To Clean The Teeth
Castile Soap and Cigar Ashes applied with a soft
rag is one of the best tooth preparations known.
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The Magic Annihilator
To make one gross eight-ounce bottles--aqua ammonia one gallon, soft water eight gallons, best white soap four pounds, saltpetre eight ounces. Shave the soap fine, add the water, boil until the soap is dissolved, let it get cold, then add the saltpet... The Mind Cure
The Mind Cure, otherwise known in its various subdivisions as metaphysics, Christian science, mental science, etc., is a species of delusion quite popular at the present time. Every era of the world has cherished similar delusions, for the mass of the... The Single Tax
This idea was first formulated by Mr. Henry George in 1879, and has grown steadily in favor. Single tax men assert as a fundamental principle that all men are equally entitled to the use of the earth; therefore, no one should be allowed to hold valu... The Treatment Of Fowls
In the rearing of poultry for profit it may safely be stated that dry, well-aired, warm poultry houses are necessary. To keep fowls in poorly ventilated, damp, cold quarters is a waste of time and money, as nearly all diseases of fowls are trace... Ticketing Ink For Grocers Etc
Dissolve one ounce of Gum Arabic in six ounces of Water and strain; this is the Mucilage; for a black color use Drop Black, powdered and ground with the mucilage to extreme fineness; for blue, Ultra-Marine is used in the same manner; for green, Emera... Tin Cans
Size of sheet for from 1 to 100 gallons: For 1 gallon 7 by 20 ins. For 3-1/2 gallons 10 by 28 ins. For 5 gallons 12 by 40 ins. For 6 gallons 14 by 40 ins. For 10 gallons 20 by 42 ins. ... Tinctures
Tinctures are made with one ounce of Gum, Root, or Bark, etc., dried, to each pint of proof spirits and let it stand one week and filter. ... To Beautify The Teeth And Make The Breath Smell Sweet And Pleasant
One ounce Chlorate of Lime in a pint of Soft Water, and let it stand 24 hours. Then pour off the clear water and add forty drops of Essence of Rose. ... To Bore Holes In Glass
Any hard steel tool will cut glass with great facility when kept freely wet with camphor dissolved in turpentine. A drill bow may be used, or even the hand alone. A hole bored may be readily enlarged by a round file. The ragged edges of glass vessels ... To Clarify Liquids
The following composition is said to bleach all colored liquids, and to render bone-black perfectly unnecessary: Albumen three hundred, Neutral Tartrate of Potash two, Alum five, Sal Ammoniac seven hundred parts. The Albumen must of course not be coa... To Clean Britiannia Ware
Britiannia ware should be washed with a woolen cloth and sweet oil, then washed in water and suds, and rubbed with soft leather and whiting. Thus treated it will retain its beauty to the last. ... To Clean China
Use a little of Fuller's Earth and Soda or Pearl Ash with Water. ... To Clean The Teeth
Castile Soap and Cigar Ashes applied with a soft rag is one of the best tooth preparations known. ... To Clean Wine Decanters
Use a little Pearl Ash or Soda, and some Cinders and Water. Rinse them out with water. ... To Cook Over Maple Sugar
To sixty pounds broken up maple, add water (according to the hard or soft grain of the sugar) enough to dissolve. Stir until melted. If the grain was soft, add fifteen pounds granulated sugar; if the hard grain, only add that amount of C. sugar. Boil ... To Etch Upon Glass
Procure several thick, clear pieces of crown glass; and immerse them in Melted Wax, so that they may receive a complete coating, or pour over them a solution of Wax in Benzine. When perfectly cold draw on them with a fine steel point, flowers, trees, ... To Fasten Paper To Tin
Take good clear pale yellow Glue, break it into rather small pieces, and let it soak a few hours in cold water. Pour off the supernatant water, place the glue thus softened in a wide-mouthed bottle; add sufficient Glacial Acid to cover the Glue, and ... To Frost Window Panes
Take Epsom Salts and dissolve in beer. Apply with a brush and you have the finest window frosting known. ... To Harden Wood
One often desires to impart the hardness of Oak to shutters, doors, etc., made of soft wood. This is easily done by giving them a first coating of common gray paint, and then sifting some very fine sand over it. When dry a coat of paint is laid on, af... To Make A Candy House
House for a show window. Take any design you fancy, of card board. Cut out the windows; place this on your candy slab. Now with a lead pencil mark out your design, and as many of each piece as you need (it is a good idea to make an extra piece so if y... To Make A Delicious Candy Cocoanut Cake
Have your cake layers cold. Place in your rice steamer one-half grated cocoanut and a chunk of hand-made cream the size of your fist; stir until mixed and you can spread it; do not melt it more than necessary. This cake will not dry out if made with ... To Make Artificial Marble For Paper Weights Or Other Fancy Articles
Soak Plaster of Paris in a solution of Alum, bake it in an over, and then grind it to a powder. In using mix it with water, and to produce the clouds and veins stir in any dry color you wish; this will become very hard, and is susceptible of a very hi... To Make Eggs Of Pharaoh's Serpents
Take Mercury and dissolve it in moderately diluted Nitric Acid by means of heat, take care, however, that there be always an excess of Metallic Mercury remaining. Decant the solution and pour it in a solution of Sulphocyanide of Ammonia or Potassium,... To Make Pads
A piece of fine Woolen Cloth saturated with ink, makes an excellent pad, but it is customary to place sheet cotton underneath and muslin over the cloth, bringing the muslin down around the edges and fasten by tacking on a binding of Tin or Morocco Lea...