St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-28
HINTS ON SEASICKNESS.


That Iusldl0us MalSsly.
An anxious friend has written to say
that he is going abroad for the frs
time in his life. He has never before
enjoyed = life on tho rolling deep. and
desires me to explain to him the symp
toms of scasickness. how he may de.
tect the insidious approaches of tina,
fell disease. how he may prevent OF
overcome il. or both. Without obscur'
ing its beauties in technical Language
or rendering it incomprehensiblc tc
even a beginner. will state that the
science of seasickncss is best acquired
by spending few happy hours upon
the rolling deep in the intimate society
of your most private emotions 1t is
not matter of time. BY exercising
little uds ment in your selection Of a
day and your choice of a boat. you
can in short time obtain as much
knowledge Of the malady rs is pos
sessed by tho proudest traveller who
has doubled the cape or rounded the
Horn.
Practical experience enables me to
say that for studying the lighter forms
of scasickncss q mcnhaden steamer
anchored. say. two miles of Sandy
Hook. on day when there is good
ground swoll on. affords noble op-
portuni,y; but for going still further
into this technique and learning the
truc inwardness Of all the complica-
tions which may arise you should take
passage on large steamer. insert
yourself in a 6x2 bunk. and be bat
tened down with S62 other passengers
for four days during one of those
pie spells Of weather which sea-
faring men call ''blow."
The first symptom you will observe
in yourself is = desire to suspend all
animated conversation and to listen to
an inward voice informing you that
Your attention is specially called TO the
fact that the vessel is beginning to b.
lopsided in her movements. Simul.
tancously with this you will remark
that your spinal column is acquiring a
hinge. and that considerable ginger is
departing from your resolution to bear
up and enjoy yourself
The next symptom will appear sui.
denly and without warning in the
shape Of a wistfnl ycarning 10 lean
over the taffrail and commune with the
fast. hurrying pillows. gaz, soulfullv
down into the emerald depths and
wish you hadn't been such a drafted
fool rs to come. This is usually &C
co mpanied by an upheaval of emo
tions which you will easily learn to
recognize.
Tho third stage is ono in which you
arc goose. fleshed from head to foot.
your ideas are whirling like u buzz
saw. a congestivc chill and cold per-
spiration steal upon you like a thief
in the night You feel tho clammy
hand of death laid upon yOur pain
wrought brow. and you retire to your
cutldy below. 1ing yourself in n spine
less heap upon tho bcdd ng and tinkle
an electric warning to the steward
that your case needs about rs prompt
attention rs he can give to it. and that
you are not only ready but eager for
death.
The stage Is where you will begin to
grasp the subj ct The throbbing Of the
engine. the mufn ell sound Of washing
waters. the long, low howis for lemon
uice. ice-watcr and basins. the pray.
FRS 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 propricty-
all this will rapidly cleva ate you in tho
knowledge you desire. and when, four
lays later. you crawl forth khock-
kneed and with a complexion like .
spoiled lemon. to lie TO your fellow
passengers and say it was neuralgia
Kept you below. and that there is
nothing in the wide world you onjoy
% much as . sea voyage. you will
snow Just as much about seasickncss
IS any export and will be able on sub
'equent voyages TO detect 1t In J our
,ystem ut a glance.
Seasickness Is not contagious. like
'mall-pox. nor infectious like yellow
ever; but it gets there just tho same.
The speedicst cure for seasickness is
. loaded revolver applied just back OF
he left ear. but to prevent an attack
'ell your ticket 10 some confiling
ricnd and stay home.-N T. World
1t is said by an eminent phy ysician
hat half Of tho supposed mad dogs
,avc nothing the matter with them bus