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Revised, 1 ■»*•«♦ $onbon, €)ntam, (EanaJia : Published by Wm. Bryce, 168 and 215 Dundas Street. 1880. .'■K FKEFACE. In preparing this edition of the well-known "Chase's Recipes," we have endeavored to make Uie book more valuable than it was before. The many useful recipes for use in the household and on the farm, at the bed-side and in the kitchen, for the student, the mechanic, the merchant, the professional man and everybody else, have been supplemented by additional information on many im- portant matters. Not the least of these is the chapter on emer- gencies, designed to assist every one in providing prompt remedial measures for the more serious accidents and sudden" attacks of disease to which all are subject, and in which delay is not only dangerous, but frequently fatal. It is confidently expected that this book in its improved shape will serve a useful purpose, and render incalculable service to all in whose possession it may come. London, April 1st, 1880. m »^H PUBLISHER'S IS^OTICE. M I have published this edition of one of the most pojiular books of I the age at such a low i>nce that it ought to be in every house. Any one of the 1,000 Recipes is worth all the price asktd for the Dook. Any one wishing to get a copy, and not being able tn pro- cure it from their local bookseller, can, by forwarding nie 35 cents, lave one mailed to their address. WM. BRYCE, 168 & 215 Dundas S.reet, L mdon, Out., Canada. c t INDEX. I MERCHANTS' AND GROCERS' DEPARTMENT. PAGE. Baking Powders, Without Drugs 60 Butter ; to Preserve any Length of Time — Butter Mak« ing ; Directions for Dairymen — Butter ; Storing ; the Illinois Prairie Farmer's Method 40-41 Burning Fluid 44 Counterfeit Money ; Seven Rules for Detecting 46-47 Eggs ; to Preserve for Winter use — English Patented Method — J. W. Cooper, M. D.'s Method of Keeping and Shipping Game Eggs 42-44 Fruits ; to Keep without Loss of Colour or Flavor 41 Honey ; Domestic— Cuba Honey— Excellent Honey — Premium Honey .• 49-60 Interest ; Computing by one Multiplication and one Division, at any rate per cent — Method of Computing by a Single Multiplication 46-46 Inks ; Black Copying or Writing Fluid — Common Blaok — Red — the Very Lest — Blue — Indellible — Ink Powder ; glg,Q]]^ 47-48 ''^ Jellies, Without* Fruit! !!!!!!!.!*.!!!!!!!!!.!!.!!.*.!!!! 6o Mouth Glue, for Torn Paper, Notes, &o 60 Vinegar in Three Weeks— in Barrels without trouble — #1 From Sugar, Drippings from Sugar Hogsheads, &c. — From Acetic Acid and Molasses— From Apple Cider — In Three Days, Without Drugs — Quick Process by -a Standing upon Shavings S3-40 SALOON DEPARTMF^NT. Apple Cider ; to keep Sweet with but Trifling Expense — To Prepare for Medicine — ^Artificial Cider, or Cider Without Apples ; to Make in Kegs or to Bottle, or in Barrels, for Long Keeping, wi& Directions About Shipping , 61-64 Action of Sugar or Candy on the Teeth . , 69 Ale ; Home Brewed^ How it is .Made. ... 63 % nvDiz. zni T. PAOB. e 60 40-41 44 46-47 42-44 41 49-60 46-46 47-48 60 60 m PAGE. Beers ; Root— Spruce, or Aromatic Beer— Lemon—Ginger — Philadelphia — Patent Gas — Corn ; without Yeast — Strong Beer ; English, improved 61-69 Coloring for Wines 74 Cream Soda ; Using Cow's Cream for Fountains— Cream Soda ; with a Fountain 67 Cream Nectar ; Imperial 64 Ginger P©p ^ 65 1 Ice Cream — Ice Cream, very cheap 66-67 Lawton Blackberry | its Cultivation 72 1 Lemonade, to carry in the Pocket 60 Molasses Candy and Pop Corn Balls 68-^69 Oyster Soup 68 Persian Sherbet 60 Porter, Ale or Wine ; to Prevent Flatness in parts of Bottles, for the Invalid 64 Stomach Bitters, equal to Hostetter's, for one-fourth its cost, and Schiedam Schnapps Exposed 74 Sham Champagne, a purely Temperance Drink 66 Spanish Gingerette 65 Soda Water, without a Machine for Bottling 67 Syrups — to make the various Colours— Syrups, Artificial ; various flavors, as Raspberry, Strawberry, Pineapple, Sarsaparilla, &c. — Lemon Syrup, common — ^Lemon Syrup, to Save the Loss of Lemons--Soda Syrup, \Tith or without Fountains 64 67 Tripe, to prepare and Pickle 68 Wines ; Cfurrant, Cherry, Elderberry and other Berrjr Wines — Rhubarb, or English Patent Wine — Tomato Wine — Wine flrom White Currants — Ginger Wine — Blackberry Wine — ^Port Wine — Cider Wine— Grapj Wine 67 74 Yeasts ; Hop Yeast— Bakers' Yeast— Jug Yeast, with/7at Yeast to start with— Yeast Cake , . . . . 65 66 83-40 61-54 6» 63 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Alcohol in Medicine, preferable to Brandy, Rum or Gin I of the present day, connected with Spiritual Facts 75 77 [Ague Medicines ; Dr. Aider's Ague Pills— Ague Bitters — Ague Powder — Ague Mixture, without Quinine — Ague Cured for a Penny — Ague Anodjrne — Tonic Wine Tincture, a positive cure for Ague, without Qui- nine 77 80 i^Asthma ; Remedies 139 A.lterative Syrup, or Blood Purifier — ^Alterative, very strong — Alterative Cathartic, powder — Alterative for Diseases of the Skin— Alterative, Tonic and Cathartic Biftteni 142 143 QfDlX. PAOB. ArtiflolAl Skin, for Bams, Braises, Abrasions, &c.. Proof against Water 191 Adhesive Plaster, or Salve, for Deep Wounds, Cuts, &o., in place of Stitches 163 A Cure for Drunkenness 140 Anodyne Pills 149 134 19f 194 194 111 302 Bread-Tea, used in taking Emetics 106 Bateman's Pectoral Drops Balsams ; Dr. R. W. Hutchin's Indian Healing, formerly Peckham's Cough Balsam ; Dr. Mitchers Balsam, for Cuts, Bruises, &c 190 Bleedings ; Internal and External Remedies ; Styptic ;; Balsam, for Internal Hemorrhages ; Styptic Tincture, External Application 192 Bronchocele (Enlarged Neck), to cure Burns ; Salve for Bums, Frost-Bites, Cracked Nipples, Ac, very successful ; Dr. Downer's Salve, for Burns ; Poultice for Burns and Frozen Flesh ; Salve from the Garden and Kitchen, for Burns eight preparations. . . .110 Camphor and other Medicated Waters Cancers, to cure : Methods of Dr. Landolfi, Surgeon General to the Neapolitan Army ; Dr. H. G. Judkins' ; L. S. Hodgkins' ; Rev. C. C. Cuylera' ; Great English Remedy ; American, Red Oak Bark, Salve from the Ashes ; Prof R. S. Newton's ; Prof. Calkin's, &c., altogether fourteen prescriptions, with Cautions against the use of the Knife, showing when the Treatment should commence, &c 96 Costiveness, Common, or very Obstinate Cases 101 Chronic Gout, to cure ; Gout Tincture 102 Cathartic Syrup Catarrh Snuflf Camphor-Ice, for Chapped Hands and Lips Chilblains, to cure, published by c-rder of the Govern- ment of Wirtemburg Cod Liver Oil, made Palatable and more Digestible Consumptive Syrup, very successful, with directions about Travel ; Remarks on the Use of Fat Meats as Preventative of Consumption, &c.; Chlorate of Potash in Consumption, new remedy ; Rational Treatment for Consumption, claimed to be the best in the world 119 Composition Powder, Thompson's Croup, Simple but Effectual Remedy ; Dutch Remedy ; Croup Ointment 149 Cough Lozenges, two preparations ; Pulmonic Wafers for , Coughs ; Coughs from Recent Colds ; Remedy Cough Mixture for Recent Colds : Cough Candy ; Cough Symp ; Cough Tincture ; Cough Pill 170 Cholera Tincture; Isthmus Cholera Tincturcr^ Cholera 100 102 103 106 96 109 112 119 125 140 150 173 ■•,-■■■r■■:^ifi 163 140 149 106 134 112 119 PAOB. Preventire ; Cholera Cordial ; €tennan Cholera, tinc- ture ; Egyptian Cure for Cholera ; India Prescription for Cholera : Nature's Cholera Medicine 178 180 Colic and Cholera Morbus ; Treatment 180 181 Carminatives for Children 182 Dyspepsia ; Treatment from Personal Experience, with Cautions about Eating between Meals, especially against constant nibbling ; also, Father Pinkney's Ex- perience of ninety years 87 92 Dyspeptic's Biscuit and Coffee, very valuable 292 Dyspeptic Tea 140 Delirium Tremens ; to obtain sleep ; Stimulating Anodyne for Delirium . ., 107 Disinfectant for Rooms, Meat or Fish : Coffee as a Disin- fectant for Sick Rooms 108 Deafness, if recent, to Cure ; if not, to Relieve 113 Diuretic Pill ; Drops, Decoction and Tincture 143 144 Dropsy Syrup and Pills ; very effectual 144 146 Diarrhoea Cordial : Injection for Chronic Diarrhoea ; Diarr- hoea Tincture, Drops and Syrup ; also for Flux and Chronic Diarrhoea in Adults and Children, when accom- panied with Canker 176 178 Dentrifice which removes Tartareous adhesions from the - Teeth, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action of the Gums 188 Discutients, to scatter Swellings ; Common Swellings, to Reduce 191 192 Diphtheria ; Dr. Phinney's Tre^+ment, of Boston 183 Enlarged Tonsils, to Cure. , , 104 Eclectic Emetic ^ 106 Bye Water, often acknowledged to be worth more than Twenty Dollars ; India Prescription for Sore Eyes ; Dr. Cook's Eye Water 5 Preparation for Excessive Inflam- mation of the Eyes ; Sailor's Eye Preparation ; Father Pinkney's Preparation for very bad Sore Eyes ; In- dian Eye Water ; Poultices for the Eye ; Films, to remove from the Eye ; Eye Salve ; Sore Eyes, to Remove the Granulations ; altogether, twenty-two Prescriptions for different conditions of the Diseased Eye 154 15» Essences ; very strong 189 Febrifuge Wine, to drive away Fever 79 Fevers : General Improved Treatment, for Bilious, Ty- phoid and Scarlet Fevers, Congestive Chills, &c. ; also valuable in arresting Diarrhoea, Summer Complaint, Cholera Infantum, and all forms of Fever in Children ; Lemonade, nourishing for Fever Patients ; Professor Hufeland's Drink for Fever Patients, or for excessive Thirst 80 87 xn Felon, if recent, to cnre m Six Hoars—Poultioes for Felons — Felon Ointment and Salve 112 Pever-Sore Plaster or Black Salvo ; has saved two differ- ent Hands that two different physicians, in each case, said must be cut off— Red Salve for Fever-Sores — Indiaa Cure for Fever-Sores — Kitridge's Salve for ^ Fever Sores — Fever-Sore Poultices, Ointments and * Salve for Fever-Sores, Abcesses, Broken Breasts, &c., eleven preparations.. 169 162 Female Debility and Irregularities, Explanations and Treatment — Female Laxative Pills — Female Laxative and Anodyne Pills — Pills for Painful Menstruation — Injection for Female Complaints — Emmenagogue Tincture (aiding menstruation) — Powder for excessive Flooding, also full explanations of the natural Turn with young Females, in such plain and delicate lan- guage, that every Girl over thirteen years of age, ought to have th« book 208 214 Uterine Hemorrhages, Prof. Piatt's Treatment, twenty Years without a Failure 88 Gravel and Kidney Complaints ; Imperial Drop 109 Godfrey's Cordial 134 Hoffman's Anodyne or Golden Tincture 133 Hydrophobia, to prevent — Saxon Remedy — Grecian Remedy — Quaker Remedy ; fifty years successful. . . . .161 163 Inflammation of the Throat (Laryngitis) — Gargle for Sore Throat — Sore Throat Liniment, with a Synopsis (general view) of Dr. Fitch's Treatment of Throat Diseases 92 96 Inflammation of the Lungs — Inflammation of the Pleura, (pleurisy), with such full explanations of general In- flammation that no difficulty will be experienced in Treating the disease in any of its forms 196 208 Inflammation of the Liver — Eclectic Liver Pill — Liver Pill, Improved— Liver Drops, for obstinate cases — Ointment for Ulcerated Liver, Ague Cfake, &c. ; very successful 149 147 In-Growing Toe Nail, to Cure 147 Ino'ian Cathartic Pills 185 Itching Feet from Frost Bites, to cure Ill Irritatmg Plaster, extensively used by Eclectics 146 Jaundice ; Dr. Peabody's Cure, in its worst forms — Drink for common cases of Jaundice 13Q 131 Liniments; Good Samaritan, Improved — ^Liniment for Old Sores — Dr. Raymond's Liniment — German Rheu- matic Liquid or Liniment — Cook's Electro-Magnetio Liniment ; Liniment for Spinal Affections ; Great London Liniment ; Gum Liniment j Patent Liniment ; Lobelia and Cayenne Liniment : Lmiment, said to be St John's, &o 114 lis L N C P F I I I I INDBX. XVU 88 109 134 133 153 95 Laudanum Night Sweats, to relieve. Oiutment for OW Sores : . »•••••« < Mead's Salt Rheum Ointment, PAOB. 133 80 has proved very successful ; Judlsin's : Sisson's Green Ointment, exceedinglv good ; Dr. Kittridge'a cele- brated Ointment for "Pimpled Face," " Prairie Itch," Ac. ; Dr. Gibson's Ointment for very bad Skin Dis- eaBes ; Itch Ointment ; Magnetic Ointment, said to be Task's, with Stramonium Ointment and Tincture ; Toad Ointment, &c 125 130 Oil of Spike ; British Oil ; Balm of Gillead Oil ; Harlem Oil or Welch Medacamentum ; also Black Oils, valuable for Persons or Animals 174 176 Opodeldoc, liquid 176 Paralysis, if recent, to cure, if not, to relieve ; Paralytic Liniment 103 Piles, very successful remedy ; Pile Cerate | Simple Cure for Piles, internal and external Remedies, eleven preparations 131 133 Paregoric 133 Pills, to sugar coat, Nervous Pills 148 149 Pain-Killer, said to be Perry Davis' 194 Poisons ; Antidote 195 Rheumatic Liniment ; Inflammatory Rheumatism, to cure ; Dr. Kittridge's Remedy for Rheumatism and Stiffened Joints from Rheumatism ; French Remedy for Chronic Rheumatism : Bitters for Chronic Rheu- matism, very successful : Green Bay Indians' Remedy for Rheumatism ; New Remedy, &c. ; twelve prepara- tions 136 138 Sick Headache, to cure ; Periodical Headache ; Headache Drops ; Tincture of Blood Root for certain Headaches ; Charcoal for certain Headaches 104 107 Sweating Drops ; Sweating with burning Alcohol 108 Stimulant, in Low Fevers and after Uterine Hemorrha- ges 141 Sore Throat, from recent cold, remedy. 171 Snake Bites ; Effectual Remedies, for Persons and Ani- mals 158 164 Small Pox, to prevent Pitting the Face 191 Salves ; Green Mountain Salve, exceedingly valuable ; Conklin's Celebrated Salve ; also Balm of Gillead Salve and Peleg White's Old Salve 16? 163 Sedlitz Powder, cathartic 182 Teeth, Extracting with little or no pain: Tooth Pow- der, excellent ; Teeth, to remove blackness : Tooth Cordial, Magnetic ; Homeopathic Tooth Cordial ; Neuralgia, internal Remedy ; King of Oils for Neu- ralgia and Rheumatism 184 188 Vinotores, to make 181 ^1 zvni IMDXX. PAOB. Tetter, Ring Worm and Barbers' Itch ; to cure IM) Typhus Fever ; to Prevent Infection lOT Vermifuge Lozenges ; Worm Tea ; Worm Cake ; English Remedy ; Tape Worm ; Simple but Effectual Remedies ; Vermifuge Oil ; Prof. Freeman ^s 164 170 Vegetable Physic , . . 184 Whooping Cough Syrup ; Daily's Whooping Cough Syrup ; Soreness or Hoarseness from Coughs ; Remedy. . 173 174 Warts and Corns, to cure in Ten Minutes ; Dr. Hariman's innocent and sure cure for Warts, Corns and Chilblains, five prescriptions 113 114 Wens, to cure 192 TANNERS', SHOE & HARNESS-MAKERS' DEPARTMENT. Best Color for Boot, Shoe and Harness Edge, and Ink which cannot freeze ; Cheap Color for Boot, Shoe and Harness Edge 216 Black Varnish for the Edge . 217 Deer Skins ; Tanning and Buffing for Gloves ; three methods 218 French Patent Leather ; French Finish for Leather 221 Grain-Side Blacking, for Ten Cents a Barrel 221 Tanning Sheepskins ; applicable for Mittens, Door Mats, Robes, ifec. ; Tanning Fur and other Skins ; Fifty Dollar Recipe ; Tanning Deer and Woodchuck Skins, for Whips, Strings, &c. ; Process of Tanning Calf, Kip, and Harness, in from Six to Thirty Days ; Canadian Process also, with Mr. Rose's modification, of Madison, Oh'o 217 221 S'izing for Treeing out Boots and Shoes 21ft Varnish for Harness, the best in use 217 Water-Proof Oil Paste Blacking 216 Water-Proof Paste without Rubber; Neats-foot Oil Paste 210 PAINTERS' DEPARTMENT. \ i 'k 1- Drying Oil, equal to the Patent Dryers 222 Door Plates, to make 227 229 Etching upon Glass, for Signs or Side Lights; easy Method 229 230 Frosting Glass •. 225 fluoric Acid ; to make for Etching Purpose? 231 Glass Grinding, for Signs, Shades, &c 230 Japan Dryers, of the best quality 222 New Tin Roofs, valuable process for painting 225 Fire-Proof Paint for Roofs, &o. ; Water-Proof OiVRubber Paint 226 J»- nnoix. PAOE. Oil ; to prepare for Carriage, Wagon and Floor Painting . . 222 Oil Paint, to Reduce with Water 223 Oriental or Crystal Painting, with Directions to make various Shades, or Compound Colours ; Fancy Green, &C.226 227 Paint Skins ; to save and Reduce to Oil 224 Porcelain Finish ; very Hard and White, for Parlors 231 Painters' Sanding Apparatus 224 Sketching Paper ; to prepare 227 PAINTERS' ECONOMY IN MAKING COLORS. Chrome Green ; Chrome Yellow ; Green, durable and cheap ; Paris Green, two processes ; Prussian Blue, two processes : Pea Brown ; Rose Pink 232 233 BLACKSMITHS' DEPARTMENT. Batcher Knives ; spring Temper and beautiful Edge. . . . 238 Cast Iron, to case harden ; Cast Iron, the hardest, to Soften for Drilling „ 240 Files and Rasps, old ; to Re-cut by a chemical process. . 233 Iron ; tc Prevent Welding 239 Iron or Wood ; to Bronze, Representing Bell *■?! 241 Mill Picks, to Temper, three Preparations ; M» . x( vsand Saw Gummers, to Temper ; Mill Pick T -'"xigy as done by Church, of Ann Arbor 23 Colors for Silk ; Green, very handsome, with Oak Bark ; Green or Yellow, on Silk or Woollen, in fivo to fifteen minutes only ; Mulberry ; Black ; Spots, to Remove and Prevent Spoiling when Coloring Black ©n Silk or Woollen; Light Chemic Blue; Purple Yellow ; Orange ; Crimson ; Cinnamon or Brown, on Cotton and Silk, by a New Process, very beautiful, 349 350 INTEREST DEPARTMENT. Interest Tables, Showing the Interest at a Glance : At Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten per Cent, on all Sums from One Dollar to One Thousand Dollars, from One Day to One Year, and for any number of Years ; Also, Legal Interest of all the Different States, and the Legal Consequences of taking or agreeing upon Usur- ous Rates in i^e Different States 352 300 GLOSSARLAX, EXPLANATORY, DEPARTMENT. TTiis Department embraces Tables of Rules for Adminis- tering Medicines, Having reference to Age and Sex : Explanations of Medical Abbreviations, Apothecaries' Weights and Measures ;* also, an Explanation of about Seven hundred Technical Terms found in Medical Works, many of which are constantly occurring in the Common Writing and ^jiterature of the Day, which are not explained in English Dictionaries, 361 348 CHEESE FACTORIES OUGHT TO USE BRYCE'S IMPROVED (Copyrighteil) PATRON BOOK Any size from 30 to 150 Patrons, 2 cts. per Patron. 2 cents each. CHEESE SHIPPING BOOKS 25 cents per 1,000 Cheese. Any of above delivered post free to any ad- dress on receipt of price. Send for Sample Sheet. THE TIEADi: SIJl*rLlE» AT A LIBEUAL DIS€OlI.\T. > ^$ t m ^ --A.isr^y- AMERICAN OR ENGLISH PAPERS MAGAZIJSTE OR BOOK, Supplied on the Shortest Notice, at Publisher's Price, BY Pnblislier, - 168 Sc 215 Dundas St., LONDON, OJSTT., CANADA. IKDEX TO APPENDIX. COOKEllY DEPAIITMENT. Bread, Biscuits, etc, ; Yeast — To freshen stale bread — Milk Sponge Bread— Salt Rising Biead — Baking Powder Biscuit — Rusks — Freucli Rolls — English Rolls — Graham Gems — Brown Bread — Boston Brown Bread — Corn Bread 39G 397 Fish ; Baked Fish— Boiled Fish— Pickled Fish 886 Infants, cooking for 411 Meats ; How to choose— Cooking Meat 387 388 Oysters ; Stewed, Broiled and Fried 386 Poultry ; How to choose — Stufling of Various Kinds 387 Puddings ; Directions for Cooking — Sauces of Various Kinds — Apple Dumj)lings — Plum Pudding — Bread Pudding — Cabinet Pudding — Cracker Pudding — Cocoa- nut Pudding — Chocolate Pudding — Suet Pudding — Sago Tapioca and Rice Puddings 392 395 Salads ; Mayonnaise — Celery — Chicken • — Lobster — Cabbage — Simple Dressing 389 Sauces for Meats ; Cranberry — Drawn Butter — Caper — Boiled Egg— Pickle— Tomato 388 Sauces for Pudding .392 393 Sick, Cooking for ; Beef Tea — Broth — Scraped Beef — Eggs — Milk Porridge — Panada — Oatmeal Gruel — ^Wine Jelly — Barley Water — Rice Milk — Flax-seed Tea — Appleade — Toast — Toast Water — Wine Whey — Arrow-root Custard — Cracked Wheat — Fine Hominy — Blackberry Cordial — Dried Flour for Infants — Oyster Toast — Egg Gruel — Mulled Jelly — Irish Moss — Blanc Mange Chicken Jelly 389 392 Stuffing for Poultry 387 FARRIERS' DEPARTMENT. Cordial for Horses 398 Hoof Bound 398 Hoof Ointment 399 Liniment for Bruises, etc 399 Maggots in Sheep 399 Ointment 397 Purge 398 Sore Back 398 Spavin 398 Splint 398 Watering Horses 398 XXVIII inda.x to appendix. TOILET DEPARTMENT. Bandoliuo Baldness, Lotions aud l*oinades. Blotched Face Complexion, Rules for Dentifrice Depilatory Freckles Hair Lotions Hair Oils Hands, to whiten Pomatum Pimples , Teeth, to remove Tartar HOW TO ACT IN EMERGENCIES. Burns and Scalds . Convulsions Cramps Delirium Tremens. Drowning Eyes Fainting Falls Frost Bites Hanging Hemorrhage Hydro) ihobia Infants, » lanagement in hot weather Infants, diet for Insect Bites Poisons Poisoned Wounds Snake Bites Bug Poison Capacity of Cisterns and wells Cement Disinfectants 401 401 400 399 400 400 401 401 402 401 402 401 400 402 403 408 408 403 40T 404 408 404 405 405 407 409 411 400 405 406 407 413 413 413 414 Flies, to destroy 414 416 ..414 415 415 412 416 415 416 416 MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. Fumigation Grease, to remove spots Leaf Lice Metrical System of Weights and Measures Moths, to prevent Rats, to destroy Razors, to sharpen <. Weather Signs 401 401 400 309 400 400 401 401 402 401 402 401 400 402 403 408 408 403 407 404 408 404 405 405 407 409 411 400 405 406 407 413 413 413 414 tl4 415 414 415 415 412 415 415 416 416 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. MIIECHANTS' AND GROCERS'' DEPARTMENT. VINEGAR. — Merchants and Grocers who retail vinegar should always have it made under their own eye, if possible, from the fact that so many unprincipled men enter into its manufacture, as it affords such a large profit. And I would further remark, that there is hardly any article of domestic use, upon which the mass of the people have as little corFcct information, as upon the subject of making vinegar. I sbaK be brief in my remarks upon the different points of the subject, yet I shall give all the knowledge necessary, that families, or those wishing to manufacture, may be abl(» to have the best article and at moderate figures. Remember this fact — that vinegar must have air as well as warmth, and especially is this necessary if you desire to make it. in a short space of time. And if at any time it seems to be " Dying," as is usually called, add molasses, sugar, alcohol, or cider — whichever article you ate making from, or prefer —for vinegar is an industrious fellow ; he will either work or die, and when he begins to die you may know he has worked up all the material in his shop, and wants mere. , Remember this in all vinegars, and they will never di«, if they have air. First, then, upon a small scale, for family nse. To Maxb in TmiEB Weeks. — Molasses 1 qt. ; yeast 1 pt. ; warm rain water S gals. Put all into a jug or keg and tie a Eiece of gauze over the bung to keep out flies and let in air. In ot weaker set it in the sun, in cold weather set it by the stove or in the chimney corner, and in three weeks you will have good vinegar. When this is getting low pour out some for use, and fill 9 84 DR. OHASE S RECIPES. np the jug, in the same proportion as at first, and you will never have trouble for want of good vinegar. 2. A correspondent of the Dollar Newspaper says : " The cheapest mode of making good vinegar is, to mix 5 qts of warm rain water with 2 qts. of Orleans molasses, and 4 qts. of yeast In a few weeks you will have the best vinegar you over tasted." He might well say, " The best vinegar you ever tasted," for A would have double thb necessary strength, and three or fMir times the strength of much that is sold ; yet this strength would cost less to make, than to buy by the quart. 3. In Barrels Without Trouble. — Merchants and Grocers, who retail vinegar, can always keep a fpod supply on hand by having about two or three ba.rrels> out of which to sell, by filling the first one they sell out, before quite empty, with Molasses 1 gal. ; soft water 11 gals. Keeping this proportion to fill the barrel ; th« yinegar and mother which is left in the barrel makes it work much quicker than if put into empty barrels ; so pus around on the next barrel as it is nearly out, liaving three barrels, and unless you sell more than a barrel a week, you need never be out of vinegar. Some recommend to use alum, cream of tartar, &c., in vinegar, but / say never. It is always advisable to have a hole in the top of the barrel, if standing on end ; if on the side, the bung out and a gauze over it, to keep out flies and let air in. 4. From Sugar, Drippings from Sugar Hogsheads, &0. — Dealers who retail molasses, often have from five to fifty pounds of sugar left in the barrel after selling out tlie molasses. Each pound of th^, or other sugar, dissolved in two gallons of soft water, makes that amount of good vine- gar by either of the above plans. Rinsings of molasses barrels or drippings of sugar hogsheads brought to this de- gree of sweetness, is as good for vinegar as any other mate- rial. Small beer, lager beer, ale, &c., which have become Bour, make good vinegar by reducing with water ; small beer will need but little water ; lager beer will need as much water as beer, or a little more ; and ale, twice as much water as ale ; they will all need yeast, a quart or two to each banel, unless put into barrels which have some vine- MIBOHANTS' AND GBOOBBS' DEFABTlfEMT. 86 gar in Ihem, and it will do no harm, but quicken the pro- cess in all oases if there is vinegar in the barrel. 6. Fbom Acetic Acid and Molabhes.— Acetic acid 4 lbs. ; molasBos 1 gal. ; put them into a 40 gallon cask, and fill it up with rain water ; shake it up and let stand from one to three weeks, and the result is good vinegar. If this does not make it af sharp as you like, add a littla more molasses. But some will object to this beoause an acid is used ; let me say to such, that acetic acid ij concern trated vinegar. Take 1 lb. or 1 pt. or any other quantity of this acid, and add seven times as much soft water, and you have just as good vinegar as nan be made from cidery and that instantaneously. 6. From Apple Cider. — As there are those who will not have any but cider vinegar, and have plenty of cider out of which to make it, I will give you the best plan of proceeding for manufacturers : Have a room where it will not freeze ; place on end as many barrels or large casks, without heads, to hold as much as you wish to make ; fill these one-third full of soft water, and the other two- thirds with apple cider ; yeast two qts. to each cask. In a few weeks you will have good vinegar ; without the yeast it would be all the season in becoming good. Then fill up into barrels for sale, leaving a little, say one-eighth, in the open barrels, and fill them up with water and cider as before, and it will become good much quicker than be- fore. If the water is objected to, use the cider without it, but pure cider makes vinegar too strong for any one to use, and requires much longer time in making. These barrels may have boards over them to keep out flies and dirt. If the retailer can give it his attention, by having a barrel of good cider vinegar to sell out of, he can always ke^p it up, if, when he draws out two or three gallons of the vinegar, he will go to his cider, kept for the purpose, and replace the vinegar with the cider ; or if making with molasses and water or any other article, fill up with the same ; but take notice, if you forget or neglect, and draw your vinegar nearly all out before you fill in, it does not keep to the point of sharpness desired, unless yop| Hve two or thi«e baridfl, as mentioned in recipe No. o. 86 DB. OHABE'S BEOIPES. Persons who have old sour cider on hand can in this way, or as mentioned in No. 6, have good vinegar from it imme* diately, as it comes around into vine^^ar much ^uinkfi'* than new cider. 7. In Three Days without Drugs.— The philosophy 01 making vinegar quickly is this : The means that will expose the largest surface of the vinegar fluid, of a certain temperature, to the air, will convert it into vinegar in the shortest time ; and as there is no way by which so great a surface can be exposed as by the shaving process, and at the same time control the temperature, that plan haa been adopted; as explained in the following descriptive note : DssoBiFTiVE Note.— Those wishing to manufacture, to sell at wholesale, will prepare a tub or squalO box, the taller and lar^jfr the tr^, the quicker will the vinegar become good. The air holes are borod thiough every other, or every third stave, around the whole tub. These holes are to be about one foot or eighteen inches from the bottom ; they must also be bored slanting down as you bore inward, otherwise the vinegar would run out and waste as it drips down the side of the tub. These tubs ought to be from ten to twenty feet high, accordiag to the quanu^ you desire to run off daily. Now take beech; maple or basi* MIBOHANTS' Ain> CkBOOBBS' DEPABTMENT. 87 wood boards, and tbey are raluable in the order named, cut them off about eighteen inches in length, and plane thick, heavy shavings from the edges ; and if they do not roll up and stay in nice rolls, you must roll and tie them up with small cord ; or clean corn cobs will do, but they will only last one season, whilst the shavings will last several years. If cobs are used, they must be put in layers, each layer Crossing the other, to pre- vent their packing too close. Then wet or soak them thoroughly in water, and fill up the tub or tubs with them, until you are within two or three feet of the top, at which place you will nail a stout hoop around, upon the inside of the tub, which shall support the false top, which has been made and fitted for that purpose, through which false top you will have bored good sized gimlet holes about every two inches all over its whole surface, through each of which holes a small cord, about tour or five inches in length, is to be drawn, having a knot tied upon its upper end to keep it in its place, and to prevent the vinegar- fiuid from working out too fast. The size of these holes, and the size of the cord, must be such as to allow the amount of vinegar being made to run through every twelve hours, or if time can be given to put it up so often, it may run through every bIx hours. You will cork all around between the false top and the tub with cotton, which causes the vinegar-fluid, hereafter to be described, to pass through the gimlet holes aad drip from the ends of the small cords, evenly, all over the shavings, other- ?rise, if the false top was not exactly level, the vinegar-fluid would all run off at the lowest point, down the side of the tub, and be a very long time in becoming good, whilst if it drips Blowly and all over and down through the shavings, it soon comes aronnd into good vinegar. The holes bored for that pur- pose, in warm weather, oxidizes or acetifies the viuegar-fluid, by affording the two essential points of quickly making good vinegar, that is, air and heat, without the expense of a fire to warm the fluid, or room in which the vinegar is made. Now bore five one-inch holes through the false top, one of them through the centre, and the others two-thirds of the distance each way, towards the outside of the tub. into which holes drive as many {>ins, having a three-quarter mch hole bored through them engthwise, which makes them tubes ; cut the tubes off an inch below the top of the tub, so as to be out of the way of the maic cover or loose boards which will be thrown over the top of the tub for the purpose of keeping out flies and dirt, and also to keep the heated air in, which comes up through the tubes ; this air becomes heated by the chemical action of the air upon the vinegar-fluid as it drips along down through the shavings in the tub, becoming so hot that it would be uncomfortable to hold the hand therein. The space between the false top and the cover is called the vinegar-fluid space, and it must be sufficiently tight in the joints of the tub, or box, to hold the fluid when put in. Now t(^e a barrel of good vinegar and pour it into the top ol i 88 DB. OHASE'S BE0IPE8. the tub, and let it drip through the gimlet holes, from the cords, over the shavings, two or three times, each time putting in ore gallon of highwines, or two or three gallons of cider, as the case may be, which sours the shavings and greatly helps the starting process of the vinegar-making. Without the addition to the strength of the vinegar as it runs through, it would part with nearly all of its own strenglh or acidity, to the shavings, and thus lose its own life. If you have not, nor cannot obtain, vin- egar, to start with, you must begin with weak vinegar-fluid, and keep adding to it every time through until it becomes very sour ; then you will consider yourself ready to begin to make vinegar in double quick time, by using any of the fluids mentioned in the foregoing vinegar recipes. But manufacturers generally use highwines thirty to forty per cent above proof, one gallon ; water, eleven gallons ; but persons living a great distance from market will find a cheaper plan by using ninety-eight per cent alcohol, one gallon ; water, fifteen gallons ; either of which make good vinegar, using yeast, of course, with either article, from one pint to one quart to each barrel being made. Another tub ov vat must be set in the ground, under the generator, or in a cellar, as the case may be, to hold as much vinegar as the space be- tween the false and real top will contain, or as much as you wish to make at one time ; from which it is to be carried up in buckets, (or a wooden pump having a leather sucker is quicker and easier to raise it), to the top of the generator, until it be- comes good vinegar, which it will do in the time mentioned at the head of this recipe, it passed through the generator by the faucet every twelve hours, which it must be ; and if the tubes are fifteen or twenty feet high, it will op' ^sed passing through once, or twice at mo Some will have no vinegar bu«} chat made from apple eider ; then pvit in one-third water, and it makes vinegar as strong as anybody ought to use ; but if they will have it at full strength, make it so, only it requires a little longer time k) make. If those who have cider which has been standing a long time, and does not become vinegar, will reduce it one-third with water, and pass it through this machine, they will grind out first-rate vinegar in one or two days' time. Sour beer or ale, the artificial cider, also, if it gets sour, make good vinegar when mixed with some other vinegar in mak- ing. Small beer, also drippings from sugar hogsheads in place of molasses, &c. Nothing having sugar or alcohol in it should be thrown away, as all will make good vinegar, which is as good as cash, and ought ^ be saved — if for no other purpose than to have the more to give the worthy poor. v\ Tff ilit m ';|yo MEBOHANTS AND aBOOliBS DEPABTMENT. 39 It was at first thouglit to be absolutely necessary to make the vinegar-fluid of about seventy-five degrees of heat, and also to keep the room of the same temperature ; but it has •been found that by keeping the heat in the tub by the false top and the loose cover, that in warm weather it does very well without heating up the fluid, although it would make a little quicker with it ; and if desired to make in cold weather, you must heat the fluid and keep the room warm also. If f-unilies choose to try this plan, they can make all they will need in a keg not larger than a common churn, whilst wholesalers will use tubs as tall as their rooms will admit. The first merchant to whom I sold this recipe, made all •the vinegar he could retail by placing strips of board across the centre of a whisky barrel, which supported the shavings ;in the upper half only, allowing the vinegar to stand in the lower half, as his room was so low he could only use the one barrel and a wash-tub at the top instead of the false top •nd space as previously represented ; it took him only a week to make in this way. I used the vinegar over a year. . The strength of the fluid he used was good common whisky, one gal. ; water four gals. So it will be seen that all kinds of spirit, or articles containing spirit -^n be made into vinegar. Remark. — If yon wish to make sv/jar into vinegc»r, do not at- temp to run it tli rough the generator, as it forms mother in that way. and soon fills up the little holes; but make it by standing in a barrel, as mentioned under that head, No. 4. 8. Quick Process by Standino upon Shavings. — Take four or five hogsheads or casks, and set them side by side, having a faucet near the bottom ; then fill up the casks full of shavings, ^prepared as in the foregoing recipe, or clean corn-cobs, putting Bome turning shavings over the top, after having put on an old coffee sack to keep the fine shavings from falling down among the i coarse ones : this is to keep in the warmth ; now sour the I shavings with the best vinegar, by throwing it on the shavings sand letting it stand half a day or so 5 then draw off by the fau- cet at the bottom, and throw it on again, adding X qt. of high- j wines to each barrel each time you draw it off, as the shavings f absorb the acid, and the vinegar would become flat, but by adding thto spirit the shavings become soured or acetified, and thtf vinegar gets better also. When the shavings are right, take highwines SO or 40 per cent, above proof 1 gal. ; molasses 1 qt. : ■olt water 14 gals. ; (river or well water will do, but not M good 40 DB. OHASE*S BECHPES. for any vinegar), and put it. upon the shavings, and draw off and put ra again from one to three times daily, until suffloiently sour to Itarrel up. Mr. Jackson, a grocer, of Jackson, Michigan, has been making in this way for several years. He uses also, sour ale, rinsings of sugar hogsheads, or the drippings, and throws this fluid on the shavings, and draws off and returns from one to three times each day until sufficiently sour to barrel up, which only requires a few drawings ; ho then fills his barrels only two-thirds full, and leaves the bungs out Bummer and winter, and if he finds a barrel i? getting weak in strength, he puts in a quart of highwines, which recruits the strength, or gives it work again, which, as I remarked before, if you give him stock to work on, and air, he labors — without both, he dies. Bear this in mind, and your vin- egar will improve all the time, no matter how or of what it is made. He fills the tubs only one-third or one-half full when making, does not heat, but uses yeast, and only works them in warm weather, and in winter fills the tubs with good vinegar and lets them stand over until spring, whet they are ready for work again. This man, with five casks thus managed, has Rold over three hundred barrels of vinegar in one season. It might not be amiss, in closing this long 8ubjv«><;, to say that when you have no vinegar tc begin with in either of the processes, that if you commence with tho fluid quite weak at first, it begins to sour quicker than if begun with at jhill strength, then as it begins to become sour, add more of the spirit, cider, sugar, or molasses, &c., until you get the desired point of strength. So you might go on until a swallow of it 4\rould strangle a man to death, and remove every particle of skin from his throat. BUTTER.~To Preserve any Length op Time.— First, work out all of the buttermilk. Second, use rock salt. Third, pack iu air-tight jars or cans. Fourth, keep in a cool place, and you will have nice butter for years, if desired to keep so long. A short recipe, but it makes long butter. Merchants who take in more butter than they can sell during the warm months, can put it into jars and cover the jar with about half an inch of lard over the top of the but- ter, and place it in the oellar ; or they can put about an \ MSBOBAlirrB' AND GBOCOiBS' DEPABTMENT. 41 ad returns ly sour to 'J then fill» )ungs out iting weak jh recruits remarked he labors your vin- Df what it e-half full mly works tubs with ing, wheL «old oyer ^Cy to say either of lid quite in with at d more of u get the until a remoTo irst, work 'd, pack iu d you will A short f can sell cover the ' the but- about an i»i'» inch or two of brine in place of the lard, and have it do well, first working out all the buttermilk which may remain, when bought in. It would be we!' for them to have their regular customers to furnish them butter, to whom they furnish the right kind of salt, as the rock, or crystal salt, does not contain so much lime as the common, which is evaporated by artificial heat. Let sugar, and saltpetre, and all other petres, alone, if you wish good butter, either for present use or long keeping. 2. Making— DmEcnoNS for Dairymen. — If butter makers or dairymen will use only shallow pans for their milk — and the larger the surface, and the less the depth of the milk the better — then put into each pan, before straining, 1 qt. of cold spring water to every 3 qts. of milk, they will find the cream will begin to ri.^e immediately, and skim every 12 hours, the butter will be free from all strong taste arising firom leaves, or coarse pasturage. It is a fact, also, that high or upland makes better butter than when the cows are kept on rich bottom pasturage. The object of the cold water is double : it cools the milk, so that the cream rises before the milk sours, (for when milk be- comes sour it furnishes no more cream,) and also improves the flavor. 3. Storing— The (Illinois) Prairie Farmer's Method. — First work the buttermilk carefully from the butter ; then pack it closely in jars, laying a thin cloth on top of the butter, then a thin layer of salt upon the cloth ; now have a dry cellar, or make it so by draining, and dig a hole in the bottom of it for each jar, packing the diri; closely and tightly around the jar, allowing the tops of the jars to stand only an inch or so above the top of the cellar bottom ; now place a board with a weight upon each jar to prevent removing by accident, and all is safe. Merchants who are buying in butter, should keep each ' different lot separate, by using the thin cloth and salt ; then another cloth over the salt before putting in the next lot, for mixed butter will soon spoil, besides not selling as well, and finally cover the top as before described. If kegs or barrels are used, the outside must be as well painted as possible, to prevent outside tastes, and also to preserve the wood. FRUITS TO KEEP.— Without Loss op Color or Flavor.— To each pound of rosin, put in 1 oz. of tallow, and 1 oz.. ol beeswax. Melt them dlowly over the fire in an iron kettle, and be oareful and not let it boil. Take the fruit separately and rub 42 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. it oyer with whiting or fine chalk (to prevent ihe coating i)rom adhering to the fruit,) then dip it into the eolution once and hold it up a moment to Bet the coating ; then pack away careAiUv in barrels or boxes in a cool place. When you dip oranges or lem- ons, loop a thread around to hold them ; for pears or apples, in- sert a pointed stick to hold them by, then cut it off with a pair of sharp, heavy shears. Oranges or lemons cannot be put in boxes, but must be placed on shelves, as the accumulated weight would maeh them down. It is now a well established fact that articles put up sci-, 'entifically air-tight, may be kept fresh and fair for any* iength of time, or until wanted for use. This composition makes good sealing for air-tight cans or bottles, pouring it around the top of the can cover, and dipping th3 neck of the bottle into it. A patent has been secured for a compo- sition for preserving fruit, of different proportions, however, from the foregoing, but the agent, at the Ohio State Fair, in 1859, had such poor success in selling rights at three dol- lars, that he reduced the price to twenty-fivo cents, and still but few would take hold of it, so that I think not much more will be done with the patent. I purchased twenty recipes for one dollar, but finding this composition to stick together, and tear off pieces wherever they touched each other, I went to work to improve it as above. Tho patented proportions are, rosin 5 lbs., lard or tallow 8 oz., beeswax 4 oz. The patentee is John K. Jenkins, of Wyoming, Pa., and the patent was issued December 8, 1858. It does not work well on peaches or other juicy garden fruits. EGGS. — To Preserve for WnsTER Use. — For every three gal- ions of water, put in 1 pint of fresh slacked lime and common salt A pine ) mix well, and let the barrel be about half full of this fluid, then with a dish let down your fresh eggs into it, tip ping the dish after it fills with water, so they roll out without crack mg tho shell, for if the shell is cracked the egg will spoil. If fresh eggs are put in, fresh eggs will come out, as i have sfeen men who have kept- them two, and even four, yeard, at sea. A piece of board may be laid across the top of the eggs, and a little lime and salt kept upon it, which keeps the fluid as strong at the top as at the bottom. This will not fail you. They must always be kept covered with the brine. Families in towns and cities by this plan can have eggs for winter use at summer prices. I have put up forty dozen with entire suooess. MBBOHAlffS* AND GBOOBRB* DEPABTMBNT. 43 Wm plan of preeerTing eggs hafl undoubtedly oome ftoiA a yotoBb secured by a gentleman in England in IT'Ol, of Sheffield, Yorkshire, which readi as follows : 2h Hkolish Patekted Ueteod, — " P«t into a tub 1 bu. Wki- •taes^ meaenre, of quick lime, (which is fresh slacked lime,) salt se «e>. ; oream of tartar 8 oz. Use as much water as will give t]i«iit eoQsistencj to the composition as will eause an egg to swim wMb its top just above the liquid. Then put and keep the eggs tiievein, which will preserve them perfectly sound at least 2 yOBlB." Pewons who think it more safe can follow this Engfish pkn. I desire in all eafies to giy« all the information 1 tmvo OB each tal^sMt ConsoquenU^r I give yon the foMow- 3. J. W. OooPHR, M. D.'fl, MsfHOD ,w Kebfing and Sbip- BfKG GiLME Eoo3.—'< Dissolve some gum shellac in a suffieient <|WNitity of alcohol to make a thin Tarnish, give each egg a coat, and after they become thoroughly dry, pack tuem in bran or saw dust, with their points downwards, ki such a manoer t&at they eannot shiit about After you Iiave kept them as \%ag as you desire, wash the varnish ecu^ftilly oflF, and they will be m me same state eta ^ey were before paeklBg, ready for ecvtaiig or hSilt!^3Qg/' This would seem to be from good authority, as Br. Cboper has been engaged for the feet thirty years in raisbg BOilifaing but the best game fowls, and he has frequently im- ported eggs. He invariably directed them to be packed as a3b«ve^ and always had good success with them, notwith- standing the time and distance of the journej'. He has also published a work upon Gcme Fowls, His address is M«din, Delaware Co., Pa. This last plan would be a little more troublesome, but Btili would not be very much to prepare all that families would wish to use through the winter, or even for the retailer ; as the oonvenienee of having them in a condition to ship would be one inducement to use the last method, §nr \n^ the first they must be taken out and packed in ot . or ameihing of that sort, to ship ; with the last they are ahvays ready ; and weather permitting, about Christmas yr ^w Year's, fresh and good eggs in cities always •ommaikd suffieiant price to pay for ail trouble and ezpenie m the pranrvatioa and shipmoiit. 44: DB. OHASE*S RECIPSS. The Sex op Egos.