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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Why we Should Bathe.

Among all the appliances for health and
comfort to mankind we may safely say there
is nothing SO we'll known, SO useful, and
withal 50 comforting, and yet so little prac-
ticed, SO carelessly and thoughtlessly me-
elected as judcious bathing. The skin of
the humane body. from head to foot, is net
work of pores, which ought always to be
kept free and clear Of distinctions, These
pores are the openings into minute tubes or
channels, which lead through unseen mean
deripgs into the sanctum Of life within. &.
To those blessed with good health, bath
as a common sense appliance, gives thrift
and growth to healthy functions, bright
ness and delightful serenity, clearness of
mind and buoyancy of spirit 1t is certain
ly blessing to both mind and body. For
the mental worker, 1t is nerve tonic. A
thorough immersion in water OF proper tenn
perature will calm aud give strength and
tone to his whole system. The indoor la
borer who gets but scanty supply of fresh
air. needs bath to obtain those invigorat-
ing elements 80 common in the open air.
aud filth, which gathers on the surface OF
the body naturally covers and clogs the
pores and otter enters them and poisons the
system. To remove that filth, frequent alb
lut,ons and occasional immersion in water
are exceedingly desirable, and usually indis-
pensable to health and comfort; consequent
ly. every family should have a convenient
bath-and full bath too-of Eome kind, not
| only for general neatuess Of person, so de,
sirable to every individual Of taste and cul.
ture, but as means Of preserving health,
and in many cases, especially under the ad.
vice of good physician, as the.safest, pleas.
ATTEST and one of the most powerful and
efficient means of combating disease. Di.
rected by good Judgment and wise counsel,
bath is valuable auxiliary to other RENE
dies, and it can be used when internal rene
dies cannot. In the long catalogue of dis
eases to which flesh is heir, scarcely one car
be named in the treatment of which a batt
| is useless.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
FOOD FOR SUMMER.
IL eat ProrucinE Iood Misehfevouz I'm the
Hot Months-Our Drink.

II eat Producing q God Mtsehfevouz In TIN
Hot Months-Our Drink.
In our climate the temperature may range
during single year through 1870 degs. in
the shade, though range of more than 110
degs. is unusual. Our food requirements in
summer differ from those in winter. One of
the chief uses of food Is to produce heat
within our bodies, for heat is as much an
essential part of us as in muscle, nerve or
bone. A variation Of lew degrees Of ami
NAL heat either way is fatal. The tempera-
ture of the human body in state of health
ia the same the world over-in Greenland
and at the equator. Animal heat is gener-
ated within ihe body by wonderful chemical
processes, from the raw material furnished
by food. Nature within us and nature with
out us work together herein. Some foods
merely generate heat; others nourish, or
furnish force.
Now an unvtiated appetite Graves and re-
iects, according to the need. The Greenlander
Graves heat producing fat, but food into
which fat largely enters is unsuited to sum
mer. Sugar, also, is mainly heat producer;
therefore cakes and sauces, rich in sugar
and fat, are mischievous in the hot months.
The system, already weakened by the heat
without, is futher heated by the heat elabor-
ated within, and is still further weakened
and rendered susceptible to disease by its
inability to assimilate what may have been
digested Thus throws eIhausting work on
the eliminating organs.
Here again we see the h-rmony of nature
within and without. In summer the normal
taste Is for the fresh vegetables, in which
nature is then so lavish. Most of these vege-
tables have little heating property. More
over, they abound in water, which the sys-
tenn then demands.
Again, cold is tonic, aud long continued
heat depressant. In winter digestion is
more vigorous, and this makes the appetite
better. In summer, therefore, our foed must
be less in quantity. Indeed, quantity then
tells more unfavorably on health tnan does
quality. The getting rid Of waste KEGS the
eliminating organs at high and dangerous
tension, and that, too, when weakened by
climatic conditions Yet many persons eat
thd satze in sulamef as IN winter, and spur
their feeble appetites with various stimu-
liant. 1t is not wonderful that, when the
laws of health are thus disgarded, the sea-
son is prominently the slckly one, although
so much life in the open air should make it
healthy one.
Food includes water and water constitutes
the larger part Of the body. 1t is also the
solvent both of food and waste. By its
evaporation on the surface the bodily tenn
perature is kept at-its proper point. Hence
it should be drank freely in summer.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Deadly Snakes.

