Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1886 — Page 3

ALL ABOUT ’POSSUMS.

Is Their Meat a Real Dellcaey?—The TimeHonored ’Possuth Chestnut. / I was talking with a Southern man about the opossum which a Tennessee man oaught on the battlefield of Murfreesboro, and sent to the President. The Southernnfan, a Georgian, by the way, said: “The’possum is not what he’s cracked, jp to be. I used to hunt him years ago when I was young, but I hunted him for the sport and not for himself. There is something very picturesque and piquant about a ’possum or a coon hunt A ’possum hunt differs from all other hunting in that a good ’possum hunter does not use his gun at all. A ’possum or coon dog, a thin, mangy, cur-like dog, and a big torch are all that he needs. The hunting is always done at night. The dog finds the ’possum and trees him—usually in jt persimmon tree. Then the hunter climbs up, torch in hand, and grabs the *possum. The light of the torch dazzles the eyes of the ’possum,, and his instinctive simulation of death makes it easy to catch him. The hunter must take care that the ’possum does not fall to the ground. If it does there will be a fight—not between the dog and the ’possum, but between the dog and his master for possession of the ’possum. My interest in the coon, however, ends when he is caught. I would as lieve as not that the dog ate him then. He looks too much like a rat for my stomach, and tastes too coafse and greasy—squirrel is much better.” “The 'possums seem as numerous as ever,” said a Virginian, “and they seem to be hunted just as zealously. I don’t think they are particularly good eating. The darkies like ’possum, just as they like coarse, rich food of any sort. But if ’possum were not a traditional delicacy very few white men would eat it. Of course, you have heard the classic ’possum story which is always told when ’possum is mentioned? No? Well, an old darky once caught a ’possum one cold Thanksgiving day, and taking it home to his cabin, built up the fire and put it in the pot. Then he lay down, tired out, with his feet to the fire, darky fashion, and went to sleep. As ■l he lay there snoring while the ’possum simmered in the pot, his son, a limber, bright-eyed youth, glided into the cabin.- He took in the situation in a moment. The ’possum was ready to be eaten, and its strong aroma filled the room. Stepping softly to the fire the graceless youth took the ’possum out of the pot and rapidly devoured its gamey flesh, chuckling softly to himself as,he did so. When he had eaten all there was to eat, he gathered the bones in a little pile beside the fireplace, and then smearing a little of the ’possum grease on the mouth and nose of the sleeping man he stole softly out. Bpr and by old Pompey awoke. The air was redolent of boiled ’possum—the old man’s mouth watered. Rising slowly to his feet he took the lid off the pot and looked in. ‘Jerusha mighty!’ he exclaimed, ‘it’s done gone.’ Then, glancing down at the fireplace, he saw the whitened bones, and passing his hand over his mouth he felt and smelled the ’possum grease. A broad smile spread over his puzzled face: ‘Good Lawdl’ he exclaimed, T done forgot I ate him!’"

The Bees of South America.

In an old book Ire are told of a little black bee, found in the Island of Guadaloup, which lives in hollow trees ■ or the cavities of rocks by the seaside, and lays up honey in cells about the size and shape of pigeon eggs. These cells are black or deep deep violet color, and so joined together as to leave no Bpace between them. The following are mentioned by Lindley as indigenous to Brazil; “On an exeusion toward upper Topogippa, and skirting the dreary woods which extend to the interior, I observed the trees more loaded with bees’ nests than ever in the neighborhood of Port Lequro. They consist of a ponderous shell of clay, cemented to the martin’s nest, swelling from high trees about a foot thick, and diameter; when broken the wax is arranged as in our hives, and the honey is abundant.” Capt. B. Hall found in South America the hive of a honey bee very different from the Brazilian, but nearly allied to, if not the same as that of Guadaloup. “The hive we saw opened,” says he, “was only partially filled, which enabled us to see the economy 'of the interior to more advantage. The honey is not contained in the elegant hexagonal cells. of the hives, but in waxen bags not so large as an egg. These bags or bladders are hung around the sides of the hive and appear about half full, the quantity being probably just as great as the strength of the wax will bear without tearing. Those near the bottom being better supported are more filled than the upper ones. In the center of the lower part of the hive we obgerve an irregular-shaped mass of comb, furnished with cells like those of our bees, all containing young ones in such an advanced state that when we broke the comb and Ifet them out they flew merrily ' ■

Plantation Philosophy.

