Health From Good Living

As a tialiou we don t want any loen t ent. Rather, wo waot all the ariety tbt can bo gathered, from tbe salmón of Vanoonver and the (eers' tongues of Alai'kn to the wiue of San Dolores, tht ft barda nf TfXHg, ai d thé pecan nuts of tbe Gulf. If a likt of tbe resourcís of tlie continent for supplies were mude w hould ail grow impatieot cf our presont uieager proviaions. Tu think well nd wi h vivucity, lo work wurely and r.iifily, we neod a iliet aa varied and pleuêing as the country cau furuish. If wa eai Soutbdown inuttun and Dovoo beef, we wül tliiok nnd work rautton i;d beef in returu. If we taste piquant meat aud epiced ragculs, the blood will fly f:i ttr and ideus wi'l tbrong ihe braln. The re was philofophy in tbe saytog of Ninon da l'Enclos, tbat ber soup intoxioated ber; for. as ibe Frencb make it, it is tbe most stimula'insf form of i oi'ishBwut, tb essence of focd iidapted to prore the essence of tbougbt iu tbo brain uutazed wilh tbe labor of digea tion. If ibe Yankee s brought up on dried fisb and s.ill meat, bis oomposition will bo tough aod lastiug, but lack fine flaor8 ; good íor a long war, or pioueerJDg and framing new States, but not killful iu diplomacy, nor discriiuioating io rt. Th country needs more cooki tban either po'itioians or divines to-day, for statesmen have the water brash and tbeoloeiana the dvsDeDgia for the want oí ïuliüitry ove'sight.-