The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-09-29
AND FAITHFUL. AND. VALIANT aFoF
B1DDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING,
Familiar Talk.

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question among people who are unacquainted
with the anatomy and physiology Of man,
whether lying with bis head exalted or even
with the body, 10 most wholesome. Most.
consulting their own case on this point. ar
quo In favor Of that which they prefer.
Now. although many delight in bolstering
up their heads at night, and sleep soundly
without injury. yet We declare 1t to be a dam
gerous habit. The vessels through which
blood passes from the heart to tho head, are
always lessened in the cavities when the head
is resting in bed higher than the body, there.
fore, in oil diseases attended with fever, the
head should be pretty near on level with
the body; and people ought to accustom
themselves to sleep thus to avoid danger.
Bread contains eighty nutritious parts in
100; meal thirty.four in 100; French
beans, ninety-two in 100; common beans,
eighty.nine in 100; peas, ninety.threo in
100; lentils, ninety-tour IN 100; cabbages
and turnips, the most aqueous OF oil the
vegetables compared, produce only eight
pounds Of solid matter In 100 pounds; car
rots and spinach produce fourteen in the
same quantity; whilo one hundred pounds
Of potatoes contain Twenty-Five pounds Of
dry substance. From general estimate it
results that one pound Of good bread is equal
to two pounds and half or three pounds Of
potatoes; that seventy.fvo pounds Of bread,
and thirty Of meat, may be substituted for
300 pounds Of potatoes. The other sub.
stances bear the following proportions: four
parts of cabbage to one of potatoes; three
pRts Of turnips to one Of potatoes; two
parts Of carrots and spinach to one Of pota-
toes and about three parts and half Of
potatoes to one Of rice, lentils, beans, French
beans, and dry peas.
Choice Of Friends.-We should ever have
1t fixed in our memories, that by the eharae-
tero those ohom TOE choose for our friends,
our own is likely to be formed, and will Ger.
tainly be judged of, by the world. We
ought. therefore, to be slow and cautious in
contracting intimacy; but when q virtuous
friendship is once established, we must ever
consider it as sacred engagement.
Biting the Naiis.-This is q habit that
should be Immediately corrected in children,
as, IL persisted in for any length Of time, 1t
permanently deforms the nails. Dipping
the 6nger-ends in some bitter tincture. will
generally preveuschildren from putting them
to the mouth; but IL this fails, as it some.
times will, each finger end ought to be en-
cased in stall until the propensity is erad-
icated.
To FIJI a decayed Tooth.-Procuro small
piece Of gutta percha, drop 1t into boiling
water, then, with the thumb and finger. take
of as much as you suppose will gil up the
tooth nearly level, and while in this soft
state, press it into the tooth; then hold on
that side Of the mouth, cold water two or
three times, which will harden it.
To Clean Hair Brushes.-As hot water
and soap very soon soften the hairs, and rub
biug completes their destruction, use soda.
dissolved in cold water, instead; soda hav.
ing an affinity for grease, II cleans the brush
with little friction. Do not set them near
the FIRE, nor in the sun, to dry, but after
shaking them we'll, set them on the point of
the handle in shady place.
Easy Method of Breaking Glass TO any re.
quired Ffgwe.-MakO small notch by means
OF a Gle, on the edge of a piece of glass, then
mako the end Of tobacco.pipe, or of rod
of iron Of the same size, red hot In the fro,
apply the hot iron to the notch, and draw it
slowly along the surface Of the glasss in any
direction you please, u crack will follow the
direction Of the iron.
Regularity in the payment Of accounts, is
essential to housekeeping. All tradcsmeu's
bills should be paid weekly, for then any er-
rors can be detected while the transactions
are fresh in the memory.
Allo,ring children to talk incessantly, Is q
mistaken indulgence; We do not mean to say
that they should be restricted from talking
in proper seasons, but they should be learnt
to know when it would be proper for them
to cease.
Marble may be Cleaned BY mixing up a
quantity Of the strongest soap.lees with
quick.lime. to tho Conscience of milk, and
laying 1t on the marble for twenty-four
hours; clean it afterwards with soap and
water.
To Clean Looking. Glasses. wash
the glass all over with lukewarm soap.suds
and sponge. When dry, rub It bright
with buckskin and little prepared chalk
finely powdered.
Wilson's Lotion to promote the Gro,cih of
The Hair.-Eau de Cologne. two ounces /;
tincture Of cantharides, two drachms /: oil of