Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-20
VALUABLE RECIPES.

Lqual pdIIs VI AulerlCan potash
and pearlasb, two ounces each to
about one quart of water, give a
good oak stain. Use carefully, as
it will blister the hands. Add water
if the color is too deep.
Indestructible ink for marking
bales, etc. Consist of bruised as
phalt, 2 parts; balsam of copaiva,
4 parts; spirits of turpentine, 8
parts. Mix. This liquid thinned
with little spirits Of turpentine,
forms an indestructible ink, capa-
BILE Of resisting salt water, age, or
any of the destructible agents. Can
be used for any purpose.
To manufacture liquid blacking
Procure l pound Of ivory black,
and 2 ounces of lamp-black, also 1
ounce of good gum arabic dissolved
in a gill Of water. Well mix this
with half a gallon of common win.
egar in which has been dissolved
four ounces of brown sugar. Mix
this well, and while mixing very
gradually stir in half an ounce Of
olive oil, and half an ounce of oil
of vitriol. If found too thick add
table beer. This will make a gallon.
Black Ink-The following is an
excellent ink for Office use, is easily
prepared and can be put up in 5,
10, 20 or so cent bottles for sale.
Purchase of a druggist three
pounds of Aleppo nut gals, bruised;
green copperas, bruised, one
pound; gum arabic, half a pound;
rasped logwood, one pound; rain
water, five gallons. Boil the whole
down to four gallons, and, when
cold, stir it well for five minutes,
then strain through a flannel bag
into an earthen pan; then add two
ounces Of cloves. slightly bruised,
to prevent it becoming mouldy.
Next day bottle and cork for use.
A pretty label for the front of the
bottle will add to its ready sale.
To promote whiskers, mustaches
or the hair on a bald place, take 2
ounces of beef marrow and simmer
on slow fire in a small earthen
vessel, add half an ounce of white
wax and mix; when cooling, add
the following: Half an ounce of
olive oil, one ounce oil of rosemary,
80 drops oil Of nutmeg. Rub the
part every night on which you
want the hair to grow with a coarse
towel before you supply the lini-
ment; also augment the quantity
and rubbing nightly. If this mode
is persevered in for a few weeks, it
will promote the growth of hair
much more effectually than can be
obtained by any Of the boasted
preparations so often introduced to
the credulous purchaser. Its vir-
tues will not be deteriorated if ten
or twelve drops of essence of ber-
gamot are added.
How to make sealing-wax warm
ish-For fancy tin metal and other
work, this has, Of late years, been
much used, and if well applied, and
the wax good, will be very good
imitation of India japan. The
method of making the varnish or
japan is very easy, being simply
reducing the wax to coarse powder,
and pouring the best spirits of wine
on it in "a bottle, and letting it
gradually dissolve without heat,
shaking the bottle occasionally till
it is all dissolved. A two ounce
stick Of the best wax will be enough
for Il quarter of a pint of spirits.
Recollect that much depends on the
goodness of the sealing-wax; and
that you may vary the color Of the
varnish by using different colored
wax. AS this yarnish dries very
quickly, it should not be made until
it is wanted for use.
How to engrave figures on glass
Cover one side of flat piece Of
glass latter having made tperfectly
clean) with beeswax, and trace
figures upon it with aneedle, taking
care that every stroke cuts complete
ly through the wax. Next, make a
border of wax all round the glass,
to prevent any liquid when poured
on from running off Now take
some finely powdered huate of lime
(huor spar); strew it evenly over
the glass plate upon the waxed
side) and then gently pour upon it,
so as not to displace the powder, as
much sulphuric acid, diluted with
thrice its weight of water, as is
sufficient to cover the powdered
fluor spar. Let every thing remain
in this state for three hours, then
remove the mixture, and clean the
glass by washing it with oil of tur-
pentine, and the figures which were
traced through the wax will be
found engraven on the glass, while
the parts which the wax covered
will be clear. Figures, such as
ship, crown, mitre, wheatsheaf,
anchor, swan, grapes, etc, as well
as letters, look very pretty on glass,
and sell at a high price.