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Mv life was a misery. I had
had recommended Simmons
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now taking the second bottle,
and the fact is that words can
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appetite is very good, a».d I di
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DICKENS.
Some of the Peculiarities of the Great
Novelist.
His punctuality was a remarkable
characteristic, and visitors used to
womler how it was that everything
was d me to the very minute, writes
Miss Mamie Dickens, in the Youth's
Companion. It is a common saying
now in the family of some dear
friends, where punctuality is not
quite so well observed, "What would
Mr. Dickens have said to this?” or
“Ah, my dear child, I wish you could
have been at Gad's Hill to learn
what punctuality means.” He was
wry fond of music, but not of “class
ic:;!” music only. He loved national
airs, old tunes, songs and ballads.
He was easily moved by anything
oathetic in • song or nine, and was
ti ver tired <•! bearing bis particular
favorites sung or played, lie liked
to lihvc music of an evening, and
duets used to be played very often
for hours together, while lie would
read or walk up aud down the room.
There was a large meadow at the
back of the garden in which, during
the summer tune, many cricket
matches were held. Although never
playing himself, Charles Dickens
delighted in the game, and would
sit in bis tent, keeping score for one
side, the whole day long. He never
took to croquet, but had lawn tennis
been played in the Gad's Hill days,
he would certainly have enjoyed this
game. He liked “American bowls,”
at which he used constantly to play
with bis male guests. For one of
bis “improvements” he had turned
a waste piece of land into a croquet
ground and bowling green. In the
meadow ho used also to practice
many of his “readings;” and any
stranger passing down the lane and
seeing him gesticulating and hear
ing him talking, laughing and some
times. it may be, weeping, surely
would nave thought him out of bis
mind! The getting up of those
"readings” gave him an immense
amount of labor and fatigue, and
owfal parts tried him greatly.
For iustance, the reading of “Lit
tle Dombey.” it was hard for him to
steel bis heart as to be able to read
the death without breaking down or
displaying too much emotion. He
ofteu told how much he suffered over
this story, and how it would have
bet u impossible for him to have gone
through with it had he not kept con
stantly before bis eyes the picture
of bis own “Horn,” alive aud strong
and well.
His great neatness and tidiness
were remarkable, as also liis wonder
ful sense of order. The first thing
lie did even morning, before going
t.. work, was to make a circuit of
the garden, and then to go over the
whole house to see that everything
was in its place, neat and orderly.
This was also the first thing he
did upon his return home, after any
absence. A more thoroughly order
ly nature never existed. It must
have been through this gift of order
that he was enabled to make time,
notwithstanding any amount of
work, to give to the minutest house
hold details, ltefore a dinnerparty
the menu was always submitted to
him for approval, and he always
made a neat little plan of the table
with the names of guests marked in
their respective places, and a list of
who was to take who in to dinner.
He had constantly some “bright
idea" or other as to the arrangement
of the table or rooms.
He had a strange aversion to say
ing good bye, anil would do any
thing he possibly could to avoid (
going through the ordeal.
In a letter to a friend Charles:
Dickens writes: “Another genera
tion begin to peep above the table.
I once used to think what a horrible
thing it was to be a grandfather.
Finding that the calamity falls upon
me without perceiving any other j
change in myself, 1 bear it like a l
man."
Hut as he so disliked the name of
grandfather as applied to himself,
these grandchildren were taught by
!i*n to call him ••Venerables.” And |
to this day some of them still speak
of him by his self-invented name.
Now, there is another and younger
family who never knew “Venera
bles," but who are taught.to know
his books through the pictures iu
them, as soon as they can be taught
anything, and whose baby hands lay
bright tlowers upon the stone in
Westminster Abbey every 9th of \
June and every Christmas eve. i
For, in remembrance tor ms love
for all that is gay in color, none but
the brightest flowers—and also some 1
of the gorgeous American leaves, i
sent by a friend for the purpose—
are laid upon the stone, making that
one spot, in the midst of the vast
and solmcn building, bright and
beautiful.
In a letter to ■•Horn." before his
departure for Australia, Charles j
Dickons writes: “I hope you will
be always able to say in after life
that you had a kind father,” and to
this hope each one of his children
can answer with a loving, greatful
heart. Amen.
