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Show I Doctoring in Many Lands. Household Finding New Remedies Among Savage Tribes. jVflatters a Turkhh Wo men -- Work ta Experience of a Medical Mieeionery-Tree- tln nnd Treatment for Neuralgia. Hawaiian Cars. a Plague Stricken City-N- ew quickly mill cupful of grated cheese. Mis tbla lightly with a fork, ami when B. BROWN, doctor lighted a bunch of grass la tha It. LYMAN Iom aerie with a garn'sh of toast cut now retired as one of the fire and proceeded to scorch hi body, triangularly. spitting upon bis patient dulrng tha prowealthy men of Boston, cess. Tba treatment did not appar to studied aud ha practiced bMl raiala Seua. medicine In twelve parts of be doing any good, so the doctor llub aMt potatoes (bolladl until claimed wltehea were persecuting tha there an four cupfuls. and mis Into the world, and adapted from native patient, and he accused three man la he which with trltiea the quart of flour in which haa been lifted practices of the tribe of employing the witches. new Ideas of score thrown been has and of linking jiowder MrotMapoonfula all denied It. To find out whethThey aud the sick the treatment of f as to the tbla Mis aalt. teaspoonful of or not it was ao each of tha aceased er with milk enough to nuke a dough, Injured. to drink poison. They gifted tun out on to the board, roll and rat In Ilia home In the Bark Bay dlatriet. had down bowls of poison, they sweated aveuue, Commonwealth off saya In for Juat a orra liake Ibt pieces. quick In agony, but flnallr. the Chicago Tribune, is a museum of and trembled ten minutes. covered and proved their Innocenci strange medicines and stranger surgiI will admit that I gave each of tha Plan Paddlan Ulaaacal instruments that he haa collected three Ipecac to help prove their the a life queer la his among the (wipe of riura pudding glace long during The witch doctor then took the savfamona cbef. It la an ice cream which peoples of the world, among the and the iloaton-aa- e. poison aud I withheld the Ipecae-b- ut bat all the appeauinre of a royal plum age, the he got well anyhow, having taken pol-1- 1 pudding. To make It a ibirk chocolate before. 1 was first aent Into Turkey aa a erwan la filled with ralalna, plecea of I was sent up Into Ovampoiaiid, medical mlsaloiiary, said Dr. Brown. citTOO, candled clierrlca, aprirota, etc. The Ice cream la then packed In a pud- "That was In 1MM. at the beginning of among the llereros, and encountered man in the trlbd was ding moiiM aurrounded by Ice, and tba nilimionary attempt to Christianise scurvy. Every 1 secured lesion when formed It la aerved with a rich the Ottoman empire. I practiced medi- suffering from It aauca prepared with whipped cream. cine there under dMicultlea, contending Juice and held up a Portuguese steamer Wltb superstitions, custom and habits for a peck of potatoes, and cured them Frail MiRai. that were enough to discourage any all. It was a strange form of scurvy, Civilised medicine and for the tribe will eat no aalt at all, aud Mis two and nue half cupful of flour, young man. I wa forced to squeeze tba Juice fqm surgery were too new tangled for those gifted three times, wltb four of sugar, and rub In tbrea people. I remember well my first ob- potatoes and mix It with aalt to get to take any, for I argued that the dessertspoonfuls of butter; add one stetric case. The mother was not them He teaapuonful of doing well, and 1 was working bard to discs resulted party from lack of salt cupful of milk, oue-liaaalt and one cupful of fruit berrlea. save her life, when suddenly 1 learned In the system. "The following year we moved up chopped pineapple, ralalna or any kind that my inethoda were not at all ethid cal. The nm tlier Insisted on calling la Into Nyasaland, among another of the desired. Dour tbs mlstura Into baking pans and bake half an a local physician for ronaultatlon. His Bautu tribes, and had more trouble In methods were unique. First he started practicing medicine than a faith ccrlat hour. a fire under a braaler, and when It was would have at an allopathic convenStMi Peeper Bad Chicken. red hot he dropped a clove Into It and tion. They believe there that Peppers cot In rings with dull aria-aor- a the clove buret open. That, 1 learned, results from three cause from the and combined with lettuce and Indicated that the hasar,' or evil eye, will of God, from warfare or niunler Franrb dressing art aa good a simple had been averted and the mother got and from witchcraft. All persons who salad as ona could wlab for. A de- well. I continued my treatment, how- die a natural death are supposed to be dish of chicken la ever. The native physician, having vlctlina of witches. I had moat of the licious made-ore- r constructed wltb the aid of green pep- discovered that the danger was passed, practice there, for while they were per. Out off the tops of the pepper proceeded to discover a cure. lie cut a hunting wltehea I was giving pills, xnd and scoop out the membrane. Tar-bo- wisp of hair from