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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-5-13, Page 6I44 X13{{ I`! 1 I-ItiALT Never melte up a been h, use until the + da it is needed, awl then be sure the bed itself es well as the ohms told blankets, are m ell aired and dried. 11 everybody improve.l the minutes with the zeal that a hen puts into her work while Of all the agencies in tho spread of whet making a s[llteptitietls five Minute cell in are callederm diseases," dust is orha 1a a flower garden, what n world this lv old the most potent, The peculiar daupj.',ere of be, g the month of Metolt aro duo not merely to Gysters roasted In the shell aro very good, the high winds then prevalent, but to the end eau bo digested by is very weak stomach, dust with which the wiud pollutes the air lie intro they aro fresh, lay then on the grata at that season. or 0 hot oven and they will open themselves, Inorganic dust, that is, dust composed of An extraordinary fallacy 10 the dread of nothing but pulverised earth, is not of itself night air, What air eau we breathe at very harmful. Thus coal -miners aro not night but night air, and it is surely butter especially prone to lung diseases, though to breath pure air front without, than ins. working in coal -dust constantly, Dnst, pure air from within the room. however, as found in the streets of our cities and towue, is largely made up of organio matter. Such dust, if not of itself largely composed of germs, still furnishes en excel- lent lurking -place for them. Not all germs are harmful or generative of inflammation ; but on the other hand, some of the germs most harmful to human life are constantly to be found where street dust is abundant. When we inhale dust, therefore, we undoubtedly inhale many germs, or bacteria, which nay or may not find a lodging place within ns. Some germs thus inhaled in dust do not at all alieot the health ; but on the other band others, should they find lodging -place in the body, world manifest their presence by pro- nounced symptoms. It is almost needless to say that the mucous membraue of the nose is a much her length, and having a maximum thick - safer plane for the reception of dust than nese of 18 -inch ar'inour. This belt is ter - that of the lungs, and wo should therefore Eery the mouth closed whet we aro forced to inhale dust. Germs coming in contact with a part of the mucous membrane which is already in- flamed are especially liable to multiply, as they then have oculirly favorable eotdi• Dust. It Is better to begin life on Indian men pudding and snit eodtlsh, and Hee to roast beef and mince pie, than to begin on roast heel and mince pie, and get down to Indian meal pudding o.nd salt codfish. The Strongest Armour -Glad, Great Britain possesses rho stronuest sea going eremite -clad in tine Royal Soo: reign, which was named by the Queen at Ports- mouth last year, and which marks a notable point in theseieneo ofwar•ehip design. She i.+730 feet between perpendiculars, with 75 in. beam, and 27 fret' in drnC ht, and has been tleolt`ned to surpass all existing fighting ship: in speed and auxila'y armament. At the water -line she is protected by e, belt, S.( feet broad, extending over two-thirds of urinated at cuboe end by transverse armour- ed bulk -heads, with above a 3 -inch steel deck, while a strong under -water deck com- pletes the protection before and abaft the belt. The broadside about the belt is pro- tected, to a height of Oe feet above water p over two-thirds of the vessel's length, by 5 - tons of boat and moisture. Hence the spe. latch armour, with semen bulk-iteatis, tial importance of avoiding dust as much as similarly arnionr'ed, inclosing the central possible when one is sutiering from troy battery. The armour on the barbettos is 17 acute or chronic catarrhal conditions of the, Welles thick, while the protection of their respiratory organs. It is woll to remember that dust -cloths slightly moistened, and afterward shaken out of doors, aro much more sanitary than feather -dusters, the use of which drives the dust from one location only to settle upon another. Milk for Babes. The cloy is fast approaching when an in. fant's chances of life will far outweigh those of death ; and as this particular branch of knowledge spreads, its influence will be felt in a marked degree upon the health of the children of the poor in large cities, :wows and guns in the auxiliary batteries, as well as the ammunition supply in all the stages of its passage from the magazines, has been specially arranged in view of the development of high explosives and quick- tirin g gnus. Tho principal armour of the ship throughout is backed with teak 1.8 to 20 inches thick, behind which is an inner metal skin 2 inches thick. The total weight of armour in the Royal ewer: len amounts to 4,550 tons. Italy has two very powerful armour -clads in tho 1)uflio and J)aaciclo, which although superior to the British ves- sel the egdcrih;. (the next strongest to the Eton/ So.