The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17
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Inc n60ltnv season WHICH ccuscfs
II June. gives place BY degrees TO the
more sombre autumn, during which dis
case and mortality are somewhat in
creased.
By giving heed to the light we possess
concerning natures law,we rapidly in
crease that knowledge and ward off
many of the ills Of life which are not our
normai inheritance. Many cases Of i'm.
paired health arc known to every one
Our present purpose is to re-iterate some
facts which in the din Of human life are
often forgotten. The immediate sources
Of health are, s'pure air, wholesome feed.
ing. cleanliness, warmth and equalized
motion and rest" Illness, of whatever
kind. usually springs from a subversion
of one Of these Volumes have been
written on the effects of breathing i'm
pure air and the imperative duty Of con-
slant watchfulness Ia this regard. In
spite of such monitions, however. the
invisible enemy often surrounds us vi
tating the life blood unawares.
The country, though exempt from
much OF the pestilent breath of cities.
has dangers Of its own. They who live
near milld.ams, sloughs, marshes and
stagnant ponds especially in . northeast
direction from them, have malaria to
encounter-fo reshown by myriads Of mos
quitos-which is often harrassing or
highly dangerous. The agues and re-
mittents, which PROSTATE them IN the
fall. paralyze Industrial effort and dis
courage the most energetic. Not much
better off is the farmer VIII" has placed
too near his dwelling, pigstyes. cattle
pens. and compost heaps. We hear such
men wondering with considerable vehe
mence where all the flies come from"
forgetting that these little pests are the
God sent substitutes for the animalcuii
of dyphtheria, dyseatery, typhoid, etc.
Miasm is the vaporized matter arising
from decomposition Each substance
on rotting crestes q specific poison Civ
ing rise to different shade of disease
The mould Of wheat straw may generate
measles. OF rotten wood some forms
of catarrh. OF carrlon. malignant typhus,
etc. The neglect Of filthy alleys, and
worst Of all, of cellars, destroys a great
MANY lives. In our climate cellars are
seldom constructed 50 as to admit wind
and sunshine. and the rott,ng of cab
bage may faint the air to the very gar
ret. Lime, copperas. etc, may do much
good, but fire Is the best purifier Of a
basement. 1t you have neglected 10 con
meet chimney with your cellar place
an idle stove there and conduct the
smoke through the window A slight
fire is sufficient to carry away both
dampness and foul air. Another com
mon mistake is leaving kerosene lamp
in close room burning dimly 1t emits
carburetted hydrogen gas and developes
several diseases Of the head. eyes and
throat. Air tight stoves, though econ.
omical and convenient,a are Objectionable.
They do not aid ventilation, and in cold
weather they cause q great deal of head
ache. If . sitting room becomes so dry
a. to Cypress the lungs and head, set
vessel Of water on the stove. On the
contrary, bedrooms adjoining the kitch.
en- and without fire are sure to be damp,
because steam from the cook stove con
denscs as it enters the cool air. We nav
more attention to the prudent choice Of
food than of the air we breathe. But it
is easier to lay down rules for breathing
than for eating. Food which would
nonrish and fatten one man might kill
another But there are certain apho-
rsms for general application which
ought to be remembered Food should
be selected and prepared to digest easily
If extra labor is imposed on the stomach
it robs brain and muscle of just so much
vital energy. Excepting the trash eaten
by thoughtless people, such as unripe
fruits, wllted melons, green nuts, etc,
crude provisions are mainly good In
the kitchen the gastric outrage common
ces Everybody knows that cheese
when toasted, eggs cooked hard, bread
hot, cabbage boiled, and pork roasted,
are more heavy and indigestable than
the same articles prepared discieetly -
Look at our favor.e pound cake
eggs, fine-four, butter and sugar, baked
an hour. We devour it and wonder the
rest of the day where catarrh and dull
ness of brain came from After years
of abuse the weary stomach yields to
dyspepsia and drives us to better habits.
When the school girl, along with Ger
man and rhetoric, shall learn the mystic
process Of digestion and the science of |
hygenic cookery, the epicurean lords of
creation will be inveigled into harmony
with nature. Diet of super fine -four |
would kill any animal, and why not
NAM To make good bread, combining
the wholesome and the palatable, is one
half of the art of cookery and few attain
TO it. Raising dough either by yeast or
salt rising. rots the -four, destroys one
eighth of its nutrient quality and renders
the balance less wholesome Aeratinp
bread obviates all this, but requires ex-
pensive machinery only afforded in large
cities. If bread could be made OF coarser
-four, only partially bolted, be raised
with saleratus and milk--thesc two bal.
anced-and never eaten warm, it would
seldom do harm. The scarcity of per
feet bread compels many invalIds to use
the unleavened kinds-crackers. ship
bread, graham waters, and GA. cake.
Society would be happier if the dietetic
virtues ofrye and barley were better 40.
and their brewed and distilled
beer and whisky, were less ia :
miliar. The acme, however. of unwbole.
some feeding is eating too fast If Won .
would save the stomach from grief swal. I