Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-20
! SGDER DIARY.

"dS N'lt 10 thIs Oiil"el III mistake for
ten dollar bill, which the honest mem
Der owe, to tins establishment: Mon
day: Have Just sobered up. and de
termlned not to take another drink
lhls thing has gone far enough, an,
L plainly see that unless check NV
self i'll this wild career of whoop an,
and repeat the dose. l am hopelessl,
gone and thoroughly III debt. j
strange strength comes to my aid. Ii
after wears my grandchildren vii
read what L HOW write, and feel {
swelling sense of pride. Tuesday
Made a temperance speech. Stoot
up and looked like man who neve,
touched drop of whisky. Received
congratulations and went to a restau
rant to take oysters with friends
Finally took a glass Of wine. Tool
another. Another bottle ordered
Drank freely Stood up and repeated
my temperance speech BootblacL
thrust his head through the doorway
md leered at me. Threw the vinegar
bottle at him. Police came in. and
We had an interesting session. Fined
ten dollars. Kept the affair out OF
the papers by giving the reporter a
clSar. Wednesday: ID ii report
er did not keep the affair out of the
paper. but he got my name wrong.
Blalnedcst world | ever saw. Rather
clear up new ground and roll logs.
Got drank again and made another
temperance speech in the house.
Head aches like the deuce. Wish l
was IN the spring house at home.
Owe a man ten dollars and he wants
1t. Town people are unaccomodat
ing. Been down to the newspaper
office to make arrangements for a
complimentary notice Editors have
an easy time. Nothing to do but sit
down at a desk and write Not half
aa hard as driving hogs out of the
field or turning the grindstone
Thursday: Drunk as a fool and get
ting drunker. Friday: Resolved,
never to drink again. Fifteen min
utrs later: Drunk. Hotel clerk
threw ink on my shirt front. He's Il
fool. SO am L, Soldering up slowly.
Evening: Drunk again. Saturday:
This is my busy day. Considerable
of Il headache hans ing around me.
Preparing for hard work. Drunk.
Soda water and lobelia. Soldering up.
Evening: Drunk again. Sunday:
Too full to write Arkansaw Trav.
clcr
PNEuMoNIA.-Dr. Loomis says, The
causes are atmospheric; there is
abroad some unknown influence
which predisposes to intlammatory
diseases that have an infectious ele-
mcnt." Usually the maximum mum.
Der of cases occurs i'll March or April
hut this year probably on account of
the peculiar weather. it has come
earlier than usual. Young people,
DIR. Loomis says, usually recover
from it: Old people, scarcely ever.
Dr. Alonzo Clark says that the ex-
act causes of the disease are as vet
unknown, but that from records
Which have been kept it appears that
barometrlcal conditions of the at
mosphere have as much to do with it
as thermometrical 1t is usually
traced to sudden exposure, followed
by Il severe cold. A weak condition
of the system, an Indulgence in al
coholic liquors. and business anxiety
or oycrwork constitute favorable con
dltions for its rapid development.
DIR. William a. Hammond thinks
that the disease. together with many
others. may he traced to the over
heating of houses So common among
us. When the temperature of
house is TOO high there is great dan
ger of taking cold by passing from
the overheated rooms to the cold out
side air. This is especially true in
country houses, where the halls are
not heated and shock is given the
system every time one passes from
room to room through the cold pas
sage
Taken altogether, this testimony
from three leading physicians just
flies five conclusions: First, that one
is especially liable to pneumonia at
this season of the year; second, that
overheated rooms ara dangerous;
third, that violent changes of temper
ature should be guarded against;
fourth, that overwork and worry
prcdispose to pneumonia; fifth, that
indulgence in alcoholic liquors helps
the disease.
Any one may contract this ailment
but reasonable degree of caution in
the particulars we have named, and
Il prompt application of remedies on
the first appearance of the symptoms,
will constitute pretty efficient safe
guards for every one.