|)crm£Sttc ®ronomn. 
“FAT—FRYING AND BROILING.” 
Under the foregoing lieacl, in the Rur\i. 
New-Yorker of Feb. 4th, is an article 
which seems to call for an answer from some 
one. That fat is not food, is an assertion 
which will depend in a great measure on the 
aclcnowled definition of the word food, 
Webster defines food as“ what is fed upon; 
that which goes to support life by being re¬ 
ceived within aud assimilated by the organ¬ 
ism of an animal or plant; anything that 
sustains, nourishes and augments.” Now, 
the oileous and fatty substauces, so far from 
being dead matter, arc as necessary to the 
support of animal life as the lean, as we will 
endeavor to show. The stomach, “ scientific 
writers” tell us, is so far from being the prin¬ 
cipal agent employed in the digestion of food; 
that it renders very little assistance, the 
greater part of our food being digested else¬ 
where. There are two kinds of digestion 
suited to two kinds of food, serving different 
purposes, performed in different, places in 
our systems. Great as is the diversity of 
our articles of diet, the simplicity of the 
digestive apparatus disregards ail distinctions 
and classes them under one of two heads, 
food proper, or fuel. The stomach takes 
charge of the tissue making or nitrogenizcd 
food, which comprises all bodies containing 
or capable of affording albumen, while the 
heat-producing substances, Which are starch, 
sugar, fats and oils, are committed to the in¬ 
testines along with the tissue-making mate¬ 
rials, whose digestion was not completed in 
the stomach ; and bile, so far as digestion is 
concerned, serves to aid in the digestion of 
acid fats. 
“ Man shall not live by bread alone,” nor 
lean meat, nor fat, nor goose oil, nor tallow; 
but by a judicious combination in our arti¬ 
cles of diet, in which the t issue-making and 
heat-producing bodies arc supplied, accord¬ 
ing to the wants of the system. The Esqui¬ 
maux, to be sure, eat lean muscle and tissue 
of blubber,.blit, living in so cold a climate 
he requires a larger heat-producing diet, and 
consequently eats “immense quantities” of 
pure fat. That an Esquimaux would starve 
to death on a diet sufficient in quantity, but 
deficient in quality, is a fact which has been 
proved beyond a doubt, and is no more true 
of an Esquimaux than of an American. 
Thus, if it were possible for us to exclude 
from our diet all tissue-making food, every 
texture ot our bodies would soon degenerate, 
and starvation would ensue; while, if the 
Esquimaux were entirely deprived of the 
heat producing substances, the solid textures 
of hia body would he oxydizod (or burned) 
for the maintainauce of warmth, and fatal 
emaciation would be the result. Starvation 
is actually dying from cold. 
That cod liver oil is ” strengthening and 
fattening ” is a fact which the doctors have 
not only proved, but is proved also by thou¬ 
sands of invalids. It lias become the one 
great remedy in all scrofulous and lung dis¬ 
eases. A correspondent of the New York 
Evening Post, Jan. 31st, writing from St. 
Johns, N. F., tolls us that the quantity of re¬ 
fined cod liver oil manufactured in New 
Found land is “ enormous, and is every year 
increasing;” that the custom returns for 
1870 gave the quantity of cod liver oil ex¬ 
ported at three hundred and thirty-three 
tons, valued at £(!.’> per ton. Strange that 
such a market should be opened for an arti¬ 
cle which, the writer assumed, was deficient 
in those very qualities which make it the 
gieat panacea for invalids with the aforesaid 
diseases. 
Again, that we do not often take fat, min¬ 
gled with other substances, is a great mis¬ 
take. Our diet, of which vegetables term 
the greater part, conduce more to the heat- 
producing process than meat, although the 
leanest meat produces oily matter; and the 
reason we do not make a meal of fat, (since 
the system assimilates only what it requires,) 
is because we receive from the different ar¬ 
ticles of our diet, all we require. A scrub¬ 
bing brush in a person’s stomach who eats 
only the lean, might be quite an appropriate 
place for it; but one in a person’s stomach 
who eats the necessary amount of fat, would 
be quite out of place, as the quantity of bile 
is lessened by increasing the amount of fat 
in our diet. Bile facilitates the absorption 
of oily matter, and so perfectly adjusted are 
demand and supply, that tvs this absorption 
becomes less desirable, the volume of the 
fluid is diminished,—a fact which, if any one 
has any idea of swallowing a scrubbing 
brush to help digestion, should be taken into 
consideration. 
