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LOOK UP.

Look up! the world is wide. On land and
sea.
On ship or shore, there is no rust, no rest;
A heart throbs outward from each human
breast,
And moves it onward to its destiny.
What if it's hidden doom must end in death
Why, meet it bravely, with the honest
thought
Of no good deed undone, no ruin wrought.
TO kill the hope that sootheS dying breast.
He who would soar from darkness into light,
And, like Icarus, mount on wa3en wings,
Will never reach and touch the golden
springs
That open the gates which close upon the
night.
Who rises, lifting others up with him,
Is strong indeed. Within his call or reach
Are hands that aid him-hearts that help
him teach
What he has learned himself, and taught to
them.
We build our thoughts like mountains to the
clouds,
The mystery of our being still unsolved.
Save that we know our lives are not
evolved
For the sole end of filling empty shrouds.
-H'm. Ward. in New Orleans Times.
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History of the "Chestnut,"

The word "chcs:nut" will surely have
to 60 into the next edition of the un.
abridged dictionary. The history of
this bit of slang has been a queer one.
Its origin will never be definitely
known, although dozen stories of it
have been told. Three years ago the
word was in common use among printers
in Boston, in it's slang sense, and from
the composing rooms it came down to
the editorial floors. After a good deal
of use inside the various newsp sper Of
fees it naturally got into print. The
great army of newspaper readers quickly
captured it, and within year it was in
general use. For two years past 1t has
been everywhere common throughout
the country. Then some genius had q
bright idea and evolved the chestnut
bell. 1t made its first appearance in Bal
timore or Plttsburg about July 1, and it
took it over two months to get to Boston,
and about the same time to get to Chi
cago and the West.-S,ms,vslH Journal.
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Chewing the Cud.

Thomas D. Baird says in the New York
Tribune: A very large tribe of animals,
of which sheep and COWS are familiar ex-
amples, chew the cud. They do so be-
cause their peculiar organs Of digestion
require it. They can get their perfect
nourishment in no other way. They
have, it is said, four stomachs, but the
statement is not strictly correct, for the
entire digestion is done in a single one
that which is called the fourth-the other
three being only places for preparatory
work. Their food is swallowed without
being much chewed; the chewing is to
come later. When this partially chewed
food is swallowed it passes directly into
the first stomach, which serves only to
soak and soften the coarse food. When
the first has done what it can the food
passes out of it into the second, and then
the cow or sheep is ready to "chew the
cud."
The second stomach while soaking the
food keeps it in motion, and gradually
rolls it up into masses so that IN the
small upper part there is found an OBJ
long solid lump of the size that we rec,
ognize as the ''cud." This the animal
throws up into the mouth and chews
with evidently as much satisfaction as the
same act of mastication gives us when
we put the most delicate morsels be-
tween our teeth. When it is sufficiently
chewed the mass is swallowed and its
place taken by another which has been
rolled up in the meantime. But the
s'cud" thus masticated does not return
to the second stomach from which il
came; it passes smoothly into the third,
a place for additional fabrication, and
then into the fourth, where the true di'
gestion begins and ends.
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Health Hints.

Tea is not good drink for dyspeptics;
indeed, it is a most frequent cause of this
disease.
DR.. E. G.. Janeway, Of New York city,
acting on the suggestion Of a country
practitioner, has given frozen milk to
patients whose stomachs did notfolerate
ice cream, and speaks highly OF its use
in fevers.
A physician says: ':When teaspoon
full of warm honey is taken every fifteen,
twenty and thirty minutes, it has sur
prising effect on catarrh. Every family
should have glass of pure honey in the.
house, in order at once, after catching
cold, to be able to use some."
Daniel R. Clymsr, ex-Mayor of Read
ing, Penn, gives the following recipe
for obtaining undisturbed slumber:
Onions inhaled cause sleep, rest, and
repose. The soldier on his ma ch and
tho exhausted iron-worker get great
strength from eating the onion. Tie
fresh onion around the neck, and bruise
it to make its odor thorough. and you
secure sound sleep from its nightly in
halation.
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A Remarkable Operation.

