SCRAPS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 1859, 27 May 1887, Page 6

SCRAPS.

■» A beautiful and permanent rose colour can be produced on pine, deal, and othor whitish woods by a solution of the salt known as iodide of potass ; also by a solution in hot water of bichloride ot mercury. When wo meet with the little vexatious incidents of life, by which our quiet is too often disturbed, it will prevent many sensations if we only consider — Mow iusignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence. A man who can give up dreaming and go to hiß daily realities, who can control his heart, its love or woe, and take to the hard work of his hand, who defies late, and, if he mu:t die, dies fighting to tho laafc — that man is life's best hero. The acquisition of learning without study is like the acquisition of wealth without lab jur. It is as necessary for the mechunic to study out his problem when it comes tj him to ba studied us it is tor him to iinish his task by his handicraft. The enormous popularity of wood pulp ij demonstrated by the lurge increase in the quantity imported into the United States last year. This increase, as compared with ISBS, amounted to nearly 80,000 packages, and this must bo taken independent of the production of pulp and fibre in thia country. To be able to do nothing with perfect aatisfaction is a distinct gift. Not many of us possess ifc, nor, for that matter, have cause to covet ifc; bufc ib seems probable thab so long aa the world lasts there will be drones in every hive ; and that the drones should have the power of accepting their situation with ease and grace is desirable for themselves and hurtful to nobody. No one can hold up his head with a joyous sense of freedom wnile he has debts that he cannot pay and liabilities he cannot meet. If the " borrower is servant to the lender," much more is the debtor servant to the creditor. There is no slavery more abject, no chain more galling, than that; which debt gradually winds around ita unconscious victim. There is no greater mistake than that mado by the man who is selfishly seeking any kind of happiness at the oxpense of others. If he search for ifc through his whole life he will never find it. To diminish the welfare of his neighbours will add no mite to his own store. On the contrary, happiness as it is shared and diminishes aB it ib selfishly grasped. On the eastern coast on the Caspian Sea a curious phenomenon is in progress. The Kura Bobhaz is an estuary nearly separated from the main body of the sea by a bank through which there is an inlet. The evaporation from this gulf is so great that a current continually gets in from the Caspian ; and aB there is no return current the water of the gulf becomes more aud more ealiferous, and a deposit of salt is in course of formation. In time this gulf will be cut off from the Caspian, and will then be dried up and become an extensive salt-bed. The good physician should live for the welfare of his fellow -creatures. Tho fame he seeks is humble, honest, legitimate — that of relieving suffering and preserving life. He Bhould strive for truth, not for his own improvement but for the buefit of his species. Benevolence and gentleness, with earnestness and energy should mark his measures. Courage, presence of mind, close attention, unaffected interest, deep sympathy, perfect candour, simple manners, sound mental faculties, and pure moral feelings, his characteristics. — Arch, Hunter,