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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY AUGUST ic, 1S01.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THOUGH MANY QIQ DUOS ARE OUT
OF TOWN THERE'S PLENTY OF IT.
Ttii Nrw tUliy nl Hip Clilnran l.rfittliiti,
Tlir NntlittiHl Cillnl l)iitltiiliiK Hi
Aliminl llontn ('trailing nml ltrmlr A
' Htorj- Aliunt t:..Stinltrr CitrlUlv.
lb;-cctnl C'orri'tiotiilMico,
Washington, Aub. . Kven In mid
summer, when tlio. imtiomvl capital It
ono of tlio dullest of places, gossip goes
on. As n untioii of gosslpcrs it in proli
ablo wo lu'nt nil tlio other nittlons of the
earth, miles It I tlio KiikIIsIi, ami (licit
(TOmIji Is confined to it single city, while
hero gossip Is universal uiul uncontlned,
You ought to come ilown nml take u
look nt (ho American capital enjoying
itn summer siesta. Itsciulut mid lonoli-
now nro almost iletuniuo. Peinnyl
vunlu avenue, tlio Brunt thoroughfare,
which In winter looms with llfo mid ac
tivity, with flguros of tintloiiiil Interest,
men mid women known tlio world over,
la now like tho main street of n country
town. Tlio ntroot curs ntlll run, but
tlioy nro pretty buy about It, mid u grout
majority of their passengers nro colored
liooplo. In tlio northwest section of the
ci(y, whoro most of tlio jieoplo of promi
iicnco in social or otllciul 1 1 It j llvo, two
houses out of throo luivo the blinds con
tnntly drnwn mid tlio milkmmi uuver
riiiKB tlio bell nt the hnsciucut door
It is in this section of tlio city that tlio
getaway pooplo llvo, mid thuy uro gone
to Europe, (o (ho mountains, to t ho '
onshore, to (ho country With u fow ,
'rAiijiuuim, oiuy mo HorvmilH llllil tlio
colored (tcoplo remain, lu this part of
tlio city tlio sldo streotn nod (ho nlloys
botwoon thorn toom with n black poptifii
tlon. Tho ncBroca do not go away for tlio
nminer. Tho balmy cllmnto of Wash
ingtonof tho Washington of 1801, for
it Is not a! wnys so balmy is good enough
for thotn. Thoy fill tho streets, they
monopolize tlio horso cars, thoy liavo tho
pnrka to tliemsolvos. In coiiso(iieiico,
tlio stranger who comes to Washington
and tnkes a rldo through tho aristocratic
northwest, us nil strangers do, is nuinicd
to 'discover that ovon in tho bon ton resi
dent district tho colored folk outnumber
the whites tlvo to ouo.
, All but ouo of tho foreign legations,
and there nro nbout n score of thorn in
"Washington, nro closed for tho summer.
Tho representatives of foreign countries,
whatever may bo their custom nt homo.
very soon ncqutro tho fashionable Amer
ican habit of going nwny for tho sum
mer. Tho only legation house now oioii
U that occupied by tho Chinese, and
family reasons, ns well as native disincli
nation to give up n comfortable homo
and go awuy to siieud ono's mouoy in (ho
pursuit of doubtful pleasures, luivo kept
the Chinese itt their posts. Tho new
Chinese baby is now nbout six weok3
Id, and for moro than ten days has boon
taking an niriug every afternoon in Du
pont clrclo. It is n pretty llttlo girl,
with a ve,ry round i'neo nnd tho queerest
"liitlo "pig" eyes you over saw. It tajces
Iks outing in a gorgeous bnby carriage
of American make, though 1 mn told a
fine Chinese carriage, worth more than
hundred dollars, Is on tho way
The coach now In use was bought at n
tore down town, and when it was de
livered at tlio legation, two or threw
weeks ago, all tho attaches foil in love
with it and vied with ouch other for the
honor of wheeling it nbout, empty. Now
they are even more fond of taking the
Infant prodigy out in tho clrclo, und it
is uot uncommon to see four or five big,
fat fellows, with their robes of blue mid
their odd shaped cups, wheeling nbout
that one llttlo baby, as proud of it us a
hen with n brood of now peoples. Occa
sionally during tho jwist fow days the
mother of tho child, tho minister's wife,
has been out with tho carriage, nnd for
all 1 can tee she is just'ns fond of her
babyy'just as proud of it nnd just us do
lighted when the women and girls mid
children of tho neighborhood rush up to
the couch nnd go into raptures over its
occupant, as any American mother could
be. 1 fancy thut human nature is pretty
much the same the world over.
