The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-23

Prof. wilder of Cornell University
| /. Food should be. palatabie and not
| highly seasoned; il should consist of
more than one. but not of many different
articles; it should vary in quantity and
quality according TO age, climate, weather
and occupation, Sugars, starches and
fats contain a large proportion of carbon,
and are thought to be more healing and
less nutritious; albuminoids contain nitro
gen, and are thought to be more RutriIl-
Gus. The whole (unbolted) or partially
bolted grains are found to be good and
sufficient food for dogs, horses and men;
| but nature demands<variety. As rule
carnivora are not wholesome food. Hot,
soft bread digests slowly"
2. Bad cooking may spoil good food.
Pork should be thoroughly cooked.
Avoid frying meat; boil, roast or broil it,
beginning with high heat; but for soups,
begin lukewarm.
3. Three full meals daily are custom
airy, and may be natural; but their num-
Der, their relative quantity and quality,
and the intervals between them, are
largely matters of opinion, habit and
convenience; regularity is very important.
Avoid lunches, so-called-
4. EFT something, or drink a cup of
coffee, within an hour after rising, espe-
cially if obliged to labor or study; but
avoid both of these before breakfast, if
possible, and particularly exposure to
malaria or contagion.
s. Let the amount of meal bear some
relation to the future needs as well us
present appetite, but it is better to carry
an extra pound in your pocket than in
your stomach.
6. Eat in pure air and pleasant COM
pany-light conversation and gentle ex-
ercise promote digestion, but hard work
of any kind retards it. Avoid severe
bodily or mental labor just before, and
for two hours after full meal.
z. Eat slowly; masticate well; FIVE
minutes moro at dinner may give you
better use of an hour afterward. Drink
little at meals, and never a full glass of
very hot or cold liquid. Never wash
down mouthful Avoid waste of saliva
by expectoration.
8. Evacuate the bowels daily; and
above all regularly; the best time is after
breakfast; partly to be rid of a physical
burden during the day chiefly to relieve
the brain.
g. Constipation is safer than diarrhoea.
For the former, exercise, ride horseback,
knead the belly, take a glass of cold wa
ter before breakfast, eat fruit and laxa-
tive food; for the latter, follow an oppO-
site course; toast, crust, crackers and rice
are then the best food.
10. Intemperance is any kind of ac-
cess; the term is generally restricted to
the use of stimulant articles (tea and
coffee, opium, tobacco and alcoholic
drinks.) 1t is my belief that any of
these may be used in a temperate man.
ner, and without sensible injury; that
there is radical distinction between their
stimulant and their narcotic doses, but
that their effects may be determined by
the time and manner of using them, and
by individual peculiarities. Never chew
tobacco smoke the milder kinds, and in
long clay pipes, which should be changed
often. Use pure wine, if any; avoid
distilled liquors; take no liquor upon an
empty stomach / advise no person to
begin the use of any stimulant until Of
age, or able to judge of his necessities and
liabilities to intemperance.