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spoonful of tincture of myrrh, and one tablespoonful of spirits of camphor. Bottle the mixture for use. One wineglass of the solution, added to half a pint of tepid water, is sufficient for each application. This solution, applied daily, preserves and beautifies the teeth, extirpates tartarous adhesion, produces a pearl-like whiteness, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action to the gums. Baked Apple and Almond Pudding.-A quarter of a pound of sweet almonds and a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar; pound all well together, then add the well-beaten yolks of six eggs. Grate the peel of one lemon, add the juice of it and one table-spoonful of flour. Mix well all together; whip the whites of the six eggs to a stiff froth, and mix them with the other ingredients before baking. Pour the whole upon a thick layer of stewed apples already prepared in a baking tin, and bake in a moderate oven until brown.

The Queen of Puddings.-One pint of nice fine bread crumbs to one quart of milk, one cup of sugar, the yolks of four eggs beaten, the grated rind of a lemon, a piece of butter the size of an egg. Bake until done, but not watery. Whip the whites of the eggs stiff, and beat in a teacupful of sugar, in which has been stirred the juice of the lemon. Spread over the pudding a layer of jelly, or any sweetmeats you prefer. Pour the whites of the eggs over this, and replace in the oven and bake lightly. To be eaten with cream. Is second only to ice cream.

Apple Marmalade.-Peel and core two pounds subacid apples, and put them in an enamelled saucepan with one pint of sweet cider, or half a pint of pure wine, and one pound of crushed sugar, and cook them by a gentle heat three hours or longer, until the fruit is very soft, and then squeeze it, first through a collander and then through a sieve. If not sufficiently sweet, add powdered sugar to suit your taste, and put away in jars made air-tight with a piece of wet bladder. It is delicious when with cream or milk.

Cement for Attaching Metal to Glass or Porcelain.-Take two ounces of a thick solution of glue, and mix with one ounce of linseed-oil varnish, or three quarters of an ounce of Venice turpentine. Boil together, agitating until the mixture becomes as intimate as possible. The pieces cemented should be fastened together for the space of fifty or or sixty hours.

To Imitate Ground Glass.-Dab the glass over with a lump of glaziers' putty, carefully and uniformly, until the surface is equally covered. This is an excellent imitation of ground glass, and is not disturbed by rain or damp air. This is very useful for kitchen windows, for offices, glass doors, &c.

To Remove Ink Stains.-Procure a two ounce phial, put into it a pennyworth of oxallic acid, and fill it up with warm water;

place on the stain a piece of white linen rag; shake the above solution, and then pour a few drops of it on the linen rag stretched on the stain. When the stain disappears, wash in clean water. Remember that oxalic acid is poison.

To Take out Mildew.-Mix soft soap with starch, powdered, half as much salt, and the juice of a lemon; lay it on the part on both sides with a painter's brush. Let it lie on the grass day and night till the stain comes out.

Scouring Drops, for Taking Grease Spots from Cloths, &c.-Spirits of turpentine, one ounce, scented with a few drops of essence of lemon.

To Clean Canary Birds.-These pretty things are, like meaner objects, often covered with vermin, and may be effectually relieved of them by placing a clean white cloth over their cage at night. In the morning it will be covered with small red spots, so small as hardly to be seen, except by the aid of a glass; these are the vermin, a source of great annoyance to the birds.

Musk Soap.-Take four ounces of dried root of mallows in fine powder, four ounces of rice powder, two ounces of oil of tartar, two ounces of oil of sweet almonds, six ounces of Florentine iris root, and one drachm of essence of musk. Blend the whole thoroughly, and make it up into stiff paste with orange flower water, then mould it into round balls or cakes.

Oatmeal Paste for Chapped Hands.-Take fresh lard, four ounces; honey, six ounces; oatmeal, six or eight ounces; three yokes of eggs; gum arabic, in powder, one ounce. Mix the honey and the gum first, then the eggs, next the lard, gradually incorporating it in small portions; finally add the oatmeal, to make the whole into a paste. With this preparation the skin may be washed precisely in the same way as with soap. Being entirely free from alkali, which all soap contains, it leaves the skin exceedingly soft and supple after its use, and tends to heal chapped hands by its mild, detersive qualities. In this respect it is superior to the famous Amadine.

