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si Good Heal 1 Th \\ An Address Dclivere I c. E '+:>.*? ;+-h?; ;?. : Abbeville Medium. In attempting to comply with L> Epting's request to write an articl as an introductory to the disrussio of the subject of Good Health an Long Life, I have tried to be free f memrui terms inai migm De cor fusing to those who are not familin "with them. I do not wish to be mir understood as meaning that propc eating and sleeping, the subject r this paper, are all the agents necet sary to secure them, (or I hope an W expect the discussion that is to fo: low the reading of this paper wi show other valuable means to thi end. If good health and ioug life an increased intellectuality are nc achievable, it would be the height o folly to attempt to attain them, say attain them because they are a attainment, the result of the compl ance with those laws which ar necessary to procure them. We mue admit the certainty of that universe law that every effect must have a adequate cause, and that had healt and death are as certainly due t causes as good health and long lif are. In the domestic economy of mar kind there is an institution that i essential to his comfort and healt and Is either injurious or beneficia to the degree of wisdom with whie it is maintained It is the household and consists of the cooking, eatin and sleeping apartments. This insti tution is invalauble in maintainor the life and good health of.mankind and the housewife who rules over i is as surely a queen as any crowi head, and is entitled to all the bono and distinction which is given to tli wise administration of any kingdom .Every effect, as has already beet stated, must have an adequate cause whether that effect he growth and de velopment or decay. The cause o laws which govern the growth am development or decay of mankind an Deen a prori'ss 01 great uctciuinuom, and there is now a great and essen^ tlal difference between the feeding ol uncivilized man guided by instinct and the eating of civilized beingf ruled by reason. Man is the only creature who cook? his food, and two very important ends are accomplished by cooking it viz., making it more palatable and more easily digested. Most of the processes connected with the digestion of food are for the purpose ot dissolving it in water, as no form ot food can enter the body unless it has oeen perfectly dissolved.^ Our t'reator has niado wonderful provisior and protection against the enlranc of the most minute partifle of undis anl vn/1 on/1 n n/lnai rn Kin fnnr 1 int/? mil bodies. Not only has this provision boon made In the digestive organs bnt trustworthy guards have beer so plueed that they ran Inspect oui food before It enters our body. Th< eyes are so placed that they can sei everv particle of food before It en ters the mouth; the nose Is so situated that It can detect any undeslrabl* food ss tt approaches the mouth, ans | the wonderful power of taste car puss Its ultimatum upon food oj d???V before It Is swallowed. So re narkable la the power of taste thai tt Is said some of the tea-tasters havt bocome eo expert that they ca ntel as fixed as the law of gravity; wher ever there has been advancement ant development in mankind; either li good health, long life and increase o intellectuality, it is because thesi P _ laws have been unhindered in thei ^^ojieratlon. The production of any un usually brilliant intellect, whethe man or woman, has not been due t< chance but to the fulfillment of thosi conditions necessary to their produc tlon, chief among which is proper eat Ing and sleeping. The queen of tlia kingdom that does most in securing and maintaining the conditions be comes a coworker with our Creatoi in the production of a normal humai being. Every manifestation or power nj the human body is the correlate 01 equivalent of the forces taken intf It from without?food, air and water Whenever these are impure, or the!', preparation unsanitary, then must follow a loss of vitality or a condi tion of disease. Every generatior should produce such a constructive growth and development of the hu man body that the generation which follows will be able to make still greater developments upon the former one. From the food of the cave-dweller to the diet of civilized man there has th and Long L ey Are To Be d Before the Third District 1. Mayer, M. D., at Clinton >. .?. ! : > the difference between fifty varietie r- of tea. e The mastication of our food is th n (l | first and only intellectual act in th> )f process of digestion and is the onl; ^ one under the complete control o r our will power, and hence we ar responsible for the proper