The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-02-16

evolved from the Dody; Dut IN Periectiy-
still air this heat remains, and constitutes
an atmospheric envelope so nearly OF the
same temperature with the body itself, that
the latter is not SO quickly robbed of its
natural heat.
There are some very interesting facts
about the body in its 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. II keeps
up a uniform temperature in the blood equal
to about 90 deg. of Fahrenheit's thermom
eter. 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 rapidlty
with which it loses heat. Some substances
taken into the stomach make hot blaze
much sooner than others, as brandy. 10
put brandy in the stomach is like putting
pitch under a steam boiler. It soon burns
out, and the greater heat Injuries the fur
mace. -.-
We say that the body will hold more heat
than it gets from its own furnaces. Heat Is
measured by degrees. On going out from
warm room, the body will Immediately
begin TO lose its heat. and it mus; part with
a certain number of degrees before it can
begin to feel cold. The direction has some
times been given, Don't hug the stove' it
you are going to set out on cold journey"
But experience says. DO hug it. Get in as
many degrees of heat as you can carry. if it
is 500. Then wrap yourself up WELL aud
YOU can economic these 500 degrees
through long ride But if you had only
taken 100 degrees at the start, they would
have been exhausted midway of the jour
ney, and then you would have begun to feel
cold. Nevertheless, it is az unhealthy habit
to accustom ones self on ordinary occasions
to more heat than is actually needed. This
is a very common fault. and bears not
only upon the pocket, but also upon
the health. One may easily get the habit
of requiring two or three blankets more on
a bed than are necessary. Some families
will burn twice Ghe fuel that others do, and
enjoy less comfort. -
TIE extremties of the body get cold first,
often to painful degree, while the trunk Is
warm. But SO long As the trunk KEEPS
warm, IN a person of common vigorous
health, there is little fear of Catching cold
by aching toes or fingers. In rsll-car nd
ing, il is much safer for the health TO let
; the toes ache than TO allow the lungs TO feed
on the foul air around the stove. -
When you set out on a winter journey, II
r YOU are liable to suffer from cold toes,
which many people do in spite of ''rubbers. -
, fold piece of newspaper over your stock
ings, which you can readily do II your
: boots or shoes are not irrationally tight.
f This ia better than rubbers, which are, In
fact, very cold comforters in extreme, while
they make the feet sweat In moderate wealth
, err. The main use Of India rubber over
shoes is to keep out water, and for that they
are second only to q stout water proof, hrst-
rate calf-skin boot. There is not more
villanously unwholesome article of wear
made than the high-topped rubber boot Ii
makes the foot tender, especially IN children,
gives an ugly gait, and when left off IN any
: weather, the wearer is liable to ''catch
cold" St. Crispin is the best friend Of the
human foot when his leather and stitches are
: honest.
t Although the body can take in greatsr
, number of degrees OF heat than 1t gets nom
! its own furnace, the stomach, Jet It's capac-
ity is limited in this respect. For example,
a when the hand is warm you cannot hold II
: in the air of hot oven tor a second but
S when it is cold, and especially when damp,
: also, you may hold it there for some time
: without feeling the heat very sensIbiy, and
a for a long time without being Obliged &c
a Withdraw it: and so of the whole body. II
:. appears, then, that the body may carry less
:, as we'll as more heat, than The quantity sup
8 piled by it's own furnace. Its extremitie'
q and its surface often become painfully cold
In winter, a traveller occasionally finds IL
a hotel deficiency of bed-eovering or, II
the constituencies of disease he may require
d more than in health. The newspaper fo
= which he paid two cents on ths cars, spread
e under the upper cover, will be equal 10 al
$ additional blanket. -s
u A piece of silk oilcloth, stitched IN tn
@ folds of a shawl, is more flexible Than Lh'
paper, and will last whole winter. 1t ha
o the advantage of securing inward warmth
without the additional weight OF thlcke
garment. 4 5 I@
u The constitutional vivacity and temper Q
q a person has much to with his endurance o
t cold For this vivacigy is sort of nervou
J. fire that lessons the sensibilIty to out
Of ward impressions. An Indifferent, milk
10 and water person, without energy and fore
of will, is at the mercy of every cold bias
5 that sweeps round the corner. He, an
81 especially she, has no defense but to wea
dozen shawls during the day, and siee
y under a bale of blankets at night. On
without any mental purpose-unfortunatel
5 there are sueh-though in vigorous health
is much more liable to catch cold than
e. spirited. delicate body bent on some pos
X i've pursuit. -
ID In this world of chsngeable climates, the
= are not few people whoget a hafit of bein
,e annoyed by any weather tha' is in the slight
l, est degree adverse TO their present caprics
% In winter, they don't like winter in sun
OF mer. they prefer autumn; and in autumn
y spring is the most delightful season of ih
r. year A snow-storm in August would /
10 charming. but in it's proper season it is
perfect nuisance. For such people We al
10 utterly incapable Of writing any useful hint
: We hope the: will succeed in doing whi
he they have set out to do. till they are pur
as ished into acqsiescence with all the season
ne of the year-tbat is. making making them
~ selves uncomfortable, no matter what wsn
blows, or what sun shines.-Neto FOR
;. Century.
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