the head of the I saved them and made reputations for about flee minutes. Cut up the Infant and a lock from the bead of the for a lot of rival. chicken, mis willi boiled rice, anil fill mother and burned them together In "Then I gut worn out at the missionthe peppers with the mixture, riace In the braaler. The woman got well and ary service aud started on my s. a baking pan aud wur In enough stock we both claimed the credit. I practiced firat among r. water, Immerae the peppors bait "Ilia treatment may bars been the the Vvddaa. In Ceylon, for a jeer. way aud bake for half an hour. beat, but I kept contending with those They are the strangest people I ever Turkish doctors for several years, and met. Tliey are, In the firat place, the Haeaaa Pie. 1 sever could convince them that killthinnest and most emaciated race in The Womans Home Companion fur- ing a calf In a public place would sot the world. The anti-fa- t specialist who bishes the following: Free enough cure measles. They were hopeless. would advocate tbelr methods would bananas from akin and coaraa threads "I labored among the Turka until grow rich. I tried to fatten a fear of to All a cup when the pulp is preened late In 1871, then I was moved over to them aud succeeded, but they did alere or rlcer. To the pulp help cure and convert the people of appreciate It, for In the eyes of I jjtt through JSr add a bnu ten egg, ono-hacupful of Iverbela, In the Irak country, I did friends they were hideous, These, sugar, of cracker powdcml fine, one-hal- f well there. They had little medicine pie never waah and never laugj teaJioonful of salt, of a except herba and lncantatlou. but the they never grow fat teaipoowul of cinnamon, two From there I went Into Burn1 general health was good until Decemd of molaasen, of a ber In 1873, when 1 began the exir-lenc- e bang up uiy shingle among the cupful of cupful fltrream and one-haof my life. In that year the buthe finest people I ever milk. Cere akin to the Chinese. Gb thoroughly, and bake uutil bonic plagpsqfrrokfe out In Kerbela and' flr&iddjrls pnn'ttneA with pastry aa Che sunfMng country broughtlnMaJlluiong them while I was thl for aqiraii pie. there, I supiwMe, by pilgrims who bad but tills time I did belter. The ni been down In Persia. The treatment method of treating cholera Is to go iita accorded the plague sufferers was bru- the bushes with gnna and hunt jrll tal and effective, for all who were spirits. The lessons I learned In the n treated by the local medicine men died Irak country proved valuable. I sooner than they otherwise would hove In stopping human sacrifltea. I done. They treated them by burning The people of Banxam, where brimstone and applying the hot masa tired, claimed that some one had to their backs. I tried scientific treat- cutting the sacred groves, and ment according to our best methods, hunted for those criminals all the tlAe, Gaa globes break very readily when but despite my efforts and those of the I me do all the practicing. the screws bolding them are screwed native doctors IhUssi died in five letting After Hint I determined to get Into too tight month. Toward llie end L contracted a colder climate, und for one wlnte I Btove polish mixed with turpentine the disease, but mauuged to cure my practiced among the Koriakt, up near makra a brighter polish and one apt self, having fortified my system for the base of the Kamchatkan peninsula. to last longer. weeks with medicines. My method were too mild for them. "I was sent Into Africa after that, The way a native physician treats a Before .boiling milk rinse out the sanccpan with a title hot water; it will and my first experience was with the sick man there I to catch him by the prevent the milk aticklng to the bot- doctors In the Sudan, among the hurls and drag him around the house. Arabs. They worked In the Galenic Then (f he does not get up and go to tom of the pan To keep tine bright waah them well theory, and 1 must confess with some work and pretend he is cured, he la system killed. 1 saved a couple of patients by with strong hot soda and water, and good results, although their Old Gamassaging stiff muscles when dry polish with a cloth and a beats homeopathy all hollow. len would have rejoiced to see them. That practice waa too strenuous for little powdered whitening. of oppo- me, and the next year found me studyworked on the Lace that promises not to bear a They their medicines theory site being hot, cold, necessary washing ran be basted onto wet and dry. They give water for fe- ing new systems of medicine np in the Australian buab. Here I came In concleaned then material and some thin ver and brat for cold and they get flict with the black fellow doctor, who with better ebanree of success. some good results. They are the beat la quite as effective as the ordinary Apples fresh from the trees should practitioners 1 have found outside of American quack. These doctors fly np naver bo eaten . without first being civilisation. In the air at night and come down In a aa are good