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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-05-18, Page 2Health First Aid To The Injured. Lightning.—Dash cold water oyer person struck. Sunstroke.—Remove patient into shade, loosen clothing; apply ice-cold Water to head and keep head in elevat- ed position. Fainting.—Place patient flat on back; allow fresh air and sprinkle with water. IIave head lower than rest of libdy. Stings of Insects,—Apply solution of weak ammonia, oil, salt water or iodine. Burns and Scalds. --Apply either vaseline, linseed, olive or castor oil or molasses. Sprained Ankle or Wrist.—Apply cracked ice in handkerchief, or cold water. When swelling has decreas- ed, rub with alcohol or salt water. Bruises.—Apply arnica and worm- wood or hamamelis; keep wall covered and warm, Nosebleed. ---This may usually be ar- rested by putting a plug of lint into each nostril and cold applications to the head and nape of the neck. Scall. Wounds.—Bleeding may be easily stopped by tightly bandaging the injured part or pressing a clean handkerchief on it. • Bleeding from Wound If from an artery, stop the current of blood to the wound by binding a compress of cloth pad over the artery; which can generally be located by the throbbing sensation. Fasten it firmly by a handkerchief or bandage which may be tightened by twisting in a stick as a binder. If from a vein, apply pres- sure directly over the wound or make application of cold water. Keep the Part elevated. In either case apply a clean cad of cloth to the wound and press on it. STRENUOUS WORK SOON TELLS ON YOU Business Men and Breadwinners the Victims of Nervous Exhaustion. When worry is added to overwork men soon become the victims of ner- vous exhaustion — neurasthenia — the doctor calls it. Some have no reserve strength in their systems to bear the strain; others overtax what strength they have. If you find that you are nervous and not sure o1 yourself, that you sleep badly, and wake up tired and aching, your nerves are out of order. Other signs are inability to take pro- per interest in your work; your appe- tite is fickle; your back feels weak, and you are greatly depressed in spir- its. One or more of these signs mean that you should take prompt steps to stop mischief by nourishing the nerves with the food they thrive on, namely the rich red blood mado by Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. These pills have cured thousands of cases of nervous disorders., including nervous prostra- tion, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance and partial paralysis. Here is an example: Mr. P. H. Callan, a well known busi- ness man in Coleman, P.E.I., says: "I owe my present health, if not life itself, to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, I had always been an active man, and when I began to run down in health paid little attention to it as I thought it only a temporary weakness. As time passed, however, I found myself growing worse, and consulted a doctor, who said that I was not only badly run down, but that my nervous system was badly shattered. I lost flesh, my appetite was poor, I slept badly and notwithstanding the doctor's treatment grew so weak that I had to leave my business and was confined to the house. Time went on and I was stead- ily growing weaker, and my friends were all greatly alarmed for my con- dition. In this condition I was strong- ly recommended to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as the doctor's medi- cine was not helping me I decided to do so. By the time I had used three boxes I could tell that they were help- ing me. When 1 had taken eight boxes of the pills I felt able to attend to niy business again, and people were sur- prised to see me out, I continued the use of the pills until I had taken twelve boxes, by which time I was feeling as well as ever I did, and was being con- gratulated by all my friends on my. full restoration to health. 1 feel now that if I had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at the outset I would not only have saved much money spent in doc- tor's bills, but would have had renewed health. sooner. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine, and would recommend it to every man who feels weak, nervous or run down." You can get these pills through any medicine dealer, or by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.60, from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. Poison Antidotes. Important:—Give an emetic as soon as possible; tablespoonful of powdered mustard in a tumbler of warm water. After vomiting, give freely of warm thinks. Send for a doctor immediate- ly—Any delay may mean loss of life. Arsenic, corrosive sublimate, verdi- gris, blue vitriol, and from vegetables kept in copper vessels.—Give emetic and white of egg, sweet oil and milk. Sugar of Lead.