1. Solution of chloride of tin 3 drs.; French chalk, or Venetian talc, in powder, 1 oz.; salt of sorrel 1/2 oz., flake white 1 oz., burnt alum 1/2 oz., powdered cuttle-fish bone 1 oz., white arsenic 1 oz., boiling water a quart. Probably sulphate of baryta might be substituted for arsenic, the use of which it is desirable to discourage.

2. Sour milk 3 pints, cream of tartar 2 oz., oxalic acid 1 oz., alum 1 oz. - Mr. Redwood.

3. Wash the tops with soap and water, and scrape them with the back of a knife. Then apply the following with a barefoot brush. - Oxalic acid 1 oz., water a pint. Use the back of a knife as before; then polish with the following: Powdered gum arabic 1/2 oz., red spirits of lavender 2 oz., powdered turmeric 1/2 oz.; pencil this over the top, let it half dry, then polish by rubbing it, one way only, with a flannel till it shines.

4. Sour milk 3 pints, butter of antimony 2 oz., cream of tartar 2 oz., citric acid, alum, burnt alum, of each 1 oz. - Geay's Supplement.

5. White Top. One ounce each of magnesia, alum, cream of tartar, and oxalic acid; 1/4 oz. of salt of sorrel, and 1/4 oz. of sugar of lead; dissolve in a quart of water, and apply with a sponge.

6. Brown Top. Oxalic acid, alum, annotto, of each 1 oz.; isinglass 1/2 oz., sugar of lead 1/2 oz., salt of 6orrel 1/4 oz.; boil together in a quart of water for 10 minutes. Apply with a sponge.