The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-18

| We presume that even the most confirmed
doubter in America will admit without ar
| gument that dogdays are upon us. Ihe sea
sons are not always reliable, they have way
of bringing untimely rains, heavy WINDS un
ed dronghts and many other apparen
Ills at the most unexpected periods; but they
never fail to bring most trying" Spcll ' O
hot weather in August, and of giving thC
| same heated term faculty OF continuity
which even devOut believers in the wisdom
of Providence would fain see transferred to d
more desirable sort of weather. Even The
people who know that the fruits and The
later grains need the August sun to do hi:
whole duty do not perspirc any the less ireei,
+ on that account. Those fortunate souls who
can flce to the mountains or the sea.coast FOL
the summer may not be particularly troubled
by the heat OF the season; but that great body
Of humanity which has no vacation but thai
of Sunday knows by experience that the
heated term is TO he dreaded.
We have no new methods OF alienation &c
suggest; but there are but few of our readers
who will not do well to put into immediate
practice all those precautions which have al
ways proved beneficial Among these is the
devotion of the utmost attention to personal
cleanliness. In no other scasoHdo soap and
water aud frequent change of clothing have
daily bath is within the reach of everyone
and is one of the most etlectual prevontivcs
of disease; and daily change of all clothing
which touches the skin richly pays for the
extra labor il occasions. There is not a
greater subject of wonder among physicians
than the fair average condition of health
among people who neglect these duties.
Heating altlclrs of food and drink should
be carefully avoided. Those foods which
contain considerable oily or sweet material
are necessary in cold weather TO supply the
requisite amount of physical heat, but in
Summer they inflame the physique aud de
press the mind. Fruits vegetables, and far
inaccous foods are not only cqua! to the
supplying of all bodily needs in hot weather,
but prevent that mental activity which is one
! of the peculiar torments OF the system liz
the heated term.
Too much ventilation in hot weather is an
imposslbility, and cn1rent Of air should, II
POSSIBLE be secured in all living and sleep
'tng rooms.
All refuse matter should lie QuicQly re.
| moved from residence and the vIdintv therof
In neighborhoods where there is no public
arrangement for the collection of garbage
each household should sec that it is buried
and covered with dry'earth wien possible
Where neighbors neglect such precautions
more careful people, no mistaken ideas of
delicacy or tile requirements of friendship
should prevent earnest remonsrance, or If
necessity, legal proceedings for the remov-
al of nuisances.
Finally nothing but matters of life and
death should he alowsd To be cause for ex-
element The rapitl waste and consequent
prostration that are induced by excitement
arc more serious in their effects than anyone
not Il psychologist dreams of. The horse who
trotS mile is more exhausted than If he had
walked over five times rs much ground; the
parallel holds good in man, but the results
are more serious when the mind par'akes of
the excitement Of the body. At best human
energy and force are severely taxed by exist
ence IN temperature equaiing that of the
blood, and, as vital force Is literally the
body's only fertilization against disease, il
cannot be too carefully husbanded.
Doubtless Our remarks will suggest other
precautions winch are well known but too
frequently anheeded; too many of them can
not well be put into immediate practice, and
there are lev of them which will not, when
applied, speedily show beneficial results
Christian t'aiOa.