GRANDMOTHER’S EYE-WASH.

Take three fresh eggs and break them into one quart of clear, cold rain-water; stir until thoroughly mixed; bring to a boil on a slow fire, stirring often; then add half an ounce of sulphate of zinc (white vitrol); continue the boiling for two minutes, then set it off the fire.  Take the curd that settles at the bottom of this and apply to the eye at night with a bandage.  It will speedily draw out all fever and soreness.  Strain the liquid through a cloth and use for bathing the eyes occasionally.  This is the best eye-water ever made for man or beast.  I have used it for twenty years without knowing it to fail.

HUNTER’S PILLS.

These pills can be manufactured at home and are truly reliable, having been sold and used for more than fifty years in Europe.  The ingredients may be procured at almost any druggist’s.  The articles should be all in the powder.  Saffron one grain, rue one grain, Scot aloes two grains, savin one grain, cayenne pepper one grain.  Mix all into a very thick mass by adding sufficient syrup.  Rub some fine starch on the surface of a platter or large dinner-plate, then with your forefinger and thumb nip off a small piece of the mass the size of a pill and roll it in pill form, first dipping your fingers in the starch.  Place them as fast as made on the platter, set where they will dry slowly.  Put them into a dry bottle or paper box.  Dose, one every night and morning as long as occasion requires.

This recipe is worth ten times the price of this book to any female requiring the need of these regulating pills.

HINTS IN REGARD TO HEALTH.

It is plainly seen by an inquiring mind that, aside from the selection and preparation of food, there are many little things constantly arising in the experience of everyday life which, in their combined effect, are powerful agents in the formation (or prevention) of perfect health.  A careful observance of these little occurences, an inquiry into the philosophy attending them, lies within the province, and indeed should be considered among the highest duties, of every housekeeper.

That one should be cautious about entering a sick room in a state of perspiration, as the moment you become cool your pores absorb.  Do not approach contagious diseases with an empty stomach, nor sit between the sick and the fire, because the heat attracts the vapor.

That the flavor of cod-liver oil may be changed to the delightful one of fresh oyster, if the patient will drink a large glass of water poured from a vessel in which nails have been allowed to rust.

That a bag of hot sand relieves neuralgia.

That warm borax water will remove dandruff.

That salt should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion.