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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, thay :
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The sections are all divided in quarters, which are named by the cardinal points. as in section one. The quarters are tivi- ded in the same way. The description of a 40 acre lot would rend : The south half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be ; and rome- the number of acres it is supposed to con- tain.
1.J. When the seller of goods accepts at the time of the sale, the note of a third per- son. unindorsed by the purchaser. in pay- ment, the presumption is that the pay- menit was intended to be absolute ; and though the note should be dishonored, the | times will fall short, and sometimes overrun purchaser will not be liable for the value of the woods.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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THE DECIMAL SYSTEM
OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
As Authorized by Act of Congress -- Approved July 28, 1866.
STANDARDS.
In every system of Weights and Measures it is necessary to have what are called " Standards," as the pound. yard, gallon, &c., to be divided and multiplied into sinaller and larger parts and denominations. The definition and construction of these Standardy involve philosophical and scien- ! tific principles of a somewhat ahstruse character, and are made and procured by the legislative 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 ore by which all the other standards are measured, and from which the system de- rives ite name of " Metric," is the METER.
THE METER
Is used for all measures of length, distance. breadth, depth, heighth. &c., and was in- tended to be, and is very nearly, one ten- millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the equator to the pole. It is about 3936 inches, or 3 feet, 3 inches and Beighths, and is to be substituted for the saru.
THE ARE
Is a 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 capa- city, and is equal to the contents of a cube whose edge is one-tenth of a meter. It is about equal to 1 quart, and is a standard in cubic, dry and liquid measures.
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:" 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 15%% 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 Avoirdupois, Apothecaries and Troy Weights.
Each of the foregoing Standards is divi- ded decimally, and larger units are also formed by multiples of 10, 100, &e. The successive subordinate parts are designa- ted by the prefixes Deci, Centi and Milli; the successive multiples by Deka, Hecto, Kilo and Myria: each having its own nu- 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- ficulty will be found more apparent than real, as has been abundantly proved by ex- perience. 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 system, with its present nomenclature, has already been adopted, must greatly over- balance the comparatively slight objection alluded to.
54 DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
TABLES.
OLD.
MONEY.
NEW.
4 farthing make 1 penny.
10 mills make 1 cent.
12 pence 1 shilling:
10 cents " 1 dime.
20 shillings 1 pound.
10 dimes " 1 dollar.
LONG AND CLOT & MEASURE .- NEW.
10 millimeters make 1 centimeter.
10 centimeters
1 decimeter.
10 decimeters 66
1 METER.
10 meters 66
1 dekameter.
10 dekameters 66
1 hectometer.
10 hectometers 66
1 kilometer.
10 kilometers 66
1 myriameter.
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SQUARE MEASURE .- NEW.
100 square millimeters make 1 square centimeter. 1
100 square centimeters ..
1 square decimeter.
100 square decimeters
1 square meter or CENTARE.
100 centares
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1 . ARE.
100 ares
1 hectare.
The denominations less than 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.
100 square dekameters
1 square hectometer.
100 square hectometers
1 square kilometer.
100 square kilometers
1 square myriameter.
CUBIC MEASURE .- NEW. For Solids.
1000 cubic millimeters
make 1 cubic centimeter.
1000 cubic centimeters
1000 cubic decimeters
66
1 cubic meter or stere.
1000 cubic meters
1000 cubic dekameters 66
1 cubic hectometer.
1000 cubic hectometers
1 cubic kilometer.
1000 cubic kilometers 6 6
1 cubic myriameter.
For Dry and Liquid Measures.
10 milliliters make .. 1 centiliter. 10 centiliters
1 deciliter. 10 deciliters 66
1 LITER. 10 liters
1 dekaliter. 10 dekaliters
1 hectoliter.
10 hectoliters 66
1 kiloliter.
10 kiloliters 66
1 myrialiter.
[NA LITER, the standard of Measures of Capacity, nenally 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 measuring firewood and lumber.
10 decisteres make 1 stere. 10 steres .. 1 dekastere.
ALL WEIGHTS .- NEW. 10 milligrams make 1 .. centigram. 10 centigrains
1 decigram. 10 decigramis 66
1 GRAM.
10 grams 1 .. dekagranı.
10 dekagrams
1 heetogram.
10 hectograins
1 kilogram.
10 kilograms 1 myriagram.
10 myriagrams
1 quintal.
10 quintals
1 millier or tonneau.
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1 cubie decimeter or liter.
1 cubic dekameter.
