Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-25
Salt.


There would seem to be some persons
on this earth who are constantly trying
to make water run up hill, and yet they
never make out beyond making them
selves miserable and every one around
them who is in any way connected with
or related to them. Only lately man
asked us if taking salt with his food
would be of any value. He was pale
and the lips nearly colorless, and this
feat ure at once betokens to the expert
enced eye that the blood is poor, power.
ty-strickened, "too thin," to make use Of
slang phrase; but the ''doctor"-and
miserable one at that-had told him
that "salt" was not necessary, and that
he should not upon any account what
ever partake of it. It is a well-known
fact that the human blood contains Q
great amount of saline matter, and Of
this little over one-half is sslt-noth-
ing less, nothing more. Now this Is
carried off in several ways-perspira-
tlon is always salt if you taste it-and
the kidneys are busy taking away salt
in their regular duty the skin carries
away salt every hour, either sleeping
or walking, and the bile consists largely
of salt when it is healthy bile, and all
the cartilages of the body contain salt.
Now with the waste going on, sleeping
or waking, working or resting, will this
NJ. D. tell lis what is to be done in the
way of replacing the salt that is taken
out of the system by TIE regular course
of nature? People often become ner.
vous, peevish, fretful and "good for
nothing" because they deprive them
selves of fresh air, proper exercise and
salt. 1t is simple thing, but when
the Almighty made man He not only
made him about right, but gave
into his keeping all the natural e]e-
ing the body and its wastes. Among
these. salt in great variety of forms,
and in bountiful supply, was given.
And it is matter Of wonder how men
who pretend to be cup" in the matter
of handling this body and the diseases
incidental to it, can perpetrate any such
foolishness as to attempt to say that you
"must not eat SALT" such man or
woman would be "white liver ed" in
three months, and open to every change
of weather or food. and consequently
all the time falling" Eat all the salt
you require, and shake your fist in de-
delightful independence in the face Of
any such 'snide;" keep the salt in
your system, and be happy. 1t is an
absolute fact with the best stock breed
ers, that if cattle do not have mode
rately free access of salt, they soon be-
come weak" lifeless and afflicted with
diseases which are entirely unknown
among those who have access to salt
whenever they desire. Does not the
same law apply to people, who
are as of much consequence in the
minds of thinking people and those
who have any knowledge? Salt is one
of the essentials, and the body can not
be supported without it in reasonable
quantity. There is no sort of use in
attempting to do without it. and if you
will take notice of those people who
are advocating disuse of salt, you will
find them "lunatics" upon the good
health question, and probably devotees
of the Dio Lewis oatmeal as a doc
trine, and tirst-class beefsteak as .
practice. Sensible people will not be
brought into this kind of trap, which
in the immediate future makes work
for these veritable M. D.'s.-Bostom
Journal of Commerce.