Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-11

morning are completed. In some
cases the odor arising from carious
teeth is combined with that of the
stomach. Ii the mouth be well
rms d with a teaspoonful Of the So
luton Of the colorde in q tumbler
Of water the bad odor of the teeth
will be removed.
SORE MOUTH AND TONGUE.
Three drachms of borax, two of
sugar Of lead, half an ounce Of alum,
and pint Of sage tea, will cure
sore mouth and tongue. 1t must be
used as u wash.
TOOTHACHE.
\ correspondent of the English
Magazine gives the following curious
remedy; Put a piece of quick lime
as big as walnut in pint of water
in bottle. Clean the teeth with a
little Of it every morning, rinsing
the mouth with clean water after
wards. If the teeth are good, will
preserve them and keep away tooth
ache; il the teeth are gone, it will
harden the gums SO that they will
masticate crusts and all.
CoLoRs AND HEALTH.
There are some colors that no peg
son can be cheerful and elastic in
spirit, II their rooms are tinted
with them. A correspondent ct a
scientific paper, the Builder, states
that be had occasion fof several
years to examine rooms occupied by
young women, for manufacturing Dur.
poses, and that he he'd observed that
while the workers " ihe room would
be very sheerful and healthy, the
occupants ota similar room who
! were employed oA the same kind OF
work, were all "inclined to melan.
choly, ana complained of pain in
tho forehead and eyes, and were of.
ten i'll and unable to work" The
ouly difference he could discover in
the rooms was that the one occupied
by the healthy workers was wktiiy
whltowa9hed, and that occ,r;ed by
the melancholy workers WIS colored
with yellow ochre.
As soon ns the difference struck
him, he had the fellow ochre washed
OIL the wells sad then whitened. Al
ones an Improvement took place in
the health and spirit of the occu-
piers, He pursuded his observations
a8& experiments not only in large
! ,nanufactories, butaIso in small apart
ments and garrets; and he invariably
found that the occupants of such
quarters, when they were colored
yellow or buff, were less healthy
than their neigbbors in whitened
rooms, and that when the yellow
hue disappeared the low spirits and
the lll-healtb went with it.
SORE EYES.
The following receipt for the cure
of inilamed eyes is given: "Take q
potato, and after Quartering it, CRATE
the heart as fine as possible, and
place the gratings between pieces oI
cambric ard muslin. Place the
poUltice over the eyes infamed, keer
1t there fifteen minutes. Continue
the operation three successive nights
and perfect cure ensues." It. is
worth trying by those afflicted with
sore eyes. Hts also very strongly
recommended for burns.
WHAT Is INToXICATION?
tits poisoning with alcohol, wheth-
er in gin, rum, whisky, or wine. The
word "intoxcate" is derived from
Latin and Greek, used to designate
the poison in which daggers and
arrows were anciently dipped, in or,
der to render their wounds fatal.
When the poison Of alcohol land all
leading chemists and PSYCHOLOGISTS
class alcohol among 7the poisons) is
taken INTO the system, it seizes upon
the brain, and, as already said,
to the extent in which it is imbibed,
it disqualifes it for service. Truth
cannot then be properly weighed,
duly estimated, or any great moral
question clearly decided.-Heruld Of
Health.
HOW PRESERVE FRESH MEATS.
It has been found that fresh meats
may be preserved for months by
placing ar,and it cotton or spung
conta'ning a quantity of sulphuric
ether, and sealing up Theoretically
in tin boxes. 1t occurs, however,
that the meat must become very
much tainted from the close contract
with the ether that must destroy its
availitiiity for domestic uses.
Hints on House Building.