1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

258 600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

polish them with pure London whiting and a piece of leather. As pure whiting, free of grits, cannot always be had, except in London, you may sub stitute hartshorn-powder for it.

No. 577. To take Mildew out of Linen,

Wet the linen which contains the mildew with soft water, rub it well with white soap, then scrape some fine chalk to powder and rub it well into the linen, lay it out on the grass in the sunshine, watch- ing to keep it damp with soft water. Repeat the process the next day, and in a few hours the mildew will entirely disappear. No. 578. An excellent Powder for Razor-Strops. Ignite together in a crucible equal parts of well- dried copperas and sea-salt. The heat must be slowly raised and well regulated: otherwise the materials will boil over in a pasty state, and the product will be in a great measure lost. When w^ell made, out of contact with air, it has the brilliant aspect of plumbago. It requires to be ground and elutriated, after which it affords, on drying, an im- palpable powder, that may be either rubbed on a strap of smooth buff leather or mixed up with hog's lard or tallow into a stiff cerate. No. 579. Cure for Common Diseases of Pigs or Hogs, For common diseases of pig^^, the following re-