The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-16
Health Hints.

For canker sore throat one table,
spoon full of borax in half a pint OF
water. used as a wash. will be found
serviceable.
The foundations of three fourths OF
all classes of consumption is laid be-
fore the ages of twenty-five years; IN
women, during their teens.
Do not allow yourself to become
bent over. 1t lessons your breathing
capacity and chance of long life.
Walking with the hands behind one
will help to correct the evil.
For chillblains the following is re-
commended: Two tablespoonful OF
lime water mixed with enough sweet
oil to make as thick as lard Rub the
chilIblains with the mixture and wrap
up in linen.
Wash for removing dandruff: lake
of borax one drachm. rose water one
/ half pint, tincture of cantharldes one
| half drachm, cologne water one-haH
pint. Mix and apply night and NOR
/ ming. Fhtiadeiphta CdH-
Have the children's teeth examined
/ bv a good dentist twice a year, and
repaired if they need it Possibly a
| tooth that is meant to last a lifetime is
rapidly becoming worthless just for the
need Of a little attention now. But
don't give children sloppy food; they
! should use their teeth. or they will de-
| cay Boston BudgeG
The more clothing a man wears. the
| more bed covering be uses, the closer
| he keeps his chamber, whether warm
| or cold, the more he confines himself
/ to the house, the more numerous and
| warm his night garments, the more
| readily will he take cold, under all
| circumstances, as the more a thriftless
youth is helped the less able does he
become to help himself
Many persons seriously damage their
eyes by forcibly rubbing them when
| drowsy, especially when awakening in
the morning To strengthen the eyes
is to relieve them when swollen or con-
gested, and to remove chronic inflam-
nation in theeye prurient discharges,
etc, nothing is equal to bathing them
frequently with water, at first tepld,
but afterward lowering in temperature
to absolute GOODNESS.
Scientific investigators have found
that the power of the Bacillus OF con-
sumption is destroyed when other bac-
terra are grown in the same soil. Re
cognizing this fact, the new and re-
markable idea has occurred to DIR.
Cantani, OF Naples, of fighting bacllll
with other bacilli. II one Of the organs
of the body be attacked by bacillus
| which is dangerous to human lie, he
introduces a bacillus which is not in
furious to man, but brings destruction
TO the dangerous bacillus In the case
of consumptive patient the doctor ln-
troduced a harmless organism known
as the bacterum teTmO, and found that
the bacillus tuberculosis gradually dis
appeared from the patients expecto-
rations. A description Of the proce-
dure is given in the Centrat6tatt Jar die
4EedtcinSchen WiSsenschyteq.
Cold water bathing may prove bene-
fetal or injurious Much depends upon
the method and still more upon the
person who practices IT. recent
writer in the English Medical journal
lays down the principle that there are
those whom a cold bath will injure ia
stead of invigorate. The readiest test
of benefit is the glow OF free surface
circulation, or, at least the absence of
any decided chill after immersion.
Those who take TO it should begin in
summer. not winter, and so become
gradually accustomed to its lowest
temperature. No one should hnger
over it, three or four minutes are am
Pile After immersion the body should
be quickly ana well dried and rubbed
before dressing Light gymnastic or
dumb-bell or club exercise may occu-
DIV the next few minutes, the clothing
being partly on if the weather be cold,
> and breakfast or cup of warm tea or
coffee should shortly follow to prevent
chilling.