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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-02
A Free Press.


The beautiful idea of getting some
thing for nothing is nowhere more
readily traceable than in a neWspa-
per Office.
So much has been spoken, written
and sung about Stree press" that
people have come to accept the term
in sense altogether too liberal. If
a man has scheme of any kind ger
minating he just steps into the edi-
torial room and details it, with the
remark: "Tm not quite ready to adj
yertise yet, but a few words willhelp
me along" He gets the few wotds,
but never gets ready to advertise.
Two tickets admitting lady and
gent to the &c. r. X. M. IT'S Grand
Ball. are expected to produce six
line local and quarter Of a column
description Of the ladies' toilets after
the ball is over.
Church fairs and the like are worse
than balls. They never leave tick
cts, but demand more space, because
tits q matter Of news, and a help to
the cause
Should boy saw off his finger,
"Dr. G. 0. Plaster dressed the wound
with great SKILL" would be grace
full way Of stating it, and, besides,
it is 1'unprofessional'' to advertise.
The patent rat trap man brings in
one Of his combinations of wire aud
monldy cheese bait, sticks it under
the editors nose aud explains how
they catch 'em every time the spring
works. Its something of interest
to the community, and if you put in
a piece save mesa dozen papers,"
which he quietly walks of with, as
though he had bestowed favor 10
allowing editorial eyes to gaze on
such marvel of intricacy.
An invitation to "come down and
/ write up our establishment" is a
great deal more common than two
square "ad'' from the same firm
Newspapers must be filed up with
something or other, you know.
The lawyer, with strong prejudices
t against advertising, is fond of seeing
his cases reported in full in the
6 newspapers, with an occasional re-
ference to his exceedingly able man
Y ner of conducting the same. It is
cheaper than advertising.
: In fact everybody, from to lizard,
i who has an ak to grind, asks the
1 newspaper to turn the crank, and
y forgets even to say, thank you, but
, will kindly take free copy of the
paper as part pay for furnishing
. the news.
o The press being "free' all hands
r seem bound to get aboard and ride i,
to death. That is why newspapers
;, are SO rich that they can afford Il
pay double price for white paper
l. and never ask Congress TO aid then
N by removing the duty on wood pulp
le New Haven Register.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-02
DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH
TERM &:

THE DEMOCRAT is published Weekly
o. Two DOLLARS and FrFrY CENTS per
snnum --ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS
for six months - PAYABLE IN AID
VANCE.
Observation-Disclosures at the rate
ofOyE DOLLAR per square for the first
insertion and FIFTY CENTS for each
subsequent one. Ten lines or less
(brsYier type constitute q square.
OBITUARY NOTICES, Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, etc, to be
paid a. advertisements
PERSONAL CARDS-when admissible
charged double the usual advertising
rates.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

Ho,c a Fissure Vein 10 Formed.-Fis-
sure veins occupy crevices which have
been formed by subterranean forces
and have been filled from foreign
source. They traverse indiscriminate-
IL all kinds of rock, and are without
definite limits larerally or vertically.
They have, as characteristic features,
smooth, striated, sometimes polished
walls (slickensldes), clay gouges or
selyages on one or both sides, and
banded or rib boned structure through
out. The vein stone is usually quartz,
and the constituents include the ore of
all the metals. The mode of formation
OF fissure veins is apparently this: In
the regions where the earth's crust is
broken up In the adjustment of the cold
and hard exterior TO the cooling and
shrinking nucleus, cracks are formed,
often miles in extent, along which the
rocks suffer displacement, sliding on
each other to form what Is known rs
faults" As the the planes Of these
faults are more or less undulated with
displacement, the bearing is upon the
projecting bosses Of each side. Be
tween these. open assures are left OF
greater or less dimensions. These
reach down to heated zone, and form
the conduits through which thermal
waters fiow to the surface. Such waters
coming in different localities from
different depths, and reaching rocks Of
various compositions under great pres
sure and high temperature, having
great solvent power, become loaded
with various mineral matter. As they
rise to the surface the pressure and
temperature are reduced, and the ma
terials held in solution are deposited to
line and, perhaps, to ultimately ill
the channels through which they How.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

