GRAVEL.

Into a pint of water put two ounces of bicarbonate of soda.  Take two tablespoonfuls in the early forenoon, and the same toward night; also drink freely of water through the day.  Inflammation of the kidneys has been successfully treated with large doses of lime-water.

Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy food and sweet vegetables.

SORE THROAT.

Everybody has a cure for this trouble, but simple remedies appear to be most effectual.  Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better.  An application of cloths wrung out of hot water and applied to the neck, changing as often as they begin to cool, has the most potency for removing inflammation of anything we ever tried.  It should be kept up for a number of hours; during the evening is usually the most convenient time for applying this remedy.

Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon, simmer a few minutes in hot vinegar, and apply to throat as hot as possible.  When this is taken off as the throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel.  A gargle of equal parts of borax and alum, dissolved in water, is also excellent.  To be used frequently.

Camphorated oil is an excellent lotion for sore throat, sore chest, aching limbs, etc.  For a gargle for sore throat, put a pinch of chlorate of potash in a glass of water.  Gargle the throat with it twice a day, or oftener, if necessary.

WHOOPING COUGH.

Two level tablespoonfuls of powdered alum, two-thirds of a cupful of brown sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water; bottle and put in a dark closet where it is cool.

For a child one year old, a teaspoonful three times a day on an empty stomach.  For a child two years old, two teaspoonfuls for a dose.  For a child five years old, a tablespoonful.  The state of the bowels must be attended to, and the doses repeated accordingly.  No other medicine to be taken, except an emetic, at first, if desirable.  Except in the case of an infant, a milk diet is to be avoided.

DIARRHOEA.

Take tincture of Jamaica ginger one ounce, tincture of rhubarb one ounce, tincture of opium half ounce, tincture of cardamom one and one-half ounces, tincture of kino one ounce.  Mix.  Dose for an adult, half to one teaspoonful, repeated every two to four hours; and for children one year old, five drops; two years old, five to ten drops; three years old, ten to twelve drops, and older children in proportion to age.

FOR CONSTIPATION.