The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
HEARTY SUPPERS.


ty -one-in the midst of usefulness, and in
the enjoyment of usual good health. tiil
within twenty four hours of his decease.-
He was an able preacher, and fine bellies
teftre scholar. He was on a journey. on the
Masters business, and died from home
He had made up the copy for his Septem
Der issue. Two of the articles were from
our August number /; one plea for women.
the other for children. So many good peo-
pie loved him aud looked up to him In
less than three lines the whole story is told.
HE travelled all day, ate in the evening
hearty supper. walked up in the morning
with headache, became unconscious. and
died at five o'clock in the afternoon, of apo.
letic disease u
Eating earthly in an exhausted, or even
in greatly -debItistad bodily condition. is
dangerous at any hour. Many man has
fallen apoplectic at the close ola hearty din
ner but the danger is greatly increased by
going to bed soon alter; for the weight of
the meal, pound or two. rests steadily on
the great veins of the body. arrests the flow
of the blood, as continuous pressure of the
| foot on horse pipe will more or less COM
pletely stop the flow of water along it. This
arrestment causes a damming up of blood
| in the vessels of the brain, which at length
can not longer bear the distension. and burst.
causing effusion there. which ia instant,
sometimes, and certain death always.
| There is scarcely reader, of middle life,
who has not more than once been nearer
death than he imagined, from this very
cause. A man feels in his sleep As if some
terrible calamity was impending, some hor
rible beast is after him. or some fearful food
is about to oyerwhelm him but, spite of
every effort, he can not remove himself suf-
| fciently fast; the enemy behind is increas-
ing upon him and at length, in an agony
OF sweat, he is able by desperate effort. to
set the stream of life in motion by uttering
some sound. fearful to be heard, or only
saves himself from falling into some faith
omless abyss, by convulsive and desper-
ate effort. In cases where there is no pow
er to cry out, or no effort can be made, the
person is overtaken, or falls. and dies =
Eating hearty meal at the close of the day,
is like giving laboring man a full days
work to do, just as night sets in, although
he has been telling all day. The whole
body is fatigued when night comes, the
stomach takes its due share. and to eat hear
tily at supper. and then go TO bed. ls Civ
Ing all the other portions and functions of
the body reEose. while the stomach has
thrown upon il FIVE hours more of addition
al labor. after having already worked four
or FIVE hours 20 dispose of breakfast. a nd a
still longer time for dinner. This ten or
twelve hours of almost incessant labor has
nearly exhausted its power II can not
promptly digest another full meal. but la
bors at it for long hours together. like an
exhausted gall-y-slave at q newly imposed
task. The result is, that by the unnatural
! e IN NH he 30 ~,
the stomach. and the imperfect manner in
becomes more or less acid /; this generates
wind this dislends the stomach this pres
ses itself up against the more yielding lungs.
con6ning them to largely diminished
space hence every breath taken is INSULT
Gent for the wants of the system. the blood
becomes foul. black, and thick, refuses to
| flow, and the man dies. or in delirium or
| fright, leaps from a window or commits
suicide. as did Hugh Miller. and multitudes
OF others, as to whom the coroner's jury
| has returned the Hon-committal verdict,
Died from causes unknown" If not more
impiously stating, died by the visitation of
| Cod"
| Let any reader who follows an inactive
| life for the most part, try the experiment
for week. of eating absolutely nothing az
ter q two o'clock dinner, and see if soun
der sleep and a more vigorous appetite fol
breakfast and hearty dinner, are not the
pleasurable results, to say nothing of the
happy deliverance from that disagreeable
fulness. weight. oppression. or acidity. which
attends over-eating. The greater renova-
ton and vivacity which a long, delicious.
and connected sleep imparts, both to mind
| and BODY, will of themselves more than CON-
pensate for the certainly short and rsther
dubious pleasure. of eating eupper with
no special relish.