The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-30
Healthfui Observances.


brutal nay, thi. is Il .lsnder on the lower
animals, which do not debase themselves
DO not enter a sick chamber OF an
empty stomach, nor remain as q watch eli
os nurse until you feel almost exhausted,
nor SIT between The pateut and the fire,
nor in the direction of current Of air
from the patient towards yourself, nor eat
or drink anything after being in L sicl.
room until you have rnsed your mouth
thoroughly
DO not s!aep in any garment worn during
the day.
Mos, grown person. are unable 10 sleep
soundly aad reireshingiy over seven hours
in summer aud eigh; ,n winter; Tie attempt
to force more sleep on the system by
nap in the daytime, or F" second nap ia
the ,i'ornins, renders the whols 0, the
disturbed and imperfect
Some Of the most painful stomach
aches are occasione,i by indigestion this
generate. wind, and hence disten> ion. Ii
Is often promptly promptly reIniaicd by
kEeading the abdomen with the ball of
the hand. skin 20 skin, from one side TO
another. from the lower edge of the rits
downward, because the accumulated air
is forced On and outward along the all
meD.ary canal
When yea return 10 your house from q
long walk or other exhaustive exercise.
20 10 the tire or ~aru, room. and do net
remove single article Of clothing uEtil
Sou har. taken cup or more OF some
kind OF hot drink.
In going into a cooler atmosphere, keep
the mouth closed, and walk with a rauidI-
ty sufficient TO keep OF . feeling Of chill
ness. - . a#. . a..-
Two rrr rf ft,,y at Il. 81,
feet warmer than one pair Of greater
thickness than both
The night sweats of disease come on
toward daylight, their deathly CLEANLINESS
and coldness Is greatly modified by sleep
ing in a single, loose, long wool!en shirt
The man or woman who drinks a cup
of strong tea or coffee. or other stimuiant
In order to aid in the better performance
of any work or duty. public c. private, is
fool, because it is to the body aud brain
an expenditure of what is not yet got it
is using power in advance, and this can
never be done, even once, with impunity
The less man drinks of anything in
hot weather the better, for the more we
drink, the more We want TO drink, until
even ice water pals and becomes OF q
metallic: taste; hence the longer you can
put Otf drinking cold water on the morn
ing of hot day, the better you will feel
at night.
Drinking largely at meals. even of cold
water or supple teas, is y mere habit, and
is always hurtiui No one should drink
at any one meal more than y quarter of a
pint Of any liquid, even of cold water, for
il always reisrds, impairs aud interferes
with l,ealthtul digestion. .s q -. rr-.r
If you sleep at all in the daytime, it will
interfere with the soundness OF your sleep
at night, much less if the nap be taken in
the forenoon. -
A short nap in the daytime may be
necessary to some. Let it not exceed ten
minutes; 10 this end slee,, with the fore
head resting on a chair back or edge Of
the table.
Never swallow an atom of food while in
passion. or if under any great mental
excitement, whether of depressing or
elevating character; brutes won't do IT.
Halls Journa! Of Health
A Dog story.
Burleigh," of the Boston Journal tells
the following tale OF dog: -'
In the ancient and beautiful town OF
Chatham, N. Y, Is very remark able dog.
whose characteristics and behavior would
excite the admiration Of that lover of
dogs, his honor, the editor OF the Nashua
Telegraph and mayor OF the city. On week
days he is y dog Of like passions and be-
hsvior with other anima.s; but ON Sunday
his pecularities and sectarian principles
shine out. Unlike the COW, he can count,
aud knows when Sunday comes He in
dulges in no pasiinles He encourages 10
/. Ompany and no familiarity. He says, BY
actions louder than words, to the vais and
trifiing race, six days shalt thou play
and do all thy sports.
he family are all PresbyterIans, bat
the dog is a Methodist. e On Sunday morn.
ings he attends the family on their, way
to church, leaves them At the door Of the
house Of the Lord where they attend, and
then holds on his solitary and unbroken
way until he comes to his church, which
is q little further When he has
reached his church, he goes up stars ans
hes particular place in which ne siIs
and when an intruder gets into ms place
no belle. or maiden Of fashion wn" comes
sweepins up the aisle of Grace and hnds y
plrb,an IN her elegant pew can g're more
doc;ded indications Of annoyance and dis.
s.isas,,ra than does the dog. His seat
.;aIaed he attends to the service with
aecorutn. and pays dogmaticAl attention
TO the words OF doctrine. Every Sunday
he can bo seen- on -his way- 70 ehurch--in
foul sss in fair,rands sAia dAnSm,aational
preferences are - all3spnWn - ara those
Of Any gentleman in town.