The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-15


Timely Health Hints.
The farmer. Of all men. should en;oy
good health He can have the best and
freshest of natures productions Tor food
and drink has work IS heAlthfui exer.
else. and the air he brea,hes Is fire and
pure. Yet statistics show that the life
of the farmer is below the average. and
that several classes who lead sedcntary
lives in the CITY are longer lived than
he. This must proceed from n gross
disregard Of the requirements 81 health
on his part. and 4 We look n the mat
ter critically. we must confess tina,
many Of us farmers treat ourselves - IL
We did not care particularly whether
We lived or not. Now ! shall. perhaps.
say some plan things. and | say them
without exempting myself. DO not
think that l speak from a high pinnacle
Of fancied personal perfection. 1 am
quite willing To admit that | am rs
much at fault as any OF NV brethren.
We must confess that We are IN
cleanly about our bodies All over the
surface of the body there are many lit
tie glands. opening upon the skin.
whose Office it is To excrete from the
body the particles Of broken down. deal
tissue. This eie.e matter Is cast upon
the skin. and must be FIRE I%uenfly 70
moved with soap and water. or il will
finally close up the glands. and the
dead matter must be retained in the
body. producing disease. There are
also other glands opening on the su>-
face Of the body. whose office i, is 70
pour out an oily liquid. This liquid
soon becomes unit for the purpose fog
which it Is designed. and other mus
take its place. Bat unless that first
thrown out is removed. it will close up
the mouths Of the glands. and prevent
the exit Of fresh matter. Ii is plain
that il no matter fell upon the surface
of the body from external sources. fire.
quent ablutions would get be neces-
sary. But our work IS such that
the body must continually receive
dust from the air. Currying the horses:
milking the cows; blowing. narrowing.
OF draggn NJ the land; binding or hand
ling the grain. ali are attended with tho
settling Of dust upon the body. At this
season, when the veal glands are I'M
usually active and keep the skin damp.
this dust is more than usually liable To
adhere to the body. Thus from both
within and without the body is contain
mated and made unclean. So rapid Is
the work at this season that the body
should be cleansed every twenty-four
hours. and it is best to do this when the
days work is done. for then the bodv's
liz htIifu ta racaiyn dive frn~ ax..l
sources is small. and the functions of
the glands a be properly performed
the night. insuring h~ealthful
slumber.
But how many of us do cleanse th
body each night? l am afraid the trulh
would be that full as many cleanse tn
body only once q week, As those that
cleanse it once a day. Not one farm.
house in fifty. take the country over.
has a bathroom: and l doubt If one
farmers family in twelve has even n
This is q sad commentary on
our way of living. and explains the
prevalence Of fevers in the country,
they should be almost unknown.
/ know only too well how tired the
plOwman is at the close Of the day. and
the fatigue is yet greater II the day has
been spent in the harvest field. 1t
a great task to drag the wearied
body v g twenty feet To bed. The
thought of going to the trouble and
expense of time of bathing may appear
absurd. But nv word for it.
that you will be largely the gamer by
so doing. To battle will not require
more than ten minutes, and you will
have added two hours to- your slum-
Der. You have shortened the time for
sleep by ten minu.es, but YOU have
slumber SO much more sounder
and sweeter that YOU have gained n
dozen tines the time expended. Try
bathing each night for a week. and
YOU will no more think of retiring with
out first cleansing the BODY of sweat and
Dirt than you wouldo of going to bed with
your boots on. And remember that
while YOU have gained so much in rest
aud comfort, YOU will ultimately gain
more in health.
During warm weather meat and oily
food should be almost entirely discard
ed. and fresh vegetables, and ripe fruit
should make up the bill of fare. As a
we eat too much meat; yet New
do not sin so greatly i'm
his respect rs their Western brethren.
ct il is safe To say that even New En-
eat too much meat in warm
At this season of the year.
which is another name for
demands that we keep the bodi-
y heat n the lowest possible point
exercising in the hot sun. The
heat is produced by a slow com
Dust on. the fuel for which is carbon.
and oils are rich IN carbon, and
when used for food increase the bsdily
heat. Vegetables and fruits for diet
Keep the bodily heat At q minimum
hence the wisdom of the use Of
he latter for food. Bat fully half Of
he farmers do not have n good garden
,r a good orchard. 1t is hard to ac-
for this. for when properly at
tn. 10 other part OF the farm is
more profitable than the orchard and
From a money point Of view
lone the farmer should be convinced
hat good policy dictates an early and
garden john II. S:Isi.
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