Tho appearance of tho Chinese bnby in
the circlo is tho signal for tho scamper
ing in that direction of ubout ull tho
maidens and children, whito and black,
within u hnlf dozen blocks. Tho word
pussdl along, "Tho Clitnoso baby is out,"
depopulates ull the houses and streets in
the neighborhood. Tho minister's wife
Miiileittt every ono who smiles nt her
baby, y,ud tho gorgeous rod top of the
little much is always surrounded by a
cflfcoui), admiring and cackling crowd.
I'Heyynistor's wifo, beiiuj a high born
ily, never appears without a servant
trftli her, and the servaut always sticks
(Joed to her mistress' side, and usually
has hold of her hand. It is tho servant's
duty to help tho mistress walk and save
her from falling down. Tho mother,
poor thing, has no feet, nothing but
stumps, on which she hobbles about most
painfully. Tho maid, uot being of the
nristocraoy, has a pretty good pair of
teet unuer her, though many an Ameri
can woman would like to bo ablo to wear
as small a Bhoe us sho wears.
"What a pity," sjiid I ouo day to Mr,
Ho, the translator of tho legation, as we
sat in the circle watching the infant in
her all conquering perambulations, "that
this protty baby must grow up to have
her feet stunted and deformed in that
fashion."
"It Beems so to you," replied the big
translator, with a roguish took in his
eyes, "but you must remember that she
has one advantage she will not be com
pelled to grow up with her body de
formed by the use of a corset."
I went np to the Capitol the other day
to see what the great building looks like
in its summer Tsuiti The exterior is as
grand and noble as ever, but the Interior
is undergoing that annual process of
bouse cleaning which it appears no
building in this Yankee land, be It great
or small, enjoys immunity from. The
supreme court room looks like a carpen
ter's shop. The senate bad no seats in
it, no desks, no carpet upon the floor,
and good deal of the floor has been
torn op.
The bouse of representatives was in a
f my brnlu so hung, drawn nml ciunrtoreil
tortures mo like n conilcninrd spirit "
A UdKt.IlLtNO'B DEATH
I went to see n worldling din. A I wut
Into tlio Imll I saw Iti lloor wattciiillnud,
nml Iti wnll wiw n plcturo uullory I found
hli denth chnmlier ndorncd with tapestry
until It seemed us if tliu clouds of tliu .et
ting sun hnd settled In tht room Tliu
Iiiiiii htid Biven furty yenri to tliu world
Id wit, hit time, hi genius, lili talent, hit
out. Did the world couiu In to stand by
hi deathbed, und clearing off tliu vial of
hitter niedlclnu, put down nuy couiieii.i
tlonf Oh, not The world loe not like
tick mid dyltiK people, und lenvo thrin In
the lurch It ruined this man mid then
left IiIid Ho liml t nuignlllccnt fuiivnil
All the ministers ,voro scarfs, mid tlii-in
were forty three carriage In row. hut
tliu 'Icpurted mini oppreclnted nut he oli
ie'tllc
I wiint to ticrtiiitdu mi v .itidlciico t lirwt
thU world is n pimr Investment; tlint it
does not pny ninety per cunt, of siitUfiic
tloii, nor eighty ier cent., nor twunty per
cent,, nor two per cent., nor ono; thut it
gives no soluca when u dead bubo I let mi
your hip; thut It given no ponco whon cot
science rings Its alarm, thut It give no .
plmiiitlon In the day of illru trouhle, uiH
Ht the tlmo of your decease it takes hold (
iho pillow case mid slmkus out tliu feathers
mid then jolts down lu tliu place thuieof
llis mid groans and execrations, nml Hum
makes you put your huud on lu
Oh, yo who Imvu tried this world, Is It u
satlifuctory portion Would you ndvNe
your frluniN to iniiko the Investment? No
"Yo Imvu sold yuursoLves for naught '
Your cousclcucu went. Your hopu went
Your lllhlu went. Your lieuvun went
Your Ood went. When n sheriff under u
writ from tlio courts nulls n mull out the
olllcer Huiierully lenves n fow chuir mid u
bed, nml n few cups mid knives, hut lu
lM owful vendue In which you Imvu been
ciiKMKi'u inu uuciKMiecr m miiuei huh eniiie
down upon body, mind ami soul koIiikI
gonul "Yu luivo sold yourselves for
naught."
