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great, or too prolonged, they need occasion no special anxiety. A dose of castor 

 oil, to which a few drops of laudanum has been added, is usually sufificient to clean 

 out the irritation " debris,"' and in a day or two the natural equilibrium is restored. 

 It there is much griping and pain with the movements, and these become too 

 numerous to be comfortable, the dose of oil should be followed by curtailing 

 activity — by quiet and repose — by a diet of meat broths, containing rice, barley or 

 sago ; by rice and milk, milk toast, etc. — Medical Classics . 



Fruits as Medicine. — Fiuit is more than a luxury, it is a necessity, in some 

 cases. We cannot give too much emphasis to this. I am almost a crank on this 

 subject. For several years I have had fruit, in some shape, constantly on the 

 table. A few years ago I was thought to be subject to a hereditary diseise which 

 seemed sometimes to almost deprive me of my senses, and at times could not do 

 mental work on account of severe headache. It was suggested to me that I adopt 

 a fruit diet, and I have eaten fruit every meal since, and the result is good. Since 

 putting this in practice neither myself nor family have been sick, and have paid 

 no doctor's bills. I am not a vegetarian, but am in the habit of eating meat. I 

 believe we should use plenty of fruit, as I am of the opinion that it is conducive 

 of good health. — Prof. Stockbridgc, Indiana Hort. Society. 



REASONS AND RULES FOR CURVED DRIVES. 



THE chief reason why drives and walks should be curved in all places which 

 make any pretence of natural* landscape, is because such drives increase 

 variety ; and variety here as elsewhere, " is the spice of life." There are three 

 leading reasons why a curved drive augments variety, i. It presents diffe ent 

 views from each part. 2. The drive is hidden from itself : one does not look 

 ahead over a straight and monotonous roadway. 3. The curves augment variety 

 because they force upon the rider a constant change of direction and position. 



I often meet persons who fail to recognize curved drives and walks as a part 

 of a natural arrangement. One can only reply that drives and walks are at best 

 almost entirely artificial, and the best we can do with them is to throw them 

 into natural-like and varied forms. We simply treat an artificial object in a na- 

 tural-like manner. Curves are universally present in nature. Rivers and creeks 

 and ravines follow graceful curves. Even when they appear at sight to be straight 

 a casual observation brings out flowing and varied lines of margin and direction. 

 Even cow-paths are not straight ; and I have often remarked to students that the 

 trails which they make across large lawns as short-cuts are always curved, and 

 these curves are many timies sufficiently pronounced to answer all the purposes of 



