aper, such as is used by
marketmen and grocers; a piece to be bound over the wound. A handful
of flour bound on the cut. Cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on like
lint. When the blood ceases to flow, apply arnica or laudanum.

When an artery is cut the red blood spurts out at each pulsation.
Press the thumb firmly over the artery near the wound, and on the side
toward the heart. Press hard enough to stop the bleeding, and wait
till a physician comes. The wounded person is often able to do this
himself, if he has the requisite knowledge.

GRAVEL.

Into a pint of water put two ounces of bicarbonate of soda. Take two
tablespoonfuls in the early forenoon, and the same toward night; also
drink freely of water through the day. Inflammation of the kidneys has
been successfully treated with large doses of lime-water.

Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and
the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy
food and sweet vegetables.

SORE THROAT.

Everybody has a cure for this trouble, but simple remedies appear to
be most effectual. Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a
little alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better. An application
of cloths wrung out of hot water and applied to the neck, changing as
often as they begin to cool, has the most potency for removing
inflammation of anything we ever tried. It should be kept up for a
number of hours; during the evening is usually the most convenient
time for applying this remedy.

Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon, simmer a few minutes in hot
vinegar, and apply to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken
off as the throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel. A
gargle of equal parts of borax and alum, dissolved in water, is also
excellent. To be used frequently.

Camphorated oil is an excellent lotion for sore throat, sore chest,
aching limbs, etc. For a gargle for sore throat, put a pinch of
chlorate of potash in a glass of water. Gargle the throat with it
twice a day, or oftener, if necessary.

WHOOPING COUGH.

Two level tablespoonfuls of powdered alum, two-thirds of a cupful of
brown sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water; bottle and put in a
dark closet where it is cool.

For a child one year old, a teaspoonful three times a day on an empty
stomach. For a child two years old, two teaspoonfuls for a dose. For a
child five years old, a tablespoonful. The state of the bow