The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-08
HYGIENIC NOTES.

CURE FOR WORMS. sirup
one tablespoonful; composition, two
tab1e-spoofif1t1s; castor oil, one table
spoonful Give in small doses until re-
lief is obtained
IT is well to know that the caustic eff
feet of lime accidentally introduced into
the eye may be entirely nerrraized by
the use of cold sugar-water. The lime
and sugar form a compound that has no
action upon the eyes.
TEMPER AND HEALTH.-Good temper,
with the majority of mankind, is de-
pendent upon good health; good health
upon good digestion; good digestion
upon wholesome, well-prepared food,
eaten in peace and pleasantness.
A FEvER1sH thirst that refuses to be
qtenched by drinking water may be al
1ayed in the following manner: Throw
q slice of bread upon burning Goals, and
when it is all afame throw it into a trlm-
bier of water. This remedy has been
tested and proven good.
POTATOES, like the fat of meat, are the
heat producers for the body, and they
are, therefore, especially good to eat
along with lean meat, which supplies the
flesh. Meat and potatoes give about the
same nourishment as bread, but the po-
tatoes must be nicely cooked to render
them fit for food.
For CoLIC-One ounce of cloves; two
eItnces of ginger root, pared; two ottnces
of allspice; three dfach1ns oil of laven-
der; one and half pints of alcohol,
Mix the ingredients together. Set i'll the
sun for ten days, shake ofte11, then strain,
and it will be fit for use. Dose, a tea
spoonful on sugar every hour, till re-
ieved.
PNEUMONIA seems to be favorite (?)
disease now, i'll this country. In nine
cases out of ten it results from exposure
which can be avoided with a little care
Many people who have an almost inordi-
nate desire to live unthinkingly expose
.,
too, it is total ignorance of their body
and its functions which causes this. In
the latter case there is more excuse than
in the former
ADVICE IN REGARD TO THE EYES
The more you avoid glaring and glanc-
ing lights in the rooms you habitually
sit IN, the better Therefore although
the following advice is certain to meet
with no attention from the great majority
it is our laughingly painful duty to re-
commend ladies to have asfew mirrors and
other looking glasses, gilt picture-frames
and holdings, bright-colored curtains
and highly polished furniture in their
drawing-rooms as possible and what
they must have should be so placed as not
to allow bright lights to be thrown
upon them. Highly colored curtains
are additionally injurious when the
windows are open, so that various brill
| liant and dazzling colors are flung about
the room by the incoming breeze. A very
bright carpet is an injurious thing, and
when combined with a brightly painted
ceiling, madness. These things may be
a merry life for the eyes, but they are 9
short one. A rich-patterned, sober-toned
carpet, and soft sky-gray on stone
colored ceiling, are my own private fancy.
The almost invariable whitewash of the
British ceiling would be a constant in
jury but for the grave fact that the
British isles are not overburdened with
sunlight. But whether reading, writing
or working in any other way, it should
always be done with an oblique light
and never with a horizontal light. :
Fraser's Magazine.