The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30
COUNTRY DOCrOn cuREs.
Tar aud Apple brandy Tor Gout.
Rheumatism aud nysnepsta

Nearly the whole virtue OF the pine
woods abides in good pine tar" che old
doctor said. Everybody knows that
weak lungs are helped by breathing a
piuey atmosphere Now tar u.s. go 90
speak, the pine-sccnt madc concrete Tar
Is, understand. the residuary Juice Ia
hcart-pinc especially the pines killed by
scraping Tor turpeusine. For govt. cspc-
cially rheumatic govt with It's concurrent
kidney troubles. plain rheumatism. ana
dyspepsia. tar ia apple brandy Is a
mighty nne thing. II must be pure pine
tar. aud pure brandy. OF coursc-two
iabiespoonfuls Of Ear 10 quart OF the
spirit The mixture Is not iufallibic.
but q Has some wonderful cures TO its
credit / recall one In particular--an
ambitious young planter whom three city
specialists gave two years 60 lie. lie
came near pitching them out Of the win
dow after their medicine. Then ne began
on the tarrcd brandy. Result. he Is
living SIN hale. and ruddy. able 20 ride
after FOX with his grandsons. aud swap
horses with the professional on County
Court days.
Tar ointment was a boon-especially
10 the children II cured wounds bruises.
cuts. Ftone-bruises. and all manner 81
sores. To make % the tar was warmed
till Il would run then beaten into fresh
churned butter which had been washed
clean Of milk. and creamcd. When the
mixture was complete. melted beeswax
Was added and beaten in over hot water
AT the very last. very strong elder flower
tea was added. and che mass stirred hard
until every drop was taken up. In use
the oin,m was softcncd. not melted
and spread on elk or linen. The plaster
stuck OF It's own motion. and when q
came of usually left sound skin and flesh
behind a.
1T was the same way with the tar caps
used for al sorts OF tnfantito scalp dis
eases. as scald-head. milk-crusi, rims
worm The cap proper was 81 silk, with
the seams outside. flting the head close
II was smeaTed all over the inside with
melted tar mixed with half its Own bulk
Of uusalted butter. The cap went on while
the tar was stll soft and like the pas
iers. had to ar on Sometis ~ grown
people wore tar oeps. those who had lost
their hair from Illness. OF we're threaten
ed With premature badness. Invariably
when the cap came on there was a finc
growth Of zofs voting hs!T underneath a.
zone thrifty old gentleman simply
laughed az hog-chOcra. - long rs he
casiid get real pine tar a-plenty. lie mixed
the tar well through soft soap, made
latker OF the fosp and scrubbed every
hsg he owned with Il every three months
Further. he smeared tar beautifully on
logs and posts where the hogs could rub
against d. and pa: drops % Il on their
weekly mess OF salt and ashes. Tie had
never heard Of microne. but his creed
was Doctor your hogs before they get
sick. ~ you want 10 keep 'eH well
After the Civu War at least hair the
soldiers who lived through ~ suffered
from either camp or prison dysentery-
something which every doctor knows "a
Is not easy 10 cure But tar pills cured
az least twenty eases within my knowi-
edge I doubt n any pharmacopac ever
saw their iikc-thcy were first made hy
the man who washed his hoes. and tried
upon himself aud his slaves. lie took
strained and melted ear. beat into II half
its own weight OF raw yellow OF egg, then
boiled down white walnut bark 90 a
strong. almost gummy. ooze, mixed q Ia
and set the whole mixture under glass
in the sun Tor a week. Then he grated
calamus root. made his pills, and rolled
them In C. They were fat. round pills
one was all you cared 10 swallow-and
luckily one WINS a doee.
They cured not only dysentery hut
dyspepsia. Indeed any chronic digestive
trouble yielded 20 them. ia whole OF in
part I have thought many time that u
the man who made them first had realized
his opportunity. and risen 10 %, he might
have made money enough 10 regild a du-
cal coronet, not 10 mention having his
InAme known as % house hold word"
Martha McCuIouch Williams.