Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-12

A Jersey Family in Which There are
NO Girls, and Where None are Wanted.

NO Girls, and Where None are Wented.
From the New York Sun
Mr.. William Peterson and his wife live in
Williamsburg and have twelve children. all
boys. Three of them are dark and look like
their mother. and eight Of them are fair and
look like their father. The last child, who
was born just a month ago, is said to look
exactly like both his parents He was christ
ened on Friday, and now glores in the name
of Chester A. Arthur Peterson. In Germany,
when man has twelve sons. it is customary
to name the Twelfth after the emperor, and the
emperor always acknowledges the compliment.
Mr.. Peterson. who is German-American. kept
up the custom in an American way by naming
his Twelfth son after the President. to whom he
sent letter. inviting him to be godfather.
But the President has returned no answer as
yet. and at the christening the whole of Meter
mich post. &. A. r.. dressed in full uniform,
stood godfather to Peterson No. ~.
Mrs Peterson is 81 years old. but does not
look nearly that She is quite enthusiastic over
her family. and especially of the latest addition.
A lady In the room ventured to suggest that it
was very hard on Mrs. Peterson not to have had
single daughter to help her. Mrs. Peterson
thought, too, that it would have been good
thing If she had had daughters, but she didn't
want them now.
with Chester A. Arthur on my hands," said
she, IL shall have all | can do. At the christcn
ing Yesterday my friends were kind enough to
say would have 12 daughters now but don't
really want them, because it is enough for my
husband to do working at his trade as machin-
LIST, to bring up family like this / buy stock
ings and shirts three or four dozen at time,
and last Christmas bought nine pairs of shoes
for the boys in one day"
What TO Drink in Hot Weather.
From the Hour.
The Temperance people say Drink nothing
but water" and their advice is sufficient-to
those who can follow it. But unfortunately the
total abstaners do not practice what they
preach, for most of them make liberal use of tea
and coffee; both Of which are powerful stimu-
lants. The best rule. for those who can follow
it-and in this class may be numbered all healthy
peoples to drink nothing whatever during
the hot hours of the day. What many people,
especially children. call thirst is only dryness
in the mouth and throat. This uncomfortable
sensation is caused by the general habit of
breathing through the mouth. The air taken
into the lungs dries the mouth, tongue and upper
portion OF the throat. Soldiers. on the contrary.
breathe through their noses, keeping their lips
closed; so they entirely escape torment which
is not thirst at ALL for thirst, properly speaking
is demand by the stomach and alimentary sys-
tenn for more moisture. To drink for the
purpose of relieving mouth made dry by
being open is frequently to overload the
stomach with fluids which are not needed.
and which, consequently are detrimental
to digestion. 1t is peculiarly injurious, also.
for 1t washes into the stomach all
the foul solids which. in the form of dust. find
their way into the mouth and throat Persons
who are compelled to cool and moisten their
paates should first rinse the mouth with sip
or two fwater. If. afterward, they feel that
they must drink they should imbibe by single
sips BY this method they will be as fully salts
fled with gill of water as with pint hastily
swallowed. Ice water is the great American
vice. and probably kills more persons than rum.
That it is cooling to the entire system cannot be
denied, but sudden changes of physical temper
allure from warmth to GOODNESS are always detri-
mental to health. Actual thirst Is as quickly
satisfied with hot water as with cold. When only
ice water is desired the probability is that the
person drinking it has eaten something which
has irritated the stomach. The American rage
Tor salt. pepper and mustard may be charged
with much of the inordinate thirst which
makes the travelling American marvel to
MS European cousins. Croton water to
which has been added one-twenteth
for any properly fed person. Coffee is not a
good summer drink. Its stimulating property
Is beneficial to persons with sense OF physical
debility; but coffee arrests, temporarily, all ma
tural processes Of waste, whereas in hot weather
these should be allowed full play. Tea is far
better drink. Taken without sugar it is cooling
but heaped teaspOonful Of sugar will generate |
as much physical heat as a quarter of a pound
OF beefsteak Sugar Is the most heating of all
articles OF human consumption Men who are in
ordinary health and are actively moving about
during the day will be most comfortable if they
restrict themselves to moderate potatiOns of our
most plebean beverage--beer. The stimulus In !
beer is largely diluted that of all other drinks
should be; SO 1t is slow to act and it has some
staying effect. Among wines the most ap- |
propriate to summer demands are those of the |.
they can be had in undoubt- |
ed purity. The Catawbas of our best native |
are quite healthful, in spite of their
bouquet. Claret is useful in sum- |
mer. 1t mixed with its own bulk of water it is |
stimulating and satisfying. Undiluted claret, |
In larger quantities than single glass is bad in
summer tor person in good physical condition, |
for it enrches the blGod-the reverse result is |
usually more desirable, at least until long, hot |
season has begun to make inroads upon cOnsti- !
tutional vigor. Sherry and port are too heating !
to be drank except in cases Of temporary ex- |
and champagne, which always is lit |
orally mixed drink, is generally heating to an |
undesirable degree. There. are many men who |
have trained themselvest to do several days work |
within the business limits ola single day. As this
requires extreme stimulation, these men drink |
freely OF whisky, brandy or gin throughout the |
hot weather, and never seem to be any the worse |
for their fiery rotations But let no person Of |
quleter habits imagine that he can safely imbbe !
with these phenomenal drinkers and escape |
harm. In BRIEF the lightest drink is the best in |
hot weather and the less the drinker consumes |
to experience between May and October
How Cholera Patients Feel.
From Twains Dictionary of Medicine
The patient feels well up to within few hours |
of the attack or, 1t may be- goes to bed and |
sleeps soundly through the night, and immedi-
ately on rising in the morning is seized with |
violent purging and vomiting. If judiciousy
treated. many patients recover from this the |
first stage of cholera; but if neglected, the |
tendency of the disease is to Grow rapidly |
worse. The patient complains of intense thirst !
and burning heat at the pit of his stomach; he |
suffers also excruciating pain from cramps in |
the muscles OF the extremities; he is terribly !
restless; and his urgent cry is for water to |
quench his thirst, and that some one might rub |
his limbs, and thus relieve the muscular spasm. |
The pulse is rapid and very weak the respira-
tions are hurried, and the patients voice
becomes husky. His countenanca is pinched.
and the integument of his body feels
lnelastic and doughty, while the skin Of his
hands and feet becomes wrinkled and purpsh
In color. The duration of this, the second stage
OF cholera, is very uncertain-it may last for
two or three hours only, or may continue
for twelve or fifteen hours; but so long as
the pulse can be felt at the wrist there are
still good hopes Of the sick persons recovery
The weaker the pulse becomes. the nearer the
patient Is to the third, or collapse. stage of
cholera, from which probably not more than
thirty-five per cent recover. In the third stage
n In