Daily Eugene guard., February 22, 1900, Image 4

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IT SHOULD BE THE BEST GUIDE TO
THE FOOD WE NEED.
If Hot Parrerlcd, It Will Select Those
libiluni For Whtsh the Body la
' SnsTsrln; We Vmm Entlrelr Too
, Mch (sit.
' Tho function of the taste doubtless
gun talus a much mora Important rela
klon to digestion than lias been gen
erally accorded to It, rays Dr. Kellogg.
(Food to be digested must be appetiz
ing. Food which nauseates docs not
tlmulato tho secretion of the fluid noc
ssary to digest It either la the mouth
pr the stomach. The sense of taste
ma; be regarded as a sort of regula
tion. Ilenco It Is an Important proper
ty of food tin t tho senso of taste may
be stimulated and that It may bare
an opportunity to exercise Its selective
and controlling functions.
When one bos eaten a sufficient
amount of simple, wholosomo food, the
sense of tasto Informs him of the fact
by declining to receive mora. A per
fect rule for mastication would be to
chew each morsel of food until there
Is left only a tasteless remnant. It Is
jUseless to swallow such a residue, as It
can have no nutrltlvo value. When
food Is taken In this way, the senso of
itoste has an opportunity to say
,"enough" before too much has been
wallowed and thus affords a perfect
means of adapting the amount of food
taken to tho needs of the body.
A careful study of this suggestion
will also show that the sense of taste.
If allowed to act In a normal way, will
elect those substances of which the
body Is In great need. For example, If
the blood Is Impoverished and needs
an extra supply of nitrogenous food
there will be a craving for such foods
as nuts, legumes and possibly eggs
and milk or some other substance con
taining nitrogen.
A curious analogy to this function Is
found In some Insectivorous plants,
which, as has been shown by recent
experiments, refuse to capturo Insects
or pay nttontlon to fragments of meat
placed within their grnsp except when
the soli upon which they grow Is lack
ing In nitrogenous elements. By sun
plying a fertilizer rich In nitrogen
these so called carnivorous plants
cease to be carnivorous and behave
wholly like other plants. Tho wimc
principle nppllcs to tho use of fat
making substances, such as slnrchy
and oleaginous foods, such as nuts and
cereals. The wrltor has frequently ob
served In thin patients a craving for
fnts, which disappeared entirely after
the patient bad made a gain of 20 or
HO pouuils.
The taste was no doubt Intended by
tho Creator to be a perfect guldo to
the quantity nnd quality of food to be
taken and not simply a means of gus
tatory pleasure. Unfortunately It has
been terribly debauched and pervert
ed from Its normal function. Men nnd
women trcnt tho palate as tho pianist
treat bis Instrument, touching It In
various wnys simply for tho purpose of
hrorokin iilt-iifiii.ii.U- s.;i.sflti"us
po regard whatever for the possible
mi'ds of I lie Ixxly or the powllile dam
age wbli li limy be mused. The senso
of taste. Hum wrongly edtieiiteil. be
comes perverted, niiil Its Indication
become confused. Abnormal cravings
are developed, which di-iiuind siitlsfm
tlon In the use of tea. coffee, wine anil
other lntolciints, inustnril. pepper and
other condiment, large quantities of
salt, pickles and rich anil savory dish
es of various sorts, tocetlier with
sweets, ices and tidbits of ull kinds.
The sense of timte has been detln-oiied
from Ita high position ns governor of
nutrition and linn come to he merely
the servant of n capricious anil Insatia
ble desire for an Illegitimate si-usu 1
Hon. a purely selfish nnltiial pleasure.
This Is gluttony, pure mid simple, and
Is the apt tutor anil ball companion of
alcoholic Intemperance.
The free use of common salt mum
likewise be placed among serious
dietetic errors. Professor I'.iinge of
Ilnsel, the lending physiological chem
ist of the world, with many others, lias
shown that the so called necessity for
the nlliiienliiry use of salt rests upon
a very uncertain and equivocal. If not
erroneous, bnsls nnd that nt most salt
can bo used without Injury only In
very minute quantities. The quantity
designated by Professor Kunge ns
within the limits of possible linrmless
ness Is about IS grains a day, or prob
ably less than one-fourth of the
amount usually consumed.
use of snlt lends to thirst and copious
drinking In connection with tnonls.
