Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
THE HOME DOCTOR.
CHILDREN'S SLEEP.

Give children plenty of sleep. It is
mistaken notion that some mothers have
of compelling their children to get up
in the morning before they have finished
their natural sleep for the sole purpose
of eating their breakfast with the rest of
the family. Better set their breakfast
aside and serve it to them later. No
healthy child will take more sleep than
he needs, and it will be better for him
and the mother when he does get up, if
he has had thorough refreshing sleep
and plenty of it.-Rurdl Ne1O Yorker.
FOOD.
good complexion never goes with a
bad diet. Strong coffee, hot bread and
butter, heated grease, highly spiced
soups, meats or game, bot drinks, alcO-
hollc liquors., fat meats, are all damag-
ing to its beauty. Strong tea used daily
will after a time give the skin the color
and appearance of leather. Coffee af-
fects the skin less, but the nerves more,
and healthy nervous system is neces-
sary to beauty. Late suppers, over
eating at meals, eating between meals,
candies, sweetmeats, pastry, preserves,
ETC., produce pimples and blotches.
EQUEsTRIANIsM.
A physician who makes speciality of
rectal diseases writes long article on
the effect OF horseback riding on those
who are troubled with piles. His con-
clusiOn is that horseback exercise is not
prejudicial, but is rather apt to be ben
efclal in such cases. And he thinks there
is nothing more certain to prevent the
occurrence of hemmorrhoids than regu-
lar horseback riding. He says that in
Bellevue Hospital a gymnastic move
ment is practiced to cure hemorrhoids.
" 1t consists simply in trying to touch
the toes with the fingers without bend
ing the knees. 1t not only strengthens
and develops the muscles of the abdo-
men, but also those of the legs and
thighs. 1t assists the action of certain
remedies, and thus aids in cure"
CINDERs IN THE EYE.
AT this season of the year persons sit
| ting In the cars near an open window
often have the misfortune of getting Gin
ders IN their eyes, and we often hear it
asked, Chow shall [ get rid of this ter
rible nuisance?" 1t is probably not
very generally known that by immedi-
ately pressing the finger against the tear
| passage at the inner corner of the eye,
and keeping the finger there for about a
minute, the substance will in most in
stances disappear at once Do not rub
the eye before practicing this method, as,
if the eye is irritated or infamed, it is al
ways extremely difficult to remove any
thing from that extremely delicate organ.
Much fine scenery has been unenjoyed,
and many an excursion spoiled on ac-
count of cinders, which might have been
easily removed by observing the simple
remedy alluded to, and which we hope
will, for the sake of the travelling public,
be remembered.
| SALT FOR THE THROAT.
Diseases of the throat are SO preva-
lent and in so many cases fatal, that q
word in behalf of a most effectual, if not
positive cure for sore throat is timely.
For more than forty years we have been
subjected to sore throat, and more par
ticularly to dry, hacking cough, dis
tressing to ourself and those with whom
we are brought into contact. We were
induced to try the virtue of common
salt. We commence by using it three
times day, morning, noon and night.
Dissolve large teaspoonful of pure
salt in small tumblerful of water.
With this gargle the throat most thor
oughly just before meal-time. During
the entire winter we we're not only free
from coughs and colds, bat the dry,
hacking cough entirely disappeared.
We attribute these satisfactory results to
the use of the salt gargle, and recon-
mend it to those who are subject to dis
eases of the throat. Persons who have
never tried the salt gargle have the i'm
preston that it is unpleasant. Such is
not the case.