St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-07-22
Anti-isyspeptic.

Some writer has said: ''Christianity
present system OF cookery; dyspepsia IS
u cloud so dense it shuts out the very
| light of Htaven.'
The only part of the machinery of the
human system which has more than its
allotted work given it to do is the stom-
actl, which is cruelty overloaded and
yet expected to retain its integrity I'M
dor any and all circumstances. 1t is of
no use to preach to people who are well.
They can digest anything, and dyspep-
STA is to them an unknown quantity. 1t
is the sick who need physician and
! dyspepsia is not rs often caused by eat
ing rich food as eating irregularly, in
too much haste, or over-eating. 1t is so
absolutely true that what is one man S
meat is another mans poison, that no
one set of rules will do for mankind.
insufficient food will cause dyspepsia,
| poverty Of blood and a host of evils.
One man cannot digest eggs unless they
are hard boiled; another dare not touch
cheese, so that the only standard for
safe eating is to take that which agrees
with the stomach and produces no bad
effects
Common sense must enter largely into
all contracts with the stomach, for the
fact that a con iurer can swallow sharp
sword once led q young man to expert
ment with his fork, which he swallowed
and then died. Dyspeptics are the most
imprudent people in the world and must
be watched like children or they will
starve until they die in the reaction, or
eat the things they are forbidden to
| when tempted by appetite. A change
of diet is always good. A change from
hot food to cold is better than the same
| yiands prepared in the same way, never
varied, but as like as two peas, SO that
the identical flavor is preserved from
June to January. The old days of cook
ing were better than the present. be-
| cause there were fewer messes. stews
and fries in mixtures to ''try the VEINS"
and when a disconso!ate man asks his
wife: "Why can't you cook like moth
er9' he forgets that he had q boys
appetite for plain cooking; that a roast
apple or douyhnut We're Injuries and
mothers saleratus biscuits spread with
molasses better than any French cook
ing he can get now. For the benefit of
people who are semi-inva!ids. or who
would like a training-sc diet for a
while, here is
HYGIENE BILL OF FARE.
Brenkfnst
Lemons.
Graham pudding with cream.
Fresh fish with boiled rice.
Mutton chops, broiled dry.
Toasted gluten bread.
White custard
Weak tea and milk
Dinner.
Milk and barley broth.
Rare Observation-Disclosures.
Chicken boiled, with rice.
Cold rye bread-craciers.
Calves foot jelly.
Cereal pudding-fruit.
Buttermilk.
Supper.
Graham bread toasted.
Baked apples, thickcned milk.
Baked sago. with cream.
Water.
NO butter, no vegetables except an
occasional mealy potato roasted, no
gravy or grease OF any kind, no stimu-
lating food of an unhealthy sort should
be eaten. If the stomach Graves condi-
ments use red pepper, but see that it IS
pepper, and not brick dust, which it is
eapO w oC. "A iloGiS pun CIHC POP-
per sprinked on slice of bread dipped
in milk will be found very grateful, but
must not be eaten if there is any fever.
Nutmeg is a healing spice and can be
used freely in milk broths, custards, etc.
Stewed prunes answer both as food and
medicine. The cereals, tapioca, sage,
cracked wheat. corn starch, farina, etc.,
are all good. Dried apples, well cooked,
are highly esteemed. Fresh fish, beef
extracts, mutton and chicken, are all
sufficient for flesh and fowl diet. No
tea or coffee should be taken at all, or at
the most little weak tea drank luke
warm. Buttermilk, if it can be had,
and if it is really fresh buttermilk, and
not lobbered milk prepared for market.
is an excellent drink. Lemons should
be freely used unless they disagree with
the stomach. Oranges should be eaten
with discretion and but little of the pulp
swallowed, as it produces a feeling of
depression in the pit of the stomach
Detroit Post and Tribune.
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