each day, it will seldom be troubled with this complaint
If the child is nursed regularly and held out at the same time of
each day, it will seldom be troubled with this complaint. Give plenty
of _water_. Regularity of habit is the remedy. If this method fails,
use a soap suppository. Make it by paring a piece of white castile
soap round. It should be made about the size of a lead pencil, pointed
at the end.

HOME MAKES THE MAN.–It is a common saying, ‘Manners make the
man;’ and there is a second, that ‘Mind makes the man;’ but truer than
either is a third, that ‘Home makes the man.’ For the home-training
includes not only manners and mind, but character. It is mainly in the
home that the heart is opened, the habits are formed, the intellect is
awakened, and character moulded for good or for evil.

THE RADICAL CURE. A small percentage of cures will follow the proper use
of a good truss, and the advertisements of the so-called rupture cures
are founded upon such cases. These impostors pretend that the use of
some vaunted salve, ointment, or styptic lotion, applied on the outside,
will heal and cure the deep-seated separation of the muscular fibres.
The truss in these cases is the curative means in the small number that
are relieved, and for it but few dollars should be charged instead of
the exorbitant prices demanded by these impostors.

indulged
This is an age of sensuality; unnatural passions cultivated and
indulged. Young people in the course of their engagement often sow
the seed of serious excesses. This habit of embracing, sitting on the
lover”s lap, leaning on his breast, long and uninterrupted periods of
secluded companionship, have become so common that it is amazing how
a young lady can safely arrive at the wedding day. While this conduct
may safely terminate with the wedding day, yet it cultivates the
tendency which often results in excessive indulgencies after the
honey-moon is over.

THE COLOR OF THE HAIR.–The color of the hair corresponds with that
of the skin–being dark or black, with a dark complexion, and red or
yellow with a fair skin. When a white skin is seen in conjunction
with black hair, as among the women of Syria and Barbary, the apparent
exception arises from protection from the sun”s rays, and opposite
colors are often found among people of one prevailing feature. Thus
red-haired Jews are not uncommon, though the nation in general have
dark complexion and hair.

that reason is sure again to become fashionable with women, after a due
reaction from the present slouching vagary
An erect posture is attractive from an esthetic point of view, and for
that reason is sure again to become fashionable with women, after a due
reaction from the present slouching vagary. It is also closely
associated with self-respect. We know that any physical expression of
an emotion tends reflexly to produce that emotion. Therefore, not only
does self-respect naturally tend to brace a man”s shoulders and
straighten his spine, but, conversely, the assumption of such a
braced-up attitude tends to ‘brace up’ the man”s mind also. Tramps and
other persons who have lost their self-respect almost invariably slouch,
while an erect carriage usually accompanies those feeling their
respectability. We jokingly refer to those whose self-respect verges on
conceit as ‘chesty,’ while we compliment one who is not so extreme by
saying, ‘He is no slouch.’

M. Robin is, however, right in recognizing the impossibility of
maintaining in the present day, as he formerly did, ‘That
fermentation is an exterior phenomenon, going on outside
cryptogamic cells, a phenomenon of contact. It is probably,’ he
adds, ‘an interior and molecular action at work in the innermost
recesses of the substance of each cell.’ From the day when we
first proved that it is possible for all organized ferments,
properly so called, to spring up and multiply from their
respective germs, sown, whether consciously or by accident, in a
mineral medium free from organic and nitrogenous matters other
than ammonia, in which medium the fermentable matter alone is
adapted to provide the ferment with whatever carbon enters into
its composition, from that time forward the theories of Liebig,
as well of Berzelius, which M. Robin formerly defended, have had
to give place to others more in harmony with facts. We trust that
the day will come when M. Robin will likewise acknowledge that he
has been in error on the subject of the doctrine of spontaneous
generation, which he continues to affirm, without adducing any
direct proofs in support of it, at the end of the article to
which we have been here replying.

in America to-day, the answer would of necessity be cycling
If one were asked what athletic exercise deserves to be the most popular
in America to-day, the answer would of necessity be cycling. The bicycle
is being used by people of all ages and conditions of health in daily
life; its hygienic value as a means to healthy exercise cannot be
overestimated. In this, as in everything else, immoderation is to be
condemned, particularly where persons have not had sufficient training
to take long ’spins,’ or attempt racing. Beginners should ride only 10
or 12 minutes at a time–resting then to permit the circulation to
become equalized. In all cyclists, at all ages, in veteran riders as
well as those not practiced in the art, there is, in the beginning of
each attempt, a quickened circulation; the pulse is full and bounding,
and rarely falls under a hundred pulsations per minute. So long as the
exercise is continued, an increase of cardiac motion is observable, and
a vigorous circulation is kept up. This accounts for the astounding
journeys a fully trained cyclist can accomplish, and also for his
endurance without sleep. In spite of the quickened motion of the heart,
rarely have riders been known to grow giddy or show symptoms of cardiac
embarrassment. A good rider may climb a hill without trouble, yet be
unable to climb a flight of stairs without breathlessness and
palpitation. Bicycle riding as a means for acquiring strength and vigor,
improving the circulation and developing the respiratory organs, is
unexcelled. Fast riding, or ’scorching,’ among those not used to
physical exertion, and leaning over the handle-bars so as to ride in a
stooping position, are to be heartily condemned. The latter prevents the
lungs from getting their full expansion, and cultivates a tendency to
round shoulders. Men or women suffering from diseases of the sexual
organs should, before riding, consult the physician having their case in
charge.

magnesium sulphate, soluble in water and bitter in taste
=Chloride of Barium= occurs crystallized in irregular plates, like
magnesium sulphate, soluble in water and bitter in taste. =Carbonate of
Barium= is found in shops as a fine powder, tasteless and colourless,
insoluble in water, but effervescing with dilute acids, and readily
decomposed by the free acids of the stomach. =Nitrate of Barium= occurs
in octahedral crystals, soluble in water.

is being spent through this degrading habit–a habit, be it observed,
of rapid growth, great strength, and difficult to break–he must
develop badly
It is obvious that if the most vital physical force of a boy”s life
is being spent through this degrading habit–a habit, be it observed,
of rapid growth, great strength, and difficult to break–he must
develop badly. In thousands of cases the result is seen in a low
stature, contracted chest, weak lungs, and liability to sore throat.
Tendency to cold, indigestion, depression, drowsiness, and idleness,
are results distinctly traceable to this deadly practice. Pallor
of countenance, nervous and rheumatic affections, loss of memory,
epilepsy, paralysis, and insanity find their principal predisposing
cause in the same shameful waste of life. The want of moral force and
strength of mind often observable in youths and young men is largely
induced by this destructive and deadly sin.