The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25
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head OIL tue iiSl- WIN oOlHe VI u
come and go at different times
therefore, like Easter, may be re
ded as feasts which are movable
with others like myself, a cold i!
the tide; it GIBBS and flows. There
spring tides, neap tides and al
other tides, but it is rarely there
slack tide. It's intensity ant
uuency may be gagged by the mum.
Of handkerchiefs required.
low. why is it that our best friends
doctors have not bettered the sit
hon? They have certainly done
IN. but the treatment of the old
ctItioner is still very like that OF
grandmothers: You must 60 to
keep in a room with constant
literature, and take something
.other three times a day. AS a bit
soodbye pleasantly you learn that
last dose might be grog-but, of
ne. made in a particular way. To
In draught or to expose yourself
n east wind might be fatal.
HE young practitioner takes sides
h bis elders, but, to go one better,
! you with emphasis that colds and
pAial troubles are not due to cold
but certain heterogeneous. The
word has no doubt alarmed the in
ltants Of many villages, but If
ok its author to tell you some
4 about the dreadful creatures OF
b be speaks it is astonishing what
hear. One man told me there were
hundred species in my mouth. OF
he, l did not believe him. The
gestion that my mouth contained
xmos and that l was full up with
lvited guests was very dreadful.
tever, there was the consolation
many Of the tenants might be
bdly to their host, and that If they
occupied all available space they
"a probably oppose an invasion
armies which were hostile.
reading learn that on the top OF
high mountains, or one hundred
or so of shore, the air is prac-
Ny pure, but as we descend to-
the plains or approach the land
lumber of organisms increases. At
Hontsouris Observatory, immedi-
to the south Of Paris, where bac-
Illogical research has been carried
r very many years, it is found
TIE air contains on an average
400 microbes per cubic metre. In
Streets Of Paris the number of mi
vary from 5000 to 1000 while |
rtain buildings We may find S0,-
q cubic meter. When a wind |
! Paris and blows to Montsouris
mber Of germs in the atmosphere
nses at this latter place.
III not turn to experiences.
len ! 60 10 South Africa, suscep-
. ! am to colds, l can dip my
IN every bucket Of water I can
" put 1t under every tap l can
After that l can put 1t out in
biggest draught I can discover
mt Of an electric fan. for prefer
and yet I do not catch cold.
= sea seem to come from that
ms brought aboard. David Liv-
ae, ! am told, never got cold in
Africa, but he got a bad one
be returned to Scotland.
asen and his friend Johansen
y the arctic regions tumble into
safer, sleep out without u change,
ut keep well. At St. Kilda, l un-
aad, q passenger with a cold is
. 70 remain on board; other
0ere may be influenza through
e Island. In Fair Island, and to
am extent In Shetland, something
happens. When the inhabit-
= tnese places visit this country
Fme among strange microbes,
aer experiences may be unpleas- 6
uls means two things. First, s
sesu to US that in this world +
aN environments where cold i
n germs are few, which we t
9 Oe true; and second, that S
pm up with homemade ami I
~ that 1t is dangerous to oyer r
Wy 70 menageries from abroad. 7
= east wind blows in Eng a
sUpe get colds and bronchial +
sad the death rate goes up. c
sadness Of the east wind, or O
6eatures it brings with I
q Is 1t not the carrier of a
mites which come from Ger t
other European countries? n
puDies like influenza have D
nom the East. They came D
pe and Asia, but I am not G
= they ever went against 2
WINDS to country like jap e.
ochial troubles come from =,
side or the Atlantic side? :,
ave an answer. England
oln for European microbes.
q mine had a house in
Me air that came in passed