The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-07-27
AGAINST ACCIDENTS.
How to Prepare Fully for All Emergencies
in the Country.

How to Prepare Fully for Ali Emergencies
in the Country.
The summer outing should be sea
son of rest arid fecuperation, but to the
mother of family of young children
it is too often season full of alarm and
anxiety. The capacity which romping
children possess to get hurt seems to
be doubled when they are out of the
pent-up Utica of their city or town
houses A good deal of this worry on
the mothers part could be lessened it
she were familiar with common, easy
remedies for these childish accidents.
When country boy is stung by hor-
bet or wasp, and there is no greater de-
light to his half-savage nature than to
try to enrage these insects, he hurries
to pick the leaves of the plantain, 81
common door-yard weed. He crumples
them UP in his hands till the juices
start, and then lays them on the smart
ing spots. The same weed Is made
useful when the bites are the work OF
the nimble mosquito. So show the boy
and girl the plantain, and they will be
proud to doctor themselves. Some chill
dren are more severely poisoned by in
sects' stings than others, and in that
case the stings of bees, wasps and hor-
nets should be removed if possible. A
magnifying glass viii enable one to
remove them with fine needle, or a
small key, whose stem is hollow,
pressed over the spot will drive the
sting out where it can be readily seen
and removed. Cover the wound then
with powdered bluing moistened with
water, or with poultice of cracker or
bread and milk. When the poison OF
mosquitoes is great there is nothing bet
ter to bathe the spots with than weak
solution Of ammonia Salt and water
or cooking soda Is not strong enough.
When these swellings do not yield to
this remedy there is danger erysipelas,
| and then sugar of lead should be used.
| Tiiis is d Violent poison and should be
kept in plainly labelled bottle, set
apart from common medicines and aPi
piled by the mothers hand alone.
Show the children as quickly as may
be the difference between the three:
leaved poison ivy and the five-leaved
Virginia creeper or woodbine. The viru-
lence of the former plant is largely
spent by midsummer, but it is always
a good plant to keep away from. If
child gets hold of it unexpectedly, tell
him he is to run home quickly and wash
Ills hards In salt and water, and by nc
means to touch his face. If the flesh
begins to swell, salt or soda and water
may relieve it, but sugar of lead surely
will. When applying this latter to the
face keep the eyes closed till the solu
ton has dried into the skin. The
blotches caused by poison ivy look like
raised burns, and are often borderec
with little tiny water blisters, which
if neglected, will run into large blister'
aud be exceedingly painful. When tht
roisoning is severe the hands and part
affected Will often swell at intervals
for many months without ally apparen
cause. This swelling will gradually
lessen and at length disappear, withou
any special medication beyond th'
bathing of the spots with the men
toned remedies.
When a country boy cuts his hands o
feet he hunts around for the littl'
brown fungi which he calls puff-balls
and suueezes the fine dust of one righ
into the cut, where it helps form clio
and so stops the flow of the blood
When the cuts are deep, it is best t
wash them out carefully with war;
water, to remove any foreign matter
and then, pinching the lips OF tn
, wound together closely, put on strip
!. of adhesive plaster, leaving little space
, for the pus to run out, which come
naturally in the healing of such sore
, Sometimes the blood flows so rapid
that YOU cannot DO this. If so, tie
| bandage tightly above the wound be
, fore YOU attend to the wound ttsel
I Ten cents worth of waterproof adh'
sive plaster and calmness Will rob sue
q occurrences of their terror.
For sprains and bruises there is notl
, ing better than hot water for bathin
the places. This should be followe
8 with bandages wet in tincture OF arnit
4 or witch hazel, and if you have forgo
. ten to put vials of these in your trunk
=. the farmers wife or the village dru
a gist will give you wormwood. stet
e this in vinegar and apply hot remer
E bering that the poultice is liable
q stain, and using old cloths for the ba
!. daging. Bare feet are apt to get stol
n bruises which are painful, although tt
o average boy will prefer them to sho
5 and stockings. Soaking the sore fe
q in hot water before going to bed, al
= bathing the bruises with tincture
: arnica are the best aids to time ltse
Il for this ailment. -Harper's Bazaar.
d Fighting Fllckers.