and
drink several glasses during the day.

No. 231. A CURE FOR SPRAINS.

Bruise thoroughly a handful of sage-leaves, and boil them in a gill of
vinegar for ten minutes, or until reduced to half the original quantity;
apply this in a folded rag to the part affected, and tie it on securely
with a bandage.

No. 232. A CURE FOR CHILBLAINS.

The pulp of a baked turnip beat up in a tea-cup with a table-spoonful
of salad oil, ditto of mustard, and ditto of scraped horse-radish; apply
this mixture to the chilblains, and tie it on with a piece of rag.

No. 233. A CURE FOR BURNS OR SCALDS.

Thoroughly bruise a raw onion and a potato into a pulp, by scraping or
beating them with a rolling-pin; mix this pulp with a good
table-spoonful of salad oil, and apply it to the naked burn or scald;
secure it on the part with a linen bandage.

No. 234. A CURE FOR COLD IN THE HEAD.

Thirty drops of camphorated sal volatile in a small wine-glassful of hot
water, taken several times in the course of the day.

No. 235. A CURE FOR THE STING OF WASPS OR BEES.

Bruise the leaf of the poppy, and apply it to the part affected.

No. 236. A CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.

Roll a small bit of cotton wadding into a ball the size of a pea, dip
this in a very few drops of camphorated chloroform, and with it fill the
hollow part of the decayed tooth.

No. 237. HOW TO MAKE COFFEE.

Mix one ounce of ground coffee in a clean pot with a pint of cold water,
stir this on the fire till it boils, then throw in a very little more
cold water, and after allowing the coffee to boil up twice more, set it
aside to settle, and become clear and bright. The dregs saved from twice
making, added to half the quantity of fresh coffee, will do for the
children. It is best to make your coffee over-night, as it has then
plenty of time to settle. If, as I recommend, you grind your coffee at
home, you will find Nye's machines very good.

No. 238. HOW TO PREPARE COCOA NIBS.

Boil gently two ounces of cocoa nibs in three pints of water for two
hours and a-half, without allowing it to reduce more than one-third;
that is, the three pints should be boiled down to one quart. When
sufficiently boiled, strain the cocoa from the nibs, mix it with equal
proportions of milk, and sweeten with sugar. Two ounces of cocoa nibs
cost a penny three-farthings, one quart of skim milk twopence (in the
country one penny), two ounces of moist sugar three-farthings; thus, for
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