St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-03
HINTS FOR HEALTH.
Stick to your Aannels till your fan
nels stick 10 you.

nels stick 10 you.
How 10 Get Health.
Says DR.. Simon Baruch, a famous
physician: more cold bathing, more
fresh air, less meat, tea and coffee,
and more milk, cream, cheese, bread,
and butter, with easy fitting clothing
will rejuvenate and be the salvation
of our workingwomen. "-[New York
Advertiser.
Deep Breathing.
Cultivate the habit OF brea thing
through the nose, ard taking deep
breaths. If this habit was universal,
there is little doubt that pulmonary
affections, would be decreased one
half. An English physician calls at
tention to this fact, that deep and
forced respirations will keep the en-
tire body in a glow in the coolest
weather, no matter how thinly one
may be clad, He was himself half
frozen to death one night, and began
taking deep breaths and keeping the
air in the lungs as loug as possible.
The result was that he was thor
oughly comfortable in few minutes.
The deep respirations, he says, slim
ulate the blood currents by direct
muscular exertion, and cause the en-
tire system to become pervaded with
the rapidly generated heat. Did you
ever hold a watch and see for how
many secondsyou could keep stream
of air flowing into your lungs? If
not, make the test, and you will find
that no matter how small the
stream, you cannot keep it constant
ly flowing in for more than fifteen,
twenty or possibly thirty seconds;
but if you will try two or three
times each day, you can double the
time within two weeks. The boy or
girl who will try this and keep it up
regularly for year, will not be like
ly to die of consumption, and should
they ever become public speakers or
singers they will be very thankful
that they commenced when young to
take the lung baths"
Advantage of Not Smoking.
A record kept at Yale for eight
years shows that non-smokers are
20 per cent taller, 25 per cent heav-
Ter, and have 60 per cent more lung
capacity than smokers. An Amherst
graduating class showed a still
greater difference, the non-smokers
having gained "a per cent in weight
and 81 per cent in height over the
smokers, and also exceeding them in
lung capacity.
For the Teeth.
One of the most skillful dentists in
New York gives these rules for the
care of the teeth Use soft brush,
and water the temperature OF the
mouth. Brush the teeth up and
down in the morning, before going
to bed, and after eating, whether it
is three or six times day. Use good
tooth powder twice a week, not
oftener, unless in case of sickness,
when then acids from a disordered
stomach are apt to have an unwhole-
some effect upon the dentine. Avoid
all tooth pastes and dentifrices that
foam in the mouth; the lather is
sure sign of soap, and soap injuries
the gums, without in any way
cleansing the teeth.
The very best powder is of precipi-
tated chalk; it is absolutely harm
less and will clean the enamel with
out affecting the gums. Orris root
or little wintergreen added gives a
pleasant flavor, but in no way i'm
proves the chalk. At least quart
of tepid water should be used in
rinsing the mouth. A teaspoonlul
of Listerine (the genuine in an origi-
nal bottle) in half glass of water
used as a wash and gargle after
meals is excellent; it is good for sore
or loose gums, sweetens the mouth
and is valuable antiseptic, destroy
ing promptly all odor emanating
from diseased gums and teeth.
Coarse, hard brushes and soapy dem
tifrices cause the gums to recede,
leaving rhe dentine exposed. Use a
quill pick; if necessary, after eating,
but piece of waxed floss is better.
These rules are worth needing.
= Household.