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]:iiiii;u-.v ciiusr of the foiulition known 

 ;is a cold. 1 will try to explain nioi\> 

 clearly. Suposc wc had a ,uasolin(» 

 ;>tovc in our lionso. and it should 

 sprin.^ a leak. Th(> escaping .n'asolint, 

 clian,sj;in,n' into .uas. nil.xcs with the air. 

 I know there is a leak there, luit neg 

 led it carelessly. I*y and by I conic 

 in; and wishing to light a lamp 1 

 strike a uiati-h. Instantly an explo- 

 sion occurs that injures me consider- 

 ably, to say nothing of the damage to 

 the house. Now, what would yoti say 

 was the cause of the explosion? Why. 

 the leaking of gasoline. Not one of 

 you would say, 'I think It came from 

 lighting a match.' And still that was 

 the secondary or incidental cause. 

 The primary cause, which all would 

 think of as the real one, was allowing 

 that gasoline to escape into the rooni. 

 And I doubt not many would say I 

 deserved the injury received. I don't 

 think one of you would advise me to 

 avoid striking matches in the futtire, 

 I ut rather to see that there was no 

 gas that the match could ignite, and 

 that would be good sense. Now, I am 

 convinced that the real, primary, or 

 lirst i-ause of so-called colds is invar- 

 iably from within, and not from ex- 

 posure to cold. It is over eating, 

 1 reathing impure air, lack of exercise, 

 lack of bathing, or something of this 

 kind. The blood becomes overchai'g- 

 ed with impurities. Nature tries to 

 ri sella rge these through the mucous 

 meiiK rane, usually in the head, be- 

 (aii.-e \\'<:' I'roper channels ar^» une(|r..ii 

 to the task. The secondary or excit- 

 ing or incidental cause of the cold, 

 llie last straw that brings the matter 

 to a climax, may be a chill from ex- 

 posure to cold. When the system is 

 in the condition named above, the re- 

 active powers will be weak, 01 coiu-se. 

 Hut for this unhealthy condition, ex- 

 posure to cold would do no harm. The 

 climax may also be brought on by 



e.iting when over-tired, or by overdo- 

 ing in .-iiiy line. Now, when you get 

 a cold, and .-ire .-isking how you came 

 i.\ il. why not be as sensible as when 

 talking about tlu; gasoline explosion"/ 

 AMiy lay the blame in one case to the 

 rerd c;iuse and in the other to the sec- 

 ondary or exciting oiieV There is j'S 

 much reason for saying Terry struck 

 a match and it blew him up, as for 

 s;iying you went out without any rub- 

 bers, and caught cold, or facing that 

 wind yesterday or sitting near that 

 window, which caused a little draft 

 of air, gave you a hard cold. If you 

 were all right internally, no troubh- 

 would come from any of these matters. 

 ;iny more than from my lighting a 

 match when there was no gas around. 

 In proof of this, why have you not 

 .•ilways taken cold when exposed to 

 told airV Simply because your system 

 Avas in a healthy condition when you 

 uid not. A person in vigorous health, 

 with pure blood coursing through hi.- 

 body, would not be affected unfavor- 

 ably in the slightest degree by these 

 exposures to cold. Which is better- 

 to remove the fundamental cause or 

 h-.\\e it there and try to be very care- 

 ful about any possible exposure that 

 may bring on a climax"? With this 

 kind of care you are constantly mak- 

 ing the body weaker and less resistful, 

 and making yourself more and more a 

 hothouse plant. If you will pay rea- 

 sonable attention to the plain laws of 

 li'Mlth, particularly to breathing fresh 

 air. not overeating, and taking proper 

 exercise, you may soon get in such 

 good health that exposure to cold will 

 not have any injurious effect. In fact, 

 fresh cold air will act as a tonic, build- 

 ing up your vital powers still higher. 

 To te.st this matter, last August, W'hen 

 the days were very warm and the 

 nights cool, so my bedroom was so 

 v.\rm no covers were needed to make 

 me comfortable at bedtime; but before 



