Persons, of defective sight ? when threading a needle, should hold it over something white-, by which the sight will be assisted. The true physiological way of treat ing burns and scalds is at c«ce to ex clude the air with cotton batting, flour,, scraped potato, or anything that is handiest. For a violent internal agony termed colic, take a teaspoonful of salt, in a. pint of water ; drink it and go to bed. It is one of the speediest remedies known. The same will revive a per son who seems almost dead from* a heavy fall. The Sand-Bag. — One of the- most convenient articles to 'be used in the sick-room is a sand-bag. Get some clean fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove ; make a bag, about eight inches square, of flannel, fill it v/ith the dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and ewer the bagp with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also allow of the bag being heated quickly by placing it in the oven or even on the top of the stove. After* once using it, the possessor will never again attempt .to warm the hands or feefc of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or- a brick. The sand holds, the heat a long time, and; the bag can be tucked up to the back with out hurting the invalid. It is- a good? plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. Cure For Drunkenness. — There is a famous prescription in use in England for the cure of drim-k-enness, by which thousands are said to have been as sisted in recovering themselves. The prescription came into notoriety through the efforts of John Vine Hall, com-, m ander of the Great Eastern steamship.. He had fallen into such habitual* drunkenness that his most earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved un vailing. At length he sought the advice of an eminent physician, who. gave him a prescription which he fol-. lowed for seven months. At the en<s of that time, he had lost all desire for liquor, although he had been, for many times led captive by a most debasing appetite. 