Dr. Letheby, a scientific writer on the 
subject of food and digestion, tells us “ that 
the gridiron, so far from being a promoter of 
digestion, acts just to the contrary. Though 
flavors are developed which give meat a 
pleasant relish, cooked in this way, other 
qualities are developed, and certain acids, 
which are very distressing to sensitive and 
delicate stomachs.” Furthermore, “ that a 
\ cry cemmon mistake is made, in confound¬ 
ing nutritiousness with digestibility. Many 
substances which are very nutritious, require 
much time and effort for their digestion, and 
vice versa; and although it. is prudent for dys¬ 
peptics to take into consideration the solu¬ 
bility of their food, digestibility, (to those iu 
health,) is of little importance. 
Everybody has his or her hobby. I can 
imagine the horse and its rider, in this case, 
to be as lean as Pharaoh’s kine, and would 
suggest the gridiron, like other vehicles, will 
go better for being yrmmt. 
A Farmer’s Wife. 
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ODDS AND ENDS. 
Gold Slaw. 
Sajitiel L. Pratt, Mass., wishes to be 
informed how to make cold slaw. Take 
nice fresh cabbage—white is preferable,— 
wash, drain it and cut off the stalks. Shave 
the head into very fine shreds, with a cab¬ 
bage cutter, or sharp knife. Place it in a 
deep china or earthern dish, and prepare for 
it the following dressing: to half a pint of 
cider vinegar add a quarter of a pouud of 
butter, cut in five or six bits and rolled in 
flour; a small salt spoon of salt and the 
same of ground Cayenne pepper. Stir well 
together, and boil in a saucepan. Have 
ready the yolks of four eggs, well beaten. 
When t,he mixture conies to a boil, remove 
it. from the fire, and stir in the eggs. Pour 
this boiling hot over the cabbage, stir it 
thoroughly through with a spoon, and set 
it in ice, or snow, or Borne cool place to get 
thoroughly cold before being served at the 
table. 
Cabbage Salad 
is a wholesome dish, as raw cabbage is 
much sooner digested than the cooked. A 
dressing of vinegar, pepper, salt aud sweet 
cream may be used; shred it finely, as for 
slaw; some add mustard to the dressing, 
and dispense with cream. 
Has any one of our readers eaten of the 
cabbage that lies in the top of the cabbage 
tree? a species of palm. If so, what re¬ 
semblance does it bear, in taste, to the cab¬ 
bage more terrestrial in its liablta ? 
Dlaenrnnl Bolted. 
Soak and boil the macaroni in plenty of 
milk and water; throw in a little salt. Boil 
until tender, but. not until the form is lost. 
When soli, turn it into a baking-dish, pout- 
over the top the contents of a whisked egg, 
and bake until brown. This process makes 
it, a more attractive dish than when simply 
boiled. Macaroui with cream, sugar and 
cinnamon makes a very nice, sweet dish. It 
is considered a wholesome article of diet. 
Rice, 
For a side dish with roast meats, put a 
cup of rice into cold water, with a spoonful 
of salt; keep it covered while boiling, that 
the grains may swell; do not stir it so as to 
break the kernels. Add a cup of hot milk 
and a lump of butter just before serving. 
Mpinnch, 
A French physician has called spinach 
the “ broom of the stomach,” for it cleanses 
and purifies that organ. 
The Origin ol'Oyster F.ntiiur. 
The following legend will do for a story ; 
and a true one, as it is quite probable:—“ A 
man, walking one day, picked up one of 
these savory bivalves as it was in the act of 
gaping. Observing the extreme smoothness 
of the inside of the shell, he Insinuated his 
finger between them, that he might feel their 
shining surface, when, suddenly, they closed 
upon the exploring digit, with a sensation 
less pleasurable than lie anticipated. The 
prompt withdrawal of his finger was scarcely 
a more natural movement, than its transfer 
to his mouth;—the result was most fortu¬ 
nate. The owner of the finger tasted oyster 
juice for the first time, as the Chinaman in 
Elia’s essay, having burnt his finger, first 
tasted oracklin. The savor was delicious; 
lie had made a great discovery; so he picked 
up the oyster, forced open the shells, ban¬ 
queted upon the contents, and soon brought 
oyster eating into fashion. And, unlike 
most fashions, it has never gone, and is never 
likely to go, out." 
