Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

A farmers work on wet days in
cludes, according to an agricultural
paper, this miscellany. "Mend the
tools, oil the harness, pick out the de-
cayed fruit and vegetables in the cellar,
read, write and visit the school,"
There is nothing very brilliant
about our Bremen dentists. said q
lady to an individual who practiced the
art in Berlin, ''but they are obliging.
If you wish tooth extracted with gas
they forthwith light the chandelier. u
Hygienic pillows are now in vogue.
Three form a full equipment for bed,
of which one is filled with hops, sec
ond with pine needles, and third with
marine moss. They are believed to
cure sleeplessness and nervous disord-
ers.
Last year Paris consumed 107, 1885,
600 gallons of wine. This was about
forty gallons to each person, or
over pint day to each man, woman,
and child. 1t is very common thing
to see French mothers feeding wine to
babe.
According to the latest census the
people of the United States engaged in
active business pursuits are thus en-
ployed: In agriculture, $4,000, 1000;
professional and personal service, r.
600. 900; manufacturing and mining,
1000, 900; trade and transportation,
5000, 600.
The Dutch have not controlled the
nutmeg trade for many years. They
tried TO coniine the growth of the nut
meg to the Banda Islands, which they
owned, but the nutmeg pigeons carried
the nuts into all the surrounding coun-
tries. and the trees grew and flourished
in spite of the would-be monopolists.
In the Luray cavern, the guide re-
marks. Now | will show you the
browning wonder of all, y and points to
little circular depression in the rock
"a perfect birds nest--and there, TO
carry out the illusion, is a little white
egg, smooth and perfect in shape as re-
atty. There were three, but some
vandal stole the others.
The question whether or not the use
of natural gas is safe, rs now conduct
ed. Is being agltatcd in Pttsburg.
Many persons living along the routes
Of the pipe say that it is only ques-
ton OF lime when the people will be
Mortified by disastrous explosion.
The same unrealized fears prevailed
when the artificial gas was introduced.
The development of the lumber
manufacturing business In many parts
of the South is remarkable. From
South Kentucky to Chattanooga, Tenn,
is an extended and vast line of saw
mills and stave, spoke end handle
factories. Large numbers of people
are crowding into that region, of which
the town of Dayton, Tenn, is the
active business center.
A cement which resists damp and
firmly attaches labels to iron and tin
work consists of paste of rye meal
and little solution of glue and water,
to which as much Venetian turpentine
is added as may be required. Ordin-
airy flour paste, when well made, and
some glycerine thoroughly Incorporated
with it, does very well for fixing print
ed labels on timed sheet-iron boxes.
The California ostrich farm covers
200 acres, has twenty old birds and
eighteen young ones. The proprietor
is hopeful of a large profit. One-half
the feather product of Africa is market
ed in the United States, and the de-
mand is increasing. Each bird ought
to yield fifty long white feathers twice
year. The feathers haveto be washed
and curled, and are then worth 81 to
Sc each, wholesale.
A correspondent of the Boston Globe
gives the following cure for catarrh:
Take about pint of warm water,
add one or two teaspoonfuls of fluid ex-
tract of witch-hazel and twenty or
thirty drops of tincture of myrrh. Put
the mixture in rubber douche, with
tube attached. Hang the douche in
an elevated position, place the nozzle
of the tube in the nostrils alternately
say for fifteen minutes, and the specific
gravity of the fluid will do the work.
Use twice day."
The Treasury Department has in its
rogues' gallery photographs of 5000
counterfeit makers and showers.
These persons are of all ages, from the
child of fourteen to the gray-haired
sinner of seventy. They represent
every nationality, even to the African
and the Heather Chinee. The latter,
indeed, are much more numerous than
might be expected. Those thrifty
pagans are perhaps the most expert
imitators in the world, and they stand
at the head of the class in the produc-
ton of base coin. Many women are
engaged rs showers.
The celebrated Egyptian explorer,
Petrie, has just discovered colossal
statue of Rameses H., which, when
whole, must have been the largest
stone statue ever known in the world,
its altitude from foot to crown having
been ninety-eight feet. 1t was a stand
ing figure of the usual type, wearing
the crown of Upper Egypt, and. with
its pedestal, had an extreme height Of
lis feet 1t was monolith, and came
from the quarries of Syene, like the
great obelisks and pillars of Luxor,
and, according to the most careful
computation, it must have weighed
about 700 tons. 1t has been mutilatcd
and despoiled beyond recovery. and its
fragments built into the propylon of a
temple erected by the sovereign of a
later dynasty.
The New York san thinks we are
living in go-ahead age, and instances
the changes in bar-room styles.
Twelve years ago the floor was sand
ed. pictures of Flora Temple, Peytona
and Fashion hung upon the walls,
chairs and tables were wooden and
primitive. the ceiling was dingy, chan
deliers were rusty and ly-tracked.
chopped pigs feet were served as
lunch, and whisky and brandy were
poured from the bottle Now all is
changed. The bar-rooms are hooks of
luxury. Turkish rugs cover the door,
expensive paintings adorn the walls.
handicapped tables and richly up
holstered chairs await occupants, CELL
ings are frescoed and exquisitely
succeed blue enameling reiines pronzed
chandeliers, choice salmon is the staple
feature in free lunches, and liquors are
poured from delicate decantcrs of cut
glass.
Mrs Pierre Lorillard. Jr., of New
ork. Is now said to be the authoress