The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-10
THINGS THAT EVERYBODY OUGHT
TO REMEMBER.

LEMON FOR A COCGH.-Roast the
lemon very carefully without burning
it; when it is thoroughly hot cut and
squeeze into cup npon three ounces
of sugar, fine powdered. Take spoon
ful whenever Your cough troubles you.
Il is good and agreeable to the taste.
Rarely has it been known to fail of Civ
ing relief
SORE THRoAT.-Everyb body has cure
| for this trouble, but simple remedies
appear to be the most effectual. Salt
and water is used by many as gargle,
but little alum and honey dissolved
in sage tea is better. Others, few
drops of camphor on loaf sugar, which
very often affords immediate relief
An application of cloths wrung out of
hot water and applied to the neck,
changed as often as it begins to cool.
has the most potency in removing in
flammation.
WATER BEFORE BREAKFAsr.-If we
should establish the habit of drinking
water freely in the morning, soon after
rising, commencing with small quanti-
ties, increasing gradually as we learn to
relish it, until the chief portion taken
during the day is before breakfast, it
will promote the health to a much
greater extent than it ordinarily does,
eradicate diseases from the system,
and become adecided luxury in time.
HoUsEHoLn Uses OF AsIMoNiA.-Am-
monia, or, as it is generally called, spir-
its of hartshorn, is powerful alkali,
and dissolves dirt and grease with ease.
1t has lately been recommended very
highly for many domestic purposes.
For washing paint, put tablespoonful
in quart of moderately hot water, dip
in flannel cloth, and with this simply
wash off the woodwork; no scrubbing
Will be necessary. For taking grease
spots from any fabric, use the ammonia
nearly pure, then lay white blotting
paper over the spot, and iron it lightly.
In washing laces, put about twelve
drops in pint of warm suds. To clean
silver, mix two teaspoonfuls of am
monia in quart of hot soapsuds. Put
in your siiverware and wash it, using
an old nail-brush or toothbrush for the
purpose. For cleaning hair-brushes,
ETC., simply shake the brush up and
down in mixture of one teaspoOnful
of ammonia to one pint of hot water
when they are clensed, rinse them in
in cold water, and stand them in the
wind or in hot place to dry. For
washing finger marks from looking
glasses or windows, put a few drops of
quick work of it. If you wish your
house-plants to flourish, put few drops
of the spirits in every pint of water
used in watering. A teaspoonful in a
basin of cold water will add much to
the refreshing effects of bath. Moth |
ing Is better than ammonia water for
cleaning the hair. In every case rinse
off the ammonia with clear water. To
which we would only add, that, for re-
mr. SrnSx 90
equal parts Of ammonia and alcohol is
better than alcohol alone; and for TAX
ing out the red stains produced by
strong acids in blue and black cloths,
there is nothing better than ammonia.
NOSE BLEED.-There are two little
arteries which supply the whole face
with blood, one on each side; these
branch off from the main arteries OH
each side of the windpipe and running
upward toward the eye, pass over the
outside of the jaw-bone, about two
thirds of the way from the chin to the
angle of the jaw, under the ear. Each
of these arteries, of course, supplies
just one-halfth the face, the nose being the
dividing line the left nostril is suppli-
ed with blood from the left artery.
Now suppose your nose hleeds from the
left nostril; with the end of the right
fore finger feel along the outer edge of
the left jaw until you feel the beating
of the artery directly under your finger,
the same as the pulse in your wrist
then press the finger hard upon it, thus
getting the little fellow in tight place |
between yoEr, fingers and jaw-bone the |
result will be that not drop of blood |
goes into that side of the face while the |
pressure continues hence the nose in
stantly stops bleeding for want of blood |
to 1low; continue the pressure for five |
or ten minutes, and the ruptured YES
sells in the nose will by that time prob
ably contract SO that when you let the |
blood into them they will not leak. |
Bleeding from cut or wound any
where about the face may be stopped in |
the same way. The Creator probably |
placed these arteries as they are that
they might be controlled. Those to the !
back of the head, arms and legs are all
very conveniently for being
in like manner.