The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27

cover your head with a napkin AMI hold
your face over the myrrh a. a proper 4
lance 10 receive the fumes without iHc %
y~enience. % not Use Il b ~ causes
headache.
Told cram Put into a Jar one rllt
Of sweet oil, half an ID Of spermaretl
anG two ounces Of white wax. Neit ID a
lar by the FIRE. Add scent
Melt together a pint OF oil OF sweet al
mouds, Que ounce OF white wax, han an
ounce Of ~per maceti and halt a pint 4
rose-water Beat to 3 paste
To Reutor, .NanbHfu--NlN ~ Al
mau.l., obtained at the druggist, II A.
good a remedy a. ANY 20 use.
To Cure ChdiipHs. When Indications
Of chIlblain> first present themselves, take
vinegar three ounces, camphorated splIts
Of wine one ounce, mix and rub.
Rob With alum and water.
Put the hands and feet two or three
times a week into warm water III which
two or three handtuIs 0! common sat
have been dissolved
Rub with a raw onion dipped in salt
10 ErereHt The H1r froBl FddtHq nj.
Vinegar Of cantharides halt an ounce,
eau~de cologne one ounce rose water one
ounce. The scalp should be brushed
briskly until it becomes red, and the To-
ton should then be applied to the roots
OF the hair twice a day.
A quarter Of a pint Of cod liver oil, two
drachms of origanum, fifteen drops OF
ambeTgrls, the same Of musk.
lockwood shavings six ounces. proof
spirits twelve ounce, spirits of rosemary
two ounces, spirits of nutmeg one halt
an ounce. Steep the lockwood shavlngs
In the spirits for fourteen days at a tenn
perature of 60 deg; strain and add the
rest.
liar GurIing Fiqdl.-The various
fluids advertised and recommended for
the purpose of giving straight hair a ten
dency to curl are all impositions. The
only curling-huid Of any service is a very
weak solution Of isinglass. which will hold
the curl in the position in which 1t Is
placed, it care Is taken that il follow,
the direction in which the hair naturally
falls.
One of the fluids in use is made by dis
solving a small portion of bceswax in al
ounce of olive oil aud adding scent accor-
ding to fancy.
BundolHe. This essential for the toll.
cite is prepared in several ways.
Simmer an ounce OF ounce seed In g
quart of water for forty minutes; strain,
cool, add a few drops ofscent. and bottle.
corking tightly.
Take of gum tragacanth one and d
half drachms, water half a pint, ~rectiiieC
spirits mixed with an equal quantity 0.
water three ounces, and a little scent
Let the mixture stand fora day or two.
then strain.
1t may be made Of Iceland mess, ;
quarter OF an ounce OF gum In d quart OF
water, and a little r%ectitied spirit added
50 that it may keep.
lap SATIRE This indispensable adjuDc
to the toilette may be made by melting
in a Jar placed in "a ba-in of boiling water,
quarter OF an ounce each OF white way
and spermaceti, flour or benz)in titteeI
grains, and half an ounce OF oil Of al
moods. Stir till the mixture IS cool
Color red with a little alkanet root.
Rose Water. : Rose, water may be mad,
by taking half an Dance OF powdered
white sugar and two drachms of magne
sia with these NIX twelve drops of alta
of roses. Add "a quart of water and tive
ounces 1T alcohol, mixed IN a gradua
manner, aud filter through blotting paper
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