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Show T TO LIVE LONG AND WELL e How Tuberculosis and Kindred Ills May Be i M X Avoided, Alleviated and Cured. tl H Suppression of Consumption. Tuberculosis can be suppressed. It Is not necessary for a person to dlo because be-cause ho has consumption. Thousands of men and women have been sacrificed sacri-ficed who might havo been alive today to-day If only tho right procedure; hnd been adopted. That which Is necessary neces-sary for tho mastery of this dlseoso Is to roturn to nature to live naturally natur-ally In the fresh nlr. develop the lungs and eat proper food. Tuberculosis U n low-level disease. People aro not subject to It until their tissues hno become vitiated and their wholo bodies weakened. To llvo u natural llfo Is tho only safeguard against tuberculosis. One climate may do as well as another It only one lives out ot doors, gets plenty of cold, fresh nlr, bathes tho body with cold water several times a day, and takes as much exercise as ho can stand. Child Labor In Factories. The physician In attendance nt a municipal lodging houso lu Chicago has within the past year been making a. careful Inquiry Into tho history of the tramps who have become tho city's guests. He has found that a largo proportion of the tramps glvo n history of having been omplo)cd In factories or in other debilitating occupations In boyhood Our artificial modern life Is making multitudes of human wrecks, ono class of whom Is represented by tho homeless, friendless, disheartened men known us tramps. Fortunate. Indeed, In-deed, nro tho boys nnd girls who live In country homes and havo tho opportunity oppor-tunity ot growing up in contact with nature. How do You Eat? It is snfo to say thnt modern cooking cook-ing dovelops business for both tho saloonkeeper sa-loonkeeper nnd the undertaker. When a boy eats mustard plasters In the form ot food that Is almost saturated with fiery spices and irritating condiments, condi-ments, a thirst is created that nothing but liquor or clgarets will satisfy. Man Is admonished to "eat for Htrength, and not for drunkenness," but In these days anything that will tlcklo tho four square Inchds of tnsto purfaco Is considered con-sidered good food, although It may contain scarcely any of tho elements thnt naturo requires to replaco broken-down broken-down tissues and to rebuild the worn-out worn-out brain.,, As a consequence, thu vitality vi-tality and physical reslstanco soon reach such a low ebb that tho Individual Individ-ual falls an easy prey to any mlcrobo with which ho may chnnco to como in contact. Tent Life Cures Consumption. A doctor In Denver somo tlmo ago mado somo experiments with consump-tivos. consump-tivos. A tent colony was established a Httlo way out of Denver, and tho patients progressed fairly well during tho first part of the winter. But by and by thero was a blizzard, ond tho thermometer went down to 20 degrees below zero, nnd then they began to Improve very fast. Ono woman did not seem to Improvo at all until the temperature reached this mark, and then sho improved rapidly, Sho had had no nppctlto, but that 20 degrees below zoro weather gavo her an appo-tlto, appo-tlto, which was an Indication that tho body was beginning to work naturally, that tho asslmllatlvo processes were bolng resumed, and from that tlmo sho kept on improving. Motnl will rust If not used, and tho body will becomo diseased if not exercised. exer-cised. Exchange. Condiments Create False Appetite. Thero is nbrolutely no food value in mustard, pepper, ginger, capsicum and such things, nnd somo of thorn, spiced pickles, for Instance, nro Indigestible Indi-gestible as sawdust. But these things, peoplo sny, havo a relish. Those who havo a good, healty appctlto do not feel tho need of anything ot that sort for a relish. A condiment is fomethlng which creates a falso demand for food. It enables lis to cat when wo really havo no nppctlto. Appetite is an ovldcnco of gastric Juice with which to dlgeet food. Lack of appetite Is an ovidctico that ono is not in a condition to digest food. But a condiment often produces a falso Impression resembling appetite, appe-tite, making one think that ho Is ready for food when ho Is not. It Is, therefore, there-fore, a deceiver, to bo especially avoided avoid-ed by theso who havo no appetite. Mustard, pepper, spices of all sorts