ONCK LOST IT IS OONK KOIIKVKII,
How could you donor Did you think
that your soul was a muro trinket whlfh
for a fuw pennies you could buy In a toy
lmpr Did you think Unit yuur soul, If
oueo lost, might bo found ngnlii If you
wont nut with torches ami lanterns? Ull
you think that your soul was short lived,
ami that, panting, you would soon llu
down for extinction? Or bad you no Idea
what your soul was worth? Did you
ever put your foietlugers on Its eternal
pulses? Have you not felt tlio quiver of its
(eerie wing? Have you not known that
after leaving tliu body, tliu llrst step of
your soul reaches to tho stnrs, mid tho next
step to tho farthest outpost of God's mil
verse, nml that It will uotdlu until thuduy
whun the uverhutlug Johovah expires?
Oh, my brother, what possessed you thut
you should part with your soul soclieapf
"Yo liavo sold yourselves for naught."
Hut I have some good news to tell you, I
want toeugagu lua litigation for the recov
ery of Hint soul of yours. I want to show
thnt you Imvu been cheated out of It, 1
want to provo, ns I will, that you were
crazy on that subject, and that tho world,
under such circumstances, hud no right to
take tho title deed fiom you; and If you
will Join mo 1 shall gut u decree from the
High Chancery Court of Heaven relitut
ing you in the possession of your soul.
"Oh," you say, "I am afraid of lawsuit;
they aro so expensive, and 1 cannot pay
tho cost." Then liavo you forgotten tho
last half of my text? "Yo have sold your
selves (or naught; and yu shall bu redeemed
without tnouuy."
Money Is good for a great many things,
but it cannot do anything in this mutter
of the soul. You cannot buy your way
through. Dollars and pounds sterling
iiiunn nothing nt tho gate of mercy If
you could buy yuur salvation, heaven
would bu a great speculation, uu exten
sion of Wall street. Had men would go
up and buy out tliu place, ami leavu us to
shift for ourselves. Hut as money Is not a
lawful tender, what Is? I will answer,
111 oodl Whosu? Aru wo to go through
tho slaughter? Oh, no, It wants richer
blood than ojirs. It wants a king's blood.
It must bo poured from royal arteries. It
must bu n sinless torrent. Hut whuro Is
tho king?
I seo A grout many thrones mid u great
many occupants, yet none seem to bo com
iug dowu to tho rescue. Hut after awhile
tho clock of night In Bethlehem strikes
13, and tho silver pendulum of a star
swings across tho sky, and I seo tho King
of Heaven rising up, and ho descends anil
steps dowu from star to star, and from
cloud to cloud, lower und tower, until he
touches the sheep covered hills, and thou
on to another hill, this last skull shaped,
and there, at the sharp stroke of persecu
tlon, a rill iiicuruadluo trickles dowu, and
wo who could uot bo redeemed by money
uro redeemed by precious und imperial
blood.
NO IIKL1U10.N or UIIAINS.
Wo have in this day professed Christians
who aro so rarefied ami ethereallzed that
thoy do uot wuut a religion of blood, What
do you want? You seem to want a rell
glou of brains. Tho Ulblusays, "In tho
blood is tho life.'1 No atonement without
blood. Ought uot tho apostlu to know
What did ho sny? "Yo uru redeemed not
with corruptible thlugs, such as sliver and
gold, but by tho precious blood of Christ."
You put your luucut Into tho arm of our
holy religion and withdraw the blood, und
you leave It u mure corpse, fit only for the
grave. Why did God command the priests
of old to strike tho knlfo Into tho kid, and
tho gout, uud the pigeon, und tho bullock,
and tho lutub? It was so thut when tho
blood rushed out from theso animals on
tho tloor of the ancient tnbernuclo tliu peo
ple should bo compelled to think of tho
coinlug carnage of tho Son of God. No
blood, no atonement.
I think thut God Intended to Impress us
with u vividness of thut color. Thu ureeu
of tho grass, thu blue of tho sky, would uot
have startled uud aroused us llku this deep
crimson. It Is us If God hnd said: "Now,
sinner, wuke up uud see what thu Saviour
endured for you. This Is not water. This
is not wine. This Is blood. It Is tho blood
of my Son. It Is the blood of tho immacu
late. It Is the blood of God." Without
the shedding of blood is no rumissiou.
There has been many a inau who, iu courts
of law, bus pleaded "uot guilty," who
nevertheless has been condemned became
there was blood found on bis hands or
blood found in his room, uud what shall
we do in the last day if It be found that wu
have recrucitled the Lord of Glory und
have never" repented of It? You roust bo
lleve In the blood or die. No escape. Un
less you let the sacrifice of Jesus go in your
stead you yourself mutt suffer. It Is either
Christ's blood or your blood.
