The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
of health, and the dictates of common sense

! OF health, ana Tue ulCGttes vi cohAHioii 'N
have been observed.
Man often entails sufferings on posterity, ny
his own wilful act in his lnter-marrlaec VIII, VIII
one whose life is but shadow. lie perhaps
| chooses q wife without thought OF her
health. or u care for the welfare OF thelr
children. Strong and robust himSlt ne
marries n beautiful flower. tender anu oel.
icate as the rose, but which VIII iade as
| certainly and almost us soon, as the orange
blossoms that clasp her brow. If posleriiy
come, they are to mourn departed motner,
and 10 testify In their own persons, 10 the
| lack of wisdom on the part or the 1athcr' anu
who. in due time, will pay the penalty OF us
errors. ,
While the worlds inhabitants would seem
| to he sufficiently numerous for ehch man ana
each woman to hc mated outside the limits Oh
hloOd relations. yet there arc cases Wherc c'ls-
ins need not hesitate to marry. tbs qnes-
ton of health. If both parties are perfectly
healthy, and entirely free from any constl,n-
.onal predispostI"n TO 5he @ same utIeiE be n the the
way. The objection 10 the inter-lnarriage OF
cousins, is one of health, ana the same ooJec-
ton APPLIES with equal force to all OF those
whose constitutional predispositions or weak
nesses are alike. The union Of sickly peo-
pie. developes q weaker race. while the un.
ion of healthy people tends to the production
Of descendants who are stronger and health
ier than themselves.
And now TO another polnt-
Woman Is a greater sufferer than man.
and this fact is due. IN a large meas
ure to the difference in their dress. Man
looks more to his personal comfort, while wo-
man is more a slave to fashion. She looks
more to the effect of her appearance IN the
eyes of Others, than to the physical suffering
which she may entail upon herself. In one
sense. she is right. 1t is woman's hounden
duty-it is her christian duLy-it is her duty
to herself-it is her duty to. those. whose,
queen she is-to appear as beautiful ana
as attractive as possible II the MAKER a;ti
q flower, why should not his children be
adorned in beautiful raiment? Man wors
ships beauty. and it is pleasing in the sight OF
God himself. If 1t were NOT so: an OF NAN IS
rature are misleading. But with all OF the
desirableness OF beauty, woman in her effort
to become even more beautiful than as iaSh-
ioned by the hand OF her maker, sometlnles
over>teps the bounds of reason, and too Of
ten does violence to nature and natures laws
The corset has perhaps been the cause OF more
suffering than every other means OF torture
that has vet been invented Besides the I'M
mediate Inconvenience experienced from TINS
unnatural pressure on the vital organs, their
functions are thus more or less impaired ana
from this impairment result countless evils
in thin shoes. All else being equal, the wise
man will prefer the woman VINO wears the
thickest shoes.
VARIOUS ERRORS OF OPINION, WHICH HAVE
BEEN HANDED DOWN TO US.
that warm bread is indigestible. and there
fore injurious to health. 1t Is true that
men learned in the science of medicine
have time and again pronounced against
warm bread" as all article OF diet. THESE
writers hail from the cities, and their
utteranceS against "warm bread have special
reference to "bakcrs' bread" and have no ap-
plication whatever to our biscuit. The OBJ
Supposed, because of its warmth, but be-
cause of it's newnesS AS heating changes the
dough into bread, SO the bread that Is allowed
TO become a little stale undergoes still anothCr
change which change makes it of easier di-
geStion. The bakers bread, when eaten fresn
and warm. TO q greater or less extent, 1orhlS
lump or ball in the stomach which becomes
so thoroughly coated that 1t is, for time I'M
pcrviouS to the action of the gastric juices
hence "warm bread" is unhcalthy-not be-
cause of It's warmth, but because OF us new
ueSS ,
is. that man should 20 to bed on an emp
ty stomach. The fact is, that no man at any
time should lie down to sleep with an lnsu1ii-
cheney Of food in his stomach. 1t is necessary
at ali times for this rule to be observed. but
more especially is it so in malariouS or lnfec
tious localities. 1t is against nature for any
animal to be required to lie down hungry,
and man is the only exception IN having eu-
ucated himself TO sleep on an empty stomach.
The natural functions OF the body. IN us pro
cess Of aSSimiatlng food and In repairing the
losses and wear incident to the exposures OF OF
the day point TO the necessity or State OF
the greatest rest during the digestion OIL tOou.
TO ward oft the approach OF disease in our
sleeping hours, the system demands the sus,
tenance which generous supply, ey, th,t o, iodu di
gestien goes on better during sleeping than
during waking hours.
The idea that fruit is golden at morning
silver at noon, and lead at night, IS also an
exploded theory. 1t is golden all the time
Let US eat OF fruits in their season, at any
hour. but more especially on going TO bed
He that does this will find his internal ar
rapgements healthy and well next morning,
while his head will be clear, and the whole
system AT q maximum of strength and actlV-
iiy.
1t is fair to presume that the original as
srrtion that sugar and candy lnJure emil
person in the dark ages, who could give no
reason for the belief. This, like many other
sayings which have been handed down to us
is erroneous. In the absence OF specllic
cause. the researches Of medical science nave
not been able to discover the reason FOR the
decay of the teeth. All that the medical ira
terniiy have yet done in that direction Is 10
admit that it comes from some unknown
constitutional arrangement or impairment.
which they have not yet learned to treat. Ob-
Scrvation, however, teaches that the de-
cay of the teeth seldom takes place after the
man has reached fifty years. Sugar is not
more injurious to the teeth than other
foreign substances which may be left IN the
mouth. but To that extent. and to that extent
only, is sugar injurousto the teeth we might
with more reason say that beef is injurious
way Of asking for whatever is nceied IN
her great workshop Sugar Is an essential
element in the composition of the BODY. As
the cattle of the field need salt, SO the cilild
needs sugar When the boy has attained
the age OF manhood the desire for sweets is
often supplantcd by his diet. but the demand
for sweets in some form continues. There IS
something in whiskey which takes the place
pf on hu fin hnV sometimes
takes his sugar in that form.
WE SHOULD KEEP OURSELVES WARM, AND
STICK TO OUR UNDERSHIRTs.
It is of the first importance that we keep
ourselves warm. Our houses should he com
Portable and our clothing should be suitable.
Any bodily suffering from cold is II drauHht
on oar vitality, and ii is said that cold feet
haze put more men in their graves than all
the wars that have ever been fought. When
ever the hands or feet are cold, or whenever
the body suffers from the same cause, 1t Is
natures appeal and natures warning. which
none can safely disregard. No man neeu SUP
pose that he is making himself hardy by ap-
pcaring on the street I on he farm with IN.
sufficient clothing at any time. and 1t Is the
greatest mistake, which too many make, TO
defer the putting on of warm clothing at the
first approach of the wiuter season. In INC
Fail the system is more susceptible to The
evil effects Of cold. than in m!dWntcr. For
this reason our warmeSt clothing should be
worn in the first chilly days Of Autumn. But
in the Spring ot the year we are still more
frequently sufferers FROM the act OF discard
ing our warm clothing at the first approAch
of summer. The true way to do Is To SUCK
10 your undcr>hirt until it sticks to you. He
who tlisrcgards this rule will suffer for his in
discretion.
"NIGIIT AIR."
While some men are too careless us to the
comfort Of their houses, and make them so
open that they are but little protection to
their households, others again go To the other
extreme and make their houses SO close
and so tight as to prevent sufficient ven
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