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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Common Species.

The London World thus describes
birds before and after they are be.
trothed: "The young unengaged
bird-she IS slight, ligh and bright;
fond of the society of the COUSIN
bud; chatters good deal at feeding
time; is addicted to meaningless in
terrogations, round games, bon bons
fragments of the slang berry, abd
semi-plucked undergraduate blrd,.
upon which she feeds voraciously
She is fr' quently found chirruplng
with others of her tribe at the plum
ing or come tony room and brush
your-halr' hour The engaged ira
generally is seen fitting myster,
ously aroand the trousseau tree. ln
the evening prefers sitting ous on a
branch and watching the fappers;
has been known to smile on the best
man bird and cause much irritation
hereby A rnt Il ~ w,,h IN.
claw concesled, aud IL invariahl,
lost at picnic, to the amusement OF
the matron birds and envy of the
fappers. The flesh is white and
soft"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Lord BeacOnsfield's Ideal.

II he had been possessed by great
love of truth or of humanity, all
might have come right; he would
have quickly worked through his
youthful cynicism to something high
err But pride and ambition. the
pride of racs and the pride Of genius.
left no room for these sentiments
his intellect was skeptical, his heart
was somewhat cold Before HIM Law
world in which fame and power
were to be won by the gifts which he
knew himself to possess; the laurels
of others would not let HIM sleep;
and he threw all his soul into the
pursuit OF fame and power
1t was poor ideal But he seems
to have thought it the only ideal, and
probably looked on those who strove
after some other as either fools OF
hypocrites. Early in his poltca
life he said one day to one # the
foremost of his political opponent:
from whom the present writer heard
the anecdote. as they took their um
brellas in the vestibule of the house
of commons: "After all, what is il
that brings you and me here? Fame
This is the true arena. / nigh
have occupied literary throne Blu
have abandoned it for this career
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Paying Poultry.

Prairie Farmer: The subject OF
Poultry was discussed at late
meeting of the Hopklnton IN. h.)
Farmers Club. There was also a
pretty good exhibition of Plymouth
Rocks and Leghorns; here is a
sample of the experiences ELECTED:
S L Spencer in 1881, began with
100 fowls and closed with $50; had
80 laying hens on an average The
income was $24s SIS; the increased
value of stock, s43 so; total, 1922. 05.
The cost was $l35 co. The profit
was Sl56 As The number of eggs
sold was 900 dozen The profit was
81 Sc per head; he Compared th $
result with an experience with tou
cows, which shows a loss of s72 10
Mr.. S. must be poor dalryman.
ED. Mr.. Goodrich thought he could
do better with fowls than with hogs
and sell the pork at l2c per Id. Mr.
Green thought bis Leghorns a trife
the best layers, but the Plymouths
the most profitable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
UtalI's Inhabitants,

Napa (Cal.) Register: It's smat
ter OF interest to know whence come
the proselytes of the Mormon church
and Census Bulletin number 275
gives the following statistics regard.
ing the nativities of Utah. The
population of Utah is gwen at 49,
963, 99,959 beng native and 43, 1894
foreign born. Of these, ss,647 were
born in Utah. 2,7os in New York,
2,22s in Illinois, 1928 ia Pennsyi,
vanis, 602 in Iowa; 1908 in Mis-
souri, 7SS in Ohio, Gas 10 Massachu
sets, sos in California, 472 in In
diana, all other nalives 1929. The
foreign born, the majority of whom
il is fair to presume are Mormons,
are as follows: 1864 in England,
1871 in Denmark, $3.50 in Sweden,
3,2ol in Scotland, 1880 in Wales,
1921 in Ireland, 1924 in Norwa,
l,o40 in Switzerland, 8S5 in Canada
ss5 in the German Empire; all other
foreign born, / s63,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Eloquent Passage.

