hin solution of Glue, or decoction of Linseed Oil
ready, into which pour the Soda until quite thick. Spread it out on
boards in a warm apartment to dry. As soon as dry, shake up well, so
that it will pack easily into nice square packages. Label neatly. Pound
packages cost seven cents; retails for thirty-five cents.

EGYPTIAN CEMENT.--For mending china, glass or woodenware: Take one
pound of the best White Glue, one-half pound dry White Lead, one quart
soft Water, one-half pint Alcohol. Put the three first articles in a
dish, and that dish in a pot of boiling water. Let it boil until
dissolved, then add the Alcohol, and boil again until mixed. A little
Camphor should be added, to preserve it and disguise its composition.
Put in small bottles; 25 cents each.

"HANDY" WATER PENS.--Take best quality violet Analine, reduce to a
thick paste with water; then add Mucilage and mix thoroughly. Apply the
paste thus made to the pen, and let it dry twelve hours Any steel pen
may be prepared in this way. We always keep in stock the best violet
Analine, also a large stock of pens.

_Directions for Using._--Start action by dipping into water up to
filling. If pen should be greasy, wet point with the tongue. To make
the ink flow thick, dip to the filling; if wanted thin or pale, dip
only to the eye of the pen after starting. After using throw the water
off, but don't wipe it, for it will dry in a minute.

ARTIFICIAL OYSTERS.--Grate green corn in a dish; to one pint of this
add one egg well beaten, small teacup of flour, half a cup of butter,
salt and pepper; mix well together and fry them brown.

PASTE THAT WILL NOT SOUR.--Dissolve one-half of an ounce of Alum in a
pint of boiling water, add an equal weight of Flour, made smooth in a
little cold water, and a few drops of Oil of Cloves, and let the whole
come to a boil. Put it into glass or ointment jars. It will keep for
months.

ESSENCES are made with one ounce of any given oil added to one pint of
Alcohol. Peppermint is colored with Tincture Turmeric, Cinnamon with
Tincture Red Saunders, Wintergreen with Tincture Kino.

TINCTURES are made with one ounce of Gum, Root, or Bark, etc., dried,
to each pint of proof spirits and let it stand one week and filter.

OLEOMARGARINE MANUFACTURE.--The process by which suet is converted into
the substance called oleamargarine is as follows: The crude suet after
first being washed in cold water is "rendered," melted, and then drawn
off into