Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-02-09
Mistsllaneous.
The Philosophy Of Keeping Warm.

A thin shawl may be made warm by folding
q newspaper inside OF it. The paper is i'm.
pervious to the wind and cold cir from ont.
side, and prevents the rapid escape Of the
warm air beneath il. Every one knows that
the heat Of the body is carried of much more
rapidly in q high wind than in q calm. The
wind blows away the heat involved from the
body but in q perfectly still air the heat
remains aud constitutes on atmospheric en-.
velope so nearly Of the same temperature with
the body itself, that the latter is so quickly
robbed of its natural heat.
There are some very interesting facts about
the body in power to make and contain heat,
which are familiar to all, when told, but which
are seldom thought of in daily experience.
For example, the body will hold great deal
more heat than it gets from its own furnaces.
The stomach is furnace, and our food is the
fuel 1t keeps up uniform temperature in
the blood equal to about 9s degrees Of Fab
renheit's thermometer. If the stomach could
consume food fast enough to maintain that
heat the body could not be frozen by any
extreme Of cold. But in proportion to the
severity of cold to which the body is exposed
is the rapidity with which il loses. Some
substances taken into the stomach make O
hot blaze much sooner than others, as brandy.
To put brandy in the stomach is like
putting pitch under steam boiler. 1t soon
burns out, aud the greater heat injuIe the
furnace.
We say that the body will hold more heat
than it gets from its own furnaces. Heat is
measured by degrees. On going ou. Of a
warm room, the body will Immediately begin
to lose its heat. and it must part with cer-
tain number of degrees before it can begin to
feel cold. The direction has sometimes been
given-"Don't hug the stove, fyou are going
to set out on cold journey" But expert
ence says do hug it. Get in ss many degrees
of heat as you can carry, If il is 500. Then
wrap yourself up well, aud you can economic
these SEQ degrees through a long ride. But
il yon had only taken 100 degrees at the
start, they would have been exhausted mid.
way OF the journey, and you would have
begun to feel cold. Nevertheless, it is ap
unhealthy habit to accustom ones self on
ordinary occasions to more heat than is aclu-
ally needed. This is very common fault,
and bears on the pocket ss well as on the
health. One may easily get the habit Of
requiring two or three more blankets op
bee than are necessary. Some families will
burn twice the fuel that others do, and enjoy
less comfort
The extremities of the body get cold first.
often to painful degree, while the trunk is
warm. But SO long as the trunk keeps warm
10 person ofcommon. vigorous health, there
s little fear OF catching cold" by aching toes
or fingers. ln rail ear riding il is much safer
Tor to let the toes ache, than to allow the
lungs to feed on the foul air around the
stove.
When you set ont on winter journey. il
you are liable to suffer from cold toes. which
many people do 10 spite Of "robbers." fold q
piece OF newspaper over your stocking. which
you can easily do, il your boots or shoes are
not irrstionalIy tight. This is better tosn
"rubbers." which are, 10 fact, very cold com'
fortsrs in extreme, while they make the feet
swat in moderate weather. The main use
Of Isdis rubber ovsrshoes is TO keep out