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For Woman's M ork. SO MUCH MAY BE DONE. There is much that may be done While the glittering life-sands run; If ye be but earnest minded, If ye go not weakly blinded By gay Fashion’s heartless folly. Or a selfish melancholy, By a momentary pleasure Or a love of ease and leisure ; Lured not by flitting beauty From the narrow path of duty. Much there is that may be done By an earnest minded one. There is much that may be done By a gentle, loving one - ! Her’s sweet mercy’s prayer to breathe ; Her’s the manly brow to wreathe In fadeless garlands from above, Gemmed with the dew of Heaven’s love ; To soothe the care-worn, troubled breast, To guard the weary pilgrim’s rest, To close the eyes of age and youth, To whisper of celestial truth" Much —ah, much I —may e’er be done By a gentle, loving one." STAINBACK WILSON, M. D., ATLANTA, GA. Note.—Questions pertaining to health and disease will be answered in this paper, when it can be done with propriety. When, from the nature of the case, or other rea sons, a private answer is desired, a full de scription should be sent. Address as above, writing my name in full, and enclose stamp. RICE AS FOOD AND MEDICINE. Rice is among the most nutritious of all the articles of common diet. Indeed, there are only two others containing more nutri ment—peas and beans; and these have only a fraction the advantage of rice. At the same time, rice is more digestible than peas and beans, requiring only one hour for its digestion, while pea-sand beans require over two hours. Ninety parts in one hundred of rice are nutritive, while oatmeal, peas, and beans, the only foods excelling in this respect, are respectively 93 and 92 percent, in nutritive elements. Beside; its value in nutritiveness and digestibility, rice is an excellent food on account of its heat-gener ating properties. Hence, though regarded as a very unsubstantial diet, it is really a very sustaining one, affording abundant and digestible elements for nourishment, and at the same time serving as Idel to keep up the heat of the body, which is no less necessary to lite than nourishment. It is said that one pound of rice will generate more heat thaiWfour pounds of roast beef. But while rice is not a very “cooling diet,” it is a good one even in fevers,on account of its nutritiveness and ready digestibility. One of the very best combinations of food in all cases of sickness is rice well cooked and taken with milk. The dry or “ Caro lina mode ” of cooking rice is even mere digestible than when cooked with milk. The following are the directions for this. Take a clean stew pan with a close-fit ting top. Then take a clean piece of white muslin large enough to cover over the top of the pan and to hang down nearly to; but not quite in contact with the bottom. Into the sack so formed put the rice, pour over it two cupfuls of water, and put cn the cover so as to hold up the muslin bag inside the vessel. Place the pan over a slow fire, and the steam generated by the water will cook the rice. When thus prepared the grains will stand apart whole as when put into the vessel, yet they will be soft and more digestible than the semi-fluid gummy con coction served up in the common mode of cooking rice. The steamers attached to most stoves will answer in place o f the muslin bag. The object of these contrivances is to prevent contact of the rice with the vessel, and thus avoid burning or scorching; but this can be done with care, without- any thing of the kind. The only objection to rice as a food isits insipidity or tastelessness but this can be obviated by suitable season ing with salt, or other ingredients. As a medicine in looseness of the bowels nothing is better than rice thus cooked; or if more nourishment is required it may be cooked with milk or put into the milk, hot, after cooking. Most cases of diarrhoea, when taken in the beginning can be cured by this simple prescription. Go to bed ; keep warm; drink but little fluids of any kind, and eat noth ing except rice cooked dry, or with milk. But, ifthere is fever with thirst, drinks either cold or warm may be taken in moderation. It is a grievous error that all drinks should be forbidden in diarrhoea. If fever is pres ent cold drinks are necessary both for the comfort and the restoration of the patient. This thing of withholding drinks in fevers of any kind is a barbarism which has hap pily passed away among all intelligent physicians and people. Men are in the best health when they are out of spir ts. GOOD LIVING AND THE BRAIN. It is a common opinion that good, or rather high living is the principal cause of dyspepsia ; but while the quantity and qual ity of our food and the manner of eating it doubtless has much to do with the behavior of our stomachs, the state of our brains has fully as much or more influence. Some of the most healthy people eat as much of any and all things as they desire without con sulting any dietetic rules ; and others who pay great attention to their diet are the victims of dyspepsia; but in most of these cases it will be found that these people take but little exercise and over-work their brains in reading, writing and the anxious pursuits of business. They sit down to a meal with minds absorbed and preoccupied to such an extent that they cannot tell five minutes after eating what they ate, or whether they have eaten at all; and then they rush off to their business or literary work, thus divesting from the stomach to the brain the energy which should be con centrated on the stomach for the perfom ance of its digestive functions. The brain being the source and fountain