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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont film6s en commenpant par la premidre page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une tells empreinte. Un des symboies suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole — ► signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hoi c APRACTIC An Insi A CO] The J 12 > THB Household Guide Domestic Cyclopedia. A PRACTICAL FAMILY PHYSICIAN. HOME REMEDIES AND HOME TREATMENT ON ALL DISEASES. An Instructor 9n Nursing, Housekeeping and Home Adornments. BX B. G. JEFFERIS. M. D.. Ri. Ol, AND J. U NICHOLS. A. M. ALSO A COMPLETE COOK BOOK BY MM. J. L. NICHOLS. Manufactured and Published by The J. L NICHOLS COMPANY, LIMITED 292 WELLINOTGN WEST TORONTO. CANADA AaCNT* WANTCD ii; iiiii THB GOOD SAMARITAN. ^jalth and the simplest farg rf,i. z Accompanied •with ll • f ^*^°^ ^""^^ '^ese, A confcienceZTckt, "'T '''^^f^^' friend^ Totke Greats ^rcl^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Co thou th^^aZ i^:z :xr "'^^^^^' rtis VoW wm b« sent to ^^^T^^^^^ZZTTT on receipt of $1.50 ^*** ^ '»*^ — __________^GEIVITS WANTED. Department o/ Agriculture. ' '^^ ■^°°'' ^- Hbrth^ .t the The obji in econon cation of called a b This worl suffering and teen book itsel Medicine, There has the past f ( replaced 1 So It is es have a bo There a and there other harn will reliev and good give qnicl with his St ful physic care and c and carinj This bo( many bool of the ine guides for compound their use i they are n outthedir the famil remembei can be cur and safe h holdGuidi in sicknes PUBLISHER'S PREFACE. . The object.of this volume is, to instruct every housekeeper in economjr m household affairs and in the use and appli- cation of simple domestic remedies. Jt may be properlv called a book of Self Instruction in the art of home doctorine 1 his work has been especially written to benefit and bless' suffering humanity everywhere. The language is simple and technical terms ha,ve been carefully omitted, and the book Itself makes up a 63mplete scries of Home Lessons in Medicine, which can be read and understood by all classes There has been rapid progress in the sc.cnce ot medicine iii the past few years. Old methods and old receipts have been replaced by new remedies and new methods of application bo It IS especially necessary in these times of proo-ress to have a book which is up to date and abreast of the times. There are many plants on every farm, in every garden and there are many simple remedies in every home, and other harmless remedies, which can be easily secured, which will relieve pain and cure disease. Simple home remedies and good nursing in ordinary cases, will do more good and give quicker relief than the best practicing physician can with his strong drugs and periodical visits. The most skill- tul physician can benefit the patient but little without good care and careful nursing in the home. Consequently nursing and caring for the sick is a prominent feature in this worfc This book seems to fill a long-felt want. There have been many books published on medicine, and placed in the hands ot the inexperienced homekeepers, but they are not safe guides for anyone to follow, who is unskilled in the art of compounding medicine. Strong drugs are dangerous and their use in the Household Guide is largely discouraged, for they are not safe in the hands of the common people with- out the direction of a physician. In serious cases of sickness the family physician should always be summoned, but remember that mne-tenths of the ills that afflict mankind can be cured by careful nursing and the application of simple andsafe home remedies, and those who secure the House- hold Guide, will find it ever helpful in giving good counsel in sickness and a safe guide in health. J. L. NICHOLS. Home an Ho Wc Th( A Mo The Health. Sun Hes Pur Evil HoA Dee Evil Tim Hin Tea Cone Occ Wis( Lauj A C Chai Sleei Bicy Be ( As ] Why Cleai Bath Heal Prad Disease. . . How The ' How o o Pi TABLE OF CONTENTS. 22 26 27 BOOK I. Home and Home influences. Home Woman, Her Power, 'OualiVies .'.*."!.*." ! ot: The Angel of the Home 2^ A Successful Life ^1 Mother ['.'.'.'.'.'..'['. - The Art of Happy Living! Health. Sunshine and Health ^^ Healthy Homes •• f. Pure Air -^ Evils of Window Ventilation ." '.'.'.'. o^ How to Keep Well ,; Deep Breathing " :?o Evils of Over-eatin'^ ....'.'.'. ^ Time for Digestion 7? Hints for all Kinds of People. , 11 Tea and Coffee, Why Do We Drink It." ! " ." " * ' " i? Conditions of Health 'J^ Occupations ....,.'. ?? Wisdom and Beauty in Rest jn Laughter, A Great Tonic. ... ' 1^ A Cure for the Blues ^ e" Charity, Happin ess and Length of Days !!!!'.!! ! 52 Bicycle Exercise - 'l^ Be Good to Yourself....']'.* fl As I Grow Old l^ Why People Die Before Thei'r'Time! '.'.'. S Cleanlmess 5' Bathing '. .".'.'.'.V. ", ^ Health in Vegetables and' 'Fruits'. ,1 Practical Health Rules '".'.■..'.■.'.' 73 Disease S?M? "^^^ Contagious Diseases ..'.':.['.'. '. * * " " It Ihe Wonderful Revelation of the Microscope.! 76 How Microbes or Bacteria Attack the Body . 7° xii Table of Cotitents. How to Destroy Microbes, etc. Disinfectants --a. <-cc ^g Sanitation About'tlieHomc l^ Disease Germs in Drinlner ^^3 ' 124 Home Ren seases Colic Cran To ( Nil Slcer How Ncur Remi Head Horn A Su Pleui Astlii Lung How How Typhi Coug Reme Incon Grave Dysp( Jaund A Stc Const Rheui Nerve Erysii Vaccii Saving How How Frost How t How Swe: How t How t A Pal How to Mat Salves . Uses of Hot Brief Histor Table of Contents. ({]{ Home Remedies and Home Treatment for All Di- seases 125 Colic in Adults j^. Cramps and Cramp Colic, Colic ' in Chil'dren; '. ." 126 'It- ^'■^x "'P^ '" the Legs, How to Cure Night-Mare ^26 Sleeplessness, Home Remedies ....