HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 8

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOW TO TRI3AT A COUGH. Coughing is Nature's effort to remove the phlegm or mucous from (ho inflamed surface of tho throat and Jungs. When thick is clings tenaciously to the weakened air passages, and requires quite a paroxysm of coughing to dislodge it Coustiint coughing not only exhausts tho sufferer, but makes tho delicate tissues of tho lungs very sore and tonder. Tho scientific method of overcoming a cougk is to lak'o Baxter's Lung Proservor, which goes straight to the SDureo of tho trouble. It stops coughing because it thins tho phlegm before it leaves tho lungs, and assists in throwing off waste matter. By speedily reducing tho inflammation and soothing the lungs, the cold is driven out, and the tonic effects of Baxter's Lung Preserver fortify tho system against its return. "Baxter's" U famous for killing coughs nnil colds quickly. It never fails or disappoints. Get a. big Iβ. 10d. bottle from your Chemist or Store to-day.—Advt.

A striking instance of the fierce and fatal competition which goes on amongst plants is found in. tho case of tho Brazil nut. This fruit contains from 15 to 24 seeds, which ail germinate at one time. The most vigorous one gets first through a small holo at the top to tho open air and thereupon it strangles the vest and feeds upon them.