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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
HAY FEVER.
Low Temperature the Best Remedy foI
the Destruction OF Its Germs.

Low Temperature the Best Remedy fol-
the Destruction OF Its Germs.
Careful observations fully bear GU,
the germ theory, not only the presence
of the germs, but an agitation or dis,
turbance OF the germs, being the cause
Of the malady. For instance, upon 3
not very sultry day, three or four hours
n the country have been spent without
Inconvenience; but on the same day
half an hour on an express train has
sufficed to bring on the most aggravat-
ed symptoms; in the same way, in
town. a week or two has been passed
without any trouble, but a couple OF
hours at an opcn-air exhibition in the
same locality, with q moving crowd
stirring up dust and pollen, have pro
duced a violent attack.
The only check for bay fever appears
to be, first, sleep; second, freedom from
pollen, the so-called cures, such as
snuff, or other applications to the nos
trils, being perfectly useless. The above
conditions combined effect an almost
miraculous cure, rs has been proved By
sleeping for a short period under the
protection of carefully-wetted cloths
through which the air is, as it were,
filtered, or, more certain still, a night
spent st sea. Experience shows that if
the attack is once stopped a moderate
amount of exposure to germs may be
risked without setting it up again. The
conclusion to be drawn from this is that
it would be worth the while of some
cnterprising individual to establish a
''hay-fever cnrc.n
The arrangement would be extremely
simple, neither more nor less than 6
series of sleeping apartments into which
nothing but air deprived, by strainine
though wet flannel, of all germs, ant
possibly cooled down to about fifty-five
or sixty degrees, could penetrate. Upor
q large scale, such an establishment
could be easily worked at n profit, in
connection with any of the large Turk.
ish baths or other similar establishments
in town.
The beneficial effects Of low tempera-
ture have been c%onclusively proved by
subiecting a hay-fever patient to the
action of one of the preserving cham.
bers in u cold store for meat. The
remedy. however, was too violent to be
generally adopted, but a temperature
Of fifty degrees would, no doubt, SUI.
ice, and could be, of course, borne
without Inconvenience in the hottest
summer. --Sciemtifc american.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
MOHAlRS.
The Popular Material for Early Winter
Ornamental Clasps.

Mohair is to take a front rank
among fashionable fabrics this winter.
This, however, must not be COMPOUNDED
with the old-timc mohair alpaca. 1t is
characteristic of the two nations that,
while the English have tried unswerv-
ingly to induce the world to wear a.
paca from motives of charity 10 the
suffering weavers, the French manu-.
~facturers have quietly taught their en-
ploycs new methods of weaving, and
thus revived the industry by changing
its channel. A large proportion of the
new boucles and bourettes of the
,t.isuii s.fu of mUllaif, Uf iuUliaif aiiii
silk, the identical alpaca, warp and
wool, but gloritied and apoth esized by
French genius. Before the weather be,
comes cold enough to call for heavy
clothes, these mohairs will come in adj
mirably. They are much worn in
France, and are made very plainly,
with a skirt plated in front with full
gathered back. The flat waist has a
tinely-plaited plastron of silk, and the
cuffs match. One of Worth's recent
costumes was of mohair ard velvet.
with full skirt, trimmed atsthe foot with
a bias band of velvet ten inches deep.
The round mohair apron is raised on
the right side and turned over in
revers on the left, the revers being
faced with velvet. Down the center OF
the drapery are narrow bands of velvet
ribbon, held by buttons. The apron
forms a full pnff in the back. The
mohair bodice buttons straight down
against a strip OF the material sewed
underneath. The right side is open in
the neck and taken %diagonally over to
the left side. A velvet plastron fills il
the opening near the collar, which,
with the deep cuffs, are of velvet. The
basque has a position back, with vel.
vet plaits, and a velvet piping finishes
the diagonal front.
The ornamental clasps introduced
last year bid fair to be worn to excess.
The handsomcst are of cocoanut shell,
Or of wood artistically carved. Next
come those initiating antique coins,
Greek, Roman or Byzantine. Wealthy
women of fastidious tastes have these
made of real silver and oxidizcd, but
the majority are quite content with the
imitation, which is really very good.
Buckles and clasps of Rhinestones set
in silver with tiny silver chains will be
used for looping the lace and fastening
the belts upon evening dresses. . Small
garnets will serve the same purpose,
and these as well as other semi-precious
stones will be made in buttons for sim
liar toilets. -Philadeiphia Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
BRIDAL GOWNS,
Some Wedding Costumes Ordered for a
st. Louis Belle.