position washed, they It was fine practice down In the trees, and they throw Bristol diamonds to collect the dust and germs of the air. despite the fact that they wanted at patients during the darkness. They a lierfateak with I soften cured auiear it To to execute me as a witch when have, according to their a a couple of teaspoonfula of salad oil, headaches by administering a cathar- bone in their stomachs, andpatients, splinters leave two and between tic. plate place of It are caused to enter their patients for a few hours. Tbla works wonders My next experience wa In practic- and cure the disease. They see ekl In aoftenlng the fibre. ing on the Aplngl down In Central nan kangaroos In their dreama and Potato peelings. If dried In (he oven, Africa, where the clinrch hnd estab- they carry plonggc, or big dubs, with re very useful for fire lighting. If suf lished a mission station. They are which they touch enemies and came fldently' abundant they may entirely strange people, and cannibalism la rap- them to ille. No man among them erer take the place of wood, but in any case idly disappearing. Fine fellows they dies a nut ura 1 death but ail arc killed are, and 1 performed some great ampu by witchcraft, and the main treatment they win economise it. When milking Jam. If a dean half tationa among them. I also discovered of patients consist In leaving them dollar is placed In the bottom of the down there a leaf juice that la better alone aud hunting the witches -- which cocaine for deadening pain and Is the best part of tbelr system. preserving pan the fruit will not re- than They has leas perilous effects. did not take kindly to my treatments wIU keep beau apparently and It stirring, quire Incisor two their For two years 1 fought galloping tlfully whole. The coin keeps It stirred The Aplngl pull them looseiipier with their among the Maori in New consumption by continually moving while the water teeth, working fingers, and they sharpen all the rest Zealand but it was useless. One can't la boiling-needle to of tbelr teeth points. rurc consumption, and It would takes porcelain saucepan that has beThe effect on a stranger who knows century to educate the natives into come stained should be half filled with their cannllialistlc Is Immeasures anil by that time water Inlo which a tablespoonful of mense. I witnessed tendency some interesting preventive will be all dead. The women they powdered borax ha been put. Let the and medlcnl treatments while wear fur, heavy cloaks, flannels, rogs water boll briskly for awhile. Should surgical them. For Instance, I saw among and wrap while making calls ami then not off a wet come stain cloth all the from woman who was suffering leprosy and dip In borax and scour off the and Inmbago. I treated the lumbago come home amt dross In a thin cotton skirt. They seek pleasure ut the damp .pots. with some success, but was displaced When the oven amelia badly take a by a native physician. His treatment est spot they I an Hod. and the edsuf swamp Is their favorite building tip rtesel of hot water and a handful of was heroic. He first tied the patient aThe men wear overcoats In out Take the shelves washing and. down on the ground and then marked and leave them off in winter summer and tw on and wash well In hot water, then finish off her back checkerboard large all live tguthe". tbem in rold. Next wash the oven with a knife. Then he poured on cay"They are dying like sheep, but the wall out.wltb the soda water ami brush enne popper and lime Juice In copious refuse to their customs, so them It over with whitening. It will then quantities and gave her a massage nib-blu- Is no usechange for physielniis-wh- at beanti-fuiiand sweet bake aud they clean be In the combined Juices, flhe need Is grave diggers. seemed glad when I applied cocoa oils "Finally 1 wound r.p my career at i but the died. among the Hawaiian and physician snb-chlAt Skamilar loyalty. alek who was There was a combated the prlesta trying to practice Intercostal our neuralgia, dissociate with neuralgia Wa unhesitatingly medicine while they hunted witches selves from those who are only too stiprlndured by being kicked over an and evil spirits. 1 was not ethical ana pleased to fly In the face of the Gov acre or two by an acquaintance, got little trade," arnment. and who, at all times, do waa doing the best 1 could, but ho who Govcrn-gjlnt'-a due rival a In up doctor, railed tflelr utmost to nullify the The Russian peasant Is very Ignorant honest endeavors to do the best the bone of bis ancestors, burned (South them Into chalk and then marked on bnt as a soldier he knows when 5U for tb conntry-Lydenb- erg hi body with them. After that the licked. : Africa) News. til urf CkNM kcraiakla. Break Bt egg Into i muitiin 0f nt-bal- - fcno-ceur- aouil-rlvlllse- table-spoonfu- ls lf but-tare- dth ll own'ln-mtlgAtlon- lf one-thir- table-apoonfu- C one-thir- n lt tutors fofl the. sic-reed- VlOlJSEKEEPERJI flu-da- n, ff y. ef Whenever one receives an Injury with a rusty nail, which