The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

is the constituent suffering most by the
increased changes. / have often found
that a dietary largely composed Of Oat-
meal and brown bread greatly promotes
the growth Of hair. especially when the
badness was preceded by constipation and
sluggish capillary circulation. Those
races Of men who consume most meat are
the most hlrsute.
Various medical properties have been as
cribed to lettuce, and it has especially
been recommended as a good soporific. in
ducing pleasant sleep after eating 1t at
night There has been some doubt in
the medical world as to the value Of let
tuce for any medicinal purposes, and the
medicinal preparations from the plant
were finally dropped In England and the
United States. But recent Investigations
and experiments show, says DR. Atkin-
son, that the narcotic constituents of the
plants are very noticeable and Of value
1t Is now established by the proper au-
thorities that there IS present hyOscya-
anime, the principle alkaloid of belladOuna
ana henbane, not only in the cabbage and
cos, varieties Of the common lettuce but
also in the wild lettuce. The amount I'm
young plants is not very great, but In the
green extract the alkaloid occurs to the
extent Of over two per cent The value
Of both the wild and cultivated lettuce for
medicinal purposes has consequently in
creased In the minds Of many The
soportfic value is not in the meantime les
sened by this discovery. The plants were
used years ago by common people for in
ducing sleep, and science has simply
proved that there was some truth In their
behef by tracing the soporidc properties
to their source.
The sweet Italian or Bermuda onions are
the ones TO be eaten au naturel, their
flavor being much more delicate than that
OF the common varieties. But onions are
| really sweeteners Of the breath after the
local effects have passed away, as they
correct stomach disorders and carry off
the accumulated poisons Of the system
They provide a blood purifier that all may
safely use and do perfect work In consti-
patton troubles. As a Vermifuge the onion
cannot De surpassed, and, eaten raw will
often check a violent cold in the beaG
one small onion eaten every night, be
lore retiring, is well known Doctors
prescription FOR numerous affections of the
head, and is highly recommended for
sleeplessness; it acts on the nerves in y
soothing manner, without the injurious
effects Of drugs so often applied The
| heart Of an onion, heated and placed in
the ear, will often relieve the agony Of
earache, while the syrup procured from
| sprinkling a sliced onion with sugar and
DdhlnS IN an oven Will work wonders II
a ''croupy child"
Do not swailow milk fast and in big
| gulps. Sip It slowly. Take four minutes
| at least to finish a glassful, and do not
take more than a good teaspoOnful at one
sip. When milk goes into the stomach it
| Is Instantly curdled. If a large quantity
Is drunk at once 1t is curdled into one
big mass on the outside Of which only
the juices Of the stomach can work II
we drink II in little sips each little sip is
.curdled up by Itself and the whole glass
full finally finds itself in a loose 'IumD
made up Of little Jumps through. round
and among which the stomach's Juices
percolate and dissolve the whole speedily
and simultaneously. Many people who
ike milk and know its value as a strength
giver think they cannot take it because
| 1t gives them indigestion. Most Of them
could take 1t freely If they would only
| drink 1t in the way described or If. better
| still, they would drink 1t warm.
| Vegetarianism tends to produce fat:
| even dogs and cats get fatter on vege-
| tartan than on an animal diet On he
| other hand, a flesh diet forms muscle
and not fat; hence Banting and others
forbid fartnaceOuS food In obesity and
| training. The experiments Of PettenkOfer
| and Volt showed that an animal diet in
creased the absorption Of oxygen by the
| lungs; this undoubtedly favOrs the dis
/ appearance of fat. An animal diet stimu-
lates all the processes Of the body; it IS
more satisfying and has greater stay ng
power. An evidence of the low V tai
powers induced by living on a vege able
| diet is to be found in the liberation Of
\ the cornea, so common among Hindoos
! and others. Leon Noel