HIVE SYRUP.—­Put one ounce each of squills and seneca snake-root into one pint of water; boil down to one-half and strain.  Then add one-half pound of clarified honey containing twelve grains tartrate of antimony.  Dose for a child, ten drops to one teaspoonful, according to age.  An excellent remedy for croup.

HOW TO CLEAN THE HAIR.—­From the too frequent use of oils in the hair, many ladies destroy the tone and color of their tresses.  The Hindoos have a way of remedying this.  They take a hand basin filled with cold water, and have ready a small quantity of pea flour.  The hair is in the first place submitted to the operation of being washed in cold water, a handful of the pea flour is then applied to the head and rubbed into the hair for ten minutes at least, the servant adding fresh water at short intervals, until it becomes a perfect lather.  The whole head is then washed quite clean with copious supplies of the aqueous fluid, combed, and afterwards rubbed dry by means of coarse towels.  The hard and soft brush is then resorted to, when the hair will be found to be wholly free from all encumbering oils and other impurities, and assume a glossy softness, equal to the most delicate silk.  This process tends to preserve the tone and natural color of the hair, which is so frequently destroyed by the too constant use of caustic cosmetics.

HOW TO SOFTEN HANDS.—­After cleansing the hands with soap, rub them well with oatmeal while wet.

HOW TO REMOVE STAINS FROM HANDS.—­Damp the hands first in water, then rub them with tartaric acid, or salt of lemons, as you would with soap; rinse them and rub them dry.  Tartaric acid, or salt of lemons, will quickly remove stains from white muslin or linen.  Put less than half a teaspoonful of salt or acid into a tablespoonful of water; wet the stain with it, and lay it in the sun for an hour; wet it once or twice with cold water during the time; if this does not quite remove it, repeat the acid water, and lay it in the sun.

HOW TO WHITEN HANDS.—­1.  Stir 1/4 of a pound of Castile soap, and place it in a jar near the fire, pour over it 1/2 pint of alcohol; when the soap is dissolved and mixed with the spirit, add 1 ounce of glycerine, the same of oil of almonds, with a few drops of essence of violets, or ottar of roses, then pour it into moulds to cool for use. 2.  A wineglassful of eau-de-cologne, and one of lemon-juice, two cakes of broken Windsor soap, mixed well together, when hard, will form an excellent substance.

HOW TO CURE SCURF IN THE HEAD.—­A simple and effectual remedy.  Into a pint of water drop a lump of fresh quick lime, the size of a walnut; let it stand all night, then pour the water off clear from the sediment or deposit, add 1/4 of a pint of the best vinegar, and wash the head with the mixture.  Perfectly harmless; only wet the roots of the hair.