Gum chewing, tobacco chewing, the
uso of tobacco In any form, must be
condemned ns hnrmful to the digestion
through exhausting the function of the
salivary gliinds, so that when requir
ed to maintain constant activity the
snllvn secreted by the glands has very
little value ns n digestive agent The
glands, ns well ns the muscles nnd
other parts of the body, require rest
In which to store up the elements nec
essary for their proper function. Good
Health.
FACTS ARuUr fiAfi&iisiill
The Greater Tart of TBI Country's
Consumption flow Packed Here.
Formerly the sardines consumed In
this country were all Imported from
France. Now about three-quarters of
the sardines eaten In the United States
are put up here, the chief center of
the sardine Industry In the United
States being the eastern coast of
Maine, though some sardines are now
put up on the coast of California. The
packing of snrdlncs In this country
was begun about 1880.
Thousands of people now find em
ployment In one part and another of
the work In catching fish, In making
cans and In canning and packing and
marketing and so on.
Sardines are put up In greater va
riety than formely, there being now
itdays sardines packed In tomato
sauce, sardines In mustard, spiced sar-
7rsTmmhfaw 's writ ty'Ui
ArtlBcial Illamonds.
It Is well known that In the manufac
ture of carbon Btecl microscopic dia
monds ore formed, nnd the curious
fact Is stated by The Scientific Press
nines and so on, but the great bulk of , that from the examination of a num-
(eglo to eat chocolate the bauii grows
upon them. 1 don't tnins any uii
of chocolate hurts any person. Of
course the cheaper grades of chocolate
havo a largo percentage of sugar in
them, and sugar Is to a certain ex
tent Injurious, but for the chocolate
Itself I don't think any one cats
enough to hurt him materially. In
contradistinction to the exhilaration of
alcoholic drinks chocolate seems to be
a soother. Persons who are nervous
nnd Irritable find It a food that In a
way calms and soothes and satisfies
them. It is queer, but It Is the truth.
The consumption of chocolate Is In
creasing enormously in the United
States." New York Tribune.
sardines, both Imported and domestic,
are still put up In oil. Sardines are
put up also In a greater variety of
packages than formerly, there being,
for example, various size and shapes
of oval tins, and seme Franch sar
dines are Imported In glass, but as the
great bulk of all sardines are still put
up In oil, so the great bulk of them are
still put up In the familiar flat boxes,
the great majority of these being of
the sizes known as halve and quar
ter and far the greater number of
The free these being In quarters. Sardines are
piicneu iuu tins in a case, ana me con
sumption of sardines In this country
Is roughly estimated at from 1,500,000
to 2,000,000 cases annually.
Like canned good of every descrip
tion, sardlneB are cheaper now than
they formerly were, and American sar
dines are sold for less than the Import
ed. American sardine are now ex
ported from this country to the West
Indies and to South America. New
York Sun.
IIU Capacity Had Limits.
An old farmer who was in the hnbil
of eating what was set before him.
asking no questions, dropped Into a
Memphis enfe for dinner. The wnlter
gave li I m the menu enrd nnd explained
to the old gentleman Hint It was the
list of dishes the enfe served for din
ner that day. Accordingly he began
at the top of the bill of fare nnd or
dered each thing In turn until he hnd
covered about one-third of It The
prospect of wtint wns still before him
was too overpowering, yet there were
some things nt the cud Hint he want
ed to try. lie en Med the wnlter nnd.
confidently marking off the spnees on
the card with his Index finger, said:
"Look here, I've el from tlmr to tbar.
Can I skip from that to tbar and ent
on to the bottom?" Memphis Sclmltnr.
It tuny well be sold Hint life Is monot
onous In fie years we undress for bed
mi fewer limn INlfiO times, dressing
naiiln after each night's reposo with
"Iwerfv! r." 'n'lilnn - Tlt lllls.
CHOCOLATE FIENDS.
There Are Those Who Beoom Slave
to This Nerr Bootbtnsr Food.
