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100. A powder-house located in a populous part of a city, and containing large quanti- ties of gunpowder, is a nuisance.
111. A man charged with crime before a committing magistrate, but discharged on his own recognizance, is not privileged from arrest on civil process while returning from the magistrate's office.
112. When one has been induced to sell goods by means of false pretences, he can- not recover them from one who has bona fide purchased and obtained possession of them from the fraudulent vendor.
113. If the circumstances attendant upon a sale and delivery of personal property are such as usually and naturally accompany such a transaction, it cannot be declared a legal fraud upon creditors.
114. A stamp impressed upon an instru- ment by way of seal, is good as a seal. if it creates a durable impression in the texture of the paper.
115. It a party bound to make a payment ure due diligence to make a tender, but through the payee's absence from home is unable to find him or any agent authorized to take payment for him, no forfeiture will be incarred through his failure to make a tender.
Government Land Measure.
A township, 35 sections, each a mile square.
A section. 60 acres.
A quarter section, half a mile square, 160 acres.
An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide, 80 acres.
A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square. 40 acres.
The sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus:
nwn e
6
5
4
3
2
S
10
11
12
15
17
16
15
1-4
13
19
20
21
23
21
30
29
26
25
31
32
33
31
25
36
The sections are all divided in quarters, which are named by the cardinat points, as in section one. The quarters are divi- ded in the same way. The description of a Waere lot would read: The south half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section! mo township 21, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be ; and some- times will fall short, and sometimesoverrun
113. When the seller of goods accepts at the time of the sile, the note of'a third per- ron, unimorse by the purchaser. in pay- ment, the presumption in that the jetv- ment was intended to be absolute ; and though the note should be dishonored, the purchaser will not be liable for the value of the number of acres it is supposed to con- the goods. tain.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
1
THE DECIMAL SYSTEM
OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
As Authorized by Act of Congress -- Approved July 28, 1866.
STANDARDS.
In every system of Weightsand Measures it is necessary to have what are called "Standards," as the pound, yard, gallon, &c., to be divided and multiplied into smaller and larger parts and denominations. The definition and construction of these Standards Involve philosophical and scien- tine principles of a somewhat abstruse character, and are made and procured by the logi-lative department of the govern- ment. The nominal Standards in the new system are the METER, the ARE, the LITER. and the GRAM. The only real Standard, the one by which all the other standards are measured, and from which the system de- rives its name of " Metric," is the METER.
THE METER
Is need for all measures of length, distance, breadth, depth, heighth, &c., and was in- tended to be, and is very nearly, one ton- millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. It is about 3932 inches, or 3 feet, 3 inches and 3 righths, and is to be substituted for the yard.
THE ARE
I- & surface whose side is ten Meters, and is equal to 100 square Meters or about 4 square rods.
THE LITER
Is the unit for measuring solids and caps- ity, and Is equal to the contents of a eibe already been adopted, mnet greatly over- whose edge is one-tenth of a meter. It is . balance the comparatively slight objection about equal to 1 quart, and is a standard in , alluded to. cubic, dry and liquid measures.
ES A cubic Meter (or Kiloliter) is called a stere, and is also usedas a standard in cer- tain cubic measures.
THE GRAM
Is the Unit of weight, and is the weight of a cube of pure water, each edge of the cube being one one-hundredth of a Meter. Itis about equal to 1516 grains. It is intended as the Standard in all weights, and with its divisions and multiples, to supersede the use of what are now called Avoirdupoi-, Apothecaries and Troy Weights.
Each of the foregoing Standards 14 divi. ded decimally, and larger units are Himy formed by multiples of 10. 100. &c. The successive subordinate parts are d' sienia- ted by the prefixes Deci. Centi and Milli; the successive multiples by Deka, Hecto. Kilo and Myria; each having its own htt- merical signification, as will be more clear- ly seen in the tables hereinafter given.
The terms used may. at first sight, have a formidable appearance, seem difficult to pronounce, and to retain in memory, and to be, therefore, objectionable ; but with a lit- tle attention and use, the apprehended dif- fienity will be found more apparent than real, as has been abundantly proved by ex- pertence. The importance, also, of con- formity in the use of commercial terms, on the part of the United States, with the practice of the many nations in which the "getem, with its present nomenclature, hat
54 DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
OLD.
4 farthing make 1 penny. 12 pence .. 1 shilling.
20 shillings 1 pound.
10 dimes 4 1 dollar.
LONG AND CLOTH MEASURE .- NEW.
10 millimeters make 1 centimeter.
10 centimetere ..
1 decimeter.
10 decimetere 1 METER.