Blncli Walnut Polish. 
In the last volume of the Rural New- 
Yorker, page 111,, we gave an excellent 
recipe for making a polish for black walnut, 
furniture. The materials named are not 
always to be had in country drug stores, but 
a good substitute can be made of beeswax 
and spirits of turpentine. It, should not be 
too thick, hut, merely enough beeswax put 
in to fill up the pores of the wood and give 
it a smooth surface. This polish is used for 
waxing hard wood floors, as well as retouch¬ 
ing old furniture, especially that made of 
black walnut aud not highly finished with 
varnish. The solution of beeswax and tur¬ 
pentine should be applied with a cloth and 
rubbed down smooth. 
Mummer Clothing. 
All dresses and other wearing apparel, 
unsuited for winter use, should be smoothly 
folded and laid away, not left to hang on a 
peg or hook until next spring. 
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Domestic Inquiries —Will some of your renders 
tell me how to prepare glue for use ?—Kate. 
jRcrbfs anti -fttanuers. 
MINTWOOD’S CONVERSAZIONE. 
Silk Suits fov Spring Wear, Wrappers, etc. 
I have a handsome black silk, and also a 
green one, to make, aud would like so much 
to have the benefit of your excellent, taste. I 
want them for early spring wear. Please 
suggest something pretty for a morning 
wrapper, and how t/> make it—having refer¬ 
ence to a Georgia climate, and economy. I 
am seventeen, very fair with light hair.— 
Fleurette. 
In the way of silk suits, no new styles are 
yet developed. A very stylish black silk 
suit, at Stewart’s late exposition, was of 
walking length with a twelve inch wide 
flounce on the bottom, set on in double box 
plaits with plain spaces five or six inches 
between each cluster of plaits; the over 
skirt was cut with a closed front, raised at 
each side, giving it a rounded apron appear¬ 
ance; the hack part joining at the sides fell 
straight down in length reaching the top of 
the bottom flounce, turning a square corner 
and looped high in the back; the over skirt 
was bordered with a narrow flounce or frill, 
four or five inches wide, put on similarly to 
the bottom one; the waist, a basque cut with 
a postillion back a foot in depth, divided into 
two tabs; short on the hips and short tabs 
in front; small flowing sleeves; all bordered 
with a still narrower frill of silk; bow with¬ 
out ends at the back. 
Another very tasteful way to trim a black 
silk suit, is to put a straight ruffle three inch¬ 
es wide, gathered with a string or shirr, an 
inch from the upper edge, on the top and 
the bottom of the flounce; the tunic, basque, 
etc., to be edged with a ruffle simply. 
A green silk of medium shade was made 
with a deep flounce, cut in rather deep 
pointed scallops, faced with velvet a shade 
deeper in color: the top was finished in the 
same manner, with a side plait, laid iu each 
scallop ; the tunic, open in front, was turned 
back en revers, the turned down corners 
faced with velvet; the back of the tunic 
was slightly fulled to the sides of the front 
pieces, and sloped in depth until at the hack, 
the top of the bottom flounce was rather 
more tlwm reached; it. was bordered with a 
frill scalloped on the bottom, plaited at the 
top and headed with a narrow band of vel¬ 
vet ; waist a basque, small open sleeves; a 
band of velvet, with the iuuer edge cut in 
deep points, ran from the front tabs up the 
waist and around the neclCvest fashion. 
If your groen silk is of a dark shade, I 
should advise you to trim it with the same; 
if of a light or medium shade, velvet a shade 
darker would improve it as a trimming. 
Silk a shade darker or lighter might he sub¬ 
stituted for velvet. Lace is very much used 
for trimming, with a heading of gimp or 
plaiting of the goods. Of course, nothing 
can be more desirable, while its durability 
and general adaplcdnoss constitute its econo¬ 
my. Very little trimming, oftener none, is 
used about, the waist or shoulders. Sashes 
are quite obsolete. 
Our New York merchants say they sell 
your Georgian merchants about the same 
quality of goods that we wear here. Fashion¬ 
able modistes here, make wrappers for your 
stateswomen, of cashmere, light textured 
merinos, soft delaines, percales, cambrics, etc. 
