The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-11-19
AN c1n.rAsH1oEED TEA.o
And What Comes Of Il.

And What Comes Of Il.
uvon evs-w n. to an old-fa shiored tta
in m cu-g,vp know what IT Is upon
,-h;rh the most $ pri ies herse!f. lt l. neg.
r., biscuif. he cake, and her ''pics.rVe.
r.. hisc,.it e. ,soIaly, white and ply H.
.;Ir. w:th cr;sp cru-t, baked to delicate
h,,wn aas been immortaliZed IN stories
without number; in fact, few years sso'
one conld harliy take Up weekly sio'y
paper that did not introduce warm, hSht
biscuits. @. principa. adjunct to Attempting
meal in one or more OF ifsOcoIe'hc
skstches.
This ba, impaired romantic halo to lot
biscuit, which nos not only given them uh-
Due importance. but prevented people from
recognizing their innate Disparity.
the old fsshioned iea was 20 hosersble,
with lis plstea piled up high with the steam
ing little cakea of glorihed bread. fresh IRON
the oven they were p-e.set Upon the gu's
with 40 much heartiae-s and cordially, ~ a.
they became almost another name for sin-
ceritv of werome " They had no "arin
b;lcn,; for tea" wss a'mo-t the same as say
ing '.thsy we're no. glad 20 see me, ~hie
for the mis,ress al enc house or grown
daughter 10 proceed s;rsight 10 the hon,-
barrel, sifr suflic'eut quantity, and mix
ND ran of biacuit, was all The evidence OF
genuine good feeling
Yet, il any small. simple, and apparently
harmless object WIS ever invented 10 do
mischief, il was ,Lese same hot biscuit, with
their com, anon ''cske" and preserves
Probably they ere responsible Or a, lie $.
half the dysTepeia that has cnrsed the
American people, not from their efec'T
al ne, tut sl-o from the morbid appstHe
and Conditions viii ch they have created and
encouraged.
Acp.tit.s grow With what they feed upon,
and IN Is ma ;rue o! good as evil, and rice
rersc Children frd upon brown bread Gus
pye.er it to warm biscuit, and would ate
al y starye on what Others consider iuxu-
rious living. Ii is not known or realized to
wha, extent all disease proceeds from the
STOMACH, or how large proportion OF the
special ailments 10 which the American
people en- liable are directly traceable to
their improper mode Of liv NJ. We blame
our COOKS but they are only partially IN
fault. Il is our bad system which is more
than half responsible.
The hot bread, the gridile-cakes SWIM
ming in butter and syrup, the ham, the egs-,
the strong coffee, which were the luxnrie-
Of pioneer life, ard which could be ca;ea
If MT with immunity, at least with the eS-
cuse o. hearty appetite, rug.ei habits, and
vigorous digestion, are still retained rs the
main features Of the early morning meal,
north, easf, south and west, and are "a en-
alike by the young, narroS-che-ted girl who
is striving to " N her first school honor, and
the iarm-r's boy who cut. wood with The
Thermometer down 10 zero. II il 'rl.S that
FDAz L=o
and chops, is preferred 10 sal et meat; but
il ID only few who can afJrd 10 break at
on "porter-bouss STEAK" the majority ial!
back upon sausages, pork chops, which are
cheaper and go farther" AMI upon s;lted
FISH, out OF which all the food for body or
BRAN has been distracted. How to make
the weeA's housekeeping money last tlli
Saturday night is the question, not what
kind Of food Is best suited to the wants OF
the family.
