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♦ The following article from the pen of the eminent Clias. O. Archi- 4
V bald, M. D., is one of a series of discussions on heulth, hygiene, pre- 4
4 tentative medicines and kindred topics, which will be published at ^
4 intervals in the Nugget. The articles are devoided of technical terms ,•
4 and are short, concise and readable and cannot fail to Interest ail
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Now that spring has arrived and
summer is coming on, the question oi
“What to Eat” is a very important one
Perhaps the most important thing tr
take up next to the diet for the younp
is the diet for the elderly. Both need
careful attention. Elderly people art
Just as careless In their way as chil
dren with the added argument that
they know better. Good Judgment on
the right kind of clothing, sleeping in
a well ventilated room away from
draughts, perfect elimination. Internal
bathing and the avoidance of those ar
ticles of food that are positively dan
gerous ought to bring about a perfect
state of health and long livety. One
cannot set down any hard and fast
rules of diet for the elderly as each
person must adapt the advice to her
or his particular case. Many cannot
digest or assimilate foods that others
can eat with perfect Immunity. With
out any question, the one thing that
seems to agree with the elderly is hut
ter-milk. Tt is nutritious, digestible
and without question promotes the di
gestion of other foods and aids long
evity. As a cure buttermilk has not
all the numerous virtues ascribed to it
by many medical authorities. That it
aids digestion, tones up weak stomachs
and cures many ills there is no doubt.
The Juices of many of the fresh fruits
are valuable, cleansing and purifying.
The juices set much better and do not
disturb the stomach as when the whole
fruit is eaten The fruits which seem
particularly adapted to the elderly
people are pineapple, orange and grape.
Pineapple juice is especially valuable
in aiding digestion and the Juice is bet
ter adapted to the elderly on account
of the pulp being woody, hard to di
gest and apt to injure the teeth.
Elderly people should eschew fried
and greasy foods, rich pastry and spicy
viands and stick to young chicken and
rare tender meats. Soups are not to
be recommended being composed of the
boiled juices of the meat and flavor a
uric acid disposition. Boiled fish, bak
ed fish, grilled bacon, rare roast beef
and lamb and three minute eggs are
recommended. If milk is assimilated
and digested it is a valuable adjunct
to the diet and is better appreciated
if a little vichy is added to it. Egg and
milk is good. Too much attention can
not be paid to the vegetable foods for
they are nutritious and invaluable on
account of the fact they contain earthy
phosphates. Of these string beans,
spinach. fresh salads plentifully
sprinkled with pure olive oil and a
slight dash of good vinegar or lemon
juice are the best. Stewed onions and
celery, carrots, and other succulent
vegetables when in season in modera
tion are to he recommended. Fresh
bread should be avoided and whole
wheat and toasted bread is of the most
value. If the teeth are bad or ineffi
cient the food should be ground or
chopped. On account of the digestive
organs in the elderly being scarce of
digestive ferments, food in the cereal
line need more heat in the cooking to
make the starch granules more sus
ceptible to digestion and for this
reason many of the predigested manu
factured foods on the market are of
great value. Stewed fruits make an
acceptable addition to the diet like
prunes, apricots and peaches and in
the cooking a small piece of lemon
should he added to neutrilise the sugar,
or if an acidity is present add a small
amount of bicarbonate of soda—a
quarter of a teaspoonful to the pound
of fruit is the proper measure. These
measures obviate gastric fermentation
and acidity. Deserts made of eggs and
stale bread, indian meal, arrowroot,
sago and, ground rice well baked are
valuable articles of diet as is macar
oni cooked with milk and baked with a
slight quantity of mild cheese is good.
Don’t neglect the daily use of some
kind of fresh vegetables so as to avoid
scorbitus which is very prone to take
place in the elderly. Avoid too much
of fresh pork, smoked meats and too
young veal. Above all. don’t forget the
daily use of buttermilk.
The habit of drinking plentifully of
pure water between meals should be
encouraged and on arising and retiring.
Flush the body by drinking plenty of
water, install a perfect system oi
washing both the outside and the in
aide of the body and seek ■ to hrinfi
about a perfect functioning of all the
organs of secretion and elimination
With this going on the terrors of old
age can be warded off and one can live
to be a hundred.
Alcohol is tahoed by some authori
ties'While others claim that after CO the
daily use of a small amount of alooho;
prevents oxidation of the human econ
omy and Is a benefit rather than an Ir
injury. This Is not so for there nevei
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wag a time in the history of the world,
but that alcohol was a detriment and
a hlnderance to perfect health and long
Uvety. There Is no legitimate excuse
for the use of alcohol as an article of
diet and each and every one of us
would live longer, better and healthier
without it. It doesn't prolong life
and it does oxidize and destroy the
tissues. It has to he eliminated by
the body and it poisons and burns
every organ through which it is elim
inated to say nothing of its clogging
the brains and nerves.
