Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-04

commonly OOu0s 1AeSu0CueSs COuSuSS
| fevers, pains are almost universally
attributed to taking cold, as it is
| termed. If the blood were pure
such an effect could not occur, but
| in an impure state no degree ofcare
can prevent it. No care will pre-
! won't the consumptive taking cold,
simply because the blood is in such
| a state that the weight Of hair, SO
to speak, suffices to derange the
harmonious action of the vital affini-
ties. Such sick ones and their
friends talk and seem to think that
| if the taking of colds could only be
prevented, they might get well: It
| is graat delusion. AS well think
| of one sick with hydrophobia get
ting well by keeping from him every
drop of water, as for the consump-
| tive to recover by preventing the
| slightest rise and fall of heat and
| cold. The cause of each is in the
body, in the blood; once get rid OF
this, aud drink Of water or expo
sure to a nipping wind. would only
give rise to feelings Of healthful ex-
hilaration. Healthy persons, or
persons with strong, pure blood. do
not take colds, simply because they
cannot; they cannot be blown over
by every puff of wind, but the weak
ly or impure are at the mercy Of
every current.
RFFRCTs or An ExCLUsIvE STRAIN
UPON NRkvR.
Business and literary men, who
make an exclusive strain upon brain
and nerve, commonly transgress to
a dangerous degree this law of out
door exercise. Confined and seden-
tary habits soon render their bodies
feeble, over. tender, and susceptible
to outward changes. Headaches,
torpid digestion, pale blood, irregu-
lar appetite, contiveness, piles,
colds, coughs, and consumption are
some of the ordinary results. By
not gathering energy from pure arr
and life. giving power Of light, by
not releasing the brain from q con.
stant drain Of its energy, but steal
ing for mental achievement the
nerve force requisite for blood max
ing, for Muscular development and
action, nervous diseases, low in
grade aud obstinate in character,
are frequently developed. Neural
gia, intensifies fits of depression, a
disordered mind, apoplexy, palsy,
congestion, diabetes, and softening
of the brain are among the penalties
incurred.
THE CAUSE OF AN EARLY LOSS OF
| BEAUTY.
But the evils arising from the
transgrcssion of this law find their
greatest extreme among women
Shut up in houses nine-tenths of
their time, with either no exercise
or that which is Of q limited, irk-
some sameness, they are as y con.
sequence, unnaturally pale, soft and
tender; their blood is poorly organ
lied and watery; their muscles small
and flabby, and the force and func-
tions of their bodies, as q whole,
run low in the scale Of life. A
spurious fullness is often seen in the
outline during girlhood, which
usually melts like snow under an
April sun, whenever the endurance
is put to test, as in performing the
functions of mother. The change
in appearance from the maiden of
one year to the mother of the next is
often so striking and enduring that
it is difficult to believe that we are
looking on the same person. The
round, pleasing shape is premature
ly displaced by pinched angular
ity, and an untirnely and unseemly
appearance Of age. Travellers from
other countries, who have had ex.
tensive means for observation and
comparison, have remarked upon
the great beauty Of American wo-
men, and the early age at which it
is lost. Some have ascribed this to
the climate; but more intelligent OBJ
servers agree that it is mainly due
to ot-houss, ensrvating mode of
life. English ladies Of rank, who,
by the way, are celebrated for re-
tanning their beauty even to ripe
| old age, think nothing Of walking
half dozen miles At > time; while
American ladies would think such .
thing "perfectly dreadful" If
American women, so daintily and
richly fed, will sit in dark and sui
try rooms the livelong day, they
must expect to bloom too soon, to
hasten thro ugh this charming period
at the longest in about ten years
and for twenty-five years after
have the grim satisfaction Of being
thin, wrinkled, angular and sallow.
CLOTHING FOR INFANTS AND CHIL.
| DRRN.
In earliest infancy the covering
for the body should be more than
usually protective, gradually thin
ming it down as the strength and ad-
aptation Of the body to its new cir
cumstances increase. The best way
to do this is by several layers Of
light-bodied woolen flannel, fitted
loosely to the body.
The clothing, subsequently, ,sh ould
neither oppress child by heat nor
render it uncomfortable by cold.
The practice Of keeping boys and
girls thinly clad, even during very
cold weather, with the view Of har.
dening them, il cruel and iujudic-
ious. It does not harden, for true
hardening consists in that which
promotes tho healthful resourc rces
and vigor of the body. Neither Of
these conditions is augmented in any
way by keeping . child shiverine
with cold the winter through. A
complaint now and then Of cold il
an entirely different matter; often
quite proper and natural; but for
child to do SO habitually indicates
inadequsteness; which if nothing
worse, stunts its growth. To feel
hunger now and then is natural and
proper; but to hunger all the time
is just like being chilly or c9ld all
the time, and clearly indicates in
4 adeQuatenoss.