— Mr. Genin lately addressed the Academy dcs Sciences, France, on the s abject of the sex of eggs. He affirms that he is now able, after having studied the subject for upwards of three years, to state with assur- ance that the eggs containing the germ of males have wriLkles on their smaller ends, while female eggs are smooth at the extremities. "WTiile on the subject of eggfj you will excuse me for putting in a couple of items m'*»'e, which appropriately belong to other departments : 4. To Increase the Laying. — " For several years past I have spent a few weeks of the latter part of August on the Kennebec river, in Maine. The lady with whom I have stopped is a highly accomplished and intelligent house- wife. She supports a * hennery,' and from her I derived jny information in the matter. She told me that for many years she had been in the habit of administering to her hens, with their common food, — " Cayenne pepper, pulverized, at the rate of one teaspoon each alternate day to 1 doz. fowls. " Last season, when I was with her, each morning she brought in from ^uwelve to fourteen eggs, having but sixteen hens in all. She again and again experimented in the mat/- ter by omitting to feed with the Cayenne for two or three days. The consequence invariably was, that the product of eggs fell off five or six per day. The same effect of using the Cayenne is produced in winter as in summer." — Boston Transcript. 5. To Fry ; Exnu. Nice.— Three eggs ; flour 1 tablespoon ; milk } cup. Beat the eggs and flour together, then stir in the milk. Have a skillet with a proper amount of butter in it, made hQt, for frying this mixture; then pour it in, and when one ^idc is done brown, turn it over, cooking rather slowly; if a larger quantity is needed, it will require a little salt stirred in, but for this amount the salt in the butter in whicli you fry it, seasons it very nicely. BURNING FLUID—Pest in Use.— Alcohol, of 98 per cent., 9 Ati. ; good camphene, 1 qt. ; or in these proportions. Shake merchants' and grocers' department. 45 ,*> T; briskly, and it will at once become clear, when without the shaking it would take from 6 to 7 qta. of alcohol to cut the cam- phene, while with the least it is the best. These proportions make the best burning fluid which can be combined. Many put in camphor gum, alum, &c., the first to improve its burning qualities, the last to prevent explosion, but they are perfectly useless for either, from the fact that camphor adds to the smoking properties, and noth- ing can prevent the gas arising from any fluid that will burn, from explosion, if the fire gets to it when it is con- fined. The only safety is in filling lamps in day-time, or far from fire or lights ; and also to have lamps which are perfect in their construction, so that no gas may leak out along the tube, or at the top of the lamp ; then let who will say he can sell you a recipe for non-explosive gas or fluid, you may set him down at once for a humbug, ignoramus, or knave. You may set fire to this fluid, and if not con- fined it will not explode, but will continue to burn until all is consumed. Families cannot make fluid any cheaper than to buy it, as the profit charged on the alcohol is usually more than charged on fluid; but they will have a bet- ter article by this recipe than they can buy, unless it is made from the same, and it is best for any one, even the retailer, only to make small quantities at a time, and get the freshest camphene possible. When made in large quan- tities, even a barrel, unless sold out very soon, the last part is not as good a^ the first, owing to the separation of the camphene from the alcohol, unless frequently shaken, whilst being retailed out. INTEREST.— CoMPDTiNo by one Multiplioatiox and Onk Division, at any Ratb Per Cent.— Multiply the amount by the number of days, (counting 30 days to each .month.) Divided by 60 gives the interest at 6 per cent, do 45 " " 8 do 40 *• " 9 do 36 " " 10 do 30 " " 12 " ExAMruB.— $160 at 3 months and 10 days, or 100 days, is 1500C divided by 60, gives $2 50, which is the interest at 6 per cent ; oi divided hy 45, gives $3 33 interest at 8 per cent., &c. I sold a gentleman, a miller, one of my books the second time, as some person stole the first before he became familiar with the foregoing rules, which he admired too muoh to lose. lit (( 46 DB. OHASB'S BEOIFE0. 2. MSTHOD BT A. SmOLB MULTIPLIGATTON.— Ruld tO find the interest on any given sum of money for any number of years, months or days. Reduce the years to months, add in the months, if any, take one-third of the days and set to the right of the months, in the decimal foiw, multiply this result by one-half the principal, and you have the interest required. EzAMFLB.— The interest required on $1,400 for 2 years, 3 months and 9 days : Interest on $1,400 for 2 years, 3 months and 9 davii 27.3 700 Answer required . . $191 . 10 . The above example is at six per cent. Rule to obtain the interest at any other rate : For seven per cent, increase the interest at six per cent, by one-sixth ; for eight per cent, by one-third ; for nine per cent, by one-half; for ten per cent, by two-thirds ; for eleven per cent, by five-sixths ; for twelve per cent, multiply by two. Twelve per cent, is the highest rate of interest allowed by any State, except Minnesota, which, I believe, allows fifteen per cent. In pointing off, persons will observe to point oflF as many figures in the product or answer as there are decimal points in the multiplicand. The balance, or remainder, show you the dollars and cents. COUNTERFEIT MONEY— Seven Rules for Le- TECTiNG. — First. Examine the form and features of all human figures on the notes. If the forms are graceful and features distinct, examine the drapery — see if the folds lie natural ; and the hair of the head should be observed, and Bee if the fine strands can be seen. Second. Examine the lettering, the title of the bank, or the round handwriting on the face of the note. On al) genuine bills, the work is done with great skill and perfect- ness, and there never has been a counterfeit but was defective in the lettering. Third. The imprint or engraver*s name. By observing the great perfection of the different company names — in the evenness and shape of the fine letters, oounterfeiters never get the imprint perfect. This rule alone, if strictly observed, will detect every ooonterfeit note in existence. and ihfl )f years, months, ; of the half the ^montha ain the ase the ent. by sent, by twelve highest nesota, s many points owyou )B L£. I of all rul and )lds lie id, and mk, or On all )erfect- f active Irving es — in feiters itrictly ce. AV IdBOBAinB* AXn) aitOOEBS' DEPABTMENT. 47 Fourth. — The shading in the baok ^oond of the yig- nette, or over or around the letters fomung the name of the bank, on a good bill is even and perfect, on a oonnterfeit is irregular and imperfect. Fifth. — Examine well the figures on the other parts of the note, containing the denomination, also the letters. Ex- amine well the die work around the figures which stand for the denomination, to see if it is of the same character as that which forms the ornamental work surrounding it. Sixth. — Never take a bill that is deficient in any of the above points, and if your impression is bad when you first see it, you had better be careful how you become convinced to change your mind — whether your opinion is not altered as you become confused in looking into the texture of the workmanship of the bill. Seventh. — Examine the name of the State, name of the bank, and name of the town where it is located. If it haA been altered from a broken bank, the defects can plainly be seen, as the alteration will show that it has been stamped on. INE3--BL1GK CoFTiNO, OR Writino FLum.— Rain water 2 gals. ; gum arabio h lb. ; brown sugar \ lb. ; clean copperas ^ lb. : pow> dered nutgalls f lb. ; braise all, and mix, shaking oocasionally for 10 days, and strain } if needed sooner, let it steep in an iron kettle *jntil the strength is obtained. This ink can be depended upon for deods or records which you may wish some one to read hundreds of years to come. Oxalic acid one fourth oz. was formerly put in, but since the use of steel pens it does not work weU on them. If not used as a copying ink, one-fourth the gum or sugar is sufficient as it flows more free without them. 2. Common Black.— Logwood chips 1 lb. ; boil in 1| gals, of water until reduced to 2^ qts. ; pour off, and repeat the boiling again as before ; mix the two waters, 1 gal. in all ; then add bi- chromate of potash I oz. ; prussiate of potash | oz. ; prussiate of iron (Prussian blue) | oz. ; boil again about five minutes, and strain and bottle for use. Yon will find none of the gumminess about this ink that is found in that made from the extract of logwood ; yet it is not presumed that this will be as durable as the gall inks, for aeeds, reoords, &o., &o., but for schools and common xm, 48 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. it ifii &s good OS the most oostly inks. This copy was pre- pared with it, which was made two years ago. 3. Red— The Veuy Best.— Take an ounce vial and put into it a teaspoon of aqua ammonia, gum arabic the size of two peas, and 6 grs. No. 40 carmine, and 5 grs. No. 6 or 8 carmine also ; fill up with soft water, and it is soon ready for use. This forms a beautiful ruling ink. I sold the book in the Pike County Bank, 111., from the fact that this ink was BO much better than what they could get of any other make. Speaking of banks makes mo think of what a gentleman of Michigan City, Ind., told me about a black ink for banking purposes, which would never fade, composed of two articles only : iron or steel fillings and simple ruin water, exposing it to the sun for a good length of time ; pale when first written with, but be- coming very black. I have never thought to try it, but now mention it for fear it might be good, and lost to the world, unless now thrown to the public. 4. Blue. — Take sulphate of indigo and put it into water until you get the desired depth of color ; that sold in little boxes for bluing clothes is the article desired. This does well for school children, or any writing not of importance to keep ; but for book-keeping it is not good, as the heat of a safe in a burning building fades away the color. 5. Indellible. — Nitrate of silver 11 grs. ; dissolve it in 30 grs. (or about a teaspoon) of water of ammonia ; in 85 grs. (or 2| tea- spoons) of rain water, dissolve 20 grs. of gum arabic. When the gum is dissolved put U'.o the same vial also 22 grs. of carbonate of soda (sal soda). When all is well dissolved, mix both vials, or their contents, and place the vial containing the mixture in e basin of water, and boil for several minutes, or antil a black com pound is the result. When cold it is ready for use. Ha ye the linen or other goods starched and ironed, and perfectly dry ; then write with a quill pen. If twice the amount is made at a time it will not cost any more, as the expense is only from the trouble of weighing, so little is used of the materials. Soft soap and boiling cannot efface it, nor years of wear. Use only glass vessels. 6. PowDKE.— Black.— Sulphate of copper 1 dr. ; gum arabic J oz. : copperas 1 oz. ; nutgalls and extract of logwood 4 ozs. each ; aJui to be pulverized and evenly mixed.— iScien^i^ American, MEB0HANT8* AND GROCERS* DEPARTMENT. 49 About one oz. of the mixture will bo required to cacb pint of boiling water used. It- will be found a valuable color f ^ boot, shoe and harness-edge also. It should stand a couple of weeks before using, or it may bo steeped a few hours if needed sooner. IIONKYS —Artificial Cuba Honey.— (Jood brown sugar 10 lbs. ; wat<'r 1 qt. ; old bee broad honey in the comb 2 lbs. ; cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon : gum arable 1 oz. ; oil of peppermint 3 : drops ; oil of rose 2 drops. Mix and boll two or three minutes, i and have ready 1 quart more of water, in which an egg is put, well f beat up ; pour it in, and as it begins to boll, skim well, remove from tho lire, and when a little cool, add 2 lbs. of nice been' honey, and strain. This is really a nice article, looking and tastiiig liko honey. It has been shipped in large quantities under tho name of " Cuba Honey." It will keep any length of time as nice and fresh as when first made, if sealed up. Some persons use a table-spoon of slippery elm bark in this amount, but it will ferment in warm weather, and rise to the top, requiring to be skimmed off. . If it is to be used only for eating purposes, the cream of tartar and gum arable may be left out, also the old bee-bread honey, substituting for it another pound of nice honey. 2. Domestic Honey.— Coflfee sugar 10 lbs. ; water 3 lbs. ; cream of tartar 2 ozs. ; strong vinegar 2 table-spoons ; the white of 1 egg well beaten ; bees' honey i lb. ; Lubin's extract of honey-suckle 10 drops. First put the sugar and water into a suitable kettle and place upon the fire ; and when luke warm stir in the cream of tartar, and vinegar ; then continue to add the egg ; and when the sugar is nearly melted put in the honey and stir ntil it comes to a boil, take it off, let it stand a few min* tes, then strain, adding the extract of honeysuckle last ; it stand over night, and it is ready for use. This resem- lies candied honey, and is a nice thing. 3. Excellent Honey. — An article suitable for every- day use is made as follows : ^^ Good common sugar 6 lbs. ; water 1 qt. ; gradually bring it to a Iboil, skimming well ; when cool, add 1 lb. bees's honey, and 4 drops of peppermint essence. > If you desire a better article, use white sugar, and one^ ' pint less water, and one-half pound more honey. If i% X 60 DB. OHABKS BEOIFIIS. is desired kt gift it the ropy appearance of bee»' honey, put into the wnlnr one-fonrth ounce of alum. 4. PBEMEDai HomcT. — Common sugar 4 lbs. ; water 1 pt. ; let them come fo ft boil, and'skim ; then add pulverized alum ^ oz. ; remove fron the fire and Btir in cream of tartar ^ oz. ; and water or extract of rose 1 table-«poon, and it is fit for use. TU[0 took the preminm at an Ohio State Fair. We use tb^ reeipes for common sugar and the one using Lubin's ^!4£tnot of honeysaokle, and desire nothing better. JELLIES— WrniocT Fsutr.— Take water 1 pt., and add to it pulverized alum ^ oe., and boil a minute or two j then add 4 lbs. ^f white crushed or coffee sugar, continue the bolbng a little, strain while hot ; and when cold put in half of a two shilling bottle of extract of vanilla, str&wberry, or lemon, or any other flavour you Aesire for jelly. This will make a jelly so much resembling that made from the juice of the fhdt that any one will be astonished ; and when fruit cannot be got, it will take its place admira- bly. I have had neighbors eat of it and be perfectly aston- ished at its beauty and palatalleness. BAKING POWDERS— WiTBoxJT Druoh.— Baking soda 6 ozs. ; cream of tartar 8 ozs. ; first dry tiiem from all dampness by putting them on a paper and placing them in the oven for a short time, then mix and keep diy, in bottles or boxes. The proper amount of this will b'^ about one tea-spoon to each quart of flour being baked. Mix with cold water, and bake immediately. This contains none of the drugs gen- erally used for baking powders ; it is easy made, and does not cost over half as much as to buy them already made. This makes biscuit very nice without milk or shortening. Yet if milk is used, of course it would be that much richer. The mun object of baking powders is for those who are '' Keeping bach," as it is called, or for those who are far IVom civiUzed conveniences, and for those who prefer this kind of bread or biscuit to that raised with yeast or sour milk and saleratus. I stand among the latter oiass. MOUTH GLUE.— Fob Torn Paper, Notes, &a~Ai^ quantity of glue may be used, with sugar, only half as much ^ of the glue. First dissolve the glue in water, and carefully owiM>rate as muoh of the water as you can without bumiog fb* ^le; BALOON DIVABTMENT. 51 >ney, put L pt. ; let am ^ oz. ; ind water ; Lubin's add to it add 4 lbs. ttle, strain bottle of ivour you lat made onished ; ) admira- bly aston- a 6 0Z8. ; 37 patting tiort time, ■spoon to ater, and rugs gen- and does iy made, ortening. ih richer, who are 10 are far refer this t or sour B. - ^ luantity !»•» of the ^ip^^rate [then add tiie sugar ; if desired to have a very nice article, [use gelatine in place of the glue, and treat it in the same [manner ; when the sugar is dissolved in the glue pour it into [moulds or a pan and out it into squares, for convenience, be- fore it gets too hard. This dissolves very quickly by placing ; the e^e of a piece in the mouth, and is not unpleasant te [the taste, and is very handy for office or house use. Use to stick together torn bills, paper, &c., by softening the edge H of a piece as above, then touching the parts therewith and ^preF^sing together for a moment only. SALOON DEPARTMEirr. Remarks. — If saloon keepers and grocers who deal in wine, beer, cider, &c., will follow our directions here, and make some of the following articles, they and their custom- ers will be better pleased than by purchasing the spurious articles of the day ; and families will find them equally ap- plicable to their own use. And although we start with an artificial cider, yet it is as healthy, and is more properly a small beer, which it should be called, but from its close re- semblance to cider in taste it has been so named. CIDBRS.— Artdioial,. or Cider withoot Apples.— To cold water 1 gal. put dark brown sugar 1 lb. ; tartaric acid } oz. i ^ yeast H table-spoons, and keep these proportions for any amount desired to make ; shake it well together. Make it in the evening and it will be fit for use the next day. ; I make in a keg a few gallons at a time, leaving a few /^quarts to make into next time— not using yeast again natil , the kegs need rinsing. If it gets sour make a little more ^ into it. In hot weather draw in a pitcher with ice ; or if I; your sales are slow, bottle it and keep in a cool cellar ac- cording to the next recipe. ^ 2. To Bottle. — If it is desired to bottle this artificial cider by manufacturers of small drinks, you will proceed as follows: Put into a barrel hot water 6 gals. ; brown sugar 30 lbs. ; tar- taric acid f lb. ; cold water 25 gals. ; hop or brewers' yeast 3 pts. ; work the yeast into a paste with ftour f lb. ; fdiake or stir 62 DB. OHASE S BEOIPES. all well together ; fill the barrel fiill, and let it work 24 to 4ft hours, or until the yeast is done working out at the bung, by having pat in a little sweetened water occasionally to keep the barrel full. When it has worked clear, bottle it, patting in two or three broken raisins to each bottle, and it will nearly C(jiin] champ^jgne. Let the bottles lay in a cool place on the side — (observe also this plan of laying the bottles upon the sido,. in putting away apple-cider or wiiic) — but if it is only tbi- your own retail trade you can make as follows in the next recipe, and have it keep until a barrel is retailed. The Grst recipe will last only three or four days in hot weather, und about two weeks in winter. 3. In Barrels for Long Keeping.— Lf retailers wish to keep this cider with the least possible loss cf time, or families for their own drink or for the harvest field, proceed as follows : Place in a keg or barrel^ cold water 20 gals. 5 brown sugar 15 lbs.; and tartaric acid I lb. only, not using any yeast, but if you have them, put in 2 or 3 lbs., dried sour apples, or boil them and pour in the expressed juice ; without the yeast it will keep in a coo) cellar, for several weeLs, even in summer. The darker the sugar the more natural will be the color of the cider. Dr. 0. B. Keed, of Bell River, Mich., with whom 1 read medicine, drank of this cider freely, while sick with bilious fever, knowing its composition, and recommended it to his patients as soon as he got out amongst them ac:.ui\, as a drink that would allay thirst, with the least amouifjt vv fluid, of anything with which he was acquainted. Bi; Bome will prefer Prof. Hufeland's drink for Fever Patients, v' ich see. 4. Apple Cider to Keep Sweet, with but Triplinc* Expense. — Two things are absolutely necessary to pre- serve cider in a palatable state for any considerable time ; that is, to clear it of pomace, and then to keep it in a cool place, and the cooler the place tlie better. And then if kept air-tight, by bottling, it is also better, but farmers can- not take the time nor expense of bottling. Some persons Icaoh it through charcoal, and others boil, or rather scald and skim, to get clear of the pomace. In the first place, Qider, that is designed to kop over winter, should be BiU[iOON DEFABTMENT. 53 made from ripe, sound, sour apples only, and consequently it will be getting cool weather, and less likely to ferment. Then when made : Stand in open casks or barrels, and put into each barrel about ] pt. each of bickory (if you have them, if not other hard wood), asbea and fresh slacked lime ; stir the ashes and lime first into 1 qt. of new milk, then stir into the cider. It will cause all the f)omace to rise to the surface, from which you can skim it as it rises, or you can let it remain about 10 hours, then draw oflf by a faucet near the bottom, through a strainer, to avoid the hardened pomace. It is now ready for bottling or barreling, if too much trouble to bottle. If you barrel it, it has been found essen- tial to sulphur the barrel. The sulphuring is done by dip- ping cotton cloth into melted sulphur, and drying it ; then cutting into strips about two by six inches. Put about three gallons of cider into the barrel ; fire one end of the strip of the sulphured cloth, and introduce it into the> bung- hole, and hold it by means of the bung, giving it air suffi- cient to let it burn, keeping the smoke in as it burns, when you will push the bung in tight and shake the barrel untH the sulphur gas is absorbed into the cider ; then fill up the barrel with cider, a)id if not already in (he cellar, place it there, and you have accomplished the two points first spoken of. If the above plan is too much labor^ get oil barrels, if possible, to keep ycur cider in, (as vinegar can scarcely be made in an oil barrel,) the oil coming out a little and form- ing an air-tight coat on the top of the cider in the barreL Or: 6. Make your oider late in the Fall, and when made, put into each barrel, immediately, ground mustard } lb. ; salt 2 oz. ; pul- verized chalk 2 oj'. ; stir them up in a little of the oider, then pour into the barrel and shake well. I have drank cider kept in this way, in August, which was made in early Spring ; it was very nice. 6. I have had cider keep very race, also, b^ keeping in a cool cellar, and putting into each barrel : Mustard seed 2 oz. ; allspice 2 oz. j sweet oil | pt., and alcohol t pt. only. i Always ship your cider, if you have cider to ship, late in the Fall or early in Spring, for if t}4i;eD «ut of a cool, cellar 1 '■'il 6^ tfh, tOfiABB'B BKCUFBB. ,;f in hot weather it is sure to start fermentation. If wantea for medicine, proceed as in the following recipe: 7. To Prepare for Medicine. — To each harrel of oider just pressed fVom ripe, sour apples, not watered : Take mustard seed, nnground, 1 lb. : isinglass 1 oz. ; alum pul- verized 1 oz. ; put all into the barrel, leave the bung out, and shake or stir once a day for four days, then take new milk 1 qt., and half a dozen eggs, beat well togetiier, and put them into ^e cider and stir or shake again, as belore, for 2 days ; then let it settle until you see that it is clear, and draw off by a faucet. And if you wish to use in place of wine, in medicine, put it into bottles ; but if designed for family use you can barrel it, bunging it tight, and keep cool, of course, and you will have a very nice article, if the cider was not made too near a well or running stream of ~vater ; but it is found that if made too near these, the cider does not keen- Judge ye why I In some parts of England, by using only n^, dound apples, letting it work clear, racking off about twice, bottling, &o., &c., cider is kept from twenty to thirty years. Wheo cider is drawn off and bottled, it should not be corked until the next day after filling the bottles, as many of them will burst. Then lay on the side. STBUPS.— To Hake the Various Colors.— Powder cochineal 1 o^ ; soft water 1 pt. ; boil the cochineal in the water for a fe^; idnutes, using a copper kettle ; while boiling add 30 grs. of pow- dered alum, and 1 dr. of cream of tartar ; when the coloring mattei is all out of the cochineal remove it from the fire, and when • little cool, strain, bottle and set aside for use. Thb gives a beautiful red, and is used in the strawberry syrups only. Colored rather deep in shade. Pine apple if ' left without color. Wintergreen is colored with tincture oi camwood, (not deep.) Lemon and ginger with tincture of turmeric. (See Tinctures.) The two last named syrups are not colored high — a light shade only. 2. Artdioial, Various Flavors.— The ground work of all syrupB ought to be the same, i. e. Simple Syrup ; to maJce it, take 2| lbs. of the best coffee sugar, which is found not to crys- talize, and water 1 pt, or what is the same, 60 lbs. sugar, water 3 gals. Diflflol^ the Bogar in the wster by liMii. removing ugr !»' ::^ SALOON DEPABTMENT. 65 w- LAm that forms upon it, and strain while hot. This can be kept in a barrel or keg, and is always ready to flavor, af* desired. 3. Kaspberbt — Is made as follows : Take orris root, bruised, any quantity, say J lb., and just hand- lomely cover it with dilute alcohol, [76 per cent, alcohol, and water, equal quantities], so that it cannot be made any stronger of the root. This is called the " Saturated Tincture ; " and use suffi- cient of this tincture to give the desired or natural taste of the raspberry, from which it cannot be distinguished. , 4. Stbawberry — Flavor is as follows : The saturated tincture of orris, as above, 2 ozs., acetic-etiier, 2 drs. ; mix, and use suCitlcnt to give the desired flavor — a very little only is required, in either case. 5. Pine Apple flavor is made by using to suit the taste, of butyric ether. If persons have any doubt of these facts simply, try them. Some think syrups even f r fountains, charged with carbonic acid gas, that it is best to use about three-fourths oz. of tartaric acid to each gallon, but I prefer none unless the fountain is charged with the super- carbonate of soda, in which case it is necessary to use about three-fourths oz. of the acid to each pound of sugar. See Soda Syrups. This, above plan, for making simple syrupj is the true way of making all syrups ; but some people think they must use more water, that the syrup may be cheaper. Others will object to using artificial flavors. Oh I they say : " I buy the genuine article." Then, just allow 'me to say, don't buy the syrups nor the extracts, for ninety-nine hun- dredths of them are not made from the fruit, b.«t are artifi- cial. Kather make your own, as given under the head of Jams and Extracts. For the more watery syrups, see " Soda Syrups." . 6. Sabsapabilla — Is very nice as follows : Simple syrup, as above, and nice golden syrup, equal quantities of ea''b, and mix well ; then use a few drops of oils of wintergreeD and sassafras to each bottle, as used. The amounts for the desired flavors cannot be gi^en ex- actly to Boit every one, but all will wish different flavors ; DB« OHASB'S BEOIPES. in some towns, using very high tfavor, and in others sufl5- cient to perceive it, merely. All will soon get a plan of their own, and like it better than tbat of others. This mixture of golden syrup makes the sarsaparilla a beautiful dark color without other coloring. 7. Lemon SYRur, Common — Was formerly made by dissolving four pounds of crushed sugar in one quart of water by boiling, and adding three ounces of tartaric acid and flavoring with the oil of lemon ; but it is best made as follows : **" Coffee sugar 3 lbs ; water IJ pts. ; dissolve by gentle beat, and »dd citric acid 3 ozs., and flavor with oil or extract of lemon. See " Extracts." 8. Or a very nice lemon syrup is made as follows : Take cit- ric acid in powder \ oz. ; oil of lemon 4 drops ; simple eynip 1 quart. Rub the acid and oil in throe or four spoons of the syrup, then add the mixture to the remainder, and dissolve with gentle heat. Citric acid is not as likely to cause inflammor tion of the stomach as the tartaric, hence, its better adapta- tion to syrups calculated for drinks, and especially in disease. 9. Lemon Syrup— To Save the Loss of Lemons.— Where you have lemons that are spoiling or drying up, take the insidcs which are yet sound, squeeze out the juice, and to each pint put X^ lbs. white sugar, and a little of the peel ; boil a feW minutes, strain and cork for use. This will not require any acid, and one-half tea-spoon of soda to three-fourths of a glass of water with two or three table-spoons of syrup, makes a foaming glass. Some per- sons think they ought to put in water, but it' water is added the syrup will not keep as well, and takes more of it. 10. Soda Syrup, "With or "Without Fountains. — The common or more watery syrups are made by using loaf or crushed sutrnr 8 lbs. ; pure water 1 gal. ; gum arable 2 ozs. ; mix fn a brass or copper kettle ; boil until the gum is dissolved, then skim and Btr in through white flannel, after which add tartaric acid 5J oz. ; dissolve in hot water ; to flavor, use extract ot lemon, orange, rose, pine apple, peach, sarsaparilla, strawberry, &c., J oz. to each bottle, or to your taste. Now use two or three table-spoons of the sjrrup to three- fourths of a tumbler of water and one-half tea-spoon of SALOON DEF&BTUEin*. 67 super-carbonate of soda, made fine ; stir well and he ready to drink, or use the soda in water as mentioned in the " Im- perial Cream Nectar ;" the gum arable, however, holds thi* carbonic acid so it will not fly off as rapidly as common Boda. The above is to be used without fountains, that is t-o make it up as used, in glasses, or for the cheaper fountains which have an ounce of super-carbonate of soda to the g«l- lon of water ; but for the fountains which are charged, w the cities, with carbonic acid gas, no acids are used in the syrups. 11. Cream Soda, Using Cow's Cream, for Fountains.— N'ce loaf sugar 5 lbs. ; sweet rich cream 1 qt. ; water I^ gills ; warm gradually so as not to burn ; extract of vaailla f 02. ; extrati 0$ nutmeg ^ oz. Just bring to boiling heat, for if you cook it any length of time it will crystalize ; use four or five apoons of this syrup instead of three, as in other syrups. It used without a fountain, tartaric acid one quarter pound is added. The tendency of this syrup is to sour rather quicker than other syrups, but it is very nice while it lasts ] and if only made in small quantities and kept cool, it more than pays for the trouble of making often. 12. Cream Soda wtthout a Fountain.— Coffee sugar 4 lbs. j water 3 pts. ; nutmegs grated 3 in number ; whites of 10 eggs well beaten ; gum arable 1 oz. ; oil of lemon 20 drops ; or extract equal to that amount. By using oils of other fruits you can make as many flavors from this as you desire, or prefer. Mix all and place ove. a gentle fire, and stir well about thirty minutes ; remove from the fire, strain, and divide into two parts ; into one-half put super-carbonate of soda eight ounces ; and into the other half put six ounces tartaric Held ; shake well, and when cold they are ready to use, by pouring three or four spoons, from both parts, into separate glasses which are one-third full of cold water ; stir each and pour together, and you have as nice a glass of cream soda as was ever drank, which can also be drank at your leisure, as the gum and eggs hold the gas. 13. Soda Water Without a Machine for Bottling. — In each gallon of water to be used, carefully dissolve J lb. of crushed sugar, and 1 oz. of super-carbonate of soda ; then fill half- pint bottles with this water, have your corks ready ; now drup 58 DR. OHASE'S BEOIFES. into each bottle ^ dr. of citilc acid in crystals, and immediately cork and tie down. These bottles must be handled carefully without shaking, and kept cool until needed ; a little more or less sugar can be used to suit the taste of different persons. OYSTER SOUP. -To each dozen or dish of oysters put a half pint of water ; milk 1 gill ; butter J oz. ; powdered crackers to thicken. Bring the oysters and water to a boil, then add the other ingredients previously mixed together, and boil from 3 to 5 minutes only. Each one will choose to add salt, pepper, &c., to their own taste. Keep about these proportions if you should have to cook for an oyster supper for parties, &o. TRIPE.— To Prepare and Pickle.— First sew it up, after it is turned inside out ; be careful to sew it up tight, that no lime gets into it ; now have a tub of lime water, the consistence of good thick whitewash ; let it remain in from 10 to 20 minutes, or until when you take hold of it, the dark outside skin will come off ; then put it into clean water, changing three or four times to weaken the lime, that the hands be not injured by it ; then with a dull knife scrape off all the dark surface, and «ontinue to soak and scrape several times, which removes all offensive substances and smell. After this, let it soak 20 or 30 minutes in 2 or 3 hot waters, scraping over each time ; then pickle in salt and water 12 hours, and it is ready for cooking ; boil from three to four hours, cut in strips to suit, and put it into nice vinegar with the various spices, as desired j renew the vinegar at the expiration of one week, is all that will be required further. Many persons stick up their nose when tripe is spoken of; but if nicely prepared, I prefer it to any dish fw^ished by the beef. MOLASSES CANDY AND POP-CORN BALLS -Candy.— Equal quantities of brown sugar and molasses, and put them into a suitable kettle — copper is the best— and when it begins to boil, skim it well, and strain it, or else pour it through a fine wire sieve to free it of slivers and sticks which are often found in the sugar ; then return it to the kettle and continue to boil, until, when you have dipped your hand in cold water and passed one or two fingers through the boiling candy and immeuiately back to the cold water, what adheres when cold will crush like dry •gg shells, aud does not adhere to the teeth when bitten. When done, pour it on a stone or platter which has been greased, and as it gets cool begin to throw up the edges and work it by pulling on a hook cr by the hand, until bright and glistening like gold ; the hands should have a little flour, on them occasioo flAZooR DSPABnonr. 69 dlately a half cers to d the 3 to 5 M any ; now keep the mass b^ a wann stove, if much is made at one time, and draw it into stick size, occasionally rolling them to keep round, until all is pulled out and cold, then with shears clip a little upon them, at proper lengths for the sticks, and they will snap quickly while yet the stick will bend ; no color, no butter, no lard or flavor is use4 or need be, yet any oil can be used for flavoring, if cesired, when poured out to cool. Sugar left in molasses barrels works very nicely in this preparation. Pulverized white sugar sprinkled amongst it will prevent it from sticking together. 2. Candy Perfectly White. — K it is desired to have candy that is perfectly white, proceed as follows : Best cofilee sugar 2^ lbs. ; the nicest syrup U pts. ; boil veiy carefully, until when tried as above, it crisps like egg shells or flies like glass ; then draw and work upon the hook until very white. 3. Molasses Candy Wrraour Sugab. — Porto Rico molasses boiled and worked as above, has a cream shade according to tiie amount of pulling, and most persons prefer it to the mixture of sugar and molasses, as in the first. 4. Pop Corn Balls.— Pop the corn, avoiding all that is not nicely opened ; place ^ bu. of the com upon a table or in a large dripping pan ; put a little water in a suitable kettle with sugar 1 lb. ; and boil as for candy, imtil it becomes quite waxy in water, when tried as for candy ; then remove from the fire and dip into it 6 to 7 table spoons of thick gum solution, made by pouring boiling water upon gum arable, over night, or some hours before ; now dip the mixture upon different parts of the corn, putting a stick, or the hands, under the corn, lifting up and mixing until the corn is all saturated with candy mixture ; then with the hands press the corn into balls, as the boys do snow-balls, being quick, lest it sets before you get through , This amount will make ahout one iiundred balls, if prop- erly done. White or brown sugar may be used. And for variety, white sugar for a part, and molasses or syrup for another batch. Either of these are suited to street ped* lars. , Action op Sugar or Candy on the Teeth. — M. Larez, of France, in the course of his investigations on the the teeth, has arrived at the following conclusions : First — That " refined sugar, either firom cane or beet, is Ui^vA' CUB to healthy teeth, either by immediate contact witli these organs, or by the gas developed, owing to the stoppage in the U ■ w i'n J 60 DB. OHASE'B BEOIFEa stomach. Second— tuat if a tooth is macerated in a saturated Bohition of sugar, it is so much altered in the chemical composi- tion that it becomes gelatinous, and its enamel opaque, spongy, and easily broken. This modification is due not to free acid, but to a tendency of sugar to combine with the calcareous basis of the teeth."' I have destroyed my own teeth, I have no doubt now, by constantly eating candies, while in the grocery business, be- fore I knew its injurious effects, and I believe it to have destroyed the first teeth of all my children which were born during my candy-eating propensities. What say our candy- eating gentry to the above ? LEMONADE — To Carry in the Pocket. — Loaf sugar 1 lb. ; rub it down finely in a mortar, and add citric acid i oz ; (tartaric acid will do), and lemon essence ^ oz. and continue the trituration until all is intimately mixed, and bottle for use. It is best to dry the powders aa mentioned in the Persian Sherbet next following : A rounding tablespoon can be done up in a paper and carried conveniently in the pocket when persons are going into out-of-the-way places, and added to half pint of cold water, when all the beauties of a lemonade will stand beibre you, waiting to be drank, not costing a penny a glass. This can bo made sweeter or more sour if desired. If any, how- ever, should prefer an evervcscing drink, they can follow the directions given in the next recipe. Persian Sherbet. — Pulverized sugar 1 lb. ; super-carbonate of Boda 4 ozs. ; tartaric acid 3 ozs. ; put all the articles into the stove oven when moderately warm, being separate, upon paper or plates, let them remain sufficiently long to dry out all damp- ness absorbed from the air, then rub about 40 drops of lemon oil (or if preferred, any other flavored oil,) thoroughly with the sugar in a mortar — wedgewood is the best — then add the soda and acid, and continue the rubbing until all are thoroughly mixed. Bottle and cork tight, for, if any degree of moisture is permitted to reach it, the acid and soda neutralize each other, and the virtue is thus destroyed. A middling sized table-spoon or two teaspoons of this put into a half pint glass and nearly filled with water and quickly drank, makes an agreeable summer beverage ; and if three or four glasses of it are taken within a short time, say an hour or two, it has the effect of a gentle cathartic, hence for those habit- t^ m ■sir SALOON DEPARTMENT. 61 saturated '*^ compofij. spongy, acid, but vjj SIS of the Jb. ,* rub (tartaric turation best to 't next 5r and going )f cold before This f how- w the ate of the paper laDip- eiaon i the soda \ghly e is rdcli ually costive it would bo found nearly or quite equal to the seidlitz powder, and for children it would be the pleasanter of the two. [The printers have tried it, and can bear tes- timony to its good qualities.] BEERS.— Root Beer. — For each gallon of water to be used, take hops, burdock, yellow dock, sarsaparilla, dandelion, and spikenard roots, bruised, of each ^ oz. ; boil about 20 minutes, and strain while hot, add 8 or 10 drops of oils of spruce and sassafras mixed in equal proportions, when cool enough not to scald your hand, put in 2 or 3 table-spoous of yeast ; molasses § ol ^ a pint, or white sugar J lb. gives it about the right sweetness. Keep these proportions for as many gallons as you wish to make. You can use more or less of the roots to suit your taste after trying it ; it is best to get the dry roots, or dig them and let them get dry, and of course you can add any other root known to possess medicinal properties desired in the beer. After all is mixed, let it stand in a jar with a cloth thrown over it, to work about two hours, then bottle and set in a cool place. This is a nice way to take altera- tives, without taking medicine. And families ought to make it every Spring, and drink freely of it for several weeks, and thereby save, perhaps, several dollars in doctors' bills. 2. Spbuce or Aromatic Beeq. — For 3 gals, water put in 1 qt. and one ^ pt. molasses, 3 eggs well beaten, yeast 1 gill. Into 2 qts. of the water boiling hot put fifty drops of any oil you wish the flavor of; or mix 1 ounce each, oils sassafras, spruce and winter- green, then use 60 drops of the mixed oils. Mix all, and strain ; let it stand two hours, then bottle, bearing in mind that yeast must not be put in when the fluid would scald the hand. Boiling water cuts oil for beers, equal to alcohol. 3. Lemon Beer. — Water 30 gals. ; ginger root bruised 6 ozs. ; cream of tartar \ lb. ; coffee sugar 13 lbs. ; oil of lemon 1 oz. ; or i oz. of the oil may be used, and 6 good sized lemons, sl'oed; yeast 1| pts. Boil the ginger and cream of tartar, about twenty to thirty minutes, in two or three gallons of the water ; then strain it upon the sugar and oils or sliced lemons, which have been rubbed together, having warm water enough to make the whole thirty gallons just so you can hold your hand in it without burning, or about seventy degrees of heat ; then 62 DB. OHABE'S BEOIFEB. work up the yeast into a paste, as for the cider, with five or six ounces ox flour. Let it work over night, skimming oflf the yeast, or letting it work over as the cider, then strain and bottle for use. This will keep fifteen or twenty days. The Port Huronites think it a splendid drink. 4. Ginger Beer.— Wnite sugar 6 lbs. ; lemon juice 1 gill ; honey } lb. ; ginger, bruised, 5 ozs. ; water 4J gals. Boil the ginger thirty minutes in 3 quarts of the water ; then add the other ingredients, and strain ; when cold, put in the white of an egg, well beaten, with one teaspoon of lemon essence — let stand four days, and bottle. It will keep for months — much longer than if yeast was used j the honey, however, operates mildly in place of yeast. 6. Philadelphu Beer. — Water 30 gals. ; brown sugar 20 lbs. ; ginger, bruised, 1\ lbs.; cream of tartar i lb. ; super-carbonate of soda 3 oz. ; oil of lemon, cut in a little alcohol, 1 teaspo '*> ; whlt<)B of 10 eggs, well beaten ; hops 2 oz. ; yeast 1 qt. The ginger root and hops should be boiled twenty or thirty minutes in enough of the water to make aU milk warm, then strained into the rest, and the yeast added and allowed to work over night ; skimmed and bottled. 6. Patent Gas Beer.— Ginger 2 ozs. ; allspice 1 oz. ; cinnamon } oz. ; cloves \ oz. ; all bruised or ground * nolasses 2 qts. ; cold water 7^ gals. ; yeast 1 pt. Boil the pulverized articles, for fifteen or twenty minutes in the molasses ; then strain into your keg, and add the water, then the yeast; shake it well together and bung down. If made over night it will be ready for use the next day. There ought to be a little space in the keg not filled with the beer. This bee^ ^ ahead of all the pops and min-. eral waters of the day, for flavor, health or sparkling quali-^ ties or speed in making. Be careful you do not burst the keg. In hot weather, draw in a pitcher with ice. I have sold this in the principal towns of Ohio, Indiana and Michi- gan, travelling with a caravan, and obtained two dollars for the recipe from the man who kepf the inside stand, and who blew the head out the first keg of it which he made. 7. Corn Beer, Without Yeast.— Cold water 6 gals. ; soupd nice com 1 qt. ; molasses 2 qts. ; pat all into a keg of this slw ; shake well, and in 2 or 3 days a fermentation will have been brought on as nicely as with jeast Keep it bunged tight BALOON DEPABTMSMT. 63 It may be flavored with oils of spruce or lemoii) if desired, by ponriDg on to the oils one or two quarts of the water, boiling hot. The oorn will last five or six makings. If it gets too sour add more molasses and water in the same pro- portions. It is cheap, healthy, and no bother with yeast. 8. Strong Beer, English Improved. — Malt 1 peck ; coarse brown BUgar 6 lbs. ; hops 4 oz. ; good yeast 1 tea-cup ; if you have not malt, take a little over one peck of barley (twice the amount of oats will do, but are not as good,) and put it into an oven aflec the bread is drawn, or into a stove oven, and steam the moisture from them. Grind coarsely. Now pour upon the ground malt 3} gals, of water at 170 or 172^ of heat The tub in which you scald the malt should have a false bottom, two or three inches from the real bottom ; the false bottom should be bored full of gimlet holes, so as to act as a strainer, to keep back the malt meal. When the water is poured on, stir them well, and let it stand 3 hours, and draw off by a faucet ; put in 7 gals, more of v iter at 180 to 182 <^ : stir it well, and let it stand 2 hours, and draw it off. Then put on a gal. or two of cold water, stir it well and draw it off : you should have about 6 or 6 gals. Put the 6 lbs. of coarse brown sugar in am equal amount of water ; mix with the wort, and boil 1 J to 2 hours with the hops ; you should have eight gals, when boiled ; when cooled to 80 <^ put in the yeast, and let it work 18 to 20 hours^ covered with a sack ; use sound iron hooped kegs or porter bot- tles, bung or cork tight, and in two weeks it will be good sound beer, and will keep a loig time ; and for persons of a weak habit of body, and especially females, one glass of this with their meals is far better than tea or coffee, or all the ardent spirits in the universe. If more malt is used, not exceeding ^ a bushel, tbe beer, of course, would have more spirit, but this streps ^h is suffi- cient for the use of families or invaUds. "^ 9. Al3, Home-Bbewed — How it is Made.- -The fol- lowing formula for the manufacture of a famous hb^e-brewed ale of the English yeomanry, will convey a very clear idea of the components and mixture .of ordinary ales. The middle classes of the English people usually make their ale in quantities of two barrels, that is seventy-two gallons. For this purpose a quarter of malt (8 bus.) is obtained at the malt-house — or, if wished to be extra strong, nine bushels of malt —are taken, with hops, 12 lbs. ; yeast, 6 qts. The malt, being crushed or ground, is mixed with 72 gals, of water at the temperature of 160 <^ , and covered up for 8 hours, when 40 gallons are drawn off, into which the hops are put, and left to infiise. Sixty gallons of water at a temperature of 170 o are then added to the malt in the maah-tub. and well ' i m m I ! \^ \m 64 DB. chase's BEOIPES. mixed, and after standing 2 hours, sixty gallons are drawn oQ The wort from these two mashes is boiled with the hops for two hours, and after being cooled down to 65 ® , is strained through a flannel bag into a fermenting tub, where it is mixed with the yeast and left to work for 24 or 30 hours. It is then run into barrels to cleanse, a few gallons being reserved for filling up the casks as the yeast works over. Of course when the yeast is worked out it must be bunged. If one half a pint of this was taken each meal by men, and half that amount by females, and no other spirits, tea nor coffee, during the day, I hesitate not in saying that I firmly believe it would conduce to health. I know that this, which a man makes himself, or some of the wines mentioned in this work, Lome-made, are all that any person ought to alio vv themselves to use in these days when dollars and cents are the governing influences of all who deal in such articles. 