The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-17
~DYSPEPTlC
How They Disregard the Law Of Health
aud Bring suffering Upon Themselves.

JIuW They Disregard the Laws OF Health
and Bring suffering Upon Themselves.
Aman in fair condition u horse,
OK. or a dog, for that matter-will live
at least forty days without food, and
ten days without either food or drink
but not three minutes without air. We
can skip II meal or two, or even fast q
day or two or more, whenever there
are indications that we have ''got ahead
Of our digestion and 'excrction.' with
out the fear Of starving This one
lesson, II fully appreciated by every
body, and acted upon would save
thousands Of lives every day. It would
extend the average age Of life by many
years. Every one will admit that we
eat too much; but few, indeed, have
anything like a correct idea rs to the
degree Of excess commonly INDUCED
in everywhere. II we regard this queS-
ton in It's bearing upon, say the farm
crs, how many, let me ask, In the hum
dred make any sort Of calculation as to
how much food Is demanded for 50
much work? How many take one
meal less, or less At either regular meal
on tho day succeeding an idle day,
when, perhaps, by reason Of more
leisure more has been eaten than on a
working day?
Surprising the ease Of q laboring and
well-nourishcd man-onc in u well.
balanced condition; he should eat less
when at light work or on half time. and
much less whenever he passes a day Of
entire rest, for less OF his bodily tissues
have been used. or, perhaps we should
say. less Of his storcdu mp nutriment has
been consumed, and, therefore. less Is
required 10 restore the balance, or, so
TO speak, make good his vital bank ac-
count. In winter, except when work
ing hard in the open air. the farmer
should eat less than at any other
season Of the year. II so wo~rking-as
In the logging swamp, or when EN-
ployed in getting ont and working
up the years wood-hC will require
more in winter than in summer. He
will require more; but supposing that
he largely oyercats In summcr-tak-
ing habitually more than would BE-
best for himP Does he do thisP Let
me take aside almost anyone in the
first dozen farm-houscs We enter. and
question him u little, say in ''haying"
lie will probably show up something
Of - %dyspeptic. Let mo say. first of;
II have been there have worked on
a farm. summcr after summer, and
know just how to handle my SUPPOSE
titious candidate.
Not only did | observe the prevalence
Of dyspepsia among farmers and farm
hands. but | suffered In my own person
from indigestion tdyspepsia), in spite
of hard work and outdoor air. BE-
yond question. much Of the mischief
arises from the time and manner Of cat
ing. especially at the most busy season
of the year. Farmers work hard at
this season and should cat well; but
they constantly err In eating when
tired. aud they resume work directly
after eating two very serious violations
Of natural law. Again. the farmers
heaviest mcai-thc mushiest, least
chcwnhlc. greasicsi, and. consequently.
least digestihle meal and least nourish.
ing meals eaten at midday. when
he Is already somewhat tired and yery
much heated. and when he must imme-
diately resume his hardest and hottest
work. There is not n single wholesome
feature In this whole process. The
farmer could not treat himself worse.
except by adding a "nipper' Of spirit.
before the meal and a pipe Of tobnc.
60 after. OF the three transactions. bad
rs the last two named a..
surcdly are. and always harmful.
the meal such n Il j. and
taken under the conditions described 1.
even worse. But this Is the custom.
and II Is kept up without ans question
or thought rs to whether Il Is precisely
wrong or not. So far a. the work and
the outdoor air arr concerned The farm.
er's life. In summer. j. II the whole.
soonest sort. aud II he would breakfast
lightly. lunch nj noon more lightly Tot
bvtter still. lie IN the shade for an hour,
hhu lhtn NJ nlght. = tull hour atief
quitting work, eat the principal meal ii
the day. and II plain. natural food. he
would b. the gamer in every way. II
he would treat the pork he raises upon
the principle Of the wise doctor wis
will not take bis own pills. he would
have less occasion for swallowing pills
end potions: and II farmers. not ouly.
but people in general. would make
themselves somewhat wise in the mat.
ter II health-law s-simple and plain a.
they are-"So simple and plain. sa,
one ct the wScst Of pms slsians. thai
the people riuse Ia understand
them most " the doctors and The
druggists wuuld be forced "a take 10 the
soil Tor = livelihood themselves q a.
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