THE PEOPLE'S TADE-MECUIM COMPRISING A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE RECIPES IN THE USEFUL AND INTERESTING ARTS WITH A FEW SIMPLE AND CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMIST RY INCLUDING MEDICINE, FARRIERY, PERFUMERY, DYEING, CREMITR' IY, CONFECTIONARY, COOKEPY, t DOMESTIC ECONOMY, ETC. ETC. ETC. MANY OF WHICH ARE THE PRIVATE RECIPES OF THE AUTHOR NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED AND ALL FROM. RELIABLE SOURCES. BY A PRACTICAL CHEMIST, L nd Menmber ojf the Philadelphlia College of Pharmacy. BUFFALO: STEAM PRESS OF JEWETT, THOMAS & CO. 1850. --- _. PRE F ACE. IN presenting this little work to the public, it may not be improper to state, that the author has for many years been engaged in the practice of Chemistry and Pharm.acy, and has therefore been enabled to render it a valuable'"Vade-Mecumn " to every class of individuals. It has been his aim throughout the work to convey useful and practical information in plain language, avoiding professional terms. The subject of Fcrriery, though concise, is quite comprehensive, and cannot fail to be useful to the farmer; and his wife will find in the article on Dyeitg, more correct, extensive, and practical informnation than has ever been published in a cheap form on that,subject. The experiments in Chemistry not requiring apparatus, will afford amusement to the young and curious. Domnestic Economty, Coo/kery, and Medicine are treated on at great length, and must prova invaluable to every family.'The recipes for Perfm7nery will enable the young and gay to treat their olfactories with an odoriferous luxury at a very small expense. The information on the subject of Confectioneary, though brief, may be relied on as correct. Under the head of Miscellany, which was added after the main body of the work was In type, much will be found that more properly belongs under appropriate heads, as confectionary, &c., &c. The extremely low price at which the 6 Vade-Mecum"' is afforded, renders its pages accessable alike to the rich and the poor. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849, by George W. Merchant, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Unitad States, in the Nolthern District of New York. INDEX, Page. Page. Advertisements.......... 4,) Drink for the Sick............ 37 Advice to Physicians......... 7 Dyspeptic Ley. 8 Alum Wlhey —Avoid Deception... 23 Dancing Egg..........,.. 3t1 Arrow Root Pudding......... 24 Adulterattion of'ie, to detect... 3a Eye Stone.............a. Apple Puddiig, Boston........ 26 E aconomical Hints.. 3 Extract of Buchu........ 5 3leeding at the Nose.......... 8 Eye VWater. 5 Bread, to inake........... 3 Extract of Vanilla.. 9 tread, Dyspepsia..........3. 38 Eggs, to preserve............. 26 Blreakfast Cakes........... 23 Experiments in Chemistry..... Buckwheat Cakes............ P-3 28, 29, 30 luclhu, Virtu.es of........... 24 Earthquake, a Mliniature........ 30 Buchu, ]?xtract of........... 5 Bait for Pigeolns........... 27 FARRIERtY.-RIules for knowving Burns and Scalds........... 6 a horse's age........... 13 Rules to be remermblered...... 13 Beer. 25 Physic Ball ior Horses........ 14 Blue, illtense..... 31 Physic for attle........... 1 aBronlchitis......t....... 8 Tonic Ball for iIorses and Cattle 14 Gordial 3all —iletic Ball..... 14 Cough Syrup............... 6 niuretic Pow der............4 Canlcer, to clle............ 7 Condition l'owder —Fever Ball.. 14 Ctaution to Miothers. 4 Worm Ball —Anodyiie Ball..... C'olofone IWater.............. 9 (orCial Astringenit.. 1.4 Cosetic for Sunburns......... 9 Blister Ointmeel;t.. 14 Powder ibr Algleberries...... J4 Coloring Vtalls —Cieap Paint... 24 M'ixture for Ulcei —Cold Lotion 1 5 C(reamn of TItectar............ 6 Fever PoNder —-Astrionent Ball. 15 Cider, to Cl ariy — Cement... 7 Stomachic Purgative B all..... 15 Comnpositioil Povder....... 6 General Directionls, &c.-...... 15 Coflte, to prepare............ 34 A very relarkable Case.......15 Chemical Affity............ 28 Wounds of the Joints, &C.... 16 Cholera, &c., to prevent....... 28 Foul Ulcers-Tu.mors'..i. 16 Cl(rystalized Ornamet....... 29 Poll Evil-Itistula-aHidebound. 16) Cheinical Action........... 30 Surfaeit or Scab............. 16 Chronme Yellow —Chiromne Green... 32 Sitfasts antd WVarbles........ 16 Chlainge of Clothing........... 4 Warts and Angleberries-Farcy. 1) Cockroaches, to kill....... 4 Udder-ills, Yellows.......... 16 Cholera and Contagion..... S 28 Atbscess of the Udder....... 16 Creamn Pancakes.......... Svelled Lees, WTeed, Black Spall Calves feet Jelly..... 36 or Quarter-ill............ 16 Cakes, Macaroon-Cake, Sponge.. 37 Palsy —Fractures....... 1.6 Cemnetut, Roman........... s 35 Stringhaltor Springlialt-Strains. 17 Corii, to pop.........- 39 Spavin, Curb,Tlhoroughpin, Capelet-Salanders and ralllenders 17 DYEING.-A complete system 103 Callouslenidons,Clronic Strains 17 MIordants......1.......... 0 Splents-Wrindgall s.........a 17 Aluni —Acetate of Aluliie.... 10 Grease and Heeleracks....... 18 Wlite Oxide of Tin......... 10 Crownscalb-Rinigblone —Founder 18 Red Oxide of Tin, &c........ 11 lnflaiied La.nin.......... 18 Effects of various Salts, &c....! it S'train in the Cotfin Joint....... 18 Nitro-iAluriate of Ti'ii..... I Contractioa-Corns — Sandcrack 13 Blue and GrCeli, Chemic...... Il Canker, oo, Footrot-Thrush.... 18 Madder an ticatrlct eltd 1...... I 1 Quittor —-Prlck in m hoeing. 1 Bl11e, pirsmn lleutl...... 1 o o F2 iver, Sissiple or Symaptornatia,'I V thu,.. *. sti -nIatiotl... It I N DEX. Page. Page. FARRIERY Continued.-Common Molasses, to Improve..... 4 Cold, Catarrhal Fever, or Dis- Muflins, to make............:3 temper......... t.... Milk, dlecomposition of......... 39 Nervous Exhaustion or Accute Inflammation....... Ox Marrow.............O 9 Tetanus or Locked Jaw...... 19 I;ydropholbia or Mladness...... 19 Perfumlery...'39 Chronic Cough, Asthma, Broken Poison for Bugs............. 24 WVind, &c..1......... 19 Paint-Phosphoric Oil......... —29 Inflalnlnation of the Lungs, and Prussian.Blue............... 30 Clhest - Inflammlation of Sto- Paris Greenl-Paste Blacking..... 32 Inach, Staggers........... - 19 Patent Yellow.......... 39 Cholic and Gripes —Hove...... 19 Purging-Scouring.......... 19 Rats and Mice, to destroy...... 4 Molton-Grease-Costiveness.. 19 Rupture........... 33 Worms —Dropsy —Janndice......9 Rheumatism................ S Bloody Urine............. Rose Wt ater......... 9 Suppression of Urine........ 2) Rice Jelly........... 30 Proilusiol of Urine-IaMearimrns.. 20 Rose Pink.... 32 Sore Eyes —Strangles —Glanders. 20 Red, beaustiful............ 31 Sore Throat —Lampas.......'20 Removing Spots........... 38 Blood Letting............. 0 Ring Worins......... 38 Bowrels. —.-lystering —Po ulti c st. e 21 Foeita.ti os eo*.......... 21 Sore IMouth and Throat......... 6 iPulse......t......... 22 Scalds and Burls............ 6 Facts are Stubborn things....... 31 Sore Nipples............. 32 Flies, to destroy......... Seat, low to take.. 7 Friction VIMatches............. 30 Secret Mialadies....... 9 Feve and A Mixture Mix.......ure 4 Sal Soda, to use —Soap, to malke..'23 Fever 5nd Ague Pills. 5 Sarsapaislla Beer............. 5 Filoatit Tslsi. ld.............. 37 Sarsaparilla Mead —Spruce Beer 2. S Fitlnsi'ttin;, Silver.......... Scouring Balls.... 27 Silver Tree..... 28 Godfiley's Cordial........... 5 Sunburnt haids and face....... 9 Gresat Im lpositiosn, &c..... 22 Tea, adulterated.............. 33 Ginger Beer..... 25 Teeth, to preserve............ 4 Galvanize with Gold, &c....... 29 Therapeutics............- 6 Garglitis Oil................ 32 Tooth Powder-Tyrian Hair Dye. 9 Grease Spots...... 38 Tapioca Puddinig..2....... Green, brighlt............... 31 Tic Douloureux.............. 7 Thompsonian Medicine......... 6 Hiera Pticra —Hull's Physic..... 5 Table Jellies... 36 I-ooper's Female Pills-Hot Drops. 5 Torpedoes..... 35 lIernia................. 33 Trifles....... 36 Hair Dye.....it..., Tetimony... 41 tiorehound Candy.............10 Hams, to cure......... 26 Vinegar.................. 27 Itch Ointment-tmportant to Inany 5 Worm Tea................. 7 Ice Creal................ 10 Worm Wine... 32 Ice currants-Icing for Cake....36. Warts..................... 7 Ink, Black-Blue-Red........ 31 Warts and Corns......... 39 Ink, Indelible.............. 32 Wine Whey....... 33 WVashing Clothes.,,... 23 Jelly, Calves feet............. 36 Whitewash...., 2 Jelly, Rice.............. 36 Waterproof for Leather....... 27 Waterloo Crackers.... 35 Lee's Pills...... 5 Lead Tree..,..,...., 8.. Yellow, beautiful... 81 THE PEOPLE'S YADE-MECUM. ECONOMICAL HINTS. Never draw vinegar through a metalic faucet, or make pickles in a brass kettle, which is often done; a metalic salt is thus formed, which is very poisonous. [D It is wise to check a cough the first week, but much wiser the first twenty-four hours. IPj It is not best to clean brasses, &c., with vinegar or other acids, as they soon spot and tarnish. Soft rotten stone and oil, or camphene, which is better, are the only proper materials. If wiped every morning with flannel and New England rum, or other spirits, they will not need cleaning as often. i' A piece of camphor placed at the bottom of a drawer of woollens or furs will prevent moths, and so will red cedar chips or bits of segar boxes, Horses.-We would call the attention of that portion of our readers who are in any way interested in horses, to the advertisement in the back part of this book, descriptive of the medicine called " Merchant's Gargling Oil." From the peculiar nature of the article, and the unparalleled success it has met with in the hands of those who have the care of horses, it is but justice to say, that of the great number of medicines which have been offered, none have been so well adapted to the prompt cure of most diseases to which horses are liable. Let it be a matter of duty with you to visit your stables daily, see that they are kept clean, that ample beds of straw are provided, the horses at each meal actually receive their allowance of food, and last, but not least, that a bottle of Merchant's GARGLING OIL is always kept in the stable, to be applied on the first appearance of any injury or swelling, E[T If consumption has prevailed in either of your families, use the earliest precaution to prevent your children falling victims to the same disease. Though consumption may not have been common on either side, yet precaution is not the less important. Two or three neglected colds in winter, or a cutting blast in spring, with improper clothing, may, in ain infirm constitution, securely seat the restless destroyer; at the best, wretched health will be a certain consequence. Astrictly sober life, regular, active exercise, and a cheerful and contented mind, are the most certain means by which those predisposed to consumption, may escape its attacks, and preserve theirlives to an advanced period. 4 THE PEOPLEr8 VArE-UBEGUrA. Caution to M~sothers. —Avoid the use of tight bandages for your infants, especially around the body, for fear of producing fits, obstructions in the bowels, or a slow decay Cfhange of Clothi-ng.-By throwing off thick clothing too soon in spring, and putting it on too late in autumn, we run the risk of having fevers in summer and colds in winter. " They can't keep house without it99 —A farmer said one day, "I don't think much of quack medicines, but there is a medicino that we can't keep house without-and that is Merchants' Gargling Oil. It not only cures all the horses and out door'critters,' but it cures all the iu door 6 varmints' too-if any get hurt in any way, oi have any pain coming on them, they run for the Gargling Oil, which makes them forget all their trouble."'i Juice of firesh poke root, mixed with a good proportion of molas ses, set about the kitchen, &c., in large deep plates withl sticks laid fiom their edges to the floor, will kill cockroaches in great nurnbers, and finally rid the house of them. D[l When the glass stopper of a decanter becomes too tight, a cloth wet with hot water and applied to the neck, will cause the glass to expand, so that the stopper may be removed.!S Molasses may be rendered almost equal to syrup, and the unpleasant raw taste removed by boiling, and skimming before use. ID- If you wish to preserve a fine set of teeth, always clean them thoroughly after eating your last meal at night. IT New England rum, constantly used to wash the hair, keeps it very clean and fiee from disease, and promotes its growth. A Great Advantage to be Gained. —By keeping always on hand a bottle of Merchants' celebrat.ed Gargling Oil for horses; or Universal Fancily Embrocation. One man says, while taking a pot of beans from the oven for his "Ibetter half," the hot fat ran ovor upon his hands, which caused great alarm and loud calls for the Gargling Oil, (whicht, by the way, was on hand,) aad which was at once applied, and the hands soon cured without suffering. Rats and mice may be destroyed by feeding them with Indian meal, mixed with a small proportion of powdered Spanish flies. VALUABLE MEDICINES. Fever ard Ague m.Wixture. —Take of the best brandy, one pint; camphor, one oz. dissolve: cloves and jalap, each - oz., Peruvian bark, 2 oz., Virginia Snake Root, 1 oz., water, one pint; boil the cloves and root with the water, to one half; strain and mix tile others in powder, with the above. Dose.-A table spoonful three times a day, in the absence of the fever. VAUABLE MEDICINES. 5 Fever and Ague Fills.-Take of aloes 2 oz., gamboge and cream of tartar, each 1 oz., sal nitre (saltpetre) I oz. Divide into pills of five grains each, of which 3 are a dose. Powder and sift the whole, and mix in a mass with syrup or molasses. Eiera Picra.-Take of aloes 1 oz., canella alba 4 oz., best ginger and pimento, each i oz. Powder, mix and sift. Hull7s Physic.-Take of myrrh, cinnamon, mace, cloves, saffion, and ginger, each 1 oz., aloes 8 oz., sal nitre 2 oz. Powder, mix and sift. Dose A drachm. Good in cholic, &c. Hooper7s Female Pills.-Take of aloes 8 oz., sulphate of iron (copperas) dried, 2; oz., canella, ginger, Castile soap, each 1 oz., myrrh, extract of black hellebore, each 2 oz. Powder the dry articles, and beat the whole into a mass with syrup, and divide into pills of 2- grains each. Dose, 3 to 4. The Extract of Buchu, Uva Ursi, &-c.-What probably gives this medicine such a superiority over all others of its class, (for it is a powerful diuretic,) is, that while it acts so manifestly on the urinary passages, instead of impairing the action of the stomach, as most diuretics do, it imparts tone to that organ, relieves heart-burn, corrects lateritious depositions, and restores the liver to its healthy functions. Lee's Windham Anti-Billious Pills.-Take of aloes, gamnboge, each 5 oz., scamony 2 oz., sal nitre, elixir pro., each 1 oz., mucillage of gum arabic ~ oz., Castile soap 6 oz., and beat into a mass, of which divide 3 drachms into 30 pills. Dose, from 1 to 4. Powder the dry alticles, and beat in a mortar with the soap; add the elixir pro. and mucilage. Note. —The above was taken from the patent office. Eye eWater.-Take of sulphate of zinc 10 grains, sugar of lead 20 grains, rose water one pint. Dissolve each separately. and mix; turn off the clear liquor for use. Godfrey's Cordial.-Dissolve 2k drachmns of sal tartar in 3j pints of water; to which add one pint of thick sugar house molasses, and afterwards 3 oz, laudanum. Dissolve I a drachm oil sassafras in 4 oz. alcohol, and add to the above; shake well, and it is ready for use. Itch Ointment.-Take of flower of sulphur, and lard, each 2 oz.; pulv. white hellebore and sal tartar, each 2 drachms; oil lemon 20 drops. Important to Many.-The most distinguished physicians of the age concur in extolling the virtues of Merchant's Extract of Buchu; and the eminent Dr. McDowell, who was the first in Europo to notice the good effects of Buchu in relieving many, and effectually curing several cases of urinary diseases, attended by general impaired health, has published several interesting cases setting forth the 6'TH PE OP.F9 S VADE- sIIDU i. obstinacy of these complaints, the striking effects of this remedy. and the inefficacy of all others previously used, a more full desorip tion of which mav be seen in a pamphlet to be had gratis of the agent. Thompson's Hot Drops, or No. 6.-Take of myrrh 4 lb bayberry bark 1 lb; balmony 12 oz.; scull cap ~i b.; cayenne 5 Oz., good brandy 5 gallons. Thompson's Cornposition Powxder. -Take of bayberry bark, 6 lb; ginger, 3tb; cayenne, 6 oz.; cloves, 6 oz. Powder, mix thoroughly and sift. Thompson's Cough Syrup.-Take of poplar bark and bottli root, each I lb; water, 9 quarts; boil gently in a covered vessel 15 or 20 minutes; strain through a coarse cloth; add 7 lbs loaf sugar, and simmer till the scum ceases to rise. When the syrup is nearly cold, add 1 pint of tincture of lobelia, and one gallon of pure French brandy. Dos~E.-A table spoonful three or four times a day. Wash and Gargle for Sore Mouth and Throat.