence, men, from
the unsteadiness of their gait, their
stammering talk, and the slOwness of
mental operations, seem as If they were
intoxicated. Another effect of such
cold, mentioned by NJ. Payer, is tor
menting thirst, which is due to the
evaporation of the moisture Of the body.
1t is unwhOlesome, too, to use snow to
quench the thirst ,as it brings on infiam-
nation of the throat, palate, and tongue ;
besides, temperature of 351a to oS de-
grees below zero, Fahrenheit, makes it
taste like molten metal. SnOw-eaters
in the north are considered as feeble
and effeminate in the same way as is
an opium-eater in the East.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

HUNGARIAN GRASS varies much in ap-
pearance from the common millet. 1t
heads much like timothy grass. The
writer has been very successful in his
experiments with this grass during the
past year; sowed plot or part Of a field
about the first of June, from which he
cut about three tons of hay and thirty
five bushels of seed per acre. The hay
is now being fed to his stock, and is
eaten with apparently much relish. 1t
should be sowed on well-prepared
ground, with about one-half bushel of
seed per acre. After sowing give a
light scratch with the harrow. Sow any
time from the Goth of April to the Goth
of June. Cut, if wanted for hay, only
when seed commences to form. If for
hay and seed, cut when ripe and seeds
well matured.-