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The author of this little but valuable book has had 30 years of practical expe- rience in Europe and the United States, in almost every branch of manufacturing and analytical chemistry. His chief aim in this work is to write a book for the masses, a book in common every-day plain English, and free from technical language. A large majority of the formulas are entirely new and now published for the first. time,.^,^ . Many of the formulas in this little work have sold for several hundred dol- lars each, in fact, will prove nuggets of gold in the hands of any intelligent man, woman or child, and will prove a pleasure as well as a profit. THE AUTHOR. INDEX. Water 7 To soften Water 10 Milk 11 Bogus Cream 14 Ciders 1 14 Apple Cider 15 Orange Cider 15 Pear Cider 16 Cherry Cider or Phosphate 16 Imitation Lemonade 17 Root Beer.. 17 Compound Syrups for Soda Water 18 Lemon Sj'rup 18 Orange Syrup 18 "Vanilla Syrup .* 18 Cherry Syrup 19 Saccharine;. 19 Saccherine Syrup No. 1 20 Saccherine Syrup No. 2 20 Glucose 21 Glucose Syrups 21 Common Syrup No 1. 21 Common Syrup No. 2 22 Honey Syrup 22 New Orleans Syrup. 22 Bogus Honey 23 Bogus Honey No. 2 .• 23 Sugar Syrups 23 Simple Syrup 23 Golden Syiup 24 Imitation Honey 24 Maple Syrup 24 Caramel or Sugar Coloring 25 Imitation Jellies '. 25 Apple Jelly ..._ : 26 Strawberry Jelly 26 Banana Jelly 26 Pear Jelly 26 Cherry Jelly 27 4 Blackberry Jelly 27 Acid Solution 27 Essences 28 Essence of Lemon 28 Essence of Orange 2» Essence of Pear 28 Essence of Root Beer 28 Essence of Salicylic Acid 29 Essence of Rose 29 Apple Essence 29 Extract of Strawberry 29 Extract of Banana 30 Vinegar 30 Cider Vinegar 31 Pear Vinegar.. 31 White Wine Vinegar 31 Strawberry Vinegar 32 Baking Powder 32 French Mustard , 38 Treatment for Obesity 33 Treatment for the Drink Habit 36 Home Cure for Drunkennes 38 Treatment for Emaciation 38 Beer... ; 39 Bay Rum 40 Hair Restorer 41 Dandruff Cure 41 Quinine Tonic 41 Rose Toilet Water 42 Violet Toilet Water [ 42 Lilac Toilet Water 42 Rose Perfume 43 Honey Stickle Perfume 43 Sweet Lavender Perfume 43 New Mown Hay Perfume 43 Violet Perfume 44 German Cologne 44 Face Po\vdcr 44 Pink Face Pow^der 45 Tooth Powder 45 Tooth Powder No. 2 45 Tooth Powder No. 3 45 Inks 45 Shoemaker's Ink 45 Harness Ink * 46 5 Black Writing Ink 46 Black Writing Ink No. 2 47 Purple Ink 47 Red, Blue and Green Inks 47 Mucilage 47 Mucilage No. 2 48 Laundry Blueing 48 Starch Polish 48 vStarch Polish No. 2 49 Harness Dressing 49 Black Shoe Dressing 49 Russet Shoe or Harness Dressing. 49 Russet Shoe Cleaner 50 Black Shoe Polish 50 Russet Shoe Polish 51 Liquid Glue 51 Cement that will mend anything 51 Piano Polish 51 Electric Powder 52 Sealing Wax 52 Silver-plating fluid 52 Best Matches 53 To remove Ink from paper 53 Reproduce ....54 Flashlight Powder 54 Gun Powder 55 Weights and Measures 55 Dry Measure 55 Fluid Measure 55 Percentage of Alcohol in various Beverages 56-57 WATER. As we know, water is widely distrib- uted over tlie earth, we never find it perfectly pure. All natural waters con- tain foreign substances in solution. These substances are taken up from the air or from the earth. Good drinking water should be free from color, taste and smell, transparent and without deposit. There is no simple process whereby the quality of a water may with certainty be acertained. A rough proximation may be arrived at, by taking the weight of the dried residue, and by the effect of incineration of its color. The permissible amounts of impurities in good drinking water, are as follows: PARTS PER MILLION Total residue by evaporation . 500. Chlorine in Chlorides . . .15. Oxygen consumed . . . 2. Nitrogen as free Ammonia . .02 Nitrogen as Albuminoid Ammonia .05 ^Nitrogen as Nitrites . . none Nitrogen as Nitrates . . 15. It has been fully established, that the wells in cities and towns are contami- nated, owing to their proximfty to sewers and drains and above all cess-pools. Through impure water the ova of vari- ous intestinal worms and other entozoa are introduced into the system and prove a fruitful cause of the production of, diarrhoea, dysentery, malarial fevers, ague, typhoid fever, diphtheria, cholera, calculi, etc. Good water taken in quantities to satisfy the thirst acts only beneficially, indeed an excess will not hurt, for it is quickly absorbed, and increasing the blood pressure, favors digestion by thus inducing a free flow of the faeces. It is a digestive agent as "well as food. By the liberal use of water as a