-Take of blackberry root, gold thread, each one oz.; sage, 2 oz.; rose leaves, ~ oz.; water, 2 pints. Boil down to one-half and strain. Add honey, one pint, and boil down to one pint; add while hot, alum and borax, of each a piece the size of a cranberry. This is known to be a sure remedy for nursing sore mouth or thrush. Scalds and Burns. —lt is no time to run for a remedy when an accident of this kind occurs. An imrmediate application of Merchant's Gargling Oil, or Universal Famil3 Emhrocation will arrest its progress, and prevent any soreness or pain it, even those of an extensive nature. Therefore keep it on hand. It will also cure youi chilblains, frostbites and corns. A young man in the town of Wilson, whose clothes were burnt off of him, was restored (without suffering,) by the timely use of this oil. Therapeutics.-It has been asserted by some not very wise persons, that however successful a remedy may have proved in the treatment of one malady, it cannot be applied with equal success to the cure of another which is not at all analagous in its character. Experience, however, teaches us better. It is stated by very respectable authority, fiom Tioga Co., N. Y., that Merchant's celebrated Gargling Oil, which has been unparalleled by its success in the cure of the diseases of the horse, has also with equal success cured that obstinate disease which so much baffles the skill of Physicians, called Asthma. "6 We accidently discovered it, and youn will find by trying i., that it is superior to any article you ever tried. Cummence with five or six drops three times per day, and increase the dose if necessary." There can be no reason why it may not be equally successftll in similar diseases in horses, as heaves, for instance. VALUABLE MEDICINES. 7 MWorm Tea.-Take of pink root 1 oz.; manna and Alexandria oenna, each 1 drachm; savine leaves,; drachm; boiling water, 1 pint. Steep and strain. Sweeten with honey. DosE.-A tea spoonful 3 times a day. Tic Donuou reund or Neuralgia.-Joanna Lynchburgh, of Clarence, N. Y., states that for twelve years she was severely afflicted with Tic Douloureux, or painful affection of the nerves of the face, attended with great swelling and much pain, so that she was unable to attend to her work. That the only sure remedy she had found was in the use of that celebrated medicine known as Geo. W. Merchant's Gargling Oil; by taking it and by applying it to the parts affected. She also states that she had been afflicted with bleeding at the lungs and weakness of the breast-that of all the above diseases she had been cured by the internal and external use of this Oil; and has since been able to attend to her work. She has also used it with great success in burns. To Cure Warts.-Pare the hard dry skin from the tops, and touch them with the smallest drop of strong acetic acid. Do not lot it run on to the suirrounding skin, as it will make it sore. If this practice is repeated once or twice daily, with regozlarity, paring the surface occasionally, they will soon be effectually cured..How to Cure a Cancer.-Apply freely (as a poultice,) to the part, potash made of the ashes of red oak bark, boiled down to the consistence of molasses. The whole should be covered with a plaster of tar. Remove in a few days, and if any protuberances remain, repeat the same till they disappear, after which, heal the wound with Merchant's Gargling Oil. This is a cheap and easy remedy, the efficacy of which should be tested by those afflicted with the disease, which has hitherto baffled all the arts of medicine. Advice to Physicians.-It is well known to the experienced Plhlsician, how diicult it is to affect any thing lilke a radical cure in diseases of the genito-urinary organs; in many instances he fails to afford even temporary relief. He is moreover, well aware how tediohs and embarrassing, under the best advised treatmnent, most cases of Gleot and Stricture become; and the patient, disappointed on the long expected cure, is tempted to desert his physician, and seek another in the shape of Merchant's extract of Buchu, Uva Ursi and Cubebs, in the use of which, the physician, if he be wise, would anticipate his patient. How to take a Sweat.-Take a piece of lime about the size of your closed hand, and wrap around it a wet cloth, sufficiently wrung to prevent water rulnning from it. A dry cloth is to be several times wrapped around this, place one of these packets on each side, and by both thighs (a few inches from them) of the patient; an abundant humid heat is soon developed by the action of the water on the lime, which quickly induces copious perspiration, the effect lasting qfi TRI PEOPLE'8 VADE-MECUM.'Oi two hours at least. When sweating is fully established, the lime, nay be withdrawn, which is now reduced to a powder. In this way, ~either copious drinks nor loading the bed with covering is required. Dyspeptic Ley.-The following was employed by the eminent Dr. Physic, in his own case, and as we are informed, was of decided tdvantage when all other remedies failed: Take of hickory ashes, one quart; soot, 6 oz.; boiling water, one gallon. Mix and stir frequently. At the end of 24 hours pour off hi clear liquor. A tea-cupiful may be taken three timres a day. Rheumnatism.-This disease is more common and distressing, especially in this country, than almost any other; and at the same time, it may safely be asserted, that it is as little understood, and as unsuccessfully treated. Physicians are unable to cure it, even in their own persons. Yet such are the unparalledvirtues of Merchant's celebrated Gargling Oil, or Family Embrocation, that the most obstinate cases at once yield to its application. You that have suffered, and have failed to obtain relief from the use of all other remedies for Rheumatisml, read what Betsey A. Ranney, of Elbridge, Mich. says about Merchant's Celebrated Gargling Oil: —" I have used your Gargling Oil for inflammatory rhewumatism, and found immediate and perfect relief from a painful attack, by a few appilications. I had previously used other remedies without any benefit; and the relief whiclh I received from the use of your oil was tc-o apparent to admit of a doubt of its value as a remedy for that painful disease." IS[The celebrated Dr. Parker also writes as folloNs:IDea% Ss': -I have prescribed your Gargling Oil in various cases of PRACTICAL SUPRGERY, as a liniment, with marked success; and would commend it to physicians generally for external -use in all contusions, tunsors, sprains, white swellings, and in all rheumatic affection, where external means are necessary As a discutient, it is harmless wvhere the febrile symptoms have been reduced by general treatment. In such cases it is the most efficient remedy withinl the circle of means now in use. I would also recomnmend it to the community at large, as a safe and powerful relmedy, where there is no general fever, in all the above diseases, to be used freely, and to counteract inflammnation in a remarkable manner. In bruised wounds it prevents swelling and consequent soreness in hot weather. To stop 3' leeding at the Nose.-Dr. Negrier, a French surgeon, says, the simple elevation of a person's arnm, will always stop bleeding at the nose. HI-e explains the fact physiologically, and declares it a positive remedy. It is certainly easy of trial. Eye Stone. —It is said that a grain of flaxseed possesses all the valuable properties of an eye stone. PE LIUNI'vlY. 9 Secret aldais -Among thlle maladies to which mankind are subject, none are'f a mnore painful or troublesolme cast than most of those comprised unlder this head. They are lot merely local affictiollns, as from their namles wve migyht at first suppose them to be, but are constitutional -— tllbcting the digestive and nervous systems - leaving scarcely an organ in thel whole frame unimpaired by their sympathetic agency. Nevertheless, Merchant's Extract of Buchu, &c. has been eminently successful in effectually curing many and relieving a great number. PERFUMERY. Ox MX.arrow Pomnatun for the 3Hair.-Melt 4 oz, beef marrow, 1 oz. yellow wax, and 6 oz. lard; perfume while cooling, with oil of bergamot or the essential oil of almonds. Rose lTater, preferable to the distilled, for perfume or culinary purposes. Talke of otto of roses, 12 drops; white sugar, - ounce; magnesia, 2 drachls; pure soft water, 1 quart; alcohol, 2 ounces. Rub the otto with the sugar and magnesia, and add graduaily the water anld alcohol, previously mixed, and filter the whole through paper. Tooth Powrder.- Take of cuttle fish bone, 2 ounces; fresh orris root, 4 ounces; cream of tartar, 1 ounce; drop lake, 2 drachnis; oil of cloves, 1]6 drops. Powder, mix, and sift. Tyrian 7.air Dye. - For coloring the hair, whiskers, &c. a beautiful black. It will not wear off, soil the linen, or color the skin, as hundreds can testify. It has also been used successfully in coloring furs. Likewise for placing black spots on white horses, and removing white spots fr'om black horses. This is prepared only by G..V. Merchant, at Lockport, N. Y. and can be obtained of his appointed agents. Cologne &Nhater- - Take of oil rosemary and lemon each 60 drops; oil garden lavender, 90 drops; otto of rose and oil nevoli each 10 drops; rectified oil of amber, 30 drops; extract of vanilla, 20 drops; alcohol on1e quart. Be sure that the oils are fresh and pure. Anothcr.-Oil garden lavender, one-half ounce; oil bergamnot and essense of mausk each 60 drops; oil cinnamon 2 drops; otto roses, 8 drops; alcohol, one asld a half pints. Extract of Vanilla. - Take of Vanilla beans, one-half ounce, cut iii small pieces and bruised; TonTua beans, 1 ounce; best Freinch brandy, 1L phits. Digest for two weeks, frequently shaking. Cosmnetic for Sunburnt Face and H-Iands.-Take of ox gall, 1 lb.; burnt alum and camphor each 1 drachm; rock salt, one-half ounce; rock candy, 1 ounce; borax, 2 draehmns, 10 THE PEOPLE'S VADE-lE"ECUI. Mix and shake well for fifteen minutes at a tinme, and several times a day, for fifteen days, or until the gall becomes transparent Filter through paper, and apply to the skin during the day and wash off at night, CONFE CTIONARY. -oarhound Candy. — Take of hoarhound, one-half ounce; water, 1- pints; white sugar, 5lbs.; vinegar, one-half a tumbler Boil the water (with the herb) down to one pint; strain, and add the sugar, and boil carefully till the water is all evaporated; add the vinegar and boil a little, and pourl the whole over a marble slab rubbed with oil of almonds, and cut into squares. Ice Cream.-Take of ne w mil.k and cream each 2 quarts; sugar, 2 lbs. and 12 eggs. Dissolve the sugar in the milk; beat the eggs to a froth, and add to the whole. Strain and bring to a scald, but be carefufl not to burn it. When cool, flavor with extract of Vanilla or fresh oil of lemon. Pack the tin freezer in a deep tub with broken ice and salt. Whirl the freezer, and occasionally scrape down from the inside. The proportions are, one quart of salt to each pail of ice. A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DYEING. To CnHOOSE AND APPLY MORDANTS. —The most important part of dyeing, is, therefore, the choice and application of mordants; as upoin them, the permanency of almost every dye depends. Mordants must be previously dissolved in sonme liquid, which has a weaker union with the Inordants than the cloth has -and the cloth must then be steeped in this solution, so as to saturate itself with the mordant. The nost imlportant, and most gener ally used mordant is ALuMINE. It is used either in a state of common alumn, in which it is combined with sulphuric acid, or in that state called acetite of alumline. USE OF ALUnI AS A MORDANT. - Alum to make a mordant, is dissolved in water, and very frequently, a quantity of tartrate of potass is dissolved with it. Into this solution woolen cloth is put, and kept in it till it has absorbed as much alumine as is necessary. It is then takeni out, and for the most part washed and dried. It is now a good deal heavier than it was before, owing to the alumn that has combined with it. ACETATE OF ALUaMINE, is prepared as a mordant by pouring acetate of lead into a solution of alum. This mordant is employed for cotton and linen. It answers for these much better than alum: this is more easily saturated with alumine, and takes, in consequence, a richer and more permanent color. WHIE OXIDE OF TIN. —This mordant has enabled the Inoderns greatly to surpass malny of the ancients, in the fineness of their colors; and evenl to equal the famous Tyrian purllle; anci btiy mseans of it, scarlet, the hrighltest of all colors, is produced. It is the white oxyd of tin, alone, which. is tile real mordant. Tin is used as a mordanlt in three states: dissolved in nitro-mnuriatic acid, in acetous acid, and in a mnixture of sulphluric and muriatic acids; but nitro-muriate of tin is the commo n Imordant used by dyers. They prepare it, by dissolving tin in diluted nitric acid, to which a certain proportion of' comimion salt, or sal almmoniac, is added. A COMPLETE SYST-RM OF DYEING. 1 l When the nitro-murlate of tin is to be used as a mordant, it is dissolved in a large quantity of water, and the cloth is dipped in the solution, and allowed to remain till sufficiently saturated. It is then taken out, washed and dried. Tartar is usually dissolved in the water along with the nitro-muriate. RED OxIDE OF IRON. —This is also used as a mordant in dyeing; it has a very strong affinity for all kinds of cloth, of which the permanency of red iron spots or iron mIoulds on linen and cotton is a sufficient proof. As a mordant it is usedi in two states: in that of sulphate of iron. The first, or copperas, and that of acetite of iron. The first, or copperas, is commonly used fobr wool. The copperas is dissolved in water, and the cloth dipped into it. It may be used also bor cotton, but in most cases acetite of iron is preferred, which is prepared by dissolving iron, or its oxide, in vinegar, sour beer, or pyroligneous acid, and tile longer it is kept the better. TAN, &c.-Tan is very frequently employed as a mordant. An infusion of nutgalls, or of sumach, or of any other substance containing tan, is made in water, and the cloth is dipped in this infusion, andallowed to remain until it has absorbed a sufficient quantity. Tan is often employed also, along with other miortants, to produce a compound mordant. Oil is also used for the same purpose, in dying cotton and linen. The mordants with which tan is most frequently combined, are alumiine, and oxide of iron. Besides these mordants, there are several other substances frequently used as auxiliaries, either to facilitate the combination of the msordal.t with the cloth, or to alter the shade of the color; the chief of these are, tartar, acetate of leati, common salt, sal ammnoniac, suliphate of copper, &c. Mordants not only rendter the dye permanent, but have also considerable influence on the color produced. The salne coloring matter produces very difisrelt dyes, according as the mordant is changed. Suppose, for instance, that the coloring matter is cochineal; if we use the aluminous mordant, the cloth will acquire a crimson color; but the oxide of iron produces with it, a black. In dyeing, then, it is not only necessary to procure a mordant which has a suffi viently strong affinity for the coloring matter and cloth, and a colorinrg taltter which possesses the wished-for color in perfection; but we must procure a m;ordant and a coloring matter of sutch a nature, that when comlbined together, tkiey shall possess the wished-for color in perfection: and even a great variety of colors may be produced with a single dye-stuff, provided that we change tile nordant sufficient v. To DETERSMINE TuE EDFFECTS OF VARIOUS SALTS OR aItORDANTS ON COt,ORS. —Tte dye of Madder. —For a madder red on wooleins, the best quantity of madlier is one half of the weight of the woolens that are to be dyed; the best proportio n of salts to be used is five parts of alun and one of red tartar, for sixteen parts of thie stuff. A variation in the proportion of the salts wholly alters the color thaet the maddcer naturally gives. If the alum is lessened, and the tartar iucreased, the (lye proves a red cinnamon. If the alum be entirely omitted, the red wholly disappears, and a durable tawny cinnamon is produced. If woolens are boiled in weak pearlash and water, the greater part of the color is destroyed. A solution of soap discharges part of the color, and leaves the remaining more beautiful. NITRO I URIATE OF TIN, CALLED LMADDER COMPOUND. —Vix together 8 oz. of filtered rain water, and S oz. of double aqualortis. Add gradually one lhalf oz. of sal ammoniac, dissolved piece by piece, and two drachms of salt petre. Thet take one oz. block tin, melt it over the fire, and drop it in sinall pieces into \waler four or five feet below. Put a small piece of this into the above soluition, anid as each piece disappears, add another, till the whole is dissolved. Keep itn a cool place well stopped. Chemic Blue and Green.-Take one pound of best oil of vitriol, which pour upon one oz. of best Spanish float Indigo, well powe, dared and sifted; add to this, after it has been well stirred, a lurmni of 12 THE PEOPLi S VADE-M5ECUiM. pearlash a little larger than a pea. After 24 hours put it into a tightly corked bottle. To Dye a clnadder ed.