The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-08-26
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

Mix is especially pernicious in all OF
those complicated and obscure cases OF
indigestion to which the phrase 'her'
yous debility" is usually applied
Ir seats we're properly constructeu,
roraons would SIT upright, for the
reason that it would be the moSt CON
Portable position. 1t would be palhlui
TO sit otherwise. The chairs, Dea az
sofas, pews or other seats should ~ t .he
small OF the back, the curves OF the
bins and the whole length OF the th'gus
as accurately as q well'made shoe ID
shaped to the foot, or harness to inc
body of n horse.
To KILL CURRANT- WORMS. -k' H., a
clergyman, writes that severe larr'hg VI
currant.b bushes at noon IN clear uay
,viIl cause currant. worms to drop to the
orornd and not one in fifty will regain
tbe bush, This, he claims, is more
efficient than poison, and with less
Labor, He had tried this method three
wears and saved his fruit. SHAKE tne
bushes twice the first week ana once
weak afterward. The experiment Is
worth trying. Probably in sandy sou
enough dirt would adhere to the Dodies
of worms fallen in it to destroy them'
especially on a hot day.
ADVICE FOR EVERY ONE.-Iry this,
if you feel sluggish or depressed IN tGe
morning. Take your night'shirt OIL;
stand in the foot.bath take a good
oigod enonge in each hand, the same
being full Of cold water from the down.
stretch your arms straight up so each
will be on n line with its side OF inc
body, slowly squeeze the sponges, bear
ing in mind the fact that no one likes 10
consider himself n coward. The cola
water will glide and trickle down, hug,
ging the body and wetting every paft Oh
It without splattering the various things
living around every body's bedroom
A little ammonia in the water VIII 8iVe,
it a pleasing ~softness, and prove a mia
stimulant.
AMOUNTING FOR SCARLET FEvER.--Up-
on the recommendation OF Sheeman the
amounting of the body with fat has been
extensively practiceG in Germany during
the past ten years, with the view OF
lowering the temperature and hastenlhg
the desquamation. DR.. Bayles sug-
gests, in this connection, the employ
ment of Cocoa butter as producing a
more cooling and refreshing effect upon
tho patient, and emitting a more agree
able odor in the sick chamber. Inc
agent, on account of its solid CON
sistence, is more readily applied than
| either fat or oil, and is more easily
absorbed by the skin. Furthermore,
it il thought to afford the system a GER
tain amount OF nourishment. In severe
levers the entire surface of the body
should be rubbed with this substance
every hour, or at least every -four hours.
Its application in TYPHOID fever, in cases
where the patients manifest a dread OF
water or where the application OF water
is impossible (; likewise in other inflam-
matory diseases, especially the seyerer
forms of innammatory rheumatism and
tuberculosis. -LiGratd Of Heaith.
FEVER DEr.-Dr. Luton, of Rheims,
states that for the last four years he has
treated typhoid by an absolute water
diet. Nothing but good fresh filtered
water, occasionally iced, is permitted to
be taken. At first, he says, it is taken
with avidity, then in moderation, and
at last with signs Of safety ; it is some
times vomited at first, but is soon toler.
ated at the beginning of the treatment
! the bowels may be a little relaxed, but
they soon become moderate and less
offensive, and after q time constipation
NAV ensue. The duration of this treat
ment depends upon the progress OF the
disease ; that is, between four INT hVe
DAYS OF water exclusively may be re-
ouired, if the fever be treated as a
whole, but three or four days suffice II
only the intestinal element be consid-
cred. A light alienation may then be
allowed-milk, unboiled, may be mixed
with the water and given by spoonfuls,
and, if well supported for a time, to be
followed by broth and soup. Under
this treatment the mortality is very low,
no evil results ensue, and serious COM
plications, including v%isceral COMPOSITIONS
and bed-sores, at one disappear.
CARE OF HORSES. The London
Horse Book says All horses must not
be fed in the same proportion, without
regard to their ages, their condition and
their work, because the improperly Of
such q practice is ~self.evident. Yet il
is constantly done and is the basis of dis
ease of every kind. Never use bad hay
on account Of the cheapness, because
there is no proper nourishment in it
Damaged corn is exceedingly injurious
because it brings on inflammation o
the bowels and skin diseases. Chaff ii
better for old horses than hay, because
they can chew and digest it better
When a horse is worked hard its foot
should be chiefly oats (; ii not worked
hard its food should be chiefly hay, be
cause oats supply more nourishmen
and discriminating material than any
other kind of food hay not so much
Rack.feeding is wasteful. The bette
plan is to feed with chopped hay, from
a Manager because the food is not ther
thrown out, and is more easily chewet
and digested. Sprinkle the hay will
water that has salt dissolved in it, be
cause it is pleasing to the animals taste
and more easily digested. A teaspoon
full of salt in Il bucket of water il
sufficient.
How THE FRENCH BRING A DROWNED
MAN TO LIFE.--Tte author of ''Tht
French at Home" says that in mis- wall
one morning he saw a man pulled on
of the water, apparently drowned. HI
was laid on the right side, the fac,
turned toward the ground, and the jaw
gently opened to facilitate the escape o
water. Several times the head wal
placed a little lower than the rest of thu
body for the same purpose, but only
for a few seconds ut a time. In thu
meanwhile, there was a regular manipu
lating process to induce breathing
which consisted in pressing the aldo
men, stomach and sides Of the chest bur
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