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INFORMAL
FOR EVE
Standard
Cyclopedia of Recipes
INCLUDING
Valuable Gauging Tables
THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS
More than One Thousand Choice Recipes for all kinds
of Cooking, Baking, Making Preserves, Creams, Per-
fumeries, Inks, Paints,Oils,Varnishes, Liniments,
Dyes, Ciders, Cordials, Spirits of all kinds,
Blacking, Cements, Extracts, Sealing
Wax, Whitewash,
AND TO SAVE MONEY.
" // is worth Us weight in gold. "
BY CHAS. W. BROWN.
Chicago
FREDERICK J. DRAKE & COMPANY
Publishers
Copyrighted 1901,
FBE HENNEBERRY CoMP4NV.
PREFACE
The intrinsic wortn of a good book of recipes can
scarcely be expressed in dollars and cents. Think
of the innumerable number of ailments and possible
hurts that can be cured without the assistance of a
doctor, just by the quick application of some home
remedy ! How necessary, then, it is to know how
to make these household remedies that are neither
expensive nor difficult !
Though this work is not primarily a stock or fam-
ily doctor book, but a book of choice Recipes, still,
this feature of the work cannot be under-estimated.
Of the thousand or more recipes here given, fully
one-half would be used within a year by almost
every family. While all may not have use for the
recipes in making liquors, or those applicable to the
diseases of the horse, of cattle, or sheep, etc., yet
there are few families who would not avail them-
selves of recipes for making blacking, cements,
extracts, inks, perfumery, sealing wax, syrups, var-
nishes, vinegars, etc., or cures for burns, cancers,
chilblains, colds, consumption, corns, croup, diar-
rhrea, dropsy, felons, piles, rheumatism, and a hun-
dred other ills to which the body is subject.
iii
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Iv PREFACE
The remedies are all easily compounded, inex-
pensive, and at the same time have invariably
proven effective even in very severe cases. The
recipes for making simple household articles are the
same as those used by large manufacturers and are
therefore practical.
The tables on Gauging are also exceedingly valu-
able to merchants, farmers and to families who may
wish to ascertain the contents of casks, barrels,
hogsheads, cisterns, etc., without resorting to the
tedious method of computation or actually filling the
objects with water, using a bucket or can of known
dimensions.
Altogether, this is one of the most valuable books
ever issued, and should be in the possession of every
person or family. C. W. B.
CONTENTS.
Angostura Bitters, how to make 614
Ants, how to destroy 602
Army Worms, how to destroy 605
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, how to make 899
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, how to make 769, 902
Barbers' Sea-Foam, how to make 907
Barometer, how to construct 939
Battery, Galvanic, to construct, for gilding and
silver plating 488
Bed Bugs, how to destroy 628
Bedbug Poison 536
Beef, Iron and Wine, how to make 609, 949
Beef Tea, how to make 608
Beer, Root, how to make 610
Bells, Cracked, how to repair 928
Bells, signals on steamers. . 927
Beverages, Cider without Apples, how to make 974
Cottage Beer, how to make 86, 975
Cream Beer, how to make 92
Gas Beer, how to make 91
Ginger Beer, how to make 88
Ginger Imperial, how to make 89
Ginger Pleasant, how to make 94
Ginger Pop, how to make 96
Ginger Powder, how to make 95
Mead 93
Mead, Sassafras 98
Pineapple-ade 99
v
Vi CONTENTS.
Beverages Continued.
Silver top 97
Spruce Beer 87
Spruce White 9
Bird's Food, how to make 611, 612, 726
Bitters, Stoughton, how to make 915
Blackboards, how to make slating 734
Blacking, Harness, etc., how to make 560
Japan, for leather 589
Jet, for harness and boots 590
Liquid, how to make 247, 248, 50, 251
Bladders, how to prepare 621
Bluing, how to make 622
Boker's Bitters, how to make 615
Bone Meal, how to make 624
Bottles, how to clean 647
Brandy, Blackberry, how to make 311, 316
Bordeaux, to imitate 303
Cherry, how to make 304, 312, 314
Cognac 293, 294, 295, 296, 301
Common, how to make 305
Domestic, how to make 306
French, how to imitate. . . .297, 298, 307, 308, 309
Ginger, how to make 319
Lavender, how to make 318
Peach, how to make 310
Raspberry, how to make 313
Rochelle, how to imitate, No. i 300, 302, 317
Rose, how to make 315
Brass, Polish for 72
Bricks, how to redden 795
Brooms, how to preserve 1000
Brown's Bronchial Troches, how to make. .946, 903
Brushes, how to soften 629
CONTENTS. Vll
Bugs, how to exterminate 627
Burning-Fluid, how to make 540
Burnt Cork, how to make ........: 764
Butter, Bad, to improve 512
Rancid, to cure 511
To cure, that it will keep for years 513
Butter, how to preserve 631
Butter, how to sweeten 633
Buttons, how manufactured 1002
Cabbage Worms, how to destroy 632
Cakes and Pies, Bread-cheese, how to bake .... 126
Biscuits, how to bake '. 109
Buns, how to bake 133
Cider, how to bake in
Cream, how to bake 130
Cup, how to bake 113
Custard, without eggs 116
Frosting, how to 101
Ginger, how to bake 114
Green Corn Omelet 522
Lemon, how to bake 102, 129
Lemon Pies, how to bake no
Lemon, white, how to bake 105
Mock mince pies 108
Muffins 131
Pound cake, plain, how to bake 127
Queen cake, how to bake 103
Rice Cake, how to bake . 128
Rusks, how to bake . . . . ; 107, 132
Sponge Cake, how to bake 104
Strasbourg Cake, how to bake 106
Sugar Cake, how to bake 112
Candy, Hoarhound, how to make . . . . 940
Carbolic Acid, perfumed 639
Viii CONTENTS.
Carpets, how to clean 648
Caterpillars, how to destroy 641
Cement, Diamond, how to make 979
Crockery 508
Fire, how to make 916
Gasfitters' how to make 919
Glass, how to make 980
Hard, for seams 509
Hydraulic, how to make 923
Imitation for Stone, how to make 978
Liquid 507
Plumbers', how to make 918
Transparent for glass , 981
Transparent, for glass, how to makt^. . .913, 981
Water and fire proof 510
Which will get as hard as stone 506
Centaur Liniment, how to make 942
Champoo, Clifford's how to make 905
Cheese, how to color. . 642
Cherry Cordial, how to make 644
Cherry, Wild, essence of, how to make. . . .617, 678
Cider, General Rules to make 266
How to make 262
How to manage 263
Observations on 265
Raisin, how to make 264
Rule for making good 267
To keep good 269
To keep good for years 268
Cisterns, capacity of 646
Cockroaches, how to destroy 665
Cod Liver Oil Mixture 666
Coffee Extract, how to make 603
Complexion, Oily, how to cure 065
CONTENTS. IX
Cordials, Aniseed ' 253
Cinnamon 256
Citron 254
Cloves 258
Orange 257
Peppermint 255, 251
Rose 260
Spirits, for beverage, to manufacture 252
Strawberry 259
Corsets, how to clean 971
Cow-Diseases, Cure for distemper in cattle .... 465
Flesh-wounds in cattle, tincture for 559
Frenzy, or inflammation of the brain 482
Garget in cows 447
Hoven in cattle, Mr. Gowen's simple remedy 432^-
Hoven or blown in cattle, cure for 479
Method to cure the frenzy 483
Paunching 484
Pleura Pneumonia in Cattle, cure for 556
Purging drink 480
Red-water in cattle, to cure 468
Scouring 558
Scouring, in cattle, to cure 469, 891
Swelled bags, how to cure 892
Swelled cattle with green food, cure for 470
Tar- water for cattle 466
Worms or bots in cattle or horses 557
Yellows or jaundice in cattle, cure for 481
Cranberries, how to keep 993
Dates and Inscriptions on Coins, how to decipher 999
Davis' Pain Killer, how to make 898
Digging Earth 934
Diseases in Human Beings, cures for
Asthma, how to cure 606
X CONTENTS.
Diseases in Human Beings Continued.
Balsam-de-Malda, how to make 6
Balsam Locatellis, how to make 35
Bitters, German, how to make 36
Blood-spitting, cure for 553
Boils, how to cure 623
Bruises, how to cure 625
Bunions, how to cure 630
Burning and Scalding, cure for 15
Burns and Scalds, cure for 19, 20, 638
Burns, liniment for 34
Cancer, cure for 69, 70, 71, 958
Catarrh Cure 640
Cerate, simple, how to make 30
Chilblain, frost-bitten, cure for 14, 643
Cholera, how to cure 601, 645
Colds, cure for 75
. Consumption, cure for 59
Corns, certain cure for 9, 535, 668
Cough, cure for 45
Cough-drops 4I? 550
Cough-drops, Dr. Monroe's 43
Cough-Mixture 42, 669, 670
Cough-syrup 545> 9IO
Cramp in the stomach, cure for 40
Croup, cure for 66, 671
Diarrhoea, cure for 64, 672
Diphtheria, how to cure 895, 957
Dropsy, cure for 5 1, 959
Dysentery, cure for, No. i 68, 527
Dysentery, No. 2 526
Dysentery and bloody flux 528
Dyspepsia, cure for 44
Earache, how to cure 674
CONTENTS. XI
Diseases in Human Beings Continued.
Epilepsy, cure for 580
Erysipelas, cure for 596
Eye-water, how to make 55
Eye-water or Collyrium 56
Eye- water or Vitriolic Collyrium 57
Felon, certain cure for 67
Giddiness, cure for 31
Godfrey's Cordial, how to make 32
Granulated Eyelids 679
Gravel, Turkish cure 525
Headache, bilious or sick, cure for 587
Hooping-cough, Dr. Barton's remedy 571
Lip-salve 85
Life Tincture (a German medicine) 33
Liniment 26, 908
Liver-complaint, cure for 58
Lockjaw, cure for 495
Mad dog bite, Dr. Stoy's cure i
Mortification powders, Dr. Stoy's 3
Mother-drops, Dr. Stoy's 4
Mother-drops, simple 5
Nails on toes, ingrowing 76
Neuralgia, how to cure 894
Nipples, sore, ointment for 531
No. 6 Medicine, how to make 7
Ointment to draw splinter out of the flesh. . . 47
Paregoric, how to make 61, 909
Peppermint-essence, how to make 8
Piles, cure for
12, 28, 29, 498, 530, 532, 549, 567, 956
Purifying the blood 60
Quinsy, cure for : 552
Rheumatic Gout, cure for 497, 529
lit CONTENTS.
Diseases of Human Beings Continued.
Rheumatism, cure for 52, 53, 73, 496
Rheumatism, inflammatory, remedy for 534
Rheumatism, liniment 561
Rheumatism, simple cure 562
Salt, medical use of 65
Salt Rheum or Scurvy, cure for 544
Scabby heads on children, cure for 16
Scarlet Fever, cure for 62
Sleeplessness, how to make a tea for 17
Smallpox, cure for 63, 533, 911
Spasms, how to cure 900
Summer-complaint, Blackberry Syrup for. . . 39
Summer-complaint, cure for 37
Sun-stroke, cure for 551
Swelling from bruises, to prevent 27
Swinney, cure for 24, 25
Tapeworm, how to expel 807
Tetter, cure for 21, 22, 955
Tetter, Ringworm, Swinney, and Rheumatism 23
Tooth-ache drops 546
Toothache-preventive 600
Vermifuge, Hamilton's celebrated 54
White Swelling, cure for 74
Whitlow 554
Worms 2, 897
Drawing, how to trace 673
Dyeing, Aluming 160
Black, inclining to brown, on wool and silk. . 186
Black, inclining to purple, on wool and silk. . 185
Black jet, on woollen 187
Black, on cotton 208
Black, on leather 222
Black, on silk 167
CONTENTS. Xlll
Dyeing Continued.
Blue-black, on silk 168
Blue, on leather 221
Blue, on silk 1 66
Blue, on straw 216
Blue, Prussian, on woollen 188
Blue vat, for silk and woollen 214
Brown, inclining to snuff 184
Brown, on cotton 204
Brown, on silk 163
Brown, on silk dress 175
Brown, on the red cast 182
Brown, on woollen cloth, or cloth of any
description 181
Buff, on cotton 201
Crimson, on silk 179
Dove, on silk 177
Drab, on cotton 205
Drab, on silk 176
Drab, on wool 191
Dye-liquors, preparing 161
Fancy dyeing, on cotton, various shades 198
Flesh, on silk 180
General remarks 159
Gloss on silk 201
Gloss on silk, a fine 209
Gray, on silk .. 171
Green, on cotton 200
Green, on silk 164
Green, on wool 189
Indigo, Sulphate, how to make 165
Indigo, vat for cotton, how to set 213
Lilac, on wool 190
Maroon, on silk 169
X vi CONTENTS.
Green's August Flower, how to make 951
Grindstones, Artificial, hew to make 700
Gun Cotton, how to make 7 01
Gunpowder, how to make 702, 849
Hams, how to cure 73
Hams, to cure, without pickle 519
Hands, how to soften 966
Hands, how to whiten 607, 778, 779
Harness Oil, how to make 704
Harter's Iron Tonic, how to make 952
Hats, how to stiffen 705
Hides, how to tan 984
Horse-Diseases, Abscess, cure for 361
Adhesive Plaster, and sewing- 354
Alterative Balls, for surfeit, mange, etc 435
Anbury, or wart 362
Anodyne medicine 449
Appetite, loss of 364
Astringent balls, for profuse staling 436
Astringent drink, after looseness 427
Bandage 355
Big Leg, how to cure 878
Bladder, Inflamed 365
Bleeding in general 420
Bleeding, to stop 353
Bleeding, to stop, a paste for 461
Blood-Spavin 366
Blue water, for wounds, how to make 48
Bone-Spavin 368
Bots 369
Bowels, inflammation of 372
Broken knees 376
Broken wind 374
Burns and Scalds ." 377
CONTEXTS. Xvii
Horse Diseases Continued.
Canker 378
Canker in the mouth, mixture for 464
Canker, liniment for 379
Capped Hocks 380
Cold 381
Composition, for sand cracks 410
Condition Powders, Arabian 882
Convulsions 382, 443
Corns 384
Cough 383
Cough-drink, for horses 428
Cracked Heels 386
Curb 385
Diabetis ...... 389, 390
Distemper, how to cure 888
Drink, for an inflammatory fever 431
Drink, for worms 439
Drink, to check over-purging 426
Eyes 391
Eye-Water 392, 457
Farcy 394
Farcy, cure for 395
Fever-Balls 429
Film, or cataract 393
Food and Regimen 360
Foundered Feet 397
Fulness of blood . 421
Gravel, how to cure 876
Grease 396
Gripes 387
Gripes, cure for 444
Gripes, draught for 388, 445
Gripes, further treatment 446
xviii CONTENTS.
Horse Diseases Continued.
Gripes, white ball for 447
Heaves, how to cure ." 890
Hide-bound, remedy for 877
Hoof-bound 398, 886
Horse-Powder, how to make 13
Horse, how to make him drink freely 487
Inflammation of the lungs 458
Itch, how to cure 879
Lameness 453
Lampass 399
Laudanum draught 448
Laxative and diaphoretic powder 422
Laxity 400
Lungs, inflammation of 401
Mallenders 402
Mange 403, 455, 885
Merchant's Gargling Oil 882
Mercurial ball, for worms 438
Mexican Mustang Liniment 88 1
Molten Grease 404
Ointment 357, 367, 358, 884, 880
Paste-balls, for broken wind 375
Pectoral balls, for broken wind 434
Physic 424
Poll-Evil 405
Powerful mixture, for fever 430
Purgative Balls 425
Purging 423
Purging-balls, for jaundice 432
Purging-balls, for worms 440
Quitter 47 o
Rarey's Liniment 874
Restorative balls after jaundice 433
CONTENTS. XIX
Horse Diseases Continued.
Restorative, for profuse staling 437
Ringbone 408
Sallenders 412
Salve, how to make for wounds 49
Sand-crack 409
Scratched Heels, ointment for 462
Scratches, how to cure 887
Sitfasts 411
Sores and Bruises 356
Sore Backs, cure for 485
Sprains, bracing mixture for 460
Sprains, embrocation for 459
Sprains, etc., lotion for 486
Staggers 363, 442, 889
Stomach-drink after expulsion of the worms 441
Strains 413
Strains in different parts, an astringent em-
brocation for 463
Strangles 415
Strangury 414
Surfeit, or bad coat 451
Suppurating poultice 406
Thrush 416
Thrush in feet, cure for 454
Treatment 373
Treatment according to appearance of the
part 359
Urine-balls 452
Vives 417
When on a journey 450
Wind-gall 418
Worms 370
Worms, remedy for 371
XX CONTENTS.
Horse Diseases Continued.
Wounds 4i9
Wounds in cattle, farrier's cure 35 2
Wounds, ointment for 46
Horseradish, how to make and bottle .' 706
Hostetter's Bitters, how to make 616
Ice-Cream, how to make 134
Ice-House, capacity of 933
Ice, how to preserve 78
Ice, to test strength of 77
Iced Coffee, how to make 667
Ink for Printers, all colors 695
Ink Rollers, how to clean 759
Inks, black writing, how to make.. 136
Black writing, cheap 137
Blue writing 38, 143
Green writing, 570
Indelible, how to make 139
Japan black writing 135
Red writing 141 142
Insects, how to destroy 604, 709, 710
Iron, Cast, how to drill 926
Rust, how to remove 656
Rusting, how to prevent 922
Water, how to make 946
Kalsomine, how to make 712
Kickapoo Salve how to make 944
Lard Candles, how to make 505
Lard how to try... 713
Lavender Water, how to make 848
Lemons, how to keep .. 994
Lemon Water, how to make 847
Lemonade, how to make 714
CONTENTS. XXI
Lice, Chicken, how to destroy '. 716
How to kill on cattle , 715
Lime-Water, how to make 18
Lime water, how to make 717
Linen ,to restore scorched ; 657
Lip Salve, how to make 767, 768
Lumber, how to preserve 719
Malt Extract, how to make 720
Marble, how to clean 658
Matches, how to make 722
Matrices, Paper, how to make 723
Mayonnaise Dressing, how to make 724-
Metal, Fusible, how to make 983
Relative conducting power of 725
Mildew, how to take out of linen 577
Milk, how to preserve any length of time
"5, 5 68 , 973
Mortar, how to make 977
Mosquitoes, how to get rid of 728, 729
Mucilage, how to make 730
Mustiness in Casks, to remove 731
Paine's Celery Compound, how to make 950
Paint, Face, how to make 760, 761, 762, 763
Economical, how to make 735
To remove smell 736
Painters' Colors, how to make different shades.. 225
Colors used, different names for 226
Linseed-oil, how to boil, for painting 229
Linseed-oil, how to prepare" for boiling var-
nish 228
Oils, different kinds used in painting 227
Paint, outside, cheap 575
Pancreatin how to prepare 737
Xxii CONTENTS.
Paste, bookbinders', how to make 982
Artists' and Architects' how to make... 739
Adhesive 73 8
Bill Posting, how to make 740
Paper hangers' how to make 985
Razor, how to make 756
Patent Leather, how to prepare 840
Pencils, Faber's, how to make 743
For marking linen, how to make 741, 742
Perfumery, etc., Black Teeth, remedy for 83
Cologne 82, 541, 537, 852
Gums and Teeth, how to clean 84
Hair-Grease, or ox-marrow imitated 80
Hair-Oil : 77, 78, 79, 574
Hair-restorative 543, 906
Lotion for Freckles t 547
Otto of Roses, how to make 588
Pomade against baldness 564
Pomatum, ox-marrow 542
Preventing hair falling out 538
Soap, shaving, best invented 573
Soap, Shaving, how to make 572
Tooth-Powder, rose 81
Tooth-Powder 548
Pickle, to cure hams, pork and beef 517
T. B. Hamilton's receipt 518
Pierce, Dr., Golden Medical Discovery 744
Pimples, how to remove 964
Piso's Consumption Cure, how to make 948
Polish, French Leather 618
Russet Leather 619
Polishing Compound, how to make 746
Posts, to prevent from rotting 867
Potatoes, how to preserve 74 8
CONTENTS. XX111
Plasters, Belladona, how to make 947
Court, how to make 745
Poultice, Soap, how to make 784
Bran, how to make 750
Bread and Milk 749
Linseed Meal 718
Poultry Food, for hens 751
Powder, Sachet, how to make 753
Baking how to make 752
Preserves, etc, Barberries, how to make 123
Blackberry Jam 520
Cherries, how to preserve 124
Cucumber-Catsup, how to make 503
Currants, how to preserve 125
Fruit and Vegetables, how to preserve 501
Fruit, how to keep fresh 500
How to keep 117
Peaches, how to preserve 119
Plums, elegant green 118
Plums, magnum-bonum 120
Quinces, how to preserve 121
Raspberry-Jam 122
Tomato-Catsup, how to make, No. i 499
Tomato-Catsup, how to make, No. 2 502
Printers' Ink, how to make 138
Printing-ink, excellent. 597
Radway's Ready Relief, how to make 901
Rats, Poison, how to make 586
Razor-Strop Powder 578
Rectifying, raw whiskey, stand, how to put up. 270
Rice Water, how to make 851
Roofs, composition for, how to make 757
Rope, to preserve wire 866
Rubber Hose, how to repair 921
Xxiv CONTEXTS.
Rubber Stamp Pad, how to make 733
Rubber Stamps, how to make 932
Rum, Jamaica, how to imitate 283, 284, 292
New England, how to imitate 287, 288
St. Croix, how to imitate 289, 290
S. S. S. Fluid, how to make 986
Sails, mildew on 930
Salad Dressing, how to make 765
Salve, Russia, how to make 904
Salts, Smelling, how to make 766
Sapolio, how to make 787
Scalp, to cure tender 771,
Scouring Bricks, how to make 661
Sealing- Wax, red, how to make... 593, 854, 855, 856
Black, how to make 594, 595
Seidlitz Powder, how to make 754, 851
Shaving, prevent soreness from 773
Cream and how to make 772
Sheep, Foot-rot, cure for 473, 474, 475
Foot-rot, prevention and cure 476
Maggots in 478
Scab, cure for 477
Silks, how to restore luster 774
Silk, stained by corrosive or sharp liquors, how
to clean 59 8
How to clean 9 8 9
Silver, how to make mosaic 997
Silver, how to write in 599
Articles, how to clean S7 6
By heat 492
Copper, how to 563
Fnv.t Polish, how to .' 775
'' rman 58i, 582, 583, 584, 5 8 5
CONTENTS. XXV
Silver Continued.
How to write on 929
Plating fluid, galvanism simplified 489, 777
Silvering of metal 565
Solution, for plating copper, brass, etc 490
To whiten , 776
Skeletons, how to prepare 662
Soap, Antiseptic, how to make 780
Brown Windsor 792
Cocoanut Oil, how to make 781, 968
Glycerine, how to make 782
Laundry 783
Shaving, how to make 969
Soft, how to harden 788
Tar, how to make 789
Yellow Washing 794
White Windsor, how to make 970
Wool Washing 786, 793
Soda, for fountains, how to marke 806
Soldering, Iron or any other metal without fire.. 566
Spirits, Jamaica, how to imitate '. ^ 286
Pure, how to make 345
Pure, how to make by distillation 346
Stain, black, how to make 987
Stain, Brown, how to make 953
How to Remove 659, 660, 663
Starch, Potato, how to make 797
Laundry, how to make 796
Steel, Burnt, how to restore 925
How to weld 857,858, 859
Stings and Bites, remedies for 613
St. Jacob's Oil, how to make 945
Stoppers, glass, how to remove 798
xxv i CONTENTS.
Stove, how to polish... 8o1
How to mend cracks in 799
Polish, Rising Sun., 620
Streams, capacity of 935
Stumps, how to destroy 800, 893
Sugar of Milk, how to make 802
Syrup of Figs, how to make 805
Fruit, how to preserve 804
How to prepare 803
Syrup, simple, how to make 344
Swine, Cholera, how to cure with alum 569
Common diseases, how to cure 579
Measles, how to cure 47 1
Rupture in 47 2
Sugar-Coloring, how to boil 343
How to clarify io
Tea, Apple, how to make 808
Tea, Iced, how to make 976
Temper, knife blades, how to 817
Axes, how to 814
Cold Chisels 815
Gun Springs, how to 816
Tinctures, Allspice, how to make 323
Cardamon Seed 321
Catechu 291
Cinnamon 320
Cloves 326
Japonica 299
Kino 285
Red Sanders 325
Rhatany 322
Saffron 323
Tobacco, Plug, how to make 818
CONTENTS. XXV11
Tools, sharpen, how to 819
How to mark 721
Tooth Paste, how to make
790, 791, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813
Torpedoes, Toy, how to make 961
Vanilla Beans, how to pulverize 821
Varnishes, Furniture, how to make 989
Amber 236
Asphalt 822
Bessemer's 823
Black Coaches 824, 825, 826
Bookbinders' 988
Brunswick Black 827
Cabinet Makers' 828
Carriage 829
Common 830
Confectionery 831
Copal, gold color 232
Copal, how to boil 230, 231
Copal, to dissolve in fixed oil 235
Etching 833
Floors 834
For Boilers 920
Furniture 837
Glass 835
Grates, how to make for 990
Gun Stocks 836
Harness, how to make for 240
Iron and Steel, how to make for 524
Labels 838
Leather 839
Leather, how to boil 243
Leather, how to make for 241
Linseed-Oil 237
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Varnishes Continued.
Seed-lac "... 233
Sheet Iron 250
Shellac 23-4
Stove, how to make 991
Straw and Chip Hats 249
Turpentine 238
Violin, how to make 992
White, hard 239
Venice Turpentine, how to make 242
Verdigris, English, how to make 841
Vinegar, Cider, how to make 154
Common 146
Currant 151
Elderberry 156
Gooseberry 150
German 157
How to detect acid in 843
How to make 143^, 144, 145, 147
How to sharpen, or increase sharpness 158
How to strengthen 155
Primrose, how to make 152
Raisin 153
Raspberry 350, 842
Sugar 149
Wine , 148
Warner's Safe Cure, how to make 954
Warts, how to cure 844
Washing, occupying one hour 493
Another receipt 494
Washing Powder, how to make 664, 755, 785
Watches and Clocks, how to clean 649
Water- Proof, leather, how to make 245
Leather Preservative 246
CONTENTS. Xxx
Water-Proof Leather Continued.
Shoes and Boots, how to make 244
Umbrella, how to make 845
Weight of Earth Rock, how to ascertain 937
Weight of Live Cattle, how to determine 935
Weld Tortoise Shells, how to 820
Welding Powder, German, how to make 924
Whiskey, Apple, how to imitate 273
Bourbon, how to imitate 274
Irish, how to imitate 275
Monongahela, how to make 271, 272
Scotch, how to imitate 276
Wheat, how to imitate 272
Wood, how to petrify 996, 938
Whitewash, brilliant 555, 860
Wines, Apple, how to make 342
Blackberry'. 521
Bottling 338
British Champagne 351
Cider 340
Claret, how to imitate 333
Currant 339
Cypress 341
Fermentation, how to stop 682
Fining 337
Grape 862, 863
Howto Mellow : 865
Lisbon, how to imitate 331
Madeira, how to imitate 329, 330
. Malaga, how to imitate 332
Mead, how to make ! 864
Port, how to imitate 327, 328
Racking 336
Sherry, how to imitate 334
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Wines Continued.
Teneriffe, how to imitate 335
White, how to make 861
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, how to make 896
Wizard Oil, how to make Hamlin's 875, 943
Wood, how to make insulating 711
Worcestershire Sauce, how to make 770
Writing, how to make it look old 869
Writing, how to restore burned 868
Writing, how to revive 870
Yeast, distillers' and .brewers', how to make,
with hops 347
Beer, how to make, with 349
How to make another 348
How to preserve 871
Zinc, how to write on 873
STANDARD
CYCLOPEDIA OF RECIPES.
No.L
Doctor Stay's Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog.
TAKE 1 ounce of red chicken-weed, (gathered and
dried in the shade during the month of June,) put it
into 1 quart of strong (or brewers') beer, boil it down
to 1 pint. Strain the tea through a clean linen cloth,
then stir into the tea 1 ounce theriac so that it will
be well mixed. The theriac is not to be boiled.
Dose. For a man with a strong constitution, one
half-pint taken in the morning, sober, and the next
morning the other half-pint, also sober.
The patient ought to fast three hours after he has
taken the medicine ; then he can eat bread and but-
ter, or bread and molasses, for at least a week or ten
days ; he must not eat any pork, nor any fish or
water-fowls, and must not drink any water. He can
drink any kind of tea, and he must not get angry
or overheat himself for two weeks.
For a person of a weak constitution, make 3 doses
ont of the above-prepared quantity, and also tbi
children in proportion. 3 doses will be sufficient foi
a en re.
For animals, the medicine must be doubled ; and
'.ta food, water and wheat bran, to be given warm.
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No. 2.
Doctor Stay's Simple Cure for Worms.
Take $ pound fresh butter, unsalted.
2 ounces of garlic, cut fine.
Put the garlic into a pint of warm water, then
strain it into the butter ; put it on hot coals, and
mix it well through.
No. 3.
Doctor Stoy's Mortification-Powder, to prevent Loclgaw
Take pound gunpowder.
\ pound brimstone.
pound alum.
1 ounce charcoal.
Pulverize the above ingredients in a mortar, and
mix thoroughly.
Dose. For a strong constitution, take as much aa
will lie on a ten-cent piece, in a small teaspoonful of
strong vinegar.
N.B. The charcoal is only used in case of wound? ,
to dry them up.
No. 4,
Doctor Stoy's celebrated Mother-Drops
Take 1 ounce opium.
1 ounce castor.
1 ounce saffron.
1 ounce maple-seed.
1 quart Lisbon wine.
Mix all the above ingredients, and distil in tho
sun or a warm stove for three weeks.
Dose. For ftdnlta. from 20 to 30 drops, twice a
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day, and for children from 5 to 10 drops, twice a
day.
No. 5.
Simple Valuable Mother-Drops.
Take ounce ether.
J ounce laudanum.
ounce essence of peppermint.
Mix the above ingredients in a vial, and shake it
well, when it will be ready for use.
Dose. One teaspoonful, or 60 drops, for adults.
[f one dose does not allay the pains in half an hour,
take another. To children, give in proportion tc
their age.
No. 6.
How to make good Balsam-de-Malda.
Take 3 ounces powdered benzoin.
2 ounces balsam of Peru.
ounce hepatic aloes in powder.
1 quart rectified spirits of wine.
J'ut all the above ingredients into a bottle, ana
digest them in the sun or near a stove for a week or
two ; then strain the balsam. Or you may use it by
taking the clear from the top as you want.
Thid balsam, or rather tincture, is applied exter-
nally to heal recent wounds and bruises. It is like-
wise employed internally to remove coughs, asthmas,
and other complaints of the breast. It is said to ease
the colic, cleanse the kidneys, and to heal internal
i Jeers, &c.
Dose. For adults, from 20 to 60 drops ; for chil-
tlren in proportion.
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No. 7.
How to make No. 6. Thompson-uin Medicim.
Take 1 ounce Cayenne pepper.
| ounce cloves, bruised.
ounce Russian castor.
| ounce mace, bruised.
1 quart brandy.
Put all into a bottle, and distil in the sun or neai
a warm stove for two weeks, when it will be ready ,
you can strain it, if you think proper, or pour the
clear off as you use it.
Dose. One teaspoonful, in 1 gill or half teacup-
ful of warm water sweetened with sugar, for adults.
For children, mix more water, and give in propor-
tion.
No. 8.
To make good Essence of Peppermint.
Take 1 pint spirits of wine, (alcohol.)
\ ounce oil of mint
Mix and shake it well ; let it stand a day, and, if
not clear, filter it through paper. Add a little tur
meric, to colour.
No. 9.
A cure for Corns.
Take nightshade-berries ; boil them in hog's lard,
and anoint the corn with the salve. It will not lail tc
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No. 10.
To make a liquid to remove Grease-spots out of
Woollen Cloth.
Tike 1 quart spirits of wine, (alcohol.)
12 drops winter-green.
1 gill beef-gall.
6 cents' worth lavender.
And a little alkanet, to colour, if you wish. Mix.
No. 11.
Another, to clean Woollen Cloth.
Take equal parts spirits of hartshorn and etLoT,
Or ox-gall mixed with it makes it better.
No. 12.
A certain and simple cure for Piles.
Take 3 cigars ; rub them fine.
1 handful the inner bark of elder.
1 gill hog's lard.
Boil all the above ingredients together, and, after
it becomes cool, anoint the part a few times a day.
No. 13.
How to make Horse-Powder.
Take pound foenugreek-seed in powder
J pound flour of sulphur.
pound antimony, powdered.
pound cream of tartar.
J pound saltpetre, powdered.
Mix all the above ingredients thoroughly.
Dose. 1 tablespoonful three times a week, mixed
with their feed; and if the animal is sick, give every
day.
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No. 14.
A simple cure for Chilblain, (Frost-bitten.)
Take alum, and dissolve in warm water, and apply
it to the affected part.
No. 15.
A cure for Burning or Scalding.
Take sweet oil, mix into it pulverized red chelfc
and white lead. Then take a feather and anoint the
affected part. With children you must be careful
that they do not scratch at the sore, or else it will
leave a mark.
No. 16.
A cure for Scabby Heads on Children.
Take 1 pound pickled pork.
1 pound cabbage.
Boil the above the same as you would for eating;
then skim it off, and wash the head with the liquid.
No. 17.
How to make a Tea for a Sleepless person to Sleep.
Make a tea of Jerusalem oak, which grows in the
woods, and drink it, as you would any ether taa,
Before going to bed.
No. 18.
How to make Lime- Water.
Take J pound of unslaked lime; put it in an
earthen pot ; pour 2 or 3 quarts of pure water on it ;
cover the pot ; let it stand one day ; skim off' the
top, and take the clear water for use. To keep it
any length of tinm. put it in bottles and seal them.
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No. 19.
A cure for Burns and &c>:ilds. No. 1.
Mix in a bottle 3 ounces of olive-oil and 4 ounces
of lime-water. Apply the mixture to the part burnrd
five or six times a day, with a feather. Linseed-oi: i
equally as good.
No. 20.
Anolfier cure for Burns and Scalds. No. 2.
Spread clarified honey upon a linen rag, and apply
it to the burn immediately, and it will relieve the
pain instantly and heal the sore in a very short time.
No. 21.
A cure for Tetter. No. 1.
Take a? much mustard as will make into a salve
mixed with honey ; spread it on a rag, and lay it on
the sore for 24 hours. If the sore is not dead, make
new salve, and lay it on 3 or 4 hours longer.
Then take the inside of elder-bark and stew it in
lard ; put in beeswax enough to make a salve ; set
it by until it gets cold. This is to heal the sore.
Don't let the sore get wet.
Then take mullein and boil it in water, and wash
with after the wound is healed. This is to harden
the tender skin again.
No. 22.
Another cure for Tetter. No. 2.
Take one ounce of sulphuret of potash. Obtaip
it from a druggist. Put the sulphuret into a large
glass bottle, and pour on it a quart of oold water,
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(soft ;) stop it tightly, and leave it to dissolve. Care
must be taken to keep it closely corked. To use It,
pour a little into a cup, and, dipping in it a soft
sponge, bathe the eruption with it five or six times
a day. Persist, and in most cases it will soon effect
a cure. Should the tetter reappear in cold weather,
immediately apply the solution.
No. 23.
A never-failing Salve for the cure of Tetter, Ringworm^
Swinney, and Rheumatism.
Take 3 fresh eggs.
pound fresh butter, unsaited.
gill oil of spike.
gill oil of stone.
Take the eggs and break them in an earthen pot,
and whip them up with a pine- wood shovel; melt
the butter on coal ; don't let it boil ; then pour the
butter on the eggs ; stir them ; then mix it with the
oil of stone and spike; mix it well ; then it is ready
for use. Make it th third day after new moon, and
it must be the first time used. Rub the diseased
part with the salve at a warm stove, or in the sun in
summer.
For horses, take double portions to prepare the
salve.
For children of 12 years of age, take 2 eggs and
half the quantity of the other articles.
No. 24.
A cure for the Swinncy. No. 1-
Take 1 pint spirits of turpentine.
1 tablespoonful crenni of tartar, pulverized
1 large teaspoonful pulverized frankincense.
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Mix all the ingredients together in a bottle, and
let it stand in the sun four or five days, and shake
it well ; then ready. Take a feather ind grease the
iiseased part.
No. 25.
Another cure for the Swinney. No. 2.
Take 1 ounce oil of spike.
1 ounce oil of stone.
1 ounce oil of juniper.
Mix all the above oils together; take a feather
and anoint the diseased part.
No. 26.
A Liniment for Children's Sore Throat.
Mix two parts of sweet oil and one part of apirito
of hartshorn.
No. 27.
To prevent Swelling from Bruises.
Apply at once a cloth live or six folds in thickness,
dipped in cold water, and when it grows warm renew
the wetting.
No. 28.
A Liniment for Piles.
Take 2 ounces emollient ointment.
\ ounce laudanum.
Mix these ingredients with the yolk of an egg,
and work them well together, and then anoint the
diseased part or sore.
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No. 29.
Ointment for Piles. No. 1
Take 1 scruple powdered opium.
2 u^ruples flour of sulphur,
1 ounce simple cerate.
Keep the affected part well anointed ; b prudent
in your diet; don't eat too much; keep in pure air;
have abundance of exercise, &c.
With strict regard to these directions, the dreadfu*
complaint we have alluded to will depart and give
you no more affliction.
No. 30.
To make Simple Cerate.
Take 1 pound white wax.
4 pounds lard or mutton-suet.
Melt them with a gentle heat, and stir it well uutii
cool.
N.B. Yellow wax will answer the same purpose.
Wo. 31.
A cure for Giddiness.
Take 2 ounces Epsum salts.
1 ounce senna.
1 pint wine.
Distil in the sun or a warm stove a few dayc.
(Ready.)
Dose. Take as much as will physic you tho
roughly the first day, ?,ad after that take as much
as will physic you once a day: take it in the morn-
ing, sober. This cured a case of seven years' stand-
ing.
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No. 32.
To make Godfrey's Cordial.
Dissolve ounce opium and one drachm oil of
sassafras in two ounces spirits of wine, (alcohol.)
Now mix 4 pounds of molasses with 1 gallon of
boiling water ; when cold, mix the other ingredients
with it. (Ready.)
It will soothe the pains in children.
No. 33.
To make Life Tincture. (A German Medicine.}
Take 1 quart good whiskey.
9 drachms aloes.
1 drachm zedora-root, bruised.
1 drachm agaric, bruised.
1 drachm saffron.
1 drachm gentian-root, bruised.
1 drachm myrrh.
1 drachm nutmeg, bruised.
2 drachms rhubarb.
Distil in the sun or a warm stove a few days, then
't is fit for use.
Dose. For adults, 1 tea-spoonful (or 60 drops) in
sugar.
No. 34.
Liniment for Burns.
Take equal parts of Florence oil, or fresh-drawn
linseed-oil, and lime-water; shake them well to-
gether in a wide-mouthed bottle so as to form a
liniment.
This is found to be an exceedingly proper apph-
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cation for recent scalds or burns. It may either be
spread upon a cloth, or the parts affected may be
anointed with it two or three times a day.
No. 35.
LocatdWs Balsam.
Take 1 pint olive-oil.
| pound Strasbourg turpentine.
pound yellow wax.
6 drachms red saunders, pulv.
Melt the wax with part of the oil over a gentle
fire ; then add the remaining part of the oil and the
turpentine ; afterward mix in the saunders, and keep
stirring them together till the balsam is cold.
This balsam is recommended in erosions of the
intestines, dysentery, haemorrhages, internal bruises,
and in complaints of the breast. The dose when
taken internally is from 2 scruples to 2 drachms foi
adults.
No. 36.
To make German Bitters.
Take pound gentian-root.
2 ounces bitter orange-peel.
ounce chamomile-flowers.
cinnamon and cloves as much as you wish
1 quart whiskey.
2 ounces red saunders.
Put all together in a bottle, and distil in the sun
or near a warm stove for one week. Dese. 1 table
spoocful in the evening before going to bed ; take
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it clear, or in water. It strengthens the stomach
and gives vigor to the system, and is an excellent
remedy for dyspeptic people. I received the above
recipe thirty years ago.
No. 37.
A cure for Summer Complaint.
Take f teaspoonful pulverized rhularb.
1 teaspoonful magnesia.
Put it into a teacupful of boiling water; let it
stand until it is cold ; stir it well. Then add 2 tea-
spoonfuls of good brandy, and sweeten it with loaf
sugar.
Dose. For a child 1 to 3 years old, 1 teaspoonful
five or six times a day.
How to prepare food : Take a handful of flour ;
tie it into a clean cloth ; boil it three hours; after it
is cold, take off the crust, and take the hard white
substance and pulverize it; put into it a sufficient
quantity of milk to make it thin; let it boil one or
two minutes ; stir it well with a piece of cinnamon-
stick, and sweeten it with sugar.
Nc. 36.
To make Blue Ink. No. 1.
'Jake 1 ounce best Prussian blue.
1| ounce oxalic acid.
1 pint water.
Let it dissolve, when it will be ready for a&c.
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No. 39.
To make Blackberry-Syrv.p, for Summfr Complain I
Take 2 quarts blackberry-juice.
1 pound loaf sugar.
ounce nutmeg, grated.
J ounce ground cinnamon.
^ ounce cloves, ground.
ounce allspice, ground.
Boil the above ingredients together; when cold,
add 1 pint fourth-proof brandy. Dose. From 1 tea-
spoonful to 1 wineglassful, according to the age of
the patient, as often as will be necessary to effect a
cure.
No. 40.
A cure for Cramp in the Stomach.
Warm water, sweetened with molasses or brown
sugar, taken freely, will in many cases remove cramp
in the stomach when opium and other remedies have
failed.
No. 41.
Cough-Drops.
Take tincture of bloodroot, syrup of ipecacuanha,
syrup of squill, tincture of balsam of Tolu, and pare-
goric, of each 1 ounce. Mix. This is used in all
severe coughs from colds. It is a valuable mixture.
Dose. \ to 1 drachm, whenever the cough is severe.
No. 42.
No. 1 Cough- Mixture.
Take ^ ounce paregoric
1 ounce syrup ol squill.
2 drachms antimonial wine.
6 ounces water.
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Dost. 2 teaspoonfuls every 15 minutes until the
cough abates.
No. 43.
Dr. Monroe's Cough-Drops.
Take 4 drachms paregoric, 2 drachms sulphuric
ether, 2 drachms tincture of Tolu, Mix. Take a
teaspoonful night and morning, or when the cough
is troublesome.
No. 44.
A cure for the Dyspepsia.
Take 1 ounce pulverized rhubarb.
1 ounce caraway-seed.
1 tablespoonful grated orange-peel.
Put these into a decanter with 1 pint of best
brandy, shake it well together, and keep in a warm
place. Dose. 1 tablespoonful in the morning, fast-
ing, and at night going to bed. Shake the mixture
well before taking it.
No. 45.
A cure for Cough.
Take pint honey.
3 tablespoonfuls elecampane-root, pulv.
3 tablespoonfuls ginger.
1 pint vinegar.
*ut all the above in a jug, and make a paste #
flour or chop-stuff, and shut the jug close up wit:
this paste ; and than, when you put your bread in
the oven, put this jug in also, and leave it in the
oven until you take the bread out ; then it is ready
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for use. Dose. 1 teaspoonful two or three times a
day, an<i a? you can stand it
No. 46.
To make an Ointment to heal Wounds in Horses.
Put into a well-glazed earthen vessel 2 ounces
beeswax and 2 ounces rosin. When this is meited,
put in pound hog's lard ; to this put 4 ounces tur-
pentine ; keep stirring all the time with a clean stick.
When all is well mixed, stir in 1 ounce of pulverized
verdigris ; be careful that it don't boil over : it ought
to be a coal fire. Strain it through a coarse cloth,
and preserve it in a gallipot. This ointment is very
good for old and recent wounds, whether in flesh or
hoof; also galled backs, cracked heels, mallender,
sallenders, bites, broken heels, &c.
No. 47.
To make a Drawing Ointment.
Take elder-root and the seed of Jamestown- weed
and fry it in lard. It will draw any splinters out of
the flesh, or any thing else in man.
No. 48.
tfow to make Blue Water, to cure Wounds in Horses.
Take 1 pounds unslaked lime; put it into an
earthen pot, (glazed ;) pour 2 quarts warm water
on it ; let it stand 3 days ; stir it 3 or 4 times a day ;
after it is settled, pour off the pure water; add 2
ounces sal ammoniac and 3 grains camphor; dis-
solve the sal ammoniac and camphor in alcohol ; let
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It stand 12 hours ; put it in a copper vessel and mij
well.
No. 49.
Another excellent Simple Salve for Wounds in Horses.
Take lime-water as much as you will ; pour into it
linseed-oil, and stir it well all the time until it is the
consistency of salve, and anoint the wound with it ;
ic a short time the wound or scald will be healed.
No. 50.
To make Oil-Paste Shoe-Blacking. No. 1.
Take 8 pounds ivory-black.
1 gallon molasses, (the cheapest you can get.)
1 pint fish-oil.
2 pounds oil of vitriol.
Mix the molasses, ivory-black, and the fish -oil
thoroughly, and then pour on the oil of vitriol in
small quantities at a time, and keep stirring until
the boiling is over ; then put it in boxes while it is
warm.
N.B. The oil of vitriol will cause the boiling.
You will have to use a stone or earthen pot.
No. 51.
A Cure for the Dropsy.
Take a stone jug and put in 1 gallon good cider,
2 handfuls parsley, with the root cut fine, 1 handful
grated horseradish, 2 tablespoonfuls bruised mustard-
seed, \ ounce squill, 1 ounce juniper-berries. Mil
all together, and let it remain 24 hours near the fire,
shaking it often ; tuen strain it. Dose. J gill 8
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times a day, on an empty stomach. Don't drink
much while taking the medicine. Eat dry rneals.
No. 52.
A Cure for Rheumatism. No. 1.
Take 1 pint best brandy.
1 ounce gum guaiacum.
Mix. Dose. Take as much as you can bear, and
take it clear. Repeat the dose until a cure is effected.
No. 53.
Another Cure for Rheumatism. No. 2.
Take 2 ounces centaury.
2 ounces senna.
4 ounces boletus of oak.
4 ounces canella alba.
2 ounces zadora-root, pulverized.
2 ounces gum myrrh.
2 ounces caraway-seed.
1 gallon rum.
Mix all together, and infuse for 8 or 10 days, whet
it will be ready for use. Dose. 1 tablespooafui
before meals.
No. 54.
Hamilton's Celebrated Vermifuge.
Take gallon castor-oil.
pound Baltimore vvormseed-oii.
ounce oil of aniseed.
2 ounces tincture of myr^h.
2| ounces pinkroot.
1 ounce senna.
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Boil the pinkroot and senna together in 2 quarts
of water, enough to take the strength out; then
strain it through flannel ; boil the tea again down
to half; then mix it with the above, and shake it
well, so that it shall be mixed thoroughly while
you put it into vials.
Dose, 1 teaspoonful, morning and evening, for a
child 3 years old. The vial must always be well
shaken before it is given, so that the sediment is
well mixed.
N.B. I myself paid 15 dollars for this recipe. It
was also sold to a party in this county (Lebanon) foi
ICO dollars nearly 30 years ago.
No. 55.
To make Eye Water.
Take 2 scruples white vitriol.
2 scruples sugar of lead.
1 teaspoonful laudanum.
Mix in pint rain-water.
No. 56.
Collyrium, or Eye - Water.
Collyrium of alum : Take drachm of alum, and
agitate it well together with the white of an egg.
It is used in inflammation of the eyes, to allay
heat, and restrain the flux of humours. It must be
spread upon linen and applied to the eyes, but should
not be kept on above 3 or 4 hours at a time.
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No. 57.
Vitriolic Gollyrwm, or Eye- Water.
Take drachm white vitriol.
6 ounces rose-water.
Dissolve the vitriol in the rose-water, and filter toe
liquor.
It is a useful application in weak, watery, inflated
eyes.
No. 58.
A simple Cure for Liver- Complaint.
Take 1 tablespoonful pulverized charcoa' and
teacupful sweet fresh milk in the morning and even-
ing. Continue for some time.
No. 59.
A Cure for Consumption.
Take hart's tongue.
lungwort, (or pulmonary.)
liverwort,
sarsaparilla-root.
speedwell.
One handful of each. Boil on a coal fire, in an
cprthen pot, well covered; stir it every 5 minutes
with a pine stick; let it boil 15 minutes; let it
stand until milk-warm, then strain and bottle it
close. Dose. For an adult, 1 tablespoonful in the
morning, sober ; afterward, every 3 hours. Also eat
every day spoonwort or water-cresses. Don't eat
pork or drink very sour vinegar.
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No. 60.
A Remedy for Purifying the Blood.
Take ounce cloves.
1 ounce cinnamon.
J ounce mace.
6 cents' worth saffron.
J ounce borax.
1 handful rosemary.
1 quart wine.
Distil in the sun or warm stove for 5 or 6 days.
Lose. gill in the morning and evening. It is good
for women when their blood is out of order.
No.6L
Paregoric Elixir.
Take 1 drachm opium, in powder.
1 drachm benzoic acid.
2 scruples camphor.
1 drachm oil of aniseed.
1 quart proof spirits of wine, (alcohol.)
Digest for 10 days, and strain. It contributes tc
allay the tickling which provokes frequent coughing,
and at the same time it opens the breast and gives
greater liberty to breathing. It is given to children
against the chincough, in doses from 5 to 20 drops.
Adults, from 20 to 100 drops.
No. 62.
A simple Cure for Scarlet Fever.
If or adults, give 1 tablespoon ful of good brewers
yeast in 3 tablespoonfuls of sweetened water, 3
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jmes a day; and if the throat is much swollen
gargle with yeast and apply to the throat as a poul-
tice, mixed with Indian meal. Use plenty of catnip-
tea, to keep the eruptions out of the skin, for several
days.
No. 63.
A Cure for Smatt-Pox.
Use the above doses of yeast 3 times a day, and
milk diet, throughout the entire disease. Nearly
every case can he cured without leaving a pock
mark. Dr. William Fields.
No. 64.
A Cure for Diarrhoea.
Put into a bottle 3 ounces pimento, (allspice,)
upon which pour 1 pint best French brandy ; sweeten
with sugar.
Dose. A wineglassful every hour for 3 hours,
0:: adults. For children, dilute, and give a table-
spoonful each hour. This remedy has been known
to cure violent cases of diarrhoea.
No. 65.
Medical use of SaU.
In many cases of disordered stomach, a teaspoon
ful of salt is a certain cure. In the violent interna
aching termed colic, add a teaspoonful of salt to a
pint of cold water. Drink it, and go to bed. It is
one of the speediest remedies known. The same
will revive a person who seems almost ic.vJ from
a h3*vy fall, &c
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In an apoplectic fit, no time should be lost in
pouring down salt and water, if sufficient sensibility
remain to allow of swallowing ; if not, the head must
be sponged with cold water until the sense returns,
when salt will completely restore the patient from
the lethargy. In a fit, the feet should be placed in
warm water, with mustard added, and the legs
briskly rubbed, all bandages removed from the neck,
and a cool apartment procured, if possible.
In many cases of severe bleeding at the lung, and
when other remedies failed, Dr. Rush found that two
teaspoonfuls of salt completely stayed the blood.
In case of a bite from a mad dog, wash the part
with a strong brine for an hour, and then bind on
some salt with a rag.
In toothache, warm salt and water held to the
part, and removed two or three times, will relieve it
in most cases.
If the gums be affected, wash the mouth with
brine.
If the teeth be covered with tartar, wash them
twice a day with salt and water.
In swelled neck, wash the part with brine, and
drink it, also, twice a day, until cured.
Salt will expel worms, if used in food in a mode-
rate degree, and aids digestion; but salt meat ie
injurious if used much.
No. 66.
A Cure for the Group.
Take a piece of fresh lard, as large as a butternut;
rubbed up with sugar in the same way that butter
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and sugar are prepared for the dressing of pud-
dings, divided into three parts, and given at inter-
vals of twenty minutes, will relieve any case of
croup which is not already allowed to progress to
the fatal point.
No. 67.
Said to be a certain Cure for a Felon.
** Take a pint of common soft soap, and stir in it
air-slaked lime till it is of the consistency of gla-
ziers' putty. Make a leather thimble, fill it with
this composition and insert the finger therein, and
change the composition once in twenty minutes, acd
a cure is certain." Buffalo (N. Y.) Com. Advertiser.
" We happen to know that the above is a certain
remedy, and recommend it to any who may be
troubled with that disagreeable ailment." Public
Ledger.
No. 68.
A sure and simple Cure for Uysentery. No. 1.
Drink a gill (or teacupful) of West India (or
Tiinidad) molasses. This is a dose for adults;
children in proportion.
No. 69.
To cure the Cancer. No. 1.
Take bread dough the size of an egg, old hog's
lard the same quantity, mix it well, and spread it
on whUe leather, and apply it to the sore.
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No. 70.
Another Cure for Cancer. No. 2.
Take alum, vinegar, and honey, equal quantities,
and wheat flour, and make a plaster by mixing it
all together ; renew every twelve hours.
No. 71.
Another for Cancer. No. 3.
Take pulverized alum and fish-worms smashed,
ir.(i a salve made like a plaster and put on the sore
No. 72.
To polish Brass.
Take 6 cents' worth sour salts, and pumice-etom
pulverized, soft water, and olive-oil, mij; all together,
and strain the liquor.
No. 73.
To cure Rheumatism. No. 8.
Take 1 quart spirits of wine.
2 ounces camphor.
2 ounces cloves.
3 handfuls salt.
6 heads red pepper.
Infuse for 3 or 4 days in the sun or warm stove,
and bathe with it.
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No. 74.
To cure White Swelling.
Take 1 handful sarsaparilla-root
1 handful sassafras-root.
1 handful dittany.
3 quarts water.
Boil down to one-half. Dose. Every morning,
sober, 1 gill until it is all used.
While taking the above internally, make the
following salve :
Take 2 quarts cider.
1 pound beeswax.
1 pound sheep tallow, (suet.)
1 pound smoking-tobacco,
Boil this well, and then put it on the sore like
plaster is put on, and renew whenever you think
proper.
No. 75.
A certain Cure for Colds.
Take 1 teaspoon flaxseed.
1 ounce liquorice.
\ pound raisins.
Put the above articles into 2 quarts of water,
and boil it down with a slow fire to one-half; then
add \ pound rock-candy pounded fine, and add 1
tablespoonful lemon-juice. Dose. J pint on going
to bed, and take a little when the cough is trouble
some.
This receipt generally cures the worst of colds in
2 or 3 days. It is a sovereign balsamic cordial for
the luuga.
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No. 76.
A Curt for ir^r owing Nails on Toes.
Take a little taUow and put it iiito a spoon, and
heat it over a lamp until it becomes very hot ; then
pour it on the sore or granulation ; the effect will
be almost magical. The pain and tenderness will
at once be relieved. The operation causes very little
pain if the tallow is properly heated ; perhaps a
repetition may in some cases be necessary.
No. 77.
To make a very superior Hair- Oil.
Take half an ounce of alkanet-root, which may be
bought for a few cents at the druggist's. Divide this
quantity into four portions, and tie up each portion
in a separate bit of new bobinet or clean thin mus-
lin. The strings must be white : for instance, coarse
white thread or fine cotton cord. Take care to omit
any powder or dust that may be found about tl
alkanet, as if put in it will render the oil cloudy and
muddy. Put these little bags into a large tumbler
or a straight-sided white- ware jar, and pour on half
a pint of the best fresh olive-oil. Cover the vessel,
and leave it untouched for three or four days or a
week, being careful not to shake or stir it ; do not
press or squeeze the bags. Have ready some small
clear glass vials, or a large one that will hold half
a pint. Take out carefully the bags of alkanet and
lay them in a saucer. You will find that they have
coloured the oil to a beautiful crimson. Put into the
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bottom of each vial a small portion of any perfume
fancy : for instance, oil of orange-flowers, oil of
jessamine, oil of roses, oil of pinks, extract of
violets. The pungent oils (cloves, cinnamon, ber-
gamot, lavender, orange-peel, lemon, &c.) are not
good for the hair, and must not be used in scenting
this oil. Having put a little perfume into the
vials, pour into each through a small funnel suffi-
cient of the coloured olive-oil to fill them to the
neck. Then cork them tightly, and tie a circular
bit of white kid leather over the corks. To use this
oil, (observing never to shake the bottle,) pour a
little into a saucer or some other small vessel, and
with the finger rub it into the root of the hair.
The bags of alkanet may be used a second time.
No. 78.
Another Hair-Oil
A very excellent hair-oil, which answers all com-
mon purposes, is made by mixing 1 ounce of brandy
with 3 ounces of sweet oil. Add any scent you pre-
fer ; a selection can be got at the drug-store.
No. 79.
Another excellent Hair -Oil.
Take 1 quart olive-oil or fine lard-oil.
2j ounses spirits of wine.
1 ounce cinnamon powder.
5 drachms bergamot-oil.
Heat tnem together in a large pipkin, then remove
it from the fire, and add four small pieces of alkanet-
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root ; keep it closely covered for 6 or 8 hours, let
it then be filtered through a funnel lined with
blotting or filtering paper.
No. 80.
To make Imitation of Ox-Marrow Hair-Grease.
Take fresh hog's lard, and melt it on a stove in
any tin vessel ; when melted, add such fine oil as
you wish to perfume it to your fancy, such as ex-
tract of violet, oil of orange-flowers, oil of jessa-
mine, oil of roses, oil of pinks, &c. The quantity
you must use will depend on the quantity of lard
you use. And to make it a bright yellow, take a
little turmeric and boil it in a little lard, so that the
colouring will be extracted ; strain it, and pour it into
your scented lard as much as will give the desired
colour ; this must be done when the scented laid is
milk-warm, and must also be well mixed. Then
pour it into wide-mouthed vials, such as are uced for
ox-marrow. Keep the vials well corked. To make
it a purple colour, take a little alkanet-root, and pro-
ceed the same as with the yellow.
No. 81.
To make Rose Tooth Powder.
Take 3 ounces prepared chalk.
