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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.

In Australia many horseshoes are
now made of cowhide instead Of iron.
The Medico-Legal Society of New
York proposes to make q scientific In
vestigation of sc-called spiritualistic
phenomena.
Molds differ from bacteria, accord.
ing to Professor Frankland, in their
action, and produce an oxidation, or
burning up, instead of fermentation.
Audubon estimates that two blue
jays and their five young require for
food in 100 days 20, 900 insects that
are harmful to fruit and food plants.
The simplest way to tell iron from
steel is to pour on the metal a drop OF
nitric acid and allow it to act for one
minute. On rinsing with water q
grayish-white stain will be seen If the
metal is i iron, q black one if it is steel.
Underground photography has re-
Gently made such progress that min.
ing engineers are now able to Illus
trate their report with pictures show
ing the exact appearance of lodges,
ore-bodies and other features of inn
portance.
1t has heretofore been almost i'm
possible to make ]argee castings OF
aluminium, but the difficulty has now
been 80 far overcome that pure alum
| mum bathtubs are now made in o sim
gle piece. One of these tubs weighs
but 140 pounds. F,
S~accharine, the new sweetening SUBJ
stance extracted from coal tar, is now
used for preserving fruit. 1t is
claimed that the fermentation that
often results from the ISL of sugar is
thus avoided, and that the new process
preserves the flavor, color and form OF
the fruit better than the old.
The first practical system.of towing
canal boats by electricity has just
| been inaugurated on the Bourgogne
Canal, connecting the Seine aud
Saone Rivers, France. The power is
furnished by water falling from sluices
at the two ends of the canal, and the
current is made steady by can of
storage batteries. The trolley system
is used.
DR.. Zergler, a German scientist, is
OF the opinion that it will be possible
to predict the weather by means OF
photographs of the sun far more accu-
rately than by q study of the barom-
eter. Circular or eliptical halos
around the orb of day indicate violent
storms, especially if the halos are
dark in tint or Of o large diameter.
lightning and magnetic disturbances
may also be expected from these
signs.
To pick out other aerial distances it
may not be generally known that a
frigate bird can travel at the rate OF
100 miles an hour by c~hronograph,
and live in the air q week at a time,
day and night, without touching a
roost; that large and heavy birds can
remain almost m~otionless in air for
hours without Tapping their wings;
that birds can exert continuously
about three times the horse power a
pound of weight that man can, and
about the same amount more than a
4 horse can.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
Curiosities of %Somnambulism.

Dr.. Haycock, the eminent Oxford
.lEngland) divine, would often arise
from his bed at night, give out his
text, and, while sound asleep, deliver
an excellent sermon. He was fire.
quently watched, but no amount OF
pulling, Juggling or pinching was suf-
ficient to arouse him from his peculiar
somnambulistic state.
DR.. Macnish, the great Edinburgh
physician, explodes the old story OF
somnambulists waking the moment
they touch water with their bare feet.
He knew an Irish sleep-walker who
once climbed out of bed one cold fall
night and swan two miles down q
river, got ashore, and was subsequent
~ found sleeping soundly by the river
side, perfectly unconscious of the ex-
traordinary feat he had reformed.
DR.. Pritchard, another British ply.
sician of National reputation, had q
patient who was very fond of horse
back exercise. This man would rise
at night, find his way to the stable,
saddle and bride his horse, enjoy .
long gallop and finally return home,
and arouse the whole family while
prowling around in a somnambulistic
sleep.
DR.. Pritchard further said that this
man could only be aroused by having
the soles of his feet tickled.
The memory Of sleep-walkers is ex-
traordinary, not to say phenomenal,
especially when underline peculiar i'm
pulse of the disease which prompts
their movements. Moritz gives an in
stance of q poor basket-maker, who
was UNABLE to either read or write
yet, strange as it may appear, when in
one of his somnambulistic vigils HI
would preach fluent sermons, some
of which were recognized as having
formed parts of discourses which HI
was accustomed to hear when he was
child attending his parish church
forty years b%efore.-St. Louis Repub
lie.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
The Mirage.

