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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-11
HOW TO SAVE THE TEETH.
Washing at Least Four Times Il Day Not
Tco Often.

Any acid, like vinegar, will dissolve
the lime of the teeth and destroy their
solidity. Vegetable and animal food
remaining between the teeth Will, after
4 while, become an acid OF more or
less strength, which will prove most
injurious TO the teeth.
They should be cleaned as much as
four times a day, after each meal and
just before going to bed, says writer
in the Ladies' Home Journal. More
people lose their teeth from this neglect
than from any other cause.
The writer has frequently seen chill
dren end others eating lines and lemons
with as much pleasure IS one would
have in eating very sweet Florida
orange. It would be difficult to induce
such persons to hold IN their mouth
diluted sulphuric or nitric acid, yet
they will take very strong cltrlc acli
found in fruit with apparent relish.
There are some sorts of apples that
have a large amount Of acetic acid,
which is quite destructive to the teeth.
One who loves apples can indulge III
such fruit if he will thoroughly clean
his teeth Immediately after eating.
Mothers should personally see that
their children clean their teeth thor
oughly and regularly. Children do
not realize the great Importance OF
such a procedure, and they are very
liable to shirk their duty IN this mat.
ter. The rule among the little folks
is to slight such an operation.
There are but very few persons
who know how to easily and perfectly
clean their teeth. Ten persons out OF
twelve swing the brush across the
visible diameter of the teeth, or at right
angles with their perpendicular plane.
If this is done with stiff brush for a
series of months, the operator will
surely cut burrows on the lip or cheek
side of the teeth, and do them a great
injury. No matter how hard ones
teeth may be, this result will sooner or
later follow such a method of using
the tooth brush.
The proper way TO brush and clean
the teeth IS to brush from the gums
downward for the upper teeth, and
from the gums upward Tor the inferior
or lower teeth. BY this method the
bristles 90 between the teeth, touching
their approximating surfaces, as well as
cleaning the front and sides OF the
teeth.
K is not less important to brusf
downward on the palatinc roof surface
of the upper teeth, aud upward on thf
llngual-tongue side OF the lower teett
that Is to say, brush the inside OF th'
teeth more carefully, if anything, thar
the outside. Do not brush and clear
the teeth for the sole purpose sAusanss'
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UNITY OF THE BIBLE.

Biblical study taking critical dnec-
tions appears to be Chiefly analytical in
method. Would results more salts
factory and more safe be gained if
what may be termed the Syntheic
method were oftener in use than it
seems to be2 The analyst breaks the
Scripture up into parts. The Bible Is
taken to pieces, so to speak; not only
book separated from book, but the indi-
vidual books, chapters even, aud verses,
made into fragments, as q botanlst
might analyz= flower. Then the book
is left with US, much as if the botanist
were, with an air of triumph, to put
into his pupils hands the beautiful
product of nature with unity gone, and
colors decaYing, each delicate part
divorced from that which gave it hfe,
and were to name this as the flower we
are to admire.
1t would seem to be time that more
account should be made of that which
gives to the Bible unity, and which
may be found IN the end to explain
what seems perplexing in its parts by
the meaning of the whole. Or if criti-
cal questions should still remain, as no
doubt they would, these would at least
no longer be all important; or, as in
the case of the analysed flower of the
botanist, the scientific expedients Of
human ingenuity divert attention from
the perfect work of God himself. 1t
| might be found that the unity of the
Bible better explains its diversity, than
any study of mere diversitles can Let
it be viewed, tor example, as product
Of divine revelation, begun in the
earliest times, since the first man would
need such a revolution, quite as much
as the last man progressing stage by
stage, always with present adaptations,
yet ever looking forward; always reach,
ing the human being for whom it is
intended through a human medium
more or less imperfect, yet always
made to answer the end Immediately
in view; with growing clearness Of
ultimate purpose, until the revelation
should reach completeness after the
divine ideal suppose there were more
of this in critical study OF the Bible,
and more weight allowed to that which
appears in the result. Might not some
substantial good come OF ii alp Surely
the totanist should allow his pupil &c
at some times see tre flower as COD
made it, and rot always as his prylng
analysis causes it to become for pur'
! poses of his own.
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send, an all important factor in the
"SiZinp I'M of an nneratnr

