The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24
GOOD HEALTH AT HOME.
Excellent Advice About Eating
and Exercising.

and Exercising.
Dyspepsia. the Root OF All Ailments, Can
BE Cured by Proper Excrclse-lIot
=. Air or Sun Baths Benetlcial-<
Other Health Hints.
The healthy man is the happy man.
Then there are very few happy men
In the world, because there are COM
paratively very few healthy men.
Nowadays men all seem to have some
ailment. The majority of them have
dyspepsia, and this is the cause of all
their trouble. Tho true reason that
there is so much dyspepsia and other
ailments in this world is because men
don't know how to live or how to keep
healthy. They sleep irregularly, eat
irregularly and improperly and take
little or no exercise. To keep in health
one must exercise. All can not by
taking this exercise become great ath.
letes. but they can 80 develop their
bodies as to be always in healthy
condition..
The exercise that should DO taken is
such that will develop all the muscles
of the body. There are several ways
OF exercising, of which / will speak
presently. First of all will tell how
man should live. OF course, in writ
ing this am taking for granted that
the health student is in fair state of
health On rising in the morning the
best thing to do is to rub the body
we'll with a pair of flesh gloves or
brush. This will remove all refuse
matter that has come to the surface of
the skin during the night To keep
in health the skin must be cared for.
There are7, 100000 peers in the human
body, each one is quarter of
an inch long and if they were
all placed end to end they
would reach distance of twenty
eight miles. These pores or drains
must act necessarily in order to main
tain health. for if they become torpid
or obstructed, the effete matter which
they fail to throw off is reabsorbed
into the system, resulting in diseases
Of all kinds, particularly consumption,
govt, rheumatism and indigestion.
The Importance Of a clean skin can
mt be ovcrestimated. The skin is too
often regarded as a covering only. in
:,tead Of q complicated piece Of ma
clincry, scarcely second in it's texture
and scnsitiveness to the ear or the eye.
Many treat it with as little reference
to its proper functions as if it were
nothing better than bag of their
bones. It Is this reconsideration for
the skin that is the cause of a very
large proportion of the diseases in the
world. If, as claimed by some scien-
lists. four-ffths in bulk of all we eat
and drink must either pass off through
the skin or be turned back upon the
system as poison, and that life de-
ponds as much upon these cxhalations
through the skin as upon inhaling
pure air through the lungs, it must be
OF the most vital Importance to keep
that channel free.
Washing won't fill the bill. The fact
is that the skin IS kept too dirty for
practical use; especially is this the case
with persons of sedentary habits. They
may wash and battle in tho ordinary
way as much as they please, but they
can not by such means be thoroughly
purified, for their skin has become so
torpid that it has lost that healthy
action that would tend to keep them
clean by the natural process of sweat
ing. There is this objection, also, to
mere water-bathing, that the skin alb
serbs the water. and weak persons are
frequently made weaker by the wash
ing, while others get only temporary
and questionable benefit from it. The
Russian bath is the best kind of bath
to take. the dry heat drawing the
moisture through the pores of the skin
and so purifying them. But to return
to the morning after the rub with the
gloves; it is a good thing to sponge
yourself with salt water The salt
hardens the skin, acts as a dis
infectant and prevents rheuma-
tism. No exercie but the rub
bling down should be taken before
breakfast. Then comes the clothing.
In cool weather always wear wool next
TO the body. It. is much better and
much warmer than silk. Those who
are inclined to dyspepsia should have
an extra band of flannel round the
stomach. That is to keep the boiler
hot and the machinery well at work.
Wear moderate amount of clothing.
Don't try to put on enough to keep
thoroughly warmed. Keep yourself
warm by moving about and having
some lie in you. Next comes break
fast. No cocktail before breakfast,
mind. Just sit down at your table and
eat slowly. Commence with some oat-
meal and milk. Then if you have any
brain-work to do during the day eat q
roll, some eggs and drink q cup of cor
fee. Those who have hard physical
work might eat meats, but no one
should make a heavy breakfast. Don't
read your morning newspaper while
eating. BY reading while eating you
draw some of the blood away from the
stomach to the brain when it should
be assisting in helping the organs to
digest the food. After resting for
a few minutes start off for your
business, and, If possible, walk.
Don't walk fast, but gently, and in all
kinds of weather. The meal of the
day should be taken at noon or soon
afterward 1t should be plain and sub
stantial, and what one fancies most.
OF course any one troubled with dys-
pepsia will choose dishes easy to d.