10 meters 1 dekameter.
10 dekameters ..
1 hectometer.
10 hectometers 1 kilometer.
10 kilometers 1 myriameter.
SQUARE MEASURE,-NEW.
100 sorare millimeters make 1 equate centimeter.
100 square centimeters 1 square decimeter.
10) square decimeters
100 contares 44
1.0 Ard8
1 hectare.
The denominations lees then the Are, including the Meter. are used in specifying the contents of surfaces of small extent ; the terms Centare, Are and Hectare, in expres- sing quantities of land surveyed or measured.
The above table may, however, be continued beyond the Meter, thus :
100 square meters make 1 square dekameter.
square dekameters .. 1 square hectometer.
100 square hectometers ..
100 square kilometers ..
1 square myriameter.
CUBIC MEASURE .- NEW. For Solids.
1000 cubie millimeters make 1 cubic centimeter.
..
1 cubic decimeter or liter.
1 cubic meter or stere.
1(0) cubic meters 1 cubic dekameter.
cubic dekametera
1 cubic hectometer.
cubic hectometers
1 cubic kilometer.
cubic kilometers
1 cubic myriameter.
For Dry and Liquid Measures.
10 milliliters make 1 centiliter. 10 centiliters 1 deciliter. 10 deciliters
1 LITEB. 10 liters 44
1 dekaliter.
10 dekaliters 1 bectoliter.
10 bectoliters
1 kiloliter.
10 kiloliters ..
1 myrialiter.
[ERA LITER, the standard of Measures of Capacity, usually in a cylindrical form, is equivalent to a cubic Decimeter, or the one-thousandth part of a cubic Meter, the contents of which are about one quart.]
The Kiloliter, or STERE, is a cubic Meter, and is used as a unit in meusuring firewood and lumber.
10 decistores make 1 stere. 10 steren 1 dekasterc.
ALL WEIGHTS .- NEW.
10 milligrams make 1 centigram. 10 centigrams 1 .. decigram. 10 decirrams 1 OBAM.
10 grams ..
1 dekagram.
10 dekugrams
1 hectogram.
10 hectograms
1 kilogramı.
10 kilograms
1 iny riagram.
10 In; riagrams ..
1 quintal.
10 quintals
46
1 millier or tonneau.
1000 cubic centimetere
1000 cubic decimeters
1 square meter or CENTARE.
1 THE.
1 square kilometer.
TABLES. MONEY. NEW. 10 mills make 1 cent.
10 cents . 1 dime.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
Meter,
Mee-ter.
Stere, Are,
Are.
Centimeter,
Sent-e-mee-ter.
Centare,
Sent-are.
Decimeter,
Des-e-mee-ter.
Hectare,
Hect-are.
Dekameter,
Dok-a-mee-ter.
Gram,
Gram,
Hectometer,
Hec-to-mee-ter.
Milligram,
Mill-e-gram.
Kilometer,
Kill-o-mee-ter.
Centigram,
Sent-e-gram.
Myriameter,
Mir-e-a-mee-ter.
Decigram,
Des-e-gram.
Liter,
Li-ter.
Dekagram,
Dek-a-gram.
Milliliter,
Mill-e-li-ter.
Hectogram,
Hec-to-gram.
Centiliter,
Sent-e-li-ter.
Kilogram,
Kill-o-gram.
Deciliter,
Des-e-li-ter.
Myriagram,
Mir-c-a-gram.
Dekaliter,
Dek-a-li-ter.
Quintal,
Quin-tal.
Hectoliter,
Ilve-to-li-ter.
Millier,
Mill-i-er.
Kiloliter,
Kill-c-li-ter.
Tonneau,
Tun-HO.
Acts and Resolutions of Congress. PUBLIC- No. 183.
AN ACT to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures.
cause the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tables in the schedule hereto annexed, shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and meas- nres expressed therein in terms of the ine-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- ca in Congress dearn.Med, That from and af- ter the passage of this act, it shall be law- ful throughout the United States of Ameri- I tric system ; and said tables may be lawful- ca to employ the weights and measures of ly used for computing, determining and ex- the metric system ; and no contract or deal- ; pressing, in customary weights and mess- ing, or pleading in any court, shall be ; ures, the weights and measures of the metric deemed invalid or liable to objection, be- I system.
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
METRIO DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Myriametre, . ....
10.000 metres,
Kilometre, .
1,000 metres,
Hertometre,
100 metres,
Dekametre,
10 metres,
393.7 inches.
Metre,
1 metre,
39 37 inches.
Decimetre,
1-10th of a metre,
3.937 inches.
