Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-09-11


rot Coz from them. virtue has uoi gone ont
o. Them. uie nQaoriion n ne enerudicn We
erporience from warm. damp weather io not
largely due 70 We rapid oul0ow 81 electric cur.
rent. or Ia cAhor uortu. 70 q mere negative slain
or ne system. Contrast With this anoryaron
she stimulating in0uenco a q clear. CRAP almos-
phere. when ne humidity b conceaied and the
cir becomes q lea perieoi oonductor.
IN studying the cllmafoioer % our country
from this standpoint aud admitting the value Of
the above mentioned atiribuioa az one must, I
I'M ready 10 anlrm that IN no other section viii
tho perfection Of these be 90 reariy found. or
Approached. az IN New Nexioo.7
The present writer recalls several occasions
during the past winter when. after q Walk Ia the
bills about silver CITY. be shook hands with per-
sons causing them 10 start af Me electric shock
received ~ The touch oi fingers. Exercising 10
the dry air be bad become charged wish cleo
trcity. and on the nrst contact had discharged
the nuidlike the shock from q Leyden Oar.
A lady residing IN silver city. who hasa heavy
suit Of hair which she Is fond OF having combed
By q companion. has been compelled 10 forero
this process In cold weather on account OF the
burning pain produced by it.
10 those who have faith Ia the efficacy OF pine
forests. e may be said hat ne mountains about
silver CITY are covered with these trees. and
may be reached IN q 6ftesn minutes Walk 10 the
north, east or west. The hills Of The town
proper are almost without trees, being covered
with bear grass and varieties Of he maguey
plant. Closer IN are large native cottonwood
trees, which afford excellent shade, and are
found throughout the country wherever there Is
human habitafion.
The Accommodations arc good, a. 70 board and
lodglne, and there are several we'll conducted
restaurants IA the town.
The hills abound In doves, wild pigeons, quail
and rabbits, and further out 10 the mountains
are bear. deer and antelope. DUCK hunters who
90 as far as the ella river arc usually rewarded
with plenty ofgame.
The roads about Silver CITY are for the most
part quite good and are Used by a number OF
persons Of All ages and both sexes whoshaye b.
cycles
In endorsing Silver City it has been the intent
lon Of the writer 70 show at the same time the
advantages Of climate possessed BY the whole
Territory, holding up the former place more as a
type Of New Mexican resorts rather than the
sole desirable one. silver City has no one prop
erty ofcllmate In which It Is not equaled by some
other locality, and It Is In the tout assemble
alone that II can claim is superiority.
Much has been written Of Colorado as a resort
for consumptlves and It deserves much OF the
praise it has received, as is evidenced by the
number OF cures which have taken place there,
bat the intense cold OF It's winter climate and
The many days, relatively, IN which snow lies
upon the ground, are causing inyalids to look
further south for a halmier climate. New Mex
leo possesses all the advantages claimed for
Colorado. with the added one Of a moro temper
ate winter.
The hot springs which abound In all portions
Of the Territory have been found Of great value
in rheumatic diseases. and need only to be
known TO be patronized. This latter remark
win apply to all Of New Mexico. which has
until recently. been regarded as little better
than a desert, but which is becoming known to
the profession as possessing advantages TO the
patient with weak lungs that are not equaled
anywhere In the United States, and which are
not excelled, perhaps, anywhere In the civilized
world.
The class Of patients receiving most benefit in
New Mexico are, naturally, those that are able
to get about and receive all tho benefits OF sun
light aud moderate exercise. There are hun
dreds Of healthy persons lu the Territory today
who we're a few years ago victims Of asthma
chronic bronchitis, i%reiDent phthisis, or unrs-
solved pneumonia. Some we're sufferers from
marked cases Of phthisls with cavities, and were
carried to their boarding places on chairs or ia a
stTetcher. These. Of course, are lower IN num-
Der, but they form a Large percentage. Many
phthislcal patients have come out only to die.
having waited too lO4 2 before taking the Anal
step OF change OF cllmalo, which for this reason
proves too often a fatal step.
Asthmstics gain conf irt immediately In the
clear. pure air, and pers, ns who have run down
rapidly seem to pick up flesh equally as fast
Chronic eases Improve s owly but steadily.
A mistake made by ANY is in expecting too
much Of the climate, md they either nat in
doors too much. tax X little exercise. or over
exert themselves iD dancing or other amuse-
Inents, spending te0 much time outdoors on cold
nights.
In these high attitudes the sum is the great
lfegiver, whose movements should be carefully
watched, and no invalid should venture abroad
without his companionship.
Folly 10 matters Of common sense has caused
the loss Of many lives In this region We know
Of q young man with tuberculosis Of the lungs
who walked seven miles TO a dance after night
fall twice a week, In less than six months after
his coming he was taken home a corpse An
other fatal case was a young man With the same
disease who contracted pneumonia by being
caught Ia o hausiorm while hunting IN winter
high up In the Organ mountains.
Other cases might be mentioned, but they only
30 to show that patients can not DO cured in
suite Of themselves even IN New Moxco.