The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-25

would approach TO receive my caresscs, the
mungoos, giving bright, quick look at me,
stamped its tiny hind-leet briskly on the
relics Of The serpent, as il in scorn Of its
victim, and disappeared among the brush.
wood.
had forgotten The poor monkey, found
it stretched out, stiff aud stark, among the
datnra flowers. The mungoos had come
too late!
CURIOUS FACTS RELATIVE TO THE Er-
FEcTs OF EATING SUGAR.-1'he French
people are great eaters Of sugar, always
carrying some Of it about with them in
their pockets and reticulcs, and generally
putting five or six large Jumps into each
cup Of coffee. NJ. Chos.at reports ,ha,
sugar, when used as the crclnsire or prin.
cipie article Of diet, produces quite oppo-
site effects in some persons, according TO
the differences in their system; for while it
fa,tens some, il creates bile which induces
diarrhHa and wasting Of the s"!ids in
other persons. Tho celebrated D .liyar
had, by fatigue and privations, so injured
the tone Of bis stomach, that he was unable
al times to iikc any other food than sugar,
which in his case. was easy Of Digestion
His personal lflends assures us that in some
Of his list campaigns be lived for weeks to-
se,ller upon sugar alone RS solid. with
pure water as liquid; but. probably, in
nine hundred and ninety nine cases out OF
Thousand, this dict would soo., l,ave brought
the person adopting il 10 his grave; f"r, or
those whose digestion is feeble, a large or
exclusive allowance Of sugar adds to their
grievance, because the excess Of nutriment,
not being generally absorbed by their
weakened system, becomes converted TO
bile, and causes great debility and wasting
Of the body. In seventeen experiments
made on dogs, NJ. Cbessat observed that,
when / lie sugar diet fattened them, there
was general tendency 10 constipation
meanwhile; and, on the contrary, when il
produced an excess of bile in other dogs,
their bowels were relaxed. Why English
children suffer in their digestion after eating
largely Of sugar -piums, comlis. &c. is
chiefly owing, however, to those deiicncies
being composed ofthc refuse ofstarch- works.
mixed with plaster Of Paris, pipe-ciay, or
chalk, and having, indeed, as little sugar as
will suffice to give them a palatable sweet
ness, and they are often colorcd with gam
bogc, and sometimes with red lead. verdi
girls, and other mineral poisons.
Everywhere, tho beasts Of the field, the
birds Of the air, the reptiles, the fish. and
insects, are found to have great liking for
sugar and honey. Mr. Martin says he has
tanned the most savage and vicions horses
with sugar, and has seen the most ferocions
animals do,ncsticated by being partly fed
upon il. The tanners oflions and tigers
owe their power over them chiefly to ju-
dicious use ofsugar and other sorts ofsweets,
and also Of lavender water, and various
other perfumes, Of which feline animals are
remarkably fond. Ia the sugar season, in
the West Indies, the horses, mules and cat
lie soon acquire plumpness and strength
by partsking ofthc leavings Of the sugar
canee, after the manufacturer has done
with them. In Cochin CHM, the ele-
plants, bufIalocs, and horses nrc all fatten.
ed with sugar. We learn from the "Mem-
oirs Of DR.. Edw. Cartwright" (lS43,) that
that ingenious man ueed to fattcn sheep on
sugar. TO birds this diet proves SO nour's'l-
ing, that the supplicrs Of the European
poultry markets find that sugar, along with
hemp seed and boiled wheat, will greatly
fatten ruffs and reeves in the space Of fort
night.
A VERY TRUTHFUL ANSWER Bnnkurn,
10 the Old North State, is undoubtedly the