Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14

generally used 1t is more efficacious for
breaking up severe cold on the chest and
in relieving the congestion in pneumonia.
To make it have water boiling and stir in
ground faxseed meal until thick enough to
cut with a knife. Add spoonful of olive
oil, and spread on a piece of muslin twice
as large as needed, to turn over and leave
an inch or two of margin. Apply to the seat
of the trouble as quickly as possible and as
hot as can be borne. Do not make too
heavy, as the benefit of the pouitice lies in
the moist heat, not the weight. If the
poultice Is covered with sheet of oil silk
it will retain its heat about an hour. starch
makes another good poultice Make just
the same for laundry use, only sitter. A
muslin bag is good for starch poultice.
bread poultfce is quickly made and is sooth-
ing. Use bread without crust, pour boiling
water over the pieces, then pour off, whip
lightly with fork and spread while piping
hot.
Mustard Plasters.-A mustard plaster
warranted not to blister is robbed of half
it's terrors. Mix about three parts of flour
to one of mustard, moisten with white OF
egg, and spread between two thin pieces OF
cotton cloth. Do not let it stay on the
flesh more thai twenty minutes. If the
mustard is not very strong, lessen the
quantity of flour. If sharp, Increase the
proportion of -four.
Mustard Foot Bath.-If hot mustard
foot bath is in order to break up cold or
relieve violent headache, don't drag the
patient out of bed to take it, but allow him
to have 1t in the most luxurious way pos
sible. Tell the patient to bend his knees.
Then turn up the covers at the foot of the
bed, slip in the tub, taking the precaution
to put thick bath towel or folded sheet
under it. Replace the covers, leaving pa
tient and steaming tub together. Leave in
the water twenty minutes, adding more hot
Rater from pitcher as that in the tub
cools. When finished, slip out the tub, and,
alahi ror he fI,a fpof
til dry with a coarse towel. Then wrap
in piece Of blanket.
Homemade Wizard OLA wizard oil
that deserves its name from the lightning
changes it produces in the case of bruises
and sprains, is made Of these proportions:
Mix together two drains each oil of cloves,
aqua ammonia and ether sulphur. Add two
drains spirits of turpentine, two drains gum
camphor, one ounce oil of SaSsafraS, two
drains of chloroform, and grain alcohol (not
wood enough to make pint. Shake well,
bottle and keep where the victim of a slip
and fall' can find it readily.
Homemade Cough Candies.-It is at this
season, too, that homemade cough candies
and drops find ready consumption. 1t was
formerly the practice of careful mothers
to prepare stock of these medicinal com,
forts at the beginning of every winter, and
many of the widely advertised cough drops
of the apothecary and confectioner have
originated in old family recipes with the
addition or morphine or even raw opium
in varying quantities. On this account
it is far better to return to the old-time
preparation of these candies at home.
Hoarhound Candy.-Put one tablespoonful
of the dried leaves of hoarhound (Which
may be obtained at any herb store or drug
gists) to steep in one-half cup of water.
Do not boil. Strain off the infusion, add
two cups of sugar and one tablespoonful
of vinegar Boil without stirring until
it threads and is brittle when dropped in
cold water, then pour into buttered pans,
marking off into squares when partly
cooled. When cold and hard, break up
into separate candies.
Iceland Moss Cough Drops.-Soak cents
worth Ga good handfuD of the moss over
night in cold water and wash repeatedly.
lined saucepan well covered with cold water
and let it slowly simmer over the fire until
of a thick starchlike consistency. Add to
a half pint of the thickened water pound
of sugar and stir constantly until drop
of the paste forms a creamy ball when
rolled between the thumb and fingers. Pour
into bread tins, we'll buttered, SO that it
will be about an inch thick. When almost
cool crease in squares.
Slippery Elm Cough Drops.-Break two
ounces Of slippery elm bark into small
pieces and put in bowl with two ounces
of f1axseed and a cup Of water Cover
and stand aside for an hour, then strain
through a fine sieve. Put three cups of
brown sugar into a saucepan, add the mu-
cilaginous water, stir over the fire until the
sugar is dissolved, then boil for five
minutes. Add two tablespoonfuls of lemon
Juice and boil until brittle when dropped
In cold water. Pour in creased tins and
when partly cooled cut in lozenges.