Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-03
The Use of MILK.

DR.. Crosby, of the Bellevue Hospital, pro
nounces milk an article of diet which all per
sons sons may use under nearly all conditions
that it makes them bilious, etc, but he de-
clares that this is not true. A person who is
sick may take milk with the greatest possible
advantage, because it cont aims in a form easy
of assimilation all the elements essential for
maintaining nutrition. 1t is the natural ali.
ment OF the young animal, and certainly an
sWers good purpose for the old animal, pro.
Vlded 1t is used properly, and not poured into
a stomach already Over-t lied, as though it had
IN itself no substance or richness. New milk,
ne does not hesitate to say, may be taken, as
far as disease is concerned, in nearly every
co nditiOn.
Perhaps it will require the addition of
spoonful or two of lime water. The addition of
of fullness and wind in the stomach which
some complain of. If marked acidity of the
stomach IS present then perhaps little gen
somewhat; and it may be necessary to give it
in small quantities and repeat it often; but ice
cold milk can be put into a very irritable
stomach, if given in small quantities and at
short intervals, with the happiest effect. 1t is
uSedin cases of fever, which formerly it was
thought to feed and when scalded it has
desirable effect in summer complaints.
!, But it Is as an article OF diet for people in
health, and who wish to remain in that happy
condition, that milk should be most appreci-
ated;: For the midday lunch of those whose
hearty meal comes at night, or for the supper
III.
The great variety and excellent quality of pre-
pared cereals give wide choice of food to use
with milk. Bread with berries, in their sea-
crac ked wheat, oatmeal hued corn, or homi,
ny, taken with generous bowl of pure cold
milk, makes the best possible light meal in
warm weather for children, and for all adults
who have not some positive. physical idiosyn-
Grassy that prevents them from digeSting it,
The men of firmest health and longest life are
the men of regular and simple habits, and
q Vti in SrIah Iint
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL FoRCEs.-In a
the utilization Of heat and other natural
forces, some very suggestive facts were stated.
He showed, among other things, how heat can
De made a to do greater amount OF work than
horsepower OF steam or water may be used,
Tor instance at a central or convenient place
to drive dynamo electric machines. The cur
rent there produced could, by pipes, be con-
Quoted to halls or factories and then converted
into light or mechanical power. II light were
required, the equivalent to $4,000 candles
three-fOurths hundredweightS Of coal instead
of three and three-fourths tons. The amount
OF force which is lost to man from not utiliZ-
ing the falls OF Niagara Is enormous. Every
hour 1O9, 100000 tons of water descend: therea
height OF $50 feet is equal to l6, SO0,O 600 horse
power. To pump that water back, estimating
horsepower per hour, would require 266, 100000
tons OF coal year. or quantity equal to the
total coal consumption of the world. Evil
IDENTITY the best means of employing the avail
BILE forces for work have not yet been put into
use, and the neglect of wind, water and tide
power is surprising when the whole subject is
considered
MODERN BAGDAD.-A young New Yorker
who has been travelling in the East could not
resist the temptation of journeying to Bagdad,
Which had Ion appealed to his imagination
through the Arabian Nights and their rOSeate
descriptions of the Saracenic capital. He has
written home a private letter expressing his
nltter disappointment at the Bagdad of his
fancy as compared with the Bagdad of fact.
instead of finding beau viful and wonderful
city, the center of Arab; civilization and re-
nnement, possessed of 10000 picturesque in
habltantS, he found shrunken town of 10000
ignorant and repulsive Mussulmans, with mar
row, dirty, unpaved streets, full of ruts, and
streWed with carcaSeS which would make per-
petual pestllence but for devouring dogs, the
only scaVengers. He might have learned what
Inc actual city is without going there, by con-
Sulting any geographical work. No wonder
ne reels aggrieved with himself for making
the uncomfortable and unremuneratiVe jour.
ney. SO late in the season, too, that he was
nearly burned up, tBagdad is one of the hot
TEST ana most oppressive places on the globe in
Summer,) and may congratulate himself on
having escaped the plague, which visits the
city every ten years.