Some Wedding Costumes Ordered for a
st. Louis Belle.
The wedding season is near at hand
and already many modistes are busy
with orders for bridal trousseaus for the
autumn. Seven handsome costumes, not
including the bridal toilet, are included
IN one order, twelve in. another, and
eighteen costumes, including the white
satin wedding gown, will complete the
outfit for a st. Louis bride. One of the
dresses for the aforementioned lady
consists of a pale-blue satin brocade,
made up in rich contrast with golden.
brown velvet. A black-satin dinner
dress is made magnificent by drapings
Of black (real) Spanish lace, over
Coquelicot satin. A stylish visiting
dress of golden-brown ctamine, dotted
with tufts of golden-brown chenille, has
a woven bordering in silk, show
ing m artistic blending Of brill.
~iant-colored but exceedingly fine Per-
sian figures in gold, bronze, scarlet and
Resida gray. A superb evening toilet
is made of pale mauve satin, brocaded
with gold flowers and trimmed with
gold lace. Another is made of black
Lyons velvet, with magnificent panels
at each side of duchesse lace, with
bertha and sleeve frills to correspond.
1t is said that a rare set of old pearls is
to be worn with this royal toilet.
A princesse costume for the bride OF
the seven dresses is made of tea-rose
satin, draped at each side with lace,
and lace sleeves and narrow vest
of the same, this opening over a petit.
coat of pale blue satin yelled with lace
%lounces. The going-away dress i,
made of dark-blue silk poplin, trimmed
with narrow silver galloon and dark
blue wooden lace. There is II long
Louis XIV coat to this, turned bach
from the throat, with extremely wide
revers of dark-bluc velvet frightened
with silver buttons in old medal de.
signs; beneath is a waistcoat of the
poplin, corded with the silver galloon
and fastened with much smaller but
tons of a like pattern. The hat is the
English walking shape, with silver gal
loon and dark-blue lace, intermixed on
the front of the hat, with two rows O.
the braid going around the crown.
The bridal dress of the maid of the
twelve dresses is very simply made of
white corded silk en- traine, and draped
down the front with clouds of white
silk tulle. The square bodice opens
broadly, but a six-inch plating of tulk
surrounds it like n of Mary Stuart.
velvet gowns. The elbow sleeves are
edged to match and the veil Is en- suite.
All this airy lightncss is to be made OK.
ceedlngly rich and effective by an &C.
c~ompanying set of diamonds. IN. Y.
Post.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
THE DEAD JUN 30.
Mr.. Barnum Tells How He Came to Pur'
chase the Monster Elephant.

chase the Monster Elephant.
'How many children have seer
Jumbo, Mr.. Barnum?"
about ten million in this country
and as many more in England"
Were those stories true about thu
Queen and the Prince of Wales being
so loath to have Jumbo leave Lon
iOn?'
absolutely so. We bought Jumbo
for so, 600 from the directors of the
Geological Gardens in London, who
sold him only because they were afraid
Of him. He had developed a tendency
to ugly fits, and was in danger of sac
ritieing life, For seventeen years the
English children had petted him in the
Geological Gardens, but it seemed
necessary to part with him. We heard
OF the situation, offered $4,000, and
the animal was ours. But as soon as
the news of his being sold was an.
bounced, all England was protesting
The Prince of Wales went to the Gar.
aens and tried to stop the sale. The
Queen herself interposed with the same
intentions; all London was in fcrmcnt.
| got word from my agent saying that
Jumbo could not be got ont of the Gar
dens; that he persisted in lying down,
and that all efforts to make him move
were unavailing. l cabled him: Lei
Jumbo lie 1t was the best advertise
ment for me. should have been will
ing to have him lie a month";
''How did you get him to the steam.
er's docko:"
"They constructed a huge crate OIL
wheels, and had him put into it and
lauled thither."
Couldn't he have walked as well?"
"Just as well; only the Roya
Humane Society threatened us with I'M
orisonment if we used a prod on him
So we dragged him on wheels through
the streets of London, and to the pier y,
he Monarch line. There we We're mel
by q fresh dificulty-there was moi
room enough for him between decks,
he being eleven and Il half feet high,
and weighing seven tons. Parliament
became so interested in the matter that
4 special act was passed providing fol
precautions against loss of life by EN-.
grants who accompanied Jumbo to
America. We were compelled to cut a
hole in the upper deck in order to let
Jumbo's head through"
''What discipline did he r~equire:"
"Scott ruled him by kindness. Our
American trainers think that the prod
is necessary; but Scott says not. lie
declares that he never used a prod on
Jumbo, and never governed him except
by kindness. 1t was wonderful how
fond Jumbo was of him. When tray
cling through the country we transport
ed Jumbo by a special car, just large
enough to 60 through the tunnels.'-
n, Y, JOurna,,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
Rye as Food for Horses.