\ 127 How to Check Vomiting...,. . ^J^ Ncuralf^Ma '_ Remedies for Neuralgia ".' .' no Headache, Cause and Cure '. jij Home Treatment for Diarrhea. . . .' .' i\. A Sure Cure for Diarrhea ' '". t« Pleurisy ^^ Asthma \^A Lung Fever or Pneumonia.*.".'.'."'; '. j'L How to Ascertain the State of the Lungs."..""' vk How to Nurse Typhoid Fever * ' ^q Typhoid Fever, Malaria i4o Coughs and Colds {V, Remedy for Sore Throat WW 1T5 Incontinence of Urine, Diabetes il-. Gravel, Bright's Disease lig Dyspepsia, Egyptian Dyspepsia Cure." ."".".' iIq Jaundice, Bilious Attacks tct A Stomach's Plea WWW. 1=2 Constipation ^ Rheumatism !...."!."..","." jee Nervousness .*.*..'."....."."... ifl Erysipelas and Cancer, Eczema. ! ." ! jL Vaccination, Remedy for Small Pox, Heartburn is8 Saving the Eyes j^" How to Doctor Sore Eyes !.'!.'!!!.' 160 How to Cure the Grippe, Dysentery. . .' ! i6i Frost Bites and Injuries from Rusty Nai'-. ." 162 How to Cure Apoplexy, Bad Breaih and •> • nsy 16^ How to Cure Piles, Cholera Morbus, Night Sweats ^ g How to Cure the Itch igt How to Cure Dyspepsia and Weak'Lu'ngs. "..*.' 1 i66 A Palatable Laxative.. ,5; How to Make all Kinds of Ointments, Liniment's! and salves -vj Uses of Hot Water " tr? Brief History of Medicine .".'.'.'!.".'."!.* .' .* WWWWW, .' ." 176 I able of CoHUnts. Chineie Dsctors . Effect Alcohol and ^ Sick Room Hints. ^^ Helps for the Sick Room.. . Rnb^^'^ ^^^ Hammock for the Sick ^' Rules for Home Nursing. ^ 203 Feedmg the Sick \\\\ 204 Care and Feeding of Infants "^ A Well Cared-for Baby. ^'^ Feeding Infants.... 211 Infantile Convulsions! .' 213 Warnmg to Mothers . 213 How to Keep a Baby Well ^'6 BoMiTefdS^!*'-^ °■"''-■"••■■■^^■•■^^■;:::::: 1^^ The Perils of Teething. .' 225 Wow to Make Children HVVlth^' \r 226 Beautiful Wealthy. Vigorous and ^°"\e Treatment for' Diseases of rj,;i^ ^^7 An Ailing Child. . ^^^^^^ °^ Children 229 Little Mischief... "*" 230 Nervous Children... 231 Hiccough 23a Lard and Salt..'.".'. 232 Colic, Stomach and Bowel* Trouble ^^^ How to Treat Croup. . ^^"^ 234 Worms 235 f^^t^^ H-.h: :. ■ ; : : ; ; % Scarlet Fever 238 Home Treatment of 'Diphtheria ^^^ Measles and Chicken-pox ^ Whooping Cough . . 241 Mumps 242 Diarrhea, Summer ■Complaini."f««aii^; .';;;;; "^^ Table cf Contmt$. XV tT9 BOOK II. PIgtt re. Form and Beauty 345 Natural Beauty 346 Preserving the Figure 247 A Gymnasium Director's Advice 248 Cure for Round Shoulders 249 Beauty 250 To Acquire a Beautiful Form 252 Cosmetics and Cheerfulness 254 Physical Culture 254 Take Life as it Comes 256 Practical Hints on Complexion 256 Skin Troubles 257 How to Obtain and Preserve a Beautiful Com- plexion 259 Cures for Sunburn 260 How to Remove Freckles, Blackheads, etc 261 How to Remove Pimples and Wrinkles 262 Toilet Hints 263 How to Take Care of the Teeth 265 Cleaning the Teeth 266 How to Keep the Teeth White, Tooth Powder. 268 How to Take Care of the Hands, Chapped Hands '. '269^^ Warts, Moles 270 Cosmetics 271 How Ladies Should Dress 274 Hair Dressing 275 Styles of Wearing the Hair 276 Structure of the Hair 278 Falling Out of the Hair 279 How to Care for the Hair 280 Glossiness .... - 281 Dandruff 281 Hair Oil 281 Dyeing, Gray Hairs, Waving the Hair, Hair Brushes 282 Hair Tonics, Shampoos, etc 283 Hints on Shaving 286 How to Cure Corns, Chilblains, Ingrowing Nails .* 289 •How to Cure Bunions 290 Effects of Wearing Tight Shoes 291 Pointers About Footwear 392 xvi Table of Contents. Etiquette. Sc'a\»f,'i'/°'> Good Bel. avior. ictica] Rules. Ehquettein Speech.; ^tiquette of Dress nn^i u" V- Etiquetteonthettreef "^b'^^-'- Etiquetteof Calls.. Social Duties. '^^^^ Manners Politeness 'nvltatlons. • 293 . 296 • 299 • 300 301 302 303 305 309 Hovv to Amuse Children. . ruh ^^'"^s '"^nd Frolics ik Children's March ° Quotation Hunt. ;Pist,ngi,ished Gu'ests r Children's' Parities Cros PSP"Sb^t"<'CrpoWA„ er in swers. Down ...T:' '" "" ^nnking Glass Upside Guessing ' . 312 . 318 319 321 324 324 325 326 The Housekeeper. BOOK III. R.^°.'^^L^°"sewife.'.' 328 oZl^eTtoftl'''^.'^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ Good Rues for tif ^i''''''' •' ^^ The Serv-,nf n *^'^ Servant 332 Horn. "^ ^"'^^^"t Question 333 nome Adornments 334 Wall Decorations. 337 Rustic Flower Stand. 34? Sewing Box XZ •n.e H^T"''"^ ^'''^ "^'^'^^^ Objects '^ ■nie Hygiene Of the Bed Room ^'♦^ Airing SI Bed and Bedding 345 Vfr. ^ ^r^^^S Rooms 346 Home Made Mattresses.': 347 3^ The Dining I Kitchen Utei Househ Household H Soda ai Lamps Cleanin How tc Family Recei Scientif Removi Uses of How to How tc How to How to Furnitu Staining Hard V How to How to How to How to How to How tc Kalso How to Suggest pets . Practica To Pre\ To Poll Steel Cider \ Vinegar How to How to How to How to How to How to To Clea How to 2 Table of Contents. XVII • 293 ■ 296 • 299 . 300 301 302 303 305 309 The Dining Room 34^ Kitchen Utensils 351 Plousehold Measures and Weights 354 Household Hints i 356 Soda and Charcoal 357 Lamps and Their Care 358 Cleaning a Stove 359 How to Keep Stoves from Rusting 359 Family Receipts ; . 361 Scientific Method of Removing Stains 362 Removing Stains of all Kinds 363 Uses of Borax t How to Clean Brass, Silver, Copper 3^ How to Polish Nickel-plate 369 How to Remove Rust from Knives 369 How to Remove Stains from Furniture 370 Furniture Polish 371 Staining a Floor 372 Hard Wood Floors 372 How to Break a String 373 How to Make Permanent White Wash 374 How to Purify Sinks and Drains 374 How to Make a Perfect Hole in a Piece of Glass 374 How to Remove a Glass Stopper 375 How to Remove Fly Spots, How to Prepare Kalsomine 375 How to Clean Carpets, Matting, etc 376 Suggestion for Sweeping Day, Sponging Car- pets 377 Practical Rules for Builders 378 To Prevent Rust on Iron 379 To Polish Nickef-platc, Zinc, and Clean Rusty Steel 37^ Cider Vinegar 380 Vinegar for Piakles 380 How to Make Vinegar without Fruit 381 How to Raise Canaries 382 How to Keep Flowers Fresh 383 How to Enlarge Portraits and Pictures 384 How to Take Measures for Patterns 385 How to Measure for Suit of Clothes •. 