When I can gaze on thee,
Even in the cold heart withering;
Oh! thou to whom that heart must cling,
Art more than tears to me!

THOMAS M---- S.

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HINTS FOR HEALTH.

["A very old and active correspondent," _Tim Tobykin_, has furnished
us with the following interesting extracts from Dr. Rennie's
_Treatise on Gout and Nervous Diseases_, just published. These,
however, are but a portion of our correspondent's selections; and as
they are written in a popular style and appear to be equally
applicable to the welfare of all classes, they will doubtless be
acceptable to our readers. We are not friendly to the introduction
of purely professional matters into the pages of the MIRROR, but the
following extracts are so far divested of technicality as to render
their utility and importance obvious to every reader.]

CLIMATE, LOCALITY, AND SEASONS.

I shall first inquire, says Dr. Rennie, what are the effects of climate
on healthy constitutions, as respects heat, cold, moisture, and
vicissitudes; including also the diurnal and annual revolutions.

Cold applied to the body acts as a direct sedative. It diminishes the
nervous sensibility, represses the activity of the circulation, detracts