The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-15

Dr. Dto Lewis on what 10 Eat,
How 30 Eat. and when 10 Eat

How 20 Eat, and when 10 Fat
Gluttony counts ono hundred victims
where druRkenness counts one.
To regulate health we must regulate
diet.
Certain kinds of food feed the fat and
leave the muscles and brain to starve.-
Certain other foods feed the muscles ex-
cusively, and certain others the brain
4 large part of the food of America is
composed Of white -four, sugar and but
ter. People who try to live on such stuff
gradually starpe to death.
There Is a gentleman in Boston who
has amassed an immense fortune. His
carriage is the finest in the neighb0rhood,
and he wastes money layishly; but his
face j. the picture OF despair. Life Is a
torture to him, because he is nervous and
dvspeptic. Half the rich men and wo-
men Belong to the category Of the misera-
be; they cannot digest their dinners.
The common notion that our health
and life depend on a mysterious Proyi-
dence is downright infdelity. A child
GOES out of hot room with naked arms
and legs in pursuit OF its daily supply OF
poisoned candies, and then dies OF Group.
+ that a mysterious Providence! fla man
INDUCES himself until he gets the gout,
and the disease attacks his heart and kills
him, i his death 4 mystery? The rea-
on that the American people are such
3gspeptics Is, that they eat and driuk so
much and eat and drink 50 fast
The teeth win not decay il they are
kept clean. A toothbrush is a good thing
but one GOOD tooothpick is worth an arm
r 81 A..
man now living in New York city who
has three beautiful front teeth which he
purchased from tho mouth Of an Irish
man. His own teeth we're removed and
instantly PatricI<'s were transferred.
The process Of digestion begins in the
mouth and ends in the lungs. The
mouth grinds the food the lungs supply
the Oxygen which converts the products
Of the food into pure and useful blood
DIR. Lewis once attended the lecture
Of a Thomsonian doctor who claimed the
use Of mercury as follows:
F." And now do you know how marcury
produces the rheumatic I'll tell you ex-
actIy how marcury produces the rheuma-
til. You see mGrcury has Il great many
sharp pints, and then sharp pints 90
straight in the flesh and when the mus
cles rub over them sharp pints it scratches
and that's the rheumatic.
Many people imagine themselves infIlct
Ell with serious diseases when they are
only suffering from dyspepsia. A dys
peptic patent always despairs; a con
sumptive always hopes.
John Abenethy was the greatest mar
the medical profession has produced il
modern times. Pehaps no other mar
has contributed SO much to temperance il
eating as he.
To make the best best bread that can bt
made of wheat, obtain good wheat anC
grind it without boiling; mix it witt
cold water until it is as thick as can b.
beaten with n spoon; after it is thorough
~ beaten down, put it into a large irol
pan, composed of many little one, whicl
mnst first be made hot; put it then quick
ly into a hot oven and bake it as rapid,
as possible.
Indian corn makes excellent nourish
ment. 1t contains a large amount c
OIL has remarkable fattening qualities
and is likewise remarkable as q heat-prC
Queer. Rice keeps its consumers fat, bu
il lacks the elements which feed the mus
Giles and brain.
Potatoes, both Irish and sweet, M
very poor food for brain and muscle.
OF meats, the rest for heat and fat NJ
pork, mutton, lamb, beef and veal ft
muscle, beef, veal, mutton, lamb an
pork for brain and nerve, beef, veal, mu
ton. lamb and pork.
In cold weather, fat meat, buteer an
the like, viii keep the body warm an
in warm weather, milk, eggs, bran-brea
and summer vegetables will keep it coo
There is no difficulty in poor man
having meat for his family every day
Take for example, what is called shan
Of beef The very best can be bougl
for fraction of what the dearest par
costs. A single pound cooked in 4 ste
with dry bits of bread, viii make me-
for an entire family
The Greek and Roman armies ate b1
once day.
The common impression that tomato
are the healthiest of all vegetableo is
mistake. If eaten at all, it should
with great moderation, and never raw
Tomatoes have sometimes produced sal
walton. DR.. Lewis knew young woma
who had lost all her teeth from excessiN
eating of tomatoes.
Pies and cakes are poisonous.
To healthy persons mineral waters A
not wholesome.