Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

:* • ' ■ ■ A paper at Jersey City, N. J., published a story that the daughters of a prominent citizen had “raised” checks given them by their father. The reporter (Lenhart by name) who wrote the article was assaulted by the sou of Attorney General Gilchrist, of New Jersey; and subsequently, while the Public Works Board was in session, Miss Mamie Gannon, eldest daughter of a wealthy coppersmith, belabored Lenhart with a cowhide in (he rooms of the Board, causing a great commotion and disturbance. Young Gilchrist has been arrested for assault and conspiracy, and the affair is the talk of toe town. John Esten Cooke, the novelist, died at his|home in Clark County, Virginia, last week. Mr. Cooke was bom at Winchester, Va., in 1830. At twenty years of age he became a lawyer, but soon abandoned his profession for a literary life. He served in the late war under Mosby. His best known book is a novel entitled “The Surry of Eagle’s Nest.” Fourteen of the sixteen box factories in Chicago were closed by a strike,' about 700 employes going out... .Sixty delegates from New Y’ork to the general assembly of Knights of Labor at Richmond, including one colored man, were unable to secure accommodations together at a hotel, whereupon they all engaged board in colored families. .. -■ Frank Whiting and Charles Havens, convicts, attempted to escape from the penitentiary at Michigan City, Ind., by jumping on an engine which had been driven into the prison yard after freight cars. Whiting had pulled the throttle open, but a guard on the wall fired both barrels of hisgtin, instantly killing Whiting and' dangerously wounding Havens. Beach has declined all of Hanlon’s propositions for races on the' Thames or in America. The Australian said he would not row in America, if Hanlan gave him the whole country, but would row on the Paramatta, wagering £I,OOO to Hanlan’s £BOO, but declining to pay the latter’s expenses. During the interview Beach angered Hanlan by calling him a gas-bag. The new oleomargarine tax-stamp will be.ready for general distribution about the middle of October ... The acting Secretary of the Treasury has issued a call for $15,000,000 in 3 per cent, bonds, interest to cease November 1.

Several Things Worth Remembering.—lt is said that salt should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion. That milk which stands too long makes bitter butter. That rusty flat-irons should be rubbed over with beeswax and lari That it rests you in sewing to change your position frequently.' That a hot, strong lem< e taken at bedtime will break Up a cold. That tough beef is made tender by lying a few minutes in vinegar water. That a little soda will relieve sick headache caused by indigestion. That a cup of strong coffee will remove the odoj of onions from the breath. That a cup of hot water drank before meals will prevent nausea and dyspepsia. That well-ventilated bedrooms" will prevent morning headaches and lassitude. That one in a faint should be laid on the flat of his back; then loosen h : s clothes and let him alone. That consumptive night sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly in salt water. That a fever patient may be made cool and comfortable bv frequent sponging off with soda water. That to beat eggs quickly add a pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold eggs froth rapidly. That the hair may be kept from falling out after illness by a frequent application to the scalp of sage tea. That you can take out spots from wash goods by rubbing them with the yelk of eggs before washing. The white spots upon varnished furniture will disappear if you hold a hot plate over them.— Family Doctor,