720 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



be lightly loaded; so a weak stomach, suffering with 

 slow digestion, must have as light and easy work as 

 possible. 



Never employ water which is procured from a sus- 

 picious source, as a well in a barnyard or near a vault 

 or cesspool, or from a cistern not recently cleansed. 



The old supposition, that running water into which 

 impurities have been cast, purifies itself while running 

 twenty miles, is an error. Such water is never safe. 



Hardwood floors, covered, so far as necessary or 

 desirable, with loose rugs which can be daily removed 

 and shaken, are far more conducive to health than 

 carpets. 



A PAIN in the back seldom indicates disease of the 

 kidneys, as most j)eople suppose ; and it may be -con- 

 trolled by simple measures carefully and thoroughly 

 applied. 



Combustion is the best means of disposing of gar- 

 bage, and relieves the scavenger of an additional bur- 

 den, and the milkman of a temptation to economize. 



The feet cannot be kept warm unless the blood cir- 

 culates freely in the extremities; and that will not be 

 the case if the boots, shoes, or stockings are tight. 



Air is food for the lungs as bread is food for the 

 stomach. More millions of people die from want of 

 lung food than from a deficiency of other aliment. 



A TIRED stomach is a weak stomach. When the 

 stomach feels "faint and tired" at night, as many peo- 

 ple complain, what it wants is not food, but rest. 



Do not eat when tired. The idea that simply by the 

 taking of food the stomach or any other part of the 

 system will be strengthened, is a mistake. 



The royal road to health leads not by the way of big 

 pills or little pills, purgatives or patent medicines, but 

 by the homely road of correct habits. 