penetrates the flesh beneath the akin, great care should b taken to see that the hurt due not heal upon the outside before it does upon the inside; In other words, tha wound inuat be kept open and made to heal from the inside, then there will be no danger of kick-ja- Home Health Club By David E. Bsadsr, f hJ K.S. mm&i The Ostrich Inn at CLUB NOTES. Colnbrook, Mid- dlesex, England, haa had an unintery Hebron. rupted existence since tha Dr. David II. Reeder, La porte, Ind.: days of King John. Dear Doctor I have suffered for Can you Peter the Great, It la said, borrowed years with burning feet tell me tbe cause and remedy for tha tha idea of the Russian flag from tha aq?e through the columns of the Dutch, among whom he learned shipHorae Health Club? Mncerely, building. He simply turned the Dutch Mr. M. G. L. tricolor red, white aiul blue, upside Every other night bathe the feet and down. limbs, up to the knees. In aa hot water aa can possibly be borne. A little aalt A Barton County woman who it added to the water will be all the bet- suing for divorce introduces aa testiter. This should be continued for half mony a twenty-year-olnewspapei an bour each time, maintaining the which calls her husband a dog. Sh temperature of the bath by adding hot saya the paper waa right then and If water to It. right now. Kansas City Journal. Follow this bathing with hot water by plunging the feet In very cold The Miller brothers on their great water for about ten second. Itub "101" ranch In Oklahoma tbla yeti briskly with a towel. On the follow- have a melon patch of 12,01) acres! ing morning sponge gently with vin- And there are signs put up all around egar, rubbing the feet well. Tha re- thla field saying: "J5 fine for any ona sult will lie thoroughly satisfactory. who goes through tbla patch without Loa Angeles. taking a melon. Dr. David II. Reeder, La porte, Ind.: Dear Doctor I was .fifty-fir- e years The Seven Stars, In Manchester, waa old last March, hoc I only feel, about a licensed public house In tha year of of a cenforty, and can thank the Ilome Health Polctiers (1350), Club for information received. I am tury before the cathedral waa founda man who does not Jump at canclu-slo- ed, and It boasta y a staircase very quickly. I wait for returns, clock which began to tick erer ao long and I have them and are satisfied. I before Dr. Johnson waa born nearly am troubled with catarrh of the head. two centuries ago. I have lost smell and taate and would Uke to know how to regain them. RecSeth Nation, father of James, the Asord number la 3800. Youra truly, sistant State Auditor of Kansas, haa no fear for the number thirteen. He P. G. fluch letters aa the above are highly waa born on April 13, enlisted In the treasured by me; they make me feel war on August 13, waa nominated a satisfaction which can only be ex- treasurer of Neosho County on Sepperienced by those who know their tember 13, and waa inaugurated on efforts to do good are fruitful. That I October 13, and haa bad thirteen chilhare thna been of valuable service dren. even to one suffering creature repays me for much of the labor I bare perThe Moor prepares hotter In nn origformed In preparing these lectures. I inal way, and geti a different taate hope that all who are benefited will from the usual one. Fresh butter he show their appreciation by writing me despises and uses only for cooking. It about It must be old if It la to be liked. After Where catarrh haa been of aucb long It haa lain in a hole in the ground for standing aa to destroy the senses of some yeare and haa got a certain aptaate and smell the caw la rather dlffl. pearance It becomes a delicacy. cult to attempt treatment at a distance. Creamery Journal. But If the lecture given on the subject of catarrh, some time ago, which baa A writer in the National Geographisince been republished In pamphlet cal Magaalne describes a peculiar kind form, la carefully studied, and the di- of fishing In the South Sea Ialauda. rections therein given are carefully The fruit of a tropical tree, the and faithfully earned out, I think a ipectoia, la crushed and tied great benefit will result, If not an ab- In a bag. Soon after It haa been lowsolute cure. ered Into deep water the fish begin to Ohio, appear on the surface apparently dead, Dr. David II. Reeder, La porte, Ind.: being drugged by the fruit. The naDear Doctor Will you please tell me tives then cutch them In their hands. how to get rid of moles on tbe face. SUGGESTION FOR A PLOT. Is there a safe remedy for me to uw without danger of 'causing them to A Wvltar WMinWtrn!itUlMa-form cancer? Thanking you in adBust Mean Built Around Aasbcrsrls. vance for a reply, I am, very truly, The death at rroviucetown of one of k. c. the luckiest finders of ambergris sugUnless the male of which you speak the query why this rare and reare quite prominent I would advise gests markable aubstauce haa not been asyou to let them alone. If they are signed a more prominent place In litervery large and wart-llkthe best ature. One of the