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 THE BUSINESS OF A FRENCH POEISHER. 
 
 The Modern Mode to learn to French Polish. 
 
 The mode of application necessary for Trench Polish differs from that 
 of ordinary varnishes, being effected by rubbing it on the surface of the 
 panel, table, bureau, or other material requiring polishing, •with a fine 
 cloth, and using oil and spirits of wine during the process. In applying 
 it to large surfaces, use a rubber formed of a flat coil of thick woollen 
 cloth, such as drugget, baize, pilot cloth, &c., which must be tom off the 
 piece m order that the face of the rubber, which is made of the tom edge 
 of the cloth, may be soft and pliant, and not hard and stiff, as would be 
 the case were it to be cut off, and therefore be liable to scratch the soft 
 surface of the varnish. This rubber is to be securely bound with thread 
 to prevent it from uncoiling when it is used ; and it may vary in its size, 
 from one to three inches in diameter, and from one to two inches in 
 thickness, according to the extent of the surface to be polished. The 
 polish or varnish is to be applied to the middle of the flat face of the 
 rubber; by shaking up the bottle containing it against the rubber, it will 
 then absorb a considerable quantity, and will continue to supply it 
 equally, and in due proportion to the surface which is undergoing the 
 process of polishing. The face of the rubber must next be covered with 
 a soft linen cloth doubled, the remainder of the cloth being gathered 
 together at the back of the rubber to form a handle to hold it by, and the 
 face of the cloth must be moistened with a little raw linseed oil (this may 
 be either coloured with alkanet root or not), applied upon the finger to 
 the middle of it, and the operation be commenced by quickly and lightly 
 tubbing the surface of the article to be polished in constant succession 
 of small circular strokes; and the operation must be confined to a space 
 of not less than ten or twelve inches square, until such space is finished, 
 when an adjoining one may be commenced and joined with the first, and 
 so on until the whole surface is covered. The varnish is enclosed by the 
 double fold of the cloth, which, by absorption, becomes merely moistened 
 with it, and the rubbing of each piece must be continued until nearly 
 dry. The rubber may, for a second coat, be wetted with the polish 
 without oil, and be applied as before. A third coat may also be given 
 in the same maimer; then a fourth with a little oil, which must be 
 followed as before, with two others without oil, and thus proceeding till 
 the varnish has acquired some thickness, which will be after a few repe¬ 
 titions. If it be found to be not complete, the process must be continued, 
 with the introduction of spirits of wine in its turn, as directed, until the 
 Buface becomes uniformly smooth and beautifully polished. The work 
 to be polished should be placed opposite the light, in order that the effect 
 of the polishing may be better seen. In this manner a surface of from 
 one to eight feet square may be polished at once, and the process, instead 
 of being limited to the polishing of rich cabinets or other smaller works, 
 can now be applied to tables, and other large pieces of furniture, with 
 very great advantages over the common method of polishing with wax, 
 oils, &c. 
 
 Instructions to make the French Polish, (See over). 
 
 Purchase one pint of spirits of wine; add half an ounce of gum, 
 half an ounce of gum lac, and a quarter of an ounce of gum sandarac ; 
 place the 'whole in a gentle heat, frequently shaking it till the gums ar“ 
 dissolved ; when it is fit for use, make a roller of list, put a little of th 
 polish upon it, and cover that with a piece of soft linen rag, which must 
 be slightly touched with cold drawn linseed oil. Rub them on the wood 
 ki a circular direction, not covering too large a surface at a time, until 
 the pores are sufficiently filled up. As above, rub in the same manner 
 
THE BUSINESS UF A l-RENCH POLISHER CONTINUED. 
 
 with spirits of wine with a small portion of the polish added to it, and a 
 most brilliant polish will be produced. If the article should have been 
 previously rubbed with wax, it must be well cleansed off with fine glass 
 paper before polishing 
 
 Another excellent Recipe to make French Polish, or Varnish, 
 which is the same. 
 
 To one pint of spirits of wine add, in fine powder, one ounce of seed 
 lack, two drachms of dragon’s blood, and two drachms of gum mastic; 
 expose them in a vessel stopped close, to a moderate heat, for three 
 hours, until you find the gum dissolved; then strain it into a bottle for 
 use, with a quarter of a gill of the best linseed oil, to be shaken up well 
 with it. This excellent polish is more particularly intended for dark 
 coloured woods. 
 
 INK MANUFACTURER. 
 
 JET BLACK INK. (For Sale.) 
 
 An excellent Ink for office use, easily prepared, and bottled in Id., 
 2d., 3d., and 6d. bottles. Sold to Stationers, Grocers, and Oilmen. 
 Profits very large. 
 
 Purchase of a druggist, three pounds of Aleppo nut galls, bruised ; 
 green copperas, bruised, one pound ; gum arabic, half a pound; rasped 
 logwood, one pound ; rain water, five gallons. Boil the whole down to 
 four - gallons, and, when cold, stir it well for five minutes, then strain 
 through a flannel bag into an earthen pan; then a id two ounces of cloves, 
 slightly bruised, to prevent it becoming mouldy. Next day Bottle and 
 Cork for use. A pretty label for the front of the bottle will add to its 
 ready sale. 
 
 BLUE INK. (Easily prepared.) 
 
 Take Chinese blue, two ounces; boiling water, one quart; oxalic acid 
 one ounce. Dissolve the blue in the water, then add the acid, and it will 
 be ready for use immediately. Sold to Stationers, &c. in Id., 2d., and 6d. 
 bottles. N.B. a little Indigo added to the Chinese Blue will much 
 improve it. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL GOLD INK. (Very rare.) 
 
 Procure gold, twenty-four leaves ; bronze gold, half an ounce; spirits 
 of wine, thirty drops ; best honey, thirty grains; gum arabic, four 
 drachms ; rain water, four ounces. Rub the gold with the honey and 
 gum, then add the spirit after the water. Sold in one ounce bottles, at 
 2s per bottle. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT RED INK. (For Sale.) 
 
 Purchase two ounces of cochineal, and pour on it one quart of boiling 
 water, and let it digest. Then boil two ounces of Brazil wood in one 
 pint of water (rain water if possible) for half an hour, in twenty-four 
 hours mix the two liquors together ; after wliich, dissolve in a pint of 
 hot water, half an ounce of gum arabic, stir it well, and when cold, mix 
 the three together. Also purchase two ounces of liquor of ammonia, 
 mix the whole together and put it in a jar or bottle and cork down for a 
 week, then strain it through muslin. It will produce half a gallon of 
 beautiful ink. Sold at 6d. the half gill, or at 3d. in quarter gill bottles. 
 
 PURPLE INK. 
 
 Mix the two inks, red and blue, together, after being made will give 
 a purple. 
 
 LILAC INK. 
 
 Alix with red ink a decoction of archil root (bought at a druggist’s) • 
 this will give a lilac. A decoction is the liquor obtained from boiling the 
 ^chil root in a little water. A deeper or paler shade may be obtained 
 ty adding or diminishing the quantity of water. 
 
TO MANUFACTURE SWEETS. 
 
 (For Sale.) 
 
 By adopting this Business hundreds may realise a respectable living. 
 
 FIRST.—TO CLEAR ALL KINDS OF SUGAR. 
 
 Take a little gum arabic, and a little isinglass dissolved in hot water; 
 our it when dissolved into your sugar while boiling, and it will bring 
 1 the sediment to the top of the pan, which you must skim off as often 
 it rises. Loaf sugar may be cleared with the white of an egg, isinglass, 
 gum arabic : a little of each will do. 
 
 A marble slab or piece of slate must be provided to make your paste 
 n, also to pour your sugar on when boiled. In purchasing every article 
 or use. be careful to have them genuine. 
 
 Acidulated Cough Drops. —Sold at 2d. the ounce.—Dissolve a 
 quarter of an ounce of isinglass in one and a half pint of boiling water; 
 then add half an ounce of gum tragacanth, or gum mucilage, both or 
 either of which can be bought at the wholesale druggists, cheap ; then 
 grate or pound (so that it is reduced to powder), two pounds and a half 
 of loaf sugar ; mix this ail together, and, while mixing, drop in twenty 
 drops of the essence of lemon. Put the whole into a skillet or brass con¬ 
 fectioner’s pan, and just let it simmer (not boil), take it off the fire, and, 
 as it cools, mix into it two drachms of tincture of balsam of tolu. Dip 
 into this mixture a piece of copper wire twisted, and let the mixture fall 
 from the end on to a tin or thick glass plate, which will form the drops. 
 They are then put aside till cold, taken off the plate with a knife, put on 
 to a sieve turned upside down, and placed a short distance from the fire 
 to dry. These are then the famous Cough Drops, called “ Montpelier 
 Drops,” and well worth 3d. instead of 2d. per ounce. 
 
 To make Brandy Balls. —Boil one pound of loaf sugar in a tea¬ 
 cup full of water over a slow fire as directed in making barley sugar ; 
 pour in a small quantity of brandy, and ten drops of essence of lemon, 
 and when sufficiently cool, form it into small balls. 
 
 Candied Lemon. —Boil three pounds of loaf sugar in a pint of water 
 until candied, then drop sixteen drops of essence of lemon therein; stir 
 it well and pour it immediately, as above directed. 
 
 -v Candid Ginger. —Proceed in the same way as above, only substitute 
 fine ground ginger for essence of lemon. 
 
 Candied Horehound. —Boil three pounds of raw sugar in one pint 
 of water till candied; then rub a little dried horehound in a pan while 
 boiling. Pour it out on buttered paper , or a buttered slab. 
 
 Almond Rock. —Boil half a pound of treacle and half a pound of 
 raw sugar, gently, for half an hour ; split two ounces of sweet almonds 
 and when the treacle and sugar is poured out on a dish or stone, which 
 has been previously buttered, place the almonds in on the top, and let it 
 remain till it becomes hard. 
 
 Common Twist —Boil three pounds of raw sugar in one pint of 
 water over a slow fire—do not skim it; when boiled enough pour it on a 
 stone, take par* oi it and pull it as you would wax, and it will turn 
 white ; twist it -rver the other, roll it small, and cut it into the length of 
 twist. Put a few drops of the oil of peppermint as mentioned before 
 when poured on the stone. 
 
 General Lozenges. —Boil three pounds of raw sugar in one pint of 
 water over a slow fire — do not skim it; when boiled enough it will snap 
 like glass, by trying it in cold water ; then pour it on your stone. While 
 cooling make it into long rolls and cut it with a pair of scissors into small 
 lumps; make them round, and stamp them with a large seal, or the 
 shape of a crown made for that purpose. Observe to drop a few drops 
 of oil of peppermint into your sugar when boiled and poured upon the 
 stone, it will give them the strong taste and smell of peppermint—and be 
 the Peppermint Lozenges, also any other Essences will make them any 
 other Loaenges [continued "}, 
 
THE BUSINESS OF A PEEFUMEE. 
 
 vVery Profitable*) 
 
 TO PEOMOTE WHISKERS, MOUSTACHIOS, OR THE HAEj! 
 
 ON A BALD PART. 
 
 THIS EXCELLENT PREPARATION IS THE BEST EVER KNOWN. 
 
 Take 2 ounces of beef marrow and simmer on a slow fire in a small 
 earthen vessel, add half an ounce of white wax and mix; when cooling, add 
 the following :—Half' an ounce of olive oil, one oil of rosemary, 30 drops 
 oil of nutmeg. Rub the part (every night) on which you want the hair 
 to grow with a coarse towel before you apply the liniment, also augment 
 the quantity and rubbing nightly. If this mode is persevered in for a 
 few weeks, it will promote the growth of hair much more effectually 
 than can be obtained by any of the boasted preparations so often intro¬ 
 duced to the credulous purchaser. N.B.—It is kept a great secret by 
 court dressers. a If scented preferred. Its virtues will not be deteriorated 
 if 10 or 12 drops of essence of burgamot are added. 
 
 A Beautiful Scented Oil. 
 
 Purchase one pint of almond, or the sweetest oil, and add a quarter 
 of an ounce of each of the following essences, viz.:—burgamot, lemon 
 and cloves. This produces a most agreeable odour, and also imparts a 
 fine rich gloss to the hair. Sold at 6d. the quarter pint, or in smaller 
 quantities. 
 
 A Beautiful Hair Stimulant. 
 
 Purchase one ounce of spirits of rosemary, and mix it in a quart of 
 warm water; after it is boiled, add a tablespoonful of honey and a quarter 
 of an ounce of brown Windsor soap (thinly sliced), and add halt' a gill 
 or the eighth part of a pint of Jamaica rum. Scent with a quarter of an 
 ounce of essence of burgamot. 
 
 Put up in quarter pint white glass fancy bottles. Sold at Is., and in 
 many fashionable quarters at 2s. Directions.—A little to be poured into 
 the hand and applied to the roots of the hair every morning. 
 
 Rondaletia Water. 
 
 A VERY SWEET REFRESHING PERFUME. 
 
 Purchase one quart of rectified spirits of wine, and add to it 2 drachms 
 of oil of bergamot, 2 drachms of the oil of lavender, 3 drachms of the 
 essence of lemons, and 20 drops of otto of roses. Put the spirit into a 
 ground stopper bottle, and add the articles mentioned; then shake or 
 agitate the whole mixture for ten minutes. Allow it to stand for twelve 
 hours, and filter it through fine muslin bags twice or thrice, till quite 
 clear, keeping it in the ground stopper bottle. 
 
 N.B. — This is a beautiful preparation, and usually sold in 6d. and Is. 
 sealed bottles, containing the eighth and quarter part of a gill, or what is 
 known in the south of England as a quarter pint. Lesser quantities can 
 be made in proportion. 
 
 Scented Pomatums- 
 
 Purchase 2 pounds of lard and one pound of mutton suet; melt and 
 mix well over a slow fire, when getting cool add a teaspoonful of the otto 
 of roses -with 4 ounces of rose water, beat it well up with a wooden spoon 
 and pot it before quite cold. 
 
 N.B.—In preparing other sorts, such as bergamot, violet, jasmin, 
 orange, &c., they will require a similar quantity of scented waters, also 
 2 drachms of each essence ; this, of course, is rose-scented pomatum.— 
 Sold at 6d. and Is. per pot. 
 
 An Excellent Parisian Dentifrice, or Tooth Powder. 
 
 Purchase 4 ounces of myrrh, 8 ounces of peruvian bark, and 8 ounces 
 of florentine orris root powder, 4 ounces of rose pink, and 2 drachms of 
 the oil of cinnamon, 2 of cloves, and 2 pounds of prepared chalk ; mix 
 these ingredients well together, they will fill about sixty 6d pots, and is 
 the finest ever known. 
 
FAMILY ME DICAL PRESCRIPTIONS. \ 
 
 A Handsome Competency may be obtained by the Sale of 
 Patent and every description of Medicines. The under Pre¬ 
 scriptions will be found of the greatest value, either to 
 the Shopkeeper to sell or for Family use. 
 
