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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
THE STATE PRESS.
Views OF the Country Papers Upon
Current Topics Of General
Interest.
ICJlaiborne (iuardtan.l

It ig sad commentary ON our err1ng human
nature that the language Of abuse Is more
easily spoken or written than the Language "a
praise-that 1t is seemingly more d1tlieulL 70
Ia lust than unjust. Men without an effort
falf into the habit of detraction while. detrac-
Hon III the fashion, yet cannot without an Of
fort rise above these lower motives and render
Justice where 1t 10 due. Newspapers ~ cer-
tain sense are persons, ana ekeimpy n, ln9r
Ties. IL Ii quite the fashion with some papers
Il abuse the New Orleans DEMOCRAT, ana
Col. Burke, Its managing editor. Withoht
pausing to express on opinion % 20 the pro
priety 81 making personal attack upon the ID
record OF an editor In private or public life
before assuming the responsibilities 81 tne
tripod, we will state Tint In our opinion the
accusations brought against Col. Burke and
the DEMOCRAT are unfair, UNJUST anu unWaE-
We have always been free to admit that the
debt question was not O One-sided 0ne WINE
differing from the New Orleans DEMOCRAT
and other Journals that opposed the majority
report Of the Committee on the State Debt,
WI have always conceded that much was 10
be said on both sides OF the question Wh1le
we and others have been called Reputation
lists and other hard names by the les s. co.r.
tsoi1s papers of the opposition, 1t is pleisent
It'd remember that the New Orleans leEMocHAi !
hHs ever been courteous and cOnsiderate ~
its opponents In It's treatment OF the debt
Ag til CoI. Burke personally. we have only
to eay that 1t comes with exceeding bad
grace from any Conservative journal 7, Z, L .5
fslana To abuse him. After oil that ne Ii's
done for the redemption Of Louisiana. after
30 much good work done in 80 good q cause,
hs deserves better things than he has been
receiving from some people In Louisiana
We know that very many members OF the
Convention who differed from us on the deDt
question were honest In their opposition. We
know of no reason why the. New Orleans
DEMOCRAT should not be equally honest with
others ,,,
constitution ID before the people. Lot them
adopt 1t or not rs they choose. Let them
vote for or against the debt ordinance, but lei
11s not attribute impure motives TO our lead
ers. and thus bring about dissenslon IN ou'
ranks -....@
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
The New Constitution.
[Assumption Pioneer.l

The constitution Of 1862 was d good one, but
the present one Is better for It's, as we have
prefted by o sad experience and thrown
around 1t those provisions which will restrain
all disposition to extravagance and wasteful-
ness.
A rejection Of the State debt ordinance,
which is voted for separately. will leave the
present debt Of the State unchanged, with it's
heavy rate of interest, and scale of taxation
utterly inadequate to the demands on us. SO
we repeat, vote for the whole, and take the
chance for q fight afterwards with the bond
holders.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
- 4.

Ihe good DR.. b. counts among his regular
patients more than one pretty social sinner
but this does not prevent him from adorinp
his wife and being faithful TO her.
The other day belle petite, having come
into the possession OF a little bijou Of a house,
gave house-warming, to which she thought
II her duty to iavite DR.. and Nine. B,
The doctor came alone, naturally.
AND why didn't Nine. B. come with you p,
asked the doctors pretty patient.
For Two reasons, he answered; "the Sec
ond Is that she has severe coId.''
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
lee Water Diseases.
indianapolis Sentinel.l

Brght's disease Of the kidneys, according
to the theory of a Baltimore druggist, is
greatly increased by the use of Ice water. It
Is said to be a fact that Americans use 90 Der
cent more Ice in their drinks than any other
people, and that there are Is per cent more
cases Of Bright's disease here in proportion
to the population than there are in any other
country.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
SUMMER RESORTS.
CWEET CHALYBEATE SPRINGS.
ALLEGHANY COUNTY,

Nine miles from Allegheny Station g. IL 0. r.
r.. sixteen miles from Greenbriar White Sui
phur and ono mile from Old Sweet Springs
West Va.
Famed for their nervIne tonic and Alternative
powers. us beverage and "a. 1Ht,es 44A9 gg q,
Ing establishment for Hot and Warm Baths,
supplied by mineral water from the springs.
All amusements to be had ut 81 first class
Watering place. Telegraph, express and post
office in hotel,
Board g 80 per day. s14 per week. $40 per
month. Special contracts made for families or
large PARTIES. For information In regard to
these waters send to JOHN r. WILSON,
Late of Allegheny Springs.
Proprietor Sweet Chalybeate Springs. Allegheny
county. Va. 1920 cod ON
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
The Influence Of the New orleans Time,
Vienna Sentinel

Vienna SGnt1nBhJ =
The New Orleans Times Is opposed to the
adoption Of the State debt ordinance This
Is almost enough to induce us to favor its
adoption.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-13
CURRENT MENTION.