\ ounce cinnamon, ground.
\ ounce orris-root, pulverized.
\ ounce rose-pink.
Make all very fine by pulverizing it, and mix.
(Ready.)
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No. 82.
To make very nice Cologne.
Take 2 drachms oil of lemon.
2 drachms oil of rosemary.
1 drachm oil of lavender.
2 drachms oil of bergamot.
10 drops oil of cinnamon.
2 drops oil of rose.
10 drops oil of cloves.
8 drops tincture of musk.
1 quart alcohol, (or spirits of wine.)
Mix all together, and shake well, when it will be
ready to use. The older it gets, the better.
No. 83.
A remedy for Black Teeth.
Take equal parts of cream of tartar and salt; pul-
verize it, and mix it well. Then wash your teeth in
the morning, and rub them with the powder.
No. 84.
How to clean the Teeth and Gums.
Take 1 ounce myrrh, in fine powder.
2 tablespoonfuls honey.
A little green sage, in very fine powder.
Mix them well together, and wet the teeth and
gUDi3 with a little every night and morning
cr, cervical vertebras, sc-cl, scapula and clavicle, h, humerus. Iv, lumbar vertebrae, p, pslria.
M, ulna, r, radius, c, carpus, me, meta-carpus. w/t, phalanges, fe, femur, t, tibia. /, fibula.
it. tarsus. U, metatarsus. ps, phalanges.
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No. 85.
A Lip-Salve.
Take 2 ounces oil of lemon.
1 ounce white wax.
1 ounce spermaceti.
Melt these ingredients, and while warn: add 2
ounces rose-water, and ounce orange-flowe/ water.
These make Hudson's cold cream, a very excellent
article.
The lips are liable to excoriation and chaps, which
often extend to considerable depth. These chaps
are generally occasioned by mere cold. The above
salve will be found efficacious in correcting these
evils.
No. 86.
To make Cottage Beer.
Take 1 peck good sweet wheat bran, and put it
into 10 gallons of water, with 3 handfuls of good
hops ; boil the whole together in an iron, brass, or
copper kettle, until the bran and hops sink to the
bottom. Then strain it through a hair sieve, or a
thin sheet, into a cooler, and when it is about luke-
warm add 2 quarts of molasses. As soon as tne
molasses is molted, pour the whole into a 9 01
10 gallon cask, with 2 tablespoonfuls of yeast.
When the fermentation has subsided, bung up the
cask, and in 4 days it will be fit for use.
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No. 87.
Brown Spruce Beer.
Pour 8 gallons fresh water into a barrel, and then
8 gallons more boiling hot ; add 1 gallon molasses,
and \ pound essence of spruce ; when nearly cool,
put in \ pint of good ale yeast. This must be well
stirred and well mixed ; leave the bung out 2 or 3
days. After which, the liquor may be immediately
bottled, well corked and tied, and packed in sawdust
or sand, and it will be ripe and fit to drink in two
No. 88.
To make good Ginger Beer.
Take 1 spoonful ground ginger.
1 spoonful cream of tartar.
1 pint yeast
1 pint molasses.
6 quarts cold water.
Mix, and let it stand a few hours, until it begins
to ferment ; then bottle it, set it in a cool place : ir
8 hours it will be good.
No. 89.
To make Imperial Ginger Beer.
Take 1 pound cream of tartar.
2 ounces ginger, ground.
7 pounds white sugar.
1 drachm essence of lemon.
6 gallons water.
pint yeast.
Bottle, and tie the corks lown.
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No. 90.
To make White Spruce Beer.
Take 3 pounds loaf sugar.
4 gallons water.
1 ounce ginger.
J pound essence of spruce.
A little lemon-peel.
1 cupful good yeast.
Mix al together, and when fermented bottle it
No. 91.
How to make Gas Beer.
Take 4 gallons cold water.
8 pints molasses.
I quart yeast.
1 handful hops.
And such spices as you wish.
Then take 1 pints of the above molasses, and mix
it well with the yeast; then take 3 quarts of the
above cold water and make it boiling hot ; put into
thia boiling water the other 1 pints of molasses,
and such spices as you wish ; then take some more
of the above cold water and cool down the boiling
water, molasses, and spices until it is milk-warm;
then boil the above handful of hops in water, to
take the strength out of the hops, and strain the
hops out of the liquor. Then put all together into a
strong cask, arid bung it tight ; then put the cask
in the sun, or near to a warm stove, about five or
*ix hours ; after this put the cask into a tub of fresh
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or cold water 3 or 4 hours. In 24 ho' ro it
will be ripe. Keep the cask all the time ci(oed
up tight. You must take a very strong cask, or
it will burst.
No. 92.
To make Cream Beer.
Take 2 ounces tartaric acid.
2 pounds white sugar.
3 pints water.
The juice of half a lemon.
Boil all together five minutes; when nearly ccid,
add the whites of 3 eggs, well beaten, with cup
flour, and ounce essence of winter-green. Bottle.
Take 2 teaspoonfuls of this syrup for a tumbler of
water, and add to it J teaspoonful of baking-soda.
Drink it fresh.
No. 93.
How to make Mead.
Take 12 gallons water.
20 pounds honey.
6 eggs, the glair only.
Let it boil 1 hour; then add cinnamon, gingei,
cloves, mace, and a little rosemary. When cold, add
one spoonful of yeast, from the brewer ; stir it well,
arid in 24 hours it will be good.
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No. 94.
'T ," /jer Beer a pleasant bevewgi.
TfiJce 10 pounds white sugar.
9 fluidounces lemon-juice.
1 pound honey.
11 ounces ginger, (ground.)
BoiP. the ginger in 3 gallons water for hour
iheu add the sugar, the lemon-juice, and the resi
"T the water, and strain through a cloth. When
Old, add the white of an egg, J Huidounce essence
01' lemon. After standing 4 days, it may be bottled
oil. A glass of this on a hot day, with a lump of
ice in it, is very refreshing.
No. 95.
How to make Ginger Beer Powders.
Take 1 ounce and 54 grains (apothecaries') bicar-
bonate of soda, reduce it to powder, and divide into
16 papers ; to each paper add 5 grains ground ginger,
and a drachm of white sugar. Then take 1 ounce
tartaric acid, which powder divide into 16 parcels,
and do it up in separate papers. Two of thvise
papers will make a pint of beer. Dissolve the soda
in 2 gills of water in one glass, and the acid in 2
gills in another glass; pour them together, and
swallow quickly.
No. 96.
How to make Ginger-Pop.
Take 2 gallons hot water, (boiling ;) mix 2 ounces
ground ginger and the peel of 2 lemons, 1 teaspoon-
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ful cream of tartar, 2 pounds white sugar ; let this
stand until milk-warm. Then put in the other part
of the 2 lemons, 1 teaspoonful saleratus, 4 table-
r oonfuls yeast, and the glair of 4 eggs, to clear.
' " : nnamon and cloves to your taste.
No. 97.
How to make Silver-top, a temperance drink.
Take 1 quart water, 3 pounds white sugar, 1 tea-
spoonful lemon-oil, 1 tablespoonful flour, with the
white of 5 eggs, well beat up; mix ,ii the above
well together. Then divide the syrup, and add 4
ounces carbonate of soda into one part, and put it
into a bottle, and then add 3 ounces tartaric acid to
the other part of the syrup, and bottle it also. Take
2 pint tumblers, and put in each tumbler 1 table-
spoonful of the syrup, (that is, from each bottle of the
eyrup,) and fill them half full with fresh cold water;
pour it together into one tumbler. Superb.
No. 98.
S&ssjtfras Of cad, a cheap beverage. .
Btir gradually with 1 quart boiling water, 1|
l<OndB brown sugar, 3 gills molasses, and 1 drachm
t&rtaric acid. Stir it well, and when cold strain it
?:'ito a tor,o earthen pan or crock ; then mix in 1
rlracnni essence of sassafras. Transfer it to clean
bottles, (it will jll 2 or 3 ;) cork it tightly, and keep
it in a cool place. Ilave ready a box containing
about i pound ^.rb&r.ate of soda, to use with it.
'.To prepare a ^ki^a .A it for drinking, pour a little
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of the mead or syrup into a tumbler; stir into u a
small quantity of soda, and then add sufficient cold
fresh water (ice-water, if you have it) to half fill the
glass ; give it a stir, and it will immediately foam up
to the top.
No. 99.
To make Pineapple--ade.
Pare some fresh, ripe pineapples, and cut them
into thin slices ; then cut each slice into small bits ;
put them into a large pitcher, and sprinkle powdered
white sugar among them ; pour on boiling water in
proportion of J gallon of water to each pineapple;
cover the pitcher, stop up the spout with a roll of
soft paper, and let the pineapples infuse into the
water till it becomes quite cool, stirring and pressing
down the pineapple occasionally with a spoon, to get
out as much juice as possible. When the liquid has
grown quite cold, set the pitcher for a while in ice.
Then transfer the infusion to tumblers, add some
more sugar, and put into each glass a lump of ice.
You may lay a thin slice of fresh pineapple into each
tumbler before you pour out the infusion.
No. 100.
How to clarify Sugar.
Take pint water to 1 pound sugar, (loaf sugar ;)
set it over the fire to dissolve; to 12 pounds sugar
thus prepared, beat up an egg very well, put in when
cold, and, as it boils up, check it with a little cold
water. The second time boiling, set it away to cool.
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in a quarter of an hour, skim the top, and turn the
syrup ofl' quickly, leaving the sediment which will
collect at the bottom.
No. 101.
For frosting Cakes.
Allow for the white of 1 egg, 9 large teaspoonfuls
of double-refined sugar, and 1 teaspoonful of nice
Poland starch, both powdered and sifted through a
very fine sieve. Beat the whites of eggs so stiff they
will adhere to the bottom of the plate on turning it;
apside down ; then stir the sugar in gradually with
a, wooden spoon, stirring constantly about fifteen
minutes ; add a teaspoouful of lemon-juice, or vine-
gar, and a little rose-water. Stir in a few grains of
cochineal-powder, or rose-pink, if you wish to colour
pink ; or of the powder blue, if you wish to have it
of a bluish tinge. Before icing a cake, dredge it all
over with flour, and then wipe off the flour ; the
icing may thus be spread on more evenly. Lay the
frosting on the cake with the knife, soon after it is
drawn from the oven, (it may be either warm or
cold ;) smooth it over, and set in a cool place till
hard. Allow the whites of 3 eggs for 2 common-
sized loaves. The appearance of the cake will be
much improved by icing it twice. Put on the first
icing soon after the cake is taken out of the oven,
and the second the next day, after the first is per-
fectly dry.
Before cutting an iced cake, cut the icing first,
by itself, by pressing the back of the knife nearest
the blade-end across the cake, to prevent the crack-
ing and breaking of the icing.
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No. 102.
To make Lemon- Cakes. No. 1.
Take 1 teacupful of butter, and 3 of powdered
loaf sugar; rub them to a cream; stir into them the
yolks of 5 eggs well beaten ; dissolve a teaspoonful
of saleratus in a teacupful of milk, and add the
milk, add the juice and grated peel of 1 lemon,
and the whites of the 5 eggs ; and sift in, as light
as possible, 4 teacupfuls of flcur. Bake in 2 long
tins about half an hour. Much improved by icing.
No. 103.
Queen- Cake.
Take 1 pound of sifted flour, 1 pound of sugar,
and | of a pound of butter; rub the butter and
sugar to cream ; add the well-beaten yolk of 5
3ggs, 1 gill of wine, 1 gill of brandy, and 1 gill
of cream, with part of the flour, and 1 pound of
stoned raisins, or well-prepared currants, and spices
to the taste ; and then add the whites of the 5 eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth, with the remainder of the
flour.
No. 104.
Sponge- Cake.
Beat well together the yolk of 10 eggs with 1
pound white powdered sugar ; and then stir in the
whites, beaten to a stiff froth. Beat the whole 1.0
or 15 minutes; then stir in, gradually, half a pounu
sifted flour. Spice it with a nutmeg or grated rind
of lemon. Bake immediately.
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No. 105.
White Lemon-Cake.
Rub well together 6 ounces butter, 1J pounds
flour; add pint (well beaten) eggs, 1 pound
pulverized sugar, 12 drops essence of lemon, and 2
drachms carbonate of ammonia. The ingredients
should be mixed into a paste, with as little handling
as possible, rolled out about as thick as a silver
dollar, cut in cakes, and baked on buttered tins,
with a gentle heat.
No. 106.
Strasbourg- Cake.
To 1 pound flour, add 10 ounces pulverized sugar,
10 ounces butter, 2 eggs, half a nutmeg, (grated,)
and an equal quantity of ground cinnamon, or mace
and cinnamon, mixed. Bake.
No. 107.
How to bake Rusks. No. 1.
Take 1 pint milk, 1 teacupful yeast; mix it
thin ; when light, add 12 ounces sugar, 10 ounces
butter, 4 eggs, flour sufficient to make it as stiff
as bread ; when risen, again mould and sponge it
upon tin.
No. 108.
How to make Mock Mince- Pies.
Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup bread-
crumbs, with 1 cup good cider-vinegar, 4 cups
water, and 3 eggs ; add 1 cup raisins, 1 ounce
cloves, 1 ounce soda. This quantity will be suffi-
cient for 3 pies. Bake.
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No. 109.
To make Indian Biscuits.
Take 1 quart of cold Indian mush, or hasty jnd-
ding ; out it into a pan containing about the aarue
quantity of either coarse or fine wheat flour ; ji-.li
milk or sweet cream sufficient to make the r.insh
thin, say | pint ; then mix the flour, and make uj
into biscuits as soft as you can well handle them,
and bake in a quick oven 20 minutes.
No. 110.
How to bake Lemon Pies.
Grate the peels of 4 lemons, and squeeze the juicy
into the grated peel. Then take 9 eggs, leaving out
half the whites, 1 pound loaf sugar, (white,) pound
butter, 1 pint cream or milk, and 4 tablespoonfuls
rofle-wat?r, and beat them well together, and & Id
the lemon. Divide into 4 pies, with underrc-nt,
and buko.
No. III.
Oider- Cake.
Take 2 pounds flour, 1 pound sugar, | pound
butter, 1 pint cider, cloves and cinnamon, with or
without fruit, 2 teaspoonfuls soda. Bake.
t
No. 112.
How to bake Sugar- Cakei
Take 1 pound flour, f pound sugar, | pound
butter, 5 eggs. Mix and drop them on tins, and
put sugar, sanded on them, just as you put them
into the oven^ or frost them.
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No. 113.
Cup- Cakes.
Take 3 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 teaspoonfuls
'oda, 3 eggs, 5 cups flour, all beaten together with
as much spice as you please.
No. 114.
Ginger- Cakes.
Take 1 quart molasses, J pint thick milk, f pound
fresh lard or butter, 1 cent's worth pearlash, 1 cent's
vorth aaleratus, 1 cent's worth anniseed, 1 teacup-
"ul ginger. Thicken with flour. Mix and bake
No. 115.
Mow to preserve Milk for any length of time.
This process, invented by a Russian chemist
uamed Kirkoff, consists in evaporating new milk
by a very gentle fire, and very slowly, until it 13
reduced to a dry powder. This powder is to be
kept in bottles carefully stopped. When it is to bu
employed, it is only necessary to dissolve the powder
in a sufiicient quantity of water. According to Mr,
XirkofF, the milk does net lose by this process any
of its peculiar flavour.
No. 116.
To make Custards without Eggs.
Take 1 quart new milk, 4 tablespoonfuls flour, 2
tablespoon fuls sugar, season with nutmeg or cinna-
mon, and add salt to your taste. The milk should
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be placed over a quick fire, and, when at boiling-
point, the flour should be added, being previously
stirred up in cold milk. As soon as thoroughly
scalded, add the sugar, spice, and salt. It may be
baked either in cups or crust. This is an excellent
dish, and deservedly prized by every one who has
tried it.
No. 117.
.Hoic- to keep Preserves or Jellies.
It is said that to set tiewjy-marie preserves fen
everal dajs open in the sun, is one of the beet
methods of making them keep through the enm
mer unferrnented. It is worth trying.
No. 118.
To preserve Plums an elegant grten.
Take 8 pounds double-refined sugar.
8 pounds of the fruit prepared.
Take the plums whilst a pin will pass through
them, set them, covered with water in which a little
alum has been dissolved, in a brass kettle on a hot
hearth, to coddle. If necessary, change the water ;
they must be a beautiful grass-green ; then, if you
prefer, peel them and coddle again ; take 8 pounds
of this fruit to the above sugar after it has been
dissolved in 1 quart of water and nicely skimmed.
Then set the whole on the fire, to boil, until clear,
slowly skimming them oft eft, and they will be very
green ; put them up in glasses for use.
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No. 119.
To preserve Peaches.
Take 10 pounds nicely-peeled peaches.
10 pounds loaf sugar.
The white clingstone is the nicest. Peel and
into a pan of water, cut up 2 lemons, break the
sugar slightly, put into a well-tinned kettle, (brass
will do if nicely cleaned,) with 1 quart of water and
the lemons ; let it scald, and skim, and, having the
required quantity of peaches in a nice stone jar,
pour the syrup over ; let it stand over night, then
put all into the preserving-kettle and boil slowly,
until the fruit looks clear; take out the peaches,
and boil down the syrap to a proper consistence,
ard pocu over the fruit.
N . .120.
'Jo preserve MagAi*m JBtntum /-/ r-
Take 12 pounds plums*.
12 pounds loaf sugar.
"2 oranges.
Take '2 pounds of the sugar, and make a weak
syrup ; then pour it boiling upon the fruit ; let it
remain over night, closely covered ; then, if pre-
ferred, skim them, and slice up the 2 oranges nicely,
dissolve the rest of the sugar by taking the largo
cakes, and dip in water quickly, and instantly
bring out If the plums are not peeled, they musl
be nicely drained from the rest of the syrup, and
the skin pricked with a" needle. Do them gently,
until they look clear and the syrup adheres to
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them. Put them one by one into small pots, and
pour the liquor over. These plums will ferment if
not boiled in two syrups.
No. 121.
.How to preserve Quinces.
Take 1 pock of the finest golden quinces, put
them into a bell-metal kettle, cover with cold water,
put over the fire, and boil until done soft; then take
them out with a fork inlo an earthen dish; when
sufficiently ^ool to npndie, take off the skin, cut
open on one side, and take out the core, keeping
them a3 whole as possible. Take their weight in
double-refined sugar, put it with a quart of water
inlo tliO kettlo, let it boil, and skim until very clear;
then put in year quinces ; 2 oranges cut up thin
and put with tho fruit, is an improvement. Let
them boii :tt t/ie sj-rup half an hour, then with your
fruit- ladle take out the fruit, and boil the juice
: *uliiciently, th<-n pour it over the fruit.
No. 122.
How to make Raspberry Jam.
Take 6 pounds nicely-picked raspberries.
6 pounds loaf sugar.
Put the fruit into a nice kettle over a <|uick lire,
and stir constantly, until the juice is nearly wasted ;
then add the sugar, and simmer to a tine jam. IK
tLis wty the jura is greatly superior to that which
is uiaivic by puttiug the sugar in iirst.
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No. 123.
How to preserve Barberries.
Take 6 pounds nicely-picked barberries.
6 pounds loaf sugar.
Put the fruit and sugar into ajar, and p'ttce the
jar in a kettle of boiling water: \^t \i, boil, until
the sugar is dissolved, and the fruit soft ; 'el them
remain all night. Next day put them into a pre-
serving-pan, and boil them 15 minuter ; ther. pot,
as soon as cool, and set them by the nevt day, and
cover them close.
No. 124.
How to preserve CV^rnci',
Take 8 pounds cin-rries.
6 pounds aagar
Then take 1 quart water, meH eonm ^agar in it,
and boil; then the rest boil and skim, then put in
the cherries, boil softly but steadily ; take them oft'
two or tbree times and shake them, and put them
on again ; then let them boil fast. When the fruit
I'-oks clear, take it out with a skimmer, and bcil the
- .-rup until it will not spread on a china plate ; then
re* urn the fruit, and let it cool ; then put it *n pots
t?.r use.
No. 125.
How tv make Currant JJlu
Take 4 quarts juice of currants.
8 pounds sugar. (Loaf is the best.)
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The currants should be used as soon as they are
ol a light red ; put them, stem and all, into ajar,
place that in boiling water, cook, then squeeze the
juice, and to every quart put 2 pounds sugai ; boil
together 15 minutes, then put into glasses.
No. 126.
How to make Bread Cheese- Canes.
Take 1 nutmeg, grated.
1 pint cream.
8 eggs.
pound butter.
\ pound currants.
1 spoonful rose-water.
1 penny loaf of bread.
Scaid the cream, slice the bread thin as poasibi*,
aid pour the cream boiling on to it; let it stand 2
hours. Beat together the eggs, butter, and grated
nutmegs, and rose-water; add the cream and bread,
beat well, and bake in patty-pans on a raised crust
No. 127.
How to make a Plain Pound- Cake.
Beat 1 pound butter in an earthen pan until it ia
like a tine thick cream ; then beat in 9 whole eg ra
till quite light. Put in a glass of brandy, a little
Icmim-peel shred fine ; work in pound flour: put it
into the hoop or pan, and bake it for an hour. A
pound plum-cake is made the same with putting 1
pounds clean washed currants, and \ pound candied
lemon-peel.
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No. 128.
Rice- Cakes.
Beat the yolks of 15 egga for nearly >.-. fan b& T
with a whisk ; mix well with them 10 ounca* *.? lin
sifted loaf sugar, put in \ pound of ground rice, 8
little orange-water or brandy, and the rinds of 2
lemons grated ; then add the whites of 1 eggs well
beaten, and stir the whole together for a quarter of
an hour. Put them into a hoop, and set them in a
^aick oven for half an hour, when they will be pro-
.. rly done.
No. 129.
Lemon- Cakes. JVo. 2.
Take 1 pound of sugar, f pound of flour, 14 eggs,
2 tablespoonfuls of rose-water, the raspings and
juice of four lemons ; when the yolks are well
beaten up and separated, add the powdered sugar,
the lemon-rasping, the juice, and the rose-water; beat
them well together in a pan with a round bottom,
till it becomes quite light, for half an hour. Put
the paste to the whites, previously well whiskea
about, and mix it very light. When well mixed,
sift in the biscuits, and bake them in small oval tins,
with six sheets of paper under them, in a moderate
heat. Butter the tins well, or it will prove difficult
to take out the biscuits, which will be exceedingly
nice if well made. Ice them previous to baking, but
verv H^htly anr> ^on
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No. 130.
Cream- Cakes.
Bout the whites of 9 oprgs to a stiff froth , stir it
trently with a spoon, lest the froth should fall ; and
U every white of an egg srrate the rind* 'f ii
;emoiiB, shako in gently a spoonful of donhle-retinoJ
sugar rlfVd fij c , lay a wet sheet of paj^r on a tiu,
and wit 1 a epo-.n drop the froth in little -unipp on ix
near each oth p r; sift a good quantity of sngar over
i "? -5-1 a, eel then i:r AH <~ren after the broa ' is out, airl
close up the m.jutii of it, which will ooovnon the
froth to rise. AH so^a as they are coloured they will
be sufficiently baked; lay them by two bottoms to-
gether on a sieve, and dry them in a cool "^cn.
No : 131.
How to make Muffins.
Mix a gill of tine flour, \\ pints of warn . milk and
water, - *nth \ pint of good yeast, and a little salt,
stir them together for a quarter of an hour, then
strain the liquor into a quarter of a peck of tine
dour ; raix the dough well, and set it to r^e for an
tour, then roll it up and pull it into small pi- cea ;
make them up in the hand like balls, and lay flan-
nel over them while rolling to keep them warm.
The dough should be closely covered up the whole
time ; when the whole is rolled into balls, the first
that are made will be ready for baking. When they
are spread out in the right form for muffins, lay
them on tins and bake them, and as the bottom be-
gins to change colour turn them on the other side.
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No. 132.
How to bake Rusks. JV'o. 2.
Boat up 7 eggs, mix them with pint of warm
:^\v milk, in which 1 pound of butter has been
malted, add pint of yeast, and 3 ounces of
c.ugar, put them gradually into as much flour as will
make ;i light paste nearly as thin as batter ; let it
rise before the fire an hour, add more flour to make
it a little stiffer, work it well, and divide it intc
small loaves or cakes about five or six inches wide,
and flatten them. When baked and cold, put them
into the oven to brown a little. These cakes when
first baked are very good buttered for tea ; if they
are made with caraway -seeds, they eat very nice
cold.
No. 133.
How to make common Buns.
Rub 4 ounces of butter into 2 pounds of flour,
little salt, 4 ounces of sugar, a dessert-spoonful of
caraway-seed ; 5 and a spoonful of ginger ; pui *r.;iio
warm r:ilk or cream to 4 tablespoonmlg -.f
yeast ; mix ail together into a paste, but noi too
stiff; cover it over and set it before the flir. an ao;ir
to rise ; then make into buns, put them j-i a, tin.
set them before the fire for a quarter <-; ( ar> iiotr,
'over over with flannel, then brush them v'**,'.. very
line warm milk, and bake them of a nic/ '';* >we h
a moderate over.
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No. 134.
How to make Ice- Cream.
Take of new milk and cream each 2 quarts, 2
pounds pulverized sugar, and 12 eggs ; dissolve the
sugar in the milk, beat the eggs to a froth, and add
to the whole ; strain, and bring to a scald, but be
careful not to burn it; when cool, flavor with ex-
tract of vanilla or oil of lemon. Pack the tin
freezer in a deep tub, with broken ice and salt,
whirl the freezer, and occasionally scrape down from
the side what gathers on. The proportions are one
quart of salt to everv pail of ice.
No. 135.
How to make Japan Slack Writing-ink.
In 6 quarts of water boil 4 ounces of logwood in
chips cut very thin across the grain. The boiling
may be continued for nearly an hour, adding, from
time to time, a little boiling water to compensate
for waste by evaporation. Strain the liquor while
hot, suffer it to cool, and make up the quantity equal
to five quarts by the further addition of cold water.
To this decoction put 1 pound of blue galls coarsely
bruised, or 1| pounds of the best galls, in sorts, 4
ounces of sulphate of iron calcined to whiteness,
i ounce of acetate of copper, previously mixed with
the decoction till it forms a smooth paste, 3 ounces
of coarse sugar, and 6 ounces of gum Senegal or
arabic. These several ingredients may be intro-
duced one after another, contrary to the advice of
some, who recommend the gum, &c. to be added
when the ink is nearly made. The composition
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produces the ink usually called Japan ink, from the
high gloss which it exhibits when written with, and
a small vial of it has been sold for 12 cents. The
above ink, though possessing the full proportion of
.every ingredient known to contribute to the per-
fection of ink, will not cost more to those who pre-
pare it for themselves than the common ink which
can be bought by retail. When gum is very dear, or
when no very high gloss is required, 4 ounces
will be sufficient, with l ounces of sugar. By
using only f pound of galls to 4 ounces sulphate of
iron, uncalcined, omitting the logwood, and acetate
of copper, and the sugar, and using only 3 ounces
gum, a good and cheap common ink will be
obtained.
No. 136.
How to make Black Ink.
T'jeJvi; 1 pound logwood, and 1 gallon of water;
bo ; ! slightly or simmer in an iron vessel one hour;
di^v/'so in a little hot water 24 grains bichromate
of potash, 12 grains prussiate of potash, and stir
into the liquid while over the fire ; take it off and
strain it through a fine cloth. No other ink will
stand the test of oxalic acid, and it is so indelible
that osalic acid will not remove it from paper.
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No. 137.
Another cheap Black Ink.
Take 1 drachm prussiate of potash.
1 drachm bichromate of potash.
1 ounce extract of logwood.
1 gallon water.
Miz all together and shake it well ; when dissolved,
LS la SA for use.
No. 138.
Jfow to make Slack Printers' Ink.
Pxintsrg' ink is a real black paint, composed of
lampblac-k and linseed-o;l, which has undergone a
decree of Leat superior to that of common drying
oils. The manner of preparing it is extremely sim-
ple. Boil iinssed-oil in a large ire?! pot for 8 hours,
adding to it '.its of toasted bread for the purpose of
absorbing the water contained iui the oil; let it rest
till the following morning, and then expose it to the
eame degree of heat for 8 hours more, or till it has
acquired the consistence required ; then add lamp-
black worked up with a miztare of oil of turpentine
and turpentine.
The consistence depends ou the degree of heat
given to the oil. and the quantity of lampblack
mixod up with it ; and this consistence is regulated
by the strength of the paper for which the ink is
-^tended.
The preparation of printers' ink should take place
in th.9 open air, to prevent the bad effects arising
from the vapour of the burnt oil, and, in particular,
to guard against accident by fire.
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No. 139.
How to make Indelible Ink.
Take \\ ounces of nitrate of silver, 5^ ounces
liquor ammonise fortis ; dissolve the nitrate of silver
m the liquor ammonise fortis ; f ounces archil for
colouring ; and gum mucilage, 12 ounces ; when
ready for use, put up in drachm vials.
No. 140.
Haw to make another Indelible Ink.
Take 1 inch of stick nitrate of silver and dissolve
n in a little water, and then stir it into a gallon of
water, which will make a first-rate ink for cloth.
No. 141.
How to make Red Ink for writing. JVo. -1.
Roil over a slow fire 4 ounces Brazil-wood, ]t
small raspings or chipped, in 1 quart of water, til; a
third part of the water is evaporated. Add during
the boiling two drachma of alum in powder. When
the ink IB cold, strain it through a fine clean cloth ,
l^.B. Vinegar or stale urine is often used instead
of water. In case of using water, I presume a very
small quantity of sal-ammoniac would improve tai- ;
'.nk.
No. 142.
Another Red Writing-Ink. No. 2.
Take best carmine, 2 grains ; rain-water, ounce ,
water of ammonia, 20 drops ; add a little gum arable.
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No. 143.
How to make Blue Ink for writing. No. 2.
Take soft Prussian blue and oxalic acid, equal
Darts, powder them finely, and then add soft water
to bring it to a thin paste. Let it stand for a few
days, then add soft water to make the desired shade
of colour, adding a little gum arable to prevent its
spreading.
No.
H'i/w to make Vinegar. No. I.
Vinegar is used principally as a sauce and to ^re-
serve vegetable substances ; but it is employed ex-
ternally when an overdose of strong wine, spirit,
opium, or other narcotic poison has been taken. A
false strength is given to it by adding oil of vitriol
or somo acrid vegetable, as pellitory of Spain, capsi-
cum, &c. It is rendered colourless by adding fresli-
borned bone-black, 6 ounces to a gallon, and letting
it stand for 2 or 8 days to clear. Mix cider and
, in the proportion of 1 pound of honey to a
of ci'der, and let it stand in a vessel for some
s, and vinegar will be produced so powerful
J.ift vuter must be mixed with it for common use.
No. 144.
Another Vinegar. JNo. 2.
Schele, a celebrated chemist, has recommended
the following recipe : Take 6 spoonfuls of good
spirits of v/ine, to iLiu idd 3 pints of milk, and
i*
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put the mixture into a vessel to be corked c ose
Vent must be given from time to time to the gas of
fermentation. In the course of a month this wil 1
produce very good vinegar.
No. 145.
Another Vinegar. JVo. 3.
Put into a barrel of sufficient dimensions a mix-
ture composed of 41 pints of water, and about 4
quarts of whiskey, and 1 quart of yeast, and 2
pounds of charcoal, and place it in a proper situa-
tion for fermentation. At the end of 4 months a
verr good vinegar will be formed, cs clear ^d af
a 8 water.
No. l<ie.
Common Vinegar.
This in rc.a*le from weak liquor brewed for the pur-
pose : its various strength is, b r*!xigland, denoted
by numbers, f.-ooi 18 to 24.
No. 147.
Another Vinegar. Ao. .
To every gallon of water put 1 poia.d ols.. w >. .
et the mixture be boiled and skimmed EL, k.?. ^
any scum arises. Then let it be poured into proper
vessels ; and when it is as cool as beer when worked,
let a toast rubbed over with yeast be put to it. Let
it work about 24 hours, and then put it into an
iron-hooped cask, fixed either ner,r a constant fL.**
or where the summer sun shines the greater part o j .'
the day ; in this situation it sh uld bo closely stopped
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up ; but a tile or brick, or something similar, should
be laid on the bunghole, to keep out the dust and
insects. At the end of about 3 months (or some-
times less) it will be clear and lit for use, and may
be bottled off. The longer it is kept after it is bot-
tled the better it will be. If the vessel containing
the liquor is to be exposed to the sun's heat, the
best time to begin making it is in the month of
April.
No. 148.
Wine Vinegar.
Take any sort of wine that has gone through fer-
mentation and put it into a cask that has had vinegar
in it. Then take some of the fruit or stalks of which
the wine has been made, and put them, wet, into an
open-headed cask, in the sun, with a coarse cloth
over it, for 6 days ; after which, put them into the
vinegar and stir it well about. Then put it in a
warm place, if in winter, or, if in summer, put it in
a yard, in the sun, with a slate over the bung-hole.
When the vinegar is sour enough and tine, rack it
off into a clean sour cask and bung it up ; then put
it in the cellar for use. Those wines that contain
the most mucilage are fittest for the purpose. The
lees of pricked wine are also a very proper ingredient
in vinegar.
No. 149.
Sugar Vinegar.
To each gallon of water add 2 pounds of brown
eugar and a little yeast. Leave it exposed to the sun
for 6 months, in a vessel slightly stopped.
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No. 150.
Gooseberry Vinegar.
Bruise the gooseberries when ripe, and to ever?
quart put 3 quarts of water. Stir them well to-
gether, and let the whole stand for 24 hours; then
strain it through a cloth bag. To every gallon of
liquor add 1 pound brown sugar, and stir them well
together before they are put into the cask. Proceed
in all other respects as before. This vinegar pos-
sesses a pleasant taste and smell; but raspberry
vinegar, which may be made on the same plan, is far
superior in these respects. The raspberries are not
required to be of the best sort : still, they should be
ripe and well-flavoured.
No. 151.
Currant Vinegar.
This is made in the same way as that from goose-
berry : only pick off the currants from the stalks.
No. 152.
Primrose Vinegar.
To 15 quarts of water put 6 pounds of brown
sugar ; let it boil 10 minutes, and take off the scum ;
pour on it half a peck of primroses ; before it is quite
cold, put in a little fresh yeast, and let it work in a
warm place all night ; put it in a barrel in the kitchen,
and, when done working, close the barrel, still keep-
ing it in a warm place.
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No. 153.
Raisin Vinegar.
After making raisin wine, lay the pressed raisina
in a heap to heat ; then to each 56 pounds put 5 gal-
lons of water and a little yeast.
No. 154.
Cider Vinegar.
The poorest sort of cider will serve for vinegar, in
managing which, proceed thus :
First draw off the cider into a cask that has had
vinegar in it before ; then put some of the apples
that have been pressed into it ; set the whole in the
sun, and in a week or 9 days draw it off into another
cask. This is a good table vinegar.
No. 155.
How to Strengthen Vinegar.
Suffer it to be repeatedly frozen, and separate the
upper cake of ice or water from it. All vinegars
owe their principal strength to the acetic acid they
contain ; but the vinegar of wine contains also a
tartar, a small proportion of malic acid, alcohol, and
colouring-matter; that of cider contains merely the
malic acid, little or no alcohol, and a yellowish
colouring-matter.
No. 156.
How to make Vinegar from Elder-Flowers, Gilliflowers,
Musk-Hoses, and Tarragon.
Dry an ounce of either of the above flowers for
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two days in the sun ; then put them into a bottle,
pour on them a pint of vinegar, closely stop the
bottle, and infuse for 15 days in moderate heat of
the sun.
No. 157.
How to make German Vinegar.
Take 15 gallons soft water, 4 pounds brown sugar,
J pound cream of tartar, 2 gallons whiskey. Mix,
and keep it lightly covered, in a warm temperature.
No. 158.
How to increase the Sharpness and Strength of Vinegar.
Boil 2 quarts of good vinegar till reduced to 1 ;
then put it in a vessel and set it in the sun for a week.
Now mix the vinegar with six times its quantity of
bad vinegar in a small cask : it will not only mend
it, but make it strong and agreeable.
No. 159.
General Remarks on Dyeing.
Cleanliness in dyeing is very essential. The
vessel and the articles to be dyed must be rid of
grease and dirt, as grease resists the colouring-par-
ticles and dirt leaves a stain. Soft water should
always be used for dyeing. Vessels used for dyeing
small articles should generally be wash-basins, small
copper and tinned pans, and sufficiently large that
the dyeing-liquor be not spilled by dipping the
articles in and out when dyeing. The quantity of
liquor generally necessary for dyeing a dress of mua-
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Mi., crape, sarcenet, cambric, &c., is about three
quarts ; for a larger dress, a proportionate quantity.
The dytir,e;- utensils are simple, being composed
of tubs, kc.'ttes, horse, or a couple of lathed benches,
f' r the purpose of placing the goods upon when they
i vvne from the (lye. The horse may be in form of a
carpenter's stool. A doll, which is used for beating
blankets, cconterpanes, &c. in the tub, in order to
clean them, Fcrthia doll some use an article similar
t/> a pavior s zr/:ll, but of smaller dimensions : others
huve a circular piece of wood, two inches thick, in
which four legc are fastened on the under side, and
in the na^e r- pretty long handle, with a cross-piece
put 'AmngL- it to work it with. Against the wall or
a post fasten a hook or a* pin to put on your skeins,
and vfith JL small stick wring them out. In fancy-
i'!yei.'i,c ti.e various shades of cambric, a winch is put
;n frequent use.
The liquor should always be stirred with a spoon,
n-d, or anv thing that is clean, previous to the article
being dipped in it, to cause the colouring-particles
to be equally diffused, so that the article to be dyed
Deceives its colour uniformly; and it is also necessary
bat the article be moved in and out quickly, and
opened to receive the colour more evenly. Colours
generally look much darker when wet, therefore
allowance should generally be made for drying,
which should always be done in a warm room, pinned
or stretched to a line.
No. 100.
Alt iw ing.
Is a preparation necessary for some colours in order
to receive the colouring-particles, such as crimson
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scarlet, purple, and some other colours, Tf any
article is directed to be alumed, be careful \o nd it
well of the soap-suds, as alum turns s r '.<o grtsa-te.
When the article is put in the alum-l qi,-",, it is to
be well dipped in and out arvi opv-ucd, :o rceivt
this preparation more equ;:iJy, for fan hoar, or aJ)
night, if circumstances a<Jmic: Si-d. wbest alum a
it must be well wrung out and ntiserj >n >VK watera,
and then dyed, the sooner the bettor, before getting
dry.
Note. The aluming of silks ought <o be doue
cold, or it will be deprived of its luat^.
No. 161.
Preparing of the Dye-Liquors, or Scalding Ike Wood.
Having something like the end of a tub, about one
foot deep, with a copper bottom, bored fall of holes
about a quarter of an inch in diameter, lay a piece
of rather coarse sheeting on this ; lay it all together
on another tub ; fill it with the wood to be scalded
Then, having a copper boiler full of boiling water
fill the tub which contains the wood with boiling
water; stir it during the time it is going through ;
fill it up again, and so repeat the operation' till you
have got all the strength from the wood.
The criterion by which to know when the strength
AS gone from the wood is the paleness of the liquor
as it runs through. This operation is considered
superior to boiling the wood in a copper boiler,
especially for the ground wood : but either way will
answer. The method of rendering the liquor stronger
of course is by evaporation, in a copper vessel, with
a constant fire under it. The chips of dyewood are
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generally superior to the ground wood, as they are
not so likely to be adulterated.
No. 162.
Pink on Silk.
After aluming, (see receipt No. 160,) handle the
goods to be dyed in peach-wood liquor till of the
colour desired; then take out, and put in a little
alum-liquor; handle the goods a little longer, take
out, rinse in water, and finish.
Note. In most cases where the shade is not dark
enough, the operation must be repeated.
No. 163.
.Brown on Silk.
A.hu&. you? ailk, ^see No. 160.) Then take 1
part of fustic-liquor and 3 parts of peach-wood
liquor; handle in these till it becomes a good brown;
'a little "logwood-liquor will darken your shade, if
required ;) hedge out, and put in a little alum-water;
again ^:-t in ;o : ir goods, handle a little longer, then
lake out, dra : n, rinse well, and finish.
AV>/e. By varying the peach- wood and fustic,
/anous shades my.y be obtained.
JNTo. 184.
Green on Silk.
Take green ebony, boil it in water, and let it
settle. Take the clean liquor, as hot as you can
bear your hands in it, and handle in it your goods
till of a bright yellow. Then take water, and put
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in a little sulphate of indigo ; handle your goods in
this till of the shade wanted.
Note. The ebony may previously be boiled in a
bag, to prevent it from sticking to the silk.
No. 165.
Sulphate of Indigo.
Take 3 pounds of vitriol and 1 pound of grc uud
indigo ; put in a little at a time, and keep stirring
nil all dissolved. Let stand for 24 hours, and then
it is ready for use.
No. 166.
Elm on Silk.
Indigo, same as for green ; you will L&VG a blue.
Note. The silk ought to be boiled in white soap
and water and mado quite white, and then rinood in
lukewarm water.
No. 167.
Black on Silk.
Take 1 ounce of biuestone of vitriol, 2 ounces ot
oopperas, and ounce of nitrate of r*on. Mix ai
together with as much waier is wi 1 ! do one piece
have the water & little warai. Iloigo iv this 6
times, backward and forward ; take out, and :inso
in water. Take another tub, and put in it as mur.t-
logwood-liquor that has in it 1 pound of logwood ana
1 ounce of fustic-liquor; hedge in this liquor with a
sufficient quantity of water till black; wash out, and
finish.
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Note. In both processes, let them have a chance
to air in drying.
No. 168.
Blue Black on Silk.
First run through a mordant of nitrate of iron and
water; then run through pearlash- water ; then
through nitrate of iron again ; then put them through
logwood-liquor, with a little hluestone of vitriol die
solved in it. If not dark enough, repeat the opo-
ration.
No. 169.
Maroon on Silk.
T;> 3 pounds silk take pound cudbear ; put it in
vr<t _r, and let it boil ; then put in your silk, and let
it b<>il it few minutes. Keep your silk well handled ;
take out, and you will have a good handsome colour.
To change the shade, put in 2 pounds common
salt, and operate as before : this will vary the shade.
To vary it still further, take the silk, after boiling it
the first time without the salt, and handle it in pearl-
ash-water, or in cream of tartar, and you will have
a handsome blue.
No. 170.
Orange on Silk or Cotton.
Take 1 pound silk, 1 ounce annotto, 2 ounce*
pearlash, and boil them well together. Turn in
your goods ; when boiled 10 minutes, take out, wash,
and finish. If this orange is dark, handle the goods
at hand-heat.
Note. These goods .naust be well washed out in
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poap, and in aluming them you may use a little
sugar of lead.
No. 171.
Gray on Silk.
For a silk dress : Take 4 or 6 ounces of fine pow-
dered galls, and pour on them boiling water ; handle
your silk in this for 20 or 30 minutes. In another
form, dissolve a piece of green copperas about the
size of a nut. Handle your silk through this, and it
will be a gray, more or less dark, according to the
quantity of drugs.
No. 172.
Slate on Silk.
To make a slate, take another pan of warm water
and about a teacupful of logwood-liquor, pretty
strong, and a piece of pearlash of the size of a nut.
Take the above gray-coloured goods and handle a
little in this liquor, and it is finished.
Note. If too much logwood is used, the colour
will be too dark.
No. 173.
Olive on Silk.
By adding a little fustic-liquor to the above slate,
it will form n olive : it may be necessary to run
them through a weak pearlash-water to sadden
them. Wash in two waters for the above three
colours. They will keep their colour very well.
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No. 174.
Stone on Silk.
Take the coloured gray, (see Receipt No. 171.)
Add a sufficient quantity of purple archil to the
gray liquor. To give them a red sandy cast, add a
little red archil. Simmer the silk in this a few
minutes. Rinse in one or two cold waters. Dry
in the air. The red archil is made from purple
archil, by adding a small quantity of vitriol and
water, which will redden it.
No. 175.
To dye a Silk Dress Brown.
Take 8 ounces sumach, 4 ounces logwood, 8
ounces camwood or madder; hoil these dngs in
water, then cool down your liquor; wet out your
silks ; then enter them ; handle well ; wash out as
usual. For a mulberry cast, add as much purple
archil as may be necessary.
No. 176.
Drab on SilL
For a silk dress : Take 4 ounces archil, 1 ounce
madder ; enter and handle the goods. This may be
saddened by taking out your goods and dissolving
m the liquor a piece of green copperas, the sizo of
a nut ; again handle in this liquor. Or, what is still
better, instead of copperas, use a little pearlash to
sadden with.
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No. 177.
Dove on Silk.
Take Brazil logwood and sumachj var^ the
quantities as you want your shade : boil them in
water, then enter your goods, handle well, and sad-
:ien with green copperas.
No. 178.
Yellow on Silk.
Boil quercitron-bark in a copper pan for 20
minutes, any quantity you please. Dip a sufficient
quantity to cover your silk in another copper pan,
;>r tinned vessel, to which add a small quantity of
muriate of tiu; pass your silks first through warm
water, and wring them out; then put them into this
pan of dye-water, and handle them with a clean stick
till col 1 ; when cold, take out, throw out your liquor,
take from the first pan as much liquor as before ;
handle in this 10 minutes, then add muriate of tin
according to shade wanted. Rinse out in its own
dquor, and dry in a warm room. Annotto affords
an orange yellow with equal quantities of pearlash,
and gives out its colour to silk in warm water.
Turmeric gives out its colour in a similar manner.
The roots of barberry afford a yellow of themselves
when boiled in water.
No. 179.
Crimson on Silk.
Take cudbear, boil it in water; then just rinse or
aandle your silks in it for a few minutes, you have
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the shade wanted. Chamber-lye or any alkaline
solution will change the colour.
No. 180.
Flesh- Colour on Silk.
Having first thoroughly cleaned your silk in .ne
usual manner, rinse in warm water; then handle
them in a very slight water of alum and tartar, so
slight that you could hardly taste it. Then, if you
have been dyeing pinks, (Receipt No. 162,) take some
of the old liquor, handle in it till of the shade
wanted. The liquor must not be too strong, or the
shade will be too heavy.
No. 181.
Brown on Woollen Cloth, or Cloths of any description.
The quantity of woods to be regulated according
to the quantity of goods to be dyed. For instance,
a pair of men's pantaloons, being first well cleaned
from all grease : take 1 pound red-wood, hypernick,
or peach-wood, 1 pound fustic, put them in a copper
kettle, boil them, then cool down so as to bear in it
your hand ; then put in a small quantity of cream
of tartar; agitate the water; then enter your goods,
handle them till they come to a boil, 5 or 10 minute.s ;
take out the goods, put in a strong solution made
of 4 ounces copperas, again cool down, re-enter the
goods, again bring them to a boi 1 : take out; rinse
well in water. (Finished.)
This process makes a good substantial brown, an<i
might be varied in the shade by varying the quanti-
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ties of woods in their proportion, also by adding j
little alum in the saddening. This is somewhat o*
an olive.
No. 182.
A Brown on the Red Cast.
Take 2 pounds red- wood, 1 pound fustic ; proceed
in every respect as in Receipt No. 181 : the desired
shade will be obtained. The quantity of dye-woods
may be regulated according to the quantity of goods
to be dyed; in No. 181 also, the copperas and tartar
(On woollen, of course.)
No. 183.
Olive-Brown.
For a pair of pantaloons, providing they weigh
3 pounds, take 2 pounds fustic, 1 ounce logwood, 4
ounces common madder, 2 ounces peach-wood ; boil
them up ; then cool down your liquor ; enter your
pantaloons; bring the liquor to a boil; let it boil
half an hour, occasionally turning over ; take out ;
cool down your liquor; put in 2 ounces dissolved
copperas; handle until deep enough. (For wool.)
Any quantity of yarn may be dyed on the same
principle.
No. 184.
A Brown inclining to Snuff.
Take any quantity of woollen goods; use for
every pound 1| or 2 pounds logwood. First put youi
logwood into the copper vessel ; bring it to a boil ;
cool down ; then enter your goods ; bring them to a
boil, halt an hour, or longer if a large quantity;
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take out, wash, and finish. Put, however, a little
sumach, about 2 ounces to the pound of logwood.
This will be a good shade of brown. To alter this
shade, put into your liquor a proportionally small
quantity of alum-liquor, again enter the goods: you
will have a good handsome shade on silk as well as
woollen.
No. 185.
A Black inclining to Purple, on Wool and Silk.
Take 4 pounds logwood, 1 pound sumach; boil
them in a sufficient quantity of water ; cool down
with water enough to dye 4 or 5 pounds of silk or
wool ; enter the goods ; bring them to a boil, for 10
minutes; take out, partly cool down ; put in about 1
pound copperas; again enter your goods, bring them
to a boil, take out, wash, and finish. (Chiefly intended
for wool.)
N.B. A pair of pantaloons, or any other article
which is old, would not need to be so particular in
quantity of dye-stuffs or length of time. It will
also answer for cotton, and that without sumach, if
the sumach is not at hand. (This is intended chiefly
for woollen.)
No. 186.
A Slack inclining to Brown, on Silk and Woollen..
Take 1 part sumach, 1 logwood, 1 hypernick or
peach-wood ; boil the dye-stuffs ; cool down ; put in
the silk or woollen according to the quantity of your
dye-woods, bring them to a boil, for 10 minutes,
take out the goods, cool down ; having put in a
sufficient quantity of dissolved copperas, again enter
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the eoods, bring to a boil, take out, wash well, ana
finish.
To mix the copperas witn alum would materially
alter the shade, if a variety was wanted. (This IP
chiefly intended for wool.)
No. 187.
A Jet Black on Wool or Woollen Cloth.
For 7 pounds wool or woollen cloth, take 3|
pounds logwood, f pound sumach, pound fustic :
boil these drugs in a sufficient quantity of water for
20 minutes ; cool down, put in your goods, bring to
a boil half an hour, then take out ; cool down your
liquor ; add copperas, dissolved in water, 1 pounds,
bluestone of vitriol, 2 ounces ; again enter your
goods, bring to a boil, 15 minutes, take out, wash
well in cold water, and finish.
No. 188.
Blue Prussian on Woollen.
Take any quantity of calcined copperas, dissolve
it in warm water, strong, put in your goods, keep
them well handled till the water comes nearly to a
boil; still handle 15 minutes; then rinse the goods
in cold water; get up another kettle of 1 of urine to
3 of water; bring the water to hand-heat; put in
your goods, handle half an hour ; again rinse in cold
water; get up another kettle of water, hand-heat,
and for each pound of goods, 3 ounces prussiate
of potash ; put some oil of vitriol in the kettle ; handle
the goods half an hour If the colour looks green,
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add a little more vitriol, handle half an hour longer,
rake out, wash in cold water, and finish.
No. 189.
Green on Wool.
For 6 pounds yarn, worsted, or cloth, take 3
pounds fustic, pound alum ; boil them in a kettle
10 minutes, pajtly cool down ; then put in a small
teacupful sulphate of indigo, rake it well up, enter
your goods welll handled, let boil 20 minutes, (if a
larger quantity, boil longer in proportion ;) take out,
and, if not blul enough, add a little more sulphate
of indigo ; handle until deep enough. Rinse in
cold water, and finish. This shade may be altered
in a variety of wfiys, by adding a little camwood, or
logwood, in the first boiling.
No. 190.
Lilac on Wool.
Boil up any quantity of archil, according to the
quantity of goods you want to dye ; cool the liquor
a little, enter the goods, handle carefully, until the
shade is deep enough, without boiling the liquor,
take out, wash, and finish. One pound of archil
will dye 4 pounds of goods. Silk may be dyed in
the same way. The shades may be altered by soda,
pearhish, wine, or common salt, adding a little, and
re-entering the goods before washing, and handling
a little while longer.
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No. 191.
Drab cm Woollen.
For about fifteen pounds of woollen goods, take
| pounds weld, 9 ounces madder, 4 ounces logwood,
3 ounces archil ; put them in water, bring them to
a boil for 10 or 15 minutes, cool down ; enter the
goods, boil 15 minutes, wind up ; put in 1 ounce
alum, 1 ounce copperas, ground ; boil a few minutes
longer, during which time handle well ; take out,
wash, and finish. The above receipt muy serve as
a standard of procedure for all the drab 'shades
(which may be altered at pleasure) that can be pro-
duced, only varying the quantities of drugs, in some
cases adding archil, and in others a little sulphate
of indigo. Red tartar and camwood may also be
used. The copperas and alum may be varied in
quantity, or increased, or the alum l^ft out, thus
varying the whole round.
No. 192.
Red on Woottm.
For 10 pounds of woollen goods, take 2 pounds
alum, \ pound red tartar; boil the goods in this 1
hour, (if a larger quantity of goods, boil longer;) then
boil up 4J pounds peachwood in clean water, cool
down to a scald, put in 2 ounces No. 1 tin-liquor,
enter the goods, handle until dark enough, and finisli.
The goods must not be washed between the first ai- J
second operations.
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No. 193.
How to make J\'o. 1 Tin-Liquor.
Take 2 quarts muriatic acid, killed with 24 ounces
granulated tin. This will answer for woollen or
cotton.
No. 194.
How to make No. 2 Tin-Liquor, for Yellow on Woollen.
About 4 parts muriatic acid to 1 part sulphuric
acid, killed with granulated tin. This will answer
for yellow on cotton, also.
No. 195.
Slate on Woollen.
For 10 pounds of woollen goods, take 10 pounds
sumach, boil it up 10 minutes, cool down, put in
your goods, bring them to a boil a few minutes, take
out; put in 4 pounds copperas, dissolve, cool down ;
re-enter the goods, bring them to a boil, take out,
wash, and finish. A quantity of iron-liquor, such
as the calico-printers use, would be preferable to
copperas. This slate may be varied by varying the
proportion of copperas and sumach ; also, by adding
a little peachwood, or any other red wood ; in this
case, less copperas might be used.
No. 196.
Yellow on Wool.
For 10 pounds of wool, bring a kettle of water to
a scald, or to 180 degrees of heat ; put in 4 pounds
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quercitron-bark, (do not allow it to boil, as that would
bring out the tannin and dull the yellow,) 1 pound
alum, 6 ounces cream of tartar, nearly J pint No.
1 tin-liquor; stir up the liquor well, allow it to
settle 15 minutes, enter the goods, keep in until dark
enough.
No. 197.
Orange on Wool
First dye the pattern to a full yellow. Then take
a clean kettle of water ; when a little warm, put in for
the above goods 2 pounds madder, peachwood, mun-
jeet, or hypernick ; munjeet does very well ; put in
your goods, keep them well handled, bring the goods
to a boil, let boil till dark enough, wash, and finish.
VARIOUS SHADES OF FANCY DYEING ON COTTON
No. 198.
For any quantity of Thread in Black.
First take thread and boil it in sumach and water ;
then let it be immersed in lime-water, cold ; then in
weak copperas-water, cold ; then in lime-water again,
cold ; then in logwood-liquor, warm ; take out, pu f
some copperas-liquor into your logwood-liquor, again
put in your goods, handle, and finish. This makes u
first-rate black.
No. 199.
Turmeric Yellow.
Take about 3 pounds of turmeric, put in a small
tub for the purpose ; pour OTJ !* a tumbler of oil of
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vitriol, stir it well up ; then pour on it hot water,
about 2 gallons, stir this well up ; then, having half
a tubful of water boiling hot from the boiler, pour
on it the contents of the small tub ; enter 3 pieces,
30 yards each, give them 6 or 8 ends, as the work-
men term it, fold up. The next process is to have
another tub of water, put in it half a pailful of alum-
liquor, give the pieces 3 or 4 ends in this, take out,
and finish. Renew with the same quantity for the
aext 3 pieces, and proceed. Note. By ends is meant
rinsing the pieces backward and forward over the
wince in the tub. Half a hogshead will answer the
purpose.
It will be understood that these cotton colours are
intended for linings or cambrics. It will also be
understood that the liquors must be prepared as in
Receipt No. 161, or by boiling in a copper cistern ;
the former is most generally adopted for this- kind
of dyeing. It will be neceesar} 7 to have a number
of tubs for the different liquors, and in dyeing various
shades to have the liquors prepared in readiness.
No. 200.
Green on Cotton.
Take as much hot fustic-liquor as will cover 9
pieces, in which is put a very little lime-liquor, put
it in a tub, enter your goods, give them 5 ends, hedge
them out ; take another tub, half full of water, (cold,)
put into it a sufficient quantity of blue-stone of vitrio 1
liquor to set the tub, about 2 quarts; enter your
goods in this, give them 5 ends, hedge out; then take
a couple of pailfuls of the fustic-liquor, renew the first
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tub, enter 3 pieces more, and so proceed as at first ;
' hen renew your blue vitriol tub with half the
quantity of liquor, not taking any out, and pro-
ceed as at first. In this way do as many the first
and second time as you can finish that day ; then
commence to finish them. Take half a tubful of old
fustic-liquor, that has been, used once, and put to it
1J pailfuls of logwood-liquor; enter your pieces 3
at the time, give them 5 ends, and finish. Renew
vnth a little more logwood-liquor, enough to make
them dark enough, having first thrown away a couple
:'; pailfuls from the tub, and renew with the same
from the old tub, and so proceed in finishing.
No. 201.
Buff on Cotton.
Take as much hot fustic-liquor and water as will
naif fill a tub, enter 3 pieces, give them 5 ends, hedge
out ; take another tub of lime-water cold, enter the
same pieces, and give them 5 ends in this; take
out, and in a short time they will be buft'. Renew
your first and second tub, and proceed as at first
This is all required for buff.
No. 202.
Annotto-Oranyc on Cotton.
Having prepared your annotto-liquor by boiling it
'n a copper vessel for 20 minutes, take out your
liquor, put it in a tub, partly fill your boiler with
water, bring it to a boil ; having kept in the boiler
the sediment of the annotto, make it strong enough
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,na annotio-liquor to the shade you want to dye;
entei 3 pieces when boiling, give them 3 ends, take
out; enter them into cold alum-water, give them 4
ends, take out, and finish. Renew your annotto-
boi.er with a sufficient quantity of annotto-liquor,
and proceed as before ; then renew your alum-tub,
proceed as before in the second process. This
finishes them.