The method adopted by Professor Ira
Remsen, OF the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sIty. and his assistants, Mr. w. Mayer
and Mr.. L. W. Day, TO detect and de-
termIne the nature of the organic mat
ter known to exist in the atmosphere.
is thus described: '.As an absorbent,
inely powered pumice stone, as sug-
gested by Chapman, was used, The
pumlce stone was heated TO redness in
u platinum crucible before each ex
pertinent, and then placed in carefully
cleansed absorbing tubes and moistened
with little water. From fifty TO one
hundred litres of air, according to
the suspected amount OF impIrity,
were first drawn through The absorber
by means of an aspiraror. When the
absorption was completed, the pumice
stone was placed in a perfectly clean
flask. and $40 C. C. Of pure water and >
=. c. of a specially prepared sodium
carbonate solution were poured upon
it. Connection was then made with a
clean condenser aud 100 C. C. distilled
of ldistillate A. and pu: aside for
treatment with NesSler', solution. A
second distillate( b. Of 100 C. C. was then
made, after adding to the flask 20 C. C.
of specially prepared solution of pot
assiuIn hydroxide and 90 C. C. OF a solu-
ton OF fpermanganate of potassium. The
first dIstillate Nesslerized gave the
free ammonia, and the second the
albuminold ammonia, in the volume of
air drawn through the absOrbers."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
WIT AND HUMOE.

COLLEGE boys sometimes make queer
answers TO solemn questions, grsyely
propounded by dignified professors.
For instance these:-
'Juvenal says that two heads are
better than one. Please illustrate.
swell, ,"(after profound meditation
stake barrel, for instance"
''Can you tell me the difference be-
tween steigern and steigeny"
San believe, sir"
!. ''SIr Thomas More was chancellor of
Henry VII. When did the latter
reign?'
.'About the time of More, I should
judge"
"After whom was Constantinople
named?"
"ConstantinOple."
'What was the object of the Gun
powder plOt?"
"To blow up the king with gum
powder"
"What important parsonage was
confined on the island of st Helena ?"
"RObinsOn Crusoe."
"Why was Matilda not crowned 2"
"Why, because Stephen had the crown
on"
"Mr. c, what il distinctive feature
of the descendants of the Danes and
the Saxons?"
Mr.. C-"A love OF mari-marital
adventure"
''rhat is more French than Saxon"
Mr.. Z. (confusedly)-"Oh, 1 mean
maritime adventure"
Did Paley have any doubt as to the
author of the Acts of the Apostles p"
mo SIR"
''Have your"
mo, SIR"
''Who was it then?''
''lt was Ia long pause)-I believe,
sir, it was Paul"
This is beautiful line, gentlemen,
where the poet speaks of.
The balm OF childhood. bringing sweet repose.
Can any of you tell me what he
means by this exquisite figure"
well should say, SIR, that he
meant soothing syrup"
"Give good example Of an elastic
sub stance"
conscience"
"What are the constituents of
quartz?"
''Pints."
"How is Britannia ware manufac-
tured?''
"By dissolving tin In no. water.
SIR"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
A superst,tious Composer.

Jacques Oiienbach the composer was
a great gambler at the roulette, ms
favorite number being from supersti-
tion-the thirteen. OneeveniHg at opa
the number cane seven times, and Of-
fenbach broke the bank. He had ter
rible dread of the sea. Before he couid
be induced to cross the ocean on MS
way to America, he spent long, Sleep
less nights. AS he himself writes IN MS
book, he dare mot go sleep, "lest on
awaking he should not be able to COM
mand q SMILE" He was in the position
of the poor fellow in the fable whom
the king had ordered to teach his ass
to read under the penalty oil being
hanged. The mighty dollar, however,
prevailed over his anxieties, and he
embarked on the Canada. one night
the steamer suddenly stopped to cool
her engines. lie started out of his
sleep. He imagined at once that the
vessel had struck against a rock and
was rapidly sinking. Offenbach in his
night garment, but with hiseyegIasses
upon his huge nose, rushed on deck
pleading for life. The efforts OF the
captain and of all the passengers were
required to persuade him that there
was no danger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
Won oioltke-

