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The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
The Bugbear cold.

Sold as a bugbear causes people to
over. crowd their beds with wooden
stuffs, blankets and such-like. The bed
clothing, even for old people, should be
light, though warm. There is nothing
better than eider-down, when you can
get it. The nIght-dresses of old people
should be comfortable, and especially
should they be warm between the
shoulders; this is the place which cold
likes. as a foe. to assail just about three
O'Clock in the morning, when the NOR
sci of fire has got low or gone out. Let
them beware of it'll
Gold as a bugbear plays much mis-
chief in the nursery. Thousands OF
children in this country are coddled to
death, and many actually stI1ed in Led.
They call 1t being overlaid; II is being
smothered. Thai is the right name for
it,"
But the children must be kept
warm?"
"Bless their innocence yes. The bed
as soft as down, the clothes as soft as
soft can be, but smooth wihal, without
any tendency to rumple up. or cover
mouth or face. This is warmth, thus is
comfort. The room, too, should be-
moderately warm; no mort | pray YOU,
and the air ought to be as pure and
sweet as the odOr of roses. Is it so in
most nurseries2 Nay, for your bugbear
cold steps in and seals doors and win
dows. No wonder that when baby
wakes up it Is peeyish and fretful
"GOur bugbear cold Is the best friend
the tailor has, for even young men wear
double the amount of clothes on a WIN
ter's day that they ought to. They
sweat themselves in consequence, Sc
cold the foe steps in and ends many a
life. TOp.coats, IN my Opiu ion, should
never be WORE except while riding by
ran, or driving. Ortwhen standing about
ia a draught; then they cannot be toe
walking, they should be very thin.
Very light water-proofs should be worn
when walking in winter-worn over the
arm. | mean, and never put on except
when it is raining. But the warmer the
socks the better, and the shoes ought to
be moderately strong and thick, foI
many an ailment IS caught from stand
ing about on damp cold ground.
Damp is much more 10 be dreaded
than cold, but even this should not be
made a bughear of; I would rather have
damp inner clothing than q damp coat
the underclOthing, indeed Of everyone
who perspires freely and easily is seldom,
if ever, free from damp. When l was
newly married, the little woman who
owns me used to air my handkerchiefs.
my newspaper aud my table napkin.
She knows better now. But preserve
and you and every one from sleep
damp bed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Just now when perhaps the cheaper
ing OF living expenses is OF more m
portance, temporarily at least, than the
most finished craftsmanship, the q
pie Of the man up in Massachusetts,
who has been subsisting and performing
the average WORK that farmers / the
rocky soil Of tue Bay State usually
perform, on one meal per diem, may
te regarded rs an interesting exhibit,
If not example, of what may he accom-
plished in dieto economics. The quality
and quantity OF iood IS unfortunately
lacking IL the telegraph report, though
probably not lacking In fact, insornuch
as the dietist occupies-he Is still alive
and in robust health, though his pecu-
liar fast dates back TO fs64-from one
half to three-quarters Of an hour in the
degluution OF bis meal,
As he is SAID 10 bear himself with IN
~yankeelike slowuess in this operation
the probability Is that the weight OF
food consumed does not amount to more
lhaB that furnished 70 and carried away
IN & dyspepuc shape by the average
individual az the taIrty-mlnutas-ior-Te-
irashment way stations @! western rail-
roads. Yes Il . EltLlu tue possialiities
that q man who las evidently devoted
so considerable attention TO dietary az
fairs may have go systematlzed the
habit and necessity as to have built out
of them science and art. in which case
it Is not beyond belief that he has de-
monstrated that in eating, as II many
other things, the truth of the adage
''the mora haste the less speed hold.
pre-eminently true. In snort it may
be concluded that this Massschuset 1T.
farmer secures for his coordination
meal that description known to the
world by the geometrical figure
square" or perhaps by his unusually
strict deyotids to the trencher "cubic
would convey 3 more adequate idea.
However, as to the quantity it is ia
to believe that it is not so large by
one half as what he would have eaten
had he continued a thrice-mesl-a day
man. His theory was at the ontstart
that man consumed more food than
necessary, and really more than is
conducive to health. and he seems tc
have proven this, for evidently there
has been material economy, and by the
report the dietarisn after a score OF
years Of average labor as a farmer is In
strong health and robust as to corpo.
rogity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
Mineral waters