beverage, the faeces are rendered of proper consis- tency, the intestines maintain their nor- mal activity, and constipation is avoided. The result of the ingestion of pure water tends to keep the kidneys clean of con- cretions and morbid changes, and with 8 the skin and lungs equally active the bodily house is well swept. Where ever water is suspected of being contaminated it should be boiled. A better way would be to boil it and when cool, or nearly so, filter it through filter paper. While a glass funnel is the best, a tin one will do fairly well, and your druggist will show you how to fold the filter paper. There are many styles of filters on the market, they all claim to be germ proof but are not. All living things contain a large pro- portion of water, which can be driven off by heat. The proportion of water in animal and vegetable substances is very great. If the body of a man weighing 150 pounds was placed in an oven and thoroughly dried, there would be left only about 50 pounds of solid matter, all the rest being water. When you pur- chase a roast of beef weighing eight pounds, you pay for about six pounds of water and two pounds of solid matter. The many varieties of mineral springs, have their origin in the presence in the earth of certain substances which are soluble in water, common salt occurs in large quantities in different parts of the earth. As it is soluble in water, many streams and springs contain it. Effervesent waters are such as contain some gas, usually carbonic - acid gas. Chalybeate water contains some com- pound of iron. . Sulphur-water contains a compound of hydrogen and sulphur, called hydrogen sulphide or sulphuretted hydrogen. Water is composed of hydrogen, 2 parts by weight and 16 parts of oxygen. TO SOFTEN WATER. The housewife is often greatly troubled because of the hardness of the water she uses for domestic purposes. The following formula will be found to work like a charm and rob wash day of half its terrors. Potash Carbonate . 4 ounces Boiling Water . . 1 gallon Dissolve, and add about onetablespoonful to each gallon of water. Clothes washed in water containing the above preparation will be nice and white, and will not shrink. MILK. Milk is the fluid secreted by the mam- mary glands of the division of vertebrate animals called Mammalia. The milk of various domestic animals is more or less used by man for food. The milk of the cow, which may be taken as typical of all others, is indeed by far the most valuable of all. Pure milk when newly drawn, is an opaque, white fluid with a yellow tinge and sweet to the taste. There should be a faint animal odor, due to the presence of sulphuretted hydrogen. The specific gravity of milk should be between . 1.03. and 1.035. Water . 86.87. Fat 3.5. Casene and Albumen . 4.75. Sugar . 4. Ash 7. -^ or 87 parts water and 13 parts solids. When allowed to stand for a time, the lactic sugar which it contains, decompo- ses into lactic acid. This transformation is quite simple, consisting in the splitting up of the molecules of sugar into lactic acid. When water is added to milk, the specific gravity becomes lower. In testing milk the lactometer alone is of no value. The quantity of cream varies from 8 to 20 per cent., but should not fall below 10 per cent. Where the per cent, of cream is low, also the specific gravity, there is little reason to doubt the mHk being adul- terated. Milk containing less than 11 per cent, of solids should be looked upon as adulterated. There are very few milk dealers who do not adulterate the milk they sell in i'fo I'j some way or other. Among the adul- terants may be mentioned: Water, Cotton Seed Oil, Milk Sugar, Salicylic Acid, Borac Acid, Boracic Acid, Benzooric Acid, Benzooric Ether, Borax, Bi -carbonate Soda, Magnesia, Lime, Amyl Acitate, Caramel and Aniline. A number of these preparations are Antiferments, and are used to keep the milk from souri'ng. But they all retard digestion and are bad, to say the least, and in the writer's opinion, more than half the ailments children suffer with, are caused by impure milk. In cities and large towns, thousands of gallons of milk are sold that never saw a cow. To-day there are men going about the country offering for sale for- mulas for making bogus milk. As high as five hundred dollars is asked and received for one of these formulas. In the windows of many restaurants in cities are placed signs something like this: We serve cream with our coffee for five cents per cup.. 13 BOGUS CREAM. The formula here given makes a very good imitation cream, and is perfectly wholesome, and may be given to children without any danger whatever. In fact it makes a good wholesome diet. Milk . . . V2 gallon. Corn Starch . ., 1 ounce. Eggs ... 