10. Porter, Ale, or Wine, to Prevent Flatness in Parts of Bottles for the Invalid. — Sick persons who ai*e recommended to use ale, porter, or wine, and can only take a small glass at a time, nearly always find the last of the bottle flat or stale. To prevent this, put in the cork firmly, and turn the <3ork-end downwards in a large ^^mibler or other vessel nearly filled with water. This plan preveni;» communication with the external air. 11. Cream Nectar, Lmper'jll. — First, take water 1 gal. ; loaf sugar 8 lbs. ; tartaric acid 8 oz. ; gum arable 1 oz. j put into a suitable kettle and place on the fire. Second, take flour 4 teaspoons ; the whites of 4 eggs well beaten together with the flour, and add water h pt. ; when the first is blood warm put in the second, and boil three minutes, and it is done. Directions. — Three .table-spoons of the syrup to a glass half or two-thirds full of water, and one-third teaspoon of super-carbonate of soda, made fine ; stir well, and drink at rour leisure. l®*In getting up any of the soda drinks which are spoken of^ it will be found preferable to put about eight ounces of super-carbonate, often called carbonate of soda, into one pint of water in a bottle, and shake when you wish to make a glass of soda, and pour off this into the glass until it foams well, instead of using the dry soda us directed. SALOCI DEPARTMENT. 12. Ginger Poiv-Walor 5i gals. ; ginger root, bruised, ^ lb. : tartaric acid ^ oz. ; wliUe sugar 2 J lbs. ; whites of 3 eggs, well bfaU'.u ; lemoii oil 1 teaspoon ; yeast 1 gill. . Boil the root for thirty minutes in one gallon of the water, strain off, and put the oil in while hot ; mix. Make ^ver night, and in the Tr^orning skim and bottle, keeping out sediments. 13. Spanish Ginoerette. — fo each gal. of water put 1 lb. of white sugar ; ^ oz. best bruised ginger root ; i oz. of cream of tartar, and 2 lemons sliced. DmECTioxs.— In making 5 gals, boil the ginger and lemons 10 minutes ia 2 gals, of the water ; the sugar and cream of tartar if* be dissolved iu the cold water, and mix all, and add i pint o/ good yeuHt; let it ferment over night, strain laid bottle in the morning. This is a valuable recipe for a cooling and refreshing bev- craprc t compounded of ingredients highly calculated to ftssibt the stomach, and is recommended .to persons suffering with Dyspepsia or Siok Headache. It is much used in Eu- ropean countries; and persons having once tested its virtues will constantly uue it as a common drink. And for saloons, or groceries, no temperance beverage will set it aside. 14. Sham-Cuampaone. — A Purely Teatperance Drink. — Tartaric acid 1 oz. ; one good sized lemon ; ginger root 1 oz. ; white sugar I J lbs. ; water 2J gals. ; yeast 1 gill. Slice the lemon, and bruize the ginger, mix all, except the yeast, boil the water and pour it upon them, and let stand until cooled to blood heat ; then add the yeast and let it stand In the euri through the day ; at night, bottle, tieing the corks, and ia '"vo days it will be fit to use. — Mrs. Beecher. Be sure and not drink over three or four bottles at one time. YEASTS— Hop Yeast.-— Hops 1 oz. ; water 3 pts. ; flour I tea. ^up ; brown sugav 1 tablespoon ; salt I teaspoon ; brewew' oi bakers' yeast 1 gill. Boil the hops twenty minutes in the water, strain into a jar, and stir in the flour, sugar, and salt, and when a little cool add the yeast, and after four or five hours cover up, and stand in a cool place or on the ice for use. The above makes a good family yeast, but the following is 'he regular bakers' yeast, as thev always keep the malt on hand. I m ?( ^'i DB. OEASE*S BXCUPBB. ^ 2. Bakers' Teast.— Hops 2 oz. ; water 1 gal. : wheat floni 2 Ibi. ; malt flour 1 pi. ; stock yeast ^ pt. Boil the hops for thirty minates in the water^ strain, and let cool until you can well bear your hand in it ; then stir «n the flour and yeast ; keep in a warm place until the fer- mention is well under way, and then let it work in a cooler- place six or eight hours, when it should be put in pint bot- tles about half full, and closely corked and tied down. By keeping this in a very cool cellar, or ice house, it wiU keep for months, fit for use. But as it is often troublesome to obtain yeast to start with, I give you f^e " Distillers' Jug Yeast," starting without yeast. 3. Juo Yeast, Without Yeast to Start Wrra. — Hops } lb. j water 1 gal. ; fine malt flour ^ pt. ; brown sugar ^ lb. Boil the hops in the water until quite strong, strain, and Btir in the malt flour ; and strain again through a coarse cloth, and boil agdin for ten minutes ; when lukewarm, stir in the sugar, and place in a jug, keeping it at the same temperature until it works over ; then cork tight, and keep in a cool place. 4. Yeast Cake.— Good sized potatoes 1 doz. ; hops 1 large handful ; yeast ^ pt. ; corn meal sufficient quantity. Boil the potatoes, after peeling, and rub them through a cullender ; boil the hops in two quarts of water, and strain into the potatoes ; then scald sufficient Indian meal to make chem the consistence of emptyings, and stir in the yeast and let rise ; then, with unscalded meal, thicken so as to roll out and cut into cakes, dry quickly, at first, to prevent souring. They keep better, and soak up quicker, than if made with flour. ICE CREAM.— Fresh cream J gal. : rich milk ^ gal. ; white Bugar 1 lb. ; some do use as much as 2 lbs. of sugar to the gallon, Set it leaves an unpleasant astringency in the throat after eating le cream, but please yourselves. Dissolve the sugar in the mixture, flavor with extract to suit vour taste, or take tiie peel from a fresh lemon and steep one- half of it in as little water as you can, and add this— it makes the lemon flavor better than the extract — and no flavor will so univer- sally please as the lemon; keep the same proportion for any amount desired. The juice of strawberries or raspberries gives a beautiftil color and flavor to ice creams ; or about 1 02. of essenoe ■■^^ SALOON DEPABTMENT. 67 X ex(rMli to % gallon, or to suit the taste. Have your ice well broken ; 1 qt. salt to a buclvt of ice. Alout half an hour's constant stiiilng and occasional scraping down and beating together, will freeze it. The old-fa^)hioned freezer which turns in a tub of ice, makes smoother and nicer ice-cream than all the patent freezers I have »een ; and the plan of using tho genuine cream and milk gives sufficient profit ; but I will give you the best substitutes there are, in the following recipe, but the lest yoia e»t of either the better will it be for your health. 2. Ice Cream, Vert Cheap. — Milk 6 qts. ; Oswego corn starch half a pound. First dissolve the starch in one quart of the milk, then mix all together, and just simmer a little (not to boil). Sweetesi and flavor to suit your taste, as above ; or — 3. Irish moss 1^ oz. ; milk 1 gal. First soak the moss in a little cold water for an hour, aud rinse well to clear it of sand and a certain peculiar taste ; then steep it for an hour in the milk just at the boiling point, but not to boil ; it imparts a rich color and flavor without eggs or cream. 'fh9 moss may be steoped twice. It is the Ohioago plan. I have eaten it and know it lo be very nice. A tw minutes rubbing, at the end of freez- ing, with the spatula, against the side of the freezer, gives ice oream a smoothnaa not otherwise obtained. WIN3BS. — CuHftANT, Cherry, and other Berrt Wines.— The juice of either of the above fruits can b^ used aloDB, or in combintions to make a variety of flavors, or suit pmons who haf« tome and not the other kinds of fruit. Express all the juice you can, then take an equal amount of boiling walsr and pour on tha pressed fruit, let stand two hours, squeeze oi t as much as there la of juice, and mix, then add 4 lbs. of brown ^aigar to each galloft of the mixture ; let stand until worked, oi 3 or 4 weeks, wifftout a bung in a keg or barrel, simply put log a piece of gauze over the bung-hole to keep out flies ; when it is done working, bong it up. A cool aellar, of course, is the best place for keeping wines, as tfiey must be kept where they will not freeie. Some persSDs use only one-fourth juice, in making fruit wines, and three-fourthi water, but you will bear in mind liF-t'i ;1i . ^. •hm 68 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. that the wine will be good or had, just in j»*opariion to the water and sugar used. If care is taken when you express the juice, to prevent the pulp or seeds from entering or remaining in the juice, no other straining or racking will be needed. Most persons also recommend putting in brandy, but if any spirit is used at all, let it be pure alcohol, from one gill to one-half pint only per gallon, .but the strength of juice I recommend, and the umo'int of sugar, remove all necessity for any addition of spirit whatever. Bear in mind that all fruit of which you are to make wine ought to be perfectly ripe, and then make it as soon as possible there- after, not letting the juice ferment before the addition of the sugar. If bottled, always lay them on the side. ' 2. Rhubarb, or English Patent Wine. — An agree- able and healthful wine is made from the expressed juice of the garden rhubarb. To each gal. of juicej add 1 gal. of soft water, in which 7 lbs. of brown sugar has been dissolved ; fill a keg or a barrel with this ^.roportion, leaving the bung out, and keep it filled with sweetened water as it works over, until clear ; then bung down or bottle as you desire. These stocks will furnish about three-fourths their weight in juice, or from sixteen hundred to two thousand gallons of wine to each acre of well cultivated plants. Fill the bar- rels and let them stand until spring, and bottle, as any wino will be better in glass or stone. 3. Some persons give Mr. Cahoon, of Kenosha, Wis., credit for originating pie-plant wine, but that is a mistake ; it has long been made in England, and has even been pa- tented in that country. They first made it by the following directions, which also makes a very nice article, but more applicable for present use than for keeping. For every 4 lbs. of the stocks cut fine, pour oa 1 gal. of boiling water, adding 4 lbs. of brown sugar ; let stand covered 24 hours ; having also added a little cinnamoa, allspice, cloves and nutmeg, bruised, as may be desired for flavoring ; then strain and let work a few days, and bottle. 4. Tomato Wine. — Express the juice from clean, ripe tomatoes* and to each gallon of it, (without any water,) put brown sugar 4 lbs. Put in the sugar Immediately, or befK^re fermentatioD BALOON DEFA^STIURNT. 69 begins — this ought to be done in making any fruit -wine. Something of the character of a cheese press, hoop and cloth, is the best plan to squeeze out the juice of tomatoes or other fruits. Let the wine stand in a keg or barrel for two or three months ; then draw off in bottles, carefully avoiding the sediment. It makes a most delightful wine, having all the beauties of flavor belonging to the tomato, and I have no doubt all its medicinal properties also, either as a tonic in disease, or as a beverage for those who are ir^ the habit of using intoxicating beverages, and if such per- sons would have the good sense to make some wine of this kind, and use it instead of rot-gut whisky, there would not be one-hundredth part of the " snakes in the boot" that now curse our land. It must be tasted to be appreciated. I have it now, which is three years old, worth more than much pretended wine which is sold for three or four shiUings a pint. 5. Tomato Cultivation, for Early and Late. — The Working Farmer says of the tomato plant : — " That it bears 80 per cent, of its fruits within 18 inches of the ground, while more than half the plant is above that part. When the branches are cut they do not bleedi and they may therefore be shortened immediately above the large or early-setting fruit. " The removal of the small fruit on the endr of the branches is no loss, for the lower fruit will swell to an un- natural size by trimming, and both a greater weight and measure of fruit will be the consequence, besides obtaining a large portion five to fifteen days earlier. The trimming should be done so as to have a few leaves beyond the fruit, to insure perfect ripening. The importance of early manur- ing is too evident to need comment. The burying of the removed leaves immediately around the plant is a good practice, both by insuring full disturbance of the soil, and by the presenting of a fertilizer progressed precisely to the point of fruit making. The portions buried decay rapidly, and are rapidly assimilated." If wanted very early and large, trim off all except two or three upon each plant. 6. To ripen late tomatoes, pull the plants having green toma- toes on them, before the commencement of frosts, and hang then In a well ventilated cellar. The fruit will continue to ripen until early winter, espo- eially if the cellar is cool and damp. m I 11 -.V k I M V A-. I^lll !-vi DB. OHABB'S BBOIPESi 7. The Tomato as Food. — Dr. Bennett, a professor of some celebrity, considers the tomato an invaluable article of diet, and ascribes to it various important medical properties. Mrst— That the tomato is one of the most powerful aperients for the liver and other organs ; where ccUomel is indicated, it is proba- bly one of the most effective and least harmful remedial agents known to the profession. Second— ih&t a chemical extract will be obtained from it that will supersede the use of calomel in the cure of disease. 77iir(2— that he has successfully treated Diarrhoea with this article alone, i'bur^^^that when used as an article of diet, it is an almost sovereign remedy for Dyspepsia and indigestion. Mfth—ih&t it should be constantly used for daily food, either cooked or raw, or in the form of catchup ; it is the most healthy article now in use. Knowing personally the value of the tomato in disease, for food and wine, I freely give all the information regard- ing it which I can, that others may make as free use of it as health and economy demand, consequently, I give you the next item, which I have learned just as the type were being set, upon this subject in 1860. 8. Tomatoes as Food roR Ca. ^e. — Mr. Davis, the editor of the " Michigan State News," Ann Arbor, Mich., says, " that he has fed his cow, this season, at least ten bushels of tomatoes." His plan is to mix a little bran with them (3 qts. to a half bushel of tomatoes, when fed ;) they cause an excellent flow of rich and delicious milk. He did not think of it until after the frosts, when ob- serving them going to waste, he thought to see if she would eat them, which she did freely, from the commencement. I have also known pigs to eat them, but this is not common. In 1862, 1 found my cow to eat them oa freely as spokep of by Mr. Davis. 9. Wine, from Whitb Currants. — Ripe, white currants, any quan- tity ; squeeze out the juice, and put on water to get out as much more as there is of the juice, and mix the two, and to each gallon put 3^ lbs. of sugar ; let it work without boiling or skimming for 2 or three months, then rack off and bottle. The white currant has less acidity than the red, and does not require as much sugar. I have n^vcr tasted currant wine equal to this. 10. GoroBB Wms.— Alcohol of 98 per cent. 1 qt ; beet ginger BALOOISI DB^AKmillT. 71 root, braised, 1 oz. ; cayenne 6 grs ; tartaric acid 1 dr. ; let stand 1 week and filter, or draw off by faucet aboye ttie sediment Now add 1 gal. of water in which 1 lb. of crashed sugar has been boiled. Mix when cold. To make the color, boil ^ oz. of cochineal, f oz. of cream of tartar, ^ oz. of saleratus, and } oz. of alum, in 1 pt. of water until you get a bright red color, and use a proper amount of this to bring the fdne to the desired color. This wine is suitable for nearly all tli« purposes for which any wine is used, and a gallon of it will not cost more than a pint of many wines sol?, throughout the country for med- icinal purposes, represented to be imported from Europe. Let a man, suffering with a bad cold, drink about half a pint of this wine hot, on going to bed, soaking his feet at the same time in hot water fifteen or twenty minutes, and covering up warm and sweating it out until moming, then washing oif his whole body with cool or cold water, by means of a wet towel, and rubbing briskly with a coarse dry towel for four or five minutes, will not be able to find his cold or any bad effects of it in one case out of a hundred. Ladies or children would take less in proportion to age and strength. Females in a weakly condition, with little or no appetite, and spare in flesh, from food not properly digest- ing, but not yet ripened into actual indigestion, will find almost entire relief by taking half a wine-glass of this wine twenty minutes before meals, and following it up a month or two, according to their improved condition, "^ot family use it is just as good without color, as with it. 11. Blacbbebbt Wdje. — Mash the berries, and pou* 1 qt. of boiling water to each gal. ; let the mixture stand 24 hours, stir- ring occasionally ; then strain and measure into a keg, adding 2 lbs. of sugar, and good rye whiskey 1 pt, or best alcohol*^ pt. to each gal. . Cork tight, and let it stand until the following October, and you will have wine fit for use, without further straining or boiling, that will make lips smack as they never smacked under its influence before. I feel assured that where this fruit is plenty, that this wine should take the place of all others, as it is invaluable in sickness as a tonic, and nothing is better for bowel dis- ease. I therefore give making tried it myself, I speak advi0edlj on the subject. having u Mil 72 DB. CHASE'S RECIPES. Tha Dollar Times, Cincinnati, 0., first published ibis reci; e, not using any spirits, but I find tha^ »t will often fiCai" without it. 12. Lawton Blackberry — Its Cultivation. — An editor at Coldwater, Mich., says of this fruit : — ** That where it is best known it is one of the most popular small fruits that has ever been cultivated. It has been known to pro- duce over one thousand full-grown ripe berries in one season on a single stalk ; the average size of fruit being from three- iTourths to one and a half inches in diameter ; quality excel- lent, very juicy, seeds very small, and few in number. Five quarts of berries will make one gallon of juice, which, mixed with two gallons of water and nine pounds of refined sugar, will make three gallons of wine, equal in quality to the best grape wine. Professor Mapes, and many others, who have tested the qualities of the same as a wine fruit, speak of it in terms of the highest praise. 13. Port Wine.— Fully ripe wild grapes 2 bu. ; best alcohol 3 gals. ; sugar 25 lbs. ; water to fill a. barrel. Mash the grapes without breaking the seed; then put them into a barrel with the sugar and alcohol, and fill up with rain water, and let it lie a few weeks in the sun ; or if the weather has become cold, in a warm place, then in the cellar until spring ; then rack off and bottle, or place in per- fectly clean kegs or barrels, and you have a better article than nine-tenths of what is represented as imported Port. 14. Cider Wine. — Prof. Horsford, a celebrated chemist, communicated the following recipe to the Horticultural Society of Massachusetts, and recommends it for general trial : " Let the new cider rrom sour apples (ripe, sound fruit preferred) ferment from one to three weeks, as the weather is warm or cool. When it has attained to a lively fermentation add to each gallon, according to its acidity, from \ a Vr>. to 2 lbs. of white crushed sugar, and let the whole ferment ontil it possesses precisely the taste which it is desired should be permanent. In this con- dition pour out a quart of the cider, anvl add for each gallon \ oz. of sulphite of lime J not sulphate. Stii the powder and cidrr until intimately mixed, and return the emulsion to the ferment- ing liquid. Agitate brisk'/y and thoroughly for a few moments, and then let the cider settle. Fermentation will cease at onca. SALOON DSPABTMEKT. When, after a few dayB, the cidwr has become clear, clraw ofT 1 ■Ml •ft' I m f. 16 ■'■■ 74 DB. chase's BEOIFEB. purposes, and far more pure than can be purchased once in a hundred times, and if one makes their own, they have the satisfaction of knowing that their wines are not made of what is vulgarly, yet truly called, " Rot gut whisky.*^ 16. CoLORiNO FOR WiNES. — Whito sugar, 1 lb. ; water 1 gill ; put into an iron kettle, let boil, and burn to a red black, and thick ; remove from the fire and add a little hot water to keep it from hardening as it cools ; then bottle for use. Any of the foregoing wines can be colored with this, as desired, but for family use I never use any color. 17. Stobiach Bitters Equal to Hosteters', for One-Fourth its Cost, and Schiedam Schnapps Exposed. — European Gentian root, 1 1-2 oz. ; orange peel 2 1-2 oz. ; cinnamon 1-4 oz. ; anise seed 1-2 oz, ; coriander seed 1-2 oz. ; cardamon seed 1-8 oz. ; unground Penivian bark 1-2 oz. ; gum kino 1-4 oz. ; bruise all these articles, and put them into the best alcohol 1 pt. ; let it stand a week and pour off the clear tincture ; then boll the dregs a few minutes in 1 qt. of water ; strain and press out all the strength ; now dissolve loaf sugar 1 lb., in the hot liquid, adding 3 qts. cold water, and mix with the spirit tincture first poured ofi', or you can add these, and let it stand on the dregs if preferred. 18. NOTE.— Schiedam Schnapps, Falsely so Called. — It is gene- rally known that in Schiedam, Holland, they make the best quality of Gin, calling it " Schiedam Schnapps," consequently it might be expected that unprincipled men would undertake its imitation ; but hardly cox ^d it have been expected thai so base an imitation would start into existence under the guidance of a man, who, at lea^t, calls himself honorable. Take gentian root 1-4 lb. ; orange peel 1-4 lb. ; puds 1-2 lb. ; (but if this last cannot be obtained, poma aurantior, unripe oranges), or agaric 1-4 lb. ; best galangal 1-4 lb. ; centaury 1-4 lb.— cost $1 20. Put pure spirits, 10 gals., upon them and let them stand 2 weeks ; stir it every day, and at the end of that time put three gallons of this to one barrel of good whisky ; then bot- tle and label ; and here follows the label : i AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS, A Superlative Tonic, DiDRETio, Anti-Dyspeptic, and Invigorating Cordial. — This Medi- OAL Beverage is manufactured at Scheidam, in Holland, and, ia warranted free from every injurious property and ingredient, and «f the best possible quality. Its extraordinary medicinal properties in Gravel, Gout, Chronic Rheumatism, Incipient Dropsy, Flatulency, Cholic Pains of the Stomach or Bowels, whether in adults or infants. In all ordi- nary cases of obstruction in the Kidneys, Bladder, and Urinary organs, in Dyspepsia, whether Acute or Chronic, in general Debility, sluggish Circulation of the Blood, Inadequate Aesimi- MEOIOAL DEPABTUlDfrF. 76 lation of Food, and Exhausted Vital Energy, are acknowledged by the whole Medical Faculty, and attested in their highest written authorities. I purchased the foregoing recipe of an extensive dealer in Evansville, Ind. ; he put up the stuff in quart bottles, and labeled it as I have shown you ; bis label was got up in splendid style, bronzed letters, and sent out to the world as pure " Schiedam Schnapps " at $1 per bottle. I have given you the whole thing, that the thousands into whose hands this book may fall shall know what confidence, or that no confidence whatever, can be placed in the "Advertised Nostrums " of the day, but that the only security we have is to make our own or go to those persons whom we know to be scientific, oUain their prescription and foJlow their counsel. Every person knows that real Holland Giu possesses diuretic and other valuable properties ; and who would not suppose he was getting a genuine article from this Flaming, Bronze-crested Label, pointing out especi- ally all the complaints that Schiedam-lovers are wont to complain of ! And yet not one drop of gin to a barrel of it. And my exciwo for this exposure is that they imd all who may have occasion to use such articles may know that "good whisky " ought to be afforded at less than $4 per gallon, even if $1 20 worth of bitter tonics are put into 3J barrels of the precious stuff. Then take our advice where gin or other liquor is aeoded^ OS mentioned in the first recipe in the Medical Department. ' M'l*' I ■\'»l !;• ■7 ' •if* 1-4 . > V, ^'I'f .m MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. I would give an introductory word of Caution in this Department. Whenever you buy an article of medicine which ia not regularly labeled by the Druggist, have him, in all cases, write the name upon it. In this way you will not only save money, but perhaps life. Arsenic, phosphorus, lauda- num, acids, &c., should ^ways be put where children cannot get at them. And alwa/s purchase the best quality of drugs to insure success. ALCOHOL — In Medicines, Preferable to Brandy, Rum, or Gin (»f the Present Day. — There is no one thing doing so iiuch to bolster up tho tottering yet strong tower of Intem])erance, as the Old Fogy Physicians, who •re constantly prescribing theoe articles to their patients, S'l 76 DB. OHAS£*B BEQIPES. and one-half of the reason for it is to cover the faults of their own constant use of these beverages. This unneces- sary call for these articles thus used as a medicine, keeps up a large demand ; and when we take into consideration the almost impossibility of obtaining a genuine article, the sin of prescribing them becomes so much the greater, when it is also known by all really scientific men that with alcohol (which is pure) and the native fruit wines, cider, and cider wines, (which every one can make for themselves, and can thus know their purity,) that all the indications desired to be fulfilled in curing disease can ^ aooomplished without their use. Then, when it is deemed advisable lo use spirits to preserve any bitters or syrups from souring, instead of 1 qt. of brandy, rum or gin, use the best alcohol ^ pt., with about 2 or 3 ozs. of crushed sugar for this amount, increasing or lessening according to the. amount desired in these proportions. If a diureiio effect is de- sired, which is calculated to arise where gin is prescribed, put 1 dr. of oil of jumper into the alcohol before reducing with the water ; or if the preparation admits of it, you may put in from 1 to 2 ozs. of juniper berrips instead of the oil. If the astringeni effect is desired, as from brandy, use, say, | oz. of gum kino or catcha, either, or a half of each may be used. If the sweating or opening properties are require'^, as indicated by the prescription of rum, sweeten with molasses in place of the sugar, and use 1 dr. of oOjJof caraway, or 1 to 2 ozs. of the seed for the above amount, as the juniper berries for gin. If the strength of wine only is desired, use 1 qt. of the gingei wine, or if that flavor is not fancied, use any other of the wines at preferred by the patient. But no one should use any of the descriptions of alcohol as a constant beverage, even in medicine, unless advised to do so by a physician who is not himself a toper. If families will follow the directions above given, and" use proper care in making some of the various fruit vnnes as given in this book for medical use, preparing cider, &c. which is often used in prescriptions, they would seldom, if ever, be obliged to csdl for the pretended pure brandies, rums, gins, &c., of commerce, and intemperance would die a natursd death for want of support. And you will please allow me here to correct a common «»rrnr, with rejjard to the presence of alcohol in wines. It s generally supposed that wine made from fruit, without vntting some kinds of spirits into it, does not contain any MEDICAL DEPABTMENT. 77 ftloohol ; but a greater mistake does not exist in the world. Any fruit, the juice of which will not pass into the vinous fermentation by which alcohol is produced, will net make wine at all ; distillation will produce brandy or alcohol from amy of these fermented liquors. There is no wine of any note, containing less than 10 parts of alcohol to 100 parts of the wine ; and from that amount up to 26} parts ; currant 20| ; gooseberry 11| ; cider ftom 5 to 9 parts ; porter i^ ; even small beer 1 J parts or qts. to 100 qts. So it will be seen that every quart of fruit wine not made for medicine, or sacramental purpo(j«s, helps to build up the cause (intemperance) which we all so much desire not to encourage. And for those who take any kind of spirits for the sake of the spirit, let me give you the following : 2. Spiritual Facts. — That whis-key is the key by which many gain entrance into our prisons and almhouses. 3. That brandy brands the noses of all those who cannot govern their appetites. 4. That punch is the cause of many un-fnend\j puncTies, 5. That ale causes the ailings^ while beer brings to the hier, 6. That wine causes many to take a winding way home. 7. That cAam-pagne is the source of many real pains. 8. That ^171 slings have "«?etoed" more thaF '* ^lings of old" AGUE MEDICINES.— Dr. Kribder's Pills.— Quinme 20 grs. ; Dover's powders 10 grs. ; sub-carbonate of iron 10 grs. ; mix with mucilage of gum arable and form into 20 pills. Dose — Two each hour, commencing 6 hours before the chill should set in. Then take one night and morning, until all are taken. I cured myself of Ague with this pill after having it hang on to me for three years with all the common remedies of the day, five weeks being the longest I could keep it off, until I obtained the above pill. This was before I had studied medicine. I have cured many others with it also, never having to repeat the dose only in one case. In attacks of Ague, it is best to take an active cathartic immediately after the first ' fit,' unless the bowels are lax, which is not generally the case, and by the time the cathar- tic has worked ofiF well, you will be prepared to go ahead with the ' cure' as soon as you know its periodical return. t ■ J m m •■V3 DB. OHASB'S BEOIFIB. ^. For very yonng ctiMrm, nothing is better than 6 or 6 girs. of qoinine in a 2 oz. vial with 1 tablespoon of white sugar, then fill with water. Dose — A teaspoon given as above, as to time. A thiclf solution of licorice, however, liides the taste of the quinine quite effectually. 3. Ague Bitters. — Quinine 40 grs. ; capsicnm 20 grs. ; cloves \ oz. ; cream of tartar 1 oz. ; whisky 1 pt. ; Mix. Dose — 1 to 2 tablespoons every 2 hours, beginning 8 hours before the chill comes on, and 3 times daily for several days. Or, if preferred without spirits, take the following : 4. Ague Powder. — Quinine 10 grs. ; capsicum 4 grs. : mix and divide into 3 powders. DmEorioNS — Take one 4 hours before the chill, one 2 hours, and the third one hour before the chill should commence, and it will very seldom commence again. Or 5. Ague Mixture without Quinine. — Mrs. Wads- worth, a few miles south of this city, has been using the following Ague mixtuic over twenty years, curing, she says, more than forty cases, without a failure. She takes — Tilandrake root, fresh dug, and pounds it ; then squeezes out the juice, to obtain 1\ table-spoons ; with which she mixes the same quantity of molasses, dividing into 3 equnl doses of 1 table-spoon each, to be given 2 hours apart, commenc mg so as to tak^ all an hour before the chill. It sickens and vomits some, but she says, it will scarcely ever need repeating. Then steep dog-wood bark, (some call it box-wood,) make it strong, and continue to drnk it freely for a week tr two, at least. 6. Ague Cure, bt a Clairvoyant. — There is no doubt in my mind but whet thers is much virtue in the following clairvoyant prescription, for I have knowledge of the value of one of the roots. See Obolio remedy : Blue vervain, leaf and cop, 1 lb. ; bone set 4 lb. ; best rye whiskey 1 gal. The dose was not given, but most persons would take a wine glass five or six times daily. 7. Ague Cured for a Penny, — It has been discovered that nitric acid is of great value in the treatment of Inter- mittent Fever, or Ague. A physician administered the article in twenty-three cases of such fever, and it was suc- cessful in all but one, in interrupting the paroxysmS| and there occurred nc lelapse. Inchc MEDXOAL DEPABTIOSNT. \Tt Ta che majority of cases, 6 or 6 drops of the strong acid, given in a little gum mucilage, every 2 hours, until 60 drops had been taken, were found sufficient to break the fever, and restore the patient to health. The foi agoing confirms the following : 8. AouE Anodtne. — Muriatic acid and laudanum, of each | oz. ; quinino 40 grs. ; brandy 4 ozs. Take 1 teaspoon, 9, 6, and 3 hours before the chill, until broken | then at 17, 14, and 21 days after, take 3 doses, and no relapse will be likely to occur. I am well satisfied that any preparation of opium, as lau danum, morphine, &o., which affect the nerves, are valuable in ague medicine, from its intimate connection with, if not entirely oonfined to, the nervous system ; hence the advan- tage of the first Ague pill, the opium being in the Dover's powder. I have given this large number of preparations, and fol- low with one or two more, from tb fact that almost every physician will have a peculiar prescription of his own, and are generally free to contribute their mite for the benefit of the world ; and as I have seen about as much of it as most book-makers, I have come in for a large share. The nature of the articles recommended are such also as to justify their insertion in this work. 9. Febrii-tjob Wine. — Quinine 25 grs. ; water 1 pt. ; sulphuric acid 15 drops ; epsom. salts 2 ozs. ; brandy 1 gill ; loaf sugar 2 ozs. ; color with tincture of red sanders. Dose—A wine glass 3 times per day. This is highly recommended by a regular practising phy- sician, in one of the ague holes (Saginaw) of the west. It, of course, can be taken without any previous preparation of the system. 10. ToNio Wine Tinotdre. — A positive cure for Ague without quinine. Peruvian bark 2 ozs. ; wild cherry tree bark 1 oz. j cin- namon 1 dr. ; capsicum 1 teaspoon ; sulphuv 1 oz. ; port wme 2 qts. Let stand a week, shaking occasioQally. All the articles are to be pulverized. Dose — A wine glass every 2 or 3 hours through the day until broken, then 2 or 3 times per day until all is used. Always buy your Peruvian bark, and pulverize it your- self, as most of the pulverized article is generally adulterated. This is the reason why more cure;* are not performed by it. 11. Soot Coffee — Has cured many cases of ague, af^i ,** everything else'' had failed ; it is made as follows : '- '12 ■ 'if m i/J '^r I 1 Soot. "^' '' jwnotdo), 1 tablespoon, steeped in water 1 pt,, and settled with 1 egg beaten up in a little water, as for other coffee, with sugar and cream ; 3 times daily with the meals in place of other coffee. It has come in very much to aid restoration in Typhoid Fever, bad cases of Jaundice, Dyspepsia, &c., &c. Many persons will stick up their noses at these *' Old Grandmother prescriptions, ' but I tell many *' upstart Phy- sicians," that our grandmothers are carrying more informa- tion out of the world by their deaths than will ever be possessed by this class of " sniffers," and I really thank God, so do thousands of others, that He has enabled me, in this work to redeem such an amount of it for the benefit of the world. 12. Balmony ^ of a pint basin of loose leaves, fill with boiling water and steep ; drink the whole in the course of the day, and repeat 3 or 4 days, or until well. It has cured many cases of Ague. It is valuable in Jaundice and all diseases of the Liver ; and also for worms, by the mouth and by injection. It is also valuable in Dys- pepsia, Inflammatory and Febrile diseases generally. NIGHT SWEATS— To Relieve.— After Agues, Fe- vers, &c., and in Consumption, many persons are troubled with '' Night Sweats ;" they are caused by weakness or gen- eral debility. For its relief: Take Ess. of Tansy ^ oz. ; alcohol i oz. ; water ^ oz. ; quinine 15 grs. ; muriate acid '60 drops ; mix, Dose. — One teaspoon in a gill of cold sage tea. It should be taken two or three times during the day, and at bed time ; and the cold sage tea should be used freely as a drink, also, until cured. It will even cure Ague, also, b} repeating the above dose every hour, beginning twelve tc fifteen hours before the chill. FEVERS— General Improved Treatment for Bil- ious, Typhoid, and Scarlet Fevers, Congestive Chills, &c. Also, Valuable in Diarrhea, Summer Co.'iplaint, Cholera Infantum, and all Forms of Fe- VL.i IN Children. — The symptoms of Fever are generally understood, yet I will give the characteristic features by wliich it will always be detected : cold chills, Ibllowed by MEDIOAL DEPABTMEKT. 81 a hot skin ; a quickened pulse, with a weak and languid feeling of distress ; also, loss of appetite, thirst, restlessness, scanty excretions ; in fact, every function of the body is more or less deranged. Of course, then, that which will restore all the different machinery to healthy action, will restore health. That is what the following febrifuge has done in hundreds of cases — so attested to by ** Old Doctor Cone," from whose work on " Fevers and Febrile Diseases," 1 first obtained the outlines of the treatment, and it gives me pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to him through fourteen years of neighborhood acquaintance, always finding him as willing to '^^mmunicate, as qualified to practice, and daring, in breaking away from *' Medical Society Rules," to accomplish good. VERMiruGE FOR Fevbrs IN GENERAL. — Carbonate of ammonia 2 drs. ; alum 1 dr. ; capsicum, foreign gentian, Colombo root and Prussiate of iron, all pulverized, of each \ dr. ; mix, by putting into a bottle, adding cold water 4 ozs. Dose — One teaspoon to a grown person, every two hours, in common cases of fever. It may be sweetened if preferred. Shake well each time before giving, and keep the bottle tightly corked. The philosophy of this treatment is, the carbonate of am- monia neutralizes the acidity of the stomach, and determines to, and relaxes the surface ; and with the capsicum is a hun- dred per cent, more efficient. The alum constringes, soothes, and aids in relie v^ing the irritated and engorged mucous mem- brane of the stomach, and finally operates as a gentle laxa- tive. The Colombo anu gentian are gently astringent and stimulating, but chiefly tonic, and the Prussiate of iron is tonic : and in their combination are, (as experience will and has proved) the most efficient and safe Febrifuge, in all ibrms and grades of fever, yet known. We therefore wish to 'state that, after twenty-five years' experience in the treat- ment of disease, we have not been able to obtain a know- ledge of any course of treatment that will begin to compare with that given above, for the certain, speedy and effectual oure of all forms of fever ; and all that is requisite, is, to have sufficient confidence in the course of treatment recom- mended ; to use it from three to five, and in extreme cases, seven days, as directed, and that confidence will be inspired In all who use it, whether Physician (if unprejudiced) or ilri, i " «, I 'I m :±W 82 DB. chase's BEOIFES. patient, or the heads of families ; remember all processes in nature require time for their accomplishment. After the patient has been twenty-four hours without fever, or if the patient be pale, blanched, with a cool sur- face and feeble pulse, at the commencement of fever, pre- pare the following : 2. Febeifdoe Tea.— Take Virginia snake root and valerian root, of each 2 drs. ; boiling water 1 pt. Pour the boiling water on the roots and steep half an hour, and give a teaspoon of the Febrifuge and a tablespoon of this Tea together, every 2 hours, and after he has been another 24 hours without fever, give it every three or four hours, until the patient has good appetite and digestion, then three times daily, just before meals, until the patient has gained considerable strength, when it may be entirely discontinued j or he may continue the simple infusion to aid digestion. A strong tea of wild cherry bark makes the best substi- tute for the snake root tea, and especially if mercury haa been previously used in the case, and if it has, it is best to continue the cherry bark tea until the patient is entirely recovered. • A patient using this treatment, if bilious, may vomit bile a few times, or if there is congestion of the stomach, he will probably vomit occasionally for a few hours, but it will soon subside. It will not purge, except a patient be very bilious, in which case there will probably be two or three bilious discharges ; but it gives so much tone to the action of the stomach and bowels as to secure regular operations ; but if the bowels should not be moved in two or three days, give injections of warm water, or warm water with a little salt in it. Give the patient all the plain, wholesome diet, of any kind, he will take; especially broiled ham, mush and rich milk, boiled rice, milk or dry toast, hot mealy potatoes, boiled or roasted, with good fresh butter, &c., &c. ; and good pure cold water, or tea and coffee, seasoned to the taste, as drinks, and keep the person and bed clean, and room quiet and undisturbed by conversation, or any other noise, and see that it is well ventilated. If there should be extreme pain in the head when the fever is at the highest, or in the back or loinm, and delirium at night, with intolerance of light and noise j in such oases. lOSDIOAL DEPABTMEMT. in addition to keeping tlie room cool, dark and qniet, and giving the fe^^-^uge regularly, ad above directed, take the following : 3. Fever Linxj^ent. — Sulphuric ether and aqua ammonia, of each 1 oz. : muriate of ammonia ^ oz. ; mix and shake the bottle, and wet the scalp and all painfiil parts, every 2 or 3 hours, until the pain abates. Keep tightly corked. After the application of the liniment, fold a muslin cloth four or five thicknesses, dip it in cold water, and apply it to the head or any part afflicted with severe p in ; or to the pit of the stomach, if there be much vomiting ; and it may be renewed every three or four hours. Besides the above treatment, dip a towel in cold water, and rub the patient off briskly and thoroughly, and be care- ful to wipe perfectly dry, with a clean, hot and dry towel ; this may be repeated every three or four hours, if the skin be very hot and dry ; but if the surface be pale, cool, moist, livid, or lead-colored, omit the general sponging ; but the face, neck and hands may be washed occasionally, but be sure to wipe perfectly dry with a clean, hot and dry towel. But if he be very pale and blanched, with a cool or cold surface, or have a white circle around his mouth and nose, or be covered with a cold clammy perspiration, give the Febrifuge every hour, until the above symptoms disappear, giving the patient hot coffee or tea, pennyroyal, aage, balm, or mint tea, as hot as he can sup them, and as freely as pos- sible, and make hot applications to his person, and put a bottle of hot water to the so1<*«j of his feet ; and after this tendency to prostration is overcome, then give the Febrifugs once in two hours as before only. Children will use the medicine in all respects as directed for grown persons, giving to a child one year old a fourth of a teaspoon, or fifteen drops ; if under a year old, a little less, (we have frequently arrested Cholera Infantum with the Febrifuge, in children under six months old, and in some in- stances under a month old,) and increase the dose in propor- tion to the age above a year old, giving half a teaspoon to a child from three to six, and three-fourths of a teaspoon from six to ten years old, and so on ; and be sure to offer ohildrei some food several times a day, the best of which is broiled smoked ham^ ^d stale wheat bread boiled in ^ood i '■ • !■ ;i Ik ^'1 ■"i •hi ■sa M DB. chase's BEOIPES. rich milk, mush and milk, boiled rice, etc. ; but animal diet agrees best, and especially in cases of Summer Complaint, or Cholera Infantum, the diet had better be almost exclu- sively animal. It will be difficult to use the infusion of «nake root with children that are too young to obey the mandate of parents, and the Febrifuge may be made sweet, with white or loaf sugar, for young children, so as to cover its taste as much as possible, but older children will be bene- fitted very much by the use of the infusion of snake root and valerian, and should take it as prescribed for adn'ts, of course adapting the dose to the age of the patient. 4. Note. — The above treatment, if persevered in for a short time, is effectual iu arresting Diarrhea, Summer Complaint, Chol- era Infantum, and all forms of Fever in children. Give it every two hours, or if the patient be very feeble and corpse-like, give it evr with a teaspoon of the Febrifiigei itijp .Vi'');' '■4 \i 1 ' 1% 86 DB. OHACOB'S BBOIFBS. «vepy hour, either alone, or what is better in a teaspoon of the snake root and valerian tea, lor 15 hours. The patient should lie in bed and drink freely of penny- royal tea, or hot coffee, or some other hot tea, and after the time has elapsed for the chill, give the same as for fever in general, until the patient is entirely recovered. The above treatment will arrest any form of ague, and the after treatment will, with any degree of care, prevent its return. Or the Ague may be arrested most speedily, by taking one grain of quinine in a teaspoon of the Febrifuge every hour for six hours preceding a paroxysm, and then pursue the above tonic course. I have given the foregoing treatment for fevers because I know that it is applicable in all cases, and that the articles are kept by all druggists. But there is a better, because quicker method of cure, and I am very sorry to say that for want of knowledge in regard to the valu 3 of the medicine, it is not usually kept by druggists. I mean the Tincture of Gelseminum. It is an unrivalled Febrifuge. It relaxes the system without permanent prostration of strength. Its specific action is to cloud the vision, give double-sightedness and inability to open the eyes, with distressed prostration ; which will gradually pass off in a few hours, leaving the patient refreshed, and if combin'"' with quinine, completely restored. To administer it: 10. Take the tincture of geisemiuuiji 50 drops, put into a vial, and add 5 teaspoons of water ; quinine 10 grs. Shake when used. Dosi*; — One teaapoon in half a glass of sweetened water, and repeat every two hours. Watch carefully its action, and as soon as you discover its specific action ae mentioned above, giv<> no more. Dr. Hale, of this city, one of the more liberal class of physicians (and I use the term liberal as synonymous with the term successful), prefers to add twenty-five drops of the tincture of veratrum viride with the gelseminum, and give as there directed. And in case that* their full specilo action should be brought on, give a few spoons of brandy, to raise tbe patient from his stupor, or what is preferable : 11. Carbonate of ammonia \ oz. ; water 4 ozs. ; mix. Dosb— 1 table-epoon every 16 or twenty minutes, until revived. If I>r. Hale's additioii ehoold be used, it wiU be found MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 87 applicable in all cases of fever, except in Typhoid accompan- ied with its own excessive prostration ; withou/j the addition of the veratrum it is applicable in all cases of fevers above described. Of course, in all cases where the fever is thus Bubdued, you will continue quinine, or some other appropri- ate tonic treatment, to perfect a cure, and prevent a relapse. And it might not be amiss here to give a plan of preparing a nourishing and agreeable lemonade for the sick, and espd> jeially for persons afflicted with fever : Lemonade, Nourishing, for Fever Patients. — Arrow-root 2 fa; '6 teaspoons, rubbed up with a little cold water, in a bowl or pitchei , which will hold about 1 qt. ; then squeeze in the juice of half of u good sized lemon, with 2 or 3 table-spoons of white sugar, and pour on boiling water to fill the dish, constantly stirring whilst adding the boiling water. Cover the dish, and when cold, it may be freely drank to allay thirst, as also to nourish the weak, but some will pre- fer the following : 13. Prof. Hufland's Drink for Fever Patients or Excessive Thirst. — Cream of tartar J oz. ; water 3 qts. ; boil until dissolved ; after taking it from the fire add a sliced orange with from U to 3 ozs ot white sugar, according to *he taste of the patient ; "bottle and keep cool. To be used for a common drink in fevers of all grades, and at any time when a large amount of drink is craved by the invalid. Neither is there any bad taste to it for those in health. UTERINE HEMORRHAGES.