The liquor that is leil in the boiler at night will
do to boil the annotto in the next day, so that
nothing is lost.
No. 203.
Red en Cottm.
Take 3 pieces, enter them into a tub with hot
redwood or peachwood liquor, give them 5 ends,
then run them into your wince ; have another tub,
called the spirit-tub, close by, half full of cold water,
put into it about 3 tumblerfuls of spirits ; then run
the pieces from the other wince over the wince of
the spirit-tub, give them 5 ends in the spirit-tub,
then wind them on the wince of the spirit-tub, then
oack again to the red-tub ; give them 5 ends without
having renewed the tub, they are finished.
Throw away the red-tub liquor, put in fresh liquor,
and proceed as before ; but the spirit-tub must be
renewed always ; even at night it may be left in a
tub, and. r ^newed the next day.
No. 204.
Brown on Cotton.
The first process is to give them 5 ends in hot
aumach-liquor, or let them lie all night in the large
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tub, same as for blacks ; then give them 5 ends in
copperas, hedge out, give them 5 ends in lime- tub ;
then hedge out, lay them one side till you get enough
to finish that day. You next renew your tubs, and
repeat the operation as before. Then comes the
finishing part. Make up a tub of hot redwood-liquor,
writer 3 pieces, give them 5 ends, put the pieces one
aide the tub, put in some alum-liquor, stir up, give
them 5 ends more, hedge out, and finish.
No. 205.
Drab on Cotton.
Take half a tub of hot sumach and fustic liquor;
more fustic than sumach, according to shade wanted ;
enter 3 pieces, give them 5 ends, hedge out; give
them 5 ends in the copperas-tub, and finish. Renew
your tubs, and proceed as before. The copperas-tub
is a half tub of water, with a couple of pailfuls of
uopperas-liquor to set in the first place; renewed
each time.
No. 206.
Slate on Cotton.
Make up a tub of about 2 of logwood to 1 of
fustic liquor, both hot; enter 3 pieces; give them 5
ends ; hedge out ; give them 5 ends in copperas-
liquor ; have it stronger or weaker, according to
shade wanted. This finishes them. Renew your
tubs, and proceed as before.
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No. 207.
F*urple on Cotton.
Get up a tub of hot logwood-liquor, enter 3 pieces,
give them 5 ends, hedge out ; enter them into a clean
alum-tub, give them 5 ends, hedge out; get up
another tub of logwood-liquor, enter, give them 5
ends, hedge out; renew your alum-tub, give them" 5
ends in that, and finish.
No. 208.
Black on Cotton.
First take your pieces and boil them in sumach-
liquor, in a large copper vessel, if you have it, that
will hold 60 or 70 pieces, in which you put about a
bushel and a half of sumach ; let them stay all night,
if it is convenient ; take out, and enter them into
the lime-tub, 3 at a time ; give them 4 ends, hedge
out ; enter them into the copperas-tub, give them 5
ends, hedge out; enter them into the lime again,
give them 4 ends, hedge out ; enter them into another
tub with tolerably strong logwood-liquor, give them
5 ends ; put them to one side of the tub ; put in
enough copperas-liquor to blacken them, (about a
couple of quarts,) then give 'them a few more ends,
and they are finished. With this process it is
the same as with the greens. After sumachiug,
liming, copperasing, and second liming is repeated,
till you get as many as will answer you to finish that
day, the tubs being renewed after each 3 pieces,
then comes the finishing; after each 3 pieces, the
logwood and copperas liquor is thrown away, because
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the copperas kills the logwood, and so renders it un-
fit for the next pieces. It is frequently the case that,
instead of the first process of sumach-boiling, they
collect the old sumach, and fustic, and logwood-
liquor, that has no copperas or lime in 7t, into a large
r,ub, and all the pieces that are spoiled in the other
colours they throw into this tub, and let them lie
a few days till they are ready to dye blacks, and this
answers instead of the sumaching.
For the foregoing cotton shades, the pieces are
first taken and boiled in a wood or copper cistern, as
circumstances may be, in order to take out the
sizing, and prepare them to receive the dye.
No. 209.
How to put a Jim Gloss on Silk.
Take a fair white potato, cut it in very thin slices,
pour on it boiling water, let stand till rather cool,
take out the slices of potato, run your silk through
this water, squeeze out, smooth while damp, and you
will have a very superior gloss. It was tried on
black silk, and it was found to answer well. If it
should not answer on lighter colours, try the follow-
ing one. If a quantity of silk, of course propor-
tion your potatoes.
No. 210.
Another way to put a Gloss on Silk,
Instead of a potato, use a small quantity of ism-
glass ; dissolve in water. Use it the same as the
above in every particular. 1 ounce of isinglass will
answer for 1 pound of silk.
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No. 211.
Tm- Liquor for Pinks, Scarlets, Crimson, $c.
Take 1 part muriatic acid, and 1 part nitric acid,
and kill with tin.
No. 212.
Tin- Liquor for Scarlets, Crimson, $c. on Silks.
Take 1 pound nitric and 1 pound muriatic acid,
and about 1| ounces sal-ammoniac ; kill with granu-
lated tin.
No. 213.
How to set an Indigo- Vat for Cotton.
Having a sufficiently large vat, nearly fill it with
water; put in 30 pounds ground indigo, 50 pounds
copperas, 50 pounds slaked lime ; occasionally stir
it up, for 2 days. When perfectly settled, it is
ready for use. When the vat is exhausted, renew
with 4 pounds pearlash, 4 pounds lime, and Iti
pou* s copperas.
No. 214.
A Blue- Vat for Silk and Woollen.
Take 8 pounds indigo, and about 2 gallons
einegar, work it well in the mill till fine ; if this is
not convenient, put them on a slow fire for 24 hours
till dissolved ; put in 1 pound madder ; mix these
well, and put them into a vat containing 100 gallons
urine ; stir well twice a day for one week. It may
be then worked, always previously stirring it. Thia
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vat continues to be good till exhausted. Mazarine
blues, and deep purples, may be managed with this
vat and archil-dye ; take care to rinse it well from
one to the other. Archil forms a dye of itself with-
out mordant, on silk and woollen, when boiled in
water.
No. 215.
How to dye Straws Red.
Boil ground Brazil-wood in a lye of potash, and
boil your straw in it.
No. 216.
Blue on Straw.
Take a sufficient quantity of potash-lye, 1 pound
of litmus, or lacmus, ground ; make a decoction,
and then put in the straw and boil it.
. No. 217.
Turkey-Red on Leather.
After the skin has been properly prepared with
sheep or pigs' dung, &c., take strong alum-^ater,
and sponge over your skin ; when dry, boil a strong
gall-liquor, (it cannot be too strong;) then boil a
strong Brazil-wood liquor, the stronger the better;
take a sponge, dip it in your liquor, and sponge over
your skin : repeat this, till it comes to a full red. To
finish your skin, take the white of eggs and a little
gum-dragon, mix the two together in \ gill of
water, sponge over your skin, and, when dry, polish
it with a bottle, or piece of glass prepared for the
purpose.
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No. 218.
Red on Leather.
Red is given by washing the skins, and laying
them two hours in galls, then wringing them out,
dipping them in a liquor made with ligustrum, alum,
and verdigris, in water, and lastly in a dye made of
Brazil-wood boiled with lye.
No. 219.
Yellow on Leather.
Infuse quercitron-bark in vinegar, in which boil
a little alum, and brush over your skins with the
infusion Finish same as No. 217.
No. 220.
Another Yellow on Leather.
Take 1 pint whiskey, 4 ounces turmeric; mix
them well together; when settled, sponge your skin
over, and finish the same as No. 217.
No. 221.
Blue on Leather.
For each skin, take 1 ounce indigo ; put it into
boiling water, and let it stand one night; then warm
it a little, and with a brush smear the skin twice
over. Finish same as No. 217.
No. 222.
Black on Leather.
Put your skin on a clean board, sponge it over
with gall am! sumach liquors strong, then take a
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strong logwood-liquor, sponge it over 3 or 4 times,
then take a little copperas, mix it in the logwood-
liquor, sponge over your skin, and finish the same
as No. 217.
No. 223.
How to make different Shades on Leather.
The pleasing hues of yellow, brown, or tan-colour
are readily imparted to leather by the following
simple process : steep saffron in boiling water for a
number of hours, wet a sponge or soft brush in the
liquor, smear the leather. The quantity of saffron,
as well as of water, will of course depend on how
much dye may be wanted, and their relative propor-
tions on the depth of colour required.
No. 224.
To dye Leather Purple.
Iflrst sponge the leather with alum-liquor strong,
then with logwood-liquor strong, or mix them both
and boil them, and sponge with the liquor. Finish
the same as No. 217.
No. 225.
Painters, how to mix Colours to form different Shades.
The various colours that may be obtained by mix-
ture of other colours are numberless. It is only pro-
posed to give some of the simplest and best modes
of preparing those most frequently required.
Compound colours formed by the union of only
two colours are called by painters virgin tints.
The smaller the number of colours of which any
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i colour is composed, the purer and ik*
ricner it will be,
Light fimy io made by mixing white lead with
lampblack, using more or less of each material as
you wish to obtain a lighter or a darker colour.
Bujf is made from yellow ochre and white lead.
Silver or Peart gray. Mix white lead, indigo, and a
very slight portion of black, regulating the quanti-
ties by the shade you wish to obtain. Flaxen gray
is obtained by a mixture of white lead and Prussian
blue, with a small quantity of lake. Brick colour.
Yellow ochre and red lead, with a little white. Oak-
wood colour. | white lead, and J part umber and
yellow ochre : the proportions of the last two ingre-
dients being determined by the required tints.
Walnut-tree colour. white lead, and red ochre,
yellow ochre, and umber, mixed according to the
shade sought. If veining is required, use different
shades of the same mixture, and for the deepest
places, black. Jonquil. Yellow, pink, and white
lead. This colour is only proper for distemper.
Lemon yellow. Realgar and orpiment. Some object
to this mixture on account of the poisonous nature
of the ingredients. The same colour can be ob-
tained by mixing yellow pink with Naples yellow ;
but it is then only fit for distemper. Orange colour.
Red lead and yellow ochre. Violet colour. Ver-
milion, or red lead, mixed with black or blue, and a
small portion of white. Vermilion is far preferable
to red lead, in mixing this colour. Purple. Dark
red mixed with violet-colour. Carnation. Lake and
white. Gold colour. Massicot or Naples yellow,
with a small quantity of realgar, and a very little
Spanish white. Olive colour. This may be obtained
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Dy various mixtures : black, aud a little blue, mixed
with yellow; yellow pink, with a little verdigris and
lampblack ; or ochre and a small quantity of %vhite,
will also produce a kind of olive colour. For dis-
temper, indigo and yellow pink, mixed with white
lead or Spanish white, must be used. If veined, ii
should be done with umber. Lead colour. Indigo
and white. Chestnut colour. Red ochre and black
for a dark chestnut. To make it lighter, employ a
mixture of yellow ochre. Light timber colour.
Spruce ochre, white, and a little umber. Flesh
colour. Lake, white lead, and a little vermilion.
Light Willow-green. White, mixed with verdigris
Grr ass-green. Yellow pink mixed with verdigris.
An endless variety of greens can be obtained by the
mixture of blue and yellow in different proportions,
with the occasional addition of white lead. Stone
colour. White, with a little spruce ochre. Dark
Lead colour. Black and white, with a little indigo.
Fawn colour. White lead, stone ochre, and a little
vermilion. Chocolate colour. Lampblack and Span-
ish brown. On account of the fatness of the lamp-
black, mix some litharge and red lead. Portland
Stone colour. Umber, yellow ochre, and white lead.
The varieties of shades of brown that may be ob-
tained are nearly as numerous as those of green.
To imitate Mahogany. Let the first coat of painting
be white lead, the second orange, and the last burned
umber or sienna; imitating the veins according to
your taste aud practice. To imitate Wainscot. Let
the first coat be white, the second half white and
half yeilow ochre, and the third yellow ochre only.
Shadow with umber of sienna. To imitate Satin-wood.
Take white for your first coating, light blue for
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the second, and dark blue or dark green for the
third.
No. 226.
Names of the different Colours used in Painting.
Whites. White Lead, Ceruse, and Flake. The more
common sorts are called white lead ; the purer, ce-
ruse ; the very best, flake-white. The white colours
me generally used in house-painting.
Spanish or Bougival White is generally sold in cakes
of an oblong form. It is much better for house-
painting than any whites that contain a mixture of
chalky substances, and it is not unfrequently used
instead of white lead for priming, being far cheaper,
though much less durable.
Gypsum, or Plaster of Paris. When employed in
house-painting, it requires to be mixed with a great
quantity of water, and it then forms a very valuable
article for white-washing apartments, and for paint-
ing in distemper.
White of Troyes, or White Chalk. -It is generally
used for common white-washing, though gypsum is
much preferable for this purpose.
Blacks. Ivory-Black is extremely rich and intense
in colour ; but, being costly, it is seldom employed
in common work.
Lamp-Black is used more than any other black
m common painting.
Charcoal-Black. -The woods that furnish the best
charcoal for painters are the beech and vine; the
former yielding a black of a bluish cast, and the
latter one of a grayish cast. When charcoal ob-
tained from any of these sour- ia employed in
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painting, it should be mixed with a very small
portion of white lead, and made up for use with
drying-oil.
Reds. Vermilion is the most brilliant of all the
light reds. The body of vermilion is very delicate,
and will grind as fine as oil itself. No colour looks
better, works smoother, bears a better body, or goes
farther.
Minium, or Red Lead. When it is well ground
and made fine, it is lighter than any other red in
general use, bears a good body in oil, and binds
very fast and firm. It has likewise the advantage
of drying readily.
Carmine is a more dazzling red than vermilion,
and is almost too brilliant for the eye to endure.
There are various sorts of carmine, numbered in the
order of their relative value. Thus, No. 1 is the
best ; No. 2 the second best ; and so on.
Lake. There are two sorts of colours known
under this name : lakes derived from cochineal, the
richest and finest of all dark reds ; and lakes pre-
pared from madder, not quite so good.
Spanish Brown. The deeper the colour, and the
freer from gritty particles, the better it is for use.
It is much employed by painters for priming or first
colour.
Other Reds. Besides the above reds may be men-
tioned, as among those in use by painters, English
red and Prussian red ; red ochre, which is very ex-
tensively used, especially in distemper ; rose-colour,
composed of a portion of white lead mixed with pure
lake ; and realgar.
Yellow Ochre. Of this colour there are two kinds,
the bright yellow and dark yellow. The former is
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sometimes called plain ochre, and the latter spruce
ochre. It will grind very fine, resists the weather
well, and bears a good body.
Massicot is a good light yellow for general use,
and very serviceable, mixed with blue, for making
greens.
Chrome Yellow is a very rich and brilliant yellow,
and employed to advantage in house and coach
painting.
Turner's, or Patent, Yellow. It is a very beautiful
Colour, much in use among coach-painters.
Orpiment. It is good for some purposes, particu-
larly for the production of straw-colour in painting
doors, windows, &c. It likewise, in common with
all bodies that contain arsenic, produces a bad etiect
on any metallic substance exposed to its action.
Naples Yellow. The best of all yellows. It is
milder and more unctuous than either orpiment,
massicot, or any of the ochres. It is necessary to
use it with great care. It must be ground well on a
slab of porphyry or marble, and scraped togethei
with an ivory knife, as both stone and steel have a
tendency to turn it to green.
Yellow of Antimony. It holds an intermediate
place between chrome yellow and Naples yellow.
It is chiefly used for giving a yellow colour to glass
and earthenware.
Yellow Pink. It grinds and dissolves in water
easily ; but care must be taken not to bring it in con-
tact with iron, as the astringent principle which it
contains in abundance instantly dissolves that metal,
which in its turn destroys the clearness of the colour.
Prussian Blue. There are blue colours superior
to this, both in clearness and durability, but none
2A
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which, volume for volume, contains so large a quan
tity of colouring-matter. A practical colourman saya
that it contains even ten to -jne more than any other
colouring- matter. It is, on this account, much used
in house-painting, and also in colouring paper
hangings.
Indigo. Another blue colour, much used in com
mon painting. None but the best and purest kind
of this colour is proper for oil-painting: that of an
inferior quality is only fit for distemper, as the oil
renders it black or green. Indigo grinds fine, and
bears a very good body. Its natural colour, how-
ever, being very dark, almost indeed approaching to
black, it is seldom or never used without a small
mixture of white.
Ultramarine is the richest, mellowest, most beauti-
ful, and lasting of all blues ; but its extravagant price
nearjy equal, when pure, to its weight in gold
prevent* its being introduced, unless very rarely
indeed, into house-painting.
Smatt, Zajf're, Azure, Saxon Blue, or Enamel Blue.
t is of * lovely azure hue, but, if not bought in the
form of i> v;der, is very difficult to grind, and it can
be used oily in a peculiar manner.
Blue Verditer. This is a beautiful blue, obtained
from the waste nitrate of copper of the refiners by
adding to it a quantity of chalk ; but it is only proper
for distemper : it does not admit of being used with
oil, unless a considerable mixture of white is intro-
duced.
Greens. Verdiyns. This is the best simple
green, and the one most in use. It has a bluish
tint, but, when lightened by the addition of a little
yellow pink, it makes a beautiful grass-green. It
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grinds very fine, and works easily, and in a good
bcdy. When delicate painting is required, the
dross mixed with the common verdigris makes it
improper, and it becomes necessary to use distilled
vor'iigris, which can be had at the shops, and is free
'rom all impurities ; but it is too expensive for ordi-
nary purposes.
Italian, or Verona, Green. It is of the same colour
as chlorine, which derives its name from the Greek
word chloros, signifying a yellowish green. It is
very durable, and not acted on by acids, but, being
obtained from an earth, does not incorporate well
with oil.
Saxon, or Hungary, Green. The colour which bears
this name is a carbonate of copper, found in a natura.
state, in the mountains of Saxony and Hungary,
mixed with earthy matters, which give it a polish
hue.
Scheele's Green. This colour, called after the cele-
brated chemist by whom its composition was first
made known, is of a light sea-green colour. It
grinds well with oil, and is much in request for the
painting of cabins of ships.
Schweinfurt Green. A green which has recently
obtained great reputation on the continent, and
which is said to surpass Scheele's both in beauty
and splendour.
Brunswick Green. A colour thus named is much
used for paper-hangings and coarse kind of painting
water-colours.
Green Verditer. This is obtained from the same
substance as blue verditer, by a process nearly simi
lar. Without the addition of white lead or Spanish
white it is unfit for oil-painting ; and, in any way, it
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is oetter adapted for distemper. Its colour may b!
obtained in oil by mixing two or three parts of ve/
digris with one of white lead.
Green Lake, or Venetian Emerald. A very simple
mode has recently been discovered, at Venice, of pro-
ducing a fine unchangeable emerald colour. A quan-
tity of coffee is boiled in river- water, if spoiled cof-
fee, so much the better. The green lake obtained
by this process is said to have resisted the action of
acids, and even the influence of light and moisture.
Browns. Umber, or, as it is sometimes called,
brown ochre, is an impure native oxide of iron and
manganese It is much employed by painters, and
is the only simple brown in common use.
Neic Brown, discovered by Mr. Hatchet. This
celebrated chemist has suggested to painters that a
simple brown colour, far superior in beauty and
intensity to all the browns, whether simple or com-
pound, hitherto known, may be obtained from the
prussiate of copper, (a combination of prussic acid
with copper.) The following is the process which he
recommends :
Dissolve the green muriate of copper in about ten
times its weight of distilled or rain water, and add a
solution of prussiate of lime, until a complete pre-
cipitation is effected. The precipitate is then to be
washed with cold water, filtered, and set to dry it
the shade.
No. 227.
Of different Oils used in Painting and Varnishing
Ott of Spike is, if pure, a volatile oil, and has */i4
advantage of drying more quickly than any other
fat-oil.
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Oil of Lavender. Its property of drying more
equally and gradually than perhaps any other oil
renders it also of service to the varnisher. It is also
used by enaraellers, to whom it is very valuable.
Oil of Poppies is, that of being perfectly colourless.
The only objection is of being insufferably tedious in
drying.
Nut and Linseed Oils. Both in very general use,
and rank among the fat-oils. Their fatness, indeed,
is so great, that, it is mostly found necessary, before
employing them in colouring, to give them a drying
quality, which may be done in the following man-
ner:
Take 1 pound white vitriol and 4 pounds litharge,
and let them be reduced to as tine a powder as pos-
sible ; then mix them with 1 gallon nut or linseed
oil. and place the mixture over a fire just brisk
enough to keep the oil slightly boiling. Let it con-
tinue to boil till the oil entirely ceases to throw up
any scum. Then take the vessel oft' the fire, and let
it stand in a cool place for about three hours, and a
sediment, which contains the fattening part of the
oil, will be formed at the bottom. Pour oft* the oil
which is above (being careful not to let any of the
sediment mix with it) into wide-inouthed bottles.
Let it remain a sufficient time to clear itself pei-
lectly before it is used, and you will find it possesned
of the proper drying quality.
Oil of Turpentine is more used than any of the pre-
ceding oils : the varuisher, indeed, scarcely employs
any other. Fat-oils are oftentimes mixed with oil
of turpentine, as well as other volatile oils. Drying
oils, which are composed of particular substances
mixed with some of the oils before mentioned, are
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useful for several purposes. They are most valuable
when so manufactured as to be colourless. They
are much used in preparing varnishes, and, in oil-
painting, are not unfrequently employed as a var-
nish, either alone or diluted with a little oil of tur
pentine.
No. 228.
How to prepare Linseed- Oil to Boil Vamishas.
Take 5 gallons green linseed-oil, 1 pounds
litharge, and 1 pounds amber. Put all together
into a proper vessel, and let it boil 1 or 2 hours ;
then it will be ready for use when cold. You must
also strain it.
No. 229.
How to boil Linseed- Oil to mix with Paint.
Take 2| gallons green linseed-oil, 14 ounces
litharge, and 4 ounces amber. Boil all together
until it is clear from scum, say 6 or 8 hours ; be
careful in stirring it well. If you want to have the
oil to dry very quick, add double the quantity oi
litharge and amber.
No. 230.
How to make Copal Varnish. No. 1.
The foundation of all varnishes are gummy and
resinous substances, and the only liquids that can
oe combined with them, so as to form varnishes, are
oils, spirits of turpentine, and spirits of wine.
To make copal varnish : Take 22 ounces gum
copal, (good and clear,) and dissolve it in a proper
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copper vessel. As soon as it is properly dissolved,
add 1 pint of the prepared linseed-oil. (See No. 228.)
When well incorporated, take it off the fire, let it
cool off" a little, add nearly 1 quart spirits of tur-
pentine, mix it thoroughly, and strain through flan-
nel. Let it stand 5 or 6 days, when it will be fit
for use.
No. 231.
Another Copal Varnish. No. 2.
Take 1 ounce copal, and ounce shellac; powder
them well, and put them into a bottle or jar contain
ing a quart of spirits of wine. Place the mixture
in a warm place, and shake it occasionally, till you
perceive that the gums are completely dissolved ;
and when strained the varnish will be fit for use
No. 232.
Gold- Coloured Copal Varnish.
Take I ounce powdered copal, 2 ounces essential
oil of lavender, and 6 ounces essence of turpentine.
Put the oil of lavender into a matrass of a proper
size, placed on a sand-bath subject to a moderate
heat. When the oil is very warm, 'add the copal
from time to time, iu very small quantities, and stir
the mixture with a stick of white wood rounded at
the end. WTien the copal has entirely disappeared,
put in the turpentine in almost a boiling state, at
three different times, and keep continually stirring
the mixture till the solution is quite complete.
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No. 233.
Seed- Lac Varnish.
Take 3 ounces seed-lac, and put it, with a pint of
spirits of wine, into a bottle of which it will not fill
more than two-thirds. Shake the Giixture well
together, and place it in a gentle heat till the seed
lac appears to be dissolved : the solution will be
hastened by shaking the bottle occasionally. Aftor
it has stood some time, pour oft' the clear part, and
keep it for use in a well-stopped bottle. The seed-
lac should be purified before it is used, by washing
it in cold water; and it should be in coarse powder
when added to the spirit.
This varnish is next to that of copal in hardness,
and has a reddish-yellow colour: it is, therefore,
only to be used where a tinge of that kind is not
injurious.
No. 234.
Shell-Lac Varnish.
Take 5 ounces of the best shell-lac, reduce it to a
gross powder, and put it into a bottle in a gentle
heat, or a warm, close apartment, where it must
continue 2 or 3 days, but should be frequently
well shaken. The lac will then be dissolved, and
the solution should then be filtered through a flannel
Lag; and, when the portion that will pass through
freely is come off, it should be kept for use In well-
stopped bottles.
The portion which can only be made to pass
through the bag by pressure may be reserved for
coarse purposes. Shell-lac varnish is rather softer
than seed-lac varnish, but is the best of varnishes
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for mixing with colours to paint with, instead of
oil, from its working and spreading better in the
pencil.
No. 235.
To dissolve Copal infixed Oil.
Melt, in a perfectly clean vessel, by a very slow
heat, 1 pound clear copal ; to this add from 1 to 2
quarts prepared linseed-oil. When these ingre-
dients are thoroughly mixed, remove the vessel
from the fire, and keep constantly stirring it till
nearly cold ; then add a pound of spirits of turpen-
tine, strain the varnish through a piece of cloth, and
keep it for use. The older it is, the more drying it
becomes. This varnish is very proper for wood-
work, house and carriage painting.
No. 236.
Amber Varnish.
Amber varnish forms a very excellent one : its
solution may be effected by boiling it in dj ping lin-
seed-oil.
Oil varnishes which have become thick by keep-
ing are made thinner with spirits of turpentine.
No. 237.
Linseed- Oil Varnish.
Boil any quantity of linseed-oil for an hour, ana
to every pint of oil add \ pound good clear rosin,
well powdered; keep stirring it till the rosin is per-
fectly dissolved and, when this is done, add 1 ounce
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spirits of turpentine for every pint of oil, and when
strained and cool it will be fit for use.
This varnish is much used for common purposes.
It is cheap, is a good preservative of wood, and not
liable to sustain injury from the application of hot
water.
No. 238.
Turpentine Varnish.
Take 5 pounds clear good rosin, pound it well,
and put it into a gallon of oil of turpentine ; boil
the mixture over a stove till the rosin is perfectlj
dissolved, and when cool it will be fit for use.
No. 239.
White Hard Varnish.
Take 1 pound mastic, 4 ounces gum anima, and
5 pounds guni sandarac ; put them all together, to
dissolve, into a vessel containing 2 ounces rectified
spirits of wine, which should be kept in a warm
place and frequently shaken till all the gums are
quite dissolved ; then strain the mixture through a
lawn sieve, and it will be fit for use.
No. 240.
Varnish for Harness.
Take J pound India-rubber, 1 gallon spirits ot
turpentine; dissolve enough to make it into a jelly
by keeping almost new-milk-warm ; then take equal
quantities of good linseed-oil (in a hot state) and the
above mixture, incorporate them well on a slow fire,
and it is fit for use.
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No. 241.
Leathir Varnish for Shoemakers and Saddlers.
Take 1 gallon spirits of wine, 2J pounds gum
shellac, 1 pound white clear rosin, pound Venice
turpentine, H ounces lampblack. Dissolve all with
a gentle heat : when cool it will be fit for use ; if too
thick, thin it with spirits of wine.
No. 242.
How to make Venice Turpentine.
Take 1 quart spirits of turpentine, J pound rosin.
Dissolve over a gentle heat : when cool it will be fit
for use.
No. 243.
IJ ts boil a Leather Varnish.
Take 1 gallon spirits of wine, 1 pound gum
shellac, If pounds black sealing-wax, pound as-
phaltum, | ounce Venice turpentine. Boil over a
slow fire, in a water-bath.
No. 244.
How to make Shoes and Soots Water-Proof.
Take neats'-foot oil, and dissolve in it caoutchouc,
(India-rubber,) a sufficient quantity to form a kind
of varnish ; rub this on your boots. This is suffi-
cient. The oil must be placed where it is warm,
the caoutchouc put into it in parings. It will take
several days to dissolve.
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No. 245.
Another Water- Proof for Leather.
Take linseed-oil 1 quart, yellow wax and whit*
turpentine each J pound, Burgundy pitch 2 ounces :
melt, and colour with lampblack.
No. 246.
A Water- Proof and Leather- Preservative.
Take pound fine lampblack, (Eddies' New York
best,) 2 pounds rosin, 3 quarts linseed-oil, 2^ ounces
oil of lavender, 6 pounds sheep's tallow, (suet:) melt
and mix over a gentle fire, when it will be ready for
use, and be put up in tin boxes.
Directions. Let your leather be clean and damp
when the blacking is applied, and allow time to dry
moderately before wearing. Apply it plentifully at
first, with a brush or otherwise, until the leather is
filled with it : after that, a little occasionally will
answer. One box, used with economy, will be suffi-
cient to last one person a year.
Directions. For carriage-tops and harness. Mix
about a pint of oil (fish or tanners') to a box, by
warming it well. Have your leather clean and
damp before you apply it. .
N.B. Leather that this is applied to will not
mould,^which, every one knows, is very injurious to
leather.
This blacking will not produce a polish, but will
make the leather soft, water-proof, and much more
durable Polish-blacking can be used immediately
and produce a fine polish.
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No. 247.
Excellent Liquid Blacking . No. 1.
Take 7 pounds ivory-black powdered, 2 pinta
molasses, 1 pint sweet oil, good malt vinegar. 1
quart, stale beer, but good, 2 quarts, oil of vitriol, \
ounce, soft distilled water, 3 quarts. Mix the mo-
lasses and water together, 'and to the powder add
the oil, we*, inixed ; then add the beer and vinegar
in a pan ; stir well together 1 hour with a stick,
then fit for use.
N.B. Put the cii of vitriol in water and mix, and
then add the whole together.
No. 248.
Liquid Blacking. No. 2.
Put 1 gallon vinegar into a stone jug; add 1
pound ivory-black, well pulverized, pound loaf
sugar, \ ounce oil of vitriol, and 1 ounce sweet oil ;
incorporate the whole by stirring. This is a black-
ing of very good repute, and on which great praise
has been very deservedly bestowed. It has deci-
dedly been ascertained, from experience, to be less
injurious to the leather than most public black-
ings ; and it certainly produces a fine jet polish,
which is rarely equalled, and never yet surpassed.
No. 249.
Black Varnish for Straw or Chip Hats.
Take ounce best black sealing-wax, pound it
well, and put it into a 4-ounce vial containing 2
ounces rectified spirits of wine. Place it in a sand
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bath, or near a moderate fire, till the wax is di
solved ; then lay it on warm, with a fine soft hair-
brush, before a fire, or in the sun. It gives a good
stiffness to old straw hats, and a beautiful gloss
equal to new. It likewise resists wet.
No. 250.
Coating Sheet-Iron with Varnish to protect it from the
action of the atmosphere.
First take clean sheet-iron plates, and dip them
in a solution of the chloride of iron, by which they
become covered with a thin tin scale ; they are then
washed well with warm water, and dipped into a
melted composition of rosin and tallow ; after this
they are allowed to dry, and then dipped into a hot
solution composed of f pound shellac and \ pound
rosin dissolved in 2 gallons alcohol. Finally, they
are taken out and dried in an oven. Common tin
plates for roofing, exposed to sea-winds, where tin
is liable to rust, will, if coated in this manner, stand
exposure to the weather well.
No. 251.
Anotncr Otf- Paste Blacking. No. 2.
Take J pound oil of vitriol, 10 ounces tanners'
oil, 4 pounds ivory-black, 10 ounces molasses ;
mix the oil of vitriol and the tanners' oil together,
and let it stand one day, then add the ivory-black
and molasses, and the white of 2 eggs, and stir it
well together to a thick paste. This is ar excellent
Slacking, and will not injure the leather.
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No. 252.
How Compound Spirits of Cordials for beverage is
manufactured.
The perfection of this grand branch of manufac
turing depends upon the observation of the follow
ing general rules, which are easy to be observed
and practised. First, The manufacturer must always
be careful to use a well-cleansed spirit, or one freed
from its own essential oils. For, as a compound
cordial is nothing more than a spirit impregnated
with the essential oil of the ingredients, it is neces-
sary that the spirit should have deposited its own.
Second, Let the time of previous digestion be pro-
portioned to the tenacity of the ingredients, or the
ponderosity of the oil. Third, Have a due propor-
tion of spirits, the grosser and less fragrant parts of
the oil not giving the spirit so agreeable a flavour,
and at the same time rendering it thick and un-
sightly. This may, in a great measure, be efiected
by leaving out the feints, and making up to proof
with fine soft water in their stead.
It is sometimes necessary to filter cordials. This
may be done by letting it run through some proper
cloth. If fining should be necessary, it may be
done by adding from 5 to 7 eggs to the barrel. A
syrup is made by taking the best white sugar. Take
8 pounds loaf sugar, 2 quarts water. Dissolve the
sugar in the water on a gentle fire, and remove the
scum as it rises ; as soon as it commences boiling,
take it from the fire, and strain it immediately.
This is called by the art simple syrup, and is used
in the manufacture of many kinds of Jiquors.
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No. 253.
How to manufacture Anniseed- Cordial.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 5 drachms
oil of anniseed cut in alcohol, 20 gallons good cleat
soft water, 8 gallons of the above syrup ; mix all to-
gether, and let it lie from 10 to 12 days, when
it will oe good to use.
No. 254.
How to make Citron- Cordial.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, and add
10 pounds rind of lemons, 5 pounds orange-peel, 5
ounces broken nutmeg, and let it lie for 12 or 14
days ; then add again 15 gallons water, and 8 gallons
of the mentioned syrup ; and in a few days you may
draw it off. (Ready for use.)
No. 255.
How to make Peppermint- Cordial. No. 1.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey ; cut up in
alcohol 5 drachms oil of peppermint in 1 quart
alcohol, and let it stand 1 or 2 days, then add it to
the whiskey ; after this, add 30 gallons water, and
10 gallons simple syrup. Mix all well together, and,
if not clear, fine it by dissolving 1| pounds alum in
2$ quarts water, and add to the cordial ; stir it for 5
or 10 minutes, then let it stand for 10 dayF.
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No. 256.
How to make Cinnamon- Cordial.
Take 6 gallons rectified whiskey, 2 drachms oi!
uf cinnamon cut in alcohol, 3 gallons water, If gal-
lons syrup ; mix, and proceed as before.
No. 257.
How to make Orange- Cordial.
Take 5 gallons pure proof rectified whiskey, add
\ pound fresh lemon-peel, 2 pounds dried orange-
peel, and 3 pounds fresh orange-peel ; let it stand
for 10 or 14 days, then draw it oft', and add 3 gallons
soft water, \\ gallons syrup, and proceed as before.
No. 258.
How to make Clove- Gwdial.
Take 6 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 1 drachm
oil of cloves cut in alcohol, 3 gallons water, 2 gal-
lons syrup ; mix, and let stand as before.
No. 259.
How to make Strawberry- Cordial.
Take 5 gallons pure rectified whiskey, to whicn
add 8 quarts strawberries, and let it stand 10
or 12 days ; then draw it off, and add 3 gallons
water and 2 gallons syrup, and manage as before.
2B
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No. 260.
How to make Rose- Cordial.
Take 6 gallons pure proof rectified whiskey, from
40 to 60 drops oil of roses cut in 1 pint alcohol, 4
gallons soft water, and 7 quarts syrup, and mix
al! together; manage as before.
No. 261.
Another Peppermint- Cordial. No. 2.
Boil 4 gallons or 24 pounds common brown
sugar in 4 gallons water and 3 ounces alum, and
scum it as long as any scum will rise. Then
add 1 ounce oil of peppermint, 10 gallons pure
spirits, 14 gallons clear rain-water, and stir all well ;
and in 24 hours it will be clear and fit for use.
JST.B. Any other flavour can be given by adding
other essential oils : such as oil of cinnamon, oil of
roses, oil of cloves, oil of lemon, oil of anniseed, oil
of wintergreen, &c. If it should not be clear, add the
white of eggs, or a little alum, alone, or a little car-
bonate of soda or potassa dissolved in water; in
from 10 days to 2 weeks it will be clear.
If the quantity is too much or too little in the
foregoing receipts, you can make any quantity by
taking the ingredients proportionate to the quantity
you wish to make.
No. 262.
How to make Cider.
After the apples are gathered from the trees, they
are ground into what is called pomace, or pulp,
either by means of a common pressing-stone, with a
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circular trough, or by a cider-mill, which is either
driven by hand or by horse power. When the pulp
is thus reduced to a great degree of fineness, it is
conveyed to the cider-press, where it is formed by
pressure into a kind of cake, which is called the
cheese.
This is effected by placing clean sweet straw or
hair-cloth between the layers of pomace or pulp,
till there is a pile of 8 or 10 to 12 layers. This pile
is then subjected to different degrees of pressure in
succession, till all the must or juice is squeezed
from the pomace. This juice, after being strained
in a coarse hair sieve, is then put either into open
vats or close casks, and the pressed pulp is either
thrown away or made to yield a weak liquor, called
washings, or, as we call it, water-cider.
After the liquor has undergone the proper fer-
mentation in these close vessels, which may be best
effected in a temperature of from 40 to 60 degrees of
Fahrenheit, and which may be known by its appear-
ing tolerably clear, and having a vinous sharpness
upon the tongue, any further fermentation must be
stopped by racking off the pure part into open vessels
exposed for a day or two in a cool situation. After
this, the liquor must again be put into casks, and
kept in a cool place during winter. The proper
time for racking may always be best known by the
brightness of the liquor, the discharge of the fixed
air, and the appearance of a thick crust formed of
fragments of the reduced pulp. The liquor should
always be racked off anew as often as a hissing
noise is heard, or as it extinguishes a candle held to
the bung-hole.
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When a favourable vinous fermentation has been
obtained, nothing more is required than to fill up
the vessels every 2 or 3 weeks, to supply the
waste by fermentation. In the beginning of March
the liquor will be bright and pure, and fit for final
racking, which should be done in fair weather.
When the bottles are filled they should be set by
uncorked till morning, when the corks must be
driven in tightly, secured by wire or twine and
me) ted rosin, or any similar substance.
No. 263.
How to manage Cider.
To tine and improve the flavour of 1 hogshead,
take a gallon good French brandy, with ounce
cochineal, 1 pound alum, and 3 pounds rock-candy;
bruise them all well in a mortar, and infuse them in
the brandy for a day or two: then mix the whole
with the cider, and stop it close for 5 or 6 months.
After which, if fine, bottle it off.
Cider, when bottled in hot weather, should be left
a day or two uncorked, that it may get flat ; but if
too flat in the cask, and soon wanted for use, put
into each bottle a small lump or two of rock-candy,
4 or 5 raisins of the sun, or a small piece of raw
beef; apy of which will much improve the liquor,
and make it brisker.
Cider should be well corked and waxed, and
packed upright in a cool place. A few bottles may
be kept in a warmer place, to ripen and he ready for
use.
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No. 264.
To make chsap Oder from Raisins.
Take 14 pounds raisins, with the stalks ; wash
them out in four or five waters, till the wate;
remains clear; then put them into a clean cask
with the head out, and put 6 gallons of good water
upon them ; after which cover it well up, and let it
stand 10 days. Then rack it oft' into another cleat
cask, which has a brass cock in it, and in 4 or 5
days' time it will be fit for bottling. When it has
been in the bottles 7 or 8 days, it will be fit for use.
A little colouring should be added when putting
into the cask the second time. The raisins may
afterwards be used for vinegar.
No. 265.
Observations on Cider.
From the great diversity of soil and climate in the
United States of America, and the almost endless
variety of its apples, it 'follows that much diversity
of taste and flavour will necessarily be found in the
cider that is made from them.
To make good cider, the following general, but
important, rules should be attended to. They de-
mand a little more trouble than the ordinary mode
of collecting and mashing apples of all sorts, rotten
and sound, sweet and sour, dirty and clean, from the
tree and the soil, and the rest of the slo-enly process
usually employed ; but in return they produce you
a wholesome, high-flavoured, sound, and palatable
iquor, tliat always commands an adequate price,
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instead of a solution of "villanous compounds," in
a poisonous and acid wash, that no man in his senses
will drink. The finest cider was made of an equal
portion of ripe, sound pippin and crab apples, pared,
cored, and pressed, etc., with the utmost nicety. It
was equal in flavour to any champagne that ever
was made.
No. 266.
General Rules for making Cider.
1. Always choose perfectly ripe and sound apples.
2. Pick the apples by hand. An active boy, with a
bag slung over his shoulders, will soon clear a tree.
Apples that have lain any time on the soil contract
an earthy taste, which will always be found in the
cider. 3. After sweating, and before being ground,
wipe them dry, and if any of them are found bruised
or rotten, put them in a heap by themselves, for an
inferior cider to make vinegar. 4. Always use hair
cloth, instead of straw/ to place between the layers
of pomace. The straw r when heated gives a dis-
agreeable taste to the cider. 5. As the cider runs
from the press, let it pass through a hair sieve into
a large open vessel, that will hold as much juice as
can be expressed in one day. In a day, and some-
times less, the pomace will rise to the top, and in a
short time grow very thick; when little white bubbles
break through it, draw off the liquor by a spigot,
placed about three inches from the bottom, so that
the lees may be left quietly behind. 6. The cider
must be drawn off into very clean casks, and closely
watched. The moment the white bubbles before
mentioned are perceived rising at the bung-ne'e,
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rack it again. When the fermentation is com-
pletely at an end, fill up the cask with cider in all
respects like that already contained in it, and bung
it up tight ; previous to which a tumblerful of sweet
oil may be poured into the bung-hole. Sound, well-
made cider, that has been produced as described,
and without any foreign mixtures, excepting always
tnat of good cognac brandy, (which, added to it in
tne proportion of 1 gallon to every 30, greatly im-
proves it,) is a pleasant, cooling drink, and useful
beverage.
Cider prepared as above is generally used to imi-
tate the different kinds of wine.
No. 267.
Another Rule for making good Cider.
In grinding the apples, reduce the whole fruit to a
uniform pomace. Allow the pulp to remain from
2 to 6 or 8 days ; if warm weather, for a shorter time,
and if cold, a longer time, according to the state of
the weather, stirring it every day, until put to the
press. If there should be any wanting of the sac-
charine matter, add sugar before fermentation takes
place, and after fermentation add spirits of wine.
After the liquor has remained a few days, (after its
having been strained through a sieve,) taking off the
scum as it rises, then draw it off into casks, and
place in a cool cellar; or let it be, a short time after
the pressing, placed in a cool place, put into strong,
light casks, and after the pomace has all overflown,
drive the bung close, and bore with a gimlet a hole
through the bung, and put in a spile to draw, when
the cask appears to be in danger of bursting.
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No. 268.
How to keep common Cider good for yea-s.
Take the cider when you think it will suit your
tate, put it into a kettle, and boil it very little.
Make a bag and put into it J pound of hops, then
put the bag with hops into the kettle with the cider,
and tie it fast to the handle so that the bag with hops
will not touch the bottom of the kettle; scum oft' the
cider whiie you have it on the fire, and after it has
boiled a short time take it off the fire, and let it cool
down lukewarm ; put it into a good sweet barrel,
and add 1 pint good fresh brandy, bung it up, and it
will keep the same as you put it into your barrel for
years.
No. 269.
Another way to keep Cider.
Take cider after it is taken from the press, or when
it suits your taste, and put it into a good, strong, tight,
sweet barrel, and add 3 gallons apple whiskey, and
6 cents' worth mustard-seed, and bung it up tight,
and let it ferment in the barrel ; bore a gimlet-hole
through the bung, and put a spile into it, so that you
can let some, of the gas out, to prevent the cask from
bursting. When the fermentation is subsided, draw
it oft' clear, and clean out your barrel, and put the
cider in again, and bung it up close.
N.B. This cider will also be good to imitate all
Kinds of wines; that is, it' the cider is clear.
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No. 270.
How to put up a simple Stand for Rectifying Raw
Purifying spirituous liquors consists in passing
the liquor through prepared charcoal, sand, or
gravel, or fine-broken brick, (washed very clean,)
flannel, blanket, and charcoal, particularly prepared
for this purpose.
Take a good, common, tight barrel for a stand,
and bore one of the heads full of \ inch holes,
\ inch apart, so that it appears like a sieve, or
riddle; when this is done, take the perforated
bottom out, and sink down into the barrel within
2 inches of the lower bottom ; first nail 3 or 4 strips
of wood, 2 inches thick, to answer for legs, (so that
there will be an empty space of 2 inches between
the two bottoms,) to rest the second bottom on,-
between which you will have to bore a hole through
the side, to put in a brass or wooden spigot, between
the empty space of the two bottoms, to draw out the
rectified liquor, which, if the rectifier is good, should
not run out faster than the thickness of a middle-
sized knitting-needle, or still less ; and after you
have the perforated bottom at its proper place, put
a layer of flannel or blanket over this bottom, so
that it will come all round up the sides a little ; now
take some fine, clean sand, and put from 4 to 6
inches on the flannel or blanket ; now put another
layer of flannel on the sand, and on the top of this
put from 12 to 15 inches of the prepared charcoal,
and on the top of this put another layer of blanket
or flannel ; on the top of this flannel lay 4 or 6 bricks,
to keep the flannel down, or else if you pour in youi
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liquor it would rise oil the top of the liquor; now
your stand is ready to receive the liquor you wish to
purify. This stand is capable to rectify 10 barrels
of strong whiskey, when the coal will be worn out ;
and when the coals are worn out, renew them, the
same as before. Observe, there will be left a great
deal of strength in the coal after it stops running;
to get that strength out, pour water on and let water
through, until no strength of the liquor remains in
it. To ascertain this, a hydrometer is indispensably
necessary to try the liquor ; by this mode you can
find how many degrees of spirits you have in the
water. These spirits can be used for liquor that is
over proof, to bring it down to proof.
You may put up as many stands as you wish, of
the same size, or make them as large as you please.
Some rectifiers put up two, one above the other, and
let the whiskey througli them both ; and if you want
your spirits very fine, you can let it run through 3 or
4 times; the oftener, the finer your spirits gets.
Keep your rectifier always in use, or the coal will
become mouldy and unfit for use.
The charcoal ought to be prepared from sugar
maple wood. Some rectifiers use raw cotton, or
straw, instead of flannel, and put between the sand
and charcoal, malt, or lime, according to fancy.
Recapitulation of Directions in putting up a Rectifynu)
Stand.
1. Take a good, tight barrel, or any other good
cask.
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2. Bore holes through one of the heads, as
described.
3. Take out the head and sink it down within 2
inches of the bottom.
4. Cover with a layer of flannel this perforated
oottom.
5. Put 4 to 6 inches washed sand on the top of
the flannel.
6. Put another layer of flannel on the top of the
sand.
7. Put 12 or 15 inches of charcoal on the top of
the flannel.
8. Put another layer of flannel on the coal.
9. Put 4 or 6 bricks on the flannel, to keep it from
rising up to the top.
10. Keep the stand, after you have poured liquor
on, well covered.
The spirituous liquor which is rectified thus is
called pure spirits or sweet liquors, and is flavoured
for wines, brandies, spirits, rum, Monongahela whis-
key, cordials, etc., and should be clear of all foreign
matter.
No. 271.
How to make Monongahela Whiskey. No. 1.
Take 36 gallons pure spirits, and add ^ pound
young hyson tea, 6 pounds dried peaches, baked
brown, not burned, 4 pounds loaf sugar, 4 ounces
cloves, 4 ounces cinnamon. Mix them all together,
and stir them well for 3 or 4 days, and in a few
weeks it will be good.
N.B. You can put double or triple the quantity
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of flavouring in, and then take 3, 4, 5, or 6 gallons
of it and pour it into a barrel of pure rectified whis-
key, and add 2 pounds loaf sugar to each barrel.
The longer your flavouring will lie, the better.
No. 2711
Another way to make Monongahela Whiskey. No. 2.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey; add 12
ounces burned barley, ground or bruised, 6 drachms
sweet spirits of nitre, 4 pounds dried peaches, 4
pounds New Orleans sugar, 3 ounces allspice, 2
ounces cinnamon; mix them all together, and let
stand from 6 to 12 days, and stir them every day.
Draw off.
No. 272.
How to make Wheat Whiskey.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, proof; add
1 ounce spirits nitre dulc., J ounce tincture of rhatany,
1 pint simple syrup, 4| gallons pure wheat whiskey,
2 ounces tincture of cinnamon; mix them all
together, and colour it with sugar-colouring if you
wish.
No. 273.
How to make good Apple Whiskey.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, from 5
to 10 degrees above proof; add 4| gallons pure apple
whiskey, \\ pints simple syrup, 2 good pineapples,
(the juice of them only.) . Mix thoroughly, and let
stand for 2 weeks. Then ready for use.
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No. 274.
How to imitate Old Bourbon Whiskey.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 6 gallons
pure Bourbon whiskey, 3 half-pints simple syrup,
1 ounces sweet spirits of nitre; mix them all to-
gether, and colour with sugar-colouring.
No. 275.
How to imitate Irish Whiskey.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, proof, 6
gallons pure Irish whiskey, 6 drachms acetic acid, 1
drachm acetic ether, 75 drops kreosote cut in 3 half-
pints alcohol, 3 half-pints simple syrup, and manage
as before.
No. 276.
How to imitate Scotch Whiskey.
Take 30 gallons pure proof rectified whiskey, 6
gallons pure Scotch whiskey, 1 ounces acetic acid,
3 pints simple syrup; mix, and add 45 drops
kreosote cut in 1 pint alcohol ; let stand a few
days, when it will be ready for use ; stir it well.
No. 277.
How to imitate Holland Gin. No. 1.
Take 30 gallons pure spirits, add 2 gallons pure
imported Holland gin highly flavoured, 4 ounces sweet
spirits of nitre, 1 ounce pure oil of juniper, 2 drachms
oil of caraway. Cut the oil of juniper and oil of
caraway in 1 pint alcohol, and mix all together,
when it will be ready for use. The older, the better.
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No. 278.
Another imitation of Holland Gin. No. 2.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 1 gallon
pure imported Holland gin, 1 ounce pure oil of
juniper, 2 drachms oil of caraway, (cut the oil of
juniper and caraway in 1 pint alcohol,) 1 ounce
sal-ammoniac. Mix them all together, and in a
short time it will he good for use.
No. 279.
Holland Gin. No. 3.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 4 gallons
pure Holland gin, 1 ounce oil of juniper cut in
alcohol, 1 pound coriander-seed. Mix them all
together, let it stand, and stir it well for 3 or 4 days ;
then draw oft' and strain.
No. 280.
Holland Gin. No. 4.
Take 10 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 1 gallons
pure Holland gin, 1 drachm oil of juniper cut in
alcohol, \ drachm fennel-seed, drachm caraway-seed.
Infuse the fennel and caraway seed in 2 quarts
rectified whiskey for 8 or 10 days, then mix.
No. 281.
Holland Gin. No. 5.
Take 5 gallons pure spirits, and add 1 gallon pure
imported Holland gin. Good.
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No. 282.
How to make Country Grin.
Take 32 gallons pure rectified whiskey. Infuse
4 pounds juniper-berries in 4 gallons of the pure
re -.tified whiskey for 8 or 10 days; separate the juice
trom the berries, and add it to the rest of your
liquor.
N.B. The pure rectified whiskey, or pure spirits,
ought to be from 3 to 5 degrees above proof, for
good gin.
No. 283.
Haw to imitate Jamaica Rum. No. 1.
Take 28 gallons pure spirits, 3 gallons pure Ja-
maica rum, 3 ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce
tincture of kino. Mix them all together.
No. 284.
Jamaica Rum. No. 2.
Take 32 gallons pure spirits. Then boil in 2 gal-
lons of pure spirits 4 pounds foreign locks, 4 pounds
bitter orange-peel, 4 ounces anise-seed, until the flavoui
is drawn out, and strain it while hot; add it to the
rest of your liquor.
No. 285.
How to make Tincture of Kino.
'TWO 1} ounces powdered kino, and macerate it
_*+ i pint alcohol for 2 weeks ; then filter it tnrougu
paper.
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No. 286.
How to make Jamaica Spirits.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 6 gallons
pure Jamaica rum, 1 ounce tincture of kino, l pint?
syrup, If ounces butyric acid cut in 2 quarts
alcohol. Mix well, and colour.
No. 287.
New England Rum. No. 1.
Take 28 gallons pure spirits, 2 gallons St. Croix
rum, 4 ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce sal-ammo
niac, 50 drops nitric acid. Mix all together.
No. 288.
Another Rum. No. 2.
Take 29 gallons pure spirits, 1 gallon rum, 2
ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 3 ounces tinture of argol,
2 ounces spirits of hartshorn ; mix well.
No. 289.
St. Groix Rum. No. 1.
Take 82 gallons pure spirits, and boil 6 pounds
liquorice-sticks, 2 pounds winter-bark, pound anise-
seed, until the flavour is drawn out; strain it while
hot, and add it to your pure spirits ; bung it tight, and
in 3 days it will be good.
No. 290.
Another St. Groix Rum. No. 2.
Take 5 gallons pure spirits, 1J gallons St. Croia
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rum, pint syrup, g ounce tincture of catechu, f
ounce butyric acid ; cut, mix, and let stand 5 days.
Colour with sugar-colouring.
No. 291.
How to make Tincture of Catechu.
Take 3 ounces catechu, and macerate it in 1
quart diluted alcohol for 2 weeks, and filter through
paper or strain through cloth.
No. 292.
Another Jamaica Rum. No. 3.
Take 32 gallons pure spirits ; add 5 gallons pure
imported Jamaica rum from the custom-house.
No. 293.
Cognac Brandy. No. 1.
Take 31 gallons pure spirits, 4 pounds peach-pits,
1 pound winter-bark, 4 pounds bitter orange-peel;
steep the peach-pits, winter-bark, and the orange-
peel in a few gallons of pure spirits, until the flavour
is drawn out; then pour it off, and put it into your
pure spirits, and add as much pure imported cognac
brandy as you wish.
No. 294.
Another Cognac Brandy. No. 2.
Take 31 gallons rectified whiskey ; set the barre
on the head. Then take of this whiskey 2 gallons
and boil 4 pounds peach-pits, 1 pound winter
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bark, and 4 rounds bitter orange-peel, the whole
broken together until the flavour is drawn out, and
while hot strain it into other liquor, and stop tight
2 hours. Then add \ pound sweet oil cut up clear
in alcohol, and pour it into your barrel, and draw
and pour back until well mixed, and in 3 days if
will be fit for use. Colour.
No. 295.
Another Cognac Brandt/. No. 3.
Take 35 gallons pure rectified whiskey, from 10
to 15 degrees above proof, and add 1\ gallons pure
oognac brandy, 1| drachms cognac-oil cut in alcohol,
1$ ounce cenauthic acid, l\ ounce acetic acid, 2
ounces tincture of kino, 3 half-pints syrup, and
mix it thoroughly, and colour it to your fancy.
No. 296.
Another Cognac Brandy. No. 4.
Take 5 gallons pure sweet liquor, $ gallon pure
cognac brandy imported, 2 pounds bruised raisins,
5 ounce acetic acid, 2 pounds loaf sugar, 1 ounce
tincture of catechu, and mix. Manage as before.
No. 297.
fmitcuion of French Brandy. No. 1.
Take 32 gallons pure spirits. Then take \ gal-
Ion dried peaches baked brown, (not burned,) beat
them to powder, and put them to your pure spirits in
the barrel. Then take f pound crude or red tartar,
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boil it in 4 gallons water until it is reduced to 2
gallons, then strain the liquor through a tine cloth,
and when cold put them into the cask and stir them
well together ; then add to it 8 gallons pure French
brandy, fourth proof, allowing the pure spirits to be
first proof; or cider brandy is the best. The above will
make 42 gallons of first-rate French brandy in 6
months, and scarcely distinguishable from French
brandy by the best of judges.
No. 298.
Another imitation of French Brandy. No. 2.
Take 30 gallons pure spirits, 10 to 15 degrees
above proof; then take some of the pure spirits and
mix with it 3 ounces tincture of japonica and 9 ounces
sweet spirits of nitre, and, when this is well incor-
porated, pour it into the barrel with your spirits.
Mix it thoroughly. (Ready.) The older, the better.
No. 299.
How to prepare Tincture Japonica.
Take of the best saffron, and dissolve, 1 ounce ;
mace, bruised, 1 ounce ; infuse them into a pint of
brandy till the whole tincture of the saffron is ex-
tracted, which will be in 7 or 8 days : then strain it
through a linen cloth, and to the strained liquor add
2 ounces tartar japonica powdered fine ; let it infiise
till the tincture is wholly impregnated.
No. 300.
Eochelk Brandy. No. 1.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, degrees
above proof, 3 gallons pure Rochelle brandy, 6
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pounds raisins, 6 ounces tincture of kino, 1 pound
loaf sugar, 1 ounce acetic ether ; mix, and colour.
No. 30L
Cognac Brandy. No. 5.
Take 30 gallons pure sweet liquor, 3 ounces acetic
ether, 3 ounces acetic acid, 5 ounces tincture of kino,
7J pounds raisins, 3 pints simple syrup ; mix, and
let it stand 2 weeks, then draw it off clear.
No. 302.
Eochelk Brandy. No. 2.
Take 30 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 7J gallons
oure imported Rochelle brandy, 2J drachms oil of
cognac, 2 ounces cenanthic acid, 1 ounces acetic
ether, f ounce acetic acid, 6 ounces tincture of kino;
mix, and colour with sugar-colouring.
No. 303.
Bordeaux Brandy.
Take 30 gallons sweet liquor, 15 degrees above
proof, 7| gallons pure Bordeaux brandy, ounce oil
of cognac, 2 ounces cenanthic acid, 4f ounces acetic
ether, 3 ounces tincture of kino, 1 quarts simple
syrup. Mix and colour.
No. 304.
Cherry Brandy. No. 1.
Take 10 gallons pure rectified whiskey, proof, 2
gallons water, 9 pounds sugar, ^ pound bruised bit-
ter almonds, ounce tincture of cardamom-seed, J
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ounce tartaric acid, 1 drachm orange-flower-water.
Let it stand 20 days, draw off, and colour dark.
No. 305.
Common Brandy.
Take 28 gallons rectified whiskey, add 3 gallons
brandy, 1 ounce spirits of nitre dulc., 1 ounce tinc-
ture of kino : mix, and let stand 24 hours. Good.
