Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1879 — Celery a Cure for Rheumatism. [ARTICLE]

Celery a Cure for Rheumatism.

He who has suffered Trom this terrible disease will feel somewhat doubtful if there can be any sure cure for it. But physicians are speaking very strongly of the use of celery as ben eficial; and some of the English papers assuie us that they have good medical authority for affirming that it is a certain cure if used properly. To be efficacious it must be cooked, not eaten raw, as is the usual custom. If taken uncooked, although a delightful addition to any meal, its curative qualities are never developed, and it is because it is so seldom cooked that its remarkable effect on such complaints has not been perceived. The celery should be cut into small pieces and boiled in a little water until soft, and the water sho jld be used as a drink. Add sweet milk (new milk if it is to be had) to the cooked celery. After th« water has been drained off, thicKen it with a little flour and nutmeg, or add some tomatoes; let it boil up till all are inc < rporated,. and serve hot on toast. A physician (in England, we think) says that he flaa many times put his rheumatic patients upon such a diet and with unfailing success. Within the year we have often been treated with cooked celery, andjflnd it excellent, and if found to be a cure for one of life’s greatest enemies, it will stand pre-eminently above all other roots.

Public Schools of R«BMelaer, In«L— October, 1879, Report. Whole No. of pupils enrolled, 217 Average daily attendance, 200 Per cent, of attendance, 92 “ ‘ on conduct. 95 “ “ “ punctuality. 100 “ “ “ study, 99 Number of excuses for absence and tardiness accepted by principal, 7 Accepted byteaoher. 69 * Total, ’ 76 Names of pupils whose record for the month is “5.” PRIMARY A. Freddie DuvalJ, Isaac Leopold, Alpha Hopkins, Willie Hammeod, Charlie Rhoads, Gussie Phili ps, Frank Webber, Cora Catt, AgnesHealy,Mabel Hopkins, Ora Grant, Eliza Tuteur, Alice Webber, Nellie Halloran. Ida Milliken, Ora Duvall, Anna Webber, Tiilie Warner, Lilly PLatt, Linnie Kelly, Katie Burk, Ollie Erwin, Mary Chilcote, Hattie Clark.—24. PRIMARY B. George Moss, Cora Adams, Mary Adams, Ella Everson, Mary C. Spitler, Birdie Spitler, Birdie Hammond, Nel lie Kelley, Walter Willey, Crilley Hutson, Charlie Rhoades, George Minikus, Dallas Warren. Nellie Hopkins, Annie Erwin. Albert Fendlg. Rebecca Fendig. Blanche Loughridge, Paul Troy, Eddie Duvall, Charlie Robinson, David Warren. 22. INTERMEDIATE. Gaylord Chilcote, Katie Green, Geo. Hollingsworth, Lucy Healy, Mary Halloran, Albert Hopkins, MiunieNor ris, Lorena Peacock, Robert Platt, Charlie Platt. Inez Hutson, Stephen Warren, Mury Dunn, Fannie Dunn. Eugene Saylor, Chailes Spitler.—l6.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Louesa Platt, Mary Healy, Hattie Hopkins.—3. HIGH SCHOOL. Arilla Cotton, Elmer Dwiggins, Louis Hollingsworth, Ora Thompson, Delos Thompson, Victor Loughridge, Charles Warner, Clara Adams, Lily Alter, Celia Childers, James Erwin, Julia May Miller, Minnie Phillips, Ella Rhoads, Alice Rhoads, Clara Reeve, Eila Ryan, Nellie Spitler, Mary Weathers, Emma Rhoads, Henry Smith, Frank Weathers, Emma Washburn, Marcus Yeoman, Della Hopkins.—2s. Charles Spitler’s name should have been on the roll of honor .for last mouth. When a finger pricks as though there was a thorn in it, and throbs intolerably when held downward, and yet there is no external sign of mis chief, the probabilities are that a felon is in prospect, says an exchange. Go at once to the butcher’s and procure some of the spinal marrow df a beef creature. Take a piece, say about two inches in length, and having cut it open lengthwise, wrap it around the afflicted finger, covering, of course, with cloth. In a few hours change the piece of marrow for a fresh one, and continue to keep the finger so encased until all pain has ceased and there is no discomfort when the marrow is removed. The finger will look strangely white and porous, but the cure is complete. This remedy ought to become professional. It is vastly better than the surgeon’s knife and more effectual.