The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-22
Keep Cool.

This is more matter oil volition than
generally supposed. The advice is not a
hooking sarcasm designed to irritate the
sufferer. In business a cool head, which
puts little reflection between the first
impulse and the instant OF its execution, is
essential to success. In social intercourse
nine-tenths OF the wrangles which make up
so large a part OF the discomfors Of life
would be avoided ii our injunction was
obeyed. Not only bad bargains, ruinous
speculations, costly litisations, bitter per
sonal quarrels, and all the train OF miseries
which flow from them would be avoided by
keeping cool, but even the physical health
can thereby be preserved. Indigestion,
dyspepsia, rheumatism, govt, and chronic
diarrhGa come largely from worrying
brain that will not keep cool. Adisordered
stomach, q foul circulation in the veins,
and irregular physical habits OF various
kinds are directly traceabls to the same
source. ,4eE
But We had TO mind, when We wrote our
caption, the mere bodily condition, and
not its mental counterpart. The cheated
term, as .'E. NJ" was wont to call the
periods Of high mercury, has come, and
poor humanity is greatly disturbed thereby.
The whole frame is relaxed; there is feel
ing OF "goneness" throughout the body;
the knees lose their stiffness; the spine
seems to need q prop; the stomach has no
tons; even the hat ieels to heavy for the
weary, Keeling head. The first impulse OF
all who do not belong to the total.absti-
Renee society is to "brace up the system"
with mixed drinks All kinds OF alcoholic
stimulants only intensity the trouble, and
especially when taken between the regular
meals. Persons whose age or physical
condition renders it necessary or proper
for them to indulge in wines or malt
liquors or spirits ought particularly in
warm weather. only to use these ut meal
time and in conjunction with their food.
Many who regard the use OF wines and
Liquors as injurious or wicked resort TO a
still more dangerous indulgence, and fill
their s,omachs with iced water or other
cold beverages containing no stimulant
II rum has slain its thousands ice has slain
its ten thousands. The ice:pitcher does
not breed Quarrels in households, nor lead
TO murder and other crimes by maddening
the brain; but it paralyzes the functions OF
the stomach, and annually kills more peo-
Pile in the United States than can be count
ed as the victims OF alcohol, and the habit
Of drinking from it grows upon the Thirsty
lip like the use OF liquor. In hot weather
we see the slaves Of the iced cup placing it
to. their mouths every few minutes through.
out the day. 1t is the cause OF the larger
part OF the disease that atilicts the better
class OF the American people. y
There is too much drinking in this coun-
try Of MI kinds and OF all seasons; but
especially in our dry climate, under the
temptation Of parched mouth and the
oppressive heat, the consumption OF fluids
is absolutely astonishing; and drinking,
especially OF iced water or other. equally
cold liquids, does not in any manner
luench the fever thirst. Such drinking
only aggravates the difficulty, and minis
ters directly to long train OF diseases most
difficult to cure. - 3 s. 3. .s4
A bit OF dry cracker in the mouth will
do more to mnisten it and to relieve thirst
than quart OF iced fluid, but even this is
unnecessary ii the sufferers will have a lit
tie patience. Drinking is almost wholly a
mater OF habit, and little resolution will
soon enable any one 10 tolerable health to
pass the hottest day from, his breakfast to
his lunch, or his dinner. without imbibing
fluid Of any kind. We have practiced this
method for years, and are thus enabled ito
keep tolerably cool at long hours Of work
in our ordinary attire, while many around
us, Invested OF all dispeusable garments,
are deluging their stomachs every few min
utes from the faucet Of the cooler, and;
perspiring at every pore, are pouring out
their strength like water.ns II the habit Of
drinking is too strong to be broken, let the
victim indulge in warm instead Of iced