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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1880)
THE WEST SHORE. October, 1880. 270 HOW WE STARVE BY OVEREATING, Ir. Tanners fast has given us Daw light on the important question, how long a robust man may lUrve himself without permanent injury, and, rlin, with poaitive benelit. Hut the vary common caao of lUrving onaaelf liy overrating it to moat people (though faw know or think it) of much greater personal inttrnaL It i became tha statement that we oan, and Wo often do, etarve nurselvea by over ating seems an paradoxical, that I hop crary reader of the 1'rru will do himself and friends the jualice of seeing if it U true. How often do kind friends persuade tha tired mother to eat a lillle more; or the Worried man of hue lnet to take an eitra lunch or (upper, when already tha body ii at Ita utinont atraui and can no mora digest an rtra meal than it can under take eilra labor. No man in thnaa buay da oau alfonl to neglnot tha stern faot tliat donation ii Ithor, and in weak persons ofton Jutt about all tha labor they are capable of. Tim fact ii daily roroiwited in hntpitala, especially by the aurgeon, who, dealing moat with the accident oaaea, haa comparatively healthy atomauha to deal with. Yet here, when all tha atrangth haa to be huibanded to meet tha etrain of a aurgioal njieratinn, a surgeon dislikes to oporate before he haa put Ilia patient through a courted simple diet, with rest, (lenerally too ha give! him auuh medicinna aa will ejoila the lowela, kid neya, etc, to carry nlf thoea watte matters from hit system which too often are limply due to groaa (reding. It would take too long, and probably alto convey leu of tha real truth, were I to go into detail aud how tha nature anil magnitude of the digestive pruoeeaae. A glmipae of it may tie gathered limn the fact that our heat authori ties agree Dial tha liilerual muacular lalMir of tha Imly ootiaumaa aliout four tilths of our daily tlmngih aud fool that it, that the churn ing, atraiiiing and pumping of tha food and digettitre fluids iim.s up ml of our food to make tha remaining lilth available for uaa in our daily labor. Tint la a big thing I hear eome one lolaim. Yea, and the lollowitig may, per he, eeem bigger: Thirty lbs., or marly twice the weight ol the whida blood in our bodiee, it poured out daily from tha blood vetted (and of onuree elworhad again when ita work It done) into Ilia alimentary oanal lor digixtmg purium. Our two lt aulhonliM-l'layfair ami Uihehy differ but Very allghtly in their ealiinalea. The average of both tulet that daily the blood eeretM S lbs. of ealive, U of gaatrie juioe, HJ of puiciotlic fluid. H of bile and ( fb (1 believe ntooh more) of inteatinal fluid. Ily meaaura thit oomee to 8 Knglith pints, or mora than Ihrea Amertoaa gallmni and all thia baa to as through milea of little tube too (mall for tha naked eye to are. Evidently the 17 R.t. of blind with ehirh phyaiulogy credita tha aver, an man baa to tie active all the day long. The blood murh reeemhlea a mtlauraut waitor, who ia aontlantly patting from tha kitchen (tha etomarh, elo.) to the ttinina hall (visceral voint lyniphttiot) with viande of all kinde, aud at nvntUntly returning again with tha dieliaa, tlte apol ana wneterer the (Ueata reluee, Theee various digestive lluida are betidee ol diffeevat eheoiiaal oomp-itiUoa. Rack one, too, eotiUiM tpeoiti organised fermeut, powerful la) tha digeutioti of aotne epecial part of our food. Now Uwee fermenta are In a eente like the eed of a plant, and their produrtioa mutt shautt the orgta producing them much aa the eeJing of a rlow eihauata tha plant prudocJng It Xa troadrr Ihetj that IndigMlio la tha rule tail not the aoepUosi M Una buttliug boty ace. If a mat) matt. thee), overwork. Ut him be ware of ov reeling. Maay ignoraatly overeaL deluded by Um temporary pauaa Uial each anej five to thai feeling of coutiaaowa eihauetioa, which ta quit at oil attae4 by eicwaa oi fond M by new ol Work. Tata Wmpararv etmcth M probably dae to lb (UauUttoti of thai grvat ptfaatTM Mrrowe leiM whlrk it cloae to the ttomaoh. It haa charge of the digestive pro ceti. and hv fnod it in ereited. and reeeirea an eitra aupply of blood, juat aa tha eya ii excited to action by light, or the ear by aound. Thia Kreat llexut ia the focua of aenaation for the ab domen, and ita exhauation we call hunger; but I gueaa Americana of toner exhautt it by too big than by too little meala, and either cause, it ia evident, may give a feeling of hunger. Moat of us could eaaily pick out from among our acquaint ances many more examples of weak ieoiile who eat much than of weak ones who eat little. The big eaters probably are weak because they habitually eat up to their fullest vital capacity, and are, in fact, like so many bogs living to eat, instead of eating to live. Hut overeating does not merely use up all the working strength in digestion. Unless lim ited very strictly to the point of oonmlote di gestion, much of the food may pass through only tha first stages of digestion. It may be aoidilled in the stomach, but fail to get neu tralized in the bowel, where fermentation of an unnatural kind will cause flatulence, and give riae to impure fluids. These absorbed into the blood give lueliloncss of constitution and lia bility to disease, and at the same time overload and overwork tha liver, kidneys, lungs, skin, and all purifying organs. This habit is the oommonest cause of many of our complainta. 