Smoke as little as you can If you
are a smoker. Reduce the smoking if
you have the hahit and the rule would
be, smoke after a meal than on an
empty stomach. Smoking is injurious
to the heart action, the eye sight and
stagnates the nerves
Exercise should not be neglected
and is best taken in the open air pro
perly clothed anil of all the exercises,
walking slowly and without over ex
ertion is the best flolf is the least
strenuous of all the sports and should
he indulged in if the person can afford
it and has the inclination. Elderly
people require more sleep than others
and should have at least R hours a day
and a slight nap at noon time if it can
be ohtalned is recommended Even If
one does not sleep, the lying down,
keeping the body horizontal thus rest
ing the body and giving the heart re
lief at noon time is of great value.
Oyer exertion of any kind, and vio
lent exercise should be avoided The
same applies to much excitement or
anger. "Keep the feet dry, the head
cool and the pores open” is an old
fashioned saying and applies to all.
winter and summer.
(From i>ur Exchanges.)
FAIRBANKS.—Tom Jarack. one of
the host known and most popular of
the old prospectors. Is reported to have
died on the Koyukuk trail. His body
was found March 25th two miles be
low Wiseman. There is no further
detail given. Jarack was a man about
fifty years old and known to all old
timers in ttie interior. He was a great
stampeder, never missing a new camp
and always being active in looking up
new prospects. He prospected from
Dawson to Nome and was tireless in
his work.
Rapt, diaries Volker. famous Nome
life saver, and first officer of the power
schooner King and WInga when that
vessel rescued the survivors of the
Stefansson party for Wrangell Island
last summer, has been a Juneau visitor
for the past week. He arrived from
Seattle a week ago yesterday on the
launch Wilhelmina, which he and Andy
Peterson and three other Alaskans pur
chased in Seattle for a cruise to Al
aska. They are on their way to
Seward, to locate in the railroad city,
and will leave Juneau tonight or to
morrow. Captain Volker has been de
corated with several medals for brav
ery in rescue work, and has often been
mentioned ns entitled to the Carnegie
hero fund, although application has
never been made. He is one of the
tarrlest tars in Alaska, and has sailed
in Bering Sea from Point Rarrow to
the mouth of the Rena River, on the
Siberian. Arctic coast.—Juneau Em
pire, April 12.
DAWSON.—Throughout this district
there is a plentiful supply of labor at
the present time. There are many idle
men now and it is considered doubtful
if all of them will he able to secure
work even after the commeneement of
summer work. There is a probability
that some of the best prospectors in
the ramp will leave soon for the Tol
ovana, and others are talking of going
into the Seward region during the sum
mer.
RICHARDSON.—Axel Ilellund. a
Findlander employed by Ed Hearn, on
five below. Tenderfoot creek, was al
most instantly killed recently by a
eavein which occurred In the Hearn
workings. The body was recovered
immediately and will he hurried on
Tenderfoot pending the reeoipt of ad
vices from relatives of the dead man,
supposed to reside In Finland.
The report of the question of reduc
ing homesteads In Alaska from 320
acres to 160 acres has been received
by the Seward Gateway. It hearing by
a letter from A. Christensen, chief of
the Held division, to Clay Tallman.
commisi8tiner of the general land of
fice, In which is stated that the chief
reason for asking the reduction Is that
as the tillable land In Alaska Is usual
ly in small valleys all the land would
be taken up by a few people who
would, anyhow, never be able to culti
vate it all. He say* that he was In
strumental In getting Chairman Kdes
of the railroad commission to write to
the Secretary of the tnterlor recom
mending ,the reduction In size.
Alaskan sluices were introduced last
year for the first time In the history
of the I-ena Goldfields property, Si
beria, and recovered from 96 to 99 per
cent of the gold, compared to 98 to 9S
per cent by the trommet machines and
other Siberian methods employed It
has been decided to supplant all wash
ing machines and Siberian sluices
(kuliblnaa) by the Alaskan type of
sluices as fast as possible.—Mining
Press.
Seattle and Alaska capitalists, and
among the latter are Senator R F !
Millard and George Baldwin, have or
ganized s company to install a large
mining plant on the upper reaches of^
the Susitna rlveT *s soon as the gov
ernment railroad can transport the big
machinery to the mine. The company
propose working the ground on the up- j
per Susitna. which is not workable
t
now because of the high cost of trans
portation of supplies and machinery,
hut with the building of the govern
ment railroad and the cheapening of
transportation the ground could be
worked with considerable profit.
Chickens SO* per pounj; alte soma
nica fryars. Eggs Tit par dczcn. Qea.
Prosser, phan* Black >.
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