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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 14 July 1891, Page 4

BITS FROM BOOKS. An Easy MiND.—He that lose 3 his conscience has n-thing let that is worth keeping, Therefore bu <we you look to that. And in the next place, look to your health ; and it yod have it praua God, and value the: tylessing of health ue.yt to a good conscience. N^ver Make Fun of Nervous. Children. — A word about nervous children. Never scold them nor." make fun" of them. They suffer enough without your threats or sarcasm. Pretend not to see their awkwardness, when in company nor their ■. grimaces when alone.: ; A case was reported , the other day of a boy of ten years wno, on , being vexed, and often without a:iy apparent provocation, will clench his hands and make . the most fright ml contortions ot the muscles of; his face and head till his poor mother ) fears he is idiotic. By no means. He is ,the brightest boy in his Class at school, fond of reading and of natural history, but he is of a highly, nervous , te;nperam,ent r .and. ha^ not Been taught Jo control the little- wires, | »a to speak, on which he is'strung. This is j 1 noi single . case. There , are thousands' Of ehildnsD ; who, give way to ,their^ner,y,es.!in similar fashion. Talk to them 1 about 'these 1 curious , little fellows that should be their servants, hot their masters. Never whip them,. _ The man or woman who whips a nervous child is on a level with brutes that have no reason. Encourage them. Help them. Be patient with them. They are the making of our future successful men and women, for they Will work hard at^w.hatever tliey undertake. Brace up your own nerves first, and then be indulgent towards the I c;ipers of your over-nervous children. — i Boston Globe, . , kMli Manual Training. — Manual training i , multiplies opportunities for personal ex- i r perience and contact with external realities. , One gains not by personal experience alone. ! The experience of the race is recorded in established methods and in the appliances dt' practical arts. The antiquarian sees in a flint arrow-head a chapter of ethnology ; in a rusty coin an era in classical history. What must the student* of civilization see ■ in a circular saw, an engine-lathe, a loco- < motive engine, in an ocean steamer? To the untaught and unexperienced th"c arrowhead and the coin are refuse; the saw is a frightful and dangerous thing ; the lathe is ' a stupid machine, whfcb. does work, with ' precision becau«se it cannot help it ; the locomotive is an awful and inexorable mystery ; the ocean steamer is a grand and mexplfc£ able phenomenon, as beyond explanation as, the ocean itseli. But give one a skilful te;icher, with a knowledge not only of things but of the student mind, and all these exI'P'.mants of human thought, these monuments of human progress, become trans- ' figured ; they are luminous wi,th, the bright , record' of past experience.'. /Manual training ' labours to give the .pupil the results of human experience along certain lines. The various, labbratjjrie^ 'of! mech'ariics; physicsj ' qliemistry, and drawing give, hioia modicum | ol personal experience, by medns of which he may subseqently interpret and appropriate the experience of 'others.— " Wtariual Training." By C. Ml Woodward. MEL^OUBNB AND THE QUBEK.— 'ThfS Prime Minister was 58 years of age, a mah of the world, and, at .the same timeithe soul o ' honour. His temperament was sympathetic, he had a passion ior female society, and he had no one of his own to love. He was devotedly attached to the Queen. • He. regarded her with almost parental affection, and for her sake, accustomed himself to a mode of life which in. other circumstances would have, been felt as an intolerable " bore." His manner to the Queen was marked by moßt respectful deference. Without a trace of obsequiousness his de T meanour had all the effect of the most win- | ning and graceful flattery, differing from.it I only in being perfectly sincere. The discipline was morally useful to him in many ways. It obliged him to prune his speech - of all needless expletives. In the Queen's I presence he took care to speak only the Queen's English. Melbourne lived at the . Castle. He was in constant attendance upon the Queen. At his farewell interview with her, on the fall of his Ministry, he could say that for the previous four years bo had seen her every day. Every morning before breakfast be took her the despatches to read, After luncb he almost invariably rode out with her, one of a numerous > cavalcade,, but taking his place next to her. At dinner in the evening he was always present when his Parliamentary duties permitted, and bis seat at the table was next to hers, on the left. It was a permanent, arrangement. He took in the lady-in-wait-ing in order that he might sit next the Queen, and if public .business required his i temporary absence, the place was kept vacant, for him. It is not easy to see how any "gap" could exist between the Queen and Melbourne, and we may take it for granted that there was none. Stockmar's biographer says : " Lord Melbourne was strongly devote 4 to the Queen, and even warmly attached to her personally. He initiated her in public affairs in the most easy and kindly manner. , She, on the other hand, placed in him an almost filial confidence."— " Lord Melbourne." By Henry Dunckley, M.A., L.L.D. The Law of Growth.— The rule of growth is that a child should increase 2 lb. in weight tor every inch in height between 3 ft. and 4 ft., and 2$ lb. for every inch between 4 ft. and 5 ft. Any child more than 7 lb. below the weight here given should be examined medically. A remarkable fact that comes out from the tables is that the boys at the public schools and ybung 1 men at the Universities, and entering the public, service, at Home called the upper: classes, average about 3 in. taller, and trom 6 lb. to 20 lb. heavier, than boys in the Board Schools and young apprentices and. workmen. Two causes may be assigned for this ' — first, heredity, the one springing from taller parents ; and, secondly, favourable surroundings. Deficient and improper food, town air, laborious work at early ages, all stunt the growth. Every one knows how a change from close town to free country life, with plenty of exercise, stimulates growth. I have seen three and a half inches thus produced in four months where all means in town had signally failed before. A good rule for predicting future height is that if five feet is passed between ten and eleven years of age, the child will be tall ; if between thirteen and fourteen, of medium stature ; if not till fifteen, he will be short. Increase of weight is also largely due to climate. I remember an exceedingly slim . and elegant youn^; lady coming to the north of London from the West of Ireland. In a few weeks there was trouble with the dresses, and this continued, for the girl soon got so stout as to quite lose her elegant figure. Her friends were in despair. Banting was tried, but still she grew apace. Circumstances at this time required her return to Connaught, and in two months' time, when she had got thoroughly soaked again in that humid climate, she wrote in triumph that the odious fat had all disappeared, and her beautiful figure returned. Again she. came to London, and as she gradually dried renewed troubles with the dresses began, and at last the question became urgent v hether ' she would be dry and stout in London, or dai.;p and elegant in Ireland. It is needless to say she at once chose the latter, and has not been to town since. Dr. Sahofield in the " Leisure Hour."