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proves as quick and successful a cure as he claims, he is the one to have the 

 benefit of "discovery." lie gave it in the following words: "Buy from any 

 drug store a small plii;il of tincture of myrrh ; as soon as you are stung apply a 

 little to the puncture, when all pain and swelling ceases instantly. It is also 

 excellent for bites of spiders and poisonous reptiles." 



Remarks. — Certainly no one would ask it to cure quicker than "instantly." 

 I trust it shall prove as successful as claimed. If it does, nothing else could be 

 desired. 



II. Wasp Stings, Quick and Certain Cure. — Cut an onion, scrape and 

 apply the juicy part to the sting. It quickly relieves, and allays the irritation 

 almost as quickly. 



Remarks. — A correspondent of the London Times reports the case of his 

 son, stung in the eyeball by a wasp, and when he reached the house, "looked 

 like death," etc., which made a great commotion, and the sal volatile was gotten, 

 but one of the maids used the onion juice, and the relief was so quick that he 

 got up and went out again to help the men destroy the nest. I have no doubt 

 the onion juice, or scraped onion, is as good for bee stings as for the other; but 

 lose no time in applying it, if a wasp sting, for they are very poisonous. 



III. Ilandy Remedy for Bites and Stings of Poisonous Animals and Insects. 

 — A writer in IIoWs Journal of Health says: "That for persons about to travel 

 or to go into the country for the summer, an ounce vial of spirits of hartshorn 

 should be considered one of the indispensables, as, in case of being bitten or 

 stung by any poisonous animal or insect, the immediate and free application of 

 this alkali, as a wash to the part bitten, gives instant, perfect and permanent 

 relief, the bite of a mad dog (we believe) not excepted; so will strong ashes- 

 water. 



Remarks..—! should as soon risk the immediate application of the spirits 

 of hartshorn as any other caustic for a mad dog bite; but it would not dote 

 put it into the eye — as the onion juice referred to. 



SPRAINS, SWELLINGS, CROUP, ETC.-Remedy for.— Best 

 cider vinegar, 1 pt. ; spirits of turpentine, }4, P^- ; ^^^^ well, 3 eggs, and mix 

 all, Directions — Apply to the neck in croup, and to sprains or swellings by 

 saturating (thoroughly wetting) cloths and lay on, or bind on when necessary. 

 " Cures," says Preacher Jones, " on the ' double quick.' It cured a woman's 

 swollen arm in 9 days who had had to give up work and go to begging on 

 account of the swelling." 



Remarks.— li would be as valuable for animals as for persons. See 

 " Croup, Sovereign Remedy for," for the value of turpentine in this disease. I 

 think the vinegar and beaten eggs will improve it. 



HOP BITTERS— Cheap and Reliable, Without Spirits of Any- 

 Kind.— Hops, 2 ozs. ; ginger root, bruised, 1 table-spoonful; water, 2 galls.; 

 brown sugar, 2 lbs. ; yeast, J^ cup. Directions — Boil the hops and ginger to 

 obtain their strength, strain half an hour; add the sugar and continue the heat, 

 removing all scum that arises; then cool to blood warmth, put in the 

 yeast; let the yeast work over night, or that length of time, then bottle 



