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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
H0W.TO ESCAPE COLDS.
The Hygiene of the Redroom-CIorhes
in Winter-Danger eff Damp.
Cassell's Family Magazine.

Cassells Family Magazine
Gold is busbear causes people 10
overcrowd their beds with woolen
stuffs, blankets, aud such like. The
bed-clothing, even for old people.
should be light, though warm. There
is nothing better than elder down.
when you can get it The night,
dress of old people should be comfort
able, and especially should they be
warm between the shoulders; this is
the place which cold likes, as a foe, to
assail just about 3 in the morning,
when the morsel of ire has got low
or gone out. Let them beware of it!
Cold as a bugbear plays much
mischief in the nursery. Thousands
of children in this country are coddled
to death. and many actually stifled in
bed. They call it beiag overlaid; it
is being smothered. That is the right
name for it,
But the children must be kept
warm?"
BLESS their iunocencel yes. The
bed as soft as down, the clothes as
soft as can be, but smooth wilhal,
without any tendency to rumble up,
or cover mouth or face. Tis is warmth,
this is comfort. The room, too, should
be moderately warm; no more, pray
you; and the air ought to be as pure
and sweet as the odor of roses. Is it
so IN most nurseries? Nay, for your
bugsear cold steps in and seals doors
and windows. No wonder that when
baby wakes up it is peevisa and fret
full!
Your bugbear is the best friend
the tailor has, for even young men
wear double the weight of clothes on
a winters day that they ought to.
They sweat themselves in conse-
quence so cold, the foe, steps in and
ends many life. Top coats, in my
opinion, should never be worn except
while riding by rail, or driving, or
when standing about in draught;
then they cannot be too thick and
cozy. If worn at all when walking,
they should be very thin. Very light
waterproofs 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
oughtto be moderately strong aud
thick, for many an ailment is caught
from standing about on damp, cold
ground.
Damp is much more to be dreaded
than cold, but even this should not be
made a bugbear of; | would rather
have damp underclothing than a
dar.p coat; the underclothing, indeed,
of every one who perspires freely and
easily is seldom if ever free from
damp. When l was newly married,
sir, the little woman who owns me
used to air my handkerchiefs, my
newspaper. and my table napkin. She
knows better now. But preserve me
and you and every one from sleeping
in a damn bed. y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

A MODERN scientist has discovered
that mental activity enhances physi-
cal beauty, thus controverting an old
theory. He says: "a handsome
man, or woman, either, who does
nothing, but live well or self Indul-
gently, grows fabby, and all the fne
lines of the features are lost; but the
hard thiaker has an admirable sculptor
always at work keeping h s fine lines
n repair, and constantly going over
his face to improve the original
design"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

The average cost of a marriage
license in this country is 81 90 Colera.
do, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Rhode Island, and Wisconsin charge
nothing; New Jersey, II cents; New
York, 25; Massachusetts, Maine, Yer.
mont, and Connecticut, so, and so on
up to Maryland, the highest of the
OF. 81 so
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
A Fish Catching Machine
Milford (Del.) News.

James L. Smith, who is a man OF
considerable mechanical ingenuity,
having already secured several
patents, is trying to solve the problem
of catching porpoise and other fish
along our shore with profit. Mr..
Smith is having a boat, suitable for
use along the bay shore, built at the
shipyards in this town. He will
erect a factory at Benefits pies,
where he proposes TO take his fish and
convert them into oil, leather, and
fertilizer. He has been at work for
some months in perfecting gun with
which to shoot porpoise. 1t is his
design to arrange the weapon to DIS
charge ball that contains powerful
explosive. The firing of the gun
will ignite fuse that will explode the
ball when it has lodged in the object
toward which it is aimed. SImultan-
eously with the discharge OF the ex.
plosive bullet an arrow with line
attached is TO be shot from the gun
Should the fish escape to some dis
tance the line will indicate Its where
abouts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