-For each pounld of cloth, soak half a pouod of nmadder in a bralss kettle over night, with sufficient warm water to cover the cloth Vou intend to dye. Next morning put in two ounces of madder cmposn~d for every pound of madder. Wet yeor cloth and wring it out in clean water, then put it into the dye. Place the kettle over the fire and bring it slowly to a scalding heat, which will take about half an hour; keep at this heat half an hour, if a light red is wanted, and longer if a dark one, the color depending on the time it remains in the dye. When you have obtained the color, rinse the cloth immediately in cold water. T'o Dye a fine Edcarlet Red.-Bring to a boiling heat, in a brass kettle, sufficient soft wvater to cover the cloth you wish to dye, then add 1i oz. cream of tartar for every pound of cloth. Boil a minute or two, add two oz. Lac Dye and one oz. AtLddde Coem)opsnd (both plreviously mlixed in an eartben bowl,) boil five minutes; now wet the cloth in warml water, and wring it out and put it in the dye; boil the whole nearly an hour, take the cloth out and rinus it in clear cold water.?r:o DSye a Per aonent, Dlue.-Boil the cloth in a brass kettle for ani hour, in a solution containing five parts of alum and three of tartar for every 3, parts of cloth. It is then to be throvn in:to warm water, previously mlixed with a greater or less proportion of C/Lhewm'ic Blzc, according to the shade the cloth is intended to receive. In this water it milist be boiled till it has acquired the desired color. To Dyre a Green.-For every pound of cloth add 3t oz. of altul and one pounid of fukstic. Steep (not boil) till the strength is out; soak the cloth till it acquires a good yellow, then remnove the chips, and add the ChCeLic Blute by degrees, till you have the desired color. ellow f Dye.-Ftustic, tumeric powder, saffion, barberry-bush, peach leaves, or marigold flowers all make a yellow dye. Set the dye with alum; a piece the size of a small nutmeg to each quart of water. Salmron Color is made by boiling annatto or otter in soapsuds.:Dove anad Slate Colors of all shades are made by boiling in an iron vessel, a tea-cupful of black tea, with a tea-spoonful of copperas and sufficient water. Dilute this till you get the shade wanted Sugar paper boiled and set with alum, makes a similar color. Blackh Dye.-Boil the cloth for two hours in a decoction of nutgalls, and afterwards kept for two hours more in a bath composed of logwood and sulphate of iron, (copperas,) kept during the whole time at a scalding heat, but not boiling. During the operation, it must be frequently exposed to the air, because the green oxide of iron, of which the sulphate is composed, must be converted into a FARRILE'. 13 red oxide by absorbing oxygen, before the clotiL can acquire a prolper color. The proportions are 5 parts of galls, 5 copperas, and 30 of logwood for every 100 yards of cloth. F A RIIERY.:Rule for knowing a horse's ge. —A foal of six months old nas six grinders in each jaw, three in each side, and also six nippers or front teeth, with a cavity in each. At one year old the cavities in the front teeth begin to decrease, and he has four grinders on each side, one of the perimanent and the remainder of the milli set. At two years old, he loses the first nilk grinders above anld below, and the friont teeth have theil cavities filled up just as ilorses of eiilgt years old. At three years old, or 2, lie casts his two fiiont nippers, and in a short time after the two next fall. At four years old the griniiders are six on each side, (peimane-t set,) and abiout 41 his nipi pets are permanet by the replacing of th3e remainu two corniei teeth, which have dropt; the tushes then appear, and he is no lon-er a colt. At fiAve vears old, a horse has hi^s tushes, and there is a blackl coloredl cavity in the centre of all his lower nippers. The corner ones alre thinner. At six yeals old, this black cavity is oblitcrrted in the two fr'ont lower nippers. At 7, thle cavities of the nlext two are filled up, and the tulishes blunted; and at 8 that of the two cornler teeth. The horse is now said to be aged. Tilo cavities in the nippers of the upper jaw are not obliterated till the horse is about ten years old, after which time the tushes becomie round, and the lillppers project and change their sliface. Rules to be Reneexmibered.-Every person should knllow how to take care of his domestic anirials, as ignorrance or neglect in this, might result in great loss. A stable should not be very light or very dark; its floor should be planlll or soil, as brick or stone injure the feet. A horse liept in a stable, should be rubbed oi brushed every da-ty. Food or drink should not be given when the horse is very warm from exercise, as it causes disease. Keep his legs clean from mud, or disease will be the result. Examine the animal every day, and see that bh is not galled or otherwise injured; if so, MserchaInt's Gargling Oil, which should always be kept in the stable, should immiediately be applied., as there is not its equal for such diseases as fresh wounds, galls of all kinds, sprains, bruises, cracked heels, ringrbone, poll evil, wind galls, callous, spavin, sweeny, fistula, sand cracks, foundors, scratches or greese, mange, &c. It will also prevent flies from teasing the horse. Its unparalleled success in the cure of diseases in horses and cattle, and even in human flesh, is daily becoming more lknown to the farming community. It ca:n hardly be credited, except by those who have been in the habit of keeping it in their stables, what a vast amounlt of pain, suffering annc time are saved by the timely application of this Oil. 14 THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. No. 1. PsiYSIC BALL FOR HOIRSES. -Cape aloes, from six to ten drachims, Cas tile soap, one drachln; spirit of wine, one drachm; syrup to formn the ball. f!' mercurial physic be wanted, add from one-half a drachin to one drachm of calomel. Previous to physicing a horse, and during its operation, he should be fed on bran mashes, allowed plenty of chilled water, and have exercise. Physic is always useful; it is necessary to be acdministered iu alhnost every disease: it improves digestion, anid gives strength to the lacteals, by cleansing the intestinles and unloadinig the liver; asnd if the assnital is afterwards properly fetd, will iniprove his strength and consdition in a rerarikable degree. Phlysic, except in urgent cases, should be given in the tmorning, and onl all essipty stomnachi; and, if required to be repeated, a week should isntervene between each dose. Before giving a horse a ball, see that it is not too hard or too large. Cattle medicise is always given as a drenchl. No. 2. PHYSIC FOR CATTLE.-Cape aloes, four draclllns to one oz.: Epsonm salts, four to six oz.; powdered ginger, three drachins. Mix and give in a quart of gruel. For calves, one-third of this will be a dose. No. 3. TONIC FOR HORSES AND CATTLE.-Sulphate of copper, one oz. to 12 drachsms; white sugar, one-half oz. Mix and divide into eight powders, and give one or two daily in the animal's food. No. 4. CORDIAL FOR HORSES AND CATTLE.-Powdered opium, one drachm; ginger powderea, 2 dracilss; allspice powderedl, 3 drachmns; caraway seeds powdered, 4 drachins. Make illto a ball with mnolasses, or give as a drenchl in gruel. For the Gripes and Hove. it Cattle, add to the above a tea-cupfuil of spirits or oil; or give two ounces of Gargling Oil, and repeat every two hours till the anlilsal is relieved. No. 5. DIURETIC BALL.-HLard soap and commlon turpentine, each 4 drachins; oil of juniper, 20 drops; powdered resin to formn the ball. F'or Dropss, Wacter Farcy, Brokesn iinrd, or Febrile Diseases, add to the above allspice anld gilnger, ~ach 2 draclsmns; mlalike four balls, and give one morning and evening. No. 6. DIURETIC PowsDER.-Powdered resin and nitre, each 4 oz.; mix and divide into 12 parts; give one daily. For Grease, Swelled Legs, &c. Using the Gargling Oil externally. No. 7. ALTERATIVE ORt CONDITION POWDEr.-Resin and nitre, each two oz.. levigated antimony, one oz. M1ix for eiglht or tenl doses, and give one night assd iorning. Wlhen this is to be given to cattle, atld glauber salts, one pound. No. 8. FEVER BALL.-Cape aloes, 2 oz.; nitre, four oz.; molasses to form a mass. Divide into 12 balls, and give one umorning and evening, till the bo wels are relaxed; then give No. 6 or 10. No. 9. SEDATIVE AND WORsA BALL.-Powdered white hellebore, one-half drachil; linseed powder, one-half oz. If necessary, make into a ball witil molasses. This ball is a specific for weed. Two oz. of Gargling Oil, in one-half bottle of linseed oil, is anl eflfectual resmedy for worms in horses and cattle. No. 10. ANODYNE BALL.-Opium, one drachmn; camphor, 2 drachins; ginger powvder, one and a half drachmns; molasses to form a ball. Give night asnd morning after the bowels are opened, in Tetanus or locked jaw. With the addition of powdered catechu, two drachms, tlis forms anl excellent cure lor diarrhcea or purging, No. 11. CsORDIAL ASTRINENT DRENCAHII, for Diarrhaa, PPurging or Scozring. —Tincture of opiumn, one-half oz.; allspice, two and a hall' drachmls; powdered carawvays, one-half oz.; catechu powder, two drachms; str:ong ale or gruel, one pint. Give every morning till the purging ceases. For sheep this will ilmake four doses. No. 12. BLISTER OINTMENT. —Og'g s lard, four oz.; oil if turpentine and Spanish flies, each one oz.; mix. This ointment is strorg enougli for every purpose. No. 13. POWDER FOR ANGLEBERRIES.-After cutting them off, or when they exist in clusters, sprinkle them daily with equal parts of muriate of amlnonia and powdered savirn. FARltIER-Y. is1 No. 14. FEryE Powrt r Hoss)R 1iSES. — Nitre from one-half ounce to one oz. camphor and tartar etnetic, each froin one to two drachins. Powder and nix; to be used after thle bowels have beenl opened. No. 15. ASTRINGeNT BALL FOtI LOOSENESS IN HIORSES.-Op)iUm from1 one-half to one drachin; ginller, one ald a half drachrns; prepared chalk, 3 drachms; flour, 2 drachins. Powder, and make into a ball with nlolasses. NO. 16. STOMeACHIC PURCTAIVE BALL, f'or t'Itie, ill-cozditioned horses. —Aloes, one-half ounce; rhubarb, 2 drachllns; calonel, 1 drachin; ginger, one and a half drachmrs; oil caraway, 10 drops; Castile soap, 2 drachlns: molasses sufficient to make into a ball. No. 17. MIXTURE rFOR ULCERS AND ALL FOUL SORES.-Sulphate of ZillC, one oz.; corrosive sublitmate, onie drachlt; spirit of salt, 4 drachmts; water, one pint, mix. No. 18. COLD LoTIoN.-Goulard's Extract, Laudlan,um of each, 2 oz.; vine gar, 4 oz.; water, 3 quarts. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR TR EATMENT OF WOUNDS AND DISEASES. Clean every wound well, if possible witlhout washing. Restore the injulred parts as near as possible to their original situation, and retain thern there by stitches and bandaging. Subdue the inflammatio,n by bleedinlg, purging, low diet, poultices or fomentations. Apply Garglintg Oil; when matter appears apply it quite freely; if proud flesh rises put on a little of No. 3. A rery.Remarckable Case.-An intelligent farmer in the town of Lewiston, related, sometime since, a remarkable account of the cu're of a fine horse, which, in the act of plowing, caught his hoof ill a root, atnd tore it partly o-F. H-Io immediately cleaned out the dirt, and applied G. W. Mleorchatst's celebrated Gargling Oil, replaced the hoof, bandaged it up tight, soaked it occasionally with the Oil, and in Iwo weeks he was able to use the horse. From the peculiar nature of Merchant's Gargling Oil, and the unparalle,led success it has meet with inl the hantds of those who have the care of horses, it is but justice to say, that of the great number of medicines which have been offered, none have been so well adapted to the prompt cure of some diseases to which horses are liable, it has beets very justly called a complete PANACE.A for the hor'Se. For a trifling sum, the farmer may be in possession of a balm that will relieve him of much anxiety and expense, and rescue his favorite animal fiom the jaws of death, or- at least from unnecessary pain. Keep it on hand. -A gentleman said, not long since, that his boys carelessly allowed a young horse to run away with a drag or harrow, which was several times thrown upon the horse, lacerating his flesh in the most cruel mainner, so that hardly any part of his body escaped unhurt. He applied Merchant's Gargling Oil faithfully for one week, and the horsa was well. 2 16 THE PEPiOFiLE? VxADI.-tEICIUSM. Many farmers have been so,successlul in the use of this Oil, thej will not be without it in their stables a da-y. WVounmds of the Joints and Tenidozs. -- Srymptoms - near a joint, and dischiange of a glairy fluid, called joint-oil, synovia. Cure-Ciose wound by the actual cantery, or touchl eldges with lunoar caustic, Apply the Galrgling Oil and bandage' bleed, b ee5,. nd observe rest. Foul Ulcers. An ill looking sore, with sanious discharge, and pipes or sinuses. Cure - Apply a poultice, dress with No. 17. When healty matter flows, apply the Gargling Oil, bandage, bleed, and observe rest. T7'1o07'S in Gen17,eral.:'-iVTtheil these inflamed tumors become troublesome, and will not yieltd to otheir remedies, Gargllinx Oil will entirely remove thenm, as it also will callous from other parts of the animal. Poll Evil aned FisZtla. Syl)ptoms - Tumor or swelling, sanious discharge, and pipes on poll or withers. Cure - Setons and dress with No. 19, or a clay poultice and Nto. 17. Use the knife. See also directions that accompany the Gargling Oil. Eridebotednd.-Skiin firm anid immovable on the body. Cure-Good grooming and diet; give No. 1, and every morning after, No. 3; clotshe the body, and keep the horse warm. Sui'eit or SScab. - Symptoms -- Coat stares, pimples or scabs oil the slkin; skin thick and wrinklletd, wvitih itching and rubbing, yellow discharge. Cure - Give No.. 1, and two days after, No. 7. Apply Garglihng Oil, anld kIeep cool and uncovered. ~Sif'asts and TVarblecs.-Symptoms - Dark colored scabs on back, hard and sore. Cure —Pouitice and heat in the Gargling Oil. rarlts, A'ILglemceri es. -- Sytonms - Red or blacki lumps, without hair. Cure-Cut them off'Apply No. 13. Give No. 1. Fcrcyly. —Symptoms-TCKnotty tumors on body and inside the legs. Cure — Give No 3; cauterize farcy buds, and dress with No. 17, then with Garglinig Oil. Udder-ills, FYell6o1s - Symptoms -- Svellingl and pain in the udder. Cure-Fomenot. Draw the milk. Apply the Gargling Oil, and give No. 1. Abscess of the Udder. - Symptoms - Discharge of matter from udder or teats. Cure —Lance veiy deep, and apply Gargling Oil. Swtelled Legs, TIesd, Blaclk Spall, or GlQcrttei-ill. - Symptoms Enlargement or swelling of one or both hind legs. Cure - Bleed give Nos. 9, 1, and 6, with exercise. Palsy, Paralysis. - Sym-toms - Pecttliar motion in hind legs, and loss of feeling. Cureo-Blister loins or insert seatons; physic and rest. FractLC' es. - Symptoms - Iniability to move limb; perceptible to touch. Cure - Most men would say, destroy the aliial; 1but fin-ht -:ici tlt: 1liiowVilg'/if 1rel.atd t U i nividlle'l i-ior Clarence, N. Y. A alplendid Ieor/s;a hb-Ploi'.,ii3g' to isi; iC.ixbor, had his:oreL log, below the rInICe, haledly in', wenlo a i'.e 2la'I,, I rh' lJc ewoeels, and nothing done for it,' thie ani:nil in tlhe mea.t tiine, by thrashing about in his agony, had worn tel hair nearly-T on- him. T1he owner, with axe in hanid, WIsi habolut ti oui. pvi etnd to tho suifbrings of his favorite beast, whenll our inlformn;ant sojicitid a ntd obtainoed a present of the horse, and with nip 11:> ~.'o!'illr ho.ne. -"ie suspended him in a sling, replaced thoq.nte (. ann applied:aitlflll' oerochant's celebrated Gargling Oil, -hAi.:fi,, callAd thi'n oles~ spoeedily to unite, and imparted strength to ien, iilb. in a1'ew v.etlis ti'ue horse was sold for a handsome sum; iavinig' nIo ot.il 7blemish i than a slight enlargement and stiffness of di[e pasten'in joitt. Sonio;/ 7S1'Z -. 1 S' ptonls — Peculiar catching up of a hind log.;T1Vhe ill Olut s;ide ialusles, horse straddles and throwrs legs outward; vwhen insidei, l ]es a-re, twit-chd ulp to the belly, Cure -- Balthe tthe part flreely r aid sitll conesiderable friction, with the Garglilng Oil. St/,lrl.s -- Syl!)toms is Part hot aud tender, severy lameness. C!re Fo -tiieCltn, bleed, physic, Irest. Apply the Garglilg Oil.,$i i'] 1 ),iv'i rb,.rb i/oi'oog hi? t, Capelcnt. - Symptoms — La.melness a.id eoatiir-oil.nelit about the hock-joint. Cure-These diseases show thnIleseives in a iva'iely of forms, and are very fieqluoently obstinalte Clund (iMficllt to manaare, ansd cases are not unf'oqutent in which it hieas resisted,veryi plan of regular treatment. They owe ithei origin to hlarfd iabor ii eaarly life. In these affections, Mo/ierclat's celebrioatel G rpglillg Oil has evinced uncommoti energy, aind nuterous are tlhe inlstalnees in swhich it has been known to effect a radical and oierifot'it'. A numnber of highly ihnterestiing cases, exhibitiinl thi/e remllarktible activity of' this Oil, could be introduced, bult otUi limits s tilld.,XSllati/ deis aezdl Ivalledens. - Symptoms - ScuiofV' e:upli/on at bond of the knee and hock. Cure - Keep clean. Appia Ga.'liiog Oil freely. Give No. 6. Callous Tendones, Chronic St rains. - Symptoxms - hSlwelling or thickening of the back sinews. Cure-Apply the Gargling Oil very fieely and with much friction. Splents. - Symptoms-Bony enlargement below the knoo.