— Prop. Platt's Treatment Twen- ty Years Without a Fadldre.— Sugar of lead 10 grs. ; ergot 10 grs. ; opium 3 grs. ; epicac 1 gr. ; all pulverized and well mixed. Dose. — 10 to 12 grs. ; given in a little honey or syrup. In very bad cases after child-birth, it might be repef.ted in thirty minutes, or the dose increased to fifteen or eigh- teen grains ; but in cases of rather profuse wasting, repeat it once at the end of three hours, will usually be found all that is necessary, if not, repeat occasionally as the urgency of the case may be seen to require. Prof. Piatt is connected with Antiooh College, 0., and has been a very successful practitioner. DYSPEPSIA.— In the good old days of corn bread and i'l ♦ ?■'?■ Im . Vs. I I'M I m ■■ \ ■v iU t *! ■'• ' s\ 88 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. orost eoffee, there TVas but little trouble with Dyspepsia ; but since the days of fashionable intemperance, both in eating and drinking, such as spirituous liquors, wines, beers, ale, tea and coffee, hot bread or biscuit, high seasoned food, over- loading the stomach at meals, and constant eating and drinking between meals, bolting the food, as called, that is, swallowing it without properly chewing, excessive venery, want of out-door exercise, with great anxiety of mind as to how the means can be made to continue the same indulgen- ces, &o., all have a tendency to debilitate the stomach, and bring on or cause Dyspepsia. And it would seem to the Author that the simple state- ment of its cause, the truth of which no one can reasonably doubt — would be sufficient to, at least, suggest its cure. But I am willing to state that, as a general thing, this over- indulgence would not be continued, nor would it have been allowed had they known its awf^ ' consequences. I know that this was true in my own oase, -n all its points ; this was, of course, before I had studied, or knew but little of the power of the human system or the practice of medicine, and it was for the purpose of finding something to cure myself that I commenced its study ; for it was by years of over- indulgence at table, and between meals, in the grocery busi- ness which I was carrying on, that I brought on such a condition of the stomach that eating gave me the most in- tolerable suffering — a feeling almost impossible to describe ; first a feeling of goneness, or want of support at the stomach, heat, lassitude, and finally pain, until a thousand deaths would have been a great relief; drink was craved, and the more I drank the more intolerable the suffering — apple cider, vinegar and water, made palatable with sugar, excepted. It might be asked at this point, what did I do ? I would ask, what could I do ! Eat, I could not ; drink, I could not; then what else was to be done, only to do without either. What, starve ? No. Treatment -Take — no, just stop taking. " Throw all medicine to the dogs" — yes, and food also. What, starve ? No, but simply get hungry ; whoever heard of a dyspeptic being hungry ? at least those who eat three meals a day. They eat because the victuals taste good — mouth-hunger, only. MEDIOAL DEPARTMENT. 89 The last year or two of my dyspeptic life, I only ate be- cause I was eating time, and supposed I must eat or die, when I only died forty deaths by eating. All physicians whose books I have read, and all whose prescriptions I have obtained, say : "Eat little and often ; drink little and ofton." I say eat a little, and at the right time, that is, when hungry at the stomach ; drink a little, and at the right time, that is, after digestion, and it is of just as much importance to eat and drink the right thing, as at the right time. Persons have been so low in Dyspepsia, that even one teaspoon of food on the stomach would not rest ; in such cases, let nothing be taken by mouth for several days ; but inject gruel, rice water, rice broths, &o. j but these cases occur very seldom. First. — Then, with ordinary cases, if there is much heat of the stomu-h, at bed time, wet a towel in cold water, wringing it out that it may not drip, and lay it over the stomach, having a piece of flannel over it to prevent wetting the clothes. This will soon allay the heat, but keep it on during tb'* ^ght, and at any subsequent time, as may be needed. Seconi>. — In the morning, if you have been in the habit of eating about two large potatoes, two pieces of steak, two slices of bread, or from four to six hot pancakes, or two to four hot biscuits, and drinking one to three cups of hot tea or coffee — hold, hold, you cry ; no let me go on. I have many times seen all these eaten, with butter, honey or mo- lasses, too large in amount to be mentioned, with a taste of every other thing on the table, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, &o., &c., and all by dyspeptics ; but. You will stop this morning on half of one potato, two inches square of steak, and half of one slice of cold, wheat bread — or I prefer, if it will agree with you, that you use the "Yankee Brown Bread," only the same quantity ; eat very sloWj chew perfectly fine^ and swallow it without water, tea, or coffee ; neither must you drink any, not a drop, until one hour before meal time again, then as little as possible, so as you think not quite to choke to death. Thied. — The question now to be settled is, did you mffer (kom the almnde al] |ni is rries, leof [ke a nder pdwden in a little of the fluid, and mix all. Dose.— Two tear spoons 3 ti^ros daily, before meals, until all is taken. Shake th« bottle well before usmg. In the next place, take the : 2. Gargle for Sore Throat.— Very strong sage tea J pt. J strained honey, common salt, and strong vinegar, of each 2 table" spoonH ; cayenne, the pulverized, one rounding teaspoon ; steeping the cayenne with the sage, strain, mix and bottle for use, gargling from 4 to a dozen tunes daily according to the severity of the case. This is one of the very best gargles in use. By pers«ver- ia2; some three months, I cured a case of two years standing where the mouths of the Eustachian tubes constantly dis- charged matter at their openings through the tonsils into the patient's mouth, he having previously been quite deaf, the whole throat being also diseased. I used the preparation for " Deafness " also as mentioned under that head. Remembering always to breathe through nature's channel for the breath, the nose. Besides the foregoing, you will wash the whoh surface twice a week with plenty of the " Toilet Soap," in water, wiping dry, then with a coarse dry towel rub the whole sur- face fof ten minutes at least, and accomplish the coarse towel part of it every night and morning until the skin will remain through the day with its flushed surface, and genial heat ; this draws the blood from the throat and other internal or- gans, or in other words equalizes the circulation ; know, and act, upon this fact, and no inflammation can long exist, no matter where it is located. Blood accumulates in the part inflamed, but let it flow evenly through the whole system, and of course there can be no inflammation. . You will also apply to the throat and breast the follow- ing: LmiMENT. — Gum Camphor 2 oz. castile of 3. Sore TmiOAT soap, shaved fine, 1 dr. ; oil of turpentine 1 table-spoon ; oil origanum ^ oz. ; opium i oz. ; alcohol 1 pint In a week or ten days it will be fit for use, then bathe the parts freely 2 or 3 timee daily. This liniment will be found useful in almost any throat or other disease where an outward application might be needed. If the foregoipg treatment should fail, there is no alternatiye 'f 'M ■IV .^-< '■ u DR. chase's recipes. but to bring in emetics with the other treatment, and con- tinue them for a long time. I mention the emetic plan last, from the fact that so many people utterly object to the emetic treatment. But when everything else failp, that steps In and saves the patient, which goes to show how unjust the prejudice. By the phrase, a long time, I mean several weeks, twice daily at first, then once a day, and finally thrice to twice a week, &c. A part of this course you will see, by the following, is cor- roborated by thj celebrated Lung and Throat Doctor. S. S. Fitch, of New York, who says " it is a skin disease, and that purifying medicines are necessary to cleanse the blood — taking long, +ull breaths," &o. This is certainly good sense. His treatment of throat diseases is summed up in the fol- lowing Note. — " Wear but little clothing around the neck — chew often a little nut-gall and swallow the juioe — wear a wet cloth about the throat at night, having a dry towel over it — bathe freely all over as in consumption, and especially bathe the throat with cold water every morning, also wash out the inside of the throat with cold water— avoid crowded rooms — gargle with a very weak Bolution of nitrate of silver — chewing gold thread and swallowing the juice and saliva froui it — borax and honey occasionally, and gum arable water, if much irritation — use the voice as little as possible until well, also often using a liniment externally." I had hoped for very much benefit from using croton oil externally, but time has shown that the advantage derived From it is not sufficient to remunerate for the excessive irri- Ution caused by its continued application. 4. Smoking dried mullein leaves in a pipe not having been used for tobacco, is said to have cured many cases of Laryngitis. And I find in my last Eclectic Medical Jour- nal so strong a corroboration, taken from the Medical and Surgical Reporter, of »;bis fact, that I cannot refrain from giving the quotation. It says : " in that form of disease in which there is dryi ..iss of the trachea, with a constant desire to clear the throat, attended with little expectoration, and considerable p?in in the part affected, the mullein smoked through a pipe, acts like a charm, and affords instant relief. It seems to act as an anoydyne in allaying irritation, whil« it promotes ezpeotoiation, and removes the gelatinous muonf MEDICAL DSPABTSOCNT. 96 which gathers in the larynx, and at the »aine time, by some unknown power, completely changes the nature of the dis- ease, and, if persevered in, will produce a radical cure." We read in a certain place of a gentleman who was walk- ing around and through a great city, and he came across an inscription " To the unknown God" — and directly we find him explaining that unknown being to the astonished in- habitants. And I always feel, like this old-fashioned gen- tleman, to cry out, upon every convenient occasion, my be- lief, that it was that God's great wisdom, seeing what waa required, and His exceeding goodness, providing according to our necessities, this wonderful, and to oome, that unknown power 4n the thousands of plants around us. What matters it to us how it is done "* If the cure is pwrformed, it is suf- ficient. Since the publication, ^r the foregoing, in the ninth edi- tion, I have been smoking the dried mullein, and recom- mending it to others. It has given general satisfaction for coughs, and as a substitute for tobacco in smoking, exhilarat- ing the nerves, and allaying the hacking coughs from recent colds, by breathing the smoke into the lungs. In one in- stance, after retiring, I could not rest from an irritation in the upper portion of the lungs and throat, frequently hack- ing without relief only for a moment ; I arose, filled my pipe with mullein, returning to bed I smoked the pipefnl, drawing it into the lungs, and did not cough again during the night. An old gentleman, an inveterate amoker, from my sugges- tion, began to mix the mullein with his tobacco, one-fourth at first, for a while ; then half, and finally three-fourths ; at this point he rested. It satisfied in place of the full amount of tobacco, and cured a cough which had been left upon him after inflammation of the lungs. The flavor can hardly be distinguished from the flavor of tobacco smoke, in rooms. It can be gathered any time during the season, the centre stem removed, carefully dried, and rubbed fine, when it ia ready for use. It gives a pipe the phtbysio, as fast as it cures one ia the patient ; but the clay pipe, which is to be used, can be readily cleansed by burning out. Here is the " Substitute for Tobacco" for which the French have offered 50,000 franet. I 96 DB. CHASE S REOTPES. It can be made into cigars by using a tobacco-leaf wrapper. Catarrh is often more or less connected with that disease. In such cases, in connection with the above treatment, take several times daily of the following : Catarrh Snuff.— Scotch sniifF 1 oz. ; chloride of liih>,, dried and pulverized, 1 rounding teaspoon ; mix, and bottle, corking tightly. The snujQT has a tendency to aid in the secretion from the parts ; and the chloride corrects unpleasant fetor. CANCERS.— To Cure— Method op Dr. Landolfi, (Surgeon-General of the Neapolitan Army) and SEVERAL Successful American Methods. — Tb« princi- ple upon which the treatment is based, consists iri transform- ing a tumor of a malignant character, by conferring upon it a character of benignity, which admits of cure. This trans- formation is effected by cauterization with an agent looked upon as a specific, viz. : chloride of bromine, combined or not, with other substances, which have already been tried, but have hitherto been employed separately. The internal treatment is merely auxiliary. (Cancers may be known from other tumors by their shooting, or lacinating pains ; and if an open sore, from their great fetor. — Author.) The formulas for the caustics are, with the exception of a few cases, the following : Equal parts of the chlorides of zinc, gold, and antimony, mixed with a sufficient quantity of flour to form a viscid paste. At Vienna, he used a mixture of the same substances in different proportions, chloride of bromiile 3 parts ; chloride of rinc 2 parts ; chloride of gold and antimony, each 1 part ; made into a thick paste with powdered licorice root. This preparation should be made in an open place, on account of the gases which are disengaged. The essential element is the chloride of bromine, which hat often been employed alone ; thus, chloride of bromine from 2| to 4 drs. ; and put licorice root as much as sufficient. The chloride of zinc is indispensible in ulcerated cancers, in which it acts as a hemastatic, (stopping blood.) Th3 chloride of gold is only useful in cases of eiscxhaloid, (brain like) cancers, in which it exercises a special, If lot 8 Bpecifio action. Cancers of the skin, (epitheiiomas,) lo\)i;8 and small cystosarcomas, (watery or bloody tuaiors,) ai« IfMted wilh bromine miz«d wiih baailkoa ointment in ilx;■ i(m h I * 1 ^ JiL. ohase's beoipes. Chloride of zitnc the size of a hazel nut, and pats b;7ongh water with it to make a thin paste, then mixes it with equal parts of flour, and finely pulverized charcoal, sufficient to form a tolerable stiff paste. He spreads this on a soft piece of sheepskin^ sufficiently large to cover the tumor, and applies every two days until it is detached, then dresses it with ^' Judkins' Ointment," which see. Again — 3. L. S. HoDGKiNs' Method. — This gentleman is a mer- chant, of Reading, Mich. The method is not original with him, but he cured his wife with it, of cancer of the breast, after having been pronounced incurable. Some would use it because it contains calomel — others would not use it for the same reason ; I give it an insertion from the fact that I am well satisfied that it has cured the disease, and from its singularity of composition. Take a white oak root and bore out the heart and burn the chips to get the ashes, \ oz. ; lunar car uc J oz. ; calom<^l | oz, : salts of nitre (salt petre) { oz. ; the body of a thousand legged worm, dried and pulverissed, all to be made fine and mixed with J lb. of lard. Spread this rather thin upon soft leather, and apply to the cancer, changing twice a day ; will kill the tumor in three oi four days, wliioh you will know by the general appearance ; then apply a poultice of soaked figs until it comes out, fibret and all ; heal with a plaster made by boiling red beech leaves in water, straining and boiling thick, then mix witb beeswax and mutton tallow to form a salve of proper con- sistency. To cleanse the systt -; while the above is being liSed, and for some time after : Take mandrake root, pulverized, 1 oz. ; epsom salts 1 oz. ; pu< into pure gin 1 pt.. and take of this three times daily, from 1 let pf a tablespoon, as you can bear. He knew of several other curef from the same plan. 4. The juice of pokeberries, set in the sun, upon a pewtei dish, and dried to a consistence of a salve and applied as t plaster, has cured cancer. 5. Poultices of scraped carrots, and of yellow dock root have both cured, and the scraped carrot poultices, especially not only cleanse the sore, but remove the very oflfenbiv smell of fetor, which is characteristic of cancers. IDIOAL DEPABTMENI^. 99 6. A gentleKian in Ohio cures them by making a tea of the yellow dock root, and drinking of it freely, washing the sore with the same several times daily for several days, then poulticing with tho root, mashed and applied twice daily, even on the tongue. 7. Rev. C. C. Cuyler, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., says he has known several cases cured as follows : Take the marrow-leaved dock-root and boil it in soft water until very strong, wash the ulcer with this strong decotion 3 times in the 24 hours, fill the cavity also with the same 2 minutes, each time, then bruize the root, and lay it on guaze, and lay the gauze next to the ulcer, and wet linen cloths in the decoction, and lay ever the poultice ; and each time let the patient drink a wine-glass of the strong tea of the same root, with ^ of a glass of port wine sweetened with honey. 8. Dr. Buchan's work on Medicine, gives the case of .a person who had cancer of the tongue, cured in fourteen days, as follows : Dilute nitric acid 1 oz. ; honey 2 ozs. ; pure water 2 pts. ; mix. Dose. — Three tablespoons frequently ; to be sucked po^^ the teeth, through a quill or tube. Opium was given at night, simply to keep down pain. Great English Remedy — ^by which a brother of Lowell Mason was cured, is as follows : Take chloride of zinc, blood-root pulverized, and flour, equal quanties of each, worked into a paste, and applied until the mass comes out, then poul tice and treat as a simple sore. The Rural New Yorker, in reporting this case, says, in applying it, " First spread a common sticking plaster, much larger than the cancer, cutting a circuUr piece from the center of it a little larger than the cancer, applying it, which exposes a narrow rim of healthy skin ; then apply the can- cer plaster and keep it on twenty-four hours. On removing it, the cancer will be found to be burned into, and appears the color of an old shoe-sole, and the rim outside will appear white and par-boiled, as if burned by steam. " Dress with slippery elm poultice until suppuration takes place, then heal with any common salve.*' 10. Armenian Method.— In Armenia, a salve, made by boiling olive oil to a proper consistence for the use, is reported by an eastern traveler to have oured very bad cases. t ►.^p. 1 " I m I! 1 ( ' -,'•1 11, Figs boiled in new milk until tender, then fiplit and applied hot— changing twice daily, washing the parts erery change, with some of the milk — drinking 1 gill of the milk also as often. And continuing from three to four months, is also re- ported to have cufed a man ninety-nine years old by using only six pounds, whilst ten pounds cured a case of ten years' standing. The first application giving pain, but afterwards relief, every application. 12. Red Oak Bark. — A salve from the ashes, has long been credited for curing cancer, and as* I have recently seen the method given for preparing and using it, by Isaac Dil- lon, of Oregon, published in a paper near him, I cannot keep the benefit of it from the public. The directions were sent to him by his father, John Dillon, sen., of Zanes- ville, 0., and, from my knowledge of the Dillon family, I have the utmost confidence in the prescription. It is as follows : Take red oak bark ashes one peck ; put on to them, boiling water 6 qts. ; let it stand 12 hours ; then draw oflf the ley and boll to a thick salve ; spread this, pretty thick, upon a thick cloth a little larger than the cancer, and let it remain on 3 hours ; if it is too severe, half of that time ; the same day, or the next, apply again 3 hours, which will generally effect a cure ; after the last plaster, wash the sore with warm milk and water ; then apply a healing Balve made of mutton tallow, bark of elder, with a little rosin and bees-wax {sowe root of white lily may be added), stewed over a slow fire ; when the sore begins to matterate, wash it 3 or 4 times daily, renewing the salve each time ; avoid strong diet, and strong drink, but drink a tea of sassafras root and spice wood tops, for a week before and after the plaster. 13, Prof. R. S. Newton, of Cincinnati, uses the chloride of zinc, a saturated solution (as strong as can be made), or makes the chlo- ride into a paste, with thick gum solution. In cases of large tumors he often removes the bulk of them with a knife, then applies the solution, or paste, aa he thinks best, to destroy any remaining roots which have been severed by the knife. 14. Prof. Calkins, of Philadelphia, prefers a paste made from yellow-dock, red clover, and poke, using the leaves only of either article, in equal quantities. Boiling, straining and simmering to a paste, applying from time to time, to cancerous growths or tumors, until th,) entire m9S» k destroyed, then poultice and heal as usual. MEDirM, DEPABTMENT. 101 But Dr. Beach, of N. . '., who is a man of much experi- ence in cancers, says beware of the knife, or any plaster which destroys the cancer or tumor ; but first use discutients, (mcflioines which have a tendency to drive away swellings,) unless already ulcerated, then, mild poultices to keep up a discharge from the ulcer, with alteratives, long continued, keeping the bowels regular, &c., &c. The Vienna physi- cians, as well as Dr. Beach, allow the inhalation of a few drops of chloroform where the pain is excruciating. And I would say, apply a little externally, also, around the sore. Cancers should not be disturbed a^ long a^ they do not grow nor ulcerate, but a.* soon as either begins, then is th« timo to begin with them. COSTIVENESS— To Cure.— Costive habits are often brought on by neglecting to go to stool at the usual time, for most persons have a regular daily passage, and the most usual time is at rising in the morning, or immediately after breakfast ; but hurry, or negligence, i'or the want of an un- derstanding of the evil arising from putting it off, these calls of nature are suppressed ; but let it be understood, nature, like S, good workman or student, has a time for each duty ; then not only let her work at her own time, but if tardy go at this time, and not only aid but solicit her call, or in other words : When nature calls at either door, do not attempt to bluff her; But haste-away, night or day, or health is sure to suffer. The above, with attention to diet, using milk, roasted applm, and if not dyspeptic, uncoolted apples, pears, peaches, &c., at metil time, " Yankee Brown bread," or bread made of unbolted whe>»t, if preferred, and avoiding a meat diet, will, in most cases, eos>n remedy the difficulty. However : 2. In vert Obstinate Cases — Take extract of henbane ^ dr. ; extract of colocynth J dr. ; extranf of nux vomica 3 grs. ; carefuUy work into pill masa, and form into 16 pills. Dose — One pill ni^ht and morning. Continue their use until the difficulty is overcome, at tho same time, following the previous direotionS| faithfully. .32 SB. chase's beoipes. With many persons the following will he found all sufficient : 3. Brandt — ^ pt. ; and put into it rhubarb root, bruised, 1 dr. ; hiera-picra 1 oz. ; and fennel seed J oz. / After it has stood for several days, take a tahle-spoon of it three times daily, before eating, until it operates, then half the quantity, or a little less, just sufficient to establish a daily action of the bowels until all is taken. Or, the second pill under the head of Eclectic Liver Pill may be taken as an alterative to bring about the action of the liver, which is, of course, more or less inactive in most cases oi long continued costiveness. 4. OoRN Mkal — 1 table-spoon stirred up lii dUflScient cold water to drink well, and drank in the morning immediately after rising, has, with perseverance, oired many bad cases. 5. A Fresh Ego — Beat in a gill of water and drank on rising in the morning, and at each meal, for a week to ten days, has cured obstinate cases. It might be increased to two or three at a time as the stomach will bear. CHRONIC GOUT— To Cure.—** Take hot vinegar, and put into it all the table salt which it will dissolve, and bathe the pstrts affected with a soft pjece of flannel. Rub in with the hand, and dry the foot, &c., by the fire. Repeat this operation four times in the 24 hours, 15 minutes each time, for four days ; then twice a day for the same period ; then onee, and follow this rule whenever the symptoms show themselves at any future time." The philosophy of the above formula is as follows : Chronic gout proceeds from the obstruction of the free circulation of the blood (in the parts affected) by the deposit of a chalky substance, which is generally understood to be a carbonate and phosphate of lime. Vinegar and salt dissolve these ; and the old chronic compound is broken up. The carbonate of lime, &c., become acetate and muriate, and these being soluble, are broken up by the circulating system, and dis- charged by secretion. This fact will be seen by the gouty joints becoming less and less in bulk until they assume their natural size. During this process, the stomach and bowels should be occasionally regulated by a gentle purgative. Ab- stinenoe from spirituous libations ; exercise in the open air, and especially in the morning; freely bathing the whole surface ; eating only the plainest food, and occupying the time by study, or useful employment, are very desirable as- sistants. U3SDJ jAL DBPABTMENT. 103 2. Gout Tinotttrb. — Veratnim viride, (swamp h(»llebore) J oz. ; opium ^ oz. ; wine ^ pt. ; lot them stand for several days. Do8e — 16 to 30 drops, according to the robustness of the patient, at intervals of two to four hours. M. Husson, a French officer, introduced this remedy in gout some sixty years ago, and it became so celebrated that it sold as high as from one to two crowns a dose. It is con- sidered valuable also in acute rheumatism. In gout it re- moves the paroxysms, allays pain, and procures rest and sleep, reduces the pulse and abates fever. 3. Coflfee has recently been recommended, not only for gout, but gravel also. Dr. Mosley observes, in his " Trea- tise on Coflfee," that the great use of the article in France is supposed to have abated the prevalence of the gravel. In the French colonies, where coLce is more used than in the English, as well as in Turkey, where it is the principal bev- erage, not only the gravel but the gout is scarcely known. Dr. Faur relates, as an extraordinary instance of the oflFect of coflfee on gout, the caee of Dr. Deveran, who was attacked with gout at the age of twenty-five, and had it severely till he was upwards of fifty, with chalk stones in the joints of his hands and feet ; but for four years preceding the time when the account of his case had been given to Dr. Faur to lay before the public, he had, by advice, used coflfee, and had no return or the gout afterward. PARALYSIS — If Recent — To Cure. — When paraly- sis, (numb palsy) has existed for a great length of time, but little benefit can be expected from any treatment ; but if recent, very much good, if not a perfect cure will be the re- sult of faithfully governing yourself by the following direc- tions with this : Paralttio Liniment, — Sulphuric ether 6 ozs. ; alcohol 2 ozs. ; laudanum 1 oz. ; oil of lavender 1 oz. ; mix and cork tightly. In a recent case of paralysis let the whole extent of the numb surface be thoroughly bathed and rubbed with this preparation, for several minutes, using the hanrl, at least three times daily, at the same time take int*>rnsiily, 20 drops of the same, in a little sweetened water, to prevent translation upon some internal organ. It may be used in old cases, and, in many of them, will undoubtedly do much good ; but I do not like to promise what there is no reasonable chance to perform. It is well '■ n ^'"i ' n 5 M i :^ 'f i ^' Sill Si- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 Ifrl^ Hii^ I.I 1.25 li£ 1^ 22 1:1 1^ us lis I4g llgg i. ,. w 1.4 1.6 V] <^ /] ^^^ /A 'W '/ Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 873-4503 s. <> ^ 1 m0 lOt OB. ohase's beoipes. 8. Buead Tea, Used in Taking Emetics.— Made by taking apiece of dry bread and crumbing it into a bowl, with a little salt, pepper and butter, to suit the taste, then pouring boiling water upon it ; thia Boon allays the retching, and strengthens the stomach to renewed healthy action. Periodical Headache. — There are those who have sick headache coming on at periods of from a few weeks to two or three months, lasting two or three days, accompanied with nausea, and occasionally with vomiting. In these cases, after using the emetic to relieve the present attack, take the Cathartic Syrup next following : 4. Cathartic Sfrcp. — Best senna leaf 1 oz. ; jalap ^ oz. ; butter- nut, the inner bark of the root, dried and bruised, 2 ozs. ; pepper- mint leaf, i oz. ; fennel seed ^ oz. ; alcohol ^ pt. ', water 1^ pts. ; sugar 2 lbs. ; put all into the spirit and water, except the sugar, and let it stand 2 weeks, then strain, pressing out from th^ dregs, adding the sugar and simmering a lew minutes only, to form the iyrup. If it should cause griping in any case, increase the fennel •eed and peppermint leaf. Dose— one table-spoon, once a day, or less often if the bowels become too loose, up to the next period when the headache might have been expected, and it will not be forthcoming. This is a mild purgative, and especially pleasant. Most persons, after a trial of it, will adopt it for their ^aneral eathartio, and especially for children. Increase or lessen the dose, according to the effect desired. Females in a weak and debilitated condition, often have a headache which is purely sympathetic ; this they will dis- tinguish by their general weakness, irregularities, and light- headedness, often amounting to real pain ; in such cases take the following : 6. Headache Drops. — Castor, gentian, and valerian roots, bruised, J oz. ; laudanum 1 oz. ; sulphuric ether IJ oz. ; alcohol ^ pt. ; water ^ pt. ; put all into a bottle and let stand about 10 i days. Dose. — ^A teaspoon as often as required, or 2 or 3 times iaily. , / 6. TmcTURB OP Blood Root.— Made by putting 1 oz. of the dried, bruised root, to 1 pt. of gin, and taking 1 teaspoon before «ating, every morning, and only a reasonable amount of easily digested food. Has worked wonders in cases where headaxjhes had been of very long standing. And it might not be amiss to say that the majority of headftches are found amongst those who are disposed to Dyspepsia, by long continued over-eating, Ihen of wa A follo^i 7. MEDIOAL DEPABTMENT. 107 then reducing the gastric juice by over-drinking^ oven of water, tea or coffee. A Niles paper gives one which is easily tried. It Is aa follows: 7. " Charcoal, a Cdrb for Sick Headache.— It is state* that two teaspoons of finely powdered charcoal, drank in half a tum- bler of water, will, in less than 15 minutes, give relief to the sick headache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by superahnndance of acid on the stomach. We have tried this remedy time and again, and its efficacy in every instance has been foignally satis- factory." When headache has been brought on by eating too freely of boiled beef, cabbage, &c., or any other indigestible din- ner, one cup of '* good tea," at tea time, eating only a slice of dry bread, will often allay the nervousness, quiet the head, and aid in getting to sleep. The " Good Samaritan" applied to the head is also good. DELIRIUM TREMENS.— To Obtain Sleep.— Give an emetic of ipecacuanha, then give 15 to 18 grs. of the same, every 2 hours, using the shower bath, and giving all the beef tea the patient desires. The jail physician of Chicago reports thirty-six favorable cases treated as above. In Boston, at the " House of Cor- rection," the danger arising from the sudden loss of their accustomed stimulus, according to Puritanic economy, is overcome by administering freely, a strong decoction of w^ormwood. 2. Stimulating Anodyne. — Sulpiiate of qainine 12 grs. ; sulphate Df morphine 1 gr. ; mix, and divide into 6 powders. Dose — One powder every hour. Prof. King, of Cincinnati, 0., says that from two to four powders of the above anodyne, will nearly every time pro- duce sleep in this whisky delirium. TYPHUS FEVER.— To Prevent INPECTION.—Take nitre, (salt petre,) pulverized, f oz. ; oil of vitrei f oz. ; put the nitre into a teacup and set it on a red hot shovel, adding the vitriol oue- sixth at a time, stirring it with a pipe stem ; avoiding tDe fumes as they rise from the cup ; no danger, however, in breathing the air of the room. The above amount is sufficient for a room twelve by six- teen feet, and less or more aoccrding to the size of other rooms. Dr. J. C. Smith, of London, is said to have re* ■i > i! n.' '1 ' h ' i,' m\\ ; .Ml ..08 DB. chase's BEOIPES. ceived from ParliameDt £5000 for making this recipe public. 2. To purify the air from noxious effluvia in sick rooms, not of contagious character, simply slice three or four onions, place them on a plate upon the floor, changing them three or four times in the twenty-four hours. 3. Disinfectant for Rooms, Meat, and Fish. — Common salt i a teacup ; sulphuric acid 2 or 3 ozs. ; put about ^ oz. of the acid upon the salt at a time, every 15 minutes, stirring until all put on : Which will purify a large room ; and for meat or fish, hang them up in a box having a cover to it, and thus confine the gas, and tainted articles of food will soon be purified, by the same operation. And notwithstanding so much was paid for the " Smith Disinfectant," the above will be found equally good. 4. Coffee, dried and pulverized, then a little of it sprinkled upon a hot shovel, will, in a very few minutes, elear a room of all impure effluvia, and especially of an ani- mal character. 5. Chloride of Lime. — H^ a saucer of it, moistened with an equal mixture of good vinegar and water, a few drops at a time only, will purify a sick room in a few minutes. SWEATING PREPARATIONS.— Sweating Drops..— Ipecacu- aiiha, saffron, Virginia snake root, and camphor gum, each 2 ozs. ; opium j^ oz. ; alcohol 2 qts. Let stand 2 weeks, shaking occasion- ally. Dose — ^A teaspoon in a cup of hot pennyroyal, spearmint, or catnip tea, every half hour, until perspiration is induced ; then once an hour, for a few hours. It is excellent in colds, fevers, pleurisy, inflammation of the Inngs, &o. It is good to soak the feet in hot water at the same time. 2. SwEATma with Bubnino alcohol.— Pour alcohol into a saucer, to about half fill it ; place tiiis under a chair ; strip the person to be sweated, of all clothing, and place him in the chair, putting a comforter over him, also ; now light a match and throw into ihe saucer of alcohol, which sets it on fire, and by the time the alcohol is burned out he will be in a profuse perspiration, it not, put in half as mueh more of alcohol and fire it again, which will accomplish the object ; then rise up and draw the comforter around you, and get into bed, following up with hot teas and iweatisff drops, as in the first above. ! -' CO HEDIOAI DEPABTMENT. 109 ji This last plan of sweating is also good in recent coldS| pleurisj) inflammation of the lungs, and all other inflam- matory diseases, either in recent attacks, or of long standing complaints. See the closing remarks after the treatment of <' Pleurisy," also " Ginger Wine." IMPERIAL DROP,— For Gravel and Eidnet Complaints. — Take saltpetre 1 oz. j putting it into an iron mortar, dropping in a live coal with it, which sets it on fire ; stir it aroand until it all melts down into the solid form, blow out the coals and pidverizo it ; then take an equal amount of bi-carbonate of potassia, or saleratus, and dissolve both in soft water 2 ozs. Dose — from 20 to SO drops, morning and evening, in a swallow of tea made from flax seed, or a solution of gum arable. In connection with the drops, let the patient take from a table-spoon to two or three table-spoons of onion juice — that is, all the stomach will bear — eating all the raw onions he can, and continue it until free of the complaint. I have seen gravel the size of a common quill, crooked, and one and one-fourth inches in length, which a lady passed from the bladder, and smaller bits almost innumerable, by the simple use of onion juice alone. The onion juice, (red onions are said to be the best,) has and may be injected through a catheter, into the bladder ; have no fears to do this, for I know a physician^ of forty years' practive who has done it five times with success — a physician, however, would have to be called to introdnoe the catheter. 2. In what is termed " Fits of the Gravel," that is, where small gravel has become packed in the ureter, (tube which leads from the kidney to the bladder,) causing excruciating pain in that region, a pill of opium must be given, varying in size from one to three grains, aco^rding to the pain, strength, and age of the patient. S. A strong decoction made by using a large handful of smart weed, adding a gill of gin, and a gill each of horse mint and onion juices, and taking all in 12 hours, has been known to discharge gravel in large quantities. — Phikiadphia Eclectic Journal The surest sign of gravel is the d&rk appearance of the urine, as if mixed with ooflee grounds, and a dull pain io the region of the kidney — if only inflammation, the dark- ness wSl not appear. See the closing remarks upon Gbut. CAMPHOR ICE,— Fon Obaitbd Hamsb ob Lifs.— Spermacetio Til Mi ' 'i • h Hi >4iD DB« OHASE'S BEOEPES. toUow U oz. ; o!l of sweet almonds 4 teaspoons ; gum camphor | oz. ; made fine. Set on the stove until dissolved, constantly stir- ring. Do not use only just suflQcient heat to melt them. Whilst warm, pour into moulds if desired to sell, then paper and put up in tin foil. If for your own use, put up in a tight box. Apply to the chaps or cracks two or three times daily, especially at bed time. BURNS.— Salve for Burns, Frost-Bites, Cracked Nipples, &o. — Equal parts of turpentine, sweet oil, and beeswax ; melt the oil and wax together, and when a little cool, add the turpentine, and etir until cold, which keeps them evenly mixed. Apply by spreading upon thin cloths — linen is the best. I used this salve upon one of my own children, only a year and a half old, which had pulled a cup of hot coflfee upon itself, beginning on the eyelid, and extending down the face, neck and breast, also over the shoulder, and in two places across the arm, the skin coming off with the clothes ; in fifteen minutes from the application of the salve, the child was asleep, and it never cried again from the bum, and not a particle of scar left. It is good for chaps on hands or lips, or for any other sore. If put on burns before blistering has taken place, they will not blister. And if applied to sore or cracked nipples every time after the child nurses, it soon cures them also. For nipples, simply ruobing it on is sufficient. I find it valuable also for pimples, anJ common healing purposes ; and I almost regret to add any other preparations for the same purposes, for fear that some one will neglect this ; but as there may be cases where some of the following can be made when the above cannot, I give a few others known to be valuable. The first one is from Dr. Downer, of Dixboro, within six miles of our city ; he used it in a case where a boy fell backwards into a tub of hot water, scalding the whole buttock, thighs, and privates, making a bad scald in a bad place, but he succeeded in bringing him successfully through, and from it containing opium, it migbt be prefer- able to the first in deep and very extensive burun but in that case the opium might h» *^dded to the first. It is as follows: ■ '■" 2. Db. Downer's Salvb fob i>«xsa^— Beeswax 4 ozs. ; opium ^ oz. ; sugar of lead 1 oz. \ melt the beeswax, and rub the lead flOBDIOAL DEPABTMEirF. Ill f.p In the wax, then the opium, and finally add about a gill of sweet jil, or Bufflcient to make a salve of proper consiBtence. Spread lightly on cloth — no pain, he says, will he felt under its use. He highly recommends it for the pain and inflammation of Piles, also. 3. Poultice for Burns and Frozen Flesh. — A Brouson, of Meadowville, Pa., sayp, from 15 years' experience, that Indian meal poultices covered with Young Hyson tea, moistened with hot water, and laid over burns or frozen parts, as hot as can be borne, will relieve the pain in 5 minutes, and that blisters, if th^ have not, will not arise, and that one poultice is usually sum dent. 4. Salve fob Burns.— Beeswax, Burgnrdy pitch, white pine pitch, and rosin, of each \ lb. ; mutton tallow ^ lb. ; goose oil 1 gill ; tai ^ gill, mixed and melted together, and used as other salves. This was used successfully on a very had case, hurned all over the face, neck, breast, bowels, &o., soothing and quiet- ing pain, giving rest and sleep directly. Gam)en and Kitchen Salve for Burns and Frost Bites.— Liveforever and sweet clover leaves, cammomile and sweet elder, the inner bark, a handful of each ; simmer them in fresh outtei and mutton tallow, of each \ lb. ; when crisped, strain c ut and add 2 or 3 ozs. of beeswax to form a salve. Spread very vhin on thin cloth. Mrs. Miller, of Macon, Mich., cured a bad case with this, burned by the clothes taking fire, nearly destroying the whole surface. She speaks of it in equal praise for cuts and frost bites. See the Green Ointment also for Chilblaiis.. 6. The white of an egg beat up, then beat for a long time with a table-spoon of lard, until a little water separ- ates from them, I have found good for burns. . 7. The white oxide of bismuth, rubbed up in a little 4ard, is also a good application in bums. 8. Glycerine and tannin, equal weights, rubbed togethei into on ointment, is very highly recommended for sore or cracked nipples. See Dr. Raymond's statement in connec- tion with the treatment of Piles. ITCHING FEET FROM FROST BITES.— To Cube.- Take hy- ^ochloric acid 1 oz. ; rain water 7 ozs. ; wash the feet with it 2 «r 3 times daily, or wet the socka with the preparation until re- vered. 1/ i it ^1 ' «»{>' £:tl:1 ll!b DR. OHASE'S BEOIPES A gentleman whose feet had been frozen, in the Alps, eight years before, and another man's had been frozen two years Defore on the Sierra-Nevada mountains, were eflfeotu- ally cured by its use. CHILBLAINS.— To Cube.— Published by Order op the Go- vernment OF Wibtemburo.— Mutton tallow and lard, of each J lb. ; melt in an iron vessel and add hydrated oxyde of iron 2 oz. ; stirring continually with an iron spoon, until the mass is of an uniform black color ; then let it cool and add Venice-turpentine 2 oz. ; and Armenian bole 1 oz. ; oil of bergamot 1 dr. ; rub up the Dole with a little olive oil before putting it in. Apply several times daily, by putting it upon lint or linen — heals the worst cases in a few days. Chilblains arise from severe cold to the part, causing inflammation, often ulcerating, making deep, and very troublesome, long continued sores. FELONS.— If Recent, to Cure in Six Hours.— Venice turpen- tine 1 oz. ; and put into it half a teaspoon of water, and stir with a rough stick until the mass looks like candied honey, then spread a good coat on a cloth and wrap around the finger. If the case is ODly recent, it will remove the pain in G hours. 2. A poke root poultice on a felon cures by absorption, unless matter is already formed ; if it is, it soon brings it to a head, and thus saves much pain and sufifering. 3. Blue flag and hellebore roots, equal parts, boiled in milk and water, then soak the felon in it for twenty minutes, as hot as can be borne, and bind the roots on the parts for one hour, has cured many felons, when commenced in time. 4. A poultice of clay, from an old log house, made and kept wet with spirits of camphor, is also good. 6. Felon Ointment. — Take sweet oil i pint, and stew a 3 cen) plug of tobacco in it until the tobacco is crisped ; then squeeze i out and add red lead 1 oz., and boil until black ; when a little ^ cool, add pulverized camphor gum 1 oz. Mrs. Jordan, of Clyde, 0., paid ten dollars for this recipe, and has cured many bad felons, as well as bad fellows, with it. Bad fellows because they did not pay her. Certainly, this is a rational use of tobacco. 6. Felon Salve. — A salve made by burning one table- spoon of copperas, then pulverizing it and mixing with the yolk of «n egg, is said to relieve the pain, and cure the felon liL^tOAIi DEPABTMENT. US in twenty-four hours ; then heal with oream two jparta, and soft soap one part. Apply the healing salve daily after soaking the part in warm water. DEAFNESS.— If Recent, to Cube, if not, to REUETi:. — Hen> oil 1 gill ; and a single handful of the sweet clover raised in gar- dens ; stew it in the oil until the juice is all out, strain it and bottle for use. Where deafness is recent, it will be cured by putting three J or four drops daily into the ear, but if of long standing, much relief will be obtained if continued a sufEoient lengUi of time. 2. Mtich has been said in France about sulphuric ether, fiiBt tried by Madam Oleret, of Paris ; and, although she lost her reason by the elation of feeling brought on, no doubt, by the honor given her for the discovery, yet the continued trial of the article does not give the satisfaction which had been hoped for from its first success. WARTS AND CORNS.— To Cube in Tfn Minutes.— Take a small piece of potash and let it stand in the open air until it slacks, then thicken it to a paste with pulverized gum arable, which pre< vents it from spreading where it is not wanted. Pare off the seeds of the wart or the dead skin of the corn, and apply the paste, and let it remain on ten minutes ; wash off and soak the place in sharp vinegar or sweet oil, either of which will neutralize the alkali. Now do not jam • nor squeeze out the wart or corn, like " street-corner ped- d 3rs," but leave them alone and nature will remove them without danger of taking cold, as would be if a sore is made by pinching them out. Corns are caused by pressure ; in most cases removing the pressure cures the corn. Nine of every ten corns can be cured by using twice, daily, upon it, j^any good liniment, and wearing loose shoes or boots. See Good Samaritan. I 2. Cure for Corns. — If a cripple will take a lemon, cut off a piece, then nick it so as to let in the toe with the corn, the pulp next the corn — tie this on at night, so that it cannot move — he will find next morning that, with a blunt knife, the corn will come away to a great extent. Two or three applications of this will make a *^ poor cripple" happy for hfe.