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Show II E ARTY SUPPERS. g 't requires about five hours for the mach to work on an ordinary meal 1 pass it out of itself, when it falls 0 a state of repose. Hence, if a ncals three times a day his stom- 1 must work fifteen hours out of the mty-four. But the multitude of chanics who arc wildly clamorous only eight hours a day, do not hes- te to impose on their stomachs fif- T n hours a day work or nearly dou- L . After a night's rest we wako up .h a certain amount of bodily vigor, ich is faithfully portioned out to ;ry set of muscles, each iis rightful ire, the stomach among others, hen the external body gets weary er a long' day's work, the stomach irs its share of tho fatigue; but if, ien the body is weary with the t y's toil, wo put it to bed, giving the ( imach meanwhile a five hours' task, deb must be performed, we impose on the very best friend we have 3 ono that gives us the largest -tount of earthly enjoyment; and if is overtaxing continues, it must as Q tainly wear out prematurely as the dy itself will if it is overworked every y. And if persons cat between sals, then the stomach has no rest mi breakfast in tho morning until c, two, three or lour o'clock tho -p xt day. Hence it is that so many k rsons havo dypepsia; the stomach is . irked so much and so constantly that becomes too weak to work at all. is to bo hoped that every intelligent rent will press theso things on the ;ention of children aa a matter of nscieuce, because dyspepsia, like asumption, has it3 foundations laid a large majority of cases during the na nl' life. Kc. |