The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
facilitated stomach and an enfeebled sys-

debilitated stomach and an enfeebled sys-
TEN.
Let it be remembered, however, that it
Is as insane to expect an imperfectly
nourished bodily frame to bear up against
the fierce heats of the summer, as 1t was
for our ancestors to bleed patient who
had to struggle against fever. Everything
is good in its season, be it flesh or fruit.
But one class of people err in summer
from over-anXiety to anticipate the food
products of the season, while another err
from eating in summer pretty much as
they do In winter. Avoid with special
care everything that is unripe. as well
as everything that is out of season, dur
ing the hot weather. 1t costs a little
more than usual to act on this rule in
early summer. but it pays better in the
long run. and keeps down tie gains of
doctors and undertakers. The great
health problem Of the season is now to
preserve the tone of the system, and
nutritious, easily-digested food, eaten at
proper times and in moderate quantities.
is the most essential element in the pro-
cess.
In spite of the example of the nations
of Southern Europe, who live in about the
same latitude as ourselves, and who still
retain the medieval aversion to much
washing, personal cleanliness must be re-
garded as an invaluable aid to keep
ing cool. How the anchorites of
the Eastern deserts, whose saintli-
ness grew with each fresh layer of dirt.
cOntrived to exist under the braZen skies
of Syrian summer, is question more Gu
rious than important. Certain it is, that
abstinence from the bath was a species of
modification which no modern Christian
IS required to initiate. A cold plunge or
shower bath is good tonic with which to
begin the day, but the patient seeker after
GOODNESS must beware of thinking that its
effects can be improved by repetition. In
the sultry evening hours, when sleep flies
from the pillow, the tempting remedy of a
cold bath will only aggravate the disorder.
In such extremity seek relief, but not too
often, in a warm bath, should the soothing
effect of warm water on the feet fail to
cure sleeplessness. Happy the man in
such cases who has a spare bed at hand,
and who can exchange his hot and crum-
pied pillow for the freshness and GOODNESS
of new one. Such delights are reserved
for the tranquil souls who refuse to be
stifled in wooden barrack at the seaside.
because it is fashionable, and who quietly
take their enjoyment of their own homes
when everybody is supposed to be out
of town.
Get as much air and as little light with
it as possible, is a requisite for GOODNESS
unfortunately not much favored by our
system of domestic architecture. Not ev-
erybOdy can afford sun shades on their
windows, but everybody can close their
shutters against the sun, reduce the eX-
posed surface of glass by One-half, and let
such air as is in circulation pass through a
wetted cloth before passing into their
rooms. Long strips of material about the
consistency of pasteboard, suspended from
the ceiling so as to move freely with every
breath of air, will present close enough
reproduction of the Indian "punkah'' to
to be a seasonable relief during the torrid
days which seem to be at hand. But on
the whole, it is better not to attempt over
much in this direction. lest the heat and
worry which attend all domestic innova-
tons should seriously interfere with the |
main purpose Of all such devices-that of |
keeping coOl.-N. 7. Times.