 We here give the Prescriptions copied from the best Medical Diary in 
 England., and which are of high repute and great efficacy, and realizes to the 
 Medicine Vendor immense profits. 
 
 To make Indigestive Pills. 
 
 Purchase—Subcarbonate of Soda one drachm, Extract of Camomile one drachm, 
 Powdered Rhubarb one drachm; mix, and make into Pills of eight grains each— 
 One to be taken night and morning. 
 
 Another Excellent Stomach Pill. 
 
 Take of Extract of Camomile two drachms, Rhubarb in powder one drachm, 
 Vitriolated Tartar one drachm, Oil of Mint twenty drops ; to be formed into mid¬ 
 dling Pills. In cases of indigestion, flatulence, or want of appetite, one or two of 
 these pills may be taken once a day, so as to keep the bowels gently open. 
 
 A Never Failing Toothache Mixture. 
 
 Purchase—Alum twenty grains, Spirits of Camphor two drachms, Tincture of 
 Opium four drachms, Elder Flower Water four drachms. Mix and fill drachm 
 bottles.—Sold at Is. each. Directions.—Dip a little Lint, the size of a pea, into 
 the mixture and apply to the tooth affected. 
 
 A Celebrated Corn Lotion, (well attested.) 
 
 Purchase—Tincture of Iodine eight drachms, Ioduret of Iron twenty-four grains, 
 Chloride of Antimony eight drachms; Mix, and apply a little with a Camel hair 
 brush, after paring the com. 
 
 Put the above up in bottles holding J drachm each, and sell for 6d. 
 Directions.—The com to be touched with a Camel hair pencil nightly until gone. 
 
 Another, a Composition for the Cure of Corns. 
 
 Take two ounces of Gum Ammoniac, two ounces of Yellow Wax, and six 
 drachms of Verdigris; melt these together and spread it on a soft wash leather; 
 after paring the corn, warm, and put on a small plaister the size of sixpence, and 
 keep it on for a week and then renew it, —four applications, and the corn will 
 disappear without pain. This is preferable to the expensive cost of extraction. 
 
 An Infallible Asthmatic Conserve. 
 
 Purchase—Senna three ounces, Flour of Sulphur two ounces, Powdered Ginger 
 one ounce, Saffron two drachms, Honey twelve ounces. Mix and fill into small 
 china pots of Is. each. The dose is the size of a small Nutmeg, night and morning. 
 This prescription is of great value in Asthma. 
 
 A Diarrhoea Mixture, (See Chalk Mixture.) 
 
 Take the infusion of Simaronba three ounces, Diluted Nitric Acid twelves drops, 
 Syrup of Cloves six drachms, Laudanum eight drops. 
 
 Mix these together, a dose is two tea spoonsfull twice a day, in a wine glass of 
 Barley Water. 
 
 Note.— Children of tender age require but one tea spoonfull of the mixture, or les3. 
 This is an invaluable Prescription. 
 
 An Excellent Cough Balsam. 
 
 Dose—One tea spoonfull every two hours. 
 
 Purchase—Carbonate of Potas two drachms, Antimonial Wine two hundred 
 drops, Syrup of Poppies two table spoonsfull, Lemon Juice twelve table spoonsfull. 
 Mix all together. This y a sure remedy if persevered with, and taken night and 
 morning until relieved) . . . _ _ 
 
f The Business of Mixing Medicines, continued. 
 
 ■" A Linament for Rheumatics (the best known.) 
 
 Take of compound linament of camphor two ounces, tincture of opium half, 
 ounce, opodeldoc half-ounce, and neat’s feet oil two ounces; well mix all together. 
 This is a marvellous remedy rubbed well over the parts of the limbs affected before 
 a fire and always before going to bed. 
 
 Chronic Rheumatic Pains (another Remedy.) 
 
 Eheumatism is of two kinds—acute and chronic. For chronic rheumatism the 
 following will be found to give relief:—Bathe the affected part with this lotion— 
 one ounce of common salt, and one ounce of spirits of wine, mixed with seven 
 ounces of distilled water. Take internally the following—mix six drachms of 
 dried sulphate of magnesia, two drachms of heavy carbonate of magnesia, two 
 drachms of wine of colchicum, and eight ounces of water; two table spoonfuls 
 to be taken every four hours. At bed-time take a powder composed of four 
 grains of powdered guaiacum mixed with eight grains of compound powder of 
 ipecacuanha. Wear flannel next the skin, and avoid cold and damp. 
 
 Lotion for Eruptions of the Face. 
 
 Dissolve one and a half grains of corrosive sublimate in a quarter of a drachm 
 of muriatic acid, and five grains of camphor in half an ounce of spirits of wine; 
 mix all together. Then add two ounces of almond emulsion, one ounce of rose 
 ■water, and half an ounce of lavender water. Sponge well with this lotion night 
 and morning, also keep the system cool with gentle aperients. 
 
 Beautifying Lotion for the Skin. 
 
 Form into a paste two ounces of blanched bitter almonds, and one ounce of 
 blanched sweet almonds; add one quart of distilled water; mix, strain, and bottle. 
 Dissolve five grains of powdered corrosive sublimate in two table spoonfuls of 
 spirits of wine; add to the mixture and shake well before using. This fashionable 
 mixture is in much demand. Sold at Is. in one ounce bottles. 
 
 Remarks on Cod Liver Oil. 
 
 Beal cod liver oil is a fine medicine, but quantities of it is only cod oil clarified; 
 consequently, two thirds of its medicinal qualities are abstracted thereby. Cod oil can 
 be purchased pure at any wholesale warehouse at about one sixth part of the price 
 charged for the so-called cod liver oil; many persons who have used cod oil pure as 
 imported have found it to answer much better than the cod liver oil purchased of 
 a druggist. The best vehicle for taking cod oil in is new milk, and the disagreeable 
 flavor of the drug can easily be covered by the addition of one drachm of tincture 
 of orange peel to every eight ounces of oil. 
 
 This oil is of immense profit to the Medicine Vendor, put up in half-pint bottles 
 with a pretty label—call it tasteless cod liver oil, pure pale ditto, light brown, &c. 
 
 Cutaneous or Skin Diseases, Scurvy, &c. 
 
 Persons constitutionally liable to scurvy should be unusually regular and tem¬ 
 perate in their course of living; they should accustom themselves to a wholesome 
 and nutritious diet, and partake largely of fresh vegetables. They may, with 
 advantage, take lemonade, or effervescing saline draughts. They should keep 
 themselves warm, free from damp, and scrupulously clean; embracing every 
 opportunity of enjoying the fresh air out of doors, and taking care to have plenty 
 of ventilation in-doors. Alkalies may be used in scaly as well as papular affections, 
 but especially in the latter. Three salts may also be administered, viz.:—carbonate 
 of potash, carbonate of soda, and bi-carbonate of soda in small quantities according 
 to stability of constitution. 
 
 Scurf Eruptions and Freckles. 
 
 One ounce of rectified acid of pitch, mixed with one pint of distilled water; 
 apply this mixture where the scurf falls off; it is an excellent remover of marks 
 of any sort from the skin. 
 
TO MAK/i 
 
 SUMMER AND WINTER BEVERAGES. 
 
 Hundreds of Person? can realize a good Income by making and selling the 
 under excellent favourite Beverages. 
 
 To make the Fermented Ginger Beer (very 
 Excellent) to fill 210 Bottles. 
 
 The quantity is exactly thus—12 gallons of Water, 9 lbs. Loaf Sugar, 
 6 ozs. good unbleached Ginger, oz. Capsicum Pods, 12 ozs. Cream of 
 Tartar, 1 oz. Essence of Lemon mixed with 1 oz Spirits of Wine, 
 12 tablespoonsfull German Yeast if it can be procured, if not, double the 
 quantity of Common Yeast, bruise the Ginger and Capsicum Pods, put 
 loose into a cloth, boil in half the water, allowing a little extra for waste 
 in a suitable vessel; put in the other half of the water Cream of Tartar 
 and Sugar (a cask is best for the purpose, with the tap a little way from 
 the bottom, to allow you to draw off the Beer without the sediment), add 
 the two liquors together, cut the rind from a Loaf of Bread, lay your 
 Yeast on the top, ferment, skim off the top, and draw' off through a liannel 
 hag, whisk in the whites of six Eggs in part of the Beer, add all together 
 if wanted as clear as spring water, tie a flannel bag over a Cask, lay on 
 filtering paper, sprinkle Magnesia over it, pour your Beer at first gently 
 so as not to break the paper ; it w'ill soon filter, though the process seems 
 long. Good corks and sound bottles are requisite : 0 or 8 could be filtering 
 at one time. This Receipt is worth twenty guineas, has been long .ried 
 and is perfectly correct. Sold at 3d. per Bottle. 
 
 Superior Effervescing Crystal Gingerade 
 
 To every gallon of spring water put one ounce of the best white 
 Jamaica ginger finely shreded, or if bruised remove the dust, or.e pound of 
 lump sugar and two ounces of lemon juice ; boil this for ten minutes in a 
 clean iron vessel, and be careful to take off the scum ; run it through a 
 fine hair sieve into a pan, and when cooled clown to 70 degrees add ale 
 yeast in the proportion of half a pint to nine gallons; keep it in a 
 temperate situation for two days, during which time it may be stirred six 
 or eight times. Put the whole of this liquor into a cask, which must be 
 kept filled, and the workings taken off the bung hole with a spoon. In a 
 fortnight acid half a pint of finings, made of pickled isinglass steeped in 
 beer, to every nine gallons, In twenty-four hours after fining draw it off 
 by the usual tap, and bottle in the ordinary way. In the summer this 
 will be beautifully fine, and fit to drink in a week. 
 
 The Best Ginger Wine, or Temperance Syrup 
 
 To 4 gallons of water put 7 lbs. Loaf Sugar, and gently simmer it half an 
 hour, skimming it of the scum as it rises. When this Liquor is cold 
 squeeze into it the .juice of two larg' size Lemons, and put the Liquor 
 aside. Then boil the peels of the Lemons in 3 pints of water, adding at 
 the same time 2£ ozs. best White Ginger; when cold put both the liquors 
 into a cask, and add 3 lbs. Malaga Raisins chopped in pieces, and $ oz. 
 IsiDglass or other fining. Bung it up ; in a month it will be delicious, 
 and strictly a Temperance Beverage. Sold in Temperance hotels at 3d 
 per wine glass. 
 
 N.B. —Should this wine be kept for any length of time, say 12 or 18 
 months, it will be well to drop into the cask a lump of unslacked Lime, 
 the size of a walnut. With this in it it will not turn sour. 
 
 Effervescing Lemonades 
 
 Are made the same as derated Ginger Beer, omitting the Ginger and Cap¬ 
 sicums. anil adding $ drachm extra of the Essence of Lemon. 
 
SUMMER AND WINTER BEVERAGES CONTINUED. 
 
 To make Socla Water (Cheap). 
 
 Procure half-pint strong Soda Water bottles—let them be clean and dry 
 —put into each of these bottles 25 grains Subcarbonate of Potash, and 
 25 grains Citric Acid, fill the bottles nearly full with Spring Water, fill 
 one at a time, fit your corks well, 
 
 cork tight down instantly and tie down with 
 wire or strong twine. Proceed thus till all you require are filled. Tartaric 
 Acid will answer where you cannot get Citric Acid. This is the ordinary 
 Soda Water. Kee,p it in a cold place—it is ready for use immediately. 
 Sold at -id. per hottie. 
 
 Effervescing Lemon, or Persian Sherbet. 
 
 Take of the whitish finely-powdered Loaf Sugar 1 lb., Tartaric Acid 4 ozs., 
 Carbonate Soda 4 ozs., and add 100 drops of the Essence of Lemon. 
 Well mix the above in a mortar or stone jug, and put into wide-necked 
 bottles kept closely corked, and in a very dry place. When required for 
 use, put 2 teaspoonsfull in a little less than half a pint of cold spring 
 water—stir briskly, and drink while in a state of effervescence. 
 
 Liquid Sherbet, or Pine Apple Nectar. 
 
 Dissolve 2 lbs. good Loaf Sugar in 1 gallon of Water, and simmer over a 
 slow fire ; when cooling add 1 oz. Acetic Acid and £ lb. Tartaric Acid; stir 
 it together, and when cold a shilling’s-worth of Essence of Pine Apple. 
 Put a twentieth part of this mixture into each of the twelve wine bottles, 
 and nearly fill them with filtered water Before corking 
 
 (as before described) 
 This is a delicious summer beverage, and usually 
 so:d at 2d. per wine glass, mixed with a little cold water to suit the palate 
 of parties. v 
 
 To make Peppermint Cordial. 
 
 Dissolve 4 lbs. of Sugar in 2 quarts of water, mix £ oz. good foreign uil 
 of Peppermint with 1 pint Spirits of Wine, make up with cold water 
 10 pints, filter through Magnesia and Paper, which renders it perfectly 
 transparent and fit for use. 
 
 Gingerette. 
 
 Sugar and water as above, mix 1 oz. Essence of Ginger with 1 pint Spirits 
 of Wine, colour with burnt Sugar, filter as before. 
 
 Clove Cordial. 
 
 Sugar and water as before, mix £ oz. Oil of Gloves with 1 pint Spirits of 
 Wine, colour with Cochineal, filter as before. 
 
 Imitation Itaspberry Cordial. 
 
 Two ounces Orris Ro< t bruised put into a wide mouthed bottle, with 
 1 pint Spirits of Wine for 4 days, strain Sugar and Water as before, add 
 1 oz. Tartaric Acid, colour with Cochineal and filter. 
 
 Pine Apple, Cinnamon, and and all other Cordials are made on the like 
 scale by substituting the different Essences. 
 
 ' To make the Dantzic Spruce Beer. 
 
 Mix C lbs. good brown Sugar (foots) with 4 lbs. best Treacle into 6 gal¬ 
 lons of warm water of the same temperature as if you were to mix equal 
 parts of cold and boiling water together; add 3 ozs. Essence of Spruce, 
 and half a pint of good Yeast. Let the whole ferment for 24 hours and 
 bottle it off for use in soda water bottles. 
 
HOW TO STUFF AND PRESERVE BIRDS. 
 
 The Art of Stuffing Birds. The principal beauty of stuffed bird* 
 consists in their being well shot; for the large species, ball shot from a 
 ritle should be used, and for smaller ones, dust-shot As soon as one is 
 killed, a little wool should be laid on the bleeding orifice the feathers laid 
 in order and the head wrapped up in tow; it should then be packed in hay 
 and then quickly conveyed home. You then lay it upon a clean cloth, and 
 part the leathers from the breast and abdomen; then divide the skin, 
 taking care not to soil the feathers from the breast to the rent; or they 
 may be opened under the wing: and those who have beautiful breasts, as the 
 divers, &c , mav be opened on the back. Separate the skin from the muscles 
 and cellular tissue by means of the finger or a blunt instrument. Push 
 up the thighs, and deprive them from the flesh, and break the bone about its 
 middle ; draw the skin over the body, and remove it also from its wings to 
 the second joint; treat them as you have the thighs ; then turn the skin 
 over the head, and remove the occipital part of the skull, so that you may be 
 able to scoop and wash out the brain. Remove the eyes, dissect away as 
 much flesh as possible from the skull, and when you have finished shining 
 it, rub the skin over with chalk, to remove adipose matter ; wash it clean 
 with a sponge and warm water, then cover it all over with either the follow¬ 
 ing solution, powder, or soap :— 
 
 Solution. Muriate of mercury, 1 ounce ; alcohol 8 ounces—mix. 
 
