, 1879-08-02

nse OF euch butu9,-Wlllch Is to stimulate the
organism to Increased activity, and then shows
how this effect Is best obtained. A great mis-
takc Is made wllcu anr part Of the body is I'M
lnerEcd IN cold water md LETT to part with It's
hcat without any guarantee TINT the energy Of
hcat-production SO severely taxed eau respond
10 tho requirement, It may easily happen t!sai
tho internal hcat-psoduction will be exhausted,
nnd II tiat occurs !,asm las been tloue. The
obvious principle Of health preservation ia to
maintain file circulation IN Its Integrity; amt
while The error nf supoos!nS thAt ciuthtug can
do moro sslan keep III the heat generated within
Is avoided It Is not less ncclful to g1hrd agaltist
tie evil Of dcprivllg the body Of the heat It has
produced. The furnace should be supplied With
suitable fuel. It,, nutritious food; The machinery
Of heat-pTM!uctiou, which takes ptnee throughout
tic organism. nut Ia any o1lo spot or centre.
Atonld he kept III working order, nmf nothing
conduecs to this end ln0rc directly than tic freq
use Of the cold dpucho Hlnl the shnwer-hatn;
but tho application ought u be- restricted tu j
few sccouds Of tinlc, ai!d, unless the cvidcnres
Nf tniulalion-rct'ncss nn.E stean,ing OF the
sho,lltf bs Ind aside. The 1lsc of cold water in
cold weather is II practice which must be gov
erncd by r,lfcs spccial to each Individual case
Nhetler tic prartlCe recommended he that Ut
plunginE tho feet in cold whser bsfore going to
hed, to procure e'a.p,-Ht,lch the Lancet DE-
nul,rees as IN reckless prescription founded On
II physiological Eularr, ,"-ur any uthur Use of
cnlA water, the only SAFE caurau il t1 seek the
cnunse! Of Il medical tfan conyer.ant With lilo
paitcuta perttliuftles; particularly in tho cnsa
ii children should tAis prcraution Lc observed.
NlErEoRs AND METEoRtC PuE-
NON1EEA.
When observers baud together to watrlt every
quarter Of tho sky, md to kerp on tllc lookout
through tile whole night, tllc number Of .ncteora
that present themselves Is very great. In this
way II has been asccrtalncd tlnt upward OF
thirty, OIL tho average, wlIial arc conspicuous
enough to be secu without Instruments, coH10
within tic view OF the observers stationed ut one
locul!ty. And 1t Ia computed lint tclescopic
1ncteOrs must be nbout forty or fifty timc4 as
nutnurouB rs those visible to tic naked eve.
These results may bc UbtntBel from observn-
tiuns ,taue ut t,ne station; tut wlrit concerted
observations nr,: carried IN Ut different Stations
several DtIIrr fnctB Ut ntgFGst conu t.' Hight DY
simultaneous btIserv.1!hns ut distant STATIONS, 1t
has been discovered That The hight Ut mctcurs
nbDyr the surlarn Of the earth USUALLY rangea
from 12O miles down To twenty miles, liz nv
csuge hight belng u,o,lt sl1tv tn1tct; that ttls
direction, uf ti,eir light il toward the eartI't
ctlics III vertical or In slopl.i@ direction; nld
tint their spuct III most cases lies ectwccn tsr-
" ntil !iftY mtlcR seeond.
We thus arrive ut lie conclusion that tts0f
inuteors nre phcnoMena Of our UWn atmosphere;
and ID tl.e attnuspheru reaches u hight, at
1iitsst, Of 15U nlgs, AMI H., therefore, but THU
ltfm over yuat glube us thu earth, 1t Is obri-
only very small ,oriinn OF The nleseors which
dart abuut through all parts of this enVelope::
After mating allowance fur thf3, we are foresu
to conclude that HI fewer than 3N.WD,0oo nI
these budics pass daily into thy caeth's utMos-
p!lerc, Of whicl, about 7,u. .0O3 nro largs enough
to b. sccn With the tIake1 eye Oh a clcar night,
and In tllu at,scnpe nj tho lnouu.-l'roj. q. !.
.Stoney IN Popular Sce,tcs .No"thiv for AaysAs.