—Londm FieUL .V t in lU lyR. OHABE*S BEOIPEB. 3. AOETIO AoiD, touched to hard or soft oornS) night and morning, for ono week, will oure them. So will the Samari- tan liniment, which see. 4. Dr. Hariman's Innocent and Sure Cure fob Corns, Warts AND Chilblains. — Nitric and muriatic acids, blue vitriol and salts of tartar, of each 1 oz. ; adf' the blue vitrei, pulverized, to either of the acids, and in the sz.me way add the Baits of tartar ; when 4one foaming add the other acid, and in a few days it will be fit for use. Directions. — For frosted feet, rub them with a swab or brush, wet with this solution very lightly, every part that 'is red and dry ; in a day or two, if not cured, apply again QS before. For corns, apply in like manner, scraping off dead skin before using. For warts wet once a week until they disappear, which will be soon, for it is a certain cure in all the above cases, and very cheap. So says the Doctori of Anderson, Ind. 5. A gentleman in Ohio offers to pay ten dollars a piece for all corns not cured in three days by binding a bit of cotton batting upon it, and wetting it three times a day with spirits of turpentine. 6. I am assured by a gentleman of Syracuse, N.Y., that a plaster of the " Green Mountain Salve," put upon a com, will completely cure it by the time it naturally comes off. LINIMENTS- — Good Samaritan— Improved.— Take 98 per cent alcohol 2 qts., and add to it the following articles : Oils of sassa- fra«, hemlock, spirits of turpentine, tinctures of cayenne, catechu, guaicaci, (guac,) and laudanum, of each 1 oz. ; tincture of myrrh 4 ozs. ; oil of origanum 2 ozs. ; oil of winter^reen ^ oz. ; gum camphor 2 ozs. ; and chloroform 1^ ozs. I have used the above liniment over five years, and can- not speak too highly of its value ; I have cured myself of two severe attacks of rheumatism with it, the first in the knee and the last in the shoulder, three years after ; my wife has cured two corns on the toes with :t, by wetting them twice daily for a few days ; and it is hard to think of anything which it has not cured, such as sprains, bruises, cut», jams, rheumatism, weak back, reducing swellings, curing leg-ache in children from over-playing, for horse- flesh, &c., &c. But you will allow me one remark about UniiiMiilitfi^they ou^ht in all sMses to h^ put on and rubbed \ HEDIOAIi DEPABTUBm 115 in from twenty to thirty minut«s, and laying the hand on the part until it bums ftom its effects, instead of one or two minut;cs, as is the usual custom ; and if made by the quart, you can use them freely, as the cost is not more than about one-eighth as much as to purchase the two shilling bottles. Wetting flannel with the liniment, and binding on, is a good manner of application. Dr. Halo, of this city, has adopted this liniment for general use ; but for headache and neural- gia, he takes eight ounces of it and adds an ounce of chlo- roform, and half an ounce of oil of wintergnen, rubbing upon the head, holding to the nostrils, &c. f be full pre- scription will usually cost about two dollars. 2. LmiMENT FOR Old Sores.— Alcohol 1 qt. ; aqua ammonia 4 ozs. ; oil of origanum 2 ozs. ; camphor gum 2 ozs. ; opium 2 ozs. ; gum myrrh 2 ozs. ; common salt 2 table-spoons. Mix, and shake occasionally for a week. This was presented for insertion by H. Loomis, of Ed- wardsburgh, Mich., hoping it might do many others as much good as it had done himself and neighbors. He showe^ me scars of an old sore on his leg which he had cured with it, after years of suffering ; and also called up a young man whose father he had cured of a similar sore, years before, which had never broken out again ; he used it twice daily. His leg became sore after a protracted fever. I have great confidence in it. He uses it also for cuts, bruises, horse- flesh, inflammatory rheumatism, &o., &c. 3. Dr. Raymond's Liniment. — Alcohol 1 qt. ; oils of origanum " ozs., and wormwood 1 oz. ; with camphor gum 2 ozs. ; spirits oi turpentine 2 ozs. ; and tincture of cantharides 1 oz. Mixed and used as other liniments. Dr. D. W. Raymond, of Conneaut, 0., thinks that the last is the best liniment in the world. 4. Gerbian Rheumatic Fluid. — Oils of hemlock and cedar, ot each ^ oz. ; oils of origanum and sassafras, each 1 oz. ; aqua am- monia 1 oz. ; capsicum, pulverized, 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine and gum camphor, each ^ oz. ; put all into a quart bottle, and fill with 95 per cent, alcohol. The Germans speak equally in praise af this fluid, as a liniment, as Dr. Raymondf does of his, besides they say it is very valuable for cholic in man or horse. Dose. — For colic for man, half a teaspoon ; for a horse, one-half to one ouna* in A little warm water, every fifteen minutes, until relieved ^ (!■■ f/1 ■i>\ I If 116 DB. OHASE'B BEOIPlia. A gentleman purchased a horse for seventy-five dolIarB, which had been strained in one of the fetlocks, worth before the strain one hundred and twenty-five dollars. He cured him with this liniment, and sold him for the original value. He cured his wife also of neuralgia, with the same, since I have published this recipe. Judge ye of its value. 6. Cook's Electro-Magnetic Liniment.— Best alcohol 1 gal. ; oil of amber 8 ozs. ; gum camphor 8 ozs. ; castile soap, shaved iSne, S ezs. ; heefs gall, 4 ozs. ; ammonia, 3 F's strong, 12 ozs. j mix, and shake occasionally for 12 hourt), and it is fit for use. This will be found a strong and valuable liniment, and also cheap. It may be used in swellings, strains, &c., and Tubbed upon the throat, breast and lungs, in aathma, sore throat, &c. Liniment for Spinal Affections. — Take a pint bottle and put into it oil of origanum, wormwood, spirits of turpentine and gum cam- phor, of each 1 oz., and fill it with best alcohol. Mr. Barr, a gentleman with whom I have been acquainted for some four years, has been troubled with spinal weak- ness and pains, and he finds great relief from the use of this liiiiment ; and his daughter took it internally for a cough, also', with success. 7. Great London Liniment. — Take chloroform, olive oil, and aqua ammonia, of each 1 oz. ; acetate of morphia, 10 grs. Mix and ase as other liniments. Very valuable. 8. Gum LiNia^NT— Take gum myrrh, gum camphor, and gum opium, of each | oz. ; cayenne pepper ^ oz. ; alcohol 1 pt. ; mix. This liniment is ready for use in three or four days, and is very highly recommended by B. Burrows, of Matamora, Lapeer Co. Mich. He prefers rum, if a good article can be got, in place of the alcohol. This would be excellent ir, oolic, or diarrhea also. 9. Patent Liniment. — In order that those who pur- chase the patent liniments m;iy know what they are buying, I give a formula, from which over twenty thousand dollars worth of liniment was sold in two years' time, but one of the partners going out of the firm and into the livery busi- iiess, gave me the plan as follows: « Take whisky 15 gals., and put into it 2 lbs. of capsicum, pul- verized, let stand 10 days and percolate, or draw oflf the whisky, fmn% of the (sediment } in the meantime take 1 gal. of spirits of tor- MEDIOAIi DEPABTUENT. 117 EentQfb, and pnt into it oils of origanum, horse-mint, sassafhis, and emlook, 6 ozs. each ; add gum camphor 2 lbs. Mix and it is ready to sell, for the purpose of gulling those who suppose everybody to be honegt because they are themselves so. But that no loss may arise from the space this liniment recipe occupies here, I will tell you how to make a good liniment, by using a part of that with the following : Take of the patent liniment 8 ozs. : sweet oil and oils of origa- num, sassafras and aqua ammonia, of each 2 ozs., and mix, shakmg well as used, and this mixture will make a splendid horse liniment, with which you can easily blister, by bandaging the part if desired, and wetting the bandage with it. The first would cost less than $1 per gallon, whilst the retail price, two shillings per bottle, makes it over $2 per quart. See where your money goes. 10. LoBELLi. AND CAYENNE LxNiMENT. — Take ft quart bottle and put into it I oz. of Cayenne, pulverized, then put in 2 ozs. of lobe- lia herb, and fill up the bottle with whisky ; in two weeks it is ready for use, and applicable for cuts, bruises, strains, sprains, &o. and it will heal cork cuts in the feet of oxen or horses, withoud stopping them from labor, and with but very V"^-^ soreness, by applying 2 or 3 times daily. I know a gefitleman who had a gash cut i. .ualp, four inches in length, and to the skull in depth, by a falling limb, which by the use of this liniment only, as strange as it may appear, it healed without pain or soreness. But some may object to it as a whisky liniment. I admit it to be such, but by knowing how to make it yourselves, you get it for a whisky price, and if it be not found as good as one-half of the two-shilling-a-bottle liniments, then you may tell me that I do not know when I have a good thing. 11. Liniment— Said to be St. John's. — ^Por 70 doz. bottles take spirits of turpentine and seneca oils, of each 4 gals. ; linseed or sweet oil, 2 gals. ; oils of origanum, hemlock, juniper, amber, and laudanum, of each 3 qts. ; spirits of ammonia 1 qt. ; tincture oi arnica 2 gals. *, camphor gum 1 lb. Put all into a keg and shake well ; when you wish to fill into small bottles, shake it well, and draw into a convenient bottle or pitcher to pour from ; and shake it well evc'^y time you fill five bottles ; and shake the bottle whenever you use the liniment ; thus it might be called " Shaking" Liniment. No matter what you call it, however, it is a good one. 1 obtained the recipe of a young gentleman who worked in Mr. St. John's store oyer a year, yet much care was takeD .':!• HI 1 ■ ' (ti > i ■ . Ill 124 DB. CHASES BEOIFES. good old age, whilst the greater portion die with phthesis (con- Bumption) before 35. Fourth — Of persons dying with phthesis between the ages of 12 and 45, nine-tenths, at least, have never used fat meats. " Most individuals wlio avoid fat meat, also use little but- ter or oily gravies, though many compensate for this want in part, at least, by a free use of those articles, and also milk, eggs, and various saccharine substances. But they constitute an imperfect substitute for fat meat, without which, sooner or later, the body is almost sure to show the eflFects of deficient calorification." A lady-lecturer recently said in this city, in one. of her lectures — " Set a piece of pork before a lady : oh, horrible I the dirty, nasty, filthy stuff; give us rMcken — clean, nice chicken." Now this lady, certainly, was no farmer's wife, or she would have observed that the habits of chickens are ten times more filthy than that of the hog, if it be possible ; for even the hog's leavings and droppings are carefully over- hauled by them, and much of it approprirted to " ladies* meat." But their filthiness is no argument in either case ; for nature's strainer (the stomach), throws off all impurities. Why do so many young ladies, young dergymen^ and stu- dents die of consumption ? Simply because chicken or other lean meats, hot biscuit, &c., without exercise, make up the sums of their diet ; when, if they would eat fat meats, with bread not less than One day old, scrub floors, saw woo^l, or other arm exercise, according to sex, an hour at each end of each day, they might be spared for years — perhaps to long lives of usefulness,to their families,congregations,or the world. So far as pork is concerned as food, the following rule may be safely followed : If it agrees with the stonwich,, which is known by its digesting without " Risings," as it is called, its use may be continued, but if it rises, lessen the quantity, and if it still rises abandon its use altogether: but it digests better with me than mutton,* or chicken, and I have been trying them for nearly fifty years. The same rule is good for all articles of food. As to exercise, for men who are not regular laborers, wood sawing is the best, next, horse-back riding, then walking; for women,. hoeing in t!:e garden or field, next sweeping, dusting, &C; then horse- back riding, walking, &o. 6. thep whio mark one , give ex>clu have MEDIOaL depabtment. 125 6. But T have reoently seen a piece going tho remands of the papers as the best cure for consumption in the world, which contains so much good sense that I will close my re- marks on the subject by giving it a quotation, and let every one judge for themselves, which to try, if they see fit to give either a trial. It is represented as coming from an exchange only, but from its style of remark, I think it must have started from Hall's Journal of Health : '' Eat all that the appetite req ires of the most noimshing food, Buch as fresh beef, lamb, oysters, raw eggs, fruit, vegetables, and three times a day take a glass 6t egg-nog, made as rich as the patient can bear. Avoid all other alcoholio drinks. Bathe twice a week in water made agreeably warm, and in a warm/room : after bathing rub the body and limbs with sweet cream ot sweet oil. Exercise daily in the open air ; walking is the best. Stand erect, exercise the arms and lungs freely, keep the mind cheerful ; take freely of the best cough syrup, and consumption will be a stranger to ^our household. ''For making the best cough syrup, take 1 oz. of thoroughwort ; 1 oz. of slippery elm ; 1 oz. of stick licorice, and 1 oz. of flax seed ; simmer together in 1 qt. of water until the strength is entirely ex- tracted. Strain carefully, add 1 pt. of best molasses, and ^ lb. of loaf sugar j simmer them all well together, and when cold bottle tight. This is the cheapest, best, and safest medicine now or ever in use." ^' A few doses of one table-spoon at a time will alleviate the most distressing cough of the lungs, soothes and allays irritation, and if continued, subdues any tendency to con- sumption ; breaks up entirely the whooping cough, and no better remedy can be found for croup, asthma, bronchitis, and all affections of the lungs and throat. Thousands of precious lives may be saved every year bv this cheap and simple remedy, as well as thousands of dollars which would otherwise be spent in the purchase of nostrums which are both useless and dangerous." — Exchange, For egg-nog see ** Stimulant in Low Fevers." OINTMENTS.— For Old Sores.— Red precipitate ^ oz. : sugar of lead ^ oz. ; burnt alum 1 oz. ; white vitriol | oz., or a little less ; all to be very finely pulverized ; have mutton tallow made warm § lb. ; stir all in, and stir until cool. Mr. Brownell, of Dowagiac, Mich., thinks there is no ointment equal to this for fever or any other old sores, from actual trial, as much so as Mr. lioomis does of his Liniment No. 2. ^l '■■*'•■ „ y: »• m M If 1* ■fl I '' ih '.I 1 t' t ft 4 % 126 DB. OHASE B BEOIPES. 2. Jttdkins' Ointment. — This Ointment has been lon^ celebrated through Ohio and the Eastern States. It was invented alid put up by an old Doctor of that name, whose family took to the profession of medicine as naturally as ducks to water. I obtained it of one of the sons, who is practising at Malaga, Ohio, from whom I also obtained Landolfi's and his own method of curing cancer, (see those recipes,) and he always uses this ointment to heal cancers and all other sores : Linseed oil 1 pt. ; sweet oil 1 oz. ; and boil them in a kettle on coals for nearly 4 hours, as warm as you can ; then have pulver- ized and mixed, borax ^ oz. ; red lead 4 ozs., and sugar of lead 1^ ozs. ; remove the kettle from the fire and thicken in the pow- der ; ctmtinue the stirring until cooled to blood heat, then stir in 1 oz. of spirits of turpentine ; and now take out a little, letting it get cold, and if not then sufficiently^ thick to spread upon thin, soft lin«n, as a salve, you will boil again until this point is reached. He says, and I have no doubt of it, that it is good for all kinds of wounds, bruises, sores, bums, white swellings, rheumatisms, ulcers, sore breasts, and even where there are wounds on the inside, it has been used with advantage, by applying plaster over the part. 3. Sisson's Ointment. — Best brandy ^ pt. ; turpentine 1 ^11 ; camphor gum 1 oz. ; beefs gall ^ pt. ; (beefs gall bottled with \ alcohol will keep nice for future use,) neats-foot oil 1 pt. Mix. This ointment, or probably liniment, is probably not equal- ed for reducing swellings which arise from bad bruises, or swellings of long standing ; rub it in for quite a length of time, then wet a flannel in it and wrap around the parts. 4. Green Ointment.— White pine turpentine and lard ^ lb. each ; aoney and beeswax J lb. each ; melt all together and stir in J oz.;, of very finely pulverized verdigris. ^ In deep wounds and old sores this works admirably, it keeps out proud flesh, and heals beyond all calculation, keep- ing up a healthy discharge. It was used on a horse, which had run upon a fence stake; the stake entering under the shoulder blade and penetrating eighteen inches alongside of the ribs ; the ointment was introduced by stififening linen cloth with warm beeswax, and rolling it up into what is called a tent, then smearing the ointment upon the tent and pushing it to the bottom of the wound, whiol. kept the out* MEDIOAL DEPABTMENT. 12r • ' .1 - ii side from healing until it healed from the bottom, frnd thus saved the horse, which everybody said must die ; and of course everybody always knows. The man owning the horse ^vas thrown from his buggy whilst the horse was running, and had a leg broken ; the horse was well before the man. Hiram Sisson, an old farrier and farmer, of Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y., has used this and the one bearing his name, No. 3, several years, and speaks of them in the high- est terms. Mr. WykoflF, a few miles north of this city, haa used this green oiutment for several years, curing a deep cut in the thigh of a friend in a few days with it, which induced him to pay ten dollars to un English lady for the recipe ; since then he cured a bad case of chilblains with it, upon a German boy who had not worn boot or shoe for three years on their account. I have now known it for two years, curing cuts on horses' feet, from stepping over corn stubble in spring ploughing, by only a few applications. It is worth more than the cost of tlutf book to any family who has not got it. This mixed vdth equal parts of the Magnetic, No. 11, and the world cannot beat it for general use. 6. Green Ointment.— Honey and beeswax, of each ^ lb. ; Bplrits of turpentine 1 oz. : wintergreen oil and laudanum, each 2 oza. ; verdigris, finely pulverlaed, ^ oz. ; lard IJ lbs. ; mix by a etove fire, a copper kettle, heating slowly. I have given this green ointment, varying somewhat from' the first, obtained of a gentleman at Jamestown, N. Y., who was selling it in large quantities, as he uses the spirits of turpentine instead of the white pine, for that frequently is hard to get, and by some this will be preferred, for the flesh of a few persons will inflame under the free i^se of verdigris, and it will be seen that this last recipe has not near as much of it in as the first. ^. Dii. Kittrbdoe's Celebrated ODixurENT. — For " Pimpled- Face," " Prairie Itch," &a— Take a pint bottle and put into it nitric acid 1 oz. ; quicksilver 1 oz. ; and let stand until the silver is cut ; then melt lard i lb. in au earthen bowl and mix all together, and stir with a wooden spatula until cold. ^ Old Dr. Kittredge is an Allopathic Physician, but his ointment has been known over the whole State as death to the << Michigan or IPrairie Itoh," and the doctor recommends rtii . < i n S iJi 128 DB. OHASE*S IlEOIPES. it for Cancerous, Scrofulas, and Syphilitic Ulcers, also Salt- rheum, Ring-worms, ** Pimpled Face," Chronic Inflamma- tion of the eyelids, &c. Application — For cutaneous eruj)- tions, scratch off the scab, warm the cerate, rub in thorouglily once a day ; for running ulcers, spread a thin plaster, and not change oftener than once in thirty-six or forty-eigiit hours. 7. Mead's Salt-Rheum Ointment. — Aquafortis 1 oz. ; quicksilver 1 oz. ; good hard soap dissolved so as to mix readily 1 oz. ; prepared chalk 1 oz., mixed with 1 lb. of lard ; incorporate the above by putting the aquafortis and quicksilver into an earthen vessel, aiKi when done effervescing, mix with the other ingredients, putting the chalk in last, and add a little spirits of turpentine, say half u table-spoon. Mr. Mead is a resident of this city, adTanced in age, over ninety years, and greal confidence may be placed in this recipe. Ue sent it for insertion in the seventh edition of this work, and many have tried it with satisfaction. He first proved it on himself, after suffering with Salt-rheum for ten years ; at first it came back after two years ; he then cured it again, and now has been free from it about fourteen years. His only object in presenting me the recipe was to do good to his fellow-creatures. Some physicians think that if nitric acid one ounce, and three drachms, was put upon the Quick- silver and cut or dissolved by gentle heat, that it would be a better way to prepare it ; but I never wish to change when an article works as well as this does. 8. Dr. Gibson, of Jamestown, Pa., says he has never failed in curing salt-rheum or leprosy, (meaning very bad skin diseases) with the following : First, wash the part with Castile soap and water, dry with a soft cloth, then wet the parts erupted witn the tincture of iodine, and after this gets dry, anoint with citron ointment. When tbti eruption exists about parts not covered with clothing, use the following wash alternately with the tincture : Corrosive sublimate I dr. ; sugar of lead 3 ozs. ; white vitriol 2 scruples ; salammoniac 3 drs. ; common salt 2 drs. ; soft water 1 pint ; mix. He had a case — a young gentleman who was engaged to be married, but the lady would not marry him till cured, from the fact that a sore of a leprous or obstinate character surrounded his head where the hat came in contact with it. But patience and nine months perseverance removed t*he aoAb from his orown, and crowned him with a help-meet 10. It 2 ozs. ; U oz. ; theu ren turpenti This Itch," &o. Dr. itch, is it the c 11. M cut in ; togethei The names! equal ] make i neous in Sa taken 12. for ge when is not dired wiin the I &c., Pi( ■oital leav< MEDIOAL DEPABTMBHT. 129 Let me here say that in any disease of long standing, use some of the alterative medicines to cleanse the blood, while using the outward applications. The *' Cathartic Al- terative" is especially adapted to these skin diseases, and should be continued some time, even if you are not anxious to get married. The Citron Ointment is kept by nearly all druggists. 9. White lead in sweet oil, used as an ointment, cured a lady in Lafayette, Ind., of a bad case of Salt-Rheum. 10. Itch Ointmbnt. — UnBalted butter 1 lb, ; Burgundy pitch 2 oz». ; spirits of turpentioe 2 ozs. : red precipitate, pulverized, 1} oz. ; melt the pitch and add the butter, stirriog well together : then remove from the fire, and when a little cool add the spirits ot turpentine, and lastly the precipitate, and stir until cold. This will cure all cases of psora, usually called " The Itch," and many other skin eruptions, as pimples, blotches, &e. Dr. Beach thinks the animal which infests the ukin in real itch, is the result of the disease, whilst most authors think it the cause. 11. Magnetic Ointment.— Said to be Trask's.— Lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, equal weights ; simmer well together, then strain and press out all from the dregs. The above is an excellent ointment, and looks like its namesake, and its action is really magnetic. Mix this in equal parts with the first Green Ointment No. 4, and it will make a good application in Piles, Salt-Rheum, and all cuta- neous or skin diseases, as well as cuts, bruises, &c. If used in Salt-Rheum, somjB of the alterative remedies must be taken at the same time, and long continued. 12. Stramonium Ointment. — The probability is, that for general use, no ointment will be found superior to this, when properly made. It is kept by most druggists, but it is not half as good generally as if made by the following directions. I give largo proportions, from tho fact that it will be used in large quantities. Stramonium is known by the names of " Jimpson," « Stink Weed.'' * Thorn Apple," &o., from its thorny burr. Pick about a bushel of the leaves, while yet green, having a ■nitable iron kettle placed over a slow fire ; put in a few of the leaves and mash them as you keep adding until you get them . ' IB ';! % m? ii ■'fl ;,<" *> I n 180 DB. chase's BEOIPES. all mashed into a pulpy mass, then put in lard 6 lbs., and Btew to a crisp ; then strain and box for use. Those who live in towns and prefer to make it with less trouble, will purchase 1 dr. of the soft extracfc, kept by druggists, rubbing it with a little water until it is of such a consistence as to allow it to be rubbed into an ointment with lard 1 oz. This will be better than the sale ointment, but not as good as the " Home Made," above. It is anodyne, (relieves pain,) in burns, scalds, old irritar Lie ulcers, skin diseases, painful hemorrhoids, (Piles,) and is discutient, (driving away swellings,) and very strengthen- ing to broken limbs, i. e., after the bones are healed to rub over the limb freely, and thoroughly ; it reduces the swell- ing, and gives tone to the muscles, tendons, &o. We have recently known two cases of fracture, one u compound fracture of the ankle, the other of the wrist, both in persons well advanced in life ; in both cases strength re- turned very slow, but with double speed by the free appli- cation of this ointment ; and in the first case it undoubtedly prevented mortification. It is valuable, also, in painful or swelled rheumatism. Or, perhaps what would be prefera- ble, in such cases, is a tincture made of the seeds from the thorny burr, two ounces, to alcohol and water, of each, a half pint, if it is not found ahead of the " Tincture of Arnica," I will give you my head for a " Foot-Ball." In applying it, wet cloths or brown paper, and bind upon the parts, keeping them well wet. To make this tincture^ see "Tinctures." v 13. Toad Ointment. — For sprains, strains, lame-back, rheumatism, caked breasts, caked udders, &o., &o. • Good sized live toads, 4 in number, put into boiling water and cook very solt ; then take them out and boil the water down to i pint, and add fresh churned, unsalted butter 1 lb. and simmer together ; at the last add tincture of arnica 2 ozs. This was obtained from an old Physician, who thought more wf it than of any other prescription in his possession. Some persons might think it hard on toads, but you could not kill them quicker in any other way. JAUNDICE.— Dr. PEisonY's Cure.— In rrs Worst Forms.— Red iodide of mercury 7 grs. ; iodide of potassium 9 grs. ; aqua dis. (distilled wat«r) 1 oz. ; mix. Commence by giving 6 dropa 3 or 4 times a day ; increasmg one drop a day until 12 or 15 drops ^e given at a dose. Give in a little- water immediately HEDICAIi DEPABTtOSNT. 181 a after meals. If it canses a griping sensation in the bowels, and fullness in the head when you get up to 12 or 15 drops, go back to 6 drops, and up again as before. In two very bad cases of jaundice, I have knoiwn the above to be entirely successful. I am aware that many persons will not use any prepara- tion containing mercury in any of its forms, while there are many others who would use them for that very reason ; my object is to benefit allj without strengthening the pr^'u- dices of any ; for this reason I give you the following : 2. Drink fob Jaundicb. — Tie up soot and saffron, equal parts, in a cloth to the size of half a hen's egg, let it lie in a glass of water over night ; in the morning put the yolk of an eg,?, beaten into this water, and drink it. Do this 3 mornings, skipping 8, until 9 doses have been taken. I am fissured that it has proved successful in mamy bad cases. See also Soot Cofifee« No. 12, amongst the Ague remedies. PILES.— Successful Remedies.— Internal Remedy.— Cp«am of tartar, jalap, pulverized, senna and flowers of sulphur 1 oz. each ; nitrate of potash (saltjpetre), ^ oz. ; golden seal i oz., thoroughly pulverize all together, in a mortar, and give a teaspoon t^ree times every day, or the dose may be varied to suit the condition of the patient, taking more or less to suit circumstances, keeping the bowels in a solvent state. External Appliqation. — dinner bark of the white oak treft, boil and strain, and boh again until you obtain } pint of the extract, very thick ; then add | pint of the oil of the oldest and strongest bacon you can pronnre ; simmer together until a union takes p]ace when cold. Then apply by the finger up the rectum every m^yiht until well. Be very strict to abstain from strong and stimu- lating diet. The above is a sure cure for blind or bleeding piles, in all cases, sooner or later. Dr. Harriman, of Andersontown, Ind., has been very successful with this plan of treating Piles ; and since I ob- tained the plan, now two 'years, i hate iiad one opportunity of proving its efficiency upon a gentleman who had been laid up for days, and sometimes weeks, with the complaint ; by a few applications of the external remedy he has been enabled to keep directly along with his labor. 2% Pnx. Cerate — Carbonate o lead ^ oz. ; sulphate of nwrphioo 15 grs. ; strammonium ointment 1 oz. ; olive oil 20 drops. Mix, and apply three timeB a day, or as occasion and pain moiy N^vlie* i '•if ih I'i'Pi'i 132 DBt CSb^ This cerate has been highly celebratea as a remedy in Piles. It will relieve the pain most assuredly. Piles have been cured with lamp oil applied to the parts two or three times a day. Even tallow, or any simple ointment, is good for dry Piles, that is, for pain in those parts, coming on often in the dead of night, without apparent cause. 3. For External Piles. — The following is very highly spoken of: Take oyster shells, wash and burn them, then finely pulverize and rub up with fresh lard ; anoint with this, and take internally sulphur one ounce, mixed with three ounces of pulveriized rosin ; take night and morning what will lay oij a five cent piece. Take every day for the first week, then every three or four days, until well, con- tinuing the ointment. Mrs. Morehead, of Danville, Ind., cured herself of Piles by simply sitting in a hip-bath of warm water, every time the pains would come on, after stools or any other time, remaining in the bath until the pains left her. Her husband cured himself by sitting in cold water, and using upon the parts an ointment made by stewing celendine in fresh lard. I ^ive these various plans, so that if one fails, a remedy may certainly be found amongst the many given. Gr. P. Rogers, of Irontown, 0., has k aown cases cured by using the following ointment: Povdered opium and powdered rosin, one ounce each, mixed with one ounce of tallow, and anoint as required. 6. Dr. D. W. Raymond, of Conneaut, 0., says : Equal weights of glycerine and tannin will cure Piles, by anoint- ing with it, and that very speedily ; also cures sore or cracked nipples in twenty-four hours, and is remarkably good foi any excoriation, or sore, of the skin. I know that ffimple tallow introduced into the rectum is exceedingly beneficial in Piles, which satisfies me that any preparation containing oil or any kind of grease, is good. 7. I have found in the scrap of an old newspaper, the following, and it is so easily tried, and speaks with so much certainty, and is so simple, that I give it an insertion. ** Simple Curb for Piles. — Mix one table-spoon of sul- phw with half a pi&t of milki to be taken every day undl ; • ■ . favorabi case ma infallibl It hash jure noi 8. P em lad t^e bee swamp- only. 9. J stewed cured n MEDIOAL DEPABTHENT. 183 favorable symptoms appear, and then oooasionallj, as the o&se may require. The above is a cheap, simple, and most infallible cure for that most painful and unpleasant disorder. It has been used with complete success in old and inveterate cases where individuals had spent scores of dollars in medi- cal advice. It is equally used as a preventive. It will in- jure none, and only requires a trial." 8. Paschal Mason, living near this city, cured a South- ern lady visiting in the neighborhood, who was confined to the bed with them, by making a strong tea of the wild swamp-currant root, drinking occasionally for a few days only. 9. JiMPSON Leaves and parsely, a handful of each, stewed in lard, one pouad, and used as an ointment, has cured many cases. ANODYNES— Hoffman's Anodyne, or Golden Tincture. — Sulphuric ether 2 ozs. ; alcohol 4 ozs. ; and etberial oil | dr. ; mix. Dose— From half to two teaspoons ; (^ dr. to 2 drs.) according to the urgency or pain for which it is given. It is given in a little sweetened water, and much pre- ferred by the Germans to laudanum, especially where lauda- num causes sickness of the stomach. It makes an excellent local application in neuralgia and other painful affections, being second cousin to the Magnetic Tooth Cordial and Paralytic Liniment. 2. Laudanum.— iBest Turkey opimn 1 oz. ; slice and pour upon it boiling water 1 gill, and work it in a bowl or mortar until it U diBsolved ; then pour it into the bottle, and with alcohol of 76 per cent, proof A pt., rinse the dish, adding the alcohol to the prepor ration, shakmg well, and in 24 hours it will be ready for use Dose— From 10 to 30 drops for adults, according to the strength of the patient, or severity of the pain. Thirty drops of this laudanum will be equal to one grain of opium, and this is a much better way to prepare it than putting the opium into alcohol, or any other spirits alone, for in that case much of the opium does not dissolve. See the remarks oocuring after Godfrey's Cordial. 3. Paregoric. — Best opium | dr., dissolve it in about 2. table- spoons of boiling water ; then add benzoic acid ^ dr. j oil of anise i a fluid dr. ; clarified honey 1 oz. ; camphor gum 1 scruple ; alco- hol, 76 per cent, 11 fluid ozs. ; distilled water 4i fluid ozs. : macerate, (keep warm,) for 2 weeks. Dosb~Fot children, 6 to 20 drops ; adults, 1 to 2 teaspoons. ' '-Hi -» 3 '•lU lU BB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. Used as an anodyne and antispasmodic, allays oougb, re- lieves nausea, and slight pain in the stomach and bowels, checks diarrhea and procures sleep. Used principally for children. See the remarks after No. 5, below. 4. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. — Opium in powder, catechu in powder, camphor gum, red eaunders, rasped, of each J oz. ; oil of anise 1 dr. ; dilute alcohol [alcohol of 76 per cent., and water in equal proportions,] 1 gal. Keep warm for 2 weeks. The opium strength of this is about equal to paregoric, and it is used for similar purposes, and doses. See the re- marks belcw. 6. Godfrey's Cordial. — Dissolve pure carbonate of potassa 1 oz.; in water 6 qts., and add nice golden syrup or best molasses 3 qts., and heat until they begin to simmer ; take off the scum, and add laudanum 9 ozs., and oil of sassafras 1 dr. Mix well. Use similar to the two last. Remarks. — It is a well known fact that much injury is done to children by the use of anodynes, such as the above, and " Mrs.-Winslow's soothing syrup," which is now taking the place, to a great extent, in towns, of the foregoing, for I noticed a short time ago eighty-seven empty bottles with Mrs. Winslow's label upon them, sitting on a counter of one of our drug stores, which led me to ask if they put up her syrup. The answer was no, a lad^ in this city has fed that much to one child within the past eighteen months. The question might be asked, why do we t-ell people how to make any of these anodynes ? Because they are good in proper cases, when properly used, and to give a place for these remarks ; for those who are evil disposed will find a way to accomplish their designs, whilst the well disposed will, or can, act only from knowledge, and if they do not know the evils arising from the constant use of anodynes on children, are as liable to do evil as the evil disposed. Then let it be remembered that the constant use of opium in any of its preparations on children, or adults, disturbs the nervous system, and establishes a nervous necessity for its continuation. Then use them only in severe pain, or extreme nervousness, laying them by again as soon as possible under the circumstances of the case. Of course we do not give a recipe for the Soothing Syrup spoken of, as its exact com- position has not yet oome out to the publio ; bat that its prescrij until it Monday or crutc 2. B Btandin valuable Colch: to be bi 3 or4d daily, b The sicknes to cauf increai actioni ally ca 3. B chlorol oil of shake keepin open. wards MEDICAL DEPABTMENT. 181 doothing properties are owing to opium, there 13 not the least doubt. See " Carminatives," which are preferable to opiates, especially for children. RHEUMATISMS.— Inplammatort Rheumatism— Bill Weight's AND OTHER CuRES.— SulphuF and saltpetre, of each 1 oz. ; gum guaiac 1-2 oz. ; colchicum root, or seed, and nutmegs, of each I oz. ; all to be pulverized and mixed with simple eyrup of molas- BBS 2 ozs. Dose. — One teaspoon every 2 hours until it moves the bowels rather freely ; then three or four times daily until cured. Mr. Wright, of the Niagara Hotel, Toledo, 0., has several times proved this to be an excellent medicine, and since I obtained it I found a man at Marshall, Mich., one Saturday evening, with his feet and legs so swollen with this disease that he could but just crawl with two crutches. I filled this prescription and gave him a teaspoon of it every two hours until it moved his bowels, then every four hours, and on Monday noon he could walk quite comfortably without cane or crutch, the medicine costing only twenty cents. 2. Rheumatic Alterative. — In' Rheumatism of long standing the following preparation has often proved very valuable: Colchicum seed, and black cohosh root, of each 1-2 oz., the root to be bruised ; best rye whisky 1 pt. ; put together and let stand 3 or 4 days. Dose — From one teaspoon to a table-spoon 3 times daily, before meals. The action will be to loosen the bowels, or cause a little sickness at the stomach ; and the dose may be modified not to cause too great an efiect upon the patient either way, but increasing the dose if necessary until one of these specific actions is felt, and lessening it if the action is too great in aify case. 3. Rheumatio LmiMENi.— Olive oil, spirits of camphor, and chloroform, of each 2 ozs. ; sassafras oil 1 teaspoon. First add the oil of sassafras to the olive oil, then the spirits of camphor, and shake well before putting in the chloroform, shaking when used, keeping it corked, as the chloroform evaporates very fast if left open. Apply 3 or 4 times daily, rubbing it well, and always to- wards the body. I had a brother-in-law cured of a very bad case of inflam- matory, or BWAlIing rheumatism, by the use of this liniment — aooompHshed in about fooi days, without other treatmontk «.11 '-fi I iiiiiHniMtiiaflj Riwp ■■ 186 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. He paid five dollars for the recipe after the oui'e. But ] would recommend the use of this in connection with *' Bill Wright's Care," above, feeling perfectly assured that no attack will stand before the internal and external combina- tion. 4. J. B. HiTOHOOOX, Ypsilanti. Mich., uses spirits of turpentine 1 pt. ; tar 2 teaspoons ; oil of vitriol 1 tenspoon, mixing in a mug then sets them on fire, letting it burn 15 minutes, and bottle for use. He bathes the parts freely twice daily with this prepara- tion, then binds on the mashed tory weed, as mentioned under the head of " Reducing Swellings," and gives a little spirits of turpentiiae internally. 5. Alvah Raymond— Takes rum 1 pt. ; neats-foot oil J pt., or if the joint is stiff, skunk's oil instead of the other ; spirits of tuiper' tine 1 gill, and sinuners them together, and bottle for use, : ubbing it in thoroughly 3 times times daily. He also directs to soak the feet in hot water, scraping the bottoms of the feet with an old knife ; then he has poke root roasted and mashed, mixing with it tar and sulphur to form drafts for the feet. With this method of treatment he assures me he has been successful for 30 years. And it bears so strong a resemblance to Dr. Kittredge's preparation next following, for stiffened joints in rheumatism, that it gives me double confidence in them both. 6. Db. ErrTBEDGE's Remedt for Rheumatism and Stiff JoDiTs. —Strong camphor spirits 1 pt. ; neats-foot, coon, bear, or skunk's oil 1 pt. : spirits of turpentine i pt. Shake the bottle when used, and apply 3 times daily, by pouring on a little at a time and rub- bing in all you can for 20 to 30 minutes. The old doctor recommends this as a sure cure for chronic rheumatisms, sprains, stiff joints where they have not formed an anchylosis, that is, if the bones have not actually grown together ; and as remarked in connection with his ointment, No. 6, he has been a very celebrated physician for many years ; but like many otJier men with superior minds, oh 1 how fallen. Hum, and its advocates, have got a most fear- ful account to balance. 7. Fbench and other Eemedies for Ohronio Rheu- matism. — Dr. Bonnet, of Graulbet, France, states in a letter to the AbeiUe Medioole, that he " has been long in ihe habit of pmKnibiiig I 2CEDI0AL DEPABTMENTo 187 ** The esBential oil of turpentine for frictions against rheumatism. And that he has used it himself with perfect success, Laving almost iDstantaneously got rid of rheumatic pains iu both knees and in the left shoulder." He was led to make the prescription from having used the oil of turpentine to wash coal-tar and other sticking mixture from his hands. After having washed his hands in soap and water, and drying them, a pricking sensation like an electric spark upon the knuckles from a machine, lasting about two hours, was always experienced, and it is to this exciting action that he attributes its efficacy. It may be used twice or thrice daily. 8. Chronic rheumatism has been cured in twenty-four hours, after two years* suffering, by using alcohol, spirits of turpentine, sweet spirits of nitre, and oil of juniper, equal parts of each, mix ; rub well into the parts, and take ten drops at bed time in water. 9. Bitters for Chbonio Rhettmatism. — Prickly-ash berries, spikenard root, yellow poplar and dog-wood barks, of each ^ lb. ; all pulverized and put into a gallon jug, and fill it up withi^randy. Dose — A wine-glass of it is to be taken 3 times daily before meals. A baker of Lafayette, Ind., was cured by the use of this amount, of a very bad case of this disease of long standing. 10. Davo) Mowrt, of Grenville, Ohio, says : — yellow poplar, dog-wood, prickly-ash, wild cherry and white-ash barks of the trees, equal quantities of each, a good large handful, boiled iu 2 gals, of water, to 1, and add 1 gal. of good old rye, will, u taken freely 3 times daily, cure the worst inflammatory rheumatism in the world. There is no question but what both of these preparations^ and the next also, are good, if made sufficiently strong witn the barks. But I should consider them much more appli- cable in chronic cases, or rheumatism of long standing ; and in these cases very applicable indeed, and I am well satis- fied that no one will take them for the spirits. 11. Chronic Eheumatism, has been cured by taking the bark of a bearing crab-apple tree, and putting a suffi-. cient amount of it into whisky to make it very strong, then taking a wine-glass three times daily, until a gallon wae used. 12. Green Bat Indian's Remedy for Rheumatism. — ^Wahoo bark of the root, 1 oz. ; blood root 1 oz. ] blaclr oohosh root 2 ozs. ; vu r *;i A m m ik^. 188 r>B. OHASE*S BE0IP1». fiwamp hoUeboru ^ oz. ; pnckly-ash, bark or berries, 1 oz. ; poke root, cut fine, 1 oz. ; rye whiskey 1 qt. ; lei stand a few days before using. Dose — One teaspoon every 3 or 4 hours, increasing the dose ^o 2 or 3 teaspoons, as the stomach will bear. Soak the feet well and go to bed, covering up warm, and taking the " Sweating Drops" between each dose, as there directed, for three or four hours, and repeat the sweating every day until the disease surrenders to the treatnuent. If it any time the head feels too full, or the stomach sickens too much, drop down to the first dose of a teaspoon, or even less, if necessary. This prescription is from Jacob S. Cornelius, an Indian of Green Bay, who was very successful in Illinois, with it, in this disease. 13. I know an old physician who assures me that he has cured cases where all other remedies failed, with saltpetre, beginning with twenty grains, and doubling the 4pse every three or four hours, until it reached half an ounce, in a very robust and plethoric patient; but this dose would be too large fo venture upon by persons not of a plethoric habit. But as it is mostly prescribed, by putting a table-spoon to a pint of whiskey, then a teaspoon for a dose ; you might as well expect to dip the Atlantic into the Pacific with a tea- spoon, as to cure rheumatism in that slow way. It may be taken in quantities from half an ounce to an ounce and a half in the twenty-four hours, being largely diluted with water. If pain should come on in the stomach, under its use, stop it at once, and give large quantities of mucilagi- nous drinks, such as slippery-elm water, gum-arabic water, QaX'Seed tea, &c. 14. New Remedy.— Kerosene oil 3 ozs. ; skunk's oil 1 oz. ; mb.. und shake when applied. Put it on quite freely, 'and heat it in b> j ihe stove, or by means of a hot shovel. . A firm of grocers, Slawson & Geer, of this city, have been tasing this mixture during the past winter upon their own persons, and have recommended to many others amongst them, one of the Clergymen, and also the President of the University, and so far as they know, it has proved very su<;- cessful, relieving the pain directly. 15. One of our physicians in the city has used a prepara- tion very nearly resembling the above,but varying sufficient to MEDIOAZi DEFABTMElsn?. 139 disagreeable smell "R-ub and heat it in satisfy myself that any other animal oil will do as well as that from the highly flavored one, above mentioned. He used kerosene oil 2 ozs. ; neats-foot oil 1 oz. ; oil of orif^anum ^ oz. ; mixed and shaken as used. The smell of the kerosene is not very pleasant, but if a pair of ankles and feet, badly swollen, so much so that you could not walk on them for months, could be cured in two or three weeks, as it was in this case, it might be well to put up with its thoroughly twice daily. ASTHMA. — Remedies. — Elecampane, angelica, comfrey, and spikenard roots, with hoarhound tops, of each 1 oz. ; bruise and steep in honey 1 pt. Dose — A table-spoon taken hot every few minutes, until relief is obtained, then several times daily until a cure is effected. It cured a young lady near the " Falls of the Ohio," whom the doctors said it was wicked to disturb ; " let her die in peace," was their advice to the parents. An old lady, instead, let her live in peace. It will be found very excel- lent in any cough, even low consumptives will find great relief from its use, 2. Dr. J. K. Finley, of Pittsburgh, cured a lady with whom I afterwards became acquainted, and from the com- pleteness of the cure I was induced to write to the doctor and obtain the prescription. It is as follows : Oil of tar 1 dr. ; tincture of veratrum viride 2 drs. ; simple syrup 2 drs. ; mix. Dose — For adults 15 drops three or four times daily. I have very great confidence in this prescription. 3. A lady at Yellow Springs, O., tells me that sho cured herself of Asthma by using for her common drink a tea made of the leaves of common chestnut, which had fallen from the tree in autumn ; sweeten well, and continue its use for 2 or 3 months. She used it for a month at first, and it returned, when she continued its use for two months ; and ten years have elapsed without its return. It is certainly safe as well as simple, and of easy trial. Lobelia is considered by some a specific in asthma, but the prejudice against it is so great I forbear speaking fur- ther of it, but: 4. Iodide of potassium has cured a bad case of asthma kf ', .