For you, what, could be prettier than a deli¬ 
cate pearl, or ash gray cashmere, or wool de¬ 
laine, with a band of sea green or pale blue 
silk, or plaited ribbon, running entirely 
around it? The most stylish ones are ac¬ 
companied by round capes, trimmed to 
match. The gown itself, may he cut a loose 
Gabriella, or what is still better, made with 
a box plait at the back of the neck, one on 
each shoulder, with corresponding fullness 
in front, and falling loosely to the floor, un¬ 
less confined at the waist with a cord. Wo¬ 
men fond of, and with leisure for, needle¬ 
work, ornament their cashmere wrappers 
with a tracing of embroidery in silk. Violet 
is another fine color for yon. Percales and 
cambrics are made in loose Gabriellas, with 
or without a Spanish flounce. There has 
been a rumor that the open front, revealing 
an ornamented petticoat, is to be again 
revived. 
Spring Alpacas. 
Forty cents per yard. Fashionable shades, 
grays, red-browns and fawn. 
Buby Bauds. 
Flannel bandages for infants are made 
with a narrow width of silk elastic cloth, set 
in. Both ends of the band terminate in a 
long point, which are furnished with two 
tapes. These tapes pass through eyelets 
worked in the band near the elastic, and 
then tie, thus dispensing with pins, and 
guarding against discomfort by being able, 
to “ give.” They cost, ready made, one dol¬ 
lar and a-half each. 
Bitine the Lips. 
Girls have adopted the habit of biting 
their lips to a really alarming extent. The 
habit soon becomes so fixed as to be indulged 
in unconsciously. If persisted in, the beauty 
of the mouth is detracted from, and, with 
many beauty lovers, the mouth is as much 
in value as the eye. I don’t think it quite 
so disagreeable a habit as biting the nails or 
“ chewing gum;” but it is too vulgar to be 
indulged in. 
Japanese Milk. 
These silks promise to be very popular for 
spring and summer wear. The shop coun¬ 
ters are already bountifully supplied with 
them. They come mostly in very fine stripes, 
and cost $1.50 per yard. 
Sifting*. 
Kids have fallen in price twenty-five per 
cent. 
Emma L. R. Longfellow’s children have 
each the usual number of arms. 
Pocket h. 
Rose Geranium writes:—Perhaps some 
of your friends would like to know by what 
fashion T avail myself of an extra pocket. I 
make my dress skirts to fasten at the side, in 
imitation of a pocket hole. The pocket is 
simply a drilling bag, somewhat longer than 
wide, and as large or as small as desired, 
with a slit on the outside to admit the hand. 
This opening should ho neatly faced or 
hemmed, and made to button. Sow the 
straight top of the pocket to a strong belt, 
and you have a pocket for any dress that 
even a man might envy. Bv making an 
opening In the petticoats it can be worn 
very conveniently under the hoops." 
Your pocket system is certainly practi¬ 
cal and available. Why not add shoulder 
suspenders to the band ? 
Velvet Sncqncs. Etc. 
Would you please tell me how to cut and 
trim a black velvet saeque or basque and 
overskirt for church and visiting wear? Also 
how to make a velvet wrapping that will 
suit an elderly lady for continued wear, and 
how can I make a sun bonnet for myself 
that will “command respect ?” 
Velvet sacques are cut quite loose, with 
seams on the shoulder and under each arm ; 
coat or flowing sleeves. The most popular 
trimming is guipure lace, two or three inches 
wide, with a beading of passementerie, or 
gimp. Basques are tight fitting, with skirls 
long or short, open from the bottom seams 
to the waist, Or not. Some make very long- 
skirts, with fullness at the back, loop them 
at the sides and hack, and dispense with over¬ 
skirts, 1 think you would like a basque or 
saeque of medium length; an overskirt with 
closed apron front, back width long aud full, 
raised slightly at the sides, aud both trimmed 
alike. It other trimmings are preferred, 
pbulings of satin, or ruches of fringed silk 
may be substituted. 
For an elderly lady, a plain saeque, with 
close or partly open sleeves, la the best style 
for continued wear. Trim with guipure or 
black thread laCQ, and fasten across the front 
with “frogs.” Care should bo observed in 
securing a smooth and perfect, fit about the 
neck, shoulders and arm holes. There is as 
much difference between a well fitting saeque 
and a badly fitting one, as between beauty 
and ugliness. Velvet basques and sacques 
are trimmed quite around the bottom; but 1 
do not think it advisable to put much trim¬ 
ming upon velvet, and especially while it Is 
new. Your sun bonnet shall receive my re¬ 
spectful attention and sober consideration at 
an early-day. 
