1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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pan from tlie fire, cool a little, weigh it in pieces, and roll them into circular sticks on a warm stone slab by means of a polished wooden block; or it may be poured into moulds wdiile in a state of fusion.

No. 594. Black Sealing- Wax.

No. 1. Purchase best black rosin, 3 pounds ;

beeswax, J

pound ; and finely -powdered ivory-black, 1 pound. Melt the whole together over a slow fire, and pour into sticks. If J pound Venice turpentine is added, it will be fit for letter-use.

No. 595. Black Sealing- Wax.

No. 2. Take 30 ounces shel-lac, 15 ounces ivory-black, m an impalpable powder, and 10 ounces Venice tur- pentine. For mode of procedure, see Receipt No. 593. 4 No. 596. A Cure for Erysipelas^ and all high Inflammation of tlm Skin. A simple poultice of cranberries pounded fine, and applied in a raw state. No. 597. An excellent Printing-ink. Balsam of copaiva, (or Canada balsam,) 9 ounces lampblack, 3 ounces ; indigo and Prussian blue, each