most important propmethod of treatment la to go to a erties for the thriller" la some article reliable and skilful derma- which combines great value with small tlroughly tologist and bave them removed. If and can therefore be easily abthis la done in a very skilful manner bulk, or hidden in a sealed drawer. stracted there la little, If any, danger. Usually It la a jewel, sometimes an Penn. amulet or ring of rare auelent work Dr. David n. Reeder, Lnporte, Ind.: manship, frequently a will or an en1 Doctor Dear have been a reader velope of valuable paper But why of the Home Health Club lectures not a lump of ambergris? It la try for a number of years and am always rare enough, certainly, since In fifty Interested In the Club Notes, for the years only about a ton baa ever been reason that the advice given and the found, and, unlike gold or diamonds, remedies prescribed are always with- the visible supply ia constantly being in the reach of anyone. I hope you used up In the arts. A whaler that can, through Club Notei, advise me In twenty pounds of ambergris what to do In tbe case of a swollen brings from a cruise ia accounted rarely forankle. The foot and leg to the knee and of one which in sixteen are swelled and over' the ankle Joint tunate,took 100 pounds it waa remarked la a reddish purple spot as large years coat of the vessel waa paid the that around aa a teacup, and smaller three time over from tbla Item alone. pots have appeared on the other limb. Another of lta possibilities Ilea in Its They come slowly and after a week deceptlveness. It la the veritable or ao have to be lanced. The doctor fools of tbe sea. The lumps gold" ays it la rheumatism, the Joints of of ambergris picked up by strollers on the arms being stiff at t(mea. The tbe beach aud enthusiastically deaffected foot and leg look ao full and scribed In tbe local papers usually puffed, and tbe akin ia very shiny. It turn out to be common tallow. There came almost at once, the lameness In ia no romance in gold mining by the the ankle and then the gathering. even the operations process; cyanide Terhaps I have mad? this Inquiry lu the diamond fields, for all their lengthy, but I am so hopeful that yon great finds," have come down to the ran advise me what to do, aa I am ao mere devising of elaborate systems to anxtona to get well and atronR again. the companies from being protect 51. L. C. Very respectfully, swindled. But lu the bunt for amberYou should remain in bed and the there still be found the foot and leg ahonld be placed In a gris of realmight treasure trove. New York spirit thorough hot fomentation, aftcc which Iost. it should be sponged wltb warm vineAatouiobllla of Viibnl ths Hollar. gar In which there hns been dissolved a teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful Judge not an auto by its smell; all of red pepper to a pint of vinegar. comparisons are odorous. Those Ingredients should he put into A tack in the tire Is as a thorn in the the vinegar before it la heated, niul flesh; both are tiresome. the liquid should then be strained It Is a short ride that hath no mendusing. All kinds of meats and ing. fata should be excluded from tbe diet, All does not go that glitters. aad the patient should drink large An auto is not without odor save In quantities of fresh buttermilk dally: its owu front seat. three to four quarts will not be too flay not, We shall return at five;" much. This will keep up the strength, ye may reinru at sixes and sevens. reduce the Inflammation, nnd also aid Oils well that ends well. In eliminating urie Mild front the Approach railroads warily, Mat they Mood. Iciiil thee to heaven. All renders of ihf publication arc Though thou swear by thine auto at liberty to write for Iii format ion on seven limes, the eighth thou wilt swear at it; that is Kismet. subject pertaining to liealtli. All should la nddrcsmd to The horse goeth not ten paraianga an Dr. Daviit II. Reeder, La porte. Ind., hour, neither doth he explode. and must oonta'n name ami address To speed Is human; to be caught I In full, and at least four ceuts In fine! Century. A ppr aranea Hrfnrc Qnalltr. Ths Man In the Iron Mask, Tailoring under the mistaken Im A means has been found for enab- presslun tbut the whiteness of wheat hread determines Its quality that tha ling the sojourners on the Jersey to defy mosquitoes. A mosquito whiter the bread the better tha Parmnsk has been Invented by some gen- isian public has for years been growius. It consist of a wire framework, ing more and more cxnrting y, this ' covered with netting, and when slipped score, and therefore the fineness of over the head protrets that part of grain flour has been gradually one's nnntomy from the pots, giving proai'blug n limtt. The public has. ' one time to defend the other parts a roll sequence, received u less nutritiv food. Scientific American. more effectively. far-awa- "All that a man hath will he give for his life," la a true saying that la older than the Bible. In speaking of "All" a person naturally