1 Boil the milk, and allow to cool. Mix the starch with one pint of cold water. Beat egg well, and mix together. CIDERS. Cider when made from fruit and fresh from the press, is a nice thirst quenching and palatable beverage. But it is safe to say, for every gallon of genuine cider sold, there are one thousand gallons of bogus placed upon the market. Imitation ciders may be manufactured that are good wholesome beverages, and taken in quantities to satisfy the thirst, are not harmful. But the bulk of the artificial product con- tains material that makes it unfit for use as a beverage. Sweet cider fresh from the press contains no alcohol, but as it ages alcohol is formed. Hard cider contains 8 per cent, alcohol or twice as much as the highest grade of beer. in imitation ciders as no alcohol forms, a certain per cent, of alcohol is placed in, that is where they are expected to pro- duce a heady feeling. We give some formulas which may be used without danger and contain no alcohol. APPLE CIDER. Water . . .1 gallon Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1 ounce Sugar Coloring . . 1 teaspoonful Stir well and it is ready for use. ORANGE CIDER. Water . . .1 gallon Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1 ounce Essence of Orange . Vq ounce Sugar Coloring . . V2 teaspoonful Stip well. In The above makes a most delicious beverage and costs less than ten cents per gallon. PEAR CIDER, Water . . .1 gallon Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1 ounce Essence of Pear . . V2 teaspoonful Color straw color with sugar coloring. CHERRY CIDER OR PHOSPHATE, Quite a number of samples of cherry phosphate and cherry cider, have been sent to us at different times for analysis and we found nearly all of them to con- tain poisonous matter, such as Sulphuric Acid, artificial oil of bitter almonds and Aniline coloring. The formula here given is perfectly safe and will always give satisfaction. Water ... 1 gallon Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1 ounce Extract of Wild Cherry Bark V4. ounce 16 Color red with vegetable coloring. Of course coloring ciders does not add to their flavor, only they look much nicer. IMITATION LEMONADE A most delicious beverage and can not be told from the genuine arti cle. Water 1 gallon Simple Syrup 1 quart Acid Solution IV2 ounce Essence of Lemon 1/2 ounce Mix and it is ready for use. ROOT BEER Water Simple Syrup Essence of Root Beer . Acid Solution Sugar Coloring . Mix and you have a delightful and healthful drink. 1 gallon 1 quart 1 teaspoonful M ounce V2 ounce COMPOUND SYRUPS FOR SODA WATER. LEMON SYRUP. Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1/2 ounce Soluble Extract of Lemon 1/2 ounce Pour two or three tablespoonsfuf into a glass, fill two-thirds full with water, stir and drink. If desired a small amount of Bicarbonate of Soda may be added which will cause it to effervess. ORANGE SYRUP. Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . Va ounce Soluble Extract of Orange V2 ounce Use the same way as Lemon. VANILLA SYRUP. Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . 1 teaspoonful Extract of Vanilla . . V2 ounce - Sugar Coloring . . 1 teaspoonfu) iWix, use same as Lemon. 18 CHERRY SYRUP. Simple Syrup . . 1 quart Acid Solution . . V4. ounce Extract of Wild Cherry Bark V2 ounce Vegetable Red Coloring Vi ounce Mix, use same as Lemon. SACCHARINE. Saccharine is a product made from coal tar and was discovered by Fahlberg a few years ago. The name is a mis-nomer however, as Saccharine means sugar, while this product is more properly speaking a spice. Refined Soluble Saccharine is over five hujidred times as sweet as the best cane sugar. One ounce being equal to 35 pounds of the best granulated sugar in sweetning power. At the present price of sugar and Saccharine, where the latter can be used the -saving is very great. One pound Saccharine . $ 7.50 One barrel Sugar . . $18.75 A saving of .' . , $11.25 19 Saccharine is used largely in Syrups, Jellies, wines and carbonated beverages, also artificial ciders, etc. In diseases of the blader and kidneys. Saccharine may be used with good results. SACCHARINE SYRUP No. 1, Boiling water . . Iy2 gallons Saccharine . . ^ ounce Stir until disolved. Makes 6 quarts syrup at a cost of about 12 cents If sugar was used in the place of Saccharine, the cost would be : Sugar 8 pounds . . 