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reformed, and for 10, 20, or 30 years had never touched a drop. The injury 

 •which the liquor did to their bodies seemed to have all disappeared, being 

 triumphed over by the full vigor of their manhood; but when their natural 

 force began to decrease, then the concealed mischief showed itself in insanity, 

 clearly demonstrating that the injury to their brain was of a permanent 

 character." 



Remarks.— Then is there not a double reason for not using it? The loss ot 

 time and money, and often the abuse of wife and children, or other friends, 

 while using it, and the probability of the loss of one's reason in old age. It is 

 greatly to be hoped that a word to the wise may be sufficient 



I. LrPE LENGTHENED— Sensible Kules for.— Dr. Hall, in 

 his excellent Journal of Ilealth, gives the following sensible and suggestive rules 

 under the above heading: 



I. Cultivate an equable temper; many have fallen dead in a fit of passion. 



II. Eat regularly, not over thrice a day, and nothing betAvccn meals. 



III. Go to bed at regular Lours. Get up as soon as you wake of yourself, 

 and do not sleep in the day-time — at least, not longer than ten minutes before 

 dinner. 



rV^ Work in moderation, and not as though you were doing it by the job. 



V. Stop working before you are very much tired— before you are "fagged 

 out." 



VI. Cultivate a generous and accommodating temper. 



VII. Never cross a bridge before you come to it; this will save you half 

 the troubles of life. (In other words, " don't borrow trouble.") 



VIII. Never eat when you are not hungry, nor drink when you are not 

 thirsty. 



IX. Let your appetite always come uninvited. 



X. Cool off in a place greatly warmer than the one in which you have 

 been exercising. This simple rule would prevent incalculable sickness and save 

 thousands of lives every year. 



XI. Never resist a call of nature, for a single moment. 

 SII. Never allow yourself to be chilled through and through; it is this 

 Vrhich destroys so many every year, in a few days' sickness, from pneumonia- 

 called by some, lung fever — or inflammation of the lungs. 



XIII. Whoever drinks no liquids at meals will add years of pleasurable 

 existence to his life. Of cold or warm drinks, the cold ones are the most per- 

 nicious. Drinking at meals induces persons to eat more than they otherwise 

 would, as any one can verify by experiment; and it is excess in eating which 

 devastates the land with sickness, suffering and death. 



XIV. After fifty years of age, if not a day laborer, and sedentary persons 

 at forty, should eat but twice a day — in the morning, and about four in the 

 afternoon; for every organ vdthout adequate rest will " give out " prematurely. 



XV. Begin early to live under the benign influence of Christian religion, 

 for it " has the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come." 

 Remarks. — These rules need no extended commendation — they are certainly 

 BviBsible. 