Mirage is a phenomenon extremely
common at sea in certain localities,
especially in high latitudes, and some.
times also witnessed on land, %particu-
larly in Lower Egypt, Persia, Tartary,
the western plains of America, and on
the margins of rivers or lakes, or on
the seashore. Under it are classed the
appearance of distant objects as double,
or as if suspended in the air, erect or
inverted. Generally, when a ship is
above the horizon, only one image,
and that inverted, is found; brit when
it is wholly or-in great part below the
horizon, double images, n erect and
the other inverted, are frequently
seen.-Yankee Blade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
Fashions Among the Cowboys.

Strange to say, fashions change on
the plains just as they do in other
parts of the world. This is where
many writer's have left a wrong i'm
preston on the Eastern mind. In
stead of being tough, the cowboy is
quite a dandy in his own way. Just
now a silk or French flannel shirt,
long boots with high heels, and trous-
ers worn over them and turned up,
not because it is raining in the me-
tropolis Of Great Britain, but owing
to the damage inflicted by sharp
rowell on woven cloth. Silvermounted
spurs are considered fitting wear on
the Little Missouri. Next season it
may be different.
Some few years back it was deemed
eminently proper to affect a red neck
scarf of silken fabric, but none of the
leading society men on the range now
wear any neck handkerchief. Then
saddlery changes somewhat. The old
fashioned low lorn has given place te
the high Visalia tree, and the ordinar,
rein to the single-knotted reins full,
six feet long, one of which the cautious
cowboy never let's go of, even whe1
chucked. Some use q single cincl
saddle, popularity known as o 'centr,
fire." but for roping cattle, or doin!
hard work with the rope, a back cincl
keeps the saddle in place. Bits hav'
likewise varied during the last decade
and now the varieties most often see1
are the Logan and Government bits
the former with a high, narrow port
and the latter with o low port ant
long cheeks. The older spade On,
ring bits are going out of use.-Bos
ton Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
The Judge Had His Doubts.

In arguing a point before a Judge of
the Superior Court, Colonel Folk, of
the Mountain Circuit in North Caro-
lima, laid down a very doubtful propo-
sition of law. The Judge eyed him a
moment and queried: "Colonel Folk.
do you think that is law?" The col
onel gracefully bowed and replied:
"Candor compels me to say that I do
not, but I did not know how it would
strike your honor" The judge DELHI
Grated a few moments and graveiy
said: "That may not be contempt OF
court, but it is q close shave. "-Argo.
naut q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
CURIOUS FACTS.

The shake is a thing OF the past IN
the French Army.
Gauze is believed to have this name
because it was first made at GAIA.
Lawn is fine linen bleached on the
lawn instead Of the ordinary drying
ground.
As a leaper the kangaroo is ahead OF
all. 1t readily jumps from sixty to
seventy feet.
The first finger is sacred to Jupiter,
and is supposed to indicate the nobler
elements of character.
Five hundred thousand men are es-
timated to ride in the elevators of
New York City every day.
The public executioner Of Austria
wears a pair of new white gloves every
time he carries out a capital sentence.
In Chinese the letter 81" has 14j
ways of being pronounced, and each
pronunciation has o diff erent mean-
ing.
The London and Northwestern Rail
road passes through more than half of
the tifty-thrce counties of England
and Wales.
Most Of the school states come from
Pennsylvania, where there are large
slate quarries. Some come from Yer
mont and Ohio.
An odd collection is that of one of
the county officials Of Maine, who has
| gathered feathers from almost every
| kind of bird that flies.
Only on%e-fourth of the American
shipping is engaged on the high seas,
seventy-seven per cent. being river,
lake and consting trade.
The Chautauqua salute, waving a
| white handkerchief, was first given OF
the request of Chancellor Vincent, as
a greeting to a deaf mute.
A man who died a short time ago OF
Berlin, N. Y, left a dairy which he
began when eighteen years old and
continued for fifty-two years.
A French priest stationed at Jerusa-
lem has been the fortunate finder OF
ga talent Of the time of King David"
1t was unearthed in his d%ooryard.
A French fisherman who threw his
line into the Seine Canal, near st.
Dennis, on December 30, got hold OF
q package containing 179 railway
bonds worth 500, 900.
Growing blackberries and mush-
rooms, by law, are not private prop
erty in England. One may be prose
cuted for trespass on land where they
grow, but not for theft in taking
them.
During the Franco Prussian war the
Germans fred 80, 0oO, 900 rifle cart
tridges and 1853, 900 charges Of artil-
lery, killing or mortally woundine
II, 900 Frenchmen, showing that 40C
shots are required to kill or mortally
wound one man.
The statue on the dome of the Capt.
toll at Washington represents. Free
dom. It is nineteen feet six inches
high and weighs 14,9S5 pounds. Il
was modelled by Thomas Crawford, ar
American sculptor, who died in 1851
It was put imposition in 1855.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
its efficacy, may be better understood

