The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-12-01
ORDERS SOLICITED.
Talk About Peoples Stonsachs.
nYlnR,lpI LEWIS.

Talk About Peoples StUnsachs.
e by DIR. DTo LEWIS. e
Very intimate relations exist be-
tweeINthe sun and digestion. Diges-
ton and assimilation become weak
land imperfect if the man or animal is
not daily exposed 70 the direct rays
of the sun. Mr.. F., one Of our mcr.
chants, came 10 see mo about his
stomach. Dyspepsia was written all
over his face, was shown in his
movements and heard in his voice,
The conversation between US was
essentially the following
Mr.. P.-aDoctor, ii you will ex.
chse street vnlgarity, am played
out can't digest, / can't work, |
have lost my courage, | fear | must
stop,
! aTell me about your diet"
slf yon will excuse me, | know
that is all right have studied the
subject, and | know my fool is oil
fright
How about your exercise r
have little gymnasium in my
| store and exercise an hour or two
every day. ! sometimes tire myself
ont with thess exercises M
.How about your sleep r
"Why, doctor, Ego to bed every
night with the chickens. Al any
rate, ] am always in bed by nine
x,s..loa., .,J 4 Mise 40 80 ..,x.fn..l. g.
the morning, take bath, plain
breakfast, and 70 to my counting
room. Once in the forenoon aud
once in the afternoon exercise in
my gymnasium half an hour Or SO,
but am getting worse all the time.
isn't Il curious? My wife thinks |
must have cancer in the stomach.
Nothing 'scsms to help me- iIriive
the most Psychological life. hat my
digestion grows worse and worse
about your counting room; IS chat
light; ii il sunny ?"
"No; that 10 one nuisance we have
in our store. The store is every way
pleasant. only that the counting
room is so dark that we have TO use
gas nearly all the lime" as g
sThats IL Mr.. aPso that explains
your cancer xsl.a 8.s. .lss4
"Of course you don't mean that !,
but ! suppose u would be better If
the counting-room was sunny.
Il, "Why, Mr.. p, no plant or animal
can digost in the dark. Try it. Plant
. potato in your cellar. Now watch
it carefully. II there is little light.
that potato will sprout and try to
grow. But surround it with the best
manure, water il, do the best for. it,
only you shalt keep it in the dark, it
cannot digest and grow. See how
slender and pale il is. Now open
window in another part of the cellar,
aud notice how the poor hungry
thing will strotch that way. Or give
'ths stalk little twist and see how it
will lie down 1t has no strength to
raise itself again. No matter how
much ofthe best TODD aud drink you
give it, it can't digest. The process
Of digestion, the great function OF az.
similation cart 60 on without the
sunshine. Why, sir, with your ex.
ceIlent habits, if your counting room
were in u food ofsunlight you would
be better in week, and well In
month. Mr.. r., did you ever gointo
the country late in the summer2 Of
course you have been. Well, did you
mover uolice where grain is growing
in an orchard that the part under the
trees is smaller than that outsideand
away from the trees The land il
actually richer there. For years the
leaves have talien aud decayed under
the trees, but, notwithstanding this,
the wheat il only half size and never
fills well. Now what is the difficul-
ty ? The snR shines upon it more or
less. Yes, that il true, but that IN
der, the trees does not receive as
much sunshine as that away from
them. That which is thus partly
in the shade can't digest SO we'll
Why sir, if you will move your
countingroom up stairs, in front,
and stand, d,whel'e the sun can have a
chance IL you, oven though it ia
only three or four hours day, you
viii begin tosdigest vour beef better
within three days Have you never
aeticsd that the only grapes that
beeome. nert.ctly rine and sweet.
fhnt the only n.ache. that lake on
those beautiful red cheeks and offer
that .uscioua sweetness are those
fhat 'are on tho outside entirely
fectly exposed TO the sun Z Gods
laws are the same IN tho animal
world, " is just as true that the
only girls with red cheeks and sweet
breaths, the only girls that become
fully ripe and ssw eet, iare those who
baptixe sthsmsslves freely. in Gods
glorious sunshine. Don't Jon see
good many pale girls in your store,
girls with abioodiess, baifbaked sort
Of face, whose walking, whose voice,
whose whole expression is devoid Of :.
spirit and iorce2 Those girls are in