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146

MIXED DRINKS.

ALCOHOL AND HEALTH.

The British Medical Association, moved by the

outcry against the use of alcoholic drinks, and wishing

for some definite and reliable information as to the

infiuence of alcohol on the duration of life, appointed

a commission not long ago to gather statistics in the

premises. , The observations made included 4234 cases

of deaths in five classes of individuals,and here are the

results in the average age attained by each case: Total

abstainers, 51 years and 1 month; moderate drinkers,

68 years and month; occasional drinkers, 59 years

and 2 months; habitual drinkers,57 years and 2months;

drunkards, 58 years and J month. It appears that

moderate drinkers live longer than anybody else, and

total abstainers are the shortest lived.

ORIGIN OF DAYS OF WEEK.

Sunday—Day of the sun.

Monday—Day of the moon.

Tuesday—F^)m Tiw,the god of war.

Wednesday—From Woden,the god of storms.

Thursday—Dan.Thor,the god of thunder.

Friday—Day of Fria, goddess of marriage.

Saturday—Day of Saturn,the god of time.