Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-21
, nemedr for sIecPIessness.

One evening nc" =
..a,c,s,ed form Of a very common ex-
eAas s,ss with nv baby. He never goes
If t.5 cyactIy with the setting of the
= -, an the evening in question 1T
81, - as II ne had really forgotten how
49, - sleep. / did not put him TO bed
lot him CRY himself TO sleep, for /
az ,y,cd that once and his crying soon
"a 70 such a fit OF coughing and choking
y. I'll gas frightened and | vowed never
.''- 10 so again: aud so 8, 9, 10 o'clock
80 and the little eyes were wide open.
~-ed an nv arts Of soothing and per-
-3;sg but there he sat, and laughed
"a r5aed and watched the light and
a,hsdows until II o'clock came and
resf and ~ was just at hand. Some
~, must be done, and | could think
sTrS,bing. unless possibly a wet cloth
- ,be head might have a soothing effect;
: east II would do no harm TO try. /
~ 4 niece of Canton flannel, large
s,ogob when doubled to cover the whole
sesd and wrung it rather dry out of
y,m water. then put it closely over
bsbvs head 80 az to cover both ears and
ev5s The effect was wonderful. There
Vas brief struggle, then perfect quiet,
and IN less than five minutes the little
fellow was sound asleep. Since then /
have tried il again and again, and always
with the same quick result. 1t is sim
pe remedy for sleeplessness and well
worth knowing and trying. = BdbyhOOd.
FruIt Eaters Need mo- Doctors
We were struck recently by the re-
marks Of a doctor friend of ours, who
aid no one thing will do so much omake
people independent of the medical pro-
tession as the daily free use of fruit. He
had noticed that those farmers in whose
families fruit was regularly and largely
consumed, seldom needed his services.
We thought what pity that every far
mer in the land could not be convinced
Of these truths. II is a deplorable fact
that farmers families do not enjoy that
robust health that country air and out
door Iife with plenty of exercise, should
give Il is also a fact that living on
farms whose rich acres are aching to
produce abundant crops of the varied
fruits, but very few have plenty, and
many never have any fruit, except it
may be an occasional apple. The stand
ard food In a majority of farmers houses
consists largely of bread, butter and
meat mostly pork, fried in grease, and
where pastry and cake is used, it has
lard In large proportion in its
composition; and this food is eaten
at least twice, and, in many
families, three times q day, year
in and year out. Is it any wonder that
they are not more healthy. and that their
prevailing diseases are such as indicate
an oyer.consumption of greasy foodl If
fruits were expensive or difficult to
raise, there would be some excuse; but
there is no part of the country without
plenty of varieties adapted to its soil and
climate, and just such as are fitted by
nsture to both nourish and cleanse the
body, and no more skill is required to
grow them than to grow corn or wheat.
Why is il that so few farmers make
any attempt to provide an adequate sup.
ply of what would add much TO their
pleasure, and save many times its cost in
doctors bills, to say nothing of the suf-
terings and loss of their dear ones. We
en'reat you decide just now not to let
another spring pass without planting a
irult yard. Surely it is better to grow
nun than to be continually dosing with
medicine -Rural Ne1o Yorker.