Pure Unfermented Wine.
Use perfectly ripe grapes✪ Pure Unfermented Wine, wash, pick out all defect-
ive ones; mash with the hands, scald, press out the
juice, boil it gently until all the scum rises, skim it
repeatedly till clear, and bottle while hot, cork and
seal, or put it in tight fruit jars. Keep in a cool,
dark place. Sweeten to the taste when used. The
above is considered the best for communion purposes.
To Insure Long Life.
Dr. Abernethey, the great Scotch physician*s secret
of success in the healing art, and rules of living to in-
sure longevity, found among his effects in a sealed
envelope, and for which $5,000 was paid, contained
these words: " To insure continued health, and a
ripe old age, keep the head cool, the feet warm, and
the system open. To secure these conditions keep
the ten commandments, observe the laws of life and
the science of health. " If one does not know how,
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take some good health journal. Eight hours* sleep
each day. Open air exercise every day. Air the
sleeping room from one to two hours daily. The use
of plain food with plenty of fruit. Frequent bathing.
Flannel of some kind next the skin the year round.
The Brain.
It is not so much intellectual work that injures the
brain, if one takes physical exercise, but undue emo-
tional excitement. Most men can stand the severest
thought and study of which their brains are capable,
and be none the worse for it, provided they can re-
cuperate with quiet sleep and out-of-door exercise.
It is over ambition, anxiety, disappointment, bad
habits, the hopes and fears,* the loves and hates of
our lives, that wear out the nervous system, and en-
danger the balance of the brain.
Tooth Ache or Neuralgia.
A white flannel bag filled with good hops wet with
boiling water and applied hot, is sometimes wonderful
in its power to sooth a tooth-ache, a neuralgia head-
ache or a sharp pain anywhere, and send the patient
to sleep.
Warts and Corns.
Rub the wart with lemon and bind on a piece three
times a day for a week. The wart will diminish till
it disappears. Do the same with corns, rubbing night
and morning and bind on at night.
Poisoning.
In case of poisoning the simple rule is to get the
poison out of the stomach instantly, for it assimilates
very soon. Mustard and salt act very promptly and
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are always at hand. Stir a teaspoonful of each in a
glass of water and swallow it quickly. If it does not
cause vomiting in five minutes, repeat the dose.
After vomiting, give the unbeaten whites of two or
three eggs. Send for the doctor the first thing, but
go right to work with the emetic.
The Complexion.
As so many ladies are in the habit of using dry mag-
nesia as a toilet powder, I feel constrained to warn
them against it, both from observation and from the
pronouncing of chemists that it is very injurious to the
skin, as it dries the cuticle and causes the skin to be-
come rough and scaly. If you have used it, we advise
you to stop at once, and heal the face with a weak
solution of borax, water and a little glycerine.
Most toilet powders on the market contain magnesia.
The curious prejudice that some people have against
using soap on the face, is a great fallacy. Good toilet
soap is the best purifier and preventive of the uncomely
looking blackheads so often seen. But if you have
them, wash daily with a cloth, warm water and soap.
Press them out with the open end of a watch key.
To Cure a Sty.
Rub into a small pinch of powdered alum enough
of the v/hite of an egg to make a paste. It will be-
come a curd. Put it between two fine pieces of thin
goods and bind it on the eye at night. ^ It is said the
sty will be gone in the morning.
Insect Bites and Stings.
The bites of mosquitoes, bees, wasps, hornets, scor-
pions, may be instantly relieved by the immediate and
free application of ammonia (hartshorn) as a wash to
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Pure Unfermented Wine.
Use perfectly ripe grapes, wash, pick out all defective ones; mash with the hands, scald, press out the juice, boil it gently until all the scum rises, skim it repeatedly till clear, and bottle while hot, cork and seal, or put it in tight fruit jars. Keep in a cool, dark place. Sweeten to the taste when used. The above is considered the best for communion purposes.
To Insure Long Life.
Dr. Abernethy, the great Scotch physician's secret of success in the healing art, and rules of living to insure longevity, found among his effects in a sealed envelope, and for which $5,000 was paid, contained these words: " To insure continued health, and a ripe old age, keep the head cool, the feet warm, and the system open. To secure these conditions keep the ten commandments, observe the laws of life and the science of health. " If one does not know how,
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take some good health journal. Eight hours* sleep each day. Open air exercise every day. Air the sleeping room from one to two hours daily. The use of plain food with plenty of fruit. Frequent bathing. Flannel of some kind next the skin the year round.
The Brain.
It is not so much intellectual work that injures the brain, if one takes physical exercise, but undue emotional excitement. Most men can stand the severest thought and study of which their brains are capable, and be none the worse for it, provided they can recuperate with quiet sleep and out-of-door exercise. It is over ambition, anxiety, disappointment, bad habits, the hopes and fears, the loves and hates of our lives, that wear out the nervous system, and endanger the balance of the brain.
Tooth Ache or Neuralgia.
A white flannel bag filled with good hops wet with boiling water and applied hot, is sometimes wonderful in its power to sooth a tooth-ache, a neuralgia headache or a sharp pain anywhere, and send the patient to sleep.
Warts and Corns.
Rub the wart with lemon and bind on a piece three times a day for a week. The wart will diminish till it disappears. Do the same with corns, rubbing night and morning and bind on at night.
Poisoning.
In case of poisoning the simple rule is to get the poison out of the stomach instantly, for it assimilates very soon. Mustard and salt act very promptly and
250 Th0 Qtieen Cook Book
are always at hand. Stir a teaspoonful of each in a glass of water and swallow it quickly. If it does not cause vomiting in five minutes, repeat the dose. After vomiting, give the unbeaten whites of two or three eggs. Send for the doctor the first thing, but go right to work with the emetic.
The Complexion.
As so many ladies are in the habit of using dry magnesia as a toilet powder, I feel constrained to warn them against it, both from observation and from the pronouncing of chemists that it is very injurious to the skin, as it dries the cuticle and causes the skin to become rough and scaly. If you have used it, we advise you to stop at once, and heal the face with a weak solution of borax, water and a little glycerine. Most toilet powders on the market contain magnesia. The curious prejudice that some people have against using soap on the face, is a great fallacy. Good toilet soap is the best purifier and preventive of the uncomely looking blackheads so often seen. But if you have them, wash daily with a cloth, warm water and soap. Press them out with the open end of a watch key.
To Cure a Sty.
Rub into a small pinch of powdered alum enough of the v/hite of an egg to make a paste. It will become a curd. Put it between two fine pieces of thin goods and bind it on the eye at night. ^ It is said the sty will be gone in the morning.
Insect Bites and Stings.
The bites of mosquitoes, bees, wasps, hornets, scorpions, may be instantly relieved by the immediate and free application of ammonia (hartshorn) as a wash to
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