Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1904 — COLD WAVES. [ARTICLE]

COLD WAVES.

They Purify the Atmosphere and Benefit the Human System. The cold wave, bo much dreaded by most people, is really a blessing in disguise. It charges the atmosphere with fresh oxygen and a surplus of free electricity, which produces a most exhilarating and beneficial effect upon mankind. Torpid energies are aroused, physical vigor and resistance increased, by the advent of a cold wave to such an extent that any incidental damage is more than made up for. The American climate has always been recognized as a strong factor in causing the aggressiveness and enterprise which have lifted our people into the first rank among nations and made us commercially supreme. The cold wave, with its results of Increased energy and vigor, Is a meteorological phenomenon peculiar to this country. The chief of the weather bureau at’Washington explains the origin of this wave. It appears that with a high pressure system, rotating with great velocity, large volumes of cold air are drawn down from above the clouds, so that the cold wave is “homemade,” being simply a product of motion. The system of motion originates in the northwest, but the cold air comes from above the clouds. The cold wave is not only useful for its beneficial effect upon the human system, but as a cleansing and purifying agency. It dissipates the deadly carbonic acid gas, the product of respiration and combustion, and the foul effluvia of decaying matter, increasing atmospheric circulation generally and thereby relieving stagnation.—Medical Brief.