St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-06

PREV ENIlNtT TIE pIlttk.
The French method of admins tering
castor oil 10 children is to pour the oil
into a pan, and place over moderate
fire break an egg into it and stir up /;
when it is done flavor with little salt,
sugar or currant jelly. In this way
the very unpleasant taste is hardly
pcrceptihle.
The late Charles Dclmouico used to
talk much about the hot water cure.
He said the Delmonicos were the first
to recommend it to guests who COM
planned of having no appetite. Take
u cup of hot water and lemon and You
will feel better" was the formula
adopted, and the cup of hot water and
the demon Juice in IT takes away the
insipidity. For this anti-hilious rem
edy the caterers charged the price of
a drink of their best liquors p cents
or more and it certainly was Il wiser
way to spend small change than in al
cohol.
Rheumatism is a. often AS not caused
10y over eating and especially by over
indulgence in meat, which Is certain tn
cause an excess of uric acid, and rem
der the body liable. on exposure to
wet or cold, to an attack. We know
that old people are pr0verbIally liable
to rhcumatism The reasons for this
are not far tO seek. One Is that JOINTS
and ligamcnts are harder and SITTER
and very often contain deposit -urate
of soda. Another is that, as rule.
people up in Years eat more than Is
necessary to support life, under the
mistaken notion that they want deal
of nOurishmcut t" keep them mp. !
say that on the contrary, the wear aud
tear of tissue i but trItllng compared
to what it is in earlier manhood, and
that far less food is rcquilcd. There
fore, il an elderly person would live
long and bc free of aches and pains
and bc calm in mind for that L. 4
great drsidcratum he or she must live
abstemiouslN. more or less Casseln>
Magazine
Country people who neglect to rid
their premises of all sources of pollu-
ton should remember that even when
typhoid. diphthclia. or other speedily
fatal Zymotic disease is not Developed,
there may still be slow poisoning. 10y
the ,raScs or germs of decay. that
shows itself. as a Maine farmer CORES
pondcnt say, in a multitude of all
mcnts which keep their victims down
below the normal hralth-linc and de
crease their effectiveness us workers
"Just rs i'm malarial regions tia,
piuchrd noses and sallow complexion,
are much more. frequent than the casi.s
of fully devcioprd 'chills : 50, rs rc-
suit of this domestic foul-air poisoning
general debility. languur. palenrsS
headache. f,yrrishncSS. vomiting ant
other symptoms appcar instead o
mar, rrnunuurrd diseases. Women
fn,. b.inr more clnsaly tied TO til,
I,,,,,, 49,. ,,o,,,,,,,tI, sutfrr than fin,
,,,,,, and cLiIdr.u on ,rrnunt of fin,
J,Ii,,to constituencies of their or
,,,uisn,s f., rnvious Influences arr, yer,
frruueutIy affected with loss of appc
titr and jiarrhcaI disease
Euovinr thn liability of nuhli,
sneaker. tn insomnia. asked the mos
cy,it,Il,. nf This clnss LIohn Il. Cough
how he ohtainrd sIcrp after one of hi.
thrilling lectures. GENERALLY two hour
in lruoth He replicd. ..0n returning
to my room bcpip rradin" some in
trrrstinn hook and in this manner fill
NV mind with other thoughts, auC
then can sleen.n Public speakers
find it very difficult to stop thinkin.
after tb.v have slammed urcachiun
Old LYMAN Rc.rhrr father of til,
RronkIyn orator. had a load of sand il
his cellar. and after evening PRAYER Ia,
shoyrIIcd if from one side to the other
and hy this exercise toned down tn,
fever of his brain. often finishing b,
his ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bodily cxercis,
is certainly very cfiicacious under sucl
circumstances. Persistent insomnia j
one of the first signs of insanity, an,
hence should ut once call for treat
ment. As men advance it, life maps i
the DAYTIME become very useful.
know one brain worker who takes tw,
or three, aud also sleeps well at night
II New York Letter
| hold that the chief blessing of man
kind. the supreme good. is health
health of the body and health of tn
heart The outward must reflect TIL
inward, and if man is vindictiV,
lusttul, mean, it will show in his face
Just as it will if he is ut peace wit
himself and all the world. Sickness
deplorablc as Il symptom and effect q
sin. The physician must he philoso
pher. mctaphysiciam he must hay
stock of specifies that is larger tina
that comprised by all the drugs i'll TIL
world. What good indeed can pills
lotions and salVcs do for mental ills
1t is Your relation with those ahou
you that ails YOU; let the relation b
sweet and harmonious and the condi
ton becomes like it. Bodily diseas
is caused by the shutting III the poiSo
of evil habits aud spirits within one
own breast: only 10y putting these on
and getting good tenants in thei
places can one be healed. Yet, y0
sew RI, ,,nnd ara sick ~ well ,S fla