The household (of the Detroit free press)

For Cold Sores — Cold cream. Oil of sweet almonds, two and onehalf ounces ; spermaceti, one and one-half ounces ; white wax, one-half ounce ; glycerine, one-half ounce ; otter of roses, five drops. Put the perfumery in the glycerine. Melt the ingredients in a shallow earthern dish over hot water, adding the glycerine last ; then after taking from the fire, stir it until white and cold, then put up in something tight. Lime Water — A " handy " thing to have in the house is a jar or bottle of lime water. Pour water over unslaked lime (the quantity is not important, as only a certain amount will be slacked), and cork up for use. A person who needs milk, but whose digestion is so weak as not to manage it, will find no inconvenience if into a glass of the fluid is stirred a wineglass of lime water. The difference in taste is not perceptible. Sticking-Plaster — An excellent sticking-plaster for fresh cuts or cracked hands is made of three pounds of rosin, a quarter of a pound of beeswax, a quarter of a pound of mutton tallow. When well melted and dissolved together, remove from the fire and keep stirring till it is about as cool as it will pour ; then add one tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine ; then pour the whole into a pail of cold water, and when cool enough take it out and work it as a shoemaker does his wax. When sufficiently worked, roll it out in small sticks. This is equal to any plaster ever bought. Keep the hands greased, to prevent it from sticking to them while working it. Sand Bags for the Sick Room — For those who suffer with cold hands or feet use a sand bag until they get warm. It does not pay to have cold feet if there is any way to get them warm, and a sand bag is better than a soap-stone or bottle of hot water. Get some clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove, make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill it with the dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in the oven, or even on the top of the stove. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. ANTIDOTES FOR POISONING. Always try to provoke vomiting. To do this warm water may be used, with or without ground mustard (a tablespoonful to a pint of water) or ipecac (a teaspoonful of the powder or a tablespoonful or two of the syrup), and thrusting a finger down the throat. It is best to give large quantities (that is, a pint at a time) of warm water, whenever vomiting is to be excited. Bland Liquids are milk, raw eggs, some sort of oil, gruel, etc. Stimulants are tea, coffee, whisky, wine, etc., or hartshorn and water. Of this a teaspoonful in a teacupful of water will be enough for a dose. In making tea or coffee one must not wait to do it as for the table, but mix hot water and the leaves or grounds, squeeze them well, stir together, and give the whole — leaves, grounds, everything. yAt the same time some may be made regularly, if there are conveniences for it. Alkaline antidotes are hartshorn and water (a tablespoonful in two teacupfuls of water), soap and water, lime, whiting, soda, chalk, tooth powder, plaster, magnesia, whitewash, and even wood ashes.