Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-12

every sCHoui puysioioEys iu alhiost every
newspaper But there are two or three
things that may well be mentioned after
| we emphasize again what we have said
that hardly any two children, not very
i.strong, are to be considered alike, but
| each one by itself. An abundance of good
1 rich food for one, with the other you must
stay your hand. With one plenty of hard
| work; with the other have little care, be
| not too strong. The one can go without
extra wraps and do no HARM the other
needs great thick hannels aud outside gar
| ments.
1 Then do not try TO tougher the children
! by letting them go without plenty of cloth
| iDg; many have thus been oughened into
their graves. Many are now suffering.
and generations yet to come Will suffer
! from this cause. 1t il true that those
1 seem often healthy who have been sub-
| jeciei To SuCh treatment, but il Is sur
| vival OF the httest or strongest It i the
| strong only who are left after generations
| cf such treatment
! Then lock out for your children WIN
crave certain articles Of food; they may
/ need Il. only IN different form, as the
( clild who wants butter or pork or other
/ grease may be made healthy and strong
/ inst.ad Of puny tt ne has plenty of cod
/ yer oil. know a distinguished medical
! professor who has reared his large family
4 children on this diet from the ages of
| three u ten snd they have paid him for
| his care.
| Then be sure, he sure, that they have
| plenty OF sleep. Better have less food, If
either must be sacrificed, They do not al
need alike. perhaps, but plenty of IL way
up into manhood and womsnhood. and
better, far better. II they have IL stll
A. to exercise we reed say little OF that
here, Mt least for boys; but not uver>trong
girls had better be turned out doors ghr
great benefit Of eXrrc ". 80 far IS It per
| taiuS to good health and speak adyi>-
J elly, ard ~il you please take notice -
the great henrti of exercise is thu inter
change II gases IN the lungs; hence tine
quiCkrurh respiration which hurries th-
Clrcuia iaa lE thr iuug-, and - the qHsn
tity pf Air taken IN and OF the carbuuic
acid gas ,Xplr,d. Is The benefit of exercise.
/ That Is. tHat which makes you breath
q4tck and strong t. the great thing desired.
fpu want IT, Keep thi- ia miud YOU ~-e
a. once how much better /: il IL in the
open air whtIe "xygen j. plenty ami car
bnuIc arii gas scarce.
Hatc care also for your water snpp'y
Rcmr ulprr that the scpurgc ~ our nrt-n.
boring city, typhoid fever. i not disease
that j. c ntagluu., does not come by con
tact with the sick. but i usually, In fact
/, almost always. conveyed through water.
Tie germs drain into the water suppl,
perhaps miles above the aiiicted uei-hpor-
hout. and are drunk from the faucets; or
the same may be true of ynur well, otayr-
wise pure a. \ spring.
De.etrriouS a. tobacco may be- 10 excess
fur the aiuit, IL seems 10 be specially
active IN poisonous results for boys. IL
b. probably true that many strong mcu
may Use tobacco In moderate quantities
luI Ife with uo Ill ,ffcct; others are easily.
nthrr- - easily, poisoned by ID. IT, \
vast number III men ulcJtiue Is an active
poison destroying Vital power aud it-~ru-
iuG Ia 4 marked degree the comfort and
usefulness Of ;hc user Bu, with hny- ii
n ALI bad. IL arrests development RnI
surely pp!spn~. have myself placed lhr
blotd If a Young cigarette smoker under
The microscope. and found that the edges
~ the circular disks that make the vital
yari of the blood which should b. round
aui smooth were >erratcd ike the tectl
~ rine saw. Keep Il away from thrtn
by example aud bt precept.
And let our mntncfs teach their gif.~
also hy precrpt and example that a ual-
ura. and healthy BODY j. NOR. braHtliu.
than drawn and mlesharcn one. Wby
= 1t tAat r beauty which everyone al
hprS that for shapcle- suess v h3DA brings
nothing hut Sueer~, for ii sallty that
brings nothing but ruin tn pr scott aud
future, - many viii Weld 10 tAe dictates
OF customs poaer~I Keep them aHay
from IT,
Let Us remember also that genuinely
healthy pleasure tcud> 10 bring u uulne-
II healthy home. | wish the hard work
ins fathers aUd mothers over The field In
which practice could believe and practice
this. Il not only ministers to heA.th bul 80
morals. The truth t. there are nun Ir-i-
~ households III which the different ruom-
brr- don't care nuc1 for one auoturr'-
coIupany. Hold, that is cynical" Noit
isn't. don't wish % seem bigotri bat |
won't a.lJw you 10 tell me that dnut
AQuw something " the average me- III
Hancock county
The phy,Jc an who care, 70 look il, yond
the top layer, Who has a strong aud abli-
!ug Interest 10 human HE a. Il j.. Win
w. selfish lu~t- and it, splendid grnerJei-
tt-, with It's hates aud hatrfulu,--. IT,
loves, It's bright nn-eid~h devotion, - tls-
eases of heart and brain and body, has
the opportunity such a. is given 10 m
other man and know thai lack of iu.tr-
e-t, lack Of devotion and thuughtfulur--
lack Of eLjoyment of one anuthers com
pang. so that each life drifts along about
a, II Will Is the chief cause, or a. least 3
great cause, ~ immoral conduct, uf Ill
health, oi bad habits Of degenerate homes,
Pleasure found el,e@ where than al b. m,
at the prumiscuou- dance, on th. street,
at the station. where the pure youug girl
meets :, night after night, those whose NOR
al- might be questioned then come The
late hours the chilled body and the emo
tipu, that lead 10 decay.
must say word 10 closing at tie risk
of Irespa-slng on = field whose harvest
may be garGcred by abier hands, upon the
reading Of youth. II i. the emotions that
XIII. not reason; worry and fret aud fear.
not work; especially IN the earlier years,
when brain and Drawn are being formed.
should the strong emotions be held in
band. The weird sensational storyn the
strong plots that excite and weaken the
nervous energies, so much needed else
where at this time, should lead to extreme
care in guiding the young in this path.
II needs to be emphasized that Grizzly
Jake is a hundred times more liable TO do
harm than algebra, that the excitement of
a cheap love story has far more danger
than Latin or Greek. Excitement. emo
ton. care or worry are the things TO be
guarded against.
After all, we come back to sum the
whole matter in our first proposition
interest. 70 arouse that in the health Of
the home all else shall be added sound
mind in sound body is the perfect man.
Do you know most of Us are too lazy to
think. to sit down man and wife, father
and mother. and deliberately plan for the
future: How few do it Most men and
v0Taaa.do not have interest enough in the
matter to do tnat, when they do we shah
count many more of thoso homes we glad
ly see now in which the blessnEs, Snd
health, not the sins Of the parent, shall be
visited unto the children of the third and
fourth generation.
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