Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1890 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Removing a Cinder from the Eye. The proper way to get a cinder out of the eyo is to draw the upper lid down over tho lower, utilizing the lashes of tho lower as a broom, that It may sweep the surface of the former and thus get rid of the intruder. Or, gently drawing the lid away from the globe, pass a clean camel’s hair brush, or fold of a soft silk handkerchief, two or three times between them. This procedure will, in nearly all cases, suffice; when it does not, tho services of a physician are necessary. It Is a remarkable fact that a very minute body will give rise to intense pain, and even after it has been extracted, the sensation remains for an hour or more. After the Intruder is out, gently bathe tho lids every fifteen minutes in Iced water till tho feeling subsides. —Home Journal. Boxing tho Ear* mill Its Results. The following from the Kansas City Medical Record, although containing nothing now, indicates that a very common evil is attracting the attention of modieal men, and points out the possiblo result of thoughtlessly boxing a child’s ears. Parents and teachers should he informed of the danger of tills method of punishment, and that nature has provided for such applications a much more suitable region, whore there is no danger of Injuring Important structures; Wo would fain hope that, In doforenco to repeated warnings from various quarters, the Injurious practice of boxing the oars once common in schools, Is fast and surely becoming obsolete. It Is too much to say that this desirable end has yet been realized. Certainly the recent observations’of Mr. W. H. It. Stewart donut give color to tills view. In a pamphlet on Boxing tho Ears and Its Results, lately published, and Illustrated by appropriate cases, lie summarizes his own experience in the matter. He reminds us that, notwithstanding the toughness of the aural drumhead, its tense expanse will rupture only too readily under the sudden Impact of air driven Inward along the meatus, as It Is in the act of cutting; and lie shows that In one instance at least this Injury resulted from a slight, though sudden blow. Given early and skilled attention tho wound may heal very kindly; but If the beginning of tho mischief be overlooked, as It often has been, further signs of tnllummatloTi soon follow, and u deaf and suppurating tympanum is tho usual result. When chronic suppuration exists already, and It Is only too common, a random knock on the ear may result, as in a case related in tho Lancet,, in a fresh otitis, with fatal brain complications. The close connection between the ear and brain should never be forgotten, and the reflection that injury to the former organ most easily terminates In total deafness, and In suppuration, which may any day take a fatal course, should assist iu the preservation of a sometimes difficult patience.

Hints to Housokooimrs. Paint the tongues of your- fever patients with glycerine, says a physician; it will remove the sensation of thirst and discomfort felt when the organ is dry and foul. The silk underwear now so much worn should not be rubbed on the washboard, nor have soap rubbed on it, unless on specially spoiled spots. It should bo gently squeezed in the hands in a lather of tepid water. Havf. your dress bound with velvet or velveteen instead of dress braids if you would prevent your shoes from receiving the purple blemish on the instep, cuused by the rubbing of the skirts when walking. The velvet should be the narrowest line possible on the right side of theskirt. People in the country who are annoyed by files should remember that, clusters of the fragrant clover which, grows abundantly by nearly every roadside, if hung in the room and left to dry and shed its faint fragrant perfume through the air, will drive away more flies than sticky saucers of molasses and other fly traps and fly papers can ever collect.