The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
HINTS To GOOD HEALTH

HINTS To GOOD HEALTH.
The steady Drinker and the Temperate
Man-Preservasion of Heaith'
While fully recognizing the value of
alcohol and other stimulants under
special circumstances, and while adj
hitting that their moderate use is
comparatively harmless to the health.
DIR. Lauder Brunton speaks very forci-
bly, on the subject of temperance, and
points out the evil effects of sLimulants
upon the health of the persons who
cannot be called incorporate, yet who
are in constant habit of taking very
small quantities of wine. beer or spirit
at all hours throughout the day. The
foil owing table of comparative NOR
tally is Instructive:
An incorporate persons temperate persons
chance Of living Is: chance OF living 49,
At 20-16.6 Years. At 20 Az years.
At 30-l3S Years. At 30-36.5 years.
At i0-i1.6 Years. At 40-2S,S years.
At 50-l0.S Years b0-2l.25 years.
At CO. 80 Years AT 90 -142S5 yrs.
In these days, when there is so much
talk about overwork of the brain, it is
not little encouraging to find an emf
nent authority stating that for one in
stance in which the brain Is overwork-
ed there must be many hundreds or
thousands of cases it is not used
enough, even for the ordinary condi-
ton of health. And yet, although the
brain may suffer from want of exer-
else, the evils Of over-strain-especial-
ly in the case Of young people-must
be fully recognized. Even preparation
of school lessons is not without its
dangers; night work often causes
sleeplessness and long train of at
tendant evils, and contributes largely
to the nervousness and debility which
are becoming so common amongst
school children, particularly in towns.
while it fails in securing advancement
at all equal to what might be got
from less strenuous and protracted
study earlier in the day. The most
arduous mental work required of a
child ought to be imposed on it when
mind and body are in their prime
vigor, between 9 a. NJ, and noon, and
certainly nothing but the lightest work
should devolve upon it after 5 p. m.
Questions of food, drink and labor
naturally lead on to another important
health and Observation-Disclosures and
sleep. 1t cannot be denied that, as a
rule, the largest amount of the best
work in life is done by those who can
sleep we'll. Nor to a healthy man is
any amount of work-apart from wor-
ry and anxiety-injurious when it is
followed by due amount of sound
sleep. What is a due amount varies
widely in different persons. "This is
due in part to the varying degrees of
activity of the vital changes. Thus,
although these are most active in the
young, the young require much sleep,
because the rapid rate of repair dur
ing that period is met by the rapid
rate of waste during the day. Both
by day and night the changes are then
most active. The aged also require
much sleep, because, although there is
comparatively little waste during the
day, the process of repair is slow Also
Harassed brain-workers should en-
courage sound sleep as much as posi-
BILE if they wish to preserve their health
and strength. Late meals should be
avoided, and mental work should be
put aside at least an hour or two
hours before retiring to rest. To sum
up the whole matter: How is neaiCn
to be preserved? By temperate and
discriminate use of food and drink; by
due exercise of both mind and body,
but with the avoidance of worry. and
of haste to get wealthy or to acquire
all knowledge; by attention to all nat
ural health laws, such as the need for
pure air, clothing adapted to climate
and the body Of the wearer, ETC.; and
by paying due regard to the necessity
of sleep and rest. From such things
result "a sound mind in a sound
body" and healthy and vigorous old
age, with all the faculties unimpared.