Healthful Observations

1. ïo eat when yuu not feel Iike it is brutal - nay, this is a slander on the lower animáis, siuoe they do uot so debase tliemselves. 2 Dj not enter a sick chamber on an empty stoinaoh, nor reruain as a wutoher or nurse until you feel almost exhausted, por git herween the patiënt aud the fire, nor in the direction of a current of air f rom the patiënt towards yourself nor eat oê1 drink anything after being in a s ck room until yoLf have rinsed your moiith thoroaglily. 3. Do uot sleep in any garment worn during 'he dny. 4. Most gruwn persons are unable to sleep soundly and refreshingly over seven hoursin summer, and eight in winter; the attetupt to force more on the system by a mip in the davtime, or a ''sacond nap" in the luorning, renders the whole of tho sleep di.-turbed and imperfect 5. Soma of the most. painf'ul "'stoniach aohcs" are occnsióued by indigestión, this generates wind, and henee distention It is cften promptly remedied by kneading the abdomen with the ball of tho hand, skin to skin, t'rnra'one side ro aa other, fro:ü lower edce of the ribs downwards, beeause the accumulated air is forced on aud outwarda alonsr the alio mentary caual, 6 When you return to your house from a long walk or Qther e;Íiaustve exereise, go to the fli e or warm room, and do not remove a single article of clothing until you have taken a cup or more of soiue kiua of warm drink. 7. In going infco ii colder atinosphere keep the niünth closed, and walk with a rapidity ufEcient to keep otf a l'eeüug of ohillineM. 8 Two pairs of tltn stockings will Leep the feet warmer than oue pair of a greater lhicknet3 thati both. 9. The " iiight Bweats " of disease comes on near daylight; their deathly clunnniues8 aud coldness is greatly modi fied by sleeping ia a single, loose, long woolen sbirt. 10. The man or woman who drjnks a cup of strong tea or coifee, or other stimulant in order to aid the better performance of auy woi'k or duty, public or private, is a fooi, because it is to the body uud brain au exponditura of what is not yet got - It is using power in advance, and this can never be dona -even ouce, with impuuity. 11. The les a man drinks of anything in hot weather the better, fur the more we driuk the more we waut to drink, uutil even iee-waler pulls and beoomes of a metal lio taste; henee the longer you oan put off drinking cold water ou tha moruing of a hot day, the better you will feel at night. 12 Drinkihg largely at meals, even of eold water or simple teas, is a n.ere habit aud 8 always hmtful. No one should irink at auy one njeal more than 9 cjuarter of a pint oi any liquid, even of cold water, for it always retarde, iinpairs, aud iuterferes with a healthful digestión. 13. If you sleep at all iu the day time it will nterfere witb the soundnesa of your sleep at night much less, if the pap be taken in tho torenoon. . 14. A short nap iu thi daytime may be necessrry to some Ict it nut esceed ten minutes; to.thia end sleep with the forehead leating on a ehair back or table. 15. Never swallow an atonj of focd while iu a passion, or if undcr any gruat mental excitenieiit, whether of a depressing "r elevatiui; nature ; brutea wou't do