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PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 1879.
How to Preserve Health.
Sleep for Children.
which with their parchment bands it
called “ molds.” This is the last beat­
The first great secret of good health
There is no danger that children,
ing which the gold receives. It takes
There are many good ¡»eople who do
can
sleep too much. The old proverb
is
good
habits;
and
the
next
is
regular
­
about five hours of skillful bjating to
not see the profit, and sometimes not
ity
of
habits.
They
are
briefly
sum
­
“
Who
sleeps, eats,” is illustrated in
“ finish off” a “ mold ” of this gold,
the sense or propriety, of the work
med
up
in
the
following
rules:
those
little
ones who sleep most.
and when it is done each piece or leaf
called, in its amin-gate, English Bible­
1. — Sleep. Give yourself the neces­ Wakeful children are almost always,
as it is called, is about five inches
criticism They have the feeling that
square covering about twenty-five sary amount of sleep. Some men re­ peevish, irritable and lean. If they
the text of the English version, pre­
quire five hours of the twenty-four; can be induced te sleep abundantly,
squaie inches of surface..
cisely as it left toe translators hands,
Now for a little calculation: each others need eight. Avoid feather beds. they are quite likely to become good-
in King James t ime, is somehow sa­
Sleep in a garment not worn during natured and plump. Their Bleep
bit of ribbon an inch square that we
cred, and tberet. re not to be meddled
the
day. To maintain robust health, should be as much during the hours of
commenced beating has been twice cut
with profanely. The logical inference
sleep
with a person as healthy as darkness as^possible, and therefore it
into quarters and now each quarter is
fr<5m their declarations on this subject
yourself
or no one.
is better that they should go to bed!
spread out till it covers twenty-five
is, that not even .tn obvious error in
2.
—
Dress.
In
cold
weather,
dress
before sunset to have their sleep out,
square inches. Some of you boys or
translation or tn copying should be
warmly
with
underclothing.
Remove
than
to lie long after sunrise in the
girls tell us how many square inches
corrected. The whole is to stand as
muffler,
overcoat,
overshoes,
when
morning.
It is well to let any health­
of gold-leaf each one of those bits of
at the first. Now an example or two
remaining
any
considerable
length
of
ful,
growing
child or young persons-
ribbon has made. Heie it is: 4x4x25
of modern critic - i of oui authorized
time
in
a
warm
room.
Keep
your
feet
sleep till he wakes himself, and then,
equals to 400 ; that is each bit of rib­
English text io perhaps show the
How
Gold
Leaf
is
Made.
warm
and
dry.
Wash
them
in
warm
give
him such variety and amount of
bon that was one inch square now
desirableness and necessity of some-
water,
two
or
three
times
a
week.
out-door
exercise as shall make him
thing of this kind
The gilding on signs, picture-frames covers four hundred square inches, and
Wear
warm
stockings,
large
boots,
glad
when
bed time returns.
In the first . in u >n of our present and books, besides many other things, therefore the leaf is only one-four-
and
overshoes
when
in
the
show
or
1). Kill. Exodus is made with gold-leal, which is so hundreth as thick as the ribbon. But
'/English versin'
How Nutmeg Grows.
.lows: “And when thin that it takes 400,000 leaves to the ribbon was only about one-third wet. Wear a light covering on the
xiv. 10 read •
head keeping it always cool.
Nutmegs grow on little trees which
Pharaoh drew 11 ii, the children of make an inch in thickness, or 1,000 as thick as a sheet of paper, of about
3. — Cleanliness.
Have always a
one-thousandth
of
an
inch
thick,
so
and
behold,
eyes,
look like pear trees, and are general­
Israel lift tip tin
leaves put together to make about the
pint or quart of water in the sleeping
ly over twenty feet high. The flowers
the Egyptians mulched after them, thickness of a sheet of paper. And it here is our leaf, only one-four hun-
loom. In the morning after washing
afraid; and the is hammered out by men with iron dred thousandth of an inch thick.
are very much like the lily of the val­
and they were ►
It is noW so thin that looking and wiping the hands and face, then ley. They are pale and very fragrant.
children of Israel .1 ted up their eyes. hammers weighing from ten to twelve
through it towards the light it looks wet with the hands every part of the The nutmeg is seed of the fruit, and
and behold the E \ ptians marched af­ pounds apiece. How is this done ?/
body. Cold water will not be disa­
ter them, arm tiny were sore afraid;
mace is the thin covering over this
We will begin with the coin or old like a common green Veil, and is so
greeable when applying it with the
delicatethat
men
can
not
well
handle
and the children <■ Israel cried out pieces of gold, rings, watch-cases, or
seed. The fruit is large as a peach.
