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Mataura Ensign, Volume 15, Issue 1192, 10 June 1892, Page 3

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+ The years do Hbtla for ua if \ they do not toach us modesty, it" thoy do not convinoe ub how little we roallv know of humanity, of its dflsires and tompbations, its motives and sources of action, if thoy do nofc show u« that «' There is somo soul of goodness in things e vil, would man obsorvingly distil it out." Here is a rccipo to rem >ye tight finger > fines. Pa's the end of a pieco of fine twine underneath the ring, anl wini it evenly around the finger up win! as far as the middle joint. Then Uko hold of the lower cud of the string boneath the ring and b*gin to slowly unwind upvard, when the ring will gradually more along the twino toward the tip of the finger and oome off. Nob! ling opens so wide a door to vice, to cri<ne, to cvii habits of every description, as the abseneo of occupation. Tho downward course of many a promising youth, the ruin of many a hopeful life, may ba distinctly traced to tho void cjuaed by having nothing definite and positive to do. The faculties must be nctive, the energies must be at work, and if nob employed for good they will be for evil. From various calculations it has b?en estimated tiiat fiom the future we cannot reoVon on more of solar Tadiation th»n 20,000,003 tirnns the amount given out in a year at present. Taking into consideration the gradually diminishing radiating surface, the conclusion has been arrived at that the aun cannot give out sufficient heat to support life on the earth after the lapse of 10,000,000 years. Method raises a lively and baautiful oomposuro out of a chaos of CoTiplic\ted and disorderly materials, and from a disorderly concourse and dark confusion of ideas calls forth light, order, tnd harm )ny. Tnis assigns to every patt its proper magnitude, figure, , and situation with co much judgment that all si and in need of one another, and each contributes gracefulness and strength. Jfco aiM whole.— Blackmore. "~~ <fIH Eggs can be kept fresh for a long while by j^k covering completely with butter or sweet oil, jHj placing in a wooden box, and smothering with JH bran ; the lid must then be tightly shut. JHj Another method is to place tbein in a pan immediately they are taken from the nests, and cover with a mixture of quicklime (three pounds), cream of tartar (one ounce), salt (nine ounces), and boiling water (about sis quarts), made on the previous day and [allowed to cool. I i When we talk about exercise, wo a.r£-~nf&p -^ ant to forget that it is a many-sided word. We use it as if it referre 1 merely to the movement of the mußcles. It is neeess&ry to health ' that all our powers should be exercised, and tha oontinued diiuse of any of them results in its partial or tot 1 loss. If anyone should lie in bed for years without the slightest ailment, one would lose the use of the limbs | and this is equally true of quito different f *culties. All our powers grow by vie. <t|u The following is one way of c-inveyinf to IJH the mind some idea of what a million yea«/^B really ie. Take a narrow slip of paper, an in'oh' \IH broad or more, and eighty-three feet four g|fl inches in length, and stretch it along the •*■ wall of a large hall, or around the walls of an apartment somewhat over twenty feet square. Recall as many years as you oan remember, and then multiply them in imagination by any nf cetsirf number so as to get something like an adequate conooption of what a period of a hundred years is. Then mark off from one of the ends of tho strip one-tenth ,of an inch The one-tenth of the inch will then represent one hundred years, and the entire length of the strip a million years. It is well wdrth making this experiment, just in order to feel the striking impression that it produoea on the mind. . The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the Metropolis last year was Dearly 19,000,000 gallons, or about 84,000 tons. Of this quantity, about one-third was taken from the river, canals, and decks, and the remainder from the street pipes. Buttermilk, when it is acid, and nor bitter, is a very valuable article of diet, and ought to be more widely used than it is. It is especially good for consumptives, the aoid tending to diminish the night-sweats, and to increase the appetite and strength. When we think of the tenderness, of the^^^g solicitude, of the protection, of the grace^^BHjj tho charm, of the happinesss, or atb|gflHHHS consolation that woman brinnri^Hj^^^^HH^H man, one is tempted uncovered - ' iea^^jdH^^^H^HßHß^|DH noyerst .^^ri^^^H^^^^^^^H^H^^^^^^^B