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abore named, within the hour before speaking or singing is to commenGe. 

 Keep it handy, to use, as needed, during the evening. 



1. COUGH SYEUP— EfTectual Remedy for Coughs, Colds, 

 ■ Hoarseness, etc.—" E. J. R.," from an inquiry through the Detroit Tribune, 



sends for publication the following sure cure for cough, cold, hoarseness, etc., 

 saying it has been tried repeatedly, and is a most invaluable remedy. It is 

 always kept in our family. It cured a cough of three years standing to my 

 knowledge. Syrup of squills, 3 ozs.; paregoric 1 oz. ; fl. ex. of licorice, 1 oz.; 

 fl. ex. of ipecac, % oz. ; antimonial wine, % oz. ; ess. of wintergreen, or pcpper- 

 Hiint, 1 dr. Dose — One tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 houts, but not on an empty 

 stomach. 



2. Cough, Hoarseness, Incipient Consumption, etc.— Take of 

 horehound, boneset and lobelia (herbs), each 1 oz. ; comf rey root, spikenard, St. 

 John's wort (hypencum perforatum), and poppy capsules, each % oz; pour on 

 3 pts. of boiling water and let it stand covered over for 3 hours. Then strain 

 through a fine cloth, add % ^^- ^^ ^'^^ sugar, and let it just boil (no more), 

 then add a full wine-glass of Jamaica rum, and cork tightly. Dose — 1 to 3 

 table-spoonfuls 3 or 4 times daily. This will be found invaluable in coughs, 

 hoarseness, incipient consumption, etc. — Hearth and Home. 



Remarks. — This is an excellent syrup. Dr. Beach, in his Family Practice, 

 says of the St. John's Wort: "A. syrup of this with sage is a specific (sure cure) 

 for coughs." [The St. John's wort grows abundantly in this country and 

 Europe, to the great annoyance of many persons, flowering from June to 

 August. The stem is two-edged, and grows about 2 feet high, the flowers 

 of a bright yellow color, the leaves being marked with clear transparent 

 spots of a greenish shade, the whole herb being a dark green ; the petals, or 

 leaves of the flowers, are streaked and dotted with black or dark purple, and 

 if bruised with the finger give a purple stain. This, I think, will enable any 

 one to distinguish it from any other plant.] But this article, so far as I know, 

 is but little known and little used. Its flowers are a bright yellow, although 

 King says if they are infused in sweet-oil or bears-oil by means of exposure to 

 the sun, they make a fine red balsamic ointment for wounds, ulcers, swellings, 

 tumors, etc. See tfiso " Ointment of St. John's "Wort and Stramonium." 



3. Best Cough Syrup- To Break Up Bad Colds.— I. The 

 Syrup. — Horehound leaves and blossoms, spikenard root, comf rey root, elecam- 

 pane root, and sun-flower seeds, each 1 oz. ; water sufficient. Dibections. — Boil 

 1 hour, having 1 qt. when done ; strain, add sugar, 1 lb. ; dissolve by heat, and 

 add a little brandy (}^ pt. of spirits will be enough to prevent souring). Dose. — 

 One table-spoonful 3 times daily. Tested.— Hoine Cook Book. 



Remarks. — This will be found good, as it contains most of the roots used in 

 " lang syne " for coughs, when there were far less deaths from consumption 

 than now, in proportion to the attacks. 



II. To Break Up Bad Colds. — The same book recommends glycerine, 1 

 tea-spoonful with spirits, 1 or 2 table-spoonfuls to a pint bowl of hot lemonade, 

 to l^eak up bad colds at bed-time. This is also good if taken as hot as it can 