Congressman De In Matyr IL on his way to
Maine, to take part lii the Greenback canvass
in that State.
Senator Blaine has d family or six children.
Gail Hamilton, however. is not one OF his
sons. She Is his cousin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
arteSfiln Wells,

The first artcsian well bored at Antois,
France, over century ago, has since then
flowed steadily, the water raising eleven
feet above the surface at the rate Of $50 eal-
Ions minute. The famous Grcncllc well
III the Paris basin was commenced in 1888.
with the expectation Of Obtaining water nj
200 or | 800 feet, in the secondary green
sand formation which undcrlics the chalk,
the uppcrmost OF this series. At | 300 feet
the government would have abandoned the
enterprise but for the urgent appeals of Nj.
Ango. 1t was continued till on February
26, 1S41, at the depth OF 1897 feet, the
barring rod suddenly penetrated the arch of
rock over the subtcrranean waters and fell
fourteen feet. In few hours the water
rose to the surface in al immense volume,
and has continued since. 1t is well known
that at the depth Of y few feet below the
surface of the earth the temperature never
changes. AT st. Louis, Missouri, the tenn
pcraturc of water ut 800 below the surface
is eighteen degrees higher than the mean
temperature at the surface, making the in
crease one degree for cighty-thrcc and one
third feet descent; and, strange to
say, the increase of temperature is one in
every iifty-two and onc-half feet at Charles
ton, South Carolina. The hot springs that
flow out to the surface in many parts of the
world arc natural artcsian wells rising
from great depths In Virginia thcs,
springs arc found along the lines of great
faults or breaks in the stratiflcation of tho
rocks, by which formations usually scpar-
atcd by thousands Of feet arc brought into
contract with each other, There is a class
of hot springs called gcYsers whose force
would he as scrvlccablc as that of the hy-
drostatic presses if it were practicable to
use it. Gcyscrs, or eruptive fountains Of
boiling water, are found in different parts
OF the world. There are some very large
geyscrs in the southern part OF Iceland. In
circuit Of about two miles are more than
100 springs which send forth hot water.
These springs arc of different degrees of ac
tivity. Gcysers are to be found in Cali
fornia and in New Zealand The two prin-
cipal gcysers in Iceland are called the Great
Gcyscr and the Strokr or Churn. The
Great Geyser, when quiet, presents the ap-
pcarance of a circular mound of silcccoIls
incrnstatiors, inclosing pool with sides
sloping inward and outward. The height
OF the mound Is about twenty feet. The
diameter of the basin varies from fifty to
sixty feet, and its average depth is four
feet In it's centre Is the mouth of the YER
tical tube which connects 1t with the sub
terraneous passages. The tube is about
nine feet In diameter at it's mouth, and sey-
snty feet in depth. When tho geyser is in
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
Six Feet Around the Waist,

a negro cobblcr, named Charles John
son, weighing nearly four hundred pounds,
died in Washington. lie was born n slave
on the estate Of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
County Md, in 1909, but was liberated
just before the war Oh account of his phc-
nomenal size-hc then weighing nearly five
hundred pounds. In family history there
was nothing remarkable about Johnson, cx-
ccpt that he had two sisters and one
daughter who nearly approached his own
bulk. One ol the former still lives in Car
roll County, and is the mother of a large
family OF children, all of average size.
The Tat daughter lives, but is unmarried at
torty-sx. 'Aunt Eliza," the hcpma,e of
Uncle Charley, is but little woman,
weighing about scvcnty-fivc pounds, and
appeared to feel deep grief at the death of
her decidedly better half. The church
people have been in the habit of presenting
their bulky brother with new suit of
clothes at each Christmas, made of such
substantial material that they sufllccd for
the whole year. The cloth used in these
clothes was sufficient for three ordinary
men. The tailor had to repeat the stale
joke Of asking his customer to hold the
tape while he went round, for the gi:th of
Uncle Charley was u serious matter for one
man to attempt to encirclc, he being over 0
lect around the waist. His shoulders mca
surcd feet 2 inches across and Ills hips
the same. When young man he wna said
to have stood over feet, but at death was
but 8 feet inches. lis weight at death was
slightly under 400 pounds, and therefore
the arrangements for the funeral, which
are in the hands of Nelson g. Dabncy, arc
matters of considerable difficulty. No or.
dinary caskct will contain the huge bulk,
and coffin is now being built of such pro-
portions and strength as will insure a safe
intermcnt. II will be over three feet across
and two feet six inches in height. The
cylinder had TO be taken out Of an ordinary
large ice caskct, and even then there is n,t
sufficient room for ice enough to serve
without constant renewal II is probable
that the side of the frame house i'm which
The body lies will have TO be torn out to al
low Of its removal. johnson was very
fond OF gin, of which he would drink all he
could obtain; but claimed to be tempe
rance man and dcspiscd beer or whiskcy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
To Make Flowers Bloom.