386 To Clean Neckties, Laces and Ribbons 387 How to Dye all Kinds of Cloth 388 2 ''^'" '^<^(''^e of Contents How to Mix Paints ' How to Tan Hides with Hair On ^^ How to Make ail Kinds of Glue ^^ Cheap and Beautiful Ink ^^i Inks of all Kinds. . 392 Blacking, Oil and Dressing "for Boots f ^ Muclage for Home and Business &; f ^ How to Improve Leather. . . ^'' ^95 To Clean Statuary and Marble ^^ How to Remove Ink Stains ^^^ Reading the Paper ^^^ 398 BOOK IV. Complete Cook Book The Art of Cooking. ^^ Hints for the Cook... 4°° Hmts on Seasoning. 40i Ad°lt"5t^ot '"^ Kitchen:;:;:::;::::::::;; V, How to Pack Pork. . ""gue 409 Sausages 409 Roasted Turkey. 4io ^!^^^''^^^^^'^^---^----:::^^ How to Cook ail kindsofPoultr; 1" "ewe? ChTk ^"'•key. Duck °cSen i \\\\\"- J f btewed Chicken and Dumplings.... f,l HoT/o°5j|'SLe"ASr„^" '^'"-^ ^^^-^ "s Oysters, Soup, Patties, etc. . .'.' ^rj How to Make all Kinds of OmeYets "^ o New Egg Dishes ^"^eiets ^jg New Dishts of Rice ^20 Potatoes 421 Novel Vegetable Dishes". ■.■'.■. 425 New Ways for Cooking Corn." ^^ S3ad: ^tf '" ""'"'^ ^^ CatsupsVpickiVs: "'^ 429 Coffee, Prize ] Breakf How t How t How t Pies a How t How t How t How t How t How t How t How t How ti Bills Cold I How t In the Laun How t How ti The \\ How 1 Silk H How t How to Des Fleas Carpet Clothe Comm To Ke To Gel Book Remed Cure f( Trappi Destro How t Novel Mice Table of Contents. XIX ■ 390 • 391 • 392 • 393 • 394 ■ 395 • 396 • 397 397 • 398 Coffee, a Good Cup of Tea 433 Prize Bread Receipt 434 Breakfast Breads and Cakes 434 How to Make all Kinds of Cakes 437 How to Make all Kinds of Frostings 447 How to Make all Kinds of Cookies 450 Pies and Tarts 453 How to Make all Kinds of Puddings 455 How to Make all Kinds of Pudding Sauces 464 How to Make Frozen or Other Desserts 465 How to Can all Kinds of Fruit 467 How to Make Jellies 469 How to Make Jams 471 How to Make all Kinds of Preserves 472 How to Make Drinks for the Sick 474 How to Cook all Kinds of Relishes for the Sick 477 Bills of ''^are 483 Cold Dinners 485 How to Make Your Own Candies 486 BOOK V. In the Laundry 4gi How to Make Hard Soap 492 How to Polish Shirt Bosoms 492 The Washing of Flannels 493 How Table Linen Should be Laundered 494 Silk Handkercheifs, Silk Socks 495 How to Whiten Clothes 496 How to Destroy House Insects 497 Fleas 497 Carpet Bugs 498 Clothes Moths." 499 Common Moth 500 To Keep Furs from Moths 501 To Get Rid of Bed Bugs 502 Book Moths 503 Remedies for Destroying Mosquitoes and Flies. 504 Cure for Wasp Stings 504 Trapping Ants 505 Destroying Ants in House and Lawn 506 How to Get Rid of Rats 507 Novel but Sure Remedy for Extermination of Mice 508 ^^ Table of Contents. Yard and Garden. Worms on Rose Bushes -qq Flower-bods and Lawns, Flower Gardens.' !.';." ! cm Sweet Peas ^^^ Cabbage Worms \\ ^J° SrLce ^""^^^'^'■'■y ^"^ Currant Bushes ■.".■. 512 Poultry ^ nll'"""^ ru"'f ^^^KeepingPouUry .*.'.' .■.'.■;.■;; 513 Gapes . ° ': '^'"^"''^' L°^^ °^ F^^theVs; ^^ To Destroy Lice. . '. ^^| To Pickle Eggs.. S16 What to Feed *.*.".". ^^"^ Poultry Pointers 'V. .".*..'.!..'*.'.'." '.' ^^^ A Complete Medical Dictionary ^^^ 523 BOOK I. HOME AND HOME INFLUENCES. HEALTH AND HrvPPINESS. DISEASE AND DISEASE GERMS. DISINFECTANTS AND SANITATION. A THOUSAND HOME REMEDIES FOR DISEASES. MEDICINES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. MASSAGE. SICK ROOM HINTS. TREATMENT OF INFANTS AND CHIL- DREN. 21 22 Home. HOM E. 1. The Snblimest Moment in a Younj? Man's Life.— The subiimest moment in a young man's life is when he can take his newly-wed wife by the hand and lead her under his own roof and say to her, " This is our home." Married life, with the comfort of children, weaves threads of golden joy into the .ares and toil? of life. No pleasures, no enjoyment can excel the comforts and contentment of a happy home. 2. Home! What a HaUowftd Name. — How full of en- chantment and how dear to the heart ! Home is the magic Home. 23 circle within which the weary spirit finds refuge ; it is the sacred asylum to which ^he care-worn heart retreats to find rest from the toils and inquietudes of life. 3. What is Home?— Ask the lone wanderer as he plods his tedious way, bent with the weight of age, and white with the frost of years, ask him, what is home ? He will tell you, "it IS a green spot in memory ; an oasis in the desert ; a cen- ter about which the fondest recollections of his grief-op- pressed heart cling with all the tenacity of youth's first love. It was once a glorious, a happy reality, but now it rests only as an image of the mind." 4. Tender Associations.— Home ! that name touches ev- ery fiber of the soul, and strikes every chord of the human heart with its angelic fingers. Nothing but death can break the spell. What tender associations are linked with home ! What pleasing images and deep emotions it awakens ! It calls up the fondest memories of life and opens in our nature the purest, deepest, richest gush of consecrated thought and feeling. Next to religion, the deepest and most ineradicable sentiment in the human soul is that of home affections. Every heart vibrates to this theme. ^ 5. Stronger than Death.— Home has an influence which is stronger than death. It is a law to our hearts, and binds Hf ^* 1^ ^P^^^ which neither time nor change can break ; the darkest villainies which have disgraced humanity can- not neutralize it. Gray-haired and demon guilt will make his dismal cell the sacred urn of tears wept over the mem- ories of home, and these will soften and melt into tears of penitence even the heart of adamant. 6. Home of Mj Childhood I— What words fall upon th« ear with so much music in their cadence as those which re- call the scenes of innocent and happy childhood, now num- bered with the memories of the past f How fond recollec- tion aelights to dwell upon the events which marked our early pathway, when the unbroken home circle presented a scene of loveliness vainly sought but in the bosom of a happy family ! Intervening years have not dimmed tht vivid coloring with which memory has adorned those joy- ous hours of youthful innocence. ^^ 7. Peace at Home.