10 ina man or woman who overeats and will not work I have nothing to say. He or she is a hog. Hut to the wearied mother who wants strength to got through her work I would say: Aim first at eating thine foods which need least digestion Mast or broiled mutton, toasted bread (buttered whon oold), boiled rice and milk, oatmeal muah, mi k diet of all kinds. And here let me remark that milk will, aa a rule, agree with any one, if well boiled, and then diluted one hall with weak tea or coffee, or any other fluid, to taste. Many people rind thst milk does not agree with them, but, boiled and diluted, it seems quite to lose its bilious nature. Ega, too, are good; also simple soups, and ripe fruit, raw, or cooked with a little sugar. Apples, well washed and baked in tha oveu, no loms.'h will fool it ia tha angar of oooked fruit Ihtt to often ditagreea. Do not attempt too many meala, or have them too near each oilier. Now food introduced into a atomach jutt finiihed with and aliout to pass the last meal into the bowel, may disturb the prncest, aud simiiI both the new and tha old. Yet some thing may be Uken between meals, if it be nearly all lliiuj -aay a little beef tea, made with oold water slowly heated up jutt to a boiling point, or a little gruel, made with rice, oat meal, graham Hour. etc. Ktir upatabletpoonful of one of thete with at muoh oold water as will thin them to tha oomiitency of cream. Then pour on a pint of bmlitig water, stir well, and salt it to taste. This haa the advanUge of be ing quickly made. A baked apple, a pear, an egg beaten up with a little sugar and water, or any of theaa einiide thingi, will not only viva strength, with almost no labor in digestion, but. Uk,n ,u hour before .food, often giv. an app.. tit, aud ensure tha better ili.,.(;.. i .v.. ' I i b-wing meU.-W,,,, J. ScUltlii( Tna Kartii is a roM.i miii.in , p,p,r 0B .... -np at . conductor of electricity, Trot. Trowbridge, of Harvard. irn.u .t cluaions. . lialurlnoraiBt.l...l..;--: :.. aaually attributed to effect, of induction are in leoaral due to ooaticuoua vronn,!. l k... eiroaiU. A ralurn win ia tha only way to ob- mimt. ta. J a l - - - VI! UWIIUTAI EEr2J2 i-.V" .hborh, of ol .iLi.7i.7- . "'or"'l posaibility urge bodiea of water w.!W th. .plv-tof a eabla, and 11 StehVrrid;.,h,'W limit at by I. . 7 . ' " panoos ol mat ma nod rntaw, whieh (nay oec,, M-ra) tim Bafid Fobist Destruction. An intelligent correspondent of the Cincinnati Qnvttt, after an investigation in the pine region! of Michi gan, reports the judgment that the mills in the Alpeno district have only 15 years' supply left, and adds: These figures agree very closelv with those given me a few week ago by the president of the largest logging company on the Mississippi river, operating in the Wisconsin pineries, a region that haa been worked muoh leu extensively than the Michigan pineries. They would last, he said, 30 or 40 yean. The Minnesota pineries are not so large as either of the others, and will probably not survive them. In from 25 to 40 years the last tree will be out, and the entire country from Maine to tha Rocky mountains must learn to live with meto-er nilantitiee nf ninA lomlue Ktv.i.nt.f .4 great expense from distant oountries. The ninories cannot he renlaned. A full ireonrn t. represents hundred! and hundred! of yean of 41. T II I ' . lfruwi.ii. i aaw smau pines, no larger round than a man's arm, bearing the loan made by the tTM nf fhM ITnifj.it Sf.f.. .nm'n.B.. OK v. wu.wu UIBW. VUIIIIIOUI UU J ago. What ages, then, must be required to urouuus a iree inree or iour it. in diameter? When these forests reach the condition of the pineries of Maine and New York mnA Uinm. extinot, no new ones will take their places. mo nii.eriuan oi mo near iuture must learn to hew and build without pine, and marvel at the thoughtless rcoklessness of his ancestor!. Glucosb. The manufacture of olnooae in thia country has grown to enormoni proportion!, mere being at present no less than ?30,000,000 invested in it The material here is made en tirely from corn, and io luocesaful has it been, that quite furore exists in oonneotion with it throughout the West, where a number of new factories are being sot up. This industry origi. nated in the year 1803. with Messrs. Ceulin k Bradloy, who at that time improvised an ex. r""' .aciory in nunaio, to determine if grape sugar and syrup could not be made from ooru. The product had been made for yean in fcurope from potatoes, and imported into this country at prices ranging from 8 to 12 cents per pound; but up to that time sugar from corn was not known as a commercial artiole. The exper- ....v... wW uvueuiui, ana irom this Deginains has urtilnallv H.v.l..n.j .u.i : . n . , J ...un wiian ! uuw an im menae lnduttrv. At th. .u.ni i ..j i " wmv, i niveau ol imjiorting from Europe an inforior article of 7 o . .I. lrora po". cost of from 8 to 12 cent, mm .W. i ? - Mvrau, larue quan titiea of eora augar are exported at about three gluooae. proanoei 30 pound! of Horn Liatukr. Bv a ren.ntiVMn. horse leather has been adopted as the material . wuion me doou tasued to aailon of the Gar- man navy are in future to be made. Experi ment with horse-leather boots have, itappean, been carried on for the past 18 months, and with such latisfaotory reaulU that the nee of ngnaval boots and shoea. The leather need is a hVki" fequten of th. in 71 7 .u. ""Uy acraped off. wt,ba.?ner th- 4ther plii w.uf ,t,U nm"Dm 10 w". r Alt the ran, p.,,,,, tgnt a pactfio foreign policy, gome journJ. d.mwd the Chamben to be summoned for a special ae. MOB' bnt ii U itntw.:!.!- m toti ..V-li .,',DmM definitely eonati- U!tdS will "Vtchadtot,,,,, of Franoe d. Itiawmouncod that GambetuTill ibortly deliver pacific tpeech.