Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 32, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 November 1879 — Page 9

THE LIGONIER BANNER SUPPLEMENT.

TALKS ON PHYSICAL CULTURE. - NO.IIV.—CATARRH. : Thatithe frequency of catarrhal affectionsd 'lays the foundation of other diseasés there can be no doubt, as the relationship between this and other organic disturbances is apparent when we come to treat either the catarrh itself or iis effects throughout the system. Catarrhal dyspepsia, liver complaint, kidney diseases and chronic di:. arithe « are among the most common results, but not the least conspicuous is tubucular. consumption, ulcerated stomach, liver and kidneys, bronchitis, and all throat ana lung difficulties are the outgrowth of this disease in this climate. The virus dropping from the head down into the throat, creeping dewn the bronchial tubes and upon the lungs during sleep, causing irritation and hepce inflammation, thus impairing the tissues and delicate mucueus membranes lining these organs, weakens the vitality, thus evercoming their ability to react or regain their healthy action until the disease becomes chronic, when by only the most strenuous and radical measures it ‘can be overcome and expelled. The present popular method of treating catarrh of the head has resulted in removing it in many instacces to some other organ, as nearly all who come to us for diagnosis are the proof. When it is located once upoun any of the vital organs we have a more formidable foe to battle than before, and hence it will be seen that local treatment for catarrh is not only unreliable but dangerous, as we have seen in the hundreds of diseased luugs, stomachs, livers, kidneys, bowels, ete., that our special method of treating constitutionally for this disease has substantiated. Hence we conclude that catarrh is a disease of the bloud, or will become such in time if neglected, and persons of a scrofulous disposition or diathosis suffer most, as it takes on the form of scrotulous consumption, and many Kinds of boils, carbuncles and skin diseases are the result. ; ; &5

There are some kinds of Asthma that are caused by Catarrh—those varietigs"known as ‘‘Hay Fever” or “*Rose Colds”’—but they assume an acute form, and the symptoms are the same as of a violent cold. It is believed by some late writers who have investigated, this disease that its assuming the acute form at certain seasons of the year is caused by inhaling the aroma of the pollen of certain varieties of flowers and grasses which mature at this season of the year. Yet it is often brought on long after the hay season is over, by goin(% into barns and sheds where ha}y; is stored, by feeding it to the stock, by andling', or by having it stored near the house. ;This disease, however, is most common during the months of June and July, but sometimes doesn’t make its appearance ’till late in the season. Itis a great mistake to suPpose that asthma is a simple disease, as all'medical practitioners who have had any extensive experiengce will assert that it is a complicated as well as difficult train of symptoms and conditions that must be met with skillful and thorough medication. But ag‘th%re sev-

eral forms of asthma that have separate and distinet symptoms, we cannot proceed to delineate in tliis contribution, and the interested reader may look for a more elaborate delineation in a future ‘““talk.” One word more, however: To prevent and overcome the first symptoms and stages of catarrh, avoid taking cold, avoid all exposure to any or all changes of weather or temperature that will check perspirasion; keep the stomach and bowels open; dress warm, especially when emerging from warm rooms into the open air; keep the feet drw and warm, and when in the open air move briskly; do not sit or stand when it is cold or damp; avoid overloading ‘the stomach and overtaxing the physical man, thus using up the vital forces required to keep up a healthy action and powers of resistance,— do this, and if you have inherited a good constitution @#nd cheerful spirits you will seldom need a physician. Yours truly, MRS2€. R. SPENCER, M. D.

