Buckeye cookery

on the fire until it attains a proper consistency for spreading, which may be known by dipping a splint or knife in the mixture from,time to time, and allowing it to cool. When used spread thinly on a piece of tissue-paper or old, fine linen. Excellent for frost sores or any kind that are hard to heal. How to Distinguish Rashes.—Measles appear as a number of dull red spots, in many places running into each other, and is usually first. seen about the face and on the forehead, near the roots of the hair, and is often preceded by running of the eyes and nose, and all the signs of severe cold. Scarlet fever appears first about the neck and chest, but not unfrequently at the bend of the elbow or under the knee, and is usually preceded by sore throat. It can be distinguished from roseola—a mild disease, which is sometimes mistaken for it—by the bright red color of the skin, which appears not unlike a boiled lobster. In chicken-pox the symptom is attended by fever, the spots are small, separate pimples, and come generally over the whole body. Cubeb Berries for Catarrh.—A new remedy for catarrh is crushed cubeb berries smoked in a pipe, emitting the smoke through the nose; after a few trials this will be easy to do. If the nose is stopped up so that it is almost _ impossible to breathe, one pipeful will make the head as clear as a bell. For sore throat, asthma, and bronchitis, swallowing the smoke effects immediate relief. It is the best remedy in the world for offensive breath, and will make the most foul breath pure and sweet. Sufferers from that horrid disease, ulcerated catarrh, will find this remedy unequaled, and a month’s use will cure the most obstinate case. A single trial will convince any one. Eating the uncrushed berries is also good for sore throat and all bronchial complaints. After smoking, do not expose yourself to cold air for at least fifteen minutes. Sure Cure for Croup.—Boil pigs’ feet in water, without salt, and let it stand over night; in the morning skim off the fat (which will be formed in acake on top), put in a tin pan, boil until all water is evaporated ; bottle, and keep for use. Give a tea-spoon every fifteen minutes on the appearance of the first symptoms, and apply freely to chest and throat, rubbing well. : A celebrated physician says that a child can not have the croup if pigs’ feet ‘oil is administered at the first symptoms. Or, warm a tea-spoon with a little lard in it or goose grease; thicken with sugar, and give it to the child; it may produce vomiting, which is always desirable, thus breaking up the. membrane that is forming. Apply lard or goose grease to throat and chest, with raw cotton or flannel. Care should be taken, removing only a small piece at a time of these extra wraps to prevent taking cold. For Rheumatism.—(Internal remedy.)—Three drams iodide of potash, dis- solved in one-half pint of hot water. Take a table-spoonful three times a ’ day, and drink lemonade at intervals between. | (External remedy.) Liniment—Two ounces tincture arnica, one ounce ‘camphor, one ounce belladonna, one ounce cannabis indica, one-half ounce -aconite (if neuralgia), one-half ounce oil hemlock, one-half ounce wormwood, one-half ounce sassafras (if there are humors), one-fourth ounce origanum, one-fourth ounce tar (if there are sores), one-fourth ounce cajeput, one-eighth ounce peppermint, one-fourth ounce chloroform, six ounces aqua ‘ammonia. Wet a flannel with this liniment, and rub the parts affected; or place the flannel over the rheumatic part, and cover it with thick paper, and place near it a warm brick. Immediate relief will be obtained, 7 Cure for Felon.—When a felon first makes its appearance, take the inside skin of an egg-shell, and wrap it around the part affected. When the press- ‘ure becomes too painful, wet it with water, and keep it on twelve hours,