— Peace at home, that is the boon. He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. Home shouM be made so truly home that the weary tempted heart could turn toward it anywhere on 5^ Tj u^ highway of life and receive light and strength; should be the sacred refuge of our lives, whether rich or poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may 24 Home. be forged on earth, but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth are of true metal and bear the stamp of heaven. 8. Husband and Wife.— There is nothing in the world which is so venerable as the character of parents; nothing so intimate and endearing as the relation of hus- band and wife; nothing so tender as that of children; nothing so lovely as those brothers and sisters. The little circle is made one by a singular union of the aflfections. The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitter ingredients, 'is that which gushes for him in the calm and shady recess of domestic life. CLIFF DWELLERS— THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF EARTH. 9. Pleasure. — Pleasure may heat the heart with arti- ficial excitement, ambition may delude it with golden dreams, war may eradicate its fine fibers and diminish its sensitiveness, but it is only domestic love that can render it truly happy! 10. Home. — Let thrones rot and empires wither. Home! Let the world die in earthquake struggles, and be buried amid procession of planets and dirge of spheres. Home! Let everlasting ages roll in irresistible sweep. Home! No sorrow, no crying, no tears, no death; but home! Sweet home! Beautiful home! Glorious home! Everlasting home! Home with each Dther! Home with angels! Home with God! Home, home! Through the rich grace of our Redeemer, may we all reach it, Woman. 26 WOMAN. The organization of tlie home depends, for the most part, upon woman She is the queen of domestic iSe Ihe management of the home necessarily depends upon ion h.J ,"^^^^^^'-' ^'' temper, her power of organiza- tion her busmess management is what brings comfort and happmess to the home. ^unuori Her Power.— it is generally in woman's power to Tre sunrZ^ V"' h°'^^' ^vhere comfort and happiness anrl3.n<= I'^ "''^" -"^^'"'^ "^'^'^'^ P^^ers are blunted and whose appetites are m control may be able to defeat S tr^u''''' ''?:'\- ^"^ y'^' ''^'^'^ there is any man! hood left, there will be something at least to recognize and encourage the work of the faithful housewife. Men are only apparently leaders. Close scrutiny will generally reveal a woman s power, a woman's encouragement a woman's love behind them. In her hands rest. !h "powe? to uplift man from moral degradation. "They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea. He ^wields a mighty sceptre. O'er lesser powers that be; But a. mightier power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled. And the hand that rocks the cradle A «« ^^ ^h*^ h^"^ tliat rules the world." Wuamies. — First among woman's qualities is the in- telligent use of her hands and fingers. The tidy, handy managing woman, at whose fingers' ends are wisdom and virtue, IS indispensable to the comfort of a household, u ' ,^S^^"' the successful housewife is a woman of method. Without method in the household, confusion, disorder, and discontent must hold sway. Method and punctuality in the home disperse many clouds of grum- blings and put to flight a host of little nuisances that tend to rnake the home unhappy. Punctuality in preparing breakfast and dinner and in everything that tends to add *° the comfort of the home is essential to the' happiness of the home. To these qualities add a becoming taste in little things that gives to the humblest home beauty and elegance, and a model home can be found even where poverty exists. The Angel of the Home.— She does not make any fuss about It, nor ask to have a reporter at her elbow. But her sunny heart of self-forgetting love will not let her it 26 Woman. hands be at rest while there is any bit of helpful service she can render. If she can, without observation, slip (he burnt roll or undercrust on her plate, it is done. If some one must stay at home when there is a day's outmg, she tells, with music in every tone, how glad she will be to be left quietly behind and have time all to herself to do ever so many things she has in mind. And none suspect from word or tone how great the sacrifice to give up the pleasure. Her quick eye detects the oversight or neglect on the part of another, and she quickly hastens to remedy the matter, careful that none shall know her hand has made up another's ilure. Is a harsh round of judgment started by some ill-advised criticism, she deftly and tenderly drops the gentlest, the sweetest possible word for the criticised one, and switches the conversation to other topics. Do we not all recognize this "angel"? We call her mother, wife, sister. In the glory-land they will call her saint. , , A Successful Life is nothing more nor less for man or for woman than living as well as we know how and doing the very best that we can. Success cannot be measured by fame, wealth or station. The life of the humblest woman in the land, if well lived, is as successful as is that of the woman, who, with greater oppo tunities, is enabled to make the results of her works reacn farther. Some of us must live for the few, as others again must live for the many. But both lives are successful. Each of us in this world influences some other being, and it is the quality of our influence, and not the number we influence, which makes our lives successful in the eyes of God. We may believe that we go to our graves un- known and unsung, but not one of us goes out from this world without leaving an impression, either for the good or the bad. And the kind of impression we make while we live, and leave when we die, is the difference between successful and unsuccessful living. MOTHER. To her care have been intrusted All the heroes of all lands; Still the fate of church and nation Holds she in her slender hands. Guiding willful feet and faltering On through childhood's happy years. On through youth with its temptations, Art of Happy Living. 