Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-05

10y 70 hours, either with cold or slightly |
warmed water, and rub thoroughly dry
win very rough towel.
=. rat your food slowly and chow n woil
a'u SIT still Mt least ten minutes after ovorv
near so may you hope to preserve botb
Sour teeth and your digestion. pc,voro Of
ur'hkihg any very hot fluids. toa and oor
,ee should stand till tolorablv cool Aoor
anu lohg lasts hot fluids. only not
80 "ro valuable, and few moutbfnls
III such cases, before beginning, ,o
people. S ior eiuerly
D. Turn all your clothes fnor,iorto,,..
those which you wear next 10 ,,o,,na,.,.sy,
inside out before Nou 90 Ia bod a,,', 1'>''P
head w your
II possible have too suits of clothes. and
wear them on alternate days, folding NJ,
carefully those not in use after thew arc
aired. "'0
l. lie sure to secure fresh air in your he'd
room during the night.
.. IT you have no vcntlator in the win
dow, or ceiling, or roof, or over the door.
then leave the window from hall an inch to
TWO or three inches open during the night.
or course take care that there be no strong
draft blowing in upon you during the night.
but anything is better than converting your
bedroom into black hole Of Calcutta. Bor-
ing four or five tolerably large holes, an
inch or so in diameter, through the bottom
of your bedroom door will 20 a long way
toward keeping the atmosphere sweet dur
ing the night. If you can, provide some
means of escape for the foul air by Il small
aperture through the ceiling.
q. Eschew, if you care for your teeth, all
sweets, tarts, pastry and confectionery, and
also much sugar.
:. Never sit down to break fast without
first going out into the open air for at least
three or four minutes. Make your walks
longer or shorter, according to your health
and strength.
5. Open your bed entirely, lifting the
sheet and blanket on which you have been
lying, so rs to let the air get Underneath;
and leave the window open, top and bot
tom, when you quit your bedroom in the
morning.
.. DO not cat moro than four good meals
a day; the chances are that you will find
your appetite and digestion benefited by
taking only three, and perhaps oven only
two, hearty meals a day. Most especially
! avoid eating and drinking between meals.
10. Do not miss any chance of learning to
ride, to swim, to fence, TO play single-stck,
to play cricket and ot-ball to row and to
! spar.
ii. Get, if you can, plunge bath, IA cold
salt water bath is best, the first thingin the
morning. twice or thrice week.
II. Do not plaster your hair with hogs
lard, falsely called "pomatum," "pomade."
or bears grease;" the hair is meant TO as
slst III carrying off perspiration, and should
iio' DC clogged with grease. No apprcca-
DC mischief results from oiling the hair, if
you IKE to do so; nor does sweet oil do any
harm to any part of the body, if you like to
use it, by rubbing it into the skin before a
fre, but on the contrary, good, rs it renders
the limbs supple and more capable of strong
muscular exertion. Animal oils are better
and less drying than vegetable ones, such
as olive oil and cocoanut oil, for either skin
or hair, and perhaps marrow oil is the best
of all. The best sweet salad oil does no
harm to any part of the body, but on the
contrary, good.
ID. Brush your teeth the last thing every
night before going to bed, and comb and
brush your hair the wrong way, orany way
but the right way, 50 as to let the air in up
on your head. Rinse out your mouth after
every meal.
II. If you have a flesh brush, use ii once
day. The best time is at night If not,
polish your skin with rough towel before
you 90 TO bed.
Is. If you are troubled with cold feet at
night, use plenty of friction or rubbing be
fore getting into bed; and if that docs not
answer, then sponge them with cold water,
and when drying them rub the toes and
ankles upward, and not downward. In
case this plan fails, as ii does sometimes,
and the feet remain still deadly cold, then
try putting them in Il mustard foOt-bath
before stepping into bed, and put on pair
of thick dry woollcn socks directly after
ward. The socks can be removed rs soon
as the feet are warm.
l6. If you are troubled with costvcness
or constipation, try taking the best Scotch
oat meal porridgc tonlv let it be long and
thoroughly boilcd) every other morning for
breakfast. Use salt and milk according to
taste, and take it either with or without the
addition Of treaclc, as you find it best agrees
with you. Eat brown bread (that is, bread
made of whole ground wheat,) and but
ter.
A glass of cold fresh water taken when
You first get ont of bed, followed by run
or walk before break fast, has often an ex-
cellent effect in removing heartburn, and
i'm moving the bowels gently, particularly
at sea. Costiveness is a common complaint
of landsmen during a sea voyage, and
glass of cold water taken then, an hour be-
fore breakfast, frequently saves resorting
to the ships medicine chest. MedicM and
SuJDicdi Reporter.