•o,,,;p,) to armament and speed, yet are not cuito so strongly protected. Tho walls of tee b;lt".old: are 41 inches those who now have to struggle as best they , thick, and consist of armour plates, the can against sour milk, heat, dust, tenement- I total thiclatese of which varies from 10 life, and all the evils and diseerafcrts that ; in0110; to 21 inches, with strong teak back - attend the very poor, absence of cleauliness i being generally the greatest evil. Milk is gradually heating appreciated for Makinga Wjutlow Garden. its hygienic value, and contains all the h elements necessary for the formation of A wlmlow flooded with sunshine alwes's blood, bone, and muscle. It is frequently su, tteste the possibilities of an amateur hot louse. The necessary arrangement for such an annex, which is to gladden your sight, con- sists of an oblong, zinc -lined, wooden box about nine inches deep. This is furnished with a movable glass top. Place a layer of small pebbles in the bot- tom to assist in drainage and fill the box nearly to the tap with rioh loam. On this sprinklethiekly violet, mignonette or any other dainty flower sends. Those seeds which produce sweet smelling blooms are the most satisfactory, particularly violets, as their presence is almost always notice- able. Keep the earth very damp, as this causes the moist atmosphere so valuable in a hot horse. While tho seeds are sprouting it is well to keep the box covered with the glass, raising It only fur a few moments during the noon hour. Aua after the plants have made their appearance the top may be left off at little longer, until, by the time the buds are forming, the plants may be cepos- ed during all the warmest hours of the day. prescribed by physicians as It remedy in various forms of illness. When pure, it is of infinite service ; when tainted, it is posi- tively dangerous. In one instance, in a wealthy family, where a baby was slowly wasting away, a well-paid milkman provided milk according to the once popular fallacy, " from one cow." 4 sample was ata lyzed, and each teaspoonful was found to contain, in routed numbers, half a million bacteria. Immediately the rile was laid down that all milk given should be sterilized. Since then the child has become plump and healthy. If such trouble can arise among the wealthy, how much more probable is its occurrence among the very poor,wheee ignor- ance reigns supreme ! Those engaged in visiting the poor in cities reveal pitiful oases of poverty, carelessness, and ignorance. Baby's milk is left tuteove•od all day long in the stifling atmosphere of one living -room, placed with other food in a sink which be- comes the refrigerator for those who cannot afford ice, and here absorbs germs by the millions, Condensed milk is, fortunately, a favorite I Two weeks from their first appearance food for infants among the poor. 'Though above ground is the time for thinning out not a perfect food, it is sweet and clean, ' and transplanting, .About every third plant needs to 00 removed in order to provide more room for the now rapidly spreading leaves, With such treatment your flowers will be larger and more numerous, and prove a scarce of endless enjoyment to you and your friends, A. home-grown flower seems much more friendly than one from any florist. and will remove so if given a little Dare for a sufficient length of time. Sterilized milk in bottles, one for each feeding, can be procured in almost all large cities,but it is generally beyond the reach of the reetly poor. One of the greatest dif- ficulties, however, to be encountered 01 es- . tablishing the general use of this milk will lie in the effort to aonvinee mothers of its desirability, --- Dr. Lemon. Squeeze him into a glass of water every morning and drink him with very little sugar. Ho will keep your stomach in the best of order andnever let Mr. Dyspepsia, whom he hates cordially, get into it, 11 you have dark hair and it seems to be felling out out off e, slice of the doctor and rub him on your scalp. He will stop that little trouble promptly. Squeeze him into a quart of milk and be will give you a mixture to rub on your faoe night and morning and got it complexion like a princess. Pour him into an equal quantity of glycerine and rub your hands with the mixture beforogoing to bet. If you don't mind sleeping with gloves on, that is better still and helpe the uootor con. siderably in his tack of whitening your hands. In the morning wash your hands thoroughly in warm water and apply the doctor again pure, but only a few drops of him this time. Yot must not keep this up too long or your hands will show such a dazzling whiteness as to make all the other young ladies in the vicinity jealous. If you have a bad headache out Dr. Lemon into slices, and rub these along your temples, The pain will not be long in disappearing— at least in growing easier to bear, If a bee or an insect stings you clap a few drops of the dootor on the spot and you will find yourself the better for it. If you havo a troublesome corn the doctor can be again pub to goocl account by rubbing him on the toe after you have taken a hat bath and out away as much as possible of the trouble- some intruder. Besides all this, tbo doctor in always roady to sacrifice himself in the cause of Russian tet—slico in without sugar —or in the preparation of old-fashioned lemonade, than which no drink is more wholesome. Altogether Dr. Letson is an in- dividual few people can afford to get along without. Heald' and Manners Many are orphans because their mothers went with bare arms to ilallg tent the clone, ee after washing. Be plgasatt and kind in Qom. about yon. The