Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-10
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

Concerning habits and health
writer in the London Spectator says:
Almost all men have certain ways
OF living which they have found con-
ducive either to health or work, and
a very large section of them suffer
greatly from torrent of criticism
for those ways. There are men who
never need exercise, or, as Mr.. Cham
berlain says in his cas-. do much bet
ter without it, and if they escape
a minatory lecture once week they
are greatly favored by fortune. There
are other men, quite numerous, who
benefit by exercise in big draughts,
but not in homeopathic doses, who eX-
ert themselves furiously once week
or during an annual holiday but for
the rest of their time benefit most by
bodily torpor. They are not scolded
because, as a rule, they are considered
too far gone for that operation TO be
beneficial, but they are habitnally and
very openly disbelieved. They are
talking nonsense, it is held on ii mat
are thousands of Englishmen who are
never ii peace if they are not warm,
and are told by all sincere friends
that they are killing themselves with
"coddling;" and tens of thousands who
can neither think nor work unless
they are cool, and who are pestered
by every one who knows them about
wraps TO condemn such instincts as
self-indulgence, unless they conflict
with clear duties, is foolish.
These rules for diet III old age are
given by DR.. Mary f. Green in the
Congregationalist:-
1. Remember that old age is the
second childhood, and that all food
should be plain and taken at regular
intervals.
2 Eat with moderation, masticating
all food well,
3. Avoid food which has stimulat-
ing properties,
T. Abstain from the use of all
liquors and strong tea and coffee.
The following may serve to show
what the diet should consist of for
the "a hours. OF course this may be
varied from day to day, by taking
from and adding to it other things of
equal nutritiye Value
Breakfast: Fruit, some cooked GER
cal toast a cup of hot milk-if tea
or coffee are used they should be
weak. with plenty of milk.
Dinner: Some light soup--if meat
is taken It should be such as mutton,
chicken, or prime beef, the white
meated fsh-bread and butter, veg
etahla salad, with fruit or some light
dessert
supper: Milk, with bread and but
ter, or toast, custard, blanc mango or
tapioca pudding cooked with fruit.
In two instances friends of mine
who lived to be over 90 years of age
reduced their diet the last 10 years
of their lives to milk, bread and but
ter and fruit, usually apples. which
We're always cooked. They retained
their powers, both physically and men
tally to a remarkable degree.
So much has been written within
the past few years regarding the com
muniCation of diseases through hacilli
microbes found in dust etc, says the
Scientific American, that practical
mNthods are being introduced to coun-
teract their extension or growth One
OF the latest ideas is the protection
OF such an important article Of food
as bread. In our cities a large pro-
portion Of the bread consumed is sup
piled by bakeries Bread from such
places must of necessity, be handled
several times by different employees,
ana il sometimes happens that hacilli
germs become attached to the bread
during the handling. either from con-
tamination from the hands or peihaI
from the clothes of the person max
ing the delivery So, to protect the
bread from such possible contingencies,
the custom is being introduced in
many places among bakeries Of wrap
ping each loaf as soon as il is baked,
in a sheet of waxed paper, sealing the
knot Of the string holding tie papsr
surroundings the loaf The bread is