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. ia a measure. be sad
Of their elders. OF course being cranky
gets to be Il 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 Well? Have You poor ;tppe-
tite: Are you afflicted with head
aches! Are YOUR eyes troubling you:
Are your teeth III good condition:
What about your digestinn:: They
may be to blame. and your spells of i'll
humcr and nastinesS can then he more
effectively minStered to by the family
physician than by the clergyman
1t is i fact that often tempers can
be cured just as many d physical I'll
can be cured. hy proper attention to
some law Of health Which is, whiting
II or unWittin-ly 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
If. for instance. dtcayed teeth or
decayed stumps Of teeth are allowed
to remain in the gums a constant slow
poisoning is set up from putrefactlve
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.
50 much fault as a 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 healthy con-
dition by removing the source OF their
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 a big tum-
blerful Of hot water half an hour be-
fore breakfast will often cut short an
attack of the blues" and remove the
irritability which has been making
one ''iil 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
cause Of bad temper. and no doubt 1t
is 80. but undertaking is just as FIRE
quent a cause OF Ill 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.
Poor food. particularly food deficient
in fat. gives rise to nerve starvation.
and starved nerves are responsible for
neuralgia. peevishness and temper.
i This does not mean that you should
eat the fat Of meat if it does not agree
with you You can get the most di-
gestible form of fat in good butter and
in cream.
The wife of 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 If
ritable-had greatly improved.
He has no idea that this pleasant
remedy is given him as 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