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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
265
5
drachms
;
Indian
red,
f
ounce
;
yellow
soap,
(dry,)
3
ounces.
Grind
it
to
an
impalpable
smoothness.
Mix
with
old
linseed-oil.
No.
598.
How
to
clean
Silk
stained
by
corrosive
or
sharp
Liquor.
We
often
lind
that
lemon-juice,
vinegar,
oil
of
vitriol,
and
other
sharp
corrosives,
stain
dyed
gar-
ments.
Sometimes
by
adding
a
little
pearlash
to
a
soap-lather,
and
passing
the
silks
through
these,
the
faded
colour
will
be
restored.
Pearlash
and
warm
water
will
sometimes
do
alone
;
but
it
is
the
most
efficacious
to
use
the
soap-lather
and
pearlash
together.
No.
599.
Bow
to
Write
in
Silver.
Mix
1
ounce
the
finest
pewter
or
block
tin,
and
2
ounces
quicksilver,
together,
till
both
become
fluid
then
grind
it
with
gum-water,
and
write
with
it.
The
writing
will
look
as
if
done
with
silver.
No.
600.
Toothache
Preventive.
A
correspondent
of
the
"Monthly
Magazine"
says
:
—
"
Although
I
am
unacquainted
with
any
thing
which
gives
immediate
ease
in
that
severe
pain,
yet
I
can
inform
you
how
the
toothache
may
be
prevented.
I
was
much
tortured
with
it
about
twenty
years
ago.
Since
that
time,
however,
by
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