RESTORATIVE POWDER FOR THE TEETH. Acids of every denomination are unfriendly to the teeth; and by frequent use will destroy the enamel; the following mixture not only whitens, but tends to preserve them. Take Peruvian bark, 2 oz. charcoal, half an oz. Armenian bole, 1 oz. mix them altogether in a mortar. If the teeth are washed, take a piece of wood like a butcher’s skewer, made soft at the end, cover it with linen, dip it them in the above ponder, and apply it to the decayed part. A COSMETIC TO PRODUCE A FAIR NECK AND BOSOM. Equal parts of camomile water and white wine, as warm as can be borne, this for a few weeks will make a considerable change in the akin. OFFENSIVE BREATH. A constant attendant upon the scurvy of the gums, and putrefied matter lodged in the hollow teeth; the following gargle stands in high esteem. Take 2 oz. of cinnamon, 6 drams of cloves, 6 oz. of Florentine orris root, nutmeg and mace: bruise them and macerate them in a quart of spirits of wine or French brandy, during 48 hours; when used, let it be diluted with water. Or, chew at night a small piece of gum myrrh; or chew night and morning a clove, or a piece of orris root, about the size of a bean; or rub the teeth with a piece of rag dipped in the spirits of vinegar. TO SWEETEN MEAT, FISH, &c. THAT IS TAINTED. When meat, fish, &c., from intense heat, or long keeping, are likely to pass into a state of corruption, a simple and pure mode of keeping them sound and healthful is by putting a few pieces of charcoal, each about the size of an egg, into a pot or saucepan wherein the meat or fish is to be boiled. Among others, an experiment of this kind was tried on a turbot, which appeared to be too far gone to be eatable; the cook, as advised, put four pieces of charcoal under the strainer of the fish kettle; after boiling the proper time, the turbot came to the table sweet and firm. USEFUL RECEIPTS. OF THE SKIN. DEFORMITIES as of the skin are generally the consequences of a distempered blood thrown upon it. Promoting the ordinary discharges, and rectifying the skin by proper washes, is the only way to get rid of such disorders. When, therefore, any lotion is employed on the skin, the person must always take care that some other emunctuary may be in readiness, to discharge what to lessened by the application of the external medicine. Diuretics are allowed by all to be the best auxiliaries to cosmetics, and it is hardly safe to use one without the other. We will first notice OF PIMPLES. This deformity consists in a redness of the face, attended with inflammatory pustules, the causes of which are commonly attributed to an acrid, thick blood, that swells and corrodes the small vessels; to clear which, the mass of blood must be sweetened and diluted with proper medicines.