48 cents Water 1 gallon The above syrup may be used for tea, coffee, cider, soda water, root beer, etc. In mixing this syrup an earthenware vessel is best. SACCHARINE SYRUP No. 2. Boiling water . . 1 gallon Saccharine . . ^/i ounce Stir until dissolved. 20 GLUCOSE. Glucose is made by boiling corn starch in a weak solution of sulphuric acid and then treating it with lime to neutralize the acid. Where glucose is made in a proper manner, it makes a wholesome food. We have examined many samples of glucose and found quite a number of them contained free sulphuric acid to an alarming extent. Glucose is used largely in the manufacture of syrups, jellies, honey, candy and beer. Many prepar- ations known as malt extracts and foods for producing fat are nothing more nor less than glucose in some form or other. GLUCOSE SYRUPS. Glucose not being as sweet as cane syrups Saccharine is added to supply the difference. COMMON SYRUP. Glucose (the best) . 15 pounds Cold Water .' . 1 gallon 21 Salicylic acid solution 1 teaspoonful Mix well, costs 15 cents per gallon. COMMON SYRUP No. 2. Glucose . . .15 pounds Water ... 1 gallon Salicylic acid solution 1 teaspoonful Sugar coloring . . 1 ounce Saccharine syrup . 1 quart HONEY SYRUP. Glucose . . .15 pounds Saccharine syrup . 1 gallon Sugar coloring . . 1 ounce Extract vanilla . . 1 teaspoonful Mix. The above syrup will give good satis- faction wherever used, and costs about 30 cents per gallon. NEW ORLEANS SYRUP. Glucose . 15 pounds Common cane molasses V2 gallon Water 1 gallon Saccharine syrup 1 gallon Extract vanilla . l^ ounce Mix well. 2? BOGUS HONEY. Glucose . . . ' 15 pounds Saccharine syrup No. 2. 1 gallon Salicylic acid solution Vt ounce Essence of Rose . 14 ounce BOGUS HONEY No. 2. Glucose ... 15 pounds Saccharine syrup No. 2. 1 gallon Salicylic acid solution 14 ounce Strained honey . 1 quart SUGAR SYRUPS. The formulas given under this head are standard, pure and wholesome and should be in every household. SIMPLE SYRUP. Cold water . . 1 gallon Granulated sugar . 10 pounds Stir until dissolved and strain through cloth. 23 GOLDEN SYRUP. Cold water .• . . 1 gallon Granulated sugar . 12 pounds Stir until dissolved, then add Sugar coloring . . 14 ounce Extract of vanilla . . 1 teaspoonful Strain. IMITATION HONEY. Pure and wholesome. In kettle over fire, Water ... 1 gallon Granulated sugar . 15 pounds Honey in comb . . 1 pound Bring to a boil, stir a very little and strain through cloth. The house wife who makes the above, will discover that it is superior to much of the so-called honey she has used. MAPLE SYRUP. In kettle over fire, Water ... 1% gallon Granulated sugar . ■ 12 pounds Powdered or crushed red oak bark 4 ounces Boil 20 minutes and strain through cloth while hot. CARAMEL OR SUGAR COLORING. In kettle over fire, Granulated sugar . 1 pound Allow to burn black, but not to a crisp, then add, hot water 1 pint and boil until as thick as syrup and strain through cheese cloth. IMITATION JELLIES, The amount of bogus jelly consumed in this country, is simply enormous, and the most of it is not fit to be used for food. These vile compounds are composed of glucose, saccharine, acids, factitious extracts and poisonous coloring matter, and while they are bad enough for a grown up person to eat, they are much worse for children. We give a few formulas for jellies made from glucose that are not harmful in small quantities. 25 APPLE JELLY. Glucose 1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup. 1 pint Acid solution 14. ounce Extract apple or apple ether 10 drops Mix well. STRAWBERRY JELLY. Glucose . . .1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup. 1 pint Acid solution . . 1 teaspoonful Extract of strawberry V2 teaspoonful Red coloring enough to bring it to the proper shade, mix well. BANANNA JELLY. Glucose . . .1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup 1 pint Acid solution . . 1 teaspoonful Extract of Bananna V2 teaspoonful Mix well. . PEAR JELLY. Glucose . . .1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup . 1 pint Acid solution , . V4. ounce Extract of pear , . V2 teaspoonful 26 CHERRY JELLY, Glucose . . .1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup. 1 pint Acid solution. . . V4, ounce Extract of Cherry Bark . 1 teaspoonful Color with red coloring, mix well. BLACKBERRY JELLY. Glucose . . ,1 quart No. 2 Saccharine syrup 1 pint Acid solution . . i/4 ounce Extract Blackberry . V2 teaspoonful Color with sugar coloring. ACID SOLUTION. The acid solution here given, is a standard one and may be used without any danger. Citric acid . . 