Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1892 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

The Family Doctor. Stye on the Eyelid. —Put a teaspoonful of tea in a small bag; pour on It just enough boiling water to moisten it; then put it on the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night, and in the morning the stye will most likely be gone; if not, a second application is sure to remove it. To Purify the Blood. —A wellknown physician says that he considers the following prescription for purifying the blood as the best he has ever used. One ounce yellow dock, one-half once horseradish, one quart hard cider. Dose, one wiucglassful four times a day. Boils. —These should be brought to a head by warm poultices of camomile flowers, or boiled white lily root, or onion root, by fermentation with hot water, or by stimulating plasters. When ripe they should be destroyed by a needle or lancet; but this should not be attempted until they are f ully proved. Hot Milk as a Stimulant. —ls any one ls fatigued the best restorative is hot milk, a tumbler of the beverage as hot as can be sipped. This is far more of a restorative than any alcoholic drink.