The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-24
HEALTH NOTES.

very carefully, without burning it;
when it is thoroughly hot, cut and
squeeze into cup upon three ounces
OF sugar, finely powdered. Take a
spoonful whenever your cough troubles
you. 1t IS as good IS it is agreeable to
the taste.
Hot lemonade is one of the best rene
dies for colds, as it acts promptly and
efficiently, and has no unpleasant after
effects. One lemon should be properly
squeezed, cut in slices, put with sugar
and covered with half pint Of boilino
water. Drink just before going to bed,
ana 40 not expose yourself the follow
ing day. The remedy will work off an
attack OF chills and fever, if it is prop.
erly used.
| VAo01NATIoN.-Vacc ination is becom
ing general in China. One of the most
serious objections to it vet remaining
is curious. Chinese mammas are mn.
willing to allow the arms CT their dauph-
tiers to be scratched with lancet, be-
cause, unless Chinese girl has few
marks on her face giving evidence that
she has passed through smallpox. she
is considered as lacking one of the
chief qualifications of q manageable
maiden. The vaccination scar is still
hardly deemed sufficient promise of
future immunity from the disease by
the Benedicts of the Flowery Land.
For Po1soNs.-If any poison is swal-
lowed, drink instantly half glass of
cool water, with heaping teaspoonful
of common salt and ground mustard
stirred into it. This vomits as soon as
it reaches the stomach. But, for fear
some OF the poison may remain, swallow
the white of one or two eggs, or drink
a cup of strong coffee these two being
antidotes for greater number of
poisons than any other dozen of articles
known, with the advantage of their be-
ing always on hand; if not, a pint of
sweet oil, lamp oil, drippings, melted
butter or lard, are good substitutes, es-
pecially if they vomit quickly. T. Il
ALCOHOL AND THE WEATHER.-When
man takes a glass of spirits and water,
he feels warmed, but the sensation, re-
marks the Lancet, is the direct result
OF ve-stimulation, which means moth
ing, and will do nothing in the way of
heat. Unless food is taken with alco-
hol, there is no addition to the stock of
nutritient fuel. The spirit passes away
and leaves the organism colder instead
of warmer for its imbibation, unless, as
we have said, food be taken at the same
time. The notion of keeping the "cold
out" by glass of warm spirits is wholly
illusory. The effect produced, when
the potion seems to do good, is nervous
and mental. In SO far az it acts at all,
the srlmuIant must do harm by relaxing
the skin, and leaving it more exposed
to the facilitating action of external
cold. A@41I +. -l'7Il =
GOOD CoFFEE.-ln proportion to the
quantity consumed, so little coffee is
imported into this country from Guate-
mala, Costa RIGA, Java Rio Janeiro and
Mocha that it is safe to say not one
third of our coffee drinkers ever saw
cup of genuine coffee. Old Govern
ment Java and Mocha mixed in the pro-
portion Of one-third of the Arabian
berry to two parts of Java is the "ton"
among connoisseurs. This should be
roasted and ground at home, and not q
single berry be allowed to burn; then
the coffee should be produced by strain
ing, or better, fltering. Death is a mild
form of punishment for q cook who
boils a refreshment which is at once
bread, meat, whisky, and honey. Milk.
If used, should be rich cream, and the
sugar assimilates more readily if cut in
to pure, snowy, exact squares.
HEALTH WITHIN REACH OF ALL.-The
only true road to health is that which
common sense dictates to man. Live
within the bounds of reason. Eat mod
erately. drink moderately, sleep regu-
larly, avoid excess in anything and pre-
serve conscience void of offense. Some
men drink themselves to death, some
wear out their lives by Incidence and
some by over-exertion; others are killed
by doctors, while not q few sink into
the grave under the effects of vicious
and beastly practices. All tho medi-
cines in creation are not worth q cent
to man who is habitually and con-
stantly violating the laws of his own
nature. All the medical science in the
world cannot save him from prema-
ture grave. With suicidal course of
conduct he is planting the seeds of de-
cay in his own constitution and acceler-
ating the destruction of his own life.
WHAT THE MICROSCOPE REVEALS
Lewinbeck tells of an insect seen with
a microscope of which only 27.OOO,OOO
would equal mite. Insects of various
kinds may be seen in the cavities of
grain of sand. Mold is forest Of
beautiful trees, with branches, leaves
and fruit. Butterflies are fully feath-
cred. Hairs arc hollow tubes. The
surface of our bodies is covered with
scales like a fish; single grain of sand
would cover $50 of those scales, and yet
each scale would cover 500 pores
Through the narrow opening the per-
SEPARATION forces itself like water through
sieve. The mites take 500 steps q
second. Each drop of stagnant water
contains world of animated beings,
swimming with as much liberty as
whales in the sea. Each leaf has col
ony of insects grazing on it like COWS
in q meadow.
Whose Fault Is it,
A lady says: " We read great deal
about the extravaganza of wives and of
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