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Show Use of Lemons. When persons are feverish and thirsty beyond what is natural, indicated in some cases by a metallic taste in the mouth, especially after drinking water, or by a whitish appearance ot tho greater part of the surface of tho tongue, ono of tho bct "coolers" is to take a lemon, cut off the top, sprinkle over it some loaf sugar, working it down into the lemon with a spoon, and then suck it slowly, squeezing the lemon, ind adding more sugar, as the acidity increases from being brought up from a lower point. Invalids with fevcrishoess may take two or three lemons a day in this manner, man-ner, with the most marked benelit, manifested by a sense of cooIdcss, comibrt and invigoration. A lemon or two thus taken at "teatime" is an entire en-tire substitute for the ordinary supper of summer, and would give maDy a man a comfortable night's sleep and aD appetite for breakfast, to which they are strangers, who will have their cup of tea, or supper of "relih" and "oako," and berries, and peaches and cream. ifai' Journal of Jlcaltlu It ii vs lately been shown that 14,-12-17 milus of railway aro now being worked in Great Britain, on which have been cspendt-d X500,U00,0O0 five times the amount of the annual value of ill the real property and two-thirds two-thirds of the national debt. The companies com-panies have in their direct employment more than 1U0 000 officers and servants. The value of the rolling stock is over 30,000,000, and the consumption of c al umi coke by railway engines between be-tween 12, QUO. Out) and 3.0U0.OO0 tons per ye ir. Io every minute of lime through the year above lour tom of coal are consuiut-d and twenty tons of water are flashed into steam. |