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
TERMS.
ENGLISH.
Meter, Millimeter.
Mill-e-mee-ter.
Are,
Arc.
Centimeter,
Sent-e-mee-ter.
Centare,
Sent-are.
Decimeter. Dekameter, Hectometer,
Dek-a-mee-ter.
Gram.
Gram,
Kilometer,
Kill-o-mee-ter.
Centigram,
Sent-e-gram.
Mvriameter, 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.
Dekaliter,
Dek-a-li-ter.
Quintal,
Quin-tal.
Hectoliter,
Hec-to-li-ter.
Millier,
Mill-i-er.
Kiloliter,
Kill-o-li-ter.
Tonneau,
Tun-no.
Acts and Resolutions of Congress, cause the weights or measures expressed or
PUBLIC- No. 183.
AN ACT to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- cu in Congress assembled, That from and af- ter the passage of this act, it shall be law- ful throughout the United States of Ameri- ( to employ the weights and measures of the metric system ; and no contract or deal-, ing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, be- I system.
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 me- tric system ; and said tables may be lawful- ly used for computing, determining and ex- pressing, in customary weights and meas- ures, the weights and measures of the metric
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Myriametre,
10,000 metres,
6.2137 miles.
Kilometre,.
1.000 metres,
Hectometre, 100 metres,
Dekametre, 10 metres, 1 metre,
Metre.
39,37 inches.
Decimetre,
1-10th of a metre,
3.937 inches.
Centimetre,
1-100th of a metre,
0.3937 inch.
Millimetre,
1-1000th of a metre,
0.0394 inch.
MEASURES OF SURFACE.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE:
Hectare,
Are.
10.000 square metres, 100 square metres, 1 square metre,
2.471 acres. 119.6 square yards.
Contare,
1.550 square inches.
Hect-are.
Des-e-mee-ter.
Hectare,
Milligram,
Mill-e-gram.
Hec-to-mee-ter.
Mir-e-a-mee-ter.
Decigram,
Des-e-gram.
Myriagram, Mir-e-a-gram.
Myrialiter,
Mir-e-a-li-ter.
Stere, -
Stare.
Mee-ter.
0.62137 mile, or 2,280 feet and 10 inches.
328 feet and one inch.
393.7 inches.
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MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.
EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.
Names.
No. of liters.
Cubic Measure.
Dry Measure.
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Liquid or Wine Measure.
Kilolitre or stere, ..
1000 100
Hectolitre, ..
.1 of a cubic metre ...
2 bus. and 3.85 pecks, ..
9.08 quarts, ..
2.6417 gallons.
Litre,
1
10 cubic decimetres, . 1 cubic decimetre, .
0.908 quart, .
1.0567 quart.
Decilitre. ..
0.1 0.01
.1 of a cubic decimetre,
6.1022 cubic inches, .
0.845 gill,
Centilitre, .. Millilitre,
0.001
1 cubic centimetre,
0.061 cubic inch, ... ..
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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
1 cubic metre,
1.308 cubic yard, ..
264.17 gallons. 26.417 gallons.
Dekalitre, ..
10
.
10 cubic centimetres, .
0.6102 cubic inch,.
0.338 fluid onnce. 0.27 fluid drachm.
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INTEREST TABLE.
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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,.
2204.6 pounds.
Quintal,
100000
1 hectolitre,
220.46 pounds.
Myriagram,
10000
10 litres,
22.046 pounds.
Kilogram, or kilo,
1000
1 litre,
2.2046 pounds.
Hectogram,
100
1 decilitre
3.5274 ounces.
Dr .kagram,
, 10
10 cubic centimetres,
0.3527 ounce.
Gram. ·
1
1 cubic centimetre.
15.432 grains.
Decigram,
1-10
.1 of a cubic centimetre.
0.5432 grain.
Centigram,
1-100
10 cubic millimetres,
0.1543 grain.
Milligram.
1-1000
1 cubic millimetre,.
0.0154 grain.
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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 mos.
6 mos.
12 mos.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
$ C.
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$ C.
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52 60
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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 SO cents and sells for $1,00-a gain of 20 cents, or 25 per cent of @0 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- count.
RULE 2d .- To find discount when pre- mium is given. Multiply the rate of interest by 100, and divide by 100, 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- niium is given, consequently we must find the discount on A's currency and subtract it from the $110. as per rule 2d. showing the discount to be a trifle more than 21 per cent. and that be should receive $110.00 in coll.
