The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-01-27
The Philosophy Of Health.

"Bread and butter" are the only arti.
cles OF food Of which We never tire for Q
day. from. early childhood to extreme old
age. A pound Of fine -four Of Indian corn
meal contains three times rs much meat
as one pound Of butchers roast beef. and
if the whole product of the grain. bran
and all were made into bread, is per ct.
more Of nutriment would be added. Un.
fortunately the bran, The coarsest part IL
thrown away: the very part which gives
soundness to the bones, and v:gor to the
brsio. ssi sa-. si "a
Five hundred pounds Of fine -four give
10 the body 80 pounds Of the bony ele.
men,; while the same quantity oi bran
gives 1875 poundsl This ''bone" is lime,
the phosphate of lime, the indispensable
element Of health to the whole human sys-
TEN, from the want-of the natural supply
Of which multitudes Of persons 60 into
general decline" But swallowing the
''phospbaies" in the shape OF powders or
in syrups, 10 cure these declines" has
little or no virtue. The articles contained
in these "pbosphates" must pass through
Natures laboratory; must be subject TO
her manipulations, in slembics especially
prepared by Almighty power and skill. in
order to impart their peculiar virtue 10 the
human frame; in the palmer phrase, the
shortest, safest and most infsllible method
Of giving strength to the body. bone and
brain. thereby arresting disease, build
ing. up the constitution. is to eat and di-
gest more bread made out of whole grain,
whether Of wheat, corn, rye or osts.s-
But we must &c, an appetite for eating
more, and . power OF digestipg more
Not by the. artificial and lazy method Of
drinking btters and taking tonics, but by
moderate, continued, and remunerative
muscular exercise in the open air every
day, rain or shine. And thai we may eat
the more of it The bread must be good and
cheap, and healthful; and that which com.
bnes these three qualities to a greater ex-
tent than any other known on the face Of
the globe, as far as we know, Is made in
this manner: To three quarts OF corn In
dian } meal. add one pint of bread sponge;
water sufficient to wet the whole; add I
pint OF -four, and a teaspoonful Of salt
Let it rise, then knead il well, upspsring.
ly, for the second time. Plsce the dough
in an oven, and let it bake an hour and
half Keep on trying until you succeed
in making a light, well.baked loaf. Our
cock succeeded admirably by our direc-
ton, at The very first trial. 1t costs just
half as much as bread from the finest fam
lily -four, is lighter on the stomach. and im- !.
parts more health, vigor and strength to
the body, brain apd bone. Three pounds
Of such bread, at s cents found for the
meal, affords as much nutriment as nine
pounds Of good roast beef, costing at ta5
cents, $2,25, according TO standard phys
iological tables.-Journal of Health.
GooD PHILosoPHY There Is q passage
in Wilhelm VoD Humboldts Letters to o
Lady," which is worthy of being read daily
by somo men and women. 1t is this:
"rhe light and sbsde. the happiness and
the unhappiness of . mans life, depend
upon the disposition With which be regards
Il. An unslioyed conten'ment OF mind
cannot bs bought by man--it 10 the golden
gift of heaven. But ii is within reach Of ell
to softeu TO himself the rough shocks Of
life in this world He may receive them
sustain tbem patiently, and
by bis prudence alleviate or turn them
aside. But. even bic uiiod b unequal to
these exersiops. il need not, % b tho case
vi.h too many. exert itself 70 spnoy ksslS:
This 10 good philosophy. t