of all ner vous influence, the organ which controls all the functions of the body, it is not strange that people should be dyspeptic when the blood and nerve forces which should be concentrated to the stomach are divested to the brain. One of the most important rules for the avoidance and care of dyspepsia is, to eat with a quiet mind, and then to rest quietly for an hour or two alter eating. This simple rule with a reasonable re gard to the quantity and quality of food, will cure many cases of dyspepsia. It has been truly said that head-workers need more rest than hand-workers; and that three hours of hard brain work are more exhaustive to the nervous energies than a whole day of ordinary manual labor. Therefore above everything else, brain workers need sleep, sleep through the whole night, and a nap in the day, especially af ter dinner. This is in accordance with na ture as is manifested by the habits of the lower animals, which lie down and sleep after eating. SALT AS A MEDICINE. We are very apt to seek some far fetched cure for our bodily ailments, and to over look the simpler remedies, quite as effect ive it may be, which are to be found even in the humblest household. Common salt is one of the specifics for various diseases^-which many lose the bene fit of because they are not aware of its value. For sore or inflamed eyes, wash them in a weak solution of salt and warm water. This is also useful to remove the inflamma tion caused by extraneous substances in the eye. For sore throat and a hacking cough, take one salt-spoonful of salt, two teaspoon fuls of vinegar, to halt a goblet of cold water (iced- water preferable); sip this fre quently and reliel will be felt at once, this same preparation will remove nausea, and settle the weakest stomach. It is also beneficial in attacks of colic. Nothing is more useful in sickness than a small flannel bag filled with salt. For toothache, colic, or any disease requiring warm applications, it is invaluable, as it retains its heat a long time; and it is great ly to be preferred to hot, wet emollients, which soon get cold and uncomfortable. The bag and all can be put on a tin pan and warmed in the oven ; but it is better to rip a small hole in the bag, and empty the salt out into the pan to heat. After it is hot it can be put back with a large spoon, and the hole sewed up in a moment. We have recommended this to several of our friends while they were suffering severe pain, and we have had the satisfac tion of knowing that they experienced al most immediate relief from it. We knew it prescribed years ago for a case of severe colic. The effect was magical; and ever since the salt-bag has held an honored place in our domestic pharmacy. A mixture of ice and salt, in proportion of one to one-half, applied to the head fre quently gives instant relief from acute headache. It should be tied up in a small linen cloth, like a pad, and held as near as possible to the seal of the pam. A teaspoonfwl of salt, dissolved in water, and taken every hour or two, beginning six or eight hours before .a chill, will often prevent it, in intermittent, or what is known as “ chills and fever.” I once succeeded with this simple rem edy in an obstinate case, where quinine, arsenic, and all the ordinary means had failed. REGULAR BOWELS. J . Says a writer on health: “The health and well-being of all the organs of digestion and nutrition greatly depends upon t' e .daily evacuation of the bowels. Regular habits in this respect should be performed and carefully preserved. Never delay when nature prompts to this duty, for such delays tend to produce constipation. There is no rule of health more important than this, and its neglect is productive of the most serious consequences.” The best remedies for constipation are drinking cold water before breakfast, kneading the bowels, and a fruit diet with cracked vrtieat, oat meal, or Graham bread, avoiding bolted or fine flour bread. The only purgative known not requiring a constant increase of dose, is the recently introduced Cascara Sagrada. But all pur gatives should be let alone as far as possi ble. Proper diet, and regularity as above advised, will generally over-come the diffi culty. CURE FOR DANDRUFF. Mr. John L. Davis, in the Journal of Pharmacy, asserts (having fully tested it in his own case) that a preparation of one ounce of sulphur and one quart of water, repeatedly agitated during intervals of a few hours, and the head saturated every morning with the clear liquid, will, in a few weeks, remove every trace of dandruff from the scalp, and the hair will become soft arid glossy. He says: “I do not pre tend to explain the modus operandi of the treatment, for it is well known that sub limed sulphur is almost or wholly insoluble, and the liquid used was destitute of taste, color, or smell. The effect speaks for itself.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPOND ENTS. Mr. S. G. M.—Advertisements under French and Indian names, should be classed with the blood purifiers. Mrs. J. W.— The best remedy for cold feet is to dip them in cold water every morning, and then to rub well with a course towel, and jump around briskly. Mrs. N. G.—The best blood purifiers are pure air, out-door exercise, fruit diet, and frequent baths, followed by friction of the skin with hands or coarse towel. There is a vast deal of humbuggry about these blood purifiers.” Miss G. F. S.—“ Blackheads” are not worms, but little fat glands which are ob structed, and covered ;vith particles of dirt. The remedy is fruit diet, active friction with cold water and a coarse towel, fol lowed, if necessary, by a wash made by puttinga teaspoonful of spirits of hartshorn to a half pint of water and rubbing it on the affected parts. Mrs. P. A. R.