The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-01
Some Health Talks.

We often hear people say, "Oh,
would give anything ID l could only
nave good health" But would they
Would you! Yet there are many ways
in which the health may not only be
improved but greatly strengthened,
with really no cost in money, or III
time. Health is the normal condition
OF the human animal, and it is really
easier to keep we'll than to keep sick
Indeed, many Of us work very hard
indeed, and then succeed in running
our health only after years OF abuse.
If we should drop a nickel, we
would, like the woman in the Bible
story, rest not, but diligently hunt with
broom and candle, until the coin was
again in Our hands; but in the matter
OF health, we are continually dropping
not only rickels and dimes, but dol.
lars and gold pieces, and we heed the
loss so little that we never even turf
aside to see how we drop them. Yor
know it is the little foxes that spol
the vineyard" If it were big, bushy
fellow, the whole force would strike
out after him, rouslng our nelghbors
to help in the hunt.
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must make good on the pennies
When we get up in the morning, we
must resolve to see the bright side
Don't allow yourself to think OF a
shadow. Make up your mind that you
are going to master your dest1ny-not
that it will master you. You know
how often you get out Of bed feeling
sore and full OF aches, and knowing
that, no matter how badly you feel
you have just got to work You go
about the duties, and by-and-by, un
less the trouble is something out OF
the common, you gradually wear it
OUT It is simply because you mind
mastered the body. Physicians will tell
you that it is the patient who will not
give up that usually gets well
But with this determined fight
against feeling poorly" you must ex-
.ercise judgment. Favor the lame
side but make up your mind that you
are doing frst-rate. '|As man think
eth, so he isl is another lesson taught
in the Bible. Self-confdence is a
wonderful strengthener, and if you
know" you can do a thing, you can
do it. You can even get cheerfulness
and courage by thinking courage.
After you are well on your feet OF
a morning, do not forget the lung
bath. Go into the open air and breathe
deep, generous breaths with the mouth
closed, your shoulders set back and
your head held high. Get the kinks
out of your backbone This deep
breathing will send every drop of blood
in your body coursing through the
various organs, cleansing and repairing
the WORKOUT tissues, as nothing else
will. If you can spend an hour sew
eral times a day in climbing hills,
breathing with the mouth closed al
ways, the blood will be stirred into &C
ton as no drug will do it. If your
work is of the kind to keep you stoop-
ing, straighten up often, throw your
head and shoulders back, and breathe
deeply.
One of the first things to do in the
morning is to drink all the water you
can without discomfort Let the water
be OF the temperature that agrees best
with your stomach. With some, the
water should be as hot as can be sup
ped; with Others, barely warm; with
others, with just the chill taken eff
while still others prefer it as cold as
can be had. Cold water is a tonic;
hot water is soothing, comforting to
the weak stomach Drink whatever
best agrees with you. Many people
can not at first drink much water
even a tumblerful "gagging'' them;
but these should study to suit the
stomach as to temperature OF the
water, and drink reor11ar1v increa sin Q
the amount as they can. Two quarts