The following is an extract from tn,
late Gen. Garfeld's tribute to the mem
DRY of Senator Ferry, of Michigan, de.
hyered IN the House of Representative
at Washington
Before closing, however, let me re.
Ter to the crowning glory Of his life. Mr..
Ferry had a strong religious element in
his character. This was with him q
great controlling force, and not senti-
ment. No cloud obscured the efful-
gence of his hope or dimmed his vision.
Clear and high his intellect and his faith
arose above all storms and darkness, and
sustained him in sweet companionship
amid the unrevealed mysteries Of pain,
AS his end drew near he came
back after a brief absence. There,
under his own roof, with the an
gels of his household about him, he
passed to his rest. Thinking of the tri-
ais, and knowing, as we do, how well he
mad wrought for the future, trusting in
the merits Of his dear Lord, he could
repeat the sweet lines Of Boner:
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
shall he soon:
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
begp nQ Inc pulses fever beating,
shau be coon.
Love, rest and homel
Sweet hope
Lord, tarry not, but come
Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
l shau be soon
Beyond the rock-waste and the river
Beyond the never and the ever,
shall be soon
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hopel
Lord, tarry not, but come
Say, the sweeter word of inspiration
in the volume of the book is written !:
Lo i! | come quickly. Even so, come,
Lord Jesus"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Specific AgAinSt TyDhoid

DIR. Guillasse, OF the French navy. in
a paper on typhoid fever, speaks Of the
great benefit which has been derived
from the use of coffee. He has found
that TO sooner have the patients few
tablespoonful OF it than their features
become relaxed and they come to their
senses. The next day the improvement
is such as to leave no doubt that the
article is just the specific needed. Under
the. influence the stupor is dispelled
and the patient rouses from the state of
somnolency in which he has been since
the invasion Of the disease; soon ali the
functions take their natural course, and
he enters upon convalescence. DIR,
Gulllasse gives to an adult Two or three
tablespoonful of strong black coffee
every two hours. alternated with one of
two teaspoonfuls of claret or Burgunyd
wine-a little lemonade or citrate or
magnesia to be taken daily, and after a
while quinine. Foote'S Heath
MOR{hjU
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Beans,

The common bean is believed to have
originated in the East, and is still said to
be fund wild In Persia and other parts
Of Central Asia. In It's natural state it is
bitter and scarcely edible, being small,
tough and stringy, though it quickly
yields to cultivation and becomes an eI-
cellent article of diet.
There are number of varieties grown
from the several species, the most re-
markable of which are the French kid
ney bean (harico0 which has been raised
from the seed of the "phdseolus vuL-
gorts, the sword bean of India and the
Lima bean of America, both of which
are OF the species known as f" dolicIes. !"
The common bean is frequently trained
as vine upon frames, bushes Or poles,
but the variety chiefly cultivated is the
punch or shrub bean, which grows into
small bushy clump, generally twelve
to eighteen inches in height; OF the )
the cherry and wax beans are the favor
ties.
Beans require for their successful
growth rich, well-prepared soil, which
they do not exhaust; they bear oblong
pods with rounded seeds, and those which
are to be used for dried seed; others
which have thick, fleshy pods, have small
Hattened seed; these are consumed more
for the vegetable nature Of the pods than
Tor the seeds within them, and are termed
string beans. When they are dried the
PODS are useless, and the seed or the bean
proper is the valuable feature. In this
condition they are Of great value as
food article, having 81 per cent. of nu-
trltious matter, while wheat, which is
looked upon as great staff of existence.
has but "a. They arc also excellent food
for horses, and are more nourishing than
oats.
Beans were well known to the arcients.
many of whom looked upon them un-
favorably. This is supposed to have
resulted from certain mystic properties
being attributed to them, and from their
being used in incantations and other
occult ceremonies. They were also fire.
quently used as ballots, the white for
the affirmative and the black for the
negative. Ovid gives a description OF
an important domestic ceremony, in
which the master of the family, after
carefully washing his hands three times,
throws quantity of black beans over
his head nine times, exclaiming, 81 re-
deem myself and family by these BEANS"
The exact object of this ceremony is not
made clear.
Pythagoras urged abstinence from
beans, believing their use would produce
sensuality and grossness the Egyptian
priests objected to their use on like
grounds, and believed thateven the sight
of beans rendered one unclean; no one
who even cultivated the plant was per-
mitted to approach temple or shrine
until they had performed certain strin-
gent additions.
String and Lima beans have both be-
come favorite articles for canning, and
are Theoretically sealed in large quanti-
ties, which meet with great demand and
large consumption. Limas are especially
regarded with favor, as it is difficult
matter When properly canned to distin-
guish them from the fresh article
Baltimore american
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Why Uncle Pleasant Married.