—Give emetic and epsom salts. Hemlock, Aconite, Belladonna and Foxglove.—Give emetic, then tannin and stimulants. , (Tannin may be ob- tained by boiling tea leaves for fifteen minutes.) Opium, laudanum and Morphine.a- Give emetic and follow with strong coffee or white of egg. Keep patient walking two or three hours, and keep extremities warm. Strychnine.—Give emetic, then large dosses of Bromide of Sodium (GO grains in solution), Repeat every hour, until three or four doses have been taken; artificial respiration. Poison Mushrooms.—Give emetic, then castor oiltnd stimulants; heat. It is dangerous to warm up dish con- taining mushrooms. Poison Ivy or Oak.—A solution of baking soda or sa'-eratus, or strong soapsuds; later apply solution of sug- ar of lead, 40 grains to pint of water. Dust affected parts with dry starch. Alkalies are antidotes for acids, and acid, antidotes for alkalies, WHAT, NOBURGLARS! How How Criminals Have Won Distinction! on the Battlefields. We an ill wind that brings good to no one. One unforeseen result of the long-drawn-out conflict has been a large drop in the population of our prisons. Only the other day Dart- moor, one of the most famous of our convict prisons, says an English writer, was converted to another use; and most gaols in all parts of Great Britain are experiencing an unusual dearth of guests. This is not due to any wholesome re- formation on the part of our burglars, pickpockets, and other criminals. One great cause is the fact that most able- bodied professional criminals are in the Army, where those opportunities for the exercise of their profession are restricted. Police supervision has been so much simplified by National Registration and the Conscription Aets that even those criminals at large know how difficult a "get -away" would be. Also the Defence of the Realm Act has put a spoke in the wheel of those cosmo- politan thieves who in normal tunes fink a happy hunting -ground in this country. The Army hes 'offered a career to many men who have drifted into a life of crime, and scores of them have "Made good." One burglar won the V.C., and another man was awarded the Russian Cross of St. George. Busy Idleness. .Doing things that are not wok til while is a pernicious form of idleness. LONDONERS ON THE LAND. Cockneys Display Adaptability and Resourcefulness. What the Doctor Orders. I as green peas with lamb. With cheese Often the doctor will say, "Give the crisp, fresh vegetables, as lettuce, baby barley water. Easily said, l celery and water cress, should be used, thinks the mother, but how does one; with or without dressing. Fruits, make it? Or, worse stifle -Ole doesn't! plain or in salad form, are also very think at all and hurries home to cook good. up something that is fax from the ! It is not generally known that cheese has nearly twice as much pro- tein, weight for weight, as beef, and tl-at its :.00d valt;e is more than twice as great. It contains 25 per cent. more protein thae the same weight of porterhouse steak as purchased, and nearly twice as much fat, healthful thing the doctor intended. Here are a few recipes for foodsfre- quently used in caring for the children. Barley Water.—Two: tablespoonfuls of pearl barley, one quarts of water. Boil continuously for •six hours; as the water boils away, add more, keep- ing the quantity one quart. Strain through coarse muslin. It is well to soak the barley before cooltilig it. Barley Water with Prepared Flour. —One tablespoonful of prepared bar- ley flour, twelve' ounces (one and one- half cupfuls) of water. Boil twenty minutes. Oatmeal Water.—One tablespoonful of oatmeal blended with one table- spoonful of cold water. Add speck of salt. Stir in one quart of boiling water. Boil three hours, adding water as it boils away, Strain through fine sieve or cheese -cloth. After the sixth month, either barley or oatmeal "Give me the London girl." That has been the verdict of the farmers who, often against strong old prejudices, have been forced to avail themselves of the services of town - bred women throughout the past sum- mer, says a London writer. Others have added, "Give me the London boy, too." One of the most unexpected results of the employment of women on the land has been the brilliant success of the London girl. She has displayed more energy, more enthusiasm, and more horse -sense than the country girls themselves, and has proved her- self more skilful. She tackles cows— things she has always dreaded—and quickly becoines an excellent milker; she manages a horse with remarkable smartness, and „handles a plough or hoe as if born to it. Her adaptability and good humor are her great points. The Cockney boy wants a lot of beating when it comes to adaptability, and many of them have made the eyes of the ordinary farm-hands open wider. They get all