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This recipe will be found to remove pimples as well as tan and 

 freckles. 



(2) A good freckle lotion for the cure of freckles, tan, or sun-burned face 

 or hands is made thus: Take half a pound of clear ox-gall, half a drachm 

 each of camphor and burned alum, one drachm of borax, two ounces of 

 rock salt, and the same of rock candy. This should bo mixed and shaken 

 well several times a day for three weeks, until the gall becomes trans- 

 parent; then stram it very carefully through filtering paper, which may 

 be had of the druggist. Apply to the lace during the day, and wash off at 

 night. 



(3) Wash in fresh buttermilk every morning, and linse the face in tepid 

 water; then use a soft towel. Freckles may also be removed by applying to 

 the face a solution of nitre and water. Another good wash for freckles is 

 made by dissolving three grains of borax in five drachms each of rose water 

 and orange flower water. There are many remedies for freckles, but there 

 is none that will banish them entirely. 



(4) Take one ounce of lemon jiiice, a quarter of a drachm of powdered 

 borax, and half a drachm of sugar. Mix and let them stand in a glass 

 bottle for a few days, then rub it on the face and hands night and morning. 

 Two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice would equal an ounce. 



(5) Eectified spirits of wine, one ounce; water, eight ounces; half an 

 ounce of orange flower water, or one ounce of rose water; diluted muriatic 

 acid, a teaspoonful. Mix. To be used after washing. 



(6) Take grated horseradish and put in very sour milk. Let it stand 

 four hours; then wash the face night and moi-ning. 



To Prevent tlie Hair Falling Off._(l) When the hair, after being 

 naturally luxTiriant, begins to grow thin, without actually coming oiat in par- 

 ticles, use the following receipt: Take of extract of yellow Peruvian bark, 

 fifteen grains; extract of rhatany root, eight grains; extract of burdock root 

 and oil of nutmegs (mixed), of each, two drachms; camphor dissolved with 

 spirits of wine, fifteen grains; beef marrow, two ounces; best olive oil, ous 

 ounce; citron juice, half a drachm; aromatic essential oil, as much as is suf- 

 ficient to render it fragrant; mix, and make into an ointment. Two drachms 

 of bcrgamot and a few drops of attar of roses would sufl&ce. This is to bo 

 used every morning. 



(2) Onions must be rubbed frequently on the part. The stimulating 

 powers of this vegetable are of essential service in restoring the tone of the 

 ekin, and assisting the capillary vessels in sending forth new hau*; but it is 

 not itifalUhle. Should it succeed, however, the growth of these new hairs 

 may be assisted by the oil of myrtleberries, the repute of which, perhaps, is 

 greater than its real efficiency. These applications are cheap and harmless, 

 even where they do no good; a character which cannot be said of the numer- 

 ous quack remedies th;U meet the eye in every direction. 



(3) To prevent hair from falling out or turning gray, take a tcacupful of 

 dried sage, and boil it in a quart of soft water for twenty miimtes. Strain it 

 off and add a piece of borax the size of an English walnut; pulverize the 

 borax Put the sage tea, when cool, into a quart bottle; add the borax; 

 shake well together, and keep in a cool place. Brush the hair thoroughly 

 and rub the wash well on the head with the hand. Then, after a good hard 

 rubbing, brush the hair well liefore the tire so it will become dry. 



(4) Put equal quautitics of rum and sweet oil into a bottle, and, before 

 using, shake them well together. This mixture tdiyuid he »vplied with ft 



