The Wilmingtonian., 1885-01-17
ADVERTISING RATES.
SATURDAY, JANUARY ~, 1855.
HEALTH HINTS.
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preserved. 1t is most precious boon to
love water in all it's purity and every un-
mixed method of administration and appli.
cation. 1t is an indispensable agent for the
maintanence of life in whatever way it is
enjoyed,
The water contained in every article of
food is of great consequence both as a fresh
ening principle and as an aid to digestion.
We need for bodily welfare more water than
We ordinarily get by mere water drinking,
even though we take water in preference to
any other beverage, and, therefore, it is by
nature introduced very freely by almost
every article of food. Water must be pure
to be wholesome. do not mean chemically
pure Gas distilled water may be said to be),
but free from any communicating filth.
Water holding impurities that have the
tendency to undergo deleterious changes,
both before and after serving as drink, is in
the highest degree detrimental to health and
dangerous to life. Destructive fevers are
the usual results of its use as drink. Look
to your sources Of water supply, and also to
It's conductors, whether in town or in coun-
try, for you cannot otherwise tell when
sickness and death will overtake you from
that direction. 1t is always a menacinn
source of evil.
good, efficient water filter, in constant
use, is of the greatest Importance. Always
have your private filter if you can manage
to make it work without undoing its own
work. Observe the rules for the proper us,
of the filter Or it will be worse than having
none at all. These rules the dealer will
always explain if requested to do SO by a
purchaser.
The copious use of water as "A beverage, or
as a solvent for our skin impurities is in no
wise contradicted by the laws of health. On
the contrary, the laws of health demand a
most liberal use of water in all possible
fashions.
lea and coffee are more useful for the
water they contain, when prepared for the
table, than for any properly they possess ol
food nature, though they have nutriment
properties. Habitual use has made them
very palatable, and through custom we have
acquired the notion that they are necessities.
Their Inherent pernicious properties, how
ever, do, in time assert themselves, and the
constitution through the nervous system
gradually pays the penalty of systematic.
ally abused and over-stimulated digestive
system. People often die before experenc.
ing the ultimate results of long devotion
to the mildly stimulating table drinks. 1t
would be unjust not to admit that many
people arrive at hale old age-haviug used
tea and coffee all their lives-without any
appreciable bad results.
Authorizations of food articles, if such
admixtures simply weaken the article, cannot
do great harm to the physical economy.
But adulterations are never wholly harm.
less, and they are very seriously deleterous
in some instances.
Tea and coffee are often grossly adulter-
ated tn assist the profits of trade, but they
probably are not invariably tampered with
in way to render them more noxious than
they are in their purity. Both tea and
coffee have stimulating effect upon the
brain, by which we mean the circulation Of
blood within the brain, and when these
beverages are taken at night Jhey often
drive away sleep. They may thus be useful
if we wish to remain awake for any special
and important purpose, but very injurious
If it should be our duty to sleep
Cocoa and chocolate, when mingled largely
th milk, are really good food beverages,
6ut are not cheering to the spirits, as IL {
tea ahd coffee. On the contrary, they are
often depressing.
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safely say nothing can be more true than
that these substances are not necessary {,
persons IN health, and whilst they may be
taken in small quantities infrequently, With
out apparent injury, they are much more
likely to be positively hurtfu than in the
least beneficial. Malt liquors aud alcoholic
spirits contain but little that is really nutrr-
tious, and it is far beyond the pale Of cuu-
tesy to call them foods. Under this ruling,
it is not imperative to discuss their merlls
and demerits at this time
Any defense of the habtual use of malt
and spirituous liquors, IN the ground of
their food properties, is an error and absurd
ity.
When the poor man spends money for
beer, on the pIetense Of getting tue most
nutriment for the least money, the truth is
that he is getting the least uutriment for
the most money.
His aggregate expenditure will be greater
for at form of food than for any other, and
he will have cheated his poor body while he
empties his purse. His poor soul often
shares in and suffers by the deception.
Oatmeal cruel worth dime, where his
beer would be worth dollar will have an
ample sustaining effect upon the system,
while the beer will have given him very lit
tie nourishment, and deprived him of both
intellectual clealne and his hard earned
money.
AS for tobacco, we need not give it the
slightest attention as food, though it is
sometimes ignorantly asserted that tobacco
furnishes nutrient principle.
Among the very important considerations.
as an estimate Of the value of articles ready
to be taken as food, and the mode of their
preparation, the manner of their cooking,
and the condiments, sauces, flavors, &C.,
&C., that are fancied for association with
them. THIS is a study by itself worthy of
any self-dependent American citizen.
After hearty meal should come a short
period of mental and bodily repose. This
period should not necessarily be devoted to
sieep-advisedly one should recommend
avoiding actual slumber-but it should be a
season of tranquility, for inactivity of body,