The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-06

/ CouEcll4l mere oSaLAtt teftt r
asked, he scratched his bead and said
Scarlet rashP yes. scarlet rash q
light, they al get yell, uRIess tn
doctors mistake it for measles and
practice some rash interference.
Typhoid ~ mo, mostly malarial
which 70 neglected, snd ending IN
death, we calI Typhoid. No decay o.
animal matter or offal. Air too
pure, water supply too pure, soil too
porous, too much tendency b
evaporation, and DOT enough
to decay. "Chills" asked
None Of the old-fashioned ones, p
be said, "Our malaria is not robust
enough to shake q nsn up here, he
gets bilious, he Is apt to feel little
chilly. No standing water, afr al
ways stormy, no dead Gains, bat' gen
tie zephyrs lift the malaria from riv-
er bed and bottom and scatter it as
fast az ganersted" "Mumps % I said
His face elongated hs be said Yes,
but no deaths Is yet heard from, OnlS
imperilled matrimonial prospects
In faef, . ne said, "fhs laV Of Iife 80
far dominates the Law Of desth and
decay that Kansas Wanfs neither
tombstone men nor emigration the
Law Of feprDdaction proceeds with
singular and phenomenal regularity
and certainty q
Matrimonial industry Is rewarded
In Kansas as nowhere else. Mothers
have children in Kansas who never
had them elsewere Children crowd
like "oliye branches" the poor mans
table, and the nearer the extreme
west you get the more they crowd. /
close this chapter % his narrative with
a gesture ofimpatienee, because, as q
bachelor Of mature years and steady
habits, this could be to me . matter Of
no interest. sa
There remains another disease to be
considered In its relations 10 Kansas
soil and climate, viz: Consumption
Of the Lungs. This disease sweeps
away about one-sixth Of the adult pop.
uIation Of the United States My
friend was already in its grasp and I
might be-all too soon. ItWas night
mare that had presented itself at I'M
seemly times and places. II might
mean much or little, but there had
often stalked before my view a wasted
form, with hectic flush and brilliant
eyes; the hollow cough and clammy
skin the mal-nutrition aud the men
ial alienation that makes this at once
the most fatal and interesting OF NAL
aides. Why do you not go TO Colors-
do2 said I to my friend, and the un-
expected answer came to me, "Bs-
cause for Consumptlves Kansas beats
the world" had turned loose ter
rible tongue, and 1 stood appalled, be-
fore the food Of commingled theory
and facts as 1t came to me with tumul-
tuous and unexpected energy. Know
now, said my friend, If you do not al
ready, that consumption Of the true
tuberculaF kind is never brought on
by cold and exposure aud accidental
causes, without a perverted condition
which predlsposss to 1t and renders It
possible. This predlsposing condition
said he, may be either born IN man
or created by him. He either inherits
. weakened vitality or actual organic
weakness, or may produce them in
his own case, without which there
can be no true tubercular cOnsump-
ton. This impaired vitality, or or
ganIc weakness, leads to Indigestion,
mal-nutrition and a morbid state Of
the blood that only needs an exacting
cause to make Its rapid development.
These exciting canses doctors differ
about. They used TO say cold, dust,
and al irritating causes producing
congestion or lnhamatisR Of an organ,
caused the deposit in that organ Of
the tubercle. Now they say it is
microscopic organsus, or growth, call
cd Bacillus, p that are Its active and
exciting causes We VIII leave the
doctors to quarrel about this II they
want 10. But mark this, said my
friend, we all iuhale bacillus. They
crowd the air. Every man breathes
them. They give one man disease,
but not another Why is this? These
bacIlll may be the cause, or some
thing with them that is so. But both
are innocent In the blood and Tissues
OF q healthy man. They die out, do
not multiply unless his blood is IN q
certain turbln condition. Unless the
soil Is fertile and prepared, 50 II seems
10 me that to prevent this predlspos-
ing condition is the only way to wipe
out the cur e Of consumption. II we
inherit It we must reverse the habits
by which our fathers created It, To
not crsats &c In ourselves we must
obey the laws Of health In ell their
rigid requirements; Eat right, sleep
right, bathe freely, breathe pure air,
cease our efforts merely to get rich
and rest our tired nerves.
Nv friend had me ct a disadvantage
and 30 I held still I can DO all this
better, said he, In Kansas than any
where else. Here Il pure cir always
In gsatle motion. It dTies up surplus
Moisture snd stops putrifaetion- RaO
ellie cannot fatten here becanse they
have no food-they ere slekly and dis
e0nsolate. The ever moving currents
Of air favor Transportation from Tia
skin, and 90 the matter OF disease Il
taken from the blood and Il Is lefl
pure. Tissue Is rapidly exydizsd her
end % nature calls offen fos f0od, and
theabbsllse FfbSs better. ~ q.
Ths roads ~ ne year IKE the road
Of July slsBheFs. sfNvuF peFpetuA
eEeFOiBs, and out dOer lilei is possible
through all the year. Upon This / De
pend to eradicate that tendency 4
Iung dIssass that Is with me an inher
itanoe. I % Itln the interests Of my
children. The industries d Colorado
arr, prosecuted 81 the base Of he
mountains. People live on soil mad
uD Of WISH from che hills, and KEEP
vst with melting SHOWS snd descend