The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-11
HOW TO KEEP WELL.


w body to guard his health, it is
especially necessary for the people
who are located On farms several
miles from a doctor. Not only is
there danger of delay in case of need,
but the extra distance calls for extra
fees.
Barring most accidents and una
Voidable contagion, the larger portion
OF sickness from which we suffer is
preyentable provided good common
sense is used. The point is to know
the right course to pursue and then
to pursue it.
Many a farm maid aims to dress
like her foolish town or city cousin,
who In turn blindly follows fashion,
forgetting that Paris styles are not
adapted to our rigorous Winter
climate and that thin hosiery, peek
a-bo0 waists and light weight gar
ments are unfit for town wear in the
Winter, not to mention for the cloth
ing of the country girl who must ride
to and from her church or shopping
trip.
OF late years thin Winter under
wear is worn by many of the younger
people and head coverings which ex-
pose the ears sadly. A prominent
physician who has been valued
State Grange lecturer is authority
for the statement that both health
and hearing are bound to suffer soon
er or later from this undue exposure
Changing With Seasons.
Then there are people who change
their Winter underwear the first day
OF May regardless of the climatic
suitability, and not infrequently, al
together unnecessary colds result.
Many times these are the beginning
of serious lung trouble.
The clothing should be suited to
the weather as ii is, not as 1t is sup
posed it ought to be. If it remains
cold defer the change to lighter wear
until discomfort calls for action.
When warm from washing or cook
ing, do not go out of doors into the
chill, fresh air, especially without a
warm wrap. Better to wait until a
normal temperature of the body has
been reached than to contract cold
or pneumonia. What if the basket
of clothes does wait or the dinner is
delayed Better so than delay Of
months and perhaps the cost of a
life.
Attend to The Teeth.
Many people will call doctor
when necessary but will defer having
necessary dental work done. Often
unhealthy teeth are The cause of i'll
health, Indigestion, malnutrition,
nervousness and debility; medicine
Is taken when it can do little good
because the cause remains.
Poor teeth, especially decayed ones
are a fine breeding ground for dis
ease germs and so the owner is more
liable to contagion than his neighbor
with healthy mouth.
Poor teeth prevent thorough masti-
cation and poison the food taken into
the stomach, causing indigestion and
preventing assimilation. Headaches
often come from teeth in which the
nerves have died, caused by the alb
sorption of unhealthy secretions.
Use tooth brush once at least,
during the day and on going to bed
Use good tooth powder or paste
and rinse the mouth every day with
a solution of soda water. 1t sweetens
and neutralizes the acids which de-
stroy the enamel.
New Diseases Caused by New
Products.
The list of new diseases seems to
keep step with the list Of inventions.
One of the very latest of these path
illogical newcomers is disease
(still too young to be properly
christened) which attacks the work
men engaged in making artificial fer
tiIzer to compete with the natural
Chilean saltpeter.
The symptoms of this disease are
described technically as follows:
THE head is flushed, the limbs
shiver as If with cold, there is dysp-
nea, and sense of pressure on the
chest. Inc attacks last an
hour or two and are followed by
great prostration.
The new fertilizer is made in an
electric furnace, and differs from the
Chile saltpeter in being a product of
calcium instead of potassium. 1t is
known as cyanimid of calcium. So
"cyanimid poisoning has now been
added to the official list of industrial