27 With its hopes, Its doubt'?, its fears; Cuhivating all that's noble, Gently chiding all that's wrong, Till her children gather round her, Men and women, pure and strong. By the quiet ministrations. In the little realm of home, For the structure of the ages, She hath laid the corner-stone. THIS SWEET LITTLE WOMAN 0' MINE. She ain't any bit of a angel— This sweet little woman o' mine; She's jest a plain woman, An' purty much human — This sweet little woman o' mine. Fer what would I do with a angel When I looked fer the firelight's shine? When six little sinners Air wantin' their dinners? No! Give me this woman o' mine I Tve hearn lots o' women called "angels," An' lots o' 'em thought it wuz fine; But give 'em the feathers. An' me, in all weathers. This sweet little woman o' mine! I jest ain't got nuthin' ag'in em— These angels— they're good in their line; But they're sorter above me! Thank God that she'll love me— This dear little woman o' mine! THE ART OP HAPPY LIVING. Yes, and an art it is that deserves the attention and study of all. It includes the art of making the best of everything and should be cultivated and developed by parents and teachers, and perfected by intelligent self- culture. Happiness is not an indescribable something always beyond one's grasp, but is in the reach of all, if we but look for it in the common path of life, in the or- dinary routine of every day duty. Not in Wealth. — It is a serioiiS; but verv common error to assume that wealth brings happiness. While abundant 28 Ar/ of Happy living. means may be i ^ n»nieiit, these do not usuuiiy or neces- sarily add to the h jppiness of the possessor, but on the oilier hand, sometimes brinj^ care ami anxiety, which drive out the last rays of happy living. The humblest lot, althoiiph associated vvith toil, may become a little paradise on earth, when affiliated with it are a seeing eye, a feeling heart, a helping hand, an elevating purpose, and an intelli- gent effort at self-improvement. Without these essentials even wealth becomes a burden. Home AtmoHphcrc— Of all the minor arts and sciences none is more delightful in itself or richer in its compensations than the creation of the home atmosphere; and although the ability to make a home is a natural endowment of some fortunate beings, it is not the less a talent which may be cultivated, and which will continu- ally repay the time and care devoted to its acquirement, Houses and Homes.— There arc houses and there are f imes, and it must be a very indifferent or a very selfish woman who cannot evolve a home from the least promis- ing elements, and take pride in improving it to the ut- most. Gift of Arranarement.— The majority of women possess what Hawthorne calls "the gift of practical arrangement," which is, he continues, "a kind of natural magic that enables these favored ones to bring out the hidden ca- pabilities of things around them, and particularly to give a look of habitableness to any place which, for however brief a period, may happen to be their home." Under the skillful touch of these persons, unpromising or incon- gruous materials are brought into subjection, harmonious arrangement- replace stiff outlines, defects are concealed and good points emphasized, so that rooms which have been hard and forbidding assunic a genial and inviting aspect. These clever folks not only work their spells upon unlovely surroundings; they accompli h what is even more difificult by giving an air of domesticity and use to the most splendid apartments, effectually dispelling that soulless magnificence which is so depressing to warm- hearted every-day people. Order. — Order, indeed, must reign in every true home and there mns be some regulations for the general good which aie ^ • ly 'mt firmly enforced. Sometimes mists of discomPfiV -" .-;ha' ;. gusts of rebellion darken and disturb the .i;. ' t. :'.:se become fewer as the dear mother way is lecoj/. !z;;d to be a v.ays the best way. f, ' A s I. Power erful forces into being, i dinary chen A MORNING WALK. SunlightliiiKrHealth. erful^forces in ^auUflJ--,^""''^?* '^ ^^"^ ^^ ^^e most pow- fi 80 Sunlight and Healik. 2. Seclusion from Sunshine.— Seclusion from sunshine is one of the great misfortunes of our civihzed hfe. The same cause which malces the potato vines white and sickly when grown in dark cellars, operates to produce the pale, sickly girls that are reared in our parlors. Expose either to the rays of the sun, and they begin to show color, health and strength. 3. Philosophy of the Influence of Sunlight.— Recent discoveries seem to prove that there is conveyed to animals, by the direct action of the sun's rays, a subtle current of iron. It does not exist in light, or but very slightly, if at all, but it is a part of the sun's rays. Therefore, we must enjt.y these rays if we would feel their full effect. This iron it is which is supposed to give color to plants and animals, and to impart strength and beauty. With strength and beauty come health and good spirits, and despondency and fear are banished. 4. Sunlight and Plants.— It is well known that no valua- ble plant can grow well without being visited by the direct rays of the sun; no plant can bear seed, no fruit can ripen without it. Any vine grown in the dark is white and strengthless. Grass, grain and flowers do not thrive under the shadow of a tree. 5. Sunlight and Domestic Animals.