Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1883 — The Weather and the Spirits. [ARTICLE]

The Weather and the Spirits.

“Don't ask a favor in the sirocco” is a common proverb in. the countries where this irritating wind blows; and in the regions visited by the Levanter it is considered discreet to do business on a cash basis until that depressing breeze ceases to curdle the milk of human kindness. Borne men's spirits rise and fall with the barometer, or according to the height they ascend or descend on a mountain side—the circulation being relieved by a moderate removal of atmospheric pressure. But a more sudden removal of pressure is apt tp produce congestion. “A dull, depressing day” is proverbial, and “a cheerful sunshine” is known to everyone. It is a portion of the Frenchman’s social creed that during the November fogs the “English phlegm” finds an outlet in suicide, though statistics prove, curiously enough, that this is not the season chiefly dedicated to self destruction, and that phlegmatic Germany is more addicted to this sort of despair than our own islands. During April, May and June most deaths occur, the exhaustion of winter and spring inducing depression. —London Standard.