Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-13
YOUTHS COLUMN.

YOUNG PEOPLES CARE OF hEn
sELyEs.-Now perhaps you VIII say
this is q dismal and unnecessary 5o
mon to preach to young people .nes
have their fathers and mothers 10 take
care of them they don't take care ol
Themselves. Very true; but fathers
and mothers cannot be always wItn
their children; fathers and motneIS
cannot ALWAYS make their cniI-
dren remember and obey thelr, diIec-
tiOns: more than all. it Is very haru W
make children realize that 1t Is OF any
great Importance that they should Keep
all the laws of health. L know wn9u
was a little girl, when people said "
me, "You must not do thus anu ,11S,
for if you do, yOu will take coi9.
used to think, "W ho cares ior =, hss
cold, supposing do eaten one Anu fnr
several days with a bad sore throat
and suffered horrible pain, | never re-
preached myself. l thought that sore
fhroats must come now and tnen,
whether or no, and that | must take
INV turn. But now l have learned that
If no law of health were ever broken
we need never have a days illness,
might grow old in entire freedom from
suffering, and gradually fall asleep at
Jast, instead of dying terrible deaths
from disease; and | am all the wnlie
wishing that | had known 1t when l
was Young. Ii had known 1t, LII tell
Won what should have done. would
have inst tried the experiment at any
rate, of never doing single thlne
which could by any possibility get any
one of the instruments of my body out
of order. | wish | could see some boy
or girl try it yet; never to SIT up iale
at night never to have close bad air
in the room never to sit with wet reet'
never to wet them, if it were possible
to help it; never to go out In cola
weather without being properly wrap
ped up; never to go out OF no. rooih
into a cold outdoor air without throw
ing some extra wrap on; never 10 eat
or drink an unwhOlesome thing; never
to touch tea, or coffee, or candy, or pie
crust; never to let day pass without
at least two good hours of exercise IN.
the open air; never to read word by
twilight, nor in the cars: never to let
the sun be shut out of rooms. This is
a pretty long list of "nevers," but
never" is the only word that con-
quers. "Once in q while" is the very
watch word of temptation and defeat:
do believe that the "once-in- a while
things have ruined more bodies, and
more souls too, than all the other
things put together. Moreover, the
''never" way is easy. and the "once-in-
awhile way is hard. After you have
once made up your mind never to
do a certain thing. that is the end of 1t,
if you are a sensible person. But II
you only say, This is bad habit" or
"This is dangerous indulgence; will
be little on my guard and not do 1t
too often" you have put yourself IN
the most uncomfortable of all positions;
the temptation will knock at your door
twenty times day, and you will have
to be fighting the same old battle over
and over again as long as you live.
This is especially true in regard to the
matter of which have been speaking
to you, the care OF the body. When
YOU have once laid down to yourself
the laws you mean to keep, the things
you will 'nerer" do, then your life ar
ranges itself in a system at once, and
you are not interrupted and Kindred as
the undecided people are, by wonder
ing what is best, or safe, or whole
some, or too unwhOlesome at different
times.-St. Nicholas.