The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-08
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W. Field says: "By analysis, healthy
blood is found to contain small per
centage of inorganic matter. and we can
but infer that it is there for purpose,
and that purpose the building up and
supporting Il perfect osseous system, and
that it is from this source alone that the
teeth can derive the materials essential
to the proper development of their diff
ferent parts. The blood. acting as
medium to supply these materials, can
not manufacture them, but must be sup
piled most generously. and the food
taken into the system must be the base
for supplies. Then it follows that the
food richest in phosphates is what we
need. In the preparation of wheat flour
the most valuable part is reiected-that
which contains the very nutriment for
the want of which we are losing our
teeth. The animals fare better than we.
The Scotch oatmeal is still richer in
phosphates than wheat, be the latter
ever 50 properly prepared; therefore. to
substitute this for the fine whcat-hour
is what is essential if we wish to have
such teeth as nature designed we should.
/ have had opportunity to examine the
mouths of people of almost every nation
atty. and | have found none that could
be compared with those from the north
of Ireland and Scotland. These people
make the use of oatmeal principal
article of food. II is an almost universal
breakfast dish, in the form of porridge.
with milk, especially for the young. In
many families it is served in cake form
for supper. All partake of it. old and
t,o l,A Il
the period when all the developmental
forces are active, that the system thus
nolrished is the most benefited. These
people not only have good dental devel-
opment, but they are strong and healthy,
possessing strength and vigor of consti
tuition almost unknown elsewhere. -
WHAT ILLINOIS WIVES CAX Do.-The
married women of Illinois acquired by
the law of 1874 the right to do almost
everything. They can SUE and he sued
in their own names. They can-hlessed
privilcge-sue their own particular t.
rants When husband deserts his wife.
the latter has the custody of her children.
Il the husband stays out of the state Il
year, and does nothing to support the
wife during that time, or il he is i'm
prisoned i'll the penitentiary, the wife
can, upon obtaining an order from Il
court of record, manage his property
absolutely. This wife is not at all liable
for the husbands debts incurred before
marriage, and only in exceptional cir
cumsiances for those incurred afterward.
She can manage any business indepcnd
emily, except in case Of partnership,
which she cannot entor without her hus-
bands consent. \ wife S earnings cnn-
not be touched by husband or his
creditors. 4 married woman can ac-
Quire. possess, and sell. real and per-
sonal property as freely as a married man
can. This list of abilities is expected to
be largely increased the present year-so
as to include suffrage and other Incl
dentals.
LIFE PREsERvERs.-A simple and
practical life-preserver, lately intro
duced, consists of two pillows of pre-
pared cork wood, with an upper pad
ding of hair, covered with mattress tick.
The pillows are attached to each other
in such manner that, when about to
be used, they can be placed, one on the
back and the other on the chest, and
tied, the shoulders thus being kept
above the water. The device has been
tested and has been found capable Of
supporting the heaviest men breast
high. The pillows are utilized as arti
cles of bedding, so that they are always
on hand in case of danger. Apropos of
this, it may not be generally known that
every man has his own life preserver
with him. When a person falls into
the water, a common felt hat can be
made use of as life preserver. By
placing the hat upon the water, rim
down, with the arm around it pressing
it slightly to the breast, it will bear a
man up for hours. Any one doubling
the above can take an old hat and try it
| in a bucket of water, or when bathing,
and he will soon be convinced.
A Corn SMELLING MATCH-The tar
heel conventionist of North Carolina
knows thing or two beside making
constitutions. He can beat all creation
Smelling corn. The other evening
strolling peddler had a newly patented
corn shelter, hawking it about Raleigh,
and was showing crowd on the street
how fast it could shell, when an old
member from the mountains walked up,
dressed in blue jeans, and cob pipe in
his mouth, and he said to the peddler:
81 can beat that thing Smelling corn
myself"
"Well, sir, said the peddler, I'll give
you machine for nothing if you do"
"Good as wheat" says the conven-
zionist, and he searched over the pile
for red cob, made boy take it to fire
and burn it little, and then, squaring
himself on the sidewalk, he seized the
red cob with regular old plantation
grip in one hand, while he held the ear
of corn between both legs with the 9th