send, an all important factor in the
! Sizing up" of an operator.
The woman was proud to have
him say even "Gm" "Ge" good
morning or good evening to her;
and the other girls on the wire, with
whom he never condescended to
exchange even these ordinary
salutations, were jealous. As time
wore on their conversations over
the wire became longer and more
frequent. Finally and invitation TO
to come to Boston and visit one OF
the theatres was given and accepted.
The Lothario of the wire was 20
wear a red red rose in his button
hole, a white straw hat with a blue
band; she was to carry a small
satcbel of peculiar shape in one hand
and fluffy lace handkerchief il the
other.
The train arrived at the Eastern
station on time and the satchel Of
peculiar design was sighted. 1t was
indeed, OF peculiar design-it was
an old fashioned carpet bag of a
gravish green color and consider
ably older than the Morse alphabet.
The girl was a sight that would have
made Neil Burgess in the County
Fair" go and hide. She was fully
4S years old. Long corkscrew curls
of past era hung down over her
shoulders like twist ofmolasses candy
and smile Ioomed up under the
caves OF her sun bonnet that would
have done credit to iissure in the
side of Vesuvius.
She was extremely glad 10 see
him and he with the instinct of a
true gentleman, tried to appear that
he was just as glad to see her. He
took her carpet bag and they board
ed car for the house where he was
staying. There were many SLY
nudges and covert laughs at the tea
table, all the girls and young men
thinking the young operator was
entertaining his aunt from the
country. For the evening perform
ance at the theatre the giddy maiden
hshed out an awful bonnet from the
depths OF her carpet bag and slicked
up her curls in the most approved
fashion. The bonnet was flower gar
den of itself, and the writer has the
young mans own words for it that
she and the bonnet attracted more
attention than the play.
The next day he sent her home,
but ever after he was careful not to
allow himself to converse with any
one on the wire except on business.
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RELIGIOUS.
"CHRISTIAN" SENTIMENTALITY.

Rev. ]. A. B. Scherer, Lutheran
missionary we'll known in Baltimore,
appears TO be little edited by the liber
ality shown to Buddhist priests and
converts during the Worlds Fair by
American Christians. In recept let
ter he say: ~ noticed that the Bud
dhist priest who was a! Chicago had
been invited to lecture III Christian
church Through committee COM
posed of women and that the Christ
ian natives over at home are applaud
ing his statements pretty we'll 10 the
echo. One cannot help smiling as he
thinks of Christian missionary being
invited to lecture in a Buddhist temple !!
The Buddhist break down our fences
at our meeting house here in Japan,
CRY out, "Kill, kill !" and finally have
to be dispersed by the arm OF the law
Ill OluCl w dNciI va
erty and life. They send their priests to
America, where the maudln sentimen-
tally OF the people and the insane
longing for novelty welcome them with
wide open arms, and applaud them in
their attack upon Christian mission
work. That is not all if it were, we
could stand it and not say a word.
But those same applauded priests write
glowing letters to their constituents
here in Japan, telling of the applause,
heraIdlng the glorious tidings that the
American people are sick of their
Christianity, and that the dissemination
of true Buddhist do ctrine is meeting a
hearty welcome That Is the way the
broad spirit of Christian liberty, SO
rampant in these days, reacts upon
Christian propagandism in foreign
lands.
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to become hard and lose flavor and
in damp weather to gather mildew.
SECRET OF LIVING LONG.

