24 ANCHOVY. 



A friend has vouched for the following recipe for the 

 cure of warts. Dissolve in an ounce vial, filled with soft 

 water, as much sal ammoniac as it will hold, and wash the 

 warts several times daily. This process persisted in will not 

 fail to remove these excrescences. 



Water absorbs this gas instantaneously, and in great pro- 

 portions, taking up more than five hundred times its own 

 bulk ; and when water is so charged, we have the pungent 

 liquid already mentioned as called by the druggists liquid 

 ammonia, and known also as spirit of sal ammoniac, or 

 spirit of hartshorn. 



In painting roses, or wherever bright carmine tints are 

 required, a few drops of liquid ammonia mixed with the 

 paint heighten the color. Indeed, the salts of ammonia, and 

 especially the muriate and carbonate, are substances of large 

 commercial traffic, and are much used in the arts and in 

 medicine. 



Spirit of hartshorn, very much diluted, is sometimes used 

 for dressing the hair. 



AMYLACEOUS, a. Applied to substances which contain 

 starchy properties. Arrowroot, tapioca, salop, and sago, all 

 have large proportions of fecula or starch. Light dishes for 

 dessert, and nutritious ones for invalids, are made from these 

 articles. See directions under their respective heads. 



ANCHOVY. A little sea-fish, from which sauces are 

 made to accompany larger fish. Anchovies are known to be 

 fresh by the smell and fresh color of the fish. The red 

 color of anchovy liquor is given to it by artificial means, 

 often by cochineal, and consequently is not desirable. 



ANCHOVY TOASTS. 



Take slices of bread, and fry them in fresh butter ; have 

 ready some fresh anchovies, that have been boned, pounded 