No. 306.
Domestic Brandy.
Take 28 gallons rectified whiskey, pure, 2 gallons
fourth-proof brandy, high-flavoured, 4 ounces tincture
of kino, 2 ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 100 drops
nitric acid, and a few pounds burnt raisins ; mix all
together, and let it stand a few weeks, and draw off.
(Ready for use.)
No. 307.
French Brandy. No. 8.
Take 35 gallons pure spirits, 15 degrees above
proof, 1 pound stone-lime, \ pound pulverized alum,
3 ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 2 pounds liquorice-
sticks, 1 pound winter-bark. Put them all into your
cask together, stir, and mix them well ; let them
stand 24 hours, then draw it off; take good care
that you draw it off very clear. Put into a clean bar-
rel. Then add 6 gallons fourth-proof French brandy,
2 pounds burnt raisins, 1 \ ounces mace, 1 ounce nut-
meg, 1 quart peach-pits, 2 quarts red-oak sawdust :
it will be ejood in a few days, but the older the better.
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No. 308.
Another French Brandy. No. 4.
Take 10 gallons pure spirits, J pint tincture of
bitter almonds, 2 J gallons good brandy ; mix, and
colour with sugar-colouring.
No. 309.
Another Brandy. No. 5.
Take 29 gallons pure spirits, 1 gallon pure brandy,
2 ounces sweet spirits of nitre, 4 ounces tincture of
kino, 100 drops nitric acid. Mix.
No. 310.
Peach Brandy.
Take 20 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 6 gallons
good peach brandy, 4 pounds loaf sugar, J drachm
oil of bitter almonds cut in alcohol, J pint orange-
flower-water ; mix, colour, and let stand 6 or 8 days,
and it is ready.
No. 311.
Blackberry Brandy. No. 1
Take 10 gallons pure proof rectified whiskey, 2^
gallons raspberry brandy, 2 gallons water, 5 pounds
?ngar, \ ounce tincture of cinnamon, | ounce tinc-
ture of cardamom ; colour, and let stand 10 days;
draw off, and it is fit for use.
No. 312.
Another Cherry Brandy. No. 2.
Take sweet black cherries J bushel, put them in
clean barrel, pour on them good rectified whiskey to
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cover them well, then let it lie until you get good
cider, which you have to boil and skim off -clean ; then
fill up the barrel which contains the cherries and
whiskey with the cider, and let it lie, and in a few
months it will be good.
No. 313.
Raspberry Brandy.
Take 10 gallons pure spirits, proof, 13 quarts rasp-
berries, 2 gallons water, 6 pounds loaf sugar, | ounce,
ungrouud cloves, \ ounce cinnamon ; mix, and let
stand 25 days ; draw off, and fine if necessary.
No. 314.
Another Cherry Brandy. No. 3.
Take 10 gallons pure rectified whiskey, 13 quart*
wild cherries, bruised ; let stand 8 days ; strain it,
and add 6 pounds loaf sugar, and 2 gallons water.
No. 315.
Rose Brandy.
Take 10 gallons pure sweet liquor, 2 gallons
water, 10 pounds sugar, 15 drops oil of roses cut in
alcohol, 2 drachms tartaric acid ; colour, and let
stand a few days, when it will be good.
No. 316.
Blackberry Brandy. No. 2.
Take 10 gallons rectified whiskey, 12 quarts black
berries, 4 gallons soft water, 6 pounds loaf sugar, 2
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drachms auground cloves, ^ ounce cinnamon, bruiseii
mis, and let stand 2 or 3 weeks ; draw oftj strain
and fine if necessary.
Nc. 317.
Hothelle Brandy. No. 3.
Take 15 gallons pure spirits, 9 pounds bruised
raisins, 3 ounces acetic ether, 1J ounces acetic acid,
3 ounces ground cinnamon, 3 pounds loaf sugar, 3
ounces tincture of kino, 3 ounces tincture of catechu ;
mix, and manage as the last. Colour.
No. 318.
Lavender Brandy.
Take 5 gallons pure spirits, proof, drachm oil oi
lavender dissolved in alcohol for 10 or 12 hours, then
add it to your pure spirits ; also add 1J gallons soft
water, 2 drachms tincture of cinnamon, 1 quart
simple syrup. Colour with sugar-colouring.
No. 319.
Ginger Brandy.
Take 10 gallons pure sweet liquor, add ounce
tincture of cardamom-seed; then take \ pound
ground ginger-root, infuse in 1 quart alcohol for 6 or 8
iays ; filter, and add to your liquor ; mix thoroughly.
Chen add 2 gallons soft water, and 2 quarts simple
pyrup.
No. 320.
How to make Tincture of Cinnamon.
Take 4| ounces ground cinnamon, alcohol, diluted,
8 pints: infuse for 2 weeks. 'Ready.)
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No. 321.
How to make Tincture of Cardamom-Seed.
Take 2 ounces cardamom-seed, bruised, and 1 pint
alcohol, diluted ; macerate it for 2 weeks, and filter.
No. 322.
How to make Tincture of Rhatany.
Take 6 ounces rhatany, 1 quart diluted alcohol:
macerate for 2 weeks, and filter.
No. 323.
How to make Tincture of AUspice.
Take 4 ounces allspice, 2 quarts alcohol, and in-
fuse for 2 weeks ; filter.
No. 324.
How to make Tincture of Saffron.
Take 1 ounce saffron, 1 pint rectified whiskey,
pure first-proof, and infuse for 2 weeks; filter.
No. 325.
How to make Tincture of .Red Sanders.
Take pound ground red sanders, 1 quart alcohol,
macerate for 2 weeks ; express and filter.
No. 326.
How to make Tincture of Cloves.
Take 2 ounces ground cloves, infuse it in alcohj/i
tor 2 weeks, and filter.
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No. 327.
How to imitate Port Wine. No. 1.
Take 6 gallons good prepared cider, 1J gallon
imported Port wine, 1J gallons juice of elder-
berries, 3 quarts good brandy, 1^ ounces cochineal
This will produce 9J gallons. Now pulverize the
cochineal very fine, put it with the brandy into a
stone jug, let it remain at least 2 weeks, shake it
tvery day, and at the end of 2 weeks have your
cider ready ; put 5 gallons of the cider into a 10-
gallon cask, add to this the elder-juice and Port
wine and the brandy and cochineal ; take the re-
maining 5 gallons of cider, with part of which clean
uut your jug that contained the brandy, and pour
the whole into your cask, bung it tight, and in 6
weeks it will be ready for use.
No. 328.
Another Imitation of Port Wine. No. 2.
Take 10 gallons prepared cider, 2 gallons gvod
pure imported Port wine, 3 quarts good sweet liquor,
2 quarts good brandy, 1 pound bruised raisins, 1
ounce tincture of kino, ounce extract of rhatauy,
1 pint simple syrup. Colour, if necessary, with tinc-
ture of red sanders ; let it stand 2 weeks ; rack and
fine until perfectly clear and transparent; keep cooh
No. 329.
Hov} to imitate Madeira Wine. No. 1.
Take of white Havana sugar 30 pounds, water 10
gallons, white tartar 6 ounces ; boil the whole half
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an hour, and skim it well ; let it stand until cool ;
then add 8 gallons strong beer-wort from the vat
while working ; stir it well together, and let it stand
u.iitil next day; then put it into a sweet cask; then
add to it 6 pounds bruised raisins, 1 quart French
brandy, J pound brown rock-candy, 2 ounces isin-
glass. After the wine is put into the cask, put a
piece of muslin over the bung-hole ; and when it
has done working, which will be in about 6 weeks,
then add 2 green citrons ; let them remain until the
wine is bottled; it will be ready for bottling in
v-Hout 6 months.
No. 330.
Another Imitation of Madeira Wine. No. 2.
Take 10 gallons prepared cider, 1 gallons pure
imiorted Madeira wine, 3 quarts sweet liquor, 1
ounce tartaric acid, ^ drachm oil of bitter almonds
cut in alcohol, 2 pounds bruised raisins, 2 quarts
brandy ; let stand 10 days ; then rack and fine until
clear.
No. 331.
How to imitate Lisbon Wine.
Take 10 gallons prepared cider, 2 gallons pure
ice, '_: ! .>i Lisbon wine, 2 pounds grapes in cluster,
\ .'.'.,'/ tiocture of rhatany, ounce tincture of
ki'-o. " -5*1.1011 sweet liquor, 1 pounds loaf sugar;
let lAnl 10 dayp, and manage as before.
No. 332.
How to imitate Malaga Wine.
Take 10 gallons good cider, 2 gallons imported
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Malaga wine, 1 ounce cream of tartar, 2 pounds
raisins. 1 pint good brandy, ounce tincture of
kino, 1 pint syrup. Colour with sugar-colouring,
and manage as before.
No. 333.
How to imitate Claret Wine.
Take 6 gallons cider prepared, 3 quarts good im
ported claret wine, 24 drachms cream of tartai, \
drachm citric acid, \ pound raisins, 1 gill honey,
\ ounce tincture of red sanders, 1 quart water.
Manage as before.
No. 334.
How to imitate Sherry Wine.
Take 12 gallons prepared cider, 9 quarts imported
pure sherry wine, 6 quarts native wine, f drachm
oil of bitter almonds dissolved in alcohol, 9 pints
rectified whiskey, 1^ pounds loaf sugar, 1 ounces
tincture of saffron. Mix, and manage as before.
No. 335.
How to imitate Teneriffe Wine.
Take 10 gallons cider, 2 gallons pure imported
IV.neriffe wine, 3 quarts sweet liquor, 2 drachms
citric acid, pint simple syrup. Mix, and let
<Aod for 6 or 8 days, then draw off.
No. 336.
How Racking Wine is performed.
This is an Dperation highly requisite to the keep-
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ing of wire good, to its purification, strength,
colour, brilliancy, richness, and flavour, and is per-
formed by drawing off the wine and leaving the
t Rdiment in tne cask. A siphon should be used ;
t"r;t if noi. tc.e cask should be tapped 2 or 3 days
previously It may be racked off into another cask
again, afte; it has been well cleaned; and, if re-
quisite, the cask may be slightly fumigated, imme-
diately before the wine is returned into it. If the
wine, on being tasted, is found weak, a little spirits
to be g:?Bn to it, the cask filled up, and bunged
tight. The racking off ought to be performed in
temperate weather; and, as soon as the wines
appear clear, a second racking will make them per-
fectly brilliant ; and, if so, they will want no fining.
No. 337.
How to fine or clear Wine.
One i ;,he best finings is as follows: Take 1
pound fr^sh marshmallow-roots, washed clean, and
cut into small pieces ; macerate them in 2 quarts of
soft water f~r 24 hours, then gently boil the liquor
down to 3 half-pints, strain it, and, when cold, mix
with ounce pipe-clay or chalk in powder; then
pour the mucilage into the cask, and stir up the
wine, so ap not to disturb the sediment or lees, and
leave the vent-peg out for some days after. .
Or, take boiled rice, 2 tablespoonfuls, the white
of 1 new egg, and \ ounce burnt alum in powder.
Mix with a pint or more of the wine, then pour the
mucilags into the cask, and stir the wine with &
stout stick, but not to agitate the sediment or lees.
Or, dissolve, in a gentle heat, i ounce isinglass i-
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a pint or more of the *lne; then cr:r ^vith it
ounce chalk in powder. When the two are well
incorporated, pour it into the cask, and stir the
wine, so as not to disturb the sediment or lees A*
soon as the wines are clear and bright, after oe'.ng
fined down, they ought to be racked into a sweet
and clean cask, the cask to be filled up an I tvangfvi
tight
No. 338.
How the Bottling of Wine is performed.
Fine clear weather is best for bottlin-' all sorts of
wines ; and much cleanliness is required. The first
consideration in bottling wines is to examine and
see if the wines are in a proper state. The wines
should be fine and brilliant, or they will never
brighten after. White wines, before being bottled,
must go through the process of fining. For 1 hogs-
head, (or any quantity in proportion, more or less,)
take 2 ounces isinglass, and dissolve it in 1 quart
water, and mix with 2 quarts of the wine. Red
wines are fined by beating to a froth the white of 7
eggs, and mixing them with 3 times the bulk of
water; then, adding '2 quarts of the wine, mix well,
and pour it into 1 barrel of your wine.
The bottles must be all sound, clean, and dry,
with plenty of good, sound corks.
The cork is to be put in with the hand, and
driven well in with a flat wooden mallet, the weight
of which ought to be \\ pounds, but, however, not
to exceed \\ pounds ; for, if the mallet be too light
or too heavy, it will not drive the cork in p: 1 ~r srly,
and may break the bottle. The corks must o com-
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pletely fill up the neck of each bottle as to rendei
them air-tight, but leave a space of an Inch between
the wine and the cork.
When all the wine is bottled, it is to be stored in
a cool cellar, and on no account on the bottles'
bottoms, but on their sides, and in sawdust.
No. 339.
How to make Currant Wine.
To every quart of currant-juice, add 3 pounds
sugar and 3 quarts water. Put all together into your
cask, (be careful to take such a cask that you can
fill up to the bung-hole. Should it not quite fill
up your cask, add a little water until it is fulL)
When your cask is full, leave the bung out, and lay
thin gauze or bobinet over the bung-hole, to keep
the flies out; let it ferment until it stops. After
fermentation, draw it off, and clean out your cask
very clean ; return the liquor, bung your cask up
tight, and it will be fit for use in 3 or 4 months.
If you wish, you can add 1 quart brandy to every
10 gallons before you bung it up tight.
X.B. The following wines can all be made on
the above principle : Morelle jerries, sour jerries,
blackberries, elderberries, raspberries, strawberries,
and grap"i of every kind.
No. 340.
How to make Cider Wine.
Take 25 gallons good cider, add 1 gallon good
French brandy, 4 gallons good wine, \ pound crude
tartar, 1 pint new milk
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No. 341.
Hove to make. Cypress Wine.
To 10 gallons soft water, add 5 quarts juice of
elderberries. The berries are to be slightly pressed:
ear;* quart of the liquid will contain 6 ounces juice ;
and to the whole quantity add 2 ounces ginger and
1 ounce cloves. Boil the whole for an hour. Skim
the liquid, and pour it into a vessel which should
contain the whole, throwing in 1 pounds bruised
grapes, which leave, in the liquor until the wine is
of a fine colour.
No. 342.
How to make Apple Wine.
To every gallon of cider, immediately as it comes
from the press, add 2 pounds loaf sugar. Boil it
as long as any scum arises, then strain it through a
sieve, and let it cool ; add some good yeast, mix it
well ; let it work in the tub 2 or 3 weeks, then skim
off the head ; draw it off close and tun it ; let stand
1 year, then rack it off, and add 2 ounces isinglass
to the barrel ; then add J pint spirits of wine to
every 8 gallons.
No. 343.
How to boil Sugar- Colouring.
Take 3 or 4 pounds brown sugar, boil it well, and
burn it so that it tastes very bitter; thin it with
water while on the fire ; pour in very little at a time,
and keep stirring all the time you are pouring watei
on it. If you pour too much in at a time, it will ex-
plode, and may burn you badly. As soon as the
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sugar commences to boil, you must commence stir-
ring, and continue all the time, else it will boil over
for you. Very much care is required to make good
sugar-colouring. After you have thinned it down to
its proper consistency, strain it while warm.
No. 344.
How to make Simple Syrup.
Take 1 pint water to every 2 pounds loaf sugar ,
dissolve it over the fire ; remove the scum that will
arise ; as soon as it commences to boil, remove it
from the fire ; and, while hot, strain it.
No. 345.
How to make Pure Spiriu
Take 38 gallons rectified whiskey, a* pure as you
can rectify it, 5 degrees above proof, add 1 pound
stone-lime, pound sweet spirits of nitre, 1 pound
alum. Put the lime, nitre, and alum into the whis-
key; stir them well together, let stand 24 hours;
then add 1 pound liquorice-stick, and \ pound winter-
bark ; let them stand 36 hours, then draw it off a&
pure as possible.
No. 346.
How to make Pure Spirits by Distillation.
Prepare a work as a copper-stili. Tf>ke good rec-
tified whiskey, for every barrel add 1 bushel fine-
pulverized charcoal, I pound rock-salt, and 1 pound
orris-root ; put the whole together in the p+ill with
your liquor, and run it off by a slow fi.ru.
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No. 347.
How to make Y&actfor Distillers, Brewers, with Hops.
Take 6 quarts soft water, and 2 handfula wheat
or barley meal ; stir the latter in the water before
the mixture is placed over the fire, where it must
bcil till two-thirds are evaporated. When thia de-
coction becomes cool, incorporate with it, by means
of a whisk, 2 drachms salt of tartar, and 1 drachm
cream of tartar, previously mixed. The whole
should be kept in a warm place. For bread, it
ought to be diluted with pure water, and passed
through a sieve, before it is kneaded with the
dough, in order to deprive it of its alkaline taste.
No. 348.
Another Yeast.
Boil 1 pound good flour, \ pound brown sugai,
and a little salt, in 2 gallons water for 1 hour ; when
milk-warm, bottle it and cork it close : it will be fit
for use in 24 hours. One pint of this yeast will
make 18 pounds of bread.
No. 349.
How to make a Beer to make, Yeast.
Take 9 gallons boiling water, and let it stand
antil it is 170 degrees ; then add 1 peck malt, put
it in by degrees : then let it stand 3 hours until it
is settled, then pour it off and add pound hops ;
then boil down to half, which must be strained
through a tin strainer, and squeeze the hops out
well. This will make about 4 gallons juice, well
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squeezed out; then let it stand until 90 degrees;
then put into this juice 1 quart good yeast ; let it
.stand and work for a few days until the foam will
fall back ; put the beer into a stone jug, and it will
be good for months.
KB. This is very valuable for distillers and
brewers.
No. 350.
How to make French Raspberry Vinegar.
Take a sufficiency of the ripe raspberries, put
them into a deep earthen pan, and mash them with
a wooden beetle in a large finen bag, and squeeze
and press out the liquor into a vessel beneath.
Measure it, and to each quart of the raspberry -juice
allow a pound of powdered white sugar and a pint
of the best cider vinegar. First mix together the
juice and the vinegar, and give them a boil in a
preserving-kettle. When it has boiled well, add
gradually the sugar, and boil and skim it till the
scum ceases to rise. When done, put it into clean
bottles, and cork them tightly. It is a very pleasant
and cooling beverage in warm weather, and for in-
valids who are feverish. To use it, pour out half a
tumbler of raspberry vinegar, and fill it up with ice
or fresh cool spring- water.
No. 351.
How to make British Champagne.
Take gooseberries before they are ripe, crush
them with a mallet in a wooden bowl, and to every
gallon of fruit put a gaHon of water; let it stand 2
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days, stirring it well; squeeze the mixture well
with the hands through a hop-sieve ; then measure
the liquor, and to every gallon put 3^ pounds loaf
sugar; mix it well in the tub, and let it stand 1
day; put a quart good brandy into the cask, and
leave it open 5 or 6 weeks, taking off the scum as it
rises ; then make it up, and let it stand 1 year in
the barrel before it is bottled. The proportion of
brandy to be used for this liquor is 1 pint to 7
gallons.
FARRIERY.
No. 352.
To cure Wounds in Cattle.
When horses, cattle, or any of our domestic
animals are wounded, the treatment may be very
simple, and much the same as with the human race.
It is extremely improper to follow a practice that is
common in many parts of the country among far-
riers, cow-doctors, and even shepherds, that of ap-
plying to the wound, or putting into the sore part,
common salt, powder of blue vitriol, or tar, or cloths
dipped in spirits, as brandy, rum, &c., or turpentine,
or any other stimulant articles ; for all such very
much increase the pain, and by irritating the sore
may increase the inflammation even to the length
of inducing mortification. Though the treatment
may be varied according to circumstances, yet, in
most cases, it may be sufficient to take notice of the
following particulars : It will be proper to wash
away any foulness or dirt about the part, and to
examine particularly its condition.
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No. 353.
To stop the. Bleeding.
Should any large blood-vessel be cut, and dis-
charging copiously, it will be right to stop it, by
some lint or sponge, with moderate compression, or
bandaging, at the same time, and not taking it off
for 2 -or 3 days. Should the pressure fail of
effect, caustic applications, such as lunar-caustic, or
even the actual cautery, the point of a thick wire
sufficiently heated, may be tried ; or, if a surgeon
be at hand, the vessel may be taken up by a crooked
needle, with waxed thread, and then tied.
No. 354.
Adhesive Plaster and Seioing.
When there is no danger of excessive bleeding,
and a mere division of the parts, or a deep gash or
cut, it will be right to adjust the parts, and keep
them together by a strip of any common adhesive
plaster ; or, when this will not do by itself, the lips
of the wound, especially if it be a clean cut, may be
closed by one or more stitches with a moderately
coarse needle and thread, which, in each stitch, may
be tied, and the ends left of a moderate length, so
that they can be afterwards removed when the parts
adhere. It is advisable to tie the threads, because
sometimes the wounded part swells so much that it
is difficult to get them cut and drawn out without
giving pain and doing some mischief.
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No. 355.
Bandages.
If the part will allow a roller or bandage to b
used to keep the lips of it together, this may like-
wise be employed ; for, by supporting the sides of
the wound, it would lessen any pain which the
stitches occasion. With this treatment the' wound
heals often in a short time, or in a few days, rarely
exceeding 5 or 6, and sooner in the young and
healthy than in the old and relaxed, and sooner in
the quiet and motionless than in the restless and
active.
Should the wound be large, and inflammation,
with the discharge of matter, likely to take place, it
may still be proper, by gentle means, to bring the
divided parts near to each other, and to retain them
in their natural situation by means of a bandage.
This should not be made too tight, but merely tc
support the part. In this way, and by avoiding
stimulant applications, the wound will heal more
readily than otherwise, and the chance of any
blemish following will be diminished. Washes of
spirits, brandy, and the like, "Friar's balsam,"
spirits of wine and camphor, turpentine, or aiiy
other irritating applications, are highly improper,
and sometimes make a fresh clean wound (that
would readily heal almost of itself) inflame and
perhaps mortify, or become a bad sore.
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No. 356.
Sores and Bruises.
Over the whole sore, or where the part is bruised,
or where there is a tendency to suppuration, a poul-
tice should be applied and kept on by suitable band-
ages. The poultice may be made of any kind of
meal, fine bran, bruised linseed, or of mashed turnips,
carrots, &c. The following has been found useful ae
a common poultice. " Fine bran, 1 quart; pour on it
a sufficient quantity of boiling water to make a thin
paste ; to this add linseed-powder enough to give it
a proper consistence." The poultice may be kept on
for a week or 10 days, or even longer, if necessary,
changing it once or twice a clay ; and clean the
wound when the poultice is removed, by washing it
by means of a soft rag or linen cloth with water not
more than blood-warm, (some sponges are too rough
for this purpose ;) or, where the wound is deep, the
water may be injected into it by a syringe, in order
to clean it from the bottom.
No. 357.
Ointment.
In the course of a few days, when the wound, by
care and proper management with the poultices,
begins to put on a healthy appearance, and seems
to be clean and of a reddish colour, not black or
bl )ody, then there may be applied an ointment
made of tallow, linseed-oil, beeswax, and hog's lard,
in such proportion as to make it of a consistence
somewhat firmer than butter. The ointment should
be spread on some soft clean tow ; and when applied
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to the sore, it ought never to be tied hard upon it,
(which is done too frequently, and very improperly,)
but only fixed by a bandage of a proper length, (for
a mere cord is often improper,) so close and se-
curely as to keep it from slipping off. This appli-
cation may be changed once a day ; or, when nearly
well, and discharging but little, once in 2 days.
No. 358.
Green Ointment for Wounds.
Put into a well-glazed earthen vessel 2 ounces
beeswax; melt it over a clear fire, and add 2
ounces rosin ; when that is melted, put in pound
hog's lard; to this put 4 ounces turpentine; keep
stirring it all the time with a clean stick or wooden
spatula. When all is well mixed, stir in 1 ounce
finely -powdered verdigris. Be careful that it does
not boil over ; strain it through a coarse cloth, and
preserve it in a gallipot. This ointment is very
good for old and recent wounds, whether in flesh or
hoof, also galled backs, cracked heels, mallender,
sallenders, bites, broken knees, &c.
No. 359.
Treatment-according to appearance of the part.
When the wounded part begins to discharge a
whitish, thick matter, and is observed to fill up, the
general treatment and dressings to the sore, now
mentioned, should be continued ; and, in the course
of the cure, the animal, when free of fever, may be
allowed better provision, and may take gentle exer-
cise. If the animal be feeble from the loss of blood
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originally, or from the long continuance of a fever? ah
state produced by the inflammation attending *he
wound, or from weakness arising from confinement
or connected with its constitution naturally, and
if the wound appear to be in a stationary state,
very pale and flabby on its edges, with a thin dis-
charge, then better food may be given to it ; and, if
still no change should be observed along with the
better food, the wound may be treated somewhat
differently from what has been already advised.
The ointment may be made more stimulant, by
adding to it some rosin and less beeswax, or,
what would be more stimulant still, some common
turpentine ; but it is only in very rare cases that.oi.
of turpentine can be requisite. The effects of an
alteration in the mode of treatment should be par-
ticularly remarked, and stimulants should be laid
aside, continued, or increased according as may be
judged proper. Before changing the dressings ap-
plied to the wound, or before rendering them more
stimulant and active by using heating applications,
the effect of closer bandaging may be tried; for,
sometimes, by keeping the parts a little more firmly
together the cure is promoted.
No. 360.
Food and Regimen.
In case of severe wounds, attention snould be
paid to the condition of the animal in other re-
spects. There beiug always in such cases a ten-
dency to violent inflammation and fever that may
end fatally, means should be employed to moderate
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both. The apartment should be cool and airy, and
BO quiet that the animal should not be disturbed ;
the drink should not be warm, but rather cold, and
given freely, though not in too large quantities at a
time ; the food should be sparingly given, and of a
poorer quality than usual, and should be rather
succulent and laxative than dry or apt to produce
costiveness. Bleeding may be employed, either
generally from a vein, or in some cases, when it can
be done, by cupping from the hurt part, as in the
case of a bruise, (though this ]ast will seldom be
requisite,) if found convenient : and it may be done
more than once or twice, as may seem proper.
Laxative medicines also ought to be given and re-
peated as there may be occasion.
No. 361.
Abscess.
These are swellings containing matter, that make
their appearance in different parts of the body. The
remedies are, first, to bleed, then to wash the
swollen part with a quart of vinegar, in which are
dissolved 2 ounces sal-ammoniac, and ounce sugar
of lead. If the swelling docs not abate in 2 or 3
days, apply the suppurating poultice. When the
tumour becomes soft and points, open it with a
lancet, and let out the matter. Then dress it with
basilicon ointment.
No. 362.
Anbury or Wart.
TJO a strong silk, or 3 or 3 horse-hairs, round the
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neck of the wart, tightening it gradually till it falls
away. Then dip a piece of tow in alum-water and
oind it on the spot for a whole day. Heal the sore
with the green ointment.
No. 363.
. The Staggers.
Bleed the animal copiously, (the disease is a true
apoplexy,) 2| quarts at once ; then give him pint
linseed-oil, the same of castor-oil, 40 grains calomel,
60 grains jalap, and 2 ounces tincture of aloes.
Give him twice a day warm bran mashes.
No. 364.
For Loss of Appetite.
Take 1 quart blood from the neck, and give him
a purging ball, made as follows : aloes, 1 ounce ;
jalap, 1 drachm ; rhubarb, 1 drachm ; make into a
ball with castor-oil and | drachm ginger.
No. 365.
Inflamed Bladder.
Make the animal drink largely of flaxseed tea,
barley or rice water, or any mucilaginous liquid,
and inject a portion of the same frequently. Bleed-
ing, and a dose of castor-oil, are never to be
omitted. After the oil has operated, give the fol-
lowing ball every six hours : powdered nitre,
ounce ; camphor, 1 drachm ; liquorice-powder, 8
4rachms ; honey sufficient to form the ball. Should
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these means not relieve the animal, omit the ball,
aid give 1 drachm opium twice a day.
No. 366.
Blood Spavin.
Clip off the hair from the swelling, and rub all
round outside of the swelling with a piece of hard
brown soap; then apply to the swelling a blistei
made of the following
No. 367.
Blistering Ointment.
Take hog's lard, ounce ; beeswax, 3 drachms ;
sublimate, in fine powder, | drachm ; Spanish flies,
2 drachms. Mix them all well, and spread it on
white leather, and apply it to the spavin.
No. 368.
This may be treated like the former : it ie, r.o~7
ever, generally incurable. The operation of tiring,
(which should be done by a professed farrier,) and
turning to grass, afford the only reasonable chances
of relief.
No. 369.
Bots.
Three kinds of worms infest the bowels of horses,
called by the English farriers bots, truncheons, and
maw-worms. The bot infests the great gut near
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the arms : it is a small worm with a large head, and
may be frequently observed in the dung.
The truncheon is short and thick, with a blackish
head, and is found in the maw, where, if suffered to
remain, it sometimes pierces through, and thus is
many a fine horse destroyed.
The maw-worm is of a pale-red colour, resembling
an earth-worm, from 2 to 3 inches long, occupying
also the maw.
No. 370.
Symptoms of Worms in Horses.
Stamping forcibly on the ground with either of
his forefeet, and frequently striking at his belly
with his hind ones; belly projecting; and hard
looking frequently behind him, and groaning as if
in great pain.
No. 371.
Remedies for Worms.
Keep the horse from all kinds of food for one
day ; at night give him a small quantity of warm
bran mash, made as usual, and, directly after, a
ball made of 1 scruple calomel, 1 scruple turpeth
mineral, and as much crumb of bread and honey
us will form the mass. Next evening give him a
pint of castor and pint of linseed oil. The animal
is then to be fed as usual for 2 or 3 days, and the
same plan again to be employed.
No. 372.
Inflammation of the Bowels.
This not very common but, when it doob occur,
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dangerous disorder is of two kinds. Trie jirst, or
peritoneal, inflammation, begins with an appearance
of dulness and uneasiness in the animal ; appetite
diminished or totally gone ; constant pawing with
the forefeet, frequently trying to kick the belly ; he
lies down, rises suddenly, looks round to his flanks,
countenance strongly expressive of pain; urine
small, high-coloured, and voided with great pain ;
pulse quick and small ; legs and ears cold ; profuse
sweats ; mortification and death.
The second species of the disorder is when the
inflammation attacks the internal coat of the intes-
tines, and is generally accompanied by a violent
purging and some fever. The symptoms of the
latter, however, are much less violent ; nor does the
animal appear to be in so much pain.
No. 373.
Treatment.
In the first, or peritoneal, inflammation, the only
dependence is on early and large bleedings. In
addition to this, rub the whole belly well with the
mustard embrocation, clothe the animal warmly,
(with fresh sheepskins if possible,) insert several
rowels about the chest and belly, putting into them
the blistering ointment. As the horse is generally
costive, give him a pint of castor-oil, and inject
clysters of warm flaxseed tea ; give him warm water,
or thin gruel, or flaxseed tea, to drink ; rub his legs
with the hands well, and see that he has plenty of
clean fresh litter. Tf in six hour? the disease is &ot
relieved, bleed him again; and should the costHe-
ueus continue, repeat the oil and clysters. If, afur
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giving all these remedies a faithful and continued
trial, the pain should continue, recourse may be had
to the anodyne clyster.
In the second species of this <lisorder, bleeding
need not be resorted to unless the febrile symptoms
run high. Clothe the horse warmly, use the mus-
tard embrocation freely, and omit the oil. Give
him frequently, by means of a bottle, (if he will not
drink it,) quantities of very thin gruel or flaxseed
tea. If in spite of this the disease continues, use the
anodyne clyster; if that fail, the astringent draught.
The pain occasioned by physicking is to be re
lieved by large clysters of thin gruel of flaxseed,
which produce copious evacuations and relief.
No. 374.
Broken Wind.
This is an incurable disease ; all that can be done
is to relieve the animal for a time, so as to enable
him to perform a day's work. To do this, make the
following
No. 375.
Paste-Ball for Broken- Winded Horses.
Assafoetida 2 ounces, elecampane 2 ounces, flowers
of colt's-foot 2 ounces, powdered squills 2 drachms,
linseed powder 1 ounce, honey as much as will
make the mass. Divide it into 4 balls, and give 1
morning and evening. Much benefit may result
from bleeding in this disorder, at an early period
of the complaint. His food should be carrots 01
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turnips. The hay, oats, or whatever is given, should
be in small quantities at a time, and always sprinkled
with clean, soft water.
No. 376.
Broken Knees.
Apply a poultice of bread and milk, or bread and
warm water, to reduce the inflammation ; then dress
the wound with basilicon.
No 377.
Burns and Scalds.
If slight, apply cold lead-water ; if extensive, a
liniment made of equal parts of linseed-oil and lime-
water. If there is much fever, bleed.
No. 378.
Canker.
Cut away freely all the diseased parts, and if
necessary draw the frog ; ther apply the following
liniment.
No. 379.
Liniment for Canh* .
Warm 6 ounces tar, mix with it, drop by drop,
1 ounce, by measure, oil of vitriol; then add 1
ounce oil of turpentine. Bind this firmly on the
part, destroying all the diseased protuberance with
lunar-caustic. When the wound looks health
it with the green ointment.
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No. 380.
Capped Hocks.
If the swelling proceed from a bruise or a blow,
bathe it three or four times a day witn salt and
vinegar, made warm. If it proceed from natural
cause, apply the suppurating poultice, and when
natter is formed, let it out; then use the green
ointment.
No. 38L
Cold.
Take a quart of blood from the neck, then give
svarin raashes, with a scruple of nitre in them.
Purge with castor and linseed oil, and keep the
stable warm.
No. 382.
Convulsions.
Symptoms. The horse raises his head higher than
isual, and pricks up his ears ; neck stiif and im-
movable, skin tight. He stands in a straddling
posture, pants, and breathes with difficulty.
Cure. Bleed him, if his strength will permit it,
and his pulse is high, eyes red, etc. ; otherwise not.
If you observe bots, or any other kind of worms,
pursue the treatment recommended for them.
No. 383.
Cough.
Take 1 quart of blood from the neck, and give the
following ball for cough : Take % ounce Venice
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soap, ounce nitre, 10 grains tartar-emetic, and 10
grains opium. Make these into a ball with honey,
and give one every other night. Keep the horse
warm, and remedy costive ness by castor-oil.
No. 384.
Corns.
Let the farrier cut them out with a sharp knife.
Should they show a disposition to grow again, touch
them with oil of vitriol, or caustic, and dress them
with green ointment. Be careful, in shoeing, not to
let the shoe press on the corn.
No. 385.
Curb.
Cauterize the curb in a line down its middle, and
then apply the blistering ointment.
No. 386.
Cracked Heels.
Poultice the parts with carrots, or turnips, boiled
soft, three or four times ; then anoint them with
yellow basilicon, mixed with a little green ointment.
No. 387.
The Gripes.
As soon as the disease is observed, give the draught
oelow, and a clyster composed of warm water. If
there is great pain, with quick pulse, take away 3
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quarts of blood. The belly should be well rubbed
with the mustard or other stimulating embrocation.
If no relief is obtained in 2 hours, repeat the draught
and embrocation, and should even this fail, give Irrn
a pint of castor-oil, with 1J ounces laudanum. If
castor- oil cannot be had, 1 pints linseed oil may b*
used.
No. 388.
Draught for Gripes. No. 1.
Take balsam copaiva 1 ounce, oil of juniper 1
drachm, spirits of nitrous ether \ ounce, mint-water
1 pint. Mix for 1 dose.
No. 389.
Diabetes.
This disorder, which consists in an involuntary
discharge of the urine, which is pale and thin, fre-
quently proves fatal. To cure it, take a quart of
blood from the neck, t.nd give the following ball:-
JSo. 390.
BaJUfor Diabetes.
Take 4 ounces Peruvian bark, 1 drachm ginger;
if costive after it, give a pint of castor-oil. Repeat,
if necessary.
No. 391.
Eyes.
Inflammation of the eyes is often cnred by scari-
fying with a lancet the inside of the upper and tower
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brow, and the distended vessels of the eye itself.
It is to be remembered that in treating an inflam-
mation of this important organ we should proceed
precisely as if treating a human being labouring
under the same complaint, and keep the animal on
short allowance, prevent costiveness, keep the stable
cool and dark.
Soreness or weakness of the eyes is cured by
bleeding from the neck and using the following
eye-water :
No. 392.
Eye- Water, Mo. 1.
To 1 quart water put 3 drachms sugar of lead, and
2 drachms white vitriol. When dissolved, let it settle,
and pour off the clear liquor for use. A drop may
be put into each eye, 3 times a day, witii a feather.
No. 393.
Film, or Cataract.
There is no remedy for this but an experienced
farrier. There are a variety of washes, etc., recom-
mended by various authors, but they are useless,
No. 394.
Farcy.
This disease commences in s^rall, hard knot*
which soon become soft and u^c^xus, general^
situated on the veins and exteudin' T Awards. It
is a contagious disorder, and not unfre.ji;.ut!y end?
in the glanders.
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No. 3^5.
Cure for Farcy.
Open the ulcers, and touch the inside of the edges
slightly with powdered verdigris, by means of a
camel's-hair pencil. At the same time give the fol-
lowing ball : White arsenic 8 grains, and corrosive
sublimate 6 grains, powdered and mixed with flour
or bread, or any other vehicle that will form a ball
with molasses. Keep the animal warm, mix c^ ;oe* .
carrots with his mashed. IntermK cua clay, ai I gi^e
a similar ball ; if it purge, add 11 j^'ins o, : r. ,c
it. Attend constantly to the ulcers; wash tn-xr
with warm soap-suds, and keep the animal by him
self ; if the disease gains the nostrils and head, and
becomes glanders, shoot him at once. There ib no
remedy.
No. 396.
Grease.
Wash the part well with warm e~ ip-suds twice a
day, and if the swelling is great apply a poultice to
it ; when the sores are cleansed, touch them with a
rag or feather dipped in the vulnerary-water.
No. 397.
Foundered Feet.
This is known by the contraction of the hoc 1 ,
which will appear considerably smaller than the
sound one. The horse just touches the ground with
the toe of the foundered foot, on account of p^ 5
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and stands in such a tottering way that you may
shove him over with your hand.
Cure. Take off the shoe, bleed freely from the
thigh-vein, and purge 2 or 3 times. Keep the hair
close-trimmed and the parts clean.
No. 398.
Hoof-Sound.
Cut several lines from the core net down to
the toe, all round the hoof, and fill the cuts with
tallow and soap mixed. Take off the shoes and (if
you can spare him) turn the animal into a wet
meadow, where his feet will be kept moist. Never
remove the sole nor burn the lines down, as this
increases the evil.
No. 399.
Lampass.
This consists in a swelling of the first bar of the
upper palate. It is cured by rubbing the swelling
two or three times a day with half an ounce of ->Jum
and the same quantity of double-refined sugar mixed
with a little honey.
No. 400.
Liaxity.
Never attempt to stop the discharge too suddeniv
or too soon ; this common but erroneous practice ha*
killed many fine horses. To begin the cure, giv*
the following
Mild purgative-ball: Rhubarb, in powder, 1 ounce;
magnesia, ounce; calomel. 1 scruple; oil of anise-
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seed, 1 drachm. Make up a ball with honey and
liquorice-powder. Next day give the horse 1 fluid-
ounce liquid laudanum, with 20 grains tartar-emetic,
in a pint of water. On the third day, repeat the purge,
then the drench, until the animal is well.
No. 401.
Inflammation of the Lungs.
Bleed the animal copiously as soon as the com-
plaint is perceived, and repeat in six hours if the
fever, quickness of breathing, &c. do not abate.
Blister his sides, rowel the chest, and give the follow-
ing ball, which is to be taken, morning and evening,
until the stalling is considerably increased : one day
will then be sufficient. Grass or bran mashes should
be the food.
The ball : Powdered nitre, 6 drachms ; camphor,
1 drachm; as much syrup and linseed-meal as will
form the ball.
No. 402.
Mallenders.
Wash the cracks well with warm soap-suda and &
sponge, and then with the vulnerary- water, twice
every day. Wipe the parts dry, and apply the grocr/
ointment.
No. 403.
Mange.
Wash with soap-suds and vulnerary- water, and
purge with castor-oil. Feed the horse well, and
work him moderately.
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No. 404.
Molten Grease.
Bleed and purge moderately, and feed regularly
on a diminished allowance.
No. 405.
Pott-Evil.
Bring the swelling to a head, as any other tumour,
by the suppurating poultice, which is made as fol
lows :
No. 406.
Suppurating Poultice.
Take four handfuls of bran and three middling-
sized turnips ; boil them till soft, and beat them well
together; then boil them again in milk to a thick
poultice, adding to it 2 ounces linseed and pound
hog's lard.
No. 407.
Quitter.
Make an opening for the matter to descend from
a'i the neighbouring sinuses. Keep the parts well
'leaned with warm soap-suds; then inject the vul-
nerfc ,y-water into the sinuses. If there is core,
tou .\ j'i with caustic; when this is discharged, dress
with the green ointment.
No. 408.
Ringbone.
[f recent, blister the part; if an old affection,
recourse must be had to firing.
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No. 409.
Sand-Crack.
Remove the shoe, and ascertain carefully the extent
of the injury. If the crack is superficial, fill it with
the composition below, and keep the foot cool and
moist If the crack has extended to the sensitive
parts, and you can see any fungus flesh, with a small
drawing-knife remove the edges of the cracked horn
that press upon it. Touch the fungus with caustic,
dip a roll of tow or linen in tar, and bind it firmly
over it. The whole foot is to be kept in a bran
poultice for a few days, or until the lameness is
removed. A shoe may then be put on so as not to
press on the diseased part. The pledget of tow may
now be removed, the crack filled with the compo-
sition, and the animal turned into some soft meadow.
No. 410.
Composition for Sand- Crack.
Take 4 ounces beeswax, 2 ounces yellow rosin, 1
ounce turpentine, and ounce tallow or suet : to be
melted together.
No. 411.
Sttfcttts
Are horny substances on the back, under the saddle.
Take hold of them with a pair of pincers and cut
them out radically. Leave no part behind, or they
will grow again. Dress the \vound with green oint-
ment.
]*
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No. 412.
Sallenders
Require the same treatment as mallenders, which
see.
No. 413.
Strains.
In whatever part of the body this accident occurs,
the treatment should be perfect rest, moderate bleed-
ing, and purging till the inflammation is reduced,
when any stimulating embrocation may be used.
No. 414.
Strangury.
Take away 1 quart of blood, and throw up a laxa
tive clyster; then give 1 ounce saltpetre and 1 fluid
ounce sweet spirits of nitre in a pint of water.
No. 415.
Strangles.
This is known by a swelling between the jaw-bone
and the root of the tongue. If a large tumour appear
under the jaw, apply the suppurating poultice. When
it is ripe, open it, squeeze out the matter, and re-
appfy a warm poultice. In a few days it will run
off. Give warm bran mashes and gentle exercise.
No. 416
Tkrttsh.
Krtnove the shoe, and pare off all the ragged part*
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so as to expose the diseased parts. After cleaning
the frog nicely, apply a solution of blue vitriol, and
shortly after pour some melted tar-ointment into the
cleft of the frog and cover its whole surface with tow
soaked in the same; and place on the tow a flat
piece of wood, about the width of the frog, one of its
ends passing under the toe of the shoe, the other
extending to the back part of the frog, and bound
down by cross-pieces of wood, the ends of which are
placed under the shoe. Repeat the dressing every
dav.
No. 417.
Vices.
This 10 a disease most common to young horses,
and consists in a long swelling of the parotid gland,
beginning at the roots of the ears and descending
downward. If it is painful and inflamed, apply the
podtice ; if it suppurates, open the lump, let out
^ht> .natter, and dress with the green ointment. If
:r io hard and indolent, apply strong mercurial oint-
ment, to disferse It, and bleed moderately.
No. 418.
Wind- Galls.
Tnese swellings appear on each side of the back
sinew, above the fetlock. It is dangerous to punc-
ture them, as is sometimes done, as it may produce
an incurable lameness. Tight bandages and moist-
ening the parts frequently with a strong solution of
Bal-ammoniac in vinegar may do some good.
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No. 419.
Wounds.
All the rules laid down in this book for the treat-
ment of wounds in the human subject apply strictly
to horses. As in simple cuts, however, sticking-
plaster cannot be used, the edges of the wound
should be neatly stitched together. Much can be
done also by the judicious application of bandages.
Farriers generally are in the habit of pursuing such
absurd, cruel, and fatal practices in these cases,
either by cutting off a part that appears to be partly
torn from its connection, or by using stimulating
applications, that it becomes necessary to repeat
again that all the rules laid down for the treatmen'
of wounds in this work as applicable tc man ai<
equally so to the noble animal of which we f .Tf
speaking. Read over these rules, snbstitut/- ,-,'ie
word "horse" for "patient," and you will b Q * ,3
loss how to proceed.
No. 420.
Bleeding in General.
Bleeding is often the most useful and
means of curing diseases in horse.:. In inflamm
tory affections, it is generally the iii-Lc remedy re
gorted to; and its immediate salutary effects fue
often surprising.
When it is necessary to lessen the whole quantity
of blood in the system, open the jugular or neck
vein. If the inflammation is local, bleed, where it can
be conveniently done, either from the part affected
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or in its ri-^nity, as by opening the plate vein, super-
ficial veir, of che thigh, or temporal arteries.
I . favers of all kinds, and when inflammation at-
tfa^ke any important organ, as the brain, eyes, lungs,
rtotK! ",h, intestines, liver, kidneys, bladder, &c.,
blef-liug is of the greatest use. It diminishes the
qua .tity of blood in the body, and by this means
pre r?nts the bad consequences of inflammation. The
quEnl'tyof '.flood to be taken varies according to
the ape, gize, condition, and constitution of the
*'..'.'.> t.'1'.c?, the urgency of the symptoms.
From L large, strong horse, 4 or 6 quarts will
tpjsrc.I'.y be requisite ; and this may be repeated in
mailer quantities if the symptoms demand it. The
blood, in these diseases, must flow from a large
orifice made in the vein. A horse should never be
suffered to bleed upon the ground, but into a measure,
in order that the proper quantity may be taken,
"lorses have sometimes much constitutional irrita-
tion, which bleeding relieves. But in these affections
\* is very rarely necessary to bleed to the same ox-
.^nt as in fevers, &c. ; 2 or 3 quarts generally suffi 9
re be taken away.
No. 421.
Fulness of Blood.
Moderate bleeding, as from 2 to 4 quarts, is also
. used to remove fulness of habit, or plethora, attended
with slight inflammatory symptoms. In this case thi
eyes appear heavy, dull, red, or inflamed, frequently
closed as if asleep; the pulse small and oppressed,
the heat of the body somewhat increased ; the legs
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swell, the hair also rubs off. Horses ;nat are re-
moved from grass to a warm stable, full fed ou
hay and com, and not sufficiently r : j ,rcised, ?.r
very subject to one or more of these symy-cns.
Regulating the quantity of food given to j?.m, p oper
exercise, and occasional laxatives, as th: ..'ilo.^ny
powder, will be commonly found sufficier, , toiler Lb.e
first bleeding, and operation of an aloetic j . ^e. Tn
slight affections of this kind, a brisk p rgi will
often alone be sufficient.
No. 422.
Laxative and Diaphoretic Powder.
Take of crocus of antimony, finely levigated, nitre,
cream of tartar, and flour of sulphur, each 4 ounc?"
Powder and mix them well together for use. On
tablespoonful of this mixture may be given ever/
night and morning, in as much scalded bran, or a
feed of corn moistened with water, that the powdei
may adhere thereto.
This powder will be found excellent for such
horses as are kept on dry food, whether they be in
the stable or travel on the road; also for stallions
in the spring of the year, as they not only keep the
body cool and open, but cause him to cast his coat.
and make his skin appear as bright as silk.
No. 423.
Purging.
In obstinate grease and swellings of the legs, ac-
companied with lameness of the joints, dry coughs,
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worms, diseases of the skin, farcy, apoplexy or stag-
gers, affections of the iiver, and several other diseases
created of in this book, mercurial purges are of the
greatest service. The purges destroy worms, gene-
rally increase the flow of urine, operate upon the
skin, liver, and other viscera in a peculiar manner,
cause a healthful action in these parts, and remove
many chronic complaints incident to the horse.
Great caution is necessary during their operation,
lest the horse take cold. The water given him
must be warm, and when exercised he should be
properly clothed.
Horses that are kept on dry food, and are full fed,
with little or no exercise, require regular purging
every six months, with 2 or 3 doses each time,
allowing proper intervals between each; and those
horses which run in stage-coaches, (whose labour is
often more than their natural strength is able to
bear,) and those whose legs are inclined to swell, a"
require purgative medicines, the use of which would
be a means of preventing many of the diseases that
attack this useful animal.
No. 424.
To prepare Horses for Physic.
After violent exercise, horses are liable to low
their appetite, and to have their stomach loaded
with truditie* and undigested matter, the non-
removal of which by the use of proper physic is the
chief cause why so many die daily. Previous to
administering a purge, the body should be prepared.
The proper method of preparing a horse* foi
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physic is to give him 2 or 3 mashes of scalded
bran and oats, and warm water, for 3 or 4 days
together. This will soften the faeces and promote
the operation of the medicine. But if a strong
purge be given to a horse of costive habit with-
out preparation, it will probably occasion a violent
inflammation.
No. 425.
Purgative Balls for Horses.
Take of Barbadoes aloes 7^ ounces, Castile soap
l ounces, powdered ginger l ounces, oil of anise-
seed 2 drachms, syrup a sufficient quantity to make 6
balls, each of which is a dose.
No. 426.
Drink to check Over-Purging.
Take of prepared chalk, ginger, and anise-seed, in
powder, each 1 ounce, essential oil of peppermint
15 drops, rectified spirits of wine \ ounce. Mix the
whole in a pint and a half of warm linseed gruel,
and give it.
Another. Take of prepared chalk 2 ounces, anise-
ueed and caraway-seed, prepared, each 1 ounce,
opium } drachm. Mix, and give it in a pint of
linseed gruel.
No. 427.
Astringent Drink after Looseness.
If the looseness continues after the above drink
has been administered for 2 or 3 days, the following
may be given:
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of pomegranate-shell, in powder, and pre-
pared testaceous powder, each 1 ounce, Dover's
powders, and ginger powdered, each 2 drachms. Mix,
aiid give in a pint of warm gruel, and repeat twice
a day
No. 428.
dough Drink.
Take of Barbadoes tar, anisated balsam of sul-
phur, each 1 ounce. Incorporate them with the
yolk of an egg; then add nitre 1 ounce, ginger \
ounce, tncture of opium 1 ounce. Mix them to-
g other.
L.yt this drink be gradually mixed in a pint of
warm ale or linseed tea, and give it in the morning,
fasti c.g; let the horse stand without food for 2
houi's after, then give him a mash of scalded bran
tvnd oats and warm water. Repeat every othei
men? ing, three or four times.
No. 429.
Fever-Balls for Horses.
Take of antimonial powder, tartarized antimony,
&rad camphor, each 1 drachm, nitre, and Castile soap,
each 2 drachms, Barbadoes aloes 2 drachms. Mix,
and beat them into a ball with syrup of buckthorn.
Let this ball be given to the horse about 2 hours
after bleeding, and in 6 hours after giving him the
ball, let him have the following
Purgative drink. Take of Epsom salts 4 ounces,
nitre J ounce, coarse sugar 2 tablespoonfuls.
Dissolve them in a quart of gruel, then add 10
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ounces cantor-oil. Mix it while new-milk-warm.
After the first ball given, the aloes may be left
out, and then the ball aud drink may be given
once a day (one in the morning and the other in
the evening,) until a proper passage be obtained.
No. 430.
Powerful Mixture for Fevers.
If tb.o fever still continues to increase, it will be
-,? to take a little more blood from him, aud
then to have recourse to the following fever-powder.
Take of emetic tartar 1 ounce, calcined antimony
2 ounce3, calcined hartshorn 1 ounce. Mix, and
grind them in a mortar to a fine powder; then put
rJiem in a bottle for use. 2 drachms of these powderp
are a Droper dose for a horse.
A dcse of this powder, with an ounce of nitre,
c ay be given twice or three times a day, in a pint
of wa.ni. gruel, or to be made into a ball with con-
serve of rosee. If the fever be violent, and the
horse in a raging state, \ ounce tincture of opium
n;ay be added to each dose of powders.
No. 431.
Drink for an Inflammatory Fever.
Take of tartar-emetic 1 drachm, prepared kali 4
ounce, camphor 1 drachm, rubbed into powder, with
a few drops spirits of wine.
This drink is excellent for all kinds of inflammatory
fevers, especially such as are attended with im
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minent danger. It may be given every 4 hours, or
3 times a day, in a pint of water-gruel.
No. 432.
Purging-Ball for Jaundice.
Take of Barbadoes aloes from 4 to 5 drachms,
white antimonial powder, and Castile soap, each 2
drachms, calomel 1 drachm. Mix, and beat them
into a ball with a sufficient quantity of syrup of
buckthorn.
The horse should have a couple of mashes the day
before this ball is given, by way of preparation, and
the ball should be given fasting the morning follow-
ing ; let him fast for 2 hours after, then give him a
mash of scalded bran and oats, with warm water,
and treat him in the same manner as for other
physic.
No. 432i
Hove, or Hoven in Cattle. Mr. Goweris simple Remedy.
He says, Let a straw or hay rope, made of two
strands of thumb rope laid or twisted together, be
introduced between the jaws of the animal bridle-
wise, drawing it back by both ends, and tying it
tightly around the roots of the horns at the back of
the head, till the jaws are fully opened and gagged.
If this is done in the stall and the animal is able to
stand or walk, it should be turned out at once and
kept moving about, when in a few minutes the die
tension will subside and all will be well again.
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No. 433.
Restorative Balls after Jaundice.
Take of gentian and caraway-seeds, in powder,
each 8 ounces, powdered ginger, and precipitated
sulphur of antimony, each 6 drachms, Castile soap.
l ounces, and honey sufficient to form into 6 balls.
One of these balls should be given every other
day for some time.
No. 434.
Pectoral Balls far Broken Wind.
Take of Barbadoes tar, Venice turpentine, and
Castile soap, each 2 ounces, squills in powder, 1
ounce; then add nitre 2 ounces, anise-seed and
caraway-seeds, fresh powdered, each 1 ounce ; beat
them into a mass with honey and liquorice-powder,
and divide into 10 balls.
No. 435.
Alterative Balls for Surfeit, Mange, c.
Take of precipitated sulphur of antimony and
gentian-root, and Socotrine aloes, each 1 ounce, in
fine powder, nitre 2 ounces, calomel and can-
tharides, in powder, each 2 drachms. Mix, and make
them into a mass of balls with honey or molasses.
Each ball to weigh 1| ounces.
This ball will be found very useful in many dis-
eases, such as surfeit, hide-bound, mauge, grease or
swelled legs, lameness of the joints, molten grease,
inflammation of the eyes, and, indeed, in all linger-
ing and obstinate diseases. One ball may be given
every other morning for 2 or 3 weeks.
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No. 436.
Astringent Ball for Profuse Staling.
Take of galls and alum, in fine powder, each 2
rtiuehms ; Peruvian bark, \ ounce. Make into a ball
with honey or molasses.
]t will be proper to repeat this ball every morii-
mg, and, if the disease is obstinate, every night and
morning, and continue until the urine is diminished
to abv-ut its natural quantity.
No. 437.
Restorative Balls for Profuse Staling.
TaL>i of gentian-root, in powder, \ ounce, ginger,
powdered, 2 drachms, alum 1 drachm, molasses
sufficient to make into a ball.
No. 438.
Mercurial Balls for Worms.
Take of calomel and Castile soap, each, 1 drachm^
wormseed, in powder, \ ounce. Beat them into a
ball with syrup of buckthorn.
This ball should be given at night, and the follow-
ing drink or purgitig-ball the next morning:
No. 439.
Drink for Worms.
Take of Barbadoes aloes from 3 to 6 drachms, (ac-
cording to their size and strength,) wormseed and
gentian in powder, each, \ ounce, caraway-seed, in
powder, 1 ounce; mix, and give in a pint of strong
decoction of wormwood, and repeat in about 4 or 5
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days ; but omit giving the mercurial ball after the
first time.
No. 440.
Purging-Batt for Worms.
Take of Barbadoes aloes 8 drachms, ginger, Cas-
tile soap, and oil of savin, each, 2 drachms, syrup of
buckthorn sufficient to make them into a ball.
This purge is calculated for a strong horse ; but it
may be made weaker by lessening the quantity of
aloes to 6 or 7 drachms, which is in general suffi-
cient after a mercurial ball. The horse should have
mashes, warm water, and proper exercise.
No. 441.
Stomach-Drink after the Expulsion of the Worms.
Take of compound spirit of ammonia, and sweet
spirits of nitre, each 1 ounce, gentian-root, in powder,
1| ounces, Peruvian bark and hicra-picra, in powder,
each, ounce, horse-spice 2 ounces.
Mix the whole in 3 pints of ale, and divide into
3 parts, and give one part every morning, fasting.
Two hours after, give him a mash and warm water.
The virtues of this drink deserve the highest recom-
mendation in restoring horses which have been
much reduced by some long-continued disease, as in
lowness of spirits, debility, and relaxation of the
eolids, a loss of appetite, and for such also as are
over-ridden either in the field or on the road.
No. 442.
Sails for the Staggers.
Take of James's powder 2 drachms, turmeric and
treain ot tartar, each, & ounce. Make them into a
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hall, with conserve of roses or honey a sufficient
quantity.
No. 443.
Clyster for Convulsions.
Take of linseed and valerian -root, each, 4 ounces ;
boil them in 3 quarts of water to 4 pints ; add Epsom
salts 4 ounces, assafoetida ounce, opium 2
drachms. Dissolve the whole in the above while
hot, and apply it new-milk-warm.
This is a most powerful clyster in all disorders of
the intestines that are attended with pain and con-
vulsions or spasms in those parts, such as a violent
attack of the colic proceeding from an obstruction
of the urinary passage.
No. 444.
To cure Gripes in Horses.
