Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-07-06
Remedy for Freckies, Sunburns, and
Mesquite Bites.

Freckles indicate an excess Of iron in
the blood, we are told, the sun acting on
the particles in the skin as it does onin-
del:ble ink; bringing out the color. A
very simple way of removing them is
said TO be rs follows:
Take finely powdered nitre (sal,peire)
and apply it 10 the treckles by finger
moistened with water and dipped in the
powder. When perfectly done and IN.
diciously repeated, it will remove them
etfectually aud Without trouble.
An old English prescription for ta3
skin is 10 take halfa pint of skim-milk
so poor as to be blue-slice into it -
much cucumber as it will cover, and let
it stand an hour; then bathe the face
and hands, washing them off with fair
water when the cucumber extract is dry
The latter is said to stimulate the growth
of hair where it is lacking, if well snd
frequently rubbed in. 1t would be
worth while TO apply tito highioreheads
and bald crowns.
Rough SKINS, arising from exposure
to the winds in riding, rowing, oryatch-
ing. trouble many ladies, who will be
glad to know that au application o?co!d
cream or glyceriue at night, washed off
with fine carboHc soap in the morning,
will render them prcsen;ablc at the
breakfast table without looking like wo-
men who follow the hounds, blowzy
and burned. The simplest way to OBJ
yiate the bad effects of exposure TO free
sun and wind, which are apt, on occa-
sion, to revenge themselves for the ne
gect shown them by the fair sex too
often, is to rub the face, throat aud
arms well with cold cream or pure Al
mond oil before going out. With tins
/ precaution, one may come home from n
berry party or a sail without trace of
that gingerbread effect too apt 10 fol
low these pleasures. Cold cream made
from almond oil, with no lard or tallow
about it, will answer every end propos-
ed 10y the use of butter-milk, which
young ladies can hardly prefer as cos
metic on account of It's odor
a very delicate and effective prepars.
tion for rough skins, oruptive diseases,
cuts or ulcers, is found in mixture of
one ounce Of clyceriuc, half an ounce ~
rosemary, and twenty drops of csTbo X
acid In those dreaded irritrtlons a'
the skin occurring in summer, such as
hives or prickly heat, this wash gives
soothing relief The carbolio acid -
once ncu;ralizes the poison OF the blood
which causes the sore, puriies and hls.
iutccts the wound or blotch. and heals
it rapidly a solution Of this acid IN
glycerine made much stronger, say fifty
drops TO an ounce of glycerinc, forms =
protection from mosquitoes II applied al
night. Though many people think the
remedy equal to the disease, constant use
very soon reconciles one TO the creosot-
ic orior of the carbolic acid, especially
if the pure crystalized form is used,
which is far less overpowering in it's
fragrance than that commonly put ny.
/ Those who dislike it too much TO use it
at night will find the sting of the bites
almosr miraculously cured aud th"
blotches removed by touching them
with the mixture in the morning. Ba
bes and children should be touched
with it to relieve the pain they feel from
insect bites, and do not know how toer
press it except by worrying. Two or
three drops OF ottar of roses in theprep-
aration DISCUSSES the smell 80 as 10 rem.
der it ittolearble tohuman beings, though
not 80 to mosquitoes -HTper's Ba=aur.