Repairing Blue Milk, Etc. 
Melissa. —White Swiss and organdy are 
most used for fancy overdresses. Cut your 
skirt of walking length; make overskirt of 
the same if you can; trim with pinked 
rutiles of plain blue n shade lighter ; or trim 
with plaitings or pullings of white tulle with 
pipings of blue satin. A square neck can 
lie simulated by putting on the trimming to 
define it. 
The skirt buttons you refer to are usually 
of button molds covered with the dress ma¬ 
terial, or its trimming, or with crocheted 
covers. They are so very little worn as not 
to deserve especial mention. 
Dress tov Elderly I.ndy. 
WfLL Mintwood please to tell how to 
make a double width, all wool black delaine, 
for an old lady fifty years of age, (but who 
looks young for that age,) of medium size. 
How shall I trim it ? 
Cut the waist a basque, with back tabs 
twelve or fourteen inches long, short on the 
hips and short tabs in front; coat, or small 
flowing sleeves; low pointed throat, to be 
worn with an embroidered or lace “ under- 
handkerchief;” long plain overskirt, with 
closed front; trim with black passementerie, 
(silk braid, or gimp.) An edge of guipure 
lace an inch and a half or two inches wide, 
added to the gimp would be still hand¬ 
somer ; underskirt plain. 
Bachelors’ Dens vs. Mingle Women’* Home*. 
Uncle Jacob, in “My Wife and I,” says: 
Some jackanapes or other I read once, 9aid 
every woman wanted a master, and was as 
forlorn without a husband as a masteries* 
dog, It's a great deal truer that every man 
wants a mother, men are more forlorn than 
masterless dogs, a great deal, when no wo¬ 
man cares for them. Look at the homes 
single women make for themselves; how 
neat, how cosy, how bright with the oil of 
gladness, and then look at. old bachelor dens! 
The fact is, women are horn comfort-makers, 
and can get along by themselves a great deal 
better than we can. 
jtngtcirir Information. 
THE NEW NARCOTIC-CHLORAL. 
Under the heading of "Dangers of the 
New Narcotic,” a contemporary thus speaks 
of the recently-introduced and fast becoming 
popular antestbctic. Hydrate of Chloral: 
There is dnngor that not. a little harm may re¬ 
sult, front the free use of t.lio new imrcotio, or 
aiUTHlhotic, clilonil. That it. has \aiunlile medic¬ 
inal properties unci is an admirable sedative, 
there min bo no doubt. Bill ii is ami of the most 
fascinating of narcotics, urn! the habitual use of 
It is said to lie* attended with more nnd greater 
evils I Jim i i almost any other drug of common 
consumption. It la understood. sn>* Iho Boston 
Advertiser, that the use of II. hub h'.-coitiQ alarm¬ 
ingly prevalent., and it may therefore be well to 
note a few of the consequences. Eminent phy¬ 
sicians say 1 hat it aggravates rheumatism and 
skin diseases, and causes Irritation of the mucous 
.surfaces of the nose arid throat. It. causes a 
diumess of sight, that Is most inconvenient, to 
say the least. 
A Chicago clergyman lately told Ills experience 
with ilut drug toliis physician. Korn few nights 
it whs taken for sleeplessness; its effects wero 
very pleasant.; I lien rupie ou ii peculiar dimness, 
or weakness of sight; he had to read with one 
eye at a time for a minute or two with enob. 
I r one eye was used longer than a minute, the 
words and letters ticca me blurred and Indistinct. 
The eyes became come sled, the lldaswolleii and 
partially paralysed. The tongue Imd a peculiar 
appearance a black streak, like Unit caused by 
Ink, extended the whole length of the tongue. In 
itseonlor. The physician whownds thlsaceount 
lo the Chicago Tribune, says that this peculiar 
appearance of the tongue Is diagnostic. He has 
observed Ii In those who have been addicted to 
chloral eating for only a few days. The habit la, 
moreover, exceedingly bard to break oU’, and at¬ 
tempts to da so have resulted In symptoms not 
unlike those of delirium tremens. flue onso is 
reporied, where a man who took an overdose, 
slept for twenty-four hours, and on awakening, 
found his arms and legs paralysed. Il is to bt- 
hoped that these fticd* wpl induce I fir. public 
generally to bo very cautious about I he new 
drug, and not to make use of It at all without 
the advice of a good physician. 
