of candles, gas, or coal-fire than otherwise;
dotettoration should be repaired by increased

the skin is a highly-organized membrane, full of
zomores, cells, blood-vessels, and nerves; it im-
ture or throws it off, according to the state
anosphere and the temperature of the body.
breathes," as do the lungs (though less actively).
Vias internal organs sympathise with the skin:
va ore it should be repeatedly cleansed.
tate hours and anxious pursuits exhaust the
system, and produce disease and premature
therefore the hours of labour and study should

Mental and bodily exercise are equally essential the general health and happiness :-therefore recreaand study should succeed each other.

Man will live most healthily upon simple solids tttaids, of which a sufficient but temperate quantity ld be taken :-therefore strong drinks, tobacco, auit, and opium, and all mere indulgences, should be wvoided.

11. Sudden alternations of heat and cold are danger, 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. Drinking cold water when the body is hot, and hot tea and soups when cold, are productive of many evils.

15. 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, are the great essentials to that which urpasses all wealth,-health of mind and body.

Poisonous Effects from using new Earthenware.

HE enamel used by potters varies in composition

intended. They all, more or less, contain lead, cobalt,
&c. Often the biscuit, as it is called, is made of clay
which contains poisonous matter in various proportions;
and if, after the baking, the vessels are imperfectly
glazed or protected, bad consequences may arise from

To think well is the way to act rightly.

Severity breeds fear, but roughness engenders hate.

The drunkard hath a fool's tongue, and a traitor's heart.

using them. All such ware to be used in cooking when
new, should first be proved; and this is best done by
having it greased over with tallow or lard, and then
subjected to the heat of an oven. This will generally
be found a sure protection.

DR

Poisonous Effects of Peach Kernels.

R. KEATING mentions the case of a child, three years old, who had swallowed a large quantity of peach-kernels, and was rendered insensible, with all the signs of having taken a deadly poison. He administered an emetic, consisting of five grains of sulphate of zinc and ten of powdered ipecacuanha; this was followed by copious emesis, consisting of a large quantity of peach-kernels, emitting all the peculiar fragrance characteristic of prussic acid. Sinapisms were also applied to the spine and to the extremities, and after the vomiting had ceased, thirty drops of the aromatic spirits of ammonia were given in water, and repeated every halfhour. This had the effect of relieving the child.

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Poisoning by Oysters and Mussels.

EATH has frequently resulted from a want of precaution in examining these objects before eating. The injurious effects of the oyster are said, by some persons, to arise from its physiological state at and after its period of reproduction in the months of August, September, and October, at which season the sale should be interdicted. With regard to mussels, it would appear that the cooking of them neither increases nor diminishes their injurious qualities. Bouchardat states-but we do not know whether this has been confirmed that he had discovered in the mussel a quantity of copper sufficient to destroy life.

Directions in Cases of Poisoning.

Wattacked after having taken some food ou drink,

HEN a person is in good health, and is suddenly

with violent pain, cramp in the stomach, sense of sick-
ness or nausea, vomiting, convulsive twitchings, and a

He that helps the wicked hurts the good.

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.

Ingenuous shame once lost as mere renaindo

Reuse of suffocation; or if he be seired under the same circumstances with giddiness, delirium, or unusual sleepiness, then poisoning may be supposed. Poisons have been divided into four classes. 1st. Those causing local symptomus. 21. Those producing spasmodic sympkoms. 3d, Narcotic, or sleeping symptoms; and 4th, paralytic symptoms. Poisons may be mineral, animal, Op vegetable. 1st. Always send immediately for a medical man. 2d. Save all fluids vomited, and articles of food, cups, glasses, &c., used by the patient before : being taken ill, and lock them up. 3d. Examine the cups to guide you in your treatment; that is, smell them and look at them. As a rule, give emetics after poisons that cause sleepiness and raving; chalk, milk, eggs, butter, and warm water; or oil after poisons that Cause vomiting and pain in the stomach and bowels with purging; and when there is no inflammation about the throat, tickle it with a feather to excite vomiting.

Nervous Asthma.

