LUNAR CAUSTIC. Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as not to touch the skin, will destroy warts. CURE FOR RHEUMATISM AND BILIOUS HEADACHE. Finest Turkey rhubarb, half an ounce; carbonate mag- nesia, one ounce; mix intimately; keep well corked in glass bottle. Dose: One teaspoonful, in milk and sugar, the first thing in the morning; repeat till cured. Tried with s FEVER AND AGUE. Four ounces galangal-root in a quart of gin, steeped in warm place; take often. For a simple fainting fit a horizontal position and fresh air will usually suffice. If a person receive a severe Bhock caused by a fall or blow, handle carefully without jarring, A horizontal position is best Loosen all flight clothing from the throat, chest, and waist. If the patient can swal- low, give half teaspoonful aromatic spirits of ammonia in a little water. If that cannot be procured, give whiskey or brandy and water. Apply warmth to the feet and bowels. Mother's Cook Bool. 2W TO RESTORE FROM STROKE OF LIGHT- NING. Shower with cold water for two hoars; if the patient does not show signs of life, pat salt in the water, and continue td shower an hour longer. RELIEF FOR INFLAMED FEET. The first thing to be done is to take off and throw away tight-fitting boots, which hart the tender feet as much as if they were pat into a press. Then take one pint of wheat bran and one ounce of saleratns, and put it into a foot-bath, ' and add one gallon of hot water✪ Relief for Inflamed Feet. When it has become cool enough pat in the feet, soak them for fifteen minutes, and the relief will be almost immediate. Repeat this every night for a week, and the care will be complete. The burn- ing, prickly sensation is caused by the pores of the skin be- ing closed np so tightly by the pressure of the boots that they cannot perspire freely. WARM WATER. Warm water is preferable to cold water as a drink to per- sons who are subject to dyspeptic and bilious complaints, and it may be taken more freely than cold water, and con- sequently answers better as a diluent for carrying off bile, and removing obstructions in the urinary secretion, in cases of stone and gravel. When water of a temperature equal to that of the human body is used for drink, it proves con- siderably stimulant, and is particularly suited to dyspetic, bilious, gouty, and chlorotic subjects. CLEANING HOUSE. By the time the upper part of the house is well cleaned and in good order, if it has been taken one room at a time. 260 Mothbk's Cook Book. and leisurely, probably, the dining-room can be torn np on a warm and pleasant day, and, unless the alterations are to be extensive, scoured and gotten to rights again before nightfall. And the «itting-roora on another day. House- cleaning, unless conducted on some plan which occasions little if any disturbance in the general domestic arrange* ment, is a nuisance, particularly to the males of the house- hold. Nothing can be (next to a miserable dinner) more exasperating to a tired man, than to come home and find the house topsy-turvy. And it certainly raises his opinion of his wife's executive ability to find everything freshened and brightened, and that without his having been annoyed by the odor of the soapsuds, or yet having been obliged to betake himself to the kitchen for his meals.

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LUNAR CAUSTIC. Lunar caustic, carefully applied so as not to touch the skin, will destroy warts. CURE FOR RHEUMATISM AND BILIOUS HEADACHE. Finest Turkey rhubarb, half an ounce; carbonate magnesia, one ounce; mix intimately; keep well corked in glass bottle. Dose: One teaspoonful, in milk and sugar, the first thing in the morning; repeat till cured. Tried with success. FEVER AND AGUE. Four ounces galangal-root in a quart of gin, steeped in warm place; take often. For a simple fainting fit a horizontal position and fresh air will usually suffice. If a person receive a severe shock caused by a fall or blow, handle carefully without jarring, A horizontal position is best. Loosen all flight clothing from the throat, chest, and waist. If the patient can swallow, give half teaspoonful aromatic spirits of ammonia in a little water. If that cannot be procured, give whiskey or brandy and water. Apply warmth to the feet and bowels. Mother's Cook Bool. 2W TO RESTORE FROM STROKE OF LIGHT- NING. Shower with cold water for two hoars; if the patient does not show signs of life, pat salt in the water, and continue td shower an hour longer. RELIEF FOR INFLAMED FEET. The first thing to be done is to take off and throw away tight-fitting boots, which hurt the tender feet as much as if they were put into a press. Then take one pint of wheat bran and one ounce of saleratus, and put it into a foot-bath, ' and add one gallon of hot water. When it has become cool enough put in the feet, soak them for fifteen minutes, and the relief will be almost immediate. Repeat this every night for a week, and the care will be complete. The burning, prickly sensation is caused by the pores of the skin being closed up so tightly by the pressure of the boots that they cannot perspire freely. WARM WATER. Warm water is preferable to cold water as a drink to persons who are subject to dyspeptic and bilious complaints, and it may be taken more freely than cold water, and consequently answers better as a diluent for carrying off bile, and removing obstructions in the urinary secretion, in cases of stone and gravel. When water of a temperature equal to that of the human body is used for drink, it proves considerably stimulant, and is particularly suited to dyspeptic, bilious, gouty, and chlorotic subjects. CLEANING HOUSE. By the time the upper part of the house is well cleaned and in good order, if it has been taken one room at a time. 260 Mothbk's Cook Book. and leisurely, probably, the dining-room can be torn up on a warm and pleasant day, and, unless the alterations are to be extensive, scoured and gotten to rights again before nightfall. And the sitting-room on another day. Housecleaning, unless conducted on some plan which occasions little if any disturbance in the general domestic arrange* ment, is a nuisance, particularly to the males of the household. Nothing can be (next to a miserable dinner) more exasperating to a tired man, than to come home and find the house topsy-turvy. And it certainly raises his opinion of his wife's executive ability to find everything freshened and brightened, and that without his having been annoyed by the odor of the soapsuds, or yet having been obliged to betake himself to the kitchen for his meals.

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