The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-29

ready for the NOW. Dampness begins to
| rise from the ground about 8 o'clock, and
all in the windrow should then be put in
the cock. Outside moisture is fatal to
clover.
Health Hints.
Rest-During these days of excessive
temperature the need for rest is greater
than at any other season. Heat exhausts
the vital forces all too quickly under the
most suspicious conditions, and those who
! LABOR are double liable to illness from its
! Influence. Every person should seize an
! opportunity to sit down as often as posi-
! bic; spare moments should be spent in
| sitting or lying down. In workshops il is
! often out of the question to do either, but
after the days work is ended every one
/ has time enough to rest until the next day
! begins. Rest in bed even without sleep is
/ great aid In the preservation of strength
and the greater the strength the less
! danger there will be of heat stroke or
sun stroke" Housekeepers will do well
TO suspend active cleaning operations dur
ing these days. They should plan and do
only the most Deediul work. Children.
| too should rest-several maps dav would
save many little one from many an i'll.
Care of the Hair-Experiments have
| proved that clipping the ends of the hair
contributes nothing to the nutritive con-
| ditions OF the hair bulb. If the hair be
periodically cut, the FIRST effect may be
that OF stimulation, but the forced stimu-
| lation must be succeeded eventually by
exhaustion.
The diet of infancy and childhood is of
as much Importance to the growth OF the
hair as it is to the strength of the muscu-
| lar system.
Disregard OF the natural laws conducive
| to good digestion predispOses adults to
badness as we'll.
Hair requires ventilation 8nd sunlight,
! but these sanitary influences are largely
! excluded by the senseess habit of keeping
the head almost constantly covered. The
stiff silk hat is the greatest offender in this
respect.
The pressure of the Drim of the hat is a
factor not without influence in the produc-
ton of badness
| False curls, switches. pufs, ETC., check
! the evaporation of the secretions and
] prevent proper regulation of the temper
ature of the scalp. Dyeing the hair is
] also a factor IN causing premature loss.
! Singing the Hair-falling of the hair
may be checked by what is called SINCE
! ing.
| This process consists in drawing out the
| split and ragged edges by means of
course toothed comb and applying to
them q lighted taper. Be careful not to
use a celluloid comb, as celiuloid is i'm
| flammabe. The dead end is burned
away and the fire is eStinguished as soon
as it comes in contact with the teeth Of
| the comb.
Singing seems to exalt the nutritivs
condition OF the hair, probably by her.
"a 6s n inc
within the shaft the fluid upon which its
| sustenance depends. 1t may be repeated
when the ends again show signs of death.
Care of the Ears-MIuch instructed
energy is expended BY careful people in the
| effort to keep clean the innocent ori6cs of
| the organ OF hearing. Serious injury often
! results to the delicate mucous membrane
! lining the canal of the ear from the push
| ing OF wash-cloths, sponges and the like
| inside the delicate canal Nothing should
ever be pushed inside the canals of the
| ears. The cerumeD, or wax, which is
normally found there should not be re-
moved until it can be washed away with
ordinary washing; this should not include
doubling or twisting OF the end of
wash-cloth for the purpose OF pushing it
| inside the auditory canal.
IL is common enough to find those who
use pins, hairpins and other hard bodies
to remove the normal secretion of the ear
! from the canal. physician is the only
! one who should put into the ear anything
so hard as TO possibly iniure its delicate
structure. If there is anything abnormal
about the quantity or quality of the nat
ural secretion, a physician should be con-
suited and his advice followed.
No one should attempt himself to treat
any supposed real case Of impacted or
hardened cerumen. Efforts in this direc-
| ton have been entirely harmful TO the
| typanum and delicate bones OF the ears.
| Such attempts have also brought on the
dreaded condition-which was before only
| a supposed one-by massing the cerumen
ut a narrowed point of the canal.
The upper layer of epithelium OF the
membrane of the canal has the wonderful
property of moving outward toward the
| opening of the ear, while still continuing
part of the membrane. Thus a scah may
| be seen at one time quite near the drum
OF the ear, and afterward be found con-
siderabiy nearer the orifice. In this way
the protective wax is pushed gently out
ward without further assistance.
1t is a common fallacy to suppose that
| any dullness of hearing is beyond the
help of the physician, aud that, conse-
| quently, nothing can be done for it.
| Slight dizziness of hearing is often occa-
stoned by a catarrhal condition of the
throat, which dullness gets better or worse
as the condition OF the membrane of the
throat changes. The great majority
of cases of deafness, it can be safely
said, are not beyond improvement, or at
least a checking of the degenerative pro-
| cess.
A discharging or running" ear should
always have treatment at once Youths
Companion.