The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-02
Late and Heavy Suppers.

Late and Heavy Suppers.
The objections to late and heavy sup
pers, if we care more for our health
than for mere sensual indulgence. will
be apparent if we consider few facts.
As a fundamental principle, let it be
remembered that the stomach labors as
much as any organ of the body, and
that it suffers from fatigue, like others.
II the body. as a whole, is more IA
tigued at night than in the dav, less
able to perform the hardest work. it is
reasonable to infer that the stomach is
subject to the same depression in con-
sequence of similar labors: and since all
must agree that the hardest work may
properly be done in the morning, after
the rest and sleep of the night. and the
lightest when the body is fatigued by
the days labors. it is reasonable to APP
ply the same principle to the stomach
labors. If this rest is necessary condi.
ton to precede the labor of the day, it
is reasonable to infer that the heaviest
meals may be taken in the morning and
at noon, the lightest at night, or not
more than one-sixth of that for the
whole day, instead of one-third. If the
more substantial and more nutritious
may then be taken as means of car
rying the laborer through the day, it is
reasonable to take the less substantial
at night. that one may have good. re-
freshing sleep and be in a proper con-
dition Tor labor. since it is q well estab-
lishei principle that, with ordinary hui
man beings, dige ton and sound sleep
do not proceed at the same time. If the
stomach is filled with food, and diges-
ton is in full progress, the sleep must
be disturbed, dreamy and unrefreshing.
Ii is also as true that if food rather diff
ficult of digestion is taken in the first
part of the day, when the digestive
powers are active and vigorous, the
lightest meal-the smallest in quantity
and the easiest of digestion-should be
taken when the stomach is somewhat
debilitated, like the body.
While some of the more intelligent
and thoughtful suspend work at early
tea-tme. as they do at noon, others
continue about as long as they can see,
then stop and do the ''chores." take
heavy meal, and soon retire. After
such tolls the powers of the body. the
digestive included, are much exhausted
and in an unfit condition for their best
efforts 1t would be no more cruel and
unreasonable to require the limbs to toll
for three or four hours longer than to
compel, by a heavy supper. the stomach
to digest such a meal before any sound
and refreshing sleep can ordinarily be
obtained. If a heavy meal is taken at
late hour, and then one goes to Q
place OF amusement, entertains COM
pany, or is entertained till near mid
night-a ruinous custom-there is ample
time for digestion. But not so with the
farmer who has no time to waste in
mere amusements. He is asleep
soon after his labors are finished, that
he may be ready for the coming day.
If such heavy meal is taken as the
cold ham and cabbage left at noon, pie
and cake. or still worse. if possible, hot
and new biscuit. one of two results or
dinarily follow: Either sleep takes pos
session, suspending digestion. mainly
(this process to be RECOMMENDED with
poor appetite in the morning), or the
sleep must be disturbed BY the diges-
ton, of necessity unrefreshing and un.
satisfactory. This no farmer can af-
ford, since good sleep and rest must &C
company hard labor.
1t is during the hours of rest and re-
pose that the blood made from the food
of the day is consolidated into muscles,
bones, ETC., on which he must depend
for success in his business. Just to the
extent that this change OF the blood is
by wakefulness-naturally
produced by the digestive process-the
is undermined, and he
must suffer. 1t would be far better,
there ore. to take seven-eighths of the
food needed for the day at he first and
second meals (no luncheons are really
of any advantage, eventually, with a
very light supper. DR.. Hall, well |
known, but now dead, advised single |
slice of bread, with cup of weak tea.
But am still more temperate in nv
habits, taking less and simpler food. |
emitting the tea. as that might disturb |
sleep, which l cannot afford. As an ex-
pertinent, and not from necessity, as I |
am far from being a dyspeptic, l have |
confined myself to a single mug of |
breakfast cocoa, without milk, that no |
aiSSSeA'S AooOA hiay NC pCIiOIIucu, VI l
the same of cereal Coffee" similar
TO crust coffee, and have been perfectly
satisfied, sleeping well and feeling re-
freshed. with a line appetite in the
morning.
l know of no calamit:es. no degrade
ion, no vices, no evil tendencies and
abnormal desires and appetites, and no
tepravity which do not as naturally
low from a career of drunkenness as
he streamlet flows down the mountain
ude. And while our poor, fallen,
human nature has constant tendencies
oward sensual qualifications and the
OF Initiated appetites,
would not have any act of mine. in any
aspect, encourage the use of ardent
pirits. would not introduce into the
luman stomach that the tendency of
which. with no exceptions. is to de-
ange every function, vitiate every d.
FESTIVE solvent, corrupt every fiber,
nd unduiy driUe every organ. wasting
'ower and undermining the aggregate
ital power. prefer to allow nature
o have fair chance. introducing no
olson, no malignant antagonist.
IN Farm and Fireside.
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Tipped of the handouts and Jumped
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