The necessity OF relative harmony
throughout the entire physical sys.
tenn can not be too strongly urged.
Herein lies the chief secret OF health
and long life Manifest weakness
or even predominant strength-in
any part opens an avenue for the
invasion OF disease and the approach
OF death.
What can be done for the reali-
zation and maintenanc of structural
and vital harmony2 Space would
tailus TO give details adapted to
varying conditions, but the underly-
ing fundamental principal for its
accomplishment may be impaired
in few words.
Strive to strengthen and develop
those parts of the body which have
been sighted by nature, or weaker
ed by disease or abuse; guard zeal
ously such structures and see that
they are never subjected to undue
strain or to active exertion; neglect
not the Improvement OF every part
OF the economy, but seek first to
improve the weakest structures; look
we'll to organs Of vital Importance
the heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.-and
seek especially to advance their good
A fine physique is not to be ignored
but OF far greater Importance are a
strong pair OF lungs a normal well
guarded heart, a good digestive
apparatus and tunctioually sound
kidneys. The Strengthening and
developing of vital structures require
more skill and perseverance than
the training of the muscular system
and should be conducted with much
care and diligence.
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A8SGDlsJg ~ JgTElsg PURE

ing them look bright, clean and pretty,
but to keep foreign substances from
producing carries, CT, palmer still, eating
holes into the teeth and exposing
highly sensitive tissue, the pulp or
nerve. Clean the grinding surfaces of
the teeth with the same interested
care. If economy is wealth, this is one
plain road to that condition. Nay,
more, while one saves dental bills he
saves, what is infinitely of more value,
his teeth. 1t is not contended that
there is no necessity to consult the
family dentist. This should be done
much more frequently than it Is. A
small cavity arrested in decay is much
better than to have large decayed
spot to fill, or the ultimate loss of the
tooth. But the highest art in dentistry
is 10 prevent the formation OF cavities,
and not to fill them.
Women in general are supposed to
be greatly interested in the preservation
of their teeth, and it may be some.
what painful TO them for me to inform
them that they do not generally
possess as strong and dense teeth as
DO the male sex. That is the rule, the
exceptions are rare. Hence the i'm
portance of cleanliness on their part is
more important. Then, again, mothers
will do we'll to remember that the bones
and teeth OF their children are not as
firm and compact as are these tissues
in adults. There has not been
deposited amidst the soft solids OF
these textures as much ofthe carbonate
and phosphate oi lime as we Will find
as they grow older. Hence the value
Of preventing acid formations.
The approximallng surfaces, or the
sides of the teeth that touch each
other, are very important places TO be
guarded from foreign accumulationns.
Do not use pins, needles, metallic
toothpicks or anything as yielding as a
piece of hard wood, like silver of
beech, oak or walnut, but thin goose
quill, soft Eastwood picks, or broom
corn. Endeavor to cause the tooth
pick to rub against the side of each
tooth, so that anything adhering to the
perpendicular walls of the teeth may
be removed. Floss or any soft silk
thread may also be used to great ad-
vantage.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-11
THE JEWS AND RACE CHANGES.

The eminent Jewish clergyman,
Rabbi Silverman, is quoted as saying
that the Jews are not a people or
members OF race, but members of an
independent religious community.
Jew is not to be used, says the rabbi,
as parallel with German, English or
American, but with Christian, Catholic,
Protestant, or Mohammedan, Buddhist
or Atheist. In sense, this is doubt
less true. as the rabbi attempts to show,
that through lntermarriagc and inter
mixture of thousands Cf years the Jews
have lost the blood which characterized
them when they were nation inhablt
Ing Palestine? 1t is not to be denied
that there has been admixture, but
nevertheless, the Jews have without
doubt the closest approximation to
pure strain OF blood that there is ia
existence. If they choose they might
soon become swallowed up in the mil
lions CT people of other strains who
surround them ii Europe, Asia and
America. But they do not choose. 1t
Is a part OF their religion not 10 choose,
but rather to transmit to posterity the
same strain of blood that has come
down to them from their ancestors.
The Greek at the tine of Plato, the
Roman at the time OF Cicero, have dis
appeared forever. They nave gone as
the Anglo Saxon of the time of Alfred
the Great has gone, swallowed up and
overwhelmed, not destroyed, it is true,
but transformed. Thus will be trans
| formed also the American OF the Col
onial stock. In another century America
will know him no more in the flesh,
and the most that is to be hoped is
| that the transformed American will
inherit his spirit with whatsoever pro-
portion OF Colonial blood goes into the
mixture that will make the future
American. But although the Greek
and Roman and Anglo Saxon have
ceased to exist. it is not TO be denied
that the world has still the same Jew
that walked the streets of jerusalem
when David's policy first changed the
children Of Abraham from COLLECTION
Of pastoral tribes into nation. The
lew is still Jew in blood as ne is still
a Hebrew in his silently held faith that
there remains for him some extraordin-
airy destiny which he is divinely ap
pointed to achieve. He IS the one
exception to the law OF race change
through selection, and if he ever loses
that faith he will lose his identity as a
lew, and be swallowed up as other
people have been. But until then he
never will. And in spite OF all attempts
to modernize him away from his belief
in his divinelY ordained destiny, he
holds It as sacred as his life.
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WOMEN'S INTEREST.

