The National tribune., 1890-11-27
BEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.
ny FELIX L. OSWALD =. n,
Author or Physical Fducation": Household
Eemedios": The Bible OF Nature" etc
CHAPTER XCI.


WINTER DIET
Some Of the best parallels ever written have
! been mistaken for eztrtvlgauZas, merely in
/ tended TO amuse the reader by the effect of
/ protesgue eSarcCTatinn. curious case in
1 point is Charles Lambs story Of the House
/ roasted Pig" In the good old times whom au-
] finals OF all SORTS shared the Indications Of our
foreiathcTs, n pig met its death in the con1agra-
/ tion Of log cabin. In trying TO squeeze its
way out Of the Burning building. the ill-fated
\ porkcr bad been roasted in peculiar manner.
/ and when the owners Of tho building lot visited
! the smoking debris their attention was at
\ travied by the aroma Of well-dOnc sparcribs.
] They tried a slice, invited their neiEhbors and
/ all agreed that the loss OF the cabin was fully
! covered by the value Of such a discovery. For
years after, whenever they wanted 20 enjoy a
sUperlativc feast. they built a log cabin
/ chlnked walls, Single roof aud all, penned in
| a pig and set the structure on fire.
That story has somehow the appearance or n
burlesque on the Wisdom OF the Ancient"
/ bat the choice Of our diet has often been actu-
/ ally determined in snch waEs. There ia no
/ doubt that the earliest mau-like creatures were
natives Of the tropical forests, and rs pure veg
ciarans rs their relatives the frut-catiug four
! handlers. In the course Of time, however, in
crease Of population and despOtism induced the
1 more entcTprising tribes Of our forcfathers TO
/ coonizc the higher ATTITUDES. With or with
| out the lectures Of a primeysl Liebg circum-
stances soon compelled those emigrants 10
4 change their Diet and experience before long
taught them the value OF fat in couuteTacting
the effects Of low temperature. Famine pos
/ sbly had forced them 20 subsist on the flesh Of
\ slaughtered fellow-creatures, and they found
with a glad surprise that tho at first by no
means cOngeaa diet could not only be digcsted
4 but in frosty weather seemed to impart better
4 staying powers than their traditional bill Of
1 iare-frnit. roots. and berries.
Flesh thus come TO be considered the proper
\ Winter diet for the inhabitants of the colder
latitudes, and at last even their daily food, nay
] a synonym for a nOurishing substance par eI-
ceiicBce as IN tho expression: 4" One mans meat
4 isan0ther mans poison" On the value Of other
1 fool-stuffs u0rth!anders might disagree but "a
I 10 the necessity OF flesh the strength Of their
1 conviction rcscmblcd that OF the dying Green
\ lander, who asked the Rev. Hansen If there
4 were any specially fat wllrus IN heaven. oval
( rus: none At all, as far as / know answered
( the astonished missionary. The departing ma
1 tive Of once declined 10 continue his devotional
I exercises. No place that for roe, then" he
/ repeated; "Grcen!ardcrs cannot subsist with
out walrus meat"
Experience might have established the fact
4 that pork and fat mutton would have served
| the purpose as well, and experience has con-
/ WINGED millions OF our Old World cousins that
! lcsh-food can DO dispensed with altogether, and
reliuquished even IN coolest Winters in favor Of
1 substances quite as nOuTishing quite rs heat
| producing, and withal far more dispensable
| The fact is that in cold weather we cannot dis
/ pcnse with fat, but the idea that that element
! OF our diet has 20 be derived from slaughtered
animals IS on par with tho dolusiOn OF Charles
! Lambs house-burners Milk, butter, eggs. and
| especially fresh cTeam are permitted By vegeta-
| rlons OF the unparalleled class. and, besides
! the vegetable kin ,don offers scores nay. hmm
CTt al
all the purposes Of Liebig's "ealoridc food"
/ In a large portion Of the Mediterranean PENN
] suias where Winter is by no means all sun
l shine and rose leaves. olive oil has superseded
meat as a wOrkiugmsn's article OF food, and all