Bile nyes red pup.
The Remarkable Animal Forwarded to
Him From California.
San Francisco Wasp.
Hon. Bill Nye, Hudson, Wis., (in
the outskirts of Chicago)—Dear
Nye: Your requisition for a red
dog with large ears and a small ap
petite was handed me by a servant
in gray livery and a yellow bag
slung over his shoulder. I was
grieved to learn that prosperity had
led you into such a riotous style of
living, but trust that the general
howl for reform that reverberates
over this broad dependency of the
Canadas just prior to every e'cetion
will not be wasted on you.
As for the dog, I herewith forward,
postage paid, <>ne incarnadine pup,
of the masculine gender, with wab
bly legs, ample auricular attach
ments, a broad-gauge voice and a
tendency to outgrow the follies of
his youth. Owing to the enforce
ment of the Interstate Commerce
law I prevailed on him, as a matter
o! economy, to leave the major por
tion of his tail behind until rates
are lower. A sort of curtailment of
expenses, I might say. If you feel
that this"wi 11 cause any painful vac
uum in your life I will try and send
on the balance of the dog. The ab
sence of bis rudder may cause some
inconvenience at first. I noticed
before his departure that he could
not steer himself accurately, for
when I would sic him at a large saw
back hog that comes to look at my
garden occasionally, he would make
a fierce charge and retrograde under
the house. I attribute this peculiar
phenomenon to an absence of tail;
but it may be presence of mind, as
this particular piece of pork is
somewhat aggressive.
The bald spots observable on his
cuticle are not hereditary, but grow
out of a canine condition known as
“mange;” and a mangy pup is some
thing that every humorist cannot
afford to rear. Accompanying the
animal you will at once discover a
full assortment of fleas, indigiuous
to the soil of California and the skin
of the dog. It is no use for you to
say that you did not order them, for
they go with the pup everywhere, in
fact are inseparable. The onl}' way
to break the combination is to soak
the dog in coal oil and inflame the
spirit of the oil with a match,.or
kill the dog.
In the matter of appetite he is
easily pleased—will cat ordinary
grub, but is inclined to diet himself
on fine boots, kid gloves, silk stock
ings and any clothing that may
come within his sphere of action. It
may bo necessary for you to go bare
footed until he outgrows this freak,
or you might avoid this alternative
by keeping such articles locked up
in a pup-proof safe.
Do not allow your proud and sen
sitive spirit to besweptwith a storm
of woe and blasphemy if you come
home and find a round, compact roll
of red dog. with muddy feet, in the
middle of your snow white conch,
for he can be oroken of this habit.
There are two remedies. Either give
your bed to the poor and sleep in
the hay-mow, or sever the bony sub- i
stance that connects the pup's head 1
with his body. The latter treatment
is probably the best. The animal is
a pointer. You will find by count
ing the angles and protuberances on
his frame that he is a purer poiuter
dog than can be discovered by a
a long and earnest search through- j
out your town. He will be found i
very much attached to home, that is [
if you take the precaution to connect
him with a dog chain and a house j
that has a firm foundation. As a
watch dog he is a success. I have ,
known him to stand with his nose
through the picket fence and watch j
a majolica-ware dog in a neighbor's
yard for four mortal hours and never
complain. At certain seasons ofthc
vear he will leave home for a few
da\ s; but do not be alarmed, for he j
will comeback agaiuwith a ruinous j
appetite, a heart broken look, and
try to square the matter with you
by bringing a few pieces of tin ware
attached to his rudimentary tail. I
hope you have a moon in that baili- j
wick, for the pup will be lonesome
without one, as he has been in the
habit of sitting out in my front yard
and hurling canine defiance at pale
Luna about thirty nights in each cal
endar month. This may disturb your
sleep some, but the dog won’t mind
the work, as he can recline in the ,
arms of Morpheus during the day
and dream of devouring burglars,
calfskin boots, etc. My neatest, j
neighbor strenuously objected to
this nocturne in Tar Flat, and as I
love the dog I hurriedly send him to
you. fearing he maybe carried to an
early grave by a rush of club to the
head. Your Compassionately,
Lem Lemons.
