Rolled and cracked wheat. Bread, gems, biscuit, griddle cakes, crackers and mush from flour of the entire wheat, and graham flour. Granula. Bran gruel and jelly. Fruit puddings. Fruit pies. All fresh acid fruits, including tropical fruits, like bananas, oranges, lemons, etc. Dried figs. French prunes and prunellas, eaten raw. Stewed dried fruits, containing hydrocyanic acid, of which peaches, plums and prunes are the best. New Orleans molasses. Rhubarb. Onions. Celery. Tomatoes. Cabbage, _raw_. Corn. Squash. Cauliflower. Green peas. Spinach. Beets, etc. Liver. Oysters. Wild game. CONSTIPATING Hot bread. White bread. White crackers. Black pepper and spices. Pastry made of white flour and lard. Bread, rolls, dumplings, etc., made with baking powders. Cake. All custard puddings. Salted meats. Salted fish. Dried meats. Dried fish. Smoked meats. Poultry. Cheese. Chocolate. Cocoa. Boiled milk. Tea. Coffee. Coffee made from wheat, corn, barley, toast, etc. Beans (dried). Potatoes. Farina. Sago. Starch. Tapioca. Rice. Raspberries. Blackberries. Lean fresh meats, fresh fish, eggs, raw milk, oatmeal, barley, buckwheat, corn meal, and sweet potatoes have no marked action either way, unless in exceptional cases. APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT EXERCISE is next in importance to having proper food, in overcoming constipation. General and habitual exercise is essential to promote good circulation, a healthy nervous tone, complete respiration, and also power and elasticity of the muscles. The stomach, liver and indeed all the alimentary tract require also local exercise in order that a healthy standard may be gained and maintained. The worm-like or peristaltic action of the intestines is produced by the contraction of the muscular coat. It is by this action that the contents of the canal are carried forward. Is it not plain that if exercise can develop the muscles of the arm or leg it can give tone and power to _these_ muscles as well? Dr. Taylor, in “Health by Exercise,” says: “It is a curious and most interesting fact that children and young animals, whose desire for motion is inherent, are inclined chiefly to those exercises and those positions which necessarily affect the abdominal contents.