Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-04-30
TDAlLY )EMOCRAT.


Who bat m idiot or some unprincipled
servant or rccklessly wasteful spcndthritf
would think ofbuilding as large fires in their
houses IN the April spring-time as in bleak
December And vet ladies' and gentlemen.
statesman philosophers. and scholars Of
every grade the Judge. the senator, the
lawyer, and the clergyman. MI commit The
more objectionable foIly-unparionabe
because it is against light and in favor of the
lower instincts and porpcnsities-ofn not only
eating as much as the appetite demands but
| OIL taking something to stimulate that
appetite to call for more than nature really
needs, as the warm weather approaches.
The two objects Of eating as to man AID
woman are to give vigor to the body and to
| keep it warm hence all food contains two
principles in greater or less proportions, ac-
cording to its quality--to wit, nutrition and
| warmth. We need nourishment all the
| year ronnd. hence we must all the year
round eat food which contains nourshinent.
that is, the iiesh-iorlning principle but in
warm weather the food which contains the
most mere fuel, should bcto a certain extent
curtaed, otherwise VIC will create too much
heat within us and that is fever, whose vic
TINS are counted by millions every year.
this excess Of heat, this fever, being general
ed by eating food which contains more
warmth, more fuel, called carbon by chem
lists, than the season Of the wear requires
TO a certain extent nature regulates the de
| mand and supply by diminishing the appe-
titc as the warm weather approaches but
many mislnterpret her cndeavors and be
cause they lind. as spring comes on, their
appetites are not rs vigorous as they were
few weeks earlier, begin to take alarm, think
they are going TO get sick. and conclude they
certainly will get sick, unless they can get
up the appetite of dind winter hence they
begin to take Dutch gun, under the name
Of Schidam schnapps plantation bittcrs, or
cheap whisky, witt! just enough of colombo
root or any other bitter, to give it "a trace
Of bitter and rob it Of the name of rot gut;''
or dirty beer, or ale or porter, all those
things tending to cheat nature into call for
more food than she requires, to impose no
the stomach more labor than it cam preforin
hence laying the ground for summer fevcrS
and dyspepsias, which bring death to thous
ands every year who might have lived to a
good old age had they simply. let themselves
alone, and like any other dogs. or dnnkcys
or wild beasts, had simply ginen the stomach
resi-, ana Wa1Istt i~l all dlpttltf ENii-
cral lessons for the spring are, eat only when
ys,i are hungry and to the extent OF satisfy
Ing unstlunlated appetite cat less of
oarbonccous food such as meats fats. oils.
sirups, &c, and more Of cooling articles
such as green salads vegetables, berries,
fruits, and whatever has natural tartneSs
or acidity, there being little or Oh carbon or
heat i'll them; but they contain as much
nntriincnt as the system requires. -Halrs
Journot Of HecN.
REMEDY FOR Bolis Dr. u. g. Hoffman. of
San Diego, Cal, says (San frauctsco Nfd-
icM IresS)that "rinct,nc of iodine, do,sMe
strength, of the formula given in the United
States Dspensatory, applied thoroughly to
boils, hunions, and carbunclcs, will cut
short the suppnrativc stages more than one
halfas well as relieve the patient Of all pain
All of the tcverish symptoms, with altcrn-
ate agucs and, chils, and unpleasant feel |
ings in tbs same, that are met with in del
icate females and other persons, arce rleivcd
almost entirely by the first applica-
ton.