No plant can continue in bloom If nature
Is not permitted to do work completely, for
the going to seed exhansts the energies of
any subject, and stop everything else. by
constantly removing dccaying flowers be-
fore seed pod can swell, the growth of the
plant and the continued development of
new buds and flowers upon the new growth
are matters of course. Try the experiment
upon the rose. Two cottages, having fine
plants covering their fronts, being in tho
hands of two different persons, frequently
exhibits the most stricking contrast--one
mass of flowers, while the other is bare
and those who pay no attention to the
cause are, nevertheless, often surprised at
the fact. If they look q little further into
tho matter they would observe that one is
loaded with hips or seed vessels, which are
swelling in great numbers, while in the
other not solitary berry could be secn.-
It is only necessary to cut away the dead
flowers and the season of bloom will be
prolonged,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
Tho Art OF Keeping Cool

1t is not by frctting or worrying or ply
ing the fan that we can keep cool, but by
taking up our work, doing it bravcly and
chccrfuliy, with as little fuss as possible.
Take time by the forelock' and rise early,
getting as much done as possible before the
heat of the day. Never do any work
directly after dinner if it cannot be done
in the forenoon let it 60 until the next day;
you will live just as long and the family be
as comfortable. 1t is Il mistake to keep
the house close 40 cell all day, lest the
suns rays should enter it. Pure air must
be allowed to circulate through the house,
and this is of importance in keeping the
body cool. Throw open the windows and
blinds very early in the. morning and keep
them so until the dew has dried off; then
close them tightly and the rooms will re-
main quite comfortable until evening, when
the blinds can once again be thrown open
to admit the cool evening breeze. Drink
ing large draughts of ice water when the
body is heated or parlaking too freely of
food or ices, should be carefully avoided.
Bathing when heated or in excessive per-
splration is good cause for illness but an
ammonia or salt water bath once day,
but not directly after meal, is not only a
luxury but positive necessity. Also We
should he careful in the food we eat very
little meat is desirable, but fish, lamb,
chickens and all white tlcshcd fowls are in
season also, all kinds of vegetables and
fruit. Berries as well rs stoned fruits can
be eaten in moderation. Much is said
against the unhcalthfulncss of cucumbcrs
and watcrmelons; the first can be eaten
without discomfort if allowed to remain a
few minutes in salt and water, then poured
OF and vinegar put in its place. Water
melons can bc eaten if fresh and thoroughly
ripe. Iced tea and coffee are very tlcsir-
able; as they act as tonics upon the system.
Only enough should be cooked to DO
eaten the same day, for even if put in IN
ice box it will taste stale. All animal food
should be eaten of sparingly, but milk and
fruit, bread and vegetables, ice cream,
(Which can be bought at small COST iced
fruit, oat meal, hard boiled eggs, served in
vinegar and salt-thcy have lately been
pronounced by medical authority more di-
gcstible than soft boiled cggs---ham sand
wlchcs, dried and canned meats, jellics,
fresh crackers, dried fish all of these are
very good for summer meals, or for picnic
lunches
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
Pursuing 1t to the End,