 Powder. Muriate of mercury, half an ounce ; burnt alum, half an ounce j 
 tanner’s bark, 3 poun-ts ; camphor, 4 ounces—mix. 
 
 Soap. Camphor, 5 ounces ; arsenious acid, 2 pounds ; white soap two 
 pounds; subcarb'onate of potass, 12 ounces ; powdered lime, 4 ounces—mix. 
 
 Of course this quantity applies to professed artists, smaller quantities will 
 suffice for preserving the skin of a single bird or more. 
 
 Carpet and Curtain Cleaning. 
 
 Here is another of these little businesses that industrious men may turn 
 to good account. A few cards distributed in the middling and upper class 
 neighbourhoods, giving your plain name and address, with offers to beat, 
 clean, and renovate carpets and curtains reasonable. A pair of triangle 
 poles, light in weight and portable, to carry to any field or outskirt; 
 12 yards of small rope for your line and 2 beating sticks, is nearly all 
 that is necessary to commence. We know of men in the suburbs of London 
 who earn 8 shillings per day on Fridays, but every day 5 to 6 shillings. 
 The following instructions will be found useful:— 
 
 After well beating the carpet both sides, lay it flat on the grass and well 
 brush it, if stained with grease lay on the spot wet Fuller’s earth, and when 
 the grease is removed, again beat the spot to remove the Fuller’s earth. 
 Finally, dip a hard brush in a weak solution of alum water, or Liquor from 
 the raw pulp of potatoes, and well brush it. When dry the colours will be 
 revived. The coarse pulp of potatoes is useful for cleaning worsted or wool¬ 
 len curtains, tapestry, carpets, or other coarse goods. The liquor cleanses 
 the finer kinds of silk without injury to the texture or colours. It is also 
 useful in cleaning oil paintings, or soiled furniture. Dirty painted wains- 
 cotting is also effectually cleansed by wetting a sponge in the liquid, and 
 rubbing it with a little fine sand over the wainscot. 
 
 Another Mode to Clean Brussels Carpets. —Take the Brussels 
 carpets up and shake and beat them, so as to render them perfectly free 
 from dust. Have the floor thoroughly scoured and dry, and nail the car¬ 
 pet firmly down to it. If still soiled, take a pailful of clean cold water and 
 put into it about three gills of ox-gall. Take another pail, with clean 
 cold water only ; now rub with a soft scrubbing-brush some of the ox-gall 
 water on the carpet, which will raise a lather. When a convenient sized 
 portion is done, wash the lather off with a clean linen cloth dipped in the 
 clean water. Let this water be changed frequently. When all the lather 
 has disappeared, rub the part with a clean dry cloth. After all is done, 
 open the window to allow the carpet to dry. A carpet treated in this 
 manner will be greatly refreshed in colour, and look like 
 
HORTUS FABRIQUE FRANCA IS, 
 
 OR 
 
 ARTIFICIAL FLOWER MAKING. 
 
 This fancy art is becoming’ one of great magnitude, and numbers of young 
 persons are daily employed in their manufacture. Before a young person 
 c„n make herself perfect mistress of this pleasing art, she has much to 
 learn. It is necessary to exercise much taste in their arrangement, with 
 a just appreciation of the various shades requisite to form the delicate 
 wreath or brilliant bouquet. A plain and simple study of Botany m ite- 
 rially assists any one in this work, and by studying the productions of 
 nature, will gain a great deal of knowledge. The best productions would 
 be the result, and the English Artist soon become equal to his ingenious 
 French neighbour, who certainly excel in this department, and conse¬ 
 quently, commands a .arge amount of trade. Let the Artists of London 
 become like the competitors of Paris and Lyons, who from their childhood 
 have the lcve of flowers implanted in their breasts, and thus excel in the 
 delicacy and accuracy of their productions, and claim fair prices for their 
 work, English girls should emulate their French rivals, let them study 
 this elementary principle of their art, and thus put forth better work, 
 obtain higher wages, and secure the means of raising themselves in the 
 social scale of respectability. 
 
 Warehouses.—You will naturally enquire how are persons to know 
 where to apply for employment in the above business. Go to a respectable 
 coffee house and look at the trade part of the London Directory, as also 
 the Directoi ies of all the large towns in England. Where you will find 
 Artificial Fiower Makers —take a list of them, and make personal applica¬ 
 tion. It has been ascertained that upwards of 7,001 of both sexes, (the 
 majority females,) are employed in London alone in this really profitable 
 business. So truly profitable that whole families who have resorted to it, 
 have soon risen beyond the pale of poverty, many to rapid and certain 
 independence. 
 
 Vert many trades employ females to assist in the manufacture of articles 
 on the prem ises, amongst which may be mentioned the under. 
 
 Envelope Makers, Bookbinders, Folders, &c.—A great number 
 of hands an employed at this work, which is permanent and remunerative 
 —the laboi r consists of folding, stitching, and pasting, and may be soon 
 learned, 'i here are many houses in Birmingham, Manchester, and Biis- 
 tol, and in London, in the neighbourhood of Paternoster-row and Fleet- 
 street, enga ged in this trade. Young people of industry are sure to get 
 employed. 
 
 Italian Warehouses.—The duties in connection with this business 
 consists of “putting down ” potted meats, preserves, pickles, &c. The 
 process employs various hands to perform various duties; one attends 
 to the filling’ of the jars, another to the polishing, a third to the labelling, 
 and a fourdi to the closing. No great talent is necessary: indus.'vy 
 and attention is the requisite. 
 
 To ©pell a Reading Room in a business thoroughfare is a respect¬ 
 able occupation, and, properly conducted, may be attended with much 
 success. Engage with a respectable news agent to supply you with the 
 following London Morning and Evening Newspapers, viz.:—The Times, 
 Herald, Post, Daily News, Advertiser, Chronicle, Globe, and Standard ; 
 by Eight o’( 'lock in the morning. Arrange with the Provincial agents to 
 forward you the Newspapers from the principal Towns. Charge Id. each 
 Tisit. Receive Letters for gentlemen. Observe cleanliness. Have con¬ 
 venience ftK Letter Writing, with a Directory, Court Guide, Map of 
 London, Time Tables of Railway Stations, Clergy Lists, &c.; also, a 
 Barometer and UmDrella Stand. See to the ventilation, and at no period 
 of the day or evening allow any smoking, as it mijrht prove an annc^afitti 
 and be thus prejudicial to your interest. 
 
THE PROFITABLE BUSINESS OF A DYER. 
 
 DYEING. The articles for the respective colours are only given, as 
 the depth or shade must be at the discretion of the operator. 
 
 To Dve Black. — Logwood and gTeen copperas are commonly used 
 with water; but the colour is improved by first boiling the article in a 
 decoction of galls and alder bark. If previously died a dark colour, by 
 means of walnut peels, it will be still better. 
 
 To Dye Orange.— Carthamus; Cinnamon by logwood, Brazil-woo'l 
 and fustic, mixed together with water. 
 
 To Dye Brown.— Walnut peels, or the bark of birch, or vellow, red, 
 and black mixed, will give a brown. 
 
 To Dye Yellow.— Fustic chips, weld or dyer’s weed, turmeric, or 
 Dutch pi ak. — Green may be produced by mixing the requisite portion of 
 Blue with either of the preceding, and water, as cbove. 
 
 To Dye Bed. —Archil, madder, cochineal, and Brazil-wood are em¬ 
 ployed to give silk a bloom, else it is only used by itself when lilac is 
 wanted. 
 
 To Dye Poppy, Cherry. Bose, and Flesh-colour are given to 
 
 silk by means ol carthamus, by keeping the article as long as it extracts 
 colour in a solution of carthamus, with pearl-ash, in a boiling state, and 
 as much lemon juice as gives it a fine cherry-red colour. 
 
 To Dye Scarlet.— Silk cannot be dyed a full scarlet; but a colour 
 approaching to it may be given to silk by first dyeing it in crimson, then 
 dyeing it with carthamus, and, lastly, yellow, without heat, i. e. in a cold 
 state. 
 
 To Dy^ Lilac , —Archil, a root to be bought at the druggists. The 
 colour which is very powerful, is extracted by boiling in water. 
 
 To x J y6 Nankeen. —Boil equal quanties of Spanish arnatto and pearl- 
 ash in water till dissolved. 
 
 Notice. —Olives are made from blue, red, and brown, and by giving a 
 greater sbtuh jf red, the slated and lavender greys are made. 
 
 Sage, S’.aie, and Lead Greys are made from the red and black. 
 
 Purples are made of red and blue. 
 
 To Dye Silk or Damask Bed, Deep Bed, and Maroon—Take 
 
 to every four yards intended to be died, a pound and half of nutgalls ; 
 boil them whole in water for two hours, shift the water and put in the 
 silk or linen, setting it to soak for tour nuurs, then wring it dry. and heat 
 it in water in which alum has been dissolved; then put in a pound of 
 Brazil powder, and a pound of green weed, and by dipping frequently 
 into the liquor, which should be of a gentle heat, the desired colour will 
 be obtained. 
 
 To Dye a Carnation or fine Bed. —Boil two gallons of wheat and 
 an ounce of alum in four gallons of water. Strain it through a fine sieve; 
 dissolve a little more alum, add half a pound of cream of tartar, and three 
 pounds of madder to perfect the colour, and put in the cloth, &c. at a 
 moderate heat. 
 
 To Dye a fine Blue. —Soak white linen, silk, cloth or stuff in water; 
 then, after wringing it out, add one pound of woad, half a pound of 
 indigo, one ounce of alum. Give the water a gentle heat, and then dip 
 till the required shade is obtained. 
 
 A Composition for Bestoring Busty Black Silk. 
 
 Boil logwood, and in half an hour put in the silk, and let it simmer 
 about the same time ; then take it out of the logwood liquor and dissolve 
 a little blue vitriol and a little gTeen copperas, according to the quantity 
 of logwood liquor ; cool the copper, and let the silk simmer half an hour, 
 then dry the silk over a round stick or tacked in a brisk air. 
 
 Note .— These compositions can be put up in pots at 6 d. each, and sold 
 as the Celebrated Restoring Composition, &c. 
 
 To re-dye, or change the Colour of Clothes. 
 
 Sometimes, when garments have been well cleaned, more dyeing stuff 
 must be added, which will afford the intended colours, and sometimes the 
 colour already on the cloth must be discharged, and the article re-dyed 
 
MODERATE LITERARY ACQUIREMENTS, 
 
 Highly important to Persons in Qenteel Life. 
 
 What an age we live in for the display of moderate literary composition ! 
 No matter of what nature, a handsome remuneration is sure to be obtained 
 for any manuscript matter that will hit the public taste. No matter how 
 absurd the practical realization of the words may appear to be, so long as 
 it partakes of the beautiful theory, and strikes home to the hearts and 
 feelings of masses of the middling and poorer classes,—whether it is a 
 little history published at a penny, or a song published at two shillings, 
 whether it be a copy (with comments) of the Rev. Caird’s popular Ser¬ 
 mon, or a Christmas Carrol. If likely to be popular, there are publishers 
 of general works who will readily buy your manuscript, and pay a good 
 price for it, if likely to realise a good profit. Popular Song-writing is 
 decidedly the first as regards remuneration,—Twenty, Forty, and as much 
 as a Hundred and Fifty Gum as have been given for the copyright of one 
 Bong. Take a glance at the career of one of our composers of popular 
 songs (Russell) of nearly world-wide celebrity, who is rapidly making a 
 princely fortune, by raking up old Airs, putting feeling and thrilling 
 words to them, impressing upon the people that “ the good time is coming, 
 only wait a little longer,” i. e. until he has made the fortune he so 
 richly merits. Hundreds of others we could name had we space, 
 who became great from mere chance. 
 
 It must strike every intelligent mind, that this is a valuable profes¬ 
 sional business that ought not to be lost sight of in this increasing mu¬ 
 sical age. Thousands of instances of first efforts that have been timidly 
 thought failures, have led to wealth and position. TRY—Divest your¬ 
 self of diffidence. TRY—Throw overboard the loadstone,—diffidence,— 
 and if musical, the evening may soon arrive that will find you seated 
 at a piano-forte with a numerous audience, not only charmed with the 
 opportunity afforded them (particularly in towns and large villages), of 
 hearing a little sweet music, with a few pretty songs, but pay well for it, 
 thereby realising you a certain and handsome remuneration. 
 
 PROFITABLE FEMALE BUSINESSES. 
 PUBS.—To Clean Chinchills, Musquash, Squirrel, Sable, &o. 
 
 (that are made up.) 
 
 Lay the fur down, sprinkle with hot flour end sand on every part, 
 and then brush it with a hard brush. After it is brushed, beat it with a 
 cane ; then wet a comb, and comb it out smooth, and run it down care¬ 
 fully with a warm non. This will do for almost every fur but Ermine, 
 which must be sprinkled with plaster of Paris, cold, and used in other 
 respects as recommended above. 
 
 To treat Hew Furs. —Sable, Chinchills, Squirrel, Fitch, &c., should 
 be treated as follows:—Warm a quantity of new bran in a pan, taking care 
 that it does not burn, to prevent which it must be actively stirred. When 
 weil warmed, rub it thoroughly into the fur with the hand. Repeat this 
 two or three times; then shake the fur, and give it another sharp brushing 
 until free from dust. White furs, ermine, &c., may be cleaned as follows : 
 Lay the fur on the table, and rub it well with bran made moist with warm 
 water ; rub in till quite dry, and afterwards with dry bran. The wet 
 bran should be put on with flannel, and the dry with a piece of book muslin. 
 The light furs, in addition to the above, should be well rubbed with mag¬ 
 nesia, or a piece of book muslin, after tlie bran process. Furs are usually 
 much improved by stretching, which may be managed as follows :—to a 
 pint of soft water add 3 ounces of salt; with this solution sponge the inside 
 of the skin (taking care not to wet the fur) until it becomes thoroughly 
 saturated ; then lay it carefully on a board with the fur side downwai ds 
 in its natural disposition ; then stretch as much as it will bear, and to the 
 required shape, and fasten with small tacks. The drying may be quick¬ 
 ened by placing the skin a little distance from the fire or stove. 
 
 To Preserve Furs from Moths, &t. —The best method is to hang 
 them up in the air, never roll up or pepper the article, but beat it lightly, 
 occsionally, with a earn, or lav camphor bags in the drtwer in which 
 they are kept. 
 
THE DYER AND SCOURER (Continued). 
 
