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sion ui' it, with milk or otlier substance, 

 wliich maj be readily diluted to any desirable 

 degree for more tender vegetation. How to 

 produce such emulsion with a moderate 

 amount of labor, which shall be permanent 

 and easily dilutable, is still the subject of 

 study and experiment by our practical ento- 

 mologists. Thus far, the emulsion and the 

 method recommended by Mr. H. G. Mubbard, 

 special agent of the United Stales Department 

 of Agriculture, seems to be the best presented. 

 It is as follows : Take of refined kerosene two 

 parts, fresh, or preferably sour, cow's milk, 

 one part (percentage of oil, C65). Mix in a 

 pail or tub, by continuous pumping, with a 

 force-pump, back into the same vessel, 

 through the flexible hose and spray-nozzle. 

 Continue until the liquid curdles into a white 

 and glistening butter, perfectly homogeneous 

 in texture, and stable. The time required 

 varies with the temperature ; at 6(P it will be 

 from half to three-quarters of an hour ; at 

 To*^ fifteen minutes. Heating the milk up to 

 the boiling point will facilitate the operation. 

 The kerosene butter, when needed for use, 

 will mix readily in any proportion of water, 

 if first thinned with a small quantity of the 

 liquid. 



Should the kerosene butter, which has only 

 been brought to public notice in the last an- 

 nual report of the entomologist of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture be found, upon further 

 experiments with it, to fully meet present 

 expectations, we may expect that it will soon 

 be manufactured upon a large scale, and 

 offered in convenient packages for general 

 sale. Made with sour milk, it is said to keep 

 unchanged for any length of time. Its cost 

 need be but trifling. It should be one of the 

 best, if not the very best, of our insecticides, 

 for kerosene has long been known to be fatal 

 to all insect life with which it comes in con- 

 tact. — Piilsburg Clironicle Telegraph. 



EXCERPTS. 



C'iMiciKUG.\ is said to cure epileptilorm 

 nightmare. 



Dr. Beall, of Texas, reports the favor- 

 able use of gelsemium in tetanus. 



Loss OF Memoiiy.— Consult for this in- 

 firmity the inclinations of the invalid and 

 give them free reins. 



DiiY ashes applied to a cut will stop bleed- 

 ing, and will if left on a few hours, hasten 

 the healing process. 



Cold Extkemities.— The Turkish bath 

 and a liberal vegetable diet has achieved won- 

 ders in this aflection. 



For eczeuiatous sores in children and old 

 people, Dr. Duhring recommends an oint- 

 ment of five grains of iodide of lead to the 

 drachm of vaseline. 



Spirits camphor and starch applied to a 

 burn will extract the fire and give speedy re- 

 lief. The starch should be kept moistened 

 with camphor. 



Sponging the surface of the body with a 

 solution of quinine in alcohol— one drachm 

 to the pint— is now recommended for exces- 

 sive sweating. It is a remedy that has long 

 yielded us good results. 



For inflammation of the eyes in new-born 

 infants : Cleanliness, quantum sufficient ; Sul. 



morphia grs. ss. ; fluid hydrastis, dr. ss. ; sul. 

 zinc, grs. ss. ; acqua pura, oz. iv ; mix. Apply 

 every hour or two. 



Ulcerous Tiikoat.— Gargle a solution of 

 one part Yerba reuma to seven of water. 

 Then take an alterative composed of one part 

 of stillingia and two parts of syrup in tea- 

 spoonful doses four times daily. 



Oil of wintergreen has lately received con- 

 siderable attention from therapeutists, as a 

 remedy in rheumatism. It is said to be 

 superior to salicylic acid in its effect. Ten 

 drops three or four times a day, in a little 

 milk or flaxseed tea. 



Dr. Vale is reported as asserting that 

 from 7,000 cases of ansethesia in the London 

 hospitals, every case manifested alarming 

 symptoms and all of those that were rolled 

 over on their '.eft sides recovered, while those 

 turned to their right sides all died. 



Inhalations of carbonic acid are recom- 

 mended by several authorities in the Rev. de 

 Thcrap., December 15, 1883. It is obtained 

 from an apparatus for making Seltzer water, 

 and was slowly inhaled through a long rubber 

 tube placed at the nasal orifices. 



A Russian physician has accidentally noted 

 the good effect of ergot in delirium tremens. 

 He bL'lieves the good results are due to the 

 power of the drug in contracting the capillary 

 vessels of the brain. The dose employed was 

 one to one and a half grains. 



Gr. Fothergill's Asthma Mixture.— 

 Tincture lobelise, five ounces ; ammonii iodidi, 

 three drachms; ammonii bromide, three 

 drachms ; syrup tolutani, three ounces. M. 