- It is well known that no valuable domestic animals can thrive without being visited often by the sunshine. The fish of the Mammoth Cave are white; their eyes are not opened, because they have never felt the glorious light; they are weak and im- perfect, a kind of idiots, if fish are liable to that wretched- ness. Swine which are shut under the farmer's barns, and where everything is favorable except the lack of sunshine, do not thrive as well as those which have the ordinary run in the open air. Cows and horses stalled continuously in dark stables become feeble and unhealthy, and become use- less in less than half the time of those which run in the open air, or whose stalls permit them to enjoy the influence of the sunlight. The same is true of all other domestic animals. 6. Sunlight and Human Life.— Sir James Wylie says that "the cases of disease on the dark side of an extensive barrack at St. Petersburgh, have been uniformly, for many years, in the proportion of three to one to those on the side exposed to strong light." 7. Sunlight and Miners.— The lack of pure light and pure air in mines tells seriously upon the health of miners. "Fourcault affirms that where Hfe is prolonged to the aver- age term, the evil effects of the want of light are seen in the stunted It appei Chimay, partly a latter ar recruits years im bodiJv d( P. The permittei and brilli saw, whe that gree houses, < God send purpose ; color, to I insure lig 9 Sunli many in soporific i fore, it is i hours in tl shade. 10. Give shine quit enough, i flowers tha so beautifu streams th: the little < Deal it out be in the st an iceberg alleys stints n. Scro deprived ol you can; fo; fountain of i Sunlight and Health. gj g^e^K^S^S^^^^^ ^' ^^^^-n race. fatter are robust and renrW ^ "^^ '''" ^^^^^ laborers. The recruits to the anS^^^l'^^Sj^nf '' ^''^P^^^ """^^er of years impossible to find a nianl ""'"^^^ '^ '^ "' most vlr^^l"^^'^ fnven^''fer;;l- ^'^^ ^°^ ^^^ "ever saw ui]"^"^ -"--n/'wh/ did s^i sa; ifp ^ I ^^°"^^^^"1 saw wherever she went over mfr"f,f.^ > because she that green blinds were closely .hnt ^""^ sunshiny land. houses, excluding the sun's lip-h^ '^""^ ^^'^ comfortable God sends down for some blesfd'n7"'^ ^V"^y be sure purpose is to promote growth to Sv^.^^f " ^^^ blessed color, to gild wfth beauty^ to in 'iro^T T^^^^^' *« '^Part msure light hearts and cheerSFfLces^ ^^oy^^Us, anS to ^^^''^f^^^^'S^^^i'^l^^ people-andthey are Ws in the ^^^^l^TO^^^si^ }o. Give the Children SiinshhiP rt, i^ shme quite ks much as flowers SrH^f/^" i"^^^ sun- enough Several hours are TeauirpH ^f^^ ^"^ ^^^'^ '^ not flowers that ever studded a meSowr J^^ T'^ beautiful so beautiful without davs a^d d° vs ' t H.?' h?-^?^ ^^'^ streams through space " Lithf f^^\ i , *''^ S^^^^ ^"gbt that the little elves tTat f;iadden thi' 'i^^'^^."' Sunshine for Deal it out in geneTous^ fullness to ?h^'''^'f ^^T"^y ^^^^h- be m the sunshine. -Better nhntJi"'- ^et the nursery an iceberg than rear babi?s nnd r-hlu" *''^. ^^''^ ^'^^ oif alleys stinted of the ligh??hLt makes lifi''" m rooms and depViv5'of"/ig];Z^^^^^^^ become scrofulous if you can; for alf comes from the u'n Th^ ^" the sunshine fountam of light and life. * ^^^ ^"" '^ ^^e great ' 32 Healthy Homes, Wi'Iffr^^^^,^ HEALTHY HOMES. "Cleanliness is the elegance of the poor."— Enelish Proverb. * "Virtue never dwelt long with filth and nastiness."— Count Rumford. Health is wealth. Almost all the fevers, cholera, and other plagues result from poisoned air, coming from bad drams, uncleaned streets, and badly kept back yards House slops and remnants of the table, or decaying vege- tables should never be allowed to be thrown in the back yard Good drains, clean cellars, and general cleanliness about the house, arc the only safeguards of health Flire air and good ventilation are just as necessary in the house as about the house. Whenever a number of persons live together the atmosphere becomes poisoned unless means are provided for its constant change and renovation. The death rate is much greater in crowded tenement houses than in the well ventilated and regulated homes of the wealthier classes. Diphtheria, scarlet fever, and other dreaded contagious diseases are more prevalent and tatal in our large cities than in the country or smaller towns. Necessli body rece stomach, is the foo pure, fresl must havt . deprive oi health anc several we of drink fc him of air Impure open air pure air s of their tii evil effect; where dec crevices ai poisonous pure air as 8 Pure Atr. 88 IMPURE AIR MAKES THE GRAVEYARD BICH. PURE AIR. Necessity .-The prime necessity of life is pure air. The stom JS^'rif- '*• "^""shment from food tSken into the is the food W If. 'f ""^'^^ '° "^"' '^"^ J"^* ^^ important n.,r? / t? .^"^ ^^^ '""^^ ^° generously provided in the mu5 K r'H^". "'■°I!"^ "'• ^^ i"^i^t "P°" it that we must have food for the stomach, but how often do we heJlVh'.n JT^"^'? °^- *^^* ^^^'^h '^ J"^* «s important to health and happiness-pure air. A person may live fo'- several weeks without taking food. He may be deprived ot drink for some days without serious injury, but deprive IrnSir^Al'^* ^°^,^ few minutes and death will result. impure Air.— Those who spend much of the time in the open air are not subjected to the evil effects of im- pure air as are those who are required to spend most ot their time indoors. And yet, all may suffer from the evil effects of a poorly ventilated bedroom, or a cellar where decaying vegetables are sending forth through crevices and cracks into ever apartment of the house poisonous and disease-producing air. The sources of im- pure air aie diverse and manifold. 34 Ptirc Ur, Pure Air. 85 Our Dnty.-Our duty ]ics in removing everything from dwelling and yard that may give rise to or produce foul air, and on the other hand in providing for ventilation of every rocm, especially the bedroom. Jeglectiiigr Ventilation.