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THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



WOOD STAIN'S FOR TAXIDER- 

 MISTS. 



There are times when the taxidermist would 

 like to imitate some of the more expensive 

 woods. The receipts here given, with a little 

 experience will be found to work well. Parts 

 are by weight. After staining, polish and 

 finish as in natural woods. 



CALIFORNIA RED WOOD. 

 Tincture of alkanet root. 



BLACK OR EBONY. 

 Brush with a solution extract of logwood 

 (l to 20), then apply a solution of bichromate 

 of potassium ( I to 50). Thoroughly dry with- 

 out heat, oil and polish. 



DARK OAK. 



Parts. 



Cassel brown 10 



Pearlash i 



Water 125 



Boil together and stain 



LIGHT OAK. 



Parts. 



Gum Catechu 300 



Water 200 



Boil together, strain hot, and add to it a 

 solution of 25 parts of bichromate of potassium 

 in 100 parts of water. 



MAHOGANY. 



Parts. 



Alkanel 25 



Aloes 50 



Dragon's blood 50 



Alcohol 650 



Digest for a week and filter. 

 Mordant the wood with nitric acid, and 

 apply the stain from one to three times, 

 according to the shade required. Oil and 

 polish. 



WALNUT. 



Parts. 



Permanganate of potassium 10 



Water 300 



Dissolve. 

 Brush quickly over the wood from one to 

 eight times without waiting to let it dry; after 



5 to 10 minutes the wood is washed with cold 

 water, oiled and polished. 



ROSE WOOD. 



Parts. 



Tincture of Alkanet 700 



Analin blue 3 



SATIN WOOD, 



Parts. 



Fustic extract 300 



Water 700 



Dissolve, strain and add a solution of 10 

 pait? of pearlasii in 35 parts of water. 



A WHITE CHIPMUNK 



Mr. W. B. Malleis of Cedar Mills, Or., has 

 a white chipmunk, caught in Washington 

 county, in a woodpile. The prevailing color 

 of the specimen is pure white. The scalp, 

 stripe above, and below the eye are a creamy 

 white, quite distinct. On close examination 

 the bands on the back can be seen faintly, in 

 color a creamy white, slightly Viarker^than the 

 body. The tail is comparatively quite dark, and 

 of the same shade as the scalp. The eyes are 

 brown . 



White gophers, squirrels of several s[)ecies, 

 mink, deer, crows and blackbirds have been 

 taken in Oregon, but we believe this 10 be the 

 first record for a white chipmunk. 



Recently the Berlin jiolice arrested the 

 antiquary Kyrieleis and his wife, charged with 

 having sold numerous fahified Luthei" 

 autographs at prices running from 50 to 200 

 marks. These counterfeits were lemarkably 

 well executed. The couple, whose arrest had 

 been prepared for months, were taken while 

 on the point of departing for Frankfort from a 

 third-rate hotel, where they had been lodging 

 under an assumed name. The autographs are 

 found in ancient Bibles and books of a religious 

 character of the time of Luther, which the 

 counterfeiters pretend, have been collected by 

 the ancestors of the man Kyrieleis. 



