East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-04-14
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, APRIL IA, 1863. :.
Heaithfisi Observations.

I. To eat when You do not feel lik
itis 'brutal--nay, this is slander on thl
lower animals, since they do, not so de
base themselves.
2. Do not enter sick chamber ol
an empty stomach, nor remain as
watcher or nurse until you feel almos
exhausted, nor sit between the patIen
and the fire, nor in the direction of
current OF air from the patient toward,
yourself, nor eat or drink anything afte
being in a sick room until you hav,
ripsed your mouth thoroughly,
3. Do not sleep in any garment worr
during the day. vIfJ n ,guo1AI i
| A, Most grown persons are unable tt
sleep soundly and refreshingly oyel
seven hours in summer and eight II
winter; the attempt TO force more or
the system by nap in the daytime, ol
q second nap in the morning, renders
the whole Of the sleep disturbed ant
imperfect. 7'f'i 'I'" '''l
5. Some Of the most painful "stomacl
aches" are occasioned by indigestion.
this generates wind, and hence disten
ton. Ii is often promptly remedied by
kneading the abdomen with the bah o
the hand skinto skin, from one side ia
aEotheB from the lower edge of the rib,
downwards, because the accumulated
air is forced on and outwards along the
slimentary canal. .g4 f4sig 1JG'r
g. When you return to your house
from long walk or other. exhaustive
exercise, 90 to the fire or warm room,
and do not remove single article ot
clothing until you have taken cup or
more of some kind of warm drink. .,5
7. In going into colder atmosphere
keep the mouth closed, and walk with
a9rapiclity sufficient to keep off a feeling
of chillness.;,It 81. ss7.r.er. 3. sd. bsy;..
s. Two pairs of thin stockings will
keep the feet warmer than one pair Of
greater thickness Than bothJo11 aO
9.Fhe might sweatsn of disease come
on near daylight; their deathly clami,
ness and coldness is greatly modified by
sleeping in = single, loqss,' long swoolen
shirt. ,,.,,
10. The man or woman who drinks a
cup of strong tea or coffee, or other
stimulant in order to aid the better per.
Torrance Of any work or duty. public
or private, Is a fool, because it is to the
body and brain an expenditure Of what
is not yet got it is using power in
advance, and this can never be done
even once with bpunity. -iuti -is.
II. The less man drinks of any
thing in hot weather the better, for the
more We drink the more we wan. to
drink, until even ice water pals and be-
comes Of metallic taste hence the
longer you can put off drinking cohl
water on the morning of a hot nay, the
better you will feel at night ra,'e.s
~. Drinking largely at meals, even
Of cold water or simple teas, is mere
habit and is always hurtful. No one
should drink at any one meal more than.
a quarter of d pint of any liquid, even
of cold water, for it always retards, i'm
pairs and interferes with healthful iii
gestion ''la t.i ~ ,larr fsl 5i' .;aPs
IA IL you sleep at all in the day
time it will interfere with the soundness
Of your sleep at night much less, if the
nap be taken in the forenoon $500 .
ID. A short nap in the daytime may
be necessary to some. Let it not ex
ceed ten minutes to this end sleep with
the forehead resting on chair back or
table ""3 ad W. sil0m3 ru a.t
nI5 Never swallow an atom of food
while in passion, orif under any great
mental excitement, whether of de.
pressing or elevating nature; brutes
won't do it.-HuHs Journal Of Health
The Confederate, newspapers in Rich.
mond recently made a declaration of
love for the fanatics who have denounced
the constitution as ga league with help
and hailed our flag az IA Haunting lie."
The Mobile Register of the 18th inst.
echoes the appreciation of abOlitionism
oppressed by its Brethren in Richmond.
Ii SAYS. - 5ni Hl 1o.lsp-l tt.., ,aGy
-."rhe radical abolition r. NOV ement
which declares against reunion, and op
poses the re.establshnent Of our for.
lher political relations, is, after all near q
est to what we want and will have.
After having made war upon US for two
years. now, as that party is going out
OF power, It favors peace on our own
terms; while the Ddempcratic " party,
which rode into poweri on the hobby
horse of peace, can only meet ns actth re.
construction. W. '''''' ''' ~ '' 'f'i
As the administration press were in.
dustrious in giving circulation to the
aversion expressed by the Confederate
journals for peace Democrats, Wilt they
inform their readers of the present acl
cord between abnitiooism and seoess-
ppismY Mutually hating, they loving
ly JOIN in favor of separation. Such
another political paradox has never be!
fore been known, and We may not look
opon i's like agslpsols q9sb ,jaoil 4syir
ExPosrse PARsoN.EA minister
was one Ssbath' examining a Sunday
sobooi IN oatechis,nl before the coogre+
cation Tue usual question was, put to
tre first glrl, a strapper, who usually
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