-Curo -Apply Gargling Oil as above, and heat in with a hot shovel. T[/iendclells.-Symptoms-LPuffed sswelling about t.he fetlock joilis. Cure - Tight bandages kept wet with Gaglilng Oil. Of this celebtrated imedicine, one gentleman- affirms thrat he cured a valnuablo horse of a WINDGAaLL which ihad become callous. Another says he lias curoed a fine horse of the Soeeny, which nothing else would effect. Another has cured hiilisef by the use of the Oil, of a.Rhe//z.?etdis/?i, anid i/ hiis f:.tnilv has.used it for all com11plaints relaui inig an ex-/lia.l ri-reid'v. A'nothor, wIe hail'. o it hr, iilia,3d, ti/5 a mt h' t-eoiieved hiioelsf J8 itHE 1'aO1'T,3POLIS V*ADE-lM EaU, immediately of severe and conhilnted pain, resoltilg friom the'etting of a dislocated knlee joint, which every application made for twenty four hours had failed to perfolrm;I he soon ob'tained sleep. Grease and Heelcrack7s.-SYmptoms-Fcetid discharge from heels and fetlock. Cure — Wash clean, tilen dry and apply No. 3 or 17, and heal with the Gargling Oil. Also give No. 1 and 6. Crownscab. - Symptoms -A scab and discharge from the oronocL. Cure- Same as above. Ringbone. - Symptoms - Lameness, bony enlargement, round pastern.. Cure-Same as in Splents. Inflamed Lamince, ounlder.- Symptoms - Fever, great pain and lameness, goes on heels. Cure-Bleed largely from feet and neck, poultice, give Nos. 1 and 6, and use the Gargling Oil according to the directions accompanying the same. Straisn of' the Cogfin Joint. - Symptoms - Lamer in the trot than walk, foot hot. Cure —Poultice, or put a seaton through the friog; rest. Co('ntl'actions. -Sy mptoms-Foot oblong instead of round. Co'rns, - Symptoms - Red spot in sole,'twixt bars and crust, lameness. Sazndcr'acl.-Symptoms-A fissure or crackl in the hoof downwards. Cure —Frog pressure. Thin sole and quarters, anti keep the feet mloist. Apply tips or spring shoes, and Gargling Oil. Cnlzker, Loo, Footrot.-Symptoms-ll Ulceration of sensible sole or lainihnt. Cure - Rasp crust, bind tight with cords, remove under run1 horn, keep dry, and apply daily No. 3 and Gargling Oil. Thresh.-Symptoms - Discharge from cleft of the frog. CureReleove the rotten horhn, apply No. 17 and then the Gargling Oil. Quitter. - Symptoms - Lameness, pipes or sinuses in the foot. Cure - Poultice, syringe with No. 17, dress with Gargling Oil and bandage. Prick in shoeing. - Symptoms - Lameness after shoeing, flinch from pressure. Cure-Draw the nail and apply the Gargling Oil. Fever, Symsple or Symptomatic, and General Iellamazlion. - Symptoms - Lassitude, shivering, quick pulse and breathing, oft' feed. General Directions-In all cases of fever and inflammation, bleed, open the bowels by clysters and laxative medicine Keep body and extremities warm by clothing and hard rubbing. )iet, green meat or bran mashes; chilled water, and keep the animal as quiet as possible. In fevers of long standing, and the patient emaciated, give tonics and malt mashes. Common cold, Catarrhal, Fever, or Distemeper. - SymptomsFever, cough, nasal discharge of a brown color. Cure — Bleed, unless ve'r?-T weak. Give No. 8. Steam the head. MPer'vots Exhanstion or Ascute hnflamation. - Synptols - Pulse IOARM, 1. 19 and breathing greatly hurried, lies flat and sweats. Clre -- Coplous bleeding and clysters, avoid pmrging. Tetanuls or Locked Jaw. - Symptoms — Haw protrudes over the eyes, jaws stiff, muscles rigid, I;ose poked out, tail quivers. CureFind the cause. Give Nos. 1 and 10. Setons along spine, never bleed. Hydrophoita or Mcldness. - Symptoms - Dullness, quickly succeeded by fiantic madness. No cure. Preventives - excision, or apply strong caustics to the bitten part. Chron7ic Cough, Asthma, broken wind, roaring, 4&. —SymptoisDry cough, difficulty in respiration. Cure-Nos. 1 and 7, or No. 5; regular and moderate diet and work. Inflammation of the Lungs, Pleura or Chest. —Symptoms —Fever, stands wide before, heaves hard at flallks, never lies down. Cure --— Bleed copiously; No. 9 twice a day; blister sides; cool air; avoid purgiug. sinflarmmation of Stomach, Stomach St&aggo'rs.-Symptoms-Great drowsiness, low pulse, head forced against the manger or wall, costive. Cure - Bleed; give linseed jelly clysters, No. 1 and mnuzzel, foment belly, seton poll. Inflamnmation of the Bowels or Red Colic. - Symptoms - Fever, gripe gradual and unremitted, never rolls, sometimes great purging. Cure —Copious bleeding; No. 8; oily clysters; scald the the belly; linseed driniks. Flatulent Colic and Glipes, Hovb or Swelling. - Symptoms - No fever, gripe sudden and remzitting, rolls over, extreme pain, belly tense. Cure —No. 4, back rake, clysters and exercise. Diarrkhea or Looseness, Scouring or Purging. - Symptoms - Purges in small quantities, at every movement, sickness or fever. Cure —Give No. 11, or some port wine, keep body warm; astringent clysters. Dysentery or Grlaoltn- Gr~ease, Braxy.- Symptoms - Discharge of greasy mater or blood with the dung, costiveness, fever. Cure - Bleed, give castor oil, linseed jelly, and clysters; avoid cordials or astringents. Constipation, Costiveness. — Symptoms - Belly swelled, dung dry and hard. Cure - Mashes dr green meat, clysters and exercise. [Worms.-Symptoms- Worms expelled, coat stares, eye dull and glazed, great appetite. Cure-No. 9 at night; No. 1 next morning, fassting. - Dropsy, VWater Farcy. - Symptoms - Rumbling bowels, legs, belly, &c. swelled, fever, conistipation. Cure-Lance swellings and apply N 9, give Nos. 6 and 3, or 5; nourishing diet. Irflyammalzon of Liver, Jaundice or0 Yellows.-Symptoms - Mem. branes of nose and mouth yellow, pain, fever, generally costive Cure - Bleed; give No. 1 and clysters, low diet. ~20()~ TH PEOPLS'3 VADER-MECUM. Inflammation of Kidneys, red water, bloody u'ine.-Symptoms - Constant desire to stale, urine high color, fever, pain on the loins, thirst. Cure- Bleed; give Nos. I and 9. Stimulate the loins. Strangury or Suppression of Urine. - Symptoms - Frequent straining, little voided, gripes. Cure-Give No. 1, cold clysters, pass catheter. Diabetes, or Profuse Staleing. - Symptoms - Increased flow of urine, great debility. Cure - Give Nos. 1 and 10, rest and warm clothing. Inflamnmdtion of Brain, Meagrims and 3Mad Staggers. - Syinptoms - Drowsiness, eyes blood-shot, delirium. Cure - Copious bleeding, with physic. Give No. 9, low diet. Inflammation oJf the Eye, Sore Eyes, 0pthalmia. - SymptomsWhite film on the eye, weeping. Cure-Bleed; scarify the evelids, give No. 1; apply Gargling Oil and hot fomentations. Strangles.- Symptoms - Cough, sore throat, swelling and abcess under jaws. Cure -Blister throat; give Nos. 8 and 3; warm clothing; nourishing diet; never bleed. Glanders.- Symptoms-Na.sal ulcers, and discharge, hard lumps under jaws, no fever, ill condition. Cure - Sulphate of copper, or imcurable. Sore Throat, Quincy. - Symptoms - Difficulty'5n swallowing, cough, fever. Cure- Bleeding; cool air; give No. 8; apply numbor 12 Lampas, Sore Mouth. - Symptoms - Off red, swelling of roof of mouth or palate. Cure. — Bleed in the mouth; give No. 1 and soft meat. RULES TO BE NOTICED. Blood Letting. —In all cases requiring general blood-letting, the jugular or great vein of the neck is the best to bleed from. A lancet is the best instrument, and the best place is about an inch below the bifurcation. of the vein; or four from the angle of the jaw. In all cases of inflamation, bleed from a large orifice, for in these cases, one quart drawn quickly will do more good than three quarts when it flows.slow. Il pinning up.the orifice, separate the skin as little as possible from the vein, lest the blood extravasate and cause swelling and inflammation; and if the neck is to be washed, be careful not to wet the. punctured part, and tie the horse up for an hour afterwards. I place very little dependance on the appearance of blood after bleeding, so far as it is a criterion of inflammation, or the state of the system and the propriety of repeating the.operation, since I find that the texture and quantity of serum, or buffy'appearance, in a great FAaRIERaY. 21 measure depends on the manner in which it is drawn, whether quick or slow, whether into a deep or shallow vessel, and on the length of time it is allowed to stand. Bleeding is necessary in every case of local or internal disease, except where there is a discharge of matter or great debility. It is useful also as a preventive on taking horses up from grass, or when they appear dull and heavy, and indifferent about feeding; in these cases, five or six quarts may be taken from an ordinary sized horse; but in all cases of fever and inflammation, bleed till the pulse rise, and let its softness, nlot quantity drawn, decide when enough; and the animal's strength and urgency of the symptoms, not the blood's appearance, the necessity of repeating it. A horse may be bled in the toe with advantage for inflammation of the foot, and strains of the log and coffin joint; but all other local bleeding, as in the mouth, eye, plate or thigh veins, is not only useless, but dangerous. Cattle require a ligature on the neck in order to start the vein. Sheep are commonly bled in the eye vein. Rowels and Setons.-Their object is to promote a discharge of matter from any particular part, and keep up an irritation there; the latter is a good remedy for spavins, splellts, strains, and chronic tumors. When used with a view of relieving internal inflammation or fever, it is requisite to dress with No. 15 instead of No. 18. Never place a rowel in a swelling. Olystering snould always be' preceded by back-raking, which consists in oiling one hand and arm, and passing them up the fundameat, and by that means to remove all the dung balls that can be reached. The large pewter syringe for clystering, is neither a useful or safe machine. A much better consists in a turned box pipe, to which may be attached a large, pig or ox bladder, by which four or five quarts of liquid can be administered at one time. The pipe should be previously oiled, by which means it passes more easily; the liquor should then be steadily pressed up, and when the pipe is removed, the tail should be held down over the fundament a little to prevent the return of the clyster. In some cases of a spasmodic nature, as gripes and locked jaw, great force is made by the bowels to return the clygter, and nothing- but continued pressure over the fundament can enable it to be retained. Clysters not only act in relaxing the bowels, but they may be used as means of nutriment when it cannot be taken by the mouth, as in locked jaw, wounds of the mouth, throat, &c., &c. In locked jaw, it was observed by Gibson, that he kept a horse alive many days by clysters alone; and by clysters also many medicines may be given more conveniently than by the mouth. Poultices.-When a poultice is applied to a part, it must be kept always wet; if. suffered to dry, it always does harm. Pomentations.-In fomenting a part, keep it always covered, and when finished, dry it well, or evaporation will do more harm than the fomentation did good. Mfall TBZ PEOPLE'S VADE-i MECiM. Pulse.-The best place to feel the pulse is at the corner Df the under-jaw bone. It is soft and moderate in its action when the horse is in health, being about 36 beats in a minute. During inflammation the pulse is hard, and like-a cord to the finger; it is likewise quickin proportion to the force of the disease. A slow, small pulse accompanies debility; and a quick, small, irregular pulse generally attends fever. Great Imposition and FPraud!-Caution to purchasers of Mcr chant's Celebrated Gargling Oil.-This valuable embrocation was before the public for more than eight years before an effort was made to imitate it, or even to get up a substitute. Its increasing demand and wonderful success, in the cure of all flesh, and horses in particular, induced persons to attempt its imitation in various ways, which is convincing proof of its intrinsic value. Several mixtures have been got up under different names, such as " Black Oil," "Arabian Oil," " King's Oil,"'"Tattersall's Gargling Oil," &c. This latter has just been got up, and was ushered before the public with the following falsehood, which is cut from their advertisement: "Prepared and sold by J. Kirkbride, Fleet street, London." It is supposed that custom-house interference caused them to withdraw this lie, and now it appears without any responsible name as proprietor. There is also a counterfeit got up by a notorious counter'eiter in Hamilton, C. W., against which the public are also cautioned. Some of these imitators were once my agents for the sale of.the Oil, and finding it very saleable, and, their organ. of acquisitiveness being so unfortunately developed, they were not contented with~ a fair commission for selling a genuine medicine, but must resort to a practice of cupidity too common with that class of dealers; and with all have purloined frqm my advertisements and directions;- thus by their fraudulent impositions, the unsuspecting public are the principal sufferers. Or if any, questions are asked, theyare told " it is the same thing," or "it is just as good," &c. In due time, the conduct of these miscreants will individually be exposed to the full extent and merit of such unblushing knavery. The proprietor would therefore caution those who purchase. Be sure that the name of the proprietor,,n his own hand writing, is over the corkh, and these words are blown in the glass of the bottle: 1" G. W. Merchant, Chemist, Lockport, N. Y.," who is the only LE.GITIMATE PROPRIETOR. None other can be genuine. This is done, that the public may not throw away their money for a worthless and counterfeit article. The above caution is particularly addressed to those who are yet strangers to this truly valuable remedy; as those who have become acquainted with the virtues of the Gargling Oil cannot be deceived. DOMESTIO ECONONIY. 23 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Sal. Soda for Washing Clothes and arniDaking Soap. - The above article has been extensively used in England, for some years past, and when used in a proper mannler has given perfect satisfacti.on,-as by the proper use of the Soda for washing, much labor is saved, and the clothes look much whiter than when washed in the usual manner practised heretofore through the country Directions for aidng the Vlix'arure for Washing.-Take 5 gallons of soft water, add half a gallon of lime water, one pint and a lhalf of soft soap; or half a pound of hard soap, and two ounces or two table-spoonsful of Sal Soda. Method of Washing with the above irixsture.-Soak the c!othe's over night if very dirty —-at any rate wet them thoroughly before putting them into the mixture; when the mixture is at boilinr heat, put in the clothes that have been soaked or wet,. merely rubbing such parts with a little soap as are usually soiled, boil them one hour, then take them out and drain them, rinse them thorouilhly in warmn water, then rinse them in indigo water, as usual, and they are fit for drying. The Lime WVater is made as folows: - Take two tablespoonsfful of unslacked lime, and put to it three quarts of boiling water, which will rive two quarts of clear Lime water. Should any person wish to make a quantity of the Lime water, they can do so, taking of lime and water the proportions as directed above, keeping it in a stone jar ready for use. For making Soap. —Take of hard soap 3 pounds, rain water 4 quarts, Sal. Soda half pound; or take of soft soap 2 gallons, rain water 6 quarts, Sal. Soda one pound. For making a harder Soap. —Take of hard soap one pound, rain water one gallon, sal, soda half pound, super. carbonate soda 2 ounces, a small quantity of salt, about a table-spoonful to be added while boiling. All of the above are to be boiled until they assume a proper consistence and color. By adding to either of the above while boiling, a little lime water will improve them. To Destroy Flies. —To one pint of milk, add a quarter of a pound of raw sugar, and two ounces of ground pepper, simmer them together eight or ten minutes, and place it about in shallow dishes; the flies attack it greedily, and in a few moments are suffocated. By this method, kitchens &c. may be kept clear of flies all summer without the danger attending poison. To make Loaf Bread, IHot Bi- eal ast Cakes, Buckwheat Cakes, superior to any thing oJ the kind before known: - Mix, dry, and well rubbed together, two tea-spoonsful of Cream of Tartar, with one quart of flour; then dissolve three-fourths of a tea-spoonful of super. 24 THE PEOPLE'S VADI)-I}ECUMI. carbonate of soda-in a sufficient quantity of sweet milk; mix the whole together and bake immediately. If water be used instead ol sweet milk, add a little shtulening. If the above directions be strictly.followed, bread will be produced of superior lightness and whiteoness. Arrowroot Pndding.-Wet up (like starch) four table-spconsful of Arrowroot, with a little cold milk; beat four eggs and add to it; boil a quart of milk and-stir this mixture in while boiling. It will thicken in a minute or two, and may then be eaten with cold pudding-sauce, or cream and sugar. Tapioca.-Directionsfor making the Petdding.