travellers agree that the OIL bread and fruit-fed
natives Of northern Turkey are the physical
equals Of our very best bccf-lcd wcsti1nders
Olive trees would succeed in Texas, Florida Mis-
/ sissippi. Alabama aHd certainly in California;
oil almost equal 20 tho Fst produce OF the Ital-
| ian olive gardens can be made from beGchuuts ;
/ but in the meantime even the natives Of Canada
could thrive Oh the diet Of the broad shuuldered
/ h0lsicln farmers: milk, oaLrEeai-gruel. bread,
butter, honey, fruit, and an occasional mess Of
/ fish, roast waterfowl and potatoes. Like eggs
| fish aud poultry are apt 70 prove more disesti-
4 bic than the meat OF our domestic quadrupeds
I and as an occasional Satr33e, can be enjoyed
l without any appreciate discomfort OF the gas
I trio apnaratus-an immunity which a simple
/ experiment might prove 10 extend by DO means
\ 10 ali kinds OF butchers meat We can get
I along for years without any dish containing a
PARTICLE OF eggs, and yet AT the end Of that time
/ digest an omelette without any Inconvenience
4 The same with butter with honey. with almost
\ any land Of vegetable. unless preserved in a
/ pickle Of vinegar OF strong brine. Fresh and
/ DUilcd ~ waller with moderate favor OF but
/ ter and salt, even white cabbage (tile basis Of
! saueT krautl can tee assimilated without special
] L.. N III
Y butchers meat, Abstain, say, for two months
1 only, from alt hesh-iOJd whatever; board at a
I good vegetarian r5t'urlnt or use soft boiled
eggs 10 compensate tie deficit OF meat. Then try
Z q dish % boiled meat more digestbie than fried
I or sailed and note tho effect upon the aliment-
! aIy organs. The discomfort experienced for
/ the next IL hours viii be 50 decided AS 10 be
/ possibly ascribed 20 other causes, bat a second
or tui.d repetition Of the experiment will leave
40 doubt about the actual significance Of the
4 phenomenon.
An oli-time medical maxim informs US that
/ ia Summer the seat Of disease, in a large ma
/ jority OF cases, is the stomach in Winter. the
i lunEE and throat, bat that immunity from di-
/ ggs;ive troubles can, after all be claimed only
( by outdoor workers, who get the benefit OF a
4 braclng and stimulating low temperature. In
1 door workers are apt 10 be troubled IN Mid
4 winter by constipation, FOR two reasons: One,
scarcity OF fresh fruit aud the discOutIuuauce
OF their evening walks, or in whatever form
/ they used TO get a chance for outdoor exercise
/ The citizens % large scacnast towns can hardly
realize how scarce fresh fruit gets after Christ
/ iIas ia small inland villages and even on farms,
4 where they suppose frugal habits 10 have sur
yiyed the age OF the Arcadian paradise. Milk
/ aud honey! DO not ask our farmers for such
! articles Of luxury" says an American humOT-
| ist; they use glucose trcIcle. and send their
\ milk 10 the cheese factory" The same with
| orchard produce. The best apples are barrcled
aud shipped 10 the city, the inferior kind arc
/ sliced aud dried. aud after New Year few
| southern or western country towns can muster
/ a peek OF fresh apples except at orange ped
! dlers rates. There are exceptions, Of course
| but as rule The rural hoard OF fresh fruit is
/ exhausted at Christmas, and two weeks after
| drug stores can rely on an increase in the de-
! Lnand for laxative medicines
There IS a better way. and even in the absence
| OF fresh fruit constipation aud DIR. Quack's
| bowel c0nyuiseIs can both he kept At bay by
/ the use Of certain apeTient vegetables. but
] especially OF beans aud peas, 10 which our East
| European friends add tcHiiis, derived from a
smaller but extremely product VI kind OF legI-
| IN nUus plant which w0Hld thrive anywhere
| between Boston aud Birmingham, aud ought
| 10 be- cultivated a domestic medicine if not
| OF first rs a popular article Of fOOd-though the
natives of the Danube Valley prefer II TO the
| best green peas.
TO be coHts.ueLl
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