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Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1898, Page 4

A POWERFUL Whew Taken, rt Destroys tho DaclllJ of Clioloia, 'Tyi»'.ioS<l Fever, Elc. Tha v;:rions substances that hnvo been omylcycd, so far, a3 tntoatinal antiseptics have iiut benn found capable of entirely disinfecting tho digestive tube. They aro citbor too poisonous to be given in sufficent nutmt-Uics to eturilizo tho contents of tho intestines, or when they nre soluble they uio absorbed in tho stomach or in the first poftion of the small intestine and do not iv consequenco reach tho lower part of tho bowel nt all. Finally insoluble untiseptiea have, a3 a usual thing, an inBignifkant microbicidal action, and in addition, on account of their very insolubility, they do mu6 become uniformly mixed with tho mutter contained in the intestines. A truly efficacious intestinal antiseptic has therefore Blill to bo found, According to iho New York Horald, and M. Hiller cf Bro.slau has been devoting his energies recently to this pursuit. Ho has finally eettled on tricresol, a complex chemical substance, which lias a most powurful microbicidi.l action, eineo a 6inalJ quantity of it will destroy in five. minutes' time tho bacilli of cholera, typhoid foyer and many other diseases. The antisftptio power cf tricresol is therefore fivo oe six times greater than that of carbolio acid, and, on tho other hand, it; is relatively but slightly poisonous. Tinas AI. Hillcr found that it ia quito feasible to givo it, without inconvenienco, in tho form of gelatinous sulesTho action of these oapsulcs has been tested by M. Koclsch of Neuscadt with 13 typhoid casc3that wero treated during the entire courso of tho diseaso by tho new remedy nlono to tho exclusion of everything eiso, oven baths, and therowas a total absence of complications nnd relapses. Six patients who were treated by this method from tho beginning of tho complaint — tfiat ia to say, from the third to tho seventh day— reached n convalescent stato in about tho eamo length of time for the wholo number of casos, a period that j only varied between 13 and 17 days. It is reported that in those cases tho favorable effect of tho tricresol was most evident. Tho point that must now bo settled ia whether these results nro constant or whether other observers will get equally favc-rablo results. Poison. * A sanitary officer of ono of our large cities calls tho average houso "a reservoir of poison." From tho fall closing to the spring opening of windows and doors tho chances of health aro 60 per cent lower than during tho freo and easy life of summer. "Ie is of vital importance," thi3 authority says, "that an upper opening bo kepfc in ovcry living room, kitchen and Bleeping room for the escape of the foul air emanating from lifo, kibor and decay. Rooms that are not provided with an upper register or window ventilator can be perfectly ventilated by lowering tho window a fraction of an inch. This imperceptible opening is a regufar lifo insurance. If this precaution is heeded all winter long day nnd nteht, thcro will bo a reduction in lung and throat diseases. In oonsumptivo cases this law should bo enforced." Gco-.l For the Hair. Quinino is not only strengthening to the constitution, but also to the hair, and ; 15 grains mixed with half a pint of rum applied to tho root 3is excellent. In cases whero tho hair is thinning tho following , . is a shuplo niul efficacious remedy: Mix equal quantities of olive oil and spirit of rodomary with a few drops of oil of nutmeg. Hub this into the roots of the hair every ni^ht. • I PROBLEMS OF THE CARD. I What to Do With tho Innocent but P«rI plexiug Social Fajteboard. ■ Just rememb r, ndvises a vory practical writer in the New York Commercial lAdvertiser, that your visiting card stands Ifor you. Thcroforo treat it with respect, land on general principles don't let it do ■anything that you yourself wouldn't do. Bppnotwrite"congratulations" or '"condoBenco" on your card and send or leave it ■anywhere If your card left formally does pot mean enough— it stands for you and ■ill you would hnvo said in a call had you Keen tho person for whom the card 13 ln■ended, remember — then write a civil note. I A great many married peoplo have ■ound out that it is thought to be polite to ■end their visiting cards to people whose wedding is announced, but many do not Vet know that theso cards mean the same ■hing as a call. Therefore Mrs. Brown ■oust put into its neat littlo card envelope ■ne of her cards and two of Mr. Brown's. Bb is not au fait for her to call upon Mr. ■ones, but It i 9 polito for Mr. Brown to Bill upon both Mr. and Mrs. Jones; hence Bq sends two cards. x Blf Mrs. B. goes in person to call upon Krs. J., and Mr. B. cannot go, then she Haves as sho is departing from Mrs. J.s Hvo of her husband's cards. ■ Only an intimate- friend in making a Hll should send up his name by word of Hfruth by servant. Servants mako bad Hpik of names that aro unfamiliar to Moreover, supposing you aro Mr. perhaps the hostess wishes to know you aro Smith the book agent or the society man whom she rather is thinking twite about her daugaif you make n call and the peoplo not at home, you should a card of Mrs. B. and a card of Miss if sho bo out in society, for every lady Jones family, including any lady may bo visiting them; also ono of B. for each ono of tho ladies and an Hta ono for Mr. Jones. But whero the Includes several grownup daughBK and an aunt or two and several sons multiplication tablo is only a mild to the arithmetical problem ensues. long and short of it is that even in best of society in this country the and daughter leave n cnrtl apiece, of tho husband and father's— one Indies and ono for tho man of the if Mrs. Jones has a visitor and the nra paying a party call in honor Hie guest they must each leave a card visitor and also one oi Mr. B.s for