The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-05-22

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tainly should be extensively read for they
include 50 much excellent advice that their
influence can be for nething else but good.
Dyspepsia means difficulty in prepar-
ing the food eaten so that nutriment can
be extracted from it to supply the wants
Of tho system Eating too fast and too
much are prolific causes the first because
the food, being swallowed in too large
pieces, begins to ferment before Il can d.
gest, and the second because the stomach
cannot cope with the quantity forced upon
IL A limited supply of gastric juice is
smother cause, and this implies bad blood.
Out Of door life, moderate exercise until
hungry, and simple food are the best rem
edies.
Bitters, the names Of the multitudinous
varieties Of which disfgure the fences and
scenery Of the cOuntry, come in for Sc
we're handling on account Of their alcoholic
composition. A list of thirty-four Of these
mixtures is given, including all we ever
heard of and a great many which we did
not know existed; and in every instance
they are shown to contain alcohol. In
brief, while persons are using bitters as
medicine, they are often drinking, three
times day, a more concentrated form Of
alcohol than is found in the purest wbis-
kies and brandies. 1t should be set etdown
as settled rule that bitters In any form is
alcohol in disguise.
Localities of life should be high. Ele-
vatcd stations are generally exempt from
the ravages Of consumptive disease. The
air is lighter and contains less oxygen !;
but as the lungs live on oxygen, as it is
the oxygen which they bring in contact
with the blood at every breath, it Is that
which purifes and gives it its life-giying
power. If each breath of air does not
give sufficient amount Of oxygen, instinct
prompts fuller breath this distends the
lungs more fully, and thus develops and
strengthens them. A statement is given
of the elevation Of several American cities:
New Orleans is relatively given as 10,
New York aud Philadelphia 35, Boston
40, Chicago 5s5, Nebraska City 900 and
WinOna, Miss, 1900.
Many family mansion, says the editor,
speaking Of healthy houses, has been built
with the Accommodations Of the savings Of
half lifetime to make the graves Of half
the household in a few months, from ne
glect Of the precautions for thorough drain.
age and proper water supply for drinking
and cooking Never select a house over
a filing prefer sandy soil or the top of a
hill.
In Munich, the bodies of the dead are
kept for forty-eight hours before burial, and
the fingers are connected with a wire so
that, in case the person should revive, his
least movement will ring bell and 50 give
warning. This is not applied to babies /;
but il is suggested tina, if the plan be adop-
ted here, the wire should be attached to
the child's toes, as all babies begin to kick
as soon as awake.
With reference to winter garments, suf.
ticient clothing, it is said, should be worn
to keep of feeling of chilliness when
sbout usual ayocations. Less than that
subjects one to an attack Of dangerous
pneumonia at any day or hour. More than
that oppresscs. Steadily aim, by all pos
siblc ways and means, to keep Of a feeling
of chilliness, which always indicates that
4 cold has been taken.
Instinct teaches that less exertive pow or
Is required to keep moving than, after
coming to standstill, to set the body in
motion again. The frequent stoppages Of
stages and street cans kill of the horses,
Instinct also teaches the requisite expen-
dituro of strength according to the circum-
Stances Of the season. No one walks as
fast in summer as in winter. We get up
; in the morning with certain amount Of
strength, aud much may be gained BY
economizing during the day.
Spcctacles become necessary when you
fist notice yourself going to the window
iustinctively for better light, or when
your eye gets tired by looking at any small
thing near at hand, or dimness or water
! ing is manifested, 50 as to cause indistiuct-
ness. First purchase No. 20; and as you
observe the symptoms above named, get
No. 1s, and SO on. The glasses should be
near enough to the eye almost to touch the
lashes; they should te washed every morn.
ing in cold water aud carried in pocket
by themselves. Brazilian pebble makes
the best lenses. Avoid reading before
sunrise and after sunset. Read as little
as possible before breakfast, or by artificial
light; do not sew on dark material at night,
and use no other eyewash than pure, tepid,
soft water Babies eyes are often injured
by allowing the glaring sunlight TO fall
upoa them.
4 Exercise Is worth more than al the
medicines in maintaining health II it
rains, take an umbrella and let 1t rain on;
If 1t is cold, walk or work faster; IL It is
windy, turn around and go the other way;
if il rains, halls, SHOWS, and blows, all at
once, 80 that you have to stay indoors,
then live on bread and water that day,
not au atom else, and you win need no
exercise 70 work itup.
II should always bs borne in mind that
large share Of our little aches and pains
would pass OF about as soon by letting