 Cleaning and Restoring Blue, Purple, and Shades from 
 them, such as Alexandra, Prince’s Garter, Violet, Royal 
 and Navy Blue Silks. 
 
 These should he cleaned hy dissolving hard white soap, as before described, 
 adding to it a small quantity of the best pearl-ash, and if the colours are faded 
 this will restore them. You must add more or less pearl-ash as the colour may 
 require. Wash the silk in this liquor as you would a linen garment, then, 
 instead of wringing, gently squeeze and sheet them. When dry, finish them 
 with fine gum water, or isinglass, dissolved by boiling. A sponge must be 
 dipped in this, and squeezed almost dry, and then rubbed regularly all over 
 the wrong side, and lastly they should be either framed or pinned out. A small 
 bit of pearl-ash should he added to the isinglass or gum water, which will 
 preserve its brightness. 
 
 N.B.—These blues of all shades are dyed with archil, and afterwards dipped 
 in a vat, therefore cleaning with pearl-ash restores the colour. There are 
 some blues on silk, of a very light shade, that are dyed with chemic blue, 
 which will not clean. These may he distinguished hy their not being of 
 a slightly reddish cast. 
 
 Note. —Theunder are some of the London Drysalterswho supply Byerd Drugs: 
 
 Messrs. Joseph $f John Skilbeck, 202, Upper Thames Street; Mr. Henry 
 Barnes, 38, Long Acre, and Upper Thames Street; Messrs. E. and J. H. 
 Valentine, 6 , High Street, Shoreditch ; Messrs. JD. Judson % Son, 10, Scott's 
 Yard, Bush Lane, City, and 85, Bermondsey Street; and Maltby Co., 
 Byers' Spirit Makers, Assembly Bow, Mile End. 
 
 How to Make Cork Swimming and Life Belts, &c. 
 
 Excellent, durable, and cheap swimming and Life Belts can be made in the 
 following way. A yard or a yard and a quarter of strong brown or buff jean. 
 Cut in half the long way, and folded, stitch divisions so as to form seven, 
 eight, or nine compartments, Fill these compartments with fine cuttings of 
 old corks or cork shavings, bought of the cork cutter’s, (a basketful enough for 
 two or three belts, can be bought for threepence). When stuffed smooth and 
 even sew up, leaving a hem of a good breadth at both edges, to attach, by 
 strong sewing, boot webbing, to form crutch and shoulder bands. Also, ilet 
 holes at the bottom of each compartment, so as to allow the belt to drain dry 
 after using. These belts could be sold in great numbers at the docks, to shops, 
 and to emigrants going to the colonies, at 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each, and would 
 cost about 9d. each for material, leaving an excellent profit, and in the hands 
 of a persevering man might be made a first-class business at a trifling outlay. 
 Thousands could be sold, as scarcely an emigrant would go to sea without one 
 of these friends in need, for in the hour of danger all they would have to do 
 would he to step into the crutch bands, and buckle the belt tight round the 
 waist under the arms. Three sizes ought to he made—for youth or children, 
 men and women, and the largest for stout persons, selling at 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d. 
 and 4s. 6d., or higher prices made of best material. Are very superior to air 
 belts. They cannot get out of order, and may always be depended upon. 
 
 Herb Growing and Bottling (very profitable). 
 
 To Dry Herbs. —Dry the gathered crop, thinly spread out, and shaded 
 rom the sun. Tie the herbs in small bundles, and keep them compactly 
 fressed down, and covered with white paper. Or, after drying them, put each sort 
 into a small box, and by means of boards of the size of the interior length and 
 width of the box, and a screw press, press the herbs into cakes or little trusses. 
 These should he afterwards carefully wrapped up in paper, and he kept in a 
 dry place, when they will retain their aroma perfectly. By the common mode 
 of hanging up herbs in loose bundles, the odour soon escapes, changes the 
 flavour and spoils hy dust, &e. 
 
 To Make the Herb Mixture. —The aromatic flavour of herbs may be 
 effectually preserved hy drying and rubbing them to powder, to be kept in a 
 wide-mouthed bottle well corked. For general purposes the following will be 
 found a good mixture—equal proportions of knotted marjoram and winter 
 savoury, with half the quantity of basil, thyme, and tarragon. These are 
 some of the household English herbs, and when corked and labelled may be 
 sold to grocers and oilmen by the dozen or gross. It is evident families would 
 rather buy their herbs in this form than the old one. In the hands of a per 
 severing man a large trade may be done in bottled herbs. 
 
BUSINESS EMPLOYMENTS (Continued.) 
 
 The Profitable Business of Looking Glass Manufacturing. 
 
 The enormous demand for looking glasses which grow with the increase of 
 population, saying nothing of the many thousands that are exported to India, 
 China, Australia, Canada, and all new settlements annually, renders this easily 
 acquired business one of real profit. 
 
 The frames are bought by the dozen (assorted sizes in the rough) of the 
 working carver , very cheap, who will gild them, if desired, equally cheap. The 
 glass can he bought by the foot of the plate-glass dealers. The silvering (the 
 most profitable part of the business) can he done on your own premises ; the 
 following is the plan: 
 
 In an ordinary looking-glass the reflection is derived from a film of mercury 
 or quicksilver in contact with the hinder surface of the glass and rendered 
 fixed by amalgamating (mixing) with a sheet of tin foil. Silvering is here not 
 a correct term, for there is no silver employed; the process is nevertheless a 
 highly valuable one. In the first place a large sheet of thin tin foil is unrolled, 
 nad laid down on a perfectly flat and very smooth stone or slate table, and 
 made to lay equally smooth with a small wooden roller. Then liquid mercury is 
 poured on the foil, from the iron bottles in which it is imported, and made to 
 float over the entire surface. The spotless glass, brought perfectly clean, is 
 laid upon the mercury with a peculiar sliding movement, which suffices to 
 remove the slight film of mercury or oxide which forms upon the surface. 
 The glass is then entirely covered with heavy leaden weights, which could not 
 be done with safety unless the glass and the stone were perfectly flat. After 
 remaining a day or two in this state, with the stone slightly inclined, it is found 
 that all the superfluous mercury has been pressed out from between the. glass 
 and the foil, and the mercury has chemically combined with the foil in such a 
 way that both adhere firmly to the back of the glass. So great is the excellence 
 of this process that in a well silvered glass there will not be found the smallest 
 spot which has not its due share of reflective amalgam behind it. 
 
 Another Plan of Silvering Glass. 
 
 A coating of silver, not of tin amalgam as on the above, is deposited on glass 
 by the following process. The plate being surrounded with a raised border of 
 glazier’s putty, is then covered with a solution of nitrate of silver, with which 
 a little alcohol, water of ammonia, as also oils of cassia and cloves, have been 
 mixed. The silver is precipitated by the re-action of the alcohol and oils in a 
 metallic state. This method serves to silver small glasses very conveniently; 
 but the cost of the precious metal, &c., precludes its application to large looking- 
 glasses. 
 
 Note.— For an extended description of this business, see the Complete 
 Carver, Gilder and Silverer, containing upwards of 70 large pages, post free, 
 24 penny stamps,. 
 
 How to Engrave Figures on Glass. 
 
 Cover one side of a flat piece of glass (after having made it perfectly clean) 
 with bees’-wax, and trace figures upon it with a needle, taking care that every 
 stroke cuts completely through the wax. N ext, make a border of wax all round 
 the glass, to prevent any liquid when poured on from running off. Now take 
 some finely powdered fluate of lime (fluor spar); strew it evenly over the glass 
 plate (upon the waxed side) and then gently pour upon it, so as not to displace 
 the powder, as much sulphuric acid, diluted with thrice its weight of water, as 
 is sufficient to cover the powdered fluor spar. Let every thing remain in this 
 state for three hours, then remove the mixture, and clean the glass by washing 
 it with oil of turpentine, the figures which were traced through the wax will 
 be found engraven on the glass, while the parts which the wax covered will be 
 clear. Figures, such as a ship, crown, mitre, wheatsheaf, anchor, swan, grapes, 
 &c., as well as letters, look very pretty on glass, and sell at a high price. 
 
 Tlie plan to Brown Bifle Barrels. 
 
 Having been often requested to give the plan to brown the barrels of rifles, 
 revolvers^ pistols, &c., the under is the simple p\a£ : 
 
 After the barrel is finished, to give it a brown coionr it is to be rubbed _ over 
 witli aquafortis or spirits of salts diluted with water, and then to be laid by 
 for a week or more till a complete coat of rust is formed. A little oil is then 
 to be applied, and the surface being rubbed dry it is to be polished by means 
 of a hard brush and a little bees’-wax. 
 
Sign Board & Window Glass Writing. 
 
 This is another Business that men of perseverance may soon acquire a 
 knowledge of, is well paid for, and deserves special attention by those 
 out of employ, or who are only miserably paid for their talent and 
 services. We admit many will feel or fancy the impossibility of 
 attempting this Pursuit, not knowing how to form lettei’s, but this 
 difficulty may be got over easy, where there is a will, by removing from 
 the walls large printed block letters, which may be had of every size and 
 grade, by practice may be soon imitated sufficiently to enable you to 
 write a board, aud if at a loss for instructions to buy and mix colours, <fee., 
 our book, entitled the House Painter and Plumber, 2s., will thoroughly 
 instruct you ; also painting black letters on shop windows, so universally 
 prized by tradesmen, to give publicity to their businesses by night, may 
 be easily attained. The process adopted is this ; dab the front or street 
 side of the square or squares of glass, with fresh damp putty, tied ia a 
 piece of thin muslin, and while damp, sketch llie outlines of fTSX 
 intended letters with a thin fine pointed stick, then proceed to the irsAde 
 of the window, and paint in the letters with thick black paint or blue, or 
 green, as may be fancied. The letters you are painting will of course, 
 appear backwards, afterwards clean off the putty from the front, and allow 
 the letters to dry well. You can then putty ball the back of the glass 
 over letters as well, to form an imitation of ground glass, by night as well 
 as by day, they show very conspicuously, and highly please the shopkeeper 
 who employs you. The price charged in London for this letter is three- 
 halfpence the inch for a 3-inch letter and above; and two pence an 
 inch for a 2-inch tetter and under. Eight to ten shillings a day can he 
 realized at this work, and if the letters are well-formed, recommendation 
 will bring you plenty of Jobs. 
 
 Miscellaneous Little Businesses, 
 
 TO MAKE THE UNFERMENTED BREAD.—Take three pounds 
 
 of wheat meal; half an ounce, of muriatic acid ; half an ounce of carbon¬ 
 ate of soda ; water enough to make it of a proper consistence. For white 
 bread four pounds of flour ; half an ounce of (avoirdupois) muriatic acid; 
 half an ounce (avoirdupois) carbonate soda; water about a quart. The 
 way of making the bread in small quantities is as follows,—First mix the 
 soda and flour well together by rubbing in a pan then pour the acid into 
 ihe water, and mix well by stirring. Mix altogether to the required consist¬ 
 ence, and bake in a hot oven immediately. The gain from this method of 
 taking is very great: the three pounds of wheat meal make five pounds and 
 a half of excellent light bread ; and four pounds of seconds flour make six 
 pounds of excellent light bread. It keeps moist longer than bread made 
 with yeast, is far more preferred, sells at the same price, is sweet and digesti¬ 
 ble. This is especially reccommended to persons who suffer from indiges¬ 
 tion, who will find the above named bread invaluable. 
 
 NOTE. —For a young couple about to start in a business, this is a 
 pretty certain one requiring very little capital. 
 
 TO ACCOMPLISH CHINESE AND JAPANESE WORK. 
 
 This is an elegant, easy and profitable art. Take yellow withered leaves, 
 dissolve gum, black paint, copal varnish, &c. Any articles may be orna¬ 
 mented with these simple materials, such as side-board ornaments, tea 
 caddies, flower-pots, fire screens, screens of all descriptions, work-boxes, &c. 
 Select perfect leaves, dry and press them between the leaves of books; rub 
 the surface of the article to be ornamented with fine emery paper, then give 
 it a coat of fine black paint, which should be procured already mixed at a 
 colour-shop. When dry, rub smooth with pumice-stone, and give two 
 other coats. Dry. Arrange leaves in any manner and variety, according to 
 taste. Gum the leaves on the under side, and press them on the places you 
 have arranged. Then dissolve some isinglass in hot water and brush it 
 over the work. Dry. Give three coats of thin copal varnish, allowing 
 ample time for each coat to dry. Articles thus ornamented last for years, 
 and are very amusing, pleasing, and profitable. 
 
THE PHOTOGRAPHER. 
 
 OR HOW TO TAKE PORTRAITS. 
 
 Is presenting the following Instructions respecting the Art of taking 
 Photographic Portraits, we beg to inform you that it is essentially 
 requisite that cleanliness should be strictly observed. You must keep 
 your Chemicals, Glasses, Dusters, &c., perfectly clean, changing your 
 waters every morning, and your dusters must not be washed with soap, 
 but you may use a little soda, taking great care to rinse them well 
 afterwards with cold spring water ; should any of your Chemicals become 
 muddy or dirty, you must filter them through Paper made for the 
 purpose (by means of a Glass Tundish). Your Bath must be always kept 
 covered, except when using it, in order to keep the dirt out and j>revent 
 £t getting spoiled ; as it is the most expensive part of the process you 
 will do well by attending to it, as one Bath, with care, will last 2 mouths. 
 We will now impart the Instructions, which, if you follow carefully, a 
 few hours will bo sufficient to make you thoroughly perfect, and you will 
 obtain a correct and beautifully clear Portrait. 
 
 HE BARIC HOUSE. 
 
 The first thing you do is to form your Dark House. A Dark Cupboard 
 will be the best, iu the Door of which cut out a piece about a foot square, 
 and insert a pane of Yellow Glass, or, which answers the same purpose, 
 bright Yellow calico doubled, nailed over, taking great care that no other 
 light obtain access, then on the shelf, place your Bath and Dipper in the 
 middle, and at one side your Developing, on the other side you Fixing; 
 then get two washing mugs filled with clean spring water, the one to 
 wash your Portraits after Developing, the other after Fixing; your Dark 
 House is then complete. 
 
 To Make the Developing.—3 drachms of Photosulphate of iron; 
 11 ounces of Water; 3 drachms of Glecial Acetic Acid; 1J drachm ol 
 Alcohol. Put into a 12-ounce Bottle. 
 
 To Make the Bath.—3 drachms of Nitrate of Silver; 6 ozs. of Water 
 distilled. Put into a 6-ounce Bottle. 
 
 Glasses.—These can be obtained ready cut at any of the glass cutters; 
 the small size, Is. Od. per gross; the second size, 3s. per gross; the 
 third size, 3s. 6d. per gross, and larger in proportion. 
 
 To Make the Fixing.—3 drachms of Cynide; 11 ozs. of Water. 
 Put into a 12 oz. bottle. 
 
