Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-09

NOT flow from them. 'Vifiac' has not zone ont
OF tIrm. e. question N IIu CuflfAtlln we
largely dine 90 iho rapid outflow Of electric cur
rent or 10 other WOrlf. o. "a rlflC negative state
Of The sfsiem. Contrast with this encflntion
the stimulating Influence Oh a. clc1r. crisp Nrlut-
phcrt. wien the humidity is c0ngraloi nnd the
or becomes n Jose perfect conductor.
IN Studying the clinniollsv of our cn1ntry
The above mentioned atirbnics. as 1ae Jntsi, !
ln ready % niifH that in 10 OTHER section VIII
tno perfection % these Pc gu nearly found, or
rrnrnacled. re ln Rev Mexico"
[llie present writer recalls several occasions
curing tln PAST Nintcr when. after walk m cue
hills about Silver CITY. he shook hands with per
rccciYcdin The touch of nnecra. Exercising in
tho dry alr hc bad become charged Win elef-
ifiUitv. and un tho nfEt contact bad discharged
INC UNdNke ilc shock ff0rln lcydcn jar.
lady residing in Silver City. Who has q heavy
suit of hair which she IS fond Of hlyinr comhed
BY y companion, has been compelled 10 lorceo
this process in cold weather on account o. the
burning pain produced by it
10 those WHO have faith in the efficacy Of pine
forests. ~ mas Dc said tlat The mountains about
Silver Citv owe covered wiih these trees. ADD
may be reached IN q hitecn minutes walk % the
north. east or Wost. The bills OF the town
propcr are almost without trees, being covered
With bear nraa3 and varieties nf the magucy
plant. Closer u afu large native cottonwood
trees, which afford excellent SHADE, and are
found throughout the country wherever there is
human habitati0n.
The accomodations are good rs to board and
ioOging, and there are several HcH conducted
restaurants IN the town.
Tho hills abound in doves. wild pigeons. quail
and rabbits and further ont IN TIC mountains
are Dear. deer and antelope. DUCK hunters VINO
90 as Tar MS tie CHA river arc usually rewarded
with plenty OF game.
Tie roads about silver City are for the most
part quite good and are used hy q number 81
persons Of q ages and both sexes whosiare d.
In ENDORSING silver rity IL has been the intent
Ion Of the writer TO show W the same time the
aufdntpies q climate possesscd by the whole
Territory, holding tp the former place more as q
tyre Of New Mexican resorts rather than the
sole desirable one. Silver Cts has no one prop
Cfiy Ofciimatc in which 10 is not euualod hY some
other locality. and Sc IS IN the tout ensemble
alone thHt 70 can claim Us superiority.
Much las hcen written Of Colorado rs Al resort
Tor ~cunsumptivc8 and It deserves much Of the
praise 70 has received, as Is evidenced hy INC
luinnef OF cures which have taken placc there,
but the Intense cold Of It's winter climate and
Tue hltny days. relatively. In Whicl snow lies
unon the ground. are causing inYalids 10 look
further south for n halmier climate. New Mex.
leo possesses lall the advantages claimed for
colorado. with the added one Of q more temper.
The hot springs which abound IN an portion.
OF the Territory have been found OF great value
n rheumatic diseases, and need only 10 NJ
viii apply to al Of New Mexico. which has
until recently. been REGARDED as little better
Than a desert, but which Is becoming known &c
the profession ~ possessing advantages to the
patient with weak lungs that are not enna'ct
anywhere in the United States. and which az,
nNs ANliitNt p-Ah"F1i auJ "AtIc III tdc cIflAItt
The class OF patients receiving most benefit il
Now Mexico are, naturally, those thnt are ahll
70 get about and receive an the benefits of sun
light and moderate exercise. There are hun
drfds of healthy persons IN the Territory TO-DAY
who were "a few years ago victims OF asthma
chronic bronchitis, ircipCnt phthisis, or unre
solved pneumonia. Some were sufferers from
marked eases Of phthisi5 with cavities. and weri
carried 30 their boarding places on chairs or IN
stretcher. These. OF course, are fewer In mum
Der. hut Ihov form q large percentage. Mani
phthisical PATIENTS have come out only to die
having wanted too long before taking the nna
stcplo OF change of climate, which for this roasol
proves too often % fatal step.
ASthmatics gain comfort Immediately In Ia
clear. pure air. and persons who have run dow
Chronic eases Improve slowly hut steadily.
A mistake made by many Is 10 expecting to
much Of the climate. and they either remain II
doors too much. taking littla exercise, or oyel
exert themselves IN dancing or other amusc
ments, spending too much time outdoors on ccl
nights.
IN these high attitudes the sun Is the prea
watched, and no invalid should venture abrOa
without his cOinpaniOnShip.
Folly In matters OF common sense has cause
the loss OF many lives In tins region We knOi
Of q Young nian With tuberculosis OF the lung
who walked seven miles to n dance after night
fall twice a week. In less than six months ate
his coming he WAS taken home a corpse. AT
disease who contracted pneumonia by bein
caught in 2 hailstorm while hunting IN white
high M In the Organ mountains.
Other eases might be mentioned, hut they oni
20 to show that patients can not be cured /
spite OF themselves even IN New Mexico.