( .1 , > ' m ! 1, kt 146 1>B. OHASE^S BEOIF£d. taldog 5 gr. doses, 3 times daily. Talce ^ oz. and put it into a vial, Attd add 32 teaspoons of water ; then 1 teaspoon of it will contaiu the 5 grs., which, put into i gill more of water, and drink before ueals. COMPOSITION POWDER.— Thompson's.— " Bayberry bark 2 lbs. ; hemlock bark 1 lb. ; ginger root 1 lb. ; cayenne pepper 2 ozs. ; clov a dose ; two have been taken, how- ever ; but they made a scattering among the waste paper, causing fourteen, evacuations, having to call for the second '' chamber " the firgt fire. Some have called them the " Irish Pill," from their resemblance to the Irish girl with her brush and scrub broom. They make clean work. ^ ^ IRRITATING PLASTER— Extensively Used by Eclectics— Tar 1 lb. ; Burgundy pitch J oz. ; -vrhite pine turpentine 1 oz. ; rosin 2 ozs. Boil the tar, rosin and gum together a short time, remove from the lire, and stir in finely pulverized mandrake root, blood iroot, poke root, and Indian turnip, of each 1 oz. This plaster is used extensively in all cases where counter irritation or revulsives are indicated ; as in chronic affec- tions of the liver and lungs, or diseased joints, &c. It id applied by spreading it on iloth and over the seat of pain, renewing it every day, wiping off any matter which may be on it, and also wiping the soce produced by it with a dry cloth, until relief is obtained, or as long as the patientfcan bear it. Always avoid wetting the sore, as it will cause in- flammation, and you will be obliged to heal it up immedi* ») L *^''!i< «PP 146 DB. OHA&E*S BEOIPES. ately, instead of which the design is to keep a running sore as long as may be necessary, using at the same time consti- tutional remedies as the case may require. INFLAMMATION.— Of the Liver.— Inflammation of the liver, or as it is generally called, " Liver complaint," is of two forms, acute and chronic. The acute form is known by a sense of weight and pain in the right aide, un- der the short ribs, and often in tnat shoulder, or between the shoulders, pale or yellow appearance, often great depres- sion of spirits, not much appetite, costiveness, high colored urine, &c., and often much fever, and sometimes with pain similar to that of pleurisy, difficult breathing, dry cough, and sometimes sickness, with vomiting. In the chronic, or long standing complaint, in iddition to the above, there is generally flatulence, with pain in the stomach, foul breath and mouth, coated tongue, indigestion, eyes yellow, stools clay colored, with great weakness and slow emaciation, frequently going on to ulceration, giving symp- toms as mentioned under the head of " Ointment of Ulcer- ated Liver," &c. In the acute form you will pursue the same course as mentioned under the head of " Pleurisy," besides taking either of the Liver Pills or Liver Drops mentioned below, in full cathartic doses, until relieved ; but in the chronic form, the Pills, in connection with the *' Ointment," or *' T^ilia- ting Plaster," will be found all sufficient, unless Jauf!di''.e has already set in ; then look to the directions under li.ai disease. 2. Eclectic Liver Pill.— Podophyllin 10 grs. ; leptandrin 20 grs. j sanguinarineO 10 grs. ; extract of dandelion 20 grs. ; formed into 20 pills, by being moistened alittle with some essential oil, as cinnamon or pepperment, &c. Dose— In chronic diseases of the liver, take 1 pill at night, for several days, or two may be taken at fir&t lo move the bowels ; then 1 daily. In connection with the pill, wear the " Irritating Plaster" over the region of the liver, washing the whole body daily, by means of towels, and rublMng dry, being careful not to wet the sore caused by the plaster ; as an active cathartic * NOTE.— These articles are kept by IScleotio FbysiciaDS, and are begUmiog to b« kept by DruggiBts generally. to ^m .'» MEDIOAL DEPARTMENT. 147 from two to three pills may be taken in all cases where cal- omel or blue pills are considered applicable by " Old School Physicians." 3. Liver Pill Improved — Leptandrin, 40 grs. ; podophylin and cayenne 30 grs. each ; sanguinarine iridin and ipecac 15 grs. each ; see that all are pulverized and well mixed ; then fonn into pill- mass by using 1-2 dr. of the soft extract of mandrake and a few drops of anise oil, then roll out into three-grain pills. Dose — Two pills taken at bedtime will generally operate by morning ; but there are those who will require three, whilst one pill every night on retiring, will be found the best corrective of the liver of anything now in use, for com- mon cases ; but in very bad cases where the pill does not arouse the liver to action, take the following : 4. LrvER Drops for Obstinate Cases. — Tinctures of mandrake and blue flag roots, of each 1-2 oz. ; and of culvers root 2 oz. Dose — For adults, 1 teaspoon every 3 to 5 hours, increasing the dose gradually until you reach two or three teaspoons, if the mouth does not become sore, and the stomach not sickened, noi the bowels moved too freely. These drops are especially applicable in liver and spleen enlargements, and cases of very long standing disease of these organs ; and in such cases it may be well to use exter- nally, over the liver and spleen^ especidly if there is believed to be ulceration, the following : 5. Ointment for Ulcerated Liver, Ague Gaee, &c. — Take a good handful of smartweed, wormwood, and the bark of sumac root, boil all together to get the strength, then straiiT and boil down carefully to 1-2 pt., adding lard J lb., and simmering to- gether ; when nearly cool add a teaspoon of spirits of turpentine. Apply nt night, by rubbing it over the liver or oiher forgan which may have pain or disease located upon it, heat- ing it in well by the stove or by a heated iron, putting it on, rubbing, and heating it in three or four times each applica- tion. I obtained this prescription from the Kev. Mr. Eraser, of this city, whose nephew was so afflicted with ulceration of the liver that a council of doctors said he must die ; the pain was situated just under the short ribs of the right side, completely bowing him together, like the one of old, wb^ could ^' in no wise lift up herself." He had had a si9t<^ ■■^ ill r\\4 In ^' If Ft 'II I' ' u i 'i. r » 1 ' \f'i i-t * » ^J ' i 148 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. Who died some years before ; but at this juncture of the case the invalid dreamed of meeting her, and she gave him this prescription, which he told his mother in the morning ; and she would not rest until it was tried, and it entirely cured the patient. The Elder tells me he has given it to a great many persons, for pains of internal organs, ague cakes, &c., and that it has given great satisfaction — a perfect cure. The two first named articles I know to be good for what they are here recommended, but they are generally used by boiling and laying the herbs over the affected parts, or by steaming the parts over the herbs. I see no reason why spirits from the other world should not be permitted to communicate with the spirits of friends here ; but that they are so per- mitted to communicate in such a way to be understood by us frail mortals, I never did nor do I now believe, neither do I believe this to be the first dream of this character which has proved valuable. Tbnre are many things of a similar character in the history of a number of individuals in the range of my acquaintance, more singular and more un- accountable than the above, which would be very interesting to relate, but the nature of this work does not admit. If thid shall benefit any, I shall be satisfied. PILLS — Nervous Pills. — Alcoholic extract of the Ignatia Amara (St. Ignatius bean), 30 grs. ; powdered gum arable 10 grs. Make into 40 pills. Dose — One pill to be taken an hour after breakfast, and one an hour before retiring at night. Half a pill is enough for young, or very old or very delicate persons. The pills may be easily cue if laid on a damp cloth for a few moments. These pills will be found applicable in I ad Dyspepsia, nervous headache, sleeplessness, palpitation of the heart, con fusion of thought, determination of blood to the head, fail- ure of memory, and all other forms of general nervous de- bility, no matter of how long standing. Where a prominent advantage to discover in two weeks from the commence- ment of the medicine, cne a day will suffice until all are taken. The extract is made by pulverizing the seed or bean, and putting it into alcohol from ten to fourteen days, then evap- orating to the consistence for working into pill mass with the powered gum. MEDIOAL DEPABTMEira?. 149 This is the prescription of the Rev. John A. Dagnal, the *' Retired Physician," brought out in 1854, and to my at- tention, and that of the medical class, by Prof. Palmer, in the University of Michigan, in the winter of '56-7. He said when this prescription first came out he was practising in Chicago, and many persons sent for the pills, and derived much benefit from their use, at first, but soon after they seemed to lose their efl&cacy, and he presumed the reason to be that the demand was so great that something else was substituted in place of the extract. This being the case, druggists ought to prepare the extract themselves, so as to furnish patients with the genuine article for home use. It is undoubtedly a splendid prescription, if put up with fidelity. 2. Pills — To Sugar Coat. — Pills to be sugar-coated must be very dry, otherwise they will shrink away from the coating, and leave it a sfiell. easUy crushed off. When they are dry, you will : Take starch, gum arabic, and white sugar, equal parts, rubbing them very fine in a marble mortar, and if damp, they must be dried before rubbing together ; then put ti i powder into a suit- able pan, or box, for shaking ; now put a few pills into a (^mall tin box having a cover, and pour on to them just a little simple syrup, shaking well to moisten the sm'face only, then throw into the box of powder and keep in motion until completely coated, dry and smooth. If you are not very careful you will get too much syrup upon the pills ; if you do, put in more and be quick about it to prevent moistening the pill too much, getting them into the powder as soon as possible. ^\, 3. Anodyne Pills. — Morphine 9 grs. ; extract of stramonium and hyosciamus, of each 18 grs. ; fbrm into pill-mass by using so- lution of gum arable and tragacanth, quite thick. Divide into 40 pills. Dose — In case of severe pain or nervousness, 1 pill taken at bedtime will be found to give a quiet night of rest. The advantage of this pill over those depending entirely upon opium or morphine for their anodyne properties, is, that they may be taken without fear of constipation. CROUP. — Simple, but Effectual Remedy. — This disease is attended with inflammation of the windpipe, spasms of the muscles of the throat, occasioning a peculiar sound, hard to be described, but when once heard by a mother, II ^■¥J '\lVi - f *i 150 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. never to be forgotten ; cough, difficult respiration, and fever. The phlegm or mucous often filling, or very much obstruct- ing the throat, and finally forming a false membrane which cuts off all possibility of breathing. The first thing to be done is to get hot water ready as soon as possible, having always on hand a bottle Oi' emetic tincture, com- posed of equal parts of the tincture of lobelia and blood-root. DosB — According to the age of the child ; if 2 years old, about 1 teaspoon every 10 to 15 minutes until free vomiting takes place ; If 5 years old 2 teaspoons, and increasing in proportion bO age k> 1 table-spoon for a child of 10 years, decreasing for very young children, say of 4 to 8 months, only 8 to 12 drops. Place the feet AS soon as possible into hot water, and keep them there until vomiting takes place, laying cloths wrung out of hot water upon tho breast and throat, changing sufficiently often to keep tl^em hot. The next morning give sufficient of the " Vegetable Physio " to laove the bowels rather freely- The emetic tincture shoidd be givai in some warm tea. R6peat the emetic as often as the returning symptoms demand it, which usually occur the following night, repeat- ing tLfi cathartic every second or third djty, and I will guarantee success if commenced in any kind of reasonable time ; Uut usually no repetition will be needed if parents keep th^ii preparation in the house, so as to begin with the beginpijig of the disease. 2. Dirr^H Remedy. — Goose oil, and urine, equal quantities. Dose — ^From a tea to a table-spoon of the mixture, according to the age of tLe child. Repeat the dose every 15 minutes, if the first dose doeL not vomit in that time. This f emedy will be found valuable in mild oases, and where /ilii^ first is not at hand; and I know it to have saved a child when one of their best Doctors said it must die ; but bear in mind he had riot used our first prescription ; yet an old Dutch woman came in at the eleventh hour, from the next door neighbor's wash-tub, and raised the child with what she called '^ p — s and goose grease." I have used it with success. 3, Croup Ointment. — ^Take matton suet and nice lard, of each \ lb. ; spermacetti tallow ^ oz. ; melt them together and add \ pt. of the best vinegar, and simmer until the vinegar is nearly evaporated, skinuning well, and constantly stirring, unti^ it be- giuB to graduate ; then add oils of amber and spruce, and pul- rerized sugar of l*»ad, of each A oz. ; now remove fror? the fire tnd Bthr it until cool. Dosb— For a child of two yean old, give MEDIOAL DEPABTMEin?. 151 from J to 1 teaspoon every ^ hour, until relief is obtained, oi nntil vomiting takes place ; at the same time rubbing it upon die chest, and over the throat and lungs, freely. Dr. , of Finley, 0., says, from his experience, he knows it will cure as, often as quinine will break up the ague. HYDROPHOBIA AND SNAKE BITES— To Pre- vent, AND Cure.— A. Hubbard, of Boone Co., Ill, in a letter to the St. Louis Republican, says : " Eighteen years ago my brother and myself were bitten by a mad-dog. A sheep was also bitten at the same time. Among the many cures oflfered for the little boys, (we were then ten or twelve years old,) a friend suggested the following, which he uaid would cure the bite of a rattlesnake : " Take the root of the common upland ash, commonly called black ash, peel oflf the bark, boil it to a strong decoction, and of this, drink freely. Whilst my father was preparing the above, the sheep spoken of, began to be afflicted with hydrophobiay When it had become so fatigued from its distracted state as to be no longer able to stand, my father drenched it with a pint of the ash root ooze, hoping to ascertain whether he could depend upon it as a cure for his sons. Four hours after the drench had been given, to the astonishment of all, the animal got up and went quietly with the flock to graze. My brother and myself continued to take the medicine for 8 or 10 days, 1 gill 3 times daily. No eflfects of the dread poison were ever discovered on either of us. It has been used very successfully in snake bites, to my knowledge." There is no doubt in the author's mind but what this gentleman has made a mistake in the kind of ash meant, as the upland ash is white-ash, from which flooring is made, having a thick, rough outside bark, whilst the black has 'a smooth bark, and grows in low, wet land, and is the same from which the flour barrel hoop is extensively manufactured. It is the upland, white-ash that is to be used ; it is known, as he says, to cure rattlesnake bites, and a gentleman of this place has tried with success in rheumatism, boiled very strong, and taken in half gill doses. May vomit and purge if taken too freely. Yet a moderate action, either up or down, will not be amiss. I have cured a case of rheumatism, in a boy twelve or fourteen years of age, with the above, since it came to my knowledge. 152 DB. 0HA8B*B BEOIPBS. 2. Saxon Remedy. — Gastell, a Saxon forester, now of the venerable age of eighty-two, unwilling to take to the grave with him a secret of so much importance, has made public in the Leipsic Journal the means which he has used fifty years, and wherewith he affirms he has rescued many human beings and cattle from the fearful death of Hydro- phobia. Take immediately after the bite, warm vinegar or tepid water, wash the wound clean therewith, and dry it, t£en pour upon the wound a few drops of bydrochlorio acid, because mineral acids destroy the poison of the saliva. 3. Grecian Kemedt.— Eat the green shoots of asparagus raw , Bleep and perspiration will be induced, and the disease can be thus cored in any stage of canine madness. A writer in the Providence Journal says, a man in Ath- ens, Greece, was cured of hydrophobia by this remedy, even after the paroxysms had commenced. 4. Quaker Eemedy — Fifty Years Successful. — Jacob Ely, a good old honest Quaker merchant, of Lloyds- yille, 0., gave me the following plan which his father had used since 1806 with success, to his knowledge, both on persons and domestic animals; and the New York Tribune has recently published something of the same character. The dried root of elecampane ; pulverize it and measure out 9 heaping table-spoons, and mix it with 2 or 3 teaspoons of pulver- ized gum arable ; then divide into 9 equal portions. When a per- son is bitten by a rabid animal take one of these portions and steep it in 1 pt. of new milk, until nearly half the quantity of milk is evaporated ; then strain, and drink it in the morning, fasting for 4 or 6 hours after. The same dose is to be repeated 3 mornings in succession, then skip 3, and so on until the 9 doi^es are taken. The patient must avoid getting wet, or the heat of tlie sun, and abstain from high seasoned diet or hard exercise, and, if costive, take a dose of salts. The above quantity is for an adult — <5hildren will take less according to age. The Tribune's publication is as follows : 5. Tribune's Cure for Hydrophobia. — The follow- ing was sent to the N. Y. Tribune^ by J^W. Woolston, of Philadelphia. " Recipe. — First dose, 1 oz. of elecampane root, boiled in 1 pt. of milk until /educed to \ pt. Second dose, (to bei taken two aCEDIOAL DEPABTMEMT. 153 days after the first) 1| ozs. of elecampane root, boiled in 1 pi of milk, same as the first. Third dose, same as the second, (to be taken two days after) — in all, three doses. If there is any Tirtue in the elecampane, at all, the pref- erence, of course, is to be given to the Quaker's plan, which giv3S nine instead of three doses. But it substantiates Mr. Ely's plan, as it comes from the place of his father's former residence. Consequently it would seem to strengthen con- fidence in the first. 6. Snajkb Bftes. — In case of being bitten by any of the poison- ous snakes, the best plan is to wash off the place immediately, then if the position of the wound is such that you can get the mouth to the spot, suck out all the poison in that way, or if any other person is present, whose mouth is not sore, no danger need be apprehended. For all the poison iwiay be upon the outside, and washed ojBF, yet most likely penetrates more or less into the wound, if a snake bite, as the arrangement of their teeth is such that the poison comes out near the point, and when in the wound, thus you see the propriety of sucking it out. Or : 7. Spirits of ammonia, a small vial of it can be carried in the pocket, and if bitten, sharpen a little piece of wood to a small point, dipping this stick into the ammonia, and then penetrating the wound with it. A piece of lunar caustic can be carried in the pocket, and sharpened, if needed, and used the same as the stick and ammonia — and one of the celebrated English farriersi has reported that this caustic, used freely on the bite of the mad dog, destroys the poison ; but to insure even a reasonable hope of success, it must be used immediately. This holds good in any of the sucking or caustic applications. All persons working on or near marshes, or wherever tho hiassasauger is known to inhabit, should always have one of these caustics with them. 8. But when a person is bitten in the absence of all these caustics, and not being able to reach the spot to suck out the poison, he must drink whisky enough to get as drunk as a fool, or his whole dependence must be upon the ash asparagus, or elecampane. The National Intelligencer^ a year or two since, published a recipe for the cure of the rattlesnake bite, which it claimed was infalliablcj it naving been tried in a number of cases, and always with success. It was nothing more nor less than the use of whisky as above recommended, and it II ill 154 Pit. OHASE S BEOIPES. is but justice to Bay that a daughter of Wm. Heid, of the town of Pittsfield, in this county, who was bitten on the arm somo three years ago, was cured by drinking whisky antil drunkenness and stupor were produced, and she has never felt any inconvenience from the bite since, which goes to show that the bite of the DefviVs tea is worse than the bite of a rattlesnake. 9. I know an old physician who was called to a boy bit ten by a rattlesnake, and in the absence of all other remedies, he cured him upon the principle that " The hair of the dog will cure his bite," taking a piece of the snake about two inches long, splitting it upon the back, and binding ii upon the bite. It cleansed the wound very white, and no bad effects were seen from it. 10. SALERATUfii, moistened and bound upon the bite ; then dis- solve more, and keep the parts wet with it for a few hours, has cured many massasauger bites, as also bee stings. 11. Snake Bitten Cattle. — Kemedy. — Cattle or horses are usually bitten in the feet. When this is the case, all that is necessary to do is to drive them into a mud-hole and keep them there for a few hours ; if upon the nose, bind the mud upon the place in such a manner as not to interfere with their breathing. And I am perfectly satisfied that soft clay mud would be an excellent application to snake bites on persons, for I know it to draw out the poisoning from ivy, and have been assured that it has done the same for snake bites, of persons as well as for cattle. EYE PREPARATIONS.— Ens Water.— Table salt and white vitriol, of each one table-spoon ; heat them upon copper or earth- en until dry : the heating drives oflF the acrid or biting water, called the water or crystalization, making them much milder in theii action ; now add them to soft water I pint ; putting in white tiugar 1 table-spoon 5 blue vitriol a piece ,the size of a common pea. If it should prove too strong in any case, add a little more soft water to a vial of it. Apply it to the eyes 3 or 4 times daily. If the eyes are very sore, or if the soreness has been of long standing, take the "Alterative Syrup," or the " Cathar- tic Alterative," continuing them for several weeks, accord- ing to the necessities of the case. I find it an excellent plan, in using any preparation for sore or week eyes, to apply it agriin about twenty minutes from the first appUca^ tion. MEDIOAL DEPARTMENT. 155 tion. More than double speed is made by this repetition. For inflammation of any part of the body, apply this by wetting cloths. Even for sores about the ears and groips of babes, reduce it, and three or four applications will cure them. I have also found it valuable for horses, as a wash, when they got the eye injured by straws, or otherwise, which causes the eye to water, or matterate, using it freely. The use of this eye water enabled me to lay by the spec- tacles after four years' wearing, and I have since studied medicine and graduated as a physician, without resorting again to their use, by the occasional application of the eye water. But I need not have resorted to the use of the eye water again, had I not done in study, as I do in all things else, that is, when I have anything to do, I do it with all my might. I read steadily, day by day, sixteen hours — more than five other students read altogether, who roomed . at the same house. Yet this counted in the end ; for when the class began to inquire and look around, near the end of the term, for one to deliver the Valedictory^ on their behalf, which is the custom in the Eclectic Medical Institute, I re- ceived that, the first honor of the class. I do not mention this to boast, by no means, but to show the necessity, as well as the advantages, of hard study, especially to those who begin their studies late in life, and are obliged to pay their way with their own hands, and support a family also. Q his was my case exactly. In the commencement of my medi- cal studies, I worked all day, reading half of the night, copying all the latin terms j with their significations, on a slip of paper, which I carried in my pocket during the next day, looking at two or three of the terms at a time, through the day, until all were committed. And thus I accomplished no more than what any other man may do, if he goes at ii with a will, and does as I did ; and that some one mav be stimulated to this course is the only object of this recital. See " Advice to Young Men." 2. Dr. Raymond, of Grass Lake, Mich., 'vho obtained the above prescription of me, adds to each ounce of water used, one grain of morphine, and he tells me he has great success with it ; Ihe addition of the morphine making it nearly resemble the celebrated prescription used by the Eng- lish surgeons in India, which is as followa : 156 DB. OHABE'S BEOIPEB. 3. India Prescription for Sorb Eyes.— Sulphate of zinc, 2 gre. ; tincture of opium (laudanum), 1 dr. ; rose water, 2 ozs. j mix. Put a drop or two in the eye, two or three times daily. 4. An Eye Doctor, of Xenia, 0., makes great use of the following : Sulphate of zinc, acetate of lead, and rock salt, of each 1-2 oz. ; loaf sugar, 1 oz. ; soft water, 12 oz. ; mix without heat, and use as other eye waters. 5. Dr. Cook, of Ashtabula, 0., makes and sells large tiuantities, under the head of " Cook's Eye Water." It is IS follows : Sulphate of zinc, 1 oz. ; sugar of lead, 1-2 oz. ; precipitated car- bonate of iron, 1-2 oz.; salt and sugar, of each 1 table-spoon ; the Khitea of two eggs ; soft water, 32 ozs.; mix the whites of the eggs, Bine, salt, lead, sugar, and iron, well together, then add the 6. For Excessive Inflammation of the Eyes. — Poultice by boi)ing a handful of hops in water, putting in from 1-2 to 1 dr. of opium, while boiling ; when still warm lay the 'lops over the eyed, and keep them wet with the water in ^ h they were boiied. A lady who had been blistered and starved, according to Ihe old plan, in this disease, was soon cured by this poul- ioing, and washing the eyes often with the hop-water con- alning the opium, with generous diet, &c., contrary to the upectatiomi of friends, and the predictions of enemies, to the plan. 7. If sore eyes shed much water, put a little of the oxide of zinc into a vial of water, and use it rather freely — it will soon cure that difficulty. S. Copperas and water has cured sore eyes of loig standing ; and used quite strong it makes an excellent application in erysip- elas. 9. Garden Rhubarb. — The juice of the root applied (0 the eye has cured bad cases. 10. Boil an egg, remove the yolk, and have ready equal parts of sulphate of zinc and loaf sugar, pulverized ; fill the place oc- cupied by the yolk, and squeeze out the oil through a linen cloth, while hot, and apply as needed. K two strong, add a little rain water, I sold a book to a Mrs. Johnston, in Wayne Co., Mich.? who had used this preparation very successfully for several years, and had I not have already had It in my book, I MEBIOAL DEPARTMENT. 167 oould not hhve purchased it of her for less than fiw dollars, and she regretted very much that I was taking Irom her a source of profit by selling the b«oks in her neighborhood containing the recipe. 11. Sailors' Etr Preparation. — Burn alum, and mix it with tbo white of eggs, and put between two cloths and lay It upon the eyes ; taking salts and cream of tartar, equal parts, to cleanse the blood. This was given to me, and very highly recommended, by an old Scotch sailor, with whom I have had much enjoy- ment, talking over the sufiferings of the sea, he having used it many times in places where nothing else could be ob- tained. 12. Father Pinknbt's Preparation for Vert Bad Sorb Etes. — Castile soap, scraped fine, and half the qnantity of very finely pulverized challc ^ wet them up to a paste with strong juice ot tobacco : when desired to apply to the eye, drop two or three drops of brandy into the box of paste ; then take out a bit of it where the brandy was dropped, equal in size to the fourth of a grain of wheat, io the diseased eye ; wet it on a bit of glass, aud put it into the eye with^a camel's hair pencil. Apply it twice daily at first, and from that to only once in two days, for from one to two weeks, will and has cured wretched bad cases ; so says old Father Pinkney, of Wayne Co., Mich., who has used it over fifty years, he being over ninety years of age. His only object in giving it an inser- tion here is to do good to his fellow creatures ; and also for animals, it being equally applicable to horses or cattle. 13. Indian Eye Water. — Soft water 1 pt. ; gum artshic 1 oz. ; white vitriol 1 oz. ; tine salt ^ teaspoon ; put all into a bottle and shake until dissolved. Put into the eye just as you retire to bed. I paid Mrs Pinny, South of Ypsilanti, Mich., fifty cents for this prescription. She would not, however, let her own family know its composition. Her husband had removed films from horses* eyes with it, and cured Mr. Chidisf^r, a merchant of Ypsilanti, by only two applications, as the say- ing is, after he had " tried everything else." It came from an old Indian, but my knowledge of the articles would lead me to say 'for common, at least, it would require to be re- duced one-half. li. Tobacco Etb Watbiu— Fine out tobacco the size 'of a i\i 158 DB. OELASE'S BEOIFES. ccmmon hiCk^ry nut ; sugar of lead equal in bulk ; rain water Si ozs. ; opium the size oifa pea. Reduce it with more water if necee- •ary. 15. Verdiqris and Honey have cured inflamed eyes, by using just BuflScient virdigris to color the water a grass color, theamaking it one-third honey. It is also said to prevent scars by using upon burns. 16. Raw Potato Poultice, for inflamed eyes, is one of the very besL ap^liotttions in recent cases, scraping fine and applying ire- quently. iV. Slippery Elm Poultices are also an excellent application, used as (.bo>-e. 18. Films — To Remove from the Eye. — Wintergreen leaf, bruised, and stewed in a suitable quantity of hen's oil to make the oil strong of the wintergreen — strain and apply twice daily. ' The above cured a boy of this city, and I am satisfied that the hen's oil has cured recent cases, without the winter- green, bat with it, it has cured beasts also. For cases of a ye?, ' or two's standing, however, it is best to use the fol- lowing : 19. Lime Water 1 pt. ; finely pulverized verdigris J oz. ; set on embers for 1 hour, then strain and bottle tight. Touch the film over the pupil, or on the speck, 2 or 3 times daily, by putting the point of a small camel's hair pencil irto the preparation, then to the eye, holding away the lids for a short time by placing the thumb and finger upon them for that purpose. It will be found necessary to persevere for two or three months with this appliviation, and also to use one of the Al- teratives to cleanse the blood. This course, pursued for three months, gave sight to a young lady who had not seen light for two years, which doctors could not do, nor were willing for others to do. 20. Eye Silve.— Take white precipitate 1 teaspoon, and rub it into a salve with 3 teaspoons of fresh lard, and applied upon tbo outside of the lid of the worst chronic [long continued] sore eyes, has cured them when they were so bad that even the ejelashea [cilia] had fallen out from the disease. A physician was cured with this eye salve when he could not cure himself. If red percipitate will cure the itch, why should not the white cure disease of the eye. 21. Sore Eyes — To Remove the Granulations. — Crystalized nitrate of silver 2 grs. j morphia 1 gr. ; blue vitriol 1 gr. ; sal- wunOniac 1 gr. ; pulverize each one separately, and ml:. «ip- ^! '4 tee- )0U re- lOD, MEDICAL DEPABTMENT. 159 ply ono« itUy, by patting a Bmall bit of the mixture upon a piece of glaB<(, ntoiatening it witii a little water, and putting into the eye by means of a «mall camel's hair pencil. 22. Another Method. — ^Is to take a stick of tag-alder about 2 feet long, boring a hole nearly through the middle of the stick, crosswise, filling it with salt, and plugging it up ; then put one end into the fire and charr it nearly to the salt, then the other end, the same way and finally pulverizing and applying the salt, the same as the above, once daily only. In either case after the granulatious (little lumpsj are re- moved from the eye, or eyes, finish the cure by using any of the foregoing eye waters which you may choose ; all the time using some of the alteratives for cleansing the blood. FEVER SORES— PLASTER, SALVES, ifec— Black Salve.— Sweet oil, linseed oil, and red lead pulverized, of each 1 oz. [or in these proportions.] Put all into an iron ^ish over a moderate fire, stirring constantly, until you can draw your finger over a drop of it on a board when a little cool, wi^^out sticking. Spread on cloth and apply as other salves. My brother, J. M. Chase, of Caneada, N. Y., says he has used this salve about fifteen years, and knows it to be one of the best in the world for all kinds of old sores, as ulcers, fever sores, and all inflapaed parts, cleaning, or taking out redness or inflammation, causing a white, healthy appearance in a short time, and a certain preventive of mortification, &c., &c., as well as to prevent soreness in more recent cuts and bruises, also ; and from my own knowledge of a salve which is very similar, I have introduced it into this work, feeling assured that whoever may have occasion to try it, will not regret the space it occupies, especially after reading the fol- lowing : A gentleman said to me during the past summer, " I will give you one of the most valuable salves in the world, for I cured a man's hand with it which was so swollen that it looked more like a ham than a hand , and two Doctors said it must be cut ofi"^ also ulcerated." When he told me how it was made, I opened my book to the above salve, which was precisely the same as the one he used. 2. Red Salve. — Some prefer to prepare the salve as follows : Red lead 1 lb. ; beeswax and rosin, of each 2 ozs. ; linseed and Bweet oils, of each 3 table-spoons ; spirits of turpentine 1 teafipoon : melt all, except the first and last, together, then stir in the leaa wd |tir until cool, adding the turpentine. •tri ■''4. II iij » J. : t. 160 DB. OHASE'S recipes. Used upon fever and all other sores of an inDammtbUti; character ; at the same time taking the following pill to purify the blood. 3. Mandrake root, dried and pulverized, 1-2 oz. ; blood root, in the same way, 1-4 oz. ; form into pills with extract of dandelion. Dose— Three pills may be taken at bed-time for 2 or 3 days, then add another pill, and at the end of a week take any cathar- tic you choose ; then take iodide of potash 10 grs., and put it into a rial with 1 oz. of water, and take 20 or 30 drops of it in a little more water, instead of the mandrake pill, for 3 or 4 days ; theil that pill again, as at first. By the time you have gone around three or four times, the blood will be pretty thoroughly cleansed — do not be afraid of the mandrake pill, as it will not act as a cathartic, but simply work tipon the blood — if it does, reduce the number. Yon will be pleased with the method of purifi- cation. 4. Indian Cure. — G. A. Paterson, of Ashtabula, C, was cured by an Indian physician, in Cleveland, of one of the worst fever sores almost ever known. The muscles of his leg were so contracted that no use could be made of his leg in getting about. Four months, and the following treat- ment, did the work : A syrup of "Wahoo (Euonymus Atropnrpureus) — and here let me say that the Wahoo is the great Indian remedy foi purifying the blood — was made by boiling very strong, then molasses and rum added to make it palatable and keep it from souriag ; this was used sufiBcient to keep the bowels solvent, sometimes chewing the bark «f the root from which the syrup is made, preferring it a part o! the time to the syrup. The sore was dressed with the fol- lowing salve : rosin 1 lb. ; mutton tallow 1 lb. ; beeswax 1 T). ; linseed oil 1 pt. ; ambrosial (highly flavored) soap 1 1-2 ozs. ; to make it, mix in an iron kettle and simmer 2 hours, stirring all the, time. Spread on a cloth and apply as needed. The contracted! muscles are anointed with skunk's oil only. Mr. Paterson also extols it very highly for all common purposes. And as I have a few other recipes for fever sores which have been so highly recommended by those who have used them, I cannot omit their insertion, and I would espe- cially recommend the next one following, called : 6. KrrRrooE's Salve. — ^Bitter-sweet and sweet elder roota, of each 1 1-2 lbs. ; hop vines and leaves, and green plantain top and root, of each 1-2 lb. ; tobacco 1 three cent plug. Boil all in rain water to get out the etrength, then put the herbs in a tUok doth KBDIOAL DXPABTHENT. 161 ftod press ont the juice, and boil down careMly to 1*2 pi; then add unsalted butter 1 lb.; beeswax and rosin, of each 1 oz., and sim- mer over a slow ffre until the water is all out. I obtained the above from S. B. Ncyton, a farmer doctor near Moore . i, Mich., who hud cured fever sores with it of thirty-fi -./ years' standing ; used it also on swellings in every case, once upon a boy who had an eye kicked out and swelled very bad ; he keeps it in his stable all the timo for wounds of horses and cattle, in castration, &c., &o. I know it must be a very valuable salve. 6. Fever Sobe Poultioe. — Sassafras, bark of the root, dried and pulverized very fine ; make a bread and milk poultice quite thin, and stir in ot the above powder to make it of proper consist- ence, applying 3 times in s, scalds, bruises, &c., and for burns by spread- ing very thin — if sores get proud flesh in them, sprinkle a little burned alum on the salve before applying it. It has been in use in this county about forty years, with the great- est success. 4. Adhesive Plaster, or Salve for Deep Woundb, Cdto, &o., IN Place of Stttches. — ^White rosin 7 ozs. ; bees-wax and mutton tallow, of each } oz. ; melt all together, then pour i^,9 cold water and work as wax until thoroughly mixed, then roll tfuit* able sticks for use. It may be spread upon firm cloth and cut into nunrow strips. In case of deep wounds, or cuts, it wili be fouidd to firmly hold them together, by first pressing one end of a strip upon one side of the wound until it adheree, then draw the edges of the wound closely together, and press down the other end of the strip until it adheres also. The idtrips should reach three or four inches upon each side of tho cut, and run in diflFerent directions across each other, to draw every part of the wound firmly in contact. It will crack easily after being spread until applied to the warm flesh, yet if made any softer it cannot be depended upon fov any length of time, but as it is, it has been worn 3S a strength- ening plaster, and remained on over a year. 5. Peleq White's Old Salve. — This, former!/ eelo* brated, salve was composed of only three very simple artioleB* I! m I ' i'r ■'•i ■ 'I Pi ■if * ? t' r '14: ' ii 164 DB. OHASE*S BEOIFBm. Our *' Grean Mountain Salve " is far aheaa of it, yet foi the satisfaction of its old friends, I give you ita com^si- Bion: Kosin 3 lbs. ; mutton tallow and beeswax, of each ^ lb. ; melted together and poured into cold watar, then pulled, and workbd as shoemaker's wax. It was reoommended for old sores, outs, bruises, rheuma- tic-plasters, &o., ^. The apparatus for making salves and lozenges consists of a board prepared with strips upon it of the desired vhick- ness for the diameter of the rolls of salve, also a piuce of board with a handle, with which to roll the salve when properly cooled for the purpose. The salve is laid between the strips, which are generally one inch thitk, then with the handle piece, roll it until that board comes down upon the strips which makes the rolls of one size, use a little tallow lu prevent sticking to the boards or hands ; then cut off the desired length and put a label: upon them, to prevent them ■(ticking to each other. A roller and tin cutter is also necessary to complete the apparatus, with which, and another board, having thin strips upon it to correspond with the thickness of lozenges^ required, you can roll the mass down until the roller touches the strips ; and thus you can get them as well as the salve, of uniform thickness ; then cut out with the cutter, laying them upon paper until dry. VERMIFUGES.~Saotoninb Lozenges— Santonine 60 grs, ; pul- verized sugar 5 ozb. ; mucilage of gnm tragacanth Bufficlent to make into a thick paste, worked carefully together, that the Muitonine ihall be evenly mixed throughout tm whole mtm, then, if not you have r per ; at wh ately ; divi ing, and ci night and years, 4 ; c taken twic< age of disc A ?ent the rema doing?" was, no, i together, the worm tempt to might be other di But if tl peculiar furred t< anus, mi tive, the loathing will not would b use of t ciently i tion. A ing: 2. V number I finds I must be obta get the followii give CO The ihecuf "Tak binth, ' .'■, . 166 then, if noi in too great a hurry, cover up the mortar in which you have rubbed them, and let stand from 12 to 24 houn* to tem- per ; at which time they will roll out better than it done Immedi- ately ; divide into 120 lozenges. See apparatus, above, for roll- ing, and cutting out. Dose— For a child one year old, I lozenge, night and morning ; of 2 years, 2 lozenges ; of 4 years, 3 ; ot 8 years, 4 ; of 10 years or more, 6 to 7 lozengr's ; in all cases, to be taken twice daily, and continuing until the worms start on a voy- age of discovery. A gentleman came into the drug store one morning, with the remark " Do you know what your lozenges have been doing?" Afl though they had killed some one, the answei was, no, is there anything wrong ; he held up both handr together, scoop shovel style, saying, " They fetched away the worms by the double handful." It is needless to at- tempt to give the symptowis by which the presence of womw might be distinguished; for the symptoms of nearly everi) other disease is sometimes manifested by their presence. But if the belly be quite hard, and unusually large, with a peculiar and disagreeable breath, in the morning foul or furred tongue, upper lip swollen, itching of the nose and anus, milky white urine, bowels sometimes obstinately cos- tive, then as obstinately loose, with a craving appetite, thei^ loathing food at times; rest assured that worm medicine will not be amiss, whether the person be child, or adult. It would be well' to take a mild cathartic after four to six days use of the lozenges, unless the worms have passed off suffi- ciently free before that time, to show their generaj destruc- tion. Very high praise has also been given to the follow- ing: 2. Vermifuge Oil— Prof. Freeman's. — In the May number of the Eclectic Medical Journal of Cincinnati, 0., I find so valuable a vermifuge from Prof. Z. Freeman, that I must be excused for its insertion, as the articles can always be obtained, whilst in some places you might not be able to get the santonine called for in the lozenges. His remarks followinfi; the recipe will make all needed explanations, and give confidence in the treatment. The explanations in brackets are my own, according to the custom through the whole work. " Take «il of chenopodii. ^ oz. (oil of worm seed) ; oil of tere* kinth, 2 dn. (
