Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-11-26
Catching Cold.
From the Techuologist.l

One or the confessed evils or I'M
proper arrangements Tor ventilation is
the danger of catching cold. We are
told that our room is close and lily
ventilated up goes window, in comes
. draft, and we catch cold. We are
told that we should not allow such a
draft through our apartment; down
goes the window, aud we are stified
Dame nature, like a kind parent. APP
plies the rattan to, refractory children
lie who sets his foot in a trap, must not
complain if the trap spring and catch
his foot. Put bird into room wherc
there is closed window, and it will fly
d hundred times against the glass, un
able TO learn that il cannot go through
where it can see through. just so il is
with human beings about taking cold
They will catch cold hundred times,
aud then 60 for the one hundred and
first -time-ead do che sameahisg4 They
can not learn TO auait danger If they do
not see il stare theHE bluntly in the
face. Human beings will, of course,
reason but reasoning is habit, and
they never form the habit of reasoning
TO prveut colds. It is che simplest thing
In the world; just as simple as taking
drink of water. It is simply the act
of preserving. Preserve an even tenn
perature. He who does this will never
sDtFer from colds. The artists, or pro.
fessors, who endeavor to preserve fruits
lin this natural state, strike first for the
temperature at which they can NOT
sour, then for evenness at that point.
The same must be done to preserve
health. Find the normal condition, that
Of pleasantness and comfort, then pre-
serve an equable temperature, and there
will be no danger. 1t will be said that
IL cannot be done. 1t is granted bat
still, theoretically, the two points mem
TONED must first of all be fixed: first,
what proper condition of the system
is and second, resolve to maintain It.
OF course, there will be variation.
There must be exercise, and sometimes
violent exercise. There will he excite
ment; passion more or less vehement.
All persons viii be violent at times.
The thing wanted is to accept the fact,
and act accordingly Keep as near the
normal condition as possible; but when
necessity compels a rising above or
falling below the proper point, use dis.
erection to reeoRer. freeze an apple,
and thaw it ont gradually ut o low tom.
perature, and ii can not be detected as
having been frozen; while, If ii be
thawed rapidly at q high temperature,
1t becomes u pulpt mass, because tha
sudden change breaks down. the struc-
tural cells Freeze your ear on cold
dry pack ii in snow till Ii thaws, and
it will be nearly as well as the other.
No one could tell that it had been
frozen. Butthaw Il quickly in warm
room, and the twipges Of pain will be
most exquisite, while In the end 1t will
appear 90 if ii had been boiled. The
truth is, there will be extremes. Some
body will get behind and have to run
for the train, or, tn a fit of anxiety,
hasten for an omnibus. street car or q
ferry-boat, when another goes in three
or Eve minutes, making haste useless.
People will get caught in rain storms,
and be soaked with pure water distilled
By natures evaporator; some worship
ping Charles will get upset in the snow
with their beloved Maggies; some
snow.white ducks will sport in the
priny surf until nature warns with q
cnni to desisi; from one and al of
these sources, and from many others,
colde,Nall come. That 10 fact it will
fake place. Everybody's children arc
WayWard sometimes, and Dame Noture's
Wltn the rest; and, thanks be to