Up 60 the beginning Of the eighteenth
century it was the rule at Karlsbsd to
subject tine patient 70 a course Of vio-
lent pug .tvas. Then the patient
drank ul st.. wateys for seven days,
bathing lol tine next seven without
drinking the water. The water-drink-
ing was q most serious matter. DR..
Hoffman, writing in 1705, says that nc
moro than fifteen to eighteen glasses
should DO drunk the FIRST day, but that
later on the number should be increased
TO thirty, and. 10 certain cases, 10 forty
glasses. DR.. Thing, writing in 1856,
records that be himself drank from FIFTY
to sixty glasses ia the course of two
hours. DR.. Slugrsdo never prescribed
warm water on a extensive scale,
and the pure ls how the patients
managed to swallow and retain these
large quantities of warm mineral
waters. / have read that the natives
Of the Queen Charlotte Islands try TO
cure themselves of ailments by drinking
a bucket OF two of sea water; but then
they never expect to retain 50 much
water long IN their stomaChs, whereas
the patients al Karlsbad did not drink
large doses OF water 20 make themselves
SICK. The explanation is that they
drank so many glasses OF water in a
warm room, and that much Of it passed
of in perspiration, Just as in the case
Of water drank IN q Turkish bath. In
deed, the patients were expressly
ordered to remain quiet so as to perspIre
the more freely. DR.. David Beecber,
one of the leading physicians OF his
day, set himself In 1871 to oppose the
old custom, insisting that the prefera-
bic method OF taking the waters was at
the springs. He was laughed at and
denounced as a reckless ~innovator by
the admirers OF the ancient ways, yet
his views and advice prevailed and
were followed in the end. 1t may be
noted in passing that 0 only human
beings were enioined to use the waters
for their bealth's sake, but that the
virtues Of these waters were supposed
to be as advantageous to the lower
animals; the "Muhlbrnnn," which is
o g ~fsvorlte Ole with water drinkers,
was long used exclusively as a bath for
sick horses, dogs and cattle, While
this practice has long been abandoned
here. it has been revived in the far
West Of Nor b America. Major Sbep-
herd states IN his Prairie Experiences
that ''some men put their sheep through
the natural not mineral waters which
abound in the West. Each farmer viii
swear by his own particular spring. 1t
cures the scsb II sheep, removes corns
and rheumatism in men, and is efiea-
clous universally"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
AGRICULTURE.

poryr ABOUT WATERING. When
-couveuient. horses should be fed al
snort rather than at long inter walls.
The small size Of the stomach preeludes
Inc horse from rapidly digesting a
ousptltv of food sufficient 10 serve him
for q long psriCd. This applies with
even greater force to watering. 1t is a
verv common practice to water horses
only three times a lay, the water being
bv some given before meals, and By
others sfterward. Whichever OF these
plans is adopted, the system IS bad; but
is worst when the latter method is
a5opted. For when the horse, with his
small stomach already filled with food,
ip1ects a large quantity of water great
norton of the TODD must be washed out
into the iutestines before the gastric
mice hes had time to act on it. Aud if it
be the case that gastric juice is formed
in the fasting stomach, then water
ing before meals must wash away this
into the intestine, where it is of
service. Horses should therefore
have water at short intervals, and when
practicable they should have free Access
To- it in their managers. When this is
csse the horse drinks frequently,
but never in quantities so great as prac-
.ically to wash out his stomach
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Anong the Chinese the tortoise and
the snake have been chosen emblems of
martial security against attack for 5000
years. 1t would appear also that the
Chinese belief that a great affection ex-
sists between these two classes Of crea-
lures has some foundation in fact. A
correspondent of the China Mail writes
that one evening as he was walking on
the bank of a river In Shan-se he saw a
tortoise swimming across the current.
He fired at the tortoise, upon which it
dived under water, and q snake. cut in
two by the bullet, foated on the surface.
The snake seems to have been using the
tortoise's back for a ferrYboat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
Higher Prices for Butter.