P. $.—I would prefer to keep the
rest of the dog, as it is very handy
as a corrective when applied to the
seat cf government of my youngest
hopeful. L. L.
Kerosene excels for softening and
clearing out the gummed and hard
ene 1 oil in the boxes of mowers,
reapers and other farm machinery.
ALL ABOUT EARS.
Points About Them With Which Eyery
One is Not Acquainted.
Haiti more Sun.
A writer in Harper’s Bazar says:
“A curious proposition has been
made by the chief of police of one ol
the large European cities, that pho
tographs of criminals should be
taken, not with the full face, as now,
but with the side face in view, using
tiie ear especially, other fcatuers
changing with the course of time—
a mouth falling, an eye sinking, a
nose projecting, 'a brow growing
prominent, a cheek either baggy or
hollow, a chin either pointed or
doubling—but an car always re
maining unchanged into old age,
and no two ears luringalike; so thafl
a thief would be known by his ear
as long as there was anything left of
him.
‘•This would seem to involve a
singular error on the part ot those
who follow such hasty advice. No
organ, any dose observer will de
clare, changes shape more than the
ear does. Even the piercing of the
lobe for car rings will often pull it
down and inflate it so as to work
complete transformation there; and
anybody who has a gouty acquaint
ance may see the change wrought in
the cars by the chalky lumps and
concretions under the skin that
never fail to show themselves there,
that sometimes attain the size of the
curious little notch seen in the up
per edge of many ears, and said by
those who have faith in the intrica
cies of evolution to be the remnant
of the ancestral car of the last apish
progenitor. (
“Few features of the human body
are more distinctly beautiful than
the ear, when it is a beautiful car;
that is to say, when it is rosy and
little, and so thin that the blood
glows behind it like a flame. No
sea shell with its myriad delicate
whorls, with its pink and white, with
its polish and brittle daintiness, is
half so lovely, for no sea shell, alter
all, is alive when we see it, or when
it has reached that stage ol beauty.
But the car in its perfection has the
white throat beneath it. the cluster-,
ing hair above it, the damask cheek
beside it, and is set off and height
ened in every line and tint by its
surroundings, and as often as not
lias the eye of the beholder fastened
to it on the point of a quivering
jewel glittering iu it. Yet, let the
ear he ever so small and curly—a
bit of transparency in the young
girl—hers will be a very exceptional
case, if, when she has attained the
age that makes caps advisable, sin?
is not glad of the cap to hide a large
Hat piece of cartilage mreithcr side
of head—not the least disagreeable
of the disagreeable things that have
come to her as warnings and eviden
ces of the end of all things. This
is not the "case with every person, of
course; enough people to prove the
rule retain a sulHcieut shape to t he
eai into old age: but by tar the
greater number of ears cease to -be
objects on which the eye ol another
cares to linger, and become objects
which make every contemporary put
up a hand to see if his own ears
have turned into flaps of elephantine
proportions. As life goes on, every
year uncurls and straightens out the
pretty whorls of most ears, and flat
tens, and flattens and seems to en
large, the upper and outer edge, per
haps not through growth, nor even
the daily wiping of the part, so
much as through the loss oi fat in
the tissues and the falling away of
neighboring round ness and plump
ness; the one rendering the cartilage j
smooth, the other making it seem '
larger than it is by comparison. In
either event, the ear of the criminal
of to-day will hardly be the same
ear to appearance ten years from to
day—will be a very different ear in '
twenty years. The cars of elderly
persons tell the sad tale to any who
care to scrutinize them in sufficient
number to generalize from wliat
is geen, and any one who chooses
may regretfully watch the process
as time passes, which transforms
one of the choicest features of pliys- i
ical charm into one of the ugliest.
Egg Biscuit.—Two cups of warm
milk, two eggs, two heaping table
spoonfuls of butter, hall a cake ot
compressed yeast dissolved in warm
water, one quart of sifted Hour, one
teaspoonl'ul of salt; mix with the
butter (melted, but not hot) the
vcast, salt and three cups of Hour
together over night, and set in a
covered bowl to rise. Early in the
morning add the beaten eggs and
the rest of the flour and set for a
second rising of an hour or longer.
When light roll into a sheet almost
an inch thick, cut i”to round cakes,
and lay in a floured baking pan. At
the end of half an hour bake in a
good oven. They are delicious, cold
or hot.