In the United States there are four differ
ent species of rattlesnakes-the ground or
black rattlesnake, the Florida species, the
mountain serpent, aud that Of the Staked
Plains. The rattlesnake found east of the
Mississippi, and in the wooded district just
vert of that river, is essentially the same
as the Florida species, although sometimes
classed as separate variety.
OF these the Staked Plains rattlesnake is
the largest, and most active, and most dan
gerous. Six feet is not an unusual length,
while seven-foot snakes have on several co.
casious been killed. These serpents some
times three inches around the body, and re-
coveries from their venom are very rare.
The Florida rattlesnake comes next In
size, while short, stumpy ground snake,
scarcely even more than three feet long, Ia
the least venemous.
Beside the rattlesnake there are three
other venemous serpents found in this
Countrywide copperhead, the moccosin,
land. and water, aud a small and very rare
snake found in Arizona. which is considered
the most deadly of all.
This snake lies in the dust. and strikes
like streak Of tightening at every thing
that approaches. A peculiar fact about thii
snake is that it is completely blind, and has
the keenest hearing of any snake known
These reptiles are very rare, and but half Q
| dozen specimens are found In any Of oul
| museums.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Our Foes In the Air.

1t is wonderful fact that the air we
breathe contains foes as deadly and invisi-
BILE as the malignant spirits which with an
cleLt opinion peopled it. MOST epidemics
are due to these unseen enemies. To be
sure probable that the earth and organic
bodies on the earth, and not the air. gener-
ate them. They are taken up as dust, and,
being little heavier than air, are long sus-
pended in it,
They are known by the general name of
microbes--microscop forms of life. Only
few of the many classes of microbes are
harmful, just only few OF the millions Of
species of larger vegetable growth are pois-
onous.
In 1888, an epidemic fever, characterized
by great depression, infsnation OF the
bronchial tubes and lungs, and by an inces-
SAINT cough. swept over the world from east
to west. It's advent was sudden, and in.
most cases the person was well again in less
than a fortnight. 1t was quite fatal how.
ever, to the aged and weak. This was the
famous influenza.
sometimes over extensive tracts Of country
sometimes only locality-many times since
the Middle Ages, If it is Of microbc orr
gin,-as Is probable, inconceivable
swarms of MICROSCOPES must have filled the
air or course no precautlou could avail,
except the habitual maintenance OF high
health and good hygienc conditions.
Malaria is due to microbes which reach
victims either from the air. by inhalation, or
from drinking water which has absorbed
them. Boil the water, avoid the night air,
sleep in the higher rooms Of the house and
guard against all excesses.
Typhoid fever is caused by microbes from
the discharges of a previous patient which
either have found access to drinking water,
or have been taken up dried into the air.
Microbes flourish in all kinds Of moist 18th.
The chief safeguard is general cleanliness,
the boiling of all suspected water, aud am
pie ventilation and sunshine,
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough
and measles are due to the microbes given
off from the skin or breath of a patient.
They either float in the air of the room,
or become attached to the furniture, walls
and bedding. Avoid infected rooms and
persons. Attendants should keep their
stomachs in an active condition with diges-
tible food, but should not overload them.
Most microbes are digested and rendered
harmless by vigorous stomach.
The surest prophylactics-as preventiyes
are called-are high health, cleaness, abun-
dance of air and sunshine, the boiling of
water and milk and the avoidance of what
ever depresses the physical system-loss OF
sleep, protracted watching and all excess,
and cheerful courage.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Freeze Out yellow jack.