-Take of Tapioca two tea-cupsful, milk or water one quart; soak in a warm place over night-add four eggs, well beaten, with a sufficient quantity of sugar to sweeten, and a little nutmeg, cinnamon or lemon. To be baked and'eaten either with or. without cream or milk. To be used inl sickness, the eggs may be omitted. Poison for Bugs.-Corrosive sublimate and sal ammoniiac, each oz.,; whiskey one pint. Coloring Walls.-It may not be generally known, particularly in the country, that blue vitriol, when mixed with lime, forms a beautiful, as well as exceedingly cheap coloring matter for walls. Take good lime and slack it as usual,-one and a half pounds of blue vitriol, dissolve the chrystals with boiling water; when dissce!],d, mix it with the whitewash, and add one pound of glue well dissolved. This should be prepared in a glue pot, to prevent its being burned o0 scorched. When well mixed, the first coat must be put on horizontally, or from side to side, and the second coat vertically, or up and down. The wall'will be of a bright blue color, resembling the blue bottles sometimes seen in apothecary shops. By following these directions, women can put on the coloring as smoothly and as well, generally, as men. Virtues of the Buchu.-The Hottentots long used this agent in diseases of the -kidneys; and through them its virtues became known to European physicians. The Dutch physicians gave it with great'success in Indigestion.. It is also said to have afforded essential service in Chronic Rheumatism. In the form of Merchant's compound extract of this agent, it has been extolled for the relief of calculous pains, bloody urine, and in irritated and superative cond.itions of the bladder and urethra. Moreover, Reece found this agent efficacious in incontinence of urine, catarrh of the bladder, spasmodi.c stricture of the urethra, gonorrhoea, swellings of the prostate gland, and impotence. zA Cheap Paint.-Take one bushel of unslacked lime and slack it with cold water; when slacked, add to it 20 pounds of Spanish whiting, 17 pounds of salt, and 12 pounds of sugar. Strain this,mixture through a wire sieve, and it will be fit for use after reducing DO-irST5 ZECONOMY. e with cold water. This is intended for the outside of buildings, or where it is exposed to the weathor. In order to give a good color, three coats are necessary on brick, and two on wood. It may be laid on with a brush simnilar to whitewash. Each coat nmust have sufficient time to d::y before the next is applied. R[[For painting ilnside walls, take as before, one bushel of unslacked lime, three pounds of' sugar, five pounds of salt, and prepare as above, and apply with a brush. I have used it on brick, and find it weil calculated to preserve them; it is far preferable to oil paint. I have also used it on wood, and assure you that it will last longer on rough siding than oil paint will on planed siding or boards. You can make allny color youL please. If you wish straw color, use yellow ochre instead of whiting; for lemon color, ochre and chrome yellow; for lead and slate color, lampblack; for blue, indigo; for green, chrome green. The diifferent kinds of paint will not cost more than one-fourth as mucth as oil paints, including the labor of putting onl. Whitewash for Pences and Outhouses. — Unslacked lime, one half bushel; salt, a peclr; ground rice, 3 lbs.; powdered whiting, ~ lb.; glue, (dissolved,) 1 lb. Slake the lime in boiling water in a covered vessel. Strain through a wire sieve. Add the salt, dissolved in hot water. Add, wlile hot, the rice boiled to a thin paste; then the glue and whiting. Let it stand several days and put it on hot. To umake a Ba-rrel of TRoot or Sarsaparilla Beer. —Take of sarsaparilla, sassafras and china roots, wild cherry and birch barks, wintergreen leaves and berries, spice bush, sweet balm, sweet fern, each a small handful; or if you have but a few kinds, use more of such as you have; put them with a handful of hops, into a brass, copper, or tinl kettle, with two or three buckets of water; boil until the strength is out, strain off into your barrel and temper with cold.water to about blood heat; then add from a gallon to 14 gallons of good inolasses; 1~1 pints of good yeast and shake well. lThen fill up your barrel with cold and warm water, taking particular care never to get your liqu.or so hot as to scald your yeast, if you do your beer never will work. Set your barrel in a cool place in warm, and a warm place in cold weather to ferment; when the froth begins to turn white it is fit to bottle, or bung down. Tubs, barrels, buckets, bottles, and every thing used about brewing, should be kept perfectly sweet and clean. Ginger BEeer in Bout.es.-Put into a clean vessel, one gallon of boiling water, one pound of loaf sugar, one ounce best ginger root (bruised,) one ounce of cream tartar, or a sliced lemon. Stir till tile sugar is dissolved; let the whole rest till about milk warm, then add a table-spoonful of good yeast, poured over a slice of bread, and allowed to float on the surface. Cover the whole with a cloth, and 2;6 THE PEOPLESS VADE.-MEOUM. let jest' 24 hours. Strain ana ll.' the bottles 4 full - cork with good taper corks, and tie ovelr In warm wu:,er it will be fit to drink in two days. Sarsaparilla Mead. -Take of Sarsaparilla root, one pound, water six gallons; boil down to three gallons and strain, Add three gallons of good molasses and boil half an hour; dissolve in each gallon foulr Ounces tartaric acid, and when cool, flavor with oil wintergrelen and sassafras. Mix a wine-glass of this with a tumbler of water and half a teaspoonful of super. carbonate of soda. Directions for making half a barrel of Spruce Beer.-Mix thoroughly in a pail, three quarts of molasses, anld one ounce of the Essence of' double Spruce; to this may be added one pound of best ginger; fill the pail with boiling water;' pour this mixture into a clean half barrel; fill it up with cold water;'add a quart of yeast, and shake the whole well together; after fermenting one or two days, the bung may be put in, and it will be fit for bottling or for use. The Far.mous Cream of Nectar.-Take of white sugar, four pounds; water, six pints; put over a slow fire in- a brass kettle, and when milk warm, add the whites of two eggs well beaten to a frioth in a bowl. Bring the whole nearly to the boiling point, skim well, and then bring it up to a boil, and immediately strain. When cool, add tartaric acid, six ounces. Steep a few cloves with the sugar and water, or when cool, add any other flavor. Should stand two days before using. A wine-glass of this may be added to a tumbler of water, and half a tea-spoonful of super. carbonate of soda stirred in. To Cure iams. —Take of rock salt, nine pounds; saltpetre, six ounces; molasses, three pints; for one hundred pounds of meat. Another.-To one thousand weight of hams, apply the following mixture well rubbed on; five-eighths of a bushel of fine salt, four pounds of saltpetre, two tea-cups of red pepper, one-half gallon of molasses one gallon of -hickory ashes; let the hams be packed away for five weeks with rinds down, then smoke fdr three or four weeks with green hickory wood and tobacco stalks; as soon as sufficiently smoked, cover them with pepper and ashes, and sew them up in bags to protect them from flies. Ancther.-Take a tea-spoonful of cayenne pepper, a tablespoonful of finely powdered saltpetre mixed with a quarter ol pound of brown sugar, and rub the whole on the inside of the ham, then pack away with Liverpool rock salt, taking care to cover them well up, let them remain in salt four weeks, then hang up, and smoke with green hickory, every clear day for eight weeks, when they should be taken down and buried in hickory ashes, and suffered to remain so through the summer. To Preserve Eggs fresh a Year.-Mix a handful of unslaked lime with the same quantity of salt in three gallons of water. First .tMEiS1e't BeeONOMY. 2 pack the eggs with the small end down, with some shavings to keep them down. Pour the above mixture over them. Be sure none of them are cracked. Vinegar.-Vinegar may be made from cider much quicker and better by diluting it one-fourth with soft water, and exposing a large surface to the air, by filling the cask about two-thirds full and exposing it to a temperature of about 77 degrees. it may be made much quicker and cheaper by tile following:-Molasses and whiskey, each one gallon; water, 30 gallons; cider, five gallons;' brewem's yeast, one-half gallon; expose as above. To Clarify Cider.-Mix together one quart each of lime and clean dry ashes, and two quarts of new milk. Pour these into a hogshead of cider just from the press. In ten hours it will be fit to rack. Scouring Balls to take Grease out of Cloth.-Curd soap, one-half pound; spirits turpentine, (camphene is belter,) one ounce; ox gall, four -table-spoonsful; lemon juice sufficient to moisten the mass; starch sufficient to make it into balls. Bait for Pigeons.-Oils of lemon, cummin, anise, origanunm, and cinnamon, 120 drops each; oil amber, 1~- oz. Mix with sufficient quantities of* grain. Water-Proof for Leather. —Linseed oil, one pint; yellow wax, white turpentine, each two ounces; Burgundy pitch, one oz. Melt and color with lampblack. Another.-Dissolve one ounce gum elastic in one pint of spirits of turpentine in a warm pllace; then add one pint of linseed oil and shake together. Cement which hold.s tightly and qf great strength, and answers swell for mending common ar'ticles.-Dissolve best orange shellac with a moderate heat, in sufficient alcohol, so that when cool it will retain the fluid form. Apply this to the edges of a fracture, then set the cement on fire, and the moment it is done burning, join the pieces, and as soon as cool, it is almost impossible to separate them if it has been well done. Cement for Wood and Stone.-Take of two parts of ashes, three of clay and one of sand. This composition being mixed with linseed oil, resists the weather, and is as hard as marble. -2S8 THE PEOPLE'S VAtE-MSCUM. INTERESTINCG' AND CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY, WHICH MAY BE PERFORMED BY ANY PERSON. sow, to Prevent Cholera and other Contagious Diseases.Put into a small strong glass vial, with a well ground stopper, 46 grains of black oxide of manganese in coarse powder; to which add three-fourths of a tea-spoonful of strong nitriic acid, and an equal quantity of strong hydrochloric (iluriatic) acid. The stopper is then to be replaced, and the whole to be secured by enclosing the viol in a strong wooden box with a cap which screws down to keep the stopper safe. The mixture should not occupy more than one-third of the vial. When used in a sick chamber, or other place of infection, the vial should be opened at arms-length until the smell of the chlorine is perceived. The Lead Tree.-Put into a clean glass globe or decanter, onehalf ounce of sugar of lead in powder, and fill with soft water. Add ten drops of nitric acid or a little vinegar, and shake well. Then suspend by a string through the cork, a piece of zinc the size of a chestnut, twist once or twice round the zinc a piece of fine brass or copper wire, and suspend it in any form. The zinc or wire should not touch any part of the glass. Let the whole rest quietly, and metalic lead will deposit on the zinc and wire, forming a brilliant illustration of chemical affinity. The zinc having a greater affinity for the acetic acid of the sugar of lead, unites with it, and suffers the lead to be deposited. Silver Tree, or Tree of Diana —Dissolve one-fourth ounce pure nitrate of silver in a pint of soft water, and pour into a decanter. Now pour in one-fourth ounce of mercury. Let rest, and in a short time the silver will be precipitated in a most beautiful form resembling vegetation. Chemical Affinity. —This law in Chemistry is remarkably illustrated in tne restoration of the equilibrium between the supply and waste in diseased animal matter through the agency of G. W. Merchant's Celebrated Gargling Oil. It is well known that chemical action takes place only under certain circumstances; that some bodies have no tendency to unite chemically; and that others strongly influence each others' properties. The former are said to have no AFFINITY for each other, their -mixture is-merlely- mechanical, and no change takes place. The latter class of bodies, in which is included the Gargling Oil, in its application to morbid animal matter, act by their affinity for each other, their actiomn!:il productive of chemical phenomena, and the properties of 0o X,!' -thare altered. Hence the mtrong affinity of the conlstituenis oi tile Gargling Oil to unite FXPEtIMENTS I' CHEIMISTRY. 29 with the elements of the morbific matter, may be referred the beneficial influence exerted over so great a variety of diseases, most of which were considered as incurable. To make Alum Crystali aed Ornaments.-Dissolve alum in hot water till a sufficient strength is indicated by a drop crystalJzing on a slip of glass. Suspend the ornament made of wound wire, or biunches of grass, wheat, &c., into the solution, so it shall not touch tlhe vessel. If small crystals are desired, the vessel should occasionally be gently agitated while cooling. Sulphate of copper treated in tle same way will give a brilliant blue. For other colors it is only necessary to tint the solution of alum with some dying material. Tumeric produces a transparent yellow; litmlnus or red cabbage a red; logwood a purple, &c. To make Phosphoric Oil.-Dissolve one grain of phosphorus il ten tea-spoonsful of olive oil, by settizg the bottle in warm water. A few drops of this rubbed over the face, hands, or hair, will give them a luminous appearance in the dark. It is said if a rat is covered with it and allowed to run, the other rats will all leave the house. To Galvanise with Gold Silver and Coppdr.-To make a Galvanic Battery, take 6 copper cups, 4 inches in diameter, and 5 inches deep; and 6 zinc cylinders, 21 inches in diameter, ands5 inohes deep, and put them inside the copper, and insulate them by putting leather cups between them and the copper cups; arrange the poles so that the positive pole (which is the one that proceeds from the zinc cups) will pass along the bottom of an earthen dish, that will hold about one gallon; and the. segative pole so that the end will come over into the dish which is to hold the solution in which you immerse the articles to be gilded. To charge the Battery, put a teaspoonful of the sulphate of copper in the copper cups, and a teaspoonful of glauber salts in the zinc cups. To make the gold solution, dissolve one pennyweight of fine gold in one ounce of aqua regia, and when dissolved, evaporate over a slow fire to dlryness; then mix the powder in a half pint of water; boil five minutes; while boiling, add one half pwt., prussiate of potash, then boil 10 or 15 minutes, pour off and let it settle; aftel settling pour off the top, which is the gold in solution: To which add one part of copper solution, to two parts of gold; then add 1 gill of the mixture to 1, pint of soft water, and dissolve in the water 1l pwt. of the prussiate of potash, and put themn in the dish for gilding. To make silver and copper solution, iwe nitric-acid, to dissolve them, then proceed the same as you do with gold. Wiethod of receiving the Bilectrio Shoch from a Oat. - Place the left hand under the throat, slightly r!,es-sig the bones of the aninmals shouldera s with the middle finge'r;id Ili'nmb, then gent-'y passinglf tile right. hanlld along the back; se;-ii;:v. electlic shocks ill be fblt ill tile eft antld, nid veiry distinct i sla;gees mlay be ob 3tj'SHE PEOPIsEa' Vx.DE-ME,EUli. tained by touching the tips of the ears,; after applying friction to the back; the same may also be obtained from tile foot. The Dancing Egg.-Fill a quill with quick-silver, seal it at both ends with hard wax; plick off a-small piece of the shell at the small end of a boiled egg,-and thrust in the quill-with the quicksilver, (while hot)- lay it on the table and it will not cease to tumnble about while the egg remains hot-or if a small quantity of quicksilver be put into a small bladder,-which may be heated after it is blown up, ii will-skip about as -long as the heat remains in it. Friction or Congreve Matches.-Dip the ends of the wood which should be well dried, into melted sulphur, and then into the following composition. Place in a -vessel having a tight cover, some pieces of phosphorus; stir them up with a red, hot iron wire which will inflame it. Withdraw the wire and close the vessel to extinguish it. Dissolve in water four times as much gum-arabic or glue as there is phosphorus. Add this thick mucilage to the phosphorus and heat over a lamp till the whole is well incorporated-color with a little lampblack, prussian blue or vermnillion, and dip the sulphur ends of the matches. A slight friction will inflame thesm Chemical Action, —it is a fundamental principle of all physical knowledge, that we call create nothing and destroy nothing. We may-change the fashion and properties of all things, but to form new laws of combination or new species of matter, belongs to the Creator Hence results the uncommon ehergy and extraordinary virtues of the-> GARGLING OIL, as evinced in the cure of those obstinate diseases:which resist the action of all other (PRBETENDED) remedies and oils. It does not remove a disease by mechanical force, but by exciting a powerful chemical influence in the nmorbid part,- affecting a change in the condition of: its elements, and thereDy restoring healthy action; and numerous are the instances in which it has been known to effect radical and perfect cures, of which a number of highly interesting cases cduld be introduced, but our limits forbid. Sympathetic Ink. -vvrite with a strong solution of tartaric acid. Hold to the fire a nd the letters will appear. To give Iron or Silver a coat -of Copper.