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humble servant. They were just 41 inches higli. I 

 had a fair yield; ate some of the bulbs, and found 

 them very good. I did not use the stalks or leaves. 

 I had it as an ornament in the front yard. I have 

 no room in my back yard. 



Some years ago I had planted quite a lot of 

 cucumber seeds. They came up nicely ; but one day 

 the striped bugs came by the hundreds. The creek 

 bottom being close I went down and pulled up a big 

 armful of spearmint. Some call it peppermint ; but 

 it is spearmint. I dropped a bunch of the mint on 

 each hill, and went home. Next day there was not 



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a bug about. I did not bother any more that year, 

 and the green mint kept the ground moist several 

 days. 



Now about the war. I agree with you in your 

 answer to the young man (Mr. Gibbon). I carried 

 the musket in our Civil War 50 years ago. While I 

 am for peace, yet, old as I am, if the flag demanded 

 it 1 would shoulder the musket again. If I could 

 not stand up I could lie down to it. May the good 

 Lord bless and keep you in good health many more 

 years is my prayer. 



Dayton, O. H. Brennenan. 



HEALTH NOTE! 



OKAFNKSS — THF, BOR.'\CIC-ACIU REMEDY. 



Since the article in the Jnly 1st Glean- 

 ings appeared, exposing, as I supposed, an 

 intended liumbiig- and fraud in regard to 

 " enserol,'' T have had quite a number of 

 letters something like the following: 



Mr. Roof : — My wife has become interested in 

 what you have to say about the use of boracic acid 

 in Glkaxikgs for July 1. She is bothered with a 

 roaring in hor head, and wishes to try the treatment 

 named, and would like to have you tell just how to 

 lise it — whether warm or cold water, and about what 

 proportion or strength lo have the wash. Also how 

 often. 



Bates. Ark., Aug. 2. H. C. Bethet.. 



T wish all the friends who want to know 

 all about this matter would hunt up Glean- 

 ings for September 15, 1914, as tliat gives 

 all the information I am able to furnish. 

 The directions ] copied from that "'woman's 

 story" I gi^■•' aaaiu rs follows : 



This is f' ■ < opy of the prescription given me: 



Pure C'.icerine, V2 ounce; fluid enserol, 1 ounce; 

 boiled water, 2Vi oun<es. Mi.x. 



P'lt one drop in both ears, night and morning. 



^Vet the forefinger, and rub the solution full 

 strenetli, i)ehir.d and below the ears. 



four ten rlrops of solution in one-fourth glass 

 01 w-rrn water, put some in palm of hand, and snuflf 

 un the nostrils, night and morning; also gargle the 

 throat with tho same strength solution as used in 

 the nostrils. ni-:;ht and morning. 



But instead of buying the expensive 

 enserol. use boracic acid. I think your 

 druggist should be able to tell you about 

 iiow much. 



Here is something from one who has been 

 a good friend of Gleanings for many years 

 that seems to be a sensible explanation for 

 the I'oaring in the ear: 



3/r. Rnot : — The 'roaring sound," as it is com- 

 monly <:*yled by those who experience difficulty in 

 hearing, is rot an indication of deafness, but that 

 tbe drum of the ear is still in a healthy condition, 

 and that the passage from tlie outside tn (he drum 

 has become closed with wax-secretions, preventing 

 sound waves reaching the drum, which in its muf- 

 fled condition will then record the faint so\inds 

 made by the bloo'l .ts if -gurgles ffirough its veins. 

 A similar e(Te<t •-' obtaired >y a healthy ear being 

 co\ered by the shell of a sea conrli. 



Procure a water-baz with a piece of hose attach- 

 ed; or, if yon can obtain a small jet of wafer in 

 any other mannp-. Have some one direct the jet 

 into the ear f<r a minute or so. when the lumps of 



wax will come out, sometimes tubular pieces the 

 size of the ear in diameter, and an inch long. Water 

 will do this work splendidly, and there is absolutely 

 notliing gained by using drugs. 



Lake Roland, Md. Benjamin B. .Jones. 



Before receiving the above letter I had 

 satisfied myself that the roaring was caused 

 by some of the " machinery," if you will 

 excuse the word, in the patient's body; and 

 I rather decided that the coursing of the 

 blood had something to do with it. Friend 

 Jones suggests that pure warm water may 

 be as good as the remedy. T am inclined to 

 think, however, that the boracic acid and 

 glycerin more thoroughly cleanses the nos- 

 trils, throat, and ear, than pure water alone. 



I used it according to directions twice a 

 day for a month or more; and the passages 

 between the ear, throat, and nostrils were 

 certainly cleansed better than I had ever 

 been able to get them before; but I cannot 

 detect any improvement in my hearing. 

 Some years ago I sent to some doctor out 

 west for an apparatus and medicine to re- 

 store hearing. He advertised " no cure, no 

 pa}'." A part of his instructions were a 

 systematic massage with the fingers around 

 the ear, tliroat, etc. After following his 

 directions I decided there was at least some 

 improvement in my hearing, and I sent him 

 the five dollars. ] think I wrote him that 

 my opinion was that the massaging had 

 more to do with the improvement than the 

 medicine. A year or so ago a good lady 

 .■somewhere in tlie East wrote me she thought 

 T could get help by giving my face around 

 the ears a good rubbing with the fingers 

 twice a day or more; and she gave minute 

 directions how to do it. If she should see 

 this and will kindly give it again I shall 

 be glad to publish it. I have lost her ad- 

 dre.ss, and therefore cannot find her kind 

 letter just now. 



Friend Jones suggests that the roaring is 

 caused by the passages being sloi)ped with 

 carwax, etc. But the enserol and glycorine 

 will remove all accumulations in the ear 

 better than anything el.'^o I know of. At 

 (he present lime T liave not noticed any 



