Show chewing betel suta xula there is ia a fascination la in botel hetel nut more extraordinary than a tobacco passion the consumption of the latter later in chewing alone in ID the united states is a modern phenomenon an inveterate chewer may have resolution enough to break breatt off tha habit though it rarely happens that an effort is made to do so as an aa apology is ia found for continuing a practice that is positively destroying the foundations of health once addicted to chewing tobacco to abandon it is an achievement few have the happiness to overcome notwithstanding the melancholy mortality of men in the meridian of life who are constantly being destroyed by the subtle influence of that strange plant on the nervous system thus budden sudden palsy of the heart palsy ot of a limb palsy of one half the tongue and even instantaneous death are traceable by physicians to excessive use of tobacco but the vice of betel nut chewing however is still more remarkable when the habib habit is established there seems no retreat each victim wears weara out his teeth gums digestion and dies wl with th an unsatisfied longing for another quid betel nut trees thrive in most parts of tropical indict india the indian archipelago and tile the philippine islands they grow up gracefully about thirty feet rarely more than eight inches in diameter it is a palm areca catechu is the universal name of the nul 1 in thole thol e places where it Is ia produced hence palo means a betel nut island at six years of age the tree commences bearing nuts the size of a small pullets egg of D bright yellow color in a husk similar to the cocoanut coco anut with in Is ia a spherical nut very much like ilke a nutmeg broken a bit of it is wrapped up with a piece of lime in a pecolar leaf the siri brici piper extensively cultivated for that purpose the gums and mucous membrane 0 of f the mouth are quickly stained a brick red the teeth crumble to a level with the gumb gums and in that condition an inveterate vet erate betel chewer is wretched wit without a supply there are large plantations of betel nut trees in java to meet tha demand for home consumption and distant provinces to augment the pleasure those who can afford it add tobacco to the lime A morbid craving for either betel nut or tobacco is a source of immense revenue to many governments neither nor appeals to the intelligence telli gence of chewers who are shortening their days by an excessive indulgence have ever had the slightest influence fl uelICE in convincing them that they are violating a law of organ organic ic lire ilfe science fails nalls to explain the tha cause of our intense morbid craving for vegetable narcotics so potent as tobacco and betel nuts nuta ex 0 HOW TO prevent spring DISEASES it is an indisputable physiological truth that if the instincts of nature w were ere yielded to in the 11 spring were cherished in her desire to tako take k eess less less and less lees food as aa the weather grows warmer as they are yielded to in the autumn in taking more a very large amount of the diseases of spring and summer mummer r would be avoided the gre greit grest it practical lesson to be learned in reference to the subject a question of health and disease yes yeb in multitudes of cases a question of life and death is simply this As the winter passes and the balmy spring time comes on to do nothing to increase the appetite ap petie eat no moro more than is called for do not be uneasy bec bac because use you have little or no relish reliah for your food eat less and less every day the best way to increase your plea piea pleasure suie sule of eating is to chang change re the quality of food use articles less carbonaceous iem lem warming send from the table tabio the pork and bacon and fat meats oils and sugars and starches and sago and the tapioca pudding and the dumpling dump lings ti and the rich pastries lea iea get hold of the early gre gro greens eng the spinach P ch he the salads the turnip tops top s the radish the early berry and the daily fruit and lean meats pay increasing attention to the cleanliness of the skin bo more in ia theair sleep in better ventilated looms let your windows be raised high at night and your inner doors left wide open dr hall hail anonymous contributor sends us ua a column of poetry answering the query what am 1211 I 1 brevity is the soul of wit we can tell him in two words what ho he la is a ja jackass chass ex |