IPT OR INFORMATION FOR THE MILLION. An Invaluable Collection of Practical Receipts, Household, Family, Domestic, Medicinal, and Miscellaneous, With advertisements of First ClaSS houses giving description, and price of useful articles needed in every family. PRICE 25 CENTS. iso^M'-^ x/' published by FARRELL&Co., 371 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y, 1876 c- Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1877, by W. H. Farrell, ^^ in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. TO THE READEE. In preparing this little book, our aim has been to give a few of our choice receipts. We have previously sold them singly charging for the same ten cents, of which we sold over 20.000., Now; for the benefit of those who have purchased single receipts and the many thousands who are daily in want of these Valua- ble Receipts we have compiled this book, feeling confident that a thorough perusal will give entire satisfaction, and that the work small and unpretentious in appeiirance, will be carefully pre- served, and rejjarded as a reliable source of information. ij^^£;x PageX Apple butter, 26 ^Black-walnut "stains" Addition, rapid 17 Ammonia in the house, keep 48 Air beda in the morning, 44 Apparel, fire-proof 34 Ants, to destroy 32 Aethma, to cure 8 > Page. 42 Bouquet, to keep a Books, to remove ink on Butter, apple Brushes, to clean Burns and scolds, Bunions, to cure Boils, to cure Boots waterproof, Bedbugs, Blackberry wine, Brains, overworked Beer, Ottawa Beer, ginger Black silk dress, to restore a Bouquet, jockey club Bleeding at the nose, to stop Beds in the morning, air Black Bilk, to renovate \ Corsets, 13 \ Cologne water, 26 ) Caramels, chocolate 26 ^ Catarrh, to cure 18 34 ^ Cholera mixture, 18 32 ) Corns, 14 26 ) Cough remedy, 10 32 > Carpets, to clean 32 18 ^ Candle to burn all night, a 34 20 * Cotton dresses, to set the color of 40 22 < Clam chowder. 36 24 ^ Cocoa-nut candy, 42 40 ^ Cleanliness, 46 38 ; Cough, to cure whooping 10 44 ) Complextion beautifier, 13 28 ( Chapped hands. 16 28 S Covers, to clean sofa 32 26 \ 20 ) Clocks, 46 16 I 44 ( 42 Pag?.; Diphtheria, to cure 12 ^ Dropsy, to cure 10 , Drunkenness, cure for 10 ^ Dre>8es, to set the color of cotton 40 Dandruff, ^^ Dictionary, ^'^ Dress, to restore a crumpled black silk 26 for Eyes, cure for sore Furniture polish, Felons to cur ) Eever and Ague, remedy Freckles, t^ r move Fire-proof, to render apparel Fly poison, Fruit, when to eat Fabric, tfl remove grease spots from Feet, noxious smell from the Floral g^iide, Flower and Vegetable seeds Furnaces, Ginger beer. Gloves, to clean Grease from silk. Glossy shirts. kid to remove Hair, Preservation of the Hair dye, Hands, chapped Hands, soap for whitening the Hydrophobia, cure for Headache, cure for sick Hints for young mothers, Household measures. Hair restorer, Hair brushes, to clean Hats, to clean Hemorrhages, 14 33 Gold articles, polishing powder for 34 Ink, black writing Ingrowing nails, remedy for Ink on bocks, to remove Linen, to restore scorched Laces, to clean Moths, remedy against Matting, to wash straw Mirrors, to clean Measures, household Tilothers, hints for Misfit carpets. NoBe, to stop bleeding at the Neuralgia, to cure Nails, remedy for ingrowing Ottawa beer, Overworked brains, Organs, Page.^ Page. 16 ) Silk dress, to restore a crumpled 26 U ( Silk, to remove grease from 28 8 Shirts, glossy- 28 Stammering, to cure 20 Scalds and Burns, 18 Sofa covers, to clean 32 ^ Sunstroke, to prevent 34 Stoves, to close cracks in 38 Straw hats, to clean 38 > Scorched linen, to restore 36 28 > Silk, to renovate black 42 44 ( Straw matting, to wash 42 37 ( Silver, to clean 48 Sick-headache, to cure 10 Sprains, 46 Pimples, 12 Polishing Powder, 84 Paint, milk 40 Paint from windows, to remove 38 Pulse, the 46 Pens, 17 Polish, furniture 24 Pianos, 37 Ponds extract, 50 Vinegar, cheap 36 Washing fluid, 24 Wounds, remedy for painful 16 Whooping cough, to cure 10 Warts, to remove 8 Washing made easy 30 Walnut stains, black 42 Wax flower materials, 29 Windows, to remove paint from 38 Watches, 25 Wine, lemon 30 Wine, blackberry 38 Rheumatism, to cure Reader, to the Reader, special to Yeast. 3T£:CIA.L 20^£::4.^JE^, A few pages have been left blank purposely, so that yon could enter otlier Recipes. Also a blank in the index. If your druggist cannot prepare any Recipe, send to us the name of the Recipe, and the price your druggist may think it will cost, (include an additional 15 cents to pay for a bottle and postage) and we will be pleased to fill the order. Also anything advertised in the book, by sending the price named we will see that you get a first class article If the price is not named we will furnish you the same, or such infor- mation as you may desire. Address, Farrell k Co 371 Broadway, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. RECIPES. To Cure Dyspepsia. — The cure of this disease has been the study of the medical profession for the last half centuary. We have, with them, given the subject much thought, and from the best informatior, we are prepared to endorse(The new French Remedy). Dr. de Longueville's Gestiano as the most reliable remedy, for the certain cure of Dysyepsia, Indi- gestion and loss of appetite. Its best endorsement is its use by the medical faculty. See opposite page. Td Cure Asthma. — Elecampane, angelica, confrey and spikewood roots, with hoarhound tops; of each, one ounce; bruise and steep in one pint of honey. Dose, a tablespoonful taken hot every few minutes until relief is obtained; then, sev- eral times daily until a cure is effected. Remedy for Ingrowing Nails.