-That dull feeling in the morn- ng, that headache, that restlessness at night is verv frequently the result of had ventilation or no ventilation at all No one should occupy a bedroom that does not permit the foul air to escape, and pure air to enter. Many of the diseases to which men are subject are contracted by breathing impure air. How to Ventilate. — Fresh air can be obtained onlv from without. Cold air will injure no one, but drafti of cold upon only a part of the body may occasion severe cold. In all attempts to ventilate, drafts should be avoided A room can frequently be ventilated without causing drafts by lowering a window at the top on one side of a room and raising another a littl° at the bottom on the opposite side. Ihere should be two openings, one for the pure air to come in at and another for the bad air to go out at Another Method.— A very simple method to ventilate and still avoid drafts is to take a board the length of the window casing and about three or four inches wide. Place this board under the lower sash, thus making an opening between the two sashes where they overlap. In this way the air will enter and be thrown toward the ceiling, and a draft will be avoided. Whatever the method adopted be sure that ventilation is not neglected. Ventilate your rooms well if you would prolong life. Night Air.— Some persons have great prejudice against night air. Although night air may be damp and at times not so healthful, yet if we wish to br-athe at all at night we must breathe night air, the only kind there is at night The dangers of night air are largely imaginative, and at the most are nothing to be compared to the dangers and evils of badly ventilated and over-heated ' rooms u J** *" * Bed-room. -The theory that plants kept in bedrooms are injurious is contradicted by t'le best authorities. It is found that taking the whole twenty-four hours through, they do not surcharge the air with car- bonic acid gas. Plants purify the air during the night as well as during the day. ~ Strongly scented plants may by the odors which they emit, be unpleasant to the senses of a nervous person, but aside from this, plants with the cheerful aspect which they give to a room, with the pleas- ant recreation which their care affords, and with their ^ 36 ] uyc Air tendency to remove inipurilies from the air, are a blessing rather than an injury. (juiiiitiiy of Air.— Every person above fourteen years of age requires about six hunurcd cubic feet of shut-up space to breathe in during tiic twenty-four hours. If he sleeps in a room of smaller dimensions, he will suffer more or less the serious results of poisoned air. Shut up a niuuse in a glasr bottle and it will gradually die, by re-breathing its own breath. About half the children born in some manufacturnig towns die before they are five years old, principally because they want pure air. Every sleep- ing room, winter and summer, should have an open win- dow during the night, and the room and the beddmg should be thoroughly aired every morning. Remember that pure air in and about the home will do more to pre- serve health than all medicines. Cold Air. — Don t be afraid to go out of doors because it is a little colder than usual. The cold air will not hurt you if you are properly protected, and take exercise enough to keep the circulation active. On the contrary, it will do you good. It will purify your blood, it will strengthen your lungs, it will improve your digestion, it will afford a healthy, natural stimulus to your torpid cir- culation, and strengtnen and energize your whole system. The injury which often results from going into a cold atmosphere is occasioned by a lack of protection to some part of the body, exposure to strong drafts, or from breathing through the mouth. Avoid these, and you are safe. Don't be afraid to sleep in a cold room at night with the window a little open. Cold air, if pure, will not hurt you at night any more than in the day, if you are pro- tected by sufficient clothing, and by breathing through the nostrils. If you do not breathe thus, acquire the habit as soon as possible. Colds and Fevers. — If you wish to be subject to colds, coughs, and fevers, shut yourself in close, hot rooms day and night. If you wish to be free from their companionship, always hav? plenty of pure air to breathe night and day, take daily outdoor exercise, regardless of the weather, except as to clothing protection. Providence Blamed.— It is frequently the case that chil- dren and infants suflfer from bad air and bad air often does its part toward diseasing an infant. The loss of children in this way is generally attributed to "a special dispensa- tion of Providence," and the mother does not stop to think that bad air, improper fond and management all had their part in bringing on the aisease and making it fatal. How to Kti-p Well. HOW TO KEEP WELL. 87 The greatest treasure of all-hcalth. The secfe" o"Low tr'"'' '''^ "°^ P^^ ^^'^ *he loss of it. Health IS a comparative term comi^itted are So?i mosf co J^onirb^rn'^t SnT""!!^. SrwhiIe'i°„"E„'H°"^f;'^"°"- ■[akeVood"ca"e"o"JoS;: WheiThealt h i.^^i '^"" " ^''"'' "-""o"' "f gold. n!!„i.> i.? .' "'°"=^ "" "°' "^uy i' back again. ill. His definition of Sh i? tu"!^"" " .P'^^anently maintam it in a hich ted to sustain man ni h^aMh, and enable him to be fully what he was intended to be, than animal food or a mixed diet This view may be contradicted, but experience has taught us that many persons would have better health if they were to subsist upon a vegetable diet rather than to partake so largely of flesh. ^ Life Prolonged. -Dr. Lambe, a noted English physi- cian says that life is prolonged in incurabte diseases about one-tenth by vegetable diet. He has observed no ill consequences from the relinquishment of animal food. The apprehended danger of the change is only a scare, the danger being all the other way. While many may not ■ agree with this opinion, a practical application will demon- strate Its worth to all who are sufficiently interested. Er- rors in diet are the great sources of disease. Amendment of diet is the great basis of recovery. Medicines may re- heve or suspend the majority of diseases, but medicines can never cure without the aid of regimen. Eating When Tired.