The natural gas belt appears to
extend westward indefinitely. A
great vein has been struck near Fort
Scott, Kansas, at a depth of 280 feet.
If the prairies be underlaid with gas
fuel the lack of timber will no longer
be deemed so great a drawback.
HANDCUFFS WORN BY JOHN
BROWN.
flarrisburg Telegraph.
Mr. John C. Comfort, of Harris
burg, has added to his large, inter
esting and valuable collection of
relics of the war of the rebellion sev
eral objects which, for historical and
financial value and interest, it would
be difficult to equal. These objects
are, first, the handcuffs which were
worn by John Brown, of Ossawato
mie, the hero of Harper’s Ferry,
when he was hanged in Charlestown,
Va., on December 2nd, 1859; and
second, two triaugular pigs of lead
which were buried by Brown near
the mouth of the cave which he
made his rendezvous and hiding
place, on the Maryland side of the
Potomac river opposite Harper’s
Ferry, and from which place lie made
his descent on the arsenal which re
sulted in the capture of the building
and his own overthrow, the slaugh
ter of his sous and Ills trial, condem
nation and execution. This lead
was found where it had lain for
nearly thirty years by a little girl,
Florence May Thomson, while dig
ging for daisy roots. Encountering
the metal while digging, she called
attention to her discovery: further
search was made, and three pigs of
lead, weighing 150 pounds, were un
cathed. Of these, two pigs have
been obtained by Mr. Comfort. It
is thought Ossawatomic obtained
the lead in the mines in Missouri;
that it was run in rude molds made
in the sand, and transported thence
to the cave, to be used in the opera
tion against Harper’s Ferry.
The handcuffs which Mr. Comfort
has added to his collection were ob
tained at the time of the execution
► Ossawatomie by a Virginian, who
bequeathed them to his daughter.
She had frequently been offered $500
for them, as is stated in the corres
pondence Mr, Comfort had about
them, but always refused to sell.
Finally she yielded, however, and
Mr. Comfort obtained the coveted
prize. They arc of iron, stoutly
and clumsily made, and covered with
rust. They are connected with a
swivel and two links, and locked
with a screw holt. As compared
with cuffs of the present day, they
are of the most primitive character,
i though doubtless as effective for the
purpose intended as the more mod
ern “bracelets.”
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DU. M'GLYNN IN WASHING
TON.
A Reporter of the “Critic" Describes His
Appearance and Quotes the Salient
Points of His Discourse.
Washingtion, I>. Critic.
There were several paradoxes at
the McGlynn iecturc in the Congre
gational church. A Catholic priest
accused of heterodoxy preaching
from an orthordox Protestant pulpit
the gospel of a new political crusade,
and a mixed audience, with no small
proportion of the gentler sex, greet
ing with tumultuous applause the
orator’s rounded periods of religious
zeal.
The church was well filled, not
withstanding the heavy rain, and
the Knights of Labor, for whose ben
efit the lecture was given, profited
largely and in several unexpected
ways; first, Father McGlynn lec
tured for nothing; second, General
Rosecrans, who was to have intro
duced the distingushed lecturer, was
seized with an attack of adminstra
tion or some other kind ol colic,and
scuta check for $50 instead ot com
ing; or perhaps he thought it
wouldn’t look well for the brother ot*
a Catholic liishop to introduce a
suspended Catholic priest.
Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn. who,
in the cross of the new crusade, en
deavors to place Henry George’s
scheme of land nationalization on a
religious foundation, shows little ot
the priest in his make up. He has
a powerful, athletic frame; a large
head, supported by a large neck; a
dominant, handsome masterful face;
the heavy, clear cut chin, firm
mouth, combative, aquiline nose;
wide, deep-set eyes, and a forehead
which looms up dome-like and mas
sive, its benevolent fulness in
marked contrast to the aggressive
face beneath. A winning smile plays
constantly across the fecturer’s face.
Ileenan, the pugilist, used to say:
‘ Look nut for the man who smiles
in the ring, for lu’ll be a rare light
er. and never know when he’s whip
ped.”