The ast of California has been
visited this season by several varieties
of birds which have never before been
known to leave the mountains. This
has generally been supposed to indi-
cate severe winter, but, according to
Science, the emigration is more
probably due to the prevailing scarcity
of all kinds of seeds in the mountains
this season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
The L. o. l.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The Law and
order league elected G. G. Bonney. Of
Chicago, president The conferences
declared its objects In ssT:ts of state
ments. which made known the belief
Of t.ae body. among other things, that
the liquor dealers had pretty much
their own way, and-tna the best way
to secure better laws was TO obtain
the enforcement of those existing.
Save the boys was adopted as the
watchword. Andrew Paxton told
the meeting how the league had
cleared all the concert gardens" out
of chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
Promoted.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-M. S. Miller,
general freight agent of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway has been pro-
NOTED to the position of assistant gen
eral superintendent. FL. r. McCul-
Tough, first assistant general freight
agent will succeed him, and c. FL.
Knapp, second assistant will succeed
MCCULLOUGH.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
The Oklahoma Boom

WICHITA, Kan, Feb 23-General
Hatch, who, with some of his officers,
have been spending several days here,
started south to day to be In readinss
for new boom, which Is to start for
Oklohoma on the 5th of March.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
Raldine the Cars

KANKAKEE. Ill, Feb. 23.-During
the coal famine at Hersher, near Kan
kakee, yesterday, forty farmers raidsd
the coal cars en- the Illinois Central
tracks, helping themselves TO thirty
tons of coal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

PRESIDENT ARTHUR, it is said, will
enter into law partnership with
Surrogate Rollins and Chas. Miller,
of New York, very soon after March
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

The British peersge is now bright
esed by the marriage of soubrette
actress, Dolly Tester, to Viscount
Savenake, heir TO the title of Marquis
OF Aylesbury, while her sister, Jenny
Tester, bar maid in the rum-room of
the same theatre at Brighton has
consented to L. AIRY the heir of Baron
Lyveden.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

FOR pure, large, healthy gall oom
mend us to Mr.. Dawson. of Nebraska.
He was Warden of the Slate Peniten
tiary for three years. The prison is 8
mile and half or so from Lincoln.
OF course, the Warden rode into town
every day and on his way back called
at the postoffice for the prison mail
which was handed him in a pouch
For carrying this mail Mr.. Dawson
now asks the state TO pay him jus
81, $50.
Pittsburgh has only seven fire en-
gines.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

Oliver Pain, the Mahdi's lieutenant
at Metemneh, - reported TO have said
just before he left Paris for the Sou
dan, 'tAll Englishmea IN Egypt must
share the fate of Hicks. ! hate all
law and order England is the home
Of law and order. Therefore I hate
England. Vlve lie MehdiI'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

Proctor. the astronomer, is the au-
thor of q new work on whist, Just
published In England.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
A Missing Treasurer.

MnwUKEE, Feb. 23.-Fred Beck
er. county treasurer of Chippewa
county, has been missing from his
home for a week and the examination
of his accounts show a shortage OF
between $40, 900 and s12, ,000 dollars.
There Is evidence of his having taken
over half the latter amount IN cash
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

Twenty food-reform societies are
now fiourishing In England.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

No. II, A, amending the revised
statutes relating to attachments. No
S3, A, relating to the protection of game
in st Croix county. No. 35, A., a bill
relating to statistics and amendatory of
section 1907, revised statutes. No. 4S,
A., relating to the practice of dentistry
and to establish state board of dental
examiners. No. 81, A, to authorize
the construction OF dam across the
Wisconsin river. No. 81, A, fer the
preservation of fish in the county of
Walworth. No. II, A., to provide for
appeals in certain cases. No. IS, A,
relating TO a change of the place of
tIial in certain cases and anne ndatory
of chapter 119, revised statutes. No.
100, A to amend section 1249 revised
statutes relating to highways. No. 115,
A, to amend section 997 revised
statutes, relating to the census.
Fourteen bills were killed and the as
sembly adjourned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.