One morning recently stranger pur-
chased some fishing tackle at the ferry
dock, and took his scat under a shed TO
fish. People who were watching him
Saw that he paid fully rs much atten-
tion to flask of whisky as to his fish,
line. and it was remarked that every
time after he took drink he appeared
to have several bites Mt the hook. Af-
ter he had been fishing for an hour, he
was seen hauling up the hook about
once every ten seconds, and m idler
sanntcrcd over and observed:
"Bcginning to bite, ch 20
eyes, IL shcems That way" rcplie,i
the man, as he hauled up again.
care you having more bitcs than
when you first begun? ?"
"Well," answered tile Il fisherman, as
he vainly tried to look The other In the
face. Il can't zhactly shay. Pm
either having more whisky or more fish
an Pm going to keep right at 1t til one
or the ozzcr am all gonc?'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16

he had met his divinity, made fierce love to
her and had been accepted; going into
lovers raptures over her; to all of which
Frank listened patiently.
"But Pvc her photograph here" taking
it from her pocket, and handing it to Frank,
and at the same time pulling out the lost
note. "liullol Pd forgotten about this" {"
Turning it over several times, but not
gaining much information from the blank
envelope, he proceeded to opcni it. Having
pcruscd few lines he broke out WITH
81 say, Frank, here's go! Some one
has been writing declaration of love and
lost it! Want to hear it2"
lie then related how it came into his DOS
session.
"Iet me see it," said Frank, cxcitcdly, Il
gleam Of hope crsssing his mind that il was
his note to Maud.
When assured that this was really the
case, he astonishcd his friend by jumping
up, ovcr-turning his chair in his excitement,
and demanding his coat and hat forthwith.
Johnnie, entering about this time, caused
pleasant little diversion. Frank pounccd
upon him, asking what he meant by doing
errnnds in such Il manner! White Tom
tried to impress upon the mind of the be-
wildcrcd youth the awful rctribution that
would surely ovcrtakc him if he did not own
up and tell the truth.
But Johnnie protested he had carried the
box all right he owned he had falon and
the flowers rolled out.
"But lpiclicd 'cm up" snivcled Johnnie,
"and gave EN- to the young lady all right"
Frank was too happy to be very unior-
giving toward the delinquent, so, after de-
livering short lecture on carccssncss, he
told him he would overlook it this time, if
he would be more careful in the future
That evening found Frank ringing the
bell at Mrs. Evans door. Jane ushcred
him into the parlor, where Maud sat. She
had not heard the dror open, and was quite
startled when manly voice ut her side
said
'Maud !"
She started up with glad cry as she
saw Frank, and he needed no other assllr-
ancc than the happy, hlushing face that his
love was returned. Stretching out his
arms to her she went straight into them,
and as he folded them round her he knew
that for him the winter of his discomfort
had ended ut last in glorious summer
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16

active the basin is filed to the edge with
clear water, which has mean temperature
OF lS5 degrees Fahrenheit, and runs gently
down the mound, emitting clouds of steam;
but for several hours after an eruption, the
tube is empty to depth Of four or five feet.
AT intervals Of about an hour and half n
rumbling noise is heard, and the water
hcavcs up in the centre, throwing an in
creased quantity over the margin. The
great cruptions take place at irregular in
tcrVals sometimes exceeding thirty hours.
AT these times loud explosions arc heard
beneath the surface, the water is thrown
INTO violent agitation, it boils furiously, and
at last Is suddenly sent forth in a succession
OIL JETS which increase in force till they be-
come an immense fountain, that is lost to
view in the clouds of steam in which il is
cnVclopcd. The heights reached by those
jets are almost incredible. Van Troll
travelling in Iceland in l772, saw an crup-
tlon OF boiling water from the Great Gcyser
which asccndcd nncty-two feet. Sir John
STANLEY, III 1889, saw one nincty-sX feet.
Lieut.. Olshcn, a Danisl, officer, in 1904.
saw an eruption or jet which rose to the
height of PIP feet. This intermittent nc
ton of the Great Gcyscr is supposed to be
owing to the sudden production of steam in
subtcrrancan chambers connected with the
channels through which the waters flow.
The water from the gcyscr has its origin in
mountain land, and in issuing forth is only
seeking its level. 1t is hot, and in some in
stances boiling, because it comes up from
an immense depth--from depth where
the earth is of high and uniform temper
aturc. The water of the gcyscrs is always
boiling at the time of AL eruption. The
temperature of cold springs is also uniform,
because they take their origin at some depth
from the surface and below the influence of
the external atmosphere. The same spring
water which is deemed warm in winter is
deemed cold II summer. But it is really
OF the same Temperature ut all seasons. The
difference being that in summer il is sur
rounded by warmer atmosphere and OBJ
jcCtS than in winter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
a Pennsylvania Gsyser,