perform ,r anre of it. This process of mastim tion semes the purpose of not onl; reducing the food to very fine parti (l cles. but it also mixes it more or les: l_ completely, according to the degre U of . mastication, with saliva and air lS important factors in its digestion. One ton of materials is used eacl j year in nourishing the adult body? three-fifths of this liquid and two f fifths solids. This would averagi j about five pounds per day. The prep ^ aration and conversion of this foot . into suitable materials for the up keep of our bodies is done durinj sleep. All the food and water tha , is taken Into our bodies above tha il n amount needed either for the growtl j or repair of it is an injury, ant equally true is it that whatever foot o p fails to receive the approval of th? guards of vision, smell and taste ar< unsuited for our nourishment. That the kind and quality of oui (i food, as well as the perrectton of tin various digestive arts, determine! I the character and condition of on: I bodies is proved by the fact that i p we feed any animal with indigo, i substance entirely foreign as well a! ^ injurious, wo will find the bone! have been colored blue, thus proving { that abnormal substan e may become )( a part, of the body. How suitable the food substances are for the nour ishment of our bodies will denene upon how intelligently the klngdotr of the household is ruled. Mr. Gladstone was one of the most i, remarkable of men. His health ami infellectualitv were most wonderfu r j and were preserved in a perfect con dition in his old age. This was due largely to his perfect manner of eatj ing and sleeping. He exemplified the proper manner of chewing our food; his custom was to chew each morsel of food 18 times before swallowing K it, and he attributed his health ol r body and mind to this fact. r One of our universities has proved , by careful scientific experiment that a, food is increased in nutritive value . 4 o per cent by proper mastication . Of the five pounds of food necessary t for our daily maintenance the pro; portion of the two kinds is of {treat . importance; there should be three r pounds of fluids, one pound of meats , or proteids and one pound of breads or carbonydrates. f Whenever this proportion is not r mtaintained great injury results. , Prof. Crittenden has established the fact by his experiments that great . injury follows the use of too large a [ proportion of proteids or meats. In . his experiments, contrasting a diet , with large proportion of meat with j one of smaller proportion of nina', . he found that the diet containing a ! lesser proportion of meat gave a I greater energy and power of endur, ance amounting to 53 per cent; thus establishing the fact of fatigue pro . dueed by food containing too large . a proportion of meat. This fact is of so much importance that it cannot be overestimated. If ' too large a meat diet does produce t a loss of energy and power of enduri ance in the individual, it will do so in the community or kingdom wheni ever too much meat is eaten, and will, therefore, determine the degree of the success in life of the indivldI uals, the prosperity of the commu. nity or the advancement of the kingdom. We inust. riot think that .after food has been selected and cooked this i, completes its perfect preparatoion. Cleanliness from beginning to end i should be the inviolate law in the kingdom of the household. Aftos It .1 l..f* A|nAn ;\i ici iiiu muii nan n*n cihj rit*n,i " kitchen, where dirt and flies should i be unknown, it should enter n din. Ing room that is absolutely free from i flies and dust; it should only be r touched by clean hands and chewed ' In a clean mouth. A hand whose > nails are completely outlined by dirt. - a mouth where decayed teeth and collections of decayed food are found ' or which Is teeming with disease i germs Is no plnce to beg'n the divine ? process of converting our lifeless r food into our living bodies. If you rule your kingdom of the t household by perfect laws of digea!1 tion and deadline**, it will prosper I in health and vigor of mind; If you THE LANCASTER NEWS ,ife and How iij HadI 1| Medical Association by \! i, 5. C. | ?+:+:r.+ i+.f.+>i + i y* s j do not rule by those laws, riot and rebellion will prevail in the form of; (> ill health with decay of citizenship' and civilization. c , y; Sleep is that state of our bodies| fl during wlych nature repairs thej ?