The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-12 00:00:00

WhLhbars a thousand harms, and lengthens:life ;'

ministers to the enjoyment of the agent
importance, but far too much -Lost sight of.'

nuscript, by a Physician of
1

)r bathe the part in wat

then to chax

icts of Derbyshire and Wales.
Dear friends, youths and adults

* See Dr. Paley's Natural, Theology.

so it is demonstrable that every action is salutary and
health-promotive almost exactly in proportion as it ad-

1 truth of vast
Ibid.

Touching Drinks, the following- description of the
properties, &c., of buttermilk may prove acceptable and
useful:—

" Properties of Buttermilk.—Buttermilk is generally
prepared.by churning sour cream; but is also procured

the first, it is more rich, nutritious, and agreeable, than
when made from the second. The acid which it con-
tains is the lactic or acid of milk. Buttermilk is a very
good alimentary liquid for a healthy person, although
not so nutritious as sweetmilk ; and is much used by
santry of Scotland, and Ireland. On account of
its acid properties, it is not well adapted for those who
have delicate digestive organs ; as it is liable to occa-
sion flatulency, acescency, and sometimes diarrhoea.
As a drink or diluent, for which purpose it is very fre-
quently employed, the most healthy and robust only
should use it; and even for them, if not previously done
by the maker, it may advantageously be diluted with
water. It has been recommended in fevers and other
nut every other I febrile disease

on account of its cooling properties ;
adapted for their treatment, as it often

deranges, to a greater or less extent, the functions of
the stomach and bowels. It may, however, be used as
a safe and pleasant drink under ordinary circumstances,
if modified by a mixture with an equal portion of boiling
water. The boiling water coagulates the caseum or
curd, which falls to the bottom, while the diluted whey
swims above and may be decanted. A little oatmeal,
beat up with the milk before the addition of the water,
improves the flavour of this diluent."

We have no experience to alledge touching Beamish
and Crawford's new malt liquor, on Professor Liebig's
method of brewing. It certainly would be the very
thing to " march" upon, if drowsiness, &c., are so
conveniently put in the background as they state
Sherbet.—This beverag(

so celebrated in Oriental
on,z, is a decoction of, orpreparation from, barley-theal

roses, orange

If such should chance the reader at am,

time, the best treatment is, if practicable, to immerse
as hot as can be possibly

gar, as a lotion, applied with cloths, and Aeo often re-
newed as to keep the part cold ; along with absolute rest
as an indispensable means of the quickest recovery.
Gnat-bites, St;ngs of Wasp, Bee, or Ant, or Nettle,
or any other Envenomed Wound. —The pain may be
soonest relieved by applying a drop of oil or hartshorn,
or using Prussian blue. If any sting remain in, the
readiest way to remove it is either to press around the
wound with the barrel of a watch-key, so as to squeeze
it obt, or by rubbing constantly one way, as with the

cuff of the coat sleeve
Priest says that " he never met in his extensive prac
tice with an insane naturalist."—Curiosities of Medical
Experience.

TiceablE

A small pocket compass would be always
and in barren tracts of land indispensable.
A pair of French-grey spectacles, in which the focus
of vision undergoes no change, will be found very grateful
for weak eyes, without prejudice to the sight, when the
white roads dazzle in the sunshine, as in the limestone

declining vigour of Manhood," writes a distant and ex-
perienced walker, " here is recommended to you the
only real and true remedy which nature has placed
within your reach—that is, to avail yourself of your
locomotives of so masterly a construction, so well adapted
by their complicated structure to move at your own will
from place to place through the motion of your bodies
in the open air, to make you your own preservers by
warming and purifying your blood, and circulating it
easily through your system, to give that vigour and
freshness of thought which so much distinguished our
forefathers. Walking for short distances and in towns
is better than constant confinement ; but what is such
in comparison with a journey of hundreds of miles !
The novelty of objects in the country around, the splen-
did sports of prismatical light, and the mysterious dis-
tances of a landscape, the different effects of water-
reflection, the rich hues of the valleys and their re-
freshing green, with millions of different colours of the
vegetable world :—all that works upon the sensible
mind—whereby the heart vibrates with delight, and
new life spreads over the languid system."
W

haN7e omitted to mention that fifteen pounds is the
Swiss regulation weight for the knapsack.
The blessing of Sound Sleep. —lf, by attention to the
foregoing " hints," a person is so far use with the nature
and habit of prolonged application to letters, business,
or dissipation, as to sleep badly; though, unless quite
worn out, he cannot be long putting in practice the
rules and regulations of salutary exercise, until refresh-
ing repose has returned; yet lest he should, through

ignorance or folly, so far continue to counteract tTie
return of so benign and propitious a diurnal visitor, let
him take care that he secures all the requisite conditions

portance to healtli, as the grand purposes of -sleep are
more fully effected, the sounder and more perfectly it is
enjoyed. The greatest refreshment is derived from the
most complete repose of the functions. For this purpose
they should have been as generally exercised as possible,
during the day, both those of body and mind ; this ex-
ercise, however, should not have proceeded so far as to
produce a state of painful fatigue or exhaustion, as no-
thing is more sure to preclude refreshing sleep ; the
state of the circulation in the head should not have been
excited by deep study, intense thought, coffee, or other

stimulant, for some time previous to rest ; late and co-
pious suppers should be expressly avoided; the head
should not be kept too warm by thick, or flannel, night-
caps ; the feet and lower extremities should have been
brought to a comfortable temperature, if necessary by
artificial means, such as the warm foot-bath, or flesh-
brush ; lastly, and above all, the cares of the day should
have been put off with the clothes—a thing which, like