 The Collodion.—Ramsden’s is the best, which you can obtain of any 
 Photographic Chemist at Cd. per ounce ; White Varnish at 2d. per ounce ; 
 Black Varnish, 6d. per bottle; Colours, 5d. per bottle; Brushes from Id. 
 each ; the whole you can obtain at any Artists’ Colour Shops, in any Town 
 in the Kingdom. 
 
 After you have obtained the shove, with your Camera, you are then ready 
 <# To Take the Portrait. 
 
 First get as large a calico sheet as you possibly can obtain, nail it tight 
 to the wall where there is the best light, place your Sitter against it on a 
 chair, and put two boards or calico over head, so as to prevent the Sitter’s 
 hair taking white, then place your Camera at a distance according to the 
 size Portrait you are going to take, as the nearer you go with your 
 Camera the larger the Portrait you get; after all is in readiness, commence 
 then to clean your glass, which do well, and after you are sure it is 
 perfectly clean and free from grease, take hold of it at one corner and 
 pour your Collodion evenly all over the glass, allowing it to run back into 
 the bottle at the bottom corner, go immediately to your Dark House, and 
 put the glass into the bath, where let it remain a minute or so, then see 
 that your Sitter is ready and take the focus, which is done by means of a 
 small screw in your Lens, when that is done to your satisfaction, and you 
 can see your object clearly on the ground glass, go back to your Dark 
 House, take 6ut your glass and place it in your Dark Slide, then take 
 your Ground Glass Slide out, and insert your Dark Slide, puli up your 
 inside Dark Slide, take off the cap and expose according to the light 
 
 [Continued on, 
 
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST CONTINUED. 
 
 ■“—time will vary from 10 to 20 seconds, when done put on the cap, push 
 down the inside slide, take out your dark slide, and go directly to your 
 dark house, open the door of your slide, take out the glass, lay hold of the 
 corner, and pour a little Developing on it and let it remain half a minute; 
 you will then seeythe outline of the Portrait; then wash well up and 
 down in the water, afterwards pour on a little Fixing, when you will seethe 
 white film disappear, then wash well in the other water, you have then a 
 nice clear Portrait; you can then take it and dry it, and while your glass 
 is warm, pour white varnish on in the same manner as you did your 
 Collodion ; be sure to keep it on the fire until dry, then it is ready for 
 colouring, which you do with dry colours and dry brushes, as the colours 
 will all adhere, and your Portrait will last any length of time with care; 
 you have now only to black varnish the hack and dry it again, afterwards 
 frame it. 
 
 We have now given you Instructions, which, if followed out correctly, 
 in a few hours you will he thoroughly perfect, and you can commence 
 without future expense to you for learning this Profitable Art, that will 
 realize a Guinea a day profit. 
 
 NOTICE. For further and full Instructions and cost of the Appara¬ 
 tus, Chemicals, <£c., we respectfully refer you to the Illustrated Book of 
 Photography, Post Free, One Shilling, or 12 Penny Post Stamps, sent per 
 return mail. 
 
 Miscellaneous Little Businesses. 
 
 ROW TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL MARBLE.—A quantity of 
 plaster of Paris is soaked in a solution of alum, baked in an oven, and 
 ground to a powder and kept in a dry place, it is then used as wanted, by 
 being mixed with water similar to plaster; it sets into an exceedingly hard 
 composition and takes a high polish. It may be mixed with various 
 coloured minerals or ochres, to represent the various beautiful fantastio 
 Streaks in marbles, and is one of the rarest and most valuable arts that 
 can be adopted.—Vases, Pillars, Tablets,Flower Boxes, &c., look beautiful 
 made thus. 
 
 HOW TO MAKE SEALING-WAX VARNISH,—For fancy tin- 
 
 metal and other work, this has, of late years, been much used, and if well 
 applied, and the wax good, will be a very good imitation of India japan 
 -he method of making the varnish or japan is very easy, being simply ro 
 ducing the wax to coarse powder, and pouring the best spirits of wine on 
 it in a bottle, and letting it gradually dissolve without heat, shaking tha 
 bottle occasionally till it is all dissolved. A two ounce stick of the°best 
 wax will be enough for a quarter of a pint of spirits. Recollect that much 
 depends on the goodness of the sealing wax; and that you may vary tha 
 colour of the varnish by using different coloured wax. As this varnish 
 dries very quickly, it should not be made until it is wanted for use. 
 
 THE GERMAN METHOD OF BLACKING LEATHER.— Taka 
 
 two pounds of the bark of elder, and the same quantity of the pieces of 
 rust of iron ; steep them in two gallons of river water, and put them in a 
 cask or earthern vessel closely stopped. After it has thus stood two 
 months, put to the liquid, when well pressed out, a pound of powdered 
 nut-galls, and a quarter of a pound of copperas; and then after stirring 
 it over a good, fire, press out the liquid, with which the leather is to be 
 three or four times brushed over, when it becomes of an excellent and 
 most durable black.—Basils and other cheap skins constituting leather of 
 any sort can be blackened h? this method and will be found profitable. 
 
 [Miscellaneous Businesses Continued, 
 
How to make Tallow Gandies. 
 
 The Profit on which is about 100 per Cent, 
 
 Ip men with a little money are at a loss to know how to work it profitably 
 in a never-failing business without loss, they are advised to make candles, 
 which will always be preferred to Lamps, however great their improve¬ 
 ment, simply on account that the latter necessitates time and trouble 
 daily in trimming, while the former is ready for instant use. The follow* 
 ing is the plan adopted by candle makers :— 
 
 It is generally known that candles are made in two different ways, either" 
 by dipping or moulding. The tallow is first all melted, and separated 
 from any impurities or foreign substances which may happen to be mixed 
 with it. This process the workmen call rendering. 
 
 The first thing done in making a candle, is to prepare the wick. This 
 is made of cotton finely spun; and the number of threads used is varied 
 according to the proposed thickness of the wick. Being cut to the proper 
 length, the wick is drawn between the finger and thumb, with a little 
 melted tallow, in order to smooth down any projecting fibres of cotton, 
 which would cause the candle to burn irregularly. This is called dressing. 
 
 The tallow, being melted in boilers, is carefully poured, with small 
 buckets or ladles, into the dipping-mould which is a vessel about three 
 feet long, two feet broad, and of the same depth; but, of course, it may 
 he made larger or smaller. It is lined with lead, and raised upon a frame 
 at a convenient height for the candle maker. In cold weather, when the 
 tallow cools and congeals too quickly, a chafing-dish, or similar contrivance 
 is placed under the dipping mould. It is filled with warm water, upon the 
 top of which the tallow floats, being lighter, as you know, than that 
 fluid. 
 
 The workman now suspends a number of wicks upon small rods; and 
 taking several of these in his hand, dips the wicks, by this means, 
 carefully into the tallow: on raising themaportion of the tallow adheres, 
 and the rods being then hung upon a frame to cool, this portion 
 quickly congeals. The dipping is repeated, and a new portion of tallow 
 adheres, and so on, until the candle has acquired the requisite thickness. 
 Instead of dipping with the hand, however, in manufactories of any 
 extent, that action is imitated by machinery. To one end of along lever 
 is attached a wooden frame, on which the rods with the wicks, (th© 
 broaches,) are arranged. The opposite end of the lever has a counter¬ 
 balancing weight. That extremity of th-e lever to which the frame is 
 fixed is immediately above the dipping-mould, and the lever is so 
 balanced, that the wicks may be lowered into the liquid by a slight 
 pressure of the hand, and rise when that pressure is removed. This 
 kind of apparatus is still farther improved upon by a horizontal wheel, 
 ■which consists of an upright shaft, with twelve arms placed horizontally, 
 and at equal distances. A frame, which supports six rods, or more, if 
 wished, having each eighteen wicks, is suspended from the extremity of 
 each arm. The wheel is moved round by the workmen, and each frame 
 as it comes in succession over the dipping mould, is pressed down, so as 
 to immerse the wicks in the tallow. The cooling takes place during the 
 revolution of the wheel. 
 
 The candle mould is a hollow cylinder, generally made of pewter, open 
 at the extremities, and well polished internally. A small cup, of the sam® 
 metal, is soldered at the top of the mould, and through a hole in the cuj* 
 the end of the wick is drawn. A number of moulds are fixed in a frame 
 the upper surface of which forms a shallow trough. The wicks are 
 introduced with a hooked wire, passed through the mould ; and when it is 
 drawn to the other extremity of the mould, it is kept stretched, and fair 
 in the centre, by means of a cross wire passed through the loop. The 
 melted tallow is then introduced into the trough by means of a stopcock ; 
 and when the moulds are completely filled, the frames are set aside to 
 cool. When the tallow has quite congealed, the candles are drawn out 
 Af the moulds. Wax, sperm, composite, &e., are made similar. 
 
PROFITABLE BUSINESSES (Continued.) 
 
 How to Manufacture Vinegar, cheap and good 
 
 The best vinegar, as everybody knows, is sold retail at 10 d. per quart. It 
 is surprising this business (yielding a profit of nearly 300 per cent.) should 
 remain in so few hands. The under methods show clearly that vinegar can 
 be made at 2 \d. per quart, or lOd. per gallon, and sell wholesale at 2s. id. 
 per gallon. Tersons can make any small quantities in like proportion. 
 
 To every gallon of water put a pound of coarse Lisbon sugar; let the 
 mixture be boiled and skimmed so long as any scum arises. Then let it be 
 poured into proper vessels, and when it is as cool as beer when worked let a 
 warm toast, rubbed over with yeast, be put to it. Let it work about twenty- 
 four hours, and then put it into an iron-hooped cask, and fixed either near a 
 constant fire or where the summer sun shines the greater part of the day ; in 
 this situation it should not be closely stopped up, but a slate, or something 
 similar, laid on the bung-hole to keep out the dust and insects. At the end 
 of about three months (sometimes less) it will be clear and fit for use and 
 may be racked off. The longer it is kept after it is bottled the better it will 
 be. If the vessel containing the liquor is to be exposed to the sun’s heat the 
 best time to begin making it is in April or May. 
 
 To make Vinegar from the Vinegar Plant. 
 
 The vinegar plant is often made by farmers and cottagers, as by making use 
 of it they are able to obtain a good useful vinegar at the cost of about 1 d. per 
 quart. The process is as follows. Dissolve half a pound of moist sugar, or 
 for highly-coloured vinegar half a pound of treacle in three quarts of soft 
 water. Put this mixture into a wide-mouthed jar, and the vinegar plant with 
 it; cover the mouth of the jar either with white paper pricked full of holes 
 with a pin, or with a thin piece of gauze. Let it remain in a warm room or 
 corner of the house for about five weeks when the process will be completed 
 and the vinegar fit for use. During the process the plant, if it is a good sound 
 one, will grow considerably both in diameter and thickness, floating on the 
 surface of the liquor, and when taken out a young plant will be found adhering 
 to the under surface of the old one. This young one will be nearly as large as 
 the old one, but much thinner, and must be carefully separated from its parent, 
 and set to work by itself in a separate jar. The old plant also may be safely 
 set to work once or twice more, and will produce a young plant each time. 
 
 Note.— When the vinegar plant is used it should have a small wooden raft, 
 made of deal, in the form of a cross, to float on, for if it sinks it will perish. 
 
 To Make a Vinegar Plant. 
 
 Take four ounces of sugar, and half a pound of treacle; simmer them in 
 three quarts of water till dissolved. Then put the mixture in a large basin or 
 jar; cover it over, and set it in some warm corner. In about six weeks look 
 at it, and a thick, tough, fleshy substance will be found floating on the top, 
 which is the vinegar plant. Take it and put on the mixture, as recommended 
 in the above recipe. The first mixture will turn to vinegar, but it will not be 
 so good as it would be with a plant put on it at first. The young plant, which 
 will be found adhering to the old one, is the scum arising from the fermenta¬ 
 tion of the mixture, and in this way thousands of plants might be made, and 
 as many hogsheads of very good vinegar. The vinegar is better if bottled and 
 kept for some time. 
 
 How to make the Government or Indelible "Writing Ink. 
 
 The following recipe has been found to resist successfully all the chemical 
 agencies usually employed to obliterate writings. 
 
 Take shell-lac two ounces, borax one ounce, distilled or rain water eighteen 
 ounces; boil the whole in a closely covered tin vessel, stirring it with a small 
 stick until well mixed. Filter when cold through a single sheet of blotting 
 paper. Then mix one ounce of mucilage of gum acacia (prepared by dissolving 
 one ounce of gum in two ounces of water), and add pulverized indigo and lamp 
 black ad libitum. Boil the whole in a covered vessel, and stir until well 
 mixed; then stir again occasionally when cooling, leaving it until the excess of 
 indigo and lamp black subside; after which bottle for use. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESSES (Continued.) 
 
 The Art of Gilding Steel Jewellery, or Iron of any sort. 
 
 Dissolve in aqua regia, with the assistance of a little heat, as much gold as 
 will fully saturate it; then, adding cream of tartar, form it into a paste. Any 
 bright piece of steel or iron, being first wetted with water or saliva and then 
 rubbed with this paste, will be instantly gilded in a beautiful manner ; after 
 which it is to be washed with cold water. If a thicker coat of gold he desired 
 gold leaf may he laid on and burnished hard, when it will adhere to the first 
 gilding ; and, if the nature of the thing gilded will admit of heat by warming 
 it but not so as to become red-hot, and then burnishing it, any thickness of 
 gilding may be easily added. 
 
 An Excellent Composition for gilding Brass or Silver. 
 
 Take two ounces of gum-lac, two ounces of karabe or yellow amber, forty 
 grains of dragon’s blood in tears, half a drachm of saffron, and forty ounces of 
 good spirits of wine; infuse and digest the whole in the usual manner, and 
 afterwards strain it through a linen cloth ; when the varnish is used the piece 
 of silver or brass must be heated before it is applied: by this means it will 
 assume a gold colour, which is cleaned, when soiled, with a little warm water. 
 
 The above receipts, if adopted, will be found of great value. They cost the 
 author ten guineas to procure to add to the number of these excellent money¬ 
 making businesses. 
 
 The plan to Tin Iron Saucepans, Kettles, &c. 
 
 Metal to be tinned must be cleansed, if new work, by putting it in a pickle 
 (a mixture of sulphuric acid and water), then scoured with sand and cleansed 
 in water; hut if old, the pickle should be a mixture of muriatic acid and 
 water. It is then ready for tinning. The article should be placed on the fire, 
 and sufficient heat applied to melt the tin. Care should he taken that too 
 great a heat should not be applied, or the article will he burned. It must he 
 rubbed well with a piece of sal ammoniac placed between two wires, likewise 
 some powder sprinkled upon it to keep the metal from oxidating. Apply the 
 tin, wipe it over with a piece of tow, then the work is finished. 
 
 To Make the India-rubber Liquid. 
 