LONDON, Feb. ga dispatch just
received from Cabul says no little un-
easiness prevails in government
circles on account OF tse large num-
bers of Russians pouring INTO the
Afghan capital ostensibly as travel
lers 1t is the general belief of the
natives that the alleged Russian trav
ellers are really military men whose
visits are connected with the rumored
scheme of Russia for the annexation
of Afghanistan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27

GENEVA, Feb. 23.-A society to
propagate anarchism holds its meet
ing in the morning. The programme
will include the discussion of the
question shall we have anything to
eat tomorrow? The situation In
Germany will also be considered.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
MaximS.

Let us respect gray hairs; but, above
all, our own. Love, when it visits old
men, is like sunshine upon snow; it is
more dazzling than warming. We for
get the origin of parvenu if he re-
members it; we remember it if he for
gets it. The first love that enters the
heart is the last to leave the memory.
The truth about our merit lies midway
between what people say of it to us
out of politeness and what we say of it
ourselves out of modesty. Where the
intellectual level is low, charlatans rise
to distinction. They are like those
rocks on the seashore which only look
high at low water. Those whom ex-
perience does not render better are
taught by it to seem so. To endeavor
to move by the same discourse hearers
who differ in age, sex, position, and
education is TO attempt to open all
locks with the same key. The flavor of
a detached thought depends upon the
conciseness with which it is expressed.
It is a grain of sugar that must be
melted in a drop of water.-Ge,1tle-
a,o171,s M1Dnzi71p
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
The Deadly Cigarette.

Cigarette smoking has the same
effect on boys and young men as opium
has on grown people. The tobacco
which the cigarettes are made of is so
mild in taste that the smoke from them
can be drawn on the lungs or inhaled,
which, in time, will have an injurious
effect upon the smoker. The inveter-
ate cigarette smoker will reject a fine
imported cigar for cigarette, pre-
ferring the latter, which, in bundles,
cost only half cent apiece. The price
of the article ought in itself to be a
sufficient proof that cigarettes are made
out of common material, and cheap
things are always bad. Some people
imagine that gum opium is used in
cigarettes, but this is mistake, as
that drug costs So pound, which would
be too expensive to the cigarette
manipulation. The white paper is
bleached by an arsenical preparation,
and that is poisonous enough, heaven
knows. Cigarettes ought to be stamp
ed out of existence, for they are sap
ping the life out of our young men,
Tobacco dealer, IN Brooklyn Union.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Witchcraft.

There were, no doubt, many design
ing and lazy old women in former times,
who pretended to be witches in order
to get an easy living. They helped to
spread the superstition concerning
witchcraft, and brought many harmless
people to death through their impos-
lures. The charms by which so-called
witches worked were short rhymes at
the different stages. In the fifteenth
century an old dame was tried for using
witchcraft in curing diseases, when the
judges promised to iberate her if she
would divulge her charm. This she
readily did, and informed the court
that the charm consisted in repeat
ing the following words, after the stip-
ulated pay, which was loaf of bread
and penny:
Ny loaf in my lap,
My penny in my purse,
Thou art never the better,
And am never the worse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

In the Brtttsh Medical Journal DIR. w. Rob
erts. OF England, discusses the effect OF
liquors. ten, coffee, and cocoa on digestion.
All OF them retard the chemical processes.
but most OF them stimulate the glRndular
activity and muscular contractionb. Dis
titled spirits retard the salivary or peptic d.
gestion but slightly when sparingly used.
Wines were found TO be highly Injurious
to saliyary digestion. On peptic diges-
ton all wines exert retarding infiu-
ence. They stimulate the glandular and
muscular activity OF the stomach. Eff
fervescent wines exert the greatest amount
OF good with the least harm TO digestion.
When ones digestion rs out OF order every
thing goes awry, unless, as in the case OF
4. 4. Seals, or Bellaire, Ohio. who had bad
dyspepsia for seven years, the digestive APP
paratus is kept in apple pie eating order by
warmers Tippecanoc, the best appetite pro-
Queer and regulator I'm the world.
Tea, even I'm minute quantities completely
paralyzes the action or the saliva. The tam
min in strong tea Is Injurious. Weak tea
should be used, If at all. Strong coffee and
cocoa are also injurious II used In excess
The Cosmopolitan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Feeble Frames, ShaIxy Nerves

