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also considered one of the best remedies for 
dysentery. Beaten up slightly with or 
without sugar and swallowed, it tends by 
its emollient qualities to lessen the inflam¬ 
mation of the stomach and intestines, and 
by forming a transient coating on these or¬ 
gans to enable Nature to resume her health¬ 
ful sway over the diseased body. Two or 
at most three eggs per day would be all 
that is required in ordinary cases; and 
since the egg is not merely medicine, but 
food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise 
and the quieter the patient is kept, the 
more certain and rapid is the recovery. 
This is a curious world, and strange it is 
how few of us get out of it alive. 
The Newer Strawberries. 
As we have frequently stated in these 
colums the best time for setting strawberry 
plants, in our opinion, is the month of May. 
Good layer plants of the previous summer’s 
growth if set in spring and well cultivated 
during the ensuing summer, will bear a 
maximum crop the following June. The 
greatest objection to this plan is that there 
are so many things to be done in May that 
the season frequently passes before all that 
is intended and desired is accomplished. 
The fruiting season then comes on and 
while enjoying the luscious berries we are 
filled with regret that there has been no 
provision made for another year. The next 