i “Stop My Paper.” ' - How to make a newspaper that will please everybody is one of those conundrums impossible of solution. The world is composed of all sorts of people, ofixll standards of opinion,-all shades-of intellectual thought. all kinds of re‘ligigus belief, all sorts of national prejudice, all degrees of superstition. . What is one man’s imeat is another man’s poison. A journal is never of uniform excellence—good last week, bad this, better next. The story in prose or poem that will:- please a young-girl or a romantic boy, will not suit the dignified old patertamilias who delights in solid. facts and the inexorable logic of figures that never lie. If there is ‘Yoo much of fun. it does not suit the sedate and grave. If 1t is too solid and severe, it doesnot please the gay and thoughtless: If too political, the non-political grumble. If it does not explain all the diplomatic questions and elucidate all the subtile points of International laws, it is wauting. If it does not contain all the news and all the sensations of the world it is imperfect. Now, a journal is'like an individual. It has its peculiarities. We have acquaintances who are altogether clever fellows, not always com‘panionable, and yet because of thelr idiosyncrasies we would not altogether dispense with them, They are in variable moods, pleasant today, disagreeable to-morrow. Not unfrequently they wound with their wit or sting in malice, and yet on the general average they are worth holding on to. e have some friends who are specialists and bore us with their own idea. Some are stupid, but geniade It takes all sorts of traits to form a character, ali=sorts of people to form a world, all sorts of actors to play a piece. One’s best friend is gouty in the morning and good -natured after dinner. He is in an amiable m(m(hat one time and in a devil fish humor at anoher; he is flush and generous ; he is in a corn and shabbily mean ; he is dys‘peptic and ill tempered; he is at ease with himself and a man?(ind, and is a splendid good fellow. So with newspapers. Each one has its character, each has its peculiarities. They ~are to be endured, putm’) with, avoided at times. Sometimes we ‘‘shake” a friend; we have a right to “shake’” a newspaper. Sometimes we cut« friend and ignore his existence. Just in this way the newspaper ought to be treated. As one is not justified in dropping an aequaintancs unless Ire becomes utterly unbearable, so we ought to hang onto our newa;%)a.per until it commits some unpardonable offense, and then it ought to-be kicked. Our friend may differ from us in opinion, but he must do it courteously ; so may a newspaper. Our friend may be uninteresting ; so may a newspaper, We have written all this nonsense just forthe opportunity to say that the person who stops ‘his {mper because it contains opinions with which he is ngt in accord is an ass -—£z hange. et e ‘Ulysses has been received . " In a very popular mannah; He wants a third term, it’s believed, - And that’s what’s the matter with Hannah. But people are minding their eyes, ; “And winking at nothing like that is, : And soon, in the sweet by and by, ~ He’ll find that in the fire the fat is.

Important to Pensioners. It has been decided that under the operations of the arrears of pension law, limitations which, under the old pension laws, were against widows who re-married without having applied for a pension within five years from the death of a soldier, and chkildren, and brothers and sisters of a deceased soldier, who were under sixteen years of age at the time of the latter’s {leath, but who neglected to file an application for pensions before they attained the age of twenty-one.years, have been swept awayv, so that the late widow of a soldier who died in the service, or after the discharge, of a° disability which originated while in the service and in the line of duty, is entitled to a peusion from the date of her re-mar-riage, provided she has not received the same.. Also, children who have been debarred a pension under the old pension laws by reason of the youngest having attained the age of twentyone years without having made an application, should now avpply; also brothers and sisters who' were under sixteen years of age at the date of the soldier’s death and dependent upon him for support, (the soldier having left neither widow,minor child or children surviving him, and the mother and father having died before. the brothers and sisters attained the age of sixteen years,) now have a valid claim. : ‘ s - The classes above referred to number fens of thousands, and this good news will be cheering indeed to them, especially as it comes so unexpectedly upon the heels of the disallowance of their elaims, or informa--tion that they had no title to pension. —South Bend Tribune. :

Glass Wicks for Lamps. - A wick for lamps is norw manufactured entirely of glass by Messrs. Voubriel & Beck of Hanau, Germany. It is designed chiefly for use in petroleum and spirit lamps; and, with an equal amount of wick®turned up, it gives a much higher light than cotron wick.. In the spirit lamp, too, it is found to greatly increase the heat of the flame. No sparks are given off by this uncombustible wick, nor does the light flare in draughts to the extent which it makes the lamp safer. The smoking is always reduced, and it is stated that ten per cent. of oil is saved by its use. Of cuurse the disagreeable task of trimming the lamps is rendered unnecessary, for being of glass the wick does not consume, but wastes away verv slightly by fusion.—Chemical Journal.

The potato crop is short in Ireland and there is a lack of peat fuel, owing to the' protracted rains. Mueh dis* tress must result-—distress which the soothing words of Lord Beaconsfield, delivered at the Lord Mayor’s banquet, will not remove or assuage.