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lirst to salute, hear, and answer ; and be not pensive 

 ■when it is time to converse. 



Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of others, and 

 ask not how they came. What you may speak in 

 secret to your friend, deliver not before others. 



Think before you speak ; pronounce not imperfect- 

 ly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly 

 and distinctly. 



Treat with men at fit times about business, and 

 whisper not in the company of others. 



When you speak of God or his attributes, let it be 

 seriously, in reverence and honor, and obey your 

 natural parents. 



Cjcaltl). 



Exercise ix the Open Am. — Moderate exercise 

 in the open air, for the purpose of assisting the va- 

 rious secretions, is another essential requisite for the 

 production and maintenance of good health. None 

 can neglect this rule with impunity ; but a seden- 

 tary life is certainly not so detrimental to those who 

 live on vegetable diet. Unless sufficient oxygen be 

 supplied to the lungs by daily exercise in the open 

 air, the products of decomposition will fail to be re- 

 moved in sufficient quantity for the maintenance of 

 a healthy state ; and the assimilation of new matter 

 is impeded. Without exercise, also, the contractile 

 power of the heart and large arteries is feebly exert- 

 ed ; and, though sufficient to caiTy the blood to the 

 ultimate tissue, it is nevertheless not strong enough 

 to carry it through Avith the rapidity necessary for 

 health. The ultimate tissue being thus filled faster 

 than it is emptied, congestion takes place in those 

 delicate and important vessels which compose it, as 

 well as in the large veins, the office of which is to 

 convey the blood from the tissue to the heart. One 

 of the chief conditions of the body, in that general ill 

 state of health usually denominated " indigestion," 

 is congestion of the blood in the ultimate tissue of 

 our organs — the brain, the lungs, the spinal marrow, 

 the stomach, the ganglionic system, the liver, bowels, 

 and all the organs concerned in the nutrition of the 

 body. When the system, therefore, iindebilitated' by 

 disease, will admit a good supply of oxygen by mus- 

 cular exercise, it is the best means of diminishing the 

 amount of venous blood, and (in conjunction with 

 a legitimate supply of proper food) of increasing the 

 amount of arterial blood ; and in proportion as the 

 latter preponderates over the former, shall we possess 

 health and muscvilar strength, as well as elasticity of 

 nund. — Smith's Fruita and Farinacca. 



Useful TO Rheumatic I^fVALIns. — Persons afflicted 

 with that distressing disorder, the rheumatism, will 

 be glad to learn that it may be cured by a very sim- 

 ple remedy, which I have found to be very efficacious. 

 Having had two very severe attacks of this painful 

 malady, at the sudden commencement of cold weath- 

 er, to which this country is so subject, and after using 

 liniments and various kinds of medicines recom- 

 m.cnded by physicians, to no purpose, I found by 

 drinking a strong decoction of savin, for a few days, 

 it produced a speedy cure each time. Savin is one 

 of the evergreens, and resembles in appearance a 

 shade between spruce and balsam, and of a dark- 

 green color. This cure is confidently recommended. 

 — Selected. 



IIemedy for Burns .vnd Scalds. — From the num- 

 ber of accidents which have lately taken place, and 

 by which several persons have been so dreadfully 



burned as to cause death, we recommend the follow- 

 ing simple remedy, by which the pain from cither a 

 burn or scald is instantly relieved. Tet clarified 

 honey be applied on a linen rag, and in one moment 

 the pain will cease. This remedy has been tried 

 several times, and it alwaj'S relieved the moment the 

 honey was applied. — Newark Times. 



Sore Turoat. — We have known several instances 

 in which this distressing complaint, even m its worst 

 stages, has been immediately alleviated, and speedily 

 cured by the following remedy. Mix a pennyworth of 

 powdered camphor with a wine-glass full of brandy ; 

 pour a small quantity on a lump of sugar, and allow 

 it to dissolve in the mouth every hour. The third or 

 fourth time generally enables the patient to swallow 

 with ease. — Selected. 



illccljamcs' department, ^rts, $ct. 



Promptness. — In every kind of business prompt- 

 ness is important. The farmer who neglects to se- 

 cure his grain or hay, when it is well prepared and 

 is exposed to the weather, may lose his crop by one 

 day's neglect. But the mechanic who neglects a 

 piece of work a few daj's, or even a few Aveeks, beyond 

 the promised time, may find no material effect on 

 his interest in that single case ; yet the customer 

 who has been dis.appointcd a few times, looks for 

 another workman who is more prompt ; and little 

 neglects, as they may be considered at first, accumu- 

 late in time, and form a prominent characteristic of 

 him who practises them ; and finally they make all 

 the difference between complete success and failure 

 in business — between a competency and independ- 

 ence, and want and embarrassment ; and the evil 

 results to the mechanic, for want of promptness, are 

 as serious as those to the farmer, when by neglect he 

 suddenly loses his crops. 



As the mechanic depends on others for business, 

 his success depends mamly on promptness, and 

 every delay in fulfilling his engagement with a 

 customer has a future bearing, and though it may 

 apparently be excused, it will not be forgotten, but 

 will be an important consideration in future opera- 

 tions. 



The mechanic who delays completing his work 

 according to agreement, sets an example of neglect 

 which his customer may practise upon him in regard 

 to payment, and thus he will sufter from the evil in- 

 fluence of his own conduct. 



In conclusion, on this subject we will suggest, for 

 consideration, whether there are not some, or even 

 many, mechanics who neglect to perform their prom- 

 ises as to the completion of work. We are sorry to 

 say that delays arc common. A few hours past the 

 time may seem a trifle ; but it may affect the customer 

 ten times more than the value of the article, and the 

 effect will finally react on the business of him that is 

 tardy. 



By diligence, and care in promising, a mechanic 

 may be prompt, and then he has pleasure as well as 

 profit in his business and labor. But with negligencs 

 his business is vexatious and unprofitable, and ha. 



