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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
257
No.
573.
Shaving-Soap,
—
Best
ever
Invented.
Take
4i
pouuds
white
bar
soap,
1
quart
rain-
water,
1
gill
beef's
gall,
and
1
gill
spirits
of turpen-
tine;
cut
the
soap
thin,
and
boil
five
minutes,
stir
while
boiling,
and
colour
with
i
ounce
vermilion.
Scent
with
oil
of
rose
or
ahnond.
No.
574.
Hair-
Oil.
Take
1
gallon
alcohol
95
per
cent.,
1
pint
castor-oil,
or
as
much
as
the
alcohol
will
dissolve:
add
1
ounce
oil
of
cinnamon,
or
as
much
as
will
bring
to
the
desired
flavour.
No.
575.
Cheap
Outside
Paint.
Take
2
parts
(in
bulk)
of
water-lime
ground
fine,
1
part
(in
bulk)
of
white
lead
ground
in
oil.
Mix
them
thoroughly,
by
adding
best
boiled
linseed-oil
enough
to
prepare
it
to
pass
through
a
paint-mill,
after
which
temper
with
oil
till
it
can
be
applied
v/ith
a
common
paint-brush.
Make
any
colour
to
suit.
It
will
last
three
times
as
long
as
lead
paint,
and
cost
not
one-fourth
as
much.
It
is
superior.
No.
576.
How
to
cleaii
Silver
Articles.
The
best
way
to
clean
silver
articles
is
to
wash
them
first
with
^^arm water
and
soap,
and
afterwards
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