"Ob," says some one, "the thought of
blood sickens mo." Good. God Intended
It to sicken you with your sin. Do not act
as though you bad nothing to do wth that
Calvariau massacre. You had. Your sins
were the implements of torture. Those
Implements were not made of steel and
iron and WOOd BO much as OUt Of V0Ur
stM. Uullty of this homicide, and this
regicide, and this delclde, confess your
guilt today. Ten thousand voices of heaven
trlng In the verdict .iK.ilnit you of guilt r
jtuiltyl Prepare to die or believe lu tlm'
blood. Stretch yourelf out for the n(il
flco or accept the Saviour's sncrlflco Do
uot (ling nwny your ono chance.
IIEAVK.N WAXTS YOU
It seems to mo ns If nil heaven ivero try
inglobldln your soul Tho first bid it
mnkes I tho tears of Christ nt tho tomb of
I.nrnrus, hut th.it Is uot n high enough
price. Tho next bid heaven makes Is th
sweat of Gethseiuniiu, but it is too cheap
price. Tho next bid heaven mnkes teems
to ho thu whipped back of IMIntc's hall, hut
It Is not a hluli enoiiuh price, Can it bepoj
tlblo thut heaven cannot buy you In'
Heaven tries onru more, It tnyt. "I bid
this time for that man's toul the torture
of Christ's martyrdom, tho blood on liW
temple, thu blood on hit cheek, the blood
on his chlii, tho blood on his hand, th"
blood on hlsslde.lho blood on hUkm-c the
blood on his foot tho blood lu drop, tin
blood lu rills, the blood lu pools congul.ite I
beneath the cross; the blood thnt wet tho
tips of the soldiers' spears, the blood thut
plashed warm lu the faces of his enemies
Glory to God, that bid wins III The
highest price thnt wns over paid for mo
thluu was paid for your soul Nothing
could buy It but bloodl Tho cstrmmed
property Is bought back. Take It, "Yon
have sold yourselves for naught; and yo
shall Iki redeemed without money." O
ntunlug blood, cleansing blood, life ulvliu
blood, sanctifying blood, glorifying blood '
of Jesitsl Why not burst Into tears at the I
thought that for theu ho shed It for thee
tho hard hearted, for theo the lost? :
"No," says sumo one; "I will liavo uoth I
lug to do with It except that, like tho eiio- j
tides of Christ, I put IkUIi my hands Into
that enrunge ami scoop up both palms full,
nml throw It on my head mid cry, 'Ills
blood l)oon us and on our chlhlreul' " Can
you dosiichushocklug thing as that? Just
rub your handkerchief across your brow
uud look at It. It Is tho blood of tliu Son
of God whom you havodesplsid anddrlven
back all these years. Oh, do not do that
nny longerl Come out boldly ami frankly
uud honestly, nml tell Christ you uro sorry.
You cannot ulTord to so roughly treat him
upon whom everything depends.
IIKW.MII.I IIKWAIIKl
I do uot know how you will
ll will get away i
from mis suliject.
s sunjecl. You seo that von aro ,
a -
sold out, and that Christ wants to buy you ,tr,ll off and add more water, powder
back. There are three persons who come ! tt,"l smaller quantity of ammonia. Al
after you today God the Father, God the I low tho clothes to souk for several hours,
Son mid God thu Holy Ghost. They unite
tlielr three omnipotences In ono movement
for your salvation. You will uot take up
arms against tho triune God, will you? Is
there enough uiusclo in your arm for such
a combat? Uy tho highest throne iu heaven,
mid by the deepest chasm in hell, I lieg you
look out. Unless you ullow Christ to carry
awav your sins, they will carry you away
Unless you allow Christ to lift you up,
they will diag you down. There is only
one hopu for you, ami that Is thu blood.
Christ, tho sin ollerlng, bearing your trans
gressions. Christ, tho surety, paying your
debts. Christ, tho divine Cyrus, loosening
your Babylonish captivity.
Would you not like to bo free? Here Is
tho price of your liberation uot money,
but blood. I tremble from head to foot,
not because I fear your presence, but be
cause I feur that you will miss your chance
for Immortal rescue. This Is the alterna
tive divinely put, "Ho that belloveth on
the Sou shall have everlasting life; mid he
that bolluvuth not on thu Sou shall uot seu
life, but thu wrath of God ubldeth on him."
