The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-06-23
HINTS ON

HINTS on sEAsIcKNess.
A Clear Diagnosis Of the symptoms Of
hat Insldious Malady.
An anxious friend has written to say
that he is going abroad for the first
time in his life. He has never before
enjoyed a life on tho rolling deep, and
desires me to explain to him the symp-
toms of seasickness. how he may de-
tect the insidious approaches Of that
fell disease. how he may prevent or
overcome it, or both. Without obscure
ing its beauties in technical language
or rendering it incomprehensiblc to
even a beginner. l will state that the
cience of scasickness is best acquired
by spending a few happy hours upon
the rolling deep in The intimate society
of your most private emotions. 1t is
not q matter Of time. By exercising
a little juds ment in your selection ola
day and your choice Of n boat, you
can in a short time obtain rs much
knowledge of the malady rs is pos
sessed by the proudest traveller who
has doubled the cape or rounded the
Horn.
Practical experience enables me to
say that for studying the lighter forms
Of seasickness a menhaden steamer
anchored, say. two miles off Sandy
Hook, on n day when there is a good
ground swell on, affords a noble OPP
portuni,y; but for going still further
into this technique and learning tho
true inwardness Of all the complied
tons which may arise you should take
passage on q large steamer. insert
yourself in q 6x2 bunk, and be bat.
tened down with 1862 other passenger.
for four days during one of those
pleasant spells OF weather which soa-
faring men call y elbow"
The first symptom you will observe
in yourself is n desire to suspend all
animated con versation and to listen to
an inward voice informing you that
your attention is specially called to the
fact that the vessel is beginning to be
lopsided in her movements. Stimuli.
%taneously with this you will remark
that your spinal column is acquiring
hinge, and that considerable ginger is
departing from your resolution to bear
up and enjoy yourself
The next symptom will appear sud.
denly and without warning in the
shape Of a wistful yearning to lean
over the ~taffrail and commune with tho
fast. hurrying pillows, gaz' soulfullv
down into the emerald depths aud
wish you hadn't been such a drafted
fool as to come. This is usually &C.
co mpanied by an %upheaval Of emo
tons which you will easily learn to
recognize.
The third stage is one in which you
are goose fieshed from head to foot,
your IDEAS are whirling like n buzz
saw, a congestive chill and cold per.
spiration steal upon yon like a thief
in the night You feel tho clammy
hand of death laid upon your pain
wrought brow and you retire to your
cuddy below, fling yourself in a spine-
less heap upon the bedding and linklc
an electric warning to the steward
that your case needs about rs prompt
attention as he 4 give to it. and that
you are not only ready but eager for
death.
The stage is where you will begin to
graspthe subject. The throbbing of the
engine, the mufilel sound Of washing
waters. tho long. low bowls for lcman
Juice, icc-water and basins. the pray.
crs and tears Of strong men parting
with all they once held dear. the odd
moments in which your liver dances
the can-can and your digestive appa-
ratus has lost all sense Of propriety-
all this will rapidly elevate You in the
knowledge You desire. and when, four
days later. you crawl forth knock
kneed and with a complexion like n
spoiled lemon. to lie to your fellow
passengers and say it was neuralgia
kept you below. and that there is
nothing in the wido world you enjoy
SO much as a sea voyage. You will
know just as much about scasickncss
as any expert, and will DO able on sub.
sequent voyages TO detect 1t in your
system at u glance.
Seasickness is not contagious, like
smallpox. nor infectious, like yellow
fever; but it gets there just the same.
The s~peediest cure for seasickness is
n loaded revolver applied just back Of
the left ear, but to prevent m attack
sell your ticket to some con6tlin
friend and stay home.-M H.fKprLd.
Kansas has a 900, 900 miTtk cows.
and with u butter profit of $40 per
COW. they would represent " clear