bare hands. Wipe immediately; fol­
unto the Lord.” N >w came the ques­ nuggets of new gold, which are melted it, and girls have to take it out of
When ripe it breaks open and shows
low be brisk rubbing over the body.
these
“
molds
”
and
put
it
into
“
books
”
tion to biblical scholars. Here is our in a little clay pot or crucible in a
the little nut inside. The trees grow
The whole opperation need not take
great and honored version, the origi­ very hot fire, and while in this state that is between leaves of very thin
on the islands of Asia and in tropical
over
five minutes. The result of this
nal edition; sTrA.ll we alter or amend are reduced to gbout 18 carats fine­ paper so it can be shipped and used,
America. They bear fruit Tor seven­
wash is, the blood is brought to the
it? Shall we believe tliat the trans­ ness (pure gold is 24 carats fine, which one leaf at a time. And these girls
ty or eighty years, having ripe fruit
surface of the skin and made to circu­
lators intended to repeat the clause we can not stop to explain now, but can not touch it with their fingers at
upon them at all seasons. A tine tree
late
evenly throughout the body. You
in the middle of the verse ? Shall we will only say that a certain measure is all. They use long pincers and lift­
in Jamaica lias over four thousand
have opened the pores ot the skin, al­
believe that the mistake ¡s one of the called a carat, a name that came from ing the leaf very tenderly they blow
nutmegs on it yearly^ The Dutch
lowing
impurities of the body to pass
compositon only, who copied the man­ Africa). ‘This gold is poured into a it to the place where they want it
used to \huve ail this nutmeg
uscript with metal types? Fortunate mold called an “ingot" which is an with their breath. A little wind in off, and having given yourself in the trade, as tn6y owned the Banda
ly our “ original edition” has itself an inch wide and four or five inches long the room would blow the leaves all operation a good vigorous morning Islands, and conquered all the
exercise. c Pursue this habit regularly,
original behind it in another language when it cools off’ It is now a bar or about, they are so light.
othet traders and destroyed the
and
you will seldom, take cold.
And
now
about
those
skins
which
by which we can safely correct this “an ingot” of gold perhaps nearly a
trees. To keep the price up, they
4.— Inflation of the Lungs. Five min­
erroneous copy. But to the English quarter of an inch thick. This is make the “ moulds” and the “shoders.’
once burned three piles of nutmeg
reader alone who kno s not this of1 passed lengthwise between two They are made only in Europe and at. utes spent in the open air, after dress­ each of which was as laiW, as-a
iginal, what help is there? Shall-he s:r.ooth rollers many times, which are first nearly as transparent as common ing, inflating the lungs, by inhaling as church. Nature did not sympathize
full a breath as possible, and pounding
apply his common sense,*and make a set closer and closer together each glass: They are very thin, a thousand
with snch meanness. The nutmeg
the
breast during the inflation, will
conjectural ememlatipn- in the text, time until the bar is pressed into a of thfiin being less than,j%n inch thick.
pigeon,.found in all the Indian islands
and conclude to strike out the repiti- ribbon of gold. This is an interesting And they are very fine and smooth. greatly enlarge the chest, strengthen did for the world what the Dutch had
tion of the clause ? Such a course is process ; for the gold never spreads They are made from a particular part the lung power, and very effectually determined should not be done—car­
never ventured upon by the critic who sidewise as we might at first expect, of an ox, one ox when it is slaughter­ ward off consumption.
ried those nuts, which are their food,
5. — Diet. If inclined to be dyspep­
consults the documents on which res£ -ftut on)y length iwise ; and then, this ed, furnishing only four of these skins
into all the surrounding countries,
the text of our Greek New Testament. bar may pass through the rollers aliout five inches square. The finest- tic, avoid mince pie, sausage, and and trees grew again, arid the world
And if he will not strike out the sup­ twenty times without becoming much of these skins cost about $30 or $40 a other highly seasoned food. Beware had the benefit.— Boston Journal of
erfluous words, is he forced to see longer than it was at first, but direct­ thousand and it takes nearly a thou­ of eating too freely of soups; better to Commerce.
eat food dry enough toeinploy the na­
some mystical meaning in the1 repeti­ ly it begins to grow longer fast, and, sand of them to make a “ mold.”
tural saliva of the mouth in moisten­
How
wonderful
this
process
of
tion, or n ust he suppose two matches, in perhaps five or six times passing
No Other Way of Telling It.
ing it If inclined to over-eat, par
beating
out
the
gold
is
!
isn
’
t
it
?
