Vegetable Extract for Cleansing and Strengthen-ing the Hair. 1. Southernwood 2 oz., box leaves 6 oz., water 4 pints. Boil gently in a saucepan for 1/4 of an hour, strain, and to each pint of the liquid add 2 oz. of spirit of rosemary and 1/2 dr. of salt of tartar (or 1 dr. of Naples soap).

2. Boil 1 lb. of rosemary in 2 quarts of water, and add to the filtered liquor 1 oz. of spirit of lavender, and 1/4 oz. of Naples soap, or salt of tartar.

3. Incinerate 2 oz. each of rosemary, maidenhair, southernwood, myrtle berries, and hazel bark; make a strong solution of the ashes, with which wash the hair at the roots every day. Keep the hair short. - Dr. Cattell.

4. Borax 1 oz.; powdered camphor 1/2 oz., boiling water a quart. When cold, filter for use. Damp the hair with it frequently.

Wash for Removing Sourf and Promoting the Curling of the Hair. 1. Beat up the yolk of an egg with a pint of clean rain-water. Apply it warm; and afterwards wash the head with warm water.

2. Lime-water a pint, distilled vinegar 1/4 of a pint; mix.

Wash for Irritable Eruptions of the Scalp or Face. Rimmel's toilet vinegar 6 oz., glycerine 2 oz., carbolic acid 1/2 drachm. - Dr. Headland..