Uncle Pleasant Batkins is 60 and his
wife 70. The other day friend said:
Uncle Pleasant, why in the mischief
did you marry woman nearly old
enough to be your mother?" "You see,
boy" he replied, with sigh, az was
wurkin' for Long John Freemon, in Han
over, when was Jest Is, and Sarah Ann
Russ, old Mrs. Russ only daughter, was
30 if she wur a day. At every quiltin'
she used to chuse me for partner, and
everybody said it 'peared like she wur a
courtin' me. She gimme four pair cot
ton socks and heap of things but still
| didn't have no notion of her. Well,
one Christmas eve, went to the old
womaa's and had hardly sat down before
Sarah Ann brought me some sweet-po-
tato pie, which she knowed | was mon
strous fond of. While I was eatin' it
heard the old woman up stairs account
in silver dollars. Now, thar was no
plaster to the ceilin', and the upstairs
foo had cracks in it as wide as my fin
ger. So, you see, could her the jingle
of the money jest as well as if / had
been up thar myself. When she had
counted 906, drawed up to Sary Ann
and popped the question. In course
she said she'd have me, and the next
Thursday we was married. Now. whit
do you think l found out the next day a
Why that the old woman didn't have but
30 Mexican dollars, and that she counted
them over and over Jest to fool me.
Don't marry for money, boy, specially
for silver dollars. "-Richnlond Express
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Fraudulent Divorce Certificates.

People who get divorced through New
York lawyers who advertise the divorce
business as q specially should be careful
not to marry again until they are certain
all is right Other evidence than the
statements of the INSCRIPTIONS attorneys
is necessary. A New Yorker who sup
posed himself divorced in this way.
ostensibly through a Pittsburg court,
found TO his disgust that the names OF
officials who have no existence had been
affixed to the apparently legal certificate.
Some months ago New York reporter
visited one of the divorce lawyers, and
after paying him certain fees in due time
received what purported to be the legal
attestation of his separation from his
wife As he had never been married,
the value of the process through which
he had passed can very easily be con-
ceived. There is no doubt that many of
the applicants TO these shysters are as
bad as their counsel, but this does not
render the latter any less nuisance.
Legislation is apparently needed in
several States to check this nefarious
practice, and it should be forthcoming.
Cincinnati Gazette
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Bells.

Bells are said to have been introduced
by Paulinus, Bishop of Mole, III Cam
pagna, about 400, and first known in
France in $50. The army Of Clothair
H., King of France, was frightened
from the siege of Sens by the ringing OF
the bells of st. Stephens Church. The
second exception of King Egbert COM
mands every priest. at the proper hours,
to sound the bells of his church. Bells
were used in churches by order of Pope
John X, about 900, as defence by
ringing them against thunder and light
ming. Bells were first cast in England
by Turkeytel, Chancellor of England
under Edmund /. His successor i'm
proved the invention, and caused two
first tunable sets to be put up at Croy-
land Abbey, $50. The celebrated
"Song of the Bell" by Schiller, has
been frequently translated. Bells were
anointed and baptised in churches, it is
said, from the tenth century. The bells
of the priory of Little Dunmow, in Es-
sex, were baptised by the names of st.
Michael, st. John, Virgin Mary, Holy
Trinity, ETC., in 1901. The great bell Of
Notre Dame, of Paris, was baptised by
the name of Duke of Angouleme, 1916.
On the continent, in Roman Catholic
states, they baptise bells as we do ships,
but with religious solemnity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
New Breeds Of Dairy Cattle.