-Dip a polished iron into'a solution of Sulphate of Copper and.:it will receive a coat of copper. Dip a piece of bright silver into the same solution in contact with the iron and the silver will be coated. To make Prussian Blue.-Add to a solution of sulphate of iron, a sollution of prussiate of potash, and a beautiful prussiate of iron or prussian blue will be precipitated A )viLniature Earthquake.-In a:few pounds of iron filings be mixed with au equal quantity of sulphur, and-made into a paste with water a nd buried in the earth for a few hours, the water will be deComPlosed with such rapidity that combnhustion and flame burst out. MISCELLANEOUS. 31 Facts are Stubborn Things.- What has been done can be done again.-Ignorance of facts and philosophy, however, start at the assertion that any one remedy can possess within itself the virtue of curing many diseases. Experience of more than fourteen years has nevertheless established the fact that Merchant's celebrated Garglirrg Oil, or'Universal Family Embrocation, will CURE most cases, and relieve all such as rheumatism, painful nervous affections, bites of ani mals, frost bites, corns, boils, whitlows, chilblains,' asthma, bruises burns and scalds, cramps, sprains, strains, ulcers from local causes, caked breasts, contractions of the muscles, weakness of the joints, chapped hands, external poisons, wounds, swellings, &c. Also a host of diseases in horses and other animals. An intense Blue formed by the union of two Colorless Liquids.-Drop as much sulphurate of copper into water as will form a colorless solution. When dissolved add a little liquid Ammonia, (hartshorn,) and a beautiful blue will be the result. A Brilliant Red from two Colorless- Solutions.-Add' a solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of iodate of potash. A beautiful Yellow from two limpid Solutions. —Add a solution of neutral chromate of potash to a limid solution of acetate of lead. A bright Green from two Colorless Solutions.-Boil arsenic with a small proportion of salaratus, add a limpid solution of this to an equally limpid solution of sulphate of copper. The precipatate fiom this is Sheele's green. -G. W. Merchant's Celebrated Gargling Oil.-Numerous are the unsolicited statements of-patients themselves, (and others who have used the oil,) of cures which in themselves appear so remarkable, that were they at all interested in a pecuniary point, they could hardly have been credited. It has recently effected cures of BLEEDING FROM THE STOMACH accompanied with pain, also obstinate Chronic Inflamation of the Eyes. MIS CEL LANE O US. Black Ink.-Copperas, Logwood each jlb. Powdered Nutgall bib. Gum-arabic 2 oz., Water 1 gallon. Blue Ink.-Soft prussian blue, oxalic acid, equal parts. Pulverlse and add soft water sufficientto make a thin paste-after 48 homrs, add water sufficient to make the desired' color. Crimson Red Inklr.<-Best Carmine (Nakarat) 2 grains. Rainwater i oz; water of ammonia 10 drops. a 32 TlIHE PEIOPr E'S VADE-MECUM. Indelible Ink. —(with the prepv]ration).-The Ink.-Dissolve 1 drachm pure nitrate of silver i;n 5 drachmns of soft water; add 60 drops of mulilage (solution) of guln arabic and one grain of lampblack. The Preparation.-Put into a separate bottle I oz. of a solution of gumarabic and 5 grains of soda. Another without the Preparation.-Dissolve a drachm of nitric silver in i oz. pure water; add enough strong water of Ammonia to re-dissolve the precipated oxide; add lampblack to color; and sufficient mucilage to make the whole 1 oz. Hold the writing before the fire until it turns black. Chrome Yellow.-Sugar of lead, Paris white, each 251b. Bichromate of potash 211). D)iFsolve each in separate Vessels, then pour all into one. Let rest 24 hours to precipitate-then draw off the water and dry on cotton sheeting. For orange, use but llb of the Bichromate. The whole must bie previously powdered. Chrome Green.-Paris white 201b, blue vitrol and sugar of lead each 10b. Aluin 2lb. Best soft prusian blue, chrome yellow, each 101b. Mix thoroughly in a tub while dry, and finely powdered. Add 3 gallons of water and stir. Let rest 3 or 4 hours and dry as above. Paris Green.-Sugar of lead 251b. Blue vitrol 20 lb. Arsenic 01lb. Bichroimate of Potash 6 oz. Powder and mix thorougnly together in a tub. Add 6 quarts of water and proceed as in chrome green. Rose Pink.-Boil in 4 gallons of water, 41b Brazil wood (nic wood will answer) two hours. Take out the chips and boil 31lb alum in the same water let cool to blood heat. Add 3 oz. muriate of tin. When cool, strain it into 501b paris white previously wet to a pulpy consistence Let rest 24 hours and draw off the water and dry as above. Oil Paste Blacking.-Take of Oil of Vitriol 2 oz., tanners oil 5 oz., Ivory Black llb, molasses 5 oz., mix the two first and let stand a day then mix thoroughly altogether. Merchant's Gargling Oil. —It is worthy of special remark, that besides the great and extraordinary powers in the cure of diseases of the horse in which its virtues first attracted the attention of the farrier and farmer, and the wonder of the public generally, it has been successfully employed in a great variety of the maladies which affect the human race; and it has proved by the wonderful cures it has performed on the lower animals, that it is endowed with curative properties not found in other horse oils, which has established its claim to general confidence. Bore Nipples.-It is said by those who know, that powdered alum, mixed with New England Rum, if applied every night for two or three months before chiid birth, will prevent sore nipples. When sore, a few applications of the Gargling Oil will cure them. Wine for Worms.-Take of rhubarb, one-half ounce; wermseed, one oz. Bruise and digest in a warm place in one quart of red port wine for a few days; then strain, MISCErl.l..ANSous. 33 Dose for an adult is a wine-glass Ifull twice a dayr-for children in proportion. The wine should be pure, and cost not less than three dollars per gallon. Alum Whey. —Milk, one pint: powdered alum, one-fourth oz Boil together until the curd seperates, and strain. Wine Whey.-Milk, half pint; NMadeira wine, from a half to a wine-glassful. Boil the milk and add the wine. Hernia or Rupture.-The patient should be laid on his back, and the bowel returned to its place. Wet a woolen rag with Gargling Oil, and rub the part with as niuchl friction as can be borne. Repeat this morning and night. Allow a bandage to be worn to keep it up during the day, while under this treatment. This will seldom fail to cure hernia. Avoid Deception.-It is not generally known, that no means have been left unemployed by that class of persons who attempt to counterfeit every good medicine that has acquired public confidence, to mislead the public into a belief tha.t their oil is the saime as Merchant's Gargling Oil. Be not deceived therefore by such knatery; and le not satisfied except you field the marks of the GENUINE article upoIn the bottle. Method of Detecting the Adulterations of Tea.-The following information mnia be useful and interesting to those of our friends who love good tea. As, however, we do not now keep teas for sale, we cannot be accused by dea,:.rs in the article, of an attempt to direct the public attention to our teas. When teas are very high, as at the present time, large quantities of spurious tea is thrown into market; and those without the means of detecting it, seldom suspect the fraud. The adulteration of tea may be evinced by comparing the botanical characters of the leaves of the two respective trees, and by submitting them to a few chemical tests. The shape of the leaf is slender and narrow, the edges are deeply serrated or jagged, and the end or extremity is acutely poinlted. The texture of the leaf is very delicate, its surface smooth and glossy, and its color is a lively pale green. The white thorn, or spurious leaf is more rounded, and is obtusely pointed. The serratures or jags on the edges are not as deep, the surface of the leaf is more uneven, the texture not as delicate, and the color is a dark olive green. These characters of course can be observed only after the dried leaves have been suffered to macerate in water for about twenty-four hours. The leaves of some sorts of tea may differ in size, but the shape is the same in all of them; because all the different kinds of tea im. ported fiom China, are the product of one species of plant, and the difference between the green and black teas depend chiefly on the climate, soil, culture, age and mode of drying the leaves. Spulious black tea, slightly moistene I, when rubbed on a sheet of 34 THE PEOPE'S VADE-MECUM. white paper, imparts a bluish black stain, and when thrown into cold water, speedily imparts the same color, which instantly becomes reddened by a few drops of Sulphuric Acid. Genuine tea produces an amber colored illfusion, which does not:become reddened by Sulphuric Acid. Much of the spurious tea is colored with the carbonate of copper (a poisonoiff substance) and not with verdigris or copperas as some have supposed, as they would instantly turn the tea black. Tea rendered poisonous by carbonate of coplper speedily imparts to liquid ammonia a fine saipilrine blue tinge. It is only necessary to shake in a vial for a few minutes, a teaspoonful of the suspected leaves, with about a teaspoonful of liquid ammnonia, diluted with half its bulk of water. The supernatant liquid will exhibit a fine blue color, if the minutest quantity be present. There are nmany other tests for the detection of these frauds, but they are too complicated for any but the chemist to attempt their application. Coffee.-If you would have good coffee, you must buy it in the raw state, and roast and grind it yourself. Raw coffee should have a greenish yellow color. It moust not be mouldy nor worm eaten. The Frenct; roast and grind their daily sllu)pily of coffee every morning, and the consequence is, that they are never put to the disagreeable necessity of swallowing the weak, vapid, rmuldy and unwholesome liquor which the Americans mislnonler coffee. Roasted coffee rapidly loses its most valuable properties, even when not ground; but it loses thein with exceeding rapidity if giouiid and then exposed to the air. When the volatile oil of toasted cofi;be has flown away, the solid iresidue is utterly unable to comlmunicate to hot water, the smallest proportion of any useful propierty. There is no nourishlmenit ill coffee; it is valuable for its spiit alone; and this spirit the French and all sensible people take particular care to preserve. But of these important facts the cooks and housewives of America are utterly ignorant, or knowing, wilfully disregard them. The operation of roasting coffeie is very simnlle. It consists in slowly turning a tin plate cylinder containing coffee, over a gentle fire. The operation is continued until the coffee assumes a bright chesnut color, and acquires a fiesh fragrant odor. If you cannot roast your own coffee, you should at any rate grind it. The grinding is still less difficult to do than the roasting. A day's supply of coffee can be ground in a minute. I have already told you that ground coffee loses its goodness with great rapidity, and you may readily infer thence, that the coffee which is kept ready ground at the grocers is not good for niuch. But this is not the only thing to be thought of. When you buy coffee in the state of berries, you are sure that you get coffee; but when you buy a brown powder from the grocer, how can you satisfy yourself that the powder consists of coffee? Are you unaware that the following substances have AISt Il.Al A.N IO-S.. 35 beeii,subttitedl by vai ioii;s g.otC's' (>:' cOte':-bu'llls, )eaLs, nIlus barley, rice, whoat, asJlips, caloto,:orse-c!rt -itts alod ao-l is. al1 as nicely dried, roasted, and grounlnd as it tlihe! wce'i-tltiCle ctlle Cream Pancakes. —lIix a laige spoolnful ol' flolr to'lalf a pin of creanm; break in two eggs and beat them well till all is smooth put in two ounces of powderecd sugai, a little ground cininamon amn lnutmeg. Fry them as you would griddle cakes. Ammoniuret of Silver - Fulminating Silver.- Prepare F solution of pure nitrate of silver and pour into it a solution of purf lime in water, as long as a precipitate will fall down. Filter tiln liquid, and wash the precipitate by pouring wvarm water oil it, as it stalnds oil the filter. Now plut the powder into a warni place upon paper, that it miay be nwell dried, then put it into a wide-mouthed vial, containing pure liquid ammnionia. Cork it and let it remiain uiillisturbed for a whole day, or until the powder becomes black. Now pour off the supernatant liquor and put the vial open, inll a place where the heat may not be niore than 80 or 100 degrees. When dry, this powder is very explosive, and should remain undisturbed ill the phial where the process was finished; as sometimes the least fi'ction will cause an expllosion of the whole mass. The lid of a pill box is tile best cover the phlial caii have, as freLquentlv ill takiiig the powler out, a part adheres to the neck; and then if a stolpper or cork ibe put in, the friction occasioned eveii by this, is sometimes sufficielnt to exp)io(le the whole. Perhaps if all fullnillatillg powders weIe drie(d inu watch glasses, and permitted to remain in them till wanted for use, it would be much safer. To make Waterloo Crackers.-Take two slips of stiff paps)er or card board, about onie-fourthi iticli wide, aiid f'ott or live illches long, each; lay a ilixture oft pow(lered grlass and gutnl w\Nater over one eiid of each palper, ur1 about all illlh in length, 1'It lliis (dry, aiid then put one-tfourth or an eighth p)art of a grailln of t'ulllnillatitg silver upoin the glass on otne i,ece of the,paler; place tile other Iliece of paper upon this, so that tile rltss u11lJ) the one shall rest upon11 the glass of the other, and tile fee eilds of both p)apers be outwards. Paste a piece of thin paper over thle -,whole covered )arts to attachl theml to each other. Upon pullitng the outward ends of the p)aIers, the two surfaces of glass will grind Ilupon each othner, and occasion the explosion of the fuilnillating silver. Whetl these crackers are made of a large size, with a graii or more of fulinitnate, thle are used as attachrnenits to a door anid door-post, so that if' ainy one should enter at niiight, thle explosion of thle comnposition, may indicate the ol)elling of the door. Put onie-fourtlh ol a grain ilt a piece of tinl foil, put it thetn at the bottom or side off a drawer, aiid oil openinhg or shuttinlg the drawer, the powder will explode. Torpedoes.-Put one-fourth grain il a strong piece of blotting paper with a little Mlack l saludt aid a buck shot, and twist up the end of the paper. Throwr th;emi against the walt alid they will explode 36 THE PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. Boston Apple Pudding.-18 good apples, 4 yolks of eggs, one white, one lemon, one-half nutmeg, one-fourth lb butter, cinnainon, clwese, sugar to taste. Peel, core, and cut the apples into a stewpaz thit will just hold them, with a little water and the spices, rasp thep 1e of the lemon in, stew over a slow fire till quite soft, then sweeter and pass through a sieve, beat the eggs and grated nutmeg togethe-r with the juice of a lemon, then mix all well, line the inside of your pie dish with good puff paste, put in your pudding, bake half an hour. Ice Currants.-Take large bunches of ripe currants, have them clean, whisk the white of an egg to a froth and dip them in it, lay them on a sieve or plate not to be touched, sift double refined sugar over them very thick, and dry them in a cool oven. Rice Jelly for the Sick.-Having picked and washed a quarter of a pound of rice, mix it with half a pound of loaf sugar, and just sufficient water to cover it. Boil it till it becomes a glutinous mass; then strain it; season it with whatever may be thought proper, and let it stand to cool. lcing for Cake.-Two pounds double refined sugar, one spoonful of fine starch, one penny worth of gumarabic in powder, five eggs, one spoon rose water, the juice of one lemon. Make the sugar fine and sift it through a hair sieve, rub the starch fine, sift, and the gumarabic sift also; beat or stir all well together. Take the whites of the eggs, whisk them well, pnt one spoonful of rose water, one spooli of the juice of lemon, beat well together, then put to the sugar by degrees, till you wet it, then beat it until the cake is baked; lay it on with a knife and the ornaments if you have any; and if it does not harden sufficiently from the warmth of the cake, return it to the oven. Be careful not to discolor. Calves' feet Jelly.