its efficacy, may be better understood
by the following: In the mailbag
lock now in use there are twenty-five
different pieces. the production OF
which requires fifty separate opera
tions, and in the letter boxes used
there are twenty pieces, needing pro-
portionately as many operations for
their production. AS an adjunct to
this department there is an admirably
equipped machine shop with ]athes,
shapers, milling machines, planners,
drill presses, alotting machines.
benches and machinists sufficient to
do cny sort of work needed. Detroit
Free Press,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
A Company Of Big Men.

The distinction of having the great
est number of tall men in n COM
psny belongs to the First Battalion OF
the Scots Guards. The "a" or right
flank company of that battalion has
over ninety men On its roll, and their
average height is six feet two and a
quarter inches. There ore men
in the company over six feet four
inches, and ons stands slightly over
six feet seven incnes. No individual
member of the company 10 less than
six feet in height
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.

of Manila paper, coated with asphalt.
Edison claims to have in his labora-
tory every substance, organic or inor-
ganic, in the world.
The Philadelphia Board of Health
has refused to declare consumption to
be a contagious disease.
BY the invention of awoman, threads
are now cut on watch screws that are
finer than q human hair.
Turtle doves when they appear to
kiss r only propelling alf-digested
food from n mouth into another.
About the thinnest thing in the world
is the film of a soap bubble, of which
it would take $4,000, 900 to measure
on inch.
The sticky, sweet, h~ign-smelling fluid
secreted blythe "honey AMI" of Mexico
is used as food and also for medicinal
purposes, especially in diseases of the
eye and ear.
The late Frederick Schwatka found
the temperature on Burk's Great Fish
River, Arctic regions, to be seventy
one degrees below the zero of the Fab
renheit scale.
A process of forming artificial whale
bone from animal hair; consisting in
subjecting the hair to a softening bath,
then to a bath of acetic acid, and,
finally, placing the mass under great
pressure, has been invented.
An electric company in Boston have
the most original designfor q calendar
ever issued. 1t represents a pug dog
who will at command set up on a desk
and present to o visitor the business
card of the firm, which is held in the
teeth of the dog.
A new soap recently introduced in
France contains ground glass and emery
of different degrees of tineness, and is
recommended for polishing iron and
wood and for all the usual purposes Of
sand and emery paper. 1t may be used
either dry or after having been damp
ened.
Abound Of rice is shown BY chem
ical analysis to contain SO. o9 per cent.
of nntritive matter. The same guam
tity of wheat contains 80. 81 per cent. /;
rye, 50. 70 per cent; oats, 74.2 per
cent. ; corn, S2.97 per cent. ; potatoes,
1924 per cent. ; fat beef, 46.03 per
cent. ; lean beef, 26. S3 per cent.
Columbia College, New York City,
has organized what it calls the Elec-
trical Workers University Extension
Society. A course of ten lectures has
been arranged to take place in the
Cooper Union, while President Seth
Low has agreed to contribute $1,000 to
the expense of the course, tc which NO
admission fee will be charged.
Professor Edwin J. Houston says
that one of the achievements of the
future in electrical development is the
device for looking into a receiver al
one end of a metallic wire and seeing
therein afaithful reproduction OF what
ever poetical imaginations are i'm
pressed on a PERSONS memory at the
other end, even though 1000 miles
apart.
Professor Falb, of Berlin, prophesie'
q very probable collision between the
earth and the comet of 1856 on No
vember IS, 1899, when the comet vii
cut the point where the earth arrives
every year at that time. But he does
not think harm could come of sucl
collision, the material of.the comet be
ing SO light, unless the carbonic acit
gas, of which it is probably composed.
should poison our atmosphere. But
anyway, he says we may look for
magnificent shower of meteors on tina
date.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11

most extraordinary magnitude are
made as to who shall cut his OPP
~ponent's string. = San Francisco
Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
Are You Married?

