Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1895 — WE MAY DINE ON AIR [ARTICLE]

WE MAY DINE ON AIR

And the Bread We Eat May Be of Sawdnat, A Scottish physician, Dr. MacLewan, has Invented a process which will enable people to live on nutritive air, Which he extracts from solid food by means of an ingenious apparatus. This frugal regimen is designed for the present to aid worn-out stomachs only, and the doctor does not claim it would satisfy a hearty eater, but he will not deny the possibility in the near future of a bon vivants lounging about in easy chairs and dining sumptuously upon nutritive gases. Another invention Is “wooden bread,” and in the city of Berlin 2,000 pounds of this is baked each day. It is made by allowing sawdust to ferment, after which it undergoes numerous chemical manipulations. It is then mixed with one-third of its bulk of rye flour and baked like ordinary bread. Just now only horses are nourished by this product, and the street car companies of Berlin, which are the largest consumers, are enchanted with its effects. The horse* though, have not yet expressed their opinion, nevertheless they seem to thrive on it -<?