Lizzie Lucas is a bright six-year-old
girl, and has been a patient in the Man.
haitian Hospital, New York. Her father,
Captain Lucas, is the master of clipper
ship which makes regular trips around
Cape Horn to San Francisco. As the
captain believes in making his ship his
home his wife always goes with him, and
Lizzie was born in gale of wind which
kept him fooling around the Horn for
twelve days. She grew up on board OF
the ship, and soon showed o disposition
to follow the nimble sailors aloft. One
afternoon Lizzie fell from the rigging
upon the deck, striking on her right side,
and sustaining a compound fracture of
the right leg. AS the ship was then
1000 mile, away from any port, expert
surgical treatment was out of the ques-
ton, and when the bone finally knit it
made serious deformity. The leg was
twi,ted and bent or turned outward
nearly at q right angle, and was of no
use whatever. The child, when she
could get up, hobblcd around on
crutch.
When the vessel reached New York
the little girl was taken to a private
house, where she remained with her
mother for several months, the captain
being again on the high seas, and then
Lizzie was taken to the hospital. The
crooked leg was carefully examined by
several surgeons and an Esmarcs band
age was wound tightly around the leg
until the blood had been forced out of
the extremity. When this had been
done a continuous incision was made
with scalpel over the place where the
bone had been fractured. The foot and
the exposed bone were then wiped per-
feetly dry and the serious work began.
The surgeon, man OF more than average
strength, seized the foot with one hand
and the bone with the other, and then,
throwing all his weight and strength into
the movement, gave sudden twist for
the purpose of breaking the bone at the
fracture. 1t did not even crack. Sew
eral others tried their hand, with no bet
ter result. The resistance of the bone
was said to be due to its elasticity. The
leg had to be broken in some way or the
operation would end in failure. A ma
chinst's hammer was then produced OF
large size. The leg was placed so that
the inside of the foot and the hip Joint
rested upon the table. Asmall block OF
wood was then laid across the bone, a
pressure was put upon the thigh, and the
surgeon struck several blows in ouick
succession, and fually broke the bone.
1t was badly out of shape, and after re-
peatcd trials was got in good position
and reset. To hold the bone securely
bandage which had been previously
soaked in a plaster of Paris solution was
wound tightly around it. This hardened
in few moments, and the muscles OF
the leg were immovable. 1t is now some
time since the operation, and the wound
has healed. There is every evidence
that the bone has united, and cure will
be effected. The leg is tribe shorter
than the we'll one, but it is believed that
this can be corrected with the use of
weights, and that the little girl. when
she is able to walk, will not even limp.
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4 New Gem.

A deposit of precious stones of the
rare kind known as golden beryl" has
recently been found in the Berkshire
Hills (Mass.) Spccim:ns of this gem
are occasionally met with in the hands
of collectors, but it has never before been
found in sufficient quantity to become
an article of trade. When cut the stones
are of beautiful golden color, exceed
ing!y hard and of great brilliancy. Mr.
KInz, mineralogist of Tiffany s. Co +,
pronounces them unsurpassed in purity
and beauty. Professor Dana, Of Yale
College, who recently visited the mines,
declares it to be wonderful formation
and the crystals the finest ever seen by
him. Understand that the new gem
will soon be on the market. - Town Topics.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
Scarlet Fe yer.