-Take two calf's feet, and take out the large bones, cut them in small pieces, put them into a sauce pan with three quarts of water, a little lemon peel, a stick of cinnanlon, and boil them gently till it is reduced to a quart; be careful in trying with a spoon that it is strong enough; strain it off, and let it settle for half an hour; then skim it very clean, and pour it from the settlings into a stew pan, put in half pint Lisbon wine, sweeten it to your taste with loaf sugar, squeeze four 1i nmons, strain the juice to keep out the seeds, and put in the lemon peel and a very little saffron, boil it up a few minutes, then beat up the white of eight eggs to a high froth, and mix them well together with the jelly, then boil it up five nlinutes; have your bag ready with a bowl under it, pour your jellv gently in, that it may run pretty fast through at the first, and as it runs pour it in again for several times, till it is as clear as you would have it; when it is all run off, with a silver spoon fill your glasses. Trifles. —Take a quart of thick cream, and put into it a gill of white wine, the juice of a lemon, grate in the rind of a lemon, sweet I[SCEILANIEOUS. 37 en it with powdered sugar, whip it with a whisk, or mill it with a chocolate mill, and as the froth rises take it off and put it into a hair seive to drain, put one-fourth pound of macaroon cakes and ratafia drops into a deep dish, just wet them with sweet wine; boil a pint of milk or cream, swveeten it with sugar, beat up the yolks of four eggs and mix with it, put it over a slow fire and stir it till it is thick, then put it on the cakes, and when cold put the froth on as high as you,*an, and strew it over with nonpareils of different colors, (which may be had at the confectioners). Garnish it with flowers or currant jelly, sweet meats, &c. Floating Island. —Take a deep dish according to the size and quantity you would snake, but a pretty deep glass is the best, which set on a china dish. First take a quart of thick cream, make it quite sweet with fine sugar, pour in a gill of wine, (sherry is the best,) grate in the yellow rind of a lcllont and mill the cream till it is of a thick froth, then carefully pour the. thin fronl the froth into your dish, take a small loaf of bread, cut it as thin as you can, put a layer of that into the creaml as lightly as possible, then a layer of currant or guava jelly, after that a very thiin layer of the bread, then calf's feet jelly and then bread, and over that whip the froth you saved off the cream, very well milled up, and put on the top as high as you can heap it; and as for the rimn of the dish, set it round with fruit or sweetmeats, according to your fancy This makes a very handsome appearance in the middle of a table nl a well lighted roonm. You may maae it of as nmanv different colors as you fancy, according to what jellies, jalns, or sweetmeats you have; or at the bottom of your dish you may put in the thickest cream you can get. Macaroon Cakes.-Blanch a pound of sweet or bitter altonds, or cocoanut, and beat them fine in a mortar, with a little rose water to keep them from oiling; put to thetn a pound of double refined sugar beat and sifted, then beat the whites of eight eggs to a high froth, and put them ill, and beat them well together and drop them on white paper, sift fine sugar over them and bake them in a slack oven. Sponge Cake. —Veigh ten eggs and their weight in very fine sugar, and that of six in flour, beat the yolks with the flour, anld the whites alone, to a very stiff froth; then by degrees mix the whites and the flour with the other ingredients, and beat them well half an hour. Bake in a quick oven an hour. Another.-Said to be the best.-Take half a pound of flour, nine ounces of loaf sugar, six eggs, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of super carbonate of soda,-flavor with fresh lemon. Rub the flour and cream of tartar well together while dry, beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately, mix the whole well together, and the last thing before going into the oven, add the soda and mix well. Bake as above. An Excellent Drink for the Sick.-Toast ripe Indian corn quite brown, or even a little black, and put it into hot water to steep 38 THiE PROPLZ'S VA)E-MECUM. Diink when cold. This makes one of the best drinks for the sick, and will often stop sickness at stomach when all other remedies fail. Dyspepsia Bread. - Three quarts unbolted wheat meal, one quart soft water, warm, but not hot, one gill of fresh yeast, one gill molasses or not, as may suit the taste. If you put this in the oven at the exact time when it is risen enough, saleratus is not necessary. Bronchitis.-Avoid nxposure to cold or damp air; refrain from reading aloud, public speaking, singing or blowing on instruments; keep clear of stimulants, -nd use a diet of milk and vegetables; take some soothing syrup to allay the irritation, wear no cravat or other bandage about the neck, a light ribbon is sufficient; let the neck have plenty of fresh air, and apply cold water to it every morning when you wash. Muffins.-Lay a gill of brewers' yeast of as light a color as can be got, into cold water, and let it stand all nfight. The next morning pour the water off clear from it. Warm a quart of water milk warm, and stir the yeast and a quarter of an ounce of salt well into it, for five or six minutes, strain it into half a peck of fine white flour, mix it into a dough as lightly as possible, and let it lie in the trough for an hour to rise, covered with flannel. Pull the dough into small pieces with the hands, rolling them as done in a good deal of flour, and roll them thin with a rolling pin, lay them directly under a flannel and they will raise to a proper thickness. Bake them in tin rings on an iron griddle. When done on one side, turn them on the other, but they must not be browned. Roman Cement or Mortar, for outside plastering on brick work.-This will resist all weather, and may be used to great advantage to lime reservoirs, as no water can penetrate it. Take 84 pounds of drift sand, 12 pounds of unslacked lime, and four pounds of the poorest cheese grated through a tin or iron grater. When well mixed, add enough hot (but not boiling) water to make into a proper consistence for plastering such a quantity of the above as is wanted. It requires very good and quick working. One hod of this mortar will go a great way, as it is to be laid on in a thin smooth coat, without the least space being left uncovered. The wall or lath work should be covered first with hair and lime mortar, and well dried. This was used by the ancients, and is now adopted among us. Skim milk cheese is the best. Removing Ink Spots from Books, Linen, Furniture, &c.Ink spots are a deposition of gallotanate of iron; this is decomposed by dropping upon them oxalic acid, which changes the galate into an oxalate, and which may be washed away. Ink is also decomposed by soap and soda used in washing, which deprive it of its component acid, but leave the peroxyde of iron, commonly called iron mould, on the linen. As oxalic acid dissolves this, forming with it an oxalate MiSCELLANEOUS. 39 soluble in excess of oxalic acid, it is evident that its application will remove these unsightly stains, and is the best substance that can be used for that purpose; a few drops of the solution may be rubbed on the furniture, book, &c., or suffered to remain dropped upon it for a few minutes, until the bleaching is completed. How to Pop Corn as it should be.-Lard is to be heated in the same manner as for frying "doughnuts," and half a pint or such a matter, of the "eight row'tucket corn" is to be thrown in and covered immediately, to prevent the kernels from flying out on to the floor. In an instant a pop, pop, popping will commence -such as you never heard before. A minute after the popping ceases, take off the cover, and din out with a sk;mmer, draining off the grease, and turn into a sieve, put upor a pan to drain. The pan should be kept upon the stove. so that the corn will retain its heat long enough for the lard to "un off; otherwise it will be too greasy. While cooling, salt to your taste. Ring Worms.-Make a decoction of tobacco leaves, add vinegar and strong ley to the liquor; wash the eruptions off with this, and it will infalliably cure. Decomposition of Milk.-If an ounce of alcohol is poured into half tnt of milk, the latter will be decomposed. and a copious white precipitate will fall down. Here the alcohol combining with the water, the alumen and oil fall down in the state of curd Patent Yellow or Mineral Yellow.-This beautiful pigment is a compound of the chloride and oxyde of lead. It is made by addiiag a solution of common salt to litharge, which is the protoxyde of lead. A decomposition takes place, especially when assisted by heat. The hydrochloric acid of tne salt unites with part of the litharge, t'orning a chloride, while the soda remains dissolved in the water. and may be poured off. The precipitate is washed, dried, and fused ill crucibles; it is then known as patent yellow, requiring only to be )pulverized, when it will be ready for the use of the painter. Warts and Corns.-lt is said that the bark of a willow tree, burlli, to ashes, and mixed with strong vinegar and applied to the parts, will remove all warts, corns, or excrescences on any part of the body. ADVERTISEMENTS. IMPORTANT TO THE FARRIER, FARMER, & STAGE PROPRIETOR GEORGE W. MERCHANT'S CELEBRATED GARGLING OIL! Unparalled in the History of Medicine, AS THE MOST REMARKABLE EXTERNAL APPLICATION EVER DISCOVERED, FOR HORSES AND HUMAN FLESH. FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS! WHAT HAS BEEN DONE CAN BE DONE AGAIN. Time and experience have fully proved that this UNIVERSAL REMEDY has not its equal on the list of popular medicines, having been more than fourteen years before the public. Testimony of the most disinterested character, of its wonderful effects on the animal economy is almost daily presented to the proprietor. Numerous are the unsolicited statements of patients themselves, and others who have used the Oil, of cures which in themselves appear so remarkable. that were they at all interested in a pecuniary point, they could hardly have been credited. The following diseases are among many others in the cure of which this Oil has been completely successful, and in which others had entirely failed:Spavins, Sweeney, Ringbone, Windgalls, Poll Evil, Callous, Cracked Heels, Galls of all kinds, Lameness, Fresh Wounds, Sprains, Bruises, Sand Cracks, Foundered Feet, Scratches, or Grease, Mange, Rheumatism, Bites of Aninmals, External Poisons, Painful Nervous Affections, Frost Bites, Boils, Corns, Wrhitlows, Burns and Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands, Cramp, Contractionsot the Muscles, Swellings, Weakness of the Joints, Caked Breasts, &c., &c. Caution to Purchasers of Mlerchant's Celebrated Gargling Oil. This Oil has become so celebrated in the treatment of diseases of the horse, and as a consequence the demand becoming great throughout the country-that the cupidity of designing men have induced them to palm off upon unsuspecting persons, an imitation article for the Genuine Gargling Oil; designing thus to ride their base mixture into market upon the popularity of the only true article, which now sustains an enviable reputation, which it has acquired by lmore than 14 years' use in the United States and Canada. There are also those whese voracious appetite for the filthy lucre has suggested to them that if they could concoct something as nearly resembling it in appearance as they could guess, with anything for a name, they might urge it upon unsuspecting customers; as a substitute for the true Gargling Oil. Don't be persuaded to take anything else with the promise it is just as good &c. This is practised by those unprincipled dealers whose conscience will stretch like India Rubber. and who are of a kindred spirit of those in our large cities, whose nefarious practices have so recently been exposed to the action of Congress. Be sure the name of the SOLE PROPRIET1OR, GEO. W. MERCHANT, Lockport, N. Y., is blownl in the side of the bottle and in his hand-writnlg over the cork. Price 50 cents and $1 Ier bottle. TESTIMONY. 41 Caution to Counterfoiters, Imitators, and Vendsrs. Of all possible nefarious traffic and deception practised by mercenary dealers, that of counterfeiting medicines is the most criminal, and in the mind of every honest man, must excite feelings of regret and disgust. The annals of medicine record tragical events ensuing fromn such practices. The eager and insatiable thirst for gainl, however, is sometimes proof against prohibitions and p)enalties; and the possible sacrifice of a fellow mall of his prol)erty is a secondary consideration with these unprincipled dealers. lie who sells thie counterfeit is equally guilty with the counterfeiter. The following is an abstract of the recent Law, by which it will be seen that every person meddling in these counterfeits is subject to indictment, iniprisonment and fine:AN ACT OF MAY, 1845. The People of the State of Neew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, ao enact as follows. Section 1.-Every person who shall knowingly and wilfully forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, the private marks, tokens, stamps or labels of any mechanic, manufacturer or other person, being a resident of this State or of the Uuited States, witih intent to deceive and defraud the purchasers, mechanics or mianufacturers of any goods, wares, or merchandize, whatsoever, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or in State Prison for a term not exceeding three years. Section 2.-Every person who shall vend any goods, wares or merchandize, having thereon any forged or counterfeit marks, tokens, stamps or labels, purporting to be marks, tokens, stamps or labels of any person, being a resident of this State or of the United States, knowing the same at the time of the purchase thereof by him, to be forged or counterfeited, shall upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemieanor, and shall be punished by inlprisonnment in a county prison, not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding $100, and by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. N. B. A person selling out of this State. ctill be liable to arrest when in the State, and also to be held as a witness against those he bought of or sold for. The above Act has been successfully tested both in New York and Philadel phia. The proprietor will be on the look-out for infringements of his rights, and is determined to enforce the law in any case of violation either by making or vending, (by agency or otherwise,) an imitation or counterfeit of his Gargling Oil. The names of such individuals will also be published to the world. TESTIMONY. Interesting to Farmers.-Mr.'MNERCHANT-Dear Sir:-About three yer rs ago I had occasion to make use of your Gargling Oil, and have sitice made a great use of it, and will therefbre give you sonic account of niy success, as it may be of value to farmers and others, who have not yet beconiie acquainted with its virtues. I have used it in almost every kind of exterlial complainits on horses, ill many of which, other medicines entirely failed to help, with decited success. In onle case of a very had spavined shoulder, by strict attention anid plrolnpt application of the Oil, I cured in three days, so that the horse was fit to use. I can also produce many who have used the Gargling Oil without a failure, who will verify the truth of the above statement. I wish that you would make an agent for tile sale of it at or near this place, which I think would be imuch to your advantage. PETER HILMAN. Brant, Erie Co. August 15, 1840. More l'stimuumny for the Farmers.-" Sir:-Yotm will please send nle more of your trimly Infallilc Gargling Oil. Oullr farmers hereabouts hold it in high estilaltion, believing it to possess all the mlledical properties, and certain in produc 42 THE PFOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. ilg ALL tlhe effects set forth in your recommendations. The mledichie wiil sell onl its own merits, There is no needl of a newspaper iuff; or any otiler special notice. Please seid by packet tile first olpportunity. Yours, &c., F. M. SMITII, Druggist. Palmyra, May 17, 1S41. To Mr. Geo. W. Merchant." M1erchant's Gargfling Oil or Horse Linimennt.-lt is only necessary to become acqulainted wvith this valuable Hlorse Remedy, to be convinced that it is not only tlhe best, but the cheapest medicine that farimers or any other owner of horses and cattle can make use of. We could lill a volulle with certificates, but will at this tinie only insert the Ibllowing short one fromi Mr. Lottridge, of Newfane:I hereby certify thiat I have used the Gargling Oil, prepared by Mr. Merchalit, ani lllbund it to be tile best mnedicine lbor horses, cattle, anlld other aninials, t!hat I ever timade use of, atnd I stand ready to recommend it to any one who keeps horses, and to larmers in particular, whlo should keep it contantlyv on lmu)d. J. i.. LO3 TTRII)(I E. Farmer's Read This!