— Take a piece of sponge and make it as solid as leather, by wetting and then winding string very tightly round it and drying it thoroughly. Of this cut a small pyrmidal piece, less than a grain of rice; this insert be- neath the nail, and secure it by strips of adhesive plaster, ap- plied longitudinally, to avoid comj)ression. The sponge soon becomes moist and swollen, keeping the nail from the irritated flesh. Any granulations should previously be destroyed with trong nitric acid. To Remove Freckles- — 1 ounce of lemon juice, borax and rose water, mixed. Eub on at night, and in the morning bathe with soft water ; no hard water should ever be used, if you value your complexion. To Remove Warts. — Tincture of cantharides, with some drops of iodine; apply to the warts with a small brush or a little stick, tlu'ee or four times a day. in a few days the warts will disappear. Tot Sale by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. (Trade Mark.) Tlie only known Effective Remedy For tlie Ceitain Cure of DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION, and LOSS OF APPETITE. Contaius no Curative Properties for any other Diseases. It is not a Patent Medicine, but a Stan lard Remedy, and has been used for many years by the best Medical Faculty of Europe with perfect success. It is largely used in all the principal hospitals for the cure of the above diseases. 500 Oases of Chronic Dyspepsia cured in the last four months of 1876 in New York City and surroundings, to any of whom, by kind permission, we refer. Price, $1.00 per 8 oz. Bottle. Address: De Granby&Co., [Sole A§rent** *®r U« S.,] 88 MAIDEN LANE, New York City. 10 To Cure Dropsy. — A tea made of chestnut leaves and drauk in the place of water, will cure the most obstinate case of dropsy in a few days. To Cure whooping Cough. — Take plantain leaves; wash and bruise them well; now strain through a cloth, and sweeten with honey; for an adult one tablespoonful is a dose. Cough Remedy. — Boil one ounce of flaxseed in a quart of water, for half an hour; strain and add to the liquid the juice of two lemons, and half a pound of rock candy. If the cough is accompanied with weakness and a loss of appetite, add half an ounce of gum arable. Set this to simmer for half an hour, stirring it occasionally. Take a wine-glassful when the cou^h is troublesome. To Cure Drunkenness. — A mixture made up as follows, and taken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and as often ;.s the desire for strong drink returns, will cure the worst case o.' drunkenness: Sulphate of iron, five grains; peppermint water, eleven drachms; spirits of nutmeg, one drachm. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and partialy supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents the absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks. It is to betaken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and as often as the desire for a dram returns. To Cure Sick-Headache. — Magnesia, fifteen grains: solution of potassa, fifteen drops ; compound tineture of senna, one drac- hm; compound infusion of senna, six drachms: syrup of ginger, one drachm: compound infusion of orange peel, half an ounce. Mix Taken at a draught as an aperient. Cure for Diphtheria — It is simpiy the use of sulphuric acid, of which four di'ops are diluted in three-fourths of a tumbler of water, to be administered to a grown person and a smaller dose to children, at intervals. The result will be a coagulation of the diphtheritic membrane and its ready removal by cough- ing, When not advanced to a nearly fatal termination , a recov- ery maybe expected. Pimples. — Take a teaspoonful of oatmeal, cook in three table- spooufuls of water half an hour, then strain through a thin cloth, and apply with a soft sponge three times a day for two or three months. This should be washed off as soon as thoroughly dry. It will cure pimples on the face, unless caused bv a diseased stomach. Cure for Hydrophobia. — Take two tablespoonfuls of fresli chloride of lime, mix it with lialf a pint of water, and with this keep the wound constantly bathed and frequently renewed. The clorine gas possesses the power of decomposing this tre- mendous poison, and renders mild and harmless tliat venom against whose resistless attack the artillery of medical science has been so long directed in vain. It is necessary to add that this wash should be applied as soon as possible after the infliction of the bite. Bemedyfor Fever and Ague.— Peruvian bark, two ounces; wild tree bark, one ounce; cinnamon, one teaspoonful; sulphur, one ounce; port wine, two quarts. Let stand a day or two. Always buy the Peruvian bark snd pulverize it. as most ready pulverized articles are adulterated, this is the reason why more cures are not performed by it. Dose, a wine-glassful every two or three hours a day until all is U3C(":. PET DRAWING SLATE. Just out. Cheaper than any other. Copies in Drawing and Writing. Writing Copies in English and German. A perfect graduated ruler with each Slate. The Slate can be used for ordinary chool or ^'^"^l^^^^'^^^^^^l well. Drawing Apparaius can be detached easily, and if Slate becomes broken, re-adjuated to any other Slate. Mailed F'ree /or 25 Cents. JOHN D EMACS, Sole Manuf r, 114 William Street, N. Y, 14 Cure for Sore Byes.