Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-02
SOME FOOD AND HEALTH ITEMS.

BEANS AS FooD.-The nutritivs value D?
beans Is very great--greater than alnioss
any other article OF food in common uss.
Considering their richness, they are probe
ably the cheapest food we have, but some
what difficult of digestion, probably owing
to the fact that we rarely COOK them
enough and masticate insufhciently. In
preparing beans for table, they should drst
be we'll soaked in cold water and thsn
thrown into boiling water and cooked until
of medium consistency, between hnid
and a solid, neither too thick nor too
thin. They require some acid on them
when eaten, and sufficient amount OF
salt to render them pslatsble. Thsy
may be eaten with potatoes or other veg
etsbles which contain more starch and lsss
albumen, rather than with too much bread
or meat. In Germany there is prooess
patented by which beans and all legur1in-
ous seeds are reduced to very tine hours
and rendered capable OF being used a. food
by the most delicate persons. We have
samples of this -four, which equals In fms.
ness the best wheat -four, and it is used
extensively for making soups for invalids'
These soups are worth hundred times as
uuCn as De6I Ecd. LULU IN ~ Iva buAAO o"
ing anv one who will prepare a -four from
beans as perfect 40 this -four from Ger
many. Bean soup, rightly made, Is ex:
ceedingly delicious and wholesome, and
ought to be used more extensively than 10
isl [Sanitarian.
MORAL EFFECT OF TEA, COFFEE. Ere
DR.. Book, Of Lsipsic, a famous German
physician, writes as follows on the morsl
effect of different articles OF food and
drink The nervousness and peevishness
of our times are chiefly attributable TO tsa
and coffee the digestive organs Of con.
firmed coffee-drinkers are in a state OF
chronic arrangement, which reacts on the
brain, producing fretful and crying moods.
Fine ladies' addicted to strong coffee have
characteristic temper, which might de.
scribe as a mania for acting the persecutsd
saint. The snappisb, petulant humor
of the Chinese can certainly be ascribed
to their immoderate fondness for tea,
Beer is brutalizing, wine impassions,
whisky inturiates, but eventually unmsna.
The alcoholic drinks, combined with q
flesh and fat diet, totally subjugsts the
moral man, unless their influence be coun.
teracted by violet exercises; but with
sedentary habits they produce those uu.
happy flesh sponges which may be studied
in metropolitan bachelor halls, but better
vet in wealthy converts. The soul that
may still linger in fat Austrian abbot 10
functional to his body only as salt 10 to
pork--in preventing imminent putrefac-
tion. ~ Herald of Health.
Worn Our BEFORE THEIR TIME.-Thsrs
is perhaps no country in the world where
there are 80 many people who are worn QUE
before their time as in California. The
most direct cause of this is the inclination
of the people to overwork themselves. Oar
climate ia SO brscing, and generally SO fs-
vorable to physical exercise that we are
apt to work ourselves down before we be-
come aware of it. Then, again. this over.
work at first produces excessive appetite,
which is too commonly accompanied by
overlooking with flesh, strong drink,
and beer, the idea being that this high b
feeding enables person to do moro work
than o more natural diet. In the long run,
however, it is not so profitable az moder-
alton, for it too often breaks down the
constitution in the prime OF life, and leaves
long cup of misery to be quaffed at our
leisure.
An ELECTRIC LIGHT IN THE STOMACH
Think of an electric Light in your stomach
yet such q contrivance has been put into
use lately. A fine platinum wire, rendered
white hot at its extremity by an electric
current, and this extremity covered by o
little glass globe, is the whole machine In
nutshell. The effect is, as It were.
to render the body in manner trans.
lucent, enabling the operator to take
panoramic view OF cne's internal economy.
We may now show the degrees Of digesti.
bility of all the patents and high grades
in the market, and be enabled to Bampls
the brand and consumer at the same time.