The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-29
Things worth Knowing.

inside OF bottles can be removed by putting
in small pieces of brown paper in cold water
and shaking it about.
EARACBE-Somebodyg gives the following
simple remedy for this distressing affliction:
Melt little salty butter or gravy, and put
a drop or two in the ear. Tie says 1t gives
immediate relief.
OLD feather beds and pillows are greatly
improved by putting them on G clean grass
plat during a heavy shower; let the beds be-
come thoroughly wetted; turn them ON both
sides Let them lie out until thoroughly
drv, then beat them with rods; this will
tighten the feathers, and make them much
more heatnful to sleep on. 1t removes dust
and rejuvenates the feathers.
FEVER AND AGUE.-We believe We have
published this recipe before, but it will do
no harm and may 90 gooi to reproduce it.
1t appears as leading editorial in the Ccve>
land Herald: "We wish to give very simple
remedy for fever and ague, and wish to en-
phasize it by saying that it has, to our knowl
edge, proved very efficacious. 1t is simply
common salt. A teaspoonful taken in water,
and teaspoonful deposited inside each stock
:ng, next the foot, jnst as the chill is coming
on. That's all there is of it; hut knowing
that it has been very efficacious in break
ing a chill and perfec;ing a cure, put it
in our editorial columns, where no humhug
remedy shall ever fnd place if We know
it,"
READY ANTTDoTE FOR P0ISoNs.-If any
enc swallows poison, instead of breaking out
into multitudinOus and incoberent exc!ama-
tons, despatch some ore for the doctor.
Meanwhile run to the kitchen, get half
glass OF water in anything that is handy,
put into it teaspOonful Of salt and as much
ground mustard, stir it an instant, catch
firm hold of the patients nose. Ghe mouth
will soon fly open then down with the mix
ture, and in a second or two up will come
the poison This will answer in a larger
number of cases than any other. If, by this
time. the physician has not arrived, make
the patient swallow the white of an egg. fol-
lowed by cup of strong c"ffee, because these
. nUlIify a larger number of posnns than any
other accessible article. as autidotes fer any
remaining i'll the stomach.
INGRowING TOE Nails AGAIN.-The pain
and trouble from this cause can be immedi-
ately and permanently relieved. without pain
in the following single manner:
Take file, some four inches in length,
bastard cut. fiat on one side and round on
the other. new and sharp. File down thin
all the exposed part Of the nail. till it is soft
and pliabIe. This will imme,liatly relieve
the part pressing into the aesh. which Leed
not be cut or extracted. The fling is not
in the least painful, as he file will not take
hold Of the skin or flesh. Ia the course Of
several months. the nail will grow out thick
again, when the fling should he repeated.
The edges OF the nail will never grow into
the flesh so long as the top Of the nail is soft
and pliable, aud there is nothing so simple,
convenient. safe, and painless for keeping
/ it so file.
To REVIVE FADED CLcTHEs.-In quart of
vinegar boil three ounces logwoOd. and when
the color is extracted drop IN piece of car
Donate of iron, the size Of large chest nut
let it boil five minutes. Have the articles
to be restored we'll spoused with soap and
bot water, then layiI g them on the table and
brush the nap down with sponge. Then
take the dye upon the table and sponge them
all oeer with it, taking care to keep them
smooth and brush downward. When COM
pietey wet with the dye. dissolve a teaspoons
ful CT salaratus in teacup!u of warm water,
and sponge over again with this, which sets
the color 50 completely that nothing runs off
They must not be wrung or wrinkled, but
carefully hung up. to drain. The bro~nest
cloth may be made perfect black in this
simple manner. So many people have faded
garments, that this recipe may be Of service
IN restoring them to lively color.
SCARLET FEyER.-Ihe Philadelphia Press,
having published an item in reference to the
scarlet fever in Chicago, received from a
correspondent the following communication
Your remarks relative to the scarlet fever in
Chicago incIines me to offer for your COL
umnS what a distinguished physician of
twenty-five years practice said to me some
years since. and being dead, and leaving no
Immediate relative as his successor, it should
not be considered uncOurteous Said he:
No one need die Of scarlet fever. | have
never lost one. | am not your family doc
tor, but an intimate friend of him who IS
You're raising a family of children, and in
consideration of kindness rendered me l give
you my mode of treating that disease. 1t
may be called skin disease. In other words
nature in its efforts to throw off the disease
clogs the pores Of the skin. If these pores
are not kept open the disease settles upou
some Of the vital organs and death frequent
ly results therefrom.
Take one quart of hot water, one gill of
alcohol or whiskey, and one lump Of wash
ing soda the size of walnut, and with this
simple preparation while hot, with sponge
or napkin, bathe the patient, either standing
or sitting. beginning at the top of the head
and bathing down to the soles of the feet:
five minutes will be sufficient time then
wrap IN blanket; in, say twenty minutes,
1t will be found that the fever will have dried
the moisture left upon the body by the BATH
then put on dry clothing. If the case is
very severe, the bath should be repeated in
three hours, if not two or three times day.
Medicine is IN necessary, unless the bowels
are constipated. Having practiced the above
with my four children and with success, I
respectfully submit it,