5 pr ct. Dis. allows +5% pr ct. Pre. or profit 10 ** ..
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11736 66
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66 25 66
66 66
30 .6
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66 66
66
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66 100 2- A dagger (+) denotes the profits to be 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 1b. per bushel.
Beans
Buckwheat"
Clover Seed
60
66
6 6
Corn weighs 58
66
Flax Seed* **
06
Oats
6
.32
Peas
,60 66
Potatoes
60
66
Rve
.50
Timothy Seed
+1 .6
66
Wheat
00 ..
*Flax Seed by cust'm weighs 56 lb. per bush.
Facts on Advertising.
The advertisements in an ordinary num- war of the London Times exceed 25. The ontady restar balle of one London firm the wall to amount to sewww; and three "for- hire mentioned who cach annually event for the purpose 250.000. The ex. prace for adverti-ing the eight editions of !! " " Encyclopedia Britannia" is said to have been $ 15.000.
In large cities nothing is more common than to see 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 firms of a smaller capital. more energy, aud more determined to have the fact that they sell such and such 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 latter believe that their publicity is so 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.
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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 feet equals
30
3
66
66
66
.6
97
5
122
5%
6
13;
6%
207
1-
210
275
S
313
66
4.
336
06
441
10
66
11
13
827
14
959 .
15
1101
1958
3059
+11
66 3316
66 *13 66
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4
66
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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 cleaned from the National Intelligencer, with some addi- tional improvements learned by experi- ments : Take half a bushel of nice un- slacked lime, slack 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 -alt, previously well dissolved in warm wa- ter : three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; half a ponnd of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which has been pre- viously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fire. in a small kettle within a large one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it well. and let it stand a few days cov- ered from the dirt.
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It should be put on right hot; for this purpose it can be kept in a kettle ou a portable furnace. It is said that about a pint of this mixture will cover a square vard upon the ontside of a house if proper- Is 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 compare with it, either for inside or outside walls.
Coloring matter may be put in and made of any shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make red pink, more or less deep according to the quantity. A delicate tingre of this is very pretty: for in-ide walls. Finely pulverized common clay. well mixed with Spanish brown, makes a reddish stone color. "Yellow-ochre stirred in makes vei- low wash, but chrome goes further. and "makes a color generally este med prettier. In all these cases the darkness of the shades of course is determined by the quantity of coloring 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. We have been told that green must not be mixed with lime. The line de- stroys the color, and the color has an effect on the whitewash. which makes it crack ami peel. When walls have been badly smoked. and you wish to have them a clean white. it is well to squeeze indigo plenti- Milly through a bag into the water you nse, before it is stirred in the whole mixture. It a larger quantity than five gallons be wanted. the same proportion should be ob- served.
How to get a Worse out of a Fr ..
TO MEASURE GRAIN IN \ BIN .- Find the The great difficulty of getting horses from . number of endie tet. from which dotnet 3 - table where surrounding building- are in a state of conflasition, is well known .-- The plan of covering their eyes with a blan- kot will not always -Berend.
· gentleman whose horses have been in Fammi peril from such a cause, having tried
in vain to save them, hit upon the expedi- ent of having them harnessed as though go- ing to their nsual 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 drachm- of camphor, and eleven drachms of spirits of wine ; when the camphor is dissolved. which it will readily do by slight agitation, add the following mixture: Take water. nine drachms: nitrate of potash (saltpetre) thirty-eight grains ; and muriate of am- 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-hotneedle. The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in any stationa- ry position. By observing the different appearances which the materials assume, as the weather changes. it becomes an ex- celleut prognosticator of a coming storm or of a sunny shy.
Leech Barometer.
Take an eight ounce phial. and put in it three gills of water, and place in it a healthy leech, changing the water in summer once a week, and in winter once in a fortnight. and it will most accurately prognosticate the weather. If the weather is to be fine. the leech lies motionless at the bottom of the glass and coiled together in a spiral 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 hobi- tation with amazing swiftne-s. and seldom goes to rest till it begins to blow hard : if a remarkable storm of thunder and rain i- to succeed, it will lodge for some days before almost continually ont of the water, and discover great uneasine -- in violent throes and convulsive-like motion- : in frost a- in clear summer like weather it lies con-t .. utly at the bottom: and in show as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling in the very mouth of the phial. The top - hould be cov- ered over with a piece of intislin.
one-fifth. The remainder is the number of bushels-allowing. However, one bushel - extra to every 2.1. Thut- in a remainder of 221 there would be 225 bushels. Ind re- mainder of fis there would be 250 bu-hels, &c.
