How To Preserve Health

The first great secret of good health is good habits ; and the next is regularity ot habits. They are briefly summod up in the iollowing rules : 1. Sleep. Give yourself the necessary Jmount ot sleep. Some men require five hours of the twenty-four ; and othera need eight. Avoid feather beds. Sleep in a garment not worn during the day. To maintain robust health, sleep with a person as healthy as yourself, or no one. 2. Dress. In cold weather, dress warwly with underclothing. Romove muffler, overcoat, overshocs, etc., when remaioing any considerable length of time in a warm room. Keep your feet warm and dry. Wash them m warm water two or three times a week. VVearwarmstockings, large boots, and overshoes when in tho snow or wet. Wear a light covering on the head, kecping it always cool. 3. Cleanliness. Have always a pint or quart of water in the sleeping room. In the morning after washing and wiping hands and face, then wet with tho hands every part of tho body. Cold water will not be disagreeablo when applying it with the baro hands. Wipe immediately , lol low by brisk rubbing over the body. The whole operation need not take over five uiuuius. mcresult ol this wash is, the blood is brought to the surface of tlio skin and made to circuíate evenly throughout the body. You have oponed the pores of the skin, allowing impurities of' the body to pass off, and havo given yourself in the op eraüou, a good vigorous morning exercise. Fursue this habit rcgularly, and jou will seldom takc cold. 4. Inflation of' the lungs. Five minutes spent in the open air, after dressing, inflatmg the lungs, by inhaling as full a breath as possible, and pounding the breast during the inflation will greatly enlarge the chest, strengthen the lung power, and very iffectually ward offconsuinption. 5. Diet. If inelined to be dyspeptic avoid minee pie, sausage, and other highly seasoned food. Beware of eating too freoly of soups; botter to oat food dry cnough to employ the natural saliva of the mouth in moistening it. If inelined to over-eat, partakc frecly of rice, cracked wheat and other articles that are easily digested. Eat freely of ripe fruit, and avoid excesaïve use of ineal?. Kat at regular liours, and lightly near the hour of going to bed. Eat slowly. Thoroughly uiasticate the food. Do not wash it down with continual drink wliije oating. Teil your funniest stories while at the (able, and for au hour afterwards. Do notengage in severo mental labor directly after hearty eating. 0. Exercise. Exercise, not too violent, but suflicient to produce a gentío perspiration, should bc had each day in the onon air. 7. Condiiionoftliemind. Thceondition of the mind has much to do with the hoalth. Be hopeful and joyous. To be so, avoid business entanglementsthat may cause per plexity and anxiety. Keep out of debt. Live within your incomc. Altend cliurcli. Walk, ride, mix in jovial company. Do a.s near rfgbt as you know how. Thus conscience will always be at case. If occasionally disappointed, remember that tbere is no rose without a thorn, and that thedarkest clouds have a silver lining, thatsunshine follows a storm, and beautiful spring follows the dreary winter. Do your duty and leave the rest to God who doeth all hiñes wel!.