The Republican journal., 1870-01-13
WHAT SHALL WE EAT AND DRINK ?

is II good and healthtn TO drink tea anu coHeei
i'd eat this that and the other thing To all such
wc have but ono reply, the correctness OF which,
We think. can never fail. It is this;
What sized shoe, Madam. suits your foot: No.
Sir. Pcricctly2 Nothing could do better. And
ou Sir? No. :. Just right? Perfectly. Then
never wear any others The shoe OF any other
garment you lind by experience to be good lit for
you is lust the one to be used before all others.
Now every one, big or little wise or foolish,
.u,W, and acts on this rule in every thing in the
lament line. Nobody ever thinks Of wearing Il
ND 1, shoe hat or bonnet when No is their size,
IMPLY because some No. person does. When
ta,Que>tiOn is, what shall be put on the body no
uua errs The simplest common sense dictates the
yighl thing; hut when Won come to what shall go
nro IT, every thing is aloAt. Here people lose their
'od sense: for the rule Of most aS to the inncl
man in the way o food, drinks and medicines, eS-
,coially this lasi is moi wha experience has prov
ed to he the Internal measures and sizes, and the
wants Of each person fr himself Just as with the
outer man.-but what somebody else cats, drinks
u} medi.Atc, with. whether their measure comes
I,ilm "a hAltdozen sizes of these latter or not.
rlFs Iii, tu tood--giye to 4 whole community the
-nq. u,"us for obtaining il and you will find the
~, ,A,lp ,atug ju-, about the same sort OF articles.
,,,tl9,r ih,. least regard 10 age, sex or circum-
t.pcp, when am these internal wants are as Yari-
lis ana unlike as tho sizes of their bodies to be
.lothed. And 50 score, are down sick because they
nave etteuclam>, HOLSTERS, cheese, pine-appeS &c,
Aho SAY the deueed things always did make them
,t.k Why did you eat them then: Because the
f~t Of the folk, did And So 60 through the whole
,t Of foods, and you VIII find not one but disa-
rcc2 with somebody II is not the shoe for his
feot, and ought to be left for those it does tit.
The only proper rule, therefore, as to what we
-aal eat iS-try by ON experience, sick or we'll,
w. hr fool agrees well and satisfies III every respect,
tut use tha,. while what lisagrees i, the wrong
.1a,i bnol 10 he forever rejected, For the inner
,entg ha~ q yoice--the appetite-which speaks its
wants with a, much certainty Us arlculatc speech
lu. Some have I great craving for pickles and
'hpr acids; all right; cat them to the iill there's
8lurtiiing about the case requiring them some
llkaE in the system TO he neutralized. Young
rs eat slate pencils to the great alarm of friends.
This All right also: it is this mighty voice of this
inner being saying" must have mineral, mother,
hls iron that is in the slate. Then give medicinal
till thar want is supplied aS you will know by
'u- roice-the craying-ceaeing.
In sickness there is scarcely worse more IA
rll error than when appetite and the power of di-
regti0n have ceased. to urge eating. especially
lr0ng food, upon sick ones. You only put corn
,fn the hopper Of a mill that don't go; get not Il
grain of m 'al; and the weight of The corn will be
ory likely to break down the mill machinery.
Not more absurd and less dangerous would it be to
mike a small, feeble boy wear mans boots and
AIRY his loads.
The same principles apply as to our drinks.
Are tea and coffee good for health, Sir" Moth
ing better if they fit your size bad, if they do not
Every one has nervous system, more or less deli
,de IN different cases, which in The Wear and teaI
II life. welr7 and tears also and loses much o
it~ native energy. Now tea and coffee are excel
lent ncrya t0nics which restore, Is nothing else
"an. that lost energy. Not aS with beef and bread
o make bone and muscle, do we rank those pleas
Ht beverages, but no less necessary i'll the ami
mai economy, and 50 among The g necessares OF
life as the great restorers of BRAN and nerve
force. But many people have a gnlvanc battery
for a nervous SYSTEM with such these nerve slim
nlantS are too exciting and do harm; il is a No.
loot trying to wear "A No. shoe; don't attempt it,
Water. balm, SAGE. catnip The right things tol
y0u.
How about ardent spirits? Brandy and wine,
specially if pure, contain some elements of nll-
triton and are useful stnnuants to the laggine
energies of the nervous system, whether from dis
case or the wear and strains of life. But when we
reflect how seldom any Of these drinks are pure
how often rather they are the vest compounds o
nth and poison; and when in both cases we see
what widespread evil and dcsolation have follow
oh nd 1,,rt hn of 1rin l.
everywhere and i'll all ages, the evil scale will
thousand times bear down that of the good; and s.
hey are to be stunned As real foe of mankind
But it is in the everlasting medical dosing il
which most people indulge, that you have the fin
est specimens of wearing the wrong-sized shoe
When under the advice of some physician who's
services consist chiefly in taking tn measure of tn
disease and seeing what sized til ing you require
or by personal experience patie mt finds a relic
OF cure in certain medicine; at once every bod,
@oes 10 using the sa,ne medicine without the icas
regard toag2 sex, constitution or the nature of tn
disease, the result is nincty-nnc times in II hun
dre1 il is No 8 foot crowded and crushed into
No. J shoe, and results how often in the great di.
coVery German quack doctor once made on shin
board Having an Englishman for Il patient Ii
administered certain medicine which soon cure
him; bat the same medicine given to n Frenchma
had contrary effect; he diel. "Nel-I has
made Won pig dishcoovery in medekal schiencc,
said the doctor; 'wich ish-vat will cures Enesl
4nan kills Frenchman ted ash te tcvel''
And we know few heavier drains on both th
Health ana the pockets of many people, than thi
eternal indscriminate dosing with all the wortl
less drugs and compounds with which selfishnes
and ignorance both of medicine and of discas
HOOD the market. For even if every medicine pl
pnt were really good for some cases, what MOI
chance that 1t will hit your particular case, tha
that hat or coat sent for at a distance Withou
your measure can at all fit your person. II thi
latter case is absurd, as all must see it is the prat
lice of The former add to equal absurdity great dar
ger to health and life also
The nature and the evils of this whole thing ar
We'll seen IN the story of the iackass crossing
stfeam OF water with bag of salt on his bacl
This by accident getting wet and dissolyine out
made the load very much lighter which cause
simple jack to think he had made a great Discovers
that applied 10 all loads. So calling his brethre
together, he advised them to get into the waite
and give their load good wettng as it woul,
greatly tighten their burdens; at which good new
there was great rejoicing among them But IL
very first one to try the thing bore sack of woo
which being wet was many times heavier than b,
lore, pulling tbs poor jackass under the waite
where he was drowned. So remember, We dosel