The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.

The cold August storm reminds us that it is
none too SOON to make preparations for the cool
mornings and evenings of early autumn. There
| is little need of making any change for weeks to
come IN external clothing, but fiannels should be
at hand for immediate use, aud worn when adj
ditiOna covering is necessary. 1t is well to have
thick flannels and thin, and be governed by the
thermometer in choosing between them. With
this precaution, children and grown people can
wear their summer clothing till late in October
without Inconvenience.
Doubtless the prevalence of bowel complaints
IN the latter part of the season is due as much to
insufficient protection of the bowels and lower
eXtremities as to any error in diet and since
children have not the knowledge of what is best
for them in respect to clothing, forecast on the
part of the parent will prevent much suffering
aud perhaps save life There are few localities
where 1t Is not necessary TO pull up blanket
about O'Clock in the morning for comfort as the
thermometer will often at that hour be many de-
grees lower than il was at bedtime. II the moth
er is thoughtful and wise for her children, she
will see that they also have additional covering
that no change of wind currents of air falling
on them endauger their health. A thin blanket is
much better than quilt for chldren's beds, since
it is at once warmer and lighter, and not more
likely to be the thrown off than covering of cot
ton.
1t is well, these damp mornings and aud even
iDgs of dog days, to have little fire the hearth
or in the crate, and to give the free access to
all the house, especially to living rooms and
sleeping rooms, that our dwellings may be
kept perfectly sweet and dry. There are five
cases of cholera, says Dio Lewis, on the shady
side OF the street. to one on the sunny side. There
are eight cases of yellow fever, SAYS a distinguish
ed New Orleans physician, ON the shady side of
the street. to one on the sunny side. Florence
Nightingale could not nurse sick soldiers well in
the shade, and so unfavorable was the shady side
of the hospital in st. Petersburg that the Car or
dered its disuse. Let us not shut ont th, sun
from our dwellings. Nets will keep out flies and
mosquitoes, and let in the health-giving rays of
the day-god. Now is good time to look after
TIE bedding for next winter, to make quilts, to
knot comforts, to repair whatever needs mending,
and get everything ready for use when frost
comes. The best house-keepers put their winter
bedding away in perfect condition in the spring,
but those of us who were too busy to attend to it
then can do so now, before 1t becomes too cold
to work away from the fire.
Redoubled care should be taken in keeping
cellars, out-houses, and the entire premises thor
oughly sweet and clean. Fermentation, mold
and decay advance rapidly these sultry days, and
we need plentiful use of lime c0pperas water
dry earth, and prevention of all sorts to keep off
diseases. The drinking water should be inquired
about, and all possible cOrruptiOns of that foun-
tain of health guarded against. Out of l4O fam
lies supplied from dairy in Islington, England,
20 suffered from typhoid fever Within ten
weeks there were 16S cases and 30 deaths An
investigation showed that the cows drank water
from an old underground tank, built of wood and
much decayed. The mix cans were washed in
the same water, and the water was probably
mixed with the milk. Only the parties which
used this milk were attacked with the fever One
part of the moral of this story is that farmers and
darymen should see to it that their cattle as well
as themselves have pure water to drink
To those who wish to have flowers in their
south window this winter suggest that now
is the time TO plant cuttings. Take them from
wood partly hardened, plant in a pot with sand
at the top and rich soil at the bottom. When the
lower leaves drop, the plant has taken root, and
should be transplanted to larger pot and placed
in the sunlight.
As the fruit crop is short in almost all parts of
the country, housekeepers will be obliged to put
up more pickles than are necessary when fruit is
plenty. Two or three tested recipes for pickles
will be found in any good receipt book, and more
will be found in their seasOn.-N. 7. Tribune.