— Disolve a quarter of a pound of Ep- son salts in a quart of cold spring water, and take one wine- glassful every night before retiring. Bath tlie eyes as often as possible with the solution (keeping some of it in a separate bottle for that purpose) ; the oftener the eyes are bathed the better. Thepatient should not use either spirituous or malt liquors, as this would tend to inflame the eyes, and counteract the effects of tKe medicine Cure Felons. — As soon as discovered take some spirits of turpentine in a cup, dij) the finger in it, and then hold the hand near a hot fire till dry ; then diq it in again, and repeat for fif- teen minutes, or till the pain ceases, the uext day, with a sharp knife, pare olFthe thick skin, and you will find something like n honey-comb filled with clear water; open the cells, and the fellon is gone. If the felon is to far advanced for terpentine, oil of origanum, treated iu the same way. will cure. To Cure Corns. — Soak the feet in warm water, then with a sharp instrument pare off as much of the corn as can be done without pain, and bind up the part with a piece of muslin or linen, thoroughly saturated with sperm oil, or, what is better, the oil which floats upon the surface of mackerel or herring. After three or four days the dressing may be removed by scrap- ing, when the new skin will be found of a soft and healthy tex- ture, and less liable to the formation of a new corn. To Cure Neuralgia. — Make a poultice and tea from our common field thistles, The leaves are macerated and used on the parts affected as a poultice, while a small quanity of the leaves are boiled down in the proportion of a quart to a pint, and a small wine-f^lass of the decoction drank before each meaL 16 Liquid Hair Dye. — Hydrosulpliuret of ammonia, 1 ounce ; solution of potash, 3 drams; distilled water, 1 ounce. Mix and lable solution No. 1. Nitrate of silver, 1 dram; distilled water, 2 ounces. Mix and label solution No. 2. To be kept in separate bottles. Brush the first solution over the hair for a minute or two, then brush over the second solution, a comb being each time used to allow the liquid to come in contact with every hair. If the color be not sufficiently dark, repeat the process. To Stop Bleeding at the Nose.— If the finger is pressed firmly upon the little artery which supplies blood to the side of the face affected, the result is accomplished. Two small arteries, branch- ing up from the main arteries on each side of the neck, and pass- ing over the outside of the jaw-bone, supply the face with blood. If the nose bleeds from the right nostril, pass the finger along th e edge of the right jaw till the beating of the art ery is felt. Press hard upon it, and the bleeding will cease. Continue the pressure for five minutes, until the ruptured vessels in the nose have time to contract. Eemedy for Painful Wounds. — Take a pan or shovel with burning coals and sprinkle upon them common brown sugar, and hold the wounded part in the smoke. In a few minutes the pain will be allayed, and recovery proceeds rapidly. Chapped Hands. — When you have washed your hands, and while they are still wet, rub on them a little honey, and then dry them, taking care to leave tha honey on, and not rinse it off before drying the hand. Soap for Whitening the Hands.— Take a wine-glassfnll of ean de cologne, and another of lemon-juice; then scrape two cakes of brown Windsor soap to a powder; and mix well in a mold. Wnen hard, it will be an excel ent soap. ifesSif'ji 1 1 JOSEPH GILLOTT'S : STEEL PENS. Sold by all dealers throughout the World. -MoroccoHu^, GiU Edges, 138 8c 140 GRAND ST., NEW YORK. RAPID ADDITION . Wo&derful Invention! ARTofAddingFignres from Left to Kight: or from Middle either way: or Six Columns at one time ! Done as Quick as Thought! Sent to any Address on receipt of Price, 50 Cents. Agents Wanted. WILLIAM FURNISS, Post Office Box 1,149. Batavia, N. T, 18 To Cure Catarrh. — The severest catarrhal cokl can "be re- moved in about ten hours by a mixture of carbolic acid, ten drops; tincture of iodine and chloroform each 7^ drops. A few drops of the mixture should be heated over a spirit lamp, ia a test tube, the m3uth of which should be applied to the nostrils as soon as volatilization is affected = The opperation should be re- peated in about two minutes, when, after the patient sneezes a number of times, the troublesome symptoms rapidly disappear. Scalds and Burns. — On the instant of the accident, plunge the part under water. This relieves the pain in a second, and allows all hands to be composed. If the part cannot be kept under water, cover over with dry flour, an inch deep or more* In many instances nothing more is needed after the flour ; simply lei it remain until it falls off, when a new skin will be found under. In severer cases, while the part injured is und r water, simmer a leek or two in an earthen vessel, with half their bulk of hog's lard, until the leeks are soft, then strain through a muslin rag. This makes a greenish colored ointment winch, when cool, spread thickly on a linen cloth and apply it to the injured, part if there are blisters, let out the water. When, the part becomes feverish and uncomfortable, renew the ointment, and a rapid, painless cui*e vnll be the result, if the patient, in the meantime, lives excluisvely on fruits, coarse bread, and other light, loosening diet. Cholera Mixture. — for a safe and speedy relief for cholera, dysentery, diarrhea, colic, summer complaint, etc., take equal parts of tincture of rhubarb, spirits of camphor, tincture of cay- enne pepper, laudanum and essence of peppermint, mix well. Dose, ten to thirty drops every half houi' till relieved. 20 To Ctir9 Stani!113rill?. — The stammerer is made to mark the time in his speech, just as it is ordinarily done in singing. He IS at first to beat on every syllable. It is best at the'first lesson to read some simple composition. Like one of David's Psalms, striking the finger on the knee at every word, then read in a newspaper, beating on every syllable. We doubt if the worst case of stammering could continue long, provided the sufferer would read an hour or two every day with thorough practice of this simple art, observing the same in his conversation. To Cure Hheumatisin. — Iodine of potassium, two drachms ; carbonate of potassium, six drachms ; syrup of orange peel, eight drachms; tincture of orange, six drachms; Mix in one pint of water, take half a wine glass three times a day. in two table- spoons full of Lemon-juice, pour one in the other, and drink while effervesing. To Make Jockey Club Bouquet.