Father McGlynn was introduced
by ex-Scnator Van Wyck, and spoke
for two hours to a spellbound audi
ence. The underlying principleof the
land reform advocated by himself,
Henry George and their followers,
stated in a nutshell, is this:
The bounties of nature, more than
enough to satisfy the wants and de
sires of all mankind, are largely
monopolized by the holders of natu
ral sources of wealth, as in mines
and the holders of land in the cities.
By removing all taxes from produc
tion, distribution and exchange, and
substituting a single tax on the
rental value of land, gradually rais
ing such tax to the full rental value,
an enormous stimulas will be given
to production, an enormous fund will
pour into the public treasury to be
used for the common benefit of all,
and labor will receive its natural
wages, i. e., the full value of all it
produces. Hontestly, the cflicact’ of
this remedy has never been fairly
refuted.
It is impossible to give an extend
ed report of the lecture. Here are a
few of the gems:
“This is called the new crusade,
but it is as old as God.*’
“The object of this crusade is to
teach the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.”
“God is not a stepfather to hu
manity.”
“Man’s genius has never yet stolen
a march on the Creator.”
“It is our object to give a world
wide reverence to the trite rights of
property.”
It is for some substantial griev
ance that the masses arc grumbling
and cursing.”
“We are seeking to erect a light
ning rod to avert the storm of an
archy.”
“You can break any monopol}* in
wheat, lard, houses, horses or any
product of human labor by increas
ing the supply, but you cannot
break a monopoly in land, for you
cannot increase the supply. Try it;
shovel a mountain into the sea and
see how little you have accom
plished.”
“We would no more seize the land
and parcel it out than we would di
vide a Raphael or cut up a race
horse.” __ _
HINTS TO SWIMMERS.
Scientific American.
“When the bathing season ar
rives/’ remarked a natatorium pro
fessor the other day, “we’ll hear of
the usual maximum of drowning
cases, and among them, as usual, a
fair share of expert swimmers. The
chief reason why good swimmers are
so often drowned when they arc ac
cidentally thrown into the water is
because the shock causes them to
lose their presence of mind. The
loss of presence of mind leads to pa
ralysis of body, or to such wild ex
ertions as accelerate drowning, in
stead of contributing to preservation.
The ability to behave wisely in case
of sudden accidents can 011I3* be ac
quired l>3' experience, just as every
thing else has to be acquired. The
theory of the matter can be taught
in swimming schools, lint the prac
tice must be acquired bv experience.
Hence, in some of the European
swimming schools, says the Hebrew
Journal, the pupils are taken out
boat riding and purposely upset, as
though the upsetting were accident
al. They are also suddenly pushed
oberboard, and subjected to all man
1 ner of prepared accidents, so as to
I accustom them to acting in emergen
! eies. In this way they learn how to
behave in case of real accidents, and
are protected against the loss of
their presence of tnlnd on occasions
of danger on the water. They are
also taught to have faith in the sus
taining power of the water itself.
They get to know that the water
will sustain them if they will only
render it the least help.
A finger laid upon an oar, or the
gunwale of an overturned boat, or a
board, or almost any floating sub
stance. will sustain the human body
in calm water. Persons who have
been properly taught, and have ac
quired the habit of acting with self
possession in the water when they
are upset, do not attempt to climb
upon the overturned boat, but simply
take hold of it and quietly support
themselves. A boat half filled with
water, or completely overturned, will
support as many persons as can get
their hands upon the gunwale, if
they behave quietly. In a case of
accident, a person who understands
and acts in accordance with these
facts would stand abetter chance of
being saved, even if he were a poor
swimmer, than an ex|>ert swimmer
would stand who should lose his
presence of mind.
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THE RUNT.
_
American Agriculturist.
We believe that the best thing to
do is to kill the runt at once If a
pig or a iamb, its value can be but
little. The loss will hardly equal
the cost required to bring the ani
mal to a self supporting basis. In
the case of a calf, a louger period of
probation may be given: and ordi
narily the chances arc in favor of
bringing a colt through. Yet we are !
of opinion that such is the inclina-;
tion to keep rather than to sacrifice
the runt, that the best advice is, to
kill without delay,provided it is not
of choice breed and worth the cost
of extra care necessary to bring up
to a somewhat normal condition, but
this is not often profitable.
RIDING ON TURTLES.
