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are about 1/6 of an inch ; 1/32 of an 

 inch less would make them about a fifth 

 less, and I doubt if workers would work 

 through that size. From some experi- 

 ments of my own, notwithstanding the 

 belief that a sixth of an inch will hold 

 all proper-sized queens, I'm afraid that 

 any perforation that will hold at all 

 times a queen crazy to get through, will 

 be too small for workers to work 

 through. Others, however, think dif- 

 ferently, and they say my queens that 

 got through must have been small. I 

 hardly believe it. 



Om Bmrm's Hiets, 



By F. L. PEIRO. M. D. 



McVicker's Building-, Chicago, III. 



liCtter to nirs. Bro^vii. 



Dear Mrs. Brown :— Your very sensible 

 letter is gladly received, and as a reply to 

 your practical questions are likely to meet 

 the requirements of other sisters in our 

 " chat " circle, I think best to use our regu- 

 lar medium. 



Felons.— Yes, I quite agree with you 

 that felons are pesky nuisances. They 

 usually afflict people of tender skin and 

 sensitive organization. One might feel a 

 touch of pride in the suggestive aristocratic 

 nature that they most likely visit, were it 

 not for the intense pain these miserable 

 felons give. Then, too, come to think, they 

 are almost too easily acquired to make one 

 feel importantly exclusive! Any little 

 knock of one's hand, especially the thumb, 

 against the sharp corner of a table, or 

 prick with needle or pin, or a little sliver 

 of wood or thorn in the end of a finger, is 

 apt to set up that painful condition we call 

 a "felon." 



Many things have been used to arrest 

 the progress of them — salt, soda, lye, 

 pounded muUen leaves, scraped potato, etc. 

 —hut the best application I know of is to 

 stick the finger into a bottle of tincture of 

 iodine for a minute. Do this night and 

 morning, and begin as soon as you hurt 

 yourself. Don't wait until it begins to 

 throb and hurt real hard, because then it 

 shows that matter is beginning to form, 

 and may be too late. But do it at once, 

 and be on the safe side. 



Persons who are predisposed to such ac- 



cidents should keep, say a two-ounce wide- 

 mouth bottle full, well corked, for emer- 

 gencies. Its application does not hurt a 

 particle— it simply turns the finger a dark 

 brown. Two ounces will cost a quarter at 

 your druggist, and will last a long time, 

 besides being excellent for many kinds of 

 bruises and swellings. 



Constipation.— For that case of consti- 

 pation you refer to, you can feel free to 

 promise her a complete cure if she will 

 drink a quart of hut water night and morn- 

 ing, and eat plenty of fruit — dried or fresh^ 

 especially apples, oranges and lemons, be- 

 cause most acid. But sJie must keep it up — 

 regularly. 



O, no ! you are quite mistaken. You vpill 

 be surprised to learn how easily one can 

 learn to drink a quart of hot water— and 

 that amount is necessary to flush the sys- 

 tem. Less is useless. 



Swelling of the Knees may be due to 

 a variety of causes— but where there is ab- 

 sence of pain, the swelling is never serious 

 in importance. What is termed among 

 surgeons as " house-maid knee," is a swell- 

 ing of the soft parts on each side of the 

 knee, due, in their case, to scrubbing on 

 their knees. Brisk friction of the parts 

 with strong cold salt and water, night and 

 morning, often dispels the swelling. If 

 results are not satisfactory, try painting 

 with tincture of iodine once or twice per 

 week. That will be most certain to ac- 

 complish it. 



Snake-Bite. — I suppose that snake-bite 

 gave your good sister a terrible fright — but 

 it was quite unnecessary. Garter snakes 

 are no more poisonous than a kitten. O 

 the pocketful I used to carry when a boy 

 at school, to frighten the girls! But that 

 was 40 years ago. Even rattle-snakes are 

 not half as bad as the romancer goes on to 

 tell. 



Api'ENuioitis.— You want to know what 

 it is ? Dmi't ! It will only set you to think- 

 ing, and the more you think, the less you 

 will know about the miserable fad that 

 surgeons, who are always anxious to cut, 

 would frighten you about. It is only with- 

 in a dozen years that we have heard of 

 such an accident as appendicitis— yet the 

 world moved fairly well all the years pre- 

 vious. The surgeons have agitated the 

 subject so much (to their interests), and so 

 eflfectually scared (the rich in particular), 



