The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-26
GOOD HEALTH AT HOME.
Excellent Advice About Eating
 and Exercising.
Dyspepsia, the Root of All Ailments, Can Be Cured by Proper Exercise-Hot Air or Sun Baths Beneficial-
 Other Health Hints.

Then there are very few happy men IE the world, because there are com paratlvely very few healthy men. Nowadays men all seem to have some salment. The majority of them have dyspepsia, and this is the cause of all their trouble. The 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 irregular and improperly and take little. or no exercise. To keep in health one. must exercise. All can not by ia fling this exercise become great ath ] etes, but they can so develop their bodies as to be always in healthy condition.
 The exercise that should be taken is such that will develop all the muscles of the body. The-e are several ways of exercising, of which l will speak presently. First of all will tell how a man should live. Of course, in writ ing this I 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 well with pair of flesh gloves or brush. This will remove all refuse matter that has come to the surface of ahe skin during the night. To keep in health the skin must be cared for. There are z, 900, 900 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, :gout, rheumatism and indigestion.
 The importance of a clean skin can not be overestimated. The skin is too often regarded as a covering only, in- stead of complicated piece of ma chinery, scarcely second in its texture and sensitiveness to the ear or the eye. Many treat it with as little reference to its proper functions as if it were nothing better than a 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 a poison, and that life de- pends as much upon these exhalations 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 bathe in the 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 bathing, that the skin ab- sorbs 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 ping 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 a moderate amount of clothing Don't try to put on enough to keep thoroughly warmed. Keep yourself