Wichita eagle., 1888-08-02
CITY VERSUS COUNTRY.
MORAL NATURES BEST REACHED ON
THE PHYSICAL SIDE.

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People Who Dig Their Own Graves-Evils
That Follow in the Train of Living In
Cities--Ozone Of tho Country Air-Ths
Requirements Of Children.
Tho city Is, as every one knows. a poor
place to bring up children in Men and wom-
en-, with bodies matured and properly hard
ened, can endure its bad air. the confinement
within doors and the constant excitement
and drive-though even they require occa-
sionally to be trapsplanted to more whole
some conditions for regeneration. In the
case OF young and growing frames, the san
itary drawbacks. Of course tell more disas-
trously For the sake Of their physical
health city children can hardly see too much
Of country life. The minds Of city children
are undoubtedly more stimulated than are
those Of children dwelling in the country.
City children are much more precOcious.
But this Is by no means an advantage, often
it constitutes the gravest injury City life
does not sufficiently allow the energy to be
employed in building up. first, thoroughly
developed and vigorous body, which may
throughout the remainder OF existence sup
ply the necessary physical basis for the pos
session and exercise of the brain powers,
ready to be most used when the exigencies of
life demand them most. 1t, on the other
hand, by too early exciting the intellectual
faculties to activity, often interferes vita
the moral growth of the organism, leaving
it. at the time when 1t should be at the height
OF its complex force, fully developed neither
in body nor mind, and already undermined
by premature decay
Any advantage, due to precocity, the city
child may possess at Is, will DO apt to nave
wholly disappeared, and 70 be in process of
belng atoned for, at ~ But the moral In
1uences 20 which the city child is subjected
are the worst He sees too much Of tue
feverish shrew'd and unprincipled life that
is going OF about him, even in the very streets
and public places With the utmost care, it
Is impossible TO keep this wholly out of
knowledge We can merely refer here to the
sights and sounds that are rife in city
street; but every parent, who is striving to
properly bring up boy or girl even in
large town, will have felt the difficulty. The
country is, undoubtedly. the best place for
children to be raised in When, with bodies
matured, reason developed and principles
fixed, if they require larger field for their
energy and powers, then is time enough for
them to seek the city Brick walls, like bon
nets and high hats, go best with mature
heads
GENEROUS SLICES OF sPAcK
Life In the country, where the population
is sparse, and individual is separated from
individual by generous slices Of space, is
longer, more secure, and therefore, of course,
more healthful, than life in the city, where
the opposite condition OF affairs exists More
extended observation would, NO doubt,
simply show the law to be universal Induc-
ton, then, may be said to reveal these facts.
There must, Of course, be some reason or
cause behind it What is that Why is it
that country life IL mora salubrious than city
Iifei A number of causes conspire to make
Il %; but, were It asked to point out the
main and leading causes, We should at once
say air, and that Is the only one We shall con-
slider hero Air in the country Is pure and
conducive TO health and longevity; that in
cities and towns is more or less impure and !
productive Of ailment and fewness Of years.
Professor Tyndail, in his studies With the /
microscope, laid bare the fact that the air Of /
cities is loaded with fine organic and mineral !
Observation-Disclosures from living beings,
auman and animal, dust, smoke, and tnfin- !
tessimal bits Of every conceivable material |
The larger and moro crowded the city the 4
more il this the casa The horse cars, omni-
buses and heavy teams grind the street dust |
70 small IL easily floats in the atmosphere,
where it mingies with dust and gases from /
very industry, hne fragments OF food, atoms
# refuse, manure. germs contributed by de- /
composing animal and vegetable matter, etc.
The very clothing Of the people gives OF into
he air microscopic bits Of cotton, Linen, fur,
WOOL, velvet, etc. Smoky air, and air snas
harged with extraneous substances, II nos
,nly, In every sense unhealthy. bot it me-
irritases tho sensitive mucous
nsmbrane Of the mouth and lungs, causing
!rynea tickling. hoarseness and congestion,
rom which arise thirst and feverishnesx,
nd to t,snish these improper dist and strong |
beverages ars resorbed TO. Drunkenness il
more prevalent With the poor Of cities than
Iunonx the corresponding cla@ IN the country.
LACK OF ozoSK.
Prom these inducsive facss it il evident |
hat the atmosphere Of cities is, h the nrss
,lace, too highly charged With foreign mate
ial TO be In the highest degree conducive TO
cath. In the seoood place, osons. which il
1ygen gas in q peculiar state Of concs@fr.-
ion, and the most vitatzng element nexs 20
God eor, rather, equally vitaiinnS with food
rhich nature seems TO have provided srnors
ciu,uia.irg even than oxygen t.seif. while IL
bounds In country air, exis.z by comparison
Mt rarely In the air Of c.tses and towns
his latter. instead. contains m exoe1 Of
arbonic acid gax, which, Is all know, when
are is deadly poison From living in such
q atmosphere come iassscde. n~vc<zs trri-
abflity. craving FOR stsruiAnfs. such - also
oil, tobacco or hos drinks, ssrpassuesa, PAL
u, poverty Of the blood and . long train Of
D. II Il Be trne, a. has besn sGtd, seas
;tses are '.she graves Of tes human r~ee,' n
also trus TIA: the race largely d.gs fz ova
rave
We -, then. thsf the main c1rss of IL
reaser hsalfkfuine. of country over city |
e i toe supersx food sAs ferD1 tuszAAs