"The manufacture of chocolate," said
J. It Anso of Brazil, "Is a great Indus
try. Of all Uie chocolate beans Import
ed Into the United States two-thirds go
to one firm In Boston, and the other
third Is distributed among the other
manufacturers. The chocolate sold
are of various grades. The Caracas
chocolate 1 supposed to be the best
"If you take the various grades, tech
nically known a the Caracas, the
French, the German and so on, and
take a piece of each and place them In
a pan of water and allow them to dis
solve, any expert will tell you which Is
the best chocolate. Tho better grades
will leave no scdlmont The others
will. This Is explained by the fnct
that In the cheaper grades the shell Is
ground up and used as a 'filler.' Tho
lighter the chocolate the better tho
grade. The cheaper grades aro dark
owing to the ground up shell.
"It Is a queer thing about chocolate
consumption. There aro chocolate
'lends. Just ns there are opium fiends,
' -' nnd liquor slaves- 1
ber of steels from a variety of process
es Identical results wore given. A
piece weighing 300 grams was cut from
a lump of steel and treated with nitric
acid, the Insoluble residue collected
being mainly graphic carbon. After
being washed with water It was boil
ed three times with fuming nitric acid,
which partially dissolved the residue,
hydrofluoric acid and then fuming sul
phuric being used, there then remain
ing nothing but graphite, which, after
being washed, was melted with chlo
rate of potash. The Insoluble residue
obtained fell to the bottom of a vessel
filled with Iodide of methylene, the lit
tle transparent octahedrons visible
through a microscope, which burned
on a sheet of platinum without any
asb, being the diamonds.
The Thistle of Scotland.
Once upon a time many hundred
years ago the Danes made war upon
the Scots and Invaded their country.
One dark night, as they were march
ing upon an encampment of sleeping
Scots, one of their number trod upon
a thistle. The pain was so sudden
and Intense that the man gave a loud
cry. This awakened the slumbering
Scots, who sprang to arms and defeat
ed the assailants. In gratitude for the
deliverance the Scots made the thistle
their national emblem. Journal of Education.
How He Make Friends.
A Missouri paper says that Senator
Cockrell keeps In closer touch with the
people of his state than any other man
in the senate. One of his habits, ac
cording to capltol gossip, Is to read In
the senate the name of every con
stituent who sends him a petition.
Other senator content themselves
with presenting petitions In an Indefi
nite buncb, and In this Impersonal
fashion they are noted In The Congres
sional Record. Cockrcll's way Is dif
ferent and when The Record appears
there aro the names of his constitu
ents, looking very large. Forthwith to
each person thus distinguished goes
a copy of The Record, which Is shown
with much pride nt the country store
or postolllcc, and the voter Is a friend
of Cockrell for I'fiv
"Clue of the funniest experiences in
air hotel life," said an old clerk, "wns
that In which a man registered his
name without writing his town after
it as Is the custom. When 1 called
his attention to It he said: '1 hadn it
forgot It. but 1 feel a little bit timid
about It. The last time I wa away
from home 1 registered the name of
my town and the clerk asked me
what state It was In. I got mad In
a minute and wouldn't stay In the
bouse. 1 went to another house and
registered from Brooklyn, and the next
day I appeared In the paper credited
to New York. I showed It to the clerk,
and he said he changed my place of
residence on the book because nobody
ever registered from Brooklyn.'
"I told the man be need have no
fear of having the Incident repeated
In our place provided he wanted to
write the name. He said he would
think about It and asked to be shown
his room, so I saw no more of him un
til late In the night. He then asked
me If I had an ntlns. He studied It
minutely for a few minutes, measured
distances with his two hands, like a
farmer, and then he called me nnd
pointed out the name of a town. I
asked him if that was his.
" 'It Is the name all right' he replied,
but 1 don't know whether the town
Is still there. It Is the boomlnest
town you ever see. nnd when I left
It wns growin jo fast that farmers in
the adjoluln state were burnln their
fences to keep the town from growin
right over 'em.' " Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Was Queen Bess Handsomer
Sir Horace Walpole's description of
the maiden queen, drawn from her
portraits and from contemporary ac
counts, Is not a very attractive one.
