The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-07-18
IN the labors of another Geographical tour
whenever the teacher Of Natural Science slsall
give the signal and Ak upon a time.
THE PERKS or rcE wArEH.

There was recently an account in the news
papers of q lady who died at an extrenpsls
advanced age who, during the last ATTY years
Of her life, had never drunk as much a. 1
glass Of cold water. What her favoritc bev-
erages were was unfortunately not stated -
We may DO sure. however, that she took noti.
Ing into her stomach TINT was not rnised u
the temperature Of that human oook nt0xe.
whether il was Coffee tea nj wine.
No reasonable housewife cooIs her ssoxe.
when i Is red-hot BY throwing Iec-water up.
on IL She knows enough 10 know that 10 id.
aition to the sudden generation Of steam thns
would drive her out Of the kitchen, tho stove
itself would crack and b ruined for futurs
usefulness.
Many people, however, do not sreat their
stomachs as reasonably as the housewife
treats her stove. They pour into 1t, when Ii
is in a state of intense actiyity,and everything
In It is at the highest point of chemical COM
bustion, pints and quarts of icc-water.
A man who, in state of perspiration, with
the sweat oczing from every pore in his skin.
should suddenly strip of his clothing and
shut himself up in q refrigerator, would bc
set down in public estimation as natural
fool, who dehed Providence itself to save him
from death. Such case actually happened
In this city, few years ago, and the man was
taken out Of his ice-box dead as a herring and
stiff as pike-staff.
The human stomach is Of better material
than the cook-stove, and accommodates itself
to more abuses than any other organ Of the
body. To say nothing OF the indigsstiblc
stuff that Is bolted into IT. not half mastlcat-
ed, 1t is made to suffer variations of temperaA
ture equal to sudden change from Summer
heat to frosty morning. II the cook poura
water on her fire, and puts It out, the potatoes
stop boiling in the pct, and the bread goes nm
baked in the oven. The analogy Of processes
in the kitchn and In the stomach Ii not d
strained one. The Ice water arrests digestion
ifit does not absolutely drive out NIL animal
heat, and It Is not resumed till tho water IL
raised to the temperature required to carry it
on.
Habitual ice.water drinkers are usually very
flabby about the region Of the stomach. They
complain that their food lies heavy on that
patient organ. They taste their dinner
for hours after 1t is bolied They cult.
vate the use Of stimulants to aid digestion,
and take exercise as wonderful remedy for
Indigestion. Ifthsy are inaciitpent they read
up ON food what the psychologists have to say
about it--how long it takes cabbage and. beef,
and potatoes and other meats and esculcnts Il,
go through the process Of assimilation. They
roar at new bread and hot cakes and fried
meat imagining these to have been the Gauss
es of their maladies.
But the ice water goes down ali tho same
and finally friends are called In to take fare.
well look at one whom a mysterious Provi-
dence has called to cline where. SO far as IL
known, ice water is not used. The number
OF immortal beings who 60 hence to return
no more on account Of an injudicious use OF
ice water can hardly be estimated. We may
paraphrasc the song Of the admirers of th5
ancient Psalmist, and sing, whiskcy has slain
its thousands but leo water It's tens Of thou.
sands
1t has been said that the Americans are
nation of dyspeptics. They eat the Same food
and breathe the same dir that other civilized
people do. They are peculiar alone in the a.
bounding Use Of ice-water, andEthey are Pc
culiar also in the prevalence Of maladics that
may be traced to disordered stomachs. As
there is special development Of diseases Of
that organ among them, IL is Legitimate to at
tribute it to the special abuse Of It by fush-
ing 1t ten or twenty times day with water
SO cold as TO deprive 1t Of the heat necessary
for its healtbful action. 1t is leo water that
does the business. - Cinci,snati Commercial.