The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-12

Besides eating badly prepared food. and
al wrong liner, many people en-, 700 much
yet the stomach is not a travelling bag, which
can carry all that can be stuffed into IT, but
& delicate machine which too little and too
much food equally disi1rb, while the rare
golden mean keeps Tin healthy change from
res, 80 work, aud back again, anu makes i.
IN turn, keep the ten thousand strings of
body aud mind 10 the nicesi ausiln 4 nan
who should pat IRON bars. sti4ks u dlfl. into
3 rlece Of nicely shnished machinery, would
be counted a fool or a mailman; yet nen who
employ trasty groons and engineers 10 take
the incest care OF their horses and sbeaui~en-
glnes-ss well Is many VINO own neither of
these OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tseir animal bod
les III cruel manner, which should arouse
Mr.. Bergh TO speechiess wrath They rudely
awake their stomachs from rest, 70 feed them
whcn rot hungry ihey pcrr d4&u f4sls
when not thirstY thes swallow things half
rs t-f ica- e8, rs 70 the stomach 9aii perform
the i1nctions Of giz1srd taey cram theil
stomaehs, they burden .hela, they o. eswhelm
them, they snlt them, hamiiiaie them. en-
rage them, make enemies OF them, and force
them into an alliance with az uureieuting in
qnisitor, bearing the name OF dyspepsia.
There is not much practical use in telling
people so, howeser. for they will all declare
an oger's dinner, for quantity. Washing it into
their stomachs with rivulet of whatever
fluid pleases themselves and the community
they live in. Not many things are so com
mon and popular as suicidc-sometimes eff,
fected deliberately and consciously, but usn-
aly otherwise. People are all the while
tapping away at the walls Of their own bod
les bending the springs frequently to ties,
their temper; loosening the screws and fast>
enings; thrusting in levers of their own 10
reverse the machinery and make IL move an
other way !; and exercising upon il, 10 the
full, their ignorance, meddlesome curiosity,
and disposition TO do Just as they please
with their own properiy-for it is their own,
Mr.. Winwoode Reade says-so that the du
raBility Of the machine is really its most won
derful characteristic. And so shrough some
one Of the little pinholes which have been
made, Death comes at last and thrnsts lii,
tie pin, and-farewell.
Dir. bio Lewis, well known as a teacher Of
gymnastics, THINKS be has devised a remedy
for the particular vice Of over eating, and he
writes TO the IadepeR9eRt what il is. He
quotes from number of physicians aud 9TH
ers. who set forth the injurious effects of
misunderstanding. His remedy, which he en-
phasises with capitals, and declares be has
seen put into successful practice, Is this rule:
'sBeore you take the first mouthful, place
upon your plate all YOU are to eat, and eat
but twice day The last direction is good
in its way but not calculated TO be of service
IN depressing over-eatng; the rest Is worse
than none, provided person eats all he
puts upon his plate, and 1t IS useless If he
does not. For If person takes a seat at Ia
Bile. and, without having eaten, fills his plate,
his eyes will very surely, in the country
phrase. she larger than his stomach that is
10 say, bis eager appetite, and not his judg-
ment OF quantities, viii WELD the spoon and
the knife, 50 that he will load his plates first
aud his stomach next
There is a better rule yet-the only natural
and ehee,nsl fHie-which may be told intwo
words. eat siorrlv. Animals IN their natural
state seldom gorge themselves exeepfs'he
larger snakes. for wiae. tbs Is natural Ma
ture gave g3'a eHfeh NNl1 be Away
ready ara safe ), i, serr not ported IS abusc-
this gu4- aN -Fpefie. endIhe
shuse Of it is rspil eating 4. only food b.
slowly eaten. SLOWLY and thoroughly masfica
ted and mingled wl'h iho Secretion Of tn
salivsry glands, which IL health are AWAY.
equal to their task unless tae use Of To-
bsceo has over str .tued tn m.s satie
will follow appetite IL the precise ,Aamen
when enough If food has been ts&ee, anc
good digestion VIII lo.as 5aia 8atrardr
boiling half maslieaied i5cd nils The ste'naei
long " lore II s.l..slt. aa 4gps.it, lni
shortly after eating comes the anaconda lik'
feeling 81 dul,ness and ,orpar. ia which mei
appear as animals, and g very poor sdyan
tage even "a such. If the greatest epacure
the man With The most prodigous appetite
and the man who lives 10 eat. woald but fol
low this SIMPLE rule If sbsiemiousness, the,
would ~ the end ha abe 50 eai "a far create
quantity OF food, ~ being able live longe
- eat - s-c Ford Fespjna G9sette