How
two pursuits, two times of sore fear ? thiougli, it becomes about forty yards
When Burns was invited to dine at
The other seeming error, “lift” for long instead of four or five inches many of the children would like to take freely of rice, cracked wheat, and
other
articles
that
are
easily
digested.
Dunlop
House, a west country dame,
see some gold-beating done ? Let us
“ lifted” is one of’those various read­ long as it was at first.
Eat
freely
of
ripe
fruit,
and
avoid
who
acted
as housekeeper, appeared
inc which do not mar or make sense.
This is a very pretty gold ribbon , see: how many of you have counted
excessive
use
of
meats.
Eat
at
regu
­
to
doubt
the
propriety of hei mistress,
Again, in Exodus, xxxviii. 11, there now about one-third as thick as a a thousand, to see how long it was go­
lar
hours
and
lightly
near
the
hour
of
entertaining a mere plowman who
■was found in the early English edition sheet of paper, which is cut off into ing to take Charlie Jones to pile up
going
to
bed.
Est
slowlv.
Thorough
­
made rliymts, as if he were a gentle­
gold
leaves
till
he
got
a
pile
as
thick
the reading “hoops of/ the. pillars.” bits about an inch long, being square,
ly
masticate
the
food.
Do
not
wash
man of old descent. By the way of
put
between
U«
»
sheet
of
paper?
Well,
we
will
Ought we to retain that typographic­ or nearly so. These are |
it
down
with
continual
diink
while
convincing
her of the bard’s right to-
tell
Charlie,
and
those
who
have
al error, or use common sense, and pieces of very hard paper about four
eating.
Tell
your
funniest
stories
such
a
distinction,
Mrs. Dunlop gave-
counted
a
thousand
(but
none
of
the
read “ hooks of the pii trs”? And in inches square made specially for the
while
at
the
table,
and
for
an
hour
her
the
Cotter
’
s
Saturday
Nigld to-
rest
must
listen),
that
if
they
are
Leviticus iv. 35; did the translators purpose, a paper being laid down and
afterwards.
.Do
not
engage
in
severe
read.
This
she
soon
did,
and
return­
ever
in
New
York
City
they
can
find
mean anything in having “shall burnt a bit of the gold put in the middle of
mental
lab->r
direetly
-after
hearty
eat
­
ing
the
volume
with
a
strong
shake
a
gold
beater
’
s
shop
at
178
Hudson
then!” instead of ""shiilt burn them ”? it, then another piece of paper is put
ing.
of
the
head,
said
:
“
Nae
doubt
ladies
street,
or
in
Philadelphia
at
the
corner
Or in Leviticus xiii. 5(1, “ the plaine on top and another bit of gold in the
6. — Exercise. Exercise not too vio­ and gentlemen tlink inucle o” this,,
be,” rather than “the plague be ”? middle of it till the pile is about half of Seventh and Cherry streets, or in
lent,
but sufficient t<> pre since a gentle but for me it’s naething but what I
Either these errors ought to stand, or an inch thick. This is then put into Chicago at 130 Adams street. And
perspiration,
should lie ha<1 each day saw i my father’s house every day,,
they ought to be corrected. If the bands of parchment. These pieces of it will pay for the trouble of going
in
the
ojs*n
air.
and I dinna see how he could hae-
latter, who should give the correct paper and parchment bands together just to see them making gold-leaf. If
7. — Condition of Mind.* The con­ tould it ony ither way.”— Ex.
Tendering ? and what are to be the make what is called a “ kutch.” Now any of the little ones want to ask us
limits of revision of this character ?
comes the beating. A heavy stone is a question about this gold we will dition of the mind has much to do
S ociety and S olitude —A oorrespon­
with the health. Be hopeful and joy­
Many cases might be cited where Bet in the ground upon one end and try to answer it.— Rural Home.
dent write« that she thinks her heai.b.
ous. To be so, avoid business entang­ would be much better if she did not get so-
the devout English reader would be is about two-and-a-half feet high;
A Wonderful Scene.
lements that may cause perplexity lonesome, and asks if lonesomness is
puzzled to know whether his common upon this stone they lay the "kutch,”
not the can«« of a morbid condition bor­
An unusual scene for Europe, that and anxiety. Keep out of debt. Live dering on disease ? To which we answer
sense was to be used, or whether he and, holding it with one hand they
that man by nature seeks society and alstf.
was to look for a hidden meaning, strike upon the middle of it with the of the sun not setting, but shining within yonr income. Attend church. solitude.
