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 always attentive first to shake the bottle; and, on going to bed lay all over the face a linen cloth which has been dipped in it. In ten or twelve days, at farthest, it is said, that it will effect a complete cure. One thing is certain, that nothing in this composition can prove injurious.

DISSOLVE a quantity of alum in water, so as to make a pretty strong brine, which you must skim very carefully; add some soap to it, and when you wish to use it, dip a piece of linen rag in it and rub over your pieces of plate. This process will add much to its lusture.

BEAT well up together equal quantities of honey and spring water; pour it into an earthen vessel, put in the fruits all freshly gathered and cover them quite close. When any of the fruit is taken out, wash it in cold water, and it is fit for immediate use.

THE following useful directions in cases of poison are given by Dr. John Stone of Birmingham, England.

1st. When the preparations of arsenic, mercury, or any metal, or when any unknown sustance or matter has been swallowed, and there have speedily ensued heat of the mouth and throat, violent pain of the stomach, itching and vomiting—immediately drink a plenty of warm water, with common soap scraped or