GLEANINGS. MEATY-LOOKING PEOPLE. The brilliant complexion of English people is doubtless largely attributable to the damp air which shows its influence upon Americans who reside here. As to the origin of the very plump, meaty-looking muscles that so often characterises middle-aged men and women, particularly the less refined ranks of life, I am not quite certain. Ireland and Scotland have the same climate, but the physical aspect of the people is about half-way between that of America and England. We might attribute it to race, and look over to the Teutons on the other side of the channel; but unfortunately for this, the members of the Society of Friends exhibit almost nothing of this English peculiarity, and yet they stand high when ranked according to health. I am disposed to believe it is due to the heavy beer and wine which the Friends, Irish, and Scotch, use more sparingly than the average English people. (.........from "Scribner's Monthly............)