SCIENTIGIC & USEFUL.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2957, 3 May 1898, Page 3

SCIENTIGIC & USEFUL.

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;•* i Health Maxims. —Do hot forget' that .a draught that will riot put out* a candle-may.ptftibut-a:life.(i-*A:. CJhinjßse iproJ?erJ>. -sa^s f :; ** AjV,oida draught asjou would a| >pb Jsoried arrow ." " „ ' "'- ''/''''' ?>v .D^p Ino^^B^ib^WßCW-'a^ meals ;it rar-r---rests the floWiolf ; the ga stric j uice andthus hinders dig-^tion^Jtais wiser, to T keep .drinking water in .covered glass jars in .fcheice'c^st •flinn-tb use ice-whirih "may-have-heen, cut from impure pond, water* . Do not forget that au ugly or, ineloncholy mood of mind is* a devilj ' It can* make us sicky lose one's friends, and lose us money. .Every thought of ours is of - vital importance to health and real success. A fortune gained at the cost of health is not a real success.

] . Do not forget that rowing, as an exercise, atrengthens the. muscles of the arms and ■ chest, enlarges 'thia capacity of : the lungs, and improves the whole respiratory j . .sysfcem ; but when there is -added the intense stimulus of a prizje contest,.^there . is grave peril in the case, as the strain oh | the heart and lungs is tremendous. ""' -\ "Do not forget that hiccough can general ly ! be t stopped by .taking a teaspoonful :;of -sugar dissolved in strong vinegar. " 1 Do not forget that'every summer persons die from sunstroke while about their work: or walk ing, the streets, or even in a "close room. Be careful not to expose the' 1 back'part of the head and neck - to ther sunVrays on a hot day; In an attack of this kind, send for a physician at on ; ce; ; but; meanwhile, put the sufferer in jul cool a place as possible, with the- head raised, and, apply cold water or. ice to head and chest » if. the, person seems very.) - weak „ai).d; the skin becomes cool, stop using'ice, and piit'mnstard and water on • j 'hisj&St-nnd'onihe-b'fik of the neck. . j