Another writer, evidently well informed, 
considers Iho new remedy valuable, yet con¬ 
cludes that, it should be administered only 
upon the advice of a physician. He says : 
A paragraph ingoing the rounds of the pnpers 
lo tlm eifeet Dial iho new sedative, hydrate of 
chloral, is likely to result mischievously, as "it 
Is said to form a compound with Uhe soda of the 
blood, thus diminishing Its coagulability." It is 
no new discovery Unit such a ccyupomul is 
formed, since the theory of Iho notion produced 
Is that the soda of the blood liberates chloroform 
from the hydrate of chloral, and insensibility Is 
thus attained. It. is possible that the continuous 
administration of the drug may, as assorted, 
produce decomposition of the blood and a di¬ 
minished coagulability, so that In case of a 
wound, or open blood vessel, (he hemorrhage 
would be very difficult tn arrest; tail, it is rather 
singular that precisely the opposite action hits 
been apprehended, and that Its use has not been 
deemed desirable in eases of pneumonia and 
pulmonary Jntlammation in consequence of iis 
supposed tendency to produce excessive eoofru 
lalion. In view of those oontllutlng opinion,, 
it seems probable Hint Its effects are various in 
different individuals. Thu hydrate of chloral 
was Brat, introduced as a hypnotic in July, I Ml',). 
Since then It has been thoroughly tried, and im¬ 
proved of very great Value Iu delirium tremens 
nervous sleeplessness, acute pains, insanity, con¬ 
vulsions, and the like. It produces a quirt, 
natural sleep, and is given In doses Vitryitig from 
six to ono hundred grains, nml sometimes c\. u 
In much turgor quantities. The tiic.t. that luii e 
doses can be token without Any immediate ill 
affect that is percept Iblo, lias led to Its general 
nnd Indiscriminate use by people who have no 
medical knowledge: tint ft is evident that It i a 
remedy which should not ha administered ex¬ 
cepting upon tfio prescription of a physician, it 
the article is impure, or improperly prepared, it 
is, undoubtedly, dangerous. 
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HYGIENIC) NOTES. 
A Sure Remedy for Drunkenness. 
The Austin Republican suys :— “ When¬ 
ever there is a desire to drink, bike an ordi¬ 
nary dram of very strong whisky straight 
into the mouth, (don’t, swallow one drop of 
it,) aud hold it, iu the mouth from one to 
three minutes, then spurt it out. This will 
appease all desire to drink for some hours; 
then repeat at intervals as the desire to 
drink returns, which will be less and less 
frequent, and in one week, more or less, it 
will entirely subside. Be assured this is so. 
Food Cure. 
It is very certain that quite a number ot 
ordinary ailments may be removed by the 
judicious employment of the contents of a 
well-furnished larder — and with this great 
advantage tliu cures are more permanent 
and less liable to return — accomplishing 
their object without any shock to the sys¬ 
tem, and without the danger of lulling the 
patient by mistaking the quantity, or quali¬ 
ty, or name of the dose. 
Remedy for Wart*. 
A correspondent of the Journal of Ag¬ 
riculture says the amputation of w’arts with 
a string is very good and safe, but the appli¬ 
cation of acids often proves injurious, es¬ 
pecially in careless or inexperienced hands. 
For this reason 1 have commonly used the 
more safe, but equally efficacious, remedy 
recommended by Blanc, viz: — crude sal 
ammoniac, two drachms; powdered savin 
leaves, one ounce; lard, one ounce. 
Remedy for I’olxon by Ivv. 
Allow me to say, from actual anil re¬ 
peated observation, that hot water— as hot as 
can be borne without blistering—is a sure 
and immediate remedy. How it would do 
for other persons I know not.—J. H. C., 
Delaware, 0. 
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Hygienic Inquiries.—A correspondent at Mem¬ 
phis, N. 7., asks what, is best for relaxing cords 
that am shrunk. Whether the cords of the body 
or hemp cords, or what cords are meant, we do 
not know.—J, W. wants to know the most re¬ 
liable cure for dumb ague, without the use of 
quinine. 
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