Smyrna times., 1881-07-20
For the Smyrna Times.
F0r TIE SntHFRd Tunes.
Hot WeatIIcr---Isew of EN-
CCSSGS.


MIR. EDITOR The delay Of hot wealth
er renders caution all the more necessary
now that it has come, in spite of NennOr'S
prediction of lower temperature. &c Sta
tistics show that the largest number of
deaths from imprudencc happen when IL
cold spell is suddenly succeeded by one of
intense heat as to-day: and the reason is
that people, feeling the change acutely,
thOughtlessly risk their health in the effort
to get cool. A laborer becomes oVerheated,
rushes to Il pump, drinks cold water to ex-
cess and perishes in few minutes. or
hours. Another person seeks relief in
juleps, cobblers, and other miscalIed "cOol-
ing drinks" and the result is increased
excitement, and Il sense of tension of the
brain, instead of diminished action there.
often followed by sudden death. A third
is tempted by fresh fruit, and another
eats too much, or eats that which is not
ripe, and he too pays for indiscretiOn with
his life. A fourth. fifth. and sixth violate
the laws of health in some other way, and
are prOstrated by illness. if not swept into
the grave. And so it goes to the end of
the chapter.
The virtue of temperance, at this period
of the season, cannot be inculcated too
strongly. We do not mean temperance in
the use of distilled or malt liquors only.
but temperance in all things, but espe-
cially eating, drinking and work. \ sun
fit, when the thermometer is at ninety, is
almost certain death Even a slight over
loading Ofthe stomach, or the indulgence in
some indigestible article Of food, often
leads to violent cramp if not to cholera in
its worst form. But to eat too little. or
to escheW either meats or fruits altogether,
as some theorists do, is an error only less
dangerous. The safest way is to continue
the usual diet, whatever that has been.
taking care, however, to indulge moder-
ately, that is with temperance. SO also
with drinking. If it is madness to imbibe
spurious liquors in the hope of being
cooled, it is folly to iniure the digestive or
gans by excessive indulgencein sOda-water
or ice-cream. Nature invariably suffers
when attempts are made suddenly to cool
| person who is heated Moderation in
all things is indispensable. TO Jump into
a river, to quaf cOpiously of ice-water, or
bring anything else that is cold into sud
den contact with the body, when the latter
is heated, is trifling with health and life.
| EXceSseS i'll work are fertile source of
| illness, and sometimes of death, in sultrv
weather No man can perform as much
labor on hot day, or under vertical
summer sun, as he can in winter, or under
cover. 1t is not only day laborerS are in
| jeopardy. Any unusual draft upon the
nervous or even muscular system. is sure
to be felt at the seat of life. A wise man
will always ecOnOmise his strength in the
summer. Whoever over-works himself in
any way eXhausts the nervous power,
part of which should have gone to assist
the digestion and the consequence is,
that when ne comes home, fatigued and
hungry, to eat a hearty meal, he is struck
down by bilious cholic, dysentery or
cholera. To throw off the garments when
heated, and sit in current of air. is a
common error; and the seeds of many a
consumption have been planted. in this
way, in healthy men. Be temperate in
your labOrs and in your pleasures, in
sleeping and i'll waking, if you would
escape the diseases incident TO hot toe0thcr
and rrhich are so often fatal.
CHAs. ID. GREEN. NJ. ID.
KIRKwOOD, July 18th, 1891,