"A pale Roman nose, a head of hair
loaded with crowns and powdered with
diamonds, a vast ruff, a vaster farthin
gale nnd a bushel of pearls are," he
says, "the features by which every
body knows at a glance the pictures
of Queen Elizabeth."
But notwithstanding that she did not
care for art and that knowing her
Inck of It, she affected to despise bodi
ly comeliness, still she loved to multi
ply portraits of herself. "In them she
could appear really handsome." Yet
If she has been flattered In the exist
ing likenesses of her she must have
been not merely plain, but a remark
ably ugly woman. Perhnps the truth
Is that wln the most courtly Inten
tions the painters of the time did not I something somewhere.
know how to prevaricate.
"The queen," says a foreign observer.
"Is fair, but wrinkled. Her nose Is a
little hooked, ber Hps thin and her
teeth black. She wore false hair and
that red. ncr bosom was uncovered,
as all the English ladies have It until
they marry." That the painters flat
tered her In some degree we must Infer
from that fnct that she was fond of
sitting to them, though she could not
bear the Bight of a mirror, which so
enraged her that her attendants were
obliged to hide theirs when sh was
present Art Amateur.
t!...tiun of the uuue u'Enul.len.
Colonel I.nborde. knowing that the
c.ave was actually dug In which the
in ;.e was ti- be put, after n short time
invnki-neil him and told him, If be had
u loci of hi- "ir or a letter to semi to
any of his family, that he (Colonel l.n
liorilel would take cure to forward It
ami would only pari with It with his
life. The duke replied. "I understand
you." He cut off a lock of tils hair,
wrote a short letter and desired that a
confessor might be sent to him. He
tins soon afterward led out.
l'ive of the soldiers refused to fire
et bim. They, were Immediately shot
before his face and their bodies thrown
into u ditch. They desired to put a
bandage before his eyes. He answered
he bail looked death in the face before
and could face It again. Seventeen
soldier fired at blm.
Mme. Bonapnrte did everything pos
sible to aave the duke. She Implored
Bonaparte on ber knees, holding the
skirt of bis coat, which wns torn off by
his violent manner of going from her.
She seized the other skirt, which waa
likewise torn off, and Bonaparte de
clared bo would never go to bed till
the duke was dead.
Luclen Bonaparte also exerted him
self to the utmost, and, finding he had
no success, In a rage took out a watch
Bonaparte had given him, dashed It on
the" ground, breaking It In pieces, and
said to bis brother, "You will be treat
ed In the same manner!" "Life of La
dy Stanley."
Her Advice.
John Luther Long, the well known
author of several successful books and
the teller of many charming stories,
spent a summer at a resort along the
New Jersey coast On his way to his
home there he was obliged to stop over
one night at Seabrignt, and this story
Is told of his little visit: He was recog
nized by several people, and when he
entered the dining room one of them
came forward and asked him to occupy
a seat at his table. He was quietly
Introduced as Mr. Long, and his liter
ary reputation did not enter at nil Into
tho presentations. He was placed be
side a very beautiful and charming
young lady, nnd after awhile the con
versation developed somewhat as fol
lows: "Mr. Long, your name Is quite
famlMar. I have run across It some
where very recently."
"There are a great many Longs," he
said.
No; but I mean that I have read
Ob, yes; I
remember. It was a story called 'The
Fox Woman.' Do you know who wrote
it?"
Mr. Long was blissfully Ignorant.
"Yes, I am sure that was It," she said.
"It may be by a relative. What did
you think of it?"
She gazed at blm earnestly and re
plied, "Don't read It" Saturday Even
ing Post
Not Absolutely Iarnorant.
It 1b commonly understood that one
of the newspapers of New York city
hns a rule to employ none but college
grnduntca. on Its jjtnJL It. mnyor It
,1.1, nf j,,. .. , .. ""'sWlll
oral years' exncri...,
at . the editorial otu,,
""'" so gU(,o .-" IM
tho managing eilii,,, JA
sign him n ,,i . . b
if remembering 8,M1
looked in examining (
Buddenlv nBb.i. b ,uc M
vcrslty are you a Tr..,"
"I am not n i.! -
the young man, "but t f '"'
than to writo . . . 1 o
'Dlead' for 'nl.!,.... - . '
a chance' for ne
I never use the pt,raM
1 understand n,Q
and 'whom' and of 'shall' m
prefer 'officer- to 'official'
'residence.' i nu ,: r"
, , . - .v,u as to
abhor 'reportorlal,' never
flnitlve nnd n.