— Essence eridis (lib to the pint)five ounces ; essence cassia, essence tuberose, essence ambergris, a. a. 10 drams; oil bergami, 1-2 dram; oil rosa, one dram ; pure spirits, 65 o.b., one pint. To Cure BunioftS. — If not inflamed, the best remedy is to put on the bunion first a piece of diachylon plaster and upon that a piece of leather, this last having a hole the size of the bunion cut in it. If inflamed, the bunion should be poulticed. If this doss not succeed, and matter should form, it must be treated as a boil, and the matter let out with a needle or lancet. The following is for an inflamed bunion :- Iodine twelve grains ; lard or spermaceti ointment, half an ounce. A portion about the size of a horsebean. to be rubbed gently on the bunion two or three times a day. DON'T NEGLECT The N E W TO SUBSCKIBE FOE YORK SCHOOL JOURNAL OF NEW YORK CITY. It is published weekly. It is long established, It is the most practical. It is the most popular. EVEEYTHING PERTAINING TO TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, EDUCATION, COLLEGES. For the practical teacher it is unexcelled; iis writers are in the fore front ofthe battle, toiling, yet successful teachers. Every department is represented from the Kindergarten to the College. Especially will it reflect with accuracy the methods of the New York City public and private schools. SKETCHES OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. STORIES BY OUR BEST WRITERS. THE LEADING TEACHERS OF THE COUNTRY TAKE IT. It was furnished for several years to the teachers of the public schools of New York at the expense of the city, so highly was it prized. The modern methods of teaching, The freshest views, The most earnest thinking, The best ideas, All find a place in its pages. 'P'RIC^:, ^2,00 'PB'R rJ5^ji^, TEY IT FOR SIX MONTHS FOR $1.00, The new Course of Study for the New York City Public Schools will be sent to every new subscriber. To all who send $2.00. An elegant book entitled, "School Receptions; Hott to niana,g:e them*" Containing fresh Dialogues and Recitationh will be sent. ADDRESS M. ZELLOGG, 17 Warren St., New York. 22 Preservation of the Hair. — When the hair grows scantily, the following may be used sevarel times a week, morning, Eau-de- Cologne, two ounces; tincture cautharides, two ounces; oil rose- mary and oil of lavender, of each ten drops. When the hair has become thin from illness, or other causes, use the following : Mix equal parts of olive oil and spirits of rosemary, add a few drops of oil of nutmeg, and anoint the head very sparingly before going to bed. when actual baldness is commencing use the following pomade: Macerate a dram of powdered cautharides in an oimce of spirits of wine. Shake it well dui'ing a fortnight and then filter. Take ten parts of this mixture and rub it with ninty parts of cold lard. Add a little essence of bergamot. Rub this pomade well into the head night and morning. When the hair, after being natiu'ally luxurant, grows thin, without actually coming out in particles, use the following. Take of extract of yellow pe- ruvian bark, fifteen grains; extract of rhatany root, eight grains; extract of burdoch root and oil of nutmegs (fixed), of each two drams; camphor dissolved with spirits of wine, fifteen grains; beef maiTow, two ounces; best olive oil, one ounce; citron juice, half a dram; aromatic essential oil, as much as will make it fragrant; mix, and shake well. This is to be used every morning. Cure for Boils. — As soon as the culmination point of a boil makes its appearance, put a little camphorated alcohol in a sau- cer, and dip the ends of thefingers in it, rub the inflamed surface especially the c ntral part, repeating the operation eight or ten times for about half a minute; then allow the surface to dry, placing over it a slight coating of camphorated olive oil. Four applicatioiis will in almost all cases, cause boils to dry up and disappear, the opperation to be performed morning, noon and '^vening. To Make Sosts Waterproof.— Yellow beeswax, Bm-gundy pitch, and turpentiue, of each two ounces ; boiled linseed oil, one pint. Apply to the boot with the hauds before the fire till well saturated. Washing Fluid. — Three tablespoonfuls of soda, the same quantity of dissolved canjpbor(the same as kept for family use) to a quart of soft water, bottle it up and shake it well before useing. For a large washing, take four teaspoonfuls of the fluid to a pint of soap, make a warm suds and soak the clothes half an hour; then make another suds, useing the same quantity of soaj) and fluid, and boil them just fifteen minutes, then rinse in two waters. Black Writing Ink. — To make a good black writing Ink is as much an art as oil painting. That made by Thaddeus Davids & Co., occupies a period of over nine months in its manufacture, and by competent judges pronounced the best- In place of a recipe we strongly recomend the use of that man- ufactured by the firm named. Davids' Inks, in all colors, are sold by Stationers and Druggists throughout the world. Furniture Polish. — Scrape one pound of beeswax into shav- ings in a pan; add half a gallon spirits of turpentine, and one pint of linseed oil. Lit it remain twelve hours, then stir it well with a stick, into a liquid; while stirring, add one quarter pound shellac varnish and one ounce alkanet root* Put this mixture into a gallon jar, and stand it