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Show GIP.-3 TOR VARIOUS AILMENTS. i llema (?emedlco In Use Among Penn-i Penn-i slvanla Dutch. j "In Mucks cruny, among tho Penn-rylrnnlu Penn-rylrnnlu Dutch, there arc," said a t iii (or, "Innumerable homo cures. j tt mo of thorn aro pretty good, too. I Ono Is, for toothache, a lump of alum hold In (ho mouth for two' or throe , ('ays. This Is warianted not only to fclop a toothache, but to keop It from ever coming back. In tho fall and winter they wrap their chests In lyrown paper up there In lluc,ks county, coun-ty, saying -that this prevents colds. I'ry housewife keeps on tho kitchen d.esser, und every husband on his (iTsning table, a small box of cobwebs. TI'ito is nothing better than cobwebs lor a cut, especially for a razor cut ncqulred In shaving It stops the bleeding Instnnter. They soak Ivy leaves In hot water In Bucks county, and after tho water gets cold they squeeze In lemon Juice. This palatable pala-table di Ink Is given to consumptives, whom It Is said to cure. Stewed onions eaten and snuff sniffed they find good influenza specifics. For Insomnia they make hop pillows, and for bruises they keop on hand dried puffballs, the powdery Insldes of which they sprtnklo on tho hurt." |