The Household

The following simple remedies are from Uut excellent work, Hall's Journal of Health : Half a teaspoonful of conmion Uble salt disolved in a littlo cold water, and drank, will instantly relieve "heartburn" or dyspepsia. If taken every morning before breakfast, increasing the quantity gradually to a teaspoonful of salt and a tumbler of water, it will, in a few days, cure any ordinary case of dyspepsia, if, at the same time, duo attention is paid to diet There is no better remedy than the above for constipation. As a gargle for sore throat it is equal to ehlorate of potash, and is entirely safe. It may bc used as often as desired, and if a little is swallowed each time it will have a benelicial effect on the throat by cleansing it and by allaving the irritation. In doses of one to four teaspoonfuls in half pint to a pint of tepid waler, it acts promptly as an emetic; and in cases of poisoning is al.vays at hand. it is an excellent remedy for bites and stings of insects. It is a valuable astringent in hemorrhages, partieularly for bloeding a f ter the extraetion of teeth. It has' botli cleansing and healing proporties, and is therefore a most excellent application for superficial ulcerations. Mustard is another valuable remedy. No family should be without it. Two or three teaspoonfuls of ground mustard, stirred into half a pint of water, acts as an emetic very promptly, and is milder and easier to take than salt and water. Equal parts of ground mustard and flour or mcal, made into a paste with warm water, and spread on a thin piece of muslin, with another piece of musliu laid over it, forms the often indispensable "mustard phuter." It is almost a specific for colic, when applied for a few minutes over the "pit of the stomach." For all internal nains and eongestions, there is no remedy of such general utihty. It acts as a counterirritant, by drawing the blood to thesurfaoe; henee, in sovere cases of croup a suiall mustard piaster should be applied to the back of 'tlie child's neck. The same treatment wil] relieve alrnost anjease of headache. A mustard piaster should be moved about over the spot to bc acted upon, for if left too long in one place it is liable to Mister. A mustard piaster acts as well wlien at considerable distance from tjie aft'eeted part. An excellent substituto for mustard piasters, is what is knovvn as 'mustard leaves." They come a dozen in a box, and are abouf four by five inchesinsize; they are perfectly dry and will keep for a long time. For use, it is only necessary to dip one in a dish of water for a minute and then apply it. Common baking soda is the best of all remedies in cases of scalds and burns. It may be used on the surface of the burned place, either dry or wet. When applied promptly, the sense of relief is magical. It seems to withdraw tlie heat and with it the pain, and the healing processsoon commences. It is one of the best applications for ernptions caused by poisonous ivy and other poisonous plants, as also for bites stings öf insects. Owing to eolds, over fatigue.anxiety, and varí ous otUer causes, "the urine is often scanty. highly colored, andmoreor less loaded with phosphates, which settls to the bottom of the vessel on eoolinff. As much soda as can bu dipped up with a ten cent piece. dissolyed in half a glass of cold water and drank every three hours, will soon remedy the troubleand cause relief to the oppression that always exists froru interrnption of the natural ilow of urine. This treatment should not be continued more than 24 hours.