All dairymen who use Wells. Richard
son Il Cos. Improved Butter Color,
agree that it increases the value of but
ter several cents a pound, 1t is pure
and harmless, convenient for instant
use, has no taste or odor. and gives a
clear, golden richness to the butter. 1t
Is the very best butter color obtainable.
and is not expensive. In every state
in the Union the demand tor it is IN
creasing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

LATE MULCHISd: 1t is still a suitable
time for muleh1ng in the orchard and
garden, even though quite a crust of
fro Sc has formed in the earth. Almost
every kind of growth is benefited by n
protecting coat of manure, or other
material over the roots to guard against
heavy freezing. If is used 1t
may be in such a state of decomposition
that, while coarse enough to arrest and
hold snow, yet by lying exposed to the
elements until Spring it will readily
spade in and serve as a fertilizer. All
plant and trees are in a more or less
active state throughout the winter and
a protection to the roots promotes this
activity, and by this means enables the
parts above ground especially to bear
severe cold and wind the easier.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
HOOD,s SARSAPARILLA

nood'. sarssparua Is a careful y.prepared extract
Of the best remedies Of the vegetable kingdom known
20 medical science a. Alteuuves Blood Purifiers,
pigreucs. and Tenies. such "a s1saparilla, Yelow
p9ys. s.lIipsia. Daadslon, juniper Berries. Man
drake. WBd cherry Bark ezd other selected roots,
harNs and herta, IKE anything else, can
ts tairlv trdqad only BY its results. We point with
asi,syassios TO The glorious record Hoods sarsapa-
rUs has entered Tor itself upon the hearts Of thou
sands Of people In New England who have person
auy Or indirectly been relieved Of terrible suffering
which all other remeiies failsdt to reach. C.I HOOD
c 1po,hecaries Lowell, Mass Price 500. SIX for
$50. SOLIDS Druggists and Dealers IN Medicines
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

An old physician, retired from practice, having
mad placed In his hands by an East India mission
airy the formula OF a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and
lung Affections, also d positive ana radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints,
after having tested It's wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases, has felt II his duty TO make
1t known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and a desire TO relieve human suffering. /
will send free OF charge, to all who desire It, this
recipe, in German, French or English, with ful
directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W.
A MOVES lag POuel'S Block. Rochester. " Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
DOMESTIC.

SUNL-GHr A NECESSITY. Sun baths
cost nothing aud are the most refresh
ing, ~life-gIving baths that M can take,
whether sick OF we'll. Every house
keeper knows the necessity OF giving
her woolens the benefit Of the sun from
tine to time, and especially after a long
rainy season, or a long absence OF the
sun Many will think Of the injury
their clothes ere liable to from damp
ness. who will never reflect that an oc-
3asional exposure OF their OWL bodies
20 the sunlight is equally necessary to
heir wi health. The sun.baths cost
nothing, and that Is a misfortune, for
people are still deluded with the idea
hat those things only can be good or
lseful whicn cost money. Let 1t not
oe forgotten three of Gods most bene-
icient gifts to man-three things the
most necessary to good health-sunlight,
fresh ayr and water, are free to all; you
3an have them in abundance, without
money and without price, if you Will.
If you would enjoy good health, then
see to 1t that you are supplied with
pure air to breathe all the time; that
you battle for an hour or so in the sun
light; and that you quench your thirst
With no other fluid than water.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

a process for lesseDing the duration
of drouths has been submitted to the
Australian minister for water supply.
II is proposed on the appearance OF
clouds in the dry season, to send into
the air a balloon carrying beneath it a
dynamite charge which is to be fired by
a wire reaching to the earth. The idea
Of producing conclusions for causing
the vapor in the air to condense as rain
Is not a new one, and it is not probable
that it will prove an economical plan
for getting water.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

To EXAMINE A HoRsE.-A good horse
will always show well standing at rest.
The man showing a horse for sale who
keeps the animal constantly stopping
about, to show off, is to be looked upon
with suspicion. The time to examine a
horse Is when he is at rest. 1t is then
that his weak points will be shown. If
the horse ''fIes up" at some object on
the ground, nesrsfghtedness may be
suspected. If brought suddenly into
the light, from a dark stable, and the
light Expresses him, his eyes are weak.
His gait aud speed should be tested by
actual service. At rest, if the horse is
sound, he VIII stand square on his limbs,
without moving any of them, the feel
being placed fiat on the ground, and alt
his legs plump and naturally placed.
If one foot be thrown forward, with the
toe pointing to the ground and the heel
raised, or if the foot be lifted from the
ground, and the weight taken from it,
disease or tenderness may be suspected.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

