The Placer herald., 1872-11-23
HOUSE AND FARM.

the country we are constantly receiving in
telligence Of the most foul murders having
been committed by men calling themselves
doctors. There is nothing about which the
great masses of the people are so ISnorant as
the human system, and the means necessary
to preserve it in a state OF health, or re'leve
it from disease.
Knowing this, unpr ncipled men, ana We
men TOO, who have become so depraved and
dead to the instincts of humanity that they
are willing to jeoprrdize the lives or fellow
beings that they may obtain money, put
forth their signs as doctors, food the country
with circulars and advertisements filed with
accounts of their unprecedented skill, and the
work of death commences. 4 considerable
portion of the people have educated them
selves that every thing they see in print is
true. They read these qaack advertise
ments, which are.gotten up 10 order by unin-
terested parties (for be it known that quacks,
as rule, cannot wrte) and are at once
struck dunn with astonishment to think that
such wonderful physicians have by chance
been thrown within their reach. They rush
to these quacks by the thousand and are
assured that their cases, though very critical
can be cured orlv by careful treatment by
them. The prices charged are fabulous, and
the poor vic inns rob their families Of the nee
essares of life, and mortgage their property
to raise money to pay the mposters. In most
cases they are given harmless compounds,
and are fed on hope until their money is ez-
hausted then they are turned away-klked
into the streets, with the information that their
cases are beyond remedy. The more adyel-
turous charla;aas experiment with strong
drugs, and knowing nothing Of their effects
npon the human body, accidental deaths al
frequently the result. Numerous instances
have occurred where goodpaying patients,
after being copiously bied Of their finances,
have suddenly gone to their long home.-E'c.
How THE ENGiI'H BRING UP CHILDREN .-
The Engl sh bring p their children very diff
ferenty from the manner in which We bring
up ours. They have an abundance of out
door air every day when it is possible The
nursery maids are expected to take all the
children cut airing every day, even the in
fants This custom is becoming more prey
alent in tbs country, and should be pursued
wherever it is practicable. Infants shou d
be early accustomed to the open air. We
confne them too much and heat them too
much for vigorous growth. One of the
finest features of the London parks is said to
be crowds of nursery maids with their groups
of healthy children. 1t is so with the prone
nades of our large cities to great extent,
but is less common in our country towns than
it should be.
In consequence of their training, English
girls acquire tie habit Of walking that ac
companies them through life, and gives them
a healthier middle life than our women enjoy.
They are not fatigued with walk Of five
mes, ard are not ashamed to wear, when
walking, thick solcd shoes, fitted for the
dampness they must encounter. Half Of the
consumptive feebeneas Of our girls result
from the thin shoes ;Aey were, and the cold
feet they must necessarily have. English
children, espcci lily girls, are kept in the nur-
sery and excluded from fashionable society
and all the frivotics OF dress, at the age
when our girls are in the heat Of Irritation
and are thinking of nothing but fashionable
life.-Ohi0 Farmer.
HYGIENE NOTES AND QUERIES. Celery as
a Nervine.-A cores spondent of the practical
Farmer says: 81 have known many men,
and woman too who from various causes had
become so much affected with nervousness
that when they stretched out their hands
they shook like aspen leaves on wind days;
and by daily moderate use of the blanched
foot stalks of the celery leaves as a salad,
they become as strong and steady in the
limbs as other people. | have known others
so very nervous that the least annoyance put
them in state Of agitation, who were in al
most constant perplexity and fear, and who
were eilectually cured by daily moderate
use of blanched celery as salad at meal
times have known others cured by using
celery for palpitaton of The heart.
To EXpEL PRoUD FLEsu.-Proud flesh
may be cured, as know by experience, by
simply wrapping the part affected in dry
wheat flour, changing it as often as is neces-
sary. have seen very bad cases cured by
this simple remedy R. Y. ID.
EARTH PoULucEs. The value of earth
as disenfcctant and dcoderizer is well known
and the treatment Of liberated sores and gan
grenous wounds with it is becoming very
general. A new application has lately been
described by DIR. +. S. Bunker, who states
that he has recently used clay as dressing
for the face in two cases of continent small
pox, busting it, in fine powder over the faces
Of the patients as soon as pustues became
fairly developed. This formed a clean, dry,
wholesome scab, absorbing the infectious
material, and sealed off during convalescence,
leaving an underlying skin in its natural
and normal state The painful itching,
which is one of the worst characteristics of
the disease, was entirely abated. The earth
used was the 6ne pipe clay.
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL NorEs-How 20
Clarity Honey.-1he druggists Circular
gives the following mode:-A good way to
clarity honey is to add to too pounds of mix
,ure of equal parts of honey and water, one
drachm of carbonate of magnesia. After shak
ing occasionally during couple of hours, the
residue is allowed to settle, and the whole
filtered when q heautfrl clear filtrate i oh