Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01

furnished is generally needed, for the
effect of each of these ailments is to
leave the stomach too cold. Perhaps
this reliance on artificial heat as
stimulus to the vital organs may become
in itself debilitating if long continued
Too much wrapping up and coddling
in warm rooms is not SO healthful for.
the vigorous as active, out-Of-door ex-
ercises. We do not say for the young.
because generally small children need
more protection from cold than they
get. But the rule is good one never
to accustom the young to warm drinks,
either tea or coffee. Reserve these for
the aged or those who have passed mid
die life, taking care not to let them
drink any thing much above blood heat
except in sudden emergencies, when
the system seems to require stimu-
lants.
Excessively cold drinks are an abom-.
ination to the stomach. The habit of
using ice water is the cause of an inn
mense amount of summer sickness.
lee is often impure, though looking as
transparent as glass. If got from ponds,
as it often is, it is quite likely to contain
germs of disease that were in the water
before freezing. No one should think
Of drinking melted ice before filtering,
unless it is made from water pure
enough for drinking before it is froze,ssp
The use of ices or of ice-coId foods In
summer, tempting though they be as
delicacies, is responsible for many
deaths, especially of those whose stom-
achs are deblitated. Even cold milk il
injurious, espe cially if made ice cold by
being surrounded with ice to make the
cream rise. 1t is safer to warm cold
milk before drinking it, and this is best
done by turning enough hot water in it
to take the chill off. This also dilutes
it sufficiently to prevent the curd form
ing in solid mass, as it does on many
delicate stomachs, to which milk is al
ways an irritant
One caution in the use of hot drinks
or foods is not to allow them to come
in contact with the teeth much above
the natural tenn perature. Drinking very
hot tea or coffee ruins more teeth than
almost any thing else In special cases
very hot drinks are allowable; but
usually blood heat is better tempera-,
ture for food or drink than any other.
Extremes of hot or cold are allowable
under certain conditions for the system.
as whole, but neither should come i'm
contact with teeth or gums more than
necessary. The prevalence of decayed
teeth in this country is due as much as
any thing else to our national habit of
drinking very hot tea and coffee, and
perhaps alternat ting this with ice water
Or dishes of ice cream. Such extremes
are every way injurious and should be
avoided. Boston Budqet.
There will be five eclipses in 1889,
three of the sun and two of the moon.
A total eclipse of the sun will occur
January 1, partly visible at Washing.
ton as partial eclipse, the sun setting
eclipsed. The second eclipse. being
partial eclipse of the moon, will occur
January Is, visible at Washington and
generally in Europe. Africa, North and
South America, and the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. The third will be an
annular eclipse of the sun, June 27, in
visible at Washington. The fourth
will be partial eclipse of the moon,
July II, invisible at Washington, but
visible generally in Europe, Asia, At
RIGA, Australia, the Atlantic ocean, and
the easterly portion of South America.
The fifth will be a total eclipse of the
sun, December 81 and %, invisible as
Washington.