TO-MORROW, LOATHSOME IN THE SIGHT OF ALL. Therefore, food, which is to repair the loss, should be taken with due regard to the exercise and waste of the body.. 880. THE FLUID PART OF OUR BODIES also wastes constantly; there is but one fluid in animals, which is water. Therefore, water only is necessary, and no artifice can produce a better drink. 881. THE FLUID OF OUR BODIES is to the solid in proportion as nine to one. Therefore, a like proportion should prevail in the total amount of food taken. 882. LIGHT EXERCISES AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE upon the growth and vigour of animals and plants. Therefore, our dwellings should freely admit the solar rays. 883. DECOMPOSING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES yield various noxious gases, which enter the lungs and corrupt the blood. Therefore, all impurities should be kept away from our abodes, and every precaution be observed to secure a pure atmosphere. 884. WARMTH IS ESSENTIAL to all the bodily functions. Therefore, an equal bodily temperature should be maintained by exercise, by clothing, or by fire. 885. EXERCISE WARMS, INVIGORATES, and purifies the body; clothing preserves the warmth the body generates; fire imparts warmth externally. Therefore, to obtain and preserve warmth,exercise and clothing are preferable to fire. 886. FIRE CONSUMES THE OXYGEN of the air, and produces noxious gases. Therefore, the air is less pure in the sence of candles, gas, or coal fire, than otherwise, and the deterioration should be repaired by increased ventilation. pre 887. THE SKIN IS A HIGHLY-ORGANIZED MEMBRANE, full of minute pores, cells, blood vessels, and nerves; it imbibes moisture or throws it off, according to the state of the atmosphere and the temperature of the body. It also "breathes," as do the lungs (though less actively). All the internal organs sympathize with the skin. Therefore, it should be repeatedly cleansed. 888. LATE HOURS AND ANXIOUS PURSUITS exhaust the nervous system, 135 and produce disease and premature death. Therefore, the hours of labour and study should be short. 889. MENTAL AND BODILY EXERCISE are equally essential to the general health and happiness. Therefore, labour and study should succeed each other. 890. MAN WILL LIVE MOST HEALTHILY upon simple solids and fluids, of which a sufficient but temperate quantity should be taken. Therefore, over indulgence in strong drinks, tobacco, snuff, opium, and all mere indulgences, should be avoided. OF 891. SUDDEN ALTERNATIONS HEAT AND COLD are dangerous (especially to the young and the aged). Therefore, clothing, in quantity and quality, should be adapted to the alternations of night and day, and of the seasons. And therefore, also, drinking cold water when the body is hot, and hot tea and soups when cold, are productive of many evils. 892. MODERATION IN EATING and drinking, short hours of labour and study, regularity in exercise, recreation, and rest, cleanliness, equanimity of temper and equality of temperature, these are the great essentials to that which surpasses all wealth, health of mind and body. 893. Mischief Makers. Of gossips' endless prattling. And in it she might fix her throne, For ever and for ever: There, like a queen, might reign and live, And be offended never. 'Tis mischief-makers that remove What gives another pleasure. 136 TO-DAY, HE HAS DELUSIVE DREAMS OF HEAVEN They seem to take one's part--but when Mixed with their poisonous measure. I would not tell another;" Wife, husband, friend, and brother. That every one might know them: With things so much below them. We ought to love and cherish. 894. Signs of the Weather. 895. DEW. If the dew lies plentifully on the grass after a fair day, it is a sign of another fair day. If not, and there is no wind, rain must follow. A red evening portends fine weather; but if it spread too far upwards from the horizon in the evening, and especially morning, it foretells wind or rain, or both. When the sky, in rainy weather, is tinged with sea green, the rain will increase; if with deep blue, it will be showery. 896. CLOUDS.-Previous to much rain falling, the clouds grow bigger, and increase very fast, especially before thunder. When the clouds are formed like fleeces, but dense in the middle and bright towards the edges, with the sky bright, they are signs of a frost, with hail, snow, or rain. If clouds form high in air, in thin white trains like locks of wool, they portend wind, and probably rain. When a general cloudiness covers the y, and small black fragments of clouds fly underneath, they are a sure sign of rain, and probably it will be lasting. Two currents of clouds always portend rain, and, in summer, thunder. 897. HEAVENLY BODIES.-A haziness in the air, which fades the sun's light, and makes the orb appear whitish, or ill-defined1-or at night, if the moon and stars grow dim, and a ring encircles the former, rain will follow. If the sun's rays appear like Moses' horns-if white at setting, or shorn of his rays, or if he goes down into a bank of clouds in the horizon, bad weather is to be expected. If the moon looks pale and dim, we expect rain; if red, wind; and if of her natural colour, with a clear sky, fair weather. If the moon is rainy throughout, it will clear at the change, and, perhaps, the rain return a few days after. If fair throughout, and rain at the change, the fair weather will probably return on the fourth or fifth day. 898. Weather Precautions.If the weather appears doubtful, always take the precaution of having an umbrella when you go out, particularly in going to church; you thereby avoid incurring one of three disagreeables; in the first place, the chance of getting wet-or encroaching under a friend's umbrella-or being under the necessity of borrowing one, consequently involving the trouble of returning it, and possibly (as is the case nine times out of ten) inconveniencing your friend by neglecting to do so. Those who disdain the use of umbrellas generally appear with shabby hats, tumbled bonnet ribbons, wrinkled silk dresses, &c., &c., the consequence of frequent exposure to unexpected showers, to say nothing of colds taken, no one can tell how. 899. Leech Barometer.