Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-07

disease is that which attacks hoy 90 day
when he particularly Of jacts to going to school,
He tells bis mother, with Inc coutding frank
ness peculiar TO youth, that he does not feel
we'll this morning. He doesnt know what il
is, bu' he is lame in the joluts, his head aches,
and he doesn't feel a bit good. H. moves
abou; slowly; openly reu es food looks Object
ed, negligent, uuh .ppy. Quite frequently he
can be heard to sigh. But 10 all his pain be
never iorgcts the clock. As time advances to
the hour winch marks school time his symp
toms increase. He doesn't say word about
school 10 his mother. He feels too dreadful,
perhaps. to talk Of such thugs. He is Ger
tauy in bad way. His signs increase as the
dreaded time approaches, and the physical
| symptoms OF decay become more aud more
manifest. But the greatest suffering ne Gu
dur mentally. Fifteen minutes of tt al tlme,
and nothing has been SAID TO him about get
tug ready. He wants to believe he is all right,
because that is the prompting OF hope which
is stroug 10 the youthful breast; but set he re-
fuses 10 believe lie is, because he fears that re-
action Of disappointment. Every time he hears
his mothers voice be is startled, aud every
time he detects Ler lo3kiog towards him be
feels his hear, sink withia him. 1t Is hard
thiog, indeed to appear out9ardly languld,
lislless and drOopGg, when lnWardly one Is
roaring furnace of agony. But he does It, and
does it, and does it admirably. Ii now lacks
five minutes of the quarter. Sill she says
nothing HIS nervousness is almost madden
iug. Four minutes, three minutes, two mil
utes, one minute. Still she makes 60 slgo.
viii bis reason lorsakc him!
1t is the quarter. Now he should start &C.
cordiog to custom Que would think be bad
hut hp
even at five muu;es later he can make school
by hurrying. Tine agony of the suspense be
come, exquisite. He trcmbcs ali over and he
aun u hep il. HIS hair is moist viii prrspl
ration. 1t seems as if he would give up every.
hing and sink into the grave II he could but
know the result. How slowly the clock moves.
Ii surcs at him with exasperalug stoolness.
The len MINUTES are reached. lie breathe5
easier. Not word has bceu said to him about
school. His mother sees that he is too Ill to
CO. and she sympathzts with him. Heaven
bless Der. D ever by have such good,
noble mother as this? Visions Of sunny fields
and shady woods and running streams uDiOldcd
before him. strrirg the very depths OF his soul,
aud filling Ills eyes with tears OF gl!daess.
''Johr,
Like great shack the beautiful piurcs fail
away and h i, shot from the plnnacl2s Of nope
Iulo the abyss OF despair. There Is no ml*tak
Ing the VJlce.
Mercy sake, here you are cot ready for
school Came, sta:t your boots.
= Il don. feel we'll enough to 20 TO school,
nc wiliucs, hardly reaIzug the dreadful change
that has rmc upon him with such Dllghung
:, force aud sHltnhss.
Il guess ycu amt dying, quito, Is the
hcarrc>s rcply. An! if gu ain al school
you viii be gaoiu.: over the nclehborl9od
Hurry, TIL YOU
Blu it is .iluosi nire o'clock, and LII be
late" hr protested 10 dcsper4tlou
'La'c?' she repeats looking at the clock.
Y u have p.:nly of tluc. The clock is near
ly quarter d in hour fast.
g VI rcitul Heavens? Il" GOES down before the
ter tic blow in fl sn. \ quarter OF an h2u:
las ! Bi. a1pg at every pore OF his neart,
stunned by a snrck Which was as terrible as 10
expected, ne crawIs inslc OF his jacket and
uudcr his hat, AID starts on his Way IN Il daz 81
maoncr that is p't':ui TO behold -DdhDnry
Nctgs
WHEN AND How TO EAT AT the meeting
of the Sanitary Association held iu New I oEk,
DR.. Austio Flint bad something to say IN re-
gard to eating hat is rather in opposition to
the uSu i ideas upon the subject.
DR.. Austin Flint, OF New York, delivered az
Interesting paper on "Fuod 10 lis Relation TO
the Public Health" He exposed many popu-
lar errors III regard t. dIetercs founded Oh as
ce icisrn aud l4naliclSm. 1t had been said we
must "eat TO live, ana not live to cal. But
amentatlon Is more than necessity; We must
eat Tor something more than ht@-merc ex!s-
teDcc. We mus. eat to secure the tuls adVant
ages of health both Of body and mind. The
child often consumes more food than the adult
man; lh, adpl:ut more than he active wU1k"r
the average quantity required al any age cann1t
be standard for any Individual. There are Two
sources Of practical knowledge ID regard to
food one Is the in-tlDct Implanted 10 the lndl-
vdua the second Is the lodlvdua experience.
OF the Two, the first is The more trustworthy.
!, Extreme hu0ger notes an abnormal CONDITION
while appetite denotes Dormal ma0teStat ton
of the needs OF the system. Ihe complete re-
ouiremenls Of health are that the desire FOR
tord be needed without delay, aud that this
desire b. fully sa,isf d. The maxim that one
should arts" from the table with good appe
tite is Iu OF error. Another prevalent error
is that food should not be taken xc-pt at Ger
tain fixed times. The conditions Of perfect
health are First, sufficient appetite; second,
the qualification OF normal appetite before The
want of food reaches the abnormal degree eX-
pressed by hungcr; third, the satisfaction 1T
appetite b. pToper amount OF TODD. Df. Flint
referred to the necessi of good c0okug lie
endorsed also the remark OF country Ihysl-
clan, ninety vars od who sad: Il have al.
ways eaten when | wanted food, and as much
as | waited, aud the bes. | could GET" a
great many dyspeptcs hsd been made by at.
tending lectures on health. 1t was a popular
error to suppose that the chief end Of man is
to watch the process of digestion. FROM four
to sig hours only should capse between each
meal. Some writer has said "lbe stomach
is like school boy; il not kept we'll occupied it
is apt TO be in mischief
RACE SENTIMENT IN THE NoRTH.-'rhe vote
90 the hall dozen commendablc constitutional
amendments which we're voted upon at the