SCRAPS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1581, 18 March 1887, Page 4

SCRAPS.

Always say a kiud word, if you can, if only that it may come in perhaps with singular opportuneness, entering some mournful man's darkened room, like a beautiful fire-fly, whoso happy circuinTolutions he canuot but watch. lot-getting his many troubles.—A. Helps. Beetles, flies, spiders, &c, may be preserved for microscopic purposes by dipping in a solution of corrosive sublimate. This is, however, extremely poisonous, and great' care must be taken in its use. .Dipping them in melted paraifio preserves them from contact with air. Ridicule is a most cruel and dangerous remedy for any fault or faiiiug, and is likely to bo productive of greater evils than that upon wtnea it bears, especially as it is almost always aimed at those things which the poor victim is thoroughly conscious of but is not able to help. It is told of Bi=hop Aylmer that when be observed his congregation inattentive, he would repeat some verses of the Hebrew Bible, at whica the people stared with astonishment. He then addressed them on the folly of eagerly listening to what they did not uuderjtaud, while tney neglected instructions which were readily comprehend* ed. The soundness of timber may be ascertained by placing the ear close to oue end while another person delivers a succession of smart blows 'with a hammer or mallet upon the opposite end, wheu a continuance of the vibrations will indicate to an experienced ear even the degree of soundness. If only a dull thud meets the ear, the listener may be certain that unsoundness exists. Education is a humaniser and an equiliser as well as an illuminator. Persons with a fuller education come to have a better understanding of their duties, a higher degree of sell-respect that impels them, to a fair recognition and fulfilment of their duties, with a resulting amenity of manners and consideration for the rights of others that does an immense degree of good. Your books like your trusty friends, should be well selected and few. In reading the books of master spirits, enter into the spirit from which they were written. The purest wisdom refuses to b9 imprisoned in words. As visible sacraments help you to apprehend things invisible, so the words of the wise help you to apprehend the inexpressible.—Jt Pulsford.

Thess things are cjmely and pleasant, and worthy of honour from the beholder:—A young siint, an old martyr, a religioussaldier, a conscientous statesman, a great man courteous, a learned man humble, a child that understands the eye of its parents, a cheerful companion without vanity, a friend not changad with honours, a siok mm happy, a soul departing with comfort and assurance, —Bishop Hall. A novel dental operation, that of transplanting teeth into artificial socket*, is said to have been successfully performed. As described, a hole is bored ia the boae under the gum, where it is desired that the new tooth shall take root, and in this ths tooth is put and fastened with ligatures. The ligatures, in the case of one of the patients, were removed ia the presence of the dentists, and the tooth was found to hare taken firm root.

01 When the editor of the Peavine reman* rated with the principal contributor of the Poet's Corner of his valuable cheat for writ* ing on both sides of her paper, she quietly retorted, " Well, and don't you print on both sides of yours P" Champoiroau was diaing a few friends. When dessert was placed on the table all his guests joined in complimenting him on the excellence of his wine. " And yet," cried Mm. Champorieau, intent on maiutainiLg the family reputation for blundering," do you know we have by no means given you tu« twt we tare f 'Wto« tht French,