1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE KECEIPTS.

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root ; keep it closely covered for 6 or 8 hours, let it then be filtered through a funnel lined with blotting or filtering paper.

No. 80. To make Imitation of Ox-Marrow Hair- Grease. Take fresh hog's lard, and melt it on a stove in any tin vessel ; when melted, add such fine oil as you wish to perfume it to your fancy, such as ex- tract of violet, oil- of t) range-flowers, oil of jessa- mine, oil of roses, oil of pinks, &c. The quantity you must use will depend on the quantity of lard you use. And to make it a bright yellow, take a little turmeric and boil it in a little lard, so that the colouring will be extracted ; strain it, and pour it into your scented lard as much as will give the desired colour ; this must be done when the scented lard is milk-warm, and must also be well mixed. Then pour it into wide-mouthed vials, such as are used for ox-marrow. Keep the vials well corked. To make it a purple colour, take a little alkanet-root, and pro- ceed \hQ same as with the yellow.

No. 81. To make Rose Tooth Powder,

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Take 3 ounces prepared chalk.

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\ ounce cinnamon, ground. \ ounce orris-root, pulverized.

\ ounce rose-pink. Make all very fine by pulverizing it,

and mix.

(Keady.)