Er hard-hearted man sometimes sheds tears, but j it’s like a rain in mighty cold weder; it ain’t nachul. I’se sorry fur de ’speptic pusson. I wonl’ rather hab er good Itomach an’ hafter go .hungry all my life den ter hab er bad stomach wider full smokehouse.. Jes’ erbout de time er man stops an’ says: “I has foun’ out dat I’se a fool,” udderffolks says dat he’s smart, an’ when he thought dat he wuz smart, odder folks knowed he was er fool. > Some folks hates er lie so bad dat da tells a leetle mo’ den de truth, an’ dat is de wust sort er lyin’, fur de good deal o’ truth dat’s in whnt da says, makes ns bet on de part whut is er lie. I doan kere how sweet er man ken sing, I doan kere how fine he ken pray, I doan kere how hones’ he is, P doan kere how truthful he is, Still es his soul ain’ ter be stirred by er little chile, he is somewbar, down in his heart, er bad man .—Arkansaw Traveler. , . "What blockheads are those wise persons who think if necessary that a child should comprehend every thing it reads. —Southey. *

A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.

A Physician Presents Some Startling Facts. Can It Be that the Danger Indicated la Universal? The following story—which is attracting wide attention from- the press—is so remarkable that we cannot excuse ourselves if we do not lay it before our readers entire: To the Editor of the Rochester (N. T.) Democrat. Sib: On the first day of June, 1881, I lay at my residence in this city surrounded by my friends and waiting for death. Heaven only ' knows the agony I then endured, for words can never describe it And yet if a few years previous any one had told me that I was to be brought so low, and by so terrible a disease, I should have scoffed at the idea I had always been uncommonly strong and healthy, and Weighed over 200 pounds, and hardly knew, in my own experience, what pain or sickness were. Very many people who will read this statement realize at times" they are unusually tired and cannot account for it They feel dull pains in various parts of the body and do not understand wny. Or they arc exceedingly hungry one day and entirely without appetite the next This was just the way I felt when the relentless malady which bad fastened itself upon me first- began. .Still I thought nothing of it; that probably I .had taken a cold which would soon pass away! Shortly after this I noticed a heavy, and at times neuralgic, pain in one side of my head; but as it would come one day and be gone the next, I paid little attention to it. Then my stomach would get out of order and my food often failed to digest, causing at times great inconvenience. Yet, even as a physician, I did not think that these things meant anything serious. I fancied I was suffering from malaria and doctored myself accordingly. But I got no better. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about the fluids I was passing—also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent froth and scum appeared upon the surface,"and a sediment settled. And yet I did not realize my danger; for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually, I finally became accustomed to them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact that lhad no pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have been so blind I cannot understand! I consulted the best medical skill in the land. I visited all the famed mineral springs in America and. traveled from Maine to California. Still I grew worse. . No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said 1 was troubled with spinal irritation; another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease ; another, general debility; another, congestion of the base of the brain - and so on through a long list of common diseases, the symptoms of many of which 1 really had. In this way several years passed, during which time I was steadily growing worse. My cpndition had really become pitiable. The slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant disorders. My weight had been reduced from 207 to 130 pounds. My life was. a burden to myself and friends, I <»uid retain,no food on my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony I frequently fell to the floor and clutched the carpet, and prayed for death! Morphine had little or no effect in deadening the pain. For six days and nights I had the death-premonitory hiocoughs constantly! My water was filled with tube-casts and albumen. I was struggling with Bright’s disease of the kidneys in its last stages! While suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, the Itev. Dr. Foote, at that time rector