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Show j YOUR HEALTH I BY OR Ft. H. UISHOP. 4 lll SlMtlNf. I I r It. There will come balmy days boon when the pleasant weather will seem to sap all the strength from om muscles and that tired feeling we" call "spring fever' will lay hold on you. Our grandmothers at this time would always go to the shelf and bring down rhe spring tonic. Or they would send us out for some special spe-cial herbs which would bo brewed as a tonic. What -value these home remedies had lay In digging for them in Ion:,' tramps in the open air Fresh air and exercise Is the best tonic for "spring fevor." One of the best ways for the average aver-age city man to take this Mother N'ature tonic is by planting a garden. No matter how small the plot, it Will serve the purpose by taking you out inlo the open air und by giving you exercise through digging and hoeing and planting. Working regularly in the garden Will relieve that mental and physical - ondltlon that makes you feel only half alive that chronic grouchlnest. "sluggish llvor' and general run down condition in which winter often leaves the body. And if your garden is a good one you will ge; more strength and stamina stam-ina from radishes and onions than from all the saaSafraS tea you can drink There is a tonic, loo. in young Irish potatoes cooked with jackets on. Hoe-handle medicines will not . ureal! ure-al! diseases, but It fs boiler for preventing pre-venting and curing 'spring fever" than medicine out of a bottle. |