Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-22
BRIEF HAPPENINGS
OF NATIONSCAPITOL
RELATED BY LETTER
(By United Press)

Association for the Prevention of |
tuberculosis has just issued a one
syllable compilation of rules for |
health. Primarily, the rules are TO
be used in connection with a cam
paign against the white plague, but
they cover simple precautionary
measures against all diseases The
list will shortly be printed on cards
and distributed through tenement dis
itricts.
The health rules are as follows:
Good Air-Avoid badly ventilated,
badly lighted. dusty. dirty, overhead
ed or damp rooms.
Avoid House Dust Breathing dust,
notably house dust, often causes dis.
ease, Have no tackled down carpets
and mattings. Have loose pieces or
rugs, and clean them frequently out
doors Use an hair broom for your
floors and keep lower sashes closed
while sweeping or busting Open
upper sashes, if possible. Never
sweep rooms with a broom that
raises dust
Pure Water - Drink pure water.
Avoid water from shallow and unpro.
tected wells, and from ponds and
streams. If in doubt, boil the water.
Avoid public drinking cops
Safe Milk - tuberculosis, typhoid
fever and other diseases are often
caused by drinking raw milk and
raw cream. Get milk properly pas
teurized, or home PASTURE it, or sim.
ply scald it. All cream, including
that used for ice cream and butter,
should be properly pasteurized to be
safe.
Keep Clean-Take a bath or sponge
daily, and a warm bath, followed by
a cold splash. plunge, or shower,
once or twice week or oftener. Use
soap freely Wash your hands before
handling food. Don't put fingers,
money, paper or pencils i'm your
mouth. Don't bite your fingernaiIs,
Clean your teeth morning ami even
ing.
Food-Don't eat raw food that was
exposed to flies or dust, or touched
by unclean hands. Fruit or veget
ables should first be rinsed or wash
ed thoroughly. Chew your food well
Sleep-Get enough sleep. SleeI
with windows open, or better still
outdoors.
Head Up-Sit and stand erect
Practice deep breathing. Breathe
through, your nose.
Exercise--Take plenty of outdoor
exercise but avoid excess in ath
letics; it may cause heart trouble
Don't e2i or drink when overheat't
by exercise.
Liquor and Tobacco-Avoid liquo
and tobacco. They are especially in
4 curious 10 the young.
Don't Neglect Colds-Dont neglec
: coughs or colds. If you do not ge
well soon, go to a doctor or dispen
sary for treatment Never cough
sneeze, or breathe into another's face
Don't spit on floors and sidewalks
Sunshine-Admit plenty of sun
shine into your houses and into you
lives. Cultivate cheerfulness an,
kindness; 1t will help you to resis
disease. Your mind acts on you
body.
Colonel Charley Mamie is tn
superintendent OF the house pres
gallery and has been for score o
more years, was reminiscing the OH
r. er day about lunatics and things.
did you ever hear the story abou
y 'Muggy' McGraw of the New Yor
II Giants, and the lunatic?" he aske
his two friends.
l. mo-" they replied. and gave hill
v the signal to unbuckle.
"Well, it was back in the day
when McGraw was with the old Ba
:, timore Orioles. The Orioles wer
down to Willow Grove, Md, one ga
to play ball with a team from tn
a lunatic asylum there. The lunatic
l-..al her. .hr,rA on anm