Rye is one of the most important
crops that can be grown. not only for
the value Of its grain and straw, but on
account Of the variety Of purposes to
which it can be applied. The grain is
readily salable and is also fed to horses
on some farms, while its straw is con.
sidered superior to all other kinds, ow.
ing to its length and superior quality,
as bedding. 1t a be conveniently
handled and is clean and free from
dust as compared with shorter kinds.
Every farmer should SOW a field of rye
for early pasture. 1t can he put in the
ground in the fall, as it is very hardy
and stands the winter in all sections OF
Inc country, s~pringing up early in the
spring, long before other grasses have
begun to start. Farmers who have had
difficulty in keeping their stock in
nealthy condition when fed through a
long winter on dry food know how
eagerly the early rye is rclished.- Agri.
ruhurat Erchange.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
A FATHER 70 HIS SON,
MISS,

Ana Il traitor in the camp
A rebel, strangely bold
A lisptng, laughing t0ddling scamp,
Not more than four years Old!
To think that !, who ruled alone
so proudly in the past,
Should be elected from my throne
BY my own son AT last!
He trots his treason to and fro,
As only babies cun-
l Sc dom 10 be my mammals beau
When Use a gweat big man"
You stlngy boy, who'vo always had
\ share in mammals heart,
Would you begrudgc your poor old dad
The tin!est little part:
And yet your confidence, my boy.
fear is not misplaced
And, what is more, / / note with 10,
Your excellence of taste.
Your mamma, l regret to see,
lnclines to take your part-
AS if a dual monarchy
Should rule her gentle heart,
But when the years of youth have sped,
The bearded man, | trow,
Will quite forget he even said
He'd be his mammals beau.
RcnounCe your treason, little SON
Leave mamma'S heart to me,
For there will come another Que
To claim your loyalty.
And when that other comes to you.
God Grant her love may shine
Through all your life as fair and true
AS m1mma's did through mine.
Chicago NeCs.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
COUNTRY HORSES.
How They May BE Improved Both ID
Appearance and Value.

How They May BE Improved Both in
Appearance and Value.
By the heading we have chosen fol-
this article, we do not mean the work
ing in of other than his rural character.
istics through any process of breeding,
but by a process of training, tora de.
gree similar to that administered to the
raw recruit, by which he loses his IN
slightly stoop-forward bend of spine and
his gawky gait, Many a mar who, be-
fore enlistment, goes shulfling along as
though his muscles had no spring in
them, parts with his natural step, and
after a few months of military drilling
his walk is totally changed. This is
done by the simplest Of processes,
merely increasing the action of certain
muscles, and bringing others little used
into active play. No element is added,
but use is cultivated by motion. When
the carpenters apprentice drives his
first nail, or for the first time shoves a
plane, he brings into action certain
muscles that have keforc never moved
precisely as these acts cause them tc
rf6ve. II is only a question of time
and practice when these new move.
ments will become habitual-natural in
every respect.
So it is with the horse. His lax,
country gait, shufiling along without
spring in his movement, liable to stun.
Bile at coming upon the least inequality,
will usually accompany him through
life if he remains in the farmers hands.
As a man can be singled out by his
walk, as far as his mode of going can
be distinguished, so the horse fresh
from his country home, with rare ex-
ceptions. a be distinguished, as he is
led from the shipping yard to the sale
stable. This awkwardness is taken
away by a system of training. Some
dealers do this by placing a deep coat.
ing of straw in a yard, or upon a
roomy floor, causing the horse to be
led through this straw, placed ir
sufficient abundance to force him
to lift his feet as he has not beer
wont to do, for several hours each dav,
This, with alternate driving by an OK.
PIT reinsman, rugged in trappings to
which he has not been accustomed, will.
in two or three months, convert an
awkward shuiler into a fairly high.
stepping, springing-gaited horse, The
horse usually comes from the country
with the straight neck he had when he
was foaled. This but poorly fits him
to fill the demands of fashion; hence,
IN addition to the straw drilling, he is
made to carry such weights upon his
BIT, while checked up with a pretty taut
curb line. as to force him to arch the
neck, and the muscles, of which this il
largely made up, gradually adapt them.
selves to the new position, and with
added flesh, frequent grooming and
systematic practice in the hands of the
driver, many a $l50 country horse be.
comes in the city a gay mover, worth
TWO or three times the country figure.
-Nattoaal Lice Stock JournaL
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
C FOR