The sad nsws comes from Jacksonville
thatne yellow fever is still spreading. The
people remaining in the stricken city are
making gallant fight under circumstances
calculated to inspire despair, but it now
seems that their oannonading and burning
coal tar and sulpher have had little ifl any
eftev,.
There =. no doubt that this terrible
soourge ofithe south is contagious dis
ease, and that the isolation of its victims
during the hot weather is the only thing
that will prevent its spread. Bad sanitary
conditions, of course, aggrayste the disease
and widen its scope, but no possible care
will save people brought in CLOSE contact
with an infected person. At times the dis
ease has ravaged those portions Of New
Orleans inhabited by well to-do people
with as terribly fatal effect as it produces
among the poor. Nevertheless, in ordinary
years it is usually. confined among the poor-
or quarters of the city.
One thing is known, however, and that is
that the contagion ceases with the coming OF
tTOat. I0lb HdB llLblo pIooenb OOnlOTJ III IL
for people 50 far south as Jacksonville; but
should the maroh Of science bring with it a
deyics that will enable the maintainance OF
q low temperature throughout the whole
city for time, the way to check yellow
fever will probably have been discover l.
This sounds now like a wild proposition.
but the tendency of invention is in shat di-
rection. In all the southern cities, now, ar
tifcially produced ice has superoeeded the
ice once carried there from the north; and
there is no difficulty in producing, by chem
icsl action, freezing temperature in the
refrigerator cars that bring dressed meat
from the West to the eastern seaboard. 1t
Is, therefore, entirely possible that process
can yet be discovered that will lower the
temperature Of whole city nearly to the
freezing point.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Tho Coming Fair,

Hazel Dell Park, during the past fortnight
has been metamorphosed from semi-solat-
ed waste into living reality, and the ad-
vanced condition OF the buildings indicate
that everything will be in readiness for the
most elaborate display Of Agricultural, Po-
mologloal, Mechanical and Art Exhibi Is
ever made in New Castle county.
The advantages Of such an Exposition to
to the citizens of Wilmington, as is now be-
ing arranged for, are almost incalculsble as
1t brings an immence concourse Of people
face to face with our industrial and mechan-
iosl institutions.
1t will be grand advertisement of Will
mington and most naturally will give an ir-
resistsble impetus to our varied industries
and as the stranger Is welcomed within our
gates he may feel persuaded to make this
city his future abiding place.
The possibilities of this new entei prise
are for reaching in their tendencies and we
Join the progenitors of this work In the hope
Of q measurable realization.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Sick Headache.

The periodical recurrance OF sick head
ache with many persons, is grievous afiic'
tion. Those who suffer from it should cor
rect every habit and avoid all indiscretions
which they know are likely to be followed
by an attack. They should also overcome
every arrangement OF the system which ex
lists, If possible, and strengthen every part
and function of the same. In fact, they
should treat at first not the head and its
aches. but endeavor to build up general
health, In the attempt to do so they must
not indiscriminately dose themselves with
drugs, but rather depend upon pure air, ex
ercise. sufficient sleep, good wholesome food
and other measures Of like character.
One OF the greatest essentials in treatment
will be careful selection of the diet, and
a rigid restriction to thoSs articles of food,
which, in their experience, has proved the
least burdensome to their digestive organs.
There is no dietary which is alike suited to
all. Each must learn what, and how much,
is the proper for him or her to eat, and what
should be avoided; and those substances
which are known to be difficult of digestion
should never be INDUCED in. While careful
not to tax the stomach they must eep the
bowls active, If constipation exists, head
aches are quite certain to occur.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
seientifie study OF tho B,bie.

DIR. T. t. Munger thinks that the Bible
sities. In an article in The Century for Sep
tember he says "There is now no public
sentiment that needs to be regarded which
complains of the scientific study of any sub
ject If In some regions and from some
sources there should be complaint at treat,
ing sacred themes In scientific way, it is
complaint that the university must be ready
to meet aud to endure. 1t will lessen as the
conception, now rapidly growing, gains
ground, that all education is conducted in
the scientific or induotive method, The
teacher who nov wages warfare in his
GLASS room in behalf of free-trade, or pro-
tectiop, or evolution, is behind his age. The
true teacher is one who gives the facts, the
principles, and the laws Of his subject. Ifit
be said that such theory of education re-
duoes it to a cold and colorless thing, it may
oe replied that the true teacher puts the
warmth and color into the facts and laws
He may hide as much conviction as he sees
tit within such teaching, but he must not
contradict the very law Of education---name-
ly, teaching the student to think and giving
him matter for thonght.
"This method can be carried into study
of the Bible. Objection might come from
three soul ces--strict sectarians, who regard
the Bible as fetch too sacred to be touched
except in their own way; atheists and infidels,
who nourish contempt for the Bible as an
antiquated piece of rubbish; the devotees OF
culture, who vary the monotony OF their
agnosticism by temporary zeal for Classic
| ism, Buddhism, and, of late, Mohammedan.
| ism. To the first it may be said, We do no,
your students bgck to you with a better
| knowledge Of the Book that you revere To
the second it may be said, This is still a
| Christian nation, and the Christian religion
i is a real factor and power in the life Of the
| people. We do not require your students to
become believers, but we do require of them
| to become familiar with fact and force
| which they will meet at every turn in theil
/ future careers. To the third it may be said
i 1t is not improbable that, in your varying
enthusiasms, you will soon come to take al
Interest in the Babylonian myths, or in tn,
psychic element in the Hebrew prophet, OF
in comparative study of Oriental ant
Western symbolism, in which case a thor.
ough knowledge of the Book most intimatel,
related to these subjects would not be amiss
SIN order not to leave the subject In
vague condition, l will indicate, or rathe
hint, the direction such scientific study o
the Bible night take.
"Genosis the nature, sources, aud CON
position Of ths book,
THE Pentateueh: les authorship and con
position.
''The Hebrew commonwealth: its natui
! and growth.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Lecture.

