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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11
~AIalRriaI Fever.

To the individual'who wishes to. obtain
a grand attack of ''malarial fever We
would suggest these rules Drink water
from any and every source, and have
without having positive evidence that
the source from which it has been OBJ
tanned is in the best sanitary condition.
Sleep in a small, close, ill-ventilated
Oom at night, with cess-gases flowing
in day and night, either from al open
window or from an %untrapped OF badly
trapped stationary washstand. 60 out
boating in the evening and moonlight
nights On mud-bank streams and ponds,
Better take VI early morning walk
through some lowland or woodland
While thedew is yet on the fallen leaves.
If you are fond of driving, take a drive
along such streams in the early part Of
the evening, and during the day go out
to supper in the woods on a picnic, and
drink the spring water saturated with
decaying leaves, the bark of trees, and
weeds. If there is any ditching or eS-
~cavating going on near by 1t will help
you to go and stand about these places
by the hour every day. Go to bed late
and get up early. Eat promizcuOusIy
of fruits, berries, ETC., that are begin
ming to decay. Nibble and gnaw and
eat all kinds of fruits, candies and
cakes between meals. SC as to impair
your digestive powers as much as pos
sible. Then get up a dance every night
the hotter the night the longer the
dance. Have plenty of lights burning
crowd the room we'll; thea dance with
all your might, and as often as possible,
SO as to become thoroughly saturated
with perspiration then go out on the
porch where there is a nice breeze or,
in the absence of the same get a large
fan and fan yourself thoroughly this
is a valuable method of becoming
chilled. There are other methods OF
becoming chilled which will naturally
suggest themselves to you but as this
is the most approved method during
the summer while resting for your
health, we give it to you as the most
fashionable, and it will probably be the
most agreeable for you to adopt, espe-
cially if young. If you are at the sea
shore a very good method is to remain
in the water an hour or two at a time
and when you come out OF the water
especially If it is a windy day, stand or
lie on the beach for a half hour or
longer,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11
INDIA,

Few people are aware Of the magni-
tude of India, or comprehend that 1t
contains some 5 5000 900 more people
than all Europe west Of the Vistula.
Fewer still know that it contains sixty
two cities with a population of more
than 100, 900 inhabitants. Below the
limits of $1,000 the towns become much
more numerous and there are hundreds
with a population above 10000. The
majority OF the latter are quite I'm
known to Europeans, an active magis
trate or two excepted aud there IS no
book in English which gives the slight
est account Of their organization or OF
the life and people in them. Yet many
of them have histories of 1000 years,
aud In all flourish families, which call
themselves noble, and have long pedi-
grees and stirring tales to uarrate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11
Tho Canadian Boatmen.

A great deal of interest has lately
been taken, in the arrangements for the
dispatch of the contingent Of Canadian
boatmen who are intended to aid Lord
Wolseley in his upward course on the
Nile. The selection of Canadians for
the difficult task of plotting England's
soldiers on their way to the relief Of
Gordon, was a graceful compliment by
Wolseley to the men who rendered him,
during the earlier days of his career,
such excellent service i'll the Red River
expedition, and though the proposal
met with some objections at first it will
doubtless be found, before the close Of
the expedition if appearances go for
anything, that the men will not dissa
point Wolseley's expectations. A finer
looking body of men could hardly be
found. The contingent numbers about
500 men all told, including detatch-
ments from Quebec, Ottawa, Winnepeg,
Three Rivers, and Caughnawaga an
Indian village neal Montreal. Major
DenisOn, an Old officer and a resident of
Toronto, is IN command. The Ocean
King an iron vessel of 1000 tons, was
engaged by the Canadian Government
for the transportation Of the men, and
left for Quebec, having on board the
Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Indian contlu-
gents. with Lord Melgund, who repre-
sents the Government, in charge. The
vessel arrived at Quebec on Monday
morning, where the other attachments
were taken on board and, after being
inspected by the Governo General, the
vessel sailed for Sidney, Cape Breton,
where the supply Of coal will be OBJ
tanned. The Ocean King will then
make direct for Gibraltar and Alexau-
dria, arriving at The latter place about
the middle of october. The men, who
have been engaged all their lives on the
Canadian rivers and lakes, viii be sta
tiun'd in detaclnmtnts IN the most diff
cult passages of the Nile to assist the
hotilIa IN its upward progress. For
this work each man will receive $40 a
month, besides provisions, of which a
large supply has been forwarded by the
Government. They are also provided
with a complete kit, suitable to the
climate and the work in which they are
TO bs engaged.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11