Nearly all crops exhaust the soil in
proportion to their value. -Ruras heu
Yorker.
Too much time can not well be
spent in making improvements on the
farm, when these improvements in
crease the productiveness or value of
the land.
TO kill bark-lice put a quart of soft
soap and a gallon of water into a kettle
and heat to boiling, and then, while the
mixture is boiling, stir in pint of kero-
sene. Troy Times.
A compost heap ought TO be found
on every farm, into which goes all sorts
Of waste. This heap not only has n
tendency to keep the premises clean but
becomes available as a fertilizer.-At.
bang Journal.
The old pasture, after being plowed
up and planted in corn for a year OF
two, will yield an old,fashioned crop OF
wheat, if proper seed is procured from
some different soil, where wheat is
sutre.-M y Herald.
Prof. Cook says flies do not like
the atmosphere of his stable, as the
barrel in which he makes his mixture
of carbolic acid and soft-soap is kept
there. This is a hint to those who find
Hies troublesome in the stables N Y.
Post.
TO have a good blue always ready
for use, just put a bottle two-thirds full
Of common glue, and fill up the bottle
with common whisky; cork up and set
by for two or three days, and it will
dissolve without the application Of
heat. Toledo Blade.
A correspondent of the Monthly
Magazine Of Pharmacy says: "a bot
tie of bromine left in a closed Dom all
night with the stopper out destroys all
infection and insect life. | have cleared
places which were infested with yermin
many times. 1t is far more ctlectual
than the vapor of burning sulphur"
Fowls are more Of a help on the
farm than many farmers realize. They
destroy numbcrless insects that are in
furious to the orchard trees, and the
poultry manure, if thoroughly COM
posted. is a valuable fertilizer for corn,
grass or grain, and is especially adapt
ed to promote vigorous and healthy
growth of fruit trees. -Prdrie Farmer.
Oatmeal is deservedly growing in
popularity as human food. The crop
in this country is unusually large, and
in most places the grain is very plump.
1t is rot necessary to hull the oats be-
fore grinding, as is usually done, which
makes oatmeal cost more than the best
wheat flour. Grind first and sift the
meal through a fine sieve, and the oat'
meal will be just as good and cost con-
siderable less. ~ y. Tribune.
Farmers who use pork as food in
their families should produce it as
healthy as the nature of the beast will
admit of. Hogs should have range in a
spacious lot, and have the free use Of
heir most and all the pure water they
want to drink, and if it is convenient
let them have plenty of water to wal
low in. 1t is claimed by some that
WREN fattened under the mostfavorable
circumstances there is not more than
one out of ten not diseased, if they have
attained eighteen months. IN E.
Farmer,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

had set sail for Rio Janeiro. While
getting ready to take up the trail again
| received a telegram calling me back,
and | arrived in Pittsburgh July 20,
when the great railroad riots We're com.
mencing. George McCaila was arrest
ed as an accomplish in the robbery
later on. He gave bond for his ap.
pearance, but died before his ease came
up for trial, William, his brother, has
eluded arrest to this day, but his work
is recognized as the shrewdest piece OF
business ever attempted. '-S. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
A Sunday Dog.