 When once it was discovered that india-rubber could be dissolved in petroleum, 
 in naphtha, or in oil of turpentine, it was speedily seen that a new and ex¬ 
 tensive sphere of utility was given to it. The coarsest pieces as imported, the 
 waste from the kueading operations, and the parings and cuttings from other 
 manufacturing operations, are placed in a close iron vessel, to which the liquid 
 solvent is added. A brisk agitation is kept up, and the heat thereby generated 
 in the elastic india-rubber warms the liquid and increases its solvent power 
 until at length the whole is dissolved. This operation is conducted on a some¬ 
 what extensive scale; for the iron vessel is large enough to contain more than 
 half a ton of india-rubber, which requires three days of constant agitation for 
 complete solution. The liquid thus produced has a consistency which fits it to 
 he used as a waterproofing medium, or as a cement, or for many other purposes 
 which the sagacity and self-interest of manufacturers have enabled them to 
 discover. 
 
 Note. —For further particulars, see the business of a Water Proofer, given 
 in another part of these series of businesses. 
 
 To Make Kovel Chimney Ornaments. 
 
 White chimney ornaments of varied shapes, or fantastically disposed, may he 
 obtained from a solution of alum, thus : half a pound of alum to every pint of 
 water which may be necessary for the entire submersion of tee article to be 
 heated; put the same into a saucepan or other vessel adapted to the size and 
 shape of the article, zslj a stone, a small vase, or a bit of cinder from coal, 
 either of such will form a very pretty ornament. Suspend it by a string in the 
 centre of the solution, place the vessel over the fire, and boil for an hour or 
 more according to the quantity, and the material will come forth with pleasing 
 coruscations resembling spar or petrifaction. These are sold at the watering 
 places in the summer at 2d., 6 d., and Is., to take to London as mementos, and 
 are held in great esteem. 
 
TOILET REQUISITES CONTINUED. 
 
 BEST LAVENDER WATER. 
 
 Procure rectified spirits of wine half a pint, also the essential oil of 
 lavender 3 drachms, essence of bergamot 20 drops, musk 2 grains : add 
 the whole together in a marble mortar, adding gradually 2 ounces of soft 
 water ; great care must be taken to stir the whole well while adding the 
 water; let it stand closely covered for three or four hours, then filter it 
 through blotting paper and it will be ready for use. 
 
 Note .—If the above directions are strictly attended to, a lavender wate. 
 of a superior description is obtained to that generally sold. 
 
 The English Circassian Cream. 
 
 To half a pound of clarified pork lard, add 4 ounces of beef marrow; 
 when cooling, add one ounce of essence of bergamot, half an ounce of 
 essence of lemon, and 3 drops of the oil of thyme : stir all well together 
 ■while cooling, and put into pots before cold. Pots at 6d. each are sold, 
 or to the trade at 4s. 6d. per doz. 
 
 The Celebrated Odonto for the Teeth. 
 
 'Well boil and skim one pound of honey, and while boiling add a 
 quarter of a pound of bole armoniac, one ounce of dragon’s blood, one 
 ounce of the oil of sweet almonds, half an ounce of the oil of cloves, 8 
 drops of the essence of bergamot, and a gill of honey water : mix well 
 together and put up for use. Put this up in 6d. pots. 
 
 Pomade Divine. 
 
 To one pound of mutton suet add a quarter of a pound of beef marrow, 
 one ounce of white wax, three quarters of an ounce of bergamot, a quarter 
 of an ounce of essence of lemons, a quarter of an ounce of oil of lavender, 
 and a quarter of an ounce of majorum: add the scents while cooling.— 
 Make up in 6d. pots. 
 
 English Eau de Cologne. 
 
 To a pint and a half of rectified spirits of wine add 2 ounces of spirit 
 of rosemary, 2 drachms of essence of bergamot, half a drachm of essence 
 of lemons, one drachm of neroly, and one drachm of essence of ambergris: 
 filter well, let stand seven days, and occasionally well agitate. Bottle 
 in long-necked bottles, and well cork it. Put on a pretty label and sell 
 at Is. 6d. per bottle. 
 
 A Beautiful Lip Salve. (To prepare.) 
 
 Take a quarter of a pound of hard marrow from the marrow bone, and 
 melt it over a slow fire. As it dissolves, pour the liquid marrow into a 
 pipkin, then add to it an ounce of spermaceti, 12 raisins stoned, and a 
 small portion of alkanet root, sufficient to colour it well. Simmer these 
 ingredients over a slow fire for tenminutes, then strain the whole through 
 muslin, and while warm, stir into it a teaspoonful of the balsam of 1 eru. 
 Pour it into the boxes in which it is to remain, it will then become hard 
 and fit for use. By adding a few drops of otto of roses to this while just 
 warm, it becomes the celebrated “ OttQ of Rose Lip Salve.” It is sold 
 in round china pots at Is., or if kept in a jar to retail, in pill boxes in 
 small quantities for Id. or 2d. as may be asked for. 
 
 , Hair Dye—Dark Brown, 
 
 Is a strong decoction of green walnut peel, the liquor from which applied 
 by means of a nail or tooth brush, after the hair is thoroughly cleansed. 
 This is, decidedly, the most innocent of any preparation, but is not strictly 
 permanent: it wall require a repetition at least once a month to prsserv* 
 an apparent natural dark brown. 
 
THE WARDIIOBE SHOP, 
 
 HOW TO ESTABLISH ONE PROFITABLY. 
 
 This business, to a person of energy and tact, is without doubt, one of 
 the best money getting of the present day. In London all who are engaged 
 m the ladies’ and gentlemen’s wardrobe buying and selling are rising° in 
 affluence-many began with a few shillings. There are openings for 
 hundreds of such shops in the different cities and towns of the united 
 kingdom. The plans adopted are to forward your circular to valets, 
 butlers, housekeepers, and ladies’maids, and advertise to purchase ladies 
 and gentlemen’s left off wearing apparel. It is a known fact that what 
 is bought for five shillings is generally sold again for twenty shillings, 
 thereby realizing 300 per cent. The under plans for restoring ladies' 
 and gentlemen’s left oflf dresses, coats, &c., will be found valuable. 
 
 Grease are the substances which form the greater part of simple stains. 
 They give a deep shade to the ground of the cloth ; they continue to 
 spread for several days ; they attract the dust and retain it so strongly, 
 that it is not removable by the brush; and they eventually render the 
 stain lighter coloured upon dark ground, and of a disagreeable grey tint 
 upon a pale, or light ground. The general principle of cleansing all 
 spots, consists in applying to them a substance which shall have a 
 stronger affinity for the matter composing than this has for the cloth, and 
 which shall render them soluble in some liquid solution, such as 
 water, spirits, oil of turpentine, &c. Alkali would seem to be proper in 
 this point of view, as they are the most powerful solvents of grease ; but 
 they act too strongly upon silk and wool, as well as change too powerfully 
 the colours ot dyed stuffs, to be safely applicable in removing stains. 
 The best substances for this purpose are soap, chalk. Fuller’s earth, soap 
 stone (trench chalk). .these should be merely diffused through a little 
 water into a thin paste, spread upon the stain and allowed to dry. The 
 spot requires now to be merely brushed. Ox-gall and yolk of eggs have 
 the property of dissolving fatty bodies without affecting, perceptibly, the 
 texture or colours of cloth, and therefore may be applied with advantage. 
 The ox-gall should be purified, to prevent its- greenish tint from re¬ 
 moving the brilliancy of dyed stuffs, or the purity of the whites. The vola¬ 
 tile oil of turpentine will take out only recent stains; for which purpose 
 it ought to be previously purified by distillation over quick lime. Wax, 
 resin, turpentine, pitch, and all resinous bodies in general, form stains 
 of greater or less adhesion, which may be dissolved out by pure alcohol. 
 The juices of fruits, and the coloured juices of all vegetables in general 
 deposit on clothes marks in their peculiar hues. Stains of wine, mui- 
 berries, black currants, &c., will yield only to soaping with the hand 
 followed by fumigating with sulphurous acid; but this latter process 
 is inadmissible with deiicate coloured stuffs and cloths. Iron mould ot 
 rust stains must be takenout almost instantaneously with a strong solution 
 of oxalic acid. If the stain is recent, cream of tartar will remove it if not 
 very deep. 
 
 To Clean Black Clothes. 
 
 First proceed to brush, the dirt out of the clothes, remove thd 
 grease from the collar, &c., with a brush or sponge and warm water, 
 soap and oil of turpentine ; boil 1 ounce of ground logwood a few 
 minutes in one quart of water, and add a small piece of soda. Strain the 
 logwood, lay the clothes on a table, and brush them well with hot liquid 
 all over, till they are well wet; brush them well with hot water, on the 
 surface of which, put a few drops of olive oil • care must be taken not 
 to have too much oil on the surface at once ; when wasted have a few 
 drops more. This operation must be done uniformly, and in direction to 
 the nap or grain of the cloth. Hang them up to dry, and they will be & 
 foeautitul black, particularly if the grain of the cloth is not worn off, and 
 will have all the appearance of new clothes. 
 
PROFITABLE FEMALE BUSINESSES. 
 
 [continued.] 
 
 CLEANING STRAW BONNETS 
 
 To clean, should he well soaked in cold water two hours ; then wash 
 and brush with soda and soap, rinse in a pail of water with half a tea¬ 
 spoon of salts and sorrel, half dry it, and then wash it again in clean wa¬ 
 ter and salts of sorrel; stiffen it with paste or size; put in a stove for two 
 hours, and then block out. Leghorns should be cleaned as above, but be 
 careful not to put too much stiffening on them, 
 
 ANOTHER MODE., 
 
 They may be washed with soap and water, rinsed in clear water, and 
 dried in the air; then wash them over with the white of an egg well beaten; 
 remove the wire before washing. Old straw bonnets may be picked to 
 pieces, and put together for children, the head parts being cut out. 
 
 BLEACHING STRAW BONNETS. 
 
 Wash them in pure water, scrubbing them with a brush; then put 
 them into a box in which has been set a saucer of burning sulphur, then 
 cover them up, so that the fumes may bleach them. 
 
 DYEING STRAW BONNETS, &o. 
 
 To Dye Bonnets Brown. —Take about 2 ounces of peach wood, and 
 one quarter of a pound of madder ; mix well together in cold water; 
 throw in say 3 gallons of water into a copper and let it boil; then put in 
 the bonnets with the peach wood and madder, and allow to boil for about 
 an hour. Have a pailful of boiling water ready, to which add a quarter 
 of a pound of copperas, and put the bonnets in five minutes as the depth 
 of brown required. The quantity given above is sufficient for a dozen 
 bonnets. The bonnets should be carefully washed in warm water with a 
 hard brush before putting in the copper. After taking out of the water, 
 brush them and hang them before the fire to dry. Then block them. 
 
 Black. —Steep them in chamber lye all night, then wash them with 
 warm water. Throw into a copper with about 3 gallons of boiling water; 
 put in about half a pound of logwood, and a quarter of a pound of 
 copperas m smah quantities at a time, and let the bonnets remain in the 
 water all night; take out, brush, hang up to dry, then block off. 
 
 Puce. —Logwood itself, used as above, will produce this colour. 
 
 Green. —Ebony chips will give this colour, only new straw will take 
 it ; but for old bonnets, boil them in alum, and then dip hem into a 
 solution of indigo, mixed with any yellow dye u jo! s light or dark green 
 is obtained. 
 
 Pink. —Immerse in the acetate of alumina, and then with the coloring 
 
 of a pink saucer. 
 
 To Clean Ribbons. 
 
 Take a clean sponge; dip in camphine (having previously stretched the 
 ribbon on a board) and pass along the ribbon, and the dirt will at once 
 disappear, if the article has not previously been wet. Stiffen when dry 
 with a little size, and iron over, (See Scouring.) 
 
 Drawn Bonnets can be cleaned by the same prosess as Silk Ribbons. 
 
 A Black Varnish for Old Straw or Chip Hats. 
 
 Take best black sealing wax, naif an ounce ; rectified spirits of wine, 
 2 ounces ; powder the sealing wax, and put it, with the spirit of wine, 
 into a 4-oz. phial; digest them in a sand heat, or near a fire, till the wax 
 is dissolved; lay it on warm with a fine soft hair brush before a fire, or 
 in the sun. It gives a good stiffness to old straw hats, and a beautiful 
 gloss equal to new, and resists wet. If the hats are very brown, they may 
 be brushed over witb writing ink, and dried before the varnish is applied. 
 
FEMALE . BUSINESSES CONT INUED. 
 
 EASY MODE OF CLEANING- KID GLOVES. 
 
 Idealizing lOs, a EBay. 
 
 Cc.wence by putting your gloves on a glove stick, and wash them all 
 ever with a piece of flannel dipped in camphine, which can be bought at 
 bd. per pint, at any of the ordinary colour shops, which, after washing, 
 fsre wrung tightly, blown into, and pinned up to dry. To free them from 
 smell, place them at a moderate distance before a fire two hours. At any 
 reason, 100 pairs may be cleaned by one person at 3d. a pair daily. 
 
 To Clean French Kid Gloves. —Put the gloves on your hands and 
 wash them, as if you were washing your hands, in some spirits of tur¬ 
 pentine, until quite clean ; then hang them up in a warm place, or where 
 there is a current of air, and all smell of the turpentine will be removed. 
 This method is practised in Paris, and since its introduction into this 
 country, thousands of pounds have been gained by it. 
 
 To Dye Kid Gloves Black. —Take one table spoonful of iron liouor 
 and mix with two table spoonsful of water. Rub well on with a sponge. 
 After the iron liquor has been well rubbed on, hang up, when dry take 
 them down; after which take a clean sponge, and dip it in a decoction of 
 logwood, and rub on the gloves. Again hang them up to dry. Oil them 
 with sweet oil, stretch out and hang them up to dry. 
 
 To Dye Leather Gloves York Tan— Leather gloves may be died 
 to resemble York Tan, Limerick, &c., by the following method :—Steep 
 saffron in boiling soft water for about twelve hours; sew up the top of the 
 gloves to prevent staining the insides, and then wet them with a sponge 
 or soft brush dipped in the above liquid. The quantity of saffron must 
 be varied according to the colour required. 
 
 To Dye Gloves Kankeen. —Steep saffron in boiling hot water for 
 about twelve hours ; sew up the tops of the gloves to prevent the dye 
 staining the insides, then wet them over -with a sponge dipped in the liquid. 
 A tea-cup full of dye will do a pair of gloves. 
 
 To Dye Gloves Purple. —Boil 4 ounces of logwood, and 2 ounces of 
 roche alum in 3 pints of soft water till half wasted, strain, and let it cool. 
 Sew up the tops, go over the outsides with a sponge or brush twice ; then 
 rub off the loose dye with a coarse cloth. Beat up the white of an egg, 
 and rub it over the leather with a sponge. Vinegar will remove the stain 
 from the hands. 
 
 To D^e Gloves the Favorite Orange. —Anatto and tumeric boiled 
 in a little water will produce a deep orange; a little lemon juice added 
 will increase its brightness and give it a lemon tint. 
 
 OH THE MANAGEMENT OF FEATHEHS. 
 
 To Clean White Feathers. —Wash them well in soft water with 
 white soap and blue; rub them through very clean white paper, beat them 
 on the paper, shake them before the fire, dry them in the air, and after¬ 
 wards curl them. 
 