Centimetre,
1-100th of & metre,
0.3937inch.
Millimetre,
1-1000th of a metre,
0.0394 inch.
MEASURES OF SURFACE.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTE IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Hectare,
10,000 square metres,
2.471 acres.
Are,
119.6 square yarde.
Centare,
100 square metres, 1 square metre,
1.550 square Inches.
-
Myrialiter,
Mir-e-a-li-ter.
Stare.
Millimeter.
Mill-e-mec-ter.
6.2137 miles. 0.62187 mile, or 2.290 feet and 10 Inches. 323 feet and one inch.
MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
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Names.
No. of liters.
Cubic Measure,
Dry Mensure.
Liquid or Wine Measure.
Kilolitre or stere,
1000)
1 enbic metre,
1.508 cubic yard,
261.17 gallons.
Hectolitre ..
100
.1 of a cubic metre .. .
2 bus. and 3.35 pecks,
26.417 gallons.
Dekelitre, .
10
10 enbic decimetres, ...
9.08 quarts. .
2.6417 vallons.
Litre,
1
1 cubic decimetre,
0.908 quart.
1.0567 quart.
Derilitre,
0.1
.1 of a otbie decimetre, .
6.1022 cubic inches,
0.845 grill.
Centilitre,
0.01
10 cubic centimetres, .
0.6102 cubic inch,
0.338 fluid ounce.
Millilitre,
0.001
1 cubic centimetre,
0.061 cubic inch, ...
0.27 fluid drachm.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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INTEREST TABLE.
WEIGHTS.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DE- NOMINATIONS IN USE.
Names.
No. of grams.
Weight of what quantity of water at maximum density.
Avoirdupois weight.
Millier or tonneau, .
1000000
1 cubic metre,
2201.6 pounds.
Quintal,
100900
1 hectolitre,
220.16 pounds.
Myriagram,
10000
10 litres,
22.046 pounda.
Kilogram, or kilo,
1000
1 litre.
2.2016 pounds.
Hectogram,
100
1 decilitre,
3.5274 ounces.
Dekagram,
10
10 cubic centimetres,
0.5527 ounce.
Graul,
1
1 cubic centimetre,
15.432 grains.
Decigram,
1-10
.1 of a cubic centimetre.
0.5132 grain.
Centigr.m,
1-100
10 cubic millimetres
0.1543 grain.
Milligram
1-1009
1 enbic millimetre,
0.0154 grain.
INTEREST TABLE.
At Seven per Cent. In Dollars and Cents, from $1 to $10,000.
AM'NT.
1 day.
7 days.
15 days.
1 mo.
3 nios.
6 moe.
12 mos.
$ C.
& C.
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& C.
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175 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Discount and Premium.
When a person buys an article for $1,00- 20 per cent off, (or discount,) and sells it again for $1,00, he makes a profit of 25 per cent. on his investment. Thus: He pays 50 cents and seile for $1,00-a gain of 0) cents. or 25 per cent of S) cents. And for any transaction where the sale or purchase of gold, silver, or currency is concerned, the following rules will apply in all cases.
RULE 1st .- To find premium when dis- count is given : Multiply 100 by rate of discount and divide by 100, less rate of dis- cont.
RULE 2d .- To find discount when pre- mium is given. Multiply the rate of interest by 100, and divide by 10, plus the rate of premium.
Suppose A has $140 in currency, which he wishes to exchange for gold, when gold is 27 per cent. premium, how much gold should he receive ? In this case the pre- mium is given, consequently we must find the discount on A's currency and subtract it from the $140, as per rule 2d, showing the discount to be a trifle more than 21 per cent. and that he should receive §110.60 in gold.
5 pr ct. Dis. allows 151 pr ct. Pre. or profit 10 **
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1.5 **
66
44
6.
21.6 66 25
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33%
30 4. .6
66
6935 .6
50 ** .6 100
C) A dagger (t) denotes the profits to he a fraction more than specified. A (*) denotes profits to be a fraction less than specified.
Table of Weights of Grain, Seeds, &c.
ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.
Barley weighs
48 lb. per bushel.
Beans
62
Buckwheat" 48 66
Clover Seed
Corn weighs .58
Flax Seed*
.55
.32
Pras
Potatoes
60)
Rve
44
50
.6
Timothy Seed
.41
Wheat
" Flax Seed by cust'm weighs 56 Ih. per buah.
Facts on Advertising.
The advertisements in an ordinary nim- ber of the London Times exceed 2.500. The annual advertising bills of one London firm are said to amount to famoso; and three others are mentioned who each annually expend for the purpose 250.000. The ex- pruse for advertising the right editions of the " Encyclopedia Britannia" is said to have been $ 15,000.
