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salt, one-half ponnd of sugar, one-half ounce each of saltpetre and potash. 

 In this ratio the pickle can be increased to any quantity desired. Let these 

 be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top and 

 is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it 

 over your beef or pork. The meat must be well covered with pickle, and 

 should not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time 

 it should be sprinkled with powdered saltpetre, which removes all the sur- 

 face blood, etc., leaving the meat fresh and clean. 



Ceinont tor Fastening Instruments in Handles. — A material for 

 fastening knives or forks into their handles, when they have become loosened 

 by use, is a much needed article. The best cement for this purpose consists 

 of one pound of colophony (purchasable at the druggist's), and eight ounces 

 of sulphur, which are to be melted together and either kept in bars or re- 

 duced to powder. One i^art of the powder is to be mixed with half a part of 

 iron filings, fine sand, or brickdust, and the cavity of the handle is then to 

 be filled with this mixture. The stem of the knife or fork is then to be 

 heated and inserted into the cavity; and when cold it will be found fixed in 

 its place with great tenacity. 



Crlue 'wliicli will Unite even Pollslied Steel. — A Turkish receipt for 

 a cement used to fasten diamonds and other precious stones to metallic sur- 

 faces, and which is said to strongly unite even surfaces of polished steel, 

 although exposed to moisture, is as follows: Dissolve five or six bits of gum 

 mastic, each of the size of a large pea, in as much spirits of wine as will 

 suffice to render it hquid. In another vessel dissolve in brandy as much 

 isinglass, previously softened in water, as will make a two-ounce phial of 

 strong glue, adding two bits of gum ammoniac, which must be rubbed until 

 dissolved. Then mix the whole with heat. Keep in a phial closely stopped. 

 When it is to be used set the phial in boiling water. 



Glycerine Leather Polisti. — Mix intimately together three or four 

 pounds of lamp-black and a half pound of burned bones with five pounds of 

 glycerine and five poiinds of syrup. Then gently warm two and three- 

 quarter ounces of gutta-percha in an iron or copper kettle until it flows 

 easily, add ten ounces of olive oil, and when completely dissolved, one 

 ounce of stearine. This solution, while still warm, is poured into the former 

 and well mixed. Then add five ounces of gum Senegal dissolved in one and 

 a half pounds of water, and a half ounce of lavender or other oils to flavor 

 it. For use it is diluted with three or four parts of water. It gives a fino 

 polish, is free from acid, and the glycerine keeps the leather soft and pliable. 



French Polisli Dresi^ing for Leiither. — Mix two pints best vinegar 

 with one pint soft water; stir into it a quarter pound of glue, broken up, 

 half a pound logwood chips, one quarter ounce finely-powdered indigo, one- 

 quarter ounce of the best soft soap, one-quarter ounce of isinglass; put the 

 mixture over the fire and let it boil ten minutes or more; then straiu, bottle 

 and cork. When cold, it is fit for use. Apply with a sponge. 



Te Clean Black Liace. — Ladies who have rolls of old lace put by may 

 want to make it fresh again by a simple process. Make some green tea, 

 and, while it is boiling hot, hold the lace over it so that it is completely 

 steamed, pullmg it well out with the hajud during the process, and at one© 

 iron it between paper. 