 How to Curl them. —Heat them gently before the fire, then with the 
 back of a knife or other blunt instrument applied to the feathers, they 
 will be found easily to curl. 
 
 To Dye them Black.—Procure a quarter of an ounce of ground 
 logwood, and. one nut gall, also a quarter of a teaspoon of shurrmac. Mix 
 the three in a pint of boiling water and throw over the feathers, this will 
 create an excellent black. Be careful the water is xoi, too hot when used. 
 
 Note —The original pure white can never he actually restored, so we 
 subjoin the simplest method of artificially tinging them. 
 
 Grav.—This colour may be produced by sprinkling ink reduced by 
 Water to any shade. 
 
 Yellow —Tumeric will give a fine yellow, which may be brightened 
 i>y lemon juice, reduced by water as above. 
 
 GWF. ItHT.—Liquid blue added to tumeric, gives a green. 
 
 BUFF .—A little Anatto boiled in water, add according to shade, pearl ash 
 
 BLUK,—Liquid blue, applied solely, will yield a fine tint of the same colour—* 
 •ittle of the red »old in saucers added to the blue, nroduces purple. 
 
Chalybeate and Mineral Waters. 
 
 ARTIFICIAL CHELTENHAM WATER .—Chalybeate spring. 
 
 Take—Sulphate of Soda ('Glauber Salts).Two drachms 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia (Epsom Salts) ... Two scruples 
 
 Carbonate of Soda crystallized .Two scruples 
 
 Common Salt .Two drachms 
 
 Sulphate of Iron (Green Vitriol) .Twelve grains 
 
 Mix, and dissolve in three pints of warm water, after which place in a cool 
 situation. The above will fill six soda water bottles. Sold at 6d. per bottle. 
 
 artificial Cheltenham water .—Pure saline spring. 
 
 Take—Sulphate of Soda (Glauber Salts).Two scruples 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia (Epsom Salts) ... One scruple 
 
 Common Salt .Two scruples 
 
 Mix, and dissolve in one pint of water. This quantity is usually taken in 
 three doses. 
 
 artificial BUXTON WATER .—Warm sulphur spring. 
 
 Take—Bicarbonate of Soda.Two scruples 
 
 Sulphate of Soda . ..Three scruples 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia ..One scruple 
 
 Chloride of Sodium.Two scruples 
 
 Sulphuret of Sodium .. One scruple 
 
 Mix, and dissolve in a quart of warm water, and will fill four soda water 
 bottles. Usually sold at Gd. per bottle. 
 
 artificial harrowgate water .—Chalybeate spring. 
 
 Take—Chloride of Sodium (Common Salt) ... Four drachms 
 Chloride of Calcium (Muriate of Lime) 
 
 crystallized.Two scruples 
 
 Chloride of Magnesium, crystallized ... One scruple 
 
 Sulphate of Soda.Four grains 
 
 Bicarbonate of Soda.Two scruples 
 
 Protochloride of iron .Eight grains 
 
 Water.One gallon 
 
 Dissolve the Bicarbonate of Soda in half the water, the other Salts in the 
 remainder, and mix the two solutions together. This quantity will fill 
 eighteen soda water bottles. Sold at Gd. per bottle. 
 
 ARTIFICIAL HARROWGATE WATER .—Sulphur spring. 
 
 Take—Chloride of Sodium (Common Salt) ... One ounce 
 
 Chloride of Calcium.Two and a half drachms 
 
 Chloride of Magnesium .One and a half drachm 
 
 Bicarbonate of Soda.. ... Half an ounce 
 
 Sulphuret of Sodium.Two drachms 
 
 Water.One gallon 
 
 Dissolve the Sulphuret of Sodium in half the water, and the other Salts in 
 the remainder, and mix the two solutions together. This will fill 18 bottle^ 
 
 ARTIFICIAL CHALYBEATE WATER.- Brighton. 
 
 Take—Sulphate of iron (Green vitriol) .Three grains 
 
 Chloride of calcium.Six grains 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia (Epsom salts) ... Two grains 
 
 Bicarbonate of Soda.Six grains 
 
 Water.One quart 
 
 Mix the salts, and dissolve in the water.—This will fill four bottle*. 
 
SUMMER AND WINTER BEVERAGES CONTINUED. 
 
 To make Seicllitz Powders. 
 
 Take Tartrate of Soda 1A drachm, Carbonate of Soda 1£ scruple. Mix, 
 and put it in a blue paper; Tartaric Acid, 35 grains, to be put into while 
 paper. For half a pint of water, and drauk while in a state of effer- 
 vescence. 
 
 Another Method. 
 
 Tartrate of Soda 12 ozs., Carbonate of Soda, 4 ozs., Tartaric Acid 3£ ozs., 
 L-'af Sugar, 1 lb., all in line powder. Dry each article separately by » 
 gentle heat, and add 20 drops of Essence of Lemon. Mix well, pass it 
 through a sieve, and put it immediately into a bottle in a dry state. A 
 dessert spoonfull to a tumbler of water. 
 
 Crated Soda Powder. 
 
 Carbonate of Soda 30 grains, to be put into blue paper, Tartaric Acid, 
 25 grains in white paper. Dissolve each separately in half a glass of 
 spring water, and drink immediately as Seidlitz Powders. 
 
 Midgeley’s Soda Powder ( Medicinal ). 
 
 In blue paper put 30 grains of Carbonate of Soda; in white paper 2$ 
 grains of Tartaric Acid, and grain of Tartarised Antimony. 
 
 Effervescing Acidulated Water. 
 
 Procure—Tartaric Acid in Crystals. 
 
 Carbonate of Soda... ... ... 1 oz. 
 
 White Sugar .. ... ... 1 lb. 
 
 Water . 1 gallon. 
 
 Dissolve the Sugar and Soda in the Water, fill your bottles with it, then 
 put into each bottle 40 grains of the Acid in Crystals; cork each bottlv 
 immediately, and tie it down. A very refreshing draught. Sold at 3d. 
 
 Syrup of Lemons, or Lemonade. 
 
 Take—Citric Acid .. ^ oz. 
 
 Lemon peel . 1 oz. 
 
 White Sugar . 4 lbs. 
 
 Water . 4 pints. 
 
 Boil the Sugar and Lemon peel in the water, gently, for half an hour, or 
 until it becomes a thick syrup; take off any scum that rises; when nearly 
 cool, add the acid. Mix with hot or cold water, according to the season, 
 and it will be found very refreshing. Sold at 2d. per bottle. 
 
 Lime Juice Syrup, 
 
 From the fresh fruit, a perfect luxury, forms a mostdelicious and invigo¬ 
 rating draught, for the delicate or invalid, and of special service in gout, 
 fevers, rheumatism, and affections of the skin. Prepared as Lemonade. 
 
 Syrup of Mulberries. 
 
 Juice of Mulberries. 1 lb. 
 
 Loaf Sugar . 2 lbs. 
 
 Boil gently for a quarter of an hour and take off the scum ; and bottle 
 when cool. A small wine glass full in a tumbler of cold water, is -very 
 cooling and refreshing. 
 
 Syrup of Gloves. 
 
 Put a quarter of a pound of Cloves to. a quart of boiling water, cover 
 close, set it over a fire, and boil gently half an hour, then drain, and add 
 to a quart of liquor two pounds of loaf sugar. Clear it with the whites of 
 two eggs beaten up with cold water, and let it simmer till it is a strong 
 syrup. Preserve it in bottles well corked. Cinnamon or Mace may be 
 prepared in the same way. 
 
The Excellent Medical Prescriptions, continued, 
 
 What Indigestion really is. 
 
 It consists in an irregular appetite, a sudden and transient distension of the 
 stomach, eructations of various kinds, palpitation of the heart and heartburn, pain 
 in the region of the stomach, perhaps vomiting, rumbling noise in the bowels, and 
 frequently costiveness or diarrhoea; a long train of nervous symptoms, frightful 
 dreams, &c., are also frequent attendants on indigestion. 
 
 Among the causes that produce this tormenting dyspepsia may be enumerated 
 intense study, want of sufficient exercise, particularly in town residences, excess in 
 spirituous liquors, late hours, &c. Alone it never proves fatal, but it is the fruitful 
 source of many other disorders. This complaint has its seeds sown very frequently 
 in early childhood from the exhibition of calomel. Another fruitful source is the 
 sedentary mode of living practised of late years ; late hours and decreased open 
 air exercise may be also named as producing general chronic debility, and a 
 decreased power of digestion. 
 
 In aiming to cure this disease, the first step to be taken is to remove such habits 
 as have given rise to the complaint. Where dissipation has been the producing 
 cause, simple fare, moderate exercise, and early hours must be adopted. Where 
 severe study has been the cause, books must be partially laid aside. In order to 
 relieve the overloaded state of the stomach, fifteen grains of ipecacuanha powder 
 may be given in water, but an emetic must not be resorted to unless in the com¬ 
 mencement of the disease. The bowels should then be regulated, but principally 
 by diet, as active purgatives- must be avoided. The following pill will be suitable : 
 compound extract of colocynth, one drachm ; compound rhubarb pill, half a 
 drachm; ipecacuanha, in powder, twelve grains; oil of caraways, ten drops; castile 
 soap, twenty grains; mix the whole, and divide into twenty-four pills, one or 
 two to be taken every other night, or as occasion may arise. A tea spoonful or 
 two of tincture of ginger or cardamoms may be taken in a glass of peppermint or 
 cinnamon water, to palliate flatulency; and if the stomach is affected with acidity, 
 ten grains of magnesia, or ten drops of water of ammonia may be added. 
 
 For nausea or vomiting, a draught of soda-water may be taken while in a state 
 of effervescence. If the sickness continues obstinate, a blister may be placed over 
 the pit of the stomach. To restore the stomach to a healthy tone, tonics and a 
 suitable diet must be observed. The best brown ipecacuanha powder is the most 
 valuable medicine. 
 
 Take of ipecacuanha, in powder, thirty grains ; white oxyde of bismuth, two 
 drachms; extract of gentian, one drachm ; make into sixty pills ; two to be taken 
 three or four times a day. 
 
 The same quantity of ipecacuanha may be combined with three drachms of car¬ 
 bonate of iron, and one drachm of extract of camomile; to be made into the same 
 number of pills, and taken in the same manner. 
 
 Bitter tonics may be taken in either of the following forms :—Infusion of snake- 
 root, an ounce and a half; tincture of columba, two drachms ; tincture of ginger, 
 ten drops : the whole three times a day. Or, compound infusion of gentian, an 
 ounce ; alkaline solution, half a drachm ; tincture of cascarilla, one drachm; to be 
 taken as above. Those persons with whom bark agrees may take two table spoonfuls 
 of the following twice a day : —Decoction or infusion of bark, three ounces ; com¬ 
 pound infusion of gentian, an ounce; tincture of cascarilla, two drachms ; liquor 
 potassse, a drachm. Nitric acid is highly valuable, particularly in cases of long 
 standing, a' companied with great pain at the pit of the stomach : two drachms of 
 this may be mixed with two ounces of water, and a tea-spoonful, or rather more, 
 may be taken three times a day in water, or the under:— 
 
 From five to twenty drops of muriatic acid, or from ten to forty drops of diluted 
 sulphuric acid, may be taken in water, barley-water, or gruel, twice or thrice a 
 day. Such is this most distressing and prevalent complaint with which thousands 
 are tormented, creating an impression of incurable maladies, that only exist (in 
 many instances) in a disordered imagination. 
 
Family Prescriptions. 
 
 How to act in Scarlatina. 
 
 Scarlatina is accompanied with fever and a bright red colour of the skin; the 
 scarlet colour under the joints, buttocks, &c., and the tongue presents a peculiar 
 strawberry-like appearance. As it progresses there is inflammation and swelling of 
 the throat of a dangerous character. Administer mild purgatives, rest in bed, 
 spare diet, cooling acid drinks, and when the surface of the body is very hot, 
 sponging with cold water may he resorted to; inhale the steam of hot vinegar and 
 water. This may he done in the absence of the doctor, who ought to he sent for 
 without a moment’s delay. 
 
 A Famous Remedy for Gout. 
 
 "Wine of colchicum, one ounce; spirit of nitrous ether, one ounce; iodine of 
 potassium, two scruples; distilled water, two ounces. Mix. A tea-spoonful in 
 camomile tea two or three times a day. 
 
 Another Remedy for Scurvy. 
 
 Scurvy or scaly eruptions, with itching and pain, and of a darkened colour, 
 chiefly on the thighs and legs, which fade after a few days, and new patches appear. 
 Take sarsaparilla with a Plummer’s pill nightly; lime water; compound juice of 
 scurvy grass ; citric acid dissolved in water; flower of sulphur and cream of tartar, 
 with tonics ; a nourishing diet and proper exercise; avoid cold and damp.—See 
 Cutaneous Diseases. 
 
 To Prepare Artificial Sea Water. (Small Scale.) 
 
 Water, 10 gallons; common salt, 12 ounces; muriate of magnesia, 3 ounces; 
 muriate of lime, 2 ounces; sulphate of soda, 1 ounce; sulphate of magnesia, 1 
 ounce. Dissolve. Where sea-water cannot be procured, this forms an excellent 
 substitute, and possesses all its virtues. If Baths were established in London for 
 Artificial Sea Bathing, and in inland country towns, it would he a great boon to 
 invalids and highly remunerative to the keepers of such establishments. 
 
 In Cases of Rupture.® 
 
 The patient should lie upon his hack upon the floor, or a mattress with the feet 
 slightly raised, and gently with the finger press the swelling (which in grown-up 
 persons is generally in the groin) upwards till it returns to its place; the bowels 
 should he carefully attended to, and all violent exertion avoided until a truss can 
 he procured, which ever afterwards should he worn constantly during the day; as 
 it is of vital importance to the sufferer that the truss he properly fitted and applica¬ 
 ble to the case. 
 
 In Cases of Poisoning. 
 
 In all cases of poisoning it is of the first importance to produce and keep up 
 vomiting till the stomach is emptied; all symptoms of drowsiness must he avoided 
 by dashing cold water in the face, and blistering the head and neck if necessary; 
 should cold ensue it must be counteracted by friction; as an emetic take ten to 
 fifteen grains sulphate of zinc, or a grain or two of tartar emetic; a good common 
 emetic is to drink largely of mustard and water ; also hold ammonia to the nose, 
 give a small spoonful of sal volatile in a wine glassful of water, repeating the 
 dose every ten minutes or quarter of an hour; pour cold water down the spine, 
 and apply strong liniments. 
 
 For Blistered Feet from Long Walking. 
 
 Mix spirits with tallow dropped from a lighted candle into the palm of the hand, 
 and rub the feet with the mixture on going to bed. 
 
 A Certain Cure for Bronchitis. 
 
 Croton oil will entirely remove this complaint. One drop daily rubbed over the 
 surface of the throat produces a singular hut powerful eruption of the skin, which, 
 as it progresses, restores the voice to its full tone and vigour. 
 
