The Penn's Grove record., 1882-03-18
Salt.

There would seem to be some per-
sons on this earth who are constantly
trying to make water run up hill, aud
yet they never make out beyond MAX
ing themselves miserable and every
M around them who is 10 any way
connected with or related to them.
Only lately a man asked us If taking
salt with his food would be Of any
value. He was pale and the lips nearly
colorless, aud this feature at once be-
tokens to the experienced eye that the
blood is poor, poverty stricken, "too
thin," to make use of a slang phrase;
blu the "ioctor"-and a miserable one
at that-had told him that salt" was
not necessary, and that he should not
upon any account whatever partake Of
1t. 1t Is a well-known fact that the
human blood contains a great amount
Of saline matter, and of this q title
over one-half Is salt-nothing less,
nothing more. Now this is carried off
In several ways-perspiration is always
salt If you taste it-and the kidneys
are busy taking away salt in their reg
ular duty, the skin carries away salt
everv hour, either sleeping or waking,
and the bile consists largely of salt
when IL is healthy bile, and ell the
cartilsges of the body contain salt.
Now, with the waste going on, sleep
ing OF waking, working or resting,
will this NJ. d. tell us what Is to be
done in the way of replacing the salt
that Is taken out of the system by the
regular course of nature? People often
become nervous, peevish, fretful and
''good for nothing because they de-
prive themselves of fresh air, proper
exercise and salt. 1t is q simple thing,
but when the Almighty made man
BE not only made him about right,
but gave into his keeeing all the nat
ural elements for maintaining and
repairing the body and Its wastes.
Among these, salt in 3 great variety of
forms, and in a bountiful supply was
given. Aud 1t is q matter of wonder
how men who pretend to be ''up'' in
the matter of handling this body end
the diseases incidental to it, can per-
petrate any such f~oolishness as to
attempt 10 say that you must not eat
salt - such a man or woman would be
"white liveredu in three months, and
open to every change of weather or
food, and consequently all the time
''ailing.r Eat ali the salt that you
require, aud shake your fist in delight
full independence in the face Of any
such "snide keep the salt in your
system, and be happy, 1t Is an abso-
Lutte fact with the be t stock breeders,
that If cattle do not have moderately
free access to salt, they soon become
"weak,n lifeless and afflicted with
diseases which are entirely unknown
a nong those who have access to salt
whenever they de ire. Does not the
sane law apply to people, who are of
as much con sequence IN the minds of
thinking people and those who have
any knowledge? Salt Is one of the
essentials, and. the body cannot be
supported without IL 10 q re lsonable
quantity. There Il no sort Of use in
attempting to do without IT, and 1t you
will take notice of those people who
are advocating disuse of salt, you will
find them "lunatics' upon the gooc
health question and probably devotees
of the Dio Lewis ''oatmealp as a doc
trine, and first-class beefsteak az a
practice. Sensible people will not be
brought into this kind of a trap, which
in the immediate future makes work
for these veritsble NJ. D.'s.-Boston
Journal of Commerce.