The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-07-05
Hot weaiher- Beware or Excuses.

The delay of the hot weather renders eau
ton all The more necessary now that il has
come. Statistics SHOW that the largest mum.
Der Of deaths from imprudence happen $ when
a cod spell is suddenly succeeded by one Of
intense heat and the reason is that people,
feeling the change ~scu,ely, houghtlessly
risk their health in The effort 10 get cool. A
laborer becomes over-heaied, PUSHES TO a by
drant, drinks cold water 10 excess, and per.
ishes in a few hours. Another person seeks
relief in juleps, ~cobblers, and other mis.call-
ed 'cooling drinks" and the result is %increas.
ed excitement OF the brain, instead of dim,n-
lshed action there, often followed by sudden
death. A third is tempted by fresh fruit,
and either eats 10 much or eats that which is
not ripe; and he too pays for indiscrelion
with bis lie. A fourth, fifth and sixth vio-
late the laws OF health in some other way,
and are Frustrated BY illness, If not swept into
the grave. And SO il goes. 10 the end of the
chapter.
The virtue OF temperance, al this period of
The season., cannot be incf<eated too strongly.
We do not mean temperance in the use OF
distilled or malt liquors only, but temperance
in all things, but especially eating, drinking,
and work. A s%ufieit, when the lhermome-
Ter is al ninety, rs almost certain death. Even
a slight overlooking OF the stomach, or the
indulgence in some indigeslible article of
food, often leads to violent cramps, if not 10
cholera in lis worst form. But 10 eat 10 lille,
or 10 eschew either meats or fruits altogether,
as some. theorists do, is an error only less
dangerous. The safest way is 10 continue
the usual diet, whatever that has been, la
king care, however, TO indulge moderately,
that is with temperance. So also with drink
ing. Ifit is madness 10 imbibe spirituous IL
quors in the hope of being cooled, i, is folly
10 injure the digestive organs by excessive
indulgence in soda-water or ice-cream. Ma
lure invariably suffers when attempts are
made suddenly to cool a person who is heat
ed. Moderation in all things is indispensa.
BILE. To Jump into a river, 10 quafr copiously
oil ice-water, or 10 bring anything else that is
cold into sudden contact with The body, when
the latter is heated, is stirling with health and
life.
Excuses in work are a fertile source ofill-~
ness, and sometimes OF death, in suilry wealth
er. No man can perform as much labor OH
a hot day, or under a veriicle summer sun,
as he can in winter, or under cover. 1t is
not only ay.laborers who are in jeopardy.
Any unusual draft upon the nervous, or even
muscular system, is sure TO be iell at The seat
OF lie. A wise man will always economist
his strength in the summer. Whoever over
works himself in any way eyhausts the uer-
vous power, part Of which should have gone
TO assist the. digestion; and The consequence
is, that when he comes home, fatigued and
hungry, 10 eat a hearty meal, he is struck
down by bilious cholic, dysentary or cholera.
To throw of the garments, when healed, and
sill in a current of air, lisa common error; and
the seeds of many a consumption have been
planted, in this way, in healthy men. Be
temperate in your labors and in your pleas
ures, in sleeping and in waking, if you would
escape the diseases incident to hot weather,
and which are so often fatal.-Ledger.