Count Won Moltke, Chief Marshal OF
the German Empire, vino has just de-
clined the title of Prince, is not, as
many have thought, native of Den
mark. He was bora in Mecklenberg,
where his family has lived for CEN
turies. The mistake is not unnatural,
for his father, also a military man, left
that Duchy while Hellmuth was mere
infant and went 70 HOlstein, where he
had acquired an estate. Hellmuth
spent twelve years there, and was sent
subsequently 70 the military academy
at Copenhagen snd laid there by the
seyerest discipline and study, the
foundation OF h character. At twenty
one he entered the Prussian army as
cornet, anu a. his parents, whose for
tunes had begun TO wane some time
before, were now reduced to absolute
poverty, he was obliged TO depend en-
fireIy upon his very slender pay. HIS
tastes were so simple, and capacity for
self-denial so great, that be was en-
abled TO save enough from mis- pittance
to pay for tuitiJn in modern languages.
lie mastered French, italian, Spanish,
English, Dutch and Russian, and has
since, il Is said, learned Polish, BOhe-
nian, Finnish, hungarian, Romaic.
and Turkish. He has found his lingual
attachments OF measureless value, and
he holds thai no commander-in-chief
OF great armies can dispense with them.
He has declared that he owes more
ttal one victory thereto. and there is
little doubt of the fac.. He exhibited
very early his extraordinary military
talents, and il was not long before he
obtained position on the general staff.
The Government sent him east to re-
port on the war between Turkey and
Mehemet Ali, and he remained in that
country an / in asia Minor for some
four years. Several publications of
his, though anonymous, respecting the
contest and its region, attracted wide
attention, and proved him to be tho
rough soldier. After his return he
rose rapidly to the rank of general, re-
ma ming meanwhile on the staff. AS
strategist he has not, probably, an
equal in Europe. He won vast re-
nown in such capacity during the out
raeeously unjust war with little Dem
maj K, the b-ief combat with Austria,
and especially the desperate duel with
France. The war with France had
long been anticipated in Prussia, and
before the first blow h-d been struck,
the enemy had been beaten in Berlin,
Il is asserted, by Moltke's consummate
prearranged plans. Bismarck, being
intimately acquainted with these, was
confident of the brilliant results which
: SO startled the world and so completely
confounded the French, weeks before
the engagement at Weissenburg. Mot
Ike Us every inch soldier. He regards
war IS science as well as an art, and
lac has done more than any of his CON
temporaries TO make it such. Sim
plicity and modesty are among his dis
uuguishing traits, and he is so uni
formly reserved that he has been called
Rellmuth the Silent. 1t is thought
IN It there is nobody in Germ any TO
supply his place. and France hourly
r,Ioices that he has passed his eightiotn
birthday.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

d rery ingenious apparatus tor the
detection OF dangerous gases in fiery
mines has been invented and success
fully tested by NJ. l.. Gossiaux, engi-
neer OF the coal mines OF the Bouches du
Rhone, 1t Gardanne. Ii consists of a
lamp and pyrOmeter. The lamps cov-
cred with a cylinder of wire gauze,
round which from top to bottom a long
spiral wire extends, the upper end ter
minating in The cap of the lamp, and
the love-. in a cylinder closed at one
end. When the wire expands under
the influence of heat, the extremity of
the small cylinder or tube presses a
lever Terminating In sector gearing
into a piniOn, on which is fixed needle
moving on graduated semicircle. A
glass protects all of the indicating az
parat"s. 1t will readily be perceived
that the action of tie apparatus de
pends on the heat generated by the pre-
sence of the burning gas in the lamp,
causing the spiral TO expand and thus
move the needle. The scale is gradu-
ated, says Engineering, In this way !:
The lamp is lighted in pure air, and the
point at which the needle remains STA
tiOnary Is marked zero An iron block
about one-fifth the volume of the wire
envelope Is brought TO red heat and
placed within the gauge, and as soon as
this latter begins to redden-corres-
ponding to the condition of the lamp
burning In gas-sarurated atmosphere
the position of the needle is marked
100 and the space between these two
points is divided afterward into 100
parts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
80, % ,;x, vour enemy is