In large cities nothing is more common than to sce large business establishments, which seem to have an immense advantage over all competitors, by the wealth, expe- rience, and prestige they have acquired, drop gradually out of public view, and be succeeded by firme of a smaller capital, more energy, and more determined to have the fact that they sell such and euch com- modities known from one end of the land to the other. In other words, the establish- ments advertise; the old die of dignity .- The former are ravenous to pass out of ob- scurity into publicity ; the letter believe that their publicity is eo obvious that it cannot be obscured. The first understand that they must thrust themselves upon public attention, or be disregarded; the second, having once obtained public atten- tion, suppose they have arrested it perma- nently: while, in fact, nothing is more char- acteristic of the world than the ease with which it forgets.
Stephen Girard, than whom no shrewder business man ever lived, used to say: I have always considered advertising liber- ally and long to be the great medium of success In business, and the prelude to wealth. And I have made it an invariable rule too, to advertise in the dullest times as well as the busiest ; long experience having taught me that money thus spent is well laid out ; as by keeping my business continually before the public it has secured me many sales that I would otherwise have lost.
Capacity of Cisterns or Wells.
Tabular view of the number of gallons contained in the clear, between the brick work for each ten inches of depth :
Diameter
Gallons. 19
2,3
30)
3
66
44
3%
60
4
78
47
5
122
5%
176
207
040
8
8%
353
9
916
68
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11
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..
205
13
1.4
959
15
1101
20
44
1958
25
..
3059
.6
.
6 616
145
313
481
10
12
2 feet equals
66 66
*43
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Brilliant Whitewash.
Many have heard of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east end of the Presi- dent's house at Washington. The follow- ing is a recipe for it ; it is gleaned from the National Intelligencei, with some addi- tional improvements learned by experi- ments : Take half a bushel of nice un- slacked lime, elack 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 & peck of salt, previously well di-solved in warm wa- ter : three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting. and a ponad of clean glue, which has been pre- viously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fre, in a small kettle within a large one filled with water. Ald Ave gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it well. and let.it stand a few days cov- ered from the dirt.
It should be put on right hot; for this purpose 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 npon the outside of a house if proper- ly 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 brillinney for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for inside or outside walls.
Coloring matter may be put in and made of any chade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make red pink, more or less Grep according to the quantity. A delicate fingre of this is very pretty, for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well inixed with Spanish brown, makes a reddish stone color. Yellow-ochre stirred in makes yel- low wash, but chrome goes further, and Inakes a color generally esteemed prettier. In all these cases the darkness of the shades of course is determined by the quantity of coloring need. It is difficult to make rules, because tastes are different. It would be best to try experiments on a shingle and let it drv. We have been told that green must not be inixed with lime. The lime de- strove the color, and the color has an effect on the whitewash, which makes it crack and peel. When walls have been badly sinoked. and you wish to have them a clean white, it I- well to squeeze indizo plenti- fully through a bag into the water you use, before it is stirred in the whole mixture. If a larger quantity than five gallons be wanted, the same proportion should be ob- Served.
How to get a Horse out of a Fire.
The great difficulty of getting horses from a stable where surrounding buildingware in a state of conflagation, is well known .- The plan of covering their eyes with a tien- ket will not always succeed.
A gentleman whose horses have been in great peril from sach a cause, having tried
-
In vain to save them, hit npon the expedi- ent of having them harnessed as though go- ing to their usual work: when, to his aston- ishment, they were led from the stable without difficulty.
The Chemical Barometer.
Take a long narrow bottle, such as an old- fashioned Eau-de-Cologne bottle, and put into it two and a half drachma of camphor. and cleven drachina of spirits of wine; when the camphor is dissolved, which it will readily do by slight agitation, add the following mixture: Take water. nine drachme; nitrate of potash (altpetre) thirty-eight grains ; and muriate of &m- monia (sal ammoniac) thirty-eight grains. Dissolve these salts in the water prior to mixing with the camphorated spirit ; then shake the whole well together. Cork the bottle well, and wax the top, but after- wards make a very small aperture in the cork with a red-hot needle. The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in any stations- ry position. By observing the different appearances which the materials assunte. as the weather changes, it becomes an ex- cellent prognosticator of a coming storm or of a sunny sky.
Leech Barometer.