" SiDionsn has completed the d mcuit
task of compiling for the Paris Societe
de Statistique a paper showing the com
parative deaths arising from accidents
IN mines IN some of n countries o.
Europe. Saxony with 1858 men IN
metalliferous and coal mines, has 3 80
per 1000 billed annually; Belgium, with
76 697. has 2 SO; Great Britain, with
558, ST.. has 2. Is; Austria, with Al, 1873,
has 2.10 and France, with 105, TAI. has
2.0S The tables in full are very in
structive,
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

A S~oLRMNIoUs OooAsHUN. -Parson
Whangdoodle Baxter distinguished him
self once more at the funeral of an aged
colored man;
Our deceased brudder was married
foah times during his life, said Whang-
doodle, but only one OBJ de widows
am so fortunate as to be able to survive
him long enough to be present on dis
heah very solemniOus o~ccashun."
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Sawdust, when used as a substitute
for sane in house-plastering, is alleged
to impart very desirable properties to
the plaster. 1t makes a covering for
walls light, warm and porous. By its
nonconducting qualities it causes the
inner surface to retain the heat which
sand plaster allows to escape.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

In old times the agriculture of
Scotland was execrably bad. Hardly
any wheat was attempted to be grown;
oats full of thistles was the standing
crop, and this was repeated on the
greater part of arabic land. while 1t
would produce twice the amount Of seed
planted; few potatoes were raised: tur-
nips were unknown and no grass seeds
or clover. were sown. All the manure
accumulated on the farm was put on a
small patch of ground near the house,
where was raised a crop of barley, from
which was made hammock cakes, broth,
small beer, and very often whiskey.
Now the agriculture of Scotland is
probably The best in the world. Beau
tiful fields of wheat, sown with the drill,
are everywhere to be seen. lowlands
have been drained, thistles no longer
exist, turnips are raised in large guam
titles, u~usightly marshes have been
transformed INTO fertile fields, and bar
rem hiD-tops have been covered with
thriving forests.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

A LADY in Chicago wrote home to
Brooklyn and inquired for old Steve
Tailor, who used to do chores around
her fathers house, and said: 81 will
send him a nice warm oyercoat, If you
think he will need it." A reply was
sent: "He does not need All o%vercoat;
he is dead"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

As CEMENT for leather which is sub
Iected to d moderate strain, New Rem
sdies offers the following;-Soak equal
parts OF glue and isinglass for ten hours
with enough water to cover them, and
add about one-iourth part of tanhin,
and boil till the mixture becomes sticky.
The surface OF the leather must first be
toughened with some coarse tool; they
are then well rubbed with the above
mixture while warm; and firmly pressed
together. After q few hours they will
be found united.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

A WISE Qiakeress used to say, in her
sermons. that there were three follies
of men which always amazed her. The
irst was. their climbing trees t o shake
fruit down. when, if they only waited a
little, it would fall Of its accord;
the second was, that they should kill
each other, when, if they but waited,
they would all die naturally; and the
third was, that they should run after
women, which, if they would not do.
the women would be sure to run after
them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Fish AS FooD.-Sr Henry Thompson,
the London surgeon, recognizes in fish
a combination of all the elements of
food that the human body requires in
almost every phase OF life, more espe.
cialIly by those who follow sedentary
employment. To women he considers
Ssh to be an invaluable article of diet,
but he scouts as a complete failacy the
notion that fish. eating increases the
brain power. ''The only action fish
lad on the brain was to put mans body
INTO proper relations with the work he
mad to do.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

OSE day when Uncle Daniel Drew
was in the zenith of his power, so 10
say, a gentleman stopped him on the
street and said:
"Mr, Drew, / believe you are a Chris
tan man?"
well. yes +" answered the specula-
or
"Then l ask you to do the night thing
by me. A month ago sold You some
Blank d Blank railroad stock at 38. In
two weeks it jumped to go. 1t Is only
fair that you should present me with at
least 81, 600"
my Christian friend" replied Uncle
Daniel. with a lonesome squInt in his
left eye. II remember that transaction.
Next day after buying the bonds / con-
cluded that i had made a fool Of myself,
and resold for 35. Let us embrace and
console each other and divide my loss
between us"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Typhoid fever finds its source In sew
age emanations and polluted water, or,
if due to some specific poison, these are
the instruments of its diffusion. Dlph-
liberia also comes from defective sanitary
arrangements, and the sanitary inspect
ors are responsible for it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