over the farm ma- chinery with amazing quickness. One young Cockney learnt all about a threshing -machine in a week, and was in sole control of it on the ninth day. The natural attraction which farm life has for the town -bred boy and girl may have something to do with their enthusiasm, but their own in- itiative and resource have much to do with their success, Compulsory Cachination. "I had to laugh to -day—" "Tut! You' don't mean that you were compelled to." "Yes, I do! It was the boss' joke." Vultures have no feathers an the head or heck. - water may be used in preparing the Sift the flour, salt and baking pow-! infant's food, instead :: of 'plain water. der together, twice. Cream butter and 1 Barley water is to be used When there lard together, and add to the dry in- i gredients, using the tips of fingers. Then add the liquid, mixing with a Biscuits. Things to remember in biscuit ing: Select the best flour. Have flour thoroughly sifted. Have liquid chilled. Have shortening just soft enough to rub in with tips of fingers. After adding liquid, handle as lit- tle and as lightly as possible. Baking Powder Biscuits. -2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup milk and water (half each), 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon lard. mak- Twelve to fifteen bushels of pota- toes are required to plant an acre when the potatoes are cut two eyes to a piece. is looseness of the bowels, and the oat- meal when the tendency is toward con- stipation. • knife until you have a very soft Clough. Barley GrueL—Blend .twotable Place on a mixing board and pat out spoonfuls of barley flour with a little lightly until three-quarters of an inch cold milk, and stir into one quart of thick. Cut out and bake in a hot scalded milk. Cook in double boiler oven for 15 minutes. This will make two hours. Add a little salt and sug- 2 dozen biscuits. ar. Strain. Oatmeal Gruel. --To .'thr a cupfuls Spices of boiling water add one-half cupful Spices, which are used for flavoring, of coarse oatmeal and one-half tea have a stimulating, effect on the stom- spoonful of salt. Cook five hours in ach. That they should be pure and double boiler. Dilutewith hot milk, of the best quality is absolutely neces- sary. and strain. Farina Gruel.—One tablespoonful of farina, one pint of ''Water,one tea- spoonful of sugar, one-half teaspoon- ful of salt. Put into one pint of boil- ing water the salt and farina; cook for twenty minutes; strain, and. add suf- ficient milk to obtain the desired con- sistency. Rice Water.—Wash. tt; t►t.1espoon; as, easily and completely digested as fuls of rice. Add one pint of cold the same weight of ordinary protein of water and a little salt. Gook one hour. Dilute with boiling water, and strain. Toast Water. — Toast sufficient bread to make, when broken into small pieces, two cupfuls. Add to this one pint of boiling water, and let stand one hour. Strain through cheese -cloth. Serve hot or cold. Flaxseed Tea.—Wash carefully two tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed. Add fore starch has had time to dry thor- Soup Meat. Many women assume that the mass of fiber remains after soup has been drained from the meat is valueless for food. But a food expert says: "This tasteless mass has been found to be the meat, and if it is properly com- bined with vegetables, salt and flav- oring materials. makes an agreeable as well as nutritive food." Coal Oil Helps. When 'washing a ceiling, prepara- tory to rewhitewashing, painting or kalsomining, brush over first with common flour starch. Wash off be - four cupfuls of cold water (one'quart). Cook slowly one hour. Add a little lemon -juice and sugar. Dilute with hot water, if necessary, and strain. Plain Tapioca.—Add to one cupful of scalded milk, in double boiler, one ane one-half tablespoonfuls of gran- ulated tapioca, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, a little salt, and a dash of nut- meg. Cook for fifteen minutes. Plain Bread Pudding.—Scald one cupful of milk. To a beaten egg add one tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour on this mixture gradual- ly the scalding milk. Add one cupful of stale bread cut into half-inch cubes. Bake in buttered pudding -dish, in moderate oven, until custard is set. Serve with milk. Albuminized Milk.—Beat up the white of an egg till light; add a good- sized pinch of, salt, four ; ounces of fresh sterilized milk, and • sugar if desired. Beef-Juice.