Buckeye cookery

Hoarseness.—It is said hoarseness may be relieved by using the white of an egg, thoroughly beaten, mixed with lemon-juice and sugar. Take a teaspoonful occasionally. REMEDY FoR PiLEs.—Mix a tea-spoon of sulphur with. a tea-cup of milk, and take twice a day, morning and night, until improvement takes place ; , then take occasionally. . - Wound from Rusty Nail.—Smoke this or any inflamed wound over the fine of burning woolen cloth, wool or sugay, for fifteen minutes, and the pain will be taken out. For Sprains.—The white of an egg, and salt mixed to a thick paste is one ‘ of the best remedies for sprains, or bruises, or lameness, for man or beast. | Rub well the part affected. To Prevent SeaA-Sickness.—Make a pad of wool or horse hair, and bind over the stomach. Brandy and water, very weak, is the best ‘remedy to allay the heat and irritation. A Valuable Liniment.—One ounce wormwood to one pint alcohol. Or, bruise the green stalks of wormwood, moisten with vinegar, and apply to the sprain. Good for man or beast. To Relieve Asthma.—Wet blotting-paper in strong solution of saltpetre, dry it, and burn a piece three inches square on a plate in sleeping: _ room, and it will afford quick relief. MANNA AND MiLK.—Take a quart of fresh’ skim milk, and boil in it one ounce of manna; drinking this quantity cool, in small draughts, at intervals. during the day, is good for consumptives. To Prevent SKIN FRoM DIscoLORING AFTER A BRUISE. —Apply immediately, or as soon as possible, a little dry starch or arrow-root, moistened with cold water, or rub over with common table butter. Sick Headache.—Elixir of guarana, prepared by Brewer & Co., Springfield, Mass. Take one tea-spoon every ‘half hour until four have been taken, on the first intimation that the headache is coming on. Hot Water for a Cough.—For a tight, hoarse cough, where phlegm is not raised, or with difficulty, take hot water often, as hot as can be sipped. This will be found to give immediate and permanent relief. SPRAINS oR LAMENESS.—Two ounces camphorated spirits, two ounces sweet oil, two ounces ammonia, two ounces chloroform; ‘shake well before using, ‘ and rub it in by a fire. It is very excellent for a family liniment. CCHEROKEE LINIMENT.—One ounce gum-camphor, dissolved in alcohol, one ounce each of spirits turpentine,ne, sweet oil, hemlock oil, origanum oil, and ‘cedar oil, two ounces spirits hartshorn. Use externally. Shake well before using. For Burns or Pig skin,—Apply peach-tree leaves, the smooth side next ‘the skin, and bind them on. For burns, when there is danger of mortification or even if it has already set in, bind on strips of cloth dipped in ‘Clean tar. SALVE FoR Cuts AND’ Burns.—To one-half pound of sweet lard add one- ! fourth pound of beeswax and the same of resin; beat all together till wel: | mixed; pour in a little tin box. Apply a little to the wound on a soft -cotton cloth. . For Ivy Poisoning.—A simple and effectual remedy for ivy poisoning, is said to be sweet spirits of nitre. Bathe the affected parts two or three times ‘during the day, and the next morning scarcely any trace of the poison will remain. : For the Lungs.—A quart (or less if too strong) of tar, stirred six minutes in a gallon of water, and one-fourth, or a tumbler, taken four times 2 day, an hour or two after meals, is said to clear the lungs, and give greater -ease in public speaking. SLEEPLESSNEss.—Wet a cloth in cold water, and lay it on the back of the _ neck. Fold a towel smoothly over it, and very often it will soothe the weary ‘brain, and quiet the nerves better than an opiate. It is particularly useful in case of a dull headache.