The best gift to give your enemy n.y. -
forgiveness to your opponent. toiu, ',
ance to friend. your heart; 10 your
child, a good example; to istner, ,,e, Se
ference; TO your mother, conduc. sna'
will make her proud of you; 70 your ynd
self. respect; to ali men: charisy: anu
to the sick, summons Liver kegu'a-
tor. ,,ar for
Dyspepsia, Diarrhel, Piles elc.: ::;r,r III
simmons Liver Regulator certainly
has no superior. IL acts like char"; !;
without debilitating the system. 1
have tried it thoroughly, ana speaA
what 1 know. ~. ,,
"REv. 5. GARDNER, Atapulgus, Ga.
"Having tested personally ana III my
practice your simmons Liver kesu,a.
TOR, | have foand it just the medicine
needed as family remedy, by persons persons
living In warm climate, and espeelaiiy
by those inhabiting the more malariai
districts of Florida.
~. L. McKINsTRY, NJ. ",
Gainesville, Fla"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
Canaels.

These animals on the march are
usually told off in strings of four under
the charge of one attendant or sariran.
This man should lead the front camel
by his nose rope; the nose rope of the
second Is attached to the crupper of the
one in front. and so on. The four
animals in string cover a distance
Of about fifteen yards. IL animals
can be trained to follow their leader,
it is far more merciful to attach
the leading rope to the head collar than
to the nose. When camels are proper
ly fed and looked after they they are
the cheapest of all pack carriage. FOnr
good camels, with one attendant, will
carry as much as nine mules or ponies
with three attendants. and will eat
considerably less. If this proportion
is applied TO transport animals by the
thousand, it will be seen that, assum-
ing equal staying powers and freedom
from disease, there is very great adj
vantage in favor of camel transport,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

CollOdioa as Generator Of Electricity.
Professor Guthrie has some time
since utilized the mixture of coIlOdion
and India rubber for this purpose, and
also given it wider scope. As regards
electricity, it is very remarkable that
if you rub glass with the sheet of India
rubber and collodion, negative cleo
tricity is excited, where, ordinarily
speaking positive electricity, is genera
ted. One of the applications the Pro-
fessor has given TO this collodio-caout-
chouc is the formation Of miniature
balloons for experimental purposes.
An ordinary glass flask Is first coated
inside with cOllOdion by rolling the
liquid round and round inside. When
dried, layer of India rubber is gwen
TO the collodiOn In the same way, and
then another layer Of collodion, and
so on, till four or five thicknesses OF
cOllodion are reached. When dried,
The film is easily detached by lifting it
az the neck Of the flask, and pouring
between il and the glass little aeidu-
lated water. The balloon then comes
out perfectly well shaped, and ready to
be filled with any gas which 1t may be
desired to try, and the neck Is well
secured by waXed silk or any other
suitable means. In experimental
physics there seem to be many appllca-
tions of this medium. and no doubt IL
will come into use. Ii may be used to
tie down the shoppers of bottles; and
mere its pliability is OF great service, as
there is none of that disagreeabieness
In opening a stoppered bottle which
has been tied down with an ordinary
bladder. Photographers have before
now brought into prominence some
properties OF different materials whose
value mad rot been previously recog-
n zed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
Moorish Table Manners.

Tea Is quite formidable meal. 1t is
served by a man servant. First the
teapot-or kettle, II named after its
shape-is filed with green tea, sugar
and water, in such proportions as to
make thick, sweet sirup, which is
drunk without milk or cream. Then
follows an infusion of tea and spear
mint. Yet another of tea and worm
wood. Yet another of tea and lemon
verbena. And yet another of tea with
citron. On great occasions sixth is
added, OF tea and ambergris. Nothing
is eaten. The "weed" usually follows,
bu. the Moor, though smoker, is not
an '.inveterate." Dinner consists Of
various dishes of mutton, fish and
fowl, ingeniouKly and artistically
served In mixtures of poiuades, soups,
spices and cosmetics; SO, at least, Eng
glishmen declare who have had in
courtesy to swallow the preparations.
Knives, forks and spoons are dispensed
with. perhaps despised. The company
sit cross-legged on the floor and gather
round central dish. At "In the name
of God," which is the brief grace pro-
nounred by the master of the house,
the slave removes the cover from the
smoking dish and morsels of its con-
tents, deftly rolled into convenient
forms, are tossed, dripping. into the
mouth with a neatness and precision
truly wonderful. Exact portions are
picked from fowl and fish and mutton
chop bone witht ut delay or effort.
After the course water and napkins ace
brought round. The wash over, an
other plunging of the paws into the
savory mess. Incense is often burned
during dinner, which fills the apart
ment with delicate aroma.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

Bishop Eligio Cosi at Chang Tong, in
China, has invented an alphabet OF
thirty-three letters, by means OF which
all the sounds OF the Chinese language
can, it is sail, be represented. The
emperor of Austria ha, been so well
PIE .sed with tn. invention that he as
presented the bishop with a complete
typographical appartus, so that the new
alphabet may be employed N printing.
The characters useu by Chinese num-
Der 10000.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
AS now improved and perfected,
No oil was ere so clean,
Diseases of the skin and scalp,
are cured by CARBoLINR."

