tiff brush and wash out with clear cold water. Apply again
if necessary. One application is all that is needed for any fresh
grease spots, but for old or dried a second may be required. For
shampooing take a small quantity of the Magic Annihilator with an equal
quantity of water, apply to the hair with a stiff brush, brushing into
the pores of the scalp, and wash out with clear water. You will be
surprised at the silk gloss of your hair. For cleaning silver ware,
etc., buy five cents' worth of whitening, mix a small quantity with the
magic annihilator, and apply with a rag, rubbing briskly. For killing
bed bugs, apply to the places they frequent, and they will leave in
short order. You will find it useful in many other ways. (See price
list of labels.)

CHAPTER IX.

MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.

FIRE-PROOF PAINT.--Take a sufficient quantity of Water for use; add as
much Potash as can be dissolved therein. When the water will dissolve
no more Potash, stir into the solution first, a quantity of flour paste
of consistency of painter's size; second a sufficiency of pure clay to
render it of the consistency of cream. Apply with a painter's brush.

N.B.--The above will admit of any coloring you please.

WATER-PROOF AND FIRE-PROOF CEMENT FOR ROOFS OF HOUSES.--Slack Stone
Lime in a large tub or barrel with boiling water, covering the tub or
barrel to keep in the steam. When thus slacked pass six quarts through
a fine sieve. It will then be in a state of fine flour. To this add one
quart Rock Salt and one gallon of Water. Boil the mixture and skim it
clean. To every five gallons of this skimmed mixture add one pound of
Alum and one-half pound Copperas; by slow degrees add three-fourths
pound Potash and four quarts fine Sand or Wood Ashes sifted. Both of
the above will admit of any coloring you please. It looks better than
paint and is as durable as slate.

PAINT FOR ROUGH WOODWORK.--Six pounds melted Pitch, one pound Linseed
Oil, and one pound Yellow Ochre.

SUPERIOR PAINT FOR BRICK HOUSES--To Lime Whitewash add, for a fastener,
Sulphate of Zinc, and shade with any color you choose, as Yellow Ochre,
Venetian Red, etc. It outlasts oil paint.

ART OF ETCHING ON COPPER.--Having obtained a piece of fine Copper,
which will be well polished, make a mixture of Beeswax and a small
quantity of Resin; melt these together, and when thoroughly
incorporated by stirring, take a camel's hair brush and cover the
plate, which must