New York Times.
At Smithfield. N. C.. monster
green turtles, weighing as much as
1,500 pounds each, frequent the
beach all the way down to FortCas
well, four miles below the town.
People eat their eggs, hut tlo noteat,
the turtles. Peach parties of young
folks go down there, gathering beau
! tiful shells, have dances on the hard
sand in the moonlight, roast oysters
and have fun with the turtles. When
a female turtle wishes to lay her
eggs she crawls up the sandy beach
to a place that suits her fancy, digs
with her flippers a big hole in the
sand, and then lays in the hole two
hundred or three hundred eggs. The
eggs arc not dumped in a pile, but
laid out smoothly and neatly in rows.
When she commences laying it makes
no odds to her how large a beach
party stands around superintending
the process. She attends strictly t<*
business, and even if the eggs are
taken from the hole as fast as she
S lays them, it does not at all disconr
| age or frighten her. When she get*
through she scrapes the sand back
into the hole, whether the eggs are
there or not, and starts back to tin*
water. That is the time for the
beach party to have fun with her.
As many of them as can mount her
big dome like back do so. and she
carries them down to the waters
edge, where they jump oil and sin*
goes on. She does not seem to mind
their weight or show any disposition
to resent their good-natured famil
iarity. Sometimes they turn her
over on her back, but after she has
helplessly pawed the air a little
while they right her again and she
waddles off.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN A MAN
UENSIS.
Washington Letter to Kansas City
Journal.
A Mr. Tainter lias taken up the
Edison phonograph at the point
where he left it, and developed it
from a toy to an article of commer
cial value, accomplishing what Edi
son himself lias long hoped to do.
The machine, as perlocted, has been
seen by a number of gentlemen in
tcresteil in such matters, and before
long it will be given to the public.
It is constructed on the same
principle as the phonograph, but
with different materials, and instead
of giving out a squeaking, metallic
sound, as when the sheet of tin foil
was used, it now produces a lull,
sonorous sound, which be distinctly
heard and understood in any part of
an ordinary-sized room. The eon
versation which a person may ad
dress to the graphophone is recorded
upon tliin sheets of wax in the shape
of n tube placed upon a cylinder.
One of these little tubes will hold
1,000 won Is.
A merchant, for instance, wnonus
forty letters to answer, enn sit before
one* of these machines, turn the
crank ami talk his answers directly
into the machine, which records
them upon the wax tube in the same
manner as in the old phonograph.
Afterward, one of these little tubes
can be slipped off the cylinder and
sent by mail to any part of the conn
try. When received, it will only be
necessary to put the wax tub - ini«»
a similar machine and it will repro
duce the words of the original
speaker us often as may be wished.
'l ubes, or envelopes, in which t<*
inclose these wax tubes, have been
invented and accepted by the post
oflice department for transmission
through the mails. The thin wax
tubes for use in the grapliophotic
will be on sale at all stationery
stores at about, the same rate as let
ter paper. As soon as tlii ■ machine
comes into general use it will make
every one his own amanuensis, do
ing away with the necessitv of a
private secretary, a stenographer, a
type writer. And it will be a pre
ventive of forgery, since it rep to
duces the exact voice of the *|»eaKcr,
so that those who are familiar with
it will recognize it at once.
HOW TO AVOID PREMA'ITRE
OLD AGE
The following goo 1 advice is given
by Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson:
When old age lias really com
inenced, its march toward final <fl
ea, v is b**st delayed by attention to
those rules of conservation by which
life is sustained with the least fric
tion and the least waste.
The prime rules for this purpose
are:
To subsist on light hut nutritions
| diet, with milk as the standard food,
but varied according to season.
To take food in moderate qnan
tity, four times in the day, including
a light meal before going to bed.
To clothe warmly hut lightly, ho
that the body may, in all season',
maintain an equal temperature.
To keep the bod}’ in fair exercise
and the mind active and cheerful.
To maintain an interest in wInt
is going on in the world, and to take
part in reasonable labors and pb h
ures, as though old age were not
present.
To take plenty of sleep during
sleeping hours, to spend nine hours in
bed at least, and to takecare during
cold weather that the temperature of
the bed-room is maintained at f>0 do*
grees fahrenbeit.