There Is more effected by good nurs1
ing, than by medicine in nearly all cases
Of scarlet fever. 1t is essential that the
nurse be one who has had experience Of
or who has been a close observer OF
cases of this kind. In fact, it is true OF
all fevcrs, that good and intelligent
nursing is the best security against their
fatal termination. Nor is it advisable
to change nurses if it can be avoided.
The nurse should have all the details OF
the case under her own charge; she
should not be heavily clothed, but
should wear as little rs possible, should
change it every day and have it washed
or thoroughly airel. Neither should she
make dressing room of the sick room,
but should make her toilet and keep her
dresses in an adjoining room, where
there is any possibility of doing 50.
Towels. blankets, sEeels, curtains, every
thing that in any way comes in contact
with the patient should be kept entirely
separate until they are thoroughly boiled
and aired. This is essential to the
health of the household, often to the
whole neighborhood.
The room should be kept thoroughly
ventilated. by keeping open q window
in the ad joining room or by some arrange
ment attached to the window Of ths sick
room which will allow the ingress and
egress of air without draft; its tempera-
ture should be kept at about sixty de-
gree, and regulated by q thermometer.
If the room receives its heat from
furnace, the hot air should be made to
pass over pail of water containing
either Labarraquc's solution of Platt's
Chlorides, and a towel with one end
dipped in such q solution should be
tackled over the register. If there be
stove, or, better than Al, an open grate,t
these solutions can be placed near by, 80
as to be readily evaporated and distrib-
uted throughout the 'oom.
The chamber should always contain
some such solution in which to receive
the excreta. A small quantity of urine
should daily be collected in lean yes
sci for the doctors examination. 1t is
usual to anoint the child with some
greasy substance. this allsys the intense
itching or prickling. which is most an
noying; it softens t. e skin, which is In
fammed and swollen; it depresses tho
fever to certain extent, and it serves to
collect the scales, which, If shed, serve
as carriers of contagion. and which are
usually shed in fak:s. The child should
have its mouth washed once or twice
daily, as also other parts of its body, for
purposes of cleanliness, and the water
used can contain either abarraque's So
luton or vinegar Listerine, and possibly
the doctor will order the frequent use OF
the hand-spray, such as is employed with
cologne, using some good disinfectant
for the throat in these cases.
Scarletina, as far as we know at the
present time, only comes from previous
cases of the disease. Cleanliness not
only lessons the danger of serious comPli-
cations, which are often fatal, and mlti-
gates the severity Of an attack, butt Is
the great germ destroyer, and prevents
the spread of this dread disease in house
holds.-Hau's Journ"l Of Health.
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Bulldog Ants in Surgery.

A citizen of Valrosia, Fla, wants to
send some of the big red ants of that re-
gion, called bulldog" ants, to surgeons
for use in fastening wounds of the intes-
tines. He says that if the edge of two
pieces of soft paper are held together
and ull-dog ant held so that he will
clutch both sides, and his head be then
quickly twisted off, the ant becomes a
fixture in that position. He says that
Spanish surgeons use the bull dog ants as
suturcs in that way.-Jachs0nrille Times.
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The Ladies.

am the boss of the entire shop,
And, you bet, / make the girls all hop
I am the forelady.
From until 6 I yell out "Cash"
And l seldom fail to make mash
I am the saleslady.
When I'm very mad spoil the fish,
And sometimes smash china dish
I am the cooklady.
I dose the baby to keep it still,
And very often make it ill
I am the nurselady.
NV stock in trade is water and soap.
A wringing machine and piece Of rope
I am the washlady.
-KinQ's County Jovrnos
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were AZ soft as down and pliable al India

were as soft as down and pliable az India
rubber. The outer covering of the nest
was formed of the minutest fakes oi
lichen and bark, laid on artistcally and
substantially, like shingles on roof. J
have seen many humming birds nesti
since, and found that whatever the pre-
vailing hue of the branches on which
they were built might be, the covering Of
the tiny cups was made of the same hue
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-13

Midway Island, one of the Hawaiian
group, belongs to the United States, and
is used as a coal station.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-13

she was discovered, and then she arose
and buzzed and hummed about me with
as belligcrcnt intent as she had darted
about the jay bird. Iremained only long
enough to see that two of the tinieSt OF
eggs were in the nest, and then de-
sccndcd and went away visited the
dogwood tree daily after that, and the
frail BIRDS would gradually become ac-
customed to my presence. At nrst they
were nervous, and one or the other OF
them would dart down at me, and, hang
ing poised within yard or so of me, in
spcct me with frightened curiosity. ut
tering the quaintest of peeps and cries.
"Attcr u few days my presence ceased
to disturb them, and they came and went
as if was not there. l learned that the
male relieved the female at intervals on
the nest, and that humming birds carry
on daily warfare against any other mem
bcrs of the feathered tribe that come any
where near their nest, attacking the
great big, Tapping crow with the Same
fcarlessness as they do a sparrow, and
driving him away apparently as easily
In time two Little nestlingS appeared II
| this nest Of minc-the oldest looking
things, not much bigger than bumblt
bee."
One day, after the young ones were
old enough to fly, 1 went to the nest. i
was deserted, and the birds came back
no more that season. 1 then took th'
nest apart, and found that it was mos
delicate piece of workmanship. Soft
silky putfs made from the blossoms o
the oak and chestnut. and bits of satin!
gray moss and dark brown fungus, of ;
kind that must grow in secret place
known only to these nectar-fcd fairies
woven into the walls of the nest, which
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
Lancaster Shipments.

