Petty "Worries.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6887, 24 June 1890, Page 1

Petty "Worries.

• The heaviest strokes of misfortune are borne hy some men -without wincing; they have nerve enough at least to hide their troubles from the public gaze, and bear a brave front to the outside world, no matter how great their actual suffering may be. But the petty worries of life are ones which try even the strongest natures, and break down the most determined wills. The giant in nerve, who can bear sickness, pain, sorrow, suffering and poverty without any visible sign of distress, will break down sooner dr later under a succession of petty annoyances—the mosquito bites of life—which he can neither guard against nor revenge. There is no cure for some of them, but for many there is an alleviator easily obtainable, cheap and certain. St Jacob's oil is the recognised conqueror of pain, and with a sound body it is astonishing how trivial all other afflictions seem, and with what comparative ease they are shaken off. The man who can illustrate the old proverb hj bearing the sufferings of his neighbours with fortitude, may bear his own equally as well by the aid of this wonderful remedy.

AN APT QUOTATION. How Oliver Wendell Holhes Foreshadowed the Waterbury Watch. Editor Waterbury. Dear Sir,—ln reading again the other day Holmes' " Atitocrat of the Breakfast Table," I came upon the following (page 149, of Osgood's edition of 1875, but copyright of 1858) : " If a watch tells us the hour and the minute, we can be content to carry it about with us for a lifetime, though it has no second-hand, and is not a repeater nor a musical watch — though it is not enamelled nor jewelled—in short, though it has little beyond the wheels required for a trustworthy instrument, added to a good face and a pair of useful hands. The more wheels there are in a watch or a brain, the more trouble they are to take care of." I was so struck with its aptness that I venture to call your attention to it, thinking that it may serve you a good purpose for use in an advertisement—particularly in Boston. Yours truly, E. Alexander, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, September 19,1888.