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GOOD PASTE FOR PAPER-HANGING is made of old flour, mixed 

 to a milk-like consistency with water. When put in the saucepan 

 to boil, a little size or glue may be added, which will increase its 

 tenacity. A little alum may also be added to paste in order to 

 cause it to spread more freely. This ingredient has the property 

 of keeping paste sweet and wholesome, and it is generally used in 

 the thicker kinds of paste (such as shoemakers' paste) partly for 

 this purpose. The paste when boiled should be of the thickness 

 of ordinary gruel, and must be laid on the paper smoothly and 

 equally with backward and forward strokes of the brush. General 

 Building Art and Practice. 



HARNESS DRESSING. The English Government harness dress- 

 ing is said to be prepared as follows ; i gall, of neatsfoot oil, 2 Ibs. 

 of bayberry tallow, 2 Ibs. of beeswax, 2 Ibs. of beef tallow. Put the 

 above in a pan over a moderate fire. When thoroughly dissolved, 

 add 2 quarts of castor oil ; then, while on the fire, stir in i oz. of 

 lamp black. Mix well, and strain through a line cloth to remove 

 sediment ; let cool. A composition which not only softens the 

 harness but blackens it at the same time, is made as follows ; Put 

 into a glazed pipkin 2 ox. of black resin, place it on a gentle lire ; 

 when melted, add 3 oz. of beeswax ; when this is melted, take it off 

 the rire, add \ oz. fine lampblack, and \ dr. of Prussian blue in 

 a tine powder ; stir them so as to be perfectly mixed, and add 

 sufficient spirits of turpentine to form a thin paste ; let it cool. To 

 use it, apply a coat with a piece of linen rag pretty evenly all over 

 the harness, then take a soft polishing brush and brush it over, so 

 as to obtain a bright surface. Blacking for harness : Molasses, 

 \ Ib. ; lampblack, i oz. ; yeast, a spoonful ; sugar candy, olive oil, 

 gum tragacanth, and isinglass, of each i oz., and the gall of an ox. 

 Mix with 2 pints of stale beer, and let it stand before the rire for 

 an hour. Trade " Secrets" 



KILLING QUIET CATTLE. A rope being passed over the horns 

 or head of the animal, it is drawn tight to a ring in the floor of the 

 slaughter-pen, or to other strong fixture that may be available. A 

 sack or something else is thrown over the eyes, and a broad, sharp 

 chisel, held in the hand by means of a rope or withe, as a blacksmith 

 holds a swedge, is driven into the vertebrae just behind the skull, 

 and a sudden blow with a maul drives it between the bones and 

 into the spinal cord. This blow instantly paralyses the victim. 

 The throat is then cut clean across, to divide both the vein and 

 artery, and the animal bleeds very quickly. Taking off the Hide 

 and Cutting up. After it has bled the beef is turned upon its back, 

 and the skin is ripped from the throat over the brisket down to the 

 thighs, and then up the thighs to the hock-joints ; it is also ripped 

 up the fore-legs to the knee. These joints are then severed and 

 separated, taking care not to cut the sinew at the back of the hock, 

 by which the carcase is to be hung up. The skin is stripped down 

 as far on the sides as need be. The carcase is then opened, the 