and materially aided him in his way,
The horses were found as they had
been left, and mounting one Of these
and leading the other young Lamb hur-
away. He made this distance ia al
hour and Informed his father of what
had occurred. Two fresh horses Were
at one saddled, and es soon as young
lamb had got warm the two men started
for the place where Miss Welton had
been LETT. II was four O'Clock III the
morning when they reached the point.
Miss Welton was found stretched out
IN the snow dead. Her features were
placid. Sleepiness, the result Of the
cold, had evidently overcome her soon
after the departure of her guide, and
she had lain down in the snow bank,
well knowing the fate which would soon
overtake her. Beside her was an ivory
handled riding whip, with her name
and place OF residence engraved thereon,
and in her belt was a handsomely
mounted revolver. Her heavy kid
gloves had been removed, and her dia-
mond- bedecked hands we're covered in
the snow. The two men carried the
body between them as best they could,
to where the horses were tethered, and
at 9 o'clock the next morning arrived
at the cabin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11

president Potter, of Hobart College
New York, who had just been elected
Bishop of Nebraka, was making a touI
of the country in August At Paxton
Branch, on the Ogallalla Land ana
Cattle Company's range, he heard that
Wilson, the man who tied Burbank on
the broncho's back and turned him
adrift on the prairies had been caught,
and was held prisoner at Blue Greek
Ranch, sixty miles distant. DIR Potter
drove overthere the next day, and
learned that Wilson was to be killed
at shutdown. He implored the two
cowboys who were guarding the prs
Oner 10 release him, but they were
relentless. After pleading and praying
with them a long time DIR. Potter con
Guided they were past such influence,
and wound up by giving them both a
thrashing, This done, he anbouud
Wilson, who saddled a pony and
escaped. The affair made DR.. Potter
a hero among the ranchmen, aud he
was induced to write a detalled account
Of the rescue to his friends in the
East.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11
faces.

The faces Of Europeans, as a rule
ire broader than those of Amer.
leans. The common distance in this
country between the centres of the eyes
$ three and three eighths inches, but
among foreigners 1t is about three
and a half. Sometimes this is increas-
ID from one to three eighths more. If
5pectacles are worn with the frames
too narrow, the focus of one eye con.
diets with that of the other, and an
fleet is produced very similar to that
Of being oross-eyed,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11
Chinese Medicine.

Large numbers Of dried and smoked
lizards are imported by the Chinese
ply sicians, They are used in cases of
consumption aud auenia with consid-
cradle success Their virtue seems to
lie in the large amount of heterogeneous
compounds and phosphates they con-
tain,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-10-11

Pig metal holding about two per
cent. of copper gives sharp eastiDgs
which are dense and soft, if there has
been no chilling. The outside coat is
frequently Of nearly pure copper,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
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Composer OF ssDOn Giovanni. -

