ZINC OINTMENT is made by rubbing well together one ounce of oxide of zinc, and six ounces of hog’s lard. This ointment is useful for chilblains; it is also commonly used for dressing the sores remaining after scalds and burns, to absorb the great discharge which generally follows; and it is a very good application to cracked skin, from which a watery fluid oozes and irritates the neighbouring skin. FOR THE CURE OF CHILBLAINS.—Put the hands and feet once a week into hot water, in which two or three handfuls of common salt have been thrown; this is a certain cure.—Z. METHOD OF PREVENTING COLD FEET AT BED-TIME.—Draw off your stockings just before undressing, and rub your ankles and feet well with your hand, as hard as you can bear the pressure, for five or ten minutes, and you will never have to complain of cold feet in bed. It is hardly conceivable what a pleasurable glow this diffuses. Frequent washing of the feet, and rubbing them thoroughly dry with a linen cloth or flannel, is very useful.—J. R., _Warwick_. CURE OF CORNS.—Place the feet for half an hour, two or three nights successively, in a pretty strong solution of common soda. The alkali dissolves the indurated cuticle, and the corn falls out spontaneously, leaving a small excavation, which soon fills up.—E. J.—[Certain.] ANOTHER.—Soak some young ivy leaves in vinegar for a few hours; then tie one of the leaves on the corn with a piece of thread. It should be changed each night and morning, and in a few days the corn can be taken out without any pain. Six friends have tried this with great success. After the corn has been taken out, the leaves should be continued for a day or two, in order to remove any little hardness that may remain. ANOTHER.—Cut a piece of the soap cerate plaster, spread on calico, of the size required, and apply to the corn.—One application has cured mine.—E. C., _Bridlington Quay_. TO REMOVE CORNS.—Get four ounces of white diachylon plaster, four ounces of shoemaker’s wax, and sixty drops of muriatic acid or spirits of salt. Boil them for a few minutes in an earthen pipkin, and when cold, roll the mass between the hands and apply a little on a piece of white leather. A CERTAIN CURE FOR SOFT CORNS.—Dip a piece of soft linen rag in turpentine, and wrap it round the toe on which the soft corn is, night and morning; in a few days the corn will disappear; but the relief is instantaneous. I have tried this with the greatest success.—S. H., _Hull_.