—Chop and broil slightly lean meat from the round. Squeeze oughly, and all soil will come off with starch. Also a disinfectant ready at hand and cheap is plain kerosene. As a germ killer for kitchen drains, sick- room floors, as a gargle diluted with water, as a quick destroyer of bacteria on a raw,,,cut, kerosene .is ever useful. Keep the hoe at work in the gar- den when the plants are up, not only to keep down weeds but to loosen and aerate the soil and prevent evapora- tion of moisture. ,17,171717, -77.Fwgur A MOOED DIFFER CE GOODPAI MAIETS 1,1 —for ulterior or exterior painting on wooden surfaces R tmeay's is unsarpassed. The quality of tale ental edionts and the welt-baiariced per- portions give Rautsay'e Paints unusual spreading and covering capacity as well as durability and protective properttos. Local 11emsay Dealer will serve you with any information you may desire—or write to us direct. A. RAMSAY & SON COMPANY Makers of Trine Paints and varnishes 5 egrAnusHsn taa2MONTRI:AL ; TORONTO : VANCOUVER .. 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The resul'; was a lack rf independence e• 1 of a sense of responsibility, which the war has already cured. Instead of training children up to habits of personal orderliness and helpfulness, to share the labor and re- sponsibility of the home, mothers have been content to let children grow up easily, without ever feeling the pinch, without ever knowing what the work of every day meant. it has been a profound mistake. And when the war is over it will be well if the lesson taught as to the benefits of "hardness" and discipline shall have been under- stood and taken to heart. Many a'big,lada will refuse ever to sleep softly again. He has done with feather -bed methods for the rest of his earthly career. Let the women fol low suit. Let them copy Spartan methods, and the future of their chil- dren will be a surprise and a pleasure to them, by reason of its wholesome progress and self ?confidence and splendid success. What He Didn't Do. "Well, Tommy," said father, as his young hopeful returned from school, "what's the matter? Yours eyes look very red." Little Tommy hung his head shame- facedly. "Come, now, sonny, speak up! An- swer your father," said his fond mamma. "I have been thrashed," saki Tommy, "for something I didn't do." "What a shame!" said his parents in chorus. "And how very unfair. What was it, old chap?" "A sum," came the brief reply. The minute specks sometimes seen on mahogany piano cases are caused by oil that exudes from. the wood. Shellac varnish will not hold it back. The only cure is to rub it down and re - varnish. BLANKETS CARPETS LACE CURTAINS FEATHERS FURS DRAPERIES' GOWNS TABLE COVERS QUILTS GENTS' CLOTHING PARKER'S Quick Serie Excellent Work Sesid for ow' Catalogue on Cleaning and Dyeing Moderate Charges We Pay Carriage Ch.z r�gce Ono Way. RKS, Luted Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yoxuge Street - Toronto gee. sm eacen- ale Specialists Tell Sfreva the Eyesight 5 «'` % a Week's Ti T i s nces A Vree prescriptItiu You Can Have by means of small hand -press or Filled and "?so at Home. lemon -squeezer into a warm cup. Salt Boston, Mass. --Victims of eye strain and serve immediately. One pound and other eye weaknesses, ando those of round steak usuallyields from two 'who wear• Massed, will be glad st know Y• that Doctors null Z+1y'o Specialists now agree there is real elope and help for to three ounces of juice. Beef Tea.—Cut in small pieces one pound of round steak from which all fat has been removed; cover with one pint of cold water; let soak one-half hour; put into a preserve -jar, and cov. er closely. The jar is placed in an- other vessel containing cold water. Heat this slowly. Cook for two or three hours, strain and season, Value of Cheese in Your Diet. Canadian women have long regard- ed cheese merely as an accessory :to the diet, and not as a staple Supply- ing read food value. In fact, most women believe cheese, when used in large quantities is indigestible and harmful, Experts of the Department of. Agri- culture have found that cheese is'sel- dom a cause of 'physiological distur- bances, and may easily be used as the chief source of nitrogeneous food. them. Many whose eyes were fail ng say they have had their eyes restored and many who once wore glasses say they have thrown them away. One man says, after using it: "I was al- most blind. Could not see to road at all. Now 1 can readty�evyerything with - put my glasses, a.tdmyayh they not hurt any ; snore.night pain drea8 ally. Now they feel fine all the time. 11 was like a miracle to mo. A lady who used it says:"The atmoa- phere seemed hazy with or without Lg�•lasses, but after using this prescrip- s c earfor . 3 aanereaddaeven fine print swith- out glasses." Another who used fit says: 1 was bothered with eye strain caused by overworked, tired eyes which induce fierce headaches. 1 havo worn glasses for several roars both for dis- tanoe and work, and without there I could not read my own name on en envelope, or the typewriting on the machine before me. a can do beta now, and have discarded my long distance glasses altogether. 