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below the shoulder-blades on each side, ceasing the pressure im- 

 mediately before turning the body on the side. After breathing 

 is restored, apply hot flannels, bottles of hot water, hot bricks, etc 

 to the pit of tlie stomach, armpits, thighs, and soles of the feet • rub 

 the limbs upward energetically with flannels or toweling. As soon 

 as the power of swallowing returns, give a teaspoonfiil of warm 

 water, then small quantities of other warm drinks or spirits. Do 

 not give up because signs of life do not at once appear. Persons 

 who have been under water for twenty minutes have often been 

 resuscitated by a vigorous application of these measures, and cases 

 are recorded where no signs of life appeared for three hours. 



To Keep from Drowning.— It is not necessary that a person 

 should know how to swim to bo able to keep the head above water. 

 Any persons who fall into the water may, when they come to the 

 surface, keep the head above water by the following" simple rule. 

 Keep tne feet in motion just as if you were going up stairs, and 

 keep the hands underwater. You cannot sink if you follow these 

 directions. If you throw your hands out of the water you will be 

 sure to sink. If where there are waves, when the wave comes 

 draw in your breath, shut your mouth, and keep up the treading 

 until it has passed over. 



The Use of Liquors. — Cider, used moderately in connection 

 with the ordinary meals, is a refreshing and beneficial beverage. 

 The same may also be said of the pure juice of the grape ; but the 

 use of whiske}', gin, brand}'^, and other intoxicating drinks, except 

 by the aged and feeble, are exceedingly pernicious to health. Many 

 a strong and vigorous man has been brought low by the use of ar- 

 dent spirits. Others have gone safely through life, boasting that the 

 Indulgence did not injure them ; but the physician sees the sins of 

 tne latner reproduC'Sd in the diseases of his children to the third 

 and fourth generation. We add our voice to that of those who 

 proclaim "there is death in the cup." 



Exercise, — We have spoken of exercise as being indispensable 

 to good health, for both men and women. No class of men get 

 more or better exercise than farmers ; and if they would attend 

 diligently to the other laws of health, they might be longer lived 

 and happier men. Many farmers are subject to dyspepsia, on ac- 

 count of the improper use of food and drinks. Many are struck 

 down with fevers and inflammatory comitlaints, caused by check- 

 ing the perspiration too suddenly when engaged in active exorcise. 

 But while farmers get plenty of exercise, farmers' wives and daugh- 

 ters are apt to get too little. It is true they get plenty of hard 

 work ; but active out-door exercise is as necessary for their health 

 as for that of their husbands and brothers. Constant conhnement 

 over the stove, the wash-tub, and the sewing basket, will rum the 

 constitution and the spirits of the strongest and best woman liv- 

 ing. We say to farmers' wives and daughters, get out of doors 



