The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-29
HOUSE AND FARM.
Household Aihts


The time was when dried lunches OF
such plants as lavender, rosemary, lem.
ON thyme and sweet roses found q place
in every chest and drawer End ward.
robe alike and snowy linen had ever
among t. folds some fragrant mem )ries
of the earden. the chemist tell US that
sweet heros and many blossoms add
ozone to the surrounding. air; if this is
trne, our houses cnd gardens alike can.
not be too full! Of natures own perlum.
cry. .rst s.-- :..ss :.
Ebon,sed doors for psrlor, when the
other furniture matches them, are al.
ways handsome: and on the panels rich
double hollyhock. either deep pink or
October beauty, suutlowers, clusters Of
purple wisteria. would all be effective.
1t isthought that stained floors have
had their day, and that warm Turkish
and Persian carpets will be use in a
short time for all parlors and bed rooms.
The carpets are certainly the most lux.
urious, but the s,aiued floors are decid-
ediy the most heAl.hful. A splendid
rug for stained floor is an immense
white bear akin, about 20 feet long, aud
and as many broad. 1t is lined with
buffalo skin and the head is arranged
for foot.rest.
furniture in bedrooms should be as
light in construction as is CONSTANT
with the strength required, and made
Of light wood. Ash furniture, oak and
satin wood are very suitable. When.
ever possible, it is m ,cll to he desired
on the score eff health that furniture
should always be made in such a man.
ner as to he easily moved. 1t might we'll
he raised clear of the floor 10 az to avoid
anything like dust-traps. For the tame
reason Il It. to ped articles, as wardrobes :,
should be kept as low as practicable, that
servants labor may be saved aud the
chance of dust accumulation reduced.
hot WAror for Inf AIMED Mucous Sur.
faces.
DIR. George r. Shepherd, Hartford.
Conn.,, says in the Medical Record-I
have used hot water az garyle for the
past six or eight years, having been led
to do so from seeing its beneficial effects
in genecyology. In acute pharyn gifts
and tonsillits, if properly used at the
commencement of the attack, it consti-
tutes one Of our most effective remedies,
being frequently promptly cruative. If
used later in the disease or in chronic
cases, it IS always beneficial, though per-
haps not 50 Immediately curative. To
be of service it should be used in con-
siderable quantity "a half pint or pint,
at time, and just as hot as the throst
will tolerate. have seen many cases
OF acute disease thus aborted, and can
commend the method with great conf
dence. l believe it may be taken as an
established fact, that in treatment OF
infammatjonsg generally land those of the
mucous membranes in particular, moist
heat Is of service and in most cases hot
water is preferable to steam. All are
familiar with its use in optilalmia and
conjunctivitis, as also in inflammation OF
the external and middle ear, aud ieeI
confident that t, ose who employ it for
that most annoying of all slight troubles
to prescribe for. VIZ, cold in the heal
or acute coryza, will seldom think Of US
ling the irritating drugs mentioned il,
this books. nor Of inducing cons lete an
nthu.n with chlorofurm in preference
to the hot-water douche.