Dose: one-half to a teaspoon, according to wfjt. Good for an acid stomach. Burns. The white of an egg is very efficacious for burns. Seven or eight applications will sooth the pain and ex- clude the burned part from the air. I should try a flour paste, made of egg and flour, just stiff enough not to run; spread it on a cloth and change it as often as it begins to dry. Another good remedy is to moisten saleratus enough to make a paste and spread it on a cloth; if it gets dry dampen and add more. Stair Rods. Clean brass stair rods with kerosene oil and rotten stone. Rub long and hard and polish with chamois skin and they will keep bright a year. Flat Irons. Clean smoothing irons by rubbing over them a piece of beeswax in a cloth while hot. Salts of lemon will take stains from ivory knife handles. Corns. Apply at night a poultice made of dry bread soaked in vinegar, in the morning the soreness will be gone and the corn can be removed; if not, do it for three times or through the day, if you can. A piece of lemon bound on will sometimes take out the soreness so it can be cut. Another — To cure corns, let a ^niall piece of potash remain in $^« open aur until it slakes, then thicken to a paste The Queen Cook Book «5y with pulverised gum arabic. Pare the corn and apply the paste, leaving it on ten minutes; soak the corn in strong hot vinegar for a little while, then leave it alone and it will soon come out. Do not wear too tight shoes. The ring corn plasters are found to be a great relief. Wet it and hold it on till dry. Keep a stock- ing on all night, that it may not rub off. Wear them continuously, till you can cut the corn off. Lockjaw. Let any one who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is, and relief will follow in less than a minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut or bruise than cold turpen- tine; it will give certain relief. If too severe mix it with sweet oil, half and half. Swelled Feet and Ankles. Take plantain leaves, which can be found in almost any wet grass-plat; wilt them by putting separately between the hands and warming them; cover the swollen parts with them, and keep in place by winding a narrow strip of cloth around in spiral form. Keep them on day and night, renewing as they dry. For Burns. Procure a few ounces of palm oil from a tallow chandler, it is like lard; spread it on a cloth and apply. It will cure the worst burns. « Chilblains. 1 oz. Burgundy pitch i oz. sperm oil 2 oz. beeswax ^ oz. turpentine Simmer the first three ingredients well together, and 258 The Queen Cook Book when nearly cool add the turpentine. Spread on a cloth and put the plaster on the-affected spot, after the feet have been well washed in very hot water. If not relieved in three days repeat the process. Home Messenger, Another remedy is, take off the boot and hold the foot, with the sock on, as near the fire as one can stand the heat; if it gets too hot to bear withdraw it, and put it near the fire again. Heat it in this way for ten minutes, keeping it as hot as the pain will permit with- out blistering. Repeat every time it returns, after bathing the parts with a mixture of kerosene oil and salt. This is too severe for children — must use the plaster for children. Acidity of the Stomach. A sufferer from want of appetite and acid stomach can be greatly benefited by leaving all medicines alone, and for a time existing entirely on milk and lime- water. A tablespoon of lime-water to a tumbler of milk. If this disagrees in any way, increase the quan- tity of lime-water. This is made by taking a bowl of unslacked lime, and pour on slowly several quarts of boiling water, perhaps three or four; till well, let settle over night and bottle it. Toothache.

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Dose: one-half to a teaspoon, according to weight. Good for an acid stomach. Burns. The white of an egg is very efficacious for burns. Seven or eight applications will sooth the pain and exclude the burned part from the air. I should try a flour paste, made of egg and flour, just stiff enough not to run; spread it on a cloth and change it as often as it begins to dry. Another good remedy is to moisten saleratus enough to make a paste and spread it on a cloth; if it gets dry dampen and add more. Stair Rods. Clean brass stair rods with kerosene oil and rotten stone. Rub long and hard and polish with chamois skin and they will keep bright a year. Flat Irons. Clean smoothing irons by rubbing over them a piece of beeswax in a cloth while hot. Salts of lemon will take stains from ivory knife handles. Corns. Apply at night a poultice made of dry bread soaked in vinegar, in the morning the soreness will be gone and the corn can be removed; if not, do it for three times or through the day, if you can. A piece of lemon bound on will sometimes take out the soreness so it can be cut. Another — To cure corns, let a small piece of potash remain in the open air until it slakes, then thicken to a paste The Queen Cook Book «5y with pulverised gum arabic. Pare the corn and apply the paste, leaving it on ten minutes; soak the corn in strong hot vinegar for a little while, then leave it alone and it will soon come out. Do not wear too tight shoes. The ring corn plasters are found to be a great relief. Wet it and hold it on till dry. Keep a stocking on all night, that it may not rub off. Wear them continuously, till you can cut the corn off. Lockjaw. Let any one who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is, and relief will follow in less than a minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut or bruise than cold turpentine; it will give certain relief. If too severe mix it with sweet oil, half and half. Swelled Feet and Ankles. Take plantain leaves, which can be found in almost any wet grass-plat; wilt them by putting separately between the hands and warming them; cover the swollen parts with them, and keep in place by winding a narrow strip of cloth around in spiral form. Keep them on day and night, renewing as they dry. For Burns. Procure a few ounces of palm oil from a tallow chandler, it is like lard; spread it on a cloth and apply. It will cure the worst burns. « Chilblains. 1 oz. Burgundy pitch i oz. sperm oil 2 oz. beeswax ^ oz. turpentine Simmer the first three ingredients well together, and 258 The Queen Cook Book when nearly cool add the turpentine. Spread on a cloth and put the plaster on the affected spot, after the feet have been well washed in very hot water. If not relieved in three days repeat the process. Home Messenger, Another remedy is, take off the boot and hold the foot, with the sock on, as near the fire as one can stand the heat; if it gets too hot to bear withdraw it, and put it near the fire again. Heat it in this way for ten minutes, keeping it as hot as the pain will permit without blistering. Repeat every time it returns, after bathing the parts with a mixture of kerosene oil and salt. This is too severe for children — must use the plaster for children. Acidity of the Stomach. A sufferer from want of appetite and acid stomach can be greatly benefited by leaving all medicines alone, and for a time existing entirely on milk and limewater. A tablespoon of lime-water to a tumbler of milk. If this disagrees in any way, increase the quantity of lime-water. This is made by taking a bowl of unslacked lime, and pour on slowly several quarts of boiling water, perhaps three or four; till well, let settle over night and bottle it. Toothache.

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