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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 .- PUB.]
HORSES.
RING BONE AND SPAVIN .- 2 oz. each of Spanish flies and Venice turpentine; 1 oz. each of aqua ammonia and euphorbium ; } 02. red precipitate ; K oz. corrosive subli- mate: 135 lbs. lard. When thoroughly pnl- 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 4 hours. For spav- in. once in 24 hours. Cleanse and press out the matter on each application.
POLL-EVIL .- Gum arabic 1 oz; common polash M oz : extract of belladonna } dr. Put the gum in just enough water to dis- solve it. Pulverize the potash and mix with the dissolved gum, 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.
Scores .- Powdered tormentil root, giv- en in milk, from 3 to 5 times daily till cured,
GREASE-HEEL AND SCRATCHES. - Sweet oil& ors .: boras 2 ozs .: sugar of lead 2 02s. Wash off with dich water, and, after it is dry, apply the mixture twice a day.
CHOLIC IN HORSE4 .- To 5 pt. of warm water a id 1 oz. Jandanum aud 3 ozs. spirits of turpentine, and repeat the dove in about 1. of an hour, adding 1 oz. powdered alves. if not relieved.
BOTs. - Three doses. let. 2 gts milk and 1 of molasses. 2d. 15 minutes after. 2 qts. warm save tes. 2d. After the expiration of 30 minutes, suficient 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.) Dove-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.
The cure will be materially hastened by taking a table-spoon of sulphur in a half pint of milk, daily, until the cure is affected.
SURE CURE FOR CORNS, WARTS AND CHILBLAINS .-- Take of nitric and muriatic acids, blue vitriol and salts of tartar, 1 oz. each. Add the blue vitriol. pulverized. to either of the acids; add the salts of tartar in the same way ; when done foaming, add the other acid, and in a few days it will be ready for use. For chilblains and corns apply it very lightly with a swab, and re- peat in a day or two nutil cured. For warts, once a week, until they disappear.
HOOF-AIL IN SHEEP .- Mix 2 ozs. 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 2 ozs .; neats-foot vil 1 oz .; vil of organum ; 0%. Shake when used, and rub and heat il. twice daily.
VERY FINE SOAP, QUICKLY AND CHEAP- LF MADE .- Fourteen pounds of bar soap in a half a botter of hot water ; ent up fine ; add three pounds of sal-soda made fine; one outhice of pulverized rovin ; stir it off .in all is dissolved : part as you take it off the fire, pur in two table spoonfuls of spirits of turpentine and one of ammonia; pour it in a barrel, and fill up with cold soft water ; letit stand three or four days before using. It is an excellent soap for washing ek the-, extracting the dirt readily, and not fading colored articles.
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VALUABLE RECIPES.
WATER PROOF FOR LEATHER .- Take lin-
FELONS .- Stir 1 oz. of Venice turpentine seed oil 1 pint, yellow wax and white tur- | with } tea-spoonful of water. till it looks pentine each 2 ozs. Burgundy pitch 1 oz., melt and color with lampblack. like candied honey, and apply by spreading upon cloth and wrapping around the finger. If not too long delayed will cure in 6 hours. A poke root poultice is also said to be a sure remedy.
TO KEEP CIDER SWEET .- Put into each barrel, immediately after making, > 1b. ground mustard, 2 oz. salt and 2 oz. pulver- izeil chalk. Stir them in a little cider. pour them into the barrel, and shake up well.
ActE CURE. - Procure 1}% table-spoons of fresh mandrake root juice, (by pounding) alal mix with the same quantity of molas- ses, and take in three cqual doses, 2 hours a part, the whole to be taken 1 hour before the chill comes on. Take a swallow of some good bitters before meals. for a couple of weeks after the chills are broken, and the cure will be permanent.
CURE FOR SALT RHEUM OR SCURVY .- Take of the pokeweed, any time in sum- mer ; pound it ; press out the jnice; strain it into a pewter dish; set it in the sun till it becomes a salve-then put it into an earth- en muz; add to it fresh water and bees' wax sufficient to make an ointment of com- mon consistency : simimer the whole over a fire till thoroughly mixed. When cold. rnb the part affected. The patient will al- most immediately experience its good ef- f-cts. and the most obstinate cases will be cured in three or four months. Tested .- The juice of the ripe berries may be pre- Pred in the same way.
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