718 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



Health-getting is a process of development, like 

 the growth of a tree, or the raising of a crop of grain. 

 We must sow the seeds to-day, in right habits of life 

 and a correct regimen, and weeks, months, or years 

 hence we shall reap the harvest. 



Never clean the ears with a pick or with the twisted 

 end of a towel. The ear-wax dries and falls out of 

 itself. Efforts to keep the ear free from wax increase 

 the difficulty by irritating the membrane, and causing 

 it to make more wax. 



It is a mistaken idea that foods made rich with fats 

 are the most nourishing. Eeally "rich" foods are 

 those which contain a large proportion of the essential 

 food elements in a condition in which they may be 

 easily assimilated. 



Physical culture is a sovereign remedy for most 

 human maladies. When the vital status is raised, the 

 morbid conditions engendered by neglect and igno- 

 rance are left out, and the individual exists on a higher 

 physical plane. 



Never sleep in a room which has been for weeks 

 unused, unaired, unwarmed, and secluded from sun- 

 light, until the bedding has been thoroughly aired and 

 dried, and the air of the room thoroughly changed by 

 ventilation. 



The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table says each 

 of us is an omnibus, in which ride all our ancestors. 

 The man who carries in his "bus" a drunkard or a 

 libertine, is a proper subject for most profound sym- 

 pathy. 



Eating between meals is a gross breach of the re- 

 quirements of good digestion. The habit many have 

 of eating fruit, confectionery, nuts, sweetmeats, etc., 

 between meals, is a certain cause of dyspepsia. 



As a rule, lying on the side is the best position for 

 sleeping. Which side is a matter of indifference, un- 

 less a meal has been taken within two or three hours, 

 in which case the right side is preferable. 



