lso said to be an effectual cure. If a wasp or bee has
been incautiously swallowed in a glass of liquor, take a spoonful of
common salt, or repeated doses of salt and water. This will immediately
kill the insect, and prevent the injurious effects of the sting. To
remove the disagreeable itching which arises from the sting of gnats,
wash the part directly with cold water; or at night, rub on fuller's
earth mixed with water.

STOCK. To make a clear brown stock, for gravy or gravy soup, put into a
stewpan with two quarts of water, a pound of lean beef, a pound of the
lean of a gammon of bacon, all sliced. Add two or three scraped carrots,
two onions, two turnips, and two heads of sliced celery. Stew the meat
quite tender, but do not let it brown. When thus prepared, it will serve
either for soup, or brown or white gravy. If for brown, put in some soup
colouring, and boil it a few minutes.

STOCK-FISH. Put it into water, and let it remain there two days,
shifting the water often; then take it out, and clean the skin and inner
part with a hard brush, and hang it up for one night in the air. In the
morning put it again into water, and let it remain till the next
morning, shifting the water often; take it out, and hang it up for
another day, when it will be fit for dressing. Roll up the fish round,
and tie it close with a tape; put it into a fish-kettle, the water of
which simmers when you put it on: let it remain simmering for three
quarters of an hour, then let it boil for five minutes, and the fish is
enough.

STOMACHIC TINCTURE. In low nervous affections arising from a languid
circulation, and when the stomach is in a state of debility, the
following tincture will be found to be strengthening and beneficial. An
ounce and a half of peruvian bark bruised, and an ounce of orange peel,
steeped in a pint of the best brandy, for ten days. Shake the bottle
every day, then let it settle for two days, and decant off the clear
liquor. Take a tea-spoonful of the tincture in a wine glass of water,
twice a day, when the stomach feels empty and uneasy, an hour before
dinner, and also in the evening. This agreeable aromatic tonic will
procure an appetite, and aid digestion. Tea made with dried Seville
orange peel, in the same way as common tea, and drunk with milk and
sugar, has been taken by nervous persons with great benefit. Sucking a
bit of dried orange peel about an hour before dinner, when the stomach
is empty, is very gra