The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-31
Hygiene aud Home Remedies.

Tx order to keep well and grow hardy,
nothing eXccls the daily cold bath.
wash bowl of pure soft water, a cake Of
soap, Two towels, and wash-colh, are
sufficient apparatus when you have no
bathroom. Battle, ON rising in the morn
inc, washing only a part at time, and rub
vigorously with Il towel An American
woman, who has kept up this habit every
day for sixteen years has been confined
to bed but once during the time then it
was by a contagious disease. Others Of
the same family have practiced it with
similar results, and though they come of
an enfcebcd stock, are remarkably health
full When daily bathing is first prac-
ticed, begin cautiously; make only par
.ial abutiOn the first day, and gradually
increase its extent; do not omit the fric-
tion Your bath will soon become more
essential to YOU than your breakfast. 1t
prev tnts easy taking cold; keeps the feet
warm and circulation even, and promotes
clear skin and good looks.
The privacy of a bath room can be any
where secure by enclosing IL small space
around the wash stand with a light
screen made like clothes frame, and COW
cred with paper or ciinlz. 1t can be set
away when not in use.
al Woodworking people need water
especially. IN one of the best farm houses
ever saw, Il small bathroom opens close
to the back door. Here the hot and dusty
laborers can enter when they come III
from the field and 80 thence to the din
ing room refreshed and tidy 1t is
abundantly supplied with coarse towels,
toilet and sand soap, and Il spotlcss, clean,
| marble basin, with Il drain in the bottom,
like those in the city bathing rooms; but
the water cones from cistern pump just
on one side of it.
Farmers wives, ventilatc your bed
rooms Have your chamber windows
altered Il little, So rs to let down from the
| top. Impure air from the lungs is warmer
| than the rest, and will rise to the ceiling
near which admitted air vcntilatcs far
| better, and does not blow about the feet.
| Eschcw the little bed rccesscs often built
in sitting rooms and kitchens. You might
| as well sleep in drum Also, when you
| build your "new house" make all your
| bedrooms larger. n room may be large
enough to dress in and lie down in,
which is too small to breathe in the night
! long.
| Never count the time gained which is
| s'ibtracted from sleep. Ample and rcgu-
| lar hours of rest are necessary for hard
| working persons, and IAN hour OF sleep
| before midnight is worth two after it,"
Children need more food in proportion
to their size than adults do, for they have
| not only to supply the waste of the sys-
| TEN, but 10 furnish besides material fOr
| growth. Plain, hearty food and all they
want of it, is right for healthy children
Many mothers OF the present day implan'
| disease and a craving for stimuiants in
| their children in weakening their cOnsti-
| tutions by insufficient or improper food
! There would not be SO many "crOss" ba
| bies if there were not SO many half
starved and tightly ones.
{ Unless you like the heart diseases and
consumption, wear no tight clothing. The
| measures for your dresses should be takeT
over fully inflated lungs, and you should
| never wear Corsets which do not measure
as many inches around as you do.
The sick room should be quiet, cleanly
and well aired. Label all medicines
Poisons should be placed above the reacl
of children. A good nurse has a steady
| hand, clear head and kind heart she il
not laxative or nervous. Avoid arguments
| with the sick. DO not tease them will
business do not sit or lean on the bed
If friends call on the patient, their stay
should be very short. The practice o
visiting the sick on the Sabbath is very
poor one; that day often thus becomes Thu
most trying and iatiguing of all of them
AS a general rule do not go into the sick
room unless you go to help ard not tt
talk Do not deceive the sick dccei
breeds suspicion; they will worry les
you are excepting something from them.
To persuade the dying that they viii
recover is treason agains the interests o
the soul.
1t soothes and cools fevcrish patien
to wash him with warm water in which
saleratus or soda has been dissolved.
Composition" tea is good for a sOr,
| throat so is also piece of salt pork, pep
percd, wet with liniment, sewed on striy
of flannel, and bound on the neck; i
should be lait, aside with caution, To pre-
vent taking cold.
Dried rennet or powdered gizzard-skir
is great cure for children with dyson
| terry Rennet can be eaten from the hanC
like dried beef, and some little ones like i
as well.
A little cotton batting, wet with swee
oil and laudanun, put in the ear, will cure
ear-ache in the beginning of 1t.
Spirit Of ammonia, inhaled, is good fol
headache, and to help the breathing in baC
| colds
To preuent chiIblains, keep the feet o
children always warm and dry. They
must wear rubbers out of doors, anc
| wooden hose and thick, fiannel-lined shoe:
from fall till spring.