aro enemies to health. If my next door neighbor chooses to havo his drains in such u stato as to crcato a poisonous atmosphere, which I breathe at tho risk of typhus or diphtheria, diph-theria, he restricts my Just freedom to llvo Just ns much as If ho went about with a pistol threatening my life. Prof. Huxley. Nalural Cure for Tuberculosis. A Swedish doctor some fourteen or fifteen years ago succeeded, by a very crude method. In curing patients who have been given up to dlo. His prac-tlco prac-tlco was first of all to rub tho patient threo times a day with a towel wot in very cold wator. A Httlo later ho put tho patient In a tub ot water at about CO degrees, rubbing him vigorously vigor-ously for about a minute, and later, as tho patient became better ablo ti endure tbo cold water, ho was plunged Into a tub full of Ico water. This was done threo times a day. Think of tlioso poor consumptives! Nevertheless Neverthe-less they got well. Tho cold wator, with tho rubbing fallowing, produced such a powerful reaction that tha H whole body was stimulated to In- H creased vital activity and recovery fol- H Hero Is another case. A young mam B lu New York who was getting ready H to go to the Klondike went Into prac-, tlce, to convince his friends that ho would not freeze to death, Out ot a largo buffalo lobe he made a bag, pitched a tent lu the back yard and' H slopt In the tent In tho buffalo bag, all H the winter, without suffering nny in- H Jury from tho cold. J And another: A cultured lady In, H New Jersey who m.ido up her mlndj H that sho needed a little hardening,! M slept out of doors all last whiter. Hho H hnd her bod put out on tho second-) H story vernndit, nnd an awning put up,, H with a net mound It to keep tho night H hawks away. Plenty of clothing was M provided, a (r.p worn to keep tho cars H from freezing, and she got along so H well that she slept out ot doors tho H entire winter H A National Error. H Our cities are growing so rapidly H that only about one-half ot our popula- H tlon are now llWug lu tho country. Dr. H Gould, speaking of the wrong of shut- H ting men nnd women up In houses and H forcing them Into sedentary occupa- H tlons, says: "There is enough land and H opportunity, If both wero allowed and H utilized, to glvo every human being a H livelihood thnt will permit llfo of a B normal length.'' He adds, (hat with H proper hygienic living, especially In H outli, and with right lung expansion M and development, uu person should H havo tuberculosis. Home Sanitariums. H In Now York city consumptives nro H Jiiilldlng Httlo huts on tho tops of tho M 'liousos, and aro recovering. Outsldo H Now York, Boston, and other largo M cltlos, tent colonies, where consump- H tlvcs ran live out of doors, aro being H established. Hvery city ought to havo M outside It a camp where tubercular H patients can llvo and get well. Tho air H Insldo the city Is not tu good ns It H Is outside; but on the tops of tho H houses, whero tho sun can shine, It H Is a treat doal better than It Is in tho H damp, dirty buildings In which most B city peoplo live. H Some "Don'ts" About Dress. H Don't dress tho neck too warm when H going out In cold weather. A Httlo JKVJ extra protection Is required for tho pkVJ cars, but It Is not necessary to mutHo HftV up tho neck with thick furs to protect IBS tho ears. Warm wrappings about tho HftVJ neck causo tho skin ot tho neck to HftVJ becomo moistened with perspiration. H When tho wrappings aro romoved In- HKVJ doors, tho slow cooling wh oh takes H placo lu consequence ot tho ovapora- H tlon chills tho part, and may produco H soro throat or nasal catarrh, H Don't wear rubbers Indoors, nor out H of doors, oxcept when It Is necessary1 H to prevent wetting the feet. Ilubbers, H being Impervious to air, prevent avap- H oration, so that tho perspiration is re- H talncd, and tho shoes and stockings: H becomo damp from tho perspiration. H When tho rubbers nro removed, ovnp- H oration chills tho fcot, tho samo as 1C. H they had been wot by tho rain or bl H walking on u wet pavement. On rci H moving tho rubbers after they have H been worn for somo tlmo It Is a good H precaution to remove tho shoos and H stockings nnd put on dry ones. If thll H cannot bo conveniently done cam H should bo taken to keep tho fcot warm H until the shoes nro dry. The rubbers H should bo dried beforo wearing again, H |