A slovenly, commonplace wife, low,
disorderly connections, and reckless
habits reduced Mozart to system of
constant overwork and constant borrow
ing. One child after another was born
and died, his wife was continually i'll,
symphonies had to be sold before they
were written, usurers had to be resorted
to, till the catastrophe came, which the
father, its unwilling but original cause,
was mercifully spared from Witnessing.
Mozart, whom the poor, anxious chapel
master of Salzburg had hoped to see
''at the head of a comfortable house
hold''-feverishly anxious TO get eight
pupils-writing a masterpiece the eau
berfote," for suburban theatre of
planks, owned by harlequin. begins,
according to his own expression, to
have the taste of death on his tongue;
dies miserably and painfully, leaving
only sixty florins to pay his debts, and
is hurriedly buried in the cheapest
manner in the common ditch of the
public cemetery, without even a cross,
to distinguish his resting-place from
that of the beggars around him. Mo-
Fart believed he was being poisoned, as
L 6IGOicSl ldu DclloNtu DlluSell 10 DC
when he, too, died young in obscurity
and want; but what need could any of
his enemies have had to poison him?
He could never have struggled out of
the wreck of his fortune, of his career.
and of his health. The story is miser-
able one, and, being that of the COM
poser of ''Don Giovanni and the
''Zauberflote," contains deep tragic
interest for Us; yet it is IN reality the
story of hundreds of other musicians
of small or no gifts, and the only real
strange circumstance is that this COM
monplace tale OF failure should be that
of a man of genius like Mozart. This
anomaly we have partially explained by
showing how his father arranged mat
tiers as if he had positively been plan
ming an obscure and unsuccessful ca
reer for his son; the other half of the
explanation must be sought for in Mo-
zart's own character, which, compared
with his genius, was almost as common
place as was his life, and which might,
like it, have been that of very mediocre
artist.-BoaC Bells.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
A Rage For Feathers.

AS to millinery, an acutely fashion
able expert assures me that a furore for
fancy feathers will prevail. The pluck
ings from the ostrich will be all but dis
placed by plumage from gayer birds.
'.There has never been a season. said
my Informant, "when the finest and
most valiegated feathers were in great
er demand. The art of the taxidermist
and the dyer has been strained to sup
ply us. The forests of the wide world
have been hunted over for birds to sac
ritice on the shrine of fashion. A nat
uralist can just now find greater range
of exhibits in the millinery stores than
in the museums; for you must under
stand that feathers are feathers in our
business. There is no such thing as
successfully initiating nature in the way
of plumage. We can make flowers and
leaves that can't be told from the gen.
ulne, but feathers are beyond our Skill
to counterfeit. So every feather that
you see on bonnet has been on a bird
every bill that is upturned in millinery
has sung its song in birdland. Too bad
of us, isn't it? Truly l think so. /
never stick my needle through bird S
skin that don't feel as though an anti
cruelty-to-animals officer ought to grab
me. However, our women must be
decorated.
mot only will we use feathers in do
ing it, but veritable kittens heads and
stuffed squirrels will also be utilized.
But the bright South American birds
will be most popular -NeaO York Letter
IN the Boston Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
American VS.. English Blankets.

The romance so frequently retailed by
free traders that the duty on foreign i'm
ports to this country is paid in reality by
the consumer rather than the importer
is proven to be false by statement in
the Philadelphia Press. A New Eng
land manufacturer, in order to find out
the comparative prices of blankets in
England and America, imported a pair
of pound blankets, which were pur-
chased in England at the lowest possible
cost at wholesale, S4.45. The duty
and custom house fees brought the cost
up to 1885, The price of similar blank
cts manufactured in this country should
be at least 1886 if the free traders stor-
les were true. In reality, however,
American blankets of the same weight
and quality are sold here at So. 25 retail,
only rs cents higher than in England at
wholesale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
To Grease a Wagon Wheel.

