Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-27
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Corns Cured.


We stated in another number, that the simplest
safest, most available. and consequently the best
cure for on the toes consisted in three ore-
ntuns:
lst, Soak the feet in hot water Cor fifteen min
utes. night and morning for week.
ID. After the soaking rub little sweet oil ON
the corn, or any other mild form OF grease. with
the fingers for about five minutes.
Cut II hulc IN one, two, or three thi,kncsses Of
soft buckskin. and bud it the too; ~ TINT tho
hole in the buekskn shall receive thecorn.
The object of the water and oil is to soften tho
corn and parts adjoining; the object Of tho buck
skin is to protect the corn from pressure.
In very short time the corn will become pain-
less, and will subsequently fall out itself as it isa
growth. and is pushed upwards aud outwards by
the mere natural growth beneath II is thrown
ont Of the body by the action of the parts. ms
splinter n aorushcd bone. "a being II" longer
part o the body II ansth,ng else is done to tho
corn. it should simply bo picked ont with tho fin-
ger nail, aS cutting makes 1t inkra doclor root.
and dangerous blcedings sometimes occur. Our
object WAS I, recommend something which We
knew IT, hc saie practicable and chelept We sa-
ted turihcI that were lko consumption.
we're never cured; and that the original causes Of
them To Wit pressure with tight shoe, or friction
with loose one would cause them to return and
even more readily than at first. hceause tho strnc-
turo of the skin about corn 'smaliormcd for HE.
and would 10 more become entirely natural than
finger would grow again il cut oil. 80 when u
person has had the consumption nnd gets well, he
cannot hr sad to hr perfectly cured because he
will always remain with deficiency ct lungs
tho portion destroyed never can be replaced yet
by making the reminder ol the lungs work more
fully. lac may have even better health than he ev-
ar hnl before. Thus, it is literally and strictly
true that corns aud consumption are never cured
because their very existence depends On the dc.
strnction # the organization and substance ola
part oi the body to be replaced.
There are corn doctors and corn snlvcs, some
of which Inter nrc of very powerful constituents
They do remove the corns. but for no longer time
tha,l the plan VT have advised whi'c ours Inns the
preference, NJ costing nothing, and being wholly
without danger Remedies are valuable for the
multitude in proportion as they are saic chcnp
and nttainahe.
If corns are pared down. from the time their
lnsc become more deeply rooted ind in old ngc
hlrckcn, gangrnnc aud ultimate death! There
fore. We advise the prompt treatment uf c"rna ns
nh1,e. 1t may be months before they return; but
when they do. the same treatment will always be
cfrctua and always elfc.-IhlHs Journal IF
Heuith.
Nix ,E>unrlr oNcuARlry.-ln In Mr. Escrcti's cele-
lrnted lecture ON Charity the following passage
occurs:
''Thcrc were no hospitals or nsylums in Greece
ar Rome. There were ,csal virgins to preserve
the fires upon the altar, but Sisters Of Charity
To keep alive the lirkcrinS flame III the bosom of
humanity
From this we should infer thnt Mr.. Everett
looks upon charity nt' modern invcution, and
that women nre 10 be educated to goodness before
thcY rnn possess it. We differ from Mr.. Everett,
and run away with the belief that women sympa.
thi>e with DISTRESS hcrnusc they cannot help do
ing it, We believe TINT this feeling has always
existed aud tlat God made womnn four thousand
years ago precisely he makes them now. The
gentle sex are organized in the region Of the
heart that suffering always must and Will move II
to mercy. For this reason, We believe that tho
world has meyer been without Sisters Of Charity.
Mungo Park, and l.cl yard the African explorers,
Travelled through REGIONS of the world where the
word, morality and civilization bad never been
heard, and yet they inform us that in no part of
Africa lid they ever meet n womi wlo sn"t
Sister Of thartN'-a Icing ready and willing
to hind up lrir WuunIs and minister to their
comforts, They received only cruelty at the
hands If the men, but the women were always in
favor of kinlncss--always exhibited spirit Of
humanity which lro.cs, We think, thnt pity rs IA
natural to women II, long hair and romauce.-
Again. say, stick pin here, and whenever
you see pettroat Tutoring on II clothes line. lift
your hat and make an obcisanrc.
AxormGR WurrLnAHRow Mas In lSI9 II gold
ai,euturcr left Kansas City iyr The California dig
gings, whose whole outfit was transported in
wheclbarrow. He Leaf ,le OK trains through!
The Kanzns Cy journal If Commerce has
found another whcelarrow man. 1t states that
A. @. McGrcw, Of Pilts5urg, Pa LEFT hmsa, ci-
~ on the l6tll. solitary and alone for Pike Peak
digging, taking his provisions, blnnActsl pick
and Shovel gun and ammunition III IL whcclbar-
ROW? When he left pittsburg hc had Just five
cents in money AMI ma outfit save what he had ON
his back. Mr.. Pkins, hardware dealer Of Kan
zns City, who had known McGrew Tor some years
GIl.l HI, Vhpelburrnw with an outit and Ne star.
tod on his solitary pilgrimage Of six hundred
miles tllrau III an unnhabitcl country save with
niians aud buiiaocs. determined to fill his single
wheeled coach with shining dust NJ soon any
body. IN passing Il train before reaching West
port MnC;rew was offered place in the company,
but returned thanks FIR the proffered Kindness,
rlling that he could not consistently accept the
cfrr as he was in great haste, and feared that he
might be delayed. and perhaps caught in the
snow, if he travelled with oxen
How TIE Press Is AFFLICTED by DEAD HEADS.
-Raronds occasionally complain ofdeud-hcading
but no iuatiution suffers 50 much from it rs the
Press A sensible writer says:-
The uress endurcs the infiction OF dcndhcadism
from the pulpit, the bar and the stage. from
poratons s,cietie. and individuals. 1t is cxpcc-
ted to Weld its interests: it is required to give
strength weak institutions; eyes to the hlind,
clothes to the naked, and bread to the hungry it
is asked to cover up nfrmities, hide weaknesses,
and wink at mpropricties it is expected to herald
quacks bolster up dull authors, and hnttcr the
vain it is, in short, to be all things to all men;
and if it looks for pay or reward 1t is denounced
ms mean and sordid. There is no interest under
the whole heavens that is expected to give 50
much to society without pay or thanks, as the
Press.
MAN TRIES To CHoP HIS owS HEAD oFr.-A
correspondent Of the vevay (Ind.) Rcvcile, writ
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