The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19

The Virtues of Apples.

THEIR MEDICINAL VALUE AND SOME OF
THE TROUBLES WHICH THEY AID.
Chemically the apple is composed of
vegetable FIBER albumen, sugar, gum
! chlOrophyll, maliC acid, galliC acid, lime
and much water. Furthermore, the Ger
man analysts say that the apple contains
larger percentage of phosphorus than any
other fruit or vegetable. This phosphorus
is admirable adapted for renewing the e+-
sential nervous matter lethicin, of tn
brain and spinal cord 1t IS, perhaps, for
the same reason, rudelv understood, thgt
old Scandinavian traditions represent the
apple as the food of the gods, who, whCn
they felt themselves to be growing feeb14
and infrm, resorted to this fruit for re-
newing their powers of mind and BODY.
Also the acids of the apple are of signal
use for men of sedentary habits. who,
Hvers are sluggish In action these aciCs
serving to eliminate from the body noxious
matters ytgh fels q 5stssaesse'3 yssl Id ma 9
the brain heavy and dull, or Bring about
jaundice or skin eruptiOns and other allie
troubles.
Some such an experience must have L. |
to our custom of taking apple sauce witt
roast pork. rich goose and like dishe%
The malic acid of ripe apples, either ra
or cooked, will neutraliZe any excess e
challiy matter enrendered by eating too
much meat. 1t is also the fact that sLcu
fresh fruits as the apple, the pear and tie
plum, when taken ripe and without sugar,
diminish acidity in the stomach rather
than provoke it. Their vegetable salts
and juices are converted into alkaline ca. e.
Donates, which It nd to COunteract aciditr.
A good, ripe, raw apple is one of IL .
of a hi q hot -
stomach to deal with, the whole proce a
of its digestion being completed in eighty
five minutes. Gefrard found that Il p
"pulps of roasted apples mixed in a VINE
quart of faire water, and labOred together
until it comes to be as apples and ale
which we call lambswOOl-Dever faileth in
certain diseases of the raines, which M
self hath often proved, and gained thereby
both crowns and credit" "The pairing of
an apple, cut somewhat thick, and the in
side whereof is laid to hot, burning or
running eyes at night, when the party
goes to bed. and is tied or bound to tt e
same, doth help in the trouble very speed
lily, and contrary to expectation an excel
lent secret"
A poultice made Of rotten apples is Of
very common use in Lincolnshire for the
ure of weak or rheumatic eyes. Like
wise in the HOtel des lnvalides at Paris,
an apple pouItice is used commonly for in
famed eyes, the apple being roasted an
its pulp applied over the eyes without any
intervening substance. Long ago it wss
said apples are easily and speedily digesteG,
and modern maxim teaches tba' IF you
eat an apple going TO bed, the doctor then
will beg his bread. ."-L0ad0n Hospital.
Before we take up the collection this
morning remarked the good pastor as h.
looked mildly over the congregation, ''L
~lSA to say that we have in the church
treasury already two quarts of nickles that
appear TO have been punched through and
afterwards plugged with lead. These
COINS, am informed, will not buy stampe,
groceries or fuel, and conductors on street
'aFs refuse TO take them. The choir will
iing, % land of rest, for the@ls sigh. '''-=
C1ic0g0 Tribune.