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Tonic for the Hair

. -Ounce best castor-oil, two ounces each of French brandy and bay rum; scent with rosemary and rose-geranium. and bay rum; scent with rosemary and rose-geranium.

TO CURE CHILBLAINS. - Soak feet for fifteen minutes in warm water, put on a pair of rubbers, without stockings, and go to bed. a pair of rubbers, without stockings, and go to bed.

CEMENT FOR JET. - Use shellac to join, and then smoke the joints to make them black.

MOTHER'S MARKS-should never be interfered with, except by the advice of a physician.

TETTER OR RINGWORM-of the face is caused by a disordered stomach, and must be cured by proper diet. must be cured by proper diet.

PIMPLES-are caused by improper diet, and can never be cured except by correcting the habits.

Cosmetics only injure.

TO RESTORE COLOR TO KID SHOES. - Mix a small quantity of good polish blacking with the white of an egg.

HAIR OIL. -Two tea-spoons each of castor oil, ammonia and glycerine; add alcohol enough to cut the oil, and put in a four-ounce bottle half full of alcohol enough to cut the oil, and put in a four-ounce bottle half full of rain-water. Shake before using.

BLACK HEADS.-To remove "black heads" in the face, place over the black spot the hollow end of a watch-key, and press firmly. This forces the foreign the hollow end of a watch-key, and press firmly. This forces the foreign substance out, so that it may be brushed off, and is a cure. (574) TO KEEP OFF MOSQUITOES. - Rub exposed parts with kerosene. The odor is not noticed after a few minutes, and children especially are much relieved by its use.

THE BREATH.- Nothing makes one so disagreeable to others as a bad breath. It is caused by bad teeth, diseased stomach, or disease of the nostrils. Neatness and care of the health will prevent and cure it. THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION. - Washing in cool, but not excessively cold, water, and general cleanliness, keeps the skin healthy and the complexion clear .

IVORY BLACKING FOR SHOES. - Four ounces ivory-black, three ounces coarsest sugar, one table-spoon sweet-oil, one pint small beer; mix well together.

CASTOR-OIL FOR SHOES. - Take a tea-spoon of it and rub in thoroughly by a fire. Do this when the shoes are new, and several times afterwards, and they will last twice as long.

DANDRUFF. One ounce flour of sulphur to one quart of water. Shake well at intervals, for a few hours, and, when settled, saturate the head with the clear liquid every morning.

FOR CHAPPED HANDS, FACE AND LIPS.-Ten drops carbolic acid in one ounce glycerine; apply freely at night. Pure mutton tallow is also excellent. COLOGNE WATER. -Thirty drops each oil of lavender, oil of bergamot, oil of lemon, and orange-flower water, half pint deodorized alcohol. Cork and shake well.

CORPULENCY.- An excess of fat is a disease. To reduce the excess, eat little or no butter, fat meat, gravies, sugar, vegetables, or other articles containing large amounts of starch or sugar.

DANDRUFF IN THE HAIR. - There is no simpler nor better remedy for this vexatious appearance (caused by a dryness of the skin) than a wash of camphor and borax-an ounce of each put into a pint and a half of cold water, and afterwards rub a little pure oil into the scalp. MOTH PATCHES-may be removed from the face by the following remedy: Into a pint bottle of rum put a table-spoon of flour of sulphur. Apply this to the patches once a day, and they will disappear in two or three weeks.

BOSTON BURNETT POWDER FOR THE FACE-Five cents worth of bay rum, five cents worth of magnesia snow-flake, five cents worth of bergamot, five cents worth of oil of lemon; mix in a pint bottle and fill up with rain-water.

TO CLEAN JEWELRY.-Any gold jewelry that an immersion in water will not injure, can be beautifully cleaned by shaking it well in a bottle nearly injure , can be beautifully cleaned by shaking it well in a bottle nearly full of warm soap-suds to which a little prepared chalk has been added, and afterwards rinsing it in clear, cold water, and wiping it on a towel. MOLES. To remove, moisten a stick of nitrate of silver, touch the moles, and they will turn black and sore, and soon they will dry up and fall off of themselves. If they do not entirely go, repeat. It is better, however, never to attempt their removal without consulting a physician. WARTS.-Wash with water saturated with common washing soda, and let dry without wiping; repeat frequently until they disappear. Or pass a pin through the wart, and hold one end of it over the flame of a candle or lamp until the wart fires by the heat, and it will disappear.