In tho lust day, If you now reject Christ,
every drop of that sacrificial blood, Instead
of pleading for your releusu as It would
havo pleaded If you had repented, will
plead agninst you.
O Lord God of tho Judgment dnyl avert
that calamity! Iet us seo tho quick Hash
of thosclmeter that slays the sin but saves
the sinner. Strike, omnipotent God, for.
the soul's deliverance! Heat. O eternal
seal with all thy waves against tho barren I
lieucli of that rocky soul uud muko it
tremble. Oh, thu oppressiveness of thu
hour, thu minute, thu second on which thu
soul's destiny quivers, und this is that
liour, tliut minute, that second! i
ALL MAY Hli SAVKU.
Some years ago there camu dowu u llercu
storm on tho seacoast, ami a vessel got in
the breakers and was going to pieces.
'lliey throw up some signal of distress and
tho peoplu on shore saw them. They nut
out lu a llfelwjat. They came on, uud they
saw the 'poor sailors, almost exhausted,
clinging to a ruff, und so afraid weru thu
boatmen that tho men would give up lie
fore thoy got to them they gave them three i
rounds of cheers, aim cried: "Hold on, .
there! hold oul We'll
save you!" After
awhile the lioat came up. One man was
saved by having thu bontliook put in thu
collar of his coat, ami somu iu one way and
somo lu another; but thoy all got into thu
boat. "Now," says thu captain, "for tlio
shore. Pull away now, nulll"
Tlio people oil tho laud
were afraid tho
v i'?' !!!;. . l
y, it, must Imvu i
lifeboat had guuo down. '1'
In,,.! 1... lwi. i,,i tll.,i
beeuswi mand thev mve 1 uih!
together" And there were men an I von
en on the pier heads mid on the be.ith i
wrliiging their hands; mid while tlu'y '
waited uud watched thoy saw somethlnti;
looming up through the mist, and It turned i
out to bo thu llfelxmt As soon us it came
within spx-ukiug dlstaucu thu peoplu on thu
shore cried outs "Did you save uuy of them?
Did you save uu) of them?" And n the
boat swept through tho boiling surf Mid
came to thu pier head the captain ivcved
his hand over the exhausted snlloiu that
lay tint ou the bottom of tho boat and cried:
"All saved! Thank Godl All vavedl"
So may It be today. The waves of your
sin run high, tho storm Is ou you, but 1
cheer you with this Gospel hope. God
grunt thnt within tho uoxt ten minutes we
may row with you into tho harbor of God's
mercy. And when theso Christian men
gather around to seethe result of this serv
ice, uud tho glorilled gathering ou the pier
heads of heaven to watch ami to listen.
may we be able to report ull Mivedi Young
uud old, good uud badl All o.ived' Saved
for tlmo, Saved for eternity "And to It
came to pass that they all escaped safe to
land."
CleTcr Aunty.
Littlu Jack hnd returned from a week's
visit to his Aunt Jess' farm up thu Hud
sou. He saw a great many things there
very different from auy ho ever did st
home, among others aunty churn butter.
He was greatly Interested by tho dasher's
jumping up mid down In tho churn, uud
the first evening of bis return to the city
stopped, after tho first big bite into hit
breud und butter, to remark!
"You just ought to see how aunty makes
butter with a barrel and a brooimtlckl"
New York Recorder.
Of Value to Lecturers fcnd Student.
A luminous crayon has been invented for
the purpose of enabling lecturers to draw
on the blackboard when the room is dark
ened for the use of the lantern The In.
' ventlon it likely to prove of value not only
to the lecturers who tn the lantern, lint
also (In another form) to those studeuU
who wish to take notes.-New York Tele-
gram.
llnnr lii Tu lr Cure uf Mm CiiiiiIIiiii.
A noted French dermatologist recom
mends n certain number of hours' sleep
nt night, with nn afternoon siesta each
day, us tho best nnd only suro remedy
for n faded complexion. Ono or two
Turkish baths a week, with a great deal
of lest, will transform sallowness into
freshness mid color, A veil worn on tho
street, especially in tho springtime, pro
vents tho tlno dust playing havoc with
tho skin. Thu fnco should lie washed
every night with puro soap mid hot
water mid dried with a soft llminel cloth.
Nearly all cosmetics mo harmful mid
should bo eschewed. Ilieo powder Is
henllng and healthy, but it should bo
carefully removed from the fnco before
retiring.
Hon lo Trent Niinatnikn.