2^2 ounces Tartaric acid . . 2y2 ounces Hot water . . 8 ounces Stir until dissolved, then add. Dilute Phcsphoric Acid 14 ounce 27 ESSENCE. The essences and extracts spoken of in this work, may be procured at any good drug store. ESSENCE OF LEMON. Good oil of Lemon . 14 ounce Alcohol ... 4 ounces Shake well. ESSENCE OF ORANGE, Oil of Orange . . X ounce Alcohol ... 4 ounces Shake well. ESSENCE OF PEAR. Acetic Ether . , 30 drops Amyl Acitate . . X ounce Glycerine . , . % ounce Alcohol . ,, . 2 ounces Mix. ESSENCE OF ROOT BEFR. Alcohol ... 4 uunces Oil of Sassafras . . X ounce Oil of Winter green . Yz ounce Mix. 28 ESSENCE OF SALICYLIC ACID (OR SALICYLIC SOLUTION.) Alcohol ... 5 ounces Salicylic acid . . Yz ounce Mix. ESSENCE OF ROSE. Oil of Rose . . 10 drops Alcohol ... 1 ounce Shake well. APPLE ESSENCE. Alcohol Chloroform Nitrous Ether Aldehyd Acetic Ether Amy! Valleriante Glycerine . 2 ounces 10 drops 10 drops 20 drops 10 drops % ounce 1 teaspoonful EXTRACT OF STRAWBERRY. Alcohol ... 2 ounces Acetic Ether . . 10 drops Nitrous Ether . . 30 drops Farmac Ether : . 10 drops Butric Ether 30 drop:. Oil of winter green 10 drops Amy! Acitate 30 diops Amyl Butyrate . 20 drops Glycerine . 30 drops Mix well EXTRACT OF BANANNA, Aldehyd . . .10 drops Amyl Butyrate Butric Ether. Chloroform . Glycerine . Alcohol % ounce 1 teaspoonful 10 drops 30 drops 2 ounces Mix, VINEGAR. (DILUTE ACETIC ACID.) A large amount of so called vinegar is placed on the market to day, at a cost of about ten cents per barrel, this vile compound is positively dangerous, and the manufacturer should be placed behind stone walls and iron bars. Sulphuric and nitric acid is used with water, coloring and flavor. 30 Below we give some formulas for making vinegar by the quick process, that may be used in the household with- out danger. CIDER VINEGAR, Water . . .1 gallon No. 8 Acetic acid . . 1 pint Sugar coloring . . 1 teaspoonful Mix. To the above 10 drops of apple essence may be added, to give it more of the apple flavor. PEAR VINEGAR, Water 1 gallon No. 8 Acetic acid . 1 pint Essence of Pear . 10 drops Mix. WHITE WINE VINEGAR, Water .... 1 gallon No. 8 Acetic acid . . 1 pint Mix. 31 STRAWBERRY VINEGAR, ^ Water .... 6 quarts No. 8 Acetic acid . . 1 pint Extract of Strawberry . 10 drops Color Red. BAKING POWDER. It is safe to say, that where one good baking powder is sold, there are many dangerous preparations forced on the public. Many of these are made up largely of alum and ammonia. The following may be used without danger. Tartaric acid Cream of tartar . Bicarbonate of soda Corn starch Mix. Cream of tartar . Bicarbonate of soda Potato starch Mix. Tartaric acid Bicarbonate of soda Potato starch Mix. 2 ounces 1 ounce 4 ounces 6 ounces 2 ounces 2 ounces 4 ounces 8 ounces 10 ounces 12 ounces FRENCH MUSTARD, We will say right here, that very little of this so-called mustard contains any mustard whatever. In fact it is composed mostly of buck wheat flour and potato starch, with capsicum and color. The formulas we give here are good and make a nice condiment. Buck wheat flour . . 1 pound Dry mustard . . ^/4 pound Mix with vinegar and color with sugar coloring. Potato starch . . 1 pound Dry mustard . . V2 pouud Mix with white wine vinegar, color with sugar coloring. TREATMENT FOR OBESITY. (REDUCING FLESH.) During the past years we have examined many preparations that were sold under fancy and high sounding names, and claiming to cure corpulency, and a large number of the preparations were found to be worse than useless, and 33 in many instances positively dangerous The man or womam who is carrying about too much fat is in great danger. And while too much fat is dangerous it is a constant annoyance and burden in every way. This treatment is an honest, intelligent and successful one and we guarantee it in every respect. You incur no danger in taking it, you suffer no inconvenience, no pain or trouble whatever. THE TREATMENT. Powdered Rhubarb . 1 ounce Compound licorice powder V2 ounce Mix and make into 3 grain capsules. Dose, one 20 minutes before each meal. Pulverized citric acid . 1 ounce Watei .... 1 pint Dissolve and take one teaspoonful in mie half glassful of water when thirsty. Take a hot salt bath once a week, before bed time. Say 1 pint of salt dissolved in 10 gallons of water. Avoid constipation, exercise short of fatigue. 