 Teaspoonful every one, two, three, or four 

 hours. This gives relief in a few minutes, 

 and sometimes the relief is permanent. 



Rhigoline spray is recommended in the 

 treatment of neuralgia, especially of the portio 

 dura of the seventh nerve. It is said to give 

 almost instantaneous relief, and in some cases 

 to eftect a complete cure. Its action is ex- 

 plained on the supposition that the intense 

 cold effects a radical change in the nutrition 

 of the nerve. 



And now comes a chemist and explodes the 

 theory that unbolted fiour -is the most nutri- 

 tious, by stating that experiments show that 

 it is harder to digest. The most sensible 

 plan to follow is to eat what experience has 

 proved agrees with us. A healthy stomach is 

 the chemistry for its own food. Give nature 

 a chance. 



Dk. H0L.MES relates the following to illus- 

 trate the significance of small things in the 

 sick-room: "Will you have an orange or 

 fig?" said Dr. James Jackson to a fine little 

 boy now grown up to goodly stature. "A fig," 

 answered Master Theodore with alacrity. 

 " No fever there," said the good doctor, " or 

 he would certainly have said an orange." 



Infantile Troubles— such as croup, 

 whooping-cough, scarlatina, measles, porrigo, 

 and all skin affections and debility— give good 

 nourishing diet containing little or nothing of 

 a starchy nature ; keep the bowels open, and 

 the chamber well ventilated, and give medi- 

 cine a wide berth. Under such conditions it 

 will be ten to one in favor of the child. 



The Pig Must Go.— Dr. H. G. Loehmand, 

 a retired physician of St. Louis, for years has 



devoted himself to a study of trichinae, and 

 he says, as reported by the St. Louis Post- 

 Bispatch : " I find the meat infected right 

 here in our pork-houses and in the butchers' 

 stands in our markets. I have examined 

 specimens from twenty-four hogs and have 

 found eleven infected, that is, forty per cent." 

 Poisoning.— In one dozen cases of poison- 

 ing from the Ijite of the rattlesnake, iodine 

 proved curative, given in one or two drop 

 doses of the tincture every hour, according to 

 the severity of the case. In one instance, 

 where the patient was swollen terribly, mot- 

 tled spots appearing over the entire body, 

 breathing with great difficulty, and apparent- 

 ly near death, four drops of iodine were given 

 every hour, with entire recovery. 



The Avierican Journal of Otology reports 

 the following : '■ A doctor of extensive prac- 

 tice suffered from a crackling noise every 

 night just after going to bed. He happened 

 to mention his sufterings to one of his lady 

 patients, who told him of a case she knew 

 where the noise was found to be due to mag- 

 gots in the pillow. The doctor examined his 

 own pillow when he got home and found 

 plenty of maggots, the pillow having gone far 

 toward decay. A new pillow cured him." 



Prevention of summer complaint in chil- 

 dren, according to Dr. Little, can be attained 

 by giving them plenty of water. He had 

 been physician to a children's orphan asylum 

 for twenty-two years, and every summer 

 there had been enteric disease. In the sum- 

 mer of 1882 he ordered that the infants be fed 

 only every three or four hours, and that water 

 be given if the child cried in the ■ interval. 

 There was not a single case of enteric disease 

 ill the institution during that season. 



Enlarged Tonsils.— Having frequently 

 tried and often failed to cure enlarged tonsils 

 by internal remedies, I at last hit upon the 

 following surgical method of getting rid of 

 these troublesome glands, which I have pur- 

 sued successfully for the last two or three 

 years. I take a pencil of caustic potash, 

 whittle it down to a point cover it with paper 

 up to a fourth of an inch of the point, which 

 I place upon the center of the tonsil and keep 

 it firmly pressed there for about three seconds. 

 Tlien withdraw it and gargle the mouth with 

 vinegar. Repeat the operation twice or thrice 

 a week, placing the pencil always in the same 

 depression. I have cured the largest tonsils 

 in less than one month. Having eradicated 

 one, proceed the same way with the other. 

 Appropriate internal treatment should be 

 given during the operation. 



Western Corn in Europe.— Consider- 

 able progress has been made in the substitu- 

 tion of corn for wheat and rye as the bread 

 grain among Europeans, and as a substitute 

 for oats and other horse feed, on account of 

 cheapness. The disproportionate expense of 

 transportation and handling is, however, a 

 ruinous obstacle. Corn on the farms in the 

 Western States bringing 25 cents per bushel, 

 costs as much more to ship to Chicago. Ad- 

 ding to this the freight to Liverpool and com- 

 missions increases the cost of the latter place 

 over 150 per cent. The average price of No. 

 2 corn in Liverpool is 77 cents per bushel, 

 more than three times its price at the farm. 

 The increased use of condensed meats, etc., 



