1857 MAY. :I5 Remarkable days- 1 St. Philip and . James. Prince Arthur Patrick hd. Crystal Palace opened '51. 2 Pleasant weather. 3 3d Sunday aftek Easter Ja ¬ maica discovered, 1494. 4 Siege of Quebec raised, 1776. 5 Occasional showers 6 of warm rain. 10 4th Sunday after Easter. 11 Sons of Temperance orga¬ nized in P.E.I. , 1848. 12 Clears up 16 Foundation stone of Col. Building laid, 1843. 17 Rogation Sunday. 20 Eapcct rain 21 Ascension day. Riot at Montreal, 1832. 24 Sunday after Ascension . Queen Victoria bd., 1819 25 Princess Helena 's birth day, 1846. !28 Eire at Quebec . "29 Restoration Charles II . 31 Dr. Chalmers died, 1847. Flavoring Matters .—One of the most remarkable and in- terestiog achievements of mo dern chemistry has been the preparation of certain liquids possessing the flavors of vari¬ ous fruits. So close indeed is the resemblance that we are almost warranted in supposing the flavor of the fruits to be actually caused by the presence of a trace of the above liquids. Several of these articles are employed in confectionery, and are manufactured on a tolera¬ bly largo scale. The acetate of amyhc osyd.when dissolved in six times its bulk of alcohol, emits a powerful and agreea¬ ble odor of pears, and is used in flavoring pear drops. The valerate of amyle, dissolved in 7.mim^:j^m^mi'^^^vw^!ffr^^-rr^~rm alcohol, gives the scent and flavour of apples. Butyric- ether communicates the flavor of the pineapple, and is used in the preparation of various beverages.—Various other com¬ pounds of the so-called fatty, acids, with the oxyd of amyle and ethyle, possess very pleas¬ ing odors. - To Cook Old Potatoes.— Pare the potatoes and put them to soak in cold water four hours, then drop into the water which should be boiling; a lit¬ tle salt added to the water im¬ proves them. Take them from the fire the moment they are done ; pour off all the water and let them stand uncovered in the kettle over the fire till the water evaporates from the surface, and they are ready ior the table. Resuscitation of Drowned'- Persons.— Dr. Marshall •Hall, an eminent physician of Lon ¬ don, gives instructions for the resuscitation of persons appa¬ rently drowned, at varience with the methods now in use. He says:—There is one great impediment to the restoration of the function of respiration, which is the falling back of the tongue across the top of the glottis, or entrance into the windpipe. In order to remove this, the patient is to be placed upon his face and breast, and the body is to be turned slowly on to one side, and then re¬ turned slowly to its former position., This motion, whose effect is to cause a considerable amount of air in the lungs to be expelled and re-inspired, is to be kept up until breathing is restored, or all hopes of re¬ suscitation from this source are abandoned.