And dyspeptic stomachs are usually found in
conjunction. Vitality is lacking in all three.
How can this be created2 Simply by using
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with regularity,
abstaining from habits inconsonant with health,
and by the use Of a dgestible diet. As an in
itial step toward the reinforcement OF depict
ed system, resort to Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers is most desirable, since IL corrects acidity
consequent upon a vitiation of the gastric
juices and the presence of bile in the stomach,
the digestive mechanism, sets IL md keeps il at
work An immediate gain in vigor is the re-
suit. The food is converted into blood, upon
which the system draws for nutrition, tho
nerves az they acquire vigor become TRANQUIL,
the muscular fiber gains substance and hard
ness, and appetite and sleep improve Consti-
patton, fever and ague, rheumatism and renal
ailments yield to the Bitters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

How tho Pious Intentions Of Colorsd Man
Wero Firms trated.

How tho Pious Intentions Of y Colored Man
Were Frustrated.
Gabe Wilson is colored dude who
keeps barber shop and lisps when he
talks, not because he wishes to appear
effeminate, but for the reason that he
was born to lisp and cannot help it.
Not long ago Gabe was converted by
Parson Lige Johnson, and expressed q
desire to become a member of the
Bethesda Baptist Church. A day was
appointed for the baptism, and Nose
Smith, who doesn't like bone In
Gabe's body, because he pays ten
tiQns" to tan-colored beauty whom
Nose loves, concluded to have some
fun at the baptizing.
Moses ascertained that Gabe was
terror-stricken every time he saw a
snake, so he went to o toy-store and
purchased awooden snake, with paint
ed rings around its tail, and on the day
the baptiLing was to take place he en-
tered the church surreptitionsly and
dropped the snake in the pool in which
the converts are immersed.
Gabe was very popular with the col
ored people, and Bethesda Church was
crowded to almost suffocation. Parson
Lige johnson, after surveying his con-
gregation q moment, arose in the pull
pit and said: "Brederin' and sisters,
dar Is one mo- young soul what is come
heah to iine de holy band what is
marchin' long de road to salvation"
Then, stepping down from the pulpit,
he approached. Gabe. who was seated
on the front bench, and, clasping his
hand and singing at the top of his
voice, led him to the steps which ran
down into the pool.
The water was about breast deep,
and Parson Johnson, after leading
Gabe to the center of the pool, closed
his eyes solemnly and commenced re-
citing the service. my brudder, I
baptizes yer" but at this point in
the proceedings Gabe's eyes rested on
the wooden snake floating in the water,
and he made plunge to get out of the
pool, and Parson Lige, thinking he was
about to shout, took firm grip on his
coat collar.
"Thay. niger, turn me loose" lisped
Gs5e in terror. Don't yer thee dat
thnake?"
my brudder," continued the parson,
81 baptizes yer"
@Thay, look at dat thnake," Gabe
howled again.
"Dont be skeered, Brudder Wilson,"
said the parson.
mo, sab, jes'-ies' look at dat
thnake. Use not FER fool by FER id
thight. Thay, dar comes de thnake. +"
and with howl he leaped out of the
pool and went scooting down the aisle
and out of the church like jack-rabbit
Parson Lige johnson then turned his
eyes, and sure enough there was long
snake pointing his head directly at him,
and he howled even louder than Gabe,
and before the astonished congregation
could understand the cause of all the
trouble Parson Johnson had jumped
out of the pool, and plunged headlong
through an open window.
The members of the Bethesda Church
were very angry when they found out
the Joke which had been played, and
said "dat dey wus gwine ter git de law
on somebody" and Gabe Wilson, who
never stopped running until he reached
home, said: IF 1 thee the man that
put. dat thnake dar. Use gwinter have his
heart. "-Neic Orleans Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

"Did you ever know 'why it was that
the car doors were always Left wide
open when coke was being transported
by freight?" asked railroad man. /
remarked that had often noticed that
the doors were open, but never thought
of the reason. at is to prevent spon-
taneous combustion" replied the first.
IF the freight-cars were filled with
coke and the doors closed, the whole
thing would be on fire in few hours"
Hb;c10o Nelge
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Force OF Habit.

