The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-29
TO CURE 4 COLD.-

Wha'ever YOU do, begin the instant
it dawns upon you that have taken Il
severe cold: that your head is stopped
up, your throat raw, Your lungs sore
and every bone III your body aching.
Don't wait to See if the cold will wear
off: the chances are ten to one against
you.
For immediate relief Of head aud
chest, pour boiling water IN the wash
bowl, cover yolr head and the basin
with a towel and inha'e the steam for
fifteen minutes. Afterward, good,
strong shifts of pure alchol or menthol
will keep down irritation.
Naseline rubbed over the nose and
into the nostrlls will prevent the I'M
pleasant swelling and sensltlveness
from the constant use Of the handker-
chief. Rub the chest thoroughly with
vaseline, and cover 1t with one or two
thicKnesses of flannel--pfeferably red
ilannel-if there are indications of
trouble there.
A gentle purgatiye is one OF the
essentials for carrying oil a cold.
Dovers powders befor going to bed
will give at least temporary relief.
Five drors of camphor on lump of
sugar at night and five grains of
quinine in two doses during the next
morning, can be depended upon in an
ordinary cold, but 1.-THE worst cold you
have have had in five Years calls for.
A hot footbath wi h plen'y Of mus
tard in it and.
Hot lemonade, ginger tea or Il
whiksy toddy before going to bed.
Go 20 bed and stay there twenty
four hours if you can, making it a
point to perspire eighteen hours out
Of the twenty four, with hot water
bottle at your feet. something hot to
drink within reach an extra blanket
over, and flannel dressing sack us
protection to shoulders and arms in
The necessary moving about.
MUSTARD POULTICE.
For acute, cases, such as p'eurisy,
neuralgia or rheumatism. a mustard
poultice is made by mixing one tea
spoonful Of ground mustard and two
of flour with cold water into smooth
paste: spread on piece Of soft, old
linen, folding the edges so the paste
connot squeeze out: cover the face Of
the poultice with liberal supply of
vasellne or lard to prevent the cloth
sticking to the skin CT blistering. A
stronger poultlce may be made be in
creasng the proportion of mustard,
but the ratio given is strong enough
for ordinary purposes.
GINGER TEA FOR CHILDREN.
Sometimes the grown-up children
as well want their ginger tea made
palatable. Put half a teaspoonful of
ground ginger and teaspoonful of
sugar IN cup, mix we'll and fill the
cup little more than half full of boil
ing water. When the sugar is dissolv-
ed strain into tumbler, which should
be about half full, and then ill the
glass with milk. If the water was
boiling, the addition of the milk wild
cool it only sufficiently to drink
quickly, and at the tea is meant to
induce Precipitation, the child should
be kept in bed as warm as possible.
CURE FOR DIPHTERIA.
The following remedy is said to be
the best knewn; at least it is worth,
trying, for physicians seem powerless
to cope with the disease succ. ssfully.
AT the first indication to diphtheria
in the throat ola child make the room
close; then take Il tin cup and pour in
to it a quantity of tar and turpentine,
equal parts hold the emp over the fire
so us to fill the room with fumes. The
little patient, on inhaling the fumes,
Will cough up all the membranous
matter, and the diphtherla will pass
off. I he fumes of the tar and
turFentine loosening the matter
in the throat, thus afford the relief
that has baffled the skill of physicians
IN CASES OF GROUP.
A Standard medical authority SAYS
that the first thing to do for the
child is to put his feet into as hot
mustard water as he can bear, and be
sure that the room is very warm. Be-
fore putting him in bed give him
syrup of ipecac III teaspoonful doses
untiIhe throws off the clogging phlegm.
For external applications take two
fablespoonfus Of turpentine, and four
tablespoonfnls Of goose oil, or sweet oil |
or lard oil, mix well, and rub thorough
ly on the outside of the throat.
Satnrate a flannel and lay it over the
chest and throat Hot bricks, OF
bottles filled with hot water, should
be placed at the child's feet and at
the sides of his body to induce pers-
plration. Keep him carefully cover
ed. After the vomiting the bowels
must be kept open with syrup of
SOULS. The best drink for the child
is slippery-elm water. Afterthe weaken
ing effect of ipecac and squills give
plenty OF nourlshment to keep up the
strength, but little solid food.
NOURIsHMET FOR PNEUMONIA.
In cases of pneumonia many patients
succumb from 'heart failure" of weak
ness which is no more nor less than
lack of nourishment. The constant
giving OF lHlulantS increases the ac-
ton of the heart. without materially
strengthening the body. \ "specialist'
in the dread disease ascribes his success
to beef tea and milk. The beef tea
should be made fresh every morning,
from a pound Of the best beef, and |
IL full goblet Of it as hot us can be
slipped alternate every two hours WI h |
Il tumbler of rich milk Just cold
enough to drink without Chi ling the
patient. The physician sugges season.
ing both the beef and the milk
generously with salt and pepper as a
preventive of nausea.
WE'LL SAID,