When a person Is seized with Hym
toins of sunstroke, or heat upoploxy, tho
chief nun should bo to abstract heat
from tho body. Cold douches and ex
posure ton current of freo cold air uro
tho readiest treatments. In India it is u
common practice to pltingo a minstruck
person into n well or puddlo of water.
IJecnusu of the well known ell'ect of qui
nino in reducing-temperature, tho hypo
dermic uo of this agent has been cm
ployed with excellent effect.
Ilmv to Witsli Clot li.
Plunge tho clothes in warm water, to
which bus been added soino washing
powder mid a small iiumitity (say a
tublespoonful ior gallon) of ammonia.
Knead them for a few minutes and allow
t. . . ,. """"" uuuw
Illlllll 111 niQT irl Ull I Hull ! .,.. A 1.
" ., n,.,, m.i uu iioui, muii
at tlio end of which time thoy can bo
removed, rinsed iu cold water and hung
up to dry. Every particle of dirt will
have been removed by tho decomposing
chemical uction of tho powder and am
monia upon the alkaline mutter con
tained in tho body stains on tho clothes.
Linen and white clothes should bo boiled
after steeping, before rinsing lu cold
water, liy this simplo process much
muscular energy will bo saved and
clothing bo made to lust longer.
How tit Sluln Wood lllue.
Boil a quarter of a xund of turnsolo
for an hour iu throo pints of limo water
and color the wood with it.
Iluw to Act on tlm SI reel.
Probably tho first rule of street prom
enading is, "Keep your own side of tho
road." Never jostle against ladies; al
ways get out of their path when they
are approaching you from an opposite
direction, and if, perchance, you knock
ugniust them, lift your hat and apolo
gize politely, but briefly. This polite
uess should also bo exercised between
men, and is indicative of good breeding.
Never stare ut a lady in tlio street or
turn around to look at her it is unman
nerly and rude. Loud talking is vulgar;
spitting barbarous; cursing nnd swear
ing abominable.
How tit Select Lobsters.
There nro many ways of telling good
lobsters from bad. If they are freshly
caught and alive the claws will move
violently when you press tho eyes with
your fingers. The heaviest aro always
best. If tho shell yields upon moderate
pressure they nro not good. If tho tail
of a ready boiled lobster is Hubby, or will
not spring back when pulled, reject it.
Medium sized lobsters aro best, but they
should not bu too old. It tho shell is in
crusted it is a curtain sign that thoy uro
01"
How to Prevent I try Itut.
j Many a building has fallen iu because
I of "dry rot" in tlio joists and beams
; which supported them. This dise;tso can
bo easily prevented by soaking tho tim
' ber in a solution of coihihi-iis. Tin snl.
phurio acid of the solution reaches overy
l",rt of tho ti,,,bLr Hll lms " t'ffect upuii
lf ,, , ., . ,',..
somewhat analogous to that which
'charring bus upon tlio surface of tele-
Krapu poies. ueams prepared 111 tins
way luivo been tried side by side with
fcoino which were not treated, and it was
found that the soaked beams remained
sound for many years, while the others
had acquired tho "dry rot" and decayed.
How to Cure Hums.
If a burn or sculd is instantly covered
with wadding, wool, cotton, lint or any
dry, harmless powder uud the air ex
cluded it can wifely be left to nature to
heal rapidly. If these be not at
hand, cover the parts with sweet oil.
A 6ulvo of burgundy pitch, beeswnx and
olive oil put on with u linen bandago is
also an excellent remedy.
How to Select Silk.
There aro so many imitations of silk
upon the market that a few simplo rules
will be useful for discerning the good
mutenal from tho bad. If you gather
I the fubric into folds, ucross its width,
and tho folds ure sharp like thoso of
I paier, it is bud; the folds of good silk
will lw rounded and soft. To ascertain
if white silk contains cotton suspend a
piece in a wide mouthed bottle contain
ing chloride of lime. The threuds of
cotton will remain white, while the
chlorine gus evolved from the lime will
change the silk to u dull yellow.
How to Use Pepper.
Many people uro under the impression
that black uud white jiepjiers are the
products of two separate plant. Both
are the dried seeds of a creeping plunt
known as piper nigrum. The whito onlv
differs from tU block by having beeii
blanched by soaking in water and the
removal of the skin. But as much ot
the white pepper consists of interior
seeds which, having shriveled and fallen
from the plant, have been blanched by
' the einosure it is wiseat to usa onlv
u!el u wisest to use only the
.wata.
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