after each meal.

SICK HEADACHE.

Take a spoonful of finely powdered charcoal in a small glass of warm
water to relieve a sick headache.

It absorbs the gasses produced by the fermentation of undigested food.

AN EXCELLENT EYE WASH.

Acetate of zinc, 20 grains.
Acetate of morphia, 5 grains.
Rose water, 4 ounces. Mix.

FOR FILMS AND CATARACTS OF THE EYES.

Blood Root Pulverized, 1 ounce.
Hog's lard, 3 ounces.

Mix, simmer for 20 minutes, then strain; when cold put a little in the
eyes twice or three times a day.

FOR BURNS AND SORES.

Pitch Burgundy, 2 pounds.
Bees' Wax, 1 pound.
Hog's lard, one pound.

Mix all together and simmer over a slow fire until the whole are well
mixed together; then stir it until cold. Apply on muslin to the parts
affected.

FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

Olive oil, 6 ounces.
Camphor beat fine, 1/2 ounce.

Mix, dissolve by gentle heat over slow fire and when cold apply to the
hand freely.

INTOXICATION.

A man who is helplessly intoxicated may almost immediately restore
the faculties and powers of locomotion by taking half a teaspoonful
of chloride of ammonium in a goblet of water. A wineglassful of strong
vinegar will have the same effect and is frequently resorted to by
drunken soldiers.

NERVOUS DISABILITY, HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, NERVOUSNESS.

Fluid extract of scullcap, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract American valerian, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract catnip, 1 ounce.

Mix all. Dose, from 15 to 30 drops every two hours, in water; most
valuable.

A valuable tonic in all conditions of debility and want of appetite.

Comp. tincture of cinchona in teaspoonful doses in a little water,
half hour before meals.

ANOTHER EXCELLENT TONIC

Tincture of gentian, 1 ounce.
Tincture of Columba, 1 ounce.
Tincture of Collinsonia, 1 ounce.

Mix all. Dose, one tablespoonful in one tablespoonful of water before
meals.

REMEDY FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

When doing housework, if your hands become chapped or red, mix corn
meal and vinegar into a stiff paste and apply to the hands two or
three times a day, after washing them in hot water, then let dry
without wiping, and rub with glycerine. At night use cold cream, and
wear gloves.

BLEEDING.

Very hot water is a prompt checker of bleeding, besides if it is
clean, as it should be, it aids in sterilizing our wound.

TREATMENT FOR CRAMP.

Wherever friction can be conveniently applied, heat will be ge