A PRETTY and %serviceable letter-case,
% suspend over ones desk, may be
made by cutting two pieces of card
board into squares, measuring SIX inches
zach way. Cover each side Of both
pieces with silk or satin, taking care to
aulsh the edges very neatly. Paint or
smbroider any conventional design on
the outside piece, and then lay the two
together, beginning a. one corner and
working halfway round to the opposite
diagonal corner. Cover the edges with
A card and suspend with loops of rib
bon from the two points or not
fastened together. 1t should bang dia-
mond-wise, that the letters may be
slipped in each side of the ribbon by
winch it Is hung. A handsome tassel
Dr. ornament fastened 10 the lower point
adds TO the beauty and finish.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

FoR Hor WRATaER,-Scald four ta-
Ol -spoonfuls of Tyson tea in a pint OF
sweet cream; it is best to scsld it either
IN a custard kettle or in a tin pail placed
within a kettle of boiling water. When
partly cool, strain into it a pint Of cold
water, bring it to a soaid. and stir in
four beaten eggs and th~ree-quarters Of
a pound of sugar. Let it cool and
freeze. have found that in making
Waterloo, if the sugar be not well stir
red N before freezing it will sink to the
bottom and give the mixture a sharp,
unpleasant taste. It Is best to make a
,yrup of the sugar and water by boil
ing, and when cold, to add the pure
Juice Of the ice,
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

Or. j. Cooprader of Taylorsville. Ind.
writes to the Popular Science News that
he has used the fluid extract of chestnut
leaves for whooping cough with great
success. The dose is from fifteen to
sixty drops. according to age, given IN
hot water, or in simple syrup as an
elixir.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

STEAMED EGa PLANT conn0t fail to
please the epicure. Cut it IN slices
about an inch thick, take off the purple
rind, LEI the slices lie in salt and water
Tor two hours, hen steam them until
they r so tender that you can pierce
them easily with a fork, then take them
from the steamer and dip them in very
line Tread crumbs or cracker crumbs,
salted and peppered. Fry the slices of
egg plant in hot lard. If the seeds are
large, after the slices are steamed you
can take a fork and poke the seeds
out.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

A happy combination of best Grape
Brandy, Smart Weed, Jamaica Ginger and
Camphor Water, as found in DR.. Pierce 5
Compound Extract of Smart Weed, cures
cholera morbus, diarrhoea. ~dysentery or
bloody-dux, colo or cramps in stomach,
and breaks up colds, fevers and in1amma-
ory attacks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

When caoutchouc tubes are badly
vulcanized, the experience of N. Limou-
sin leads him to say that they are very
dangerous IN some chemical operations,
the presence of sulphur and anthony
sulphide rendering them especially so
in the preparation of oxygen gas.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

MRNsMAHts 1 KProHIZED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation OF beef containing ts entire nttrt
ttous properties. IL CONTAINS blood-making, force
generating and DEMONSTRATING properties; inValua-
bic for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostratlon,
and all forms OF general debility, also, 10 all en-
feebled conditions, whether the result Of exhaus-
ton, nervous prostratlOn, Over-work or acute DIS
ease, particularly If resulting from pulmonary
complaints Caswell, Hazard h Co., proprletors.
New York Sold bV druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07

II is intended to institute in Paris a
special service d'hygiene municlpale,"
to unite under the control of one chief
having the grade OF ''sous dlrecteur, ;"
all the services contained in the santa
ton of the city in a broad and systema-
tic fashion, with tue view of securing
the greatest efficiency possible and di-
rect personal responsibility.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-07
Motto for crazy quit manufacturers
BLESSED are the peace-mskers.
IL there a Cure tor Consumption

We answer unreservedly, yesl Ifthe pa
tient commences In time the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" and
exercises proper care. If allowed to run its
course too long all medicine is powerless TO
stay it. DR.. Pierceneve deeeives a patient
by holding put a false hope for the sake Of
~pecuniary gain. The Golden Medical Dis
covery" has cared thousands of patients
when nothing else seemed to avail, Iour
druggist has it. Send two stamps for DIR.
Pierce's complete treatise on consumption
with numerous testimonials, Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y.