Nature intended that all human beings should mate as soon as they reached the age of maturity, but un- fortunately society, custom and sur roundings have willed it otherwise. However, should nature have it's course, some communities are so small that it IS impossible te matc it's young people satisfactorily, and they are forced to pass down the river of life forgotten and alone. A happy thought was the formation of the Affinity Publishing Company, of Scranton, Pa. They arc issuing 6 high class matrimonial journal which is widely endorsed. Its ob- ject is to bring kindred souls to- gether by means of correspondence, and no doubt the result will be a number of happy marriages. Sam pie copies of the journal can be ob- tainsd for ten cents by addressing AFFINITY, Scranton, Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
A storm at Sea

Increases the discomfort of the voy- ager. But even when the weather is not tempestuous he is liable to sea sickness. They who traverse the gigantic wetness" should he provided with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which quists disordersd stomachs with gratifying speed and certainty. To the hurtful influence of tropic, malarious or too rigor- ous..or damp climate, as well as to the bancful effects of unwholesome diet and bad water, it is . reliable antidote. Commercial travellers by sea or land, mariners, miners, western pioneers, and all who have to encounter vicissitudes of clin. ate and temperature, concur in pro- nouncing it the best safeguard. It prevents rheumatism and pulmon- ary attacks in consequence of damp and cold, and it is an efficient de. fense against all forms of malaria. It can be depended upon in dyspep. sia, liver and kidney trouble.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

After court, reminds us of "After the Ball, I've notice what accompa. nies both. The absence of excite. ment, the taste of ashes in the mouth, and the rising Jumps m the throat, when we look over the field of past glories, nothing to remind us of the good times but some old forgotten mementoes and the look. ahead 10 the next.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
Special Offer.

The HERALD has made arrange ments with the publishers of the thrice-a-week New York World, whereby we offer to all new sub scribers to the St. Johns HERALD for the next 60 days, both papers for s3.25 per year, cash in advance. The World IS issued three times a week, making l56 papers year, in effect a daily paper. Now IS the time to send in your subscription to the HERALD, and take advantage of this unprecedented offer, you will thus get all the political news from the East right through the presi- dential campaign.
 The St. Johns HERALD and the thrice-a-wcek New York World, both for s3.25 8 year.
 THR HERALD.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

The Mount Lebanon Shakers re- ccntly performed Q great deed of charity, being nothing more nor loss than an advertising scheme. It however resulted in great good just the same. They gave away 1000 bottle of their Digestive Cordial to those suffering from stomach do' rangement.
 It was so effective in curing those whs used the remedy that hey were loud Tn their praises of it and in consequence large demand for the cordial was at once created.
 The druggists of this town have little books that tell all about it. Digestive Cordial creates an appe- tite, aids digestion and brings about arapid increase in flesh and strength
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
NerYousness

Is only another name for impure blood, for no person is weak and ner. yous whose blood is perfectly pure.
 When the blood Is full of the germs of disease, and lacking in the red cor puscles which give it vitality, when it fails to properly nourish the organs and tissues of the body, what can you expect but that tired feeling and ner- Tousness?
 Of course Scrofula, Eat Rheum, Catarrh and Rheumatism arc uni- Tersally recognized as blood diseases, for which Hoods Sarsaparilla, as the best blood purifier, is everywhere acknowled the greatest remedy.
 Therefore, as Hoods Sarsaparilla cures all blood diseases, it is the best remedy for that condition of the blood which causes Nervousness.
 It is @ false idea to think you arc curing your nervousness when you are taking preparation which only ousets your nerves! It is like trying to "drown" your sorrows in the flowing bowl. They are cure to return,
 We wish to make most imuressive, then, this truism:
 You cannot purify your blood by DEADENING or QUILTING your nerves with opiate, narcotic or nerve com- pounds. If you take such articles you are only TRHLNG with your troubles. There is SURE to be REAo- TON which will leave you worse than you were before.
 Why not then, take the true course, follow the bee.line to tho state of health, purify your blood and cure your Nervousness by taking
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