| waste that has occurred from mm I _jRnd alBO constructs those parts in|| _ j which growth is taking place. j y j Centuries ago Alfred the Great ' - made that wise division of time' r which has never been improved upon ' 01?eight hours for sleep, eight hours j , for work and eight hours for recrea-j j tion. We need eight hous in every i ; twenty-four for nature's wonderful! - work of repairing and constructing' - the losses in our bodies by work for, e j their growth and development. j -I If purity of food is an absolutely 1 ' in dispensable condition for the " proper nourishment of our bodies,! S pure air is an equally indispensable j 1 condition for the proper restoration;! 1 of our bodies during sleep. As sleep 1 is the time when the growth and re* pair of our bodies take place, if the * air we breathe during that time eon3 tains abnormal or injurious gases or. 3 vapors, then will our bodies be constructed in part out of these materr ials that are unsuited and injurious. 3 What are the usual sources in the 3 kingdom of the household where r sleep takes place that adulterates or vitiates the atmosphere which we, 1 breathe? The evaporation from all 3 painted and varnished surraees, the 3 dyes from all colored materials and : the poison which is exhaled in our breath. The sleeping porch, a modern invention, provides a perfect pro"Itection from injurious insects, and ' | also furnishes an abundance of pu'v: ' I air. i What kind of a brain or body will t| UtA h?M> I* ? I. ? I ? ? ? - > uutu 11 inn r la iim ui |Mil ilirti 1111(1 its construction turpentines from the '; varnish and paints and the coloring "j matters from curtains and rugs that are to be found in our sleeping apart-j "I ments? Some may doubt the entrance of these vapors into our bodies while we sleep, and their hav' ing any influence if they do enter it. ll Let me cite you to chloroform, which ( ''is an invisibile vapor and does gain entrance into our bodies after it is I inhaled, and which produces deep in- Jj sensible sleep and death if prolonged, ' and whose effects continue some- 4 times after consciousness returns. H As absolute cleanliness is the < " remedy for the disorders of the dining room and kitchen, so is purity of ^ ' the air in sleeping apartments the remedy for its ills. Ventilation is an j 1 effectual remedy for bad air, but it must be adequate to remove and dia- " place all bad air by pure fresh air. * To obtain this we must forever ban- 1 ish that erroneous idea that night 1 . air is injurious, but let it come into our apartments freely enough to re- 1 place ail the air vitiated by our own ( breath or by our surroundings. Unless these laws of good health are put into operation in the kingdom of the household no good can come from the knowledge of them and the queen who rules over this kingdom becomes an agent of injury to it instead of a benefactor. The knowledge we use is the only g real knowledge, the only knowledge > that has life and growth about it ami , that can convert itself into real pow- t er. All the rest hangs like dust 4 j about the brain or dries up like rain- ,i drops off tho stones." ^ s "LEST WE FOIM1FT. , t ' Col. George Harvey, in the Octo- t her North American Review, puts if ii ' this way: :i ' "Kecause our government, in it> ' I anxiety to avert the calamity o; ' war, lias gono to the extreme in * | suggesting excuses which might ob a , tain diplomatic acceptance if ncconi ' paniod by promises of better co: ' : i. .. - j .ni< l, ii iiutw noi iimow ilia! o r ' i people have forgotten or forgiven or ' | will forget or perhaps forgive the in 1 famy of the Lmsttania. "That our government, for reus ' ons which may or may not be deem-1 " ed sufficient, after five long months.!8 does still, in the absence of disavow-1 h al of any kind, "nm't any art neces-! n sary to the performance of its sacredj duty,' must be accounted a marvelous t example of public patience. And yet ; s so far from appreciating the extent j v of our forebearance 'f not Indeed In n consequence of It, the Iranerlal gov- r ernment continues its wanton massa- c i ere of innocents. n "We remember the Ma'ne. Ood c forbid that we should forgot the Lu- a i sitania!" ' c / ' , Q( TOBKR 1<), 1915. iii I E Uly I DURING T I . IWHAl I Served I wu. Iff III Serving you on short notice I CLEAN ? i :|" llKAUTY AX ASSKT. + j 'olumbia State. The value of beauty is not generaly recognized. In the drama, in art iiid architecture, and in trade, comeiness is regarded as valuable. A it retch of woodland or roadway or itreet has also a real if Intangible lividend bearing power which must lot be overlooked. Since men spend nore money for pleasure than for -I uhot la aninvAil at 11(1 ost is as valuable In a way as an inome In rash devoted to securing an univalent amount of enjoyment. The earning power of beauty of landcape every time a person goes along i