Weekly journal-miner., 1915-07-21

is suited, that is, the young and the vigorous, who react perfectly. For these it is invigorating and stimulat- ing. As a cleansing process it is hardly enough, because getting clean does not merely mean letting water pass over the body or into the body. Bathing both externally and intern ally is necessary and must be per formed rightly to be of benefit. To be really clean one must make sure that the millions of tiny pores, by means of which the skin does its work for the physical economy and renders elimination perfect, are kept cleared of waste products and in good work ing condition. The skin IS one of the most important of the scavengers Of the system, but one cannot expect 1t to perform its work properly if its myriads of tiny holes through which it gives off waste matter are blocked. This waste matter is largely given off in the perspiration, which is coming through it all the time, whether you are aware of it or not. If this per spiration is checked the waste pro ducts are driven back into the sys- tenn and reabsorbed with the result that the other organs of elimination are asked to do double duty; and double duty cannot be demanded of any organ without heavy bill hay ing to be paid sometime.
 To keep the skin in perfect work ing condition an occasional bath that really washes is called for. This bath should take the form of plenty of good warm water, some good mild soap, small brush, and above all a good rough towel for the final rub is more important than the soap and water wash. The skin is renewing it. self all the time, with the result that it Is always giving off minute scales. It is these that block the pores. You can stand in a good light and use clean dry flesh brush and prove this. Use the brush vigorously on the skin for few moments and watch the dry particles of dead skin fly off. A swift plunge into cold water and a rub with a soft towel will not remove these scales. If one were so placed that it was impossible to obtain a bath it would be possible to keep the skin for some time in a healthy con dition by vigorous dry rubbing, so far as all the purposes of health de mandcd.
 To thoroughly perform the function of breathing, it is as necessary to ex- hale as inhale, although one seems to enjoy inhaling more than eXhaling We rather take it for granted that we should exhale after we inhale, but the one is as vitally important as the other. In order to live we must pump pure air into our lungs but we must also pump the impure air out. It is natural to breathe, and we seldom know that we are breathing. When we inhale breath of ordinary air, we draw into our lungs mixture ol about the following composition Oxygen, 2099 parts out of 100; nit rogen 7SO3 parts out of 100; carbon dioxide, .03 parts out of 100; watery vapor, ammonia; other substances and gases. Later we exhalc this air In the meantime it has undergone certain noticeable changes so that when we exhale it its composition is nearly as follows: Oxygen 16O31 parts; nitrogen, 79.557 parts out oi 100; carbon dioxide, 4.3S parts out oi 100; watery vapor, ammonia, other substances and gases.
 We observe at once the changes that have taken place in oxygen, nj trogen and carbon dioxide. About parts per 100 have been lost by tho oxygen; there has been a slight gair of nitrogen, the amount of carbon dioxide has increased from 03 to 4.3S parts per 100. The watery vapor 1; now in a condition close to satura ton. The loss in oxygen can bt easily explained, it has been absorbed and is busily at work purifying and preserving the body. The great gair in carbon dioxide is easily explained nature expelled it as poison iron the system. That is why it is as nee essary to exhale as to inhale.
 Dr. Harvey w. Wiley has promul gated a few 'hot weather dos ana dont's." Here they are:
 Eat everything, but moderately.
 Abstain from alcohol and tobacco
 Drink plenty of cold water, but dc not gulp it.
 "Never drink with meals, but i'm mcdiately after.
 Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables
 Abstain from sweet soda fountain drinks, unless the syrup is used spar ingly in them.