lndlscriminate cross-breeding is not
advisable. 1t is true that most of our
improved breeds of horses, cattle, sheep
and swine have been produced by cross
breeding, that is, by using a pure bred
sire OF one breed on pure bred dam
of another breed, but permanent type
in the progeny of such cross-bred
animals is obtained only by iudicious
selections of breeding stock and persist
ent effort, requiring years of patient and
watchful care. 1t IS a mistake-and
one often made by inexperienced breed
ers-to suppose that anew type or breed
of any class of stock can be created in
one, two, or three generations OF such
stock. Like begets like when the type
has been established, but until that is
done, the progeny Of unlike parents win
hardly be uniform. In the case of
swine, for instance, one or more in q
litter Of pigs may present marked chra-
acterics Of the sire, and others may
closely resemble the dam, while others
still may combine SOME Of the charac-
teristics OF both parents In cattle,
and all other classes Of animals the
same rule holds good A calf may
closely resemble one or the other of its
parents, or It may unite their rood
points and have none of their defects, or
II may be sort Of nondescript without
symmetry or cOmeliness, and with but
few desirable qualities Hence it is
best for the average breeder, and for
farmers as rule, to iet men of large
experience and sound judgement in
such matters, originate and establish
improved breeds Of such cross-bred
animals as such time, study and mon
cy VIII be required to reach desired re-
suits. Ii is much better economy there
tore, for an ordinary farmer and breed
or to obtain animals of some already
established breed, rather than attempt
TO produce or create an ideal breed
which may better suit his fancy.
Cross-breeding, as we have said, i'm
plies the crossing of pure-b bred animals
in different established breeds, and
should not be COMPOUNDED with grades
or common stock.
Every man who rears stock should en-
deayor to improve its quality. Dairy
men especially should realize the neces-
slty of improving their breeds-(and
many OF them do)-for therein more
than IN anything else at this time, con-
sists the means of increasing the profits
OF their business. With IA large major
ity OF them the most feasible way of
doing this is to use pure bred male
of one of the well known milk breeds
or Of some family or strain of other
breeds whose dairy qualities are we'll
establshed-on their best cows. rear
the heifer calves Of such COWS and breed
from them and their female progeny
Prairie ar7ner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Dishes Made Of Paper.

The latest application of paper is the
adoption of paper plates by some of the
great restaurants and cafes in Berlin.
The innovation was first introduced dur
ing the summer of last year by the adj
venturous landlord of much frequent
ed open-air restaurant. Every customer
who ordered bread ard butter, rolls.
cakes, buns or similar articles, mad them
served to him on little paper plate,
made of light papier mache, adorned
with pretty border in relief, and hav-
ing, at the first glance, great
similarity to porcelain. Guests,
walters and hosts were all
pleased with tie novelty. 1t saved
the walters many a deduction from
their wages ON account of breakages.
which the very deftest and cleverest can
scarcely avoid when he handles hun
dreds of pieces of crockery during a
single afternoon and evening. The pa
per plates were so cheap that the land
lord did not care to assert his ownership
over them and his customers were al
lowed to carry them away like the pref
ty serviettes of thin paper used in so
many restaurants in Holland There
was also a considerable saving on the
time lost and the chance of accident in
Cured in the cleansing of earthenware
pottery. The success Of the experiment
has been so marked that the new species
of plates is likely to be introduced into
q great number of restaurants. Paper
World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
An ineedote Of MnIibran.

The incidents of Malibran' latter life
are 50 well known to all who take an iu-
tcrcSt in musical affairs. that any partic-
ular recounting of them would be super
luouS here, even Irrespective of the
limits and the purpose Of these articles.
There is one story of her, however.
which does not appear in her memoirs.
and | believe has never been in print
When she was singing ut Coyen Garden
Theatre, IN London. the tenorwaS Tenn
ptcton, q Scotchman with q beautiful
voice and fair yocalization, but dull.
without style or expression, and n mere
-plit-stick upon the stage All NJ once.
Malibran declared She would not sing
with Itmpietuu The manager, sup
posing that she objected 10 him as an
Nt'So. aud knowing her kindness and
T"od-natUrt, asked her the reason of
her decision. After a little hesitation
sac tephe0, "t.8>t evening Mr.. Temple
l'h Was gong 10 kiss me. The mama
scr VINO knew Mr. Tenpleton as well
"> me- AueW Maaoran, sent for the tenor
4 Immediately, and in the presence Of the
hauSati.y shrinking prima-donna. told
hun II hcr accusation "Nodum MOLLY
Brawu, was the St0id Scotchman
reply, r." MEDIUM Molly Brawn. | wadna
kuss We on ony account" MOLLY
brawn, who was then peStered bv a
giided throng made up of hall the maj.
butterflies in London. appreciated Tho
situation Instantly, broke into neal q,
SuEAter' and matters were restored Il
W.i FORMER condition. Richard Gram
tttt' va ihe CeHtVrV for March.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Bathing.

