Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-07-03

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Sage leaves in small quantity
makes an excellent addition TO
tea.
SCTATICA AND NEURALGIA -
DIR. Ebrard, of Mines, states that
he has for many years treated all
his cases of sciatica and neuralgia
pains with an improvi=ed appara-
tus, consisting merely of tlat-iron
and vinegar, two things That will
be found In every house. The
iron is heated until sufficiently
hot TO vaporize the vinegar, and
is then covered with some wooden
fabric, which is moisiened with
vinegar, and the apparatus ls APP
piled at once 10 the painful spot.
The application may be repeated
two or three times,a day. Or.
Ebrerd states that, as rule, the
pain disappears in twenty-four
hours, and recovery ensues at
once.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGS.
For burns or Scald- nothing is
more soothing thanthe white Of
an egg, which may be poured
over the wound. 1t is softer, as a
varnish for burns, than coll0Jion,
and being always at hand, can be
applied Immediately. 1t is also
more cooling than the sweet oil
and cotton which was formerly
supposed to be the surest appiica.
tion to allay the smarting pain. 1t
is the contact with the air which
gives the extreme discomfort, ex-
perienced from ordinary accidents
of this kind anything which ex-
cludes air and prevents inhama-
ton is the thing tobe at once ap-
piled. os o#
The egg is also considered one
of the best remedies for dyseutery.
Beaten up slightly with or without
sugar and swallowed at gdlp, it
tends by its emollieut qualities
70 lessen the infiamation Of the
stomach and intestines, and by
forming transient coating on
those organs, to enable nature to
resume her healthful sway over
the diseased body. Two. or at
most, three eggs per day, would
be all that is required in ordinary
cases, and since the egg is not
merely medicine, but food as well
the lighter the diet otherwise, and
the quieter the patient ia kept the
more certain and rapid is the re-
covery.
SUNSHINE. We have often said
so, but we desire to repeat it; sun
shine is the best medicine The
world requires more of it, morally
and physically. 1t is more sooth-
ing than morphine, and more po-
tent than peoples. 1t is good for
liver complaint, for neuralgia, for
rheuamtism, for melancholy-for
everything. Make your rooms
sunny and cheerful; build your
houses 80 as to command the sun
light all day long. Let it radiate
your disposition, your household,
yOur religion.
OLD POTATOES. Saratoga pota-
toes are prepared with little cab
bage cutter, which shaves off a
large fair potato slices of fairly-like
thinness. Put the slices for a few
minutes on ice or in cold water.
Try your boiling hot lard with
one slice to see if it colors proper
ly-; if all right, put in a few sill
ces; when of delicate yellow col
or, skin them out upon a tin plate
with your perforated tin ladle,
sprinkle over them some fine salt
and put them in your dish. They
are as good cold as hot.
A CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA.-
We clip the following from the St.
Joseph Gazette, and give it for
what 1t is worth
"'For years / have been publish
ing a specific for hydrophobia. /
learned it from one who had been
familiar with its use and its histo-
ry siuce the early part of this GEN.
fury, Among the hundreds of
cases in which it has been tried
there has never been one failure
Of hydrophobia, although in every
enc the person or animals had been
bitten by dogs believed to be mad.
Ii is this: Crate two ounces of
the root of elecampaine, stew it
slowly one hour in pint Of fresh
milk take the mess, fasting, in
the morning, and take nothing
into the stomach for six hours. Do
this three mornings in succession.
This quantity is for an adult per-
son for child or animal it should
be varied according to size and
strength"
JANE GREY SWIssuELM.
SUMNER MINCE PIE. - Four
crackers, one and one-half cups of