The Coach Makers Magazine in
dorses the statement that few people are
aware that they do wagons and car
riages more injury by greasing too
plentifully than in any other way. A
well made wheel will endure constant
wear from ten to twenty-five years if
care is taken to use the right kind and
proper amount of grease; but if this
matter is not attended to, it will be used
up in five or six years. Lard penetrates
the hub and works its way out around
the lemons of the spokes, thus spelling
the wheel. Tallow is the best lubrica-
tor for wooden axletrees, and castor
oil for iron hubs, but many of the
patent axle greases are also excellent.
and have the merit OF being cheaper
and more convenient TO handle. .'Just
grease enough should be applied to the
spindle of wagon to give it slight
coating. This is better than more, for
the surplus put on will work out at the
ends and be forced by the shoulder
bands and nut washer into the hub
around the outside of the boxes. To
oil an iron axletree, first wipe the
spindle clean, wet with spirits of tur-
pentine and then apply few drops of
castor oil near the shoulder and end.
One teaspoonful is sufficient for the
whole.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
The New Mormon Temnle.

The main walls of the new temple Of
the Mormons' in Salt Lake have been
completed within the past week. The
first stone was laid twenty-eight years
ago. The material is granite, like
Maine granite, full of shining mica
hecks. and is hauled from the noun
tains back of Salt Lake with oxen on
enormous wagons, with wheels twelve
feet high. The walls are exceedingly
thick-ten et-and the height is
eighty-fiye feet. The cost to date, paid
by fittings, has been 81, 500 GOO, and
six more years of work will be required
to complete the structure. 1t has come
to stay, whether Mormonism has or not.
and it has been predicted that some
day the State of Utah, redeemed and
purged of polygamy, will own it and
use it for capitol.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
Heroism Recognized.

In the quiet cemetery at Marion, in
this State, is monument that few peo-
pie now living have any knowledge of,
though it commentaries an act of hero
ic devotion in humble life more worthy
of commemoration than many that are
heralded to the world by the trump of
fame 1t is plain marble shaft, per-
haps eighteen feet high, surmounting a
granite pedestal, all in simple and I'M
ostentatious style and taste. The in
scriptions on the four sides of the shaft
tell the story, and are as follows
On the west-
Harry, servant of FL. Talbird, d.
D., President of Howard College, who
lost his life from injuries received while
warning the students at the burning oil
the college building on the night Of
Oct. l, 1851, aged % years"
On the south:
"A consistent member of the Baptist
Church, he illustrates the character Of
Christian servant faithful unto death.
On the east:
AS grateful tribute to his fidelity
and to commemorate this noble act, this
monument has been erected by the stu
dents of Howard College and the Ala
bama Baptist Convention.
On the north:
He was employed as waiter in the
college, and when alarmed by the
flames at midnight and warned to es
cape, replied; i must wake the boys
first, and thus saved their lives at the
| cost Of his own"
This is ALL but STORED urn nor ami
mated bust" would tell no more or bet
ter illustrate unselfish devotion to trus
and bravery to the discharge of dut.
than was displayed by this humble ne
gro. The heroes of this life are not al
found among the great men of thi
earth. Montgomery Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
Why Children ShOnld Eat Honey.

Thousands and ten thousands of chill
dren are dying all around us, who, be-
cause their ever-developing nature de-
mapds sweetness, crave and eagerly de-
molish the adulterated candies and
"syrups' of modern times. If these
could be fed on honey instead, they
would develop and grow up into healthy
men and women.
Children would rather eat bread and
honey than bread and butter. One
pound of honey will reach as far as two
pounds of butter, and has, besides, the
advantage of being far more healthy
and pleasant-tasted, aud always re.
mains good, while butter soon becomes
rancid, and often produces cramps in
the stomach, eructations, sourness,
vomiting and diarrhea. Pure honey
should always be freely used in every
family. Honey eaten upon wheat bread
is very beneficial to health
The use of honey instead of sugar for
almost every kind of cooking is rs
pleasant for the palate as it is healthy for
the stomach. In preparing blackberry,
raspberry, or strawberry shortcake it is
infinitely superior.
1t is common expression that honey
is luxury, having nothing to do with
the life-giving principle. This is an err
ror-honey is food in one of its most
concentrated forms True, it does not
add so much to the growth of muscles
as does beefstake. but it does impart
other properties no less necessary to
health and vigorous physical and intel
lectual action. 1t gives warmth to the
system, arouses nervous energy, and
gives vigor to all the vital functions.
To the laborer it gives strength, to the
business man mental force. Its effects
are not like ordinary stimulants, such
as spirits, etc., but it produces healthy
action, the results of which are plain and
permanent--a sweet disposition and a
bright intellect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
To Tell a Good Potato.

