Valuable Recipes.

Black Ink.--1 b ground Nut Galls, pulverized Gum Arabic, b extract Logwood, fb copperas, 4b Sugar, 1 gal. Vinegar, and 2 gals. Rain water. Set the cask or jar in a warm place, and stir once or twice a day, till the color is good.

Red Ink.--4 oz. Brazilwood, boiled in 1 qt. water, till is evaporated; add 2 drams alum, while boiling, and also a small quantity of sal-ammo

niac.

Blue Ink.--1 fb best soft Prussian Blue, dissolved in 4 gals. Rain water, and b Oxalic Acid.

Blacking.--1 gal. Molasses,gal. Fish Oil, 14 lbs Beeswax, b Spermaceti, 1 b Tallow. Melt the wax, spermaceti and tallow, then add the molasses and oil; then put in Ivory Black, till it is quite thick. Mix it well together. Add a little Oil of Vitriol, sufficient to make it boil. And lastly, add pt. more fish oil. Stir well, and next day it will be ready for boxing.

Essence of Sassafras--Is excellent for healing, and removes inflammation.

Liniment.--Harts Horn, Sweet Oil, and a small quantity of turpentine, make an excellent liniment for man or beast.

To prevent Plums from Falling.--Bore a hole in the tree and put in 30 or 40 grains of Calomel, in the Spring. Another-Slit the bark from top to bottom, when in blossom.

Salve for Scratches.--1 b White Lead, 2 oz. Sugar of Lead, 2 oz. White or Blue Vitriol. Grind in oil.-4 lbs Lard, 4 oz. Beeswax, melted. Put all together, and stir well.

Cheap Paint.--Take pest Curds, make perfectly fine. An equal quantity of Lime, well slacked, but thick enough to be kneaded. Stir the two well together, without adding water. A whitish fluid will be obtained, put on two coats, rub with a woollen cloth after it is dry, it will polish like varnish. Ochre, Armenian bole, and all colors, that hold with lime, may

be used.

India Rubber--Can be dissolved in purified Naptha from coal Tal. Also in Cajeput Oil.

Waterproof Composition for Boots and Shoes.--Dissolve finely-cut India Rubber in neat's foot oil, so as to form a kind of varnish. It will require several days in a warm place.

Family Salve.-- oz. Gum Camphor, oz. Beeswax, 4 oz. Lard. Melt together. This is an excellent salve for all common purposes, but for burns, it is equal, if not superior, to "Dalley's Pain Extractor," of which, there have been several $100.000 worth sold in the United States within a few years past.

Varnish for Harness.-to a jelly when milk warm. and incorporate them over a

India Rubber, 1 gal. Turpentine, dissolve Put in an equal quantity of hot Linseed Oil, slow fire.

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There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath

her.

Mechanics.

Annealing Cast Iron.--Heat it red hot and let it remain in the fire, till it dies out, or when red hot, bury it in dry saw dust.

Weights of Metals.--A cubic inch of Platinum weighs 11 oz. avoirdupois, and 285 thousandths of an oz.-Cast Gold 11.145 oz.-Gold coin 10.212 oz.-Jeweller's Gold 9.191 oz.-Lead 6.569 oz.- -Cast Silver, 6.061 oz.-Cast Copper 5.085 oz.- -Cast Brass 4.858 oz.-Hard Steel 4.523 oz. Bar Iron 4.507 oz.-Cast Iron 4.165 oz.-Cast Gold weighs almost three times as much as Cast Iron.

Weight of Stones.--A cubic foot of Limestone weighs 198 lbs and 68 hundredths of a pound.-White bone 179.78 lbs.-Basalt 179 lbs.—Chalk 174 lbs. Marble 171.38 lbs.-Slate 167.38 lbs.-Red Granite 165.84 lbs. Brick 125 lbs.

Weight of Woods.--A cubic foot of Lignumvitae 83.31 fbs.-Logwood 57.06 lbs. French Boxwood 57 lbs.---American Whiteoak 54.50. Ibs.--Spanish Mahogany 53.25. Ibs.---English Whiteoak 51.87 fbs.---Apple tree 49.56 lbs.---Beech 43.50 lbs.---Cedar 37.25 lbs.---Poplar 23.94 lbs.---Cork 15 lbs.

Circles and Diameters.--Multiply the diameter of any circle by 3.1416, and you have the circumference. Divide the Circumference by the same, and you have the diameter.

Steel--Cooled or hardened in Mercury, will cut glass like a diamond. A slender rod of wrought iron, may be converted into steel, by plunging it into melted cast iron.

Selecting Steel for Edge Tools.--Draw out the end of a bar, under a low or obscure red heat---plunge into cold water---if hard enough to cut glass, and requires great force to break it, it is good.

Bluing Steel.--After it is polished, hold it to a heated plate of iron. This bluing is not only ornamental but serviceable; if removed by grinding, the elasticity of the metal is greatly impaired.

Copper--Is made soft by plunging it, when hot, into cold water.
Brass--Becomes magnetized by hammering.

Pinchbeck--Consists of 6 parts Copper and 1 of Zinc.

less zinc, and is redder. Prince's metal has more zinc.

Tombac has

Bell Mettle.--Three parts Copper and one of Tin. Less tin is used for large bells. In the smallest sizes they put a very small quantity of zinc, and sometimes a little silver.

Tinning.--The sheet iron plates are scoured with sand, ---then immersed in water made sour with sulphuric acid, and so kept for 24 hours, ---then scoured perfectly clean from the rust,---then dipped in pure water, after this they are oiled and plunged into melted tin. If the tin is not hot enough it will not adhere, and if too hot the coat will be very thin; a second dip is sometimes necessary.

Glue if Good--Will swell, but not dissolve in cold water, after three or four days soaking; and when taken out, will soon resume its former dry

ness.

Water Proof Glue.--Melt with little water, add gradually linseed oil boiled with litharge,---stir constantly.---Another, but not so good. Dissolve glue in skimmed milk.

Horse Mills.--The lever to which the horse is hitched, should never be ess than 20 feet long.

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