Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-19
Mis- ceHany.
A Cure for the Ills of Ciyiiiza-
tiOn.

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ton.
The surest remedy for the ills of civ
ilized life is to be found in some form
of return to barbarism, aud the com
mon sense of the mass of the people
has taught them this: but they use the
remedy in a weak form, and therefore
fail of the larger good its ampler use
might give. Tired men and women,
fearful of summer heats, make escape
to the country and undergo prolonged
cremation in clearinghouse or hotel.
1t is better than nothing, and some
people like it, or say they do. But
though our so-ealled country life Sc
cures fresher air, it ensures large
supply of new irritations and annoy
ances, while for vast numbers of men 1t
means uncomfortable nights In a sub
urb, hasty breakfasts. a daily railroad
dusting, and the hot, long, weary day
in town. 1t is better than 10 be in the
CITY all the twertv-lour hours, but while
it may help, ard cannot hurt, 1t is
life which will not act as a complete
remedy for those who are at all seri.
ously exhausted, or for such as are be-
ginning to feel the ffcst inroads of any
of the many ways IL which worried
work tornents us. One wants some-
thing more than . few days at At
Iantic City or murkv Cape Nay. One
wants more than eigh; by ten to sleep
in aud society OF d Kind one does not
crave, and the delights OF unlimited
boarding house GOSSIP. Civilization
has hurt-barbarisln shall heal. In
word, nv tired man who cannot sleep,
or who dreams stocks and dividends
and awakens leg-heayy, and who has
fifty other nameless symptoms, shall
try awile the hospital Of the stone
carver. He shall reverse the eondi-
tions of his life. Wont to live in
honse, he shall sleep in tent, or, des-
pite his guides advice, shall lie beneath
1.-THE moons white benediction." SO
shall he be in the open air all day and
all night, for the tent is but a mere
cover and wind guard, or scarce that
He shall rise when be likes, unstirred
by imperious gOngs; but l think he will
be apt to see the sun rise. and, honestly
tired from travel or food getting, will
want to turn in at eight or nine. If too
warm, he will take his coat off; il cold,
to replace the demon furnace in the Gel
lar, with its breath of baked air, he
shall find warmth in the ''Iuby wealth
of roaring logs" he has helped to chop
and carry. The best part of his meals
he shall earn by sweet labor with his
rod or or his gun. His shall be the
daily plunge in lake or river, and the
intense, eager hungriness which has no
quarrel with the menu of wood or
stream. The sleep that is dreamless,
the keen senses, the Arab vigor that
makes exercise Jest and the mindless
work of the camp simple pleasure
all these are the reward that comes
to a man who is living the outdoor life
of the camp by silent lake or merry
river, or far in the noiseless deeps of
northern forests rich with scent of pine
and the fragrant wood odors OF the
mouldering logs of the windfall.
This is indeed true and potent al
terative;and Just what it is in detail, how
full of harmless health-giving enjoy
ments and of novel surprises-will bear
little comment. 1t is an odd thing at
first to feel you are living out of doors
with no builded nome to sleep III; but
this simple fact is full of value. In our
common, everyday life of house and
street We practically change our climate
whenever we leave or enter house, and
from this, with overheating of our
homes, come, | suspect, the many little
colds aud nasal catarrhs to which most
of us are liable. The dweller in tents
has no such annoyance, and far from
the constant exposure giving rise to
diseases of lung or throat, the outdoor
life seems to be an almost absolute in
surance against these. Yet the changes
of temperature are often enormous, but
as they are always natural, and unac-
cented by going into and out of houses,
their lack of abruptness seems to de-
priye them of danger. On the north
west shore of Lake Superior the midday
temperature in August was often 70o to
500 Fahrenheit, and the minimum of
the night 33c to 65o; yet, as L remem-
Der, no one of large party suffered in
any way. Both on our sea coast AMI in
Maine this is well understood, and is
often practically applied; so that it is
thought to be best for persons recover
ing from lntiammatory rheumatism to
live on the sounds for awhile or out in
the woods, and as soon as possible to
loosen the stiffened joints by handling
an axe.
Not only are well people better for
such steady work, but cases of chronic
throat-trouble, catarrhal disorder and
chronic bronchitis rapidly disappear
under the natural and mild treatment
of what, for brevity. / have ventured to
call the Camp Cure. have more than
once seen alarming coughs simply var
ish after a few nights 10 camp, while.
on the other hand, it Was a common
thing among our men and officers dur
ing the late war to find thai leave of
absence and the exchange of tent life
for house life frequently brought about
colds or coughs. L we'll recall also a
case of chronic loss OF Foice which for
years had baffied many wise doctors,
aud was perfectly and permanently
cured by three weeks in camp on the
Potomac. During the war it was q
subject of frequent surprise to civil sur
geons to see how speedily wounds
healed when men were living in tent
hospitals, and how potent was their use
in dispelling and checking the progress
of that horror of all surgical horrors,
hospital gangrene. l have several
times had occasion to remark while in
camp upon the same quick healing OF
wounds, and to see injuries which at
home would have sent man to bed to
get well without the slightest annoyance
and with singular rapidity. The evils
which are naturally dreaded as results
of camp-life have in reality no existence.
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