The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-15

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November last year-snother great buai-
ness month-of about one sixth for the
country at large, a trile more for New
York and a title less for the United States
without New York. The increase Of busi-
ness, therefore, as between New York and
the ress Of the country, was pretty evenly
distributed; but not as to the United States
At large. The grea. grain and provision
marts and the small New England manu-
featuring towns show the largest advance
over the same month last year.
Tie question Of Die,-POor Diet Not
Economy.
Oae Of our contemporaries, under q
head reading people Who Cheat Them.
selves" has a good deal to say on a sub
iect that is always interesting, viz: The
question OF diet. First, after the question
a, to the general wholesomeness OF any
article Of diet, the consideration oil
erouomyin the use Of 1t, and this involves
the further question as to what really
constitutes true economy in tho matter OF
diet. It is laid down in the discussion
bstore US that the prime essential to he
consideredis the keeping upot the human
sys.om to its bs,. possible condition; or,
in other words; 50 nourishing it that men
tally aud physically it may be capable OF
doing its best, SO far as diet can conduce
to that end, under any given ciEcum'
Stances.
No human being ever made any
thing in the long run by de-
priyin. himself OF the necessary
amount oil food, warmth and sleep.
Many people keepup a corstsntfiGht with
themselves in regard to these and execute
all kinds OF sharp lodges on themselves to
make good the deceit. That thrift and
conomy are %commendable is beyond dis
puse. Tha. gluttoDy is bssstly and prodi'
gal is equally certain. The miser who
lives on crusts and bones when he might
as well eat decent fare is despised by all
men. The people who cheat themselves
on fool are MOI OF this class. They are for
the most part persons in moderate circum'
stances, who haveto count carefully every
dollar in order to make both ends meet.
They must ecouomize, and, in order to
. do 90 to what they think is the
bes! advantage, they stint themselves
in the quality or quantity, oil
their to5d. As 10 quantity, it is said by
some authorities that mos. persons tattoo
much. II this is so, which Is by no means
au ascertaiued fact, but rather a bald ale.
CATION, we may safely W OF the amount,
aud either eat fewer meals or else con
sumo less at each meal. Economy in this
direction is a thing which 800 recsides
itself If the economist go too far. II the
s~!intirg is done as 10 the quality, the mis-
chiaf is more complicated, as well as more
difficult to correct. Many people who
have no fixed intention OF doing them.
selyes harm load their tables with the
livers and other inward parts OF ami
mails. Some, who consider themselves
poor in pocket, make themselves and
their families poor in stomach by even
eating tho lungs Of creatures which have
been slain. Others eat indigeslible bread
and mullins instead OF throwing these
things away, which would be wiser
economy. There il an article OF diet called
by some ''dried beef and by others
'smoked." This is prepared from the
flesh Of the OK and other quadrupeds by
drying out all the life OF the meat and
leaving the juiceless fibre. Its as useless
for food as a dOor-mat or slab OF
=. oil.cloth. 1t looks cheap because q
little Of it goes 4 great way. People
who chip IL Into very thin shRVings man
age to worry it down and then think
they have eaten something. II loft in
thick pieces human teeth cannot master
it aud II would confuse ven an alligator.
To eat such stuff Is the most deceptive
economy. To bring children up on II is
to make them puny and weak and liable
to the attacks Of disease. Some people
economize on preserved mackerel, q great
deal Of which is ID salt as Lots wife, and
not much more nutritious. Salt msCkerel
is a ~iavOrite in Certsin quarters becAuEe
people can eat 60 little Of it. Because
a breakfast Of which this fish is the
staple costs but q trihlng sum, many an
economist Chuckies as he cheats himself
with It. He partakes OF the unsatisiacto.
~ Tepast and then sallies forth 10 his days
work. Heis in a hali.ied condition and is
all the worse for not realizingit Perhaps
he has added TO his regular staple OF sailed
tsh, a few heavy buckwheat cakes, and
some wishy-wsshy coffee, He Is unfit for
the labor Of the day, In which he engsges
at a sorry disadvantage. There are other
Objectionable articles Of diet which might
BIZ named, but these will serve FOR present
examples, 90
Psrsous who have to economic may
say they have 10 buy these and similarly
innutritious articles Of food because better
things are beyond their means. This is q
mistake. While this Is true that the most
tender and choice parts Of marketable
meats are 10 q certain extent costly, II is
also true that sOine Of the least expensive
parts eau, by proper cookery, be made in.
to most savory dishes. Many household.
era and their cooks are ignorant OF this, and
therefore plsd on, dsceiving themselves
with a dict Of iuigeless smoked meat, rusty
salt fish and prof,less' 'inSards." With
the diffusion Of a better knowledge
o! the art Of cooking there will
be an Improvement IN Lhia respect and
many who are now cheating themselves
and their children will learn to eat prop:
etly. Starvation is the poorest economy
in the world, People who eat we'll can
also work well and earn more money than
those who blarye for economy's sake.
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