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recipe  for  the  preparation  of  a  nostrum  which  was  formerly  protected  by 
letters  patent,  and  which  in  some  parts  of  the  country  is  still  much  used. 
The  formula  was  obtained  from  the  Patent  Office. 
Take  of  linseed  oil,  lbj., 
red  lead,  5*1  v., 
spirits  turpentine,  5SS., 
sugar  of  lead,  3j. 
The  oil  is  first  boiled  in  an  earthern  pot,  af  er  which  the  red  lead  is 
gradually  added ;  finally,  the  other  ingredients. 
Bon  de  Rabais. — Hager's  Pharmaceutisehe  Centralhalle,  1866,  No.  38, 
states  :  L'Etincelle  is  a  daily  paper  published  in  Paris, containing,  besides 
a  novel,  stale  anecdotes  ;  price  of  each  number  five  centimes.  Not  pay- 
ing any  stamp  tax,  it  is  not  authorized  to  accept  advertisements  ;  but  it 
aims  to  increase  its  sale  in  a  reprehensible  way  totally  unknown  here. 
Each  number  contains  at  the  end  a  list  of  bakers,  butchers,  liquor-dealers, 
grocers  and  pharmaciens  who  sell  L'Etincelle;  attached  to  this  list  are  five 
bonds,  one  for  each  avocation.  The  bond  for  the  apothecary  reads  thus  : 
Journal  .  .  Valable 
L'ETINCELLE       (JuiiJet)         de  23  au  24. 
Pharmacie. 
BON   DE  RABAIS. 
Toute  personne  qui  presentera  avec  le  present  Bon  chez  Pun  des  adhe- 
rents cicontre  designcs,  aura  droit  a  un  rabais  de  15  p.  c.  sur  touts  ses 
achats.  Masson, 
Directeur. 
The  list  comprises  twenty-nine  pliarmacial  establishments  in  Paris. 
This  "  beats  "  the  gift  lotteries,  for  patriotic  and  other  purposes,  of  our 
country. 
Paris  Exhibition. — The  following  is  a  list  of  jurors  and  associates  ap- 
pointed for  the  various  classes  in  which  our  readers  are  likely  to  take 
most  interest :  Class  7.  Paper  stationery,  binding,  painting  and  drawing 
materials  ;  juror,  Mr.  Warren  De  la  Rue,  F.R.S. ;  associate  juror,  Mr.  F. 
Hankey.  Class  9.  Photographic  proofs  and  apparatus;  juror,  Dr.  Hugh 
W.  Diamond  ;  associate  juror,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Gordon,  C.B.,  R.E. 
Class  11.  Medical  and  surgical  instruments  and  apparatus;  juror,  Sir  J. 
F.  OllifFe,  M.D.  Class  12.  Mathematical  instruments  and  apparatus  for 
teaching  science;  juror,  Mr.  C.  Brooke,  M.A.,  F.R.S. ;  associate  juror, 
Lieut.  Col.  Strange,  F.R.S.,  F.R.A.S.  Class  24.  Apparatus  and  pro- 
cesses for  heating  and  lighting;  juror,  Prof.  J.  Tyndall,  LL.D  ,  F.R.S.  ; 
associate  juror,  Rear  Admiral  Ryder,  C.B.,  R.N.  Class  25.  Perfumery; 
juror,  Dr.  W.  Odling.  Class  36,  Jewelry  and  precious  stones;  juror, 
Earl  Dudley;  associate  juror,  Mr.  N.  H.  M.  S.  Maskelyne.  Class  40 
Mining  and  metallurgy;  juror,  Mr.  S.  H.  Blackwell ;  associate  juror, 
