The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-01-03

Care for the Ear,

care Tor the Ear
We do not think that most people
sufficiently realize the importance of
caring for the ear In the case Of the
celebrated Dean Swift, whose lifelong
| sufferings were due to o simple cold
; taken before his twentieth year. there
were ringing in his ears, deafness. head
ache, nausea, vertigo or giddiness, with
staggering gait. But there are multi
tudes of cases III which the trouble is
/ confined to simple deafness. slight at
first and hardly noticed, vet steadily
increasing with years. Every winter
thousands lay a foundation for it, rhe
part affected is what is called the mid
die ear" 1t Is sometimes inf1amed by
cold air striking continuously On the
outside, just behind and below the ear,
or penetrating the open cavity. FASH
ion, which sends Young children from
| Over-heated rooms into the winds of
winter with the ears wholly unprotect-
ell, is resi- onsible for many sad cases.
When there is cold in the head"
nasal catarrhi the Inflammation often
extends to the Eustaci,ian tubes {the
tubes that .onvey air to the III .desle ear)
and thence into the ea Itself. Some
times the throat and l.;.. ii the mouth
(pharynx) are ui.am.. .he intam-
nation spreads upward IN the same way.
An Inflammation i, often thus extended
from the nostrils to the ear by an i'm
proper blowing of the no:e. One nos
tril should be cleared at time, tho
other remaining fully open. Ii 5'@
As the results-not noticed for tea1s
may be increasing discomfort. :, for
life, the ears of the young should oc-
casionally he examined by competent
physician. The tendencies to deafness
NAV be checked if taken in time.
In the above cases there is thicken-
ing of the membrane tympana (ear-
DRUM, which thickening tends to in
crease with every new cold; or some Of
the inner inHamed surfaces grow TO-
gether, and the action OF the ear il in
terfered with, or the Eustachia tube be-
comes closed. Sometimes the ear-drum
is perforated, the inflammation giving
rise to suppuration.-Health and
Home.
Don't Paint II.
A florist will tell you that if you paint
the fower-pot that contains favorite,
beautiful, fragrant flower. the plaok will
wither and die. You shut out tklair
and moisture from passing through the
earth to the roots. and your paint is
poisonous. just so mere external ac-
complishment, or too exclusive anx-
iety and regard for that, Injuries the
! soul. The vase may be ever SO beauti-
fully ornamentsd, but if you deny the
water of life to the flower it must die.
And there are kinds of ornamental ac-
complishments. the very process of
which is as deleterious to the soul as
paint upon the flower pot is pernicious
to the plant, whose delicate leaves not
only inhale poisonous atmosphere.
during the very process of rendering
the exterior more tasteful, but the
! whole earth is dried and devoid OF
nourishment. Nature never paints,
but all her forms of loveliness are a
i! growth, native character. possession,
and development from the beginning.
If the sun can never he called a painter
it is because the plants absorb his rays
and receive them into the very texture
and life OF their vegetation. So,
whatever is real knowledge, wisdom,
principle, character, and life in educa-
ii III, is a process of the absorbing and
development Of truth, and is not mere
painting. Dr.. Cheerer.