Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-11

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There is one cause Of sore Threats and
lung diseases which has hardly been
thought Of, and deserves to be rsprimand-
cd. That cause 10 chilly heuees in damp
weather. Nothing in the limits Of bad
more excites the ire Of SEN
sitive person than the poor economy Of put
ting out fires % soon - the almansc marks
the time when warm weather 10 due After
the 10th Of April, most housskeepsr have
stoves taken down and heaters removed,
leaving the family to shiver through the
long Nay storms and chill mesnings in
June--for our latitude knows such mornings
and bringing on coughs. checking per-
spiration, and laying the train for fsvsrs
and neuralgia. The cause Of at least one
third the disorders common in spring, be-
lieve to be the half-chilled condition in
which people force themselves to live. It
10 wrong to allow . child or sensitive
person to SILVER, at any season, for the
chill which causes such . feeling mast do
harm The system is half penetrated BY
cold before tbs creeping, shivsry sensation
comes on. A full .blecded. healthy person
may take cold bath in . cold room in
winter winter without ehivsring, the in
slant touch Of the water being followed by
warm glow the same person may be
chilled sitting in room below the proper
heat length Of time that serious copse-
quences follow. When women 70 about
the house wrapped in shawls, it 10 . sure
sign that fires are needed, and il economy
refuses to light them. IL will be justly ire
warded by the colds and headaches that
are sure to follow, One grand maxim Of
life is TO keep comfortable, and there is
much more in that sentence than most peo-
pie see. II does not enjoin mere selfindul
gence, but it compels ono to keep ones
body and mind in the best working order.
You can't be useful or good humored when
suffering, and regard for others as well as
your own happiness, will prompt you to be
both. So have firos lighted III you arc cold,
even in August.
The FrOPrDefy of the Thing.
The New York Times says:
The fact that the disappointei Impeach-
srs in the House have wreaked their ven
geance on Winnie Ream. by turning her
Cut of her studio in the Capitol, ought not
TO prompt tho Troy Times to sssail hor
talent, and still less less her character.
Congress commissioned her to execute .
statue Of Lincoln, and would listen to no
remonstrance or demur. Many persons
doubted the wisdom Of intrusting so i'm
portant work to SO young an artist, but
both Houses were enthusiaatic in the mat.
ter, and would heed no objection, and the
room in the Capitol Vas assigned her Is
part Of the undertaking, and to aid her in
its execution. She has most wonderful
natural talent, beyond all question, and
Though remarkably bright, gifted and inter
estng, is nero child in years and expe-
rience. The only cause assigned for the
change of feeling toward her is the report
that She influenced senator Ross TO vote for
the Presidents acquit,al-which she denics
But il is especially cruel that for such a
reason. whether true or false, she should
be deprived Of the means which Congress
voluntarily placed in her hands for contin-
uing the pursuit OF her art, and as-ailed so
wautonly and reck'essly, to say the least,
as she has been in this affair. The perse-
cu'ion to which she has been subjected, and
which the Troy Times thinks rather anus
ing, is one Of tho most ignoble incidents in
the whole :mpeach ment business.
There is legess begsar living in Jeffer
sonville, Ind, who is reported to be worth
go 900.