Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-07-20
AGAINST AC CIDENTs.

AGAINST Ac CIDENTs.
How to Prepare Fully for All Emergencies
IS In the Country.
Tie summer outing should be sea-
son OF rest and recuperation, but to the
mother of a 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 if
she were familiar with common, easy
remedies for these childish accidents.
When country boy is stung by a hor-
net 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.
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
ind 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 will enable one to
remove them with fine needle, or q
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 a poultice of cracker or
bread and milk. When the poison of
mosquitoes is great there is nothing bet
ter to battle the spots with than a 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.
This is violent poison and should be
kept in plainly labelled bottle, set
apart from common medicines and APP
piled by the mothers hand alone.
Show the children as quickly as NAV
be the difference between the three
leaved poison ivy and the fve-leaved
Virginia creeper or woodbine. The viru-
lence of the former plant is largely
spent by midsummer, but it is always
q good plant to keep away from. If
child gets hold of it unexpectedly, tell
him he is to run home quickly and wash
his hands in salt and water, and by no
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 cau7ed by poison ivy look like
raised burns, and are often bordered
with little tiny water blisters, which,
if neglected. willrun into large blisters
and be exceedingly le,inful. When the
poisoning is severe the hands and parts
affected will often swell at intervals
for many months without any apparent
cause. This swelling will gradually
lessen and at length disappear, without
any special medication beyond the
bathing of the spots with the men
toned remedies
When country boy cuts his hands or
feet he hunts around for the little
brown fungi which he calls puff-balls,
and squeezes the fine dust of one right
into the cut, where it helps form clot
and so stops the flow of the blood.
When the cuts are deep, it is best to
wash them out carefully with warm
water, to remove any foreign matter,
and then, pinching, the lips of the
nd ~ -
of adhesive plaster, leaving little spaces
for the pus to run out, which comes
naturally in the healing of such sore.
Sometimes the blood flows Sc rapidly
that you cannot do this. If so, tie
bandage tightly above the wound be-
tore you attend to the wound itself
Ten cents worth of waterproof adhe-
sive plaster and calmness will rob such
occurrences Of their terror.
For sprains and bruises there is moth
ing better than hot water for bathing
the places. This should be followed
with bandages wet in tincture of arnica
Or witch hazel, and if You have forgot
ten to put walls of these in your trunks,
the farmers wife or the village drug
yist will give you NORWOOD. Steep
this in vinegar and apply hot, remem-
bering that the poultice is liable to
stain, and using old cloths for the ban
iaging Bare feet are apt to get stone
bruises which are painful, although the
average boy will prefer them to shoes
and stockings. Soaking the sore feet
in hot water before going to bed, and
bathing the bruises with tincture of
arnica are the best aids to time itself
for this ailment. -Harper's Bazaar.
Fighting Fllckers.
On Pennsylvania farm pair OF
aickers had nest in a hole in the
trunk of a dead elm tree. A large