The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-24
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.

w ih'N - tiN'0 Nl'aI SlElS VI WuuN IN
impending days, weeks, months and
even years before the attack. IL people
looked for these signs and took warn.
ing from them, they would escape
much serious illness and live many
years longer than they do. II Is indeed
remarkable how careless we are in this
respect A man who will anxlously
scan the sky for signs Of coming rain
lest his top hat may get spoiled will
never dream Of examining his eyes,
nose or finger nails for signs Of coming
illness.
The sneeze, for instance, Is very sig.
hlficant. IL is always Il sign that some
thing is injuring the air passages any.
where from the nose down TO tie
lungs. Should II he only n case Of SNUFF
or pepper, OF course the suceze Is Of no
consequence. Rut often II is an indica.
ton Of congestion. There is infnmmn-
ton somewhere, with too much blood.
and the object OF the sncezc is to give
relief by getting rid OF some OF the
fluid. This sneeze Is warning that
every prudent person should attend TO.
1t is AZ least the forerunner OF cold.
But 1t mhy indicate an approaching at.
tack OF bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there is much sneezlng. accompanied
by something like small shower OF
rain, the victim will do well TO take
warm footbath. 90 TO bed and adopt
the other usual remedies to cure cold.
The winter cold itself is grave
warming. When it recurs two or three
times every winter. il is sure to be fol-
lowed I'm the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on 1t is practically in
durable.
Men nre started on their lives much
as n shell from a cannon-with a GER
tain fixed quantity OF energy. If dis.
ease or accident does not carry them
Off, they will die some time OF what
we call old uge-in other words. when
the energy with which they started is
spent Some have energy enough to
carry them over the full century; 9TH
ers have only sufficient TO keep them
going for ninety. eighty, seventy, sixty
y
a sure sign. with some exceptions, that
the energy Is likely to fail sooner than
I'm the average man. But all kinds OF
badness have not this significance.
Sometimes the loss of hair arises from
scalp disease caused probably by mi.
crobes The warning badness is that
kind which commences about the tenn
Piles and on the crown of the head and
gradually eats its way over the scalp
until only circular fringe of hair IL
left.
Blue nails. or blue hands. betoken
weak or obstructed circulation. They
are a warning against overexertion OF
any kind. The obstruction may occur
from disorder of several organs in the
body. But most commonly the blue
ness indicates that the heart is not up
TO the mark.
Yawning is somewhat similar
warning II Is a sign that the steam
has run down and that it is time TO go
70 bed or perhaps to go into the open
air. When you sit in close room. the
lungs do not receive sufficient OF the
vital gas, oxygen. The yawn is then
desperate effort OF the lungs TO proper
ly aerate the blood. and II warns you
TO open the windows or TO leave the
room. When you are out of bed too
long or when you have done an unusu.
ally hard days work, the waste prod.
ucts OF your body are present In exces-
sive quantity. Then the yawn Is
warning TO you TO lie down and rest
Most people have great horror OF
getting stroke" or ht OF apoplexy.
IL is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toothache. but the suddenness
OF II is what appalls. There is really
no suddenness about II. however. No
disease gives such early warning. A
''stroke" is very simple occurrence
and not at all horrible. IL results from
two or three causes. but the most com
mon one Is this: A little artery in the
brain wears out and lets some blood
escape, which clots. presses on the
brain and paralyzes whatever part OF
the body is governed by the piece OF
brain pressed upon. Now this artery
wears out only In common with other
arteries OF the body. In some people
they all become what is called athe-
romatous. OF hard and brittle. At the
same time they become tortuous or
twisted. We can see these hard and
tortuous arteries on the temples. and
then we know II is not safe to do any.
thing which viii congest the brain.
lest the one little artery there. which
Ii especially liable TO give way. shall
let the blood escape. Likewise warn
ing Is often given by the tiny arteries
OF the eye. They break and let ont
little traces OF blood. which can easily
be seen. but cold or sleepless night
may do the same. When these signs
occur-and they occur months aud
years before the stroke--do not get ex-
cited or angry. no matter how great
the provocation. do not rush to catch