WAIFS AND STRAYS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 128, 15 October 1875, Page 15

WAIFS AND STRAYS.

A Bath in the Dead Sea. — Mr. C. A. Kingsbury writes as follows in 'Forest and Stream 3 of a bath in the Dead Sea: — " Reaching at last this moat remarkable of all the seas and lakes on our globe, we prepared to take a bath — and such a bath I can hardly expect ever to take again. I had previously bathed in numerotis seas, lakes, and rivers, but never did I enjoy such a bath as this. The specific gravity of the water is such from its holding in solution so large a proportion of salt (26£ per cent.) that one floats upon its surface like a cork. At the time there was only a gentle ripple upon the sea, and being a good swimmer I at once struck out into deep water. I soon found that I could not only swim and float with wonderful ease, but that I could actually walk in the water, sinking only to the arm-pits. Discovering tlds fact, I made for the shore, and taking Dr. C, one of our party, who could not swim, by the hand, led him into the sea where the water was many fathoms deep. At first he was quite reluctant to follow me, but he soon gained confidence on finding there was no danger of sinking, and he enjoyed the novel bath as -much as if he had been an expert swimmer. Snouldthe bather allow the water to get into his eyes or mouth, he would suffer considerable abatement in his enjoyment on account of its extremely salt, bitter, and irritating nature. No fish can live in the sea ; but various kinds of ducks abound here at certain spasons of the year. The water was as clear as ordinary sea- water ; its temperature was agreeable, and it has an oily feeling, and altogether its action on the surface of the body was such "as to develop those pleasurable sensations pertaining to the sense of touch, accompanied by tha most delightful exhilaration. Of all the baths in the world, give me a bath in the Dead Sea." Adyice to Yotog Lawyers. — Judge Underwood of Rome, Kentucky, said to f our young lawyers who.had just passed au examination in his court : "Young gentlemen, I want to-say a thing or two to you. You ha?© passed as good an examination v usual, perhaps

better : and you don't know anything. Like those young fellows just back from their graduation college, you think you know a great deal. This is a great mistake. If you erer get to be of any account you will be surprised at your present ignorance. Don't be too big for your breeches. Go round to the justices' courts. Try to learn something. Don't be afraid. Set off upon a high key. You will, no doubt, speak a great deal of nonsense, but you will hare one consolation, nobody will know it. The gre_t mass of mankind take sound for sense. Never' mind about your case — pitch in. You are about as apt I o win as lose. Don't be ashamed of the wise-looking justice. He don't know a thing. He is a dead beat on knowledge. Stand to your rack, fodder or no fodder, and you will ses daylight after a while. The community generally supposes that you will be rascals. There is no absolute necessity that you should. You may be smart withotu being tricky. Lawyers ought to be gentlemen. Some of them don't come up to the standard, and are a disgrace to' the fraternity. They know more than any other race, generally, and not much in particular. They don't know anything about sandstones, carboniferous periods and ancient land animals known as fossils. Men that make out they know a great deal on these subject they don't know much. < They are ancient land animals themselves, and will ultimately be fossils. You are dismissed with the sincere hope of the court that -you will not make asses of yourselves." — Louitville Courier-Journal. Flesh Wottjs'ds. — Every person should know how to treat a flesh wound. Everyone is liable to be placed in circumstances away from surgical aid', where he may save Ms own life, the life of a friend, or a beast, simply by the exercise of a little common sense. In the first place, close the lips of the wound within the hands, and hold them firmly together to check the flow of blood until several stitches can be taken and a bandage applied. Then bathe the wound for a long time in cold water. " Should it be painful," a correspondent says, " take a pailful of burning coals and sprinkle upon them common brown sugar and hold th» wounded part in the smoke. In a minute or two the pain will be allayed, and the recovery proceeds rapidly. In my case a rusty nail had made a bad vround in my foot. The pain and nervous irritation were severe. This was all removed by holding it in smoke fifteen minutes, and I was able to resume my reading in comfort. We have often recommended it to others, with like result. Recently, one of my men had a finger-nail torn off by a pair of ice tongs. It became very painful, as was to be expected. Held in ; sugar smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and promised speedy recovery." How Ofteht May "we Eat ?—lf? — If a person eats twice or thrice a day, at regular periods, the gastric juice is secreted by fche stomach to digest the food it has received. If, while the food is being digested, more food is introduced into the stomach, digestion, in relation to the food already in the stomach, is arrested. For instance, a person takes in the morning a piece of bread and several potatoes ; uovy, it will take about three hours for th« stomach to dispose of that food. Suppose the person, about an hoar after eating this food, takes a piece of bread and an. apple or two, what would happen ? The digestion that was going on in the stomach would immediately stop, and not be resumed until the food that was received last was brought into the condition of the lint. Suppose he took food every hour, what would be the consequence ? The stomach would become prematurely worn-out, and could do nothing perfectly — working all the time without rest. But if th» person possessed a good constitution and a large amount of vital power, he would not fee), at first, this drain \ipon his system, but sooner or later he would have to pay the penalty of outraged nature. Some persons have an. enormous amount of vitality — good constitutions. It is said of these persons nothing hurts them ; they can eat aud drink anything with impunity. This is a fatal niis- . take. The Seoeet c f Health. — First, keep cool ; second, eat regularly and slowly; third, maintain regular bodily habits; fourth, take early and very light suppers — or, better still, none at all; fifth, keep a clean skin; sixth, get plenty of sleep at night; seventh, keep cheerful and respectable company ; eighth, keep out of debt; ninth, don't set your mind on things you don't need; tenth, mind your own business; eleventh, don't set up to be a " sharp" of any kind ; twelfth, subdiie curiosity.