The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-17

! temperate zone,i IL always subject to It, "
while beef, mutton and pork cut, be
purchased IN tho markets u the principal
cities. fish are In far greater. demand
1t seems that nature has provided suit
nbln food for all climates. The Esdul-
inaux can I'll up With blubbor and enjoy
| himself iii the Arctics, but give him that
same food In the tropics and no would
soon give UP. North RUSSIANS nnd Fin
flinders consume largo quantities Of whale
oil and grease. which even In a temperate
zone n man could not digest; biliousncss
would result, MS 1t does when even too
much greasy food Is eaten. Then while
we III the temperate zone Use flotir and
cornbread as n daily food. the Chinninufl
and Hlndoo uses rice, which Is q lighter
| food. In tho West Indies and Sphnish
mnin the bread Of tho people is made
from cassava, which tastes q little Ike
bucltwhcnt after being cooked In thin
cake 5I3| 5S
3. A pieco OF land planted In this cassava
will produce moro food for man than any
known edible. A quarter OF an acre VIII
| furnish bread for Il family Of ten or
| twelve. The woman or girl will commence
! digging Up the roots at one corner Of the
patch and thcn 60 around 1t day BY DAY,
and the roots will be as abundant as ever
when she gets back to where she started.
rho Juice Of this root Is said to be a dead
| ~ poison, but this Is got rid Of BY being
bounded or run through rollers and then
washed The result Is d fnrinaceous sub
stance Of which the bread Is made after
| Il Is pounded up, and It is very pala-
table 81 :, ... i,
4. So In tho canal zone It will be found
that the diet Is the main thing 70 pre-
vent yellow fever. and next the SANITARY Hia}'iy
conditions. Thore Is no such thing as
sewerage in any Spanish mericantc city
| RI ,,A
| under United States supervision. me y.
| snaninrds always built on a Side MI.
| 5,r.hprc in the rainy season oil the accu-a
mulated flltl, would be spread out over
tho city and washed down Into the mar
boz. Then when the hot spell came OH
| the en1anations were Y horriple, ana m 5.lie
1Daro wrapped q shawl about ms mead
and said he had to protect hi11'seli iio'''
| the dang crous dew. 55 VI 7.
- I h 1vaa IN 81 schooner on a trip from
| cmoa n Honduras, the captain OF which
was a, gruff old philosopher OF the Bait
more school. One Of the sailors gave :, ~.
dlcatlons Of having an attack OF yeIo"
fever and wheni 1t was report Let1, 70 .ie
ancient 4 mariner he grinted: 4ll soon
Az him. asked him what he was 60
inr to. 10 do. and he snorted; watch an
| Wi, soc, IIe then had O sailor beat up
: nnant,ty Of charcoal very fine, with
which he filled a pint ana a half dong
necked) wliskey bottle over han full,
filling It out with water. IIe then took
the sick man & and after a good deal OF
1 shaking OF the bottle and gngging and
choking by the man, succeeded In get
ting about a pint Of pulverized charcoal
| in him. He repeated this operation In.
about safnalf ans hour; and then an hour
and half after brought out a hugo
bottle Of castor oil and made the sick
man take over a pint. Thatll do his
business, he grunted, and ! thought IT
! surely would. 81 Then the ancient looked ''
at me In a patronizing way and re-
marked: 5'Ye see the philosophy in this.
| Charcoal, 4, mo boy, Is the greatest abb
sorbent Of acids there Is. Now that fell
| ler's stomach Is full O. acid. The bile
has been pourin' ont since he got bilious,
an as it can't git away, it regurgitates.
/ as ole Doc. Westar says, into the stom-
ach. But the charcoal now absorbs It.,
and pretty soon $tiie castor oil will work
It all out, and he will be as good as ever
and sure enough the sailor got we'll, at
which the ancient mariner assured mo
that he never lost a patient, and his rem
/ edys Is not yet caveated