The members Of the A, o. U. W. will be
entertained on next Tuesday night at the
meeting of Ind lstry Lodge, No. 2. by Prof
W. A, Reynolds, who will .lecture to o~them
on the claws Governing Storms, Hurricanes
and Cyclones.
This is an interesting subject and will
be well handled as the speaker does not
do things by halves, and 1t is expected that
Industry as well as other lodges will be out
in force.
The lecture committee of this lodge have
had their vacation and promise treat of
some kind every lodge night.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
The Century for September.

An unfamiliar face greets the reader in the
frontpiece of the September Century, that
OF Edward Thring, the late head-master OF
the Uppingham Grammar School, England.
This is a compliment paid to educator
pure aud simple. Mr.. Thring has been said
to have been, since Arnold of Rugby, the
most highly esteemed educator Of England.
George r. Parkin's illustrated article on
Uppingham describes "an ancient school
worked on modern ideas" The pictures
are by Joseph Pennell and Irving R. Wiles.
This is, in fact, an educational number of
The Century. Other articles on this sui jet
are ''The Industrial Idea in Education" by
Charles NJ. Carter; "The University and the
Bibie, pyi. L, 5fanger, Women who go
College," by Arthur Gilman;and profusely
illustrated paper on "College FTaternities, 1"
by John Addison Porter. In addition to
these, readers will find an "Open Letter."
by President Seelye of Amherst on the same
subject of "College Fraternities;" also an
"Open Letter" on "Art Education" by W.
]. Stillman, and two editorials having to do
with teaching.
1t may be added that the poet Sill, about
whom Mss Phelps writes with such enthu-
siasm, was a notable teacher as we'll as q
poet.
Other articles in this number are oontIn-
aution Of the Life Of Lincoln, George Rem
nan on "Exile by Administrative Process"
A. G. Gordon on 'Hard Times in the Con-
federacy," Professor Holden's concluding
article on "Sideral Astronomy" an illus
trated article by Mrs. E. s. Starr on "Doves;"
and BIRD Music" by s, P. Cheney, father
of the poet.
Mr.. Kennan in the department OF "Open
Letters" answers the question, ais the 81.
berian exile System to be at once Abolishedp"
The ex-C Confederate General Colston writes
feelingly and reconstruotlvely Of "Gettys-
burg Twenty-Five Years After" Minister
Romero explains his relations with General
Grant during the time Of Grants failure;
and John Bavard and General Fremont tell
about 1.-THE Canal at Island No. TO-"
The stories aud skeletons OF the number
are a continuation of Mr.. Janvier's "a
Mexican Campaign" an illustrated story by
James Lane Allen, the scene of which i,
laid in the monastery laid by him in the
August number of The Century; and Mrs.
Roseboro's sketch entitled "The Mountain.
eers about Mounteagle."
The poetry of the number is by Bliss Car.
man, Eugene Ashton, Walt Whitman, John
Vance Cheney, William II. Hayne; and In
''Bric Brac" by Helen Gray Cone, W. j,
Anderson, Frank Dempster Sherman and
Annie d. Hanks.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Words Spoken In Season.