-Mr. E. H. tlunltintgton, of Pennl Yan, N. Y., in his order to Georg e W. Merclhanlt for 6 doz. (;argling Oil, says:- Your Garglilng Oil is imeeting with a good receptioni in this (outty, aind gives good salisfacliorn. Farimers. who have onice used the article invarial)ly recotimmnen it to others. It is daily gaining reputation as a general remiedy for horses, anld we hope to illcrease the sales thiis sumlluler. The Truth in few tVords.-The invoice of Garglliv Oil you sent Ine a few weeks sitnce will soon be exhausted. In every case wvilere it hlats beeni used, it cures. It seenms really to be intlllilabe. I shall want more, &c. To Mr. G. ( V. Merchant, G. WV. IlOPKINS, Constantine, Mich. The Naked Truth.-'The followillg is an extract frotlm a letter dated Utica, April 27, ll(i6 to C. WV. Merchant: Yotr Gargling Oil is selling better and better every lonth. Thel'lre is int this city a tiatn whvio has tile care of 193 hIorses, who has usedl several bottles, and says that it works like a charllm, and is decidedly the best mitedicilne lle ever saw or hleard of. Signed, U. H. KELLOGG. Merchant's Garglinlf Oil or Horse Liniment.-What better evidenlce of itle value of a medicine tihan a rapid itncrease of sales? Read the following frotn:'ioga: Mltr. MIlerchant. —Dear Sir: Will you send us two or three dozen more Gargling Oil as soon as you can; we shall be out in a few days. It gives luniversal satisfaction in this part of tlte country, aud our sales are daily iuncreasilru. Yours &c., J. L. PINNEY & SON. Owego, Jan. 26, 1S43. Thle followimng respectable testimony given mttore than eleven years since, and having referemnce to a mtuch longer period, must satisfy every orne, of tile lpriority of this mtedicine over every othler article assuming the samne character. From Asher Torrence, Esq., Com. of the Lockport xnd Niagara Falls Rail Road: To whom it may Concer7-This is to certify that I have been acquainted with the tpropertiesof G. W. Merch2ait's Gargling Oil for mnany years, and have tmtade much use of it tmmyself with relmarkable success. 1 would therefore recommend its use to the pultlic, as the best horse lmetlicitle with which I am acquailntedl. A. TORRENCE. Lockport, Feb. 3, 1S38. Testimony eleven years Old'!-I hereby certify that I hlave for a long time made use of the Gargling Oil as prelpared by Mr. Merchant, and have had frequent opportunities of witntessing its remarkable healing proplerties, even in cases which had resisted all otther remedies. By tile use of this Oil, about three years ago, I saved a litle amritimal that lla(l ieenl severely cut in the flank bya bout knife, while taking hill frotmt tile bow of a canal boat after using Inany other re TESTIMONY medies in vain. I would therefore recomllnelnd to all those who keepl) horses, to have it constantly on hand, as its timely apl)lication will save much tinie and trouble, and I feel happy to be able to contribute on my part to confirm the good effects of this valuable medicine. HENRY WALBRIDGE. Lockport April 6, 1838. Front the Old Granite State-Extract of a Letter.-Dcear Sir-Int the month of Novemlber last 1 was travelling in Essex county N. Y. As I entered a pubiic house and store connected, I noticed tlhe advertisement of lMerchant's Celebratedl Gargling Oil. laving beeni ill business in which I lave owned many i;orses tbor a 1iew years past, led me to make some particular inquiries concerning its value. Tile simplicity of your advertisement and what was said about tl;e oil, led me try one bottle. The first application I made was oni a sore an(l corroded finger which 1 had cut and took col(l in. After trying various nie(licilies without any satisfactory effect, I uncorked the oil and put some oil twice and it was well. I then applied it to a sore on a Colt which had been hooked in tile groin; and; the cure was so complete that it astonished the owner so much, he now thinks there is nothir.g like tile Gargliig Oil. I next had a case of scratches that vwas bad, and the first application stopl:pel them so they were not so troublesome afterwards and were sooin well by a lev more applications. I have a valuable entire horseswhichl by a slip started a sinall sprain, so mucli that lie was quite lame. I have been apt)lying tile Oil and lie has so I!ll IC rtecovered that lie does not liullp unless he steps onI soimetliiiig hard. ly ) ii is gone and I wantilore. WV. W. EAST'IMA1N. WENDELL, N. II. To G. W,. Merchant, Lockport. The unpublished portion of the letter was merely giving instructions how to send hiim a quantity of tile Oil. To Ouwners of Horses.-This may certify thiat I have had for many years t!te care of frouit 100 to 200 horses, all(d have made use of Merchant's (Gargiimig mnl for two years past, an(l call safely say, thiat for all the diseases that hlorses tie liable, I never saw its equlal. I ulse about oiie blottle per mllOtlh, andl recont'i-i;:,l it to the public, as the best!nedicille lor inorses lrowr il use. E. D. 5 INO(I Front J. D. WYilliams, Stagre Proprietor, -c. —Tllis may certify that 1 have dilr several years been lltore or less ilterested in; tile care of ihorses, antd fir tt!; i;-,t three years have been enigaged in a business requliring a large numliber ot tilose animitals —which has given me aln olpportunlity of thorotughly tesitngg the qlitalities of VMr. Merchant's Garglingi Oil. I have mitatde free use of it, andil thierefore hlt-e confidence to recomnitenditl it to tile l)ublic use as onie of the best reinedies for horses with which I ami acquainted. JOItN D. WILLAMS. Lockport, Jan. 12, 131S. From dir Richard Dale, Farrier. —Having had occasion, for the last tltree or four years, to mIlake uise of a considerable qutantity of Mr. Merclhanit's Gar,ling Oil, I feel it due to litti, aid mitore lparticularly to all who have the care of horses anid cattle, to say thlat I have fouind it to be (leci(ltdly tile ltest altltlication for all exterinal itljuries oil anithals, thlat I Ilave ever folnll either ill L!Etlamnd or this counitry, aid t ave also used( it with equal success oil thie limtitt; ftlesh. RICHARD DALE. Lockport, Dec. 19, 1833. Copy of a letter from Itr. TWilliam Ford.-Mr. Merclhant-Sir:-I have for a few years last used yotur celebralted Gargling oil on nIty horses, anlld call testify, withl mnany othlers of those whlo have uised it, to its efficacy inl cuirinig ivotindlts, &c., as well as interlnal compilainits to wvlhichl horses are sultject. I Iave lo doutlt I owe tile life of a valial)le horse to its curative effects. The horse tladl the bots, anid lby followinug the directionls ill tile Pamilhlet, I folitn(l, i!n a silort tinme after taking tile oil, a cessationl ii, their workings. I ihave also isedt it with mitllch success il Illy ftillily ill the care of burns, vwolnl(s. &c. I vwoilld r(ecowi 44 THV PEOPLE'S VADE-MECUM. mend to all who have horses to keep a bottle in their stable, or procure one as soon as their horse is wounded. I anm confident it is the best applicationl I ever,ised on horses or cattle. WILLIAM FORD. Lewiston, Aug. 10, 1S49. lCopy of a letter from C. L. Safford, Esq.-Doct. Merchant-Dear Sir:-One of liy horses having a Windgall of long standing, which had become callous, and'which I supposed, from the many remedies used by me, was past cure-I was duced to try your " Gargling Oil," which, with the use of two bottles, entirely effected a cure. I therefore consider it oue of the best medicines that can be used for horses. C. L. SAFFORI). Lockport, Jan. 20, 1841. Sold by every Druggist in the Ulnited States and Canada. Orders to be alddressed to Geo. W Merchant, Lockpcrt N. Y. GEO. W. MERCHANT'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF BUCHU, UVA IJRSI AND CUBEBS. For the cure of Chronic and acute diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and UTrinary passages, such as Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder and Urethra, Retention or Incontinence of Urine, Diseased Prostate Gland, Gonorrhea and Gleets of long standing, Strat-.'-ury or Suppression, Strictures, Pains in the Loins, Letcorrheca or Whites, Diabetes, Gravel, 4-c. PRICE $1 50. Among the maladies to which the human family are subject, none are more painful and troublesome than most of those above ranled. They are not merely local affections, as from their names we might at first suppose, but are constitutional-affecting the digestive and nervous systems-leaving scarcely an organ in the whole frame unimpaired by their syrnpathetic agency. It is well known to the experienced physician, how difficult it is to effect any thing like a radical cure in these diseases; in many instances he fails to afford even temporary relief. He is moreover, well aware how tedious and embarrassing, under the best devised treatment, most case of Gleet and Stricture become; and the patient, disappointed on the long expected cure, is tempted to desert his physician and seek another, or to try some nostrum In diseases like the above, with their peculiar character, no medicine can be administered with the least hope of success, except it be one, which while it acts locally, improves every other organ that has been forced from its healthy action. This object may be effectually accomplished by the use of this compound fluid extract. The efficacy and stimulating virtues of the BvcHu and the other constituents of this extract, which operate specifically upon mucus membranes, and particularly that of the genito-urinary organs, have been well established in acute and chronic inflammatory affections o. these parts. These remedies, however, have usually been administered in powder, infusion, or some other bulky form, and often very much impaired; MERCHANT'S BUCHU, UVA URSI, AND CUBEBS. and these is no physician who has not been embarrassed in his practice from the difficulty he has encountered in getting his patient to take a sufficient amount to iender it efficient, in consequence of the repugnance and disgust created by it. Those nostrums usually sold under the name of " fluid extracts" are nothing more than a decoction of woody fibre boiled down to a certain consistence, containing all the inert and useless matter, beside the volatile and active principles are dissipated in the atmosphere by the action of boiling. It has therefore appeared to me that the active soluble principles of Buchu, Uva Ursi. Cubebs, and the other diuretics and lithontriptics used in the preparation of this extract might be so isolated from such as are inert, (by the same process adopted in my extract of Sarsaparilla) as to save the stomach the effort necessary to accomplish this operation. As these, like all other vegetable matter, are affected by physical influences, and that they exhibit in their chemical composition, marlred differences, which render their action extremely variable; by employing the active principle only, upon the amount of which depends the greater or less activity of these substances, more positive results are obtained; with this view I have undertaken to isolate these principles, and believe I have completely succeeded. The active principles are completely separated from the ligneous mnatter by the aid of a vehicle known by Chemical affinity to be proper only to each particular principle; they are then re-united, which presents to the practitioner a concentrated medicine of uniform strength on which lie can always depend. This nice Chemical process, is performed by the aid of an apparatus, and by a series of operations in which I have so completely succeeded in extracting the medical virtues of the constituents of my Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla. The Buchu (Diosma Crenata,) is obtained from the Cape of Good Hope, where the natives have long used it in the diseases above named. As it commands a high price, and is rarely to be obtained in this country, it is not unfirequently found mixed with other leaves which resembles the Buchu in their external character, but bear no analogy in their chemical composition. The other constituents of this extract are so well known to the faculty, that they require no comment from me. The most distinguished physicians of the age concur in extolling the virtues of the Buchu; and the eminent Dr. McDowell who was the first in Europe to notice its good effects in relieving many, and effectually curing several cases of urinary diseases attended by general impaired health, has published several interesting cases setting forth the obstinacy of these complaints, the striking effects of this remedy, and the inefficaey of all others previously used; from which I quote the following which will be read with much pleasure even by those who are not directly interested: — The following case was apparently a hopeless one, recommended to me by a medical friend,James Thompson, upwards of sixty years ill, emaciated and greatly debilitated, lower extremities, parylitic. When he passes his Urine it is either with THE PEOPLE7S VAl))E-MECUiI.. cdiffictulty, froml its being loaded with a large quantity of slimy tenlaciout,1id stringy nIatter, or else involuntary. i-lis bowels were habitually costive,,Ippetite totally (one. fle had been un(ler the care of so ItLlly Medical Iracti. tiouiers, without tlhe least benefit, that I feare(l little colil([ lie done lor hii,. I plasse(l a boulgie ill the first instance, to ascertain the state uf the urethrai, lwhlic, ibund ratller irritable. I also usetd several of zthe commnon remledies ior irti table bla(ller, with no ellect, at tile salle ti!e closely atlten(lin to tlhe state oa the digestive organs; lastly I gave thle comi)iountnd Buciti, whichl gave inl:etli. ate relielI In six (lays after, I found his app)etite and strength improvelC, ablel to sealk firmily; the Mla'cus much diminiiislhed in quantity, calpable of retlailiiiii his Urinte some hours, anid no0 longer passing it involuntarily. Jlis own iiwordls to a 3Ied(ical frieitl were nearyiv tile following:"Instead of beinlg dlisturbed every five minutes during the night by paliciil erectiotis, or by tile desire of making water, I can sleep some hours at a tiioe' no involuntary passing of' Urine. I can wvalk stoutly through Illy room, (:((tl even uip stairs without help. My appetite is excellent. T'le heart brll. olle. The sedliiiienit ii tle Urine grleatly dtiinishied. I feel a streingth in illy Back aiicl LoiIis unkliown to ilse oir years." He co!tinued to improve for a coinsiderabie tiume, biut beillng unable to obtain any miiore of the Bucliu lie il sonle degree relapsedl. Ills condition however, infihitely improved; anii a further conltiltuance of the Blucilum would have restoretl him to entire health." From the delicate nature of this subject, it is hiardtly to be expected that even those who have been tile most benefitted by this remedly. wouldl feel vwillini to have their testimohny to its virtue lxposed to the public. NTeverthleless the followinig note was politely handed rile for publication (from a senise of duty to the Ipublic) by all inciivilunal vhlso has received so mucih benefif fromt thle remitedy, thaL ie is desirous all who are alike afflicted shouldt lbe in possessioni of such a Itmedticine. I am also at liberty to give the whole name to any ptrson whio is illterested( that ritay request it. Mr. G. W. l irchanit-Sir-I have for eight years been seriously affliced writh a riost painftul allectioi of the kcidneys anid turirnary organs, and have been un(ler the care at dir-ltrent timhnes of eight or ten of tile best phlysicians in the Western Netw York, without receiving miore than partial relief. I call therefore positively say, that I hIave never foundl a medicinte that possessedl the virtues of, or that,'->iii at all copilsrare with your extract of Buchu, &c., and I would lciost clieeritl'y recomllmeid it to those Nwho are aftlicted with kidney complalnts. Ini those severe andt painful attackls whthich result front indculgence in high seasoned ibod it also aflbrds relief as readily as laudanumr, without the unpleasant effects peculiar to that mlledicine. J. N. - n, Jr. Loclkport, Dec. 20, 1839.'_lle following letter exhibiting the unprecedented virtues of Merchant's extract of Buiccthu, Uva Ursi and Cubebs is given without the entire' niame as it was a nmere blusiness letter and the author did not expect it would be publ isehed. 11i.. f'. Me? rclant-Dear Sir:-Enclosed please find the receipt, d(uly signed, as regarlds the success of the article with me and Iny firiend. I-le will use a few more bottles after which I shall be able to forward you a statemiteni mlore satistactorv. But fear not; it is all its recorniseided to be. Its the trrze Puarki7lle? hi Urinary compilaints. WVhen I was using it, I was coinpletely free froml- all pailn, whenl before using it, mny state was such as to incapaiitate me for labor al timles, anld was constantly sullering with pain, more or less aggravating. Inc short, I ledl a life little to be envied by ansirivalid, anid hiad I continued the use of it, (lie was out of' it) I doubt not thatia perIlnament curet would have been the result. I'cainnot however continue its use at present, though I regret illy inability (want of liteanls) to do so, rhost deeply. Respectfully, &c., J. S. S. V, Sold by Drugaists inc the United States and Canada. Orders alidressed to Geo. W. AMerchant, Loclport, N. Y. Slereotyped and pgurinted by Jewett. Thlomas - Co. Bulialo.