long enough to tie ,n. 4s
He got the position.-
Out of the Or4,,
The two old friends. u
rated before, mo
' "6"ui an&tj
iiniinrnllnt, 1UJ
"By the wnv. r.n..h .. I
i im. 7. T"'1 "KII
ed, crosB eyed little Tilbnry ri'l
press train? She U8ed to h
Wboro In Vrmir n.l.!., . . Tl
u,-,fcuuura001ltj
"Oh, yes, I remember her ue-J
1'Ttrt.nt I . .
unfc c,c, ui-euiiie or ber?'
"I'm sorry to disappoint fotj
crimen In "tint 1 hn,.n . 1
Idea. I didn't uinrry ber.".Jl
inuuue.
Wanted to Sit In IttrOmi.
The little 3-year-old daugttaTJ
or ine leading ministers In Umj
resents too great famllliritt 1
evening, though she seemed afel
witting, a young man, whom J
ing, took ner upon his lap, tltt
sne said, witn great gravlrj:
"I want to sit In my own In"
It is needless to add that tin n
man Immediately put her dowt,'
Alert to Pri.vnt
"The great danger." said 4. p
citizen, "Is that we will drift t
paternal form of government"
"Yes," answered Mr. SleektuJ
a sigh. "Henrlette sppmi J
about that every time I spaltj
children." Washington Star,
Indication!,
"Watch th' grocer's bhoy," all
Janitor philosopher. "If he tbtml
his coat collar whin he lotmtt'n
en, he has a grudge ng'ln th' bntl
he straightens up bis necktiJ
gone on th' cook."-Cbleago Km I
Economy.
"Please, papa, give me a qontl
seo the big snake In the mensem I
"Morris, my dear, here's tit a
nlfylng glass. Go look at I
worm." Fllegende Hlnttpr.
o i n
L I I i i I v I v I J I C
Tl. 'U- Tl n
o) mwnweior
the past 4 years.
Tllb BLS1 quality in bicyclo construction. Those whoels stand
up well and run easily, give good satisfaction, and in fact aro
Hotter bicycles for tho price than can bo found elsewhere,
w ia? ? I ni0!"e blJ'cl9 tha any other party in this countv,
but that dont mako any difforenco to us what we want to do, is to
- fe""" "."UUi ""s BP"ngi i" iact right away, and in order
w uunOT wiiigmyou a SOJUIAL LOW PRICE F'
Wo can do it and save you eonie money,
wo think you nood tho bicyclo.
'OK GASH
We noed the money and
Our $40.00 Barker
Bicycles at $30.00 is a
rare opportunity .
Our $35.00 Ku-Kluck Bicycles
are exceptional values at $25.00.
THEY both have the best 2-piece hangers, best tires, best qual
ity of spokes, hubs and tubing, with first class workmanship
Necessity compels us to make these low prices. Come in
now and take advantage of this low priced sale. We will give vou
E tPrwaUibiCj;cle 8UndrieS tire8 and lir work lira
snort time. We also have some rare bargains in second hand
bicycles at $5.00, $7.00, $10.00 and $12.00.
Good Bicycle Bell 25 coats.
Good Tires $2.00.
J o Lofovor Hammerloss Gun, Low price $35.00. Our special price $26.75
O fPT" f mmorlMs Gun, low price $29.75 Special prico 23.75
uno lino Second-hand Gun hammerfess at $19.00. Karo barcain
A big reduction on all now and second-hand shot gans for a short time onlv to p1o, . ,
Goo J powder 25 cents per lb. Shot 7 cents per lb. Loaded 1 otgn shells 40 ce Tr W 8t0Ckl
Ml good standard goods. All goods at cut rates for a short time P bX
0 must havo monnv Our Inn ! i,. r i , ' ...
Tl,se prices aro strict y cWe tfe mo,,y Is wh 5 mn6
If you will come and look around you will see this is no fake sale
If) Barker Gun Works.
9TH STREET.