St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-03-08
FAft5I AND HOME.
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ONE, Two, THREE, FOUR CAKE
One cup Vi butter, two cups Of sugar,
three cups OF -four, four eggs. we'll beaten,
one teaspoontul of baking powder.
For Bo1Ls.-Tne skin of boiled egg
is the most eiicaci0us remedy that can
be applied to A boil pocl it carefully,
wet and qpply it To the part affected. 1t
will draw of he matter and relieve the
soreness in & ~ hours. Simple but
efficaciou3.
ONIoNB--An exchange says il is not
s1Da,ally known that raw onions sliced
and Get about in saucers OF plates absorb
contagion in tie sir, and to eat plenti-
fully of them before breathing infected
air is afeguarl against it. They are
power III but harmless in their antigeptic
properties. s. simple remedy being
within everybody's reach, it would be
well if it could become generally known.
COvERING FOR THE SrK.-The House,
keepers Companion advises never to use
anything but light blankets as bed>cov-
ering for the sick. The heavy>cotton I'M
pervioug Counterpart is bad, for the
very reason that it keeps in the emana~
tions from the sick person, while the
blanket allows them to pass through
Weak patients are invariably distressed
by great weight Of bed>clothes, which
often prevents their getting any sound
sleep whatever.
A ECURE FOR FELoN.-A correspon-
dent OF the Chicago Journal says the
following cure for felon has been tested
by widesexperience among his fiierds, and
is worthy OF circulation: Roast Or bake
thoroughly. large onion; mix the soft
inner pulp wit, two heaping tablespoons
fuls of sslts and apply the mixture
to the affected ssparts as poultice,
keeping the parts we'll covered. Make
fresh applications at least twice q
day, morning and evening, and a cure
will follow in at least a week.
SULPHUR FOR DIPTHERIA. Mr.. inc.
$. Wiles, surgeon of Thorncombe
Dorset, writes to the London Times
that, after two cases OF malignant dip.
liberia, out Of some nine or ten he had
been called to attend, had proved fatal,
the mother OF sick child showed him
an extract from an American paper cons
corning practitioner who used sulphur
to cure the disease. Accordingly he
used milk Ct sulphur for infants aud
flour of sulphur for larger children and
adults, b1ougho to creamy consistence
with glycerine; dose teaspponful OR
more, according to age, three or four
times daycswaIlowed slowly, and ap~
plication Of the came to the nostrils
with a sponge. Result, he did not lose
single case there or elsewhere, and he
succeeded in saving life when the affec-
ton had almost blocked the throat.
TAKING CoLD-When a person be-
gins to shiyer, the blood i3 Zee sding from
the surface; CONGESTION, to greater or
less extent hiss taken place, and the pa
tient has already taken Geld, to be fol-
lowed by fever, inflammation OF the
lungs, neuralgia, rheumatism, etc. Ali |
these eyilssa can be avoided and the cold |
expelled by walksDg, or in some exercise
that will produce prompt and decided |
reaction in the system. The exercise
should be sufficient to produce perspira-
ton. If you are SO situated that you
can get glass OF hot water to drink, It |
will materially aid the perspiration and |
in every way assist ncture in her efforts |
to remove the cold. This course fol- |
lowed your cold is at end, and whatever |
disease it would ultimate in is avoided |
your suferings are prevented and your
doctors bal saved.