of St Paul’s Episcopal Church, of this city. I felt that it was our last interview, but m the course of conversation Dr. Foote detailed to mo the many remarkable cures of cases like my own which had come under his observation, As a practicing physician and a graduate of the schools, I derided the idea of any medicine outside the regular channels being in the least beneficial So solicitous, however, was Dr. Foote that I finally promised I would waive my prejudice. I began its- use on the first day of June, 1881, and took it according to directions. At first it sickened me; but this I thought was a .good sign for one in my dabilitatoicondition. I continued to take it; the sickening sensation departed, and I was finally able to retain food upon my stomach. In a few days I noticed a decided change for the better, as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this improved condition . that, upon what I had believed but a few days before w-as my dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family and friends, should I recover I would both publicly and privately make, known this remedy for the good of humanity, wherever and whenever I had an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfillment of that vow. My improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained 20 pounds in flesh, became entirely free from pain, land I believe 1 owe my life and present condition wholly to Warner’s safe cure, the remedy which I used Since my recovery I have thoroughly reinvestigated the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright’s disease, and the truths developed aro astounding. I therefore state, deliberately, and as a physician, that I believe more than one-half the death* which occur in America arc caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may sound like a rash statement, but I am prepared to verify it fully. Bright’s disease has no distinctive features of its own (indeed, it often develops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but lias tho symptoms of nearly every other common complaint. Hundreds of people die daily, whoso burials are authorized bv a physician’s certificate as occurring from “Heart Disease,” “Apoplexy,” “Paralysis,” “Spinal Complaint, “Rheumatism,” “Pneumonia,” and the other common complaints, when in reality it is from Bright’s disease of the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of this disease or its dangerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a thief, manifests its presence if at all by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself in tho constitution before the victim is aware of it. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common and fully as fatal Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died and yet none of the number knew or realized the mysterious power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms it often shows none whatever, bpt brings death suddenly, from convulsions, apoplexy, or heart disease. As one who has suffered, and knows by bitter experience what he says, I implore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney difficulty. No one can afford to hazard such chances. I make the foregoing statements based upon facts which I can substantiate to the letter. The welfare of those who may possibly be sufferers such as I was is an ample inducement for me to take the step I havo, and if I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I onpe walked, I am willing to endure all the professional and personal oonse-

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Rochester. N. Y.. Doc. 30.

Cleanliness of the French People.

The most striking characteristic of | the French people, both in their cities ! and in the country, is their cleanliness and neatness. No particle of dirt is allowed to lie on Any of the streets five minutes before it is swept up. Clean water is flowed into the gutters, and from there thrown over the streets with large brooms by boys and men. The smoothly cementecf streets are, in fact, scrubbed like a Yankee housewife’s, kitchen. Boxes containing the ashes and refuse from the houses are set out upon the curbs every morning, and after the cart into which their contents are emptied has passed there follows a man with a sprinkling-can filled with some disinfectant, which he carefully throws over the empty box: Surely Pans does not seem to offer much of a foothold for cholera.— Cot. Hartford Times. ' • The mortality of chloroform is 1 to 5,860 ; that* of ether, 1 to 16,542; that of nitrous oxide, I to IOO.fiOO.

J. B. HENION, M D.

Low Water in the Wabash.

