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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1580, 11 March 1887, Page 4

SCRAPS.

There are tome authors, and even authori of note, of whose private life it may be said, without any necessary impicitioo of a stain upon their character, that the leas one knjws of it (lie better. They seem to have lied two indivi >ual and separate lives, the one so, ial (or it may have been unsocial; aid 'he other literary, between which there »u no rital bond of union. You will se rch the one in vain for key or commentary to the other.

Good nature needs for its true balance » strong and firm sense of justice. If that be present and active, there is no danger of our kindliness going to an extreme. But where it is abs< nt, or at lea»t imperfectly developed, the good-natured person may easily fall iato the habit of indiscrimin ite pa'ience and forbearance, of easy approval and of oondoning what is wror g, that is quite as selfindulgent as it is indulgent to otters. It is very certain that beauty is added to and caltei forth by the exercise of ths kindly affections of lovp, of pity, of trust, of hope, and of pure joy; and it is equally certain that intellectual qualities have a similar result, for we have it upon ancient and high authority that " a man's wisdom make h his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed." This beauty is not only skin deep, as another common saying affirms, but it may also be said to be so natural that it goes all through. If the feet are tender and painful after long standing or walking, great relief may be obtained by bathing them in warm salt water. A large handful of salt to a gallon of water as warm as can be borne is the proper pro* portion. The feet should be immersed, and the water thrown over them with the hand, and also over the legs as far as the knees. When the water becomes too cool, dry the feet and legs, rubbing with a rough towel upward. Neuralgia of the feet haa been cured by perserveranoe in this method night and morning.

A useful alloy of allumioum and tin has been obtained by Mr Bourbouze, by melting together 100 parts of the former metal with 10 parts of the latter. This alloy is whi'er than aluminum, and has a density of 2 85, a little greater than that of the pure metal, so that it is not too heavy to replace aluminum in instruments requiring great lightness of their parts. It is lest affected by reagents, &c , than is aluminum, and also is very easily worked. Another of its merits is that it cm be soldered as easily as brass without any special preparation. D'lstraoli in ' Curiosities of Literature," thus accounts for the common expression to " write like an angel." This fanciful phrase has a very human origin. Among thoss learned Greeks who emigrated to it dy and soon afterwards to France in the reign of Francis 1., was one Angelo Verjecto, whose beautiful caligraphy excited the admiration of the learned. The French monarch had a Greek fount oast, modelled by his writing. His name became synonymous for beautiful writing, and gave birth to that familar phrase •' to write like an angel." Statistics published in connection with the Japanese press show that there are 37 publications devoted to educational matters, with a to al circulation of 42 649 per month; seven medical papers with a monthly circulation of 13,514; nine relating to sanitary matters, with a circulation of 8195; two to forestry and two to pharmacy. There are seven journals devoted to the various branches of science, with a circulation of 2428; and to these must be added 23 papers engaged in popularising icience with a total circul»tioao(7o,6S9,