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quantity of the weed called smart, a very little water, 

 bruise the weed so as to obtain its juice, and use this as 

 a wash until the face gets well. The hair will grow out 

 white, and you will feel perfectly satisfied for the trouble 



it has cost you. 



To spot a White or Bay Horse with Black Spots. — The 

 curious sometimes take nitrate of silver, about forty or 

 fifty grains to the ounce of rain water, and paint the 

 places they wish to make black, which immediately turns 

 the color on one or two applications. The speckled ap- 

 pearance that some of the circus horses make in the ring, 

 has been the result of the following, viz: Take three 

 ounces of litharge, and six ounces quick lime; beat fine, 

 mix them together, and boil in two quarts of sharp ley 

 in a kettle, and you will have a fatty substance that will 

 swim on the surface. With this you can paint the places 

 you design to have black, and it will turn to that color 

 immediately. The marvelous can have their wishes 

 gratified if they wish to make black spots on a bay 

 horse, by taking equal parts of lime and litharge, and 

 boiling them in fresh water only, and what rises on the 

 surface will be ready for use. What hairs you touch 

 with this in the evening will be black the next morning. 



A TRIBUTE TO THE HORSE. 



No. 1. They should always have what they choose to 

 lick of clay and salt. 



No. 2. Give a spoonfull once a week of equal parts of 

 alum, ginger and red pepper pulverized, to be given in 

 their food. 



No. 3. Or for old stagers, take one pound of each, 