| Daily Republican.
The evidence adduoed before the coroner's
jury in the case of Thomas Lilly ols}rly
shows that poisons are sold very posev in
| this city. 1t was asoertained that there are
but four poisons Of which druggists are re-
quired by law to keep register of the
amount and to whom sold, but even with
these it would be the easiest matter in the
world for an evil disposed person to obtain
them under fictitious name and residence.
Several druggists admitted that they would
sell poison to any respectable looking person
who might apply. But even worse than this
is the lndiscriminate sale Of poison under
the name of rat exterminators. One Of these
is called "Rough on Rats" and another
"Death to Rats" the latter especially being
most dangerous preparation in the hands
of an evil disposed person. These poisons
are sold to all who apply without restriction,
and as there is sufficient arsenic in one of
the boxes to kill whole family, the danger
in their indisorminste sale is apparent
Apropes Of the Lilly case it may be said that
the jury have spared no pains or trouble to
ascertain the guiity party. but the efforts
nave been unsuccessful and 1t looks DOW as
though 1t will never be known who is re-
sponsible for the death of this unfortunate
young man. There are many facts that
were brought out before the jury that can
never be made public, but one thing is GER
tain, the jury have exhausted all the means
at their command to fully investigate this
case, and that they have besn unsuccessful
is no fault of theirs. This Is one ofthe cases
that go to show the necessity of a skilled
detective in this city, as that is the only
means by which the guilty parties could be
discovered.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08

can outline of Jewish history.
1.-THE nature aud meaning of such books
as the Song of Solomon and Jonah.
'tThe theism in the Psalms.
'The ag ument in the Book Of Job, and Its
literary features.
"The Proverbs, and their relation to orl-
entail thought.
"The Captivity, and its effect upon the
nation.
IAN analysis of the Prophecy of Isaiah,
and its literary features.
"An outline Of the life Of Jesus Christ
"The sources of the Christian Church as
found in The Acts.
'Christian institutions: their origin.
"The forces in Christianity which led to
its reception and continuance"
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
Elkton Fair.

The Fair at Elkton will opn October 2nd
continuing four AZ days. The magnificent
sum of twelve thousand ($19,OO0) has been
set aside and will be devoted to premiums
and in addition there will be numerous
beautiful and valuable special premiums.
Special attractions in the amusement line
will be daily presented in connection with
the running and trotting races.
Elkton Fair has been for many years a
favorite with Wilmlngtonians and the addi-
tional features of this year will attract more
largely than ever.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08

slippery chute that had unbalanced and
mired me; and in every corner, purifying
stacks of turnips and cabbages sending out
Taeir penetrating, loathsome breaths.
I Tho cellar was as dark as coal pit, the
tie three -paned light under the dining
room windows being buried under the win
ter that late May still found unmoved.
The vile gases and stagnant air, thick
with dreadful odors aud disease germs, had
no outlet of escape from the cellar, only by
stealthy fltering through every possible
Granny and seam Of the heavy timbered
eoiing into the living and sleeping rooms
overhead, and by strong rushes up the stair
way, whenever the opening cellar door stirred
currentupward
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08

On the new time card, in effect September
2nd, the Union Pacific Railway is the only
line that can offer the travelling public two
daily trains from Council Bluffs, Omaha
and Kansas City to Los Angles and San
Francisco.
Also bear in mind that passengers from
Chicago taking "The Overland Flyers" at
Council Bluffs practically make "a hours
better time from Chicago to San Francisco,
and eight hours better time from Chicago to
Portland, than they can make via any other
route.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08
The English Daisy.

i picked my first crimson-tipped
daisies in, or near, the little black
and-white village of Whitnash, o
village nesting in the very heart of
green England, and concerning which
Hawthorne writes most delightfully."-
in Our Old Home.
Not far from Whitnash is a deep
railway cut, the sloping banks of
which are smooth and green as a
well-kept lawn, 1t was there l espied
them, on an April day, as l leaned
over the railing of the bridge span
ming the cut. They starred the green
turf in consultations.
Ever since the arrival of the
thrushes and blackbirds, I had been
seeking them, and now they had come
as wild flowers do, not singly, but by
the myriad, as though by some elec-
trio underground communication they
had fixed upon the exact day and
hour in which to join en- masse the
train of the advancing spring.
The entrance to this is carefully
guarded by high picket fence. But
with equal care stile has been bull
over the fence so that whoever pleasei
can gain access to it.
l brought away a handful Of thesc
daisies and most perfect they we're
the disk having centre of rich gol
den brown grading into bright yellow
where it was joined by the crimson
Tipped rays.