MISCELLANEOUS.

HAIR TONIC. EXCELLENT.

Contributed by Mrs. E. F. Griffiths, Philadelphia, Pa.

One package of sage tea steeped half a day slowly, then strain, add ½ a pt. of whiskey and 25 grains of quinine. Use daily at night until hair ceases to fall out.

To Prevent Lockjaw.

Apply beef gall at once. Old and well known remedy or preventive.

To Cure Diarrhœa.

Make a tea of strawberry leaves and drink it or chew them.

Also: ¼ glass of claret, ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg 3 times a day will cure chronic trouble.

BARRY’S TRICOPHEROUS.

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Strafford, Pa.

One qt. of alcohol, 1 oz. tincture of cantharides, 2 oz. compound spirits of lavender, 5 oz. best castor oil. Shake well the three first articles together, then add the oil, let it stand until well mixed, shaking often. Rub into the scalp with a little piece of sponge two or more times a week.

WASH FOR BLANKETS.

Katharine Comerford Barry, New York (1746).

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.

Two large tablespoons of borax, 1 pint of soft soap, or dissolve hard soap, into large tub of cold water. When dissolved, put in 1 pair of blankets, let them remain all night. Next day rub them and rinse in two waters, all cold. Put a little blue in second water; do not wring, but hang out to dry from water.

MRS. JUDGE FREDERICK SMITH’S SALVE (1800).

Take a pound of Castile soap, slice it very thin, put it in a brass skillet, to a pint of linseed oil; let it boil very well over a slow fire, until it boils up like soap-suds, then take it off and let it cool; then put it on again, add to it ½ lb. of red lead, and as much white, both finely sifted, stirring all the while, and when it begins to incorporate and turn brown, put into it 1 shilling’s worth of the oil of amber; take care you don’t let it turn black; wet a table and pour it on, and as soon as it cools make it up in balls. (Apply to inflamed or hardened surface on body.)

MARGARET’S TRIED RECIPE FOR CHILLS AND FEVER.

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J.

One oz. Peruvian bark, 1 oz. cream of tartar, ½ oz. whole cloves, ½ oz. cinnamon broken up, 1 pt. of port wine. Mix all together. Dose: One tablespoonful 4 times a day.

CANADA THISTLE TEA.

Tops and leaves, 2 oz. of the thistles, 3 pts. of cold water. Put over a slow fire and steep it to 1 pt., then strain and set to cool. Take a small wineglass full 3 times a day about half an hour before each meal for neuralgia in the face.

JEPTHA BALDWIN’S LINIMENT FOR ACHING MUSCLES.

1800.

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J.

Half pt. of alcohol, ½ pt. of spirits of turpentine, ½ pt. of vinegar, 1 egg broken into a bottle. To be well shaken before using.

REBECCA ELLIOTT’S CURE FOR COLD.

Half pint of Jamaica rum, ½ lb. of honey strained, 5c worth of “balsam of fir.” Dose: One dessertspoonful 3 times a day.

MRS. EMLEN’S RECEIPT FOR EYE WATER.

Taken from Mrs. Lawrence’s Receipt Book (1800).

Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa.

For two quarts: Take 1 oz. of white vitriol and 4 scruples of sugar of lead. Infuse them into 2 qts. of spring or snow water and shake it every time you use it.

SAFE, SURE AND QUICK RELIEF FOR RHEUMATIC PAINS.

One lb. of washing soda in ½ bath tub of hot water. Soak the body in it for 15 minutes or ½ an hour.

FOR ANTS.

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Strafford, Pa.

Draw a line of chalk where red ants are, and they will not cross it. Sprinkle borax inside the line, and you will soon be rid of them.