1 can count the fluttering leaves on the trees across the street now which fax several years have looked like a dim green blur to rne. I cannot express my joy at what It has done for me.' It is believed that thousands who wear glaseos can now discard them in a reasonable time. and multitudes more When cheese is served as a sub t°ill ba able to strengttion their eyes so as to be sgarel the trout>le :and er- stitute for heat ar other staple—and venae of aver ligating shares. this has been done verysuccessfully— Dn. bock, an cyo Hpeoiali,et of nearly twenty ye'ira practice, says: "A patient housekeepers shotld regulate care-' name to` ine who was suffering from fully the other part of the same menu 131olrhzriuia Mwrginalis with till the as they now select, vegetables accord -i cone itant symptoitis a rQnmlornin ing to the meat they intend to have, ; gg ozs 94 11141 11c�g, e o °"4'8": . junctivitis and ephiphora. Ilor eyes when not congested had the dull, suf- fused expression common to such oases. Saving run out of her medicine a friend suggested )ion-Opto. She used this treatment and not only ovoroame her distressing condition, but strange a•nd amazing as it may seem, no strengthened her eyesight that she was able to dispense with hor distance glasses and her headache and neuralgia lett' hor. In this instance I should say hor eyesight was improved 100%. I have singe verified the efficacy of this treatment in a number of cases and havo soon the eyesight improve from 25 to 15 per cent in a remarkably short time. I can say it works iu.ore quickly than any other remedy 1 have pre- scribed for the oyes." - Dr. Smith, an oculist of wide experi- ence, says: 1 have treated in private }lractioe e. umber of serious op halmic Diseases with Bon-Opto and am able to report ultimate recovery in both route and chronic oases. Mr. I3. cane to my office suffering with an infected eye. The condition was so serious that an operation for enuoleation seemed lin•• porative. Eeforo resorting to the operative treatment I prescribed 13on- Opto and in 24 hours the sooretion had lessened, inflammatory symptoms be- gan to subside and in seven days the eye wa oared a d retained its nor- mal vision. Another case of extreme convergent strabismus (gross eyes) e.sca and the suxgeon's • knife by the timely use of your collyrium. 'The tightened external muscles yielded to the soothing and anodyne effects of I3on-Opto• niways instil lion-Opto after removal of foreig bodies and apply it locally to all nburns, ulcers and :pots on the eyeball or tho lids for its therapeutic effect. By cleanse ing the lids of secretions and acting' as a tonic for the eyeball itself the vision is rendered snore scute, hence the number Of cases of discarcleci Glasses," Dr. Conner says: "My eyes were 3n bad. condition owing to the. severe, strain arising from protracted micro,: scopicai research work. Bon-Opto used according to directions rendered a sur- prising service. I found my eyes re- markably strengthened, so much o' t have put aside my glasses without dis- comfort, Several of my colleagues have also used it and wo are agreed as to its results. In a few days, under my observation, tho oyes of an astig•matie case were so improved that Masse;/ have boon discarded by the patieu Pare troubles of many descript onl may bo wonderfully benefited by the use of Bon-Opto and if you want' to strengthen your eyes go to any drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets, Drop one Bon-Opto tablet iii a fourth of a glass of water and let i# dissolve, With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up per. ceptlbly right from the start, and ine fleenmation and redness will quiokiy disappear. If your eyes bottler. rote oven a little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is tee late. Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they bad cared. for their eyes in tante, Note: A city physician to vrhotu the above artlelo was submitted, said: "lies, ttoteepto 1t a remarkable eye remedy. Its cotstltaent hie gredients ere well known to eminent eye spe- cialists and widely prearrthed by them. I have used it very successfully is my own practice ole patients whose eyes wet° strained thtonglt overt work or misfit glnsses. I enn bigbiy teeommeW& it 1n case of weak, watery, eating', ktnarting itching, burning oyes, red lids, blurred vision ori for eyes inflamed from exposure to 'smoke, surge dart or wind. It is ono of. the, very to Melia*** tions I feel should be kept on fiend for regut4 too in almost every family," Iron.Opto15 not patent medicine or secret remedy, Its is an ethical preparation, the formula being printed nn the paoirngc. The tnanutaotnrore gtrarantoo 11 to strengthen eyesight no per cent in one week's time in many instances, er refund the money, Itis peneed by all good druggists, includin general stares; also by. G. T#s1•riblyn ab T. Eaton & Co., Toronto. 3