The Kane Gcyscr Well is located in Nc
Kcan county, Pa, four miles southeast of
the "Summt Summer Resort" This we'll
was drilled for petroleum in the spring of
1873 to total depth of 9, 600 fce.. No oil
was found in paying quantities and the well
was abandoned, since which time it has been
throwing pcriodically-tc to fifteen min
utcs-a column of water and gas to a height
varying from 100 to $50 feet. Mr. Charles
a. Ashburncr, assistant in charge of the
survey of Mexican county for the geological
survey, has made study of the "Geyscr
Well' and furnished the following facts :
During the operation of drilling number
OF fresh "wa,cr veins were encountered
down to depth of 1854 feet. All of this
water was shut off by cast iron casing 5 !
inches in diameter, which was inserted IN
The siX-inch hole to the requisite dcpth.
Thus the hole was kept free from water
during the after drilling. At depth of
Lilo feet very heavy "gas vein" was
struck. After the well was deserted from
failure to find oil the iron casing was with
drawn from the hole and the fresh water
permitted to flow in on the top of the gas.
Here the conflict between nature elements
commenced, which has made this well one
of the most interesting natural phenomena
in Pennsylvania. The water flows into the
well on top of the gas until the pressure of
the confined gas becomes greater than the
weight of the superintendent water, when
an expulsion takes place and column of
water and gas is thrown out of the well.
This occurs at present every thirteen min
utcs, and the spouting continues for one and
u half minutes. On the evening Of July 81
MIR. a. w. Shcafer, of the Mexican Survey,
measured two columns which went to a
height respectively of l2O and 1923 feet.
On the 9th of August Mr.. Ashburncr meas
urcd four columns in succession and the
water was thrown to til" following heights:
los, 1872, 100 and l3S feet. During the
time that the columns are thrown out of the
well the gas ls thoroughly mixed up with
the water and is readily ignitcd The sight
after nightfall is grand beyond description.
The antagonistic elements of water and fire
arc 80 promiscuously blended that each
seems to be fighting for the mastery. At
one moment the flame is entirely cxtin-
guished, only to burst forth at the next in
stant with increased energy and greater
brilliancy. In winter the columns become
encascd in ice and form huge translucent
chimney.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
Changing tho Names or Streets In Paris.

The Municipal Council of Paris has or
dcrcd the following changes in the names of
streets: From Ave. dc Ia Renc- -Hortensc
to Ave: Hoche, from Ave. Josephine to
Ave. Marceau, from Ave- du Roi-de- Rome
to Ave. Kleber, from Rue du Dauphin to
Ruo dc Ia Convention, from Rue Saint Ar
maud to Rue Lincoln, from Qui Napoleon
to Quai aux Flcurs, from Rue Fontanc to
Rue Valette, from Rue du Frcrc- Philippe
to Rue Paul Louis Courier, from Rue Bill
lault tn Rue Charron, from Rue Bonaparte
to Rue Gutenberg, from Rue Abbatucci to
Rue de Ia Boetie, from Rue Cambacores to
Rue dc Coulmiers. from Rue d'Albe to Rue
Rouget dc rlsle, from Boulevard IIauss-
mann to Boulevard Ettcnne-Marcc, from
Rue Magnau to Rue Bcaurepaire, from Rue
dc Rovgo to Rue dc la Bienfaisance, from
Rue de Boulle to Rue de Duban, from Rue
Marie Antoinette to Rue Antoinette, from
Rue Marccau to Rue de la Vallee, from Rue
Hoche to Rue de Preslcs, from Rue Kleber
70 Rue de Ia Federation,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-16
A Cure for the Grow.

A very successful plan has been tried by
placing In Mr.. Crows way number OF
grains with a horse hair run through them.
He is bound to swallow one, and his note
of alarm Is soon sounded. 1t is impossible
for him to dislodge the grain, and If he
can be watched sufficient length of time,
he will be seen to cut his OWL throat In
scratching at 1t. His usual note Is changed,
and can assure you that life to him Ia
such misery he would ""even wish that
nc were dead" 1t has beon noticed that
after the note Of alarm had been sounded
oil the crows in tho vicinity will leave that
Held and approach It no more that, season,
1 Is simple thing, yet all who try 1t will
find 1t q success,