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Show FRUIT INSTEAD OF DRUGS. Remedial Qualities May Be Preserve:, by Home Manufacture. The remedial properties of berries, all of which are of great value li different dif-ferent diseases, may bo preserved through tho homo manufacture of cordials, cor-dials, Bhrubs, vinegars, etc., and by drying, In which state they are to be steeped, strained, and the wator used as needed. Cherries, greengage plums, peaches and apricots sharo In this value with tho berries. Grafts aro second only to figs for use In disorders dis-orders which arlso from a torpid or congested stnto of tho Intestines. Health depends bo largely upon the regularity of tho functions of tho bowels that attention to them Is of the utmost Importance. An excellent flg preparation Is an effusion by su-op Ing ono ounce of senna In n pint of boiling water; select ono pound of plump, dried figs, nnd, hnving placed thorn In n layer In nn earthen dish, pour over them the woll-stcoped and strained senna tea. Placo this In a moderato oven and allow them to remain until tho fruit has entirely absorbed tho liquid. Put this In a closed Jar, and for use, ono fig eaten on retiring Is n doso for any ordinary or-dinary caso of constipation. Pineapple, Pine-apple, whllo of especial worth In somo diseases when taken with other food, should never bo eaten alone, ns, falling fall-ing anything else to work upon. Us acid attacks tho lining of tho stomach Itsolf. It Is claimed that It has an especial value In certain forms of dyspepsia and In diphtheria, as Its Juices will cut awny mucus that nothing noth-ing else can remove. All fruits, however, do not affect all persons alike. Ono should seek to know what Is suitable In his own case, and not cat fruits merely because be-cause somebody has told him It Is "good for him." Owing frequently to Idiosyncrasies, as well ns to cor-tain cor-tain physlcnl conditions, fruits aro often the worst things ono can eat Each person must bo "a law unto himself" in this matter. Tho Commoner. |