The Oldest Known

A l'i-onch medical paper prints what is believed to be tbe oldest known medical recipe. It is a tonic for tbe hair, and its date is 4000 B. C. It was prepared for an Egyptian qneen and reqnired dogs' paws and asses' hoofs to be bolled ■witli date in oil. Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, Icad, mercury, sulphur, carbon, antimony, bismnth and zinc were the only minerals known at the time of the discovwy of America. The ancients, according to Pliny, made a very excellent sympathetio ink, nsing new milk as the basis.