Apply a cloth wrung out in very hot water, and renew ' frequently until the pain ceases. Or apply raw beefsteak. EARACHE. There is scarcely any ache to which children are subject so hard to bear and difficult to cure as the earache; bat there is a remedy never known to fail. Take a bit of cot- ton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip in sweet oil and insert into the ear; put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. As soon as any soreness is felt in the ear, let three or four drops of the tincture of arnica be poured in and the orifice be filled with a little cotton wool to exclude the air If the arnica be not resorted to until 276 Hoibbi's Coo* Boom. there is actual pain, then the ears may not bo u speedy, bat it is just as certain, although it may be neaeasary to re- peat the operation. It is « sure preventive against gather- ing in the ear, which is the usual cause of earache. TO CURE TOOTHACHE. The worst toothache, or neuralgia coming from the teeth, may be speedily and delightfully ended by the application of a hit of clean cotton, saturated in a solution of ammonia, to the defective tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is prompted to- momentary laughter by the application, bat the pain will disappear. FOR FELON. Take common rock Bait, as used for salting down pork or beef, dry in an oven, and pound it fine and mis with spirits of turpentine in equal parts; put it in a rag and wrap it around the parts affected; as it gets dry pat on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured. The felon will be dead. Coffee pounded in a mortar and roasted on an Iron plate; sugar burned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a sick room, are excellent deodorizers. The skin of a boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply to the part affected. It will draw off the matter, and relieve the soreness in a few hoars. Mmkeb'b Cook Boo*. TO CURE A WHITLOW. As eoon as the whitlow has risen distinctly, a pretty large piece should be snipped oat, bo that the water; matter may readily escape, and continue to flow ont as feat ai produced. A bread and water poultice should be pat on for a few days, when the wound should be bound up lightly with some mild ointment, when a care will be speedily completed. Constant poulticing both before and after the opening of the whitlow is the only practice needed; but as the matter lies deep, when it is necessary to open the abscess, the incis- ion must be made deep to reach the suppuration. TAPE-WORMS. Tape-worms are said to be removed by refraining from sapper and breakfast, and at eight o'clock taking one-third part of two hundred minced pumpkin seeds, the shells of which have been removed by hot water; at nine take an-'" other third) at ten the remainder, and follow it at eleven with strong dose of castor oil. FOR A CAKED BREAST. Bake large potatoes✪ For a Caked Breast, put two or more in a woolen stock- ing; crush them soft and apply to the breast as hot as can be borne; repeat constantly till relieved. A good remedy for blistered feet from long walking is to rub the feet at going to bed with spirits mixed with tallow dropped fraadfc lighted candle into the palm of the hand. ;Jh A lady writes that sufferers from asthma should get a $ iniiekrat skin and wear it over their longs, with the far -,i (tide next to the body. It will bring certain relief. .Mother's Cook Book, CHAPPED HANDS. Powdered starch is an excellent preventive of chapping of the hands, when it is rubbed over tbem after washing and drying tbem thoroughly. It will also prevent the needle in sewing from sticking and becoming rusty. It is therefore advisable to have a small box of it in the work-box or basket, and near your wash-basin.

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Apply a cloth wrung out in very hot water, and renew ' frequently until the pain ceases. Or apply raw beefsteak. EARACHE. There is scarcely any ache to which children are subject so hard to bear and difficult to cure as the earache; bat there is a remedy never known to fail. Take a bit of cot- ton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip in sweet oil and insert into the ear; put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. As soon as any soreness is felt in the ear, let three or four drops of the tincture of arnica be poured in and the orifice be filled with a little cotton wool to exclude the air If the arnica be not resorted to until 276 Hoibbi's Coo* Boom. there is actual pain, then the ears may not bo u speedy, bat it is just as certain, although it may be neaeasary to re- peat the operation. It is « sure preventive against gather- ing in the ear, which is the usual cause of earache. TO CURE TOOTHACHE. The worst toothache, or neuralgia coming from the teeth, may be speedily and delightfully ended by the application of a hit of clean cotton, saturated in a solution of ammonia, to the defective tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is prompted to- momentary laughter by the application, bat the pain will disappear. FOR FELON. Take common rock Bait, as used for salting down pork or beef, dry in an oven, and pound it fine and mis with spirits of turpentine in equal parts; put it in a rag and wrap it around the parts affected; as it gets dry pat on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured. The felon will be dead. Coffee pounded in a mortar and roasted on an Iron plate; sugar burned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a sick room, are excellent deodorizers. The skin of a boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply to the part affected. It will draw off the matter, and relieve the soreness in a few hoars. Mmkeb'b Cook Boo*. TO CURE A WHITLOW. As eoon as the whitlow has risen distinctly, a pretty large piece should be snipped oat, bo that the water; matter may readily escape, and continue to flow ont as feat ai produced. A bread and water poultice should be pat on for a few days, when the wound should be bound up lightly with some mild ointment, when a care will be speedily completed. Constant poulticing both before and after the opening of the whitlow is the only practice needed; but as the matter lies deep, when it is necessary to open the abscess, the incis- ion must be made deep to reach the suppuration. TAPE-WORMS. Tape-worms are said to be removed by refraining from sapper and breakfast, and at eight o'clock taking one-third part of two hundred minced pumpkin seeds, the shells of which have been removed by hot water; at nine take an-'" other third) at ten the remainder, and follow it at eleven with strong dose of castor oil. FOR A CAKED BREAST. Bake large potatoes, put two or more in a woolen stock- ing; crush them soft and apply to the breast as hot as can be borne; repeat constantly till relieved. A good remedy for blistered feet from long walking is to rub the feet at going to bed with spirits mixed with tallow dropped fraadfc lighted candle into the palm of the hand. ;Jh A lady writes that sufferers from asthma should get a $ iniiekrat skin and wear it over their longs, with the far -,i (tide next to the body. It will bring certain relief. .Mother's Cook Book, CHAPPED HANDS. Powdered starch is an excellent preventive of chapping of the hands, when it is rubbed over tbem after washing and drying tbem thoroughly. It will also prevent the needle in sewing from sticking and becoming rusty. It is therefore advisable to have a small box of it in the work-box or basket, and near your wash-basin.

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