The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-01-01

"more in the fields, near the borders of woodlands
" than within their shade, and more at the level of
" the tree tops than near the ground. 1t was most
perceptibe in winter, next in spring. less in autumn,
" least in summer. 1t was perceptble at higher
than at lower elevations and was least apparent in
the open country at distance from forests Indi-
"vduas are sent to the pine forests of Prussia and
other countries, in order that theyma breathe the
highly ozonized exhaations of the confera. y
REPORT on Forestry. Washington, 1877, PIP ISL,
aNq)
The Importance of such climatic data to proper un-
derstanding andestmation Of the adaptation of coun
try or region to human industries comfort health and
longevity, is only beginning to be appreciated and it
has to be recognized as sanitary fact of great
moment that there is most intimate relation between
the death rate the human family and the range of the
thermometer more extreme the climate becomes
the more the death rate is increased Gail forms
of disease of the respiratory organs increase as the
Temperature decreases with like conditions of hui
mildly, and increase still more directly with the
"greater varableness of the climate. - (Blodget.
Climatology Of the United States).
So close is the relation between climate and the
physical welbeing Of that certain classes of dis
ease are distinctly photographed affections, and
are eliminated by proper climatic conditions, and it
is worthy of note, here that of the two tracts in
the whole territory of the United States, east of the
Rocky Mountains which are absolutely or almost
free from that scourge of rigorous extreme climates
pulmonary consumption, is locatedby the census map
of 1870 on the Cumberland Mountains.
The advantage therefore, of the Cumberland table
land from the point of view of climate, may be
briefly presented as follows:
First: 1t is highly elevated plateau, which
rises in massive grandeur nearly 1000 feet above the
level of the sea- with Of S, 900 square miles,
capped with sandstone, crowned with forests, with
rolling surface with here and there, on its eastern
border, subordinate mountains rising 900 to 500
feet above the general level thus afordng diversified
scenery, and numerous springs brooks and waterfalls
with pure, sparkling water-sof, freestone water
the best in the world
.Setond The soil dry, absorbent well drained !;
no stagnant pools, marshy flats to breed malaria
nothing to encourage endemic, nothing to spread
epidemic disease
Third: The air of that pure and invigorating
character that is called par excellence mountain, with
the slight aromatic odor of the forests, stimulating
exhilerating bracing.
Fou,7A: The temperature in summer remarkably
agreeable and equable; the days rarely hot; tle
nights invariably cool; the summer season long, the
winter short. During the unusual heated term
Of July, 1872 that afflicted the whole country
from Galveston to Montreal, with the thermom,e-
ter fixed at go Fair, day and night, in city and
village. inland and by the sea, the Tennessee table
land enjoyed complete immunity almost from the
discomforts of that sultry time. True, it was hot
there, but the dryness and elasticity Of the air.
and the gentle Winds made it eN1Ggeble, while the
nights weres4ways comfortable, and indeed blankets
were ihd3pekabei better exhibit of its summer
climate is not needed than the history of that hot
and as it proved elsewhere terrible and fatal period
FJtM: But the winter climate, also, is no less
remarkable for its gentleness and mildness as we Of