34 SUGGESTIONS for OBESITY DIET. SOUPS, ETC. Beef, mutton, and chicken broth, free from fat. FISH. All kinds. MEATS. Lean beef, lean mutton, chicken and game. Eggs. VEGETABLES. Asparagus, cauliflower, onions, celery, cresses, spinach, white cabbage, tom- atoes, radishes, lettuce, greens, squash and turnips. BREAD AND FARINACEOUS ARTICLES. Stale bread and dry toast, gluten biscuits. DESSERTS, FRUITS, ETC. Grapes, oranges, cherries, berries, acid fruit. DRINKS. Water, tea and coffee without sugar or cream. Saccharine syrup may be used in tea apd coffee. 35 AVOID Fat, thick soups, sauces, spices, hominy, oat meal, macaroni, white and sweet potatoes, rice, beets, carrots, starches, parsnips, puddings, pies, cakes, all sweets, milk, alcoholic drinks, malt liquors. Avoid water in excess. TREATMENT FOR THE DRINK HABIT. There are many institutions in this country who claim to treat and cure drunkenness, most of them are humbugs and not worthy of any consideration whatever. We have made a careful analysis of the preparations used in quite a number of these institutions, and found them to be something like the following: THE TONIC. Cinchona, Nux Vomica, Atropine and Ammonia. 36 THE INJECTION- Atropine or Strychnine and sometimes both. These humbug institutions claim that their treatment will remove all desire for intoxicants. In fact take our treatment they cry and you can't drink whiskey if you try, any way you can't keep it down. And all this is very true, should you drink the whiskey or beer they give you while undergoing treatment, because they contain drugs of such a nature, which makes it impossible for the stomach to retain them. Perhaps John Soak, after being treated a few days is given a test, as it is called, that is a drink of whiskey or beer if he prefers it, this whiskey or beer contains ipecacuanha or appia morphia, and, as a result, in a few minutes John has a most violent fit of vomiting, **Oh, Oh," he gasps, "this treatment has fixed me, I can't drink any more whiskey." After he leaves the institution the thought 37 of how he suffered after taking these tests will keep him sober for at least a week, while in some cases (but very rare) for years. HOME CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. Fluid extract of cinchona 1 ounce Nux Vomica . , . Vs ounces Atropine ... V2 grain Aromatic spirits of ammonia Vs ounces Simple syrup . . 2 ounces Water to make . . 8 ounces Dose, one teaspoonful every three hours. The above has been taken in a large number of cases with good results, where nerves and stomach are in poor condition, this tonic helps wonderfully. TREATMENT FOR EMACIATION. (TO BUILD UP FLESH.) THE TONIC. Iron tincture . . ' V2 ounce Water ... 5 ounces Simple syrup . . 2 ounces Fowler's solution of arsenic Vs ounce Dilute phosphoric acid Vs ounce Mix. 38 One teaspoonful after meals. MALT EXTRACT. One tablespoonful one hour before meals. Take moderate exercise, keep regular hours, avoid excesses. For bath, use sponge and tepid water. WHAT TO EAT. Oat meal, corn meal, rice, hominy, wheat, starches, jellies, puddings, bread, biscuits, potatoes, carrots, beets, fat meats, thick soups, sugar, milk, cream, sweet fruits, avoid alchohlic and malt liquors and all sour matter. BEER. The consumption of beer in the United States has grown to enormous proportions, as the quantity of beer increases the quality decreases, until much of the out- put is slop and nothing better. Lager beer is supposed to be made from barley and hops and to contain four per cent, alcohol. Glucose being much cheaper than malt made from barley, and extract of bitter aloes is cheaper than hops, therefore these are largely used. As an anti-ferment Salicylic acid is used in large quantities. Therefore much of the beer sold to-day is positively danger- ous and is a fruitful cause of the pro- duction of many diseases. Many who drink beer claim that it makes them strong, and that it is a food. This is all bosh, in a barrel of beer there is not as much nutriment as in a single loaf of rye bread. BAY RUM, A large amount of the liquid sold under this name is only a base imitation, and unfit for use. In glass jar or crock: Bay leaves . . 4 ounces Alcohol ... 1 pint Water ... 1 quart Keep well covered and allow to stand six days, stirring two or three times each day. Filter through paper, or two or three times with cotton flannel. 40 HAIR RESTORER. Lac -Sulphur . . 1 ounce Acitate of Lead . bounce Alcohol 8 ounces Common salt V4. ounce Bay Rum . 2 ounces Water to make . V2 gallon Pumice stone 2 ounces lake well and filter throi igh UR] paper. DANDRUFF C E. Water . 1 quart Alcohol . 