Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-11
Sarsfleld Young's Hints on Health.

Does your system glow WIN Ine VigOr o
health? Nature intended that it should
aud if You only followed the innnmerabl
Rules for Health which travel through TIL
newspapers (and which you should Away
cut out and paste in your Lat), you woult
become an ornament to society and nothin.
due the doctor. can give you few sug
gestions which may save you from an un
timely grave and your personal affair
from the Probate Office for many years t,
come.
First of all, see to it that you start RICH,
1t is vitality important. Avoid all heredi
tary taints. Be continually anxious abou
yourself Remember we are fearfully ant
wonderfully made, and this curious
mechanism at any moment may get out O
repair. 1t may break down altogether
Thisis death. How much better to sub
scribe to health journal (only four dol
lars per annum, with beautiful chrome
Of Peale's Court of Death y and worry
through few years longer.
Be on the lookout for symptoms. The,
generally precede disease. Consult YOU
pulse every half hour, and make sure BY
frequent personal observation that your
tongue isn't coated. You should weiet
yourself at least once day, though it il
not necessary to test your lungs more thar
twice a week. Keep your feet and YOU
friendships warm.
Food is very important. No man can
live long without it. That Cinnamon sue
coed in doing it, and laying up money be.
sides, proves nothing. Your food should
be taken in moderation, avoiding over eat
ing, to which one is very prone when din.
In af Iuto a1o
ly cautious not to eat too little, unless you
happen to occupy seat at cheap board.
ing house A good, plain, nutritious diet
landlady and you'll probably get it.
| cannot lay down any special rules IS
to what you had better eat. Breadstuffs
are bad. Never eat bread The process
by which the article is rendered light and
white is very deleterious to the health.
Never eat hot cakfs-nor cold ones. Corn
bread is fatal Take to wheat in grain !;
carry some in your pockets, and chew the
food nature designed for you. If your
teeth are bad or you have none, soak the
wheat in castor oil Acorns are good for
people who read "What / know about
Farming" Their digestions require some
thing of the sort. Eat soup. Never take
four plates of soup Besides being vulgar,
it undermines the constitution. For break
fast should say ham and eggs fried; or,
if fried eggs don't agree with you, drop
them. Don't hurry your meals Remem-
Der that Rome WAS not built in day
Don't be afraid of frittering away time at
breakfast. Eat them with sugar or syrup.
For dinner, you want something substan
for example. If you choose
pork, stick to it right through the year;
many a man has built himself up in the
pork. packing business. And then, abrupt
changes are dangerous.
For tea, something very light should be
taken, such as Holsters and milk, cucum-
bers and ice cream, or cold mince pie,
pickles and hard cider. Then for lunch
(which is to be eaten, of course, imme-
diately before going to bed), we have
always found plenty of sauer krout, Welsh
rabbit, picked walnuts, saleratus biscuit
hot, with London porter and green tea,
very agreeable and soothing.
Never eat so heartily as to have apo
plexy at the table; it is extremely annoy
ing to the rest Of the company Let your
board be the scene of cheerful, animating
and instructive conversation. Mine always
is-at least when am there.
You cannot be too particular about your
sleep. No man ever succeeded without
sleep; and many an individual has died
from the neglect of few simple rules.
knew q man who persisted in sleeping
across q railroad track night-times, al
though could have demonstrated to him,
by means Of diagrams and copy Of the
statutes relative to the obstruction of rail
ways, that the practice was an extremely
one. BY and by train came
along 80 far behind time that the conduc-
tor refused to make the usual stop to take
him off, The unfortunate sleeper wasn't
exactly hurried into eternity" (they never
hurry anything on that road), but was
pushed in leisurely. His administrator
,wears that the estate is going to make
nice thing of it out Of the company.
Another instance Of imprudence: Mr..
A., gentleman Of full habit, worked hard
III the week getting up corner in wheat
He fell into profuse perspiration. Going
% church on Sunday, he thoughtlessly
,lept with his pew door open. He now
sleeps in the churchyard of his native vii
age.
Let your bedroom face the rising and
,etting sun, and the head of your
,edstead point to the North Star. You
IRE then in sympathy with the great mag
letic current that belts the earth. Open
Ill the windows and doors, and, if practi-
able. knock hole through the plastering
10 that you can put steam revolving
blower behind it. Fresh air never killed
anybody yet, except by the careless and
use of air -guns and by the
occasional stupidity of the Pneumatic
Railway Company's switchmen.
Early rising Is conducive to health.
Alexander the Great rose early-to fame
Ind power He wasn't much over thirty
when he died.
Take plenty of exercise In the open air,
n in tfeadmill, If we'll ventilated. Join
circus. Walking Is excellent; so is run
ling, particularly il you can run ahead Of
,our ticket Gymnastics are eminently
In any two hotels you can
practise on parallel bars.
Rowing opens the chest. Sailors row
! good deal. You must have noticed
what large chests they have-for their
outfits.
After exercising freely BE- careful not
10 cool off too suddenly. I am we'll &C.
,uainted with q widow whose husband
AN two miles to q fire Che was very fond
If fires), and then sat down on cake of
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