Moreover, ii Is mean" in tie eyes OF
servants noi TO have just az much hearty
food as your neignbUrs. You Esy have
fruii and boiled hominy OF oatmeal fyr
breakfast, but you must also have fried pc
taioes and meat or fish and eggs, and hot
biscuit c. corn bread; snd a. the children
come IL tie |, .ole with rhier parents they eat
the nra, and eggs and hot bread
aud leave tie hoDiny or The oat-
meal, AID he motner says plsIniiveiy
ia t her children never would eat the kinds
Of ioUd that some other peoples children
will. The result is that Infants are born
with dyspepsia, suffer toy,ures with inham
natcry rheumatism, and die like lea.es
With diphtberin. This last namei disease,
which has developed Itself 30 alsrnirgy
Within The past few year., commences vi h
an scrid state Of the sonAch, CAUSED by I'M
digs ed food; i; may be hot bread, II may
be pound-cake, II may be soegy potatoe1,
lS,i.d hsn,, eggs, ice-crealn, Carolina poia-
toes, candy, or snme other OF the forms IN
WHICH conceB .rat-d articles OF food are taken
into the stomach, day ter day, WEEK afieI
week. and yesr rft.r year, constantly test.
irs lis capacity TO tue utmost, and occdsion-
ally sirainit il 10 a point beyond its capac-
ity.
A Gold" agsirs; which iew children are
fortified by the daily application OF cob
water bah, becomes inf immatiOn in the
throat. AND, added 10 the aocumula ion 81
sciid secretion, shortly takes tie form
known As diphIhe'ii.
The remedy is smail sips o! ice water and
tie tepid bath (n=ltncr food nor med!cine)
until IL flanua,Ion Ia reduced. THIS will be
effected In from TO twelve hours: then
the patient Can have a latte oat-Gneai srrei,
simply made, without milk Or sugar, anu
crsnte-ry Jelly or prunes stewed VITA lemon
Juice and brown sugar.
TINS is all the lroatment needed. As the
pNien. progr,s rs toward recovery daily
wssLi..s with coid VA IN o warm TooD
should ase IN. p ac- upid bah, and
= fn..l f,s.rl -
oatn-e | oI h.rIny or ona fat, brown
bread vi bout iut,r, and gsates. stewed
pfun.s, or crabberries, and one cup OF nils
and water; frcsh mes,, roast, boiied, o.
broi!ed. but very tender, for dinner, viii
rice aud tomatoes or young Nests or sppie
sauce; and a Cup OF cruel with a slice Of Ora
ham bread for tea.
This uea,neat, with proper ventilation
of rooms, will cure scarlet lever, and any
form O, throat OF erupiiye diseases useles-
the pat,snt has hereditary tendencies which
ageravate the natural symptsSfs. and II Is
the best that can be pursued even 10 these
Gases. There is a hospital IN New York Guy
for childIen afflicted with lsmeness, hip
disessp, rheumatism, simple and inf ,nu,s
tory (iron which los OF the Use VI the i .h-
so of,en sprips-l. where the ir-atm-n, e,rn-
The peculiar constitution Of tie building s.
ours the first, and the second is the object
Of the mos, rigid surveillance snd manage
ment. the venerable resident physician finds
that the fret thing 20 be done Is TO create
the ,lood ~ an absolutely simple diet and
bre.tning pure air night and day. Bread,
meat, Cruel, and milk and wafer are the
st,pits, and in few dsys after entrance
CHILDREN who were sure they could never be
brough, to live upon such food, YET who had
lost appetite for even delicaci.s az home,
will eat several slices D, dry bread AID ask
for more.
Upon such diet color will retlrn 10 their
CHEEKS, light to their eyes, souniBtss and
health to their limbs. know il, for have
seen il.
Women and children all over the United
S.a es eat too much hearty food ard too
many concentra ed articles Of food. Toe
SOLDIERS OF the r Revolution did taeir fighting
upoa baked sweet pota:oes, and 10 negroes
in the Soush, VINO performed all the manual
labor, baked sweet potato was meal any
lime. YET, IL = not uncommon TO see MN
end ~omen ia Give habits eat SOUP, q
coasidersbi- quaIt,,y OF meat, sweet potato,
Irish poiato, orr, tomatoes, bread, lickies,
puodlng or pic, aud ioe-ue.m, eli al Que
time, ,he I'.st pa al yIirg he whole. and max
ing II as impossible for the som ,ch 70 d.
Get il a. ii il had been sent down for the |
special purpose OF putting sn embargo On
an nola " fail q nd A nveyr.,s rrac ...4;na