Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-07
HELPS TO GOOD HEALTH.

EAT slowly, masticate thu food very
 thoroughly, oven moro so. if possible, than is required in health. The more
 time tke food spends in the mouth, the less it will spend in the stomach. 1 WHEN the brain worker finds he can
 not sleep, he is On dangerous ground.
 It is symptom so serious that it must
 never be allowed to persist, without every effort being made to overcome it, for if it does, failure of the intellectual powers is inevitable.
 FLANNEL should always play an inn portant part in every adult mans cloth ing as 6 protection for tho stomach. Tho eminent desirability of always hay ing a thickness of flannel around tho bowels should be impressed upon every man. A mere band will do.
 A QUICK bath and hard rub will work wonders in preparing a man for each days battle among men. There are two stimulants in tho process, first that of | the cold water and then that of the fric- | tion. The rubbing should be done with an old-fashioned crash towel.
 THE way to keep cool is to be temper ate in all things. To eat little or no meat or strong starchy food and to drink as little ice water or iced drinks of any kind as possible. To fill the stomach with fluids far below the temperature of the body and then to correct results by swallowing Jamaica ginger and alcoholic remedies ought to disqualify man from making a will.
 HE highest health, vigor and efficient activity of mind are possible only in a healthy vigorous body-a body with all it's functions in regular and normal ac- tion. Given the same amount of native brain power and intellectual culture, the man with healthy and vigorous physique must in the life race, outstrip his fellow who has shattered nerves, a weak stomac}, a disordered liver or troublesome kidneys.
 THOSE who 2nasticate their food too little and bolt it in bulk almost always | aid the unnataral process by drinking copiously so as to wash the fool down their threats. Let those who do so pause | a moment and consider what they are doing. Not only do they offer the digest i've organs more than they can manage in unmasticated food, but, in addition they fill the stomach with fluid which dilutes the gastric juices and still further obstructs digestion.
 As TO the general principle whether eating before going to bed is advisable or not, the sensible advice of New York doctors is that those who do no work at night, and who retire early, arc better off without a late bite; so also are those who take no exercise in tho evening and who dine heartily. But if a person is up and work long enough after dinner for the stomach to be empty and crave food, the natural and necessary thing to do is to eat Q little. The stomach is better full than empty to sleep on.
 IT is hygienically absurd that mans dress should be so voluminous in front and so thin behind, Tho least protcc- tion is that which is given to the spine and to the center of the back, under meath which lie the roots of tho lungs Every man who is interested in properly caring for himself should see to it that the backs of his waistcoats be mado of cloth or flannel. A good thickness of either material will at least give tho back as much covering as tho front gets, though no harm would be done If it had CcOra