St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-11

As women are the housekeepers and
homemakerS, the responsibility of the
sanitary condition of those homes rests
with them. Whether those who proph-
ecy that we shall have visit from that
dreaded ScOurge this summer are cor
rect or not, there are so many diseases
traceable to unsanitary conditions about
the house that the following wise words
from the New York Ledger are very
timely and should be given careful
heed:
AS the season approaches when the
ever dreaded outbreak of cholera may
be looked for, the necessity for precau-
lions of every sort increases. 1t is not
enough that the careful housewife
clears cellar and pantries and Scours
and scrubs until her house is clean as
can be. This is all very well, indeed,
is one of the necessities of the occasion !;
but this by no means comprehends the
care which is one of the imperative
elements of safety. Wash the glass as
clean as one may, nothing is likely to
soil it that is half as deadly as single
drink of water from some exposed or
infected source.
To drink freely of ordinary water
during the cholera season is a risk that
intelligent people should know better
than to take. To use water in which
ice has been dissolved is even more dan
gerous: freezing does little more than
to discourage; and the cholera bacilli,
after having been domiziled in coy and
nnnnnni1l
system, revive, all the better for the
long period OF rest, and proceed with
their deadly work. One of the most i'm
portant precautions is the avoidance OF
contaminated water. Just how to OBJ
tain this is a problem somewhat diff
cult of solution. The deepest we'll and
the cleareSt-looking spring may be fed
through some loosely filtered stream of
soil, and rivulets of the most deadly in
lection may flow into them.
1t is a well understood fact that
nigh degree of heat is the surest method
OF destroying many of the most danger
Gus dlseaSe-germS. To boil all the water
we drink is not a formidable task.
neither does it consume much time, and
doubtless would do more to preserve the
health than any other one possible pre-
caution. The use OF acid fruits is highly
recommended. 1t is said that the straw
berry, lemon and pineapple contain all
ac.d which IS almost certain to destroy
these minute organizations oranges are
hea!thtnl; sour apples, if ripe, are ex-
ce!ient: garden Thubarb, Stewed and
Sweelened, is admirable: and so on
through lie list OF mild vegetable acids.
The common garden sOrrel, cooked as
salad, is within the reach of almost
everybody and would be most advan-
tage0uS article of diet for those who
live III suburban localities.
10 use the utmost care, toavoid chills.
sudden changes of temperature and
over-eXertion, to drink freely of boiled
water and eat little meat and a great
Zeal OF pleasant acid fruit, to observe
all the laws of health and cleanliness.
and to avoid eating or touching articles
that may be covered with floating germs
of disease, will keep most people in
condition Of health and in comparative
safety as far as liability to contagion
from cholera is concerned. Lack of
cleanliness, errors i'll diet and extremes
In temperature are all cordial enter
tanners of disease. 1t rests, to great
extent, with individuals whether they
Will or Will not get through the season
IN good health and wholly free from
the perilS that indiscrimlnate immigra-
ton Is likely to bring to our doors.