The Need Of Good Ood

Though man does not live by bread alone, the bread portion of his sustenance is of' very great importance. Ignoring the body is as fruitful in ruischievcus results as living for it alone. Body and soul are so dependent on each other that what affeets one affects the other, and the more tinely organized the body and the soul of any person may be, the greater must be his care to keep the two in perfect harmony. It makes a world of differenee what one eats. No class of people is so particular about their food, the quality, the mode of cooking and the nianner of serving, as those who live by their brains. They know that the human animal who would keep in the highest working order must be as carefully groomed, as nicely fed, as perfectly appointed as Goldsmith Maid or Dexter, and' they lay their plans accordingly. The cooking a potato, the compounding a cup of cotte, the broiliug a steak, the making and baking a loaf of bread, are to them matters of vital importance, as, indeed, they should be to everybody. A great many people never stop to inquira what particular diet is best for them, but following the injunction of St. Paul, in a sense never intended by him, eat what is set before them asking no questions for conscience' sake or any other sake. If " hog and hoininy " is the standard dish, they live on that ; if hot soda biscuit and steak fried in lard are provided, that must reinforce their strength and content their appetites. It is a melancholy fact that horses and cows and dogs are more intelligent feeders than most human beings, and by natural eonsequence, they rarely have dyspepsia, gout or humors. If men and women would be governed in their diet by reason as rigidly aa brutes are by instinct, a large portion of the ills that flesh is heir to, would never be heard ot'. How many understand the chemistry of food and know just what they must eat to make them warm, whatfoodsbuild up bone and sinew and muscle, and what will best supply the nervous waste 't How many understand the effect of diet on the temper and disposition of the mind, and avoid whatever will mako them irritable, stupid and melancholy? How many mothers regúlate the food of their children with reference to these results, and by so doing secure the tranquillity of their en tire house holds? How many students are thore, who, alive to the importance of proper diet, eat only food " convenient for them