before the fire, or in an oven, for a week (to keep it just warm), shake it up three or four times a day. Then strain it through a sieve and bottle it. Pour about a teaspoonful on a wad of baize, go lightly over the face and other parts of mahogany furniture; then rub briskly with a sim- ilar wad diy. In three minutes it will produce a brilliant polish. PHADDEUS DAVIDS &m It has become so general a custom for thoughtless and unscrupulous persons to scatter broadcast to the public cheap compounds, misscalled *'Inks," that it lias become necessary to check an evil so great that it assumes the magnitude of little less than a crime. To abate or suppress this imposition, 7?ie Messrs. Thaddeus Dayids d' Co., offer to the public, an ounce bottle of their best Ink fcr deeds and other important papers, Schools and for general use. Stationers, Druggists, Grocers and others keep it ASK FOR IT!! 26 Apple Butter. — To oue peck, quartered and cored sweet ajDjDles, use two quarts thick boiled cider from sour apples, and two or three quarts of water ; cook in a large brass kettle until very soft, placing an inverted tin, or a small qiumtity of clean straw, with all the leaves stripped off, or any thiug which the ingenuity may suggest, to prevent burning to the bottom. When well done, remove from the kettle and rub through a colander. This may be done while hot, with a potato masher. Clean the kettle immediately, before using again. Return to the kettle and cook half an hour, stirring almost constantly to make it smooth and prevent burning. Add allspice, cloves and cinnamon to the taste ; if it remains frozen it will keep all winter. Cologne Water. — A mixture of oils is made as follows; Oil of ueroli 2 p. , oil of rosemary 1 p. , oil of lemon 3 p. , oil of bergamot 1 p ., and oil of orange 3 parts. One kilogramme of this mixture is dissolved in 60 litres of alcohol (85 to 90 per cent) the solution heated to 60* C. (140' F. ) and subsequently filtered. The heating effects the blending of the perfnmes in a short time, which othei-wise takes place only after several months. Chocolate Caramel. — Not quite a half-pound of Baker's sweet chocolate, grated fine, aquarter of a pound of butter, a teacup- ful of cream. After allowing it to come to a boil, cook it for thirty minutes, stirring dilligently all the while. Put in one tabl- espoonful of extract of vanilla just before taking the candy off the fire. Spread thin on buttered dishes, and with a knife dip- ped in cold water mark off into small square cakes. To Restore a Crumpled Black Silk Dress.— Sponge the silk with spirits of wine, dilnted with a little w^ater. Then iron it on the wrong side, keeping a piece of muslin between the sur- face of the silk and the hot iron. ^ 28 To Remove Grease from Silk.— Take a lump of magnesia, and rub it wet over the spot ; let it dry, then brush the powder off and the spot will disappear; or, take a visiting card and separate it, and rud the spot with the soft internal part, and it will disappear without taking the gloss off the silk, GlOSSV Shirts. — Pnt a Httle common white wax in your starch, if you use any thin starch, be sure you use it warm, with collar starch it can be used quite cold. Now, then, about polishing shirts; starch the fronts and wristbands as stiff as you can. Always starch twice that is starch and dry; then starch again. Iron your shirts in the usual way, making the linen nice and firm, but without any attempt at a good polish; don't lift the plaits. Your shirt is now ready for polishing, place your bosom board into the breast of your shirt, dampen the front very lightly with a sponge, then take a polishing iron and polish gently with the beveled part, being careful not to drive the lineu into wavelike blisters. Ginger Beer. — Take white sugar, five pounds, lemon juice one gill, honey, half pound; bruised ginger, five ounces; water four and a half gallons. Boil the ginger thirty minutes in three quarts of thoAvater, when cold, put in the other ingredients and stirring., add the white of an ^^'^, well beaten, with a teaspoon- full of lemon essence. In four days bottle. Ottawa Beer. — Sassafras, allspice, yellow dock, wintergreen, 1 ounce each ; wild cherry bark and coriander, 1-2 ounce; hops, 1-4 ounce; molassas, 3 quarts, put boiling water on the ingre- dients, and let them stand for 24 hours Filter, and add 1-2 pint of brewer's yeast. Leave again 24 hours, then put in an ice-cooler, and it is ready for use. * '© IjS* These Misfit Carpets are not always sucli from a mistake in measure- ment, nor are tliey mis-matches, as some supposes, but are Carpets which have been selected, frequently, by persons of exquisite taste and excell- ent judgement, but who have been prevented from taking them (after being cut and made) by circumstances which are occurring every day in life. Disappointment in receiving moneys promised, or securing houses expected, these and a thousand other causes contribute to keep up a con- stant supply of every kind of Carpet from the plainest to the richest of fabrics. Also when an importer has but two or three rolls left of a large importation it is sold to us at a discount of 25 to 30 per cent. The same is true in very many cases where large commission houses find it necess- ary to close out a lot of rolls of different patterns iu order to make set- tlement with consignees. These with bankrupt sales and (what is known to the trade as) job lots of every description are made an exclusive spec- ialty at the Misfit Carpet Depot. Send for a Price List. Address, J. A. BENDALL MISFIT CARPET DEPOT, 112 & 114 Fulton Street, NSW VORK. Lemon Wine. — To make lemon wine pare off the rinds of six large lemons, cut them, and squeeze out the juice. Steep