This disorder goes by different names in different
districts of the country ; as fret, from the uneasiness
attending it; bots, from its being thought to arise
from these animals or worms, &c. The animal looks
dull and rejects his food ; becomes restless and un-
easy, frequently pawing ; voids his excrements in
small quantities, and often tries to stale ; looks
round, as if toward his own flank or the seat of
complaint ; soon appears to get worse, often lying
down, and sometimes suddenly rising up, or at times
trying to roll, even in the stable, &c. As the dis-
order goes on, the pain becomes more violent ; he
appears more restless still, kicks at his belly, groans,
rolls often, or tumbles about, with other marks of
great agitation ; becomes feverish, and has a cold
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moisture at the roots of his ears and about his
flanks, and, when he lies at rest a little while, begins
to perspire strongly, and to get covered witL sweat
more or less profuse.
In most cases of ordinary gripes, signs of flatu-
lence, or of the presence of air confined in the
bowels, occur, and constitute a part of the disease, 01
increase it. The removal of it is, therefore, an object
to which the attention of most grooms has been in
a chief degree directed ; and as it can frequently be
got rid of, and the disease cured, by exciting the
powerful action of the intestines, cordial and stimu-
lating medicines are had recourse to, and no doubt
in many have afforded relief. Some farriers, indeed,
without much care in distinguishing cases, almost
exclusively rely upon such, and employ them too
freely. This, however, should not be done ; for it
sometimes happens that disorders not unlike flatu-
lent colic or gripes occur when there is neither
pent-up air present, nor any relaxation or want of
energy and action in the intestines themselves; and
stimulating medicines might then do no good, but
often much mischief.
When the disorder is eany discovered, or has
newly come on, it will be proper to lose no time to
get ready a clyster, and likewise a medicinal draught
for removing the wind and abating the pain. After
removing with the hand any excrement in the greal
gut that can be reached by it, a clyster, made of 5
or 6 quarts of water or water-gruel, blood-warm, and
6 or 8 ounces of common salt, may be injected ; and
one or the other of the following draughts may bo
given before, or about the same time:
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No. 445.
Draught for the same. No. 2.
Take of Venice turpentine 1 ounce, beat it up
with the yolk of an egg, and then add of pepper-
mint-water, or even of common water, ii the other is
not at hand, l pints and 2 ounces of whiskey or
gin. This will serve for one dose.
Another. Take of table-beer, a little warmed, 1$
pints, common pepper, or powdered ginger, 1 tea-
spoonful ; gin, whiskey or rum, from 2 to 4 ounces
or from 1 to 2 glassfuls : these mix together for one
dose.
Another. Oil of turpentine 1 ounce, and water-
gruel 1J pints, mixed, for a dose.
These and the like preparations may be given,
either out of a bottle or drench-horn, one or two
persons raising and keeping properly up the horse's
head, while another, who administers the medicine,
pulls out, and a little aside, the tongue, with his left
hand, and with the other pours in the draught.
No. 446.
Further Treatment.
Cordial drenches of the kinds recommended, with
the clyster, will have the effect, in ordinary cases, to
relieve the disorder. But should this not be the case,
after wailing an hour or two, (longer or shorter ac-
cording to the severity of the ailment, or the period
since its commencement,) then the medicine should
be repeated, but in a less dose than at first, perhaps
one-half or two-thirds of the former quantity. The
horse should be occasionally walked out, properly
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covered with cloths, lest the chill air bring on shi-
vering and give rise to feverishness ; and his belly
should be now and then rubbed a considerable time
at once, 5 or 10 minutes, but with intervals of rest,
so that it may have time to stale or dung. If the
disorder does not yield to these remedies, then
others must be employed of a more active nature.
Some persons recommend castor-oil, in the propor-
tion of half a pint to a pint, with an ounce or two
of laudanum or tincture of opium, mixed with
water-gruel in the quantity of a pint or rather less.
In case the horse has lain down, and continued so
for some time, and is covered with sweat, when he
rises, two or more persons should be employed to
rub him dry ; and he should also be kept well
clothed. The stable should be airy, moderately
cool, and his place in it roomy and well littered, to
keep him from hurtinsr himself should he roll about.
No. 447.
White's Battfvr Gripes.
Draughts of liquid medicine operate more speedily
rhan any other form ; but, as the disorder may attack
a horse during a journey, where such cannot readily
be procured, Mr. White has given a receipt for a ball
for the convenience of those who travel ; and if it be
wrapped up closely in a piece of bladder, it may be
kept a considerable time without losing its power.
The ball is composed of the following ingredients,
viz. : Castile soap, 3 drachms ; camphor, 2 drachms ;
ginger, Ij drachms; and Venice turpentine, 6
drachms : to be made into a ball for one dose.
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No. 448.
Laudanum Draught.
Laudanum may be used in cases of urgency, es-
pecially in the wet or lax gripes. Take a quart of
beer, and make it a very little warmer than blood-
heat ; then put a tablespoonful of powdered ginger
into it, and a small wineglassful of laudanum, just
before it is given to the horse. This, in most cases,
will give ease in a short time ; but, if the complaint
is exceedingly violent, give about half the above
quantity again in 15 or 20 minutes. As soon as the
pain seems to be abated, if the belly is costive, give
the horse a purgative. In case of looseness, no pur-
gative must be given : the laudanum, which is of a
binding nature, will correct it.
When pain is occasioned by inflammation, it is
seldom proper to employ opium, or any medicine ot
that kind ; but when it depends upon spasm or irri-
tation, no medicines are so beneficial. In inflamma-
tion of the bowels, for example, opium would cer-
tainly do much injury; but in flatulent or spasmodic
colic, or gripes, it seldom fails of success.
No. 449.
Another Anodyne Medicine.
When horses are affected with colic, or where the
use of anodynes is requisite, the following prepara-
tion may be given, namely : opium, 1 drachm, or 60
grains; Castile soap, 2 drachms ; and powdered anise-
seed, J ounce, or 4 drachms : to be made into a bal)
with syrup for one dose.
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In speaking of the medicines for gripes, or the
flatulent colic, sometimes termed fret, Mr. White
mentions, " Domestic remedies may be employed
when proper medicines cannot be procured in time.
B'or this purpose a draught may be readily made up
of a pint of strong peppermint-water, with about 4
ounces of gin, and any kind of spice."
Another. A pint of Port wine, with spice or
ginger.
Another. Half a pint of gin diluted with 4
ounces water, and a little ginger.
Another. Take of Epsom salts, 6 ounces ; Castile
soap, sliced, 2 ounces. Dissolve them in 1 pints
warm gruel ; then add tincture of opium, ounce ;
oil of juniper, 2 drachms. Mix, and give them new-
milk-warm.
This drink may be repeated every 4 or 5 hours,
till the symptoms begin to abate.
No. 450.
The same when on a Journey.
Take tincture of opium, and oil of jumper, each,
2 drachms; sweet spirits of nitre, tincture of benzoin,
and aromatic spirit of ammonia, each \ ounce. Mix
them together in a bottle for one dnnk, and give it
in a pint of warm gruel.
For the colic, flatulency, and colicky pains of the
intestines, this drink will be found a vamable
cordial.
Another. The complaint may oe removed by
warm beer and ginger, or a cordia ball mixed with
warm beer.
It is necessary to repeat the caution given respect-
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.ng tne necessity of distinguishing the flatulent, or
windy, or spasmodic colic, from the inflammatory
one, and from that which depends on costiveness.
It is always necessary to empty the bowels by
means of clysters ; and, should the horse have ap-
peared dull and heavy previous to the attack, it will
be advisable to bleed. If costiveness attends it,
give a laxative drench after the paroxysm, which
will prevent its return.
No. 45L
To cure Surfeit or bad Coat in Horses!
Take crocus metallorum, or liver of antimony, 1
ounce ; sprinkle it with water, or mix it with moist
bran. This may be given to horses subject to this
disorder once a day, among their oats : it relieves
the appetite, destroys worms, sweetens the blood,
against all obstructions opens the passage, and im
proves tired and lean horses in a great degree ; it is
also of great service iii coughs and shortness of
breath. It may be given daily from 2 to 4 weeks,
and will soon produce a fine coat. The horse may
be worked while he is taking the medicine, care
being taken not to expose him to wet or col<?
No. 452.
Urine- Balis for Horses.
Mix together 1 ounce oil of juniper, 1 ounce bai
aaru of sulphur, 2 ounces Venice turpentine, 4
ounces sal-prunella, and 1 pound black rosin.
Melt all together gently, over a slow fire, in an
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iron pot, and make up into balls ot the size of a
nutmeg.
Another. Take nitre, 3 pounds ; rosin, 3 pounds ;
soap, l pounds; juniper-berries, 1 pound; oil of
juniper, l ounces.
To be made up into balls, of the common size,
with spirits of turpentine.
No. 453.
Remedy for Lameness in Horses.
Mr. Sewell, of the Veterinary College, stated IHB
having discovered a method of curing horses which
are lame in the forefeet. It occurred to him that
this lameness might originate in the nerves of the
foot, near the hoof; and in consequence he imme-
diately amputated about an inch of the. diseased
nerve, taking the usual precaution of guarding the
arteries and passing ligatures, &c. By this means
the animal was instantly relieved from pain, and the
lameness perfectly cured.
No. 454.
To Cure the Thrush in Horses' Feet.
Simmer over the fire, till it turns brown, equal
parts of honey, vinegar, and verdigris, and apply it
with a feather or brush occasionally to the feet.
The horse at the same time should stand hard, and
all soft dung and straw be removed.
No. 455.
Ointment for Mange.
Take common turpentine, 1 pound ; quicksilver,
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4 ounces ; hog's lard, pound ; flour of sulphur, 4
ounces ; train-oil, pint.
Grind the quicksilver with the turpentine, in a
marble mortar, for 5 or hours, until it completely
disappears ; and add a little oil of turpentine to make
it rub easier ; then add the remainder, and work them
all well together till united.
This ointment must be well rubbed on every part
affected, in the open air, if the sun shine and the
weather be warm ; but, if it be winter, take the horse
to a blacksmith's shop, where a large bar of iron
must be heated, and held at a proper distance over
him, to warm the ointment.
No. 456.
Liniment for the Mange.
Take white precipitate, 2 ounces; strong mer
curial ointment, 2 ounces ; sulphur of vivum, 1
pound ; flour of sulphur, pound ; rape-oil, 2 quarts.
First grind the white precipitate in a little oil ;
afterwards add the remainder, taking care that they
are well mixed.
This liniment must be \vell rubbed in with a hard
brush, in the open air, provided the day be fine and
the weather warm. If the horse draws in a team,
the inside of the collar must be washed, or the in-
side of the saddle, if a saddle-horse ; for the disease
is highly contagious.
No. 457.
Eye- Water. No. 2.
Take camphor, 2 drachms, dissolved in 2 ounces
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rectified spirits of wine ; Gould's extract, 1 ounce ;
rose-water, 1 quart. Shake all together in a bottle
for use.
Let the eye and the eyelids be well bathed 3 or 4
times a day with a clean linen rag dipped in the
eye-water.
No. 458.
For Inflammation of the Lungs.
Take white antimonial powder, 2 drachms; pre-
pared kali, \ oonce ; Castile soap, 2 drachms ; aro-
matic confection, \ ounce. Beat them into a ball.
This ball must be given to the horse as soon as it
can be prepared, after he has been bled ; and con
tinue it 2 or 3 times a day as long as the inflamma-
tion continues. About six hours after, give him a
purging drink, and repeat it every night and morn
ing until a passage is obtained, or the bowels are
sufficiently opened.
No. 459.
Embrocation for Sprains.
Take of soap-liniment and camphorated spirits of
wine, of each 8 ounces, and oil of turpentine,
ounce. Mix, and shake when used.
This evaporating and discutient embrocation is
well calculated to remove pain and inflammation,
which is generally effected in the course of a fort-
night or three weeks. During that time the horse
should not be allowed to go out of the stable or
farm-yard.
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No. 460.
Bracing Mixture for Sprains.
After the above embrocation the following bracing
mixture must be rubbed on the part once a day.
Take of Egyptiacum, 2 ounces ; oil of turpentine,
1 ounce. Shake well together; then add cam-
phorated spirits of wine and compound tincture of
benzoin, each 1 ounce, and vinegar, 11 ounces. Mix,
and shake well together every time it is used.
No. 461.
Paste to stop Bleeding.
Take of fresh nettles, 1 handful, and bruise them
in a mortar. Add blue vitriol, in powder, 4 ounces;
wheat flour, 2 ounces ; wine vinegar, ounce : oil of
vitriol, | ounce. Beat them all together into a paste.
Let the wound be filled up with this paste, and a
proper pledget of tow laid over the mouth, in order
to prevent it from falling out, and then bandage it
on with a strong roller. This dressing must remain
on the wound 10 or 12 hours.
No. 462.
Ointment for Scratched Heels.
Take of hog's lard, 1 pound ; white lead, 4 ounces
alum, in fine powder, 2 ounces ; white vitriol, 1 ounce ;
augar of lead, ounce ; olive-oil, 3 ounces.
Grind all the powders in a marble mortar with
the oil, or on a marble slab ; then add the lard, and
work the whole together till united.
This is a neat composition, and very proper to
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keep in the stable during the winter. It will not
only he found useful for greasy and scratched heelc,
but also for stubs and treads of every description. A
small quantity must be rubbed on the part affected
every night and morning, in slight cases; out in
treads, or wounds upon the heels, it will be best to
spread the ointment on pledgets of tow and secure
them with bandages.
No. 463.
Astringent Embrocation for Strains in different parts.
Take of camphor, 2 drachms, dissolved in ounce
strong rectified spirits of wine ; nitre, 1 ounce, dis-
solved in ^ pint wine vinegar ; spirits of turpentine,
4 ounces ; white lead, or Armenian bole, in powder,
ounce ; aqua-fortis, 1 ounce. Mix, and shake then;
all together in a bottle for use.
No. 464.
Mixture for Canker in the Mouth.
Take of wine vinegar, } pint; burnt alum a.ia
common salt, each 1 ounce ; Armenian bole, \
ounce. Mix, and shake them together in a bottle
for use.
It will be proper to dress the horse's mouth with
this mixture, every morning and evening, in the fol-
lowing manner :
Take a small cane, or a piece of whalebone, half a
yard long, and tie a linen rag, or a little tow, round
one end ; then dip it into the mixture, pass it up his
mouth, and gently remove it to all the affected parts.
Let him champ it well about in his mouth; after
which let him fast an hour, then give food as usual.
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No. 465.
Distemper among Cattle.
Examine your cow's mouth, though she appears
very well ; and if you find any pimple in it, or on
the tongue, or if you perceive any within the skin
ready to come out, immediately house her, keep her
warm, and give her warm tar-water. To a large
beast give 1 gallon ; to a small one, 3 quarts. Give
it four times every day, but not every time the quan-
tity you first gave. Lessen the dose by degrees, but
never give less than 2 quarts to a large beast, nor
less than 3 pints to a small one ; and house her
every night for some time, and give her whim gruel
a id malt mash.
No. 466.
To make Tar -Water for Cows
Take 1 quart tar, put to it 4 quarts water, and
stir it very well 10 or 12 minutes ; let it stand a
little while, and then pour it off for use. You muet
not put water to the same tar more than twice. Let
the first dose be made of fresh tar. Continue to
give it till the beast is well. Don't let her go too
soon abroad.
No. 467.
For the Garget in Cows.
This disorder is very frequent in cows after ceasing
to be milked ; it afi'ects the glands of the udder with
hard swellings, and often arises from the animal not
being clean milked. It may be removed by anoint
ing the part three times a day with a little ointment
composed of camphor and blue ointment. Half a
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drachm or more of calomel may be given in warm
beer, from a horn or bottle, for three or four morn-
ings, if the disorder is violent.
No. 468.
To cure the Red Water in Cattle.
Take 1 ounce Armenian bole, J ounce dragon's
Dlood, 2 ounces Castile soap, and 1 drachm rock-
alum. Dissolve these in a quart of hot ale or beer,
and let it stand until it is blood-warm. Give this as
one dose, and, if it should have the desired effect,
give the same Quantity in about 12 hours after. This
is an excellent medicine for changing the water, and
acts as a purgative. Every farmer that keeps any
number of cattle should always have doses of it by
him.
No. 469.
To cure the Scouring in Cattle.
The following composition has been found to suc-
ceed in many cases which were apparently drawing
to a fatal termination:
Take of powdered rhubarb, 2 drachms; castor-oil,
1 ounce ; kali, prepared, 1 teaspoonful.
Mix well together in a pint of warm milk. If the
first dose does not answer, repeat it in 36 hours. If
the calf will suck, it will be proper to allow him to
do it
No. 470.
Cure for Cattle Swelled with Green Food.
When any of your cattle happen to get swelled
mth an overfeed of clover, frosty turnips, or such
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like, instead of the usual method of stabbing in the
side, apply a dose of train-oil, which, after repeated
trials, has been found to prove successful. The
quantity of oil must vary according to the age or size
of the animal. For a grown-up beast, of an ordinary
size, the quantity recommended is about an English
pint,, which must be administered to the animal with
a bottle, taking care at the same time to rub the
stomach well, in order to make it go down. After
receiving this medicine, it must be made to walk
about until such time as the swelling begins to sub-
side.
No. 471.
To cure Measles in Swine.
It sometimes happens, though seldom, that swine
have the measles. While they are in this state their
flesh is very unwholesome food. This disorder is
not easily discovered while the animal is alive, and
can only be known by its not thriving or fattening
as others. After the animal is killed and cut up, its
fat is full of little kernels, about the size of the roe
or eggs of a salmon. When this is the case, put
into the food of each hog, once or twice a week, as
much crude pounded antimony as will lie on a shil-
ling. This is very proper for any feeding swine,
even though they have no disorder. A small quan-
tity of the flour of brimstone, also, may be given
among their food when they are not thriving, which
will be found of great service to them. But the best
method of preventing disorders in swine is to keep
their sties perfectly clean and dry, and allow them
air, exercise, and plenty of clean straw.
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No. 472.
Rupture in Swine.
Where a number of swine are bred, it \rill fre
quently happen that some of the pigs will have what
is called a "rupture," i.e. a hole broken in the rim
of the belly, where part of the guts comes out and
lodges betwixt the rim of the belly and the skin,
having an appearance similar to swelling in the tes-
ticles. The male pigs are more liable to this dis-
order than the females. It is cured by the following
means :
Geld the pig aftected, and cause it to be held up
with its head downward. Flay back the skin from
the swollen place, and, from the situation in which
the pig is held, the guts will naturally return to their
proper place. Sew up the hole with a needle, which
must have a square point, and also a bend in it, as
the disease often happens between the hind-legs,
where a straight needle cannot be used. After this
is done, replace the skin that was flayed back, and
sew it up, when the operation is finished. The pig
should not have much food for a few days after the
operation, until the wound begins to heal.
No. 473.
Cure for the Foot-Rot in Sheep. No. I.
Take a piece of alum, a piece of green vitriol, and
some white mercury, the alum must be in the
largest proportion ; dissolve them in water, and
after the hoof is pared anoint it with a feather, and
bind on a rag over all the foot.
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No. 474.
Another Cure for Foot-Rot in Sheep. No. 2.
Pound some green vitriol fine, and apply a little
of it to the part of the foot affected, binding a rag
over the foot, as above. Let the sheep be kept in
the house a few hours after this is done, and then
turn them out to a dry pasture. This is the most
common way of curing the foot-rot.
No. 475.
Another Care for Foot-Rot in Sheep. No. 3.
Some anoint the part with a feather dipped in aqua-
fortis or weak nitrous acid, which dries it at once.
Many drovers that take sheep to market carry a
little bottle of this with them, which, by applying
to the foot with a feather, helps a lame sheep by
hardening its hoof, and enabling it to travel better
Some may think aqua-fortis of too hot a nature ,
but such a desperate disorder requires an active cure,
which, no doubt, is always to be used cautiously.
Another. Spread some slaked quick-lime over a
nouse-floor pretty thick, pare the sheep's feet well,
and then turn them into this house, where they may
remain for a few hours ; after which, turn them into
a dry pasture. This treatment may be repeated 2
or 3 times, always observing to keep the house clean,
and adding a little more quick-lime before putting
them in.
The feet must be often dressed, and the sheep
kept as much as possible on dry land. Those
animals that are diseased should be kept separate
from the flock, as the disorder is very infectious.
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No. 476.
Prevention and Cure of the foot- Hot in Sheep.
(V. suspected ground, constant and careful ex-
aro : . nation ought to take place ; and when any fis-
sures or cracks, attended with heat, make their ap-
pearance, apply oil of turpentine and common
brandy. This in general produces a very beneficial
effect ; but where the disease has been long seated,
and becomes in a manner confirmed, after cleaning
the foot and paring away the infected parts, recourse
is had to caustics, of which the best seems to be sul-
phuric acid and the nitrate of mercury. After this,
pledgets are applied, the foot bound up, and the
animal kept in a clean dry situation until its re-
covery is effected.
But it often happens, where the malady is in-
veterate, that the disease refuses to yield to any 01
all of the above prescriptions.
The following mode of treatment, however, it
carefully attended to, may be depended upon as a
certain cure. Whenever the disease makes its
appearance, let the foot be carefully examined, and
the diseased part well washed, and pared as nigh as
possible not to make it bleed ; and let the floor of
the house where the sheep are confined be strewn 3
or 4 inches thick with quick-lime hot from the kiln ;
and the sheep, after having their feet dressed in the
manner above described, to stand in it during the
space of 6 or 7 hours.
In all cases, it is of great importance that the
*nimal be afterwards exposed only to a moderate
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temperature, be invigorated with proper food, and
kept in clean, easy, dry pasture; and the disease
will be effectually remedied in the course of a few
days.
No. 477.
To cure the Scab in Sheep.
Take 1 pound quicksilver, \ pound. Venice tur-
pentine, 2 pounds hog's lard, and | pound oil or
spirits of turpentine. A greater or less quantity
than this may be mixed up, in the same proportion,
according to the number of sheep affected. Put the
quicksilver and Venice turpentine into a mortar or
small pan, and beat together until not a particle of
the quicksilver can be discerned ; put in the oil, or
spirits of turpentine, with the hog's lard, and work
them well together until made into an ointment.
The parts of the sheep affected must be rubbed with
a piece of this salve, about the size of a nut, or rather
less. When the whole flock is affected, the shep
herd must be careful in noticing those that show any
symptoms of the .disorder, by looking back and
offering to bite or scratch the spot ; and if affected,
he must immediately apply the ointment, as it is
only by paying early and particular attention that a
flock can be cured.
No. 478.
To destroy Maggots in Sheep.
Mix with 1 quart spring-water a tablespoonful
spirits of turpentine, and as much of the sublimate
powder as will lie upon a shilling Shake them well
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together, and cork it up in a bottle, with a quill
through the cork, so that the liquid may come out
of the bottle in small quantities at once. The bottle
must always be well shaken when it is to be used.
W^hen the spot is observed where the maggots are,
do not disturb them, but pour a little of the mixture
upon the spot, as much as will wet the wool and the
maggots. In a few minutes after the liquor is ap-
plied, the maggots will all creep to the top of the
wool, and in a short time drop oft* dead. The sheep
must, however, be inspected next day, and if any of
the maggots remain undestroyed, shake them off, or
touch them with a little more of the mixture.
No. 479.
To cure Hoven or Blown m CatUe.
This complaint is in general occasioned by the
animal feeding for a considerable time upon rich,
succulent food, so that the stomach becomes over-
charged, and they, through their greediness to eat,
forget to lie down to ruminate or chew their cud.
Thus the paunch, or first stomach, is rendered inca-
pable of expelling its contents; a concoction and
fermentation take place in the stomach, by which a
large quantity of confined air is formed in the part that
extends nearly to the anus, and, for want of vent at
that part, causes the animal to swell even to a state
of suffocation, or a rupture of some part of the
stomach or intestines ensues. As sudden death ie
the consequence of this, the greatest caution is
necessary in turning cattle into a fresh pasture, if
the bite of grass be considerable ; nor should they
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oe suffered to stop too long at a time in sucli pas-
ture before they are removed into a fold-yard, or
aome close where there is but little to eat, in order
that the organs of rumination and digestion may
have time to discharge their functions. If this b'
attended to several times, it will take away thai
greediness of disposition, and prevent this distressing
complaint.
Treatment. As soon as the beast is discovered to
be either hoven or blown, by eating too great a
quantity of succulent grasses, let a purging-drink be
given : this will, for the most part, check fermenta-
tion in the stomach, and in a very short time force
a passage through the intestines.
No. 480.
Purging-Drinks.
Take of Glauber's salts, 1 pound ; ginger, in pow
der, 2 ounces ; molasses, 4 ounces. Put all the in-
gredients into a pitcher, and pour 3 pints of boiling
water upon them. When new-milk-warm, give the
whole for one dose.
Another. Take of Epsom salts, 1 pound ; anise-
seed and ginger, in powder, each, 2 ounces ; molasses,
4 ounces. Let this be given in the same manner as
the preceding.
In most case? these drinks will be sufficient to
purge a full-grown animal of this kind. By strict
attention to the above method of application, a fever
may be prevented, and the animal speedily restored
If the fever continues after the intestines have
been evacuated, (which is seldom the case,) it will be
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proper to take some blood from the animal ; and the
quantity must be regulated according to the disease
and habit of body.
No. 48L
To cure the Yellows, or Jaundice, in Neat Cattle.
As soon as this disease makes its first appearance,
it may, for the most part, be removed by admmis
tering the following drinks:
Reduce to powder cumin-seeds, anise-seed, and
turmeric-root, each, 2 ounces; grains of paradise
and salt of tartar, each, 1 ounce.
Now slice 1 ounce Castile soap, and mix it with 2
ounces molasses : put the whole into a pitcher ; then
prwi a quart 01 Doiling ale upon the ingredients, and
cover them down till new-milk-warm ; then give the
drink. It will often be proper to repeat this 2 or 3
times every other day, or oftener, if required. If
the beast be in good condition, take away from 2 to
3 quarts of blood ; but the animal should not be
turned out after bleeding that day, not at night, but
the morning following it may go to its pasture as
usual. After this has had the desired effect, let the
following be given.
Take of balsam copaiva, 1 ounce ; salt of tartar, 1
ounce ; Castile soap, 2 ounces. Beat them togethei
in a marble mortar ; and add valerian-root, in pow-
der, 2 ounces ; ginger-root and Peruvian bark, in
powder, each, 1 ounce ; molasses, 2 ounces. Mix, for
1 drink. Let this drink be given in a quart of
warm gruel, and repeated, if necessary, every other
day. It will be proper to keep the body sufficiently
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open through every stage of the disease ; for, if cos-
tiveness be permitted, the fever will increase ; and,
if not timely removed, the disorder will terminate
fatally.
No. 482.
Frenzy, or Inflammation of the Brain,
IB sometimes occasioned by wounds or contusions
it the head, that are attended with violent inflamma-
tions of the vessels, aud, if not speedily relieved,
may terminate in a gangrene or a mortification,
which is very often the case, and that in a few day*
No. 483.
Method of Cure.
In the cure of this disease, the following method
must be attended to. First, lessen the quantity of
blood by frequent bleeding, which may be repeated
daily, if required, and by which the great efflux of
blood upon the temporal arteries will be lessened
and much retarded. The following purgative
drink will be found suitable for this disease, and
likewise for most fevers of an inflammatory nature.
Take of Glauber's salts, 1 pound ; tartarized anti-
mony, 1 drachm ; camphor, 2 drachms ; molasses, 4
ounces.
Mix, and put the whole into a pitcher, and poui
3 pints of boiling water upon them. When new-
milk-warm, add laudanum, J ounce, and give it all
for one dose, This drink will in general operate
briskly in the space of 20 or 30 hours; if not, let
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one-half of the quantity be given to "he beast everj
night and morning, until the desired effect be ob-
tained.
No. 484.
Paunching.
This is a method frequently resorted to in dan-
gerous cases. The operation is performed in the
following manner:
Take a sharp penknife and gently introduce it
into the paunch between the haunch-bone and the
last rib on the left side. This will instantly give
vent to a large quantity of fetid air; a small tube of
a sufficient length may then be introduced into the
wound, and remain until the air is sufficiently
evacuated; afterward take out the tube and lay a
pitch-plaster over the orifice. Wounds of this kind
are seldom attended with danger; where it has
arisen, it has been occasioned by the injudicious
operator introducing his knife into a wrong part.
After the wind is expelled and the body has been
reduced to its natural state, give the following :
Cordial Drink. Take anise-seed, diapente, and ele-
campane, in powder, each 2 ounces ; tincture of rhu-
barb, 2 ounces; sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce;
treacle, 4 tablespoonfuls. Mix, and give it in a
quart of warm ale or gruel. This drink may be
repeated every other day for two or three times.
Another. Take anise-seed, grains of paradise, and
cumin-seed, each 2 ounces, in powder; spirits of
turpentine, 2 tablespoonfuls ; sweet spirits of nitre,
1 ounce ; treacle, 2 tablespoonfuls. Mix, and give
them in a quart of warm ale or gruel. This may be
repeated once a day for two or three times.
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No. 485.
Cure for Sore Backs of Horses.
The best method of curing sore backs is to dis-
solve half an ounce of blue vitriol in a pint of water,
and daub the injured parts with it four or five times
a day.
No. 486.
An Infallible Lotion for Blows, Bruises, and Sprains
in Horses.
Take of spirits of wine, 8 ounces ; dissolve 1 ounce
of camphor first in the spirits of wine ; then add 1
ounce oil of turpentine, 1 ounce spirit of sal-ammo-
niac, ounce oil of origanum, and 1 large table-
spoonful of liquid laudanum. It must bo well
rubbed in with the hand, for full a quarter of an
hour, every time it is used, which must be four times
a day. You will be astonished at its orficacy when
you try it.
No. 487.
To make a Horse drink freely.
A horse has a very sweet tooth when he is unwell
and will not drink freely. Mix molasses and coarse
brown sugar in the water : he will then drink freely.
No. 488.
How to construct a Battery for Gilding and Silver-
Plating.
1st. Make five copper cylinders or cups, 4 inches
in diameter and 4 inches high, with copper sockets
soldered to the top, to receive the conducting-wirea.
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2d. Construct 5 sheepskin cups, of the same heighi
as the copper ones and 3 inches in diameter. Sel
them inside the copper cups.
3d. Make 5 ziiic cylinders, 4 inches high and 2|
inches in diameter, open at each end, ;ind place then,
inside the sheepskin cups, with copper sockets at-
tached to them, as with the copper cups.
4th. After placing the cups thus formed in a con-
venient position, connect them together with copper
wires, as follows: The first copper cylinder with the
second zinc; the second copper with the third zinc;
the third copper with the fourth zinc; and the fourth
copper with the fifth zinc; observing always to con
nect the copper with the zinc.
How to charge the Battery. Fill the cups within
about half an inch of the top with water j then put 1
teaspoonful of Glauber's salts into each of the sheep-
skin cups, between the zinc and sheepskin ; then
put 1 teaspoonful of blue vitriol into each of the
copper cups, which, when dissolved, will charge the
battery for some days. Introduce the conducting-
wires, and it is ready for action.
To prepare the Gold Solution. Dissolve the gold in
two parts of muriatic acid with one of nitric acid.
Then evaporate it to dryness, and redissolve the
powder in the proportion of 1 gill of pure water to
1 pennyweight of gold. Boil it a few minutes, and
then add ounce prussiate of potash : boil it 5 or 10
minutes. Let it cool and settle ; then pour it ofl',
and it is ready for use.
N.B. Dissolve silver in nitric acid, and pursue
the same process as with the gold. Prepare a
solution by dissolving 1 ounce prussiate of potash iu
I quart water. Put a sufficient quantity of it in a
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bowl or other earthen vessel, and add to it the gold
solution. Bend the conducting wires so that the two
poles will be immersed in the solution. Attach a
small piece of gold or platina to the positive pole or
conducting-wire which is attached to the copper
cups, and place the pieces to be gilted on the nega-
tive or the one proceeding from the zinc cup.
No. 489.
Galvanism Simplified. Silver- Plating Fluid.
Dissolve 1 ounce nitrate of silver, in crystal, in 12
ounces soft water. Then dissolve in the water 2
ounces cyanuret of potash. Shake the whole to-
gether, and let it stand till it becomes clear. Have
ready some half-ounce vials, and fill them half full
of Paris white, or fine whiting; then fill up the
bottles with the liquid, and it is ready for use. The
whiting does not increase the coating-powder; it
only helps to clean the articles, and to save the
silver-fluid by the bottles.
No. 490.
Silver Solution for Plating Copper, Brass, and German
Silver.
Cut into small pieces a twenty-five-cent-piece, and
put it into an earthen vessel with J ounce of nitric
acid. Put the vessel into warm water, uncovered,
until it dissolves. Add gill of water and 1 tea-
spoonful of fine salt: let it settle. Drain off and
repeat, adding water to the sediment until the acid
taste is all out of the water. Add, finally, about a
pint of water to the sediment and 4 scruples cyanide
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of potassa, and all is ready. Put in bottom of so
lution a piece of zinc about 2 inches long, 1 wide,
and in thickness. After cleaning, immerse the
article to be plated in the solution about half a
minute, letting it rest on the zinc. Wipe ofl' with a
dry cloth and repeat once. Polish with buckskin
Thickness of plate can be increased by repeating
No. 491.
Gilding the Edges of Paper.
The edges f the leaves of books and letter-paper
are gilded while in a horizontal position in the book-
binder's press, by first applying a composition formed
of four parts of Armenian bole arid one of candied
sugar, ground together with water to a propel con-
sistence, and laid on by a brush with the white of ac
egg. This coating, when nearly dry, is smoothed
by the burnisher. It is then slightly r.ioisldned by
a sponge dipped in clean water and sjueez^d in the
hand. The gold-leaf is now taken up on a piece of
cotton from the leather cushion and applied on the
moistened surface. When dry, it is co be burnished,
by rubbing the burnisher over it repeatedly from end
to end, taking care not to wound the surface by the
point.
No. 492.
To Silver by Heat.
Dissolve 1 ounce pure silver in aqua-fortis, and
precipitate it with common salt; to which add |
pound sal-ammoniac, sandever, and white vitriol,
and \ ounce sublimate.
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Or dissolve 1 ounce pure silver in aqua-fortis and
precipitate it with common salt ; and add, after wash-
ing, 6 ounces common salt, 3 ounces each of san-
dever and white vitriol, and ounce of sublimate.
These are to be ground into a paste, upon a fine
stone, with a muller. The substance to be silvered
must be rubbed over with a sufficient quantity of the
paste and exposed to a proper degree of heat. When
the silver runs, it is taken from the fire and dipped
into weak spirits of salts, to clean it.
No. 493.
A method of Washing occupying one hour.
Have a preparation made from 2 tablespoonfuls
alcohol, 2 tablespoonfuls turpentine, J pound brown
soap, cut fine and mixed in 1 quart hot water. Pour
the same into a large tub of boiling water, and allow
the clothes to soak for 20 minutes. Then take them
out and put them in a tub of clean cold water for 20
minutes. Afterward boil them in a like quantity of
the above preparation for 20 minutes, and rinse in
cold water.
N.B. In using the above method of washing, all
fine clothes should be gone through with first, as
coloured, very dirty, or greasy clothes ought not to
be boiled with those of finer fabric and containing
less dirt, as the water in which they are boiled must
of course partake more or less of its contents. The
eame water that has been used for the finer clothes
will likewise do for the coarse and coloured. Should
the wristbands of the shirts be very dirty, a little
uoap may be previously rubbed on.
The above is a very excellent receipt, and may be
confided in as particularly effective in labour-saving
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No. 494.
Another Washing-Receipt.
Take 1 pint alcohol, 1 pint spirits of turpentine,
and 2 quarts strong soda-water. Manage the clothe!
as above directed.
Another very good Receipt. Take 1 pound hard
soap, (for 4 dozen clothes,) 7 teaspoonfuls spirits of
turpentine, 5 teaspoonfuls hartshorn, and 5 teaspoon-
fuls vinegar.
Directions. Dissolve the soap in hot water; mix
the ingredients. Then divide the mixture in two
parts ; put half in the water with the clothes over-
night ; next morning wring them out. Put them to
boil in 5 or 6 gallons of water, and add the rest
of the mixture; boil 30 minutes, and rinse out
thoroughly in cold water ; blue them, and hang out
to dry.
This receipt has been found to answer a very
valuable purpose, and is worthy of trial.
No. 495.
How to cure the Lockjaw.
The "New York Observer" says: A young lady
ran a rusty nail into her foot recently. The injury
produced lockjaw of such a malignant character that
her physicians pronounced her recovery hopeless.
An old nurse took her in hand, and applied pounded
beet-roots to her foot, removing them as often as
they became dry. The result was a most complete
and astounding cure. Such a simple remedy should
oe borne in mind.
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No. 496.
A Remedy for Rheumatism, c. No. 4.
Take 1 raw egg well beaten, pint vinegar,
1 ounce spirits of turpentine, ^ ounce camphor.
These ingredients to be beaten well together, then
put in a bottle and shaken for 10 minutes, after
which, to be corked down tightly to exclude the
air. In half an hour it is fit for use.
Directions, To be well rubbed in, 2, 3, or 4 times
a day. For rheumatism in the head, to be rubbed
at the back of the neck and behind the ears.
No. 497.
Cure for Rheumatic Gout. No. 1.
Take ounce nitre, ounce sulphur, J ounce
flour of mustard, ounce Turkey rhubarb, and 2
drachms powdered gum guaiacum. Mix. A tea-
spoonful to be taken every other night for three
nights, and omit three nights, in a wineglassful of
cold water, water which has been well boiled.
No. 498.
Ointment for Piles. No. 2.
Take of hog's lard, 4 ounces ; camphor, 2 drachms ;
powdered galls, 1 ounce ; laudanum, ounce. Mix,
and make an ointment. To be applied every night,
at bedtime.
No. 499.
How to make Tomato Catsup, No. 1.
Take 1 bushel tomatoes, and boil them until they
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are soft; squeeze them through a fine wire sieve, and
add gallon vinegar, 1| pints salt, 2 ounces cloves,
pound allspice, 3 ounces cayenne pepper, 3 table-
spoonfuls black pepper, and 5 heads garlic, skinned
and separated. Mix together, and boil about 8
hours, or until reduced to about one-half; thei. botllfl
without straining.
No. 500.
How to preserve Fruit.
A number of persons who have been putting up
fruit in "air-tight cans" have stated to us that they
are losing large quantities of it by fermentation,
and inquire of us the cause of the difficulty. Thij
we cannot easily explain without first seeing the
cans. The cause may be in the imperfect manner
of scalding and putting up the fruit; or it may
arise from the defective form in which the cans are
made.
If the cans are properly constructed, it only
remains to scald the fruit sufficiently, and to fill the
cans so near the top as to leave the least possible
amount of air in them, taking care that the moisture
does not rise into the channel formed for the sealing-
material, and to close the cans while scalding hot.
To do this, as we before stated, the most expeditious
and sure method is to first scald the fruit in a kettle,
fill the cans, and set them into a vessel of boiling
water, there to remain until the sealing is com-
pleted. Louisville Journal.
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No. 501.
Another method of preserving Fruits and Vegetables.
A great deal of mystery has been made of this
simple matter, and it is generally supposed that the
process is known only to the initiated.
With a good air-tight can, the simple agent in
the work is heat; and it is only necessary to know
what degree of heat is required, and how to apply it.
The common mode is to fill the can with the fruit,
and set it in a vessel of boiling water, letting it
remain until the fruit is thoroughly heated through,
say from a half to three-quarters of an hour, and
then seal up. This mode is objectionable, on ac-
count of the time required and shrinkage of the
fruit, leaving the can but about two-thirds full, by
which the use of one-third (or four cans of every
dozen) is lost.
The most convenient, certain, and expeditious
method is to prepare fruit, either with or without
sugar, as if for immediate use, put it in a preserving-
kettle or open vessel, (with a small quantity of water
when necessary to prevent scorching,) and let il
remain over the fire until it comes to the boiling-
point; then fill the can, and seal it up immediately.
Direction for sealing. Fill one can at a time with
the boiling fruit, put on the cap, press it to its place,
until you fill the groove around it with the melted
composition ; pour a little cold water on the top of
the can to chill the wax; then set the can in cold
water, and let it remain until cool: when taken out,
nold it to the ear, and, if there be any imperfection
in the can, the air will be heard forcing itself in.
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No. 502.
A nother way to make Tomato Catsup. No. 2.
To ^ bushel skinned tomatoes, add 1 quart good
vinegar, 1 pound salt, pound black pepper, 2
ounces African cayenne, pound allspice, 6 onions,
1 ounce cloves, and 2 pounds brown sugar. Boil
this mass for 3 hours, constantly stirring, it to keep
it from burning. When cool, strain it through a
fine sieve or coarse cloth, and bottle it for use.
Many persons omit the vinegar in this preparation
No. 503.
How to make Cucumber Catsup.
Take 3 dozens full-grown cucumbers and 8 white
onions. Peel the onions and cucumbers, and then
chop them as tine as possible. Sprinkle on |
pint tine salt; put the whole in a sieve, and let it
drain 12 hours ; then ta.ke a teacupful of mustard-
seed, teacupfui ground black pepper, and mix
them well with the cucumbers aud onions. Put
the whole into a stone jar with the strongest vine-
gar ; clow it up tightly for 3 days, and it is fit for
use. It v */ill keep for years.
No. 504.
How to destroy a Foul Smell
Dissolve 1 pound .copperas (green) in 1 quart
water, and pour down a privy, will effectually con-
centrate and destroy the foulest smells. For water-
closets aboard ships and steamboats, about hotels
and other public places, there is nothing so nice to
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cleanse places as simple green copperas dissolved,
under the bed, in any thing that will .hold water,
and thus render a hospital, or other places for the
sick, free from unpleasant smells. For butchers'
stalls, fish-markets, slaughter-houses, sinks, and
wherever there are offensive putrid gases, dissolve
copperas and sprinkle it about, and in a few days
the smell will pass away. If a cat, rat, or mouse
dies about the house, and sends forth an offensive
gas, place some dissolved copperas in an open vesse. 1
near the place where the nuisance is, and it wiL
soon purify the atmosphere.
No. 505.
Directions for making good Candles from Lard.
For 12 pounds lard, take 1 pound saltpetre, and 1
pound alum ; mix and pulverize them ; dissolve the
saltpetre and alum in a gill of boiling water; poui
the compound into the lard before it is quite all
melted ; stir the whole until it boils; skim oft' what
rises ; let it simmer until the water is boiled out, 01
until it ceases to throw off steam ; pour off the larc
as soon as it is done, and clean the boiler while it
is hot. If the candles are to be run, you may com-
mence immediately ; if to be dipped, let the lard
coo' to a cake, and then treat it as you would tallow.
No. 506.
How to make a Cement which will get, gradually, as hard
as a stone.
Take 20 parts by weight clean sharp sand, 2 parts
litharge, and 1 part whiting; mix, and make them
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into thin putty with linseed-oil. For seams in roofs,
a cement ma} 7 be made of white or red lead, thinned
with boiling linseed-oil, into which some sharp, dry
white sand is stirred. For the joints of water and
gas pipes, white lead cement is the best.
No. 507.
Liquid Cement
Cut gum-shel-lac in 70 per cent, alcohol ; put it in
vials, and it is ready for use. Apply it to the edge
of the broken dish with a feather, and hold it in a
spirit-lamp as long as the cement will simmer ; then
join together evenly, and, when cold, the dish will
break in another place first, and is as strong as new.
No. 508.
Crockery Cement which is transparent.
Take 1 pound white shel-lac, pulverized, 2 ounces
clean gum mastic; put them into a bottle, and then
add pound pure sulphuric ether. Let it stand
half an hour, and then add \ gallon 90 per cent,
alcohol: shake occasionally till it is dissolved.
Heat the edges of the article to be mended, and
apply the cement with a pencil brush; hold the
article firmly together till the cement cools
No. 509.
Hard Cement for Scams.
Take equal quantities of white lead and white
sand, and as much oil as will make it into the con-
sistence of putty. Apply this to the seams in the
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roofs of houses, &c. It will in a few weeks become
as hard as a stone.
No. 510.
Water-Proof and Fire-Proof Cement for Roofs of
Houses.
Slake stone-lime in a large tub or barrel with
boiling water, covering the tub or barrel to keep in
the steam. When thus slaked, pass 6 quarts through
a fine sieve : it will then be in a state of fine flour.
To this add 1 quart rock-salt, and 1 gallon water.
Boil the mixture, add 1 pound alum and \ pound
copperas ; by slow degrees add f pound potash, and
4 quarts fine sand or wood-ashes, sifted. Both of
the above will admit of any colouring you please.
It looks better than paint, and is as durable as slate.
No. 511.
To cure Rancid ButUr.
A writer in the "Journal of Industrial Progress"
recommends that butter should be kneaded with
fresh milk, and then with pure water. He states
that by this treatment the butter is rendered as fresh
and pure in flavour as when recently made. He
ascribes this result to the fact that butyric acid, to
which the rancid taste and odour are owing, is
readily soluble in fresh milk, and thus removed.
No. 512.
How to improve bad Butter.
Bad butter may be improved greatly by dissolving
it thoroughly in hot water ; let it cool, then skim it
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off, and churn again, adding a little salt and sugar.
A small quantity can be tried and approved before
doing a larger one. The water should be merely
hot enough to melt the butter or it will become
oily.
No. 513.
How to cure Sutler that will keep for Years.
Take 2 parts good common salt, 1 part sugar,
and 1 part saltpetre ; beat them up and blend the
whole together. Take 1 ounce of this composition
for every pound of butter; work it well into the
mass, and close it up for use. Butter cured in this
way appears of a rich, marrowy consistence and
fine colour, and never acquires a brittle hardness
nor tastes salt. It will likewise keep good 3 years,
only observing that it must stand 3 weeks or a
mouth before it is used. It ought to be packed in
wooden vessels, or in jars vitrified throughout, which
do not require glazing, because during the decom-
position of the salts they corrode the glazing, and
the butter becomes rancid.
No. 514.
How to preserve Eggs. No. 1.
Apply with a brush a solution of gum-arabic to
the shells, or immerse the eggs therein; let them
dry, and afterward pack them in dry charcoal-dust.
This prevents their being affected by any alternations
of temperature.
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No. 515.
Another method to preserve Eggs. No. 2.
Mix together, in a tub or vessel, 1 bushel quick-
.ime, 2 pounds salt, pound cream of tartar, with as
much water as will reduce the composition to a
sufficient consistence to float an egg. Then put and
keep the eggs therein, which will preserve them
perfectly sound for 2 years at least.
No. 516.
Another method to preserve Eggs. No. 3.
Take a half-inch board of any convenient length
or breadth, and pierce it as full of holes (each 1$
inches in diameter) as you can, without risking the
breaking of one hole into another. Then take 4
strips of the same board, 2 inches broad, and nail
them together edgewise into a rectangular frame of
the same size as your board ; nail the board upon
the frame, and the work is done. Put your eggs in
this board as they come in from the poultry-house,
the small end down, and they will keep good for 6
months, if you take the following precautions :
Take care that the eggs, do not get wet, either in the
nest or afterward. If 2 boards are kept, one can be
filling and the other emptying at the same time
No. 517.
A Pickle to cure Hams, Pork, and Beef.
To each gallon of water add 1^ pounds aalt, porjid
sugar, ounce saltpetre ; boil all together and skim
it off, then rub the meat with salt, and pack it down ;
pour on your pickle when milk-warm.
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No. 518.
T. E. Hamilton's Receipt for Pickling Meat or Hams.
To every 100 pounds of pork take 8 pound:, ground
alum-salt, 2 ounces saltpetre, 2 pounds brown sugar,
\\ ounces potash, and 4 gallons water. Mix them
all together, and pour the brine over the meat after
it has lain in the tub some 2 days. Let the hams re-
main 6 weeks in the brine, and then be dried several
days before smoking. He says he has had the meat
rubbed with fine salt when it is packed down. The
meat should be perfectly cool before packing.
No. 519.
How to cure Pork and Hams dry without Brine.
First rub your hams and pork on the flesh-ude
with brown sugar thoroughly, and take care that as
much sugar will lie on it as you possibly can. Having
it covered all over, (from 1 to 2 pounds of sugar to
each hog is sufficient,) you can either lay the meat
on a table or any kind of vessel that will not hold
any pickle ; then, when you have one layer laid,
cover it all over with fine salt, (of course, the flesh-
side,) and squeeze it on with your hand as tight as
you can, and so on with each layer. Then leave it so
for 8 or 10 days. By this time the salt will nearly all
be dissolved, when you have to take it out and pack
it again, and cover it all over with fine salt the
same as at first. Then, let it stand for 3 or 4 weeks
longer, according to the size of the hogs, then hang
it in smoke. This method is excellent for drie^l
beef.
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No. 520.
Blackberry Jam.
Gather the fruit in dry weather; allow half a
pound of good brown sugar to every pound of
fruit; boil the whole together gently for an hour, 01
till the blackberries are soft, stirring and mashing
them well. Preserve it like any other jam. It
will be found very useful in families, particularly
for children, regulating their bowels, and enabling
you to dispense with cathartics. It may be spread
on bread or on puddings, instead of butter ; and, even
when the blackberries are bought, it is cheaper than
butter.
No. 521.
Blackberry Wine.
Gather when ripe, on a dry day. Put into a vessel
vith the head out, and a tap fitted near the bottom ;
pour on them boiling water to cover them. Mash
the berries with your hands, and let them stand
covered till the pulp rises to the top and forms a
crust, in 3 or 4 days. Then draw off the fluid into
another vessel, and to every gallon add 1 pound
sugar ; mix well, and put into a cask to work, for 1
week or 10 days, and throw off any remaining lees,
keeping the cask well filled, particularly at the com-
mencement. When the working has ceased, bung
it down. After 6 to 12 months, it may be bottled.
No. 522.
Green- Corn Omelet.
The following receipt for this delicacy is said to
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be excellent : Grate the corn from 12 ears of corn
boiled, beat up 5 eggs, stir them with the com, sea-
son with pepper and salt, and fry the mixture brown,
browning the top with a hot shovel. If fried in
small cakes, with a little flour and milk stirred in
for a batter, it is very nice.
No. 523.
Haw to keep fresh Fish.
In order to keep fresh fish, draw the fish and re-
move the gills ; then insert a piece of charcoal in
their mouths, and 2 or 3 pieces in their bellies. If
they ure to be conveyed any distance, wrap each
fish beparately in paper and place them in a box
Fish thus preserved will keep fresh several days.
No. 524.
To vamish Articles of Iron and Steel.
Dissolve 10 parts clear grains of mastic, 5 parts
camphor, 15 grains sandarac, and 5 parts elemi, in
a sufficient quantity of alcohol, and apply this var-
nish without heat. The articles will not only be
preserved from rust, but the varnish will retain its
transparency, and the metallic brilliancy of the
articles will not be impaired.
No. 525.
A Turkish Cure for the Gravel.
Take equal parts of small pebble-stones, pulve-
rised very fine, nettle-seed, and honey; mix them
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well together. Dose. 1 teaspoonful morning aiid
evening.
No. 526.
A Cure for Dysentery. No. 2.
Take 1 tablespoonful common salt, mix it with
2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and pour upon it a
half-pint of water, either hot or cold, (only let it
be taken cold.) A wineglassfull of this mixture
in the above proportions, taken every half-hour, will
be found quite efficacious in curing dysentery. If
the stomach be nauseated, a wineglassful taken
every hour will suffice. For children, the quantity
should be a teaspoonful of salt and one of vinegar,
in a teacupful of water.
No. 527.
Another for Dysentery. No. 3.
Take new-churned butter, before it is washed or
salted, clarify over the fire and skim off all the milky
particles, add brandy to preserve it, and loaf sugar
to sweeten : let the patient (an adult) take 2 table
spoonfuls twice a day.
No. 528.
A Cure for Dysentery and Bloody Flux.
Take 2 tablespoonfuls elixir salutis, 1 tablespoon-
ful castor-oil, and 1 tablespoonful loaf sugar ; add to
these 4 tablespoonfuls boiling water. Skim, and
drink hot.
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The above is a dose for an adult ; for a child 6 to
7 years old. half the quantity ; 1 year old, one-quarter
the quantity. When this is manufactured for sale,
the water is added when used.
No. 529.
A Cure for Rheumatic Gout or Acute Rheumatism No. 2.
Take | ounce saltpetre, ounce sulphur, ounce
flour of mustard, J ounce Turkey rhubarb, and
I ounce powdered gum guaiacum. Mix. A tea-
spoonful to be taken every other night for three
nights, and omit three nights, in a vvineglassful of
cold water, water which has been well boiled.
No. 530.
Ointment for Piles. No. 3.
Take of hog's lard, 4 ounces ; camphor, 2 drachms ;
powdered galls, 1 ounce; laudanum, ounce. Mix.
Make an ointment, to be applied every night at bed-
time.
No. 531.
Ointment for Sore Nipples.
Take of tincture of Tolu, 2 drachms; spermaceti-
ointment, \ ounce ; powdered gum, 2 drachms. Mix.
Make an ointment.
The white of an egg mixed with brandy is the best
application for sore nipples. The person should at
the saiue time use a nipple-shield.
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No. 532.
Another Cure for Piles.
Take flour of sulphur, 1 ounce; rosin, 3 ounces;
pulverize, and mix well together. Dose. What
will lie on a five-cent-piece, night and morning,
washing the parts freely in cold water once or twice
a day. This is a remedy of great value.
No. 533.
A Cure for Smallpox.
Take 1 grain each of powdered foxglove (digitalis)
and sulphate of zinc. Rub together thoroughly in a
mortar with 5 or 6 drops of water; this done, add 4
or 5 ounces of water, and sweeten with loaf sugar.
Dose. A tablespoonful for an adult, and 1 or 2 tea-
spoonfuls for a child, every 2 or 3 hours, until symp-
toms of disease vanish.
No. 534.
A sure Remedy for Inflammatory Rheumatisin.
Take 1 ounce pulverized saltpetre and put it into
a pint of sweet oil. Bathe the parts affected, and a
sound cure will speedily be made.
No. 535.
A certain Cure for Corns.
One teaspoonful tar, 1 teaspoonful coarse brown
sugar, and 1 teaspoouful saltpetre; the whole to be
warmed together. Spread it on kip leather the size
of the corns, and in two days they will be drawn out.
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No. 536.
Bedbug- Poison.
Take 1 pint spirits of wine, 2 ounces sal-ammoniac,
1 pint spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces corrosive sub-
limate, and 2 ounces gum camphor; dissolve the
camphor in the alcohol ; then pulverize the corrosive
sublimate and sal-ammoniac, and add to it; after
which put in the spirits of turpentine and shake well
together.
No. 537.
Cologne.
Take 1 gallon spirits of wine, and add of the oi
of lemon, orange, and bergamot each a spoonful;
add also extract of vanilla, 40 drops. Shake until
the oils are cut, then add a pint and a half of soft
water.
No. 538.
To prevent Hair falling off.
Take pint French brandy, 1 tablespoonful fine
salt, and 1 teaspoonful powdered alum. Let these
DC mixed and well shaken until they are dissolved ;
then filter, and it is ready for use. If used every
day, it may be diluted with soft water.
No. 539.
How to make Extract of Vanilla.
This is made by taking 1 quart pure French
brandy, and cutting up fine 1 ounce vanilla beans
and 2 ounces Tonaua, bruised. Add these to the
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brandy, and let it digest for two weeks, frequently
shaking ; then filter carefully, and it : ? ready for use.
This is excellent for flavouring pies, cakes, ana pud-
dings.
No. 540.
Jfow to make Burning-Fluid.
Take 8 gallons 95 per cent, alcohol, and add 2
gallons camphene, 10 grains camphor, and 10 to 15
grains nitre.
No. 541.
A superior article of Cologne.,
Take 1 gallon 90 per cent, alcohol, and udd to it
1 ounce oil of bergamot, 1 ounce oil of orange, 2
drachms oil of cedrat, 1 drachm oil of Nevoli, and 1
drachm oil of rosemary. Mix well, and it is fit for
use.
No. 542.
Ox-Marrow Pomatum.
Take 2 ounces yellow wax and 12 ounces beef-
marrow. Melt all together, and, when sufficiently
cool, perfume it with the essential oil of alrnonJu.
This is an excellent article.
No. 543.
Hair-Restorative.
Take 1 drachm lac-sulphur, 1 drachm sugar of
lead, and 4 ounces rose-water. Mix, and shake the
vial on using the mixture. Bathe the hair twice a
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'lay for a week. This preparation does not dye the
*air, but restores its original colour.
No. 544.
A Cure for Salt Rheum or Scurvy,
Take of the pokeweed, any time in summer ;
pound it, press out the juice, and strain it into a
pewter dish. Set it in the sun till it becomes a
salve, then put it into an earthen mug. Add to it
fresh water and beeswax sufficient to make an oint-
ment of common consistence. Simmer the whole
over a tire till thoroughly mixed. When cold, rub
the parts affected. The patient will almost imme-
diately experience its good effects, and the most
obstinate cases will be cured in three or four months.
N.B. The juice of the ripe berries may be pre-
pared in the same way.
No. 545.
Cough-Syrup.
Put 1 quart of hoarhound to 1 quart of water, and
boil it down to a pint ; add 2 or 3 sticks of liquorice
and a tablespoonful of essence of lemon.
Dose. Take a tablespoonful of the syrup three
times a day, or as often as the cough may be trouble-
some.
No. 546.
Toothache- Drops.
Two or three drops of essential oil of cloves, put
upon a small piece of lint or cotton-wool and placed
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in the hollow of the tooth, will be found to have the
active power of curing the toothache without destroy-
ing the tooth or injuring the gums.
No. 547.
Freckle- Lotion.
Take muriate of ammonia, \ drachm ; lavender-
water, 2 drachms ; distilled water, \ pint. Applied
with a sponge 2 or 3 times a day.
No. 548.
Tooth-Powder.
Take rose-pink, 2 drachms; precipitated chalk, 12
drachms ; carbonate of magnesia, 1 drachm ; sulphate
of quinine, 6 grains. All to be mixed together.
No. 549.
A certain Cure for the Piles.
Mix 1 ounce uug. gallac, 3 drachms powdered
gallac, 1 drachm laudanum, and drachm extract
of lead. To be used externally, night and morning.
Then mix 2 ounces confection of senna and 20
grains powdered saltpetre. To be used internahy.
