Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-02-15
Miriam Coles Harris, the Author of "Rut-
LEDGE" Makes q Breezy Plea For Right
Living-P.Ison That Tastes Good. and
Comforts ble'' Heated Rooms.
copyright, 1894, by American Press Associa.
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health, you cry out for help. Having
fallen into the hands Of two enemies,
you call in third, and / think the
worst of all, to get you out of your trou-
Bile. People generally forget that medi-
cine is made for rare emergencies, not
for daily use; for remedy, not for susie
nance. And nine times out of ten it
hurts more than it helps. If we would
throw physio to the dogs and then fol-
low the example Of the dogs in some
ways, we should do better for ourselves.
What does a dog do if he gets sick?
Goes down into the cellar, and lies with
his nose against the stones for day or
two, and doesn't eat anything, and
comes out all right. e is cured by
nature and not by patent medicines. In
most cases day or two of dieting
would bring us out all right, with no
drug disease to be cured after the other
disease. is conquered.
We get bilious. Heavensi The harm
that word has done! The poor liver,
what nonsense is talked in its namel
Generally it is no trouble with the liver,
overloaded, that makes people think
they are bilious, whatever that may
mean. And they begin to dose them
selves, when all they need is to diet
themselves. The stomach and liver are
near neighbors, and one affects the other.
When one member suffers, all the mem
bers suffer with it, but it is pity to
lay the blame on the one that is proba-
bly, only remotely implicated give
the severe remedies which are required
to stimulate the liver when the stomach
only is out of order.
Any thoughtful person must see the
consequences of indiscriminate, ire
sponsible dosing according to symp-
toms. The patent medicine is the foun-
dation stone of its inventors fortune,
but the stone about the neck Of the poor
wretch who gets in the habit Of using it.
IT you are really i'll, send for a good doc
tor. If you are only suffering from
breaking all the known laws of health,
begin to think about it and reform.
And with scarcely an exception you
will find that foot bath and nights
rest, followed by couple of days diet
ing, will setyou all right. The energy
of nature to restore is amazing. Only
believe in it and give it chance. Don't
weaken its energy by drugs which it
can't fight against. Think of the pow
erful stuff done up in those little pack
ages and bottles-the concentration of
forces that one may well tremble to
evokel ''Fools rush in where angels
fear to tread. Ignorant charlatans
make up the drugs that men Of science
would not dare to put in the hands of
those ignorant of medicine
1T is cheaper than having the doc
tor" Well, believe me, those patent
medicines are the dearest things you
ever bought. You pay for them with
your health, your very life. The cheap
est thing is nature; good sense, the next
cheapest. But, good heavens, how rare
it isl Men and women think about
other things intelligently enough, but
when it comes to thinking about pre-
serving health and living nationally
they become idiotic. They keep their
houses overhot with heated iron be-
cause it is comfortable and saves trou-
BILE, and they feed themselves with poi
son because it tastes good'' and be-
cause everybody does it, and they dose
themselves at random with pills and
potions that may contain hell fire, for
aught they know to the contrary, be-
cause it is cheaper and does not cost as
much as sending for the doctor and is
easier than studying up the matter.
Human nature has no quality more sur
prising than its absolute childishness,
its disinclination to think out everyday
matters for itself, its disposition to jog
on in the old ruts.
The brawny mechanics and whole
some farmers of Great Britain and the
sturdy peasants of France and Germany
deserve no crGtlit for living longer and
being more healthy than our people,
Generations Of their ancestors have fed
on low diet and lived hardy lives.
and they take it for granted that stone
floors, and two OF three pieces of green
wood on hearth, and Cruel and beans
for dinner, and a sour brown loaf for
supper are all that can be asked for com
fort. 1t seems only happy accident
that they are not eating poison and ly
ing down in the fire, for they certainly
do not think about it, But in America
people do think, leastways about other
things, and it is pity that they cannot
be induced to think about that most inn
portant of all sciences-the science of
everyday life, the making the best of
our bodies, and the ordering of our
households according to the laws Of
health.
More evil Is wrought by want OF thought
Than ever by want of heart.
You good American fathers and hus-
bands do not mean to dwarf or kill your
children, you do not mean to break
down your wives with overwork and
unwholesome food, but are you not do
ing it all the same? Assistant Secretary
Andrews Of the state board Of health OF
Iowa has prepared an interesting table
of cases Of insanity within the state and
the alarming growth of the malady, es-
pecially among the people living in the
rural districts. The total number Of
cases increased from 1895 in 1889 to
1, 1,940 in 1890.
i DIR. Andrews says the increase is larger
in the rural districts among the farm