is one of
those sorts of cures, which are very likely to be laughed at; but I
know of its having produced very beneficial results.

*BURNS.--If a person who is burned will _patiently_ hold the injured
part in water, it will prevent the formation of a blister. If the
water be too cold, it may be slightly warmed, and produce the same
effect. People in general are not willing to try it for a sufficiently
long time. Chalk and hog's lard simmered together are said to make a
good ointment for a burn.

*BRUISES.--Constant application of warm water is very soothing to
bruised flesh, and may serve to prevent bad consequences while other
things are in preparation.

SORE NIPPLES.--Put twenty grains of sugar of lead into a vial with one
gill of rose-water; shake it up thoroughly; wet a piece of soft linen
with this preparation, and put it on; renew this as often as the linen
becomes dry. Before nursing, wash this off with something soothing;
rose-water is very good; but the best thing is quince-seed warmed in
a little cold tea until the liquid becomes quite glutinous. This
application is alike healing and pleasant.

A raw onion is an excellent remedy for the STING OF A WASP.

CORNS.--A corn may be extracted from the foot by binding on half a raw
cranberry, with the cut side of the fruit upon the foot. I have known
a very old and troublesome corn drawn out in this way, in the course
of a few nights.

HEART-BURN.--Eat magnesia for the heart-burn.

CHLORIDE OF LIME.--A room may be purified from offensive smells of
any kind by a few spoonsful of chloride of lime dissolved in water.
A good-sized saucer, or some similar vessel, is large enough for
all common purposes. The article is cheap, and is invaluable in the
apartment of an invalid.

EGGS IN WINTER.--The reason hens do not usually lay eggs in the winter
is that the gravel is covered up with snow, and therefore they are
not furnished with lime to form the shells. If the bones left of meat,
poultry, &c. are pounded and mixed with their food, or given to them
alone, they will eat them very eagerly, and will lay eggs the same
as in summer. Hens fed on oats are much more likely to lay well than
those fed on corn.

PEARLS.--In order to preserve the beauty of pearl ornaments, they
should be carefully kept from dampness. A piece of paper torn off and
rolled up, so as to present a soft, ragged edge, is the best thing to
cleanse them with.

VARNISHING GILDED FRAMES.--It is said