Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1899-10-03
MUST srARvE 10 LIVE.
-rhs Only Policy to Be Pursued by the
Cautious Man.

Medical science has taken up tht
food question SO closely during re
cent years and gone to such troubl,
and expense to find out deleterioul
quality in articles of everyday con
sumption that the man who studio,
hygiene attentively can only eat-ii
he believes all he reads-at the great
risk of contracting disease or poison.
ing himself.
Bread is not to be thought of as
an article OF diet. 1t is treacherous
compound, consisting largely of
alum and potatoes, and, concocted in
some unsanitary cellar, it is teeming
with microbes and totally unfit for
food.
No careful man will touch beef
owing to the number of tuberculosis
carcasses which are constantly being
placed upon the market. Mutton
and lamb are also to be tabooed on
similar grounds, and no one would
think of touching pork for fear the
labe-lamented pigs might have died
of swine fever
The vegetarian chortles in his Joy
and points out that none of these
things, except bread, affects his style
of dining. But his triumph is short
lived. Root vegetables are to be
dreaded because of wire-worm, to-
natoes induce cancer, cabbages may
become poisonous by the application
sof improper fertilizers, and therefore
are best left alone, while, in addition
to the disease microbe which devotes
ats attention to the potato, there is
always the risk of damage to the di-
agestive organs.
Butter and milk are poisoned with
buracic acid and other noxious pre-
sseTvatives, to say nothing Of the arti-
fcial coloring matter which is fire.
,quently added. Eggs are dangerous,
because so many of them are packed
in lime to keep them good, and re-
Gently, too, a French bacillus has
found his way in through the shell.
In addition to other drawbacks,
cheese helps to ruin digestion.
Raw fruit helps along cholera to
a great extent. 1t also contains prus-
sic acid round the skin, pips and
stone. When cooked it induces dys-
sentery.
n OF timed and potted stuffs little
need be said, except that the solder
, of the tins makes for lead poisoning,
and potted meats have recently been
shown to be simply mass of spiced
rotten filth and garbage,
= Fish, although possessing highly
nutritious qualities, should be avoid
ed, owing to the lasEe quantity which
is sold in an unGt state for human
consumption, and the difficulty of OBJ
tanning it really fresh.
With beverages the same Difficult
tiles present themselves to the care
full feeder. Beer, wines or spirits are
not to be thought of. They affect
the brain and eyes, and act injuri-
'ouSly upon the coating Of the stom-
ach, Tea and coffee may set up in
sanity, but at the least they are sure
to induce dyspepsia. Water is full
of disease germs, and, if distilled, be-
comes dangerous by reason of its lack
of mineral matter in solution.
fl Poultry, if fresh, appears to be the
most wholesome sort of dish, as
there only vague, undecided sort
of pIicrobe to it's account. Therefore,
duck and green peas appear to be
tFe dish to make a stand upon; but
let the peas be fresh, as the timed
sort are poisonous, owing to a solu-
ton of Sulphate Of copper being en-
ployed to give them fresh, bright
color.-London Mail.