live, not vegetate. The time will come when sanitary measures and means for enjoying a higher phase of life will be thought of more than laying up things that rust.

We cannot here enter upon the meaning of recreation in a wider sense; but it is not recreation to rush out of town and stop at some place to drink beer and smoke all the time; it is not recreation to push on in crowds for excitement out of doors; it is not recreation to overheat yourself, and feel more fatigued the day after than the day before. For recreation you want leisure, moderate movement, happy thoughts, kindly company, some pleasant talk, cheerful music, refreshing food and drink, and, above all, a thankful heart that you are able to enjoy these; then no one could say that such recreation would be against the highest religious rules of living. Food, drink, dwelling, clothing, activity, rest and recreation, all are modified by the social circumstances under which we are living.-Food and Health.

2.-CATCHING COLD MEANS HEAT.

Nothing is more important than an answer to the question, What do we mean when we say we have taken cold? In a literal sense we have done no such thing; and a modern writer has suggested that what is called "catching cold" would be better expressed by the phrase catching heat.

What actually takes place is something as follows: We expose some part of the body to a draught; the surface becomes chilled, and the circulation, to some extent, is arrested; the blood and other fluids are sent in another direction. What should have been thrown out through the surface is turned in on the mucous membranes; and, as these parts become congested, sneezing takes place; there is an abnormal quantity of fluids thrown upon the mucous surfaces, and the system makes an effort to get rid of it.

This 66 taking cold" may be caused by sitting [for a few minutes in a strong current of cool air. It may be the back of the neck that is exposed, or it may be some other part of the body. Holding the hands in very cold water for a considerable length of time will often cause one to take cold. Or sitting with cold feet will do the same thing, especially if the general circulation is feeble. Clothing one part of the body too much and another too little will frequently give one a cold. Anything that arrests the free circulation of the blood and sends it in on the mucous surface may produce this effect.

The most frequent cause of all, perhaps, of taking cold is the one stated, that of "catching heat." Sitting for hours in a room where the temperature 80° or upward, and then going out into a colder atmosphere frequently

produces a cold: this is particularly the case where the air is not only hot but impure. In fact, we think the impurity has more to do with it than the heat, and the two combined will rarely fail to cause an influenza or a sore throat, sometimes a full-fledged pneumonia. By exposing one's self to hot, foul air the whole skin is for the time debilitated, and on reaching a cooler atmosphere the blood is driven from the surface, and congestion of the mucous membranes will almost certainly follow; either there is a "cold on the lungs" or a sore throat, or there is an attack of acute catarrh.

3. THE TEACHER.

At noon within the market-place he stood,
The people gathered round him at his word,
And there he spake to them of what was good,
Waking the better thought of all that heard.
Of Love and Faith and Hope-the great Triune
That uplifts Life-he spake as one inspired;
And as he taught, all hearts seemed in attune,

All hearts with nobler, higher aims were fired.

Night came; the people went unto their rest,
Stirred by desires more precious than new gold;
But all alone, with head bent on his breast,

The Teacher sat--hungry and tired and cold.

But one, whom Doubt still held, returned to ask
A question that the Teacher might explain;
He found the good man, and forgot his task
In seeking to relieve the mortal pain.

Warmed, fed, and sheltered, then the Doubter said,
"Dost thou teach truly, and yet find thy lot

Is misery?" The Teacher raised his head,

"In doing good, Self ever is forgot."

-Flavel Scott Mines.

SYLLABICATION.

Syllabication is the division of words into proper syllables.

A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable.
A word of two syllables is called a dissyllable.

A word of three syllables is called a trisyllable.

A word of four or more syllables is called a polysyllable.
The ultimate is the last syllable of a word.

The penultimate is the last syllable but one of a word.

The antepenultimate is the last syllable but two of a word. The preantepenultimate is the last syllable but three of a word.

ACCENT.

Accent is a particular force given to one or more syllables of a word.

In Trisyllables and Polysyllables of two syllables accented, one is usually uttered with greater force than the other.

The more forcible accent is called primary and the less forcible secondary; as El-o-cu-tion-a-ry.

Primary accent is indicated by the mark of acute accent []. Secondary accent is indicated by the mark of grave accent [].

Many words or parts of speech having the same form are distinguished by accent alone. Nouns and adjectives are often thus distinguished from verbs; as,

Perfume the room with rich perfume.

My increase is taken to increase your wealth.

Desert us not in the desert.

Buy some cement and cement the glass.

The accent of words is often changed by contrast; as,

I did not say interesting, but uninteresting.

This mortal must put on immortality.

It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

The pupil should divide the following words into their proper syllables and mark Primary and Secondary accent:

Expression is the manner of representation of sentiment or feeling, whether by language, by imitative art, or by the features and play of the countenance.

"Orthoëpy is the mechanical part of elocution, consisting in the discipline and use of the organs of speech and the voice, for the production of the alphabetic elements, and their combination into separate words. It is the basis, the subsoil, which, by the mere force of will and patient practice, may be broken and turned up to the sun, and from which spring the flower of expression."

"Expression is the soul of elocution. By its ever-varying and delicate combinations, and its magic and irresistible power, it wills-and the listless ear stoops with expectation; the vacant eye burns with unwonted fire; the dormant passions are aroused, and all the tender and powerful sympathies of the soul are called into vigorous exercise."

"Orthoëpy has to do with separate words-the production of their oral elements, the combination of these elements to form syllables, and the accentuation of the right syllables; expression with words as found in sentences and extended discourse." V. Watson.

"The human body is a living machine, constructed for the use of a spiritual being. It is adapted to the elements amid which it dwells, but, while in its own substance partaking of their nature, it is, nevertheless, so constituted as to be actuated by powers, the mode of whose existence and operation cannot be explained by reference to the known laws of matter. It is formed with peculiar reference to two principles, viz.: motion and perception; motion administered to the desire of action; perception to the desire of knowledge.

"The existence of a resident and superintending mind, a thinking principle, an intelligent spirit, operating upon the body, in it, not of it, might be inferred from the external form alone; and the manner of every movement and expression of that form proves how perfectly it was adapted for the use of a guiding and dominant spirit, pervading, informing and employing it. The face is, indeed, the index of thought and sentiment, the medium through which mind most vividly communicates with mind, but yet the whole body acts together in the full expression of feeling. How exquisitely the spirit becomes visible in every attitude and every feature of happy children! We read their thoughts and feelings as perfectly as if their souls were our own. And were our minds and bodies attuned by love, we should find ourselves impelled by sympathy to join their sports. The science and execution of music afford a better illustration. How nice a structure must be called into play when a skilful pianist, by the aid of an additional instrument fitted to his convenience, executes an intricate piece of music, not only in a wonderfully rapid succession of mechanical movements, but also in a manner fully to express the very feelings of the soul; but how much more forcibly is the same power manifested in the human voice! By it the spirit speaks, not only an infinite variety of articulated sounds, but, more marvelously still, by the modulated language of tones, so as to excite into ecstasy or agony every sympathy within us. What is it that so skilfully touches this instrument? What is it that enjoys as well as actuates; receives as well as communicates, through this inscrutable organism? It is, as has been stated, the soul or spirit, without which this body were more unnecessary than a statue. It is the soul which animates the features, and causes them to present a living picture of each passion, so that the inmost agitations of the heart become visible in a moment, and the wish that would seek concealment betrays its presence and its powers in the vivid eye, while the blood kindles into crimson with a thought that burns along the brow. This indwelling spirit of power blends our features into unison and harmony when in association with those we love. It is a flame from heaven that vivifies and energizes the breathing form. It is an immaterial essence, a being, that