To distinguish a good from poor po-
tato, take sound one, pay no attention
to its outward appearance, but divide it
into two parts with sharp knife, and
examine the exposed inner surfaces. If
there is SO much water or Juice that a
slight pressure would cause it to fall off
in drops. you may be assured il will be
''soggy' after it is boiled. That is evil
dence of poor potato, and don't you
buy it.
The following are the requisite quail
ties of good potato: When cut into the
color should be yellowish white; if it is
deep yellow it will not cook well.
There must be a considerable amount of
moisture, though not enough to collect
in drops and fall off, even with moder-
ate pressure. Rub the two pieces to-
gether, and, if it is good, q white froth
will appear around the edges and also
upon the two surfaces after they are sep
arated. This signifies the presence of a
proper quantity of starch. The more
froth the more starch. and consequently
the better the potato; while the less there
is, the poorer it will cook. The guam
tity of the starchy element may also be
judged by the more or less ready adher-
ence of the two parts. If the adherence
is sufficient for one piece to hold the
other up, the fact is evidence a good ar
ticle. These are the experiments usu-
ally made by experts when buying po-
tatoes, and are the best tests that can be
given short of boiling; but even they are
nv no means infallible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
..Sing a Song a Sixpence."

You all know this rhyme; but have you
ever read what it is meant for?
The four-and-twenty black birds rep
resent the twenty-four hours. The bot
tom of the pie is the world, while the top
crust is the sky that over-arches it. The
opening of the pie is the day dawn. when
the birds begin to sing, and surely such
q sight is fit for king.
The king, who is represented as sit
ting in his parlor counting out his money.
is the sun, while the gold-pieces that slip
through his fingers as he counts them
are the golden sunshine
The queen, who sits in the dark
kitchen, is the moon, and the honey,
with which she regales herself, is the
moonlight.
The industrious maid. who is in the
garden at work before the king the sun
has risen, is day dawn. and the clothes
she hangs out are the clouds, while the
bird, who so tragically ends the songs by
''nipping off her nose,r is the hour Of
sunset So we have the whole day, il
not in nutshell, in a pie. = Toronto
Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07

1t is not quite time for the nuisance Of
polling the passengers of railway trains
tor Presidential choice, but the newspa-
pers are at it in other fields. Some of
them have procured interviews with the
Senate and Assembly at Albany, N. T.,
with the result that so far as men are con-
cerned few are prepared to express a
decided preference, though number
give General Sherman as their first
choice, some Arthur, and some Ed
munds. 1t is to be noticed, however,
that nearly all declare that the senti-
ment of their several localities is strongly
in favor of protection TO American in
dustry. An excellent spirit is mani
fest among Republicans, and the con-
viction seems to be general that with any
good candidate the party will enter the
campaign with far better prospects than
in $780,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
Equal to a Hundred.

A Chicago writer declares that. in a
New York theatre he was struck by the
extra vigor of the noise at point back
of the balcony seats. Straightway he
went up stairs and got to the place in
time to investigate. An usher was in a
condition of wild yet methodical activity.
The amount and variety of the sounds
which he was making was astonishing.
He was clapping his hands, and SO
changing the contact alternately from
fingers to palms that the effect of a
dozen different hands was produced
He was stamping on the floor with one
boot and kicking the back of the seat
with the other. He was crying "Bravar'
and only intermitting his repertoire of
CALCULATIONS when he shrilly whistled.
His aggregate of rumpus was estimated
by the observer as equal to the honest
applause of hundred men.