The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-09-30
TIMELY HINTS.

friend has called our attention to the follow
ing hints from "IIall's Journal of HEALTH" which
may not be out of place at the present time:-
YELLOW FEVER ANTIDoTE.-A Portuguese
Medical Journal states, that when the Yellow
Fever prevailed at Lisbon, all those persons cscap-
ed who lived in houses lighted by gas.
We have several times stated in these pages,
that those who lived where fever and ague and
chills and fever prevailed, might avoid them by the
practicable expedient of kindling brisk fire in
the family room az daylight and at shutdown
throughout the year (and eating breakfast before
going out to work. the philosophy of the fact, in
both cases, being the same, that heat, from what
ever source, rarefes the impregnated air, making
it, in the first place, less concentrated, and there
Tore, less malignant besides causing it to ascend
above the breathing point, and producing those
drafts Of air. which under all circumstances
sefpurifying. The antagOnistic properties of fire
against all the fcvers of this country from the
simple chill and fever, up to the deadly "conges-
tive and the malignant "yellow,' we have many
time verified in our person, in places where
these diseases love to revel.
We have spent lifetime ourselves in the West
and extreme South, and know in our own person,
and as to those who had frmness to follow our re-
commentator, that whole families will escape all
the forms of Fall tcvers who will have bright fires
knded at sunrise ana sunset in ;hc family room.
a
vance in more than family in ten thousand
After the third frost. and until the Fall of the
next year, it is an important means Of health for
persons to sleep with outer door or window
partly open, having the bed in such position, as
to be protected from draught of air. We advise
that no person should 90 to walk or take exercise
in the morning on empty stomach but if it is
stimulated to action by cup Of coffee, or a crust
OF bread or apple, OF orange, exercise can be
taxi ;rI Oh
tage in all chill and fever localities
Pass THIS MAN ARoIND.-Wc record the fact
to the high credit Of Mr. Robert Laurence. Of this
vicinity, that while every body else Except one)
that We have heard Of, sold their bacon aud lard at
thirty, forty and 81 cents, per ID, all that they
could get, he sold at % cents and refused to take
any We know Of but one man like him,
aud that is John Gum, Esq, of this county
We call acts like this practical PATRIOTISM and this
is the only sort OF PATRIOTISM in times like these,
worth talking about Now, we have heard of men
contributing money, &c, to patriotism, but what
they gave with one hand they managed to get back
with the other, with compound interest. by selling
things at cxorbitant and extortionary prices
Milton ChroHicIc.
M 1t is said that Lincoln has authorized Gov
ernor' Stanly to order an election for Representa-
tves to the Federal Congress from the lst and
10Th Districts in this State.
Observation-Disclosures is the capital of
Pennsylvania, centrally located, and is the scat of
justice of Dauphn county 1t is situated on the
east bank of the Susquchannah river, 100 miles
west by north of Philadelphia, and 10 miles
north by east of Washington. The great Penn
sylvania railroad 353 miles in length, connects at
this point with the Lancaster and Harrisburg
Railroad. The Lebanon Valley Railroad leads
from Harrisburg to Reading, and the Cumberland
Valley Railroad extends in the opposite direction.
The site of Harrisburg is an elevated plain be-
tween the river and Paxton Creek The public
buildings belonging to the State occupy an emf
nence in the northern part of the city. The
Capitol is handsome brick building $50 feet
long by so wide
Harrisburg also contains an arsenal of the State,
fine county prison of cut stone one bank, saw
ings institution, about twelve churches Masonic
Hall, and Lancasterian school. One daily, and
eight weekly newspapers are published there
Among the manufactures are three extensive iron
furnaces, rolling MILL and several breweries and
potteries also extensive mandatory Of railroad
cars. The city is very prosperous, aud has been
the capital of the State since 1872