Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1869 — Page 1

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■ — -f ————— — From the Herald of Health and Journal of Physical Culture. Bone Food—A Plea for Bran. DY D. 11. JACQES. That bread made of unbolted wheat flour is more wholesotne than that made of line or bolted flour, is, I suppose, admited by all good physiologists; and the reasons why it is more wholesome ' have been laid before the public a thousand times, and in nearly as. many different forms, so that if, people who read at all are ignor- i ant of them, it is their own fault. I should probably help the cause of dietetic reform very little by reproducing here the usual arguments in favor of unbolted flour. I have no such -intention ; but there is one point of view from which the subject is seldom looked at —a reason for eating bran, which even Graham, I think overlooked, a most important one too. Perhaps this one additional reason may have weight enough to turn the scale with some sensible housekeepers, in favor of brown bread With the hope, I will hire state it. Most people know that they carry abou| with them ' a skeleton, and that'this skeleton is made up of a series of bones of various sizes and shapes. They know that this skeleton plays a very important part in the animal economy ; that it determines the general forms of our bodies; gives firmness and stability to the human figure, and, by means of its system of levers, helps to constitute the powerful locomotive apparatus with which we are furnished ; that it is, in fact, essential not only to our activity, but to our very existence. So much about our bones is well understood. But how are these bones formed? What arc they made of?— How are they nourished? How few have giveh these questions a thought! Even teachers of dietetics have generally left the bones out of the account in their lessons; and it is due to the wise provision of Nature, which hascir cumseribed our power to harm oursedves, rather thin to our knowledge of the wants of the human organism, that the bones themselves have not been completely starved out of the body. If you immerse a bone in dilute hydrochloric acid—one part of acid to about ten of water —and allow it to remain for a few davs, you will Hn l. << i t i'dr.; it <> ii. that it has lost its hardness ami firmness, aad become so flexible that it may readily be tiei) into a knot. The acid lias disolved those ma terials in the hone which made it hard and firm. That which remains is mainly cartilage or gluten. The materials essential to the formation of the cartilage, are ahundant in the most common articles of diet—bread, vegetables, flesh meat, etc.; and as they are merely such as arc required for the nourishment of other parts of the body,no special provision, in our dietary, need be made for this portion of the bone. x. Now, if we take another bone, and. instead of immersing it in the acid, subject it to the action of fire jvhere the atmos phere may have free access, it will finally become perfectly white, the organic or animal* materials preserved in the previous experiment being entirely destroyed or carried off. The portion which remains is precisely that which, in the other was dissolved and removed by the the acid. Its materials arc entirely mineral, and comprise 6G 70 per cent, of the substance of the, bone; in other words, bone is composed of Organic or animal matter . 33-30 Inorganic or mineral matter. 66-70 100 00 Further analysis shows that the mineral portion of bone is composed of Phosphate of Lime.. .... 51 04 Carbonate of Lime 11 30 Fluoride of Calcium 2 00d Phosphate of Magnesia .... 1-16 j Soda Salts I'2o 66 70 The great mnss of the bones, | then, is lime, and they are, in ■ structure, akin to the marble of i which wc build our palaces. Our! house of clay has a frame-work or Vock. The development dfbone begins by the formation of a mass ■ of cartilage, which assumes the figure of the bone. Within this ■ cartilagcboua mass little spots of true bone gradually appear. A-1 round Uieso centers of ossification the mineral matter ia deposited. ■ till it extends tfirousrli the whole , ma»s and bee iuiCh eons ilidatnl, so as to give the necessary firm-; ne*s to the part it is intended to support

KZ9RME3HK3DRBaRRREBBRRBRHnHHE3nMn9E3 Where does this mineral matter and particularly the very large amount of phosphate of lime rerequired, come from? In this case, as in all others, Nature has I made wise provision ! but in this case also, as in many others, hu man folly ofteu sadly mars her For the sustenance of the infant during the time when the greatest , amount of bone food is required Nature provides the mother’s milk. This normally contains the ; necessary amount of limo, magne--1 sia, soda, etc., furnished, if her : diet be adapted to her situation, by the food taken into the stomach ; but so important is the boneperfecting process, that it has been j put mainly out of thepower of the mother to cheat the osseous tissues ofher child, unless she withhold her nourishing bosom altogether ; for it is a law of her system that if sufficient lime be not introduced each day, the deficiency must be made np from her own bones, portions of which will be absorbed and secreted in the milk ; so that, in this case, there is a weakening of the parent’s frame to insure the necessary strength to that of the child. 1 In the early stage of its growth, the young child is made tolerably ; sure, as a rule, of the proper nutriment for every part of its body —nerve, muscle, and bone alike. It is only at a later period that human ingenuity is able to circum 1 vent the wisdom of Nature. 