Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-13
THE HOME DOCTOR
Do not scold nervous children.
A beautiful soul and a happy heart
will make any face attractive

will make any face attractive.
Remember always that the mind is the
natural protector of the body.
A soft chamois shield for corns and
bunions affords immediate relief.
Who knows? Perhaps the baby is
thirsty for just drink of cool water.
If you want to have luxuriant hair
when you are old, don't part it in the
same place all the time.
Women are allowed the privilege Of
changing cir minds; why not accord
the same privilege to useless habits
DO not feed the babv every time h
cries. 1t may be he has an over-ful
stomach already and his distress would
he aggravated by an extra meal.
healthy baby will sit rp of his own
accord when his spine and nusclcs are
strong enough. 1t is not bet to force
him before that time.
A good plan will be to change with
the prevailing fashion. not necessarily to
keep up with it, but to make it the op-
portunity for some becoming variation
Charcoal is said to absorb the iniuri-
ous gases that are formed i'll the ston-
ach and bowels by undigested food, and
| often acts as mild laxative
A very easy method of taking a salt
rub in the morning is to dip large
turkish towel in basin of strong salt
water, let it remain there over night
and it will be ready to use without a
moments delay on rising.
Heavy brown wrapping paper soaked
in hot salt and vinegar. applied to a
| sprain or bruise and bandagc put on
to keep it in place and retain the heat
1 viii ra1ieue fba naft, and cUellipn
A woman worn out with the days
work often eats the wrong kind Of food
When tired, select foods that will re-
cuperate, rather than for special food
value Hot soup of any kind quickly
refreshcs.
| A disordered stomach often gives rise
to an acid;ty in the mouth which Is
very harmful to the teeth. causing tartar
to form. In such cases it is we'll to
| rinse the mouth night and morning with
an antiseptic solution
The small callous spot OH the sole OF
the foot. from which so many house
wives suffer. can be cured by placing a
bit of absorbent cotton, saturated with
olive oil. OH the spot each morning be-
fore putting on the stocking or shoe.
For sluggish liver nothing is better
| in the spring of the year than the Juice
| of half a lemon in cup of hot water,
taken before breakfast; add a teaspoon
| full Of phosphate of soda to the lemon
| ade and take every morning for two
weeks.
Keep the windows sufficiently open so
the fresh might air" can come in from
one side and the impure air can go
ont through the other The upper sash
should be down one inch and the lower
sash up one inch for each person sleep
ing in the ROOM
A floor should never be swept in a
room where there is contagious patient
1t should be washed with a cloth dipped
in borax water, so that no dust snnoys
the patient anl no assortment of germs
is flung up in the air to drift out of
the window en- route to fresh victims.
A mother who had a small warty hand
to treat tried bathing the excresences
| with weak solution of sal soda. and the
blemishes disappeared. About half a
| teaspoonful of washing soda was dis
solved in half cupful of water. The
wash was used often and was allowed
| to dry in.
If we would exercise the muscles daily
keep the body clean. breathe the pure
air deeply. drink good water freely, eat
moderately, and add to this cheerful
| and contented spirit we would not only
| live our "three score years and ten" but
! carry youth and health to the century
mark
| 1t is claimed that a few drops of eau
| de cologne, ether, and chloroform. In
equal parts, poured on handkerchief
| previously wetted with cold water, and
| placed on the seat of neuralgia pain,
| gives instantaneous relief II is also very
efficacious for nervous headache
This remedy for soft corn will afford
relief: Have little turpentine in small
bottle; with a camels hair brush touch
the corn with this every night, and at
the end of fortnight the corn should
come out easily. Don't let the turpentinc
run on to the adjoining skin, or it will
be made sore.
Bath for Rheumatic Sufferers: Per-
sons who are rheumatic will be benefited
by hot baths. to which oil of turpentine
is added A good mixture to add to a
hot bath is made of fifty grammes of
| green soap and thirty grammes of oil
of turpcntine These INGREDIENTS should
be mixed together and shaken we'll
For pain in the face and teeth take
two teaspoonfuls Of -four. the same
quantity of grated Finoer, and mix them
we'll together with sufficient alcohol to
make thin paste Spread this on a
linen rag and annly it on the part affected
on going to bed, wrapping piece of
flannel over all, and it will effect cure
If your eyes ache and get tired, try
closing them two or three times day
for five minutes; frequent bathing in
solution of boracic acid (made by dis
solving one ounce of boracic acid in one
pint of water) and water also helps to
give relief; add enough hot water to the
boracic solution to make it comfortably
warm, and be sure to dry your eyes very
thoroughly afterward.
One of the greatest fire chiefs in the
world makes the startling statement.
| "The sleep I have lost tonight is gone.
I never try to make it TIP, simply turn it
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