red in a cold place. The eggs must be perfectly
fresh and best results are obtained if they are put in the solution as
gathered from the nests each day. The shells must also be perfectly
clean.--Mrs. Harry Hansen.

WASHING FLUID.--This fluid is guaranteed not to injure or take the
color out of any fabric and may be used in soaking white clothes,
prints and flannels. It is made and used as follows: Heat one gallon of
water. Add one can Lewis lye, ten cents worth of crystal ammonia and
ten cents worth of salts of tartar. Have water hot but not boiling and
cork solution in a gallon jug. A teacupful to three or four pails of
hot water is the amount needed in soaking soiled clothes.--Mrs. Harry
Hansen.

Home Remedies for Simple Ailments

LINSEED POULTICE.--Four ounces linseed meal and ten ounces of boiling
water. Mix gradually. Dip spoon in boiling water when you spread this
mixture on the poultice cloth. Bind on inflamed parts.

MUSTARD POULTICE.--Two ounces of dry mustard mixed with the whites of
two eggs to a paste. Spread on a cloth in a thick paste and apply while
it is fresh and wet.

COLDS.--For a cold in the head just appearing inhale spirits of
camphor. Put one or two drops of camphor on a small lump of sugar,
dissolve in a wine glass of water, (one gill) and take a teaspoonful
every half hour. Take a good cathartic or drink four or five glasses of
hot water at bed time and in half an hour follow with four more glasses
of hot water. Gargle sore throat with warm water and alcohol or warm
water and salt using one level teaspoon of salt to a pint of water. If
cold has made the throat or lungs sore, dip a cloth in cold water,
wring dry and spread it on throat or chest. Cover with three
thicknesses of dry flannel and bind it on securely. Take a hot foot
bath and go to bed. This treatment should cure your cold. If is doesn't
it will be a wise thing to call a physician in the morning before
alarming symptoms are developed. Bathe frequently, drink plenty of
water and keep the bowels in regular action and prevent colds.

TO REDUCE SWELLINGS.--Tincture of arnica or witch hazel applied to a
bump on the head or a bruise where the skin is not broken brings relief
from pain and often prevents inflammation and bad swellings.

CUTS AND SCRATCHES.--Apply peroxide to cuts, scratches and all bruises
where the skin is broken. This remedy often serves as a preventative to
blood poisoning.

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