1 The time comes when the regu- ; lar supply of milk must be with--1 ! drawn—at least such is the case in our cities where pure cow’s milk is dear and difficult to obtain, and can not therefor be generally sub- ' stitnted for that of the ' mother. — Where is the necessary lime and ' other inorganic material to come ' from now? Nature is no more at fault at this ' period than before. She has made the necessary provision, even with the friendly cow left out ; and here behold one of the most beau- ! til'ul illustrations of her wisdom: It is essential to the preservation of the kernels of wheat and other grain, that they shall possess a hard exterior coveriwg or shell.— 1 Now, the materials best adapted ' to the production of thecoveiing. are phosphate of lime, silicate of ’ lime, and fluoride of calcium ; and ! the pl.unts, drawing the amount of 1 these elements required from the • fertile soil, and making use of the re:vly ru ’-ins supplied bi the great laboratory of Nature, in <l'l them into a hard and shining envelope for their precious seeds. This is a complete and wonderful process in itself, but it is only an individu al niember of a series. It happens or, rather, Providece has so order- ! ed it, that the elements best fitted to impart firmness and consistency to the kernels of grain, are just the elements needed to nourish bone and form teeth. See how the same atoms are made to serve many purposes! Behold an economy of means, such as man has never approximated ! First rock, then earth, next that grain, and finally none; the ■ bone'to be returned to earth to become again plant food, grain, and bone, and so on in a never broken circle of uses! But here man steps in with his little learning and less wisdom, and does what he can to mar the beautiful and never-ceasing., crca tive processes of Nature. He has I “sought out many inventions,” i and among the rest the flouring I mill with a bolting or sifting atj tachinent, by means of which he is able to separate from the endosperm, or body of the grain, '"almost every particle of the covering or shell of which I have spo-1 I keu. The result is his nice, fine, 1 snowy-white flour. He congratti-* lates himself on his success.— j Well he may! He has outwitted Nature! If we burn a portion of the fine white flOur of which the inanufact urer is so proud, we shall find, iu ' 1000 parts. 41 of ash—no more—consisting of Lime 01 Potash I'sl I Magnesia 0-3 | Soda Oil ‘ Silica «-■ none j Phosphoric Acid... .A 2-1 4-1 In the bran, which our wise mil-1 lerireserve for horse feed, there 1 will be found. In 1000 parts, 55-fl 1 , of ash,-.consisting of > Lime..., a2 6 ’ Potash -. 13 3 Magnesia 9-4 I Soda 0 3 .Silica 06 I Phocphorie Acid ’. 28-8' Chlorine, etc ..... ..... 061 | -- /. • IHI

BBMBMBBBMMBHEERIBIIHBHBIBBHBQSnHrihRBIHN Hereds the result in a nutshell, or, rather, in the shell of a wheat kernel. Out of the 59-7 parts of mineral materials contained in tire grain, only 4 1 parte are found in the fine flour. The 55-6 parts, wh : ch our mechanical skill has enabled us to remove, are made up entirely of elements required for the proper uses of the human system. To withhold them is nothing abort of robery, a despoiling of our own tissues and fluids. As it is with the elements that wo have to do at present, let us see howthg figures stand with reference to tlwm.— They are lime, soda, and phosphoric acid (the metallic base of lime), magnesia, soda, and phos- | phoric acid (for combination with ! the lime and magnesia to form the ; phosphates). Os these we have j in the entire grain 45-2 parts, and ' we retain in the fine flour 4 1 parts throwing away 411 partsj>ut of the 45 2 provided for the sustenance of our osseous tissues. The amount ofbonc food thus'; thoughtlessly eliminated from the most important of all articles of i diet is no small matter in the aggregate, as will be readil.v appre ' headed when wo consider that each of us consumes, or ought to consume, about oiie hundred and, sixty pounds of bread in the coarse of a year. Consumers of fine flour bread, then, must inevitably suffer for the want of the proper amount of bone material. We get lime enough in the other articles of our dietary to prevent our bones from i crumbling entirely away, but that they are weakened, or fail to reach their normal degree of firmness ; and strength, there can be no • j doubt; nor is this a iqere matter 11 of theory. It has been deinon- ), strated by experiment. M. Chosi sett, a learned and careful French ■: physologist and chemist, fed a number of pigeons exclusively ' on wheat from which every parti- ; cle of the covering or shell had boon removed. He found that this diet answered well enough for three months, after which diarrhea ' set and the birds d od bct'.vee’.i the ■ eighth and the tenth month ; but • I the most remarkable point in the I j experiment related to the bones ! I which became exceedingly’' thin ; f I ami fragile. One bird was found I with both femurs and tibias fractured ; and examination after death ‘ showed that the bony tissues had ! disappeared from many parts oft • the sterna:;:. None of these effects were observer! whan a little lime was ad led to the food. We ■ are doingawhat We can to reduce ourselves to the condition of these birds. ■ But the poor children are the greates sufferers from the ignor aneean l folly which I am. endeavoring to expose. They require more bone food thou adults, but. ‘ as a general rule, get lessi, their diet being composed more largely of bread. Unless a large amount of milk be allowed them with their fine flour bread, the quantity of lime and other mineral materials obtained from their food is very small and quiet inadequate to supply the wants of the system. The inevitable result is imperfect ossification : but as the