Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. [ARTICLE]

KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

Not Merely on the Score o< Silence, But Ont of Regard to Health. Don't be offended. The admonition is not meant as a reflection upon your talkativeness. Talk as much as you please, tut keep your mouth shut when you are not talking. People who keep their mouths cl< Bed except when they are ta king, eating' or drinking, rarely contract colds or coughs. Savages, even these living in northern latitudes, icldom take co d. Scientists say it is teeause they aie elosc-mouthel. • Disease germs floating in the air t'nl u direct route into the lungs of a person who breathes through his mouth. They are arrested by the tine, sievelike network of hair in the nostrils of the individual who breathes through his Mose. Keep your mouth shut and you may defy pestilence. The teeth suffer from too much and too frequent exposure to the atmosphere. Sudden changes of temperature, whether liquid or atmo-phe de, are hurtful to them. The best teeth in the world are those of the savage tribes whose tnemb»*s always keep their mouths shut except when talking or eating. Throat and lung diseases are often contracted by persons who go about op en-mouthed. Tne frosty air of winter inhaled direptly into tho lungs through the mouth is a frequent cause of bronchial disor levs. Taken through the nose it is m< dified and sifted of many of its i anqers. Keep your mouth shut.