Th" following is youchcd for by a
nan who never told a Ii" at least not
without charging a commission on it,
met . friend going TO his Office sun.
day morning accompanied by his little
dog.
Il never saw the Little dog with you
except on Sunday morning. said l..
''Yes,' said he, land that little dog
know when Sunday come, Just as web
as you do. Every sunday, Immediately
after breakfast, h" will 20 out and sit
near the front door and whine until !
start down town, and seems highly de-
lighted 50 be allowed to accompany
me-
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
Champion Long-Distance Speaker.
Most remarkable voice l eve

Most remarkable voice l ever
heard"
"WhoseP'
why, that mans over there"
"Singer"
"No, he has got such a tremendous
mir of lungs. You may believe it Of
not, but last Sunday | distinctly heard
him speaking at a camp-meeting ten
miles away"
"Oh! ! see, you used a telephone"
"No, l didn't"
"What then?"
"Why, ! was ten miles away, too
at the camp-meeting. lid Bits.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
Fact. Co.. T0ledO Commercial.
w.


Plantation Philosophy: Yer ken
impose on or enemy an he doan' think
much crbout it, but when yer imposes
on er dear frien' he is dun wild yer fer
life. De wildes' man sometimes be-
comes de quietest citizen. Oar amt
nothin' more skittish den a young deer,
but one ketch him an he is dc easies'
thing in the WORT ter tame. 1t peers
dat all through life de hardest thing ter
do is lie bes' arter it am done. 1t takes
de hardes' sorter work ter split er
knotty piece o wood, but arter it Is
split it makes de bes' fire. -ArkansaW
Trurekr.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17
The worthlessness of the murdered

The worthIessness Of the murdered
man was the only plea made by a
Wyoming lawyer in defense of his eli.
ent, who had deliberately shot Il bar.
room bully for merely annoying him.
The Judge said that the argument was
nnsound in law, but the jury let it iusti-
'fy to their minds a verdict of acquittsl.
~ 'Denrcf Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

The London Lancet mentions the ar.
rangemcnt of a person who makes him.
solfdeaf to all noises by the simple expedi.
ent of taking a small piece of spermacet.
ointment, not too soft, about the size OF
a pea, and wrapping it in a tiny square
OF thin limp cotton cloth, tying the
corners together with thread to make a
small plug. One of these pressed
gently into each ear shuts out all
sound.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

-Sea-water has been converted into
Il beverage by Thomas Kay. A little
citric acid or citrate Of silver is added
to the Lriny liquid, chloride of silver is
precipitated, and a harmless mineral
water is produced. An ounce of citrate
renders a half pint OF water drinkable.
seven ounces would furnish a ship.
wrecked man with water for q week.
". Y. Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

1t is estimated that at least ten
thousand victims of gas generated by
sewers alone are SLAIN every year in
this country..-M. !. SIN.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

Calais ticker, where he had tapped the
wire, between kittanning and Cowau-
shamrock. With this assurance that
his plans had hot miscarricd, McCalla
then r~eadjusted the main wire and in
dited the following letter to himself,
initiating very closely the handwriting
OF the supposed author:
"'PIrTsBURGH, March Is, 1877.
Thomas Bingham, Messenger. Train No.
:: The bearer, J, c. Brooks, VIII take your
run at TempIeton this afternoon and bring il
to Pittsburgh. You will return on 10 to Parkers.
burg and report to Mcclellan, VINO wants to
see you on an important matter. You will
take a receipt for all money and valuables in
yOur safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-09
Death in the Oven.

To say nothing of the indecent trespass upon
innocent housekeepers by conveying to the
kitchen in a cooking preparation a secret COM
bination of putrid animal urine known as ammo
nia as is the case with number of baking pow
ders, there is question that the stunted growth
of children, and a1arge class of ultimately fatal
diseases, as dyspepsia, scrofula, kidney disease,
nervous arrangements, ETC., are traceable to a
lack of legislative interference for suppressing
the sale of that chemical poison, ammonia, in
human food A wholesome bread-Hghtening gas
is necessity in modern and civilized existence
Fifty million people in the United States are
daily consumers of bread artifcially raised and
lghtened, yet statistics show that one-half the
baking powders on the market criminally
impure. The Massachusetts official State Chem
ist, Professor James Babcock, says that the
amount of ammonia secretly entering into a
baking powder advertised under the smiling pre-
tense of absolute purity makes its sale a crime
We do not hesitate to recommend for in
every family where cleanliness of diet ranks as
a virtue with cleanliness of person, DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder, which is free from am
monia, lime, alum or any drug faint whatever
and in the scientific honesty of its composition is
a credit to our civilization