the rinds in the juice, and put to it a quart of brandy. Let it stop three days in an eartlien pot, covered, then squeeze six more, and mix with it two quarts of spring water and as much sugar as will sweeten the whole Boil the water, lemons and sugar to gether, and let it stand till cool. Then add a quart of any white wine you may choose, and the lemons and brandy ; mix them together, and run it through a flannel bag into some vessel. Xiet it stand three months ar.d then bottle. Cork the bottle well, and let it stand a month in a cool place. Washing Made Easy. — Go fo a druggist and buy one pound of soda ash and one lialf pound of lime; put it in two gallons of soft water, bring it to a boil, then strain. Put in a stone jar and set away for use. For a medium-sized washing use one pint to two or three pails of water; boiling the clothes one hour before rubbing. Be particular in rinsing. Remedy Against Moths. — As spring is about the season when careful housewives are busy putting away their furs and other articles for winter wear, the following remedy against moths may be usetul and timely. An ounce of giun camphor and one of powdered shell red pepper are macerated in eight ounces of strong alcohol for seven days, and strained. with this tincture the furs or cloth are sprinkled over, and rolled up in sheets. To Clean Kid Gloves. — Put a table-spoonful of milk in a sau- cer; take a piece of white flannel, wet it slightly in the milk, then rub on yellow soap, with it clean the soiled parts of the gloves. Always take a fresh plaee in the flannel, when all parts have been used, wa^h out. Use little moisture and much soap. 32 To Clean Sofa Covers. — If the covers of sofas and chairs are dirty they may be cleansed without being removed, by washing them over with a flannel; then, before they are dry, sponge them over witli a strong solution of salt and water, in which a small quantity of gall has been mixed. The windows of the room should be opened so as to secure a perfect drying, the colors and freshness of the articles will in this way be restored. Cleaning Carpets, &C. — One pint of ammonia, a pint and a half of water, and two ounces of borax. This mixture, if diluted a little, will clean silks without injuring them, and it is also an excellent hair tonic. It cleans the hair nicely. To Destroy Ants. — Fill small vials^ two-thirds with water, and add sweet oil to float on the water to within half an inch of the top. Plunge these upright in the ground, leaving only half an inch standing out, near the nest or run of the ants. The ants will come for a sip and go home to die No insect can exist with oil stopping up its spiracles or breathing pores. To Clean Hair Brushes. — To wash hair brushes, never use soap. Take a piece of soda, dissolve it in warm water, stand the brush in it taking care that the water covers only the bristles. It Avill almost instantly become white and clean. Place it in the air to dry with the bristles downward and it will be as firm as a new brush. Ink On Books. — To remove ink stains from a book, first wash the paper with warm water, using a camel's hair pencil for the purpose By this means the surface ink is got rid of; the paper must now be wetted with a solution, oxalaet of potash, or better still, oxalic acid in the proportion of one ounce to a half pint of water. The ink stains will disappear. Now, wash the stained place with clean water, and dry with white blotting paper. 5'«'»&.. IN EVERY COMPETITION, PRONOUNCED THE BEST WRITING INK MADE. J^i ^1^, CcIllfJG Wax, ^^ The '^lh^^^c\ih^^M^ DesL Known. Established, 1824. 34 A Candle to Burn all Night.— When, as in case of sickuess, a dull light is wished, or when matclies are mislaid, put pow- dered salt on the candle till it reaches the black part of the wick. In this way a mild and steady light may be kept through the night by a small piece of candle. To Zeep a Boiiq^uet. — Drop a tablespoonful of powdered charcoal into the water intended for the flovv^er stalk, and they wdll keep their freshness and perfume fer several days, and look and smell the same as those just gathered. The charcoal settles to the bottom of the vase, the water remaining clear. To prevent Sunstroke. — Sunstroke is prevented by wearing a silk handkerchief in the crown of the hat, green leaves^ or a wet cloth of any kind; bnt during an attack, warm water should* be instantly poured on the head, or rags dipped in the water and renewed every minute. The reason is two fold— the scalp is dry and hot, and the warm water not only removes the dryness, but carries off the extra heat with great rapidity, b}^ evaporation. To Render Apparel Fire-Proof.— A solution made by diss- olving, in 20 parts of water, 3 parts of borax, and 2^ parts of sulphate of magnesia. These are to be mixed just previous to use. The muslins and other similar fabiics are soaked in the solution, wrung out, and ironed, while yet slightly moist. Polishing Powder for G-old Articles.— The following mixture applied by means of a piece or leather, is highly recomended for polishing true gold articles: ^ pound of chalk, 3J ounces of clay, 4 ounces of white lead, f of an ounce ot carbonate of mag- nesia, f of an ounce of polishing rouge, all finely pulverised and thoroughly mixed. Pondfti Extract. The Vegetable Pain Destroyer. 