Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-04

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TIE EAR.-How TO CARE FOR IT.-rhc
Popular Science Monthly, for June, says that
probably the most frequent way IN Which the
car is impaired is by the attempt to clean it,
1t ought to be understood that the passage of
the ear does not require cleaning by u.s. Ma
turc undertakes that task, and in the healthy
state tulGiIs it perfectly. Her means for clean
Ing the ear is the wax. Perhaps the reader
ll;.s never wondered what becomes of the ear
wax will tell him. 1t dries up into thin
white scales, and these peel off one by Que,
from the surface Of the passage, and fall out i'm
pcrceptiby, leaving behind them a perfectly
clean smooth surface kn health the passage
Of the ear is never dirty; but, If we attempt to
clean it we infallibly make it so. Hereby a
strange lack of justice, as it would seem, which,
however, has no doubt, deep justice at the
hotiom--the best people, those, who love clean
Illness, suffer most, and good and careful nurses
DO mischief negligent ones avoid. Washing
the car out with soap and water is bad; it keeps
the wax moist when it had ought to become
dry and scaly, increases its quantity uuduly, and
makes it absorb the dust with which the air
always abounds But the most hurttul thing
is islntroducing the corner of the towel, screwed
ul., and twisting it round. This docs more
harm to the ears than all the other mistakes
lurethcr 1t drives down the wax upon
the membrane much moro than it gets out
l.:t any Que who doubts this make tube like
the passage, especially with the curves which
il possesses let him put thin membrane at
one end, smear the surface with a substance
like the earwax, and then try to get it out SO
hy towel But this plan does much moro
mischief than merely pressing down the wax.
1t iuilatcs the passages, and makes 1t cast OFT
small flakes Of skin which dry up and become
extremely hard, aud these are also hardly press
ed down upon the membrane. Often it is not
only deafness that cnsues, but pain and ipfam
alton, and thcu matter is formed which the
hard mass prevents from escaping, aud the
membrane becomes diseased, and worse may
iollcw.
Washing should extend only to the outer
surface, as far as the fnger can reach. tits a
bad practice, also, to put cotton wool soaked in
audanum or chlorotorm into the ear for the re-
lief of tocthache When child's ear becomes
painful, as it often does, everything should be
done to sooth it, and all strong, irritating ap-
plcations should be avoided Pieces of hot fig
or onion should not be put in, but warm Han
ncls should be applied, with poppy fermentation,
II The pain should not soon subslde.
1t should be remembered that constantly
covering up the ear is adapted to iDjure it. On
the whole men, in whom the ear is habitualy
exposed, suffer if anything less from car disease
than women. in whom it is often covered.
THE FINEST CHURCH IN AMERICA. Pat
rick S cathedral, on Fifth avenue and Fifty
first and Eltty-second streets, and extending
back to Madison avenue, will be the finest
church structure not alone in New York, but
bishop Hughes, all work on it was suspended
from the outbreak Of the war to the beginning
OF lSGi then it was resumed, and the grand
building, occupying an entire city block, is now
about hall finished. Enormous granite blocks
constitute its foundations On these rises the
graceful yet grand supcrstructure of the cathe-
dlal, which is constructed all of fine marble.
With its rich decorations, its rose windows its
lines of foliated tracery, its clustering Gothic
pnnacles. its wealth of ornament and, most of
all, its lofty twin spires piercing the sky at a
height above everything else in New York, it
closely resembles the world famous cathedral
AT Cologne. 1t will be the largest, the costi-
est and the most beautiful church in the
United States, its total cost exceeding $2,000,-
oUo Everything in its construction is paid
for before it is used. The towers at the
corners will be 32S feet high. At this
enormous height-more than one hundred
trct higher than the spire of Pearl-Strcet
church in this city-the figure of a man
would look small AS the church stands
on the highest land in that part of New York,
the workmcu (they must carry steady heads
VIII" finish off the spires will have grand view
OF the city, the Sound, the Palisades, the coun-
Try ahont, and the unrvaled bay at the south:
ihc church itself built of pure white marble,
The most beautiful of all material for such a
sn"c'uTe, will present most graceful and har-
",naOus "'YuI mapping of outlines, and world OF
,,'u"'ns capitals, and ornamental tracery.
,r ,1i'>> the front gable over the entrance, there
~" 'A'Sha row of inches with statues OF
.'I''s Aia anu martyrs seven and half feet high.
,nan "".r tl''s will he large or circular window
I:',. S,a;l lcct IN dlamctcr-a splendid blossom of
n"s,i l,c 'raccry, with one hundred shafts. OF
,r;an ,ra'"c raoalmg from the centres aud holding
ii'""Suar i pieces Of painted glass; Towards
icons I"s construction of this grandest and most
r.,I ~. va AueTlcan cnuTc1 euIuceS all the
,,:n chrome churches in New York contribute, It
w.. "''' probably be finished four years hence or
J." S Se'e' teen years Of actual working time, al
S;hs %"'hs Tor the suspension during the war.
rnnn r'"'''ar churches in Europe were hundreds of
wars IN building. .-Itaryora IFn,es
LIE TOWN OF PRovlNcETowN, at the ex-
mvnll'y OF Cape Cod. Massachusetts,, is visited
w 'ery lew years by school of whales. The
,nal n"lllar'hs people are usually supplied with
,L |'a convcn'cnces as enable them to give chase
s''',n any such game approaches their shores
. Na captain, who was q resident there for
"naS years, says that the cry Of whales in the
in iTr'or reused the people like the cry of fire.
IDe .I capture ola few whales is such rich prize.
:; mas happened that whales have visited Pro-