The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
ESTABLISHED 1879.

that ought to have put ~Da~ng pow
der in them the smell of burned flesh
made me rush to the stove, only to find
my chops black and beyond rescue. I
felt myself an unfortunate man. be-
gan to humble incoherently to myself
and 1 feared that it was all going to
work upon my brain. With the astute-
ness that characterizes me as distin-
guished from my fellow men gave up
all efforts. At this moment, because
all hope was lost and l was on the look
out for misfortunes cried out, ''Blam-
ed if haven't forgotten the potatoesl"
/ had the look of one of the early
Christian martyrs. They, too, had suf-
fered and loved and lost Even the in
vectives l had used were not sulphur
Gus enough.
1 went out into the shed and brought
back a pail. Into that I scraped the
soup carefully. Next l dumped In the
biscuit. Then / gently put the toma-
toes and chops on top. This accom-
plished, passed hurried1y out into the
back yard, stopping only to get SHOW
ell out Of the wood shed. dug hole
and tossed the whole thing in. Then
meekly returned to the house and re-
called myself on some bread and butter
which found in the pantry. Just as
was doing this the clock struck 8,
and Maria came home.
''Hello, dearp l cried, for l was de-
termined to forestall any remarks.
"I've been terribly busy, detained at
the office, and just got home"
ooh, Thaddeusw said Maria regret
fully. "And you have been without
your dinner! never should have left
you if''-
BY this time Maria had seen the
kitchen.
MARIA" said soIemnly, for I saw
her pause, you have been invited to
join a club for the subjugation of hus-
bands. You needn't join. l am subju-
gated already You women are always
talking of our sphere Encroach on
mans sphere if you will, but for heav-
ems sake don't ask me again to en-
croach on yoursw-New York Herald.
Bed as the Best Cure of Dyspepsia.
Albu draws attention to the fire.
quency with which neurasthenia, ana-
mia and malnutrition are associated
and the great amount of injury to the
system at large that may be produced
by such triad. The deficiency in
nerve energy and the consequent i'm
perfect inervation of the tissues lead
to a general lack of muscular tone
which finds expression In different
ways according to the region Of the
body affected.
In the abdomen the general relaxa-
ton has for It's consequences viscer-
optosis and atony of the stomach and
intestines, with their attendant evils.
and In proportion as the lack of proper
nutrition increases, the somatic weak
ness, the facilitating events move in
vicious circle of greater and greater
circumference and constantly involves
more remote regions in the disease.
Under such conditions the evident in
dications are rest and feeding. But
to be properly effective the patient
must completely change mis- previous
faulty mode of life and be treated In
a wholly alien environment.
AS routine for such cases at least
three weeks Of absolute rest in bed
In some institution away from home
is to be advised. together with full
diet, for, even though the state of the
stomach may seem to contra indicate
this overlooking, in most cases it will
relieve the symptoms more quickly
than the most carefully adjusted but
quantitatively insufficient regime. By
these means bodily waste Of all sorts.
nerve and muscle, is reduced to mini
mum, and the depleted cells are en-
abled to regain their normal tone and
vigor.-Zeitschrift Fur Krankenpfege.