1t IS not too much to say that
those who spend great part OF their
time on the water ought TO teel under
an actual obligation to learn to swim.
Not every one is strong enough to
keep it up for long distance, but
many lives might be saved il people
could keep themselves afloat for
only a few minutes, until rescurers
could reach them. Yachtsmen, as
rule, are swimmers, but many OF
the women who accompany them
are not. This places more responsi
bility upon the men. In case Of
accident. they must risk their lives
in making exertions to save those
who might just as we'll save them
selves. A we'll known authority on
the subject says that women can learn
the art of of swimming much more
easily than can men. If that be
true, then there is still less excuse
for them although it should be said
on the other side, that they probably
often do not have SO many oppor
tunities for learning.
The suggestion has been made
that swimming in a bathing suit and
in ones ordinary clothes are two
entirely different things, and that
the ability TO do the former does not
insure success in the latter. 1t might
be interesting fer woman to enter
the water in her usual walking cos
tune and see what she could do,
but the idea is rather impracticable,
and l do not imagine that we shall
hear OF many experiments.
Any form OF athletic sport may
be brought into discredit through
its abuse. Those Of us who are
sincerely interested in the further
ance and Improvement of all out
door exercise see this frequently,
and with much regret Without
mentioning other instances, the
single one OF sea bathing comes to
mind at this time of year.
Prejudice has been aroused against
it tor different reasons People
who go into the water two or three
times day staying there perhaps an
hour at a time, are responsible tor its
condemnation on the score of health.
A bath OF halt an hour or less,
generally not more than once day
is the utmost, | believe, that any
physician approves OF. Even that is
too long for the first time, and
many bathers never feel SO well f
they remain IN the water more than
ten or fifteen minutes.
Again, it may seem unnecessary to
say that bathing suit is meant to
be worn in the water, but some
women do not appear 10 think SO.
To go directly from the bath house
into the surf, and return there as
soon as the bath is finished. is i'll far
better taste than to promenade a
public beach in costume which is
not intended for such use, and would
not be tolerated on the street.
AS for recklessness, if the many
drowning accidents resulting from
venturing out too far do not deter
people from it, words will not be
likely to have much effect. The
strong undertow at mos. places
along the Atlantic coast is very
dangerous, even for powerful swim
mers, and should always be borne in
mind.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-11
FARM AND GARDEN
W. R. GR0SH, Department Editor,

This department is devoted to articles
treating upon the Farm, Garden and
Orchard, and Stock Raising. Articles
upon Kindred subjects are solicited from
the farmers of the county.
CURING FRUIT FOR FUTURE USE
There are two methods OF curing
fruit, one by exposure to the sun
and out door air, the other by arti
ficlal heat, as Of the stove oven or
on frames in a hot and dry room or
again in dryers or evaporators
specially made for the propose.
Many speak Of the process as dry
ing and OF the product as dried fruit
but the proper terms are curing and
cured fruit.
In dried fruit the moisture is
entirely evaporated; in cured fruit
only the surplus moisture is taken
enough being left to preserve the
albumen and sugar.
For curing in the sun and out
door air, fruit may be used that is
not fully ripe, as the ripening process
will be continued under the suns,
rays, and degree of the saccharine
matter be preserved, to it. Fruit at
the same stage, cured in artificial
heat, would shrivel and be quite
hard and tasteless.
On the other hand, fruit for the
dryer, or in stove heat, cannot be
too ripe, ii sound, and then the
more rapid the evaporation the
better. Fruit in the same condition
exposed to the sun would be likely
to decay before the curing could
begin.
In sun drying the curing is more
evenly done and the product has
greater weight. The advantage
with stove curing is the work is more
speedily done fruit can be saved
that would be lost if exposed to the
sun and the product is not SO likely
to harbor insects or their eggs and
gather less dust.
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A MANS Hat.