%L« %i^ *J* 1^ *I* ^p *^ ^p *^ w^ ** The passage of portions of the worm, so promptly, on the use of the bark, and the ceasing to do so on the dis- continuance of its use — even while active purgative anthel- mintics were used — leave no room to doubt its effectiveness in at least this case as a worm expelling agent. " It seems probable that the bark, with its thick mucil- age, so interposes between the animal and the inner surface of the bowels, as to prevent its lateral grasp on their surface, in consequence of which it is compelled to yield to the forces naturally operating, and is carried out with the discharges. But as my object was simply to state the practical facts in this case, I will offer no further reflections.'* COUGHS.— Cough Lososngsb.— Powdered ipeoacuanha 25 UEDIOAIi DEPABTMEMT. 17J gm \ kennes mineral 60 gre. ; sulphate of morphia, 8 grs. : powder- ed while sugar, gum arabic, and extract of licorice, of each IJ oza. ; oil of anice 20 drops ^ syrup of tolu suflBcient to work into mass form ; roll out and cut into 160 lozenges. Dose — One lozenge three times daily. — Parish's Pharmacy. The above is the prescription of the " regulars," but there are those, perhaps, who would prefer the more rational pro- scription of the " irregulars," next following ; and there are those who would prefer the '* Cough Candy" in place of either of the lozenges. By the insertion of the variety, all can please themselves. 2. Couon Lozenges. — Another valuable lozenge is mode as fol- lows : — Extract of blood-root, licorice, and black cohosh, of each \ oz. ; tinctures of ipecac and lobelia, with laudanum, of each | oz. ; cayenne, powdered, 10 grs. ; pulverized gum arabic and starch, of each, f oz. ; mix all together, and. add pulverized sugar 3 0'^". If this should be too dry to roll into lozenges, add a thick solution of gum arabic to give it that consistence ; and if it should be yet too moist, at any ttme, add more sugar. Divide into 320 lozenges. Dose — One, 3 to 6 times daily, as needed. 3. Pulmonic Wafers. — Pulverized sugar 7 ozs. ; tincture of ipecac 3 drs. ; tincture at blood-root and syrup of tolu, of each 2 drs. ; tincture of thoroughwort ^ oz. ; morphine 1| grs. Dis- solve the morphine in water ^ teaspoon, having put in sulphurio acid 2 drops ; now mix all, and add mucilage of comfrey root or gum arabic, to form a suitable paste to roll and cut into common sized wafers or lozenges. DniEonoNS — Allow 1 to dissolve in the mouth for a dose, or dissolve 6 in 3 table-spoons of warm water, and k vke ^ of a spoon 6 times daily, or oftener if need be. 4. Coughs from Recent Golds— Remedt.— Linseed-oil, honey, and Jamaica rum, equal parts of each ; to be shaken when used. This has given very general satisfaction in recent coughs, but the following will probably give the most general satis- faction : 5. Cough Mixture for Recent Colds. — Tincture of blood-root, syrups of ipecac and squills, tincture of balsam of tolu, and paregoric, equal parts of each. Dose — Half of a teaspoon whenever the cough is severe. It is a very valuable medicine. 6. Cough Candy. — Tincture of squills 2 ozsr. , camphorated tincture of opium, and tincture of tolu, of each ^ oz. ; wine of ipecac ^ oz. ; oils of gultheria 4 drops, sassafras 3 drops, and of anise-seed oil 2 drops. The abov3 mixture is to be put into 5 M 1-1 ykui .: ' .: ■ -« '!- 172 LB. OHASE'S BECIFE& lbs. of Cftody which is just ready to *:ike from the fire, con^ning the boiling a little longer, fK> as to form into sticks. — P<^nsh^' Pharmacy. Druggbid will get confectioners to make this for a trifli on tLo pound over common candies, they, of course, furnish- ing thcb own compound. 7. Cough Syrup. — Wahoo, bark of the root, and elecampane root, of each 2 ozs. ; spikenard root, and tamarack bark (unrossed, bat the moss may be brushed off), of each 4 ozs. ^ mandrake root I oz. ; blood-root | oz. ; mix alcohol 1 pt., with sufficient water to cover all handsomely, and let stand 2 or 3 days ; then pour oif 1 qt., putting on water and boiling twice, straining the two waten and boiling dowa to 3 pints ^ when cool add 3 lbs. of honey, ant alcoholic fluid poured oflf, with tincture of wir j of ipeoao ij oz. if the cough should be very tight, double the ipecac, and wash the feet daily in warm wuter, rubbing them thoroughly with a coarse towel, and, twice a week, extending the washing and rubbing to fke whole body. Dose — One table-spoon 3 to 5 times daily. If the cough is very troublesome wlien you lie down at tught or on waking in the morning, put tar and spirits of aitre, of each one teaspoon into a four ounce vial of water, shaking well ; then at thes3 times just sip about a teaspoon from the bottle without shaking, which \.lll allay the tick- ling sensation causing the cough. I have cured a young lady, during the past winter, with the above syrup, whose jough had been pretty constant for over frTO years ; her friends hardly expect d it ever to be any better, but it wfiS only necessary to make the above amount of syrup twice to perform the cure. 8. CouaH TmoTURB. — Tincture of blood-ioot and bal- sam of tolu, of each four ounces ; tinctures of lobelia and digitalis, of each two ounces ; tincture of opium (laudanum) one ounce ; tincture of oil of anise (oil of anise one-half' teaspoon in an ounce of alcohol) one ounce. Mix. Dose — About one-half teaspoon three times daily, in the same amount of honey, increasing to a teaspoon if needed to loosen and lessen the cough. It has raised cases which doctors said must die, causing the patient to raise matter resembling the death smell, awful indeed. It will cure cough, not by 'topping it, but by loosening it, assistii^g the lungs and throat to throw off the offending matter which 9%uiies the oough, and thus scientifically making the cure MEDIOAL DEPARTMENT. 173 perfect ; wLile most of the congh remedies kept for sale, stop the cough by their anodyne and constringing effects, retaining the mucus and all offending matters in the blood, QdMBing permanent disease of the lungs. But, notwithstanding the known value of this '' Cough Tincture,'' where the tamarack and other ingredients can be obtained, I must give my preference to the " Cough Syrup," No. 7. 9. Cough Pnx. — Extract of hyoscyaiuad, balm of gilead buds, with pulverized ipecac, or lobelia, and balsam of fir, of each { oz. ; oil of anise a few drops to form into common sized pills. Dose — One or two pills 3 or 4 times daily. Dr. Beach says he endeavored for more than twenty-five years to obtain a medicine to fulfil the indications which are effected in this cr gh pill, particularly for ordinary colds md coughs ; and this admirably answers the intention, ex- celling all others. It allays the irritation of the mucus membrane, the bronchial tubes, and the lungs, and will be found exceedingly valuable in deep-seated coughs and all diseases of the chest. The bad effects of opium (so much jised in coughs) are in this pill entirely obviated, and it is altogether better than the Cough Drops, which I now dis- pense with. — Beach! 8 American Practice, WHOOPING COUGH— Syrup.— Onions and garlics sliced, of each 1 gill ; sweet oil 1 gill ; stew them in the oil in a covered dish, to obtain the juices : then strain, and add honey 1 gill ; pare- goric and spirits of campnor, of each } oz. ; bottle and cork tight for use. Dose— For a child of 2 or 3 years, 1 teaspoon 3 or 4 times daily, or whenever the cough is troublesome, increasing or lessen- ing, according to age. This is a granny's prescription, but I care not from what source I derive information, if it gives the satisfaction that this has done upon experiment. This lady has raised a larp;e family of her own children, and grand-children in abundance. We have tried it with three of our children also, and prescribed it in many other cases with satisfaction, for over seven years. It is excellent also in common colds, attended with much cough. This is from experience, too, which I have found a very competent teacher. It is said that an European physician has discovered that the dangeroofl symptoms of whooping cough are due to sap- m ■1 ;:-4 Ik ?w' k r\ ■ :.,''■-■ %l ; . Li i. 274 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. pressed eataaeons eruptions, and that an external irritant or artificial rash, is a sure remedy. See " Small Pox." 2. Dailey's Whooping Cough Syrup. — Take the strongest West India rum 1 pt. ; anise oil 2 ozs. ; honey 1 pt. ; lemon juice 4 ozs. ; mix. Dose — For adults, 1 table-spoon 3 or 4 times a day, — children, 1 teaspoon, with as much sugar and water. He says that he has successfully treated more than one hundred cases with this syrup. 3. SoRRNESS OB HOARSENESS FROM CouGHS — REMEDY. — Spikenard root, bruised and steeped in a teapot, by using haif water and half spirits ; then inhaling the steam, when not too hot, by breathing through the spout, will relieve the soreness and hoarseness of the lungs, or throat, arising from much coughing. IN-GKOWING TOE NAIL— To Cure.— We take the following remedy for a very common and very painful afflic- tion, from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal : " The patient on whom I first tried this plan was a young lady who had been unable to put on a shoe for several months, and decidedly the worst I have ever seen. The edge of the nail was deeply undermined, the granulations formed a high ridge, partly covered with the skin ; and pus constantly oozed from the root of the nail. The whole toe was swollen and extremely painful and tender. My mode of proceeding was this : " I put a very small piece of tallow in a spoon, and heated it until it became very hot, and poured it on the granulfttions. The effect was almost magical. Pain and tenderness were at once relieved, and in a few days the granulations were all gone, the diseased parts dry and destitute of all feeling, and the edge of the nail exposed so as to admit of being pared away without any inconvenience. The cure was complete, and the trouble never returned. " I have tried the plan repeatedly since, with the same satisfactory results. The operation causes but little pain, if the tallow is properly heated. A repetition in some cases might be necessary, although I have never met with a case that did not yield to one application. It has now been proven, in many other cases, to be effectual, accomplishing in one minute, without pain, all that can be effected by the painful application of nitrate of silver for several weeks." OILS — British Oim. — Linseed and turpentine oils, of each 8 ozs. ; oils of amber and juniper, of eacb 4 ozp. ; Barbadoes tar 3 ozs. ; ■eoneca oil 1 oz. ; mix. sores. MEDICAL DEPABTHENT. 176 This is an old prescription, but it is worth the whole cost of this book to any one needing an application for oats, bruises, swellings, and sores of almost every description, on persons, horses, or cattle ; so is the following also : 2. Balm op Gilead Om. — Balm of Gilead buds, any quantHy ; place them in a suitable dish for stewing, and pour upon tfiem sufficient bweet oil just to cover them ; stew thoroughly and jiresa out ail ot the oil from the buds, and bottle for use. It will be found very valuable as a healing oil ; ot lard can be used in place of the oil, making an excellent ointment for cuts, bruises, &c. o JTaiilem Oil, or Welch Medicamentum. — Sublimed or flowers ot sulj (ur and oil of amber, of each 2 ozs. ; linseed oil 1 lb. ; spirits of turpentine sufficient to reduce all to the consistence oi thin molasses. Boil the sulphur in the linseed oil until it is dis- solved, then add the oil of amber and turpentine. Dose — from 15 to 25 drops morning and evening. Amongst the Welch and Germans it is extensively used for strengthening the stomach, kidneys, liver and lungs, asthma, shortness of breath, cough, inward or outward sores, dropsy, worms, gravel, fevers, palpitation of the heart, giddiness, headache, &c., &c., by taking it internally ; and for ulcers, malignant sores, cankers, &c., anointing externally and wetting linen with it and apylying to burns. In fact, if one-half that is said of its value is true, no other medicine need ever be made. It has this much in its favor, however — probably no other medicine now in use has been in use half so lonp —over 160 years. The dose for a child is one drop for eaci year of its age. 4. Oil of Spike.— The genuine oil of spike is made from the lor vemlula spica (broad leaved lavendar), but the commercial oil ol spike in made by taking the rock oil, and adding 2 ozs, ol spirits ^ot turpentine to each pint. The rock oil which is obtained in Ohio, near Warren, is thicker and better than any other which I have ever used. 5. Black Oils. — Best alcohol, tincture of arnica, British oil and oil of tar, of each 2 ozs., and shwly add sulphuric acid 1-2 oz. These black oils are getting into extensive use as a lini- ment, aad are indeed valuable, especially in cases attended with much inflammation. J). Aj^other Method — is to take sulphuric acid 2 ozs. , nitric •eid 1 02. ; quicksilver 1-2 oz. ; put them together in a quart bottle, 176 DR. chase's recipes. or an open crock until dissolred ; then bIowIv add olive oW f :dd spirits of turpentine, of each ^ pt., putting in tne oil first. I^et the work be done out of doors to avoid the fumes arising from the mix- ture ; when all is done, bottle and put in all the cotton cloths i: will dissolve, when it is fit for use. The mixture becomes quite hot, although no heat is used in making it, from setting free what is called latent, or insensible heat, by their combining together. Kev. Mr. Way, of Plyiiouth, Mich., cured himself of sore throat, by taking a few drops of this black oil upon sugar, letting it slowly d: ''solve upon the tongue, each evening after preaching, also wetting cloths and binding upon the neck. It will be necessary to avoid getting it upon cotton or linen which you would not wish to show a stain. A colt which had a fistulous opening between the hind legs, from a snng, as supposed, which reduced him so that he had to be lifted up, when down, was cured by injecting twice only, of thi;« oil to fill the diseased places. Also a very bad fever sore, upon the leg, ah ! excuse me, upon the limb of a young ladj, which baffled the scientific skill of the town in which she lived. In case they bite too much in any of their ap plications, wet a piece of brown paper in water and lay it over the parts. OPODELDO^^— Liquid.— Best brandy 1 qt. ; warm it and add gum camphor 1 oz. ; salammoniac and oil of wormwood, of each ] oz. ; oils of origanum and rosemary, of each ^ oz. ; when the oils \e dissolved by the aid of the heat, add soft soap 6 ozs. ^♦s uses are two well known to need further deeoription. i>*.-P*UH(EAS — Cordial. — The best rhubarb root, puiven7.«d. I tz. ; peppermint lhor \ oz. ; oil of cloves } dr. ; sulphurio ether } oz. ; and oil of avenaer 1 dr. If there is a nerve exposed this will quiet it Ap- ply with Ihit. Rub also on the gums and upon the face against the tooth, Ireely. «The raging toothache why now endure, when there is found a perfect cure, Which eaves the tooth and stops the pain, and gives tho sufferer ease again." In the case of an ulcerated tooth at Georgetown, Ohio, Mr. Jenkins, the proprietor of the " Jenkins' House," had been suffering for ei^^ht days, and I relieved him by bathing the face with this preparation, using a sponge, for two or three minutes only, taking a teaspoon or two into the mouth, for a minute or two, as it had broken upon the inside. The operation of the cordial was really magical, according to old notions of cure. I offered to sell a grocer a book, at Lawrenoeburgh, Ind. He read until he saw the '' Magnetic Tooth Cordial " men- tiomed, then he says, '' If you will cure my toothache, I will buy one." I applied the cordial, it being late Saturday evening, and on Monday momins^ He was the first man on hand for his book. « The Sheriff of Wayne Co., Ind., .-t Centreville, had been suffering three days of neuralgia^ and I gave him such de- cided relief in one evening with this cordial, that he gave me a three-dollar piece, with the remark, '^ Take whatever you please." In passing from Conneatville, Pa., upon a canal boat, tlie cook (who was wife of one of the steersmen), was taken, after supper, with severe pain in the stomach. There being no peppermint on board, and as strange as it may appear, no spirits of any kind whatever ; I was applied to as a phy- sician to contrive something for her relief; I ran my mind over the articles I had with me, and could not hit upon any other so likely to benefit as the " Tooth Cordial," arguing in my mind that if good for pain where it could be applied to the spot externally, I could apply it to the point of pain internally in this case (the stomach), as well. I gave her a teaspoon of it i^ water, and waited five minutes without rehef, but concluding to go ** whole hog or none," I re- peated the dose, and inside of the next five minutes she was perfectly cured. Her husband, the other steersman also, and one of the drivers, bought each a book, and the next week, in Erie, one of her neighbors bought another, upon III If ' f^ ■,' I -- : I ■ -.) f ? • '-i ••« 186 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. her recommendation ; since which myself and agents have freely used it, and recommend \t for similar conditions with cquui suucess. The cases are too numerous to mention more. I mention these to give confidence to purchasers, that all, who need it, will not fail to give it a trial. It is good for any local pain, wherever it can be applied. Pain will not long exist under its use. 2. HoHEOPATmo Tooth Cordial. — ^Alcohol ^ pt. ; tincture of amija and chloroform, of each, 1 cz. ; oil of cloves ^ oz. Mix and apply as the other. There are many persons who would prefer this last to the foregoing from the presence of arnica ; and it is especially valuable as a liniment for bruises involving effusion of blood under the sLin. 3. Nedralgia— Internal Remedy. — Sal-ammoniac | dr. ; dissolve in water 1 oz. Dose — One table-spoon every three minutes for 20 minutes, at the end of which time, if not before, the pain will have disappeared. The foregoing is from a gentleman who had been long afflicted with the disease, who found no success with any other remedy. Instead of common water, the " Camphor Water" or ''Mint Water" might by some be preferred. The ammonia is a very diffusable stimulant, quickly ex- tending to the whole system, especially tending to the sur- face. 4. Kino qp Oilo, for Necralgu and Rheumatism. — Burning fluid 1 pt. ; oils of cedar, hemlock, sassafras, and origanum, of each 2 ozs. ; carbonate of ammonia, pulveriised, 1 oz. : mix, Dirsctionb. —Apply freely to the nerves and gums, around the tooth ; and to the face, in neuralgic pains, by wetting brown paper and laying on the parts, not too long, for fear of blistering,— to the nerves of teetl by Imt A blacksmith of Sturgis, Mich., cured himself and others, with this, of neuralgia, after physicians could give no relief. 5. Several years ago, I was stopping for a number of Weeks at a hotel near Detroit ; whilst there toothache was once made the subject of conversation, at which time tlie landlady, a Mrs. Wood, said she had been driven by it to an extreme measure — no less than boiling wormwood herb in alcohol and taking a table-spoon of it into the mouth MEDICAL DEPABTMENT. 187 t *i boiling hot, immediately closing the mouth, taming the head in such a way as to bring the alcohol into contact with all of the teeth, then spitting it out, and taking the second immediately, in the same way, having the boiling kept up by sitting the tin containing it on a shovel of hot coals, bringing it near the mouth. She said she never had tooth- ache after it, nor did it injure the mouth in the least, but for the moment she thought her head had collapsed, or the heavens and earth come together. And although the lady's appearance and deportment were such as to gain gene- ral esteem, I dared not try it, or recommend it to others. But during the last season I found a gentleman who had tried the same thing, in the same way, except he took four spoons in his mouth at a time, and did not observe to keep his mouth closed to prevent the contact of the air with the alcohol, the result of which was a scalded mouth, yet a per- fect cure of the pain, and no recurrence of it for twelve years up to the time of conversation. And I do not now give the plan, expecting it to become a general favorite, but more to show the severity of the pain, forcing patients to such extreme remedies. It would not be applicable only in cases where the pain was confined entirely to the teeth. G. Horse-radish Root, bruised, and bound upon the face^ or other parts where pain is located, has been found very valuable for their relief. And I think it better than t?ie leaf for drafts to the feet, or other parts. 7. Teeth Extracting with Little or no Pain. — Dr. Dunlap, a dentist of Chillicothe, 0., while filling a tooth for me, called ray attention to the following recipe, given by a dental publication, to prevent pain in extracting teeth. He had used it. It will be found valuable for all who must have teeth extracted, for the feeling is sufficiently unpleasant even when all is done that can be for its re- lief: Tincture of aconite, chloroform, and alcohol, of each 1 oz. ; mor- phine, 6 grs. ; mix. Manner op Application — Moisten two pledgeta of cotton with the liquid, and apply to the gums on each side of the tooth to be extracted, holding them to their place with pliera or some other convenient instrument for 5 to 15 miuateg. rabbin^ (be gam freely inside and out. ■ 'i !> '• ^{Hil 4 \. 188 DB. OHASE*S BEOIPES. My wife has had six teeth taken at a sitting, but the last Iwo she wished to have out, she could not make up her iaind to the work until I promised her it should not hurt in the extraction, which I accomplished by accompanying her to Dr. "Porter's dental office, of this city, and adminis- tering chloroibrm in the usual way, just to the point of nervous stimulation, or until its effects were felt over the whole system, at which time the teeth were taken, not oavLsing pain, she tjays, equal to toothache for one minute. Not the slightest inconvenience was experienced from the effects of the chloroform. I consider this plan, and so does Dr. Porter, far preferable tc administering it until entire stupefaction, by which many valuable lives have been lost. 8. Dentetpice which Removes Tartareous Adhesions, Arrests Decay, and Induces a Healthy Action op the Gums. — Dissolve 1 ounce of borax in 1^ pints of boiling water, and when a little cool, add 1 teaspoon of the tincture of myrrh and 1 table-spoon of the spirits of camphor, and bottle for use. Directions. — At bed- time wash out the mouth with water ; using a badger's hair brush (bristle brushes tear the gums and should never be used) ; then take a table-epoon of the dentrifice with as much warm water, and rub the ^.eeih and gums well each night until the end is attained. • 9. Tooth Wash — To Remove Bi.aceness. — Pure muriatic acid 1 oz. ; water 1 oz. ; honey 2 ozs. ; mix. Take a tooth brush and wet it freely with this preparation, and briskly rub the blaok teeth, and in a moment's time they will be perfectly white ; then immediately wash out the mouth with water, that the acid may not acw upon the enamel of the teeth. It need not be used often, say once in three or four months, as the teeth become black again, washing out quickly every time. Without the washing after its use, it would injure the teeth, with it, it never will. This black- ness is hard to remove, even with the brush and tooth powder 10. i)R. Thompson, of Evansville, Ind., gives the above in ^Tonty drop doses, three times daily, for laryngitis or bronchitis, taken in a little water, throwing it back past the teeth. 11. Tooth Powder— ExoELLENT.—Take any quantity of finely pulverized chalk, and twice as much finely pulverized charcoal ; make very fine ; then add a very little suds made with Castile floap, and sijfflcient epiriti oi camphor to wet all to a thick paste. VEDIOAL DEPABTMBNT. 180 Apply wit)i the finger, rubbing thoroughly, and it will whiten the teeth better than any tooth powder you can buy. I noticed the past season, a piece going the rounds of the papers, " That charcoal ought not to be used on the teeth." I will only add that a daughter of mine has used this pow- der over six years, and her teeth are very white, and no damage to the enamel, as yet. Six years would show up the evil, if death was in the pot. Coal fr^^m basswood or other soft wood is the easiest pulverized. ESSENCES. — Druggists' rules for making essences is to use one ounce of oil to one quart of alcohol, but many of them do not use more than half of that amount, whilst most of the pedlars do not have them made of over one-fourth that strength. I would hai Jly set them away if presented. I have always made them as follows : « Peppermint oil 1 oz.; best alcohol 1 pt. And the same amount of any other oil for any other essences which you desire to make. Dose— A dose of this strength of ese«nce will be only from 10 to 30 drops. With most essences a man can dnnk a whole bottle with- out danger, or benefit. Peppermint is colored with tincture of tumeric, cinnamon with tincture ^f red sandal or sanders wood, and wintergreen with tincture of kino. There is no color, however, for essences, so natural as to put the green leaf of which the oil is made into the jar of essence, and let it remain over night, or about trelve hours ; then pour oflf, or filter if for sale. But if fa*\iilies are making for their own use they need not bother to color them at all. But many believe if they are high o<>lored they are neces- sarily strong, but it has no effect upon the strength what- ever, unless colored with the leaf or bark, as here roconc- mended. Cinnamon bark does in pla«6 of the leaf. See "Extracts." TINCTURES. — In making any of the tinctures in com- mon use, or in making any of the medicines called for in this work, or in works generally, it is not only expected, but absolutely necessary, that the roots, leaves, barks, &c., should be dry, unless otherwise directed ; then : Take the root, herb, bark, leaf or gum called for, 2 ozs.; and bruise it, then poor boiling water ^ pt. upon it. and when «H>ld ». ,1 i. i 9t.rtl\ ^ t' m : :'l"4>i ffl 'fl > ■, ^■f vl| "jl ' ml 1 ' f f •• i ■ ' :'l . ; :1 I : f - ■ -^-^ 19U DB. CHASE'S BEOIPES. add best alcohol J pt., keeping warm for from 4 to 6 days, or let ting it stand 10 or 12 days without warmth, shaking once or twice daily ; filter or strain 5 or it may stand upon the dregs and be carefully poured off as needed. With any person of common judgment, the foregoin* directioM are just as good as to take up forty times as much space by saving — take lobelia, herb and seed, 2 ozs. ; alcohol J pt. ; boihng water J pt., — then do the same thing, over and over again^ with every tincture which may be called for or at least those who cannot go ahead with the foregoing in- structions, kore not fit to handle medicines at all ; so I leave the subject with those for whom the given information is sufficient. In makii.g compound tinctures, you CEn combine the simple tinctares, or make them by putting the diflferent arti- cles into a bottle together, then use the alcohol and water it would require if you were making each tincture separately. TETTER, RmGWORM, AND BARBERS' ITCH- To Cure.- Take the best Cuba cigars, smoke one a sufficient length of time to accumulate | or ^ inch of ashes upon the end of the cigar ; now wet the whole surface of the sore with the saliva from the mouth, then rub the ashes from the end of the cigar thoroughly into, and all over the sore ; do this three times a day, and in- side of a week all will be smooth and well. I speak from extensive experience ; half of one cigar cured myself when a barber would not undertake to shave me. It is equally successful in tetters on other parts of the body, hands, &c. Tobaxjco is very valuable in its place (medicine) — like spirits, however, it makes slaves of its devotees. 2. Narrow-Leaved (yellow) dock root, sliced and soaked in good vinegar, used as a wash, is highly recommended lA , % cure for tetter, or ring-worm. ?'* BALSAMS— Dr. R. W. Hutchins' Indian Hbauno, FoaareRLT Peoeham's Couoh Balsam. — Clear, pale rosin, 3 lbs., and melt it, adding spirits of turpentine 1 qt. ; balsam of tx)lu 1 oz. ; bal- sam of fir 4 ozs.; oil of hemlock, origanum with Venice tur- pentine, of each 1 oz. ; strained honey, 4 ozs. ; mix well, and bottle. Dose — Six to 12 drops ; for a child of six, 3 to 5 drops, on a little sugar. The dose can be v't'*'<''1 Recording to the ability of the stomach to bear it, and t'uc r«ecebRit^ o*' the case. It is a valuable preparation for covc>l; ^^ raU-^mu paiiMj or >^ns, and works benignly upon the ki/' 3j ', MEDICAL DEPABTMENT. 191 y* 2. Doctor Mitchel's Balsam, for Cuts, Bruises, Ac— Fenugreek leed and gum myrrh, of each 1 oz. ; sassafras root bark, a good handful ; alcohol 1 qt. Put all into a bottle, and keep warm for 6 days. Dr. Mitchel, of Pa., durin^^ bis life, made great use of this balsam for cuts, bruiser, abrasions, &o., and it will be found valuable for such purposes. ARTIFICIAL SKIN— Foil Bdrns, Bruises, Abrasions, Ac, Proof Against Water.— Take gun cotton and Venice turpentine, equal parts of each, and dissolve them in 20 times as much sulphuric ether, dissolving the cotton first, then adding the turpentine ; keep it corked tightly. The object of the turpentine is to prevent pressure or pinching caused by evaporation of the ether when applied to a bruised surface. Water does not aflfect it, hence its value for crackf'd nipples, chapped hands, surface bruises, etc., etc. DISCUTIENTS— To Scatter Swklli.sjs.- Tobacco and cicuta (water hemlock) leaves, of each 2 oz. ; stramonium (jimpsom), and solanum nigrum (garden night shade, sometimes erroneously called '* deadly " night shade), the leaves, and yellow dock root, of each 4 ozs.; bittersweet, bark of the root, 3 ozs. Extract the strength by boiling with water, pressing out and reboiling, strain- ing and carefully boiling down to the consistence of an ointment, then add lard 18 ozs., and simmer together. It will be used for stiff joints, sprains, bruises attended with swelling when the skin is unbroken, for cancerous lumps, scrofulous swellings, white swellings, rheumatic swellings, &c. It is one of the best discutients, or scatter- crs in use, keeping cancers back, often for months. SMALL POX — To Prevent Pitting the Face. — A great discovery is reported recently to have been made by a surgeon of the English army in China, to prevent pitting or marking the face. The mode of treatment is as follows : When, in small-pox, the preceding fever is at its height, and just before the eruption appears, the chest is thoroughly rubbed with Croton Oil and Tartaremetic Ointment. This causes the whole of the eruption to appear on that part of the body, to the relief of the rest. It also secures a full and complete eruption, and thus prevents the disease from attacking the internal organs. This is said to be now the established mode of treatment in the English army in China, by general orders, and is regarded as per- fectly effectual. f1 rf I "'( tA ■lilt . -V ;: t Itt DB. 0HA8B S BE0IPE8. It is a well known fact, that dis( se is most likely tc make ita attack upon the weakest part, and especially upon plaoes in the system which have been recently weakened hy previous disease ; hence, if an eruption (disease) is caused bv the application of croton oil mixed with a little of the Tartaremetic Ointment, there is every reason to believe that the eruption, in small pox, will locate upon that j)art instead of the face. The application should be made upon the breast, fore part of the thighs, &c., not to interfere with tb^ posture upon the bed. It has been suggested that a similar application will re- lieve whooping cough, by drawing the irritation from the lungs ; if so, why will it not help to keep measles to the surface, especially when they have a tendency to the inter- nal organS; called, striking in. It is worth a trial, in any of these oases. See ^^ Causes of If^flammation," under the head of '' Inflammation." 2. Common Swellings, to REDUOto.— Tory-weed pounded bo us to mash it thoroughly and b and upon any common swelling, will very soon reduce the parts to their natural size. This weed may be known from its annoyance to sheep raisers, as it furnishes a small burr having a dent on one side of it. There are two species of it, but the burr of the other kind has no dent — is round. It will be found very valuable in rheumatism attended with swellings. WENS — To Cure. — Dissolve copperas in water to make if very strong ; now take a pin, needle, or sharp knife and prick or cut the wen In about a dozen places, just sufficient to cause it to bleed ; then wet it thoroughly with the copperas water, once daily This followed for four weeks, cured a man residing within four miles of this city, who had six or eight of them, some of them on the head as large as a hen's egg. The prepara- tion is also valuable as a wash in erysipelas. BLEEDINGS— Internal and External— St yptio Balsam. — For internal hemorrhage, or bleeding from the lungs, stomach, nose, and in excessive menstruation or bleeding from the womb is made as follows : Put milphuric acid 2^ drs. by weight, in a Wedgewood mortar and slowly add oil of turpentine 1 fluid dr., stirring it constantly with the pestle ; then add slowly again, alcohol 1 iuid dr., and MEDIOAL DEPABTHENT. 193 oontlirae to stir as long as any fames arise from the mixture, then bottle in glass ground stoppered, bottles. It should be a clear red color, like dark blood, but if made of poor materials it will be a pale, dirt^ red, and unfit for use. Dose — To be given by putting 40 drops into a teacup and rubbing it thoroughly with a teaspoon of brown sugar, and then stir in water until the cup is nearly ftill, and drink immediately— repeat every hour for 3 or 4 hours, but its ose should be discontinued as soon as no more fresh blood ap- pears. Age does not injure it, but a skin forms on the top T7hi(m is to be broken through, using the medicine below it. This preparation was used for thirty years, with uniform success, by Dr. Jas. Warren, before he gave it to the pub- lic ; since then, Dr. King, of Cincinnati, author of the Eo- cletio Dispensatory, has spread it, through that work, and many lives have been saved by it. It acts by lessening the force of the circulation (sedative power), as also by its as- tringent eflfects in contact with the bleeding vessels. And the probability is that no known remedy can be as safely depended upon for more speedy relief, or certainty of cure, especially for the lungs, stomach, or nose ; but for bleedings from the womb, or excessive menstruation, I feel to give preference to Prof. Piatt's treatment as shown in the recipe for " Uterine Hemorrhages." No relaxation from business need be required, unless the loss of blood makes it necessary, nor other treatment, except if blood has been swallowed, or if the bleeding is from the stomach, it would be well to give a mild cathartic. Bleeding from the stomach will be dis- tinguished from bleeding from the lungs by a sense of weight, or pain, and unaccompanied by cough, and discharged by vomiting, and in larger quantities at a time than from the lungs. The blood will be <1arker also, and often mixed with particles of food. Exercise in the open air is preferable to inactivity ; and if any symptoms of returning hemorrhage show themselves, begin with the remedy without loss of time "^nd a reason- able hope of cure may be expected. 2. External Styptic Remedies. — Take a glazea earthen vessel that will stand heat, and put into it water 2 J pts. : tincture of benzoin 2 ozs. ; alum J lb., and boil for 6 hours, replacing the water which evaporates in boiling, by pouring in boiling water ■o as not to stop the boiling process, cojajtautly stirring. At the end of the six hours it is to be filtered, or carefully strained and bottled, also in glass stoppered bottles. Application— Wet lint G I i'W i ■': N i. if ; . 194 DB« OHASB'S BSOIPEB. and lay upon the wound, binding with bandages to prevent, the thickened blood (coagula) from being removed from the mouths ot the vessels, keeping them in place for 24 to 48 hours will be Bufflcient. If any doubt is felt about this remedy, pour a few drops of it into a vesdel containing human blood — the larger the quantity of the styptic the thicker will be the blood mass, until it becomes black and thick. Pagliari was the first to introduce this pwparation to public notice. — Eclectic Dis- pensatory. 3. Styptic Tinctube — External Application.— Best brandy 2 ozs ; finely scraped Castile soap 2 drs. ; potash 1 dr. ; mix all and flhake well when applied. Apply warm by putting lint upon thi^ tut, wet with the mixture. I have never ha 'ij Mi ,.v -^^ s- ii /. 1.0 I.I 2.2 1^ IM 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" — ► -<# <^ /a ^h om. V 7 -i PhoiDgraphic Sdences Corporation .\s "^^rS o >^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBitTER, N.Y. 14580 (71, 6) 872-4503 # 198 DR. chase's BEOIPES. In general, the intensity of the pain attending inflamma- tions- will surely indicate the violence of the febrile (sympa- thetic) reaction ; for instance, in inflammation of the bron- chial tubes, the pain is not very severe, consequently not much fever (reaction) ; but in inflammation of the pleura (pleurisy) the pain is very severe, consequently the febrile reaction is exceedingly great. Causes op Inflammation. — In health the blood is carried evenly, in proportion to the size of the blood vessels, io every part of the body. And the vessels (arteries and veins) are proportioned in size to the necessity of the sys- tem for vitality, nutrition and reparation. Whatever it may be that causes the blood to recede from the surface, or any considerable portion of it, will cause inflammation of the weakest portion of the system ; and whatever will draw the blood unduly to any part of the system, will cause inflamma- tion of that part, — ^for instance, cold drives the blood from the surface, consequently, if sufficiently lon,^ continued, the internal organ Wst able to bear the accumulation of blood upon it will be excited to inflammation — a blow upon any part, if sufficiently severe, will cause inflammation of the injured part. Also mustard poultices, drafts to the feet, &c., jaence the propriety of their proper use to draw the blood away from internal organs which are inflamed. A check of perspiration is, especially, liable to excite inflammation, and that in proportion to the degree of heat producing the per- spiration and the length of time which the person may be exposed to the cold. The object of knowing the cause of disease is to avoid suffering from disease, by keeping clear of its cause ; or thereby to know what remedy to apply for its cure or relief. There is a class of persons who claim that causes will hav^ their legitimate effects, physical or moral ; physicians know that it is absurd physically ; that is, when philosophically and scientifically combated with, — for instance, a person is exposed to cold ; the blood is driven in upon the internal organs, and the one which is the least able to bear the pres- sure gives way before the invading enemy, and an inflamma- tion is the result ; which, if left to itself, will terminate in death ; but heat and moisture are applied to the constringed Biirfaoe — the blood is brought back and held thefe, and a a MEDICAL DEPARxTilENT. cure is speedily effected — the natural or physical effect of the cause is obviated or avoided. Then why should it be thought impossible with God that a moral remedy should be provided against moral evils ? Thanks be to God, it has been provided to the willing and obedient, through our Lord Jesus Christ, but onli/ to the willing and obedient, morally as well as physically, for if a person will not permit a proper course to be pursued to overcome the consequences arising to his body from cold, he m2ist suffer, not only the inflammation to go on, but also guilt of mind for neglecting his known duty. The same is true in either point of view, only it looks so curious that there should be those who can reason of physical things, but utterly refuse to give up their moral blindness ; the conse- quences be upon their own heads. Just in proportion to the susceptibility of an organ to take on diseased action, is the danger of exposure ; for exampl'^, if a person has had a previous attack of pleurisy, or inflam- mation of the lungs, those organs, or the one which has been diseased, will be almost certain to be again prostrated, usually called relapse ; which is in most cases, ten times more severe than the first attack ; then be very careful about exposures when just getting better from these, or other disease. Inflammation terminates by resolution, effusion, suppura- tion, or mortification. By resolution is meant that the parts return to their natural condition; by effusion, that blood may be thrown out from the soft parts, or from mucous membranes — that lymph, or serum, a colorless part of the blood may be thrown out by serous membranes, which often form adhesions, preventing the after motions of the affected parts — and here what wisdom is brought to light, in the fact that whatever is thrown out from the mucous surface never, or at least very seldom adheres or grows up ; if it did, any part of the alimentary canal from the mouth to the itomach, and so on through the intestines, would be con- itantly adhering ; so, also, of the lungs ; for these various frgans are more frequently affected by inflammations than any other parts of the body — by suppuration, when ahcesses are formed containing pus (matter), or this may take place upon the surface, when it is usually called canker, or corroding ulcers, oanoers, &o. ; by gangrene (mortifloation) when de«th f:f' ''■ij w 'm Vi I 200 DR. GHASE*S BEOIFES. ■ of the parts takes place ; in this case, if the part is snfficientlj exter.sive, or if it is an internal part, death of the whole bo^ly, if not relieved, is the result. The naethods of inflammatory termination is believed to result from the grade of inflammation — for instance, at the circumference of a boil, the inflammation is weak, serum is thrown out ; near the centre, where the inflammation is a little higher, lymph is poured out and adhesion takes place ; — next pus — at the centre '^wrtification and consequent filoughing takes place. In boils, the tendency is to -.appuration ; in carbuncles, the tendency is to mortification ; but in rheumatism, mumps, &o., there is a strong tendency to resolutioa ; and it is '^ften very difficult to avoid the natural terminations. The five difierent tissues of the body also modify the in- flammation according to the tissue inflamed, viz : the cellular (fleshy) tissue, is characterized by great swelling, throbbing pain, and by its suppurating in cavities — not spreading all over that tissue. Inflammation of the serous tissue, has sharp lancinating pain, scarcely any swelling, but much reaction (fever), throws out lymph, and is very liable to form adhesion — not likely to terminate in mortification, ex- cept in peritonitis ( inflammation of the lining membranes of the abdominal cavity), which sometimes terminates thus in a few hours, showing the necessity of immediate action. Inflammation of the mucous tissue, is characterized by burning heat, or stinging pain (hence the heat of the stom- ach, bowels, &c.) — ^without swelling, not much febrile re- action, and never terminates in resolution (health) without a copious discharge of mucous, as from the nose and lungs, in colds, catarrhs, coughs, &c. Inflammation of the dermoid (skin) tissue, as in erysipelas, is characterized by burning pain — ^spreads irregularly over the surface, forming blisters containing a yellowish serum, but never forms adhesions, nor suppurates in cavities but upon the surface. Inflamma- tion of the fibrous tissue, or rheumatic inflammation, is characterized by severe aching or gnawing pain — is not liable to terminate in suppuration nor mortification — nearly always throwing out a gelatinous serum, often causing stiff- joints, or depositing earthy matter, as in j^out — ^is peculiarly liable to change its plaoe, being vei^ dangerous if it changed MEDIOAL DEPABTMEIIT. 201 to any of the vital organs, as the brain, heart, stomach, &c.| and in the acute form the febrile reaction is usually quite severe. Internal inflammation will be known by the con- stant pain of the inflamed part, by the presence of fever, which does not generally attend a spasmodic or nervous pain, and by the position chosen by the patient, to avoid pressure upon the afflicted organs. Inflammation is known under two heads, acute and chronic. The first is generally rapid and violent in its course and characteristics. The last ia usually the result of the first — is more slow and less dangerous in its consequences. Treatment. — Sound philosophy (Eclecticism) teaches, that if cold has driven the blood (consequently the heat) from the surface, heat will draw it back ; and thus relieve the internal engorgements (over-full organs), and if held there, sufficiently long, entirely cure the difficulty (inflam- mation) ; upon the same ground, if a person is cold, warm him ; if wet and cold, warm and dry him ; if hot, cool him ; if dry and hot, wet and cool him — equalize the circulation and pain or disease cannot exist. The foregoing remarks must suffice for general directions ; but the following special application to pleurisy and inflam- mation of the lungs shall be sufficiently explicit to enable all to make their general applications. 2. Pleurisy. — Pleurisy is an inflammation of the seroits membrane enveloping (covering) the lungs, which is also re- flected (folded) upon the parieties (sides or walla) of the chest [but I trust all will make themselves familiar with the description of " Inflammation in General," beforo they proceed with the study of pleurisy], attended with sharp, lancinating pain in the side, difficult breathing, fever, with a quick, full, and hard pulse, usually- commencing with a chill. In many cases the inflammation, consequently the pain, is confihed to one point, most commonly about the short ribs; but often gradually extends towards the shoulder and forward part of the breast ; the pain increas- ing, and often becoming very violent. It may not, but usually is, attended with cough, and the expectoration is seldom mixed with blood, or very free, but rather of a glairy or mucous character. As the disease advances, tlin p^in is compared to a stab with a sharp instrament, full oi breathing I: , t;ir*«* & I. ->iVi ^^- X I i -• 1 i 202 1 Vk* OHiSS'S BEOIFES. K not being indulged in, from its increasing the difficulty ; the cough alao aggravates the pain ; great prostration of strength, the countenance expressing anxiety and suffering. The breathing is short, hurried, and catching, to avoid increase of pain ; in some cases, the cough is only slight. It may be complicated with inflammation of the lungs, or bronchial tubes, and if so complicated, the expectoration will be mixed or streaked with blood. Yet it makes but very little difference, as the treatment is nearly the same — with the exception of expectorants, quite the same; although ex- pectorants are not amiss in pleurisy, but absolutely neces- sary in inflammation of the lungs. Even Mackintosh, of the " Regulars," says : '^ It must be recollected that pneu- monia (inflammation of the lungs) and pleuritis (pleu- risy) frequently co-exist (exist together) ; but neither is that circumstance of much consequence, being both inflammatory diseases, and requiring the same general remedies." But there 1 stop with him, for I cannot go the bleeding, calomel and antimony. I have quoted his words to satisfy the people that the " Regulars " acknowledge the necessity of a similar treatment in all inflammatory diseases, the difference between the two branches of the profession existing only in the remedies used. Causes of Pleurisy. — Cold, long applied, constringes (makes smaller) the capillaries (hair-like blood-vessels) which cover as a net-work the whole surface, impairing the circulation, driving the blood internally, causing congestion (an unnatural accumulation of blood) upon the pleura, hence pleurisy. Exposures to rains, especially cold rains, cold,, wet feet, recission (striking in ) of measles, scarlet fever, rheumatism, &c., often cause inflammation of this char-' aater. Indications.— Relax the whole surface, which removes the obstructions — restore, and maintain, an equal circulation, and the work is accomplished. The temperature of the surface and extremities is much diminished, showing that the blood has receded (gone) to the internal, di-seased, or- gans, the temperature of which is much increased ; for with the blood goes the vitality (heatj of the body. This condi- tion of the system clearly indicates the treatment, viz. : the ij^plioation of the heat to the surface in such a way as ta wmmmm oves ion, the that or- with mdi- HEDIOAL DiSFARTMENT. 