The end of the day is the best time
for sponge-bath; sponge and coarse
towel have often culed insomnia where
diacdium failed. A bucketful of tepid
water will do for ordinary Purposes;
daily shower baths in winter-time are as
preposterous as hot drinks in the dog
days. Russian baths and ice-water
cures owe their repute to the same pop
ular delusion that ascribes miraculous
virtues to nauseating drugs-the mis-
trust of our natural instincts, culminat-
ing in the idea that all natural things
must be injurious to men, and that the
efficacy of remedy depends on the de-
gree of its responsiveness. Ninety-nine
boys in a hundred would rather take
the bitterest medicine than cold bath
in mid-winter. II we leave children
and animals to the guidance of their in
stincts they will become amphibious in
the dog-days, and quench their thirst at
the coolest spring without fear of iniur-
ious consequences (; but In winter-time
even wild beasts avoid immersion with
an instructive dread. a Canadian bear
will make wide circuit, or pick his
way over the foes rather than swim q
lake in cold weather. Baptist mission
aries do not report many revivals be-
fore June. Warm springs, on the other
hand, attract all the birds and beasts
that stay with us in winter-time the
hot spas of Rockport, Ark, are visited
nightly by raccoons and foxes in spite
of all torchlight hunts; and Hsxthausen
tells us that in hard winters the therme
of Paetigorsk, in the Eastern Caucasus,
attract deer and wild hogs from the dis
tant Terek valley. / know the claims
of the hydropathic school, and the argyll
ments pro and con, but thu main points
of the controversy still hinge upon the
issue between natures testimony and
DIR. Prlessnitz's.-T. l.. Oswald, an
Popular Science Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

Then the summer mornings were full
of singing birds, always waiting outside
our windows to help us begin the day
with happiness. Then flowers were born
as if to accompany the birds in their be-
nevolent mission. Then all our dreams
we're pleasant imaginings, Arabian
Nights Entertainments. frolic visions OF
untroubled Joy. Then June was the
longest and loveliest month in the cal
endar Then we we're never depressed
by bad weather. Then headache had
no Judgement nearer than our neighbor's
brain. Then personal rheumatism is
unknown to us. Then insomnia had
not been invented, and we were not
obliged to draw upon the apothecary foi
walls of sleep. Then we could walk
twenty miles q day without fatigue.
Then all was gold that gistened. Then
We Wsre yo,ng.-James r. Fields, In
Hdr1{eT's MAGAZINE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
HOrSe.Shed Christianity.

A Methodist society in Mendon, VT,
has put up about q dozen good horse
sheds at the church. That is practical
religion, and worth dozen exhortations
on falling from grace" or sanctifica-
ton. A man who will hitch his horse
to a fence on a cold winter day, and do
1t for years while he goes inside the
meeting house to talk about "faith"
and +" love, sanctifcation and
" election" lacks some essential feature
OF the gospel of Christ. The world
wants more of the Christianity which
builds horse-sheds, pays 100 cents on
the dollar, treats the horses kindly,
cares for the stock, and is not domineer-
ng IN the family Vermont Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
A Plea for Tobacco.

Here is an eloquent plea for the use
Of tobacco: at composes the mind,
busies the thoughts, it attracts all out
ward objects to the minds view, it set
ties and retents the senses, it cheers the
understanding, strengthens the lCdg-
ment, spies out errors, it exasperates
follies, it heats ambition, it comforts
sorrow, it abates passion, it excites to
noble actions, it digests conception, il
enlarges knowledge, it elevates imagina
ton, it creates fancy, it quickens wit,
and it makes reason pleader and truth
Judge in all disputes and controversies
between right and wrong" So wrote
Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, some
200 years ago, and probably many wife
has Endorsed her statements since, for it
does work wonders with an irritable
man, we all know.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Daily Habits of an Emperor.

II is said that from the 1st of next
month his Majesty the Emperor's daily
habit will be to rise at o'clock every
morning; worship before the shrine OF
the sacred insignia at $50; breakfast
at 6 study from Z to o'clock at 10
attend the Privy Councils meeting un-
til p. m, and engage in various mill
tuy studies from till 5 o'clock. This
is very different programme from that
pursued before the Reformation, when
the chief part of his Majesty's time was
devoted to the performance of religious
ceremonies. Japan Mail.