Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1898 — SICK-ROOM DON’TS. [ARTICLE]

SICK-ROOM DON’TS.

Don’t appear anxious, great four anxiety. Don’t let stale flowers remain in a Jtck chamber. Don’t have the temperature es a rick-rocm over 70 degrees. Don’t jar the bed by leaning or slicing upon it. This la unpleasant tc one ill and nervous.

Don’t ask a convalescent if he would like this or that to drink, but prepan file delicacies and present them in t tempting way. Don't neglect during the day to rd lend to necessaries for the night, that the rest of the patient and the family may not be disturbed. Don’t be unmindful of yourself if you are in the responsible position of nurse. To do faithful work you must have proper so d and stated' hours ol rest Don’t throw coal upon the fire; place it in biown paper ba'p>. and lay them on the fire, thus avoiding the noise, which is shocking to the sick and sensitive.

Don’t light a sick-room at night by means of a jet of gas burning low; nothing impoverishes the air s oner. Use sperm candles, or tapers w ich burn in sperm oil. Don’t permit currents of air to blow upon the patient. An open fire-place Is an excellent means of ventilation The current may be tested by burning t piece of paper in front. Don’t give the patient a full glass ot water to drink from unless he is allowed all he desires. If he e*n drain the gl ass he will be satisfied: so regu» late the quantity before handing it to him. Don’t forget to have a few beans of coffee handy, for this serves as a deodoriser, if burnt on coals or paper Bite of charcoal placed around are use fill absorbing gases and other im purities. Don’t allow offensive matter-s to re main; in cases of emergency where these cannot be at once removed, wring a heavy cloth, for instance, like Turkish toweling, out of cold water, use it as a cover, placing over this ordinary paper. Such means prevent the escape if odor and infection. A Human Gopher in Georgia, When it comes to curiosities Merges City can lay claim to one of the meet curious freaks of humanity on record, a negro girl who at her mother’s death was given to Mrs. T. J. Tinsley. She is now about 25 years of age and measures about three feet in height On her back is a perfect representation of a gopher’s shell, while her hands and feet very much resemble a gopher’s paws. She Is very Intelligent, has a decided talent for musle and can do the work of an ordinary woman. She has nursed all the children in the family and they are very much attached to her.—Atlanta Oonf***'”«n