Take an eight ounce phial, and put in it three gills of water, and place in it a healthy lech, changing the water in summer ofce a week, and in winter ouce in a fortnight, and it will most accurately prognosticate the weather. If the weather is to be far. the leech lies motionless at the bottom of the glass and coiled together in a spita' form ; if rain may be expected, it will creep up to the top of its lodgings and remain there till the weather is settled : if we are to have wind, it will move through its bali- tation with amazing swiftne-s. and seldom goes to rest till it begins to blow hard : ff a remarkable storm of thunder and rain is to succeed. it will lodge for some days before almost continually out of the water, and discover great uneasiness in violent throes and convulsive-like motions ; in fro-tas in clear summer-like weather it lies constantly at the bottom; and in snow as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling in the very month of the phiat. The top should be cov- ered over with a piece of muslin.
To MEASURE GRAIN IN A BIN .- Find the number of cubic feet, from which deduct the fifth. The remainder is the number of bu-hels-allowing, however, one bu-tel Atra to every 224. This in a remainder of 224 there would be se bushels. Ina te. muainder of 445 there would be 450 bushels, Kc.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
[The following recipes are vouched for by several who have tried them and proven their virtues. Many of them have been sold singly for more than the price of this book .- PCB.]
HORSES.
RING BONE AND SPAVIN .- 2 oz. each of Spanish flies and Venice turpentine: 1 oz. each of aqua ammonia and euphorbium ; %% oz. red precipitate ; W oz. corrosive subli- iste ; 13 1b -. lard. When thoroughly pul- verized and mixed, heat carefully so as not to burn, and pour off free from sediment.
For ring-bone. rub in thoroughly, after removing hair, once in 4hours. For spav- ja. once in 21 hours. Cleanse and press out the matter on each application.
POLL-EVIL .- Gum arabic 1 oz ; common potash & oz : extract of belladonna K dr. Put the gam In just enough water to dis- solve it. Pulverize the potash and mix with the dissolved gnm. and then put in the extract of belladonna, and it will be ready for Use. Use with a syringe after having cleansed with soap suds, and repeat once in two days till a cure is affected.
Scorns .- Powdered tormentil root, giv- en in milk, from 3 to 5 times daily till cured.
GREASE.HEEL AND SCRATCHES .- Sweet oilt ogr .; borax 2 ozs .; sugar of lead 2 ozs. Wash off with dish water, and. after it is dry, apply the mixture twice a day.
CHOLIC IN HORSER .-- To K pt. of warm water add 1 oz. landanin and 3 ors. spirits of turpentine, and repeat the dose in about X of an hour, adding y oz. powdered aloes. if not relieved.
BOTS .- Three doses. Ist. 2 qts milk and 1 of mola-zes. 2d. 15 minutes after. 2 qt4. warm sage tea. 3d. Atter the expiration of 30 minutes, sufficient lard to physic .- Never fails.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PILES -- PERFECTLY CURED .- Take flour of sulphur 1 oz .. rosin 3 ozs .. pulverize and mix well together. (Color with carmine or cochineal, if you like.) Dose-What will lie on a tive cent piece. night aud morning, washing the parts freely in cold water once or twice a day. This is a remedy of great valne.
The enre will be materially hastened by taking a table-spoon of sulphur in a half piut of milk, daily, until the cure is affected.
SUBE CURE FOR CORNE, WARTS AND CHILRLAINS .- Take of nitric and muriatic acide, blue vitriol and salts of tartar, 1 oz. each. Add the blue vimnol, pulverized. to either of the acids; add the salte of tartar in the same way : when done fritning. add the other acid, and in a few days it will be ready for nec. For chilblaine and corns apply it very lightly with a swab, and re- prat in a davor two until cured. For warts, once a week, until they di-appear.
HOOP-AIL IN SHEEP .- Mix 2 oze. each of butter of antimony and muriatic acid with 1 oz. of pulverized white vitriol, and apply once or twice a week to the bottom of the foot.
COMMON RHEUMATISM .- Kerosene oil ? ozs .: heats-foot off 1 oz .; off of organum } oz. Shake when used, and rub and heat in twice daily.
VERY FINE SOAP, QUICKLY AND CHEAP- LY MADE. - Fourteen poutals of bar soap in a half a boiler of hot water ; cut up ine ; add three pounds of ral-soda made tine; one ounce of pulverized rosin : stir it often till all is dissolved : just as you take it off the fire, put in two table spoonfuls of spirits of turpentine and one of ammonia ; pour it in a barrel, and it up with cold soft water ; let it stand three or four days before using. It is an excellent soap for washing clothes, extracting the dirt readily, and not fuling colored articles.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
WATER PROOF FOR LEATHER .- Take lin- seed oil 1 pint. yellow wax and white tur- pentine each 2 ozs. Burgundy pitch 1 oz., melt and color with lampblick.
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