STAINS ON THE HANDS-from nitrate of silver, may be removed by a solution of chloride of lime. Fruit stains are removed by washing the hands of chloride of lime. Fruit stains are removed by washing the hands without soap, and holding them over the smoke of burning matches or sulphur. TO REMOVE SUNBURN. - Scrape a cake of brown Windsor soap to a powder, add one ounce each of eau de Cologne and lemon-juice; mix well and , add one ounce each of eau de Cologne and lemon-juice; mix well and form into cakes. This removes tan, prevents hands from chopping, and makes the skin soft and white COLD CREAM FOR CHAPPED LIPS. - One-half ounce spermaceti, twenty grains white wax, two ounces pure oil of sweet almonds, one ounce pure glycerine, six drops oil of rose; melt first three ingredients together, and, when cooling, add the glycerine and oil of rose, stirring until cold. BAD BREATH. - Bad breath, from catarrh, foul stomach, or bad teeth, may be temporarily relieved by diluting a little bromo chloralum with eight or ten parts of water, and using it as a gargle, and swallowing a few drops just before going out. A pint of bromo chloralum costs fifty cents, but a small vial full will last a long time.

FRUIT STAINS - may be removed from the fingers in the following manner:. Mix together half an ounce of cream tartar and half an ounce of powdered salt of sorrel; apply a solution of this to the fingers, and the stains will disappear. Diluted sulphuric acid may be used, but care should be taken that none of it touches any fabric, as the acid will destroy it. FLESH WORMS. -Black specks on the nose disfigure the face. Remove by washing thoroughly in tepid water, rubbing with a towel, and applying with a soft flannel a lotion made of three ounces of cologne and half an ounce of liquor of potash. Or press out by putting the hollow end of a watch-key over it.

LIPS OR HANDS CHAPPED by cold weather or wind, should be rubbed with glycerine generally when about to be exposed to the air, or rubbed with honey after washing. Never kiss the lips of persons not in health, as disease is sometimes contracted in this way, as well as by the use of towels, cups or tumblers used by unhealthy persons.

BAY RUM.-Ten cents worth of magnesia, two quarts each of soft water and alcohol, one ounce oil of bay. Dissolve magnesia in rain-water, then add other ingredients. Wrap filtering paper in form of a funnel, and filter carefully through into a bottle and cork tightly. When used, dilute with rain-water to whatever strength-desired.

LEANNESS-IS caused generally by lack of power in the digestive organs to digest and assimilate the fat-producing elements of food. First restore digestion, take plenty of sleep, drink all the water the stomach will bear in the morning on rising, take moderate exercise in the open air, eat oat-meal, cracked wheat, Graham mush, baked sweet apples, roasted and broiled beef, cultivate jolly people, and bathe daily.

SUPERFLUOUS HAIRS-Are best left alone. Shaving only increases the strength of the hair, and all depilatories are dangerous and sometimes disfigure the face. The only sure plan is to spread on a piece of leather equal parts of galbanum and pitch plaster, lay it on the hair as smoothly as possible, let it remain three or four minutes, then remove it with the hairs, root and branch. This is severe but effective. Kerosene will also remove them. If sore after using, rub on sweet-oil.

THE FACE. To wash properly, fill basin two-thirds full with fresh, soft water, dip face in the water and then the hands; soap the hands well and rub with a gentle friction over the face; dip the face in water the second time and rinse off thoroughly, wiping with a thick but soft towel. Pure soaps do not irritate the skin. The best are castile, curd, glycerine and other neutral soaps. Medicated or highly colored or perfumed soaps should never be used.

FOOD.-A good complexion never goes with a bad diet. Strong coffee, hot bread and butter, heated grease, highly spiced soups, meats or game, hot drinks, alcoholic liquors, fat meats, are all damaging to its beauty. Strong tea, used daily, will after a time give the skin the color and appearance of leather. Coffee affects the skin less but the nerves more, and a healthy nervous system is necessary to beauty. Late suppers, over-eating at meals, eating between meals, the use of candies, sweetmeats, preserves, etc., produce pimples and blotches. THE HANDS.-The use of gloves, especially kids, help to preserve the softness of the hands. Cleanliness and sprinkling with orris-root counteracts .