The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-30
1t will ta seen by this table that, of al
grains, wheat is truly the "stait Of life"

WHEAT MEAL, OR UNDoLTEp FLOUR.
Wheat meal Is far more nutritious and
fitted 10 build up the system than super.
dne ilJur, which Is bereit OF about one
half Of the tissue making elements. D.
s. Hubbell, NJ. D,-a distinguished phsr.
maceutist Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
following analysis Of the flour and bran
which he receives from the mill 10 which
DO sends his wheat for grinding From
every 100 pounds Of wheat, about 70
pounds OF -four and 20 pounds OF bran.
The flour, the adds contains, OF tissue
making clements tgluten, albumen, &c J,
1856; OF phosphatcs and other salines, 90;
total, 235 per cent. The bran contains,
Of tissue making elements, 3 10; salines,
phosphates, &c, 7O5; total, 1915 per cent.
That Is, for purposes Of nutrition, the bran
is nearly flee t0ld richer than the flour, or
being one fourth the weight OF the -four
It has as much value as the flour itself In
every bushel.
1t lis unquestionably true that God made
wheat in the best proportions 10 build up
and nOurish the system; and man in his
folly has separated and rejected that part
which contains all the bone, muscle, and
st.msking material, viz, the bran.
AN EXPERIMENT,
A French writer Informs US that the
experiment was recently made oil testing
tho superiority Of whealen.meal bread
(unbOlted flour bread) over common
starch.bread Zine flour bread. Two
dogs, Of similar age and apparent vitality,
were fed, tho onelon starch-bread and
water alone. He pinned away and died in
less than forty days. The other was fed
wheatmeal bread and water alone, and
at the end Of forty days, he gained flesh
several pounds in weight, %, -
DR., Bellows states 'that animals have
been fed on pure starch or sugar, or 70,
alone, and they gradually pinned away and
died; and the nitrates, In all tho fine flour
bread which the animal can cat, will no,
sustain life beyond fifty days; but Others,
led on unbOlted flour, would continue &c
thrive, and fatten, and grow stout and
strong, for an indefinite period.
AVOID AND RRJEcT STARCH BREAD.
It's not only deficient Of every element
that makes muscle, bone, or lot, but \
lacks the muei!aginouS substance which Il
the natural stimulant Of the alimentary
canal. 1t Is constipating, and at wal
with everything that tends TO build up thu
system, and promote health. Il Is imma
terial whether the quantity OF food be re-
duCed too low, or whether the muscle
making or Matchmaking elements be with
drawn, even though the other be iully
supplied. In either case the effect vii
be the same The animal or person will
become weak, dwindle away, and di'
sooner or later, according TO the de-
iIciency. Food, therefore, containing thu
right proportion o! heaters and muscle.
makers, Is the best and most economical
DEPARTMENT AND LOSS.
In Chicago, and nearly all American
cities, large part Of the expenses Of the Ia
bic are superfine flour, butter, and sugar
neither Of which contains enough muscle
or brain and bone-making elements L
sustain lie over fifty days, as has bee
proved by experiments with flour, Will
butter and gugar will not sustain lie (
single month without food. As far as "
have articles Of food deficient In carbon
ates. we, can use without loss, butter o
sugar in,moderate quantities TO supply th
deficiency, but most Of our national food
both animal and Vegetable, contains q du
proportion, and Il, with them, we use bu,
Ter and sugar, thus destroying that cor
tect proportions, they cannot be appor.
toned 10 nor assimilated by the system
and are, therefore, 'lost, utterly and en-
Wfely lost. = H5L Is
All meats, fat and lean, all grains, an
milk, contain all the carbonsies needed
Or can DO used 10 furnish heat In moderat
weather. Therefore, all the butter or su
gar that Is addedto either Of these com
mon articles Of food, rs they aroused
making cakes, custards, pies, etc, are NJ
only lost, but, by adding to much fuel, Il
crease the tendency to inilAmAtions, EN-
oatraSs the stomach, induce cOngcstion
Cbsuuctons, constipation, and that altvin
DEATH" dsypepsia, which 10 tearfully 0
'he increase In our country. ~.
WHEN ADMISSIBLE,
In articles Of food deficient In carboi
such as lean meats, fish, potatoes, bear
or peas, some oily substance seems TO b
needed. Then we can take our choic
between butter, lard, or fat pork, ali I
which are precisely alike in chcmicI
eompoGlGon.