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Day
2
Month
September
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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A poultice of fresh tea leaves moistened with water, will cure a sty on tlie eyi-ii.l. För earache, dissolve assafetida i" water; warm u few droM and drop in the ear, then cork tlic ekr with wool. The inii' pbysiological way of trestáftg huriis mul scalds is to at once exclude the air, witti cotton batting, flonr, Boreped p Uto, or Knythiftg that is.handiest. l c fresh water. Water which bMttoOd in ;m tiK-n tiiMi mrr in;:m uiiuulJ i uaed forcookintr or drinking, as t ill have absorbed nmnv foul gases. Mix a little carbonate of soda witli the water in wbksh flowwi ut InuBeraed, and it will preserve them for ¦ fortnlght. Qommon taltpeterk alsoagood preservative. T4ke a new flower pot, wiish it clean, wrap In i wet eloth, and set over butter; will keep it as hard as if on Ice. Mille, il' put iiito mearthen can, or even a tin one, will keen sweet Cor a long time, it jvell wrappeu in a wet cloth. Common soda is excellent for scom-ing tin, asltwill makeit lookllkenew. Apply With a ])ece of moigtened newspnper and polUh with a dry piece. Wood ashet are ¦ ;ood substituto. To cure bunfbns, use pulverized altpeter and .-weet oil. Obtain at a dniggist'l live or six cents' worth of sa)tpe,ter; put nto a bottle with lufflclent olive oil to dissolve it. shake up well, and rub the inflamad joints night and moining, and more freqnently if painful. Files can beeftectualty gotridof witli.mt the iwe of poison. Takt halfn teaspoonful of black peppet in powder, one (easpoontul cit brown sugar, and ona twupoonful of cream. Mi then wefi togetber, and place tluiii in a room on a píate w here the flies are troublesome, and they wiM goon disappear. Red anti naybe banished front pantrv or itore room by strewing tBe Bh el vea with a -iiiiül quantity of eloves, either wbole or grotMI: We use the former, as not beinf so likelv to ffet into food placed upon the ,-hclvi s. The cli.ves should be renewed occasionally, :., attcr n time, tbey lose their stlenJth and llic:ar Tlie lóllowiii)f drink for relicring sickn ís "f the Btorfiacn ís .-.aid to be very jialatablc and agreeable : Beat up one eeg very well, say tor twenty niinut.'s, then adel troh milk one pint, water one pint, sugar to make it palatable; boil and get it cool; drink wheu oold. Jf it beoomei curd and wlicy. it is usth A thorougiily qualified medical man lias rrc ciitly, in tiic ooone of Iiíh prsctíoe come upon wbal lie believesand uses as apecifle reniedy for emall-pox. Tlie remeúy i.s the l'i tarlialc ut potash, the couimuu cr tait:iroí'tliedriijr.sl.i-e; two onu ed in , w ith the juic-c ol i Let the patiënt drink as mach as Lmt not legsthan a wineglassful evcry huur. In 30111e of bis 'hiJ mcdiciiif lias exhrbfted tin remarkaUe enrative efl'ectt. It will puruc, luit al it perfectty harmless 1 1 ¦ will not matter, and it dors nol appear to be tincause of nirc. rnni-dr actin' dpeciflealjy "H tlie inis. the pustuli-icolhtpsiii, taurina 110 pils, anda peifi cl cure tollou iiifíin a short lime. All kinds of hunis, -cald. aud MinbuMI are almos! rnmediatclv relii'ved by the apiicatidn of a wilution of sod to the humt -miare. It must Ui remetaberad that dry s.mIh will notdo aviva it Is aurroanded with a cloth ini'ist cnoiigh.to dissolv.' it. This niethod of prinklhig il on and oovering it s tii a wet cloth is otten the rery In-st. But iticicnt ti wiish the wonud repeatedly witli a .-tron nlution. It would be well ep M botlle ol it sliv] 9 011 hanl. made .-o sWWig that more or settles on the hottom. This i.s what is callcd a .saturated solution, and reaMy micIi a solutioa as tliis is formed when the dry soda is s[)iinkled on :ind eoTered with i moistoned cloth. It is th.jiiglit by sonic that the pain of 11 Imrn ia atoad bv tlie tiarderrlng o the albumen and relieves th pnsaure. Qtben think that the hutu g.-iu-ratis ag acriil acid w liicli the soda neutrali.cs.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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