THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1519, 12 February 1886, Page 3

THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

A half teaspoonful of soda in half a cup of water will relieve sick headache caused by indigestion. A fever patient is cooled off and made comfortable by frequent sponging with warm soda water.

Warm mustard water should be given to one who has accidentally fwallowed poison; this will cause vomiting; after that a cup of strong coffee; that will counteract the remaining effects. When going from a warm room out into the col I air close your mouth and breathe through your nose to prevent taking cold. A hard cold is ofttimes cured by a cup of hot lemonade taken at bedtime, as it produces perspiration. Consumptive night sweats may be arrested by sponging the body.it night in salt and water.

Teething children may be relieved of convulsions by being immersed in a warm bath, and cold water applied to the head.

For croup or pneumonia bruise raw onions, lay on a cloth with pondered guin camphor sprinkled over it, and apply to chest and lungs and cover with hot flannel. This is a sure cure if taken in time.

For nervous headache, when the pain is over the eyes and the temples are throbbing, apply cloths wet with cold water to the head, and hot baths to the feet.

The juice of red onion is a perfect antidote for the sting of bees, wasps, hornets, &c. The sting of the honey bee, which is always left in the wound, should first be removed.— Ladies' Home Journal.