Dose. The size of a hazel-nut to the size ol a
hickory-nut.
No. 550.
Cough-Drops. No. 2.
Mix 2 ounces syrup of squill, 2 ounces paregoric,
^ ounce antimonial wine, i ounce spirits of nitre,
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and 1 ounce tinct. benzoin comp. Shake well *vhen
two ingredients are in.
Dose. A teaspoonful an hour before each meal,
and 2 teaspoonfuls at going to bed.
No. 551.
How to cure Sun-Stroke.
Immediately bruise horseradish and apply it to the
stomach, and give him gin to drink. Never-failing.
No. 552.
Cure for the Quinsy.
Simmer hops in vinegar until their strength is
extracted. Strain the liquid, sweeten it with sugar,
and give it frequently to the patient until relieved.
This is an almost infallible remedy.
No. 553.
Spitting of Blood.
Take 2 spoonfuls of the juice of nettles, at night,
or take 3 spoonfuls of sage-juice in a little honey.
This presently stops either spitting or vomiting
blood. Or give 20 grains of alum, in water, every
2 hours.
No. 554.
To cure the Whitlow.
Steep in distilled vinegar, hot as you can bear it,
4 or 5 times a day, for 2 days successively; then
moisten a leaf of tobacco in the vinegar, bind it
round the part affected, and a cure follows.
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tto. 555.
Brilliant White- Wash.
Many have heard of the brilliant stucco white-
wash on the east end of the President's house at
Washington. The following is a receipt for it: it
is gleaned from the "National Intelligencer."
Take ^ bushel nice unslaked lime, slake it with
boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in
the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or
strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well
dissolved in warm water, 3 pounds ground rice,
boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot,
| pound powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound
of clean glue, which has been previously dissolved
by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slo\v
fire, in a small kettle within a large one filled with
water. Add 5 gallons hot water to the mixture,
stir it well, and let it stand a few days, covered from
the dirt. It should be put on right hot : for this pur-
pose, it can be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace.
It is said that about a pint of this mixture will cover
a square yard upon the outside of a house, if properly
applied. Brushes more or less small may be used,
according to the neatness of the job required. It
answers as well as oil-paint for wood, brick, or stone,
and is cheaper. It retains its brilliancy for many
years. There is nothing of the kind that will com-
pare with it, either for inside or outside walls.
Colouring-matter may be put in, and made of any
shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make
re J pink, more or less deep, according to the quantity.
A delicate tinge of this is very pretty for inside
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walk. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed
with Spanish brown, makes a reddish stone colour.
Yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow wash; but
erome goes further, and makes a colour generally
eateemed prettier. In all these cases the darkness
of the shades of course is determined by the quantity
of colouring used. It is difficult to make rules,
because tastes are different : it would be best to try
experiments on a shingle, and let it dry. Green
must not be mixed with lime : it destroys the colour,
and the colour has an effect on the white-wash which
makes it crack and peeL When walls have been
badly smoked, and you wish to have them a clean
white, it is well to squeeze indigo plentifully through
a bag into the water you use, before it is stirred in
the whole mixture. If a larger quantity than 5
gallons be wanted, the same proportion should be
observed.
No. 556.
An Btgtuk Cure for Ptaaro-Pnaanoma in Oattle.
The only chances in this disease are the adoption
of very prompt measures, bleeding early, and repeat
if necessary. Then give a drench, composed of 1
pound Epsom salts, 1 ounce powdered saltpetre,
drachm tartar-emetic. Give it in 2 pints gruel.
aud repeat in 6 or 8 hours.
Ho. 557.
Warms or Bob in Cattle or Horses.
Give \ pound Epsom salts, with 2 ounces coriander-
eed bruised in a quart of water.
EASY POSITION FOR FINISHING
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No. 558.
Scouring.
Give ^ ounce powdered catechu, and 10 grains
powdered ^pium, in a little gruel.
No. 559.
FUsh- Wounds in Cattle, a Tincture for.
Take Socotrine or Barbadoes aloes, in powder,
4 ounces, myrrh, coarsely powdered, 1 ounce, recti-
fied spirits of wine 1 pint, water 2 pints. Let them
stand 14 days, occasionally shaking; then fit for
use. Wounds are best without sewing. Cleanse
from dirt or gravel. If much inflamed, apply a
poultice. If unhealthy fungous granulation arises,
wash the part with the following mild caustic wash,
previous to applying the tincture: Blue vitriol (sul
phate of copper) 1 ounce, water 1 pint ; dissolve,,
No. 560.
Blacking for Harness, c.
Melt 4 ounces mutton-suet with 12 ounces bees-
wax ; add 12 ounces sugar-candy, 4 ounces soft-soap
dissolved in water, and 2 ounces indigo, finely pow-
dered. When melted and well mixed, add \ pint
turpentine. Lay it on the harness with a sponge.
and polish oft' with a brush.
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No. 56L
Liniment for Rheumatism.
Take 1 ounce soap liniment, \ ounce tincture
of opium, 2 drachms oil of cajeput, 2 drachma
hartshorn. Mix, and rub the parts affected night
and morning. Flannel, or chamois leather, should
be worn in winter.
No. 562.
A Simple Cure for Rheumatism.
Take 1 drachm hydriodate of potash, distilled
water 2 ounces; mix, and give a teaspoonful in a
wineglass of water, morning, noon, and night. This
seldom fails to afford relief.
No. 563.
To Silver Copper.
Take a small quantity of pure silver, and pour
over it twice its weight of nitric acid, and twice as
much water as acid. The silver will be quickly dis-
solved. The solution, if the metal and acid be both
pure, will be transparent and colourless. Then pre-
cipitate the silver by the immersion of polished plates
of copper. Take of the silver 20 grains, cream of
tartar 2 drachms, 2 drachms common salt, and
k drachm alum; mix the whole together. Take
then the article to be silvered, clean it well-, and rub
some of the mixture, previously a little moistened,
upon its surface. The silvered surface may be
polished with a piece of soft leather. The dial-
plates of clocks, scales of barometers, etc. are all
plated thus.
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No. 564.
A new Pomade against Baldness.
Take of extract of yellow Peruvian bark 15 grains,
extract of rhatany-root 8 grains, extract of burdock-
root, and oil of nutmegs, (fixed,) of each 2 drachms,
camphor (dissolved with spirits of wine) 15 grains,
beef-marrow 2 ounces, best olive-oil 1 ounce, citron-
juice \ drachm, aromatic essential oil as much as
sufficient to render it fragrant. Mix, and make into
an ointment. 2 drachms bergamot and a few drops
otto of roses would suffice. This is considered a
valuable preparation.
No. 565.
Silvering of Metals.
Cold Silvering. Mix 1 part chloride of silver with
3 parts pearlash, 1J parts common salt, and 1 part
whiting, and well rub the mixture on the surface of
brass or copper, (previously well cleaned,) by means
of a piece of soft leather, or a cork moistened with
water and dipped into the powder. 1 part precipi-
tate silver powder, mixed with 2 parts each cream
of tartar and common salt, may also be used in the
same way. When properly silvered, the metal
should be well washed in hot water slightly alka-
lized, and then wiped dry.
No. 566.
To sMer Ir>n or any other Metal without Jfir*.
Take 1 ounce of sal-ammoniac, and 1 ounce of
22
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oommon tali, and an equal quantity of calcined
tartar, and as much of bell-metal, with 3 ounces of
antimony. Pound well all together, and sift it.
Put this into a piece of linen, and CM lose it well all
round with fullers' earth about an inch thick. Let
it dry, then put it between two cruciMes over a slow
fire, to get heat by degrees. Push on the fire till
the lump becomes red-hot, and melted all together;
let the whole cool gradually, and } ound it into
powder. When you want to solder any thing, put
the two pieces you want to join on a table, approach-
ing their extremities as near as you can to one
another, making a crust of fullers' earth, so tha*
holding to each piece and passing under the joint,
it should open over it on the top; then throw some
of your powder between and over the joint. Have
some borax, which put into hot spirits of wine till it
is consumed, and with a feather rub your powder at
the joint: you will see it immediately boil. As soon
as the boiling stops, the consolidation is made. If
there be any roughness, grind it oft' on a stone.
No. 567.
Mild Aperient for Piles.
Take of precipitated sulphur 15 grains, magnesia
I scruple. Mix. To be taken daily .t bedtime,
in a glass of milk or of water.
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No. 568.
Milk, to Preserve.
When milk contained in wire-corked bottles is
heated to the boiling-point in a water-bath, the
oxygen of the included small portion of air under
the cork seems to be carbonated, and the milk will
afterwards keep fresh, it is said, for a year or two.
No. 569.
Alum for the Hog Cholera.
A writer says, " Last May my hogs were attacked
with hog cholera; and, upon mentioning it to a
friend, he spoke of a suggestion published in the
Cincinnati papers, advising the use of alum. I pro-
cured some, made a strong solution, (all the water
would bear,) and drenched all I found with the
disease upon them, and gave to the lot (about 100
head) a pound of pulverized alum in some mill-feed
each day for two weeks, by which time all remain-
ing seemed healthy. Out of twenty-two drenched
with one pint of the solution to each, administered
with the assistance of a rope behind the tusks, and
a horn with the small end sawed oft', I lost five
head, and, with the exception of two, the remaining
seventeen appear to have entirely recovered to a
healthy, thrifty condition. Some of those which
have recovered were in the last stage, vomiting,
with red blotches on the skin, and bleeding at the
nose, which I have always considered the last stage
of the disease. The above is but little cost, and, if
it is as successful as with me, is well worth the trial."
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No. 570.
Green Writing-ink.
Take 1 ounce verdigris, and, having powdered
it, put to it 1 quart vinegar. After it has stood
2 or 3 days, strain off the liquid. Or, instead
of this, use the crystals of verdigris dissolved in
water; then dissolve in 1 pint water either of the
solutions, 5 drachms gum-arabic, and 2 drachms
white sugar.
No. 571.
Hooping- Cough. Dr. Barton's Remedy.
Take of powdered cantharides, powdered cam-
phor, of each 1 scruple, extract of bark 3 drachms.
Rub them well together, and divide into powderR
of 8 grains each. Dose. One every 3 or 4 hours.
To be used only in advanced stages of the iisease.
No. 572.
How to make Shaving-Soap
Take 2 pounds best white bar soap, and \ pound
good common bar soap; cut them up line ?o that
they will dissolve readily. Put the soaf into a
copper kettle, with 1 quart of soft water let it
stand over the fire, and, when it is dissolved y boil-
ing, add 1 pint alcohol, 1 gill beef's gall \ giii
spirits of turpentine; boil all these together 1 *r five
minutes, stir while boiling; while it is coVmg,
flavour it with oil of sassafras to suit, and colo r it
with fine vermilion. This soap makes a rich la' <**
softens the face, and can be made cheap.
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No. 573.
Shaving- Soap, Best ever Invented.
Take 4$ pounds white bar soap, 1 quart rain-
water, 1 gill beef's gall, and 1 gill spirits of turpen-
tine; cut the soap thin, and boil five minutes, stir
while boiling, and colour with } ounce vermilion.
Scent with oil of rose or almond.
No. 574.
Hair- Oil
Take 1 gallon alcohol 95 per cent., 1 pint castor-oil,
or as much as the alcohol will dissolve: add 1 ounce
oil of cinnamon, or as much as will bring to the
desired flavour.
No. 575.
Cheap Outside Paint.
Take 2 parts (in bulk) of water-lime ground fine,
1 part (in bulk) of white lead ground in oil. Mix
them thoroughly, by adding best boiled linseed-oil
enough to prepare it to pass through a paint-mill,
after which temper with oil till it can be applied
with a common paint-brush. Make any colour to
suit It will last three times as long as lead paint,
and cost not one-fourth as much. It is superior.
No. 576.
How to clean Silver Articles.
The best way to clean silver articles is to wash
them first with ^arm water and soap, and afterwards
*JC
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polish them with pure London whiting and a piece
of leather. As pure whiting, free of grits, cannot
always be had, except in London, you may sub
stitute hartshorn-powder for it.
No. 577.
To take Mildew out of Linen.
Wet the linen which contains the mildew with
soft water, rub it well with white soap, then scrape
some fine chalk to powder and rub it well into the
linen, lay it out on the grass in the sunshine, watch-
ing to keep it damp with soft water. Repeat the
process the next day, and in a few hours the mildew
will entirely disappear.
No. 578.
An excellent Powder for Razor-Strops.
Ignite together in a crucible equal parts of well-
dried copperas and sea-salt. The heat must be
slowly raised and well regulated: otherwise the
materials will boil over in a pasty state, and the
product will be in a great measure lost. When
well made, out of contact with air, it has the brilliant
aspect of plumbago. It requires to be ground and
elutriated, after which it affords, on drying, an im-
palpable powder, that may be either rubbed on a
strap of smooth buff leather or mixed up with hog'a
lard or tallow into a stiff cerate.
No. 579.
dire for Common Diseases of Pigs or Hogs.
For common diseases of pigs, the following re-
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ceipt may be employed; $ pound sulphur,
pound madder, \ pound saltpetre, 2 ounces black
antimony ; mix these together, and give a table-
spoonful night and morning in the food.
No. 580.
Di'. Cutten's treatment of Epilepsy, or Falling Fits.
Take of ammoniate of copper 20 grains, bread-
crumbs and mucilage of gun^-arabic a sufficient
quantity to form it into a mass, which is to be
divided into 40 pills. In the beginning, one of these
is to be taken three times a day, and gradually in-
creased to 2 or 3 pills, thrice a day.
No. 58L
German Silver. No. 1.
The following are the different receipts for the
manufacture of German silver which are adopted
by one of the first manufacturers in London ; pre-
mising that the metals should be as pure as possible.
Common German Silver. Copper, 8; nickel, 2;
zinc, 3j. This is the commonest that can be made
with any regard to th^ quality of the article pro-
duced. It might do for common purposes. If the
quantity of nickel be reduced much below this, the
alloy will be little better than pale brass, and will
tarnish rapidly.
No. 582.
German Silver. No. 2.
Good German Silver. Copper, 8 ; nickel, 3 ; zinc,
8$. This is a very beautiful compound. It haa the
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appearance -of silver a little below standard ; by
some persons it is even preferred to the more
expensive compound. We strongly recommend
manufacturers not to use a metal inferior to this.
No. 583.
German Silver. No. 3.
JZlectrum. Copper, 8 ; nickel, 4 ; zinc, 3j. Thie
is a compound which, for ease of working and Leauty
of appearance, is to be preferred to all others \jj the
manufacturer, and is generally preferred by the pub-
lic. It has a shade of blue like very highly-polished
silver ; it tarnishes less easily than silver.
No. 584.
German Silver. No. 4.
Copper, 8; nickel, 6; zinc, 3. This is the
richest in nickel that can be made without injuring
the mechanical properties of the metal. It is a very
beautiful compound, but requires a higher heat for
fusion than the preceding, and will be found rather
more difficult to work.
No. 585.
German Silver. No. 5.
Tutenag. Copper, 8 ; nickel, 3 ; zinc, 4$. These
proportions were obtained by the analysis of a pioce
of Chinese tutenag of the best ordinary quality ; but
some of the specimens of Chinese tutenag are equal
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co the electrum, No. 3 ; but these are very rare.
This alloy is very fusible, but very hard, and not
easily rolled : it is the best adapted for casting.
No. 586.
How to Poison Rats.
Mix 2 pounds carbonate of barytes with 1 pound
lard, and lay it in their way. It is tasteless, odour-
less, and impalpable, produces great thirst, and death
immediately after drinking. Another way is to mix
arsenic and lard together, and spread it on bread,
and push a piece in every rat-hole ; or some small
pieces of sponge may be fried in drippings or honey,
and strewed about for them to eat. The sponge will
distend their intestines, and will cause their death.
Or \ pint plaster of Paris, mixed with oat-meal, 1
pint, will prove equally fatal to them.
No. 587.
Bilious or Sick Headache.
Headache is in general a symptom of indigestion
or deranged general health, or the consequence of a
confined state of the bowels. The following altera-
tive pill will be found a valuable medicine. Take
of calomel, 10 grains ; emetic tartar, 2, 3, or 4
grains; precipitated sulphuret of antimony, 1 scru-
ple ; guaiacum, in powder, 1 drachm. Rub them
well together in a mortar for 10 minutes; then, with
a little conserve of hips, make them into a mass, and
divide it into 20 pills. Dose. One pill is given
every night, or every other night, for several weeks
in succession.
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No. 588.
How to make Otto of Moses.
Gather the flowers of the hundred-leaved rose,
(rosa centifolia,) put them in a large jar or cask, with
just sufficient water to cover them ; then put the
vessel to stand in the sun, and in about a week after-
ward the otto (a butyraceous oil) will form a scum
on the surface, which should be removed by the aid
of a piece of cotton.
No. 589.
Japan for Leather.
1. Boiled linseed-oil, 1 gallon ; burnt umber, o
ounces ; asphaltum, 3 ounces ; boil, and add oil of
turpentine to dilute to a proper consistence.
2. Boiled oil, 1 gallon ; the black of Prussian blue
to colour. Prussian blue, when heated, turns of a
black colour ; thus the black japanned cloth used
for table-covers is prepared by painting the cloth
with Prussian blue and boiled oil, and then drying
it by the heat of a stove ; when, in the drying, it
takes its intense colour.
No. 590,
Jet for Harness and Boots.
Three sticks of the best black sealing-wax dissolved
in | pint spirits of wine ; to be kept in a glass bottle,
and well shaken previous to use. Applied with a soft
sponge.
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No. 591.
To ciean French Kid Gloves.
Put the gloves on your hands and wash them, as if
you were washing your hands, in some spirits of tur-
pentine, until quite clean ; then hang them up in a
warm place, or where there is a current of air, and
all smell of the turpentine will be removed.
N.B. This method is practised in Paris, and,
since its introduction into this country, thousands
of pounds have been saved or gained by it.
No. 592.
How to clean Gloves.
W^ash them with soap and water, then stretch them
on wooden hands, or pull them into shape without
wringing them; next rub them with pipe-clay, or
yellow ochre, or a mixture of the two in any re-
quired shade, made into a paste with beer ; let them
dry gradually, and, when about half dry, rub them
well, so as to smooth them and put them into shape ;
then dry them, brush out the superfluous colour,
cover them with paper, and smooth them with a
warm iron. Other colours may be employed to
mix the pipe-clay besides yellow ochre.
No. 593.
Red Sealing- Wax.
Shel-lac, (very pale,) 4 ounces, cautiously melt in
a bright copper pan over a clear charcoal fire, and,
when fused, add Venice turpentine, J ounce ; mix,
and further J\dd vermilion, 3 ounces; remove the
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pan from the fire, cool a little, weigh it in piece?,
and roll them into circular sticks on a warm stone
slab by means of a polished wooden block; or it
may be poured into moulds while in a state of
fusion.
No. 594.
Black Sealing- Wax. No. 1.
Purchase best black rosin, 3 pounds ; beeswax, $
pound; and finely-powdered ivory-black, 1 pound.
Melt the whole together over a slow fire, and pour
ir*o sticks. If pound Venice turpentine is added,
it vill be fit for letter-use.
No. 595.
Black Sealing- Wax. No. 2.
Take 30 ounces shel-lac, 15 ounces ivory-black, in
an impalpable powder, and 10 ounces Venice tur-
pentine. For mode of procedure, see Receipt No.
593.
No. 596.
A Cure for Erysipelas, and all high Inflammation of tht
Skin.
A simple poultice of cranberries pounded fine, and
applied in a raw state.
No. 597.
An excellent Printing-ink.
Balsam of copaiva, (or Canada balsam,) 9 ounces ;
lampblack, 3 ounces ; indigo and Prussian blue, each
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5 drachms ; Indian red, f ounce ; yellow soap, (dry,)
3 ounces. Grind it to an impalpable smoothness
Mix with old linseed-oil.
No. 598.
How to clean Silk stained by corrosive or sharp Liquor.
We often find that lemon-juice, vinegar, oil of
vitriol, and other sharp corrosives, stain dyed gar-
ments. Sometimes by adding a little pearlash to a
soap-lather, and passing the silks through these,
the faded colour will be restored. Pearlash and
warm water will sometimes do alone ; but it is the
most efficacious to use the soap-lather and pearlash
together.
No. 599.
H.OW to Write in Silver.
Mix 1 ounce the finest pewter or block tin, and
'I ounces quicksilver, together, till both become fluid ;
lien grind it with gum-water, and write with it
The writing will look as if done with silver.
No. 600.
Toothache, Preventive
A correspondent of the "Monthly Magazine"
says: "Although 1 am unacquainted with any
thing which gives immediate ease in that severe
pain, yet I can inform you how the toothache may
be prevented. I was much tortured with it about
twenty years ago. Since that time, however, by
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using flower of sulphur as a tooth-powder, I have
been wholly free from it. Rub the teeth and gums
with a rather hard tooth-brush, using the sulphur
every night; if done after dinner, too, all the better.
It preserves the teeth, and does not communicate
any smell whatever to the mouth.
No. 601.
The "Sun" Cholera Mixture.
Though known to every druggist by that name,
yet it must not be inferred that the remedy is
wholly intended for Cholera. The author has never
known of a case of cramps, diarrhoea, dysentery (or
cholera in its earliest stages) that was not cured, or
relief given within a few moments after taking.
The mixture contains \ ounce tincture of rhubarb,
ounce spirits of camphor, \ ounce of laudanum,
ounce peppermint, \ ounce tincture of cayenne pep-
per or Jamaica ginger; mix. Dose for an adult, 15
to 30 drops in a little water, after each passage until
relief is obtained. Dose for a child, 5 to 15 drops,
according to age. In case of cramps, but one or
two doses have been found sufficient.
No. 602.
How to destroy Ants.
Quicklime thrown on their nests and then watered
will destroy them; so will a strong solution of alum
water, or gas tar, or lime from gas works. Green
sage placed where ants infest will cause them to
disappear. Gas tar painted two inches broad around
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fruit trees will prevent ants and other insects from
climbing trees and destroying the fruit or foliage.
Powdered borax, or powdered cloves, also a few
leaves of green wormwood, will exterminate both
black and red ants.
No. 603.
How to make Coffee Extract.
Pour i quart boiling water on 2 pounds of best
ground coffee ; allow it to stand one hour, place in
a percolator; add enough water to obtain 32 fluid
ounces of extract ; add 2 ounces of alcohol to pre-
serve, or more alcohol if intended to keep a long
time,
No. 604.
How to destroy Aphides (Insects).
To destroy plant lice or other insects, slaked
lime dusted on trees or bushes when the foliage is
wet; sprinkle soapsuds or tobacco water, or a strong
decoction of quassia with soapsuds, or a weak solu-
tion of chloride of lime over the plant is a successful
remedy.
No. 605.
How to destroy Army Worms.
Take a pail of water with half gallon of salt, stir
well and with a broom or hand sprinkler sprinkle
row of corn just ahead of the bugs, taking care that
the ground between the hills is well sprinkled with
the brine. If the bugs have appeared in the field
this remedy is of little avail. Do not get the solu-
tion of salt too strong.
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No. 606.
How to cure Asthma.
The following ingredients should be thoroughly
dry before powdering and mixing. One-fourth to
one-half teaspoonful is ignited and the smoke
inhaled: Grindelia, 8 drachms; jaborandi, 8
drachms; eucalyptus, 4 drachms; digitalis, 4
drachms; cubebs, 4 drachms; stramonium, 16
drachms; nitrate of potash, 12 drachms; cascarilla
bark, i drachm. The nitrate of potash is dissolved
in water, and the powder moistened with it and
dried.
No. 607.
Glycerine Balsam (to Whiten the Skin).
Take i ounce pure white wax, 2 ounces sperma-
ceti, 9 ounces oil of almonds. Melt together by
moderate heat in a glazed earthenware vessel, add 3
ounces best glycerine, ounce balsam of Peru.
Stir mixture well and put in pots to cool. Instead
of balsam of Peru, 12 or 15 drops of attar of rose.
Apply as a lotion.
No. 608.
How to make Beef Tea Bouillon.
Take 12 ounces concentrated extract of beef, 3
ounces table salt, i^ ounces essence or tincture of
celery, i^ ounces powdered arrow root, i ounces
essence of orange or lemon, 3 quarts hot water ; if
desired i drachms of tincture of capsicum may be
added. Dissolve the extract of beef, arrow-root and
salt in hot water; the other ingredients may then be
added. Prepare only a small quantity at a time.
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No. 609.
Beef, Iron and Wine.
Proportions for making 2 quarts: 2 ounces con-
centrated extract of beef, grain pyrophosphate of
iron dissolved in pint boiling water; add 2 ounces
tincture of curacoa, 2 ounces tincture orange peel,
\2\ ounces syrup, 12^ ounces alcohol, 2 ounces solu-
tion citrate of ammonia and 23 ounces sherry wine;
mix thoroughly.
No. 610.
How to make Root Beer.
To 5 gallons of boiling water add \\ gallons of
molasses. Allow it to stand for 3 hours, then add
pound each bruised sassafras bark, wintergreen
bark and sarsaparilla root and \ pint fresh yeast,
and water enough to make 16 gallons liquid. After
this has fermented for 12 hours it can be drawn off
and bottled. This is also called sarsaparilla root
beer.
No. 611.
Food for Mocking- Birds.
Six parts corn meal, 6 parts pea meal and 3 parts
moss meal (which is dried ground German moss
seed) ; add a very little lard, melted, and molasses
to sweeten. This preparation is put into a covered
jar, after having been fried for half an hour, being
stirred all the time it is cooking. This will keep
for a length of time.
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No. 612.
Paste for all Singing Birds.
Mix 3 pounds pea meal, i| pounds blanched sweet
almonds, 4^ ounces butter, a few grains of saffron,
and sufficient honey to form a stiff paste. Granu-
late by passing through a colander. The yolks of
two eggs may be added. The preparation will keep
for weeks.
No. 613.
Remedies for Bites and Stings.
If the part bitten shows any tendency to become
inflamed, rub into it dilute carbolic acid strength,
i part in 20. A piece of lint soaked in the same
should be placed over it, covered with oiled silk, and
secured by strapping. At the same time internal
tonics will be required, and the bowels must be
rendered active. The carbolic acid treatment is
antiseptic. The acid being absorbed kills the germs
and bacteria, and so prevents putrefaction.
In wasp and bee stings examine the part with a
lens, and the sting will probably be found. Remove
it with tweezers. Rub in some dilute ammonia
i part of dilute liquor ammonia to 3 parts of water
and then apply ice. If ammonia is not at hand,
chalk or carbonate of soda may be used, or any
alkali. If ice cannot be had, a piece of steel, lead,
marble or stone, which is usually cold, may be used.
No. 614.
How to make Angostura Bitters.
Four ounces gentian root; 10 ounces each calisaya
bark, Canada snake-root, Virginia snake-root, licorice
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root, yellow bark, allspice, dandelion root, and
Angostura bark; 6 ounces cardamom seeds, 4 ounces
each balsam of tolu, orangetis, Turkey rhubarb,
and galanga; i pound orange peel, i pound alkanet
root, i ounces caraway seed, i^ ounces cinnamon, i
ounces cloves, 2 ounces each nutmegs, coriander
seed, catechu and wormwood; i ounce mace, i red
sanders wood and 4 ounces turmeric. Pound these
ingredients and steep them for fifteen days in 50
gallons proof spirit. Before filtering add 30 pounds
honey.
No. 615.
How to make Baker's Bitters.
One and one-half ounces quassia, i-| ounces cala-
mus, i ounces powdered catechu, i ounce carda-
mom, 2 ounces dried orange peel. Macerate for ten
days in gallon strong whisky and then filter and
add 2 gallons water. Color with mallow or malva
flowers.
No. 616.
How to make Hostetter's Bitters.
The following is given as the composition of Hos-
tetter's Bitters: 2 pounds calamus root, 2 pounds
orange peel, 2 pounds Peruvian bark, 2 pounds
gentian root, 2 pounds Colombo root, 8 ounces rhu-
barb, 4 ounces cinnamon, 2 ounces cloves, 4 gallons
diluted alcohol, 2 gallons water, 2 pounds sugar,
well mixed.
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No. 617.
How to make Wild Cherry Bitters.
Four pounds wild cherry bark, i pound squaw
vine (partridge berry), 8 ounces juniper berries.
Pour boiling water over and let stand for 24 hours;
strain and again pour boiling water on the ingredi-
ents; let macerate for 12 hours, then filter through
paper, so that the whole will make 5 gallons, to
which add 3^ pounds sugar, i^ gallons molasses, 6
ounces tincture peach kernels, 3 ounces tincture of
prickly ash berries, 2 quarts alcohol. Mix well.
No. 618.
How to make French Shoe Polish.
Mix \ pound logwood chips, \ pound glue, \ ounce
indigo, ounce softsoap, ounce isinglass; boil in
2 pints vinegar and i pint of water for quarter of
an hour; strain and bottle for use. The leather
must be free from dirt, and the polish applied with
a piece of sponge.
No. 619.
How to make Russet Leather Polish.
Mix together i part palm oil and 3 parts common
soap, and heat to 100 degrees Fahrenheit; then
add 4 parts oleic acid, and if parts of tanning solu-
tion, containing at least 1-16 of tannic acid (all parts
by weight), and stir until cold. See that the leather
is free from dirt before applying polish.
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No. 620.
How to make Rising Sun Stove Blacking.
Mix 2 parts of black lead, 4 parts of copperas, and
2 parts of bone black, with water so as to form a
creamy paste. This is an excellent polish. An-
other: 2 pounds plumbago, 8 ounces water, 8
ounces turpentine, 2 ounces sugar. Knead thor-
oughly and keep in tin boxes. Apply with a brush.
No. 621.
How to prepare Bladders.
Soak them for 24 hours in water, to which a little
chloride of lime or potassa has been added; then
remove the extraneous membranes, wash them well
in clean water, and spread out to dry.
No. 622.
How to make Bluing for Laundry Use.
Mix together 16 parts of Prussian blue, 2 parts of
carbolic acid, i part borax and i part gum arabic
into a stiff dough. Roll it out into balls as large as
hazel nuts and coat them with gelatine or gum to
prevent the carbolic acid from escaping. This is
also a disinfectant.
No. 623.
Cure for Boils.
If the inflammation is very great, poultices may
be applied for a few hours, at the same time internal
medicines are plainly indicated. Indolent boils may
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be covered once daily with glycerine, using i
drachm; extract of conium, i drachm; extract of
belladonna, i drachm; made into an ointment with
i ounce of ceratum resinse. A druggist should pre-
pare this. In very chronic cases the boil may be
painted with iodine tincture once daily.
No. 624.
How to make Bone Meal.
Place the bones in a large kettle filled with ashes,
with about i peck of lime to i barrel of bones.
Cover with water and boil. After twenty-four or
thirty hours all of the bones will be soft enough to
be pulverized by hand.* The ashes being from
wood, the bone dust can be mixed thoroughly with
the ashes and the whole forming the best known
fertilizer, a very small quantity being required to
the acre.
No. 625.
Bruises How Cured.
Apply ice or some cold object such as steel or
marble as soon after injury as possible. Pressure
will also be of service. Continue this method for
two hours. One part glycerine and i part prepared
chalk worked into the part will disguise the injury
the excess being wiped off. Over it i layer flex-
ible collodion should be spread by means of a brush.
This will make the part of a white color instead of a
blue or greenish yellow.
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No. 626.
To Remove Bruises in Furniture.
To take out bruises in furniture wet the part with
warm water, double a piece of brown paper five or
six times, soak it and lay it on the place; apply on
that a hot flatiton till the moisture is evaporated. If
the bruise be not gone, repeat the process. After
two or three applications, the dent or bruise will be
raised level with the surface. If the bruise be
small, merely soak it with warm water, and apply a
red-hot poker very near the surface; keep it con-
tinually wet, and in a few minutes the bruise will
disappear.
No. 627.
Use of Paris Green in Exterminating Bugs.
In using Paris green to exterminate the potato
bugs, the poison should be mixed with the cheapest
grade of flour, i pound of green to 10 pounds of
flour. A good way of applying it to the plants is to
take an old 2-quart tin fruit can, melt off the top,
and put in a wooden head in which insert a broom
handle. Bore a hole in the head also to pour the
powder in, and then punch the bottom full of holes
about the size of No. 6 shot. Walk alongside the
rows, when the vines are wet with dew or rain, and
make one shoot at each hill.
No. 628.
To destroy Bed Bugs.
Rub the joints of the bedstead with equal parts
spirits of turpentine and kerosene oil, and where
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there are many, the cracks in the surbase of the
room. Fill up the cracks with hard soap.
When they have made a lodgment in the wall, fill
all the apertures with a mixture of softsoap and
Scotch snuff. Take the bedstead to pieces, and
treat that in the same way.
No. 629.
To soften Brushes.
Steep the brushes for 24. hours in good benzole,
and then if necessary purify by washing them with
soap and warm water.
No. 630.
How to cure Bunions.
For bunions and corns, Cannabis indica and
glycerine, equal parts, painted on the bunion or corn
and bound around with Canton flannel, adding a few
drops of the liquid to the flannel where it comes in
contact with the affected parts, will soon restore to
health.
An inflamed bunion should be poulticed, and
larger shoes worn. Iodine, 12 grains, lard of sper-
maceti ointment, \ ounce, makes a capital ointment
for bunions. It should be rubbed on gently two or
three times a day.
No. 631.
How to preserve Butter.
The best method to preserve butter from the air
is to fill the pot to within an inch of the top, and to
lay on it common coarse-grained salt, to the depth
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of an inch or f of an inch, then to cover the pot
up with any flat article that may be convenient.
The salt by long keeping will run to brine, and
form a layer on the top of the butter, which will
effectually keep out the air and may at any time be
very easily removed by turning the pot on one side.
Fresh butter, 16 pounds; salt, i pound; fresh but-
ter, 1 8 pounds; salt, i pound; saltpeter, i ounces;
honey or fine brown sugar, 2 ounces.
No. 632.
How to destroy Cabbage Worms.
Ice water sprinkled upon cabbage plants is said
to be sure death to that pest. The water should be
sprinkled on the plants during the heat of the day,
when the worms will roll off on the hot ground and
die.
No. 633.
How to Sweeten Rancid Butter.
Rancid butter may be restored, or at all events
greatly improved, by melting it with some freshly
burnt and coarsely powdered animal charcoal (which
has been thoroughly freed from dust by sifting) in a
water bath, and then straining it through clean
flannel. A better and less troublesome method is
to well wash the butter with some good new milk,
and next with cold spring water. Butyric acid, on
the presence of which rancidity depends, is freely
soluble in fresh milk.
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No. 634.
How to make Camphor Ice.
Oil of sweet almonds, 2 ounces; spermaceti, 4
ounces; white wax, 2 ounces; camphor, 4- ounce;
melt them over a water bath, run in molds of
proper size and form. Again: Expressed oil of
almonds and rose water, each, i pound; white wax
and spermaceti, each, i ounce; camphor, 2 ounces;
oil of rosemary, i drachm ; melt together. Glycer-
ine may be substituted in part for the oil and rose
water.
No. 635.
How to make Home Made Candles.
Many of our readers in the rural districts will find
that candles can be made economically by mixing a
little melted beeswax with the tallow to give dura-
bility to the candle, and to prevent its running.
The light from a tallow candle can be improved in
clearness and brilliancy by using small wicks which
have been dipped in spirit of turpentine and
thoroughly dried.
Use a mixture of mutton tallow, 10 ounces; \
ounce camphor, 4 ounces beeswax, 2 ounces alum.
Stir constantly over slow fire. Use small wick.
See Recipe No. 636.
No. 636.
How to make Tallow Candles.
The ingredients are about beef and f- mutton
suet. The use of i pound of alum with each 5
pounds of tallow is recommended. Dissolve the
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alum in water, then put in the tallow, and stir until
both are melted together, then run in molds. This
part of the operation is conducted as follows: The
wicks are secured in the center of each mold by
passing over the sticks, one of which is laid over the
top of the mold (corresponding to the bottom of the
candle) and the other against the bottom points of
the molds. The end of the twisted wick is fastened
to the stick on the top of the mold, and is drawn by
a piece of hooked wire through each mold in succes-
sion, leaving a loop outside the bottom points of the
mold; the loops are secured there by the bottom
stick passing through them ; the wicks are to be
drawn tight, and the last end tied to the upper
stick. The melted tallow is then poured into the
molds and allowed to stand about six hours in a cool
place, after which the bottom stick must be taken
out of the loops and the candles withdrawn from the
molds. The tallow should not be heated much more
than is necessary to melt it.
No. 637.
How to make Gelatine Capsules.
Dissolve in a water bath 10 parts of gelatine; z\
parts of sugar; i^ parts of gum arabic in 10 parts
of water. Take iron pins, the lower ends of which
are pear shaped and slightly oiled, dip in this solu-
tion when it is lukewarm. When the gelatine films
are congealed, detach them, and place in holes of
the same size in wooden forms, to dry. The cap-
sules are filled with the desired medicine and closed
with a drop of the same solution.
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No. 638.
Remedies for Burns and Scalds.
If there are vesicles they should be pricked with a
needle. The part should then be covered with
carron oil (equal parts of olive oil and lime water),
and lint soaked in the same should be applied over
it. Externally to the lint a thick layer of cotton
wool should be placed. After two days the carron
oil may be discontinued, and the following substi-
tuted: Olive oil, i part; carbonate of bismuth, i
part; or, starch powder, i part; powdered chalk, i
part ; spermaceti, 2 parts ; olive oil, i part. If car-
ron oil (equal parts of olive oil and lime water) is
not at hand, then olive oil, with equal parts of car-
bonate of soda, or powdered chalk, or powdered
starch or flour, will be of service. Or, again, if
olive oil is not at hand, the carbonate of soda may
be dissolved in tepid water, and the part should be
freely bathed with this, and then it should be thickly
covered with a powder of the same. So also if the
soda be not within reach, simple chalk, starch, or
flour may be used as a powder. Never apply cold
to a burn or scald.
No. 639.
How to make Carbolic Acid, Perfumed.
Carbolic acid, 4 ounces; rectified spirit, 6 ounces;
oil of bergamot, 28 minims; oil of citronella, 10
minims; water, to make i pint. Dissolve the oils
and acid in the spirit, and add the water, shaking
well.
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No. 640.
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Dr. Sage's catarrh remedy, says Schadler, con-
tains 0.5 grammes of carbolic acid, 0.5 grammes
camphor, and 10 grammes common salt, which are
to be dissolved in f liter of water and injected into
the nostrils. It appears very probable that the wide
reputation of this remedy is a deserved one, and the
publication of its constituents will rather increase
than retard its sale.
Catarrh Cure, Hall's.
Take of potassium iodide, i drachm ; compound
tincture cardamom, 4 fluid ounces; compound tinc-
ture gentian, 1 2 fluid ounces , caramel, enough.
No. 641.
To destroy Caterpillars.
There are no fewer than nineteen insect enemies
of the grape, and of these, seven or eight assume the
caterpillar form at some stage of their development.
If the fruit has not been formed, they may as a
general thing be destroyed by sprinkling the vines
with a solution of Paris green or London purple
with water, say a heaping tablespoonful of the
former to two gallons of the latter. The vines may
be dusted with a mixture of the poisons and plaster
or flour, in the proportion of i to 100. After the
fruit has formed, a kerosene soap emulsion sprinkled
on the vines would be destructive to the pests with-
out endangering human life. Take about 4 pounds
of common yellow bar soap, i gallon of kerosene
and i gallon of water ; heat the mass over the stove,
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stirring it till it forms a homogeneous thick yellow-
ish liquid, then remove the mixture Jrom the stove
and continue the stirring until it becomes cool.
This should be largely diluted with warm soft water,
and it will be permanent. Pyrethrum powder
mixed with plaster is also used to good effect,
sprinkled on the vines.
No. 642.
How to color Cheese.
Roll annatto, i part; potassium carbonate, i part;
digest i day in i o parts water. Filter, add water if
necessary.
No. 643.
How to cure Chilblains.
A chilblain is an inflammation of the true skin.
There are three degrees: First, patches of red skin,
generally swollen, and which itch; second, the skin
of a purple color, and surrounded by blots or vesica
tions; third, ulceration or sloughing. Causes, etc.:
Chilblains are due to the local action of heat follow-
ing cold. The skin of the toes and sides of the feet
is generally attacked. Treatment Preventive :
Keep the feet dry and warm; if cold, do not warm
them at the fire or place them in hot water, but lave
them with cold water, and then rub them with dry,
cold towels. Chilblains most frequently attack
those who are debilitated in health, although, of
course, it is not confined to them; hence constitu-
tional treatment is one of the most powerful
measures. Remedy Warm fomentations, and
subsequent rubbing with liniments of turpentine,
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camphorated spirits or tincture of cantharides, 3
drachms; soap liniment, 9 drachms. See also
No. 14.
No. 644.
Hozv to make Cherry Cordial.
To gallon syrup add \ ounce artificial essence of
black cherry and ounce fruit acid solution. This
is improved by the extract of wild cherry. It con-
tains tannic acid and should not be placed in iron.
No. 645.
How to make Cholera Mixture.
The following is published as the "Cholera Mix-
ture of the British Army": Oil of anise seed, 3
drachms; oil of cajeput, 3 drachms; oil of juniper,
3 drachms; ether, 8 drachms; liquor acid of Haller,
i drachm; tincture of cinnamon, 4 ounces. Mix.
Dose, 10 drops every quarter of an hour, in a table-
spoonful of water. See also No. 601.
No. 646.
Capacity of Cylindrical Cisterns.
The following figures show the capacity in gal-
lons for ten inches in depth of cylindrical cisterns of
any diameter:
Diameter Gallons Diameter Gallons
25 feet .... 3,059 7 feet .... 239
20 feet .... 1,958 6 feet .... 206
15 feet . . . . 1,101 6 feet .... 176
14 feet .... 959 5 feet .... 122
13 feet .... 827 4^ feet .... 99
12 feet .... 705 4 feet .... 78
ii feet .... 592 3 feet .... 44
10 feet .... 489 2^ feet .... 30
9 feet .... 396 2 feet .... 19
8 feet 313
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No. 647.
To clean Oily or Greasy Bottles.
Pour into them a little strong sulphuric acid;
after they have been allowed to drain as much as
possible, the bottle is then corked, and the acid
caused to flow into every portion of it, for about
five minutes. It is then washed with repeated rins-
ings of cold water. All traces of oil or grease left
will be removed in a very expeditious manner, and
no odor whatever will be left in the bottle after
washing.
No. 648.
To clean Carpets.
If brooms are wet with boiling suds once a week,
they will become very tough, will not cut a carpet,
and will last much longer. A handful or so of salt
sprinkled on a carpet will carry the dust along with
it and make the carpet look bright and clean. A
very dusty carpet may be cleaned by dipping the
broom in cold water, shaking off all the drops, and
sweeping a yard or so at a time. Wash the broom
and repeat until the entire carpet has been swept.
No. 649.
To clean Clocks and Watches.
In cleaning clock and watch movements take i
quart of water, about i teaspoonf ul or 5 grains liquid
ammonia or alkali; into this liquid should be grated
or scraped fine 5 grains common soap. These pro-
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portions can be varied as desired, if the following
remarks are kept in view: The articles to be cleaned
should be plunged into this bath, where they should
be allowed to remain at least ten minutes. Twenty
or thirty minutes is better, especially for clocks.
The articles should be wiped dry when removed
from the bath, or polished up with a brush dipped
in some polishing powder. Rectified benzine is
preferable, as ammonia is apt to turn the movement
black if in excess. Use great care in using benzine,
as it is very inflammable and never should be used
at night.
No. 650.
To clean Feathers.
To clean feathers from their own'animal oil, steep
them in i gallon of water mixed with i pound of
lime ; stir them well, and then pour off the water,
and rinse the feathers in cold spring water. To
clean feathers from dirt, simply wash them in hot
water with soap. Rinse them in hot water.
No. 651.
To purify Feathers for Beds.
Prepare a quantity of lime water in the following
manner: Well mix i pound of quicklime in each
gallon of water required, and let it stand until all the
undissolved lime is precipitated, as a fine powder, to
the bottom of the tub or pan, then pour off the clear
liquor for use. The number of gallons to be pre-
pared will, of course, depend on the quantity of
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feathers to be cleaned. Put the feathers into a clean
tub, pour the lime water on them, and well stir them
in it until they all sink to the bottom. There should
then be sufficient of the lime water to cover them to
a depth of 3 inches. Let them stand in this for
three or four days, then take them out, drain them
in a sieve, and afterward well wash and rinse them
in clean water. Dry on nets having a mesh about
the same size as a cabbage net ; shake the net occa-
sionally, and the dry feathers will fall through.
When they are dried, beat them well to get rid of
the dust. It will take about three weeks to clean
and dry a sufficient quantity for a bed.
No. 652.
How to wash Flannel Blankets.
Put the soiled blankets to soak for fifteen minutes
in plain soft warm water. Prepare a soft jelly with
first class laundry soap and boiling water, i pound
of soap for every blanket. Pour this into a tub of
warm water, let it melt and lather it up well with
the hand. Wring the blankets 'from the soaking
tub, and throw them into the lather; stir them
about and leave to soak ten minutes, then hand rub
every inch of the blankets, paying especial atten-
tion to stains. Take them out and wring, then rinse
in warm water twice. Diy well, but do not expose
them to great heat. When dry stretch them in
every direction, and rub all over with a piece of
clean rough flannel. This makes them fluffy and
soft. If very dirty, a little borax may be added to
the water, but no soda or bleaching powder should
ever be used.
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No. 653.
Polish for removing Stains from Furniture
One pint of 98 per cent alcohol; ground resin,
ounce; gum shellac, \\ ounces. After the resin and
shellac cut in the alcohol, mix in i pint of linseed
oil, and give the whole a good shaking. Apply with
a cloth or newspaper, and polish with a flannel after
applying the solution.
No. 654.
To clean Dark Furs.
Sable, chinchilla, squirrel, fitch, etc. Heat a
quantity of new bran in a pan, taking care that it
does not burn, stir constantly. When -well heated
rub thoroughly into the fur. Repeat two or three
times. Shake the fur and brush briskly until free
from dust.
To clean White Furs.
White furs, ermine, etc., may be cleaned in the
following way: Lay the fur on a table and rub with
bran, moistened with waim water. Rub until dry,
then rub with dry bran. Use flannel for rubbing
with the wet bran and book muslin for the dry.
After using the bran, rub with magnesia. Dry
flour may be used instead of wet bran. Rub
against the way of the fur.
No. 655.
How to clean Kid Gloves.
Put them together with a sufficient quantity of
pure benzine in a large stoppered vessel, and shake
the whole occasionally, with alternate rest. If, on
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removing the gloves, there remain any spots, rub
them out with a soft cloth moistened with ether or
benzole. Dry the gloves by exposure to the air, and
then place smoothly between glass plates at the
temperature of boiling water until the last traces of
benzine are expelled. They may then be folded
and pressed between paper with a warm iron.
Another way is to use a strong solution of pure soap
in hot milk beaten up with the yolk of one egg to a
pint of the solution. Put the glove on the hand,
and rub it gently with the paste, to which a little
ether may be added, then carefully lay by to dry.
White gloves are not discolored by this treatment,
and the leather will be made thereby clean and
soft as when new.
No. 656.
How to remove Iron Rust.
Iron rust is easily removed by applying a mixture
of salt and lemon juice. Rub well.
No. 657.
To restore Whiteness to Scorched Linen.
One-half pint of vinegar, 2 ounces of fuller's
earth, i ounce of dried fowl's dung, ounce soap,
the juice of 2 large onions. Boil all these ingredi-
ents together to the consistency of paste ; spread the
composition thickly over the damaged part, and if
the threads be not actually consumed, after it has
been allowed to dry on, and the place has subse-
quently been washed once or twice, every trace of
scorching will disappear.
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No. 658.
To clean Marble.
Mix with water 5 parts soda, 2% parts powdered
chalk, a parts powdered pumice stone. Wash the
spots thoroughly with this mixture, then wash thor-
oughly with soap and water.
No. 659.
Milk, Tea and Coffee Stains to Remove.
These stains are very difficult to remove, espe-
cially from light-colored and finely-finished goods.
From woolen and mixed fabrics they are taken oat
by moistening them with a mixture of i part glycer-
ine, 9 parts water, and % part aqua ammonia. This
mixture is applied to the goods by means of a
brush, and allowed to remain for twelve hours,
occasionally renewing the moistening. After this
time, the stained pieces are pressed between cloth,
and then rubbed with a clean rag. Drying, and if
possible a little steaming, is generally sufficient to
thoroughly remove the stains.
No. 660.
To remove Paint, Varnish and Resin Stains on Clothes.
For white or colored cotton and woolen goods, oil
or turpentine or benzine, followed by soapsuds.
For silk, benzine, ether, soap; hard rubbing is to be
avoided. For all kinds of fabrics chloroform is
best, but must be carefully used.
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No. 661.
How to make Scouring Bricks.
Scouring brick may be made by mixing sand with
a small percentage of clay, and baking. The quan-
tity and heat required may be easily ascertained by
trial. Mucilage and gums may be used, but they
are not equal to clay as a cement for scouring
brick. A very small portion of Portland cement
might be made available, to avoid the baking
process.
No. 662.
To prepare and Bleach Skeletons.
It is impossible to extract the oily material from
the bones except by a very slow process. Boiling
in any amount of alkali, say washing soda, will not
accomplish it, and all the oil must be absolutely
removed before you can do anything toward the
bleaching. Very long maceration in water alone
or in soda and water will eventually effect it, but a
much better material is benzine. Make a tin box
into which you pack your skeleton, solder on the
cover, leaving only a round hole for filling. Pour
in benzine till the box is filled, stop the hole
closely, and leave it undisturbed for three months.
The skeleton will come out clean, and can be
bleached perfectly by sunlight. Chlorine will do
the bleaching quicker, but it injures the bones;
never use it. Any shorter process will give you a
skeleton that is always nasty.
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No. 663.
To remove Vegetable Colors, Wine and Fruit Stains,
Red Ink.
On white goods, vapors of sulphurous acid ; hot
bleaching powder solution, weak. On dyed tissues
of cotton and wool, wash with warm soap water or
ammonia. On silk, -same ; rub softly and carefully.
No. 664.
How to make Jackman Washing Compound.
Six pounds sal soda, i pound borax, dissolve in i
gallon boiling water. When cold add \ pound
potassium carbonate, 3 ounces liquid ammonia, 4
spoonfuls alcohol. Boil for five minutes pound
fresh unslaked lime in i gallon of water. Draw off
the clear fluid when thoroughly settled. Add to
this the other ingredients with 9 gallons cold water.
Directions for using: Soak the clothes over night,
after rubbing softsoap on the dirty places. In the
morning add pint of the compound, \ pint soft-
soap, and 4 gallons hot water. Boil not more than
five minutes, and turn into a tub, putting into your
boiler the same mixture as before. Wring the
clothes into this and boil again ten minutes, suds,
blue, and hang them out to dry. Should the wrist-
bands or parts that are very dirty need a little rub-
bing, it should be done while the mixture is boiling.
No. 665.
To destroy Cockroaches.
Borax is the best cockroach exterminator yet dis-
covered. This troublesome insect has a peculiar
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aversion to it, and will never return where it has
once been scattered. As the salt is perfectly harm-
less to- human beings, it is much to be preferred for
this purpose to the poisonous substances commonly
used.
No. 666.
Cod Liver Oil Mixture.
It makes a really delicious emulsion. Yolks of a
eggs; powdered sugar, 4 ounces; essence oil
almonds, -2 drops; orange flower water? 2 ounces.
Mix carefully, and add an equal bulk of cod liver oil.
No. 667.
How to make Iced Coffee.
Make a strong infusion of Mocha or other good
coffee ; put in a porcelain bowl, sugar it properly,
and add to it an equal portion of boiled milk or one-
third the quantity of rich cream. Surround the
bowl with powdered ice. This beverage is recom-
mended for persons who have lost their appetite, or
who experience general debility.
No. 668.
How to cure Corns.
A corn is an abnormal growth of the epidermis,
which increases in two directions outwardly form-
ing a callosity; inwardly dipping into the true skin.
There are two kinds, hard and soft. The hard
generally form over some projecting point of bone ;
the soft form between the toes. Causes: Irritation
by pressure or friction, as from wearing tight shoes.
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A piece of cotton wool should be placed between or
under the toes, as the case may be, to relieve the
spot from friction.
1. Salicylic acid, 30 grains; cannabis indica (Indian
hemp), 5 grains; castor oil, drachm; collodion,
ounce. Mix and apply morning and evening for
four days. Then soak the feet in warm water. If
this be done faithfully, the corns are removed with-
out any difficulty. The result is a clear, light green
solution. There should be no difficulty in its prep-
aration. To prevent it from evaporating, keep the
solution in a stoppered bottle. Be sure and use the
Indian hemp, and not the American article ; the lat-
ter is not easily soluble.
2. Acetic acid applied twice daily for three or
four days loosens the corn, rendering it easy to
remove with a penknife.
No. 669.
To relieve Coughing.
In severe paroxysms in coughing, either in coughs,
colds, or consumptives, one or two tablespoonfuls of
pure glycerine in pure rye whisky or hot rich cream
will afford almost immediate relief; and to the con-
sumptive a panacea is found by daily use of glycer-
ine internally, with the proportion of i part of
powdered willow charcoal and 2 parts of pure
glycerine.
No. 670.
How to make Cough Medicine.
Syrup of squills, i fluid drachm ; gum acacia,
powdered, fluid drachm; ammonium chloride, 8
grains; peppermint water, enough to make 2 fluid
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ounces. Dose for a child, a teaspoon Eul every two
hours.
Another formula, for older children and adults,
consists of syrup of ipecac, 2 parts; syrup of squills,
4 parts; paregoric, i part. Dose, half to one tea-
spoonful, repeated as often as necessary.
No. 671.
A good Croup Remedy.
Croup powder contains 25 parts of common salt,
10 of flowers of sulphur, 25 of foenurn graecum, 25 of
juniper berries, 5 of gentian root, and 5 of fennel
seed.
No. 672.
Loomis' Diarrhcea Mixture.
Tincture of opium, \ fluid ounces ; tincture of rhu-
barb, fluid ounces; compound tincture of catechu
(U. S. P.), i fluid ounce; oil of sassafras, 20 minims;
compound tincture of lavender, enough to make 4
fluid ounces.
No. 673.
To trace Drawings.
If the paper upon which the tracing is to be made
is soaked with benzine by means of a cotton pad,
sopping it into the pores of the paper, the latter will
become so transparent that the most delicate lines
and tints may be seen more readily than through
the finest tracing paper. Indian ink, water colors,
or pencil take equally well upon paper thus treated,
and last better than upon any other kind of tracing
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paper. Any kind of opaque drawing paper in ordi-
nary use may be employed for this purpose,
stretched in the usual manner over the drawing to
be traced. The benzine rapidly evaporates, and
the paper resumes its original opaque appearance
without showing the slightest trace of the process to
which it has been subjected. When large pictures
are to be traced, the benzine should only be applied
to a part of the paper at a time, in accordance with
the progress of the work.
No. 674.
Cure for Earache.
Wet a piece of cotton with equal parts of chloro-
form and laudanum, place in the ear, and cover up.
Or, put 5 drops of chloroform on a little cotton or
wool in the bowl of a clay pipe, then blow the vapor
through the stem into the aching ear.
No. 675.
To tell the Age of Eggs.
This method is based upon the decrease in the
density of eggs as they grow old. Dissolve 2
ounces of kitchen salt in a pint of water. When a
fresh-laid egg is placed in this solution, it will
descend to the bottom of the vessel, while one that
has been laid on the day previous will not quite
reach the bottom. If the egg be three days old it
will swim in the liquid, and if it is more than three
days old it will float on the surface, and project
above the latter more and more in proportion as it
is older.
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No. 676.
To pack Eggs for Keeping.
Dip the eggs into a solution of 2 ounces gum
arabic in a pint of cold water, let them dry and pack
in powdered, well burned charcoal.
Packing Liquid.
Lime, i bushel (slacked with water) ; common
salt, 2 or 3 pounds; cream of tartar, pound;
water, quantity sufficient to form a mixture strong
enough to float an egg. Used to preserve eggs,
which it is said it will do for two years, by simply
keeping them in it.
No. 677.
To Mount Engravings.
Strain thin muslin on a frame, then carefully
paste on it the engraving, so as to be free from
creases; afterward, and when dry, give the engrav-
ing two coats of thin size (made by putting a piece
of glue the size of a small nut into a small cupful of
hot water) ; finally when this dries, varnish the
engraving with a varnish known as white hard.
No. 678.
How to make Cherry, Wild Essence (Fluid).
Sixteen ounces wild cherry in fine powder, 4
ounces glycerine, 8 ounces water; mix the glycerine
and the water, and digest the wild cherry in 8
ounces of the mixture for four days; pack in a per-
colator and pour on the remaining 4 ounces of
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glycerine and water; when this has disappeared
from the surface, pour on rectified spirit (0.817)
until 12 ounces of fluid have been obtained, and set
this portion aside. Then percolate with spirit until
20 ounces more have been obtained ; evaporate to 4
ounces, and mix with the reserved portion.
No. 679.
How to cure Granulated Eyelids.
The trouble is commonly caused by a weak and
impure state of the blood. Use sulphur and iron
tonics for the blood and wash the eyes regularly,
three times a day, with the following : Pure sulphate
of zinc, 3 grains; tincture of opium, 10 drops;
water, 2 ounces.
No. 680.
How to restore Crushed and Bent Feathers.
To restore feathers when bent and out of curl,
they should be exposed to steam, or else put in boil-
ing water for one minute, when they should be
taken out and laid in temperate water for some
time.
No. 681.
Comparative Value of Feed.
The comparative value of horse feed is found by
experiment to be as follows : j oo pounds of good hay
is equal in value to 59 pounds of oats, 57 pounds of
corn, 275 pounds of carrots, 54 pounds of rye or
barley and 105 pounds of wheat bran.
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No. 682.
To stop Fermentation in \Vinc.
Bottle the liquor, and immerse a number of the
bottles, with the mouths only projecting, in a large
vessel of water. Loosen the stoppers and heat the
water until of a uniform temperature of 180 degrees
F., then remove the bottles, stopper and seal them
tightly and place in an inverted position.
