, 1900-02-01
MUST STARvE TO LIVE.
The Only Policy to Be Pursue by the
Cautious Man.

CautIous Man.
Medical science has taken up the
food question so closely during recent
years and gone to such trouble and ex-
pense to find out every deleterious
quality in articles of everyday con
sumption that the man who studies by
giene attentively can only eat-if he be-
lieyes all he reads-at the great risk of
contracting disease or poisoning him
self, says the London Mail.
Bread is not to be thought of as an
article of diet. 1t is a t%reacherous COM
pound. consisting largely of alum and
potatoes. and. concocted in some insan-
itary cellar, II is tecIiing with microbes
and totally unfit for food.
No careful man will touch beef. ow-
ing TO the number of tuberculous car
casses 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 late-Iament-
ed piggy 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 din
ing. But his triumph is short-lived.
Root vegetables are to he dreaded be-
cause of the wire worm, tomatoes in
duce cancer. cabbages may become
poisonous by the application of improp-
er fertilizers, and therefore are best
left alone. while, in addition to the dis
ease microbe which devotes its atten-
ton to the potato, there is always the
risk of damage to the digestive or
gans.
Butter and milk are poisoned with
boracic acid and other nOXious pre-
SprNnfiVnS fn -Snv nnthinp of fba n .titi
cial coloring matter which is frequent
ly added. Eggs are dangerous, be
cause so many of them are packed in
i'm to keep them good, and recently,
too. n French bacillus has found his
way through the shell. In addition to
other drawbacks. cheese helps to ruin
digestion.
Raw fruit helps along cholera to a
great extent. II also contains l,russic
acid round the skin, pips and stone.
When cooked 1t induces d~ysentery.
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
10 he simply "A mess of spiced rotten
filth and garbage.
Fish, although possessing highly nu-
tritious qualities, should be avoided.
owing to the large quantity which Is
sold in an unfit state for human con-
sumption. and the difficulty of obtain
ing it really fresh.
With beverages the same difficulties
present themselves to the careful feed
er. Beer. wines or spirits are not to
be thought of. They affect the brain
and eyes. and act iniuriously upon the
coating of the stomach. Tea and cof-
fee may set up insanity, but at the
least they are sure to induce dyspepsia.
Water Is full of disease germs, and. If
distilled. becomes dangerous by reason
of Its lack of minera matter in solu-
ton.
Poultry. if fresh. appears to be the
most wholesome sort of dish. as there
is only n vague, undecided sort of mi
crobe to its account Therefore, duck
and green peas appear to be the dish
to make a stand upon; but let the peas
be fresh. as the timed sort are poison
GUS, owing to a solution of s%ulphate of
copper being employed to give them n
fresh bright color.