man who stirs hi (1011 With en 1!11010 spoile the tea and chill.:, i.i:, , all fingers. Tile world will be improvtd when it lean hoe learned to laugh it littlo leas et hes neighbor's troubles, and it little more at hire own. "Hew can I beat trait n.p my boy in the 'way be should go 1" asl•i.., rt f.. l'inr, " Gy -sing that way yourself,"replic i hie friend, An ingenious Thief. An Irishman living in Glasgow on one occasion passed a grocer's shop, and 58eimg a pile of cheeses on etre counter, and notic- ing elle shopman in the back roost partak- ing of breakfitat, thought he saw his oppor- tunity to get a cheese for nothing. He therefore stopped lightly into the shop, and taking a couple of cheeses, placed ono at each side of the scales. The ehopman, hearing the noise, carne from the beck shop, and demanded to know what Paddy wanted. " Och 1" said Pat, "don't annoy your. self ; I only wish to know if your cheese or mine is the heaviest," " Like your confounded cheek," said the shopnnan angrily ; " if you don't take your t heeae out of this at woe I'll set the police on you." Pat lifted up bhe cheese, and, smiling ab the trick ho had done, bade bhe shopman a espeetful good morning. Pat's Arrangement. Iwo Irishmen, Patrick O'Connor and Tim O'Grady, were on a walking tour from.Lim- oriok to Londonderry ; as night mane 011 they began to loop for a night's lodging. At length they came to a small house, and ou inquirin • for a bed they were informed by the landlady that site could accommo- date one of then, but could tell the other where be could get lodgings. This arrange. meet they consented to, and tried to ar- range as to how they should know if the outer were up, and also as to meeting each other, " Well," said Pat, " if I om up first I will put chalk mark of your garden wall, and wait for you at the bettotn of the street." "flood," replied 'l im ; "and if l am up first I will rub it cit," Our Modern Homes, hIt•s. Linorueta Walton—" I like the do sign of this wail paper very well ; but 1 can not take it." Saloeman—" Why not?" Mrs, Linorneto—" It is too think, It is my flat I nen going to paler, ante nave to oco/omize space as much, as possible." A Gamel's Stomaoh• A eatnol of the largest size has been ]mown to drink from thirty to fifty gallons and thea travel without water for twenty days, :Tho water remains pure, and numerous in. stances are on record in which human life has been raved in the desert by killing a camel awl using the water from itaetomaah. T BT,USSRL S POST. �ma�o ,cncuamM.xmwsteuzd . 'r,,ca»rsama ova Lctccxrsecwuxur , rf ... rnai ..... STOBLk7 OF '1tH$ WBOYS THS SILO AND O0I1N k1NEIILAGN, may be nnudo of ,'rmt'ut orhard•pacttel ()lay well drained, aid oho ild be made level of Sone or the 1.1)110 aeeenlrteli ltd 0r Wee lame, of the t"pllne, n little higher in the eontro. Upon the By u, u, ,t.t1ttid, .1'tu:T /ttv oNrante Unit- it, m spread a little mit straw before putting see or 1:,10*00110. 111 corn, No rough stone should be loft few The first cowbeye I ever saw greatly dio' '.Pins Kett, 4,01/ lTd l'laxl'.ttt.vt'to.—Light pod, hut" illy fouudatimn above the floor appointed me by 11,011 tt 1petl•altee, All that stele afro preferred, much es sandy to anis ,it• ,P,°",1,toultl tame bt' 00X010,1 with shooting, TheI have aeon sines that titue have disepi,oitt• ''lay 1u,uns s•01l drained. Heavy, elnysshmtl,l Walla should be lol t hallow, The doorway is 1,, uvaidod. '.l'he prcpar,ttiou 10 con1NUM made by mating down from plate to mil be. tartly by. the nattu•o of rho prteeedieg crop, ed me equally. It 1 Were to wren n. al. .y et which there wile a toe boy rl.uraetem, I would dress hint up int fringed leather and rd a heeksktu twat., a big drab Spanish hat as etitf 00 a beard and as big as the top of it wash•tutu l,, in dainty boots, and bead -worked gloves ; his p101010 should ho. of mother-of•pearl, and nuns but the hest Cheyonuo saddle shield he sit our --for of such ie the cowboy of the flash literature which Inas immortalized hint ; and if the trite cowboy does not ]snow enough to live up to his own china, 1twould ignore the fact, And yet these first eowbnye 1 saw in Montane were a very ordinary -looking lot of young depot -loungers, pecnlier only because they wore big flat -brimmed hats, end because they had a long line of broncos fettered to a hitalting•rnil neer by, 1 would have been laity team host motets by plowing tender tweet) the 111'o studs, loft 18 it, apart, hang- luti close•litLing doors oft the euIshii) 10 elnee that opening, (Atli door being about, 4 ft, elnverot• grace god, turd applying manure in „ng.4s the silo IN 1111011 the lune Wall is spring ; others prefer to turn 0000 stubble in fall, apply manure id winter, and give boarded`betwoeu ht, the dnoreolosod, aur, the shallow but thorough enitivotiot In the e; til l with wdnat, If ilio spring. The nuafu petu4s, l,ovovor, cutpha, doors thou or fetor lige iunllugtan allre ot couvon sired by all aro, to have a ootuparatively i y i 1 tilling, door will llghc soil, well drained, thotougltly well he necessary situated to:cording to requiro- cultivatod tall richly teamed, moots, 'Ventilate either by roof or gable, 1f the silo is more than LO ft, long it is ad. Ydw nTlttS OF COM. --Tho corns most visable to divide by removable plank petal. frequently mentioned 11.8 burnt;