The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

matter from the water, but the tann1c
acid will reduce you to leathery con-
dition inconsistent with perfect vitality.
And tea, coffee, peas, beans, asparagus,
lentils, oatmeal and other articles COM
monty and ignorantly used in diet have
been found by Dr. Haig to be charged
with the powerful poison known as
Xanthin, the fruitful cause of govt,
rheumatism, neuralgia and other mala-
dies
But surely" I asked, "a human be-
ing needs liquid in some form?''
The liquid should be that purified in
natures filter, the juice contained in
ripe fruits
Strawberries and cream" ven
tured, seeming at last to see light.
mo, soft-Stalked fruits like the
strawberry and tomato should be re-
ligiously avoided. The liquid from the
soil does not pass far enough to be
thoroughly filtered. An apple is the
type of fruit you require. The close
grained wood of the trunk effectually
removes mineral matter. Preferably
the apple should be from the top of the
tree, and carefully washed and peeled. !"
why be thirsty at all?" asked a
young gentleman with cheeks rosy as
an apple. 1T all comes of the bad
habit of eating salt. 1 never take salt,
and 1 have not touched a drop of
liquid today"
Il have not drunk liquid for thirty
| five years. said a wizened old pro-
fessorial-looking person.
DO you never feel thirsty"
well, I have known the sensation
| commonly called thirst. But l always
carry a flint pebble, which 1 place in
my mouth on such occasions, and it
stimulates the natural flow of saliva
and prevents the temporary dry and
parched feeling"
Few Necessary Rules.
I made few notes of the rules nee
essary to be observed for health as
laid down by my vegetarian friends.
white flour is mere starch, from
which the life-giving elements have
been removed, and that yeast is a re-
pulsive material closely akin to dis
ease matter, and probably a fertile
| producer of Symotic disease. On the
other hand, brown bread is full of the
needle-like spiculae of the husk, which
irritate and infiame the eater. Be
sides, the husk contains a quantity OF
| poisonous xanthin. Better avoic
bread altogether!
Vegetarians often eat a form OF
bread without salt, yeast or anything
but brown flour and water. It i:
known as bullets" among it's pa
irons, and is an excellent exercise fol
the teeth. Some carry this tootI
practice further and consume grain
and nuts dry and raw, eating then
with a spoon and doing all the milling
for themselves. This question o
cooked or uncooked food divides veg
etarians into two powerful sects. On,
is for having everything raw. Trip
raw fruit and nuts according t,
them, is the only necessary food o
man. Others would save our molar
by resolving food into a delicat
"puree" or cream, provided it be no
too sloppy.
In particular boiled vegetables ar
condemned as both useless and danger
Gus. All the valuable salts are melte'
out by the water, and the woody refus
left is most unwholesome.. Boiled cab
bage takes five hours to digest raw
only two hours and half! But, on tn
other hand. the raw cabbage must b
masticated thoroughly; and an hou
and three-quarters of diligent chewing
is needed for meal.
Conservative cooking is an inven
ton to remedy this. The cabbage j
cooked in its own juice, without salt o
added water.
An important point is that you shout
have no breakfast. To eat breakfast
working the machine too early in tn
morning.