. First book in physiology and hygiene . ly good. On the contrary, itdoes him harm. He gets more and more tiredwhile he is going under the stimulus, or excitement, — 44 — of the whipping. The word stimulus comes from aforeign word that means whip/ Drinks hke teaand coffee, that do not nourish ns, but only whip uson so that for a httle while we do not feel tired, wecall stimulants. There are other stimulants that are more harm-ful than tea or coffee. These are the drinks thatcontain alcohol; such as heer, cider, ale, wine, gin,brandy, and wMskei/. Gin, brandy, and whiskeyare the most powerful,
. First book in physiology and hygiene . ly good. On the contrary, itdoes him harm. He gets more and more tiredwhile he is going under the stimulus, or excitement, — 44 — of the whipping. The word stimulus comes from aforeign word that means whip/ Drinks hke teaand coffee, that do not nourish ns, but only whip uson so that for a httle while we do not feel tired, wecall stimulants. There are other stimulants that are more harm-ful than tea or coffee. These are the drinks thatcontain alcohol; such as heer, cider, ale, wine, gin,brandy, and wMskei/. Gin, brandy, and whiskeyare the most powerful, because they contain themost alcohol; they are very harmful indeed. Alco-holic drinks do not quench thirst; they make onestill more thirsty. Just why alcoholic drinks areso bad for the body, we shall learn in a later the meantime, let us remember that the mostwholesome drink is pure, fresh water. — —XVIL—A PICTURE LESSON. Write a story based upon this picture. Use some of the facts taught in the preceding MEYER VON BREMEN. AT THE WELL. XYIIL—THE CAPTAINS WELL. A EEADIXG LESSOR. [The story of the shipwreck of Captain Valentine Bagley, on the coastof Arabia, and his sufferings in the desert, has been familiar from my child-hood. It has been partially told in the singularly beautiful lines of myfriend, Harriet Prescott Spofford, but in tlie following ballad I have endeav-ored to give a fuller detail of the touching incident upon which it is founded.—The Author.] From pain and peril, by land and main,The ship^vrecked sailor came back again; And like one from the dead, the threshold crossdOf his wondering home that had mourned him lost; Where he sat once more witk his kith and welcomed the neighbors thronging in. ^ut when morning came he called for his spade, I must pay my debt to the Lord, he said. Whj dig you here ? asked the passer-by; Is there gold or silver the road so nigh ? No, friend, he answered, but under this sodIs the blessed
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