Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-05
MULTUM IN PARVO.

A SIMPLE RENEDY.-The season his
arrived when many Of our friends. whose
business requires them to be out in VT
or dry weather, will suffer much wi
chillblainS. A friend tells us that if q e
parts affected be covered with commca
white lead, used by painters, when Il e
sufferer goes to bed, in the morning lie
will find himself free from pain.
" The lie that has been so ofca
nailed to the counter" by politician :,
seems to have got loose. 1t is now hand
about in every direction.
20 u A model return upon a writ was
recently made by a deputy sheriff in Mo-
gan county, Indiana. 1t was" Sarv,
the within, but was fit with brickbs
by the woman so that Icouldn't sarvc it, "
" The Boston Bee. of Saturday, has
the following polite notice -
"Deacon Smith is requested rot %
commence snoring tomorrow until tie
sermon is begun, as some persons in I
neighborhood of his pew would lie D
hear the text"
A SPIRIT Medium" Al
is now ready-what question do you III
to put 2"
Widow" Why, ma am, | must e.
plain that gave TO my dear depart /
one (he was many years younger H..
myself f200 to pay off claim 9.
now he's gone, they have had the aud
city to apply again for the money. pra.,
therefore, ask my dear Augustus 1..k;
did with the receipt. Punch.
% Earn your own pork, and ser hc Y
sweet it will be. Work, and see he "
well you will be. Work, and see how il
dependent you will be. Work, and
how happy your family will be. Wor]-,
and see how religious you will be; E =,
before you know where you are, ins'c 4
of repining at Providence. you will Ii 4
yourself offering up thanks for al! II ,
blessings. you enjoy.
o. The human hair light hair he
up to the sun, presents all The ephenomenl
of the prism, giving the various colc:s Il
the rainbow. Isolated hairs will give a.
their end the circle, colored as the rain
bow. The hair, therefore, is proved to >
triangular, and possessing the properties
of the prism.
O. The 5icdicnl Ernainer states tfas
a great deal Of the winter butter in The
market is made of hogs lard colored with
yellow ochre.
70 The art of making The Damascus
blades is lost. 1t is said that they were
made by welding together alternate stc,i
and gold wires, and twisting them il: tn:
process. Their elasticity and keennizs
are almost fabulous. We all remeinl.;.
the scene in Scott's novel, in which Rich
ard divided thick iron bar with llo0-
Of his sword, and Saladin cut in two lartG
a silk scarf floating in the air, with his
Damascus blade.
II One diseased sheep will spoil a
whole flock; and one non-paying "patron
of newspaper eats up the. profits Ct a
dozen paying ones.
q General lIayne, the great sntagon-
ist of Webster in Congress, was buried in
the cemetery of st. Michael's Churcl.
Charleston. A plain white marble mon
umcnt marks his grave, and that, toge,h-
or with the grave stones of others of Ii
family, is enclosed within a hcaee f
neatly clipped low cedar bushes, c'lr
fresh and green.
u Women are still wanted in VictO-
ria, Australia, as an excess OF IS .GJJ
men appears in the population.
ON. Breant, Of Paris, lately 1efs
100000 francs to the Institute, to lie br
it awarded to the dlscoverer of the cause
Of cholera, or Of a cure for it. The IL
terest of the money is in the meantime
to be used in rewarding or encourasia~
the authors of any lesser discoveries ia
medicine. The Emperor has just signed
the act permitting the Institute to acccpS
the legacy and conditions under which il
is made.
70 The year 1854 begins and ends on
Sunday. There are five months in the
year that contain five Sundays each, and
there are fifty-three Sundays in the year.
~ The editor of the Alton Courier
has been shown a pocket pistol and cases
which is someth ng Of a novelty. Tie
pistol, it is said, will prime itself and fire
thirty-six times in succession. 1t is q
small weapon, being only about six inche.
in length, though it will throw hail
with sufficient force to perforate an inch
plank at the distance Of hundred feet.