The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-05

should be taken to the doc
tor The healthy human animal is, rs
"a rule. happy and good natured-
The same may. n a measure. be said
of their elders OF course being cranky
gets to be ii habit with many persons.
but the habit usually began in some
physical arrangement. II you feel
cross and out Of sorts take stock of
your physical condition DO you fail
to sleep we'll: Have you poor appe-
tite: Are you afflicted with head
aches? Are your eyes troubling you:
Are your teeth i'll good condition:
What about your digestion: They
may be to blame and your spells of i'll
humcr and nastinesS can then he more
effectively miniStered to by the family
physician than by the clergyman
1t is Il fact that often temperS can
be cured, just as many a physical III
can be cured. Ivy proper attention to
some law of health Which is. whiting
ly or unwittingIy. being broken
Take the fact 50 often forgotten that
poison in ones system works havoc on
the nerves
And by poison is not meant the poi
son that is bought in druggists shops.
but the poison which is generated in
the body from various causes.
If for instance. decayed teeth or
decayed stumpS of teeth are allowed
to remain in the gums a constant slow
poisoning is set up from putrefactive
matter in the mouth, and this affects
the nerves
Now. poisoned nerves are very apt
to get what we call ION edge" which
is polite way of saying that the per-
son suffering from them is irritable.
snappish. peevish and generally I'M
pleasant in temper
In this case the temper isn't nearly
50 much fault as misfortune. The
affected person is suffering and. IN
luckily. making others suffer. too. from
ignorance of the fact that the nerves
ought to be restored to q healthy con-
dition by removing the source Of their
poisoning-the decayed teeth.
There is another fertile cause Of
pollution of the blood. and that is con-
stipation. 1t is responsible for ire
mendous amount of III temper.
A dose of epson salts will often
speedily cure an attack of III temper.
A dessertspoonful taken in big tum-
blerful Of hot water half an hour be-
fore breakfast will often cut short an
attack Of 1.-The blues" and remove the
irritability which has been making
one ell to live with"
Another very good temper cure"
especially useful to those who object
to or cannot take unpleasant doses. Is
a good pinch of epson or glauber salts.
taken every morning for week or two
in ones early cup Of coffee.
One often hears Of overeating as q
cause Of bad temper and no doubt 1t
is 80. but undertaking is just as fire.
quent a cause OF III temper. especially
in the young and growing and In those
who lead strenuous lives.
Ill nourished nerves are just as apt
to get ION edge" as poisoned nerves
Poor food. particularly food deficient
in fat. gives rise to nerve starvation.
and starved nerves are responsible for
neuralgia. peevishness and temper.
This does not mean that you should
eat the fat Of meat if it does not agree
with you. You can get the most d.
gestibe form of fat in good butter and
in cream.
The wife of a well known physician
said that since she began to give her
husband plenty of cream with his food
his temper-which had been very if
ritable-had greatly improved.
He has no idea that this pleasant
remedy is given him as a specific for
his temper. 1t is given casually in
coffee. with fruit. etc.-a regular
amount every day-and his nerves are
thus nourished and have ceased to be
on edge