8 ounces Hydrochloric Acid 1/8 ounce Sulphate of Quinine . Vs ounce Tincture of Canthardis Vs ounce Bay Rum . 4 ounces Pumice stone 2 ounces lake well, filter through pap NIC er. QUININE TO ♦ Water 1 quart Alcohol 8 ounces Sulphate of Quinine . yi ounce Tincture of Canthardis • 'A ounce Extract of Rose }4 ounce L Pumice stone . . 2 ounce; Shake well, filter through paper. Color red. ROSE TOILET WATER. Essence of Rose . 1 ounce Alcohol ... 8 ounces Water ... 1 quart Pumice stone . . 2 ounces Shake well, filter through paper. Color pink. VIOLET TOILET WATER Alcohol ... 8 ounces Extract of Violet . V2 ounce Water ... 1 quart < Pumice stone . . 2 ounces Shake well filter through paper. Color with violet color or ink. LILAC TOILET WATER. Alcohol ... 8 ounces Extract of Lilac . . V2 ounce Water ... 1 quart Pumice stone . . 2 ounces Shake well, filter through paper. Color with violet coloring. ROSE PERFUME. Alcohol ... 2 ounces Oil of Rose . « 10 drops Shake well, color pink. HONEY SUCKLE PERFUME. Alcohol 2 ounces Oil of Rose 5 drops Oil of Lemon 10 drops Oil of Orange 10 drops Oil of Burgamot 10 drops Oil of Lavender 2 drops Shake well, color yellow SWEET LAVENDER PERFUME. Alcohol ... 2 ounces Oil of Lavender flower Vs ounce NEW MOWN HAY PERFUME. Alcohol . . 2 ounces Oil of Myrrhbane 10 drops Oil of Lemon Grasse 20 drops Extract of Vanilla 10 drops Shake well. 43 VIOLET PERFUME. Alcohol 2 ounces Oil of Violets . 10 drops Extract of Orris . 5 drops Shake well, color violet GERMAN COLOGNE. Alcohol 2 ounces Oil of Lemon Grasse 20 drops Oil of Burgamot 20 drops Oil of Orange . 10 drops Oil of Rose 2 drops Oil of winter green 2 drops Shake well, filter through paper. NOTE : The above perfumes would be much cleaner and brighter, by the addi- tion of a little Pumice stone, and filtering through paper. FACE POWDER* Powdered carbonate of magnesia . . 1 ounce Rose perfume . . 30 drops Mix well. 44 FACE POWDER PINK. Carbonate of magnesia 1 ounce Carmine ... 10 grains Mix well. TOOTH POWDER, Orris powder 1 ounce French chalk . 1 ounce Mix, perfume. TOOTH POW^DER No. 2. Orris powder . . 1 ounce Powdered Pumice stone V2 ounce Mix. TOOTH POWDER No. 3. Take Pulverized French Chalk. INKS. SHOE MAKERS' INK. (Or burnishing ink.) In kettle over fire, Water 1 gallon Extract of logwood 4 ounces When dissolved add. Bi-Chromate of Potash V2 ounce Stir for two or three minutes, take otr fire and when cool add, Vinegar ... 1 pint The above costs ten cents per gallon and sells for about one dollar. HARNESS INK. In kettle over fire. Water ... 1 gallon Extract of Logwood . 4 ounces When dissolved add, Bi-Chromate of Potash V2 ounce Yellow Prussiate of Potash 30 grains Stir until dissolved, take off fire and when cool add No. 8 Acetic acid . 4 ounces BLACK WRITING INK. In kettle over fire Water ... 6 quarts Extract of logwood . 4 ounces When dissolved add, Bi-Chromate of Potash 1 ounce Stir until dissolved, allowtocool and it is ready for use. 46 The above costs about 10 cents per gallon and sells for two dollars. BLACK WRITING INK No. 2. Black water soluble Aniline 1 ounce Boiling water . . 1 gallon Stir until dissolved, when cool add Acetic acid . . 2 ounces PURPLE INK. Boiling water . . 1 gallon Purple or Violet water soluble Aniline . 1 ounce Acetic acid . . 2 ounces Stir until dissolved. Costs about 15 cents, sells for 75 cents to one dollar per quart. RED BLUE and GREEN INKS. Make same as purple, using Red, Blue or Green Aniline in place of Purple Aniline. MUCILAGE. \ (THE KIND USED ON POSTAGE STAMPS.) Water ... 10 ounces 47 Oexterine ... 8 ounces Acetic Acid . . 2 ounces Mix well, and add Alcohol ... 2 ounces Mix. MUCILAGE No. 2. Gum Tragacanth . 1 ounce Cold water . . V2 gallon Allow to stand 24 hours stirring well a few times. If too thick add water. LAUNDRY BLUING. Soluble blue . . 1 ounce Oxalic acid . . 1 ounce Water ... 1 gallon Allow to stand 48 hours, stirring well a few times. Strain through cloth. The above makes a good blue ink as well. STARCH POLISH, White wax . • 1 ounce Spermaceti . . 1 ounce 48 Melt together, about Vs ounce to quart of starch. STARCH POLISH No. 2, White wax . . 1 ounce Spermaceti . . 2 ounces Sterine . , , V2 ounce Melt together. HARNESS DRESSING, Wood Alcohol (Poison) 1 quart Garnet shellac . V2 pound Cotton seed oil . .^/4 ounce Keep well covered, stirring well three times each day for four days, or until dissolved, then add Black water soluble Aniline 1 ounce Stir well and it is ready for use. BLACK SHOE DRESSING, CW'ATERPROOF) Same way as Harness Dressing. RUSSET SHOE or HARNESS DRESSING. Same way as black only leave out the color. 