A rural schoolmaster in Indiana asked a pnpil named William Scott ■which was the longest river in the wdrid, and Will iam persisted in crediting that honor to the Wabash. Asa result he wept home with a tanned jacket. As another result, a stranger appeared and knocked on the door. “Is this the skule teacher ?” he pleasantly inqi.ired. “He are!" “Are you the critter as liked Bill Scott fur sticking up for the Wabash?” “The same, sir. ” “ Wajff, Bill happens to be my son, aod I’ve come fur to gin you the awfullest whalin’ ever writ down in geography.” “Can you wait until I am through wi h the class in spelling?” asked the teacher. “Oh, I s’pose so, but under the circumstances I hope ye’ll cut it as short as possible. Haven’t got my corn husked, ye know.” ' “Certainly. I never keep a gentleman waiting when I can help it. Sit down on the wool pile, Mr. Scott. I’ll come out and pulverize yon in just nine minutes.” At the end, of the appointed time the teacher reappeared, and at once rushed upon the waiting Mr. Scott and blacked his eyes, broke his jaw and flattened his nose. By and by Mr. Scott said he had all he wanted, and added: “Which is the longest river in the wor d?” “The Amazon, sir.” “Am-a-zon. Please writs it down for me. You’ve licked it into me in firstclass style and when I git home and git my paws onto my son Bill he’ll come to believe that there hain’t ’nuft water in the Wabash to wash his mother’s feet with! Am-a-zon! Good-by, critter.” —New York Star. The New York Wot Id says a child in that city was poisoned by a cough syrup containing morphia or opium. There is no such danger in Red Star (Sough Cure. It is purely vegetable, prompt, safe, and sure. 25 cents.

India’s Iconoclast.

A curious destroyer of human works in India, according to Dr. R. F. Hutchinson, is the peepal tree, This is a kind of fig, which multiplies beyond seeds being sown, .broadcast over the land in the droppings of the birds and bats which feast on itß fruit. The peepal rises everywhere, and its effect is the disintegration of rocks and buildings, the danger being so great that the keepers of large structures are constantly on watch during fig time for bird-droppings. *As an illustration of what the tree may do and its wonderful vitality, it is stated that on the summit tof the northern minaret of the great mosque of Bareilly, one hundred and fifty feet high, a peepal flourishes grandly beyond reach, and its everactive roots are gradually breaking np the cupola of the minaret. Col. D. J. Williams, Quartermaster U. S. A., and ex-U. S, Consul at Callao, Peru, spent $20,000 in eight years in trying to cure himself of rheumatism, but got no relief until he used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him.

A Foreign View.

The following extract from a Berlin paper about American journalism is too curious not to be translated” “It is increditable to what expedient American newspapers resort to gain a point over a competitor. Three eatable papers, printed on sugar cakes flattened out, appear at present, in America; two on rolled chewing tobacco, five on fly-paper, one on porous plaster, seven on linen handkerchiefs. Tfiree publishers have each of their subscribers photographed: yearly and make them a present of a dozen photos, several give them free burial, five invite them to dinner once a week, and 251 give each a doctor’s certificate. ”

A Wise Reform.

The habit of administering quinine in powerful doses, as an antidote to malarial maladies, was once dangerously common. Happily this practice has undergone a wide refonn. Not only the public, but professional men, have adopted, not wholly, "bf course, but largely, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters aB a safe botanic substitute for the pernicious alkaloid. The consequences of this change are most important. Now fever and ague sufferers are cured—formerly their complaints were only for the time relieved, or half cured—foe remedy eventually failing to produce any appreciable effect, except the doses were increased. A course of the Bitters, persistently followed, breaks up the worst attacks and prevents their return. The evidence in favor of this sterling specific and household medicine is of no ambiguous character, but positive and satisfactory, and the sources whence it proceeds are very numerous.

Evolution and Revelation.

Neither evolution nor revelation explains the universe, but evolution explains revelation. Theology does not explain revelation. Theology confuses revelation. Evolution follows reason. Theology baffles, evades, if it does not defv, reason. Theology makes creation a fatal mistake, Christ an imperfect reparation. And in saying this let me not be thought so foolish as to being a railing accusation agaihst theology, that noblest of sciences, one of the strongest powers of the world, whose savants have been mighty men of valor, whose gravest mistakes have been from too : close pursuit of the reason’s rigid command.: —Gail Hamilton.

