Smyrna times., 1855-09-19


Ter; and foods compose that class Of rg4ntzed
. substance Which IS capable Of being used up
an this mGchtne loithOut injaring it,"
We hence see not only that food must be or
ganized matter which by decomposition may
generate force within the body, but ii must be
organized matter endowed with such peculiar
/ properties that it may enter the body and be-
changed to force without disturbance or mis-
chief to the system. There may br and there
are different kinds of force generated with
the body, or without It, and one kind or form of
! its development may be hralti,uI j, !. a.D'!er
is huriiLl That orc > differ a,.inn- Zach other
50 widely in their torn OF IN 4 l,.StAion that
! they are not practically convertible ana cannot
properly be cd syd together may be easily IL
lusrntcd. All organized matter is force, that
, rs, 1t is co'nbustIble and Cap .bie OF making
neat, which is force. But It's inrce Is not all
Lii r.ted or sci free Ia the same way, nor is it
AL ippllcibe 10 The same purposes. Gun-cot.
ton, wood and sugar are alb Ike organized sub
stances. They may ue lkened TO springs winch
have been c0hed up with iOrc'., and they are
therefore ench Reservoirs OF power. By drcom-
porit on the sprngs rtcoll ana the farca is gem
Grated or set Tree. Bat guu.cotlon gives out
It's force IN so peculiar u 'unrltr. that j, with
such sudden and res stiles, vIoluncc that II can
bc only used iof certain spcciic purpas, s.
When piac d behind GuiIe, or lodged WITHIN
rock and j, colnpo-,'u Is iUrc.. acconrs avail-
able by propell.ns -. "t!r anH aiatirrIng lne
other. Anl even IN these c IS lne rNJjoa.re
actipn or gun~cotiCn Is pat lorIn ia lurr 81
peculiar 10 l;Belf that Il Is practically OF Inuch
less value thrn gunpo"der ana c,nnot replace
1t. But suppose We desired Ia lberate force M
an active bot steady VIA nner under eteaul-
boiler rs to make Il available for mechan Cal
purposes by means of the engine, il is obvious
That u cuItOn is not at all adapted to prod ce
the effect. 1t would not rive out ITS force ia
the manner OF iuel and therefore could not be-
thus employer.. Woody ti6or. on The contrary.
if burned under The stGani-hupr, would pro-
duce Constant an sustained eE; CT, but would
De worthless eIlhcr III plac" ri gun.cottnn. to
generate eX XplOslvc Io:cr, ur ~ 81 ce ,i sugar
to generate vital force ~ he v,ag ."utaolsn.
but su9a:, when edt"n, " II gGurrliu { ,lur,tic
force IA such WY nat i ctnnoC b.. rrplaced
either by Cation or woody hber. Nov, to
attempt To cunouud these force producers to-
gether, and obterlte the Fundamental dktnc-
tlons which are Universally rGcor rnlzed by the
terms food" iuet." and "expos. We com.
pounds" OF the ground that tn y are all fore !,
would be SIMPLY Iousen,i,d. The Rcptewcr
says A" ioo1 is iorce, alcohol IS tnrcr, and here.
lore alcohol hust nruesearIly be lood" But Is
1t not equally proper TO say "the explosives
are force, wood ana coal are force, aud there
fore wood and coal are necessarily explosive"
Or, TO make the absurdiy NOR 'npete. ".n"d
is force. gun-cottpn Is Orcr, and therefor gun.
cotton must necessarily be ioou." Tne Re
UteOer labors to break down tne uisI.uctou
between different Rinds OF fore, H. the " ng
system, Tor tn sake Of covatlng "a c3uu. o The
rank Of nutrrtive substance. "a. lu.s canlr1l
be permitted
No physiological fict o.tte. estto, sarG
r and the kcrierey fully rtca-u IS It tt,a N,
foods themselves are d,v, ,oi,. Iuso iva c Itsse
IN respect to the kind ot force they geaer.te .
the bory and the way they produce H. Tn
plastic, nlirogenzed CO npuuuds OF yegetatut
, alone go to the formation OF snjmal tesue.-
Fhry only are assImIlated, incorporated or Wa
ven into the structure. Now this appropriation
Of matter to the formation Of tissue constitute
. nutrition. The plast.c C prluc!p es are hence tn
4 true and only nUtrmen:s. When the muscle
!, are called into plIy, aud muscu lar force is de
y veioped, therr Is decomposition of muscuIa
tissue. and that which renews and replIces III
: waste s nutrment, plastic, niirogenized. mus
Gle forming matter. In the development {
q nerve-torce, nerve tissue is DESTROYED, and
N modification of plaot matter aff.cts lis renew
II al and repair, which is the nutrition of til
p nerves. Now in th light oil those tennts It
r. preposerous to assume that all food IS indiscr
IL minateIy nu rtious, or capable "f geueraim
" nutrltal force. Neither sugar, starch, gul
= nor OIL are nulrltive; they do not contain til
70 chemical material necessary to make fiber
q they lack nitrogen, the essential basis Of tissu
!, For the same reason alcohol is not nutri ou
Q. aud therefore, Cannot generate nutrltri,
~ force. The very possibility OF such q thing
~ forbidden by lis chemical composition. LlebI
A speaks positively upon this puint. In the la
30 edition OF hls letters, he says: I'VE ca
80 prove with mathematical Certainty, that ,
" much -four or meal as can lie on the point of
1e tableknite is nutritious than five measur,
nd (about eight or ten quarts) OF the best Bavaria
er beer" The force produced by alcohol, the
,s whatever it nay be, Is not nutritious fore,
what il is we shall show ON another occasion
vi w. Y. Tribune.
Parental LovE.--The poet Lamertine,
er allusion to his parents says: II remembe. on,
Va to have seen the branch Of will~w which h,
ar been torn by the tempest's hand from the D
,ut rent trunk, hoating u the morning light up,
of the angry surges OF the overAowing Saone..
re, On it female nightingale still covered h
ng nest, as 1t drifted down the foaming streau
III and the male on the wing followed the wre,