— Some very severe attacks of in- digestion people bring on themselves by eating heartily when in an exhausted condition. A hearty meal stimu- lates the tired heart momentarily, and so tempts one to fill the stomach inordinately full. Often the hunger of de- Evi/s of Ovct'cating. 4g pleted nerves and brain is oonftisod with IimiKor for more than a nx^ierate amount of food. Self-control is at its ebb, anyhmv, when one is very tired. Hence, we need to cstabhsh ourselves in a clear idea on this matter, and have It ready for application on occasion. Best Uoforo Entliijr. A very short period of rest puts the system into much better condition for Rrapplintr with food. Take a glass of hot milk and sit down for five or ten mmutes no matter how tired and hungry Then bcRin to eat slowly, masticatinK thoroughly. In a little while the vigor of the stomach will return, and if one leaves off at a reasonable point, all will be well If very tired it IS better to make a very simple, light meal, and take some sleep before attempting to digest all the food required for building up the waste. Will Power.- It requires a good deal of will power to control the appetite at such times, when it seems almost a sort of duty to indulge in anything that relieves the sense of goneness If one has missed a meal and been long without food. It is even then risky to take suddenly all the food one can hold. The over-hungry stomach cannot do -is much as the stomach that is just fairly hungry t IS much better in such a case to take a little, give it time to be dissolved, and then take more. A good deal depends on the sort of work that has been done and the physical vigor of the individual. h"J'o««-'*» Hruln Work.- Where severe brain work has been done to bring one to the "tired-and-hungry" condition more care is required in eating, especially with a person of delicate organization. Prof. Draper used to emphasize he fact that any highly organized animal or man was liable to mjury by abuses which an animal or man of .coarser organization could suflfer with apparent impunity He instanced the well-known cases in which halfwitted or stupid men are known to indulge in practices that \youId promptly wreck a man of high nervous organiza- tion, and yet without seeming to suflfer. 44 Evils of Ovcr-eufinir. TIME RE ^^^ cHocCatetJ'au.:^ I^To "^^l^^^ or as essential to heaWi fhev n»n»t •"1"'"' '' '"""l effects of alcohol that is /h//,~ .f^" f •''= """"•<= ="' "?'^' '' ''°'>^"'' h"" -e. the best results ^ ^°"^^ ^''^ "°^ conducive to dyfp:ptL":,erv^S*sn^s'•s'"?^S^L"I T '"/"I " ^^ '- in discarding tea Se and =nt£? '"1 °-"'" ""==«« all has been .aid ;(„°^an A , "l ' ''' '"''««««• After ■> remains true-thafn^^ur^e^sll'^ 7u?e r.^is'tt 46 Conditions of Health. CONDITIONS OF HEALTH. The organs which are the great sources of health — the organs of purification and invigoration, are to a great extent, within our reach and control. These are the skin, the lungs and the stomach. We can keep the skin clean, warm, and active. We can breathe, plentifully, of pure air, night and day. We can live on simple, natural, health- ful food, enough and not too much. We can drink the purest water we can get. These are the chief necessaries of life, and conditions of health. Yalue of Health. — No man can enjoy life, or perform its duties worthily, without health; nor can a man give what he does not possess to his posterity. Health is above gold and rubies. Better give a child a good constitu- tion than all other wealth. Ignorance. — Great masses of people are ignorant of the laws and conditions of health. Multitudes are suffering from diseases that could easily be prevented. The reme- dy for ignorance is useful knowledge, the remedy for poverty is industry and economy, the remedy for disease is a knowledge of the laws of health. Economics of Health.— Think of the vast number of physicians, surgeons, medical men, chemists, hospitals and dispensaries, all living on disease — disease that in many cases occurs through the evil habits and vices of the people. Good, simple, natural habits of living give health and long life, so that many persons may pass through life from the cradle to the grave without sickness or pain, without doctors or drugs. All disease is un- natural and preventable. Wealth and Position are not necessary to a high degree of health and a low death rate. Health is in the reach of all if poisonous narcotics, spiritous drinks, heating condiments and spices, and other poisonous matter are barred out of the system and the great purifying organ of the body — the skin — is kept free, clean, and its pores open by frequent bathing. Health-Purity.— Purity of birth »s the source of health There have been many holy souls in very sickly bodies who are martyrs, killed by ignorance, or by generation: of unwise or wicked ancestors. Again, no one can main- tain or regain health without purity of thought, and conse- quent purity of life. To have a sound mind in a sound body, both must be pure and chaste. Chastity is a con- dition of health. Conditions of Health. 47 become, the more sickly and dSa^ed h/ sToundTo be' 1 he Creator never designed that any of the powers of the human constitution should suffer from use It ?, upon what might and what will vet be ^l tW o u^*"' OCCUPATIONS. It is generally acknowledged that occunatinn /.v-rfo ,« 3° tn"i 'f^-\-- bodUy hea?U.°' SomfSccupal ons tend to build up the system and to maintain for manv year* robust and enduring health, while oKersaSS their very nature unhealthful. Let us no?4 the »i ;Sr ' '"' ^'-