A harmonious change from one *
Walk,
ride,
mix
in
jovial
company.
through the whole night, is to be wit­
with the need of a miraculous inter­ hammer in the other hand.
to the otter ia ewential to the best h«»lb.
Where there is too much solitude there is
pretation. What shall be done nbout
After pounding it about two hours nessed from the summit of Mt. Aavax Do as nearly right as you know how. apt
to despondency. Where one has too
Thus
conscience
will
always
be
easy.
them ? It is true that errors of the the gold is found to have spread out in Finland, near Torneo, at sixty-six
much society he is apt to wear out prema­
pen or of the press do not destroy a nearly to the edges of the pieces of north latitude. Every year, on June If occaaionly disappointed, remember turely. It ia not easy to arrange life bo ­
ss to have just enough of each. If every
23rd, a multitude of people of different that there is no rose without a thorn, hour brings a swarm of company the result
work, either in its main idea or in its paper that make the “kutch.”
upon the moral nature is unfavorable. If
finer detals, any more than the falling
The gold is now taken out and cut nations visit that mountain to witness and that the darkest clouds have a on
the other hand, man is too mncii iso­
of small chips or mortar destroy eith­ into quarters, and each quarter is put ths interesting spectacle. According Bdver lining; that sunshine follows lated from Ilia fellow men hi« social nature
storrn,
and
beautiful
spring
follows
the
antlers, and the mental Lenities are not
er the grand shape of the whole ca­ between two skins just as in the case to the reports of the Finn journals,
properly developed. Loueoome people
thedral, or the tine and complicated of the “ kutch,” only these skins and this year there were on Mt. Aavax dreary winter. Do your duty, and who live in the oouatry should make
effect of its delicate tracery. Yet their parchment bands make up what about-hreehundred travelers. Three of leave the rest to God, who doeth all inend" of m.iu e; *nnu de, F,lsDW trw.g
boo nus to them, in a certain aense.
these were Englishmen ,t woFrench 1 nen, things well.— Hill's Manual oj Social so Ihew
Shakespeare is Shakespeare, though is called a “ shoder.”
’ieÿ A home and dog make very good
This again is beaten in the same one was a Russian. There were sev­ and Business Forms.
the textual criticism of Shakespeare is
way
as tire “ kutch," being put into a eral Germans, Danes and swedes, and
the most delicate problem of the sort
Life Story.
in the world of seeular literature; press between two hot pieces of iron the rest were Finns. The government
The Water Lily.
PevHti y««rw nt sport und play.
Milton is Milton ; Cieero is Cicero ; every few minutes, to keep the gold of Finland is now erecting on Mt.
H
wvpii ymo-a of -oliool from «lay to day,
Froui
the
reek
of tbi pZuJ
:i|T
Homer is Homer ; Herodotus is He­ hot so it will spread out better under Aavax a hotel for the accommodation
B»-v«n yenra of '- o II sm « or appreutioe life,
n»-a
in
raiment
*
_
H.-v-n year« to b ’ io hm » wito,
rodotus, no matter how many varior­ the beating. After the gold has been of travelers.— Ex.
A *uirit of aim ^4 < Unra—•
8-vra yeure to pltaauru e foliiee gtv<*n,
um editions are printed. Atid the beaten bo much that it is spread out
A form of inosruate ligUt;
The voman «ho wears riuga on the ont-
Keren yearn to bmiitieao har<l dnveo,
k«t, exoept for the rooted stem
i
of her gloves, would part her hair in
Bevwn yean for tome a wild gooee chase,
English Bible is the English Bible, in to the edges of the “shoder” it is taken ■ide
1 hat steadies her diadem.—
the
middle,
and
wear
a
scarlet
necktie
if
Keren
years
for
wealth
a
bootless
race,
'
apite of the multitude of errors in the out and again cut into quarters and she
th®.,h“
»onriabed by,
was a man. — Sfubeneills (Ohio) Har­
Horen years to hoarding for your heir,]
theskyV
‘hC
h*TB
“>
^multitude of editions, of which errors put between the finest of such skins , old.
Seven yeara of weakness spent in oare.
Restoring t’ae True Text.
hardly a reader in ten thousand ever
cornea into conscious contact with a
single one.
In view of the undeniable existence
in eur present English Bible of more
or leas such minor errors of copying
or translating, need we blame consci­
entious critics for pointing them out
to us, as we come to them in the
course of our International Bible stu­
dy. Or need we shrink from the help
to a careful versification of our trans­
lation by the revision of the English
version in comparison with the origi­
nal text,at the hands of the competent
and impartial Christian scholars who
have now undertaken this matter of
English Bible revision ?—S. S. Times-