street?for love of nature is conIned to no class?is reflected in rents ind enhanced values of land. Even vhen no sale is contemplated, this ncomo is comparable with money [pent for upkeep and advertising, v'o one objects to disfigurement of he already ugly; beauty of streets is horefore protection of property in ts tendency to arouse opposition to Instruction of its peculiar charm. ?o the objection that this feeling is ubjective merely and has nothing o do with the land, it may be replied hat beauty resides also only in the lerson's sense of beauty. Given two .djacent lots differing only in the iresence of shrubbery in one, the muses on them being equal in cost, his lot favored by nature will sell at higher price because more desirable ...i .lipfnpniuo n.nresents now or 11(1 I HO . i) please translated Into dollars. The alue resides in the shrubbery and ndeed in that quality of it that has ho power to please. Kxpendittires or beautifying the eity and employee landscape gradeners are justilable because they develop home reourceB and provide for an increased appiness for those who are capable f enjoying them. The best advertising that city, own or countryside may have is trangely neglected for purely comnerc'al exploitation. Debaucheries f color and strident imperatives tn ed and yellow nre thrust upon the in tat beauty of street or woodland hn^e streaked barn robs the farrier's life of Its dignity and charm vd proclaims to the world his lack >f taste. To make the farm the AT A =THE= MPIA I JkT&JL JLX M> ^ HE LANCASTER All EC A USE YOU'LL GE1 r vm t v I 1 KJKJ V Like You W in You Want with good food, we is what has made E T E ? LAC ) P U L AND UP-Ti back yard of the city is to decrease 1 the value of the lands to prospective. 1 homeseekers. A single property own-; er in town usually feels no hesitation t in disfiguring a whole street. In city J c additions often stringent regulations 1 govern the cost and position of i houses with the result that the land , i immediately becomes desirable. ' I What a sinerle lurcc lmlitinir .-.o.... - t>r owner has the power to do, the \ community has a higher right to 1 make effective, not only by means 1 of sentiment and public opinion, but , 1 by law. Under the right of eminent, 1 domain the city can open a street or ( improve its course; in all reason it; 1 must be conceded to have the right ' to conserve the beauty of the thor-| ' oughfare. One is not allowed to cut ^ down a shade tree; because the tree ( has property value as fuel. The! ( esthetic value is greater. The cool . 1 green of its swelling foliage, its I blending into the perspective of aj1 well-kept street, are social assets. A 1 person may buy a house for the sake ! of the tree in front. The beauty of ' the street is property as clearly as that of a painting of the street; but i whose is it? Does it belong to the t owner of the single unit of the < mosaic who by reason of his monopo- s i ! I ( * lias announced a puzzle p ' OP KNOWLEDGE. It is i 11' lory for South Carolini ing, instructive and may 1 | j hundred and eighty-five dc IjS subscribers to THE ST send in their answers latei Read The State for Partic the Contest THE STATS < , > COtXMW n l AFF. : COUNTY I R Ml VANTl ant It I It. I ill prepared and if 1 S I E ? ARB 0--D ATE I "1 y may disfigure the whole neigliborlood? The matter of the billboard has ieen brought to a crisis in the town >f Springfield, where, after the city lad condemned property to build a lew high school with an unobstruct>d vista, a saloon-keeper owning land >eside the school has allowed to ba ilaced on the fence a gaudy sign advertising a familiar soft drink. A. aw regulating such displays under icense is advocated by the city planting commission in a proposed ordilance and a license is prescribed. The vurrent issue of The Country Gentlenan refers to work of this nature by he National Highways Protective Society, in an editorial "Swat the Jgly Signboards:" "Laws are now >n the statute books of New York, .'onnecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode island and Pennsylvania specifically irohibiting the placing of such de'acements on property belonging to hese states. In a number of town3 iiul cities similiar ordinances have teen passed and enforced." Columbia has nrided herooif in >ast that it was "the prettiest city in he South." It should soek to make >f the boast a reputation well deserved. lpfni'O .XMifnft- - ^ A "AA"T7" . . ..tv^ l.UUI/COl it VT M lvl r' based 011 South Carolina ians. It will be interestbe very profitable. Five >llars will be given to the ATE who remit now and :ulars or "Write Direct to Manager. COMPANY, LV S. C.