process is hidden and the weakness of the bones not always obvious, no one takes the alarm. If the legs become crooked or rickets supervene, the cause is looked for anywhere else rather than in the bread basket. . The lack of the necessary anionht of mineral materials in the food affects 4 every bone in the , body, but the teeth are the greatest sufferers, for it is iu them, at least, that the evil is most strik- | ingly manifest. The larger nutnI ber of the permanent teeth are formed during the time when bread is the main dependence of the 1 child for the nourishment of his rapidly-growing organs. Where this bread is made of unbolted < wheat meal and plenty of pure milk is added, no diet can be better These articles furnish the materials for both muscle and bone; i but when we give a child none but I fine, white bread, we may make ! muscle, but wo cheat the bones, I and particularly the teeth. In re- ' ference to these, the subject as-' ' sumes a painful interest—a mo- [ montous importance. The extent of our dental rottenness is only partially measured by the army of “toothdoctors" which wo support Good teeth j are now. in our cities (where near-. ,lv all our bread is made of fine, white flour) tho rare exception, and bail ones, or manufUcturetl 1 ones, the rule. This state of things l is not due to a single cause, by i ahy meftns, but wo have hero one • of the canals of Imperfect teeth, t and the one. I l<elieve. which j should lie placed at tho hc.vl of ] the list, as the most ‘ genera! ami •

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most fruitful of all. That’ft is so I will be apparent when we consider , the composition of the teeth in 1 connection wlthjhat of the bread j wc eat. ' x \ The bulk of the tooth, tcchni- : eally called substantia ostoidea, is ; similar in constitution to the other bones, the mineral elements being, however, in somewhat larg- i er proportion. The dense, hard i covering of the crown, known as enamel, is composed almost enLtirely of inorganic ormineral ma- , terials, omy 5 5 per cent, being organic or animal matter. Here, silicate of lime and fluoride of calcium play an important part. —; Both of these (or the elements)) are present in due proportion in I the grain of which our flour is made, but in the bolted flour itsel f ordinary analysis does not detect. a trace of either. Any one can see what must be ; the result, in this case, of our ig- , norant interference with the wise ; provisions of Nature—teeth lack- ’■ ing in firmness and solidity, imperfectly encased ifith enamel, ami destined to inevitable and i early decay. These facts stand out in so bold : relief that I am content to leaVe ; them, for the raader's contempla- i tion, setting aside certain consid- i erations which they suggest, to be i presented at some future time, ' should circumstances permit. Reader, if you would preserve ; the strength of your ,pwn osseous i structure and insure your children ' firm bones and sound teeth, save I them from toothache and from falling into the bands of the dentist while yet in their teens, yon must provide bone food. It is found in bran— in Graham Bread How to be Miserable. Sit by the winowand look over the way to your excel lent mansion, which he has recent ly built and paid for and fitted out.' •• . “Oh, that I was a rich man !” Get angry with your neighbor, and think yon have not a friend in the world. Shed a tear or two, and take a walk in the burial ground, continually saying to yourself: i “lYhen shall Ibe buried here ?’’ Sign a note for a friend and never forget your kindness, and every ; hour in the day whisper to yourself: “I wonder if he will ever pay ; that note ?” * A Think everybody means to cheat ■ you. Closely examine every bill you take, and doubt its being good until you put confidence in nobody, and bcli‘ve every nu n you trade with to be a rogue. Never accomodate, if you can possibly help it. Never visit the sick dr afflicted, and never give a farthing to the poor. I Buy as cheap as you can, and screw down to tho lowest mill.'— Grind the faces anil hearts of the unfortunate. Brood over your misfortune, you lack of talents, and believe that at no distant day you will! enme to want. Let the workhouse j lie ever in your mind, with all the ' horrors of distress ami poverty. Follow those recipes strictly, i and you will be miserable to your I heart's content—if we may so , speak—siek at heart, and at variance with all tho world. Nothing will throw a gleam of sunshine ora ■. ray of warmth in to your heart. Fight Between Wasp* and Rats, A couple of farm servants on a plantation in the southern part of Alabama, who had been asleep in a loft of a barn, were awakened i one morning recently by a great commotion in the hay mow be r.eath them, nnd on looking down saw a scene which probably is without a parallel. Swarming in through nn open window was a perfect cloud of wasps, who were attacking a young army of rats, whose squealing had aroused the two farm hands. The rats stood on their hind legs in a perfect paroxysm of rage and fear and gnasheil their teeth at the wasps, who stung them remorselessly.— The bodies of the rats were terribiy swollen by the poisoifi&f the insects ; and in their rage and fury . they turned and bit each other — , The hiy-loft was strewed with the dead bodies of the rats, until at last the survivors fled, leaving the wasps masters of the field. In Decatur, 111., the other day sman thought he had found slcng piece of dressgoods upon the pavement. He picked up one end of it and commenced" wrapping it around his arm. when on looking around the corner ho discovered 4 lady at the other end quietly talking to a friend. He concluded | , to abandon his prize.

