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Show THE HOME DOCTOR. A warm sponge bath will relieve nervous strain. Neuralgia may very often be speedily speed-ily relieved by aoplying a cloth saturated satu-rated with essence of peppermint to the scat of pain. For eyes that are stuck together in t he morning bo the daily in boric water and at night rub the lid with boracic acid ointment. Put a sprainei ankle at once into hot water for ten minutes. Afterward, if the pain Is severe, apply a bran bag dipped into hot vinegar. Dont sleep with the mouth open. Dust and gritty particles floating in the atmosphere, entering the trap thus set for them, injure the enamel of the teeth by irritation. A man who suffered from catarrh says that he cured himself of the malady mal-ady by bathing the feet every night in cool water and putting on clean stockings stock-ings every morning. In case of bilious or typhoid fever, the juice of cranberries Is almost indispensable in-dispensable for clearing the system of the poisonous bacteria. In some forms of dypepsia there Is no more effective and simplfc remedy than raw cranberries. cranber-ries. Strong black tea is recommended as a dandruff cure. It is said that shampooing sham-pooing the hair once in ten days with this and stimulating the hair by thorough thor-ough brushing, both before and after, will cure the most obstinate cases of dandruff if used persistently. |