There will be more corn raised in Graham county this year than in all the balance of Arizona pat together. The crop is magnificent to behold. Much will yield 75 bushels to the acre and the acreage is much large than last year. This corn will bring in the market about $1 per hundred. The corn crop is the second crop for this year on much of the land, it having produced a good crop of wheat or bar ley this spring. Land that will produce 40 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of corn to the acre in one year is scarce, even in Arizona, still plenty of it can be found in Graham county.-Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE. Taxes for 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Du- plicate Assessment Rollof Apache coun- ty, ArIzona Territory, for the year 1895 is now in my possession for the collec- tion of the taxes levied.
 Taxes will be delinquent on the third Monday of December, 1895, and unless paid on that day or prior thereto, five per cent. will be added to the amount thereof as penalty.
 Taxes may be paid at my office in St, Johns, Apache county, Arizona, at any time within office hours from this date until the 18th day of December, 1895.
 ALBERT F. POTTER,
 TAX COLLECTOR St. Johns. Sept. 18th, 1895.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03
Deafness Can not be Cured

Deafness Can not be Cured by local applications as they can not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti- tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infamod condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed you have rumbliDg sound or inn perfect heariug, and when it is en. tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless tho inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten are caused by catarrb, which is nothing but an infsmed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dol lars for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars; free.
 +. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, O. s@- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

.- A. 6 B. Schuster started a herd of sheep for Los Vegas::yesterday, Ssrafn Apodaca in charge. They intend to drive, and will consume about 30 days on the trip. The sheep were sold here, yearling wethers at s1.50 per head and spring lambs s1.05. They will deliver at Los Vegas some 5000 head.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

A number of our prominet sheep and wool growers are shearing their flocks at tho present writing, and big loads of the feecy are expected Tn shortly.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

D-Dinilg Station, Trains and carry Pullman Combination sleeper and chair cars. , CONNECTIONS: At Ash Fork with the Allan t$c & Pacific R: K, and entire Santa Fe System; At Jerome Jurction with the United Verde q Pacific Ky; at Prescott with Stage Lines for all principal Mining Camps; at Congress with Stag Lines for Harqua Hala. Stanton and YaTnell. At Phenix with the MARICOPA & PHOENIX RY., for poi ts on s, r. Ky THIS LINE IS THE BEST ROUTE TO THE GREAT SALT RIVER VALLEY, For informa- ton regarding this VALLEY and the RICH MINING SECTION tributary to tEis road, ad- dress;
 F. A. HEALY,
 General Frieght & Passenger Agent. F. Murphy,
 President General Manager.
 R. E. WELLS,
 Assistan: General Manager.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

Clerk of the Court Ruiz has re- turned to Concho, and will devote the winter to his mercantile busl' ness in that city, far from the mad dening court.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

We noticed the genial face ofMr. Kempe, the Concho merchant, on our streets, the last week.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

Colir Campbell IS in town, and is offering for sale number of the celebrated rams from the Hart & Campbell sheep ranch near Win- slow.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

The case of the Territory against Mark Withers, burglary. Tho yer. dict of the jury was, not guilty.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

Lena Perez vs. New York Life Insurance Co. Judgement for plain tiff iu tho sum of S5000 and interest. Norris < Herndon for plaintiff, J. F. Wilson for defendant. An ap- peal was taken by the defendant.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

In tho case of the Territory against Eugene Chapman, burglary. The accused plead guilty, and was sentenced by the court to serveawo years in tho Yuma psnitentiarys
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

". J. Mallory, our obliging post master, will take a much needed rest, visiting the scenes of hls boy hood, in Utah. Judge Farr will sort the mail until his return.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-10-03

The firm ofA. & B. Schuster were busily engaged Saturday in unload ing, opening and asserting large line of winter gosds, tho result of . recent purchase by the firm.