—Desires treatment for “ torpid liver.” The liver is a much abused organ. It is a scape-goat for the ignor ance of doctors, who, whenever they are at a loss to say what is the trouble with the patient, tell him that his liver is torpid or in some way out of order. It is the great hobby-horse of quacks, on which they ride into fortune with their “ liver regulators,” “liver pills” and “liver pads.” It is the source of ceaseless anxiety to the people, who when they get sick from any cause, are ready to lay it all on the liver. Such ideas are doing great injury to health by encouraging the use of all kinds of purgatives to “ act on the liver.” In most of these cases the liver is not at fault, and the practice of constantly or frequent ly stimulating it by the use of purgatives, results in thetorper or inactivity for which the purgatives are taken. The liver thus goaded and stimulated is like a horse hab ituated to spurs,-until he gets so that he will hardly move at all unless the spurs are freely applied. Even admitting that the liver is sluggish in its action, purgatives should be rarely resorted to. The trouble can generally be removed by active exercise, friction over the region of the liver with the hands, a light fruit and vegetable diet, and espec ially apples, lemons, and other acid fruits. The juice of a lemon every morning is an excellent remedy, and so is the juice of raw tomatoes taken freely during the day by sucking the juice, without eating the skins. Drinking cold water one hour before break fast every morning is also a gotd remedy. Fasting twenty-four hours will often re move all trouble from the supposed disor der of the liver. It is said that in all the eight hundred letters oi Cicero it is impossible to find one in which he says a word about the dress of the ladies of his time. The girl with ugly skin must take a walk of two or three miles every day, wear shoes big enough fyg perfect comfort, and eschew fats and pastry. At the some time she must rub sulphur in a little glycerine-on the face at night, washing it off in warm 'water and a few drops of ammonia in the morning. WORTHY OF TRUST. You,have not to wade through a bog of detail in order to find some feature of en couragement and promise in the matter of Compound Oxygen, since at the outset you can fiXjyour minds on relief, with a reason able hope that you will be gratified. There is basis enough for Faith in the evidence we have furnished so often in the past; that is, if you have taken the time to examine it. It is no hazard to say that you often ven ture on very serious business with less in its favor than we provide daily for Com pound Oxygen. We speak of providing ; understand us, we mean by that, we supply you with ex tracts from the letters of our patients. These make the testimonials you have read endorsing Compound Oxygdfi; and, if you recall the spirit of these, you will be prepared for the instances given below. Compound Oxygen would be neither better or worse, in candid estimation, than hundreds of other considerations, if it had not so much endorsement of weight and character; but, having this, it is entitled to attention. * We are pleased to add, it receives fair measure. It is needless to say these endorsements are genuine in every particular; that is plainly evident. Nevertheless, if your skeptical mood has the whip handle, for this time, you can certify to your hearts’ content by direct correspondence. Compound Oxygen is good I Good for the relief and cure of des perate diseases. Good to arouse hope and to promote convalescence. How good you can only tell, on the one hand, by personal experience of it; and, o> the other hand, you may judge by the experience of others. Here’s hope and encouragement. “Z have now used the Compound Oxyjen three weeks. lam very much impre-ed in every way, and believe tfiat by the ing of God, your valuable remedy ' wilTre store me fully. “Rev. E. E. Berry. “Mifflintowh, Pa., March 29, 1888.” “I am haypy to inform you that lam of ihe opinion that your Compound Oxygen saved my lite. “Mr. J. T. Bailey. “Little Rock, Ark., March 30, 1888.” “Both myself and family believe I owe present existence to your Treatment. “M. A. Cummings. “Manchester, Me., Feb. 22, 1888.” Rev. Charles W. Cushing, Rochester, adds to former testimonial: “The Treatment you sent my dauyhterfor chronic ulceration of the throat, a year ago, was very effectual. It was the first thing which seemed to do her much permanent good. « “Feb. 14, 1888.” “ I believe in the remedy and ean therefore recommend it. “Rev. H. T. Chreitzberg. “Chester, S. C.” “ For giving the system permanent vitality and the elimination of disease, I believe Compound Oxygen to be far in advance of all medicine or treatment. “H. H. Cook. “St. Paul, Minn., March 20, 1888.” “I commenced your Compound Oxygen Treatment the last of August, 1887, and was happily surprised at the end of one month to find I was almost entirely re lieved. “Mrs. C. K. Dagget. “Nashua, N. H., Feb. 11, 1888.” “ You have my heartfelt gratitude for the good your Compound Oxygen has done me. “Mrs. Frankie Edwards. “Weatherlord, Texas, April 1, 1888.” We publish a brochure of 200 pages, con taining the lull history of Compound Oxy gen, and a record of cures in many inter esting cases, it will be sent free of charge to any one addressing ’ Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, No. 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 331 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.j 58 Church St., Toronto, Canada.