of 90 per cent Alcohol, one
ounce each of Oil of Lavender, Oil of Bergamot and Oil of Lemon and Oil
of Cloves and Cinnamon, one drachm each; add one gallon of Water and
filter.

MOLASSES CANDY.--Boil Molasses over a moderately hot fire, stirring
constantly. When you think it is done drop a little on a plate, and if
sufficiently boiled it will be hard. Add a small quantity of Vinegar to
render it brittle and any flavoring ingredient you prefer. Pour in
buttered tin pans. If nuts are to be added strew them in the pans
before pouring out the candy.

TO MAKE EGGS OF PHARAOH'S SERPENTS.--Take Mercury and dissolve it in
moderately diluted Nitric Acid by means of heat, take care, however,
that there be always an excess of Metallic Mercury remaining. Decant
the solution and pour it in a solution of Sulphocyanide of Ammonia or
Potassium, which may be bought at a good drug store or of a dealer in
chemicals. Equal weights of both will answer. A precipitate will fall
to the bottom of the beaker or jar, which is to be collected on a
filter, and washed two or three times with water, when it is put in a
warm place to dry. Take for every pound of this material one ounce of
Gum Tragacanth, which has been soaked in hot water. When the gum is
completely softened, it is to be transferred to a mortar, and then
pulverized and dried precipitate gradually mixed with it, by means of a
little water, so as to present a somewhat dried pill mass, from which,
by hand, pellets of the desired size are formed, put on a piece of
glass, and dried again. They are then ready for use.

BOOT AND SHOE BLACKING.--Ivory Black one pound, Molasses two ounces,
Olive Oil four ounces, Oil of Vitriol four ounces, Alcohol eight
ounces, Rye Flour one pound. Mix them together in a kettle.

ANGLER'S SECRET NO. 1.--Mix the juice of Lovage or Smellage, or
spoiled cheese, with any kind of bait.

No. 2.--Mullen Seed pulverized and mixed with dough, and sprinkled on
the surface of still water, intoxicates fish and makes them turn up on
the top of the water.

BRISTOL'S TOOTH POWDER.--Prepared Chalk one pound, Castile Soap
one-half pound, powdered Yellow Bark two ounces, powdered Gum Myrrh two
ounces, powdered Loaf Sugar two ounces, powdered Orris two ounces; mix
intimately, after having first pulverized the Castile Soap.

ROYAL WASHING POWDER.--Mix any quantity of Soda Ash with an equal
portion of Carbonate of Soda--ordinary Soda--crushed into coarse
grains. Have a t