Earache - Dip in warm sweet oil a bit of cotton on which has been placed a pinch of black pepper, and insert it in the ear. Relief is sometimes obtained by blowing tobacco smoke into the ear and closing it with cotton.

Irritation Of Stomach Or Slight Cough

Sip a cup of very hot water 1/2 hour before breakfast each day.

How To Make A Mustard Plaster

Mix to a paste mustard with warm lard or sweet oil. Place between soft cloths to prevent blistering. Apply warm.

Sprains

One tablespoon each of turpentine and vinegar, and white of 1 egg. Shake all together thoroughly and apply speedily.

Sore Throat

Mix 1 teaspoon each of sulphur and glycerine, and 1/2 glass of water. Gargle and take a small dose internally.

Laxative

Chop together 2 pounds black figs and 3 ounces senna. Mix with 1 cup brown sugar. Dose: One-half teaspoonful at night.

Nosebleed

Make a wad of butchers' brown paper to fit under the upper lip, and press it firmly upward.

Burns And Scalds

Wet cotton in mixed linseed oil and lime water and apply at once. Keep the cotton dampened with same. A simple remedy is to take equal parts of flour and soda, mix and thoroughly wet. Change when necessary.

How To Stop Slight Hemorrhages

Apply a handful of flour, or bind brown paper over the cut. When an artery is cut the blood spurts out in jerks. Place a tight bandage above the cut. When a vein is cut the blood flows in a steady stream and the bandage must be placed below the cut. For common flesh wounds, take 1/2 cup fresh milk and 2 teaspoons vinegar and place over the fire until it curdles. Drain and place on the cut. Change often if necessary. Apply warm.

Cholera Morbus

One ouce each of gum camphor, gum myrrh, asafoetida, opium and cayenne. One quart best brandy. Make 1/4 this recipe. Dose: One teaspoonful every 15 minutes in 2 tablespoon-fuls of water. Dose for diarrhea: The same once in 24 hours.

Cough Remedy

Simmer 1 quart boiling water and 1 large cup dried hops for 2 hours. Strain; add juice of 3 lemons, 1 pound loaf sugar and 1 1/2 ounces gum arabic. Cook down to 1 pint. Dose: One tablespoonful when there is an inclination to cough.

How To Remove Cinders From The Eye

Place 1 or 2 grains of flaxseed in the eye, thus forming a glutinous matter to which any foreign substance will adhere. It can be easily washed out.

Mosquito Or Flea Bites

These are rendered easily painless by rubbing the afflicted parts with a piece of soap moistened sufficiently to produce a lather and allowing it to dry.

Hair Tonic

Five cents worth bitter apple, 10 cents worth sage, 1 tablespoon sulphur, 1 quart water. Boil a long time. Strain and bottle for use.

Fainting

Place the person in recumbent position with head lower than body. Loosen all cloth-and apply cold water to the face.

Cure For Bee Sting

Apply baking soda slightly dampened with water, or mix earth with water until it forms a paste.

Sunstroke

Wrap a cold wet cloth around the head. Spread salt thickly over another wet cloth and apply to back of neck. Apply dry salt behind the ears. Put mustard plasters under the knees and on the soles of the feet.

Insomnia

Wet one end of a linen towel in cold water and apply to back of neck. Fold the dry end around the neck and over wet part. It soothes and quiets the nerves.

How To Hasten Or Abort A Boil

Bind a piece of bacon or salt pork on the affected part.

Colds Or Hoarseness

Wring a flannel out of boiling water, sprinkle with turpentine and apply to chest. Repeat when flannel gets cold. Cover with dry flannel to prevent frequent repetition. Add the juice of 1 lemon to the beaten white of 1 egg; also sugar. Dose: One teaspoonful.