It is not surprising that deaths have been caused among linemen of electric light companies, through inadvertently grasping the wires in a way to pass the, full strength of the current through the arms And chest; but it does surprise ns to read of two instances in which this sort of .mishap resulted only in scorching the fingers and burning off the thumb—the current in these cases being immensely powerful, that is, sufficient to run fifty arc-lamps of two thousand candle power each. Dr. Foote’s Health Monthly. One word: one step may make or mar one’s whole future. Dr. Jones^Red Clover Tonic is the proper move when you have dyspepsia, bad breath, piles, pimples, agile, maiana. low spirits, headache, or any stomach or liver troubles. SO cent*. ■ ? Because the baby is a little Teller, it’s no sigh he is a Chinaman. —Palmer Journal Leading physicians testify to tlm value of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, as a specific sos colds. —* V’" lx takes a good many atrikes to make a baseball match so rff well

A Small Leak

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The Great German Physician.

The remarkable phase in the practice of Dr. Peter W. Schmidt called Dr. Pete) is, he never asked one to describe their disease but tells each one their trouble without asking a question. His success is phenomenal His practice enormous. He is sought after by hundreds wherever he goes, because he cures when every other physician and remedy have failed He has allowed his great medicines, Golden Seal Bitters and Lung Food for Consumption, to be offered' to the suffering, and we assert without fear of successful contradiction that there is no disease they will not cure. Thousands of bottles have been sold Thousands of brokendown and discouraged invalids saved Send to Golden Seal Bitters Company, Holland City, Mich., for Facts for the Million! Free.

Petroleum V. Nasby.

D. R. Locke, Petroleum Y. Nasby, editor Toledo Blade, writes: “I had on a forefinger of my right hand one of those pleasant pets, a ‘run-round’ The finger became inflamed to a degree unbearable and swollen to nearly twice its natural size. A friend gave mo HENRY’S CARBOLIC SALVE, and in twenty minutes the pain had so much subsided as to give me a fair night’s rest, which I had not had before 'for a week. The inflammation left the finger in a day. I consider it a most valuable article.”

Money Well Spent—Try It.

How to Cure a Cold.— l’ll cure any cough you ever heard of, and with one of the simplest remedies you ever saw, and that remedy is Allen’s Lung Balsam. It contains no opium, and is perfectly harmless. Mothers can give it to their children tor croup with perfect safety. Price 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1 a bottle; at druggists’.

Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Teachers.

I will send two bottles of Warner’s White Wine of Tab Syrup—-best remedy in the world for Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung Diseases —if you will recommend it to your friends, and get your dealer to order a dozen bottles from his wholesale druggist. Send name of your druggist. Map of Holy Land free with medicine. Address Dr.C. D. Warner, Chicago, 111. All druggists.

A JTall Man. Why are the tallest people the laziest? They are always longer in bed than others, and if they neglect their coughs or colds they will be there still longer. Use Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Bweet Gum and Mullein. One of my children, a girl about nine years old, had a very bad discharge from her bead and nose of a thick yellowish matter, and was growiug worse. We had two different physicians prescribe for her, without benefit. We tried Ely’s Cream Balm, and much to our surprise in,three days there was a marked improvement, We continued using the Balm and in a short time the discharge was apparently cured. —O. A. Cary, Corning, - —*s— .... Pure Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected livers on the Bea shore, by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have *nce taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. —, 1 With Ely’s a child can be treated'.without pain of dread, and with perfect satety. Try the remedy. It cures Catarrh, Hay Fever and Colds in the Head. It is easily applied with the finger and gives relief from the first application. Price 50 cents. At druggists. 60 cents by mail. Ely Bros., Owego, N. Y. I had not taken three doses of Atblophoros for inflammatory rheumatism before I was better, and I have been improving ever since.* I am satisfied it is tho best remedy for rheumatism there is to be had. C. Lockwood, Millbrook, 111. Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using Juniper Tab Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Straighten vour old hoots and shoes with Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again. Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.

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