There has been good run of bust
ness at the depot the last week. In
TACT this has been heavy month thus
far Ninety-two cars of live stock have
been shipped to Chicago and two cars
to Sutherland, Iowa, during the month,
and the number will be increased to
over one hundred before the month is
ended. Since the ending of the strike
IN Chicago the prices of hogs and cattle
have tended upward. Following are
the shipments from this market since
Wednesday, November II, emitting the
10th, which was reported in Mondays
HERALD:
Thursday, Nov. 1S.-T. G. Hawley &
Co., one car of oats to Menominee,
Mich; j. Schreiner. car of hogs; w.
). Mccoy, car of hogs; VIM. Gates, car
OF hogs; r. Gillespie, car of hogs.
Friday, November 19.-Trowbridge &
Morse, one barrel and one box of poul-
try. And the following gentlemen
shipped one tub of butter each: Z.
Garthwaite, r. Barkell, Thos. Graham,
E. Pendleton, j. E. Day, b. Hamer, A.
j. Hamer.
Monday, Nov. 22.-Trowbridge &
Morse, three barrels and one box of
poultry to Boston and nine cases of
eggs to Chicago; A. Schmitt, box poul-
try, j. Nathan, car cattle; Ivey & Webb,
four tubs butter and one case of eggs;
c. III. Baxter & Co., six tubs butter;
John Schreiner, six tubs butter; and
the following one tub each. P. Stiel, j.
j. Mckenzie, Nj. Furgeson, j. B.
Church, L. M. Eastman, w. Hicken,
John Jeide, John Jeide, John Korber.
Tuesday, Nov. 23.-John McCor-
mick, car hogs; w. p Rowden, two
cars cattle; j. Schreiner, two cars hogs;
G. III. Baxter & Co., two cars hogs; NJ
Miller, Bloomington. car hogs; VIM.
Gates, four ears hogs; T. C. Hawley &
CO., car of oats to Menominee; BROKER
Bros, hoop-poles; Thomas & Basford,
three tubs butter; H. Henkel, one tub
butter.
Wednesday. Nov. "a. BROKER Bros,
car hoops; R. Gillespie. two cars hogs;
VIM. Gates, two cars hogs; I. c. Haw-
ley Il Co., car of oats to Menominee;
G. II. Baxter & Co., two cars hogs;
John Schreiner, one car hogs; John
Mccormick, one car hogs; Bidwell and
Club. car of cattle; VIM. Prideaux.
two tubs butter; j. Schreiner, five tubs
butter; and the following named gentle
men one tub of butter EACH j. Hoff-
man, p. Henkel, Dan Govier, T. Pendle-
ton, d. Mcpherson, B. Hamer, G. f.
Wetmore, VIM. Scott, r. Newman.
Thos. Beetham, L. lockwood, r. Scott,
R. A. Welsh, E. E. Mccoy, Thos. Mar
shall, Jos. Kasper, L. Duncalf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25

BLOOMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Bloomington Historical Society
is going to have public Thanksgiving
entertainments and oyster supper IN the
High School building Saturday evening
of this week. The admission to the en-
tertainment is to be ten cents and the
supper is % cents, the proceeds to be
devoted to the purchase of school APP
paratus. The program for the enter
tainment will consist of a select reading
by Mrs. w. H. Holford; recitation by
Airs. C. b. Woodhouse; farcical dra-
matte representation by Misses Sylvia
Hoskins and Elva Holford, and Masters
Lee Holford, Mamie Brown and Eddie
Chambers; paper by numerous con-
tributors. of which DIR. Nina GlaSier is
edItor-in-chief; an original production
entitled "A Modern Social Gathering, or
the Story of Mr.. Blanks Recollections of
"a Thanksgiving Party" by A. 6. zim-
norman. The above to be agreeably
interespersed with choice selections
nj vocal and instrumental music, con.
sistinc of solos. duets, quartets, cho-
ruses. etc. by the best musical talent of
Bloomington, which it is well known
will compare favorably with any in the
country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25

the auspices of the Lecture Association.
They will come Monday, Nov. 29, this
time under the auspices of the Normal
Library Association. So highly recon-
mended were they by all who heard
them in their former entertainment that
they cannot fail to draw big house
this time.
The exercises of the Philadeiphian So
ciety on last Friday evening were some
thing as follows: Critics Report, by
Henry Denison; essay ON Home, by Mr..
Bailey; reading, Soldier Bird, by Geo.
Nye; personation, by Ben Robinson;
defamation, Manly Williams; News Of
the Week, Mr.. Joe Cottingham. After
recess the question was debated, IRE.
sotced, That capital punishment is justi.
fable" The affirmative were Cox and
Farrisi the negative, Sothower and Hay.
The question was decided in favor OF
the affirmative.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
PER SONAL.

Mr.. Seymour Howell. of Lima, went
to Lancaster Monday.
Mr.. Tom johnson. of Ipswich, was in
Plattevile on Sunday.
G. c. Carpenter left for Dubuque
last Wednesday morning.
Mr.. JAS. Kay, of Georgetown. was in
Platteville last Saturday,
j. I. Enloe, of Arthur, started for
GAINESVILLE Monday morning.
Jim Brown and Webb Taylor took a
run down to Galena Monday.
Mr.. Joseph Harris. of Georgetown.
came up Saturday on business.
Postmaster Elgar spent Sunday IN
Rewey. the guest of his son Will.
Charley Wells, student of the Normal,
visited his parents at Arthur over SUM-
day.
Viii! Thomas, j. NJ Smiths hard
ware clerk, is taking vacation at his
home in Montfort.
Lou Wilson. who has been attending
the Normal, is spending his vacation at
his home in Cuba City.
JAS. Granville, clerk in the Fiddick
store, of this place, took a short vaca-
ton at Benton last week.
Grand Patriarch Kenyon, of the
grand encampment, |. o. o. F., of Wis
consin, is in town, visiting Platteville
Encampment No. 46.
Editor Charlton, of the Brodhead In
dependent, was in town over Sunday,
visiting his daughter, Winnie, who has
been attending the Normal, and who
accompanied him home.
Messrs. Kenable and Porter, clerks in
the John Fiddick store, at Galena, Wis.
tied their friends of the store of the same
firm in Platteville over Sunday.
Mrs. Delaney, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. f. b. Smith, of this
city. for some time past. returned to
her home in Milwaukee on Monday.
Miss Addie Grinnell, of Hammond,
who has been visiting her cousin, Mrs.
George Robbins, left the fore part of
the week for st. Paul, Minnesota.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
BUSINESS NOTES.

The best blanket for the least money
at Fiddick's.
Fred. Annecke keeps felt boots for
men and boys. Give him a call.
You can buy more for 81 at the CITY
Bakery thBn anywhere else in the city.
Beautiful colored gros grain silks at
Fiddick's for 60 cents.
Fresh rolls, bread, buns, ETC., every
day at the City Bakery.
Keep your ankles warm by buying a
pair of those high-cut Rockford shoes
at Fred. Annecke's
Fiddick can't be beat for gloves and
hosiery.
Buy your carpets at Fiddick's they
are cheaper than buying soap for
scrubbing.
The best black cashmere this side of
New York for the price at Fiddick's.
The elegant line of cloaks at Fid
dicks are being sold cheaper than
cloaks are ordinarily sold at cost.