Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-27

water or milk, thoroughly moistening it,
and after breakfast q teaspoonful of tar
axacum, following with a teaspoonful after
each meal, and one at bedtime. The morn
ing dose of charcoal and the four teaspoon
fuls of taraxacum are to be taken for three
weeks, then omit for a week, and resume if
necessary. A six weeks course of this will
work wonders in ordinary compilations.
FOR BAD TASTES.
If there is troublesome acidity, and the
mouth tastes as if one had been using bad
words, take teaspoonful of half charcoal
and half prepared chalk, as often as the un-
pleasant taste returns. If the symptoms
are not soon relieved, take an old-fashloned
mixture as follows: One and one-half
ounces senna, 8 ounces each Of the pulp of
French prunes and figs, 6 drains tamarinds,
n ounce rhubarb powder, 10 ounces
molasses and 40 drops oil of caraway. Boil
the fruit in the best cooking syrup gently,
till thick as honey. stir in the powders, and
when cool add the oil of caraway, mixing
all thoroughly BY rubbing with tae back Of
a spoon in bowl, or with pestle in mar
BILE mortar. The dose Of this not unpleasant
preparation is half teaspoonful at night.
1t is medicine very kind to the complex
ion, and may well be taken two nights
before party to clean the skin when one
wishes to look well.
If the careful mother desires her daughter
to keep brilliant complexion, she must
not allow aloes given her in any form of
medicine, and doctors should be enjoined to
regard this caution. Very likely O tonic
may be needed after month of medication,
and for complexion draught nothing is
much better than decoction of wintergreen,
do hv hoi1 nf fha barh
two pints of water down to one, and strain
ing, taking two to four tablespoonfuls three
times day, just before meals. 1t promotes
the secretions and purifies the blood, while
assisting the appetite and digestive process.
sARsAPARILLA AND THE SKIN.
A very nice medicine for the skin and for
imparting iveliness to the limbs is this;
True sarsaparills root cut in slices, 4
ounces; sassafras root, rasped, 2 ounces;
dandelion root ounces; and 1 ounce
of licorice root infused in two qnarts of
water for "a hours. The water should be
filtered, if possible, and be just boiling
when poured over the roots, and kept in
warm place Just below the boiling point
closely covered. Boiling tor the length of
time required to reduce the ordinary prepa-
ratlons often renders the extract totally In
ert. This recipe is especially valuable from
the sarsaparllla, which has a particular
action on the skin, without producing
dangerous perspiration. But medicines for
the blood should never be taken without
careful bathing and diet or the immediate
effect will be an eruption, which may be
weeks in disappearing.
As warm weather comes, it is good
thing to take a vapor bath once a week; or,
as a substitute, a hot water bath, warm |
enough to start perspiration freely. Get
right into clean night gown and blankets
and sweat and sleep an hour or two. Sponge |
off with pint of sea water, made with the |
sea salt sold by druggists, and half pint
Of alcohol or cologne; dress in thin fannels
and silk underwear, and there will be little |
danger of taking cold. Spring languor can
be relieved in this way and the blood i'm |
proved.
AN OILY FACE.
If the face is oily and blackheads immi- |
nent, take charcoal and taraxacum with q |
purgatiye once a week. avoiding aloes or
,alomel. A tablespoonful of castor oil |
taken with half as much lemon juice is a |
kind medicine in this case, and is espe-
cially valuable to relieve oppression of the |
chest and colds
For greasy noses with large pores, apply |
bora1 dissolved in camphor, lavender or |
cologne as frequently as possible. Also |
wiring linen cloth or folds of lint from hot |
water with any good soap in it, and apply |
to the face four or five minutes. Do not |
rinse. but wipe with soft warm towel, and !
dust with fine chalk while the |
lace is fresh from washing, and wipe lightly |
with damp lint or baby brush. For red |
noses or red faces, apply nightly plaster |
If fine chalk mixed with violet glycerine to |
. thick cream, letting it remain.
SHIRLEY DARE. |