The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-02
HINTS ON HEALTH.

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BAILEY WATER,-To an ordinary tea
cup Of the best pearl barley put a GOOD
handful OF stoned raisins and two quarts
OF boiling water. Let it boil steadily
for three hours, occasionally stirring it.
until thick and rich. Season with lemon
juice, or nutmeg, as acid may be direct,
ed or not, A porcelain-lined saucepan,
or bright tin one is the proper utensil
to cook this In, as the barley, like rice,
takes an ugly disIoloFation from an old
saucepan.
CREAM AS FooD AND MEpmISE,-Per-
sons consumptively inclined, those with
feeble digestion, aged people aud those
inclined to chilliness and cold extrem-
tiles, are especially benefited by q lib
eral use OF sweet cream. No other ar
tiCle of food or medicine will give them
results equally satisfactory, and either
as food or medicine it is not bad to
take, AS an antidote for a tendency
to consumption it acts like a charm,
and serves all the purposes intended
to DO served by cod.liveF oil with much
more certainty and effect, Where
sweet cream can be had, Cod-liver oil Is
never needed, The volatile and easily
appropriated unctuous matter in cream,
besides contributing directly to warmth
aud Yigor, aids indirectly by promoting
digestion, for the same reason and in the
same way that other aromatic and atten-
uated oils aid the digestive function.
While cream has special merits for GER
tain kinds ofinvalids, there are no OBJ.
jections to its use by any or all perrons.
1t is an innocent, palatable, nutritious
luxury for everybody at all times,
CoPFRE AND ITS EFEEcTs.-Colfee owes
its stimulating and refreshing qualities
to caffeine, 1t also contains gumand
sugar, fat, acids, Casein, and wood fiber.
Like tea, It power fully increases the res.
pirationi but, unlike it, does not affect
Its depth, BY It's use the rate OF the
pdlse is increased and the action OF the
skin diminished, 1t lessons the amount
Of blood sent to the organs OF the body,
distends the veins aud contracts the
capillaries, thus preventing waste
Of tissue, 1t is mental stimulus OF a
high order, and one that is liable to great
abuse. Carried to excess, II produces
abnormal weakiulness, indigestion,
aCidity, heartburn, tremors, debility,
irrltability Of temper, trembling, irregu.
ar pulse, kind OF intoxication ending
in delirium and great injury to the spinal
functions. Unfortunately, there are
many coffee tipplers who depend upon it
as drunkard upon his dram. On the
other hand, coffee is ofsovereign efficacy
In ttding over the nervous system in
emergencies, Coffee is also, in It's place,
an excellent medicine. In typhoid ie.
yer its action is frequently prompt and
decisive, 1t is indicated in the early
stages before local complications arise.
Coffee dispels stuDor and lethargy, is IN
antidote for many kinds OF poison, and
Is valuable in spasmOdic asthma, whoop-
ing cough, cholera iniantum, and Ash
attic cholera. 1t is also excellent us
preventive against infections and cpl.
demiC diseases. In districts rife with
malaria aud fever the drinking OF hot
coffee before passing into the open air
has enabled persons living insuch places
to escape contagipn.