Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-07-01
Scientific Miscellany.

| .DIETING--At every period of life. and a
all seasons OF the year, and from the tropic
to the poles, In every cline and country. tb
temperature OF the human body in bealtl
| is the same to degree, that is, ninetv-eioh
OF Fahrehenheit; hence, we should eat i,
winter mainly of warm food. such as meats
fats, oils, sugar and all the grains. farinas
and starches; in summer. the fruits an,
berries and melons and vegetables of tn,
field, the garden and the orchard wb;cl
cool and open and ventilate the system.
| ARTIFICIAL SLEEP ard bro
mide of potassium are given as q remed,
for sleeplessness. 1t is like knocking mar
down in order to have the pleasure of nick
ing him up again. Why narcotize the brair
because of a slight disturbance There
are more than score and half of known
causes or forms OF sleeplessness, each one
requiring direct and specific treatment; and
yet, as by common consent, the medical
profession sanctions the abuse of such
drugs OF chloral and bromide as "poisoned
sleep" producers.
a PETTY TABLE CovER.-For the
sitting room table a pretty cover can bt
made at small expense. Get SQUARE b
cardinal flannel of good quality, and tina,
which IS commonly called double width,
around this put broad band of velveteen
OF the same color, but of darker shade,
then put flannel around this to the depth of
four inches. This may be pinked around
the edge. As for ornamentation, it may be
indulged in to any extent, but it is pretty
spread with the plain band, or with feather
stitching on either side of the band.
SOFT SOAP FOR FLESH BURNs.-A free
application of soft soap to flesh burn
almost instantly removes the fire from the
flesh, according to medical man who had
been burned repeatedly himself. If the
injury is very severe, as soon as the pain
ceases apply linseed oil and then dust over
with fine flour When this last covering
dries hard, repeat the oil and flour dressing
until a good coating is obtained. When
the latter dries, allow it to stand until it
cracks and falls of, as it will do in day or
two, and new skin will be,found to have
formed where the skin was burned.
How TO PRESERVE EGGs.-Eggs may
be preserved by covering them with little
oil or butter, or with thin coating of COL
lodion dissolved in ether; but the most
common method of preserving them is by
putting them, when quite fresh, into milk
of lime, made from recently burnt lime,
rejecting those which do not readily sink
in the lime water or which are cracked.
The preservative action is no doubt due to
the formation of carbonate of lime within
the pores of the shell, whereby the exclu-
sion of atmospheric oxygen is secured.
Some time ago, when a sacristy was pulled
down i'll Italy, eggs quite fresh were found
embedded in the mortar, which had, per-
haps, existed for three hundred years.
This proves the antiseptic power of lime.
BAKED MILK FOR CONSERVATIVES
''Baked milk is an admirable food for con-
sumptive people and for most invalids. 1t
is made in this manner:-Put a quart of
good milk into stone jar; cover with
writing paper, tied down. Leave in mod
erately hot oven for eight OF ten hours, till
it has the consistence of cream. The
amount Of nourishment to be derived from
it is marvellous" It most closely resem-
bles milk, and does not differ much from
milk-rice pudding, the rice being nice
and digestible addition. This reminds us
to say to many anxious inquirers that the
perfect cure for the most inveterate habit
of constipation is simply to live on wheaton
groats and any kind of fruit. we have
never known case which this diet failed
to cure.-Dr Nichols.
L
viceable telephone, good from one farm
house to another, only requires enough
wire and two cigar boxes, and make
hole about half an inch in diameter in the
centre of the bottom of each, and then
place one in each of the houses you wish
to connect; then get five pounds of COM
mon iron stove pipe wire ard make loup
in one end, and put it through the hole of
your cigar box and fasten it with nail;
and draw it tight to the other box, support
ing when necessary with stout cord. You
can easily run yoor line into the house by
boring a hole through the glass. Support
your boxes with Stats nailed across the
window and your telephone is complete.
The writer has one that is 200 yards long
and cost forty-five cents, that will carry
music when the organ is played thirty feet
away in another room.