19 RUSSET SHOE CLEANER. Water ... 1 gallon Gum Tragacanth . 4 ounces Allow to stand 24 hours, stirring a few times, then add Oxalic Acid . . 4 ounces Allow to stand 12 hours stirring a few times, then add Red water soluble Aniline 20 grains Dissolved in a little water, add Spirits of Camphor . V2 ounce Mixing well. Water now may be added to bring it to the right consistency. BLACK SHOE POLISH. In kettle over fire dissolve Black burnishing wax 4 ounces In covered can. Turpentine . . 8 ounces Place the can in a vessel containing water, over fire until the Turpentine becomes hot, then mix the wax and turpentine together. Allow to cool, say one half, then pour into cans that have tight fitting covers. RUSSET SHOE POLISH. Make same way as black, using yellow burnishing wax in place of black. LIQUID GLUE. In can or crock, Acetic acid . . 1 pint Best white glue . V2 pound Place can in water over fire until dis- solved. CEMENT THAT WILL MEND ANYTHING. hi kettle over fire. Acetic acid . . 1 pint French Isinglass . V2 pound Stir until dissolved. Bottle while hot. PIANO POLISH Linseed oil Alcohol Balsam of Fir Sulphuric Ether Shake well. Place on with woolen cloth. The above polish is the best on earth. 51 4 ounces 4 ounces V2 ounce 1/4 ounce ELECTRIC POWDER, For cleaning copper, brass, gold, silver and glass, Best whiting . . 1 pound Cream of Tartar . . 1 ounce Calcined magnesia . 1 ounce Mix. Rub on with damp cloth, and polish with dry one. • SEALING WAX. In kettle over fire, Bees wax . Rosin Turpentine Venetian red Dissolve. 2 ounces 4 ounces 1 ounce 14 ounce SILVER-PLATING FLUID. Nitrate of Silver . Va. ounce Cyanide of Potassium 3 ounces Distilled water . . 4 ounces Shake until dissolved, then add Whiting ... 1 ounce Rub on with cloth. BEST MATCHES, In mortar, Water ... 10 grains Dexterine ... 2 grains Chlorate of Potash . 2 grains Red lead ... 2 grains Peroxide of Manganese 3 grains Golden Sulphide of Antimony 2 grains Amorphous Phosphorous 3 grains Mix well. Dip sticks in the above and allow to dry. NOTE: The above preparation is dangerous to make, it will explode while mixing if dry. The writer received $2500.00 for this formula. TO REMOVE INK FROM PAPER, Chlorate of lime . 1 pound Water ... 1 gallon Shake well, allow to stand 24 hours, and strain through cloth. To one ounce of the. above add Acetic acid . . 1 teaspoonful 53 REPRODUCE. For transferring pictures from news- paper, magazines, etc.. Water . . . 1 pint Turpentine . . 4 ounces Sulphuric Ether . , 1/2 ounce Potash (Babbits) . 10 grains Soap Powder . . 1/2 ounce Shake well. Wet the picture with brush, dry a little with blotting paper, then place on picture your blank paper, and rub with spoon. The above formula is very valuable. FLASH LIGHT POWDER. For taken pictures at night the follow- ing flash light is safe, cheap, and there is no better sold. Powdered sulphur . 30 grains Yellow prussiate of potash 60 grains Chlorate of potash . 180 grains Powdered metal magnesium 120 grains Powder each chemical separately and mix together. GUN POWDER. Will throw No. 6 shot one hundred yards, and kill birds. Chlorate of potash . 1 ounce Yellow Prussiate of potash y2 ounce Granulated sugar . V2 ounce Nitrate of potash . 20 grains Red lead , , . Vs ounce Pulverize each chemical separately then mix together. WEIGHTS and MEASURES. DRY MEASURE. 20 grains ... 1 scruple 3 scruples ... 1 drachm 8 drachms ... 1 ounce 12 ounces ... 1 pound FLUID MEASURE. 60 minims or drops . 1 drachm 8 drachms ... 1 ounce 16 ounces ... 1 pint 8 pints ... 1 gallon Medicines are bought and sold by avoirdupois weight. 55 PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL IN VARIOUS BEVERAGES* Beer Porter Ale Cider Maselle Perry Elder Tokay Orange Bordeau Hock Goosberry Champagne Claret Burgundy Malaga Canary . Sherry Vermouth Cape Malmsey Marsala . Ratafia . PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL IN VARIOUS BEVERAGES.-Con, Port 23. Curacoa 27. Aniseed 33. Maraschino 34. Chartreuse 43. Gin 51.6 Biandy 53.4 Rum 57.7 Irish whiskey 53.9 Scotch whiskey 54.3 Spirits are said to be proof, when they contain 57 per cent. Ml. 57 PROFESSOR DUKE H. BASHFORD MANUFACTURING AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST (With The Home Chemical and Publishing Co., of Waukesha, Wis.) ANALYSIS, EXPERT WORK, FORMULAS FURNISHED, TERMS REASON- ABLE, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Address all Communications to M. B. Bird, Secretary, WAUKESHA, WIS. OCT 18 1699 tfR»-^3^' - ^ " y^-k -^. .,^ X-