THE WI8CON SIN FARMER.



they retire, and then. again in the morning
and they will And their actual weight is a
least a pound less in the maning. Frequentd
there will be a loss of two or more pounds
and the average loss throughout the year wil
be more than one pound. That is, during tih
night there is a loss of a pound of mattei
which has gone off from their bodies, partly
from the lungs and partly through the pores
of theskin. Theescapet materialiscarbonic
acid and decayed animal Matter, or poison.
ous exhalations. This is diffused through the
air in part, and in part absorbed by the bed-
clothes. If a single ounce of wool or cotton
be burned in a room, it will so completely
saturate the air with smoke that one can
hardly breathe, though ther can only be one
ounce of foreign matter in the air. If an
ounce of cotton be burned every half hour
during the night, the air will be kept oontin-
ually saturated with smoke, unless there be
an open door or window for it to escape. Now
the sixteen ounces of smoke thus formed is
far less poisonous than the sixteen ounces ol
exhalations from the lungs and bodies of the
two persons who have lost a pound in weight
during the eighthours of sleeping; for, while
the dry smoke is mainly taken into the lungs,
the damp odors from the body are absorbed
both into the lungs and into the pores of the
whole body. Need more be said to show the
importance of having bedrooms well ventila-
ted, and of thoroughly airing the sheets,
coverlets and matresses in the morning, be-
fore packing them up in the form of a neatly
made bed ?"

          Don't Eat Woo Much.
  Next to imperfect ventilation, excessive
eating makes the most serious inroads upon
our health. Prof. Hitchcock thinks we eat too
much because we dine upon too great a va-
riety of dishes, and suggests as a remedy that
we should confine ourselves to one course.
Several eminent men, among whom I may
mention the distinguished Dr. James Johnson,
urge that every person should watch himself
while eating, and when he discovers that the
pleasures of the palate begin to lessen, at
that moment he should stop. An eminent
American writer, who declares the convic-
tion that, of the men, women and children in
the United States, ninety-nine in every hun-
dred eat to much, fears the evil will never be
corrected until we adopt an expedient em-
ployed by some of the great philosophers-
weighing our food
  I do not believe in any of these plans. But
I am confident that an expedient given in one
of my former contributions will meet every
want, namely, takiwg upon one's plate, before
one begins to eat, all that is to be eaten I
  No one with ordinary reason would eat too
much under this plan. Gourmands may sneer.
I have only to say that this rule has been



worth thousands to me. Its adoption in a
family of children would remove a once all
dilieulties in the management of children'.
diet. The dessert and the appetising faneina-
tions of a &eeond and third course are thus
avoided. While not one child in twenty, if
allowed to eat without restraint, will stop
when he has enough, nineteen children in
twenty will observe the rule suggested with-
out a struggle-Dio fiois, Nl. D.

          DOMEBTIC ECONOMY.

          Pickle for eeF-A Qumy
  DxAx Docron:-Ap your title signifies an
oversight of Domestic Economy, and especial-
ly in directions of health, I would simply call
your attention to the recipe for "Pickle for
Beef," on page 892 of the October No. of the
FiRnrB, and ask the cost and effect of four qts.
of saltpetre to one bbl. of beef, on those who
should be so inclined to follow it and eat of
the same? It is now war time, and would a
person be considered patriotic and loyal if
so extravagant in robbing Uncle Sam of so
valuable an ingredient in making gunpowder
to kill this monstrous rebellion ?
          Very respectfully yours,
                          A. M. fizyxouR.
 SAUL OvTi. Oct. 10, se8s
 ANSWER.-Your objections, friend Seymour,
 are well taken. As furnished to the printer,
 the recipe in question read "4 ounsca of salt-
 petre;" and how in the world he made it
 quarts is a mystery, unless he was laboring
 under the inpression that the recipe was go-
 ing south and might render important service
 in killing off the rebels. We were absent
 when the last " form" was made up and only
had an opportunity to glance at the proof, else
so gross an error could not have escaped our
notice. A fortunate thing that the mistake
was so palpable that no sane packer of beef
could be in doubt that it was a blunder.
We also agree with you that the traitors in
arms deserve all the saltpetre that we are
likely to give them. Saltpetre here, and brim-
stone hereafterI

BRsAD PUDDING.-Take one quart of sweet
milk, three ounces of light wheat bread, (salt
rising bead is hestP anal, the bread in the



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