' A rady in tbo A newly married coapltf riciitly 1 arrived in New Orleans. Jaded ■ and tired, concluded they would each have ahath before retireiag, ■ They found the baths in their hoi tel so situated that a lady and ! gentleman (especially whentheßjdy is the gentleman's wife) can j take their baths iu adjoining partments, Bm unfhrtnmtridy f<»r I the happiness of Our couple, baths 'at the same time were ordered to ibe prepared for other guests who hail just arrived, and by the ino»t • natural mistake in the world, our * bride got into the wrong bath. It was in a moment of supreme : enjoyment, when the warm, genial water was coqueting with the beautiful form, when, like the maiden on ' the bank of Ganges, the bride was ' admiring lhe loveliness the water reflected, that the door was pushed ; gently open, and a tall, bearded i masculine entered. Os course the lady screamed—indeed did she. Such a succession of shrieks have rarely echoed j through that building, uumliorless j as may have been its •xperienc in screams. „. “Oh, liiisli", for God’s sa*fco ho quiet; you’ll alarm the city.” : “Oh you dreadful man!” And 1 the shrieks waxed more loud ami piercing, and the angry little hands ‘ beat the water around her into a foaming cascade, like a miaature Niagara. By this time the whole house was alarmed, and the patter of running feet was heard through al! the corridors. The man couldn’t : get out. because he was not dress- : ed. He couldn’t remain, because ;it was immodest. The husband by this time was thundering at the 1 door, and inquiring iu accents far , from calm, what the d—l was the ! matter. j “Help me!—help me!" screami ed the bride. j The horrified husband heard in I reply: j "Wait till I get mv clothes on, and I’ll go!" He eould endure no more, but 1 bursting open the door, rushed ) like a demon into the room, crying frantically for “Mary, Mary; hny God, what’s the matter ?” But 1 at. the same time liis eye lighted ;on the stranger, tugging madly in ineffectual efforts to resume his ; apparel. On him he seized and 1 with his first raised, demanded the 1 meaning of this intrusion. It was afforded in a trembling | voice, which disclosed his sense of ' 1 the peril. “The lady had goL into the wrong bath ; he was not aware of j her presence until he undressed; Ihe meant no offense. For mercy's sake let him out!’’ The explanation proving satisfactory, the unfortunate stranger ■ fled, and the bride was left to tho • consolations ofher lord. Looking out for Mlglit*. There are some people always looking out for slights. They cannot pay a visit, they cannot I even receive a friend, they cannot carry bn lhe daily intercourse of the family, without suspecting some offense is designed. They are as touchy as half-triggers. If they meet au acquaintance in the 1 street who happens to be pro-oc-cupied with business, they attribute his abstraction to some motive personal to '’themselves, and take umbrage accordingly. They 1 lay on others the fault of their own inability. A fit of indigestion makes them see impertinence in , everybody they come in contact with. Innocent persons, who never dream of giving offense, are • astonished to find some unfottunfate work or some momentary taciturnity. mistaken for an insult.— To say the least, the habit is un- : fortunate. It is fur wiser to take . the more charitable view of our i fellow beings, not suppose a sight was intended, unless the ucgi lent is opeu and direet. After all. too. life takes its hue, in a great degree from the color of our own mind. If we are frank and generous. the world treats us kindly. If on the contrary, wc are suspicious men learn to be cold and cautious to us. Let a peraon get the reputation of being touchy, and everyI body is undr more or less restraint, and in this way the chances of an I imaginary oifense are vastly increased. People who fire up easily miss a deal of happiness. Their jaundiced tempers destroy their own comfort, as well as that of their friends. They have forever some fancied slight to brood over. Tiie sunny, serene contentment of less selfish dispositions never vis- . its them. i Tho Secretary of War has appointed W. R. Kinney, of Kentucky. John IL Broadhead, of Pennsylvania. and Bolmml Flint, of Wisconsin, Commisioners ■ to rei imburse the State of Indiana for moneys expended for the JUuited States in enrolling, equipping, ami procuring militia forces to aid in suppressing the rebellion. Tho Commission will meet in this city on the 10th of March.— .lndia «a- ■ oplis Sentinel. -- ■< A man of the best mind—one 1 who minds his own business.