The household (of the Detroit free press)

For a cough or a tickling in the throat, take the juice of two lemons, the beaten white of one egg and enough powdered or fine granulated white sugar to make a thin paste. A teaspoonful of this mixture will allay the irritation and cure a cough in its early stages. The leaves of the geranium are an excellent application for cuts, when the skin is rubbed off, and other wounds of the same kind ; one or two leaves must be bruised and applied on linen to the part, and the wound will become cicatrized in a very short time. Lint dipped in nettle juice and put up the nostril will stay the bleeding of the nose. Fourteen or fifteen of the seeds ground into powder and taken daily will cure swelling of the neck, known as goitre, without in any way injuring the health. To allay irritation and stop vomiting, take in the proportion of one teaspoon each of salt and cayenne pepper, to a teacup of vinegar ; dose one tablespoon, or less, every fifteen minutes. This is also useful to bathe painful parts, as headache, bruises, sprains, and is excellent used as a gargle for a sore throat. For a cold on the lungs grease a cloth and sprinkle with fine salt and apply to the chest. If congestion is feared, make a mustard paste, mixing the mustard with glycerine which will prevent blistering without taking from the efficacy of the mustard. A nice wash for the delicate skins of infants is made by obtaining maple twigs. Put a small lump of alum in and boil with the twigs. Wash the tender places with this in lieu of water. Probably not all know the efficacy of dry heat in relieving pains. Earache can quickly be cured by heating a folded cloth against a stovepipe, laying on the ear, and changing for another as fast as they can be heated. It is best to first fill the ear with melted lard, which should be only blood warm. If any are troubled with bronchitis or asthma, smoke dried mullein leaves two or three times a day. Use a common clay pipe and smoke night and morning; oftener if necessary. Several severe cases of bronchitis, and of several years' standing, have been cured by smoking these leaves. Stammering may be cured by reading aloud for an hour or two each day keeping the teeth shut tightly together. Speak slowly and as distinctly as possible, and the difficulty may be overcome in time. Those who are troubled with cold feet, should get a hard-wood board., set it up before the kitchen stove a few minutes until heated, and then it will be warm to stand upon while washing, ironing, baking and washing dishes, or even can be used while sitting to sew or read, and will save much time that is otherwise lost by stopping to warm the feet. If you don't do your own work it is well to have one for the girl, for her feet are as likely to get cold this weather as yours, and she will be enabled to do more work and with greater comfort with the hot plank than without it. A loop of strong cloth can be tacked to one end to hang it away by when not in use. To prevent wearing through the skin when bed-ridden, apply to tender parts of the body with a feather a lotion made by beating to a stiff froth, the white of an egg. Bottle for use.