PROFITABLE BUSINESSES CONTINUED, 
 
 Tu MAKE THE CELEBRATED DIAMOND CEMENT FOR 
 BROKEN CHINA OR GLASS. 
 
 Soak isinglass in water till it is soft, then dissolve it in the smallest 
 ~'3ible quantity of proof spirit, by the aid of a gentle heat. In 2 ounces 
 of this mixture dissolve 10 grains of ammoniacum, and whilst in a liquid 
 state, add half-a-drachm of mastic, dissolved in 3 drachms of rectified 
 spirit; stir well together and put into small bottles for sale. Cost:— 
 Isinglass, Is. per ounce ; rectified spirit, 2s. 6d. per pint; ammoniacum, 
 3d. per ounce; mastic, Is. per ounce. This cement is usually sold at Is. 
 per 2 drachm bottle. 
 
 Directions for Use .—Liquify the cement by standing the bottle in hot 
 water, using it directly on the edges of the broken article ; fit the parts 
 well together, and as neatly as possible : after it is cold it will resist the 
 action of water. 
 
 BEST BRUNSWICK BLACK FOR VARNISHING GRATES, 
 AND IRON WORK GENERALLY. 
 
 Melt 4 pounds of common asphaltum, add 2 pints of linseed oil and 
 one gallon of oil of turpentine. This is usually put up in stoneware bot¬ 
 tles for sale, and is used with a paint brush. If too thick, more turpen¬ 
 tine may be added. Cost:—Asphaltum, Is. per pound; linseed, 6d. per 
 pint; turpentine 8d. per pint. This is also profitable to make and sell. 
 
 TO MAKE THE BEST LIQUID BLACK CLOTH REVIVER 
 
 Purchase one pound of nut galls bruised ; 2 lbs. of logwood, in shav¬ 
 ings ; and half-a-pound of green vitriol. Boil these ingredients in 5 
 quarts of water. Strain and put up in half-pint bottles, with a pretty 
 label. Sold to Oilmen and General Shops, at 4s. the dozen, of thirteen 
 (called long dozen.) 
 
 TO MAKE FOR SALE THE CELEBRATED DISINFECTING 
 
 FLUID. 
 
 To a gallon of cold water dissolve 8 ounces of sugar of lead, and then 
 add 6 fluid ounces of strong nitric acid (aquafortis). Shake the mixture 
 and it will be ready for use. A very small quantity of the liquid should 
 be diluted with water, and used for cleansing all kinds of chamber uten¬ 
 sils.—Por removing offensive odours, clean cloths thoroughly moistened 
 with the liquid, diluted with eight or ten parts of water, should be sus¬ 
 pended in various parts of the room. In this case the offensive and de¬ 
 leterious gases are neutralized by chemical action. Fumigation in the 
 case of death or fever, is always necessary; and this celebrated fluid A 
 invariably purchased, consequently the demand is immense, and the 
 profits from its sale very large. Put up in Sixpenny Bottles. 
 
 Directions for putting on Gutta Percha Soles. 
 
 Dry the old sole and rough it well with a rasp, after which put on 
 a thin coat of warm solution with the finger, rub it well in and let it dry. 
 Then take a gutta percha sole and put it in hot water until it is soft, then 
 wipe it, and hold the soles to the fire till they become sticky, lay the sole 
 on, beginning at the toe, and proceed gradually; in half an hour take a 
 knife and pare the edges. Note.— The solution should be warmed, by 
 putting as much as you want to use in a cup, taking care that no water 
 mixes with the solution. 
 
 The gutta percha can be bought at all the shoemakers’ grindry shops, 
 together with the solution; the former, at Is. 9d. per lb., the latter, at 2d. per 
 pot. Many poor men may earn money, after hours, at this simple business. 
 
The Business of a Pastry Bake*. 
 
 [to be continued.] 
 
 ISLE OF WIGHT DOUGH NUTS. 
 
 Rub lib. of butter into 41bs. of flour, and! dd lib. of good moist sugar; 
 a 2d. packes of egg powder, or, what is bet"W, 4 or 5 eggs ; about half-a- 
 gill of good yeast and sufficient milk to make it into a stiff paste ; let it 
 stand to rise, after which roll it out lightly to the thickness of the tip of a 
 woman’s little finger, or two old penny pieces, and cut them into circles 
 with a round paste cutter about the size of the top of a coffee cup ; put into 
 the centre about 12 or 13 currants (very clean), and make them up into a 
 small ball, nipping up the top to prevent the currants coining out; they 
 are then put into a deep pan (copper tin) of liquid lard sufficient to cover 
 them, and boiled slowly for about 15 or 25 minutes, according to the heat 
 of the fire, till they become a nice brown colour. 
 
 N.B. These favorite nuts (or what would be a more appropriate name, 
 pound cake dumplings), bid fair to have an immense sale all over tho 
 country ; they are scarcely known out of the beautiful country whose name 
 they bear. The few that are selling them are making a great number, 
 sold at Id. and 2d. each, according to size. Additional Particulars.— 
 If currants are dear at any season, they may be made with stoned raisins, 
 chopped, or currant or other jam. Also at Christmas time, mince meat 
 in a very small quantity may be used with satisfaction. Some make with 
 Jones’ Patent Flour, but that is to be tested by the makers. We repeat, 
 they will be found to be very profitable, and the sale immense:—2,000 
 have been sold by one person in London in one day 
 
 TO MAKE MUFFINS. 
 
 Muffins are baked on a hot iron plate and not in an oven. Say, take 
 a quarter of a peck of flour, add about three-quarters of a pint of yeast, 2o3 
 of salt, and as much water or milk slightly warmed as is sufficient to form 
 a dough of rather a soft consistence; small portions of the dough ^re then 
 put into holes previously made in a layer of flour about two incnes thick 
 placed on a board, and the whole is covered up with a baize or blanket, 
 and placed near a fire to cause the dough to rise; when this is effected, 
 they will each exhibit a semi-globular shape ; they are then carefully put 
 on lieated iron, muffin and crumpet plate, and baked ; when the bottom 
 of the muffins begin to acquire a brownish colour, they are turned and 
 baked on the opposite side. 
 
 To Make Crumpets.—Or what is known in the North as Pikelets. 
 
 Crumpets are made of batter composed of flour, water (or milk), and a 
 small quantity of yeast, say to 4 pounds of the best wheaten flour, add a 
 quarter of a pint of good yeast, mixed to a thinish consistence, but not too 
 thin ; then lay your tin rings greased inside, on your hot plate, as many as 
 it will contain, and pour a full small wooden bowl into each (but not before 
 you have suffered it to rise); after they are set, and the under part becomes 
 a pale brown, the rings are removed and they are turned with a slice, to 
 slightly brown on the other side—they are then fit for sale. 
 
 FINE GINGERBKEAD. (For Sale.) 
 
 Two pounds of flour, half a pound of brown sugar, half a pound of orange 
 peel cut into bits, an ounce of ground ginger, half an ounce of carraway 
 seeds, cloves, mace, and some allspice. Mix with these a pound and a half 
 of treacle, and a half-a-pound of melted butter. Mix the ingredients well 
 together, and let them stand some hours before rolling out the cakes. The 
 paste will require a little additional flour in rolling out. Cut the cakes, 
 mark the top in diamonds with a knife, and bake them on sheet iron plates. 
 
 GINGEKBKEAD NUTS. 
 
 One pound of flour, half a pound of butter, half a nutmeg, loz. of ground 
 ginger, and as much treacle as will work it into a stiffpaste, which will bo 
 about three quarters of a pound; roll out thin, and cut with a small glass 
 a short time will bake them on sheet iron plates 
 
THE BUSINESS OF A SCOURER. 
 
 When combined with Dyeing, it is called Dyer and Scour®*# 
 
 [continued.] 
 
 FRENCH MODE OF SCOURING. 
 
 Ale silks, dresses, ribbons, shawls, neckerchiefs, fringes, curtains, &c., 
 if made up, had better be wholly or partially taken to pieces, and in a 
 glazed earthen pan lightly washed in camphine, (best 3s. 6d. per gallon), 
 then squeezed out, placed on a table or bench and rubbed between course 
 linen cloths, frequently changing to a clean part, then pinned up or hung 
 on laths with tenter hooks, in a large room with air freely passing through. 
 Attend and often smooth down with a clean cloth or soft brush. The 
 more often it is smoothed down, the more glossy it will look. 
 
 In heavy goods if it is found necessary to use a brush to remove the 
 dirt, do so on a sloped board, that the soiled camphine may run into a 
 vessel, which will do for gloves, which, after washing, are wrung tightly 
 and rubbed in a similar way, blown into, and pinned up to dry. To free 
 them from smell, place them at a moderate distance before a fire two hours ; 
 at any season 100 pairs may be cleaned by one person at 2d. a pair daily. 
 
 In scouring dark goods, such as cloth waistcoats, trousers, coats, table 
 covers, and other dark woollen articles, immerse in warm soft, or rain 
 water, and with a moderately hard brush dipped in ox-gall and urine, 
 apply the way of the nap, after which well rince in clean water, and 
 smooth down with a brush, hang in open air till dry, then press the inner 
 lining of waistcoat, &e. with a warm iron. This is the principle business 
 of a scourer: it is very simple, and many improvements will suggest 
 themselves to the operator. 
 
 In all light coloured articles, use the mottled soap instead of gall, &c., 
 thinly sliced and dissolved in hot water until it is a pulp ; scour in a 
 similar way, and rinse well, or the soap will be seen. Do not wring 
 woollen goods if possible ; roll them in dry clothes and squeeze. 
 
 The above valuable, simple, and profitable business, has made many 
 independent, and is certain of success by proper attention. 
 
 Remarks on Scouring Woollens. 
 
 It often happens that woollens are dyed with a false dye, which is 
 generally more brilliant than a fast and good one. When this happens 
 to be the case, especially in very fine and delicate colours, such as fawns, 
 purples, morones, greens, &c., instead of spotting the clothes with soap, 
 in the solid state, a thin solution of soap should be made, and the brush 
 dipped in and applied to the dirty places ; and in case it is a false green, 
 after it has been treated in the same manner as all light colours, a pan 
 should be half filled with spring water, and the garment having been 
 previously rinsed in two waters at least, a teaspoon-full of the best oil of 
 vitriol should be poured into this vessel of spring water, and the coat put 
 in and handled a minute or two, which will revive the colours, if a 
 chernic green, and if not, it will not injure any fast colours. 
 
 Easy mode of Cleaning Kid Gloves. 
 
 Have ready a little new milk in one saucer, and a piece of brown soap 
 in another, and a clean cloth or towel, folded three or four times ; on the 
 cloth spread out the glove smooth and neat; take apiece of flannel, dip it 
 into the milk, then rub off a good quantity of soap to the wetted flannel, 
 and commence to rub the glove downwards towards the fingers, holding 
 it firmly with the left hand; continue this process until the glove, if white, 
 looks of a dingy yellow, though clean; if coloured, till it looks dark and 
 spoiled. Lay it out to dry, and the operator will soon have the pleasure 
 to see old gloves look equal to new. They will be soft, glossy, smooth, 
 «lastic, and of a good shape. Other modes are given in this work. 
 
BUSmiSS OF A PAPER BAG MAKER. 
 
 QJiis easy Business isprofitable, andwill afford Employ menttohund/reds, 
 by a trifling outlay for a few quires of paper and a little paste. 
 
 Paper Bags are used largely by Grocers, Confectioners, Fruiterers, 
 Flour-dealers, Oil and Colour-shops, Bonnet Warehouses, Milliners, 
 Drapery Establishments, Wine Merchants, and Publicans, and indeed 
 nearly all classes of Shopkeepers. 
 
 The man of business finds his shop not complete ■without paper bags 
 of various sizes hang ready to deposit the different wares applied for by 
 his numerous customers, so that Paper Bags are not only indispensibly 
 necessary in his trade, but the first and the most important article he 
 uses for general business. From long experience we know, that in all 
 well disciplined shops, they are scarcely ever made on the premises, 
 but bought of persons who travel, periodically, round the country with 
 samples of various sorts, soliciting orders, thereby carrying on a large and 
 profitable trade in this most simple and easy acquired business. 
 
 Persons with moderate means make them, neatly tie them up into 
 bundles of 100 each, and dispose of them at once in the different fcswns 
 they visit. It is no disgrace to ask a shopkeeper civilly, and if politely so 
 much the better, if he wants any paper bags, or if he is a buyer of paper 
 bags, or if you wish to address him politely, you may say, “ Can I have 
 the pleasure of doing anything with you in excellent paper bags ?” We 
 need go no further on this subject, but leave it to the judgment of the 
 parties themselves, the mode of selling will, naturally enough, suggest 
 itself. Carrying a stock of paper bags with you is only applicable to 
 plain bags, or those not printed. But the best or more general mode 
 is, to take orders for printed bags, viz. with the name, residence, 
 and address lines of the shopkeeper, printed in a neat border. Any job¬ 
 bing printing office in the nearest town will print them at the trade price 
 for press work, the composition being merely nominal; so that when you, 
 with the assistance of wife, daughter, and son (supposing you have them), 
 cut up a few quires, paste up the seams, send them off to the printer with 
 the subject matter to be printed on them, all that then remains to be 
 done is, to pack them up in bundles, send or take them to your customer, 
 and get payment 
 
 Example How To Commence! 
 
 Supposing you had the smallest sum of money, and entirely ignorant 
 how to proceed, and had not this information to help you, begin by mak¬ 
 ing some trifling purchases at different shops, asking for a bag of the dif¬ 
 ferent sizes (no difficulty will be found in this, it is courtesy shown to 
 customers by all shopkeepers), by which you will get at the quality and 
 substance of the paper. Having possessed the different sized bags, care¬ 
 fully open them at the joins, which must be done by carefully damping 
 the pasted folds, to get at the proper size. This having been done, cut 
 patterns of the different sizes in stiff paper, and your object is at once 
 gained. The next thing to be done is to purchase the paper, which you 
 must do of a wholesale stationer, say a quarter of a ream, which if thin 
 and brownish is called Double Crown Cap, of 14lb. to 181b. weight, 
 average cost per ream, 6s. to 8s. 6d. according to make and quality; also 
 a larger size that perhaps would cut to greater advantage, which is callei' 
 Extra Crown Cap ; a smaller size, Demy Cap. Other papers are termed 
 Royal Hand, Double Fool’s Cap, Single Fool’s Cap, Double Demy 
 Double Pot, Post, &c., all of which vary in quality and size, and, conse. 
 quently, the prices are from 5s. 6d. to 20s. per ream of 20 quires, and 21 
 sheets to the quire. 
 
 We feel we need not prolong the subject further, believing that hun ■ 
 dreds of industrious persons may get a good living for themselves an! 
 Tamilies out of this business, in beginning with only a few shillings for 
 paper, and 3d. for a pound of shoemaker’s paste, which, when made tliin- 
 ner, is the proper sort to be used. ’ 
 
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