To Take the Stains of Dye from the Hands.—Take a small quantity of oil of vitriol, and pour it into some cold water in a washhand basin, and wash your hands in it without soap. The dye will then come off. You may afterwards cleanse them completely in hot soap and water, taking care that all the acid is washed off before the soap is applied. If the vitriol water is not made very strong it will not injure the most delicate hands, nor leave any red, coarse appearance.

Chicken and Ham Patties.-Skin and mince very fine the white fleshy parts of cold chicken, and about half the same quantity of lean ham, or well flavoured tongue. Get some good gravy, seasoned with lemon-peel, a little grated nutmeg, white pepper, salt,

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and a little cayenne, with a lump of butter rolled in flour; and stir the mince in it till quite hot, then fill up your patties. and ham patties may be made the same way.

Eel Pie.-Skin and clean your eels, cut them in pieces, laying aside the heads and tails. Season them with pepper and salt, and lay them in your dish with about half a tumbler of water; cover it with paste, and bake it about an hour. Some add a tablespoonful of lemon-juice, but it is not essential.

New Remedy for Headaches.-A doctor in Paris has just published a work describing a new remedy for headaches. He uses a mixture of ice and salt, in proportion of one to one half, as a cold mixture, and this he applies, by means of a little purse of silk gauze, with a rim of gutta percha to limited spots on the head, when rheumatic headaches are felt. It is said to give instantaneous relief. The skin is subjected to this process from half a minute to one and a half minutes, and is rendered hard and white by the application.

To Clean Gold Lace.-Take three quarters of an ounce of curd soap, and a piece of soda, the size of a small hazel nut; gently boil these in a pint of water, till the soap is all dissolved; wash the lace clean in this, and rince it well in clean water; then take two teaspoonfuls of turmeric, and one pint of water; let them simmer together over the fire for a quarter of an hour; then put the cleaned lace into it, and let it barely simmer for ten minutes longer; after this, take out the lace, rince it with cold water, shake it out, lay it beneath two or three folds of brown paper, and iron it between the paper with a warm iron. There is no method of preserving gold lace from tarnishing; for the small quantity of sulpher that is retained by the silver used in the manufacture of gold lace will, in the course of time, cause the gilt to become discoloured.

Oyster Ketchup.-Procure some fine fresh oysters, open sufficient to fill a pint measure; save the liquor, and scald the oysters in it, with a pint of good cider or pale ale. Strain the oysters, and put them into a mortar with three ounces of salt, a drachm of cayenne pepper, and two drachms of pounded mace. Pound the

whole until reduced to a pulp, and then add it to the liquor in which they were scalded; boil it again five minutes, and skim it. Rub the whole carefully through a sieve; bottle and cork close when cold.

To cure Neuralgia.-Put half a drachm of sal ammonia in an ounce of camphor. Take a teaspoonful at a dose, and repeat the dose several times, at intervals of five minutes, if the pain be not relieved at once. Half a dozen different persons have tried the recipe, and in every case an immediate cure was effected.

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THE THIRTIETH AND THIRTY-FIRST OF THE REIGN OF HER

MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA;

AND THE THIRTY-THIRD OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ALMANACK.

By Mr. J. D. SOLITT,

HEAD MASTER OF THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The Tables for the Sun and Moon, &c., are calculated expressly for THIS ALMANACK, and for the Latitude and Meridian of Hull, and are therefore suited to all the surrounding Counties.

Hull:

WILLIAM ADAMS, 23, MARKET-PLACE;

LONDON: KENT & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW,

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

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1867.

JANUARY XXXI Days.

New Moon, 6th day, 9h. 38m. morning.
First Quarter, 13th day, 8h. 47m. morning.
Full Moon, 20th day, 8h. 55m. morning.
Last Quarter, 28th day, 7h. 46m. morning.

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THE WEATHER. January comes in with moderate weather for this generally cold month, but the wind will be variable producing sudden changes in the temperature yet never getting very severe. tity of moisture in the atmosphere but no great downfal will take place. It wil There will be a tolerable quanb rather stormy about the tenth day, but not of very long continuance. High tides at the full moon of this month.

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