Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

Department.
N The items culled for this column
Nj are from most reliable sources. III
\ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
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o health is naught but nature's music.
Sweet diapason without aaw,
Chorus OF happiness eternal,
Full harmony of life without law.
-Rossiter.
The usual business man spends his
health in getting wealth, then his
wealth is getting health land then he
dies. Health is the best wealth and
no other kind can take its place. But
he who is obedient to natures laws
will find that it is possible to possess
both health and wealth together, and
thereby be equipped for the highest
possibilities Of life.
"a prominent Russian physician
reported to the Russian Medical
Society Of st. Petersburg, that as the
result of experiments on rabbits, he
was convinced that the healing Of
wounds is retarded by either acute
Or chronic alcohol poisoning"
"Water is, without question, the
most ancient Of known remedies. It
was used by the early Egyptians, the
Jews, the Greeks, the Romans, the
Aryans and their modern representa-
tive, Hindus and Persians; likewise
by the Chinese and Japanese, in
fact it has been used by all primitive
people ancient and modern.
While Europe slumbered in the
darkness of the Middle Ages, the
Arabian physicians, 10 whom we are
indebted for much that IS best in our
modern system Of rational and scien.
tific medicine, were practiclng ane
teaching the use of water by methods
as thoroughly scientific as any en-
pioyed at the present time. ."-Dr. J
H. Kellogg.
Feet that are habitually cold should
twice week be held ten minutes ir
water as hot as can be borne; ther
dash little cold water over them
dry them, dress them and go abou
your business.-Home and Garden
There are few people, we think
who thoroughly realize the value ot
water as a beverage, or who know
how to obtain the greatest advantage
from it. The effects produced by
drinking ofwater, vary with the man
ner in which it IS drank. If, for in
stance pint of cold water be swal
lowed at large draught, or if it be
taken in two portions with shor'
interval between, certain definite re-
suits follow, effects which differ frem
those which would have resulted from
the same quantity taken by slipping
Slipping is powerful stimulant to the
circulation, thing which ordinar,
drinking is not. During the act o
slipping the action of the nerve:
which show the beats of the heart i.
abolished, and as consequence tina
organ contracts more rapidly, thu
pulse beats more quickly, and tn.
circulation in various parts of tn,
body is increased. Here is a poin,
which might we'll be noted by oul
readers: A glass of cold water
slipped slowly, will produce create,
acceleration of the pulse for a tim,
than glass of wine or spirits takel
at a draught.-People's Health
Journal.
"Ordinary we'll water is generall,
entirely wholesome, if boiled for fif-
teen or twenty minutes. DISTILLED
waterls Of course better, especially il
the water is hard.'
A natural full bath, at tempera
ture of from 92 to 9s degrees, is al
excellent remedy for sleeplessness
remain in the bath thirty minutes a
least.-Good Health.
Let the sponge bath be a dali,
means Of grace.-Frances Willard.
20 Teddy" said mamma, "hov
many times have you had more pie?'