Keep The Mouth Shut

important, both for hhppinoae and health. By keeping it shut moVvi than it is, fewer disagreeable tilinga wiü bo said, which will ranke us lusa unbapp;'. As regarde honlth, it is ulso important People should cultívate the habit Öf breathing throngh the nose more than they do. Mini's uostrils were not intendisd for tlio Bole piir)üso of ditinguisliing odors, good from bad, but woro put in bis head to filtr and purify tbo air bo breathea beforc it entera liis lungs, and to softou and warm it -vlion chilled, damp and unhoalthj-, from the influenoe of í variable climatn. Ho who breathea throngh liis mouth will alwaya flnd himself mors or is in troublo with puluionary or lnvuliiul diffioulliofl. It is the niest lnuthi'i ;liing intlie world to go i'roiu :i warib rooiu, in winter or lutumn evenings, and h-uw tho damp and chilly out-door atmosih re di.'i'c;tly iuto th lungs through ;lic mouta. It has, time and time again, rosulted ii sevore attacks of illuess and not unfrcquently deatli. A Vchn-or on thu "moral sentiment " in Philadelphia remarked that the "dearest sliip in the world was triondship," wl1' rrupon a youug man rose from among tho congregation, and stated that hekncw anoUier - ;t deater siii]) stille- and that ■was cunii!iip. Tho young man had once i defendani in :i claim for 1 of promise of niH.rriag('.