OF famous royal wooer it was once
related that his bride being brought
from her home overseas to his palace,
having been welded by proxy, as the
old custom was, he met her on her
landing with gift galore, chief and fore
most among which were three beau,i-
ful bonnets.
The lady had been pleasantly i'm
pressed by what she had heard, but
what she now saw accomplished her
conquest, and from that day on she
was devoted to her lord. The bonnets
were irresistible. The becoming bon
net is the cap Sheai of beauty. The
French woman understands this, and
with def touches she pulls out her
bows and smooths her ribbons and
keeps hsr bonnet always III the freshest
and daintiest order.
But mans hat Once it was a
chapeau, plumed and laced, with gold
cords and silken tassels. In the por-
traits OF Vandyck and Franz HAS the
sweeping broad brimmed hats make
fine show.
The nineteenth century man of bust
ness is not halted for display, but for
action. The hat is a useful part of his
costume, and, SO tina. it be brushed
and in shape, the main interest it has
for It's wearer is satisfied. For society
it has another interest, and this is in
the mans manner of handling his hat
on occasions of ceremony Or in ordin-
ary intercourse with others. No man
who has the least claim to be a gentle
man keeps his hat on his head in the
| company of women. Even if the wo-
men are people whom he meets in bust.
ness relations, and in those only, he
defers 10 the sex by removing his hat
IN the office and in the counting room
as he would in the drawing room. A
man takes off his hat In the elevator
which carries him when it also carries
ladies'. He does not do so in the
public conveyance which all share in
common, because in a street car or
boat he is, in away, out of doors, and
requires a covering for his head.
A gentle IAN lifts his hat when recog-
nizing a friend, or when passing ladies
who are in company with his friend,
though he does not possess their ac.
quaintauce. A boy should be trained
to take off his hat to his mother, his
sister, or to the little girls he knows.
To lift the hat with the grace Of good
breeding Is much TO be desired accom-
plishment.
Southern men remove the hat with
fine gallantry and stand pareheaded
when talking with ladies on the
public promenade. The action is SO
dignified and SO charming that one
sometimes wishes it were generally
initiated by men of equal politeness
in other portions OF our country.
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COURTING BY WIRE.
A Telegraph Operator Wooes the Wrong
Girl on His Circuit.

A telegraph operator in a Boston
Office once met with bitter disappoint
ment early in his career by falling in
love with a young woman at the
other end of one Of the old Western
Union wires. She used to say
sweet little nothings when lull in
the business gave her an opportunity
to use the wire. The young man
worked in the Boston office and had
the reputation OF being fly sender
and able to receive what he could
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l wondered why he was always
so cheerful, said business man one
daa. His business was bad, his
health poor, and his aspirations
were always being put down by
providence or circumstances-Which
ever you wish to call it. The other
day l went home with him. HIS
wife met us at the door. They had
only been married a year and l had
never met her. was a friend OF
JohnsP
She greeted me with the sweetness
OF a child and gave me look which
seemed to say, You are privileged
person, indeed. Then she looked
at John. All such a happy look!
His slippers were laid out where he
could find them, and | noticed that
he did not have TO look for his smok
ing Jacket. She did not wait on him
or look anxiously at him, like the
proverbial hen with its one chick.
She cheerlully asked him if he was
well and then dropped the subject.
In the drawing room the wide
fire place was blaze with red and
yellow flowers. She had followed
out the halves of two or three logs
filled them with earth and planted
nasturtium seeds in them. The
flowers were now growing aud clam
boring about in gorgeous richness OF
color, filling the entire fireplace.
And he had to admire them2 Well
| understood why Ohm was always
cheerful.