The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-06
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Much Depends on a Cool Head for
Many Small Catastr0phes
in the Home.

in the Home.
Presence of mind is never more es-
sential than in the home. Small cat
astrophes which may lead to most
| grievous results are frequent. Given
a cool head and a deft touch and all is
we'll, but the nervous woman OF the
woman who expends her energies by
easily bring on dire disaster from
slight causes. In case of fire it is es-
pecially necessary to have some one
about who is possessed of a cool head
and is capable Of acting promptly and
wisely,
The most successful and ready way
in which to put out a small fire Is to
smother it in any thick wooden article
which may be at hand. Lace curtain
and light window drapery are quite
liable to catch fire from gas jets, when
the latter are unprotected by shades,
and for that reason a gas jet near a
curtain should always have a shade
over it, as the slightest gust of wind
may blow the infiammable material
against the light, when it will instant
ly break into a blaze. In such cases
the only thing to do is to tear down
the curtain without the least delay
and smother it with any wooden ma
terial at hand.
1t is useless to specify or multiply
! instances, for each case is an emerg-
ency of it's own and brings its own
difficulties, which only GOODNESS and
promptness can solve. Where there
has been but a slight fire there fire.
| quently are serious burns on the per-
son, and to the treatment of these it
is well to pay attention, as prompt ac-
ton is of the greatest necessity.
Where there has been a serious
case of burning, the absence Of
pain, often a feature Of the case,
is a bad omen, as it shows that the
nerves have. been seriously shocked.
| Severe pain on the other side is not
| always an indication of a dangerous
case. Where a burn appears to be
serious a physician should be sum-
moned at once III the meantime an
external remedy which shall exclude
| the air should be used.
Wet a piece of old linen with equal
parts of lime water and olive oil,
shaken we'll together, and apply it to
LIlG ll1JuIcu RdIG, CONCIliS ~ Will "
layer Of cotton wadding. Where lime
water and oil are not at hand, a layer
of dry flour or of olive Oil alone
may be applied. An application
Of equal parts of hot water
and milk with a little bicar-
| Donate of soda in it is another prepar-
| alton recommended. If you have
nothing else at hand, use warm water
applied on a linen rag, and covered
with another rag OF with cotton wad-
| ding. The use Of stimulaDts to sup
port the strength of a person suffering
from a severe burn is essential.
In cases of burns from alkalies,
| Vine or potash, weak vinegar or di-
luted acid will frequently soothe the
| suffering. In case of burns from
| S trong acids, like oil of vitriol, car
Donate Of soda and water or lime
water should at once be applied, or
| given a thick mixture of 0 and
wa ter. After this olive oil may be
us ed. 1t is q good plan to keep lime
water always on hand in case of slight
burns, such as are sometimes received
in work about the cookstove.
The Temperament OF, Genius.
An eminent l~iterateur. who like
other journalists seems in the season
of the big gooseberry--the season, too,
described by a leading publisher as
the dullest on record-to suffer from
lack of matter from his monthly Cos
sip, and has raised, apropos of Mrs.
Ireland's new book, the old question
of the celibacy of writing men.
He says to the matrimonially
minded virgin, Don't marry a man
of genius" So and on much the
same grounds has the author of "Vir-
ginibus Puerisque" spoken.
To quote him, "The practice of let
ters is miserably harassing to the
mind, and after an hour or two's
work all the more human portion of
the author is extinct; he will bully,
backbite and speak daggers."
But the doctors differ. A day or
two ago | was talking to one of the
most eminent and also one OF the bus
lest of our literary men.
l asked him what portion of life he
thought most enjoyable. "Those in
which | am hard at work." he an
swered, without hesitation. "And
does it not make you nervous and ir-
ritable?' was my next query. mot
at all. " he replied; ION the contrary a
spell of composition exhilarates me
like the drinking of champagne.
II never feel depressed or gloomy
except when idle"
One fancies that Sir Walter Scott
did not make a bad husband, and he
worked about as hard as most men.
Depend upon it, the marriage of a lit
erary man is as much of a lottery as
any other wedding.-London Globe.
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Jenny Lind.
Jenny Lind, the woman, was great
err than Jenny Lind, the singer, 81
would rather hear Jenny talk than