The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-16

ias do in spring housekeeping These
symptoms which together make up the
SUM OF discomfort, rise from impure blood,
whose removal would leave the body cool,
and strong enough to resist the !assitude Of
hot days. This one test. the breath, is
enough to determine the state of the sys-
tenn. in its highest state of health. the
human body, delicately cared for, yields
ara odor like that of flower, subtle vet
| attractive.
| WHAT TO- EAT.
1t is worse than useless to dose oneself
constantly. Nature will soon drive adj
morbid natures out if none but pure ones
| ara put in. The best remedy for head
aches, stupid feelings. wan. of sweetness
In the mouth, weak eyes, and irritable
skin is to eat fruit. From the time of
lemons and pie plant, to cherries and cus-
rants, and sharp frost grspas, it should form
Rot oaly part, but the. principal part, of
every meal for persons-,with these symp-.
toms. People don't know how to eat fruit.
They put it on their tsbles.like condi-
ment, when it should take as much place
as bread, or meat, not to say more than
either. One does not want much hearty
food IN warm weather. the store of flesh
laid up in cool weather is enough to SUR
pie; but light meals, fish and chicken,
/ with unlimited salads and fruits should
b furnish the fare. Pfes2 No thank YOU,
nor cake, save of the~-spongy order, and
| only the best of bread. But for breakfast
I pint Of berries after they are picked over,
for dinner plate heaped with cherries,
tor supper double portion of berries again.
You will not want much besides very like
ly, but you will wonder why your head
feels so much brighter, and your body,so
light, while the weather seems to have
changed, aid breeze sprung up from the
northwest, of your own fancy Only one
caution need be observed, not to eat: two
kinds of fruit at the same meal, or soon
after each other
| ABOUT BATHING.
/ There is an art in bathing, too. The
sponge bath OF cool water, suffered to partly
dry before wiping, leaves the skin cold. and
! if linen is worn asst should be, next. the
body by those who suffer with heat, the
delicious GOODNESS will last for lours.
When the blood is heated, cold baths are
dangerous, and a. sponge bath hot as can
be borne leaves one-cooler than if dipped
in ice-water. Try this when you step
from railway journey, covered with dust,
and feeling as if the blood boiledin the
top of your head. The moment after a
plunge into cold water one is warm with
the reaction. Alter hot bath q gentle,
restful GOODNESS, takes possession and does
not change for two. or three. hours. If you
want cool temperature quickly, all you
have to do is lay wet sponge on the
back of the neck. This is thegreat nerve
centre from which the sense of GOODNESS
flies over the body, and in moment. no
matter how gasping warm one is, de-
lightful shiver runs over one like that felt
at the first fall Of rain. People who work
in hot rooms should keep sponge and
basin of water at hand, applying cold fire.
qaently to- the back of the neck. Cooks
will find this little prescription of advan-
tage. The sponge should be laid on the
wrists and behind the ear to cool the blood
which courses through the arteries there.
and spread the GOODNESS over the body.
l hope everybody knows enough by this
time not to venture into the hot sun with.
ut wet sponge in their hats, on the top
of their heads. Agrape leaf is not as good
protection, for it does not send off evap-
Grafton as wet cloth or sponge does, and
cannot keep this sensitive portion of the
brain cool. The sponge may be suspended
by cords run through it, and sewed to- the
rim OF the hat SO that it will not fall out
any time when the hat is carelessly re-
| moved.
THINGS TO TAKE
Simple prescriptions aid in cooling the
blood. Lemonade, ice cold, made by ad-
ding cup of lemon juice to twice as much
water, sweetened to taste, is good COR
| receive Of the blood. A drink made by
pouring boiling water on cream of tartar,
allowing it to stand till cool, is an excellent
febrifuge. The simplest and most effective
| purifier of the blood is charcoal in impal-
pable powder. A teaspoonful, mixed
either with water or honey, should be
taken on rising, followed at night by any
| mild cathartic. The charcoal absorbs
morbid matter from the stomach, Just as it
does from water or air, but, if allowed to
remain in the system, is no better than
ball of poison. Charcoal is now favorite
remedy with eminent physicians on the
Continent, and there is form of it in
lozenges mixed with sugar and gum, that
is easily taken, for acidity of the stomach.