36 Cheap Vinegar. — Take a quantity ofcommon potatoes, wash them until they are thoroughly clean, place them in a large vessel and boil them until done. Drain off carefully the water they were cooked in, straining it, if necessary, in order to remove every particle of of the potatoe. Then put this potatoe water in a jug or keg, which set near the stove, or in some l^lace where it will be kept warm, and add one pound of sugar to about two and one-half gallons of the water, some hop yeast or a small portion of whisky. Let it stand three or four weeks, and you ^vill have excellent vinegar, at a cost of six or seven cents per gallon. Clam Chowder. — Put in a kettle some small slices of fat salt pork, enough to line the bottom ; on that a layer of potatoes, cut in small pieces; then a layer of chopped onions; then a lay- er of tomatoes, in slices, or canned tomatoes; on the later a lay- er of clams, chopped; then a layer of crackers. Season each lay- er with pepper aud salt. Kepeat the process (omitting the pork) until the kettle is nearly full, cover with water, set on a slow fire, and when nearly done stir gently, finish cooking, and serve hot. When done, if found to thin, boil a little longer; if to thick, add a little water and let it boil once. The more potatoes that are used the tliicker it will be. To Restore Scorched Linen. — Take two onions, peel and slice them, and extract the juice by squeezing or pounding. Then cut up half an ounce of white soap and two ounces of fuller's earth; mix with them the onion juice and add half a pint of vinegar. Boil this composition well and spread it when cool over the scorched part of the linen, leaving it to dry thereon; afterwards wash out the linen. Ponds Extract. "Hear for I will speak of excellent things". 38 Fly Poison. — Take four ounces of quassia wood chips, boil for half an hour in one pint of water; when cold, strain, and add water to make one pint; also alcohol, two fluid ounces. Place this decoction in shallow dishes, where the insects are trouble- some, adding to each dish one tablespoonful of molasses. This is a sure death to flies and perfectly harmless to persons. To Remove paint from Windows.— After paint has become dry and hard, strong soap-suds will not remove it without a vast deal of hard rubbing. The most economical way to remove dry paint, is to make a small swab, having a handle some eight inches long, dip it in a little diluted oxalic acid, and rub off the paint with the swab. Closing Craoks in Stoves. — Good wood ashes are to be sifted through a fine sieve, to which is to be added clay finely pulver- ized, together with a little salt. The mixture is to be moistened with water enough to make a paste, and the crack of the stove filled with it, The cement does not peel off or break away, but assumes an extreme degree of hardness after being heated. The stove must be cool when the application is made. Blackberry Wine. — Wash the berries and jDOur one quart of boiling water to each gallon. Let them stand twenty-four hours stirring occasionally. Then strain into a keg, adding two pounds of sugar, and one pint good rye whiskey, or one pint of alcohol to every gallon, Cork tight, and let it sti.nd a few months. To Clean Straw Hats. — Straw hats whicli have turned 3-ell- ow may be bleached by the use of a soap prepared by taking any good soda soap and precipitating it from its solution by means of common salt, and adding to it one-fourth the weight of sulphate of soda. Pond« Extiactc 40 Yeast. — To a handful- of hops add two cups of boihng water; let it boil a few miuutes, struiu it, pour it over enough flour to well scald it. The paste must be thick enough for a spoon to stand upright in it. Let it cool until milk warm; then add one teacupful of brewer's yeast; when risen enough add two table- spoonfuls of salt, two of giuger and two of sugar. Half a tea- cupful is sufficient for four or five loaves of bread. Milk Paint. — For painting in rooms where the smell of oil or terpentine would be objectionable, a preparation may ba made as follows: Take eight ounces of freshly slacked lime and mix it in an earthen vessel with three quarts of skimmed milk. In another vessel mix three and a-hali pounds of Paris White with three j)ints of the milk. When these mixtures are well stir- red up put them together and add six ounces of linseed oil. Mix these well and it will be ready for use This preparation is equal to oil paint, and is excellent for walls and ceilings. Any shade may be made by the addition of dr}^ pigments." Bedbugs. — A house can be cleansed of these troublesome vermins without expense. You have only to wash with salt water, filling the cracks where they frequent with salt, and you may look in vain for them. To Set the Color of Cotton Dresses.— Take a large double handful of bran, put it in a saucepan and set it over the fire allowing it to boil thoroughly in a quart of water. When thor- oughly boiled strain the bran, and throw the water into that in which you are about "washing your lawn or chintz dress. Let the dress soak foj an hour or so in it before washing. Instead of starch use a weak solution of glue water and iron on the wrong side. Ponds Extracts Try it for Hemorrhages. TP^-^-^ WRITES iSHOOlS Hr mn^tJCR croisfTAms^Kt inKv3 HAWKES' PATENT AND ONLY PERFECT FOUNTAIN PEN IN THE WORLD. Pen, Penholder and Inkstand Combined. ONE FILLING, WRITES ONE TO TEN HOURS. 7/ie 07ngi7ial a?id only 7na7iu_facture7' o/ this style of ^en Tlie Higrliest Ceutenuial AWAKD for Oold Pens, Pencils a>lid FOUNTAIN PENS. ALSO NEW STYLE OF GOLD QUILL PEN. GEO. F. HAWKES, Manufacturer, ^<6 NASSAU STKEET, NEW YORK. EW°PeDS repaired for 50 cents, and sent by mail.,^ SEND STAMP FOR CIRCULAR. 