No. 683.
To Re sharp en old Files.
Wash the files in warm potash water to remove
the grease and dirt, then wash in warm water and
dry by heat. Put i pints warm water in a wooden
vessel, put in the files, add 3 ounces blue vitriol
finely powdered, 3 ounces borax. Mix well, and
turn the files so that every one may come in contact
with the mixture. Add io ounces sulphuric acid
and \ ounce cider vinegar. Remove the files after
a short time, dry, rub with olive oil, wrap in porous
paper. Coarse files should be kept in the mixture
for a longer time than fine ones.
No. 684.
Home-made Filter.
To make a filter with a wine barrel, procure a
piece of fine brass wire cloth of a size sufficient to
make a partition across the barrel. Support this
wire cloth with a coarser wire cloth under it and also
a light frame of oak, to keep the wire cloth from
sagging. Fill in upon the wire cloth about three
inches in depth of clear, sharp sand, then two inches
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of charcoal broken finely, but no dust. Then on the
charcoal four inches of clear, sharp sand. Fill up
the barrel with water and draw from the bottom.
No. 685.
To make a Quick Filter.
Take a clear piece of chamois skin, free from thin
places; cut it the desired size, wash it in a weak
solution of soda or any alkali to remove the grease,
and rinse thoroughly in cold water before using.
Tinctures, elixirs, syrups, and even mucilages are
filtered rapidl)*-. A pint of the thickest sirup will
run through in four or five minutes. By washing
thoroughly after each time of using it will last a
long time.
No. 686.
How to make a Fire Extinguisher.
A hand grenade is made by filling thin, spherical
bottles of glass, any color, though usually blue is
used, with a solution of calcium chloride, salam-
moniac or borax.
No. 687.
How to destroy Fleas on Dogs and other Animals.
Soap water, carbolic acid in dilute alcoholic solu-
tion, flowers of sulphur either used as a powder or
mixed by agitation with water containing a little
glycerine; dilute solutions of sulphate of magnesia
any powder or solution containing tannin, as dried
sumac, tea and Persian insect powder. These are
the least objectionable exterminators. A little of
the carbolic solution may be mixed in with the soap
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water, and this used as a wash or sprinkled in
infected localities. Flowers of sulphur contain
sulphurous acid, which is fatal to the insect, but it
must not be used on or near colored woolen fabrics,
as it is liable to injure the colors. Sulphate of mag-
nesia solution (in water) may be used as a wash.
Sumac powder, etc., give excellent results. The
sulphur mixture mentioned, or carbolic acid shaken
up with about' 20 parts of water, and sprinkled in
the cellar, will soon depopulate the coal heap.
No. 688.
How to destroy Flies.
Pour a little simple oxymel (an article to be
obtained at the druggists) into a common tumbler
glass, and place in the glass a piece of cap paper,
made into the shape of the upper part of a funnel,
with a hole at the bottom to admit the flies.
Attracted by the smell, they readily enter the trap
in swarms, and by the thousands soon collected
prove that they have not the wit or the disposition
to return.
Another good way is to take some jars, mugs, or
tumblers, fill them half full with soapy water; cover
them as jam pots are covered with a piece of paper,
either tied down or tucked under the rim. Let
this paper be rubbed inside with wet sugar, molasses,
honey, or jam, or anything sweet; cut a small hole
in the center, large enough for a fly to enter. The
flies settle on the top, attracted by the smell of the
bait ; they then crawl through the hole, to feed upon
the sweet beneath. Meanwhile the warmth of the
weather causes the soapy water to ferment, and
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produces a gas which overpowers the flies, and they
drop down into the vessel. Thousands may be
destroyed this way, and the traps last a long time.
No. 689.
How to select Flour.
1. Look at its color. If it is white, with a slightly
yellowish or straw colored tint, it is a good sign. If
it is very white with a bluish cast, or with black
specks in it, the flour is not good.
2. Examine its adhesiveness wet and knead a
little of it between the fingers; if it works dry and
elastic, it is good; if it works soft and sticky, it is
poor. Flour made from spring wheat is likely to be
sticky.
3. Throw a little lump of dry flour against a dry,
smooth, perpendicular surface; if it adheres in a
lump, the flour has life in it; if it falls like powder,
it is bad.
4. Squeeze some of the flour in your hand ; if it
retains the shape given by the pressure that, too, is
a good sign. Flour that will stand all these tests
is safe to buy.
These modes were given by old flour dealers, and
we make no apology for printing them, as they per-
tain to a matter that concerns everybody, namely,
the quality of that which is the staff of life.
No. 690.
Preservation of Flozvers.
Insert their stems in water in which 25 grains
ammonium chloride (salammoniac) have been dis-
solved. Flowers can be preserved in this way for
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fifteen to thirty days. To preserve them perma-
nently for several months dip them into perfectly
limpid gum water and then allow them to drain.
The gum forms a complete coating on the stems and
petals, and preserves their shape and color long
after they have become dry.
Flowers in Water.
Any kind of flower can be well preserved for at
least two weeks by putting a little saltpeter or car-
bonate of soda in the water in which the flowers are
left standing.
No. 691.
Remedy for Frost Bites.
For frost bites rub the affected parts with pure oil
of peppermint. It will also prevent the after effect
of chilblains. Care should be taken to use only the
pure oil, and not the essence of peppermint, as the
essence will not have the desired effect.
No. 692.
How to make Fly Poison.
A strong solution of white arsenic (say i drachm
to the pint) sweetened with moist sugar, molasses or
honey. Poison.
No. 693.
To Crystallize Fruit.
The following process may meet the require-
ments: Make a syrup from i pound of sugar and
pint of water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, then
boil quickly about three or four minutes. Try by
dipping a little in cold water. If it forms a small
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ball when rolled between the thumb and finger it
has attained the desired degree, known as the ball.
Throw the fruit to be conserved a little at a time
into this sirup, let it simmer for a moment, lift with
a skimmer, draining free from all syrup. Sprinkle
sugar thickly over boards or tin pans, place the
fruit over it in a single layer, sprinkle over thickly
with granulated sugar and place in the oven or sun
to dry. When dry, make a syrup as before, and just
before it teaches the ball degree add the fruit, stir
with a wooden spoon until it begins to grain and
sticks to the fruit When cold, sift off the sugar
and put out again to dry. When dry, place in
boxes in layers between sheets of waxed paper.
Keep in a cool, dry place.
No. 694.
An Economical Fuel.
Mix coal, charcoal, or sawdust, i part; sand of
any kind, 2 parts; marl or clay, i part; in quantity
as thought proper. Make the mass up wet into
balls of a convenient size, and when the fire is suffi-
ciently strong, place these balls, according to their
size, a little above the bar, and they will produce a
heat considerably more intense than common fuel,
and insure a saving of one-half the quantity of
coals. A fire thus made up will require no stirring
nor fresh fuel for ten hours.
No. 695.
How to make Colored Inks for Printers Twenty-
one Tints.
In every case use good varnish, the greatest
cleanliness, a good marble slab, a good muller for
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grinding, and never compound a surplus quantity
over and above the present requirements. Grind,
blend, and finely pulverize the ingredients, in each
and every instance. Good work demands smooth,
good ink, free from gritty particles. For a good
Red, grind in English vermilion, with a little lake.
Deep Red, use Indian red and lake. Bright Red,
add carmine to pale vermilion. Deep Scarlet, add
a little portion of vermilion to carmine. Blue,
Prussian blue. Bright Pale Blue, cobalt, also
verditure and indigo for other shades of blue.
Green, to pale chrome add Chinese blue ; vary the
colors by varying the proportions of the different
pigments. Emerald Green, grind pale blue with a
little Chinese blue, then add the emerald until the
color suits. Deep Bronze Blue, Chinese blue. Deep
Brown, burnt umber, with a small quantity of scar-
let lake. Pale Brown, burnt sienna with a little
scarlet lake. Deep Lilac, add a little carmine f.o
cobalt blue; for a pale lilac, reverse the proportions
of each. Bright Pink, crimson, lake or carmine as
you prefer. Blue and black inks intermixed, will
evolve a Deep Blue ink; carmine 'and blue, will
yield a Purple ink ; yellow and blue, a Green ink ;
yellow and carmine, a Vermilion ink ; yellow and
black, a Bronze Green; yellow, blue and black, a
Deep Green ink; carmine, yellow and black, a
Brown ink.
No. 696.
How to make Ginger Pop.
One ounce tartaric acid; white sugar, 5 pounds;
i pounds bruised ginger (root); 12 gallon* of
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water ; whites of 6 eggs beaten to a froth ; oil of
lemon, 2 drachms. The ginger root should be
boiled for one-half hour in 2 gallons of water; strain
carefully and add the oil.. After twenty-four hours
strain and bottle.
No. 697.
How to make G/ue, Liquid.
A liquid glue possessing great resisting power,
recommended for wood and iron, is prepared as fol-
lows: Clear gelatine, 100 parts; cabinetmakers'
glue, 100 parts; alcohol, 25 parts; alum, 2 parts;
the whole mixed with 200 parts of 20 per cent acetic
acid, and heated on a water bath for six hours. An
ordinary liquid glue, also well adapted for wood and
iron, is made by boiling together for several hours
100 parts glue, 260 parts water, and 16 parts nitric
acid.
No. 698.
To prevent the attack of Gnats.
Camphor about the person is the best preventive
against gnats, as well as the best cure for their
stings.
No. 699.
How to kill Grass or Weeds.
To kill vegetation growing between brick in walk
or elsewhere, use a strong solution of soda, or salt
water very hot. Hot water with weak solution of
salt will destroy grass in walks.
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No. 700.
How to make Artifical Grindstones.
Artificial grindstones are made of grit, soluble
glass and petroleum. It is said that they will bear
a very high speed without becoming soft. Washed
silicious sand, 3 parts; shellac, i part; melt the
shellac and mold in the sand while warm. Emery
may be substituted for sand. Used for razors and
fine cutlery.
No. 701.
How to make Gun Cotton.
It way be prepared in small quantities as follows:
Mix 4^- ounces of pure dry nitrate of potash with 30
fluid drachms sulphuric acid, specific gravity 1.845,
and, after cooling thoroughly, stir into this mixture
carefully 120 grains best carded cotton. As soon as
saturation is complete, in about one minute if
proper care has been used throw the cotton into a
tubful of clean rainwater, and change the water
repeatedly until litmus ceases to show the presence
of acid, then squeeze it in a cloth, and after being
well pulled out, dry it cautiously at a temperature
not exceeding 140 degrees F. It it now explosive,
and too much caution cannot be observed in han-
dling it.
No. 702.
How to make Gunpowder.
For gunpowder the materials (charcoal, sulphur
and saltpeter) are first perfectly dried and separately
reduced to impalpable powders. These are then
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sifted together, moistened with water and ground
for some time between large millstones kept con-
stantly moit-t with water. The wet powder is then
collected into large lumps and carefully dried.
These lumps are giained by bringing them in con-
tact with sharp teeth fixed upon the periphery of a
revolving wheel and agitating in suitable sieves to
separate from the finer powder. The powder con-
sists of 76 parts of niter, 13 parts of charcoal, and n
parts of sulphur.
No. 7O3.
How to cure Hams.
Few persons understand the proper ingredients
and exact proportions to make a suitable pickle for
curing hams. This information will doubtless
prove of value. The desideratum is to cure the
meat so that it will keep in hot weather, with the
use of as little salt as possible. Pickle made in the
following manner, it is believed, will accomplish
this: if pounds salt coaise or alum salt is best;
ounce saltpeter; i pint molasses or i pound brown
sugar ; i teaspoonf ul saleratus.
Let these be added to i gallon of water, and the
amount increased in the same proportions to make
the quantity required. Bring the liquor to a boil,
taking care to skim just before it begins to boil.
Let the pickle cool, and pour it over the meat until
entirely covered. The meat should be packed in
clean, tight casks, and should remain in the pickle
six or seven weeks, when it will be fit to smoke.
Green hickory wood is the best article for this
purpose. Shoulders prepared in the same way
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are nearly as good as hams. This pickle is just the
thing to make nice corned beef, or corned beef
tongues, or any lean meat for drying.
No. 704.
How to make Harness Oil.
A good oil for farm and team harness is made by
melting 3 pounds of beef tallow, but do not let it
boil, then pour in gradually i pound of neatsfoot
oil and stir till cold. If properly prepared the
grease will be perfectly smooth and soft; if not it
will be more or less granulated. A little lampblack
may be used to color.
No. 705.
How to stiffen Hats.
Mix 1 8 pounds of shellac with i pounds salt of
tartar (carbonate of potash) and 5^ gallons of water.
Put in a kettle and boil gradually until the shellac
is dissolved, when the liquid will be as clear as
water. When cold dip the hats, and when nearly
dry dip in a weak solution of acetic acid or sul-
phuric acid in order to neutralize the potash and
cause the shellac to set.
No. 706.
How to make and bottle Horseradish.
Six tablespoonfuls scraped or grated horseradish,
i tablespoonful white sugar, i quart vinegar. Scald
the vinegar; pour boiling hot over the horseradish.
Steep a week, strain, and bottle. Exposure to the
air will discolor.
One effect of Quarter Crack.
77, c clamp and urn! remedies puanercracAwiti craucuf.
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No. 707.
How to test the strength of Ice.
Ice 2 inches thick will bear infantry.
Ice 4 inches thick will bear cavalry or light guns.
Ice 6 inches thick will bear heavy field guns.
Ice 8 inches thick will bear 24-pound guns on
sledges; weight not over 1,000 to the square foot.
No. 708.
How to preserve Ice.
Put the ice on a dish and cover it with a napkin,
then set the dish upon a feather bed or pillow, and
place another bed or pillow on the top of it. In this
way a few pounds of ice may be kept for a week or
more. Wrap the ice in a piece of old flannel, and if
not required immediately bury it in the ground.
No. 709.
How to destroy Insects.
Hot alum water sprinkled where ants, red or
black, roaches, s-piders and chinch bugs are will kill
or expel them.
No. 710.
How to catch and kill Small Insects.
Take a wide-mouthed bottle, fill it half full of cot-
ton; after saturating the cotton with chloroform,
put on the cotton and in the bottle a round piece of
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white paper or pasteboard ; hold the mouth of the
bottle over a sitting insect and within one minute it
will lay dead and clean on the dry, protecting paper.
No. 711.
How to make Insulating Wood,
Wood used in battery jars, etc., is rendered insu-
lating by steeping it in or brushing it with melted
paraffine.
No. 712.
How to make Kalsomine.
Soak i pound of white glue over night, then dis-
solve it in boiling water and add 20 pounds of Paris
white, diluting with water until the mixture is of
the consistency of rich milk. To this any tint can
be given that is desired.
No. 713.
How to try Lard.
This operation is very simple. Set a large kettle
over a fire in some sheltered place, out of doors, on
a still day. It will cook much quicker in large
quantities. Put into the kettle, while the lard is
cold, a little saleratus, say i tablespoonful to every
20 pounds; stir almost constantly when nearly
done, till the scraps are brown or crisp, or until the
steam ceases to rise, then there is no danger of its
molding; strain out into pans, and the first will be
ready to empty into crocks when the last is
strained.
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No. 714.
How to make Lemonade.
Peel off the yellow rinds from one dozen bright
fresh lemons, taking care that none of the rind is
detached but the yellow zest that portion in which
the cells are placed containing the essential oil of
the fruit. Put these rinds into an earthen vessel,
pour over them one pint of boiling water, and set
aside in a warm situation to infuse. Express the
juice from 2 dozen lemons, strain it into a porcelain
bowl, and add 2 pounds of fine white sugar, 3 quarts
water and the infusion from the peels. Stir all well
together until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Now sample, and if required add more acid or more
sugar ; take care not to have it too watery ; make it
rich with plenty of fruit juice and sugar.
No. 715.
How to kill Lice on Cattle.
Take i pint fish oil, pour it on the animal gradu-
ally, from the back of the horns to the root of the
tail. To cure the cow itch or scratches: Paint the
pastern joint well with white lead and oil; any kind
of vegetable or animal oil will answer. Keep the
cow haltered so she cannot lick her feet or go into
water for one week. One application of each
remedy is sufficient. On using the oil for lice I
have seen a cow in seven days' time shed her coat
and in fourteen days' time a new and beautiful coat
of hair in its place ; took on fat so very fast that in
thirty days' time she was ready to kill for beef, and
good beef at that. This in all was thirty days from
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the time she had been served with the dose of oil on
her back. She had the prettiest coat of hair I ever
saw on an animal's back. We keep our dogs well
greased with tanner's oil, to kill fleas and keep of
flies in summer time.
No. 716.
How to destroy Chicken Lice.
Leaves of the male persimmon tree thrown about
the hen house and nests will destroy all vermin.
Boil the leaves and bottle the decoction for use in
winter, sprinkling with this liquid as required.
No. 717.
How to make Lime Water.
Lime water is made by agitating an ounce of pure
caustic lime in a pint bottle nearly filled with water,
and after the lime has subsided decant the clear
liquid. Keep the liquid when bottled well corked.
No. 718.
How to make Linseed Meal Poultice.
Linseed meal, 4 ounces; olive oil, \ fluid ounce;
mix, and add, gradually and constantly stirring, of
boiling water, 4^ pint. Used to promote the sup-
puration and ripening of tumors, to allay pain,
inflammation, irritation, etc. ; applied warm. This
is the common emollient and suppurative poultice
of both private and hospital surgeons.
MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECIPES. 313
No. 719.
How to preserve Lumber.
Lumber treated with steam at a low pressure
which has been passed through a vessel containing
sulphate of zinc and alum.
No. 720.
How to make Malt Extract.
Put in a vessel equal parts of crushed malt and
water. After standing for three or four hours, add
4 parts warm water. The mixture should be kept
for an hour at a temperature of 150 degrees F. Boil
up the liquid, press and filler. Evaporate quickly.
No. 721.
How to mark Tools.
To mark tools, or any hard substance such as
steel, etc., warm them slightly and rub the steel
with wax or hard tallow until a film gathers. Then
scratch the letters on the wax, cutting through to
the metal. A little nitric acid poured on the wi it-
ing will quickly eat out the letters. Wash off the
acid and remove the wax by first heating then rub-
bing with cloth. The writing will be plainly etched.
No. 722.
Hozv to make Parlor Matches.
Dry the splints thoroughly and immerse the ends
in melted stearine, then dip them in the following
mixture and dry thoroughly. To perfume dip in a
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solution of benzole acid: Phosphorus (red), 3 parts;
gum arabie, or tragacanth, 0.5 parts; water, 3 parts;
sand (finely ground), 2 parts; binoxide of lead, 2
parts.
No. 723.
How to make Paper Matrices.
Paper matrices for making stereotype plates from
type forms, used in newspaper offices, are prepared
as follows: Make a jelly paste of flour, starch and
whiting. Dampen a sheet of soft blotting paper,
cover its surface with the paste, lay thereon a sheet
of fine tissue paper, cover the surface with paste,
and so on until four to six sheets of the tissue paper
have been laid on. The combined sheet thus made
is then placed, tissue face down, upon the form of
types, which are previously dusted with whiting,
and with a brush driven down upon the types and
thereon allowed to dry. The operation of drying
is facilitated by having the types warmed by plac-
ing them upon a steam-heated table. A blanket is
placed over the paper during the drying operation.
There is a better process in which a special kind of
tissue paper is used.
No. 724.
How to make Mayonnaise Dressing.
Sugar, i pound; tincture of capsicum (to taste),
ounce; acetic acid (glacial), 2 ounces; salt, 8 ounces;
ground mustard, i ounces; water, 5! pints; eggs,
8 ounces; olive oil, 8 ounces; powdered tragacanth,
i ounce; powdered tumeric, i ounce. Mix the last
MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECIPES. 315
three ingredients in a mortar capable of holding one
gallon, then add the eggs, which have been whipped
previously, and incorporate thoroughly until an
emulsion is formed ; next mix separately the mustard
and water, allow to stand ten or fifteen minutes, or
until the flavor is fully developed, then add the last
four ingredients, mix and add the liquid gradually
to the contents of the mortar. It should make a
smooth, uniform emulsion; finally, strain through
cheese cloth.
No. 725.
Relative conducting poiver of Metals.
The relative conducting power of pure metals and
other conductors is given in the following table:
Silver .
Copper .
Gold
. IOO.O
. . . 99.9
77.0
Thallium . .
Lead . . .
Arsenic .
. 9.2
- 8-3
. 4.8
Zinc . .
Cadmium
Palladium
Platinum
Cobalt .
Nickel .
Tin . .
29.0
. . . 23.7
. . . 18.4
. . . 180
. . . 17.2
. . . 13-1
. . . 12.4
Antimony .
Mercury
Bismuth . .
Graphite . .
Gas coke . .
Bunsen's coke
. 4.6
. 1.6
1.2
0.069
0.038
0.025
No. 726.
How to make Mocking Bird Food.
Hempseed, 3 parts; toasted wheat bread, 2 parts;
maw seed, i part; ox heart, i part. Boil the ox
heart well in water, cut it small, and place it in a
pan in an oven, where it must be allowed to become
perfectly dry and crisp. All the ingredients must
them be thoroughly mixed and ground in a mill to
coarse powder.
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No. 727.
How to make Mortar.
Mortar is composed of quicklime and sand,
reduced to a paste with water. The lime ought to
be pure, completely free from carbonic acid, and in
the state cf a very fine powder; the sand should be
free from clay, partly in the state of fine sand, and
partly in the state of gravel; the water should be
previously saturated with lime. The best propor-
tions are 3 parts of fine and 4 parts of coarse sand,
i part of quicklime, recently slaked, and as little
water as possible.
No. 728.
How to get rid of Mosquitoes.
A small amount of pennyroyal sprinkled around
the room will drive away mosquitoes.
No. 729.
How to Cure Mosquitoes and Gnat Bites.
Use carbolate of lime, 10 grains; water, i drachm.
A weak solution of carbolic acid i part in 50 used
as a wash will prevent their attacks.
NO. 730.
How to make Mucilage.
Dissolve clear glue in equal volumes of water and
strong vinegar ; add \ of an equal quantity of alco-
hol and a small quantity of a solution of alum in
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water. One or two drops of glycerine will prevent
the gum from cracking when dry. Do not put in
more than 4 drops of glycerine to a pint of muci-
lage, as it will prevent hardening.
No. 731.
To remove Mustiness in Casks.
To remove mustiness and sourness from empty
casks, burn a little sulphur over the bung, letting
the fumes enter the cask. Close tight and let stand
for a day.
No. 732.
How to face Oilstones.
Take a piece of iron with even or straight face (if
planed all the better) ; scatter a little emery or fine
sand almost as coarse as No. \\ sand paper on the
iron plate, add a little water and rub the face of the
stone, renew the face of the stone, renewing the
emery or sand and water as requisite, finishing with
an addition of water without emery or sand. This
is the quickest and truest way, making the stone
perfectly straight, and occupying from five to ten
minutes' time.
No. 733.
Hoiv to make Rubber Stamp Pads.
The composition consists of i part gelatine, i part
water, 6 parts glycerine, and 6 parts coloring mat-
ter. A suitable black color can be made from the
following materials: i part gelatine glue, 3 parts
lampblack, aniline black, or a suitable quantity of
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logwood extract, 10 parts of glycerine, part abso-
lute alcohol, 2 parts water, i part Venetian soap,
\ part salicylic acid. For red, blue or violet, i part
gelatine glue, 2 parts aniline of desired color, i
part absolute alcohol, 10 parts glycerine, i part
Venetian soap, and \ part salicylic acid. The fol-
lowing is an additional receipt used for this pur-
pose : Mix and dissolve 2 to 4 drachms aniline violet,
15 ounces alcohol, 15 ounces glycerine. The solu-
tion is poured on the cushion and rubbed in with a
brush. The general method of preparing the pad is
to swell the gelatine with cold water, then boil and
add the glycerine.
No. 734.
How to make Slating for Blackboards.
Paint the board with ordinary black paint such as
will dry with a gloss; then apply a coat of black
paint, mixed with turpentine instead of oil, which
will dry a dead black.
No. 735.
How to make an Economical Paint.
Two quarts skim milk; 8 ounces fresh slaked
lime ; 6 ounces linseed oil ; 2 ounces white Burgundy
pitch; 3 pounds Spanish white. The lime should
be slaked in water, exposed to the air and mixed
in one-fourth the milk. Dissolve the oil and add a
little at a time. Then add the rest of the milk and
the Spanish white.
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No. 736.
To remove smell of Paint.
Two or three handfuls of juniper berries thrown
on a lighted charcoal fire placed in the room with
doors and windows closed for twenty-four hours will
entirely expel all odor. Air room well before occu-
pying.
No. 737.
How to prepare Pancreatin,
Cut the fresh pancreas from the pork ; free it from
all foreign matter and dissolve it in ether, distill the
ether from the filtered liquid and the remainder will
be the pancreatin.
No. 738.
How to make Adhesive Paste.
Take 4 ounces common gelatine in small pieces
and steep it in 16 ounces water until it becomes soft;
then by the aid of the heat of a water bath dissolve
it, and while still hot pour into a mixture of 2
pounds good flour paste and i pint water. Heat the
whole to boiling, and when thickened remove from
the fire ; while cooling add 6 drachms silicate of
soda and stir into the mixture with a wooden
spatula. This pteparation will keep good for an
indefinite period, and is very adhesive. The addi-
tion of 2 drachms oil of cloves is an improvement.
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No. 739.
How to make Paste for Artists and Architects.
Boil white paper in water for five hours, then
pour off the water and pound the pulp in a mortar;
pas^ it through a sieve and mix with gum water or
isinglass glue.
No. 740.
How to make Paste for Bill Posting.
Take 25 pounds of flour, \ pound powdered alum,
boiling water of sufficient quantity. Paste will not
very long resist the action of wet weather ; but may
be made -to do so by giving the bill, after sticking
it, a wash of soap water, sugar of lead solution, or a
solution of cr ude lac in naphtha.
No. 741.
How to make Indelible Pencils.
Reduce nitrate of silver to an impalpable powder,
add just enough lampblack to give it a black color
and enough of gum arabic in hot water to make the
powder coherent. Rub the ingredients together
and form them into sticks to dry.
No. 742.
How to make Pencils for Marking Linen.
Mix 6 parts nitrate of silver in 10 parts distilled
water. Add to this 4 parts powdered pyrolusite
with 1 6 parts of thoroughly dried alumina. Rub
and knead the mass thoroughly.
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No. 743.
How to make Fader's Pencils.
A. W.' Faber makes four kinds of pencils. No. i,
very soft, is composed of 50 parts aniline, 37.5
parts graphite and 12.5 parts kaolin. No. 2, soft,
46 parts aniline, 34 parts graphite and 24 parts
kaolin. No. 3, hard, 30 parts aniline, 30 parts
graphite, 40 parts kaolin. No. 4, very hard, 25
parts aniline, 25 parts graphite, 50 parts kaolin,.
These materials are powdered and mixed with the
greatest care, and afterwards made into a paste with
cold water. After the paste has been well worked
arid rendered perfectly homogeneous, it is passed
through a wire screen, which divides it into strips of
suitable dimensions. These are dried in an ordi-
nary room and afterward fitted and glued into
wooden cases like common lead pencils.
No. 744.
How to make Dr. Pierce' s Golden Medical Discovery.
Fifteen grains pure honey, i grain extract of
poisonous or acrid lettuce (but. herba lactucae
virosae), 2 grains laudanum, 100 grains dilute alco-
hol (64 per cent), tasting like fusel oil and wood
spirit, with 100 grains of water.
No. 745.
Hoiv to make Court Plaster.
Soak isinglass in a little warm water for seventy-
four hours, then evaporate nearly all the water by
gentle heat, dissolve the residue in a little proof
324 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECIPES.
penugieek, i ounce powdered black pepper, 6 ounces
powdered lentils or dog biscuit, 4 ounces powdered
eggshells or phosphate of lime. One table-spoon-
ful to be mixed with sufficient meal or porridge to
feed 25 hens.
No. 752.
A Good Baking Powder.
A teaspoonful to every pound of flour of the fol-
lowing mixture: 8 ounces tartaric acid powder, 9
ounces bicarbonate soda, 10 ounces rice flout .
No. 753.
How to make Poivder Sachet.
One pound cassia flower heads, i pound orris
powder. The material is either to be ground in a
mill or powdered in a mortar and afterward pow-
dered.
No. 754.
How to make Seidlitz Powders.
Pulveres effeivescentes aperientes: Potassio-tar-
t rate of soda (Rochelle salts), 2 drachms; bicarbo-
nate of soda, 40 grains; mix, and put in a blue paper.
Tartaric acid, 35 grains, to be put in a white paper.
For about pint of water. A laxative.
No. 755.
How to make Washing Powder.
Three-fourths pound carbonate of soda (or efflor-
esced Scotch soda), \ pound borax (in fine powder).
Mix thoroughly.
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No. 756.
How to make Razor Paste.
Mix fine emery intimately with fat and wax until
the proper consistency is obtained in the paste, and
then rub it well into the leather strap. Pi epare the
emery by pounding thoroughly in a mortar the
coarse kind, throwing it into a large jug of water
and stirring well. Immediately the large particles
have sunk, pour off into a shallow plate or basin
and let the water evaporate. This emery is better
for polishing and other purposes than that prepared
at the emery mills.
No. 757.
How to make a Composition for Roofs.
Take i measure fine sand, 2 of sifted wood ashes
and 3 of lime, ground up with oil. Mix thoroughly
and lay on with a painter's brush, first a thin coat
and then a thick one. This composition is not only
cheap, but strongly resists fire.
No. 758.
How to make Rice Water.
Boil the rice in water for a few minutes, and then
strain the liquid. Its principal use is in a photo-
graphic process, but is now almost obsolete.
No. 759.
How to clean Ink Rollers.
Rollers should not be washed immediately after
use, as they will become dry and skinny, but they
may be washed one -half hour before using again.
324 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECIPES.
penugieek, i ounce powdered black pepper, 6 .ounces
powdered lentils or dog biscuit, 4 ounces powdered
eggshells or phosphate of lime. One table-spoon-
ful to be mixed with sufficient meal or porridge to
feed 25 hens.
No. 752.
A Good Baking Powder.
A teaspoonful to every pound of flour of the fol-
lowing mixture: 8 ounces tartaric acid powder, 9
ounces bicarbonate soda, 10 ounces rice flour.
No. 753.
How to make Poivder Sachet.
One pound cassia flower heads, i pound orris
powder. The material is either to be ground in a
mill or powdered in a mortar and afterward pow-
dered.
No. 754.
How to make Seidlitz Powders.
Pulveres effeivescentes aperientes: Potassio-tar-
trate of soda (Rochelle salts), 2 drachms; bicarbo-
nate of soda, 40 grains; mix, and put in a blue paper.
Tartaric acid, 35 grains, to be put in a white paper.
For about - pint of water. A laxative.
No. 755.
How to make Washing Powder.
Three-fourths pound carbonate of soda (or efflor-
esced Scotch soda), \ pound borax (in fine powder).
Mix thoroughly.
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No. 756.
How to make Razor Paste.
Mix fine emery intimately with fat and wax until
the proper consistency is obtained in the paste, and
then rub it well into the leather strap. Piepare the
emery by pounding thoroughly in a mortar the
coarse kind, throwing it into a large jug of water
and stirring well. Immediately the large particles
have sunk, pour off into a shallow plate or basin
and let the water evaporate. This emery is better
for polishing and other purposes than that prepared
at the emery mills.
No. 757.
How to make a Composition for Roofs.
Take i measure fine sand, 2 of sifted wood ashes
and 3 of lime, ground up with oil. Mix thoroughly
and lay on with a painter's brush, first a thin coat
and then a thick one. This composition is not only
cheap, but strongly resists fire.
No. 758.
How to make Rice Water.
Boil the rice in water for a few minutes, and then
strain the liquid. Its principal use is in a photo-
graphic process, but is now almost obsolete.
No. 759.
How to clean Ink Rollers.
Rollers should not be washed immediately after
use, as they will become dry and skinny, but they
may be washed one-half hour before using again,
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In cleaning a new roller, a little oil rubbed over it
will loosen the ink, and it should be scraped clean
with the back of a knife ; it should be cleaned this
way for about a week, when lye may be used. New
rollers are often spoiled by washing too soon with
lye.
No. 760.
How to make Red Oxide of Iron Rouge.
It is prepared as follows: Make a boiling solution
of iron sulphate, filter it, and add to it a concen-
trated solution of oxalic acid; this throws down yel-
low oxide of iron. Wash the precipitate, and heat it
while still moist upon an iron plate, over a charcoal
fire. At a temperature of 400 degrees F. the salt is
decomposed, and brownish red peroxide of iron, or
rouge, is formed.
No. 761.
How to make PozzonV s Complexion Powder.
Pozzoni's complexion powder, made by Jas. Poz-
zoni, in St. Louis, Mo., is made as follows: 55.95
percent French chalk, 31.25 percent calcium car-
bonate, 12.8 per cent bismuth oxy-chloride. This
formula is given only from an analysis and perfumes
can be added.
No. 762
How to make Palmer' s Lily White Complexion
Powder.
These complexion tablets are prepared as follows :
57.5 per cent French chalk, 42.5 per cent precipi-
tated chalk. Formula reached by analysis.
desired perfumes.
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No. 763.
How to make Brown Face Paint.
One part burnt umber, 6 parts cacao butter, 5
drops oil of neroli. Melt the cacao, add the umber,
and while cooling mix well, adding the perfume last.
No. 764.
How to make Burnt Cork for Minstrels.
One grain best lampblack, 6 grains cacao butter,
5 drops oil of neroli. Melt the cacao, add the
lampblack while cooling, add the perfume while
stirring.
No. 765.
How to make Salad Dressing.
Take the yolk of i fresh egg and mix it with 2
tablespoonfuls of olive oil very slowly, add i spoon-
fuls of mustard, 2 spoonfuls of salt, a little pepper,
and 2 spoonfuls of vinegar. Beat the white of the
egg to a stiff froth, and lightly stir it.
No. 766.
How to make Smelling Salts.
One fluid drachm oil of cassia, 2 fluid drachms oil
of cloves, i fluid ounce oil of bergamot, i ounce oil
of lavender, i pound crushed carbonate of ammonia.
Mix well and heat gently. Add two or three drops
of essence of musk or royale,
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No. 767.
How to make Salve for Chapped Lips.
Twenty parts white wax, 40 parts of spermaceti,
10 parts oil of sweet almonds, 80 parts lard, per-
fectly pure and fresh.
No. 768.
How to make Fisher's Lip Salve.
Two ounces lard, 6 ounces raisins, 2 ounces white
wax, ounce spermaceti, ounce white sugar, ^
ounce balsam of Peru, i ounce oil of sweet almonds.
Let mixture simmer for two hours in a covered
vessel, then strain through linen.
No. 769.
How to make Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
The formula for making Ayer's Sarsaparilla is as
follows: i ounce sugar, 10 grains iron iodide, 90
grains potassium iodide, 3 ounces fluid extract stil-
lingia, 2 ounces fluid extract May apple, 2 ounces
fluid extract yellow dock, 3 ounces fluid extract of
Sarsaparilla.
No. 770.
How to make Worcestershire Sauce.
This is made of wine vinegar, \\ gallons; walnut
catsup, i gallon; mushroom catsup, i gallon;
Madeira wine, \ gallon; Canton soy, | gallon;
moist sugar, 2} pounds; salt, 19 ounces; powdered
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capsicum, 3 ounces; pimento, i ounces; coriander,
i ounces; chetney, if ounces; cloves, f ounce;
mace, f ounce ; cinnamon, f ounce ; asafoetida, 6^
drachms; dissolve in i pint brandy 20 degrees
above proof. Boil 2 pound hog's liver for 12 hours
in i gallon of water, add water continually so as to
keep up the quantity of i gallon; mix the boiled
liver thoroughly with the water, strain through a
coarse sieve, and add this to the above mixture. It
is self-evident that no chemical examination could
ever detect the presence of half the above organic
products.
No. 771.
To cure Tenderness of the Scalp.
This frequently arises from the practice of using
very hot water on the head or it may be caused by
the sudden change of temperature in shampooing
from heat to cold. When the scalp is naturally
tender, the head should be washed daily in cold
water and fiiction used, care being taken not to
abrade the surface. Afterward use i ounce rectified
spirit and 3 ounces of water as a wash.
No. 772.
How to make Shaving Cream.
Water, 16 ounces; curd soap, 8 ounces; almond
oil, 2 ounces; glycerine, i ounce; spermaceti, Bounce,
carbonate of potassium, \ ounce. Cat the curd soap
into shreds, and dissolve it by the aid of a water bath
in 14 ounces of water Dissolve the spermaceti in
the almond oil, and while warm mix it with glycerine,
330 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECIPE8.
potash, and remainder of the water ; transfer to a
warm mortar, gradually and steadily incorporate the
warm soap solution, and continue to stir until a
smooth paste is formed. With this incorporate a
suitable perfume.
No. 773.
How to prevent Soreness from Shaving.
The following is frequently used : take of potas-
sium cyanide, 6 grains avoirdupois; glycerine, \
ounce; strongest camphor water, 2^ ounces; mix.
The foregoing is poisonous, and it must only be
very cautiously used. The white powder or cake
frequently used by barbers is magnesia, and can
readily be procured from a druggist. Bay rum is
also used.
No. 774.
How to restore the Luster of Silk lost in Dyeing.
Grate a dozen large potatoes into i gallon soft
water, agitate briskly for a few minutes, and let
stand for twenty-four hours to settle carefully, draw
off clear liquid, sponge fabric thoroughly. Press
very strongly in one direction, with hot irons,
between fine cloths, kept moist.
No. 775.
How to Frost Polished Stiver.
Make a solution of ^ ounce cyanide of potassium
in ^ pint of water. Apply to the silver with a
brush. Hold the silver with pliers, made of lance-
wood or boxwood. It is very poisonous.
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No. 776.
How to Whiten Silver.
Many different methods have been used. An old
method is to dip the work in a thick solution of
borax, then place it in a copper annealing pan,
sprinkle it over with charcoal dust, and place the
pan and its contents upon a clear fire. Heat until
red hot, then withdraw and allow to cool. The
work is next boiled in dilute sulphuric acid, and if
the right color is not obtained, the process is
repeated one or more times. The lower standards
require five or six operations to effect the proper
degree of whiteness.
No. 777.
How to make Silver Plating Liquid Wash.
Dissolve i ounce crystals of silver nitrate in 12
ounces soft water, then dissolve in the water 2 ounces
potassium cyanide. Shake the whole together and
let it stand until it becomes clear. Have ready
some half ounce vials and fill them half full of Paris
white or fine whiting, and then fill up the bottles
with the liquid and it is ready for use. The silver
coating is not as tenacious to the article as when
electrolytically deposited. This is very poisinoits
and should be handled with great caution if at all.
No. 778.
How to keep the Hands Soft.
Mix well the following and use before retiring: 3
ounces bay rum, i ounce glycerine, \ drachm oil
cajeput, | drachm oil bergamot; also equal parts
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glycerine and yolk of egg, mixed thoroughly and
applied on hands after washing. A little lemon
juice will assist.
No. 779.
How to Whiten the Hands.
Take a wineglassful of eau de cologne and another
of lemon juice ; scrape two cakes of brown Windsor
soap to a powder and mix well in a mold. When
hard, it will be excellent for whitening the skin.
No. 780.
How to make Antiseptic Soap.
For preserving birds, anatomical preparations,
animals, etc. Curd soap, 4 pounds; carbonate of
potash, \ pound; arsenic, i pound; camphor,
pound. Dissolve the soap with a very little water,
and add the other ingredients powdered and mixed
together.
No. 781.
How to make Cocoanut Oil Soap.
Put cocoanut oil, 50 pounds, and 50 pounds caustic
soda lye of 27 degrees Baume into a soap kettle;
boil and mix thoroughly for one or two hours, until
the paste gradually thickens; then diminish the
heat, but continue stirring till the cooling paste
assumes a white, half-solid mass; then transfer
quickly to the frames A mixture of equal parts of
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cocoanut oil and tallow will make a very fine filled
soap. Cocoanut oil mixed with almost any fats, if
they are not in too large proportions, will produce
filled soaps.
No. 782.
How to make Glycerine Soap.
Ten pounds of water, 22 pounds of castor oil; 48^
pounds of 96 per cent alcohol, 44 pounds of concoa-
nut oil, 44 pounds of mutton tallow, 22 pounds of
pure glycerine, 27 pounds of 40 per cent B. caustic
lye. Melt the grease at 104 degrees F. and add the
alkali by slow degrees, keeping the heat low to pre-
vent excessive evaporation and stir constantly.
When the lye has become absorbed, after three or
four hours' stirring, add the alcohol, which should
be warmed; stir until it becomes clear, then add
the glycerine and when well mixed add water and
choice of perfume.
No: 783.
Ho^v to make Laundry Soap.
Take 2 pounds salsoda, 2 pounds yellow bar soap
and 10 quaits water. Cut the soap in thin slices,
and boil together 2 hours; strain, and it will be fit
for use. Put the clothes in soak the night before
you wash, and to every pailful of water in which
you boil them add i pound soap. They will need
no rubbing, but merely rinsing.
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No. 784.
How to make Soap Poultice.
Take any mild soap (scraped or sliced) dissolved
in four times its weight of boiling water, and the
solution thickened with crumb of bread or linseed
meal. A popular application in scalds and burns.
No. 785.
How to make Washing Powder.
Take 90 parts effloresced soda, with 8 parts sodium
hyposulphite and 2 parts borax. Make into a pow-
dery mixture.
No. 786.
How to make Wool Washing Soap.
Thirty-five parts dried soda, 10 parts sal ammoniac,
10 parts powdered soap. Mix well. Good for the
wool and skin of sheep.
No. 787.
How to make Sapolio.
An analysis shows that Sapolio contains besides
organic matter, iron, soda, lime and hydrochloric
alumina, sulphuric, carbonic and silicic acids.
No. 788.
How to make Soft Soap Hard.
Put four pailfuls of softsoap into a kettle and stir
it in, by degrees, about i quart of common salt.
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Boil until all the water is separated from the curd,
remove the fire from the kettle and draw off the
water with a siphon (a yard or so of India rubber
hose will answer). Then pour the soap into a
wooden form in which muslin has been placed. For
this purpose a wooden box, sufficiently large and
tight, may be employed. When the soap is firm turn
it out to dry, cut into bars with a brass wire and let
it harden. A little powdered resin will assist the
soap to harden, and give it a yellow color. If the
softsoap is very thin, more salt must be used.
No. 789.
How to make Tar Soap.
One part tar, 2 parts liquor potassae, 2 parts soap
(in shavings). Mix thoroughly until they unite.
No. 790.
How to make Soap for the Teeth.
Ten pounds tallow soap, \ pound starch, \ pound
pumice powder finely sifted, i pound prepared
chalk. Mix well and add perfume as desired.
No. 791.
How to make Antiseptic Tooth Soap.
Take i pound castile soap, i ounce finely pow-
dered pumice, 20 grains thymol, 30 drops oil of
wintergreen. Shave the soap fine, beat it into a
paste with a little water; then add first the pumice
then the thymol and wintergreen dissolved in a
half-gill of alcohol.
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No. 792.
Ho^u to wake Brown Windsor Soap.
The best Windsor soap is made of a mixture of
olive oil, i part, and ox tallow or suet, 9 parts,
saponified by caustic soda; but most of the Windsor
soaps of the shops is merely ordinary curd soap
scented. On the large scale the perfume is added
while the soap is in the soft state, just before it is
put into frames, but on the small scale it may be
prepared in the same way as soap a la rose. Color
with burnt sugar (caramel) or umber.
No. 793.
How to make Wool Washing Soap.
A good soap for freeing wool of grease can best
be prepared from olive oil and Cochin cocoanut
oil. Seventeen hundred and sixty pounds of olive
oil are boiled to a grain with caustic soda lye.
After the soap has separated and the lye has been
drawn off, 1,960 pounds of potash solution of 20
degrees B. are added and allowed to boil a little.
Now 440 pounds of Cochin oil are added, and, when
well taken up, the same quantity of potash solution
of 20 degrees B. is gradually added as the soap can
take it up. Then place in tinned forms of about 220
pounds capacity.
No. 794.
Ho^v to make Yellow Washing Soap.
Fifty pounds resin, i| pounds tallow, i pounds
salsoda, 25 pounds stone lime, 8 ounces palm oil, 26
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gallons water (soft). Put the soda, lime and water
into a kettle and boil, stirring well; then let it settle
and pour off the lye. In another kettle melt the
tallow, resin and palm oil, having it hot; boil the
lye also. Mix altogether and stir well.
No. 795.
How to stain Bricks Red.
Melt i ounce of glue in i gallon of water; add a
piece of alum the size of an egg, then pound
Venetian red and i pound of Spanish brown. Try
the color on the bricks before using, and change light
or dark with the red or brown, using a yellow min-
eral for buff.
No. 796.
How to make Laundry Starch.
Rub i ounce best potato starch up with a little
cold water, so as to reduce all the lumps; add a
tablespoonful of best loaf sugar, an equal quantity
of dextrin, a little soluble indigo, and a lump of
pure paraffin about the size of a nutmeg. Then add
a pint of boiling water; boil, with occasional stir-
ring for half an hour (not less). The starch should
be strained through a linen cloth before using.
No. 797.
How to make Potato Starch.
Convert the potatoes into a pulp after the manner
of "mashed potatoes, " throw the pulp upon a fine
linen cloth in a large funnel, and allow pure cold
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water to run through the mass slowly for several
hours. By this means all the minute starch granules
may be washed through the cloth ; and on allowing
the water to stand for some time, these will settle to
the bottom, and may be removed by decanting the
water and straining.
No. 798.
To remove Glass Stoppers.
Take a turn or two around the neck of the bottle
with a strong string and while one holds the bottle
the other "works" the string by sawing back and
forth, thus expanding the neck of the bottle by heat
caused through friction.
No. 799.
To mend Cracks in a Stove.
The aperture may be completely closed in a
moment by applying a composition of wood ashes
and salt made up into paste with water. The stove
may be either hot or cold when cracks are plastered
up, and the effect is equally as good.
No. 800.
To destroy Stumps of Trees.
In the fall bore a hole in the center of the stump,
about 1 8 inches deep and i to i inches in diameter.
Put in about 2 ounces saltpeter, and fill the hole
with water; plug it up tight. In the spring, take
out the plug, pour in 8 or 10 ounces petroleum,
ignite, and the stump will smolder, but not blaze,
to the extremities of the roots, leaving only ashes.
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No. 801
How to Polish a Stove.
Pulverize a piece of alum the size of a large
hickorynut, stir into two tablespoonfuls of vinegar,
add this to the stove blacking, and mix with water
in the usual manner. Apply this mixture with a
cloth or brush to a cold stove and while wet rub
briskly with a dry brush.
No. 802.
How to make Sugar of Milk.
Evaporate clarified whey till it crystallizes, then
purify the crystals by digestion with animal charcoal
and repeated crystallization.
No. 803.
The Preparation of Syrups.
In the preparation of syrups, which are solutions
of sugar, more or less strong according to the object
for which they are used, care should be taken to
use only the best refined sugar, and either distilled
or filtered rainwater, as they will be rendered much
less liable to spontaneous decomposition and become
perfectly transparent without the trouble of clarify-
ing. This is done by dissolving the sugar in the
water or fruit juices cold, and then beating up a
little of the cold syrup with some white of egg and
one or two ounces of cold water until the mixture
froths well; this should be added to the syrup in the
boiler, and when the whole is frisked up to a good
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froth, heat should be applied and the scum which
forms removed from time to time with a clean
skimmer. As soon as the syrup begins to simmer,
it must be removed from the fire and allowed to
stand until it has cooled a little, when it should again
be skimmed, if necessary, and then passed through
clean flannel.
No. 804.
To preserve Fruit Syrups.
The best way to keep fruit syrups from ferment-
ing is by bottling while hot, into suitable bottles or
larger vessels and to prevent access of air. Cork
the bottles temporarily until the syrup cools and
contracts in volume ; then, having heated a small
quantity of the syrup, refill the bottles, cork them
securely and wax them.
No. 805.
How to make Syrup of Figs.
Take 384 grains jalap, 12 ounces sugar, 30 grains
cloves, 15 grains nutmeg, 256 grains Rhubarb, 30
grains cinnamon, 2 ounces senna leaves, 128 grains
buckthorn bark, 20 minims oil peppermint, 16 fluid
ounces diluted alcohol. Reduce the drugs to a fine
powder, add the oil of peppermint and percolate it,
in the usual manner, with diluted alcohol. Remove
the first 8 fluid ounces of the percolate and dissolve
in this the sugar, with the aid of a gentle- heat, if
necessary, but avoiding loss of alcohol by evapora-
tion.- Allow the solution to cool, collect a further
portion of percolate and add to it the syrup, so as
to make 16 fluid ounces.
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No. 806.
A inbrosia.
Five pints raspberry syrup, 5 pints vanilla syrup,
10 ounces hock wine. Mix.
Banana Syrup.
Two drachms oil of banana, i draduii tartaric
acid, 6 pints syrup. Mix.
Champaign Syrup.
One ounce sherry, 2 ounces brandy, 2 pints Rhine
wine, 3 pounds granulated sugar. Mix.
Chocolate Syrup.
Four pounds white sugar, 8 ounces best chocolate,
2 pints water. Mix.
Common Syrup.
One gallon water, 14 pounds common white sugar.
Mix.
Maple Syrup.
Ten pounds maple sugar, 5 pints water. Mix.
Milk Punch.
One pint cream, i pint common syrup, 8 ounces
brandy, 8 ounces Jamaica rum. Mix.
Orgeat Syrup.
One pint cream syrup, i pint common syrup, 2
ounces vanilla syrup, 10 drops oil of bitter almonds.
Mix.
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Pine Apple Syrup.
One drachm oil of pineapple, i drachm Tartaric
acid, 6 pints common syrup. Mix.
Raspberry Syrup Imitation.
One ounce best orris root, 2 drachms cochineal, 2
drachms tartaric acid, 2 pints water, 4 pounds
sugar. Boil and mix well.
Sarsaparilla Syrup.
Ten drops oil of wintergreen, 10 drops oil of sas-
safras, 10 drops oil of anise, 2 ounces fluid extract
of sarsaparilla, \ ounce powdered extract of licorice,
5 pints common syrup. Mix well.
Sherbet Syrup.
One pint Lemon syrup, i pint pineapple syrup, 3
pints vanilla syrup. Mix.
Vanilla Syrup.
One ounce Citric acid, 2 gallons white syrup, 2
fluid ounces extract vanilla. Mix. The acid should
be dissolved in a small quantity of the syrup before
adding the other ingredients.
Wintergreen Syrup.
Five pints common syrup, 25 drops oil of winter-
green. Burnt sugar to color in sufficient quantity.
Mix.
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No. 807.
To expel Tapeworms.
One-half ounce pomegranate root, drachm
pumpkin seed, i drachm ethereal extract of male
fern, \ drachm powdered ergot, 2 drachms powdered
gum arable, 2 drops Croton oil. The pomegranate
root and pumpkin seed to be thoroughly bruised,
and with the ergot boil for fifteen minutes and
strain. The patient should eat nothing for six or
eight hours before taking the above decoction. The
night before the patient should be given a large
dose of salts. The remedy is said to be infallible.
No. 808.
How to make Apple Tea.
Roast 10 large apples in the oven, then put them
in a jug or jar with 3 tablespoonfuls of light brown
sugar and pour over it i \ quarts of boiling water.
Let the liquid stand one hour near the fire. Strain
and sweeten to taste.
No. 809.
How to make Ward" 1 s Tooth Paste.
Two ounces prepared chalk, \ ounce myrrh, \
ounce cuttlefish bone, \ ounce rhatany root, ounce
orris root, 3 ounces honey. Mix thoroughly. This
is a very useful dentifrice in foul, spongy and scor-
butic gums, loose and rotten teeth.
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No. 810.
How to make Magic Tooth Paste.
Two ounces white marble dust, i^ ounces pow-
dered pumice stone, ^ ounce rose pink, 4 ounces
honey, 8 drops attar of roses. Mix. This is a
favorite nostrum for cleaning and whitening the
teeth, but is one not adapted for frequent use.
No. 811.
How to make Liquid Zozodont.
Take ounce potassium carbonate, 2 ounces
alcohol, 10 ounces water. Oil of wintergreen or oil
rose, sufficient to flavor. This makes an excellent
tooth wash.
No. 812.
How to make Elixir of Roses Tooth Polish.
One ounce spirit of horseradish, i ounce spirit of
scurvy grass, 2 fluid ounces eau de rose, 1 2 grains
powdered camphor, 12 grains powdered cochineal, \
ounce powdered sugar candy, 3 drops attar of roses.
Digest for a week, decant and strain through mus-
lin. It makes an excellent perfume for the breath.
No. 813.
How to make Ruspini's Tooth Tincture.
Five grains ambergris, pint go-per-cent alcohol,
\ ounce cloves in coarse powder, 2 ounces orris root
in coarse powder. Digest for a fortnight by fre-
quent agitation.
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No. 814.
How to make Dr. Kirk land's Tooth Lotion.
Two ounces water, ounce mucilage, i ounce
tincture of myrrh. .Mix. Agitate them . well
together, and again each time before use.
- No. 815.
How to Temper Axes.
The poll should be heated until it is little more
than a cherry red. Then change ends and heat the
bit to the same degree. Cool the bit only in cold,
salt water by immediately immersing. Scour with
brick ; put the poll in the fire endwise. The temper
should run to a blue. Do not use a blast.
No. 816.
How to Temper Cold Chisels.
Heat the chisel at a low heat, so as not to raise a
scale. Dip in a brine of cold salt water made by
mixing i quart of salt to 10 quarts of water.
Enough heat should be left in the tool to run the
temperature down to the required hardness, which
is that of a pigeon blue. Care should be taken to
make the chisel stout so that it won't spring while
used.
No. 817.
How to Temper Gun Springs.
Heat the springs evenly to a low red heat in a
charcoal fire, and throw them in lukewarm water,
keeping them immersed until reduced to the tern-
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perature of the water. An iron pan containing
equal quantities of lard oil and tallow should be
placed over a fire with the springs therein. See
that the contents take fire. Then hold the springs
in the flames, occasionally dipping them in the burn-
ing oil ; when the oil adhering to them blazes freely
remove them from the heat and let them cool grad-
ually.
No. 818.
How to Temper Knife Blades.
Heat the blade evenly, turning carefully and fre-
quently to prevent warping. When blade is evenly
heated plunge perpendicularly in vessel of raw lin-
seed oil. The temper should be drawn on a hot
iron. The blades may be heated and hardened
between two straight pieces of iron.
No. 819.
How to make Plug Tobacco.
Strip the tobacco, then sprinkle the leaves with a
liquid made of white sugar, black licorice and
water; make into rolls and while moist press flat
into molds to the desired size.
No. 820.
How to Sharpen Tools.
Instead of oil, which thickens and makes the stone
dirty, a mixture of glycerine and alcohol is used by
many. The proportions of the mixture vary accord-
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ing to the instrument operated upon. An article
with a large surface, a razor for instance, sharpens
best with a limpid liquid, as three parts of glycerine
to one of alcohol. For a graving tool, the cutting
surface of which is very small, as is also the pres-
sure exercises on the stone in sharpening, it is
necessary to employ glycerine almost pure, with but
two or three drops of alcohol.
No. 821.
How to Weld Tortoise Shell.
Place the edges of the shell so as to fit each other,
observing to give the same inclination of grain to
each ; then secure them in a piece of paper, and
place them between hot irons or pinchers; apply
pressure, and let them cool. The heat must not be
so great as to burn the shell ; therefore try it first
on a white piece of paper.
No. 822.
How to Pulverize Vanilla Beans.
Vanilla beans may be pulverized by rubbing them
thoroughly with a little sugar.
No. 823.
How to make Asphalt Varnish.
Boil coal tar until it shows a tendency to harden
on cooling; this can be ascertained by rubbing a
little on a piece of metal. Add about 20 per cent of
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lump asphalt, stirring- it with the boiling coal tar
until all the lumps are melted. It will then cool
and be ready for use. This makes a bright, durable
and cheap varnish for sheet metal.
No. 824.
How to make Bessemer's Varnish.
Bessemer's varnish consists of a pale oil copal
varnish, diluted with about six times its volume of
oil of turpentine, the mixture being subsequently
agitated with about ^ part of dry slaked lime and
decanted after a few days' repose. Five parts of
the product mixed with 4 parts of bronze powder
forms Bessemer's gold paint.
No. 825.
How to make Black Varnish.
Boil 45 pounds of foreign asphaltum in an iron
pot, over a slow fire for at least six hours, and dur-
ing the same time boil in another iron pot 6 gallons
of oil which has been previously boiled; during- the
boiling of the 6 gallons, introduce 6 pounds of
litharge gradually, and boil until it feels stringy
between the fingers; then ladle it into the pot con-
taining the boiling asphaltum. Let both boil until,
upon trial, it will roll into hard pills ; then cool, and
mix with 25 gallons of turpentine, or until it is of a
proper consistence.
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No. 826
How to make Black Varnish for Coaches.
Take *]\ ounces asphaltum, 40 ounces amber, 7-^
ounces resin, i-J- pints drying linseed oil. Melt
together in an iron pot. When partly cool, add
warm oil of turpentine, i pints.
No. 827.
How to make Black Varnish for Shoes and Harness.
One-half pint 98-per-cent alcohol, i ounces shel-
lac, i ounce resin, \ ounce turpentine, ounce
lampblack. This varnish may also be applied to
cloth or wood, where a gloss is desired, after paint-
ing.
No. 828.
How to make Brunswick Black Varnish.
Take 25 pounds of black pitch and the same
amount of gas tar asphaltum. Boil gently for 5
hours, then add 8 gallons of linseed oil, 10 pounds
litharge and red lead, boil, and when cooled a little
dilute with 20 gallons oil of turpentine.
No. 829.
How to make Cabinet Makers' Varnish.
Take 5 pounds very pale shellac, 7 ounces mastic,
6 pints go-per-cent alcohol dissolved in with fre-
quent stirring. It is opaque, a similar varnish
made with weaker spirit, is used by booksellers to
varnish morocco leather book covers!
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No. 830.
How to make Carriage Varnish.
