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CARBUNCLE.— A carbuncle is a species of boil, but larger, and much more painful. It shows debility in the constitution. — Give a mild aperient, rendered tonic by the addition of quinine. Foment the part with bitter herbs, or steam it with the same. Linseed meal, and slippery elm bark, well boiled make an excellent poultice. Or of poplar bark and slippery elm, and a few drops of tincture of myrrh. When the poultice is taken off, wash well with a decoction of bayberry. The Vegetable Caustic , and the Black Salve , are good remedies. Every time the place is dressed, it should be well washed with soap and water, or weak tincture of myrrh and water. The diet must be light and nourishing ; the patient must take exercise in the open air. When the tongue indicates no fever, give tonic bitters. CARDS. Explanation of Terms. Shuffling is the first thing done in all games, it is simply mixing the cards ; it is proper to shuffle before every new deal. Cutting is the next operation, it is done by lifting from the top of the pack a portion of the cards, which must be more than a trick, generally from onefourth to three-fourths of the pack, and placing that portion under the remainder. In cutting for deal, each person lifts a few cards from the pack, and shows the undermost card of those he lifted ; and whoever shows the lowest card (which is an ace in this case) is entitled to deal. If two have cards equally low, they each drop two or three, and the person then showing the lowest deals. It is usual in large companies, instead of cutting, to deal one card to each of the party, and the person getting the lowest is dealer. Dealing is distributing the cards, and is done by giving to each player in succession, from the top of the pack, one, and sometimes three cards at a time, according to the game played, the dealer beginning with the person on his left hand, and going regularly round. The faces of the cards must be downwards, so that none may see what cards another player gets. Faced Card is a card lying in the pack with its face upwards, so as to be seen in dealing, and in most games renders a fresh deal necessary. Hand. — The portion of cards given to each person by the dealer is called a hand, and the cards of which it consists should be kept from the observation of the other players. Leading hand is the person who leads, or plays the first card ; and the suit to which the card he plays belongs is called the suit led — in that trick. Trick. — Each person having played one card in succession after the leading hand, the cards played in that round are called a trick, which thus consists of as many cards as there are individuals in the party playing. The card which ranks highest in value of those played takes the trick, provided it be of the suit led ; but it must be observed, that the cards rank differently in value in different games. Trump is the card turned up after all the players have got their portions, and in games where all the cards are dealt out, it belongs to the dealer. All the cards of the suit to which the trump card belongs are called trumps, and the smallest card of that suit ranks higher in value than the best card of any other suit.