The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-23
THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

CAM OF THE HAIR.-When nature
has neglected to crown head with silken
tresses one can, in some measure, rem
edy the slight by persistently brushing
the hair. A good quality Of brush should
be used. A hair brush should have long,
soft bristles that will 90 through the
hair and touch the scalp; then every
narticle of dust and dirt can be re-
moved. A comb is seldom necessary if
the hair is carefully brushed; If used at
all the comb should be a very coarse one.
fine comb irritates the scalp to a
hurtful degree, and is quite apt to break
and split the hair Brush the hair for
five minutes before retiring at night,
braid it loosely and permit it to hang.
Never sleep with hairpins IN the hair.
The hairpins to use are made of bone,
amber or tortoise-shell. Coarse, sharp
pins cut and tear the hair and should
never be used. 1t is an old-time saying
and. well worth trial that 400 strokes
of the hair brush every night will make
ones hair like silk.
TAKING COLD AND How TO AVOID IT.
I'm such winter as the present colds are
always more prevalent than in dry, cold
FEATHER. This carries out the theory
which is now generally accepted that
colds are not so much due to sudden
changes of the weather as to the debili-
tated condition of the person who suffers
from them. When the system of an in
dividual is weakened by sitting in
close, overheated room, the sudden
change caused by going out into the cold
air is quite sure to produce a cold.
Sleeping in badly ventilated rooms, the
presence of anymalaria in the atmosphere,
unwholesome food, late hours, or any,
thing else which tends to weaken the
system against the attacks of
disease, are likely to produce cold.
Strangely enough persons who go
from cold atmosphere to warm one
are as likely to suffer from colds as those
who go from warm atmosphere to
cold one, especially if they are persons
who are of weak physique. The invalids
who 90 from the North to Florida every
winter usually suffer when they get to
the warm climate with what are known
there as ''acclimation colds" The best
remedy against colds and infuenzas OF
all kinds therefore is strong. vigorous
health, wholesome food and regular
hours. Persons who are delicate in
physique or are invaids must take proper
precaution to protect themselves against
sudden changes of all kinds. They
should wear warm clothing of pure wool
next to their skins. and should sleep in
well-ventilated rooms, but should have
warm dressing rooms in winter, and pro-
tect themselves by clothing against
tickle changes of the climate
So thoroughly is the condition which
produces cold recognized by physicians
as due to an enfeebled state OF the sys-
TEN, that it is customary to give tonics
as soon as the sufferer is convalescent in
order to bring the system up to the
proper tone. That a cold should never be
neglected has almost passed into an
axiom. Taken at the beginning it may
be easily broken up, when, if allowed to
run its course, it may develop into seri-
Gus illness. Almost every mother has
simple home remedies to break up a cold.
The best home treatment consists of vari
Gus remedies to bring about Precipitation,
after which the patient must be kept for
at least two or three days within doors
until his system has been built
up by tonics. A warm drink COM
posed of flaxseed tea and lemonade is one
of the best home remedies which excite
After taking a hot drink
Of this kin | the sufferer should be put
to bed at once, in warm sheets, under
abundance of blankets and with hot
bottles at the feet When there is any
severe pain or soreness in the chest a
plaster should be applied tie the
spine between the shoulder blades and
across the chest. When they have been
kept on long enough to burn well they
should be replaced by cotton batting.
Where cold begins with chill, ply
siciau should be always summoned, as it
is an alarming symptom which too often
precedes pneumonia. A severe cold in
the head is not likely to mean anything
serious, as such cold does not often
end in an affection of the lungs, but the
eases of the grip which pre-
ceded pneumonia have led us all
to look seriously even on simple