42 Black-Walnut ''Stain." — To impart to common pine the color and appearance of black walnut, the following composi- tion may be used: One qnarter of a pound of asphaltum, one half a pound of common beeswax, to one gallon of turpentine. If found to thin, add beeswax ; if to light in color, add asphaltum though that must be done with caution, as a very little will make a great difference in the shade. Cocoa-nut Candy. — Grate very fine a sound, fresh cocoa-nut, spread it on a dish, and let it dry naturally for three days. Four ounces will be sufficient for a pound of sugar, but more can be at pleasure. Boil the sugar, and when it begins to be very thick and white strew in the nut; stir and mix it well, and do not quit it for an instant until it is finished. Keep the pan a little above the fire to prevent the nut from burning. To Renovate Black Silk. — Grate three or four large potatoes into water, and strain off the water after letting it come to a boil; then put an old dark colored kid glove into it^ and boil for ten minutes. Sponge over the breadths of the dress with the glove, and when damp enough to iron well, press on the wrong side with a flat-iron not too hot, as silk scorches easily. To Wash Straw Mattings,— Take a pailful of hot water, a perfectly clean long-handled mop, and a dish of dry unsifted Indian meal. Sweep all the dust off the matting and then scatter the dry meal evenly over the room. Wring the mop dry so that it will not drip, rub hard one breadth at a time, always length- wise of the straw, use clean water for each hreadth. When the matting is dry, the meal can be swept off easily; it should always be done on a dry day. Ponds JBxtract, Cures all Pains. 44 Air Beds in the Morning.— The wise house-keeper should see to it that all the beds should be aired immediately after being occupied. The impurities which emanate from insensible perspiration, are made up of minute atoms, wliich if allowed to remain long, are absorbed by the bed, and will then, to a grea- ter or less extent, vitiate the air for a considerable time after- ward Let the occupant throw the bed open on rising, and as soon as is convenient open the windows. One hour's early ventilation is worth two hour's late airing. Overworked Brains. — A general error prevails on this sub- ject. Nearly all the cases of sickness and exhaustion from ex- cessive mental labor, are really the effect of overloaded stomachs "Working the brain ever so moderately on a stomache gorged with indigestible food may result in dyspepsia, paralysis, or consumption; and the same might happen if the brain were not worked at all. Bnt, if the stomach is properly fed and the bow- els duly attended to, no amount of study or headwork that any human being can perform between sunrise and sunset will occa- sion the least injury to the brain. When to Eat Fruit. — Iq tropical countries, where fruit is the chief article of food, the rule appears to be that the earlier in the day it is taken the better, and the later the worse. In hot weather many wise people will eat none after noon, alleging that the digestion then declines in power, with the decline of the day; and the fruit, instead of digesting, decomposes, owing to the presence of the saccharine matter. The objection to fruit and certain kinds of vegetables late in the day, be the explana- tion what it may, is certainly justified by an ample experience, some persons can eat fruit at all hours without feeling bad. Ponds Extract, Try it for Piles Patented January ^Utii, 1675. January 11th, aud IStli, 1877. 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There are pulses all over the body, bnt where there are only skin and bone it is most easily felt, The feebleness or strength of the beats is not material, being modified by the fingers pressure Comparatively, rapid- ity is the great point ; near death, it is a hundred and forty or over, when the pulse beats irregularly, as if it lost a beat, then hurried to make it up,, there is something the matter with the heart, but however unnatural the pulsr is, do not worry it; take nothhig except by the advice of an intelligent physician. Hints for Young Mothers. — The three requisites for babies are plenty of food, plenty of flannel plenty of sleep. If an infant is accustomed from its birth to sleep from six o'clock at night until daylight, the habit of early sleep will be formed, and the mother may have all the evenings to herself. 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Put a teaspoonful of ammonia to a quart of warm soap suds, dip in a flannel cloth, and wipe off the dust and fly specks, and see for yourself how much labor it will save. No scrubbing will be need- ful. It will cleanse and brighten silver wonderfully; to a pint of suds mix a teaspoonful of the spirits, dip in your silver spoons, forks, etc., rub with a brush, and polish with chamos skins. For washing mirrors and windows it is very desirable; put a few drops of ammonia on a piece of paper and it will readily take off every spot or finger mark on the glass. It will take out grease spots from every fabric; put on the ammonia nearly clear, lay blotting paper over the place, and press a hot flat iron on it for a few minutes. A few drops in water will clean laces and whiten them as well; also muslins, Then it is a most refreshing agent at the toilet table ; a few drops in a basin of water will make a better bath than pure water, and if the skin is oily, it will remove all glossiness and all disagreeable odors. Added to a foot bath it entirely absorbs all noxious smell so often arising from the feet, and nothing is better for cleaning the hair from dandruff and dust. Household Measures. — Wheat flour, one pound is one quart; Indian meal, one pound two ounces is one quart; butter, when soft, one pound one ounce is one quart; loaf sugar, broken, one p^und is one quart; white sugar, powdered, one j^ound one ounce is one quart ; best brown sugar, one pound two ounces is one quart ; ten eggs are one pound ; 16 largt? tablespoonfuls are half a pint, eight are one gill, four, half a gill, etc. Ponds Extract. 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