understands that worldly posaesalons or money la meant, and In that sense it la true. Thera are other things, however, which some people will not give np, even though they cam know with considerable accuracy that continuous Indulgence will ultimately mean death. In many, yes, tha majority of cases. It la Ignorance which causes people to do or neglect to do those things which will give a reasonable Insurance of continuous good health for many year. Tha mission of the Home Health Club, as declared by me many years ago. la to teach the natural laws of health, overcome superstition with almple, practical, helpful knowledge. Teaching how the many little ilia of the family or of the Individual may be overcome or cured by the natural e Crearemedies supplied by an tor and nearly always at band. One of the moat powerful and effective therapeutic agents known to medical science la water. It la always at hand and even a rudimentary knowledge of how to apply It In the treatment of disease Is one of the moat valuable kinds of information that could he taught In our public schools, and yet there are many physicians who know but little of the wonders which may be performed by Its use. A few days ago I received a letter from a lady, telling about a neighbor who had suffered for a long time with A number of a diseased Jaw-bonable physician bad failed to give relief, and finally the surgeons wert called. They decided to remove the man's Jaw In order to save hla life. The operation waa to be performed In a week. The woman who wrote me waa a life member of the Home Health Club, and abe mustered up courage to tell blm of a lecture I bad written upon the subject of curing diseased bone by tbe application of hot fomentations, and she gave blm the lecture to read, ne lost no time In applying the trtment, and when the time came to operate the eurgaona found auch a decided Improvement and healing process going on, that they were astonished. The operation waa not necessary and tbe man haa been perfectly well for several months. Another wAman tells of how she nursed her two grown daughters g through smallpox and saved the of the family from having It, WSffb all of them lived l the same ESSae during the entire sickness and all by the simple meant of which I had told In one of my lectures. An of the menus for the prevention as well as the successful treatment for smallpox are at hand In nearly every home in the land, and by a practical knowledge of their use the danger of vaccination la avoided and the horror and dread of the disease la forever removed. all-wla- e. bal-agg- 5IOSQUITO BITES. During the summer months we are In no danger of frost bites, although recently received a letter asking for the Home Health Club method for that annoying and painful condition. Instead of frost bites we have mo quito bites, and In many cases the stings of bees and other insects, which are not only painful, hut In some InThere are stances quite dangerous. many people who seem Immune, and the poison of insects or even of poison oak, sumach or Ivy baa no effect upon them. I think the question of the purity of the blood as well as the condition of the akin are all factors to be considered In determining the susceptibility of any one, as for myself the ting of honey bees, hornets or even bumble been do not leave ao much pain or swelling aa common mosquito bites will have upon many others. 1 have had patients upon whom a mosquito bite would cause a hard and painful swelling almost aa large aa half a hnael nut and they would remain to Itch and burn for two or three weeks. Almost Instant relief can be had by anyone from the effects of such bites and stings by briskly rubbing the pot for a few momenta wltb smart weed, a common plant which grows In nearly all parts of America and la too well known to need description. When the smart weed is not at hand or cannot readily be secured, plain tain leaves will act with almost equal satisfaction. Indeed, a poultice of bruised I said to counteract plalntatn leaves snake bites, and of many the poison ia a most excellent remedy for bniisea I'hr common plaintain, and burns. which grows in the doorynrd aud by A the roadside. Is the kind to nse. letter received tills morning from a ldy who live In this State says that Inbl plalntnln leaves well bruised and on a boil Is the heat treatment that ran be given, and that the seed stalk of plaintain used as an Infusion la an excellent remedy for dysentery; also that an Infusion or tea made from blackberry leaves will give relief from cases of hemorrhage of the bowels In are remedUs These fever. typhoid at hand and can be safely Vised by any one. Another remedy equally safe la lady, to counteract riven by the same lock-jawhich I liable the dangerous nails or iron. by rusty hurt to follow wood ashes (If Two tablespoonfuls of the quantity), scald very strong half thicken with a "cupful of boiling water, when nearly with cormncnl and apply (old as a plaster. ' al-w- d two-thir- nt to-da- la ' e, lie-fo- re sea-con- st |