The Portland daily press., 1889-08-06
THE HON Z.
HEALTH NOTES.

HEALTH NOTES.
Most persons past their youth win have
better health II they wear flannel the year
round. 1t may be Of the thinnest quality
obtaiuable, for summer, but should never be
laid aside. Ii absorbs Precipitation and pre-
vents chills. The best way is TO have two
suits always on hand and when one Is wet
with perspiration to take it of, wash IL out
In warm water and dry In tho sun. 1t Is
then sweet and fresh to change with again.
Dandruf Is frequently oatarrh OF the
scalp, says Good Health. 1t is an abnormal
exfoliation of the scales from the skin Of the
head. Dead cells or scales are constantly
exfoliated from every portion Of the body
The scalp should be thoroughly brushed and
rubbed, but it is best not to use a comb that
scratches. A good dry brushing of the scalp
every day Is the best prevention. The only
suitable hair brush is one of bristles-not
wire---arranged In little tufts, irregular In
length.
1t may be laid down as safe rule, and OF
unusual application to our northern ATTITUDES,
that, wherever shade Immediately contiguous
to the house Is too dense for the vigorous
growth Of the ordinary lawn grasses 1t is too
dense for proper conditions Of health; and
we would recommend to the invalid tenants
of such house, In place of nostrums, the
axe
At recent meeting of the London Medical
society DR.. Blake stated that extraction or
excision OF teeth was unnecessary. He was
enabled, he said, to cure the most desperate
case of toothache, unless the disease was
connected with rheumatism, by the appllca-
ton of the following remedy to the diseased
tooth Alum, reduced to an impalpable
powder, two drachms nitrous spirit of ether,
seven drachns: mix and apply to the tooth.
fresh milk boiled with loaf sugar is effective.
When inclined to chillness rub the body
daily with coarse towel The chills will
soon creep away.
| When the gums are tender rinse the mouth
In water containing few drops of tincture
| of myrrh.
Subdue the pain of blood-blisters by i'm
mersing in spirits Of camphor for five or ten
minutes
Prof. Angel, of the Michigan University,
| furnishes the following as test of the pur-
ity. of water for drinking Dissolve about
| half teaspoonfui of the purest white sugar
In pint bottle. completely full of the water
| to be tested, and tightly stopped; expose it
| to daylight and temperature up to 20 deg.
F. After day or two examine, holding the
bottle against something black, for whitish
floating specks, which will betray the pres
ence. of organic matter In considerable pro-
portions.
To attempt hard work or close study
within an hour after eating Invites derange-
ments of the digestive organs
Eat only pure food, drink only pure liquids,
think only pure thoughths, and keep your
blood pure.
A London medical man says: "Be careful
In your dealings with horseradish. 1t irri-
tateS the stomach far more than spice, and
an overdose will bring on an unpleasant
sensation for days."
ing from close application or other cause, a
comforting and safe wash may be made from
the purest obtaiuable water. Into two
ounce vial OF water put half teaspoonful of
essence Of peppermint. and having shaken
well. apply to the eyes to find II 1t be too
strong, and IL so, increase the proportion of
| water and try 1t again. 1t should produce
for the moment a slight warmth, the after
| effect being agreeable, cooling and healing.
| Apply dd Hbitum with soft, clean muslin;
| makers and other persons working at night
| have found relief In this remedy.
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.
Talk about employing women In facto-
rles," said Manistree (Mich) lumberman to
timbernlan. "brings about the fact that the
hoop factory at Manistee employs women
| feeding the planners, and other light work of
that nature, and finds that they do the work
well; and at the dairy salt factories all the
sacking and such work is done by girls, who
work on piece work, and earn about 81 to
$125 day, aud seem to like the employment.
The only size sacks they seem to object to. is
the 1o-pound size, which they say are little
heavy to handle at arms length. As they
| work In pairs, though, they can change off
| and rest themselves in that way"
| A letter was recently received at the Johns
| town Qa.) bureau of information from Kan
sas, in which the writer asked the bureau to
find wife among the flood sufferers. The
writer stated that he was farmer, and
owned two well-stocked farms In the vicinity
OF Parsons. Heis So years Of age, and wanted
good-looking young woman between the age
and know something about housekeeping
The officers OF the department have had
| many inquiries for relies, but this Is the first
time, they say, that anybody has asked for a
living The man preferred a woman who
had been rescued from the food and said he
would marry her within three months
| Nine. de Barrios, widow Of the South
| American dictator, Is thirty-three years of
age. beauty, and worth $7,000,000. One of
her curious fancies was to have herself
| painted by famous miniature painter In a
picture which showed only her beautiful
| Spanish eyes above the edge of crimson fan,
This grew quite rage for while, and all
the women with pretty eyes had themselves
painted In like manner.
Mrs. Harrison recently said to friend
1T may be that after time I shall get used
TO the unpleasant features of my present po-
sition, but Just now am not In contented
| frame OF mind | don't like the White House
| as residence. l detest the publicity which
pertains to our home life, and regret that
am obliged to see so little of my husband. Is
| II not absurd that my father and the babies
should be gossiped about all over the country?
MY husband Is president. but that is no
reason why the rest of us should be made
public characters"
| The average woman walks further In
week than drover, she stands on ner feet
| more than blacksmith, she defes the law
| OF health more than the Indian, and then
| wonders why she isn't we'll like other
| folks. detroit Free Press.
An ingenious lady collects autographs by
keeping an afternoon tea taple-cloth of fine
linen, upon which she invites all the celebri-
ties Of her acquaintance to inscribe their
names In marking ink. She then works over
the outline In silk. and the result Is an in
terestlng and pleasing curiosity.
Ihere Is woman In west Of England
town who makes good living by killing
cats. She advertises that IL people who are
about to go away for the summer win send
their cats to her she will kill them with
chloroform
HELPS FOR HOUsEKEEpERs.
The successful housekeeper is always a
little ahead of time.
The man or woman who is the happiest Is
the most economical.
Salt your garden walks and brick front
| yard walk II you wish to destroy thegr in
| them.
To set delicate colors in embroidered
handkerchief, soak them ten minutes previ.
Gus to washing In pail Of tepid water. In
which dessertspoonful Of turpentine has
| been we'll stirred.
Wash your brush every day, and you will
ind that your hair will look glossy and be
beautifully clean.
A fine polish for steel articles can be got
| by using pure lime mixed with alcohol and
applied with piece Of leather.
In picking cucumbers for putting down In
brine, 1t Is best to leave small portion Of
the stem adhering to prevent whitening and
insure perfect keeping.
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