The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-11-28

in irredeemable huctuatlng currency for monu-
meat over the grave of the author Of Night
Thoughts won't you? You'll"
But we assured him that Brigham Young
never wrote line of Night Thoughts" aud
that the author of that poem died more than one
hundred years ago.
Whatm exclaimed the weak-eyed man.
brigham Young didn't write Night 'rhougbts?'"
Not thought" we said; he never thought
after dark he went 10 sleep"
We'll wat did lie write ?" the monument
cauvasser asked.
Never wrote anything" we told him 'be
ddnt know how to write signed his receipts
for money with an y and preached all his ser
mons oh-hands, because he didn't know how to
mike notes"
well, well, well, - the agent said. musingy
how this world is given 10 lying. What did
Brigham Young do if be never wrote poetry. aud
couldn't write, and never thought anything ?"
Married, tse said. married. Didn't need TO
think To do that. The less he thought the more
lie married, aud when he died he had many
wives and children that his funeral looked like
founding hospital aud charity school picnic pro-
cess0u.'
The man rose YEARLY and started for the door,
pausiug to ask
Where is the public library? must read up
little on The public men of our day. Strange,
stranger named Brigham. of whom never heard
before. SO badly mixed up with Edwin Young"
Important il True.-A Remedy for
Eurns and ScaIds.
At recent meeting of the Massachusetts
Dental Society in Salem, DR.. q. f. Waters gave
u detailed account of discovery which he has
recently made Of remedy for burns aud scads.
1t WIS claimed that the application OF bicarbon-
| ate of soda. which is the simple cooking soda TO
be found in all households. or other ulkalies in u
neutral form. would afford instantaneous cessu-
ton OF pain from the severest burns or scads,
and hat in all cases of mere superficial burning
the treatment would effect CUE in the course
Of lew hours.
At the meeting referred 10 the practical value
of the remedy demonstrated by test re-
quiring considerable nerve to put into opera
tlon. and stili more faith in the efficacy OF the
novel treatment which was to be illustrated
The doctor clipped sponge into boiling water
and squeezed it right bis right wrist the
water flowing almost completely around the arm
and nearly encrcling it with severe scald
something like two inches in width. Not con
tent with this, he dipped the sponge second
time, and pressed it closely on the under side d
his wrist for thirty seconds. He then applied
blcarbonate of soda to the sealded suriuce, and
laid over it wet cloth, and the intense pain
was banished as if by magic On the next day
after this severe test, the scald, with the excep
tion of the part purposely made must severe, wa:
practically healed, only slight dIscoloration .
the skin showing where the scaldiug water flow
ed-thIs, too. without second application q
the soda. The flesh on the under side Of til
wrist had been cooked down to the sweat-glands
; aud the scald which ordinarily wOulI
have caused an open and painful wound of lonl
, , duration. The only treatment of this however
alter the first application Of he soda. to kee
! the part moist with Il wet CLOTH and no pan
was experienced, and it was but few days be
fore this severe wound was seen to be rapid
healil Q.