The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-17
CHEMISTRY FOR GIRLS.
ny Z THOMPSON, n. D.

Soatihing taai srsrg Woman should read.
'iais is properly STYLED q ulllitarian ace,
for tie inquiry, What prutll!" meets ia
everswheIe. Il las entered the templ
ol learning. and attempted IL thrust ,ut
important studies beeausp tier Immediate
connection with hard money profits con.
not he demonstrated. There Is one spo,.
however into which il has not SO general.
ly inlmded itseIf-ihe female acadrmy-
The last refuge Of tie line arts and fine
iollles. Thither young ladies are ton ire.
qnenily sent, moTely Ia learn how 10 dress
iasleiully and walk gracefully. play, write
French, and make waSen plnmes and SILK.
en- spiders al pretty, but why not in.
qniIe "whai prghi!"
take my pen, moi 10 utter dissertation
on female education. but 10 insist ibat
Young ladies' be taught chemistry. They
will therefore be beller qualilicdio snpcr.
intend domestic affairs, guard AGAINST
many accidents TO which Households are
subject, aud rcIhaps be instrumental IN
SAVING life. We iIIesirs,c HE Ia.i remark
by reference merely Ia toxiculory.
I he strong ACIDS, such as nitric, muria-
! Tic aud snlphnrir, are ,lrulepi poi,ons. ,et
frequently used in msdirinc, aud Tie mo.
ichanic arts. Suppose a child in his ram.
bles among the ntigfanrs. should enter a
cablnel step, and find saucer of aqna
l"rns nitric arid) upon The work bench,
and, IN his sport, seize and drink portion
OF II. Tie Is conveyed home IN greal sp.
ony. The physician is sent fol; but be.
fore he arrives, the cltill is i rorrse. Nav
as The mother presses the rold ebay to her
breast and lips for Tie last lime. how
viii her anguish be aggravated 10 know
thai in her medicine chest or drawer. wa,
some calcintd magnssia, which, If Gmcly
administered, would have saved Eer love-
~, perchauce her first and only boy. o,
what are all the buqnets and Tine dresses
in The world 10 her, compared will such
knowledge!
( Take another case. a husband return.
ing home. Oh summer afternoon, arsir,
some acidulous drink. Opening a cup
board, he sees a small box, labelled" salts
\ OF lemon" and making solution Of This,
he drinks it freely. Presently, he feels
distress, SENDS Tor III, wife, aud ascerlains
that he has drank solution al oxaIic acid,
which she had procnredtO lake stains from
linen. The physician is sent for; but The
unavoidable delay attending his arrival il
fatal. When he arrives, perhaps he sees
upon the very table on which The weep
I ping widow bows her head piece Of
chalk, which, lfgiven in time, would have
certainly prevented any mischief from The
poison.
4 Corrosive sublimate is the article gene
rally used TO destroy the yefmn which
\ sometimes inlesl our touches. A solution
Of it is laid upon the floor in lea cup,
when the domestics 90 down to dine,
leaving the children ~ stairs 10 play. the
infant crawls TO The tea-cup, and drinks.
Now what think you would be the moth
er's joy, il having studied chemistry, she
instantly called 10 recollection the well
asceriained fact. that there is in the hens
nest an anidaic to this poison. She sends
for some eggs, and breaking them, admin
I listers the whites. Her child RECEIVERS. and
she weeps Gorioy. Talk TO her o(nnvels-
one lIl,le book Of natural science has been
worth. 10 her, more than all the novels in
the world.
Physicians in the country rarely carry
scales wlih them 10 weigh lHeir prescrip>
lions. They administer medicines by
guess, from teaspoon or the point Of a
knife. Suppose a common ease. A ply
sician IN hurry leaves al over dose of
tartar emetic, tstneraly the irsl prtscIir-
lion IN cases Of bilious fever anu pW>ues