A well-known Texas gambler was
converted and became minister. One
Sunday, just before the service began,
hs was absorbed in thought, when he
was approached by the organist, who.
referring to the opening hymn, said :
"What shall play?"
"What kind of hand have you? ?" re-
sponded the absent-minded minister.
zIocE Street.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
A Decided Difference.

At the last meeting of the Conun-
drum Club the following was pro-
pounded:
what is the difference between
woman's sphere and woman's fear?"
After long and severe struggle the
conundrum was given up, and the per-
petrator said:
"One is house, the other q mouse. "
-Nelo York Morning Journal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Lost Faith I'm Physicians,

There are innumerable instances where cures have
been effected by ScovILLs SARsAPARrLLA. or Blood
and Liver Syrup. for all diseases of the blood. when
the patient had been given up by physicians IL Is
of the best remedies offered to the public.
and IT is prepared with the greatest spe
cc for certain Diseases II is wonder that 10 should
be moro eectual than hastily written and carelessly
prepared prescriptions. Take ScovILL's BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP for all disorders arising from impure
blood. 1t Is endorsed by all leading professional
men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Peril of the Theological Student.

One of the religious papers, the
Chicago Interior, thinks that the girls
play the mischief with the theological
students. "The young brother, as soon
as Rev. is duly fastened on before his
given name, makes a bee line for his
girl, and she meets him halfway down
the lane, and they kiss each other few
times and walk lovingly together to
some old preacher who ought to know
better, and he puts his hands on their
heads and tells, them to be good-and
so spoils missionary"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

Dumb-bels and horizontal bars. Indian
climbs and the trapeze are valuable under
certain conditions, but they are detrimental
rather than beneficial IL the blood Is poor
and thin anu poisoned with bile. Use of the
muscles necessitates waste as well as induces
growth IL the blood does not carry sum
cient nutriment material to repair the waste,
loss OF strength necessarily follows, and
growth is out OF the question. Purify and
enrich your blood with DIR. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" and then exercise will
develop and not consume your physique.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

In order TO cook your hare you must OIL
ways first catch il.
II is much easier to catch cold than to
catch hare.
To get rid OF cold always use Red Star
Cough Cure.
TO get Red Star Cough Cure only re-
quires twenty five cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
A Peck OF Peas (P,s).

Here are a Peck of Peas, sweet Peas, IL
you will Perseverance, Patience, Prompt
ness, Proficiency, Push and Politeness. Add
to these DIR. Pierce's pheasant PurPative
Pellets" and you will get well through the
world without much trouble. The Iellets
prevent constipat on and surplus OF bile
which lead to many different complaints. In
closed i'm glass, always fresh, entirey vege-
table, prompt, and perfectly harmless. Any
druUQist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

Gently does DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR
BITTERs relieve the constipated bowels; at
the same time thoroughly toning their inner
mem brane and restoring their mechanical
action. Yet tho result is solely due 10 nat
ure, re-enforced and sustained by the best
vegetable Alternative and tonic that ever
passed the lips of the sick and suffering.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03
Ecclesiastical Item.

Teacher are the names of
the seven days of the week."
Boy Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
dav, Thurdday, Friday, Saturday."
Teacher-"That's only six days. You
have missed one. When does your
mother go to church,"
Boy-"When pa buys her new
hat. "-Teras Strings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

PURE Cod-Liver on, made from selected
livers on the sea-shore, by CAswELI4 HAZARD
q Co., New York. IL is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have Once taken It
prefer 1t TO all others. Physicians have de-
market.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

81 have found Athlophoros to be ak
that isSclaimed for it," is the straightforward
testimony OF DIR. III. ii. JOY 359 State street,
corner Harrison street, Chicago, H., TO the
virtues of this great remedy in all cases OF
rheumatism and neuralgia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

MAN doesn't know the true import or
wearing a tile until he gets brick In his hat
Merchant Traveller.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-03

TIE best and cheape st Car Starter is sold
by Borden, Selleck x Co., Chicago, Ill. With
&c one man can move a loaded car.