The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-29

for fits Of temper when. if the
~ truth were known. they
should he taken 10 the doe
tor The healthy human animal Is, as
rule. happy and good natured
The same may. Ia u measure, be said
gets 10 be a habit with many persons,
but the habit usually began in some
physical arrangement II you feel
cross ana out OF sorts take stock or
your physical condition. Do you fail
10 sleep well? Have you q poor appe-
lite? Are Yen afflicted with head.
aches? Are your eyes troubling you?
Are your teeth In good condition.
What about your digestion? They
may be 10 blame. and your spells Of Ill
humor and nastineSs can then be more
effectively mlnistered to by the family
physician than by the clergyman.
II is a fact that often tempers can
he cured. just as many a physical i'll
can be cured. 10y proper attention 10
some law Of health which is, whiting
ly or unwittingly. being broken.
Take the fact so 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.
IL, for instance decayed teeth or
decayed Stumps OF teeth are allowed
10 remain in the gums a constant slow
poisoning Is set up from putrefactiye
matter In the mouth, and this affects
! the nerves.
Now. poisoned nerves are very apt
10 get what we call ION edge" which
( Is a polite way of saying that the per-
son suffering from them Is irritable.
snappish. peeylsh and generally I'M
! pleasant In temper
In this case the temper isn't nearly
so much a fault as misfortune. The
affected person is suffering and, I'M
! luckily, making others suffer, too. from
! ignorance of the fact that the nerves
/ ought 20 be restored to a healthy con-
dition by removing the source Of their
DOlSOlluH-Iue NeCuNeu IctlHs
There is another fertile cause of
pollution OF the blood. and that is con-
stipatlon. 1t is responsible for ire
mendous amount of i'll temper.
A dose OF epson salts will often
speedily cure All attack of III temper.
A dessertspoonful taken in big tum-
I blerfui OF hot water half an hour be-
he ant nm
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 a
cause of bad temper. and no doubt 1t
is so. but undertaking is just as fire.
quent a cause of i'll temper, especially
in the young and growing and in those
who lead strenuous lives.
III nourished nerves are just as apt
TO get ION edge" as poisoned nerves.
FOOT lOOu, iuluSuldlly Aovu NSHN'N1s
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 IL it does not agree
with you. You can get the most di-
gestlble form of fat IN good butter and
in cream.
The wife of n we'll known physician
said that since she began to give her
husband plenty of cream with his food
his temper-which had been very IT.
ritable-had greatly improved.
lie 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.