Take 8 pounds of second sorted African copal, z
gallons of clarified oil; boil till very stringy.
pound of dried copperas, pound of litharge,
5 1 gallons of turpentine; strained. Eight pounds
of second sorted gum anime, 2\ gallons of clarified
oil, \ pound of dried sugar of lead, ^ pound of
litharge, 5 gallons of turpentine; mix with the first
while hot. This varnish will dry hard, if well
boiled, in four hours in summer and six in winter.
As its name denotes, this is intended for the var-
nishing of wheels, springs, and carriage parts of
coaches, chaises, etc. ; also it is that description of
varnish which is generally sold to and used by house
painters and decorators, as from its drying quality
and strong gloss it suits their general purposes well.
No. 831.
How to make Common Varnish.
Common varnish is made by digesting i part
shellac with 8 parts alcohol.
No. 832.
How to make Confectionery Varnish.
Confectionery varnish is made by taking \ pound
of gum benzoine, place it in a bottle and cover it
with fourth proof alcohol, cork up tightly and let it
digest for at least two weeks, shaking up once or
twice a day. After which time you may pour
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gently off any quantity you may require for present
use. It should be the thickness of thin syrup; if
used too thick, it is apt to appear in streaks on the
work when dry ; if too thick, dilute it with alcohol.
This varnish is perfectly harmless and very fra-
grant, resembling somewhat the odor of vanilla. It
will also keep for years, growing better with age.
It is a nice varnish for all kinds of chocolate work
and candies, pulled and clear. It forms, when dry,
a thin glossy film or skin over them, which prevents
the access of the moisture of the surrounding atmos-
phere, and tends to keep them from becoming sticky
for a much longer period of time.
No. 833.
How to make Lawrence's Etching Varnish.
Two ounces white wax, ounce black pitch, \
ounce Burgundy pitch. Melt together, add 2
ounces powdered asphaltum by degrees, and boil till
a drop taken out on a plate will break when cold by
being bent double two or three times between the
fingers ; it must then be poured into warm water and
made into small balls for use.
No. 834.
How to make Varnish for Flowers.
Take 1 1 ounces isinglass and 9 ounces concen-
trated glycerine. Soak the isinglass in cold water
to soften, then dissolve in the glycerine by digestion
and agitation at a heat of 212 degrees Fah. , over a
water bath. This is a colorless fluid and resembles
rubber save in color.
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No. 835.
How to make Varnish for Glass.
Varnish for glass is made by dissolving tragacanth
in white of an egg beaten to a froth and allowed to
stand for 24 hours.
No. 836.
How to make Varnish for Gun Stocks.
A good varnish for gun barrels is made by taking
i^- ounces shellac, 3 drachms dragon's blood, i quart
rectified spirit. Apply after the barrels are
browned.
Another good varnish is made by taking 5 ounces
shellac, % ounce sandarac, i drachm pure turpentine
and 2 quarts of alcohol. Apply as above.
No. 837.
How to make Furniture Varnish.
Take 6 ounces white wax and i pint of turpentine.
Dissolve by slow heat. This varnish is used to pol-
ish only by rubbing. See common varnish.
No. 838.
How to make Varnish for Labels.
A good varnish for labels is made by dissolving i
ounce camphor, 2 ounces of resin and 4 ounces san-
darac in 24 ounces of alcohol.
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No. 839.
How to make a Flexible Varnish for Leather.
Dissolve i ounce asphaltum with heat in a solu-
tion of gelatine, 2 ounces burnt ground umber, i
quart linseed oil ; to the asphaltum add the umber
mixed in a little of the oil ; then add the rest of the
oil. Boil ten minutes, set aside, and when cool thin
with turpentine.
No. 840.
How to prepare Patent Leather.
The first coat of varnish to be applied to the
leather is prepared as follows: 5 ounces Prussian
blue, containing a little alumina; i gallon drying
oil. Boil to the consistency of single size, and when
cold grind with a little vegetable black. The second
coat is like the first save that pure Prussian blue is
used. The third and last coat has the oil boiled
longer, and more of the blue and lampblack is
added.
No. 841.
How to make English Verdigris.
Take 24 pounds of blue vitriol, 16 pounds white
vitriol, 12 pounds sugar of lead, 2 pounds alum;
powder all coarsely. Mix well and heat over the
fire until united in a mass.
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No. 842.
How to make Raspberry Vinegar.
Take 3 pints of bruised ripe raspberries, 3 pints
white wine vinegar; macerate for three days, then
press, strain, and to each pint add i pound of white
sugar. Boil, skim, cool and bottle at once. Add 2
ounces of brandy to each pint. Cherry and straw-
berry vinegar may be made in a similar way.
No. 843.
How to detect Sulphuric Acid in Vinegar.
Put a wineglassful of the vinegar into a china tea
cup, and let the cup float in water in a pint cup of
tin or other metal that will stand heat. Boil the
water till half the vinegar has evaporated, then drop
into the cup a piece of (cane) loaf sugar about the
size of a grain of wheat. Continue the boiling till
the liquid in the cup has evaporated, when, if the
vinegar contains free sulphuric acid, the dry residue
will be found to be blackened. The charring of the
sugar is due to free sulphuric acid.
No. 844.
How to Cure Warts.
Apply strong soda and water for a few days and
then paint with aethereal tincture of tannin. Or,
having covered the skin around the wart thickly
with lard, apply over the surface of the growth i
or 2 drops of strong hydrochloric or nitric acid:
then keep the part covered until the eschar or scab
falls off.
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No. 845.
How to render an Umbrella Waterproof.
First wash the cloth on both sides with a solution
of i part sulphate of aluminum in 10 parts of water,
then with a solution of soap, which is prepared by
boiling- i part light-colored resin and i part of
crystallized carbonate of soda with 10 parts of water
until the resin is dissolved. The soap thus formed
is to be separated by the addition of common salt.
This soap is then dissolved, together with i part
soda soap, by boiling in 30 parts water. After this
last sponging, rinse gently with umbrella open.
No. 846.
How to make Iron Water.
Place i pound of new iron nails in a large glass
bottle and cover with f of a pint of water. Then let
them remain so for 8 or 9 days, and pour in i quart
more water. Replenish the bottle with water as
used. Iron water is taken at meals with a little
claret added, and is especially recommended for
young children.
No. 847.
How to make Lemon Water.
Take the rinds of 8 large lemons, 25 grammes
common salt. Cover well with water, then distill
till one-half of the water is left.
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No. 848.
How to make Lavender Water.
Take ^ gallon water, i gallon rectified spirit, 10
pounds fresh flowering lavender tops. Digest for a
week; place in a clean still; add i pounds of com-
mon salt dissolved in \ gallon of water, and after
stirring the whole together draw over rapidly i
gallon by steam heat or of a salt water bath. Then
add to the distilled liquid 5 fluid drachms oil of ber-
gamot, 2 fluid drachms finest essence of ambergris
and mix well.
No. 849.
How to make Gunpowder.
The component parts of gunpowder are saltpeter,
sulphur and charcoal, used in the following propor-
tions: 75 parts of saltpeter, 10 parts of sulphur and
15 parts charcoal.
No. 850.
How to make Rice Water.
Rice when boiled for a considerable time assumes
a gelatinous form, and mixed with milk is an excel-
lent diet for children. It also possesses a constipat-
ing property which may be increased by boiling the
milk.
Take 2 ounces rice and 2 quarts water. Boil for
an hour and a half, and then add sugar and nutmeg
as much as may be required. Take ad libitum.
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No. 851.
How to make Seidlitz Powders.
Take ounce bicarbonate of soda, ounce dry
bisulphate of soda, 2 ounces effloresced sulphate
of magnesia. Mix thoroughly and keep in a closed
bottle.
No. 852.
How to make West End Cologne.
Take 2 ounces of fine oil of lavender, 2 ounces
oil of bergamot, % ounce cloves, % ounces mace, i
ounce extract of civet, i ounce extract of benzoin, i
ounce extract of vanilla, 2 gallons alcohol, 4 pints
water.
No. 853.
How to make Beeswax.
Put the honeycomb in a tin pan upon a moderately
warm stove; add a tablespoonful of water to each
pound of honey. Stir frequently with a piece of
wire until the contents of the pan are in a liquid
condition. Do not allow the honey to boil.
Remove the pan from the fire and allow it to cool.
The cake of wax, to which all impurities will adhere,
may then be carefully lifted off with a knife.
No. 854.
How to make Sealing Wax.
The chief ingredient of sealing wax is shellac,
which is melted and mixed with an equal or lesser
weight of Venetian turpentine; for the cheaper
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qualities, it is adulterated with ordinary resin ; too
much of the latter, however, makes it brittle. The
color is given by powdered paints; for black, 2
pounds ivory black with 2 pounds resin and 4
pounds shellac; for red, 2 pounds vermillion, 2
pounds powdered chalk, 2 pounds resin, and 2
pounds shellac ; for yellow, 2 pounds chrome yellow,
2 pounds Venetian turpentine, 2 pounds shellac ; for
white, 2 pounds white lead, 2 pounds pale resin, 2
pounds Venetian turpentine, 2 pounds shellac; for
green, 2 pounds Prussian blue, 2 pounds orpiment,
2 pounds Venetian turpentine, 2 pounds shellac; for
gold, 2 pounds silver foil, 4 pounds white resin, 4
pounds Venetian turpentine, 12 pounds shellac; the
transparent yellow brown of the shellac gives the
silver foil a gold color.
No. 855.
How to make a cheap Sealing Wax.
Two ounces olive oil, 6 ounces red lead, 6 ounces
turpentine, 2 pounds common beeswax. Boil a
little and stir it until it is almost cold ; then cast it
into cold water and afterwards make it up into rolls
or "sticks."
No. 856.
How to Dissolve Sealing Wax.
Break the wax into small particles and put it into
a bottle containing methylated spirit. It will dis-
solve thoroughly in a day or two, but if in a hurry
the bottle may be immersed in warm but not hot
water. If too hot there will be an explosion.
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No. 857.
How to Weld Iron and Steel Together.
First, have the iron sparkling hot, and the steel a
bright cherry. Make the weld at a single blow.
Long experience is necessary to effect a perfect
weld.
No. 858.
How to Weld Steel to Cast Iron.
Heat the steel to a cherry red after it is shaped to
correspond to the surface of the cast iron to which
it is to be joined. Apply borax to the surfaces to
be welded. Heat the parts to a welding heat.
Apply strong pressure without hammering, which
will securely weld the iron and steel.
No. 859.
How to Weld two pieces of Steel.
Take 10 parts of borax and i part salammonia;
pulverize them thoroughly together and sprinkle on
the parts to be welded after the same have been
raised to a bright heat as great as the bar will con-
veniently bear. The welding must be done quickly.
No. 860.
How to keep Whitewash.
Keep the lime in the tub entirely covered with
water; the tub should be covered to prevent too
great an evaporation, for the lime is useless if left
uncovered. Water must entirely cover the lime.
Replenish water frequently. Alum added to the
whitewash prevents it from rubbing off.
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No. 861.
How to Fine White Wine.
To fine 15 gallons white wine, the whites of i
eggs will be required with the addition of of an
egg shell reduced to a powder, and a tablespoonful
of salt. Beat up all together with a little of the
wine and then pour gradually into the wine, stirring
constantly.
No. 862.
How to make Grape Wine No. i.
Mash sound ripe grapes well with your hands in
an earthen pan, or if not with your hands, then with
a piece of tasteless wood. Do not crush the seeds;
strain the liquor into a cask, gently squeeze the
pulp, pouring the remainder of the juice strained
into the cask. Let it stand say for two weeks, then
draw it off into another cask, covering up the bung-
hole with a piece of slate, marble or flat stone till
all fermentation has ceased. Bottle in six months.
Cork and seal it tight and it will be drinkable in
twelve months' time.
No. 863.
How to make Grape Wine No. 2.
Take 10 pounds of fresh, ripe grapes; put into a
large jar or crock and pour 3 quarts boiling water
over them, and when the water is 'cool enough to
permit of it, squeeze the grapes well with the
hands. After allowing the jar to remain 3 or 4 days
cover with a cloth, press out the grapes and then
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add 5 pounds of sugar. Allow it to remain for one
week, skim and strain carefully, then bottle, cork-
ing loosely. After the fermentation is completed,
strain and seal tightly.
No. 864.
How to make Mead or Honey Wine.
Take 10 gallons of water and 2 gallons of strained
honey, with two or three ounces of bruised white
Jamaica ginger root, and 2 lemons cut in slices.
Mix all together and boil for half an hour, carefully
skimming all the time. Add 2 ounces of hops five
minutes after the boiling commences. When par-
tially cool put in a cask to ferment. In about three
weeks it will be ready to bottle.
No. 865.
How to Mellow Wines.
Cover the opening of the casks or vessels con-
taining the liquor with a bladder closely fastened
down. An aqueous exhalation will pass through the
bladder, leaving a fine crystallization on the surface
of the wine which, when skimmed, leaves the wine
in a highly-improved state of flavor.
No. 866.
How to preserve Wire Rope.
Wire rope is preserved by applying raw linseed
oil with a piece of sheepskin, wool inside ; or mix
the oil with equal parts of Spanish brown and lamp-
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black. To preserve wire rope underground or in
water, take mineral or vegetable tar, add i bushel
of fresh slaked lime to i barrel of tar, which will
neutralize the acid; boil it well, then saturate the
rope with the tar.
No. 867.
How to prevent Posts from Rotting.
Paraffine and creosote are good preservatives for
fenceposts and shingles, but will be found too expen-
sive for general use. Coal tar is used very exten-
sively in some sections, and is quite inexpensive.
Crude paraffine can be had at from 7 to 8 cents per
pound. Crude creosote at about the same price.
Another good method is to burn the end of the post
to be placed in the ground. Be careful not to char
the wood.
No. 868.
How to Restore Burned Writing or Printing.
Separate the charred leaves carefully, go with
them in a room where no daylight can enter, light
your gas, or" lamp, and place each leaf in a solution
of 40 grains of nitrate of silver to each ounce of
water, watch it, and you will soon see the reading
legible. If satisfactory take out the leaf and wash
the excess of silver solution out by means of rain
water; then fix the leaf with a dilute solution of
hyposulphite of soda, as if it were a photograph and
you will be able to read every word on the page
which is not so far destroyed that it will not hang
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together. See Brown's Business Letter Writer and
Book of Commercial Forms, by Charles W. Brown ;
also North's Love Letters and How to Write Them;
both books published by The Henneberry Company,
Chicago.
No. 869.
How to make New Writing Look Old.
Mix drachm of saffron in pint of ink. Warm
over a moderate fire. It will cause whatever is
written with it to turn yellow and to appear as if of
many years' standing.
No. 870.
How to Revive Old Writing.
To revive old writing wash the face of the writing
with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid, then
apply infusion of galls.
No. 871.
How to prevent Yeast from Fermenting.
Boil peck of malt in 3 quarts of water; pour off
2 quarts; keep in a warm place 30 hours; add 4
quarts of a similar decoction and stir well; again
ferment; repeat the addition of 4 quarts until
sufficient yeast is obtained.
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No. 872.
How to preserve Yeast.
Yeast, if mixed with about one-tenth pure glycer-
ine keeps well for some time if placed in a cool
place.
No. 873.
Hoiv to write on Zinc.
Squeeze the juice from i lemon into an earthen
pot or cup, and put into it an old copper farthing,
not one of our present bronze pennies. Let it
stand for two days, and then write with a quill pen.
No. 874.
How to make Rarey's Horse Liniment.
Take 4 ounces sulphuric ether, 4 ounces harts-
horn, 4 ounces oil of origanum, 4 ounces alcohol, 4
ounces sweet oil. Shake well before using. For
sprains apply by rubbing and cover with a tight
flannel bandage. For headache, rub a little on the
temples and apply a bandage wet with the liniment
on the forehead.
No. 875.
How to make Wizard Oil.
Take 6 ounces oil of origanum, 6 ounces alcohol,
i ounce spirits of turpentine, i ounce camphor.
Shake well before applying with flannel cloth.
This is preferred by Rarey to any other liniment.
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No. 876.
How to Cure Gravel in Horses.
Steep | pound of fresh hops in a quart of water
and give it to the horse from a bottle as hot as he
can stand it.
No. 877.
A good remedy for Hide Bound.
To recruit a hide-bound horse, give 4 ounces
nitrate potassa or saltpeter; i ounce crude antimony
and 3 ounces sulphur. The nitrate of potassa and
antimony should be finely pulverized, then add the
sulphur and mix the whole well together. Dose, a
tablespoonful of this mixture in a bran mash daily.
No. 878.
How to Cure the Big Leg.
Use a blistering liniment with regularity every
third hour until the parts affected are blistered. In
three days wash the leg with linseed oil. In six
days wash it clean with soap and water. Repeat
every 6 days until the swelling goes down. If
there should be any callous left, apply spavin oint-
ment.
No. 879.
How to Cure the Itch.
First reduce his daily allowance of food, putting
him on low diet, and then give him a teaspoonful of
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a mixture of equal parts of suphur and antimony,
and at the end of a week or ten days the sores will
have disappeared and the horse will be covered with
a fine coat of new hair.
No. 880.
How to make Sloan" s Horse Ointment.
Take 4 ounces resin, 4 ounces beeswax, 8 ounces
lard, and 2 ounces honey. Mix slowly and gently,
bring to a boil; then add less than i pint spirits
turpentine ; then remove and stir till cool.
No. 881.
How to make Mexican Mustang Liniment.
Mix in equal parts in quantity desired, petroleum,
olive oil, and carbonate of ammonia.
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No. 882.
How to make Merchants' Gargling Oil.
Take 2\ gallons linseed oil, 2^ gallons spirits of
turpentine, i gallon western petroleum, 8 ounces
liquor potass, i ounce sap grease, mix thoroughly
and it is ready for use.
No. 883.
How to make Arabian Condition Powders.
Take i pound ground ginger, i pound sulphuret
of antimony, i pound powdered sulphur, i pound
saltpeter. Mix thoroughly and administer in a
mash, in such quantities as may be required. This
is said to be the best condition powder in existence.
No. 884.
How to make Blistering Liniment for Horses.
Take i part finely powdered Spanish flies, 3 parts
of lard and i part of yellow resin. Mix the lard and
resin together, and add the flies when the other
ingredients begin to cool. To render it more active
add i pint spirit of turpentine.
No. 885.
How to make Lotion for Mange.
Boil 2 ounces of tobacco in i quart of water.
Strain, then add 2 ounces of sulphur and the same
of softsoap; mix well and rub gently all parts
affected.
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No. 886.
How to make a good Hoof Bound Wash.
Take 4 ounces spirits of turpentine, 4 ounces of
tar, 8 ounces of whale oil. Mix thoroughly and
apply often.
No. 887.
How to Cure Scratches on Horses.
Cut the hair close to the hide, and wash the legs
with warm vinegar in which salt has been stirred in
the proportions of 2 tablespoonfuls to % pint of vin-
egar. Afterward dress over with small quantity of
hog's lard.
No. 888.
How to Cure Distemper in Horses.
Take i^ gallons of blood from the neck vein;
then administer i ounces of sassafras oil. Cure is
said to be speedy and certain.
No. 889.
How to Cure Staggers in Horses.
Give a mess twice a week composed of i gallon
bran, i tablespoonful sulphur, i teaspoonful salt-
peter, i quart boiling sassafras tea and i ounces
assafoetida. Keep the horse from cold water for
half a day, afterwards giving mash.
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No. 890.
How to Cure the Heaves.
Take 4 ounces each of balsam of fir and balsam of
copaiba. Mix with calcined magnesia sufficiently
thick to make it into balls. Give a middling-sized
ball in soft food night and morning for a week or
ten days.
No. 891.
How to Cure Looseness and Scowers in Horses and
Cattle.
Formentil root powdered. Dose for a horse or a
cow, i to \\ ounces. It may be stirred into i pint
of milk and given, or it may be steeped in i pints
of milk, then given in feed from three to six times
daily until cured.
No. 892.
How to Cure Swelled Bags t in Cows.
An excellent remedy for the above if caused by
cold, is ounce gum camphor to 2 ounces sweet oil.
Pulverize the gum and dissolve over a slow fire.
No. 893.
How to Destroy Stumps.
In the fall bore an inch hole 10 inches into the
stump. Fill the hole with pound of vitriol and
cork the hole up tight. In the spring along about
plowing time you will find the stump rotten to the
ends of the roots.
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No. 894.
How to Cure Neuralgia.
Hypophosphite of soda taken in i drachm doses 3
times per day in beef tea is a good remedy. So is
the application of bruised horseradish, or the appli-
cation of oil of peppermint applied lightly with a
camel-hair pencil.
No. 895.
How to Cure Diphtheria.
Take 2 drachms of table salt and i drachm each
of black pepper, golden seal, nitrate of potash and
alum. Mix and pulverize, put into a teacup half
full of water, stir well and fill up with vinegar. Use
every half hour, hour or two hours, as recovery
progresses. Use as a wash and by swabbing.
No. 896.
How to make Mrs. \Vinslow 's SootJiing Syrup.
It is said to be made as follows : Take i ounce
each alcohol, oil of peppermint and castor oil, add \
drachm oil of anise, 60 grains of magnesia, 40 grains
pulverized ginger, 2 ounces water and enough white
sugar to form a syrup.
No. 897.
How to make Worm Lozenges.
Take 10 ounces powdered lump sugar, 5 ounces
of starch and mix with mucilage. To every ounce
add 12 grains calomel; divide in 2o-grain lozenges.
Dose, take 2 to 6 every 10 hours.
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No. 898.
How to make Davis' Pain Killer.
Take 20 pounds powdered guaiac, 2 pounds
camphor, 6 pounds powdered cayenne pepper, i
pound caustic liquor of ammonia, pound powdered
opium; digest these ingredients in 32 gallons alcohol
for two weeks and filter
No. 899.
How to make Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Take 4 grains of acetate of morphia, 2 fluid
drachms of tincture of bloodroot, 3 fluid drachms
each of antimonial wine and wine of ipecacuanha
and 3 fluid ounces of syrup of wild cherry. Mix.
No. 900.
How to Cure Spasms.
Take i grain acetate of morphia, i ounce spirit of
sal volatile, i ounce sulphuric ether, 4 ounces cam-
phor julep. Mix. Dose, i teaspoonful in a glass of
cold water, or wine, as required. Keep closely
corked and shake well before using.
No. 901.
How to make Radway's Ready Relief.
According to Peckolt, it is an ethereal tincture of
capsicum, with alcohol and camphor, and is a most
effective remedy.
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No. 902.
Ho^v to make Ayers' Sarsaparilla.
Take 3 fluid ounces each of alcohol, fluid extracts
of sarsaparilla and of stillingia, 2 fluid ounces each
extract of yellowdock and of podophyllin, i ounce
sugar, 90 grains iodide of ootassium and 10 grains
of Iodide of iron
No. 903.
How to make Brown's Bronchial Troches.
Take i pound of pulverized extract of licorice, i|
pounds of pulverized sugar, 4 ounces pulverized
cubebs, 4 ounces pulverized gum arabic, and i ounce
pulverized extract of conium. Mix thoroughly and
make into small lozenges.
No. 904.
How to make Russia Salve.
Take equal parts yellow wax and sweet oil; melt
slowly, carefully stirring all the while ; when cool-
ing stir in a small quantity of glycerine. This salve
is good for all kinds of wounds
No. 905.
How to make Clifford' s Shampoo Compound.
Mix of a pound of borax with \ of a pound of
salts tartar, and dissolve i ounce of the mixture in
i pint of water. Use as a lather.
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No. 906.
How to make Ayers' Hair Invigorator.
Take 2 pints of bay rum, i pint of alcohol, i
ounce castor oil, \ ounce carbonate ammonia, i
ounce tincture of cantharides. Mix thoroughly.
This compound will promote the growth of the hair
and prevent it from falling out.
No. 907.
How to make Barbers' Sea Foam.
Take 4 ounces of alcohol, i ounce castor oil, \
ounce of ammonia, i pint of water. Dissolve the
castor oil and ammonia in the alcohol, then add the
alcohol mixture to the water. Use as a lather.
No. 908.
How to make Barrett's Indian Liniment.
Take i quart of alcohol, i ounce tincture of capsi-
cum and ounce each oil of origanum, sassafras,
pennyroyal and hemlock. Mix all thoroughly
together.
No. 909.
How to make Paregoric.
Take drachm best opium, dissolve in about 2
tablespoonfuls of boiling water, then add drachm
benzoic acid, fluid drachm oil of anise, i ounce of
clarified honey, i scruple gum camphor, n fluid
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ounces 76-per-cent alcohol, 4 fluid ounces distilled
water. Macerate (keep warm) for two weeks.
Dose for children, 5 to 20 drops; adults, i to 2 tea-
spoonfuls.
No. 910.
How to make Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
Dr. Bull's cough syrup is said to be made as fol-
lows: 2 ounces syrup of squills, 8 grains tartarized
antimony, 5 grains sulphate of morphine, ounce
pulverized arabic, i ounce honey, i ounce water.
Mix thoroughly. Dose for an adult, i small tea-
spoonful; repeat in half an hour if it does not
relieve. Dose for a child, in proportion.
No. 911.
How to Cure Small Pox.
Take i grain of sulphate of zinc, i grain foxglove
(digitalis), ^ teaspoonf ul of sugar; mix with 2 tea-
spoonfuls of water, then add 4 ounces of water.
Dose> i spoonful every hour; child in proportion.
From experience it is known that nothing will break
up this frightful disease sooner than continued and
persevering bathing, with the water at a comfortable
temperature.
No. 912.
How to make Fly Paper.
Coat heavy paper with turpentine varnish, and oil
it with some sweetened oil to prevent the turpentine
from drying.
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No. 913.
How to make Transparent Cement for Glass.
Dissolve i part India rubber in chloroform and
add 1 6 parts by measure of gum mastic in powder.
Digest for 2 days, shaking the bottle frequently ;
apply with a fine camel 's-hair brush.
No. 914.
How to make Gherkins (Pickles).
Take small cucumbers (not young), steep for a
week in very strong brine; it is then poured off,
heated to the boiling point, and again poured on
the fruit. The next day the gherkins are drained
on a sieve, wiped dry, put into bottles or jars, with
some spice, ginger, pepper, or cayenne, and at once
covered with strong pickling vinegar.
No. 915.
How to make Stoughton Bitters.
Take 4 ounces gentian, 4 ounces orange peel, 4
ounces Columbo, 4 ounces camomile flowers, 4
ounces quassia, i pound burned sugar, 2^ gallons
whisky. Mix and let it stand one week. Bottle the
clear liquor.
No. 916.
How to make Fire Cement.
Take 100 parts wet fire clay, 3 parts white lead, -
part powdered asbestos. Mix all thoroughly
together and use as a mortar.
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No. 917.
How to make Marine Glue.
Take i part India rubber, 12 parts coal tar; heat
gently, mix thoroughly, and add 20 parts of pow-
dered shellac; pour out to cool. When ready to
use, heat to 250 degrees F.
No. 918.
How to make Plumbers' Cement.
Take i part black resin, 2 parts brick dust, and 3
parts red Venetian. Mix thoroughly.
No. 919.
How to make Gas-fitters' Cement.
Take 4^ parts resin, i part wax, and 3 parts red
Venetian. Mix all together thoroughly.
No. 920.
How to make Varnish for Boilers.
Dissolve required amount of asphaltum in turpen-
tine sufficient to make stiff, yet soft enough to apply
with brush.
No. 921.
How to repair Rubber Hose.
Cut the hose apart where it is defective; obtain
from any gasfitter a piece of iron pipe, 2 or 3 inches
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long, twist the hose over it until the ends meet,
wrap with strong twine, well waxed, and it will last
a long time.
No. 922.
How to prevent Iron Rusting.
Give the iron a coating of linseed oil and whiting
mixed together in the form of paste. It is easily
removed and will preserve iron from rusting for
years.
No. 923.
How to make Hydraulic Cement.
Take 3 pounds of powdered clay, i pound of oxide
of iron, and boil the oil so as to form a stiff paste.
No. 924.
How to make German Welding Powder.
Take 4 parts iron turnings, 3 parts borax, 2 parts
borate of iron, and i part water. Mix thoroughly
and keep in closed box.
No. 925.
How to restore Burnt Steel.
Burned or poor steel may be restored or improved
by plunging while hot into cold water several times
and after each bath pound all over slightly. Two
or three operations should be sufficient.
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No. 926.
How to drill in Cast Iron.
By means of carbolic acid a hole ^ of an inch in
diameter has been drilled through ^ inch thickness of
cast iron with a common carpenter's brace; judge,
then, what can be done by using the acid and pres-
sure drill.
No. 927.
Engineer's Bells on Steamers.
One stroke, go ahead; 2 strokes, back; 2 short
strokes, slowly; 3 short strokes, full speed; i sharp
stroke, stop; i long and 2 short strokes, go ahead
slowly; 2 long and 2 short strokes, back slowly; i
long and 3 short strokes, go ahead full speed; 2
long and 3 short, back fast; 3 short strokes repeated,
hurry.
No. 928.
. To repair Cracked Bells.
The discordant tones of a cracked bell being due
to the jarring of the rugged uneven edges of the
crack against each other, the best remedy than can
by applied is to cut a thin snt with a toothless saw
driven at a very high velocity, say 3,000 or 4,000
revolutions per minute, in such a manner as to cut
away the opposing edges of the fracture wherever
they come in contact. This will restore the original
tone of the bell.
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No. 929.
How to ivrite in Silver.
Mix i ounce of the finest pewter or block tin, and
2 ounces of quicksilver tog-ether till both become
fluid, then grind it with gum water, and write with
it. The writing will then look as if done with sil-
ver.
No. 930.
Mildew on Sails.
Mildew on sails can be prevented by soaping the
mildewed parts and then rubbing in powdered
chalk. The growth of the mildew fungus can be
prevented by steeping the canvas in an aqueous
solution of corrosive sublimate. Another way:
Slaked lime, 2 bushels, draw off the lime water,
and mix it with 120 gallons water, and with blue
vitriol, \ pound.
No. 931.
Bronzing Gas Fittings.
Boil the work in a strong lye, and scour it free
from all grease or old laquer. Pickle it in dilute
nitric acid until quite clean, and then dip it into
strong nitric acid to make it bright, swilling it in
the water immediately after. Sometimes this latter
dipping in strong acid requires to be repeated two
or three times, but the work must always be rinsed
immediately after dipping. Bind it very loosely
round with iron wire, and let it stand for a few min-
utes in the water you have used for swilling. This
will deposit a layer of copper on the work. Again
wash well, dry in boxwood dust, and brush with
equal parts of black lead and Bagnell's red bronze.
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No. 932.
Hoiv to make Rubber Hand Stamps.
Set up the desired name and address in common
type, oil the type and place a guard about \ inch
high around the form; now mix plaster of Paris to
the proper consistence, pour in and allow it to set.
Have your vulcanized rubber all ready, as made in
long strips three inches wide and of an inch thick,
cut off the size of the intended stamp, remove the
plaster cast from the type, and place both the cast
and the rubber in a screw press, applying sufficient
heat to thoroughly soften the rubber, then turn
down the screw hard and let it remain until the rub-
ber receives the exact impression of the cast and
becomes cold, when it is removed, neatly trimmed
with a sharp knife, and cemented to the handle
ready for use.
No. 933.
How to compute Capacity of Ice House.
To compute the number of tons an icehouse will
contain, calculate the number of cubic feet in an ice-
house, and divide by 35 ; this gives the number of
tons the icehouse will contain, if it is closely packed.
No. 934.
Earth Digging.
Number of cubic feet of earth in a ton : Loose
earth, 24; coarse sand, 18.6; clay, 18.6; earth with
gravel, 17.8; clay with gravel, 14.4; common soil,
15.6. The volume of earth and sand in bank
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exceeds that in embankment in the following pro-
portions: Sand, 1-7; clay, 1-9; gravel, i-n, and the
volume of rock in embankments quarried in large
fragments exceeds that in bank fully one-half.
No. 935.
How to gauge Capacity of Streams.
Multiply the square root of the cube of the height
in inches of the water on the sill of the weir or
gauge by the constant 17.13, which will give the
number of gallons per minute. If the water has
any initial velocity it must be determined by experi-
ment, and in that case multiply the 'square of the
height by the square of the velocity, and by 0.8; to
the product add the cube of the height, extract the
square root of the sum, and multiply by 17.13 as
before.
No. 936.
How to determine Weight of Live Cattle.
Measure in inches the girth around the breast,
just behind the shoulder blade, and the length of the
back from the tail to the fore part of the shoulder
blade. Multiply the girth by the length, and divide
by 144. If the girth is less than 3 feet, multiply the
quotient by n. If between 3 and 5 feet, multiply
by 16. If between 5 and 7 feet, multiply by 23. If
between 7 and 9 feet, multiply by 31. If the ani-
mal is lean, deduct 1-20 from the result, or take the
girth and length in feet, multiply the square of the
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girth by the length, and multiply the product by
3.36. The result will be the answer in pounds.
The live weight multiplied by 6.05, gives a near
approximation to the net weight.
No. 937.
How to ascertain the Weight of Earth, Rock, etc.
A cubic yard of sand or ground weighs about 30
cwt. ; mud, 25 cwt. ; marl, 26 cwt. ; clay, 31 cwt. ;
chalk, 36 cwt. ; sandstone, 39 cwt. ; shale, 40 cwt. ;
quartz, 41 cwt. ; granite 42 cwt. ; trap, 42 cwt. ; slate,
43 cwt.
No. 938.
Ho^v to Petrify Wood.
Gum salt, rock alum, white vinegar, chalk and
pebbles powder, of each an equal quantity. Mix
well together. If, after the ebullition is over, you
throw into this liquid any wood or porous substance,
it will petrify it.
No. 939.
How to construct a Barometer.
Get a strong glass tube 34 inches long and of a
smooth, even bore. Close one end by means of a
spirit lamp and blow pipe, or Bunsen burner, and
fill the tube with pure, clean, dry mercury, exclud-
ing all bubbles of air. Now place your finger over
the open end of the tube, and cautiously insert it in
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a small cistern or vessel partially filled with mer-
cury. Do not remove your finger until the end of
the tube which it covers is safely below the surface
of the mercury in the vessel. When the tube is
thus inserted remove your finger and the contents
will fall until the height of the mercury is nearly 30
inches above the level of the mercury in the cistern
beneath. In the barometer the mercury rises above
31 inches and seldom falls below 27. The tube may
be fitted into a grooved wooden case, the scale
attached in the proper place, and the final adjust-
ment made by comparison with a correct instru-
ment.
No. 940.
How to make Hoar hound Candy.
Boil 2 ounces of dired hoarhound, which can be
procured at the druggist's, in i^ pints of water until
its flavor is extracted, that is for about 30 minutes.
Strain until perfectly clear. Add to it 3^ pounds of
brown sugar, and boil over a quick fire until the
syrup will harden when a little of it is dropped in
cold water. Pour into a buttered tin, and cut into
squares when it is partially cooled.
No. 941.
How to make a cheap Filter.
An inexpensive filter is made by taking a large-
sized flower pot; plug the hole with a piece of
sponge, then place a layer of powdered charcoal
about i inch in thickness, and the same amount
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of silver sand on top; then place a layer of small
stones and gravel about 2 inches thick. This makes
an inexpensive yet a very good filter.
No. 942.
How to make Centaur Liniment.
Take 2 ounces oil spike, 2 ounces oil of worm-
wood, 2 ounces of sassafras, 2 ounces oil of organum,
2 ounces oil of cinnamon, 2 drachms oil of cloves, 2
drachms oil of cedar, 2 ounces sulphuric ether, 2
ounces aqua ammonia, 2 ounces tincture of opium,
2 gallons alcohol. Mix all thoroughly. This is one
of the very best liniments made.
No. 943.
How to make Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
Take 2 ounces oil of sassafras, i ounce oil of
cedar, i ounce gum camphor, 2 ounces sulphuric
ether, 2 ounces chloroform, i ounce tincture of
capsicum, 2 ounces aqua ammonia, i ounce turpen-
tine, 3 ounces tincture of quassia, and \ gallon
alcohol. Mix thoroughly.
No. 944.
How to make Kickapoo Salve.
Take i pound vaseline, i pound tallow, 3 ounces
of white wax, if ounces oxide of zinc, i^- ounces red
precipitate, f ounce oil of cedar. Melt all together
and stir till cold, then put in box.
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No. 945.
How to make St. Jacob's Oil.
St. Jacob's oil is made by taking i ounce of gum
camphor, i ounce chloroform, i ounce sulphate of
ether, ounce tincture of opium, -\ ounce oil of
organum, \ ounce oil of sassafras, % gallon alcohol.
The gum camphor should be dissolved in the alco-
hol, after which add the oil, then the other ingredi-
ents.
No. 946.
Mow to make Brown' s Bronchial Troches.
Take ounce of pulverized extract of conium, -
pound of pulverized extract of licorice, 2 ounces
each of pulverized cubebs and gum arabic and f
pound of pulverized sugar. Mix thoroughly and dis-
solve all over slow fire, stir while cooling and cut
into tablets.
No. 947.
How to make Belladona Plasters.
Take 3 ounces of soap plaster. It should be
melted by a hot- water bath; add 3 ounces extract of
belladonna, stirring constantly until it has acquired
the proper consistence.
No. 948.
How to make Piso's Consumption Cure.
Take 4 grains sulphate morphia, | ounce tincture
of tolu, 4 grains tartar emetic, 2 fluid drachms
extract cf lobelia, 2 fluid drachms extiact of can'
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nabis indica, 12 drops essence of spearmint, 10
ounces of hot water and 5 ounces sugar. First dis-
solve the morphia and tartar emetic in hot water
and add the rest.
No. 949.
How to make Beef, Iron and Wine.
Take 15 ounces sherry wine, 2^ ounces simple
syrup, 5 drachms extract of beef, 125 grains ammonia
citrate of iron, 32 minims tincture of fresh orange
peel. Mix all together thoroughly and filter.
No. 950.
How to make Paine' s Celery Compound.
Celery elixir is used for increasing, preserving
and producing vitality; also a cure for sexual
debility or loss of manhood. Take 2 parts each
lavage root, juniper berries and angelica root, 12 or
15 parts alcohol, 5 parts each orange flower water
and rose water, and spring water of sufficient
quantity. Distill 20 parts.
No. 951.
How to make Green's August Flower.
Take \ ounce golden seal, i ounce powdered
rhubarb, i drachm aloes, 2 drachms peppermint
leaves, 5 grains capsicum, 2 drachms carbonate of
potash, 5 ounces of sugar, 3 ounces of alcohol, u
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ounces of water, 20 drops of essence of peppermint.
Powder the drug and let stand covered with alcohol
and water in equal parts for 8 days; add diluted
alcohol as you filter enough to make i pint.
No. 952.
How to make Harter's Iron Tonic.
This famous tonic is made by taking 2 ouncea
calisaya bark, 2 ounces gentian, 2 ounces citrate of
iron, 2 ounces cardamom seed, 2 ounces of syrup, 8
ounces of water and a ounces of alcohol. Mix thor-
oughly.
No. 953.
How to make S. S. S. Fluid.
Take 4 ounces of alcohol, 2 pounds of water,
pound sugar, \ ounce tincture of cinnamon, i ounce
tincture of cardamom seed, i ounce acetate of pot-
ash, i fluid ounce extract of Culiver's root, fluid
ounce extract of Xanthoxylon, i ounce iodide of
potash, i fluid ounce of extract of sarsaparilla, i
ounce extract of phytolacca. Mix all together
thoroughly.
No. 954.
How to make Warner's Safe Cure.
Take 5 pounds of smartweed, boil for i hour with
i gallon of soft water. Add enough warm water to
supply all waste by evaporation. Strain and add 5
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ounces acetate of potash and 5 pounds of sugar.
Boil again till sugar is dissolved, then add 8 ounces
of alcohol and flavor with oil of win tergreen cut with
alcohol.
No. 955.
How to make Tetter Ointment.
Tetter is cured by application of i ounce spirits of
turpentine, i ounce red precipitate in powder, i
ounce burgundy pitch in powder, i pound hog's
lard; melt these all together over a slow fire until
ointment is formed ; stir well and spread on cloth
and apply to part affected.
No. 956.
How to Cure Piles.
This painful affectation is cured by the following
preparation: Take 2 ounces confection of senna, i
ounce cream of tartar, i ounce sulphur and enough
syrup of ginger to make a stiff paste. Mix thor-
oughly. A piece as large as a hickory nut take
twice daily or as often as is necessary to keep the
bowels active.
No. 957.
How to Cure Diphtheria.
Diphtheria is speedily cured by taking a new clay
pipe, first dropping a live coal (wood), then put a
small piece of common tar on the coal and smoke it,
inhaling and swallowing the smoke.
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No. 958.
How to Cure Cancer.
Most cancers are cured by taking red oak bark
and boiling it to the thickness of molasses; mix with
sheep's tallow of equal proportions; spread it on
leaves of green limewood and place over the ulcer.
Change every 8 hours.
No. 959.
How to Cure Dropsy.
Dropsy is cured by taking ounce each of ginger,
mustard seed, and bruised juniper berries, and i
ounce each bruised parsley root and horseradish, i
quart hard cider, all well infused. Take a wine-
glass full 3 times daily.
No. 960.
How to make Dynamite.
This terrible explosive is made by mixing infu-
sorial silica with about 70 per cent of nitro-glycerine,
which is readily absorbed. Handle carefully, for it
easily explodes by percussion.
No. 961.
How to make Toy Torpedoes.
Toy torpedoes are made by enclosing a small
quantity, say as much as will lay on the blade of a
penknife, of fulminate of silver with a little common
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gravel (very small and clean), all twisted in a small
piece of tissue paper. Explosion is caused by
throwing on the floor or wall.
No. 962.
How to remove Black Spots on the Face.
These are also called fleshworms. First, squeeze
out the spot, then wash the parts affected with
diluted alcohol. If the spots are caused by flesh-
worms, take a good blood purifier.
No. 963.
How to make Chapped Lip Ointment.
Chapped lips as well as hands can be cured by
application of two spoonfuls of clarified honey and a
few drops of any perfume; mix thoroughly and
apply frequently.
No. 964.
How to remove Pimples.
Take i ounce barley meal, i ounce powdered bit-
ter almonds and enough clarified honey to form a
smooth paste. Apply as a poultice.
No. 965.
How to Cure Oily Complexions.
Take 18 grains of bicarbonate of soda, 8 ounces
aqua disillata and any desired quantity of essence of
roses,
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No. 966.
How to Soften the Hands.
Before retiring at night take a loose fitting pair of
kid gloves and spread mutton tallow inside, first rub-
bing it thoroughly on the hands. In the morning
wash the hands with olive oil and white castile soap,
after which rub the hands with oatmeal while still
damp.
No. 967.
A good Remedy for Offensive Feet.
Wash the feet in water as hot as you can stand,
into which has been placed a little hydrochloric acid
or chloride of lime. Always dry the feet thor-
oughly,
No. 968.
How to make Cocoanut Oil Soap.
Put 25 pounds cocoanut oil and 25 pounds of
caustic soda lye of 27 degrees Baume, into a soap
kettle; boil and mix for 2 hours until the paste
thickens; then diminish the heat, but continue stir-
ring till the paste assumes a white, half solid mass,
then transfer quickly to the frames.
No. 969
How to make SJiaving Soap.
A good shaving soap is made by mixing 4 pounds
white bar soap, i quart of rain water, | pint beef
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gall, and i gill spirits of turpentine ; place over the
fire and boil until dissolved, until thoroughly dis-
solved, stirring all the time while cooling. Cut
when cool into any desired shape or size
No. 970.
How to make White Windsor Soap.
Take 45 pounds curd soap, 8 pounds marine soap,
12 pounds oil soap and 2 ounces each oil of cassia
and oil of cloves, 3 ounces oil of carraway seed, 3
ounces oil of thyme and 3 ounces of rosemary. Mix
thoroughly and boil as you would for brown
Windsor.
No. 971.
How to clean Corsets.
First take out the steels, then scour thoroughly
with warm lather of white castile soap, using a
small scrubbing brush ; never dip in water; when
clean let cold water run off of them freely so as to
rinse thoroughly. Dry without ironing, after pull-
ing lengthwise to make shapely.
No. 972.
How to Drive Flies from a Room.
It is said that flies will not stay in a room where a
castor bean plant is growing.
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No. 973.
How to prevent Milk from Souring.
Milk may be kept some days by putting- i tea-
spoonful of scraped horseradish in each crock or
pan, or in place of the horseradish dissolve about
teaspoonful of California borax in hot water and put
it into the milk.
No. 974.
How to make Cider without Apples.
Take 2 gallons of cold water, add i pound dark
brown sugar, i ounce tartaric acid, and 6 table-
spoonfuls of good yeast. Mix thoroughly and shake
well.
No. 975.
How to make Cottage Beer.
Take \ bushel good wheat bran, 20 gallons of
pure water, 6 handfuls of new hops, i gallon
molasses, 4 tablespoonfuls of good yeast. First,
boil the bran and the hops in the water until the
hops and bran sink to the bottom, then strain
through a sieve and while cooling put in the
molasses and stir until assimilated. Put liquor in a
cask "and add the yeast; when fermentation ceases,
cork tightly and it is ready for use in 3 to 5 days.
This makes an excellent summer drink.
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No. 976.
How to make Iced Tea.
Iced tea should be made much stronger than if
served hot, as the ice weakens it considerably. The
tea should be made at least 3 hours before wanted
and allowed to cool. A small amount of ice should
be placed in the tea before serving, and i or 2 small
lumps put in each glass when served.
No. 977.
How to make Mortar.
First mix thoroughly the desired quantity of
quicklime and sand to a stiff paste, using water.
The lime should be pure and free from carbonic
acid, and very fine. The sand should be clean and
also fine, though it would be well to have a small
quantity of fine gravel. If the water has previously
been saturated with lime the quality of the mortar
will be improved. In mixing use 3 parts fine and 4
parts coarse sand, and i part lime, recently
slaked, and very little water. Burned bones and
hog's hair give tenacity to the mortar. Do not use
great quantity of the latter. When black mortar is
needed for pointing, use lampblack.
No. 978.
How to make Cement in Imitation of Stone.
Cement for the outside of old walls made in imi-
tation of stone is made of 90 parts clear and clean
sand, 5 parts litharge and 5 parts plaster of Paris,
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moistened with boiled linseed oil. The walls should
receive two or three coats of oil before the cement
is applied.
No. 979.
How to make Diamond Cement.
Diamond cement is made by dissolving a little
gum mastic, not to exceed a teaspoonful in as much
rectified alcohol as will render it liquid. Then dis-
solve as much isinglass, previously softened in
water in French brandy or rum, as will make a
2 -ounce vial of strong glue, adding 2 small pieces
of gum galbanum or ammoniacum, which must be
dissolved. Add the isinglass and brandy without
any water to the gum mastic. Mix the whole
while heating and fill bottle while hot, which must
be immediately corked. When used set the bottle
in boiling water.
No. 980.
How to make Glass Cement.
Take 60 parts soluble silicate of soda, 10 parts of
pulverized glass, 20 parts of powdered fluor spar.
Stir rapidly 1 while mixing and use at once.
No. 981.
How to make Transparent Cement for Glass.
Take 15 to 25 parts of gum mastic into which is
dissolved i part of India rubber which has first been
dissolved in 64 parts of chloroform. Digest for two
or three days with frequent shaking, and apply with
soft brush.
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No. 982.
How to make Bookbinders' Paste.
Place \ pint of flour in pan and cover with cold
water. See that all the lumps are mashed while yet
in a doughy state ; then pour on i gallon cold water
into which has been dissolved 2 ounces of powdered
alum. Place on the fire and stir constantly while
boiling until quite thick.
No. 983.
How to make Fusible Metal.
Take 3 parts of tin, 2 parts of bismuth and 5 parts
of lead. It melts in boiling water.
No. 984.
How to Tan Hides.
Spread the hide out carefully flesh side up as soon
as taken from the animal ; then put in 2 parts of
saltpeter and alum combined ; make it fine, sprinkle
it evenly over the surface, roll it up, let it alone for
a few days till dissolved; then take off what flesh
remains, then nail the skin to the side of a barn or
framework to dry; stretch tight; put neat's foot oil
on it, and fasten it up in the sun. Rub out all the
oil you can with a wedge-shaped stick.
No. 985.
How to make Paper Hangers' Paste.
Take 5 pounds of flour mixed thoroughly with
cold water, as thick as you can stir it, then boil 2^
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gallons of water and add a little alum, then take a
little of the hot water and mix with that you have
stirred with the cold water; continue stirring when
adding them, strain and use. Before applying paste
size the walls with thin glue.
No. 986.
How to make Brown Stain for Woodwork.
First boil i pound Vandyke brown in 4 ounces
carbonate of soda in 24 ounces of water, then add i
ounce bichromate of potassa; or in place of the
potassa use a weak aqueous solution of perman-
ganate of potassa in water.
No. 987.
How to make Black Stain for Woodwork.
Immerse a pound of iron nails in \ gallon of vin-
egar into which is placed a small quantity of verdi-
gris. This is used chiefly on cheap furniture and
rough woodwork.
No. 988.
How to make Bookbinders' Varnish.
Take 8 parts shellac, 3 parts gum benzoin and 2
parts gum mastic; bruise and digest 50 parts in
alcohol and \ part oil of lavender.
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No. 989.
How to make Furniture Varnish.
Take 12 ounces shellac, 3 ounces copal. Dissolve
in i gallon naphtha and it is ready for use.
No. 990.
How to make Varnish for Grates.
Melt 5 pounds common asphaltum and add 2^
pints of linseed oil and i gallon of oil turpentine.
If too thick after stirring add turpentine to proper
consistency.
No. 991.
How to make Stove Varnish.
Melt i pound common asphaltum and add to it |
pint linseed oil and quart turpentine; this will be
enough to varnish about 8 ordinary sized grates.
Four grates will require half the proportions, two
grates but one-fourth, and so on. Clean the grates
or stoves thoroughly before applying the varnish.
No. 992.
How to make Violin Varnish.
Heat together at a low temperature i quart of
alcohol, i gill of turpentine varnish and pound of
clean gum mastic. When the latter is dissolved
strain through cloth.
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No. 993.
How to keep Cranberries.
Cranberries may be kept for months by simply
placing them in a tub and covering them with water.
They should be kept in a cool, dark place, prefer-
ably a cellar.
No. 994.
How to keep Lemons.
Lemons may be kept nicely for weeks and even
months by placing them in a tight cask and cover-
ing them with cold water, which should be changed
weekly.
No. 995.
How to preserve Eggs.
Eggs may be preserved for months by first coat-
ing them with lard or grease and then packing them
in bran.
No. 996.
How to Petrify Wood.
Wood may be petrified by using equal parts of
gem salt, rock alum, white vinegar, chalk and peb-
ble powder, all thoroughly mixed together. If after
the ebullition is over, you throw into this any wood
or porous substance, such as bone or coal, is will
petrify.
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No. 997.
How to make Mosaic Silver.
Take 2 parts each purified bismuth and pure tin ;
melt them together by a moderate heat and add i
part purified mercury. When cold reduce the mass
to a fine powder.
No. 998.
How to clean Silk.
Silks are cleaned by mixing well together - pound
softsoap, a teaspoonful of brandy, pint proof
spirit, and % pint water. It is to be spread on each
side of the silk without creasing it, and applied with
a sponge. Afterwards rinse the silk two or three
times in clear water and iron on the reverse side.
No. 999.
How to Decipher Dates and Inscriptions on Coins.
By heating coins or other medalions gradually
dates and inscriptions will, unless entirely obliter-
ated, make their appearance.
No. 1000.
How to preserve Brooms.
If brooms are wetted in boiling soapsuds at least
once a week, they will become very tough, will not
cut the carpet, and the wisps will pot fall out. The
broom will last very much longer and sweep easier.
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No. 1001.
How to Curl Feathers.
Feathers slightly heated before the fire, then
stroke them with the back of a knife.
No. 1002.
How Buttons are Manufactured.
Metal buttons are formed of an inferior kind of
brass, pewter, or other metallic compositions. But-
tons with shanks are usually made of these composi-
tions, which is supplied to the manufacturers in
sheets of the required thickness. By means of fly
presses and punches, circular disks called blanks are
cut out of these sheets. This is mostly performed
by females, who can furnish about thirty blanks per
minute, or twelve gross per hour. Hand punching
is the general mode of cutting out blanks, but more
complicated machines, which cut out eight or ten
blanks at a time, are in use. After being punched,
the edges of the blanks are very sharp, and require
to be smoothed and rounded. Their surfaces are
then planished on the face by placing them sep-
arately in a die under a small stamp, and allowing
them to receive a small blow from a polished steel
hammer. In this state they are ready to receive the
shanks or small metal loops by which they are
attached to the dress. They are made by a machine
in which a coil of wire is gradually advanced
towards a pair of shears which cuts off short pieces.
A metal finger then presses against the middle of
each piece, first bending it and then pressing it into
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a vise, when it is compressed so as to form a loop ; a
hammer then strikes the two ends, spreading them
into a flat surface, and the shank is pushed out of
the machine ready for use. The shanks are attached
to the blanks by women, with iron wire, solder and
rosin. They are then put into an oven, and when
firmly united, form plain buttons. If a crest or
inscription -is wanted, it is placed in a die and
stamped. Buttons are gilded by gold amalgam,
by being put into an earthen pan with the proper
quantity of gold to cover them, amalgamated with
mercury in the following manner: the gold is put
into an iron ladle in thin strips, and a small quantity
of mercury, say i part of mercury to 8 of gold,
added to it, the ladle is held over the fire till the
gold and mercury are perfectly united. This
amalgam being put into the pan with the buttons,
as much aqua fortis, diluted with water, as will wet
them all over is thrown in, and they are stirred up
with a brush till the acid, by its affinity to the cop-
per in the buttons, carries the amalgam to every
part of their surface, giving it the appearance of sil-
ver; this done, the acid is washed away with clean
water. This is calley the "quicking" process. In
drying off, the pan of buttons is heated by a char-
coal fire expelling the mercury in the form of a
vapor, which, under the improved system, is con-
ducted into an oblong iron flue or gallery, gently
sloped downwards, having at its end a small ver-
tical tube dipped into a water cistern, for condens-
ing the mercury, and a large vertical pipe for
promoting the draught of the products of combus-
tion. The gold thus deposited in an exceedingly
thin film upon the buttons, presents a dull yellow
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color, and must now be burnished ; this is effected
by a piece of hematites, or bloodstone, fixed on a
handle and applied to the button, as it revolves in
the lathe.
GAUGING SIMPLIFIED;
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GAUGING
REGULAR SHAPED LYING CASKS.
EXPLANATION OP TABLES.
THE chief design in this invention has been to enable any
person to ascertain in one minute what number of gallons are
contained in a lying cask, regular shaped, of different dimen-
sions, when fall or partly full.
RULE I. FOR TABLE No. 1.
Take the rod with inches and tenths of inches marsed on
it, put it into the cask diagonally, from the bung-hole to eacn
head, to get the exact centre. Then look at Table No. 1 :
the first column will show the diagonal inches from centre oi
bung to each head of cask, and the second column the con-
ten te of cask
RULE II. FOR TABLE No. 1.
To get the number of gallons when a cask is not full, take
the bung diameter and wet inches on rod, and look at Ullage
Table No. 2 for full contents of cask.
The 1st column shows the number of gallons in a full cask.
" 2d " the bung diameter.
" 3d " ' wet or dry inches on rod.
" 4th " " what remains, if part be out.
Suppose a cask to contain 135 gallons, and the bung dia-
meter to be 34 inches, and 10 inches wet on the rod, the
right-hand, or 4th column will show 30 gallons remaining.
Should the wet inches come above the centre, and only HI
inches be dry, there would be 30 \ gallons out, leaving 104J
gallons in.
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Table No. L
FOB
WHOLE CONTENTS OF CASKS.
1
p "*
Contents
of cask.
1
>
!*
3 M
I!
1
||
g .2
Contents
of cask.
Q "*
Contents
of cask.
It
11
Contents |
of cask, j
7.1
1
21.8
28
27.3
55
31.1
82
34.2
109
9.0
2
22.0
29
27.4
56
31.2
83
34.3
110
10.3
3
22.3
30
27.6
57
31.4
84
34.4
111
11.3
4
22.5
31
27.7
58
31.5
85
31.5
112
12.2
5
22.7
32
27.9
59
31.6
86
34.6
113
13.0
6
23.0
33
28.0
60
31.7
87
34.7
lit
13.7
7
23.2
34
28.2
61
31.8
88
34.8
115
14.3
8
23.4
35
28.4
62
31.9
89
34.9
116
14.9
9
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28.5
63
32.1
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35.0
117
15.4
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28.7
64
32.2
91
35.1
113
15.9
11
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28.8
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32.3
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35.2
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29.0
66
32.4
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35.3
120
16.8
13
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29.1
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32.6
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35.4
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17.2
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29.2
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32.7
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35.5
122
17.6
15
24.9
42
29.4
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32.8
96
35.6
123
18.0
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25.1
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29.5
70
32.9
97
35.7
124
18.4
17
25.3
44
29.6
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33.0
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35.8
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25.5
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29.8
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35.9
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25.7
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29.9
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33.3
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36.0
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33.4
101
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119.7
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26.0
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33.5
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36.2
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33.6
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36.3
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20.4
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26.4
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30.5
77
33.7
104
36.4
131
20.7
24
26.6
51
30.6
78
33.8
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36.5
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21.0
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26.7
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30.7
79
33.9
106
36.6
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53
30.8
80
34.0
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137
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39.5
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41.5
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38.4
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39.5
168
40.6
182
41.6
196
37.1
139
38.5
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39.6
169
40.6
183
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37.2
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38.5
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39.7
170
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41.7
198
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38.6
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39.8
171
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41.8
199
37.4
142
38.7
158
39.8
172
40.9
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41.9
200
37.5
143
38.8
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39.9
173
40.9
187
42.0
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37.6
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38.8
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40.0
174
41.0
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42.1
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37.7
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38.9
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40.1
175
41.1
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42.2
205
37.8
147
39.0
162
40.1
176
41.2
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42.3
206
37.9
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39.1
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40.2
177
41.2
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42.4
208
38.0
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39.2
164
40.3
178
41.3
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42.5
210
38.1
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39.3
165
40.3
179
41.4
193
42.7
213
38.2
152
39.4
166
40.4
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41.5
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