The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-09-07
111g4411c xND PRACTICAL.


Of bath is before breakfast. So say
DIR. Hall. A writer in Good Heat,
admits the truth of the above il
the case of the strong and usual,
healthy, but recommends ''feeble folk
to choose their time between IL and
o'clock r. NJ, giving preference to the
earlier hour.
Have something to do in doors whe,
it rains too hard to work out doors
Put the barn in order for the next crop
put the tools all in order; repair sucl
As need it; grind those that are dull
hoes especially are vastly improved b,
sharpening; grease wheels; oil harness
es; clean out l'encoops and hog pens
whitewash these and cellar walls, with
such parts of all buildings as are liable
to become filthy. Jot down in note
book such jobs from time to time as you
think Of to be done on rainy days. II
will aid you in doing them promptly.
A correspondent of an English pa
per warns ladies against green gloves
After wearing them, patient of his
noticed vascular Eruption at the
sides and roots of the nails. In a few
days liberation followed. Suitable rem
cdies effected II cure, but the lady hay
ing returned to the use Of the gloves
the mischief recommended with renew
ed severity. An examination PROVED
the existence of arsenical salts in the
dye. Thus the mystery was solved,
and hence the caution to glove wear
ers as given above.
In the south of France, the horse
chestnut, which is there abundant, is
used for making starch. Shells and al
are rasped fine, the pulp washed will
water on fine sleeves, and the starch,
when settled, taken out and mixed with
water containing little alum. If the
starch settles too slowly, little sui
phuric acid is added. 1t is dried in
the usual manner The remnant in the
sleeves is used as an occasional food fo1
cattle, OF for the distillation of liquor
The starch obtained amounts to lG OF
II per cent. Of the chestnuts.
Let those who bolt their food in 81
lencc read and nwardly digest the fol
lowing counsel Of medical writer
Eat slowly, with deliberation; talk a
great deal at meals; cultivate cheerful
conversation, andlet any man or woman
be considered domestic enemy and
pest who says or does anything at the
table calculated to cause single I'M
pleasant sensation in any one present
and for the same reason have sharp
knives TO cut up every piece of meat as
fine as pea and, taking at least half
hour for joyous meal, you may snap
your fingers at dyspepsia and its inter
minable retinue of horrible symptoms.
Candies, like cheese and nuts, taken
as the sole dessert after a meal. pro-
mote digestion; they are only injurious
by being taken largely between meals;
but they are more appropriate in cold
weather. The best desserts for sum-
mer are the fruits in their season. in
their natural, fresh, perfect state, be-
cause candies are warming and fruits
are coolng,their acid sernliny to have
the effect oi separatin" the bile from
the blood; and teverS are caused by too
much bile in the blood. therefore .sut,l>'
are for the summer and sweets for the
winter time-meats are heating, rcwrt-
ables are cooling. Those who are wise
will govern themselves. accordingly.
Here is something more in regard 10
eating that may be practical to many ::
Prof. kneeland says there can be no
doubt that excess in eating is the source
OF most of the painful Affections which
cut short or cmbittcr existence in man.
He is the only animal who has not
sense enough TO discontinue eating
after hunger is satisfied. We eat too
much, too often and too quickly. DIFF
terent occupations require different
amounts of food The laboriny man
must consume more than the student.
Those who do not live by manuel labor
suffer most from over eating. Most of
such persons consume three or four lbs
u day, which is almost twice too much.
The Rev. Sidney Smith, who has lived
and eaten SO many good things. accor-