Kerosene OIL Lanlps.-The cement
commonly used for fastening the tops
on kerosene lamps is plaster of Paris,
which is porous aud quickly penetra-
ted by the kerosene. Another cement
which has not this defect Is made with
three parts OF rosin, one Of caustic soda
and five of water. This composition Is
mixed with half its weigh, OF plaster OF
Paris. 1t sets firmly In about three
quarters of an hour. 1t is said to be
of great adhesive power, not perme-
able to kerosene, a low conductor OF heat
and but superficially attacked by hot
water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

a SAN FaANcIsCo man went 10
dentist. while temporarily insane, and
said that he wanted his teeth all ex-
lracted. The dentist advised him not
TO get rid of them. as they were sound:
but he insisted, arguing that false set
would be far handler and more COM
Portable. AS he did not seem crazy the
dentist performed the job. On recover
ing his reason he brought suit for s.
000 damages under the California laws
against professional malpractice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

During a late thunderstorm near
London, England. great ball of fire
was seen TO descend from the clouds
into lake. After the storm was over
a hundred dead fish, Including two
carp, weighing together twenty-three
pounds, were found floating on the
surface near the spot where the fire.
ball was seen to strike.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

A RECENTLY arrived foreigner lately
stopped at one of our hotels, and at the
supper table began to play fearful
havoc with plate OF d-boiled eggs,
scooping out the yolk and leaving the
white untouched. just as he was de-
vouring the tenth one the waiter re-
monstrated with him, calling his at
tention to his wastefulHess. "Good
gracious, man." he remarked, "you
would not have me eat ten vites, would
you? De yoik Is der shicken, and Ger
vite der fedders. Do you links wants
to make Won great bolster of mine
stomach?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24

Regulate first the stomach, second the
liver; especially the first, SO as to per-
form their functions perfectly and you
Will remove at least nineteen twenti-
eths of all the ills that mankind is heir
to, in this or any other climate. HOP
Bitters is the only thing that will give
perfectly healthy natural action TO
these TWO OrganS.-NdiRe Farmer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-24
FARM AND GARDEN.

WHY Cows OFTEN kIcK.-Every far
mer and dairyman SnOws that there is
very great difference In the disposition
of cows. Some are ready 10 kick with
apparently no provocatlon, while
others will bear a great deal of ILL
treatment without showing scarcely
any resentment. A kicking COW Is
certainly a very disagreeable animal to
have around, although IL Is said OF
Ralph Waldo Emerson that some OF
his brightest thoughts have came TO
him while being kicked half way
across the stable. i do not doubt that
sparkling thoughts would come to any
one al such time, Tor | know that
ones miEd (and tongue, too, some
times is quite active when COW puts
her loot in the pail, or sends it spin
ming across the table, and it takes
person of good disposition to endure
II patiently, One must certainly have
coed disposition to deal with such
COW, or she is made worse or soon
spoiled. lt Is usually the case that bad
treatment makes COW vicious. IL
COW has kind treatment from the time
she is calf up TO the maturity, she
will hardly ever be inclined TO show
any temper, and ii she does happ-n to
kick, it may be taken for granted that
she has very good reason tor SO doing.
On no condition whatever should she
be kicked or pounded, but the cause
should be found ami measures taken TO
remedy it. If cows teats are sore
she cannot be blamed Tor kicking.
Hired men often make cows kickers,
anu when u hired man is caught treat
ing a COW cruelty he should be rebuked
and warned % be more careful in the
future. Heifers most certainly must
receive kind treatment when teaching
them to be milked, and for this reason
they should not be entrusted to the
hired man, but the owner himself
should milk and care for them.