-Take an eight-ounce phial, and put in it three gills of water, and place in it a healthy leech, changing the water in summer once a week, and in winter once in a fortnight, and it will most accurately prognosticate the weather. If the weather is to be fine, the leech lies motionless at the bottom of the glass, TO-MORROW, CRIES TOO LATE TO BE FORGIVEN. and coiled together in a spiral form; if rain may be expected, it will creep up to the top of its lodgings, and remain there till the weather is settled; if we are to have wind, it will move through its habitation with amazing swiftness, and seldom goes to rest till it begins to blow hard; if a remarkable storm of thunder and rain is to succeed, it will lodge for some days before almost continually out of the water, and discover great uneasiness in violent throes and convulsive-like motions; in frost as in clear summer-like weather it lies constantly at the bottom; and in snow as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling in the very mouth of the phial. The top should be covered over with a piece of muslin. 900. The Chemical Barometer. -Take a long narrow bottle, such as an old-fashioned Eau-de-Cologne bottle, and put into it two and a half drachms of camphor, and eleven drachms of spirit of wine; when the camphor is dissolved, which it will readily do by slight agitation, add the following mixture:-Take water, nine drachms; nitrate of potash (saltpetre), thirty-eight grains; and muriate of ammonia (sal ammoniac), thirty-eight grains. Dissolve these salts in the water prior to mixing with the camphorated spirit; then shake the whole well together. Cork the bottle well, and wax the top, but afterwards make a very small aperture in the cork with a red-hot needle. The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in any stationary position. By observing the different appearances which the materials assume, as the weather changes, it becomes an excellent prognosticator of a coming storm or of a sunny sky. 901. Significations of Names. Aaron, Hebrew, a mountain. Abel, Hebrew, vanity. Abraham, Hebrew, the father of many. Adolphus, Saxon, happiness and help. Alexander, Greek, a helper of men. Ambrose, Greek, immortal, Amos, Hebrew, a burden. Augustus, Augustin, 137 } Latin, venerable, grand. Baldwin, German, a bold winner. Bardulph, German, a famous helper. Barnaby, Hebrew, a prophet's son. Bartholomew, Hebrew, the son of him whe made the waters to rise. Bernard, German, bear's heart. . Eugene, Greek, nobly descended. Eustace, Greek, standing firm. Ezekiel, Hebrew, the strength of God. Felix, Latin, happy. Ferdinand, German, pure peace. Francis, German, free. Frederic, German, rich peace. Gabriel, Hebrew, the strength of God. Geoffrey, German, joyful. F 138 TO-DAY, HE LIVES IN HOPES AS LIGHT AS AIR; George, Greek, a husbandman. Godard, German, a godly disposition. Hercules, Greek, the glory of Hera, or Juno. Humphrey, German, domestic peace. Jacob, Hebrew, a supplanter. Job, Hebrew, sorrowing. Joel, Hebrew, acquiescing. John, Hebrew, the grace of the Lord. Jonathan, Hebrew, the gift of the Lord. Joseph, Hebrew, addition. Josias, Hebrew, the fire of the Lord. Laurence, Latin, crowned with laurels. Leopold, German, defending the people. Lewis, French, the defender of the people. Llewellin, British, like a lion. Lucius, Latin, shining. Luke, Greek, a wood or grove Mark, Latin, a hammer. Martin, Latin, martial. Matthew, Hebrew, a gift or present. Nicolas, Greek, victorious over the people. Orlando, Italian, counsel for the land. Owen, British, well descended. Percival, French, a place in France. Robert, German, famous in counsel. Rowland, German, counsel for the land, Solomon, Hebrew, peaceable. Samson, Hebrew, a little son. Samuel, Hebrew, heard by God. Sebastian, Greek, to be reverenced. Simon, Hebrew, obedient. Stephen, Greek, a crown or garland. Timothy, Greek, a fearer of God. Toby, or Tobias, Hebrew, the goodness of the Lord. Valentine, Latin, powerful. Vincent, Latin, conquering. Vivian, Latin, living. Alice, Alicia, German, noble. Amy, Amelia, French, a beloved. Martha, Hebrew, bitterness. Mary, Hebrew, bitter. Maud, Matilda, Greek, a lady of honour. Mercy, English, compassion. Mildred, Saxon, speaking mild. Caroline, feminine of Carolus, the Latin of Phoebe, Greek, the light of life. Charles, noble-spirited. Chloe, Greek, a green herb. Christiana, Greek, belonging to Christ. Cecilia, Latin, from Cecil. Cicely, a corruption of Cecilia. Clara, Latin, clear or bright. Diana, Greek, Jupiter's daughter. Eliza, Elizabeth, Hebrew, the oath of God. Emily, corrupted from Amelia. Emma, German, a nurse. Esther, Hesther, Hebrew, secret. Eve, Hebrew, causing life. Eunice, Greek, fair victory. Eudoia, Greek, prospering in the way. Grace, Latin, favour. Hagar, Hebrew, a stranger. Judith, Hebrew, praising. Julia, Juliana, feminine of Julius. Lucretia, Latin, a chaste Roman lady. Phyllis, Greek, a green bough. Rebecca, Hebrew, fat or plump. Rhode, Greek, a rose. Rosamund, Saxon, rose of peace. Rosa, Latin, a rose. Rosabella, Italian, a fair rose. Sabina, Latin, sprung from the Sabines. Sapphira, Greek, like a sapphire stone. Sarah, Hebrew, a princess. Sibylla, Greek, the counsel of God. Sophronia, Greek, of a sound mind. Susan, Susanna, Hebrew, a lily. Temperance, Latin, moderation. Zenobia, Greek, the life of Jupiter. 902. Hints on the Barometer. 903. Why does a Barometer indicate the Pressure of the Atmosphere? Because it consists of a tube containing quicksilver, closed at one end, |