M.MORPAIN, a French physician, has found that
by burning brown paper soaked in a solution of
saltpetre in the room of an asthmatic patient, the latter
will obtain instantaneous relief. The following recipe
is given-Pasteboard, broken down with hot water,
four ounces; nitrate of potash, two ounces; belladonna,
stramonium, digitalis, lobelia inflata, all in powder, each
twenty grains; myrrh, and olibanum, of each two
drachms and a half. Incorporate all these with the
paste; divide the mass in sheets of the thickness of
three lines; dry, and divide in little square pieces.
Burn them in little saucers in a well-shut-up room.

Removing a Gold Ring from the Finger. THE usual plan is to divide the ring with nippers; this, there is another plan, equally simple and less alarming to the patient. Take a piece of common twine, well soaped, and wind it closely (and as tightly as can well be borne) from the apex of the finger until

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

By others' vices wise men amend their own.

It is less pain to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age.

you reach the ring, then with the head of the needle or
probe force the end of the twine through the ring and
unwind; the ring will invariably come off with the
twine.

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How to imitate Old Oak.

N "Kidd's Own Journal," it is stated that the appearance of old oak may be obtained by exposing any article of new oak to the vapours of ammonia. Every variety of tint may be procured, according to the duration and temperature of the volatile compounds. A new oak carved arm-chair, exposed to the vapours of ammonia, will, in about twelve hours, have all the appearance of having been made 200 years before.

Cement for Stone Ware.

ELATINE is allowed to swell in cold water, the added as requisite to render the mass sufficiently thick for the purpose. A thin coating of this cement is spread, while warm, over the gently-heated surfaces of fracture of the articles, and let dry under strong pressure. What oozes out is removed directly with a moist rag.

The Leech Barometer.

SECUREwith water, with a piece of woven copper
ECURE a leech in an eight-ounce phial three parts
gauze tied over the mouth of the bottle, taking care to
change the water once or twice a week during summer,
and once or twice a fortnight during the winter months.
The best position for the bottle is the bed-chamber
window-sill. During the continuance of serene and
beautiful weather, the leech may be observed to lie
motionless at the bottom of the glass, coiled up in a
spiral form. If on examination in a morning it is found
crept up to the top of its lodging (where it will remain
until the weather is settled), rain may be expected in
the course of a few hours. "On the approach of windy
weather the poor prisoner glides through its limpid
habitation with amazing swiftness, and seldom rests

Covet nothing overmuch.

Nothing is profitable which is dishonest.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Smoking Tobacco.

TN Froriep's Journal of a recent date, an interesting

smoking, and on poisoning by nicotine. Among the
facts there mentioned, are the experiments instituted
by M. Malapert, a pharmacien of Poitiers. His inten-
tion was to ascertain the exact quantity of nicotine
absorbed by smokers, in proportion to the weight of
tobacco consumed. The apparatus used consisted of a
stone jar, in which the tobacco was made to burn, con-
nected with a series of bottles, communicating by tubes.
The bottles were either empty, or contained some
water, mixed or not, with a little sulphuric acid. From
a few experiments it was found that, in the smoke of
tobacco extracted by inspiration, there is ten per cent
of nicotine. Thus, a man who smokes a cigar of the
weight of twenty grains, receives in his mouth seven
grains of nicotine mixed with a little watery vapour,
tar, empyreumatic oil, &c. Although a large proportion
of this nicotine is rejected, both by the smoke puffed
from the mouth and by the saliva, a portion is never-
theless taken up by the vessels of the buccal and
laryngeal mucous membrane, circulated with the blood,
and acts upon the brain. With those unaccustomed
to the use of tobacco, the nicotine, when in contact
with the latter organ, produces vertigo, nausea, head-
ache, and somnolence, whilst habitual smokers are
merely thrown into a state of excitement, similar to
that produced by moderate quantities of wine or tea.
From further investigations, it is found that the
drier the tobacco the less nicotine reaches the mouth.
A very dry cigar, whilst burning, yields a very small
amount of watery vapour; the smoke cools rapidly, and
allows the condensation of the nicotine before it reaches
the mouth. Hence it comes that the first half of a
cigar smokes more mildly than the second, in which a
certain amount of condensed watery vapour and nicotine,
freed by the first half, are deposited. The same
remarks apply to smoking tobacco in pipes; and if
smokers were prudent, they would never consume
but half a cigar, or pipe, and throw away the other.

A blithe heart makes a blooming visage.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.