203 be ^ble to keep it there until nature is again capable of carry- ing on her own work, in her own way. Treatment. — It has been found that th& quickest and least troublesome way iu which heat could be applied to the whole aurface, is by means of burning alcohol, formerly callod a " Rum sweat," because rum was stronger than at present, and more plenty than alcohol ; but now alcohol is the most plentjr, and much the strongest and cheapest. It 'should always be lu the house (the 98 per cent.) ready for use as described under the head of " Sweating with Burning Alcohol," (which see) or if it is day time, and fires are burning, you can give the vapor-bath-s\ lat, by placing a pan, half or two-thirds fSu of hot water under the chair, having a comforter around you j then putting into it oc- casionally a hot stone or brick, until a free perspiration is produced and held for from 15 to 30 minutes, according to the severity of the case ; and if this is commenced as soon as the attack is fairly settled upon the patient, in not more than one case out of ten will it be necessary to do anything more ; but if fairly established, or if of a day or two's standing, then, at the same time you are administering the sweat, place the patient's feet in water as hot as it can be borne ; have also a strong tea made of equal parts of pleurisy-root and catnip, (this root is also cjUed white root — Doctors call it asclepias tuberosa)— into a saucer of this hot tea put 2 teaspoons of the " Sweating Drops," drinking all at one time, repeating the dose every hour for 5 or G hours, using only 1 teaspoon of the drops at other times, except the fir::t, giving the tea freely once or twice between doses. As soon as the sweating is over, place the patient comfortably in bed so as to keep up the perspiration from 6 to 12 hours, or until the pain and uneasiness yield to the treatment. If necessary, after the patient takes the bed, place bottles of hot water to the feet and along the sides, or hot bricks, or stones wrapped with flannel wet with vinegar, to help to keep up the perspiration. Mustard may also be placed over the seat of pain, and upon the feet, also rubbing the legs and arms with dry flannel, which very much aids the process when the attack is severe. If the pain continues severe, and perspiration is hard to maintain, steep cayenne, oi common red peppers in spirits, and rub the whole surface with it, well and long, and I will assure Ihe blood to come out soon, and see what is going on externally. Keep the patient well covered all the time, and avoid drafts of cold air. As the painful symp- toms begin to subside, the doses of medicine may be lessened, and thti time between doses lengthened, until the disease is fairly under control ; then administer a dose of the " Vegetable Physic," or some other cathartic, if preferred, or if that is not at hand, this course may be repeated or modified to meet returning or changing symptoms. Wetting the Burface daily, with alcohol and water, equal parte, will be found an excellent assistant in treating any disease, espe- cially internal inflammations, as Pleurisy, Inflammation of tbd Lungs, Consumption, Bronchitis, &c., &c. li ;;.Ji If-ll ' ■*• i 1. ' 20^ BB. CHASES BEOIPES. The pleurisy root is almost a specific in pleurisy or in flammation of the lungs ; no other known root or herb is squal to it for producing and keeping up perspiration (drug- j^iots usually keep it), but if it cannot be got, pennyroyal, sage, ing in the same house where I lived, awoke in the night, attacked with pleurisy, the same as myself, after exposure ; but as he was attending the lectures of alopathio professors, of MEDICAL DErARTJrENT. i!05 tjourse, he must liave one of thorn to attend him ; one was nailed, three pints of blood were taken, calomel and nntimony were freeJy given, and in about three or four days the dis- ease gave way to time, or the treatment; but a calomel' Diarrhoea set in, and came very near terminating his life, and kept him from college and his studies over six weeks ; and lie said if he was ever calomelizcd again, he would pro- secute the doer to the end of his life ; but he graduated in that school of medicine, and no doubt is now expecting to 2;o and do the same thing. Choose ye your servant. Shall he be reason, with common-sense results, or shall he be silver-slippered fashion, with his health-destroying policy ? It need not be argued that these were not parallel cases, for I had the pleurisy when youngs and was treated in the fashiouaole style, and was constantly liable to, and had frequent attacks of it during my earlier life. In chronic cases, which sometimes occur, and frequently tinder other treatment, it will be necessary not only to use the foregoing treatment, but to add to it an emetic about once a week, alternating with the sweating process, witn much external friction, occasionally, wit^ the pepp':r and spirits, to hold the blood to the surface. Since the publication of the foregoiiig,, I have seen a statement going the rounds of the ** Papers," that i bad case of burning had taken place in N. Y., by the alcohol process of sweating, calling it new ; but it has been in use more ihsiX\fortii years ; I have used it, I speak safely, more than a hundrediimt^y and never before heard of its injuring any one ; but still it is possible that some accident may have occurred in its use, or that some one lias undertaken it who was not capable of prescribing; but if calomel would claim one year's use under us most accomplished prescribers with ono case of injury, 1 would say, let it be continued ; but in place of one it is hunci/reds ; further comment is unneces- sary. But those who preter, or from the absense of alcohol, or other necessities, can take "grandmother's plan," i.e., place the feet into hot water, and drink freely of pennyroyal, sage, or other hot teas, for til teen to twenty minutes ; then get into bed, continuing the teas for a short time, remaining in bed for a few hours ; which, if commenced soon after th» i f ' n i' ■■' 'If '1 ' . ';• ■ i ' ,1 ,Vi i-i t;i 1 ;•■■<- 1' *■ f . iiy m DR. OHAS£*S BEOIFES. : y. attack of colds, or even more severe diseases, will, in nine out of ten cases, not only relieve, but prevent days, perhaps weeks, of inconvenience and suflfering. Where there are complications with the substance of the lungs, you will find explanations under the next head. 3. Inflammation op the Lungs — Is usually, by phy- sicians, called Pneumonia, from the Greek, Pneumon, the Lungs. It may involve the whole lung, on one or both Bides, but is more generally confined to one side, and to the lower portion, than to the whole lung. Causes. — Exposures to cold, wet, cold feet, arafts of air, especially if in a perspiration, recession of eruptive diseases, Ac, and consequently more liable to come on in the winter, or cold wet changes of spring, than at any other time ; and upon those whose lungs are debilitated by previous attacks, or are predisposed to, or actually suffering under disease. Symptoms. — Inflammation of the Lungs, like other dis- eases of an inflammatory character, nearly always commen- ces with a chill, soon followed by fever, more or less violent, according to which, the severity of the case may be some- what predetermined, unless of a congestive character; in which case, instead of a hot and fevered surface, there will be a cold, clammy feel to the hand, as well as unpleasant to the patient. There will be difficulty in taking full breaths, as well as an increased number of breaths to the minute, which in healthy persons is generally about twenty. Dull pain, with a tightness of the chest, short and perpetual hack- ing cough, scanty expectoration, which is tough, and sticks to the vessel used as a spittoon, and is more or less streaked with blood, or more like iron rust in color, and may have so much blood in it as to make it a brighter red. The pulse is variable, so much so that but little confidence can be placed in it. The tongue soon becomes dry and dark ; but a dry, and glossy tongue, with early delirium, are considered dan- gerous symptoms, that is, under " Old School Treatment." But with our rational treatment we very seldom have a fatal termination, yet it is occasional, and really wonderful that it is not more frequent, when we take into account the neglect of some physicians and imprudence of many patients. li MEDIOAL DEPARTMENT. 207 Indioatiom* — As the blood has receded from the sur- face uDd centered npon the lungs ; the indications are to return it to its original vessels, by judiciously applyini^ heat and moisture, which is sure to relav: their constriuj^ed con- dition, instead of cutting a hole t.nd letting it run out [bleeding], which prostrates the patient and retards his recovery. Treatment. — The treatment of Inflammation of the Lungs in recent cases, will be at first the same as for " Pleurisy," Hint is to produce free perspiration — soak the feet in hot water while admia- istering the " Alcohol Sweat," or Vapor Bath, as there directed, with the white-root tea and " Sweating Drops," tor several hours, with bottles of hot water or hot bricks to the feet Kud sides, mus- tard-drafts to the feet also, as thej can be borne ; and after 6 or 8 hours, the "Vegetable," or other cathartic should be adminis- tered, and great care not to expose the patient to drafts of air dur- ing its operation, especially if in perspiration. If this course is faithfully persevered in, it will call the blood to the surface — prevent congestion of the lungs (unnatural accumulation of blood) — lessen the fever — ease the pain, and aid expectoration. But ii the expectoration becomes difficult, and the disease should not seem to yield in from 8 to 12 hours at farthest, or by the time the cathartic has freely operated, then, or soon after, giv^e the •' Eclec- tic," or " Lobelia-seed Emetic," as directed under that head ; and if called to a case which is already confirmed, it is best to begin with the emetic, then follow up as above directed in recent cases. An expectorant, in confirmed (established) cases will be needed — let it be composed of tincture of lobelia 1 oz. ; tincture of ipecac ^ oz. ; tincture of blood-root J- oz. ; simple syrup or molasses 2 ozs. ; mix. Dose — One teaspoon every 2 hours, alternately with the white-root tea and " Sweating Drops," except the first dose may be 2 teaspoons. The case must then be watched carefully : and any part or all of the treatment may be repeated, lessened, i creased, or modified, to suit returning or remaining svmp- t «ms. Persons having this book in the house, and being governed by it, having also the leading medicines on hand ; and 'Com- mencing with this disease, or inflammation of any other organs, modifying the treatment by common sense, aca)rd- ing to the remarks on " General Inflammation," wil) not have to repeat the course in one case out of ten. In inflammation of the stomach, known by heat, ac^rd- ing to the degree of the inflammation, drinks of slipperj^-elm water, or mucilage of gum arable, &c., may be f-eely taken ; and in inflammation of other organs, other m^iifi- catioDs will be required ; as for Dysentery, which is a" in- 1 i i -i ;:.lil 208 DB. chase's recipes. I flammation of the larp;c intestines, the *' Injection " nmat be freely used, ns also the pcrspirin«jj processes in all cases. Tn chronic inflammation, the emetic sliould be given once a week, and some other times durh . the vcck, the sweatinpj fc;hould be gone through also, with dry friction to the whole surface, by means of a coarse towel, for fifteen to twenty minutes each time, twice daily ; and if the feet aro habitually cold, wash thjm in cold water and wipe them dry at bed time, then "ub them with a coarse cloth or the dry hand until they n re perfectly warm and comfortable; and it may be expected that these long-standing cases will soon yield to this rational course. Female Debility and TaREOULARiTiES. — It is a self- evident fact that the finer the work, and the more compli- cated a piece of machinery, the more liable is it to become deranged • or out of order ; and the more skillful must bo the mechanic who undertakes to make any necessary re- pairs. Upon this consideration I argue that the system of the female is the finer and more complicated, having to perfornj a double work (child-bearing), yet confined to the same or less dimensions than the male. And to perform this double function of sustaining her own life, and giving life to her •species, it becomes necessary, in the wisdom of God, to give "lor such a peculiar formation, that between the ages ol fourteen and forty-five, or the child-bearing period, she should have a sanguineous (blood-like) monthly discharge, Voui the organs of generation, known under the various iiames of monthly sickness, menses, catamenia, courses, .neosiruation, &c. Why it should have been so arranged, or necessary, none can tell. We are left to deal with tlie simple fact ; and it would be just as wiso in us to say that it was not so, as to say there was no one who planned it, <>r any other thing, because we cannot see or fully under- stand the great first cause. The blood discharged usually amounts to from four to six ounces, and should conti:aue only from four to five days. And as this book will fall to very many far^ilies who will have no other medical work for reference upon this subject, it will not be amiss for nm to give the necessary instructions here that all may be able to qualify tliemselves to meet the exigencies (demand) of lOEUIOAL DEPABTMEKT. 209 oil ooaes. Previous to menstruation, pain or nuoasiness iff (bit in the back, loins, thighs, and a sense of heaviness ip tho womb, which lies in the lower part of the abdomen riomo nro very nervous at these periods, others with flushed Face, accompanied with dizziness and headache, sickness at ilic stomach, &o. In young girls, these new feelings pro- duce uneasiness, for want of knowledge as to their cause and result, and should lead them to seek maternal advice f and counsel, unless they have some book of this kind whiob ' explains the whole matter. The breasts, at this period, en- large and often become the seat of uneasiness, or actual pain. Let no real danger be apprehended, for these un- pleasant sensations will continue until in healthy young females there will be a few drops of reddish fluid, resem- bling blood, pass from the genital organs, aflbrding imme- diate relief, not from its quantity, but from the accomplish- ment of their natural work. Owing to their better general health, which is improved by the style of living, some girls menstruate a few months, or a year, perhaps, earlier than others. When they take an active part in the labors of the house, freely romping, playing, &c., their health and strength become fully developed, and menstruation comea on a little earlier, and is more healthy and regular. Allow me here to give a word of caution about taking cold at this period. It is very dangerous. I knew a young girl, who had not been properly instructed by he? mother upon this subject, to be so afraid or ashamed of being found with stains upon her clothes, which she did not know the meaning of, that she went to a brook and washed her- self and clothes — took cold and immediately became insane — remaining so as long as I knew her. Any mother who so neglects her duty to her child, in not explaining these things, is verily guilty. ' After this discharge takes place, the unpleasant feelings naturally subside, and the health again becomes good for the month, when all the foregoing sensations recur again, with a larger flow and longer continued, recurring every four weeks, and is then called menses or monthly courses. The function of the female system, from the fineness and complication of its structures is very liable to become deranged in various ways. ' ',1 -( ] ' tit r\ :ii i i Itri- a ^210 DB. CHASE S BEOIFES. ...l;' It maj be entirely stopped, called amenorrhea (green sickness, suppression of the menses, &c.), — it may become painful and imperfect (dysmenorrhea)^ — it may be* very free or excessive (menorrhagia)^ like hemorrhage; or it maybe irregular in its recurrence and duration (leucorrhea). But M this monthly discharge is absolutely necessary to health, between these periods of life — its suppression — painfulness — excessive flow, or irregularity, will soon produce v?©neral female debility. Causes. — The female organism is such that what affects ^he general system of the male, much more frequently af- fects the organs peculiar to her system only. No reason can be given for it, except the wisdom of the Creator, or the necessities of her construction. But this debility and irreg- ularity are so interwoven together that what causes one must necessarily affect the other. In the good old grandmother-days, of girls helping with the work of the household ; warm but loose clothing, plain food, good thick-soled shoes, and absence of novels to excite sexual thoughts, &c., such a thing as a feeble, debilitated woman or girl was hardly known, but now sedentary habits, stimulating food, every conceivable un physiological style of dress, paper-soled shoes, checking perspiration, excitable reading, repeated colds by exposure going to and from par- ties thinly clad, standing out talking with supposed friends (real enemies) when they ought to be by the fire or in bed, masturbation, excessive co-habitation, miscarriages, &c., all tend to general debility ; and the real wonder is that there are so few cases. Symptoms. — The very word debility, shows plainly the leading symptom — weakness. She appears pale, especially about the ears, lips, nose, &c., with a bluish circle about the eyes, which appear rather sunken from the fact that the countenance is generally bloated, leading her friends to feel not over-anxious about her, supposing her to be in good health, as she still appears in good flesh ; but if you take hold of it, it will be found soft and flabby ; she feels dull, languid, and drowsy, stomach out of order, nausea, often with fluttering about the heart ; the nervous system some- times becoming so much involved as to bring on fits of de- n^ndencvvleading many to attempt; and occasionally succeed MEDIOAL DEPABTMENT. 211 in taking their own livos. The feet and limhs may become swollen, restless in sleep, often craving unnatural food, as clay, soft stones, tea-grounds, &c.' There may be a dis- charge from, these organs of a glairy or whitish fluid, resem- bling the white of an egg, the disease taking the name, in this complication of Whites^fltwr albus or Leucorrheay &o. ; it is more common among married females, but often occurs before marriage. There may also be a sensation of bearing down, or even falling of the womb (prolapsus uteri) which is much the most common also amongst the married. The bowels usually costive, but often griping pains which cause much suffering. Pains may occasionally be experienced in the head and back ; but instead of being looked upon as unfavorable, they rather show that nature is trying to bring about thte natural 'I'scharge, and needs the assistance of rational remedtc;s. It is not to be suppo&^d that every patient will experience all of these symptoms, at one, or all of the time ; but they commence as pointed out, and if allowed to go on without proper correction, they will increase in severity until they maybe all experienced in a greater or less deg'^^'^. Indications.— The symptoms indicate p«. . : it) the treatment, that is, if there is debility, tonics jquired : paleness shows that the blood has left the surface and must be brought back by heat, friction, &c. The softness of the flesh indicates a more nutritious diet. The dullness and drowsy languidness indicate active exercise. Stomach and heart in- dicate an alterative cathartic. The nerves require soothing and quieting remedies, travel, agreeable company, &c., to draw the mind away from self. The glairy mucous discharge, indicates an inflammation, and calls for washings of the partft by cooling and astringent injections, both as an act of clean- liness, as also of cure. The falling of the womb points out the necessity of a pessary support, until the geuoral treat- ment relieves the difficulty. Costiveness points out laxatives, whilst nature's efforts, shown by pains in the head, back, &c., clearly indicate the whole general remedies above pointed out ; anu Thich shall be a little more particulariwd in the following . Treatmknt. — For the weakness and general debility of th^ patient, let the " Tonic Wine Tincture '^ be freelv taken in oon- y, ?'k mri i , I' t iH h *1 ;| , f< fc H Bi n Mm j'l^l 1 .-.; (, 9112 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. neetion with iron to Btrengthen and invigorate the system ; betb- root, [often called birth-root, Indian-balm, ground-lily, «&c.], the root is the part used, Solomon's seal and coliinibo, spikenard, comfrey, gentian, the roots, with comomile flowers, of each 1 oz. ; with a little white oak bark, may be added to the wine tincture to adapt it to these particular cases, taking a wine-glass, if it can be borne, from 3 to 5 times daily. Domestic wine may be \ised in placo of the Port. The best way to take the iron is to have a foot or two of nail rod heat, then filled up, mixing with it as much ground ginger, rubbing them thoroughly together. Dose — Half of 1 teaspoon 3 times daily, in a little honey or molasses, increasing or lessening the dose to produce a black- ness of the stools ; and continue these preparations for 2 or 3 months ut least, or until well. Using for the paleness, warm bathing once or twice a week with dry hard rubbings of the whole surface, night and morning, which brings' the blood to the surface, relieving the engorged internal organs. Moderate quan- tities of broiled pork, roast beef, mutton, &c., with cold bread and roast or baked potatoes, to overcome the softness of the flesh, and give strength for the necessary exercise which will remove the dullness and drowsy languid feelings. This exercise may be labor about the house, but better to be out of doors, as gardening, romping, swinging, singing and riding, or running when it can be borne, with agreeable company, travel, &c. For the stomaob, heart and costiveness, make the following : 2. Female Laxative Pill. — Aloes, macrotin, and cream of tar- tar, of each 2 drs. ; podophylin, 1 dr. ; make into common sized pills by using oil of peppermint 15 to 20 drops and thick solution of gam mucilage. Dose — One pill at bed-time, and sufficiently often to keep the bowels just in a solvoit condition. If the aloes should not agree with any, they may use the follow- ing :— 3. Female Laxative and Anodyne Pill. — Macrotin and rhubarb, of each ten grs. ; extract of hyoscyamus 10 grs. ; Castile soap 40 ozs. ; scrape the soap and mix well together forming into common sized pills with gum solution. Dose — One pill as the other, or (Sufficiently open to keep the bowels solvent, but not too free. The hyoscyamus tends to quiet the nerves without constipating thdl bowels. To sooth and quiet the nervous system and pains, if very violent, when the courses commence or during their progress, make the following : 4". Pill for Painful Menstruation. — Anodyne. — Extract of Btramoni' m and sulphate of quinine, of each 16 grs. ; macrotin* 6 grs. ; li orphine 1 gr. ; make into eight pills. Dose— One pill, repeating once or twice only, 40 to 60 minutes apart, if the pain does not subside before this time. The advantage of this pill is that costiveness is not increased <*nd pain must subside under its use. *NonL— Maorotin, PodophyliOi ko. , •!« «ept by all Eoleotlo FhyBtciana MEDIOAL DEPABTlkMT. 218 6. Tea— Injectiox: for Leucorrhea. — When the glairy mucus discharge is present, prepare a tea of hemlock, inner bark, and witch hazel (often called spotted alder), leaves and bark, have a female syringe sufficiently large to fill the vagina ; and inject the tea, tvrice daily ; and occasionally, i*" *>ad cases, say twice a week, inject a syringe of the following : 6. Injection for Chronic, Femai^ cJomplaints. — White vitriol and sugar of lead, ^ oz. ; common salt, loaf sugar, and pulverized alum, of each J dr. ; soft water 1 pt. Simmer all over a slow fire for 10 or 15 irmutes ; when cool strain and bottle for use, keeping well corked. Inject as mentioned in the paragraph above, hold- ing the syringe in place for a minute or two at least. This injec- tion is valuable for C — p, with males, as also, for females. 7. In cases of falling of the womb ; not only the cheapest, but the best pessary will be found to be a piece of fine, firm sponge, cut to a proper size to admit, when damp, of being pressed up the vagina to hold the womb to its place. The sponge should have a stout piece of small cord sewed two or three times through its centre, up and down, and left sufficiently long to allow of its bemg taken hold of to remove the sponge, once a day or every other day at farthest, for the purpose ot washing, cleaning, and using the necessary injections ; and this must be done while the patient is lying down to prevent the* womb from again falling or prolap- sing. After having injected some of the " Tea" as above, wet the sponge in the same, and introduce it sufficiently high to hold tht womb to its place. But in the less complicated cases, when the pain in the head, back, loins, &c., indicate that nature is making an eflfort to bring m the courses ; besides the tonic bitters, iron-filings, tepid bath- ing and friction, exercise, &c.; the difficulty being more in the constringed condition of the vessels of these organs, I would say. a few days before the period when the menses should appear, hav« prepared the following : 8. Emenaooqub Tincture. — Alcohol I pt. ; red oxide of h'on I oz. oils of juniper and savin, of each | oz. ; oil of tansy J oz. ; tincture of ergot 3 drs. ; tincture of Spanish flies ^ oz. ; mix all and shake wben taken. Dose — One teaspoon three times daily, to be takei iu mucilage of slippery elm or gum arable, and drink freely of th* mucilage also, through the day. Or the following : 9 Emenagogue Pill.— Precipitated carbonate of iron and gum myrrh, of each 2 drs. ; aloes, and tincture of Spanish flies, of each 1 dr. , and oil of savin J dr. All to be pulverized and made into one hundred pills by uf^mg thick gum solution. Dose. — One pill, from one to 3 times daily, but not to move the bowels unpleasantly. If the patient is troubled, in the least, with piles, the " Tincture" of the preceding recipe will be preferable j v| not, the " Pill " is best. mlr nil m II M' 214 DB. Ofiji^'S RECIPES. One thing is very evident in these cases of debility ; the blood is deficient in iron ; consequently that article should enter largely into any medicine intended for its relief j and in most cases the iron filings and ginger will be iound, con- tinued for two or three months, all the medicine required ; and that must not be omitted nor neglected, in any case whatever. Iron is the main spoke in these female wheels, and very valuable in general debility of males as well as females. For real hemorrhage, which may be known by the coagu- lation (clotting) of the blood, as the meiistrual fluid does not coagulate but is absorbed into the clothes, see " Uterine Hemorrhage," or the "Styptic Balsam," but for profuse or long co'^thued flowing or wasting, use the following : 10. f*3WDER FOR ExcESSFV^B FLOODING. — Gums kiuo and catchu, of each \ dr. ; sugar of lead and alum, of each J dr. 5 pulverize all and thoroughly mix, then divide into 7 to 10 grain powders. Dopv^ — One every 2 to 3 hour<»iintil checked, then less often, merely to control the flow. If any female into whoiw hands this book shall come, will carefully study and use the foregoing remarks and prescrip- tions, and is not an hundred times better pleased with the results than she would have been by calling half the physi- cians of the day, I should be very much disappointed, and I would be sure that the remedies did not have their com- mon effects ; which I feel will not be the case from the great good they have many times already done ; besides, they save the delicacy of exposures, in many instances, and always save the delicacy of conversing with and explaining their various feelings and conditions, to one of the opposite sex. So highly important is this fact, and that the information should become general, every girl over thirteen years cf age ought to be furnished with one of Dr. Chase's books. "f'i ; TANN£RS^SHOE AND HARNESS MAKERS' DEPARTMENT. COLORS. — Best Color for Boot, Shoe, ajjd Harness Edge, AND Ink which cannot Freeze.— Alcohol 1 pt. : tincture of iron 1 J oz. ; extract of logwood 1 oz. ; nutgalls, pulverized, 1 oz. ; soft water, ^ pt. ; mix. Or : 2. Take alcohol, 1 pt.: extract of logwood and tincture of iron, of each 1 oz. ; nutgalls, pulverized, 1 oz. ; and sweet oil ^ oz. ; mix. I have found shoemakers using these colors, each think- ing he had the best color in the world. The sweet oil is believed to prevent the hot iron from sticking, and to make a better polish. The first one makes a very passable ink for winter use, by carrying a quick hand to prevent it from spreading in the paper, from the presence of the alcohol, which, of course, is what prevents it from freezing, and that is the only argu- ment in favor of it as an ink for writing purposes. S. Cheap Color for the Edge. — Soft water 1 gal. j extract ol logwood 1 oz.; and boil them until the extract is dissolved, then remove from the fire and add copperas 2 ozs. ; bi-chromate of pot- ash and gum arable, of each ^ oz. ; all to be pulverized. This makes a cheap and good color for shoe or harness edge, but for cobbling or for new work, upon wl\ich you do not wish to use the *' hot kit," but finish with heel ball, you will find that if, as you pour this out into the bottle to use, you put a table-spoon of lamp-black to each pint of it, it will make a blacker and nicer finish. It makes a good color fox cheap work, but for fine work, nr.th:iig will supersede the first colors given. This also makes a very good ink foi writing purposes, if kept corked to avoid evaporation, which makes it gummy or sticky. See also " Grain Side Blacking." 4. Sizing for Boots and Shoes, in Treeino-out.— Take water 1 qt., and dissolve in it, by heat, isinglass 1 oz., adding mora water to make up for evaporation ; when dissolved, add starch 6 ozs. ; extract of logwood, beeswax, and tallow, of each 2 ozs. ; and continue the heat until all is melted and well mixed. Rub the starch up first, by pouring on suffleient boiling water for thnt puiputM. . :■ 'I mi ■ I '^: -I ill] f ! ; it ..' ■< 218 DB. OHABE'S BEOIFBS. fi mate boots and shoes soft and pliable, applying it when treeing-out, and is especially nice to clean up work which has stood long on the shelves. 6. Water-Proof Oil-Paste Blageino. — Take camphene 1 pt.' and put into it all the India-rubber it will dissolve ; when dis- solved, «dd curriers' oil 1 pt. ; tallow 6 lbs. ; lamp-black 2 ozs. j mix thoroughly by heat. This is a nice thing for old harness or carriage-tops, as well as for boots and shoes. Or you can dissolve the rubber in the oil by setting them in rather a hot place for a day c: two ; and save the expense of camphene, as that is of no use only as a oolvent to the rubber. There are those, however, who do not like to use the rubber^ thlaking it rots the leather ; then use the following : 6. Water-Proop Paste wrrnour RuBBER.~Take tallow 1 lb. ; beeswax | lb. ; castor or neat's foot oil ^ pt. ; and lamp-black ^ oz. ; mix by heat. Or : 7. Neat's-Foot Oil, brought to a proper consistence with a little beeswax and tallow ; colored with lamp-black, will be found proof against snow or watdr. 8. Some, however, may prefer the following manner of preserving their boots and shoes, from a correspondent of the Mechanics^ Gazette ; but ix* they do the boots must be made large, from the fact that the preparation has a ten- dency to shrink the leather He says : — " I have had only three pairs of boots for the last six years (no shoes), and I think I shall not require any more the next six years to come, the reason is, that I treat them in the following man- ner : " I put 1 lb. of tallow and i lb. ^t rosin in a pot on the fire ; whea melted and mixed, I warm the boots and apply the hot stuif with a painter's brush, until neither the sole nor the upper will Boak in any more. If it is desired that the boots Ghould immedi- ately take a polish, dissolve 1 oz. of wax in spirits of turpentine, to which add a teaspoon of lamp-black. A day after the boots have been treated with the tallow and rosin, rub over them this wax in turpentine, but not before the fire. " Thus, the exterior will have a coat of wax alone, and will shine like a mirror. Tallow or any other grease becomes rancid, and rots the stitching as well as the leather, but the rosin gives it that antiseptic quality which preserves the whole. Boots and shoes shouM be made so large as to ad LEATHER-WOBKINJ DEPARTMENT. 217 mit of working cork solea. Cork is so bad a conduotOT of heat, that with it in the boots, the feet are always warm on the coldest stone floor." 9. BcACK Varnish for Edge.— Tuke 98 per cent, alcohol 1 pt : Bhellac 3 ozs. ; rosin 2 ozs. ; pine tnrpentine 1 oz. ; lamp-black^ oz. ; mix, and when the gums are all cut, it is ready to use ; bu* bear in mind that low proof alcohol will not cut gums properly, for any varnish. This applied to a boot or shoe edge, with a brush gives it the shining gloss resembling much of 'he Eastern work, it is also applicable to wood or clo*^ requiring a gloss, •i^r having been painted. 10. Varnish for Harness, the Best in TJsb. — Take 98 per cent, alcohol 1 gal. ; white pine turpentine 1^ lbs. ; gum shellac IJ lbs. ; Venice turpentine 1 gill. Let this stand in a jug in tiie sun or bj a stove until the gums are dissolved, then add sweet oil 1 gill, and l^p-black 2 ozs. ; rub the lamp-black first with a little of the varnish. This varnish is better than the old style, from the fact that its polish is as good, and it does not crack when the harness is twisted or knocked about. If you wish a varnish for fair leather, make it as the »bove, in a clean jug, but use no lamp-black. The pino mrpentine and sweet oil make it pliable, yet not sticky. TANNING, BLACKING, AND FINISHING.— Process for Calf, Bjp, and Harness, in from Six to Thirty Days. — For a 12 lb talf skin, take terra-i'aponica 3 lbs. ; common salt 2 lbs. ; alun. I lb. ; put these into a copper kettle with sufficient water to dis- solve the ^vhole by boiling. The skin, or skins, will first be limed, haired, and treated in every way as for the old process; then it will be pvt into a vessel with sufficient water to cover it, at whicli time you will put in one pint of the composition, stirring it well j adding the saihe amount eiich night and morning for three days, when you will add the whole ; handling two or three times daily all the time tanning ; you can continue to use the tanning liquid by adding half the quantity each time, of new liquor, and by keeping these proportions for any amount, and if you desire to give the leather the appearance of bark color, you will put in one pound of Sicily sumac. Kip skins will require about twenty days, light horse hides for harness, thirty days, to make good leather, while ■m ':At mm i'ifli i: y. 218 BB. chase's BEOIPBS. oalf skins will only require from six to ten days at most. The japonica is put up in largo cakes of about one hundred and fifty pounds, and sells, in common times, at about four cents per pound in New York. Byron Rose, a tanner, of Madison, 0., says that one quart of oil of vitriol to fifty sides of leather, with the japon- ica and alum, as above, leaving out the salt, will very much improve it ; the acid opens the pores, quickening the process without injury to the leather. 2. Canadian Process. — The Canadians make four liquors iQ using the japonica : The FUtST liquor is made by dissolving, for 20 sides of upper'; 15 lbs. of terra japonica in sufficient water to cover the upper being tanned. The second liquor contains the same amount ot japonica and 8 lbs. of saltpetre also. The tuibd contains 20 lbs. of japonica, and 4^ lbs. of alum. The fourth liquor contains only 15 lbs. of japonica, and 1^ lbs. of sulphuric acid ; and the leather remains 4 days in each liquor for upper ; and for sole, the quanti- ty and time are both doubled. They count 50 calf skins in place of twenty sides of upper, but let them lie in each liquor only 3 days. 3. Deer Skins— Tanning and Buffing for Gloves,— For each skin take a bucket of water, and put into it 1 qt. of lime ; let the skin or Ekins lay in from 3 to 4 days ; then rinse in clean water, hair and grain ; then soak them in cold water to get out the glue ; now scour or pound in good soap suds, for half an hour ; after which take white vitriol, alum and salt, 1 table- spoon of each to a skin ; these will be dissolved in sufficient water to cover the skin and remain in it for 24 hours ; wring out as dry as convenient ; and spread on with a brush ^ pt. of curriers' oil, and hang in the sun about 2 days; after which you will BCGur out the oil with soap suds, and hang out again until per- fectly dry ; then pull and work them until they are soft j and if a reasonaole time does not make them soft, scour out m suds again as before, until complete. The oil may be saved by pour- ing or taking it from the top of the suds, if left standing a short time. The buff color is given by spreading yellow ochre evenly •ver the surface of the skin, when finished, rubbing it in well with a brush. The foregoing plsn was panned for a number of years ry ft brother of mine, and I have worn the gloves and know the value of the recipe ; but there are plans of using acid, and if the quantity is not too great there is no reason in the world why it may not be used, the only caution necessary is to see that the strength of acid does not kill the nature of the des abl LEATHEB-WOBEINa DEPABTMENT 219 the leather; in proper quantities it tans only, instead of destroying the fiber. I will give a couple of the most valu- able methods. 4. Tanning with Acid.— After having removed the hahr, Bcour* iQg, soakmg, and poundiDg in the suds, &c., as in the last recipe, in place of the white vitriol, alum, and salt, as there mentioned, take oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid), and water, equal parts of each, and thoroughly wet the flesh-side of the skin with it, by means of a sponge or cloth upon a stick ; then folding up the skin, letting it lie for 20 minutes only, having ready a solution of sal-soda and: water, say 1 lb. to a bucket of water, and soak the skin or skins in that for 2 hours, when you will wash in clean water and apply a little dry salt, letting lie in tLo salt over night, or that length of time ; then remove the flesh with a blunt knife, or, if doing busi- ness on a large scale, by means of the regular beam and flesh- knife ; when dry, or nearly so, soften by pulling and rubbing with the hands, and also with a piece of pumice-stone. This, of course, is the quickest way of tanning, and by only wetting the skins with the acid, and soaking out in 20 minutes, they are not rotted. 5. Another Method. — Oil of vitriol ^ oz. ; salt 1 teacup ; milk sufficient to handsomely cover the skin, not exceeding 2 qts. ; warm the milk, then add the salt and vitriol, stir the sldn in the liquid 40 minutes, keeping it warm ; then dry and work it as directed in No. 4. 6. Tanning Sheep-Skins, Applicable for Mittens, Door-Mats, Eobes, &o. — For mats, take two long-wooled Bkins, make a strong suds, using hot water ; when it is cold wash the skins in it, carefully squeezing them between the hands to get the dirt out of the wool ; then wash the soap out with clean cold water. Now dissolve alum and salt, of each half a pound, with a little hot water, which put into a tub of cold water sufficient to cover the skins, and let them soak in it over night, or twelve hours, then hang over a pole to drain. When they are well drained, spread or stretch carefully on a board to dry. They need not be tacked if you will draw them out, several times, with the hand, while drying. When yet a little damp, have one ounce, each, of saltpetre and alum, pulverized, and sprinkle on the flesh- side of each skin, rubbing in well ; then lay the flesh-sides together, and hang in the shade for two or three days, turn- ing the under skin uppermost every day, until perfectly dry. Then scrape the flesh-side with a blunt knife, to remove any reiiiaining scraps of flesh, trim off projecting points, and rub M ': r '; ."l : 4- 'k ml 220 DB. OHASE'e recipes. the flesh-side with pumice or rotten stone, and with the hand ; they will bo very white and beautiful, suitable for a foot-mat, also nice in a sleigh or waggon of a cold day. They also make good robes, in place of the buffalo if col- ored, and sewed together. And lamb-skins (or sheep-skins, if the wool is trimmed off evenly to about one-half or three- fourths of an inch in length), make most beautiful and warm mittens for ladies and gentlemen. 7. Tanning Fur and Other Skins. — Fifty Dollah Recipe. — First, Remove the leg* and other useless narts, ^and soak the skin soft ; then remove the fleshy substances and soak in warm water for an hour ; now : Take for each skin, borax, saltpetre, and glauber-?alts, of each ^ oz., and dissolve or wet with warm water sufficient to allow it to be gpi»tad on the flesh-side of the skin. Fit it on with a brush, thickest in the centre or thickest part iff the skin, and double the skin together, flesh-side in, keepiug it in a cool place for twenty-four hours, not allow- ing it ko freeze, however. Seocsid, — Wash the skin clean, and then : Take st-l-soda I oz. ; borax J oz. ; refined soap 2 ozs. (Colgate's white soajj is recommended as the best, but our "White Hard Soap" is,ite name quality); melt them slowly together, being careful not to allow them to boil, and appl^ the mixture 1o the flesh-side as it first — roll up again and keep in a warm place for 24 hours. Third,— Wash the skin clean, as above, and have salera- tus two ouuiis, dissolved in hot rain water sufficient to well saturate the likin, then : Take alum 4 ozs. ; salt 8 ozs. ; and dissolve in hot rain water ; when sufficiently cool to allow the handling of it without scalding, pat in the skin for 12 hours ; then wring out the water and bang ap for 12 hours ipore to dry. Repeat this last soaking and drying from 2 to 4 tiraej, according to the desired softness of the skin when finished. Lastly, — FLtish by pulling, working, &c., and finally by rubbing with a piece of pumice-stone and fine sand-paper. This works aianirably on sheep-skins as well as on fur- skins, dog, cat, ov wolf-skins also, making a durable leather well adapted to washing. A man in our ( 3UQty paid Mtf iollars for this recipe, and N LEATHEIl-WORKINO OEPAKTMENT. 221 has made his money out of it many times. It is very yalu- able. 8. TA^.>'INO Deer and Woodchucjk Skins for Whips, Stbinqs, &o. — tTepare tho ekin according to the last recipe, then : Take oil of vitriol 1 oz. ; salt 1 pt. ; milk 3 qts. ; mix. Now dip the skin in warm rain water, having sufficient s.ileratus m it to make it rather strong, or as in the third liciid of last recipe, and work and squeeze it well for a few minutes, then wring dry as convenient and put it into the vitriol mixture for fifty minutes, stirring all the time ; now wring out and P"ak awhile*; and finally dry and work until »30ft. S. GRAiN-sroB Blacking, for Ten Cents a Barrel. — Take a barrel and put into it quite a quantity of old iron, cast or wrought, then fill nearly full of soft water, and add 1 pt. of oil of vitriol ? stir it up well, and in a month or two you have just as good blacking for the grain-side as could be made by using vinegar in phce of water. This makes good blaoking for boot, shoe, or harness edge, also. The aoid used is so trifling that no injury will arise to the leather. Tanners will, of course, first apply the urine before ap- plying the blacking, saving from ten to twenty dollars yearly, in this way, instead of the old plan of using vinegar. 10. French Finish for Leather. — Take a common wooden pail of scraps (the legs and pates of calf-skins are the best), and put a handful each, of salt and pulverized alum amongst them and let them stand three days ; then boil them until you get a thick paste ; in using you will warm it j in the first application, put a little tallow with it, and for the second, a little soft soap, and use it in the. regu- lar way of finishing, and your leather will be ':oft and pliable, like the French calf-skin. I have no doubt that this would mftke a good preparation for shoemakers to use in treeing-out, leaving a soft pliable- ness, not otherwise obtained. 11. French Patent Leather. — The process which has been so successfully adopted by the French artizans in glaz- ing leather, so as to give it the repute for superior qualitf Mid beauty which it now miiversally sustaiM, ia as follows ; < .it II ■i.\^ L»:' -4 J22 DR. OHASE'S recipes. Work into the akin with appropriate tools three or four succes- sive coatings of drying varnish, made by boiling linseed oil, with wlite-lead and litharge, in the proportion of one pound of each ol ihe latter to a gallon of the farmer, and adding a portion of chalk or ochre — each coating being thoroughly dried before tho applica- tion of the next. Ivorj^ black is then substituted for the chalk or ochro, the varnish thinned witl spirits of turpentine, and five additional applications made in the same manner as before, except that it is put on thin and not worked Jn. The leather is rubbcfl down with pumice-stone, in powder, and then plac-*>d in a room al 5)0 degs., out of the way of dust. The last varnish is prepared l*y boiling ^ lb. of asphaltum with 10 lbs. of the drying oil used in the first step of the process, and then stirring in 6 lbs. of copal var- nish and 10 lbs. of turpentine. It must have a month's age before it is fit for use, in order to exhibit its true characteristios. — U, S, Gazette. FAINTEBS* DEFAETMENT. DRYING OILS.— To Prepare for Careiaob, Wagon, and Floob Palvtino.— Take linseed oill gal., and add gum shellac 2 lbs.; litharge i lb. ; red lead J lb. ; umber 1 oz. Boil slowly, 2 or 3 hours, until the gums are dissolved. Grind your paints in this (any color) and reduce with turpentine. Yellow ochre is used for floor painting. This dries quick and wears exceedingly well. 2. Drtino Oil, Equal to the Patent Dryers. — Linseed oil 2 gals., and add litharge, red-lead and umber, ot each 4 ozs., and sugar of lead and sulphate of zinc, of each 2 ozs. Boil until it will scorch a feather. Use this or either ot ■ tie others, in quantity to suit the object of die work being done. 3. Japan Dryer op the Best Quality.— Take linseed oil 1 gal. aud put into it gum shellac f lb. ; litharge and burned Turkey umber, of each J lb. ; red-lead J lb., and sugar of lead 6 ozs. Boil in the oil until all are dissolved, which will require about 4 hours ; remove from the fire, and add spirits of turpentine 1 gal., and it is done. While in Princeton, Ind., after selling one of my books to T. & J. T. Ewing, extensive oarriage manufaoturers of tbnt place, I obtained ibe foregoing recipe. It waa pub- lished in a work printed in Columbus, 0., devoted to the art of painting. From this fact, and also that the gcntle- luon I'rom whom 1 obtained it, had tested it, and were using it, I have not myself tried it, but know, from the nature ol the articles used, that nothing better will bo required. 4. Anothbh.— Another dryer is made by taking linseed un ^ gills., and adding red-lead and litharge, of each 'i^ lbs. ; raw umber 1^ lbs. ; sugar of lead and sulphate of ziuo, of eac^: ^ lb ; pulverize all the articles together, and boil in the oil until dis- solved ; when a little cool, add turpentine, 5 gals., or to imike it of a proper consistence. The gentleman of whom I obtained this recipe paid ten dollars for it. He was using it successfully, and said he used two or three drops of it to a quart of varnish also, and especially when the varnish did not dry readily. OIL-PAINT — To Reduce wrra Water.— Take gum shellac i lb.; sal-soda ^ lb.: water 3 pts.; put all into a suitable kettle and boil, stirring till all is dissolved. If it does not all dissolve, ^'dd a little more sal-soda ; this, when cool, can be bottled for use. If it smells bad when opened it does not hurt it. Directions for Using. — Mix up two quarts of oil paint as usual, except no turpentine is to bo nsed — any color de- sired. Now put one pint of the gum shellac mixture with the oil paint when it becomes ihick, and may be reduced with water to a proper consistence to lay on with a brush. Two coats will be required, and with the second coat, sand may be applied if desired. 1 used this upon a picketrfeace with white lead and yePow ochre for the body and a little lamp-black, to give it a dark shade, putting on sand with the second coat. It is still fi^'-n and good, the work being done nearly four years ago. The sand was applied with •• tub-like box, with many small holes to ahow the even {Spreading of the sand, as with a pepper-box. I do not regrt^fc using this kind of paint, noi the sanding, as it adds much to the durability of any out- door painting. But a better plan of sanding is represented ia the " Painters' Sanding Apparatus " below. 2. Another Method. — Take soft water 1 gal., and dissolve in i^ pearlaah 3 ozs. ; bring to a boil, and slowly add shellac I lb.; wher culd it is ready to be added to oil-paint, in equal proportions. The expense of these ib only one-third of oil-paint ;i i i' :; i •!# I *■& 2^ DB. OHABE S IlE0Ii'B6. Some persons may think it bad pi^Poy to loarn painters to reduce oil-paint with water, but I think every man should bo toKl of the plan, who is ^ohvj^ to have a job oC ^vovk done, and it' he nuikos up his mind to try anythinsj; of tho kind, it is then his own business ; and I am pcrlbctly siiuoro in rcc(Mnincndini» it, for if there was any great faul; in it. four years would show it. 3. Painters' Sanding Apparatus. — It is mado of tin ; llw tube enters upon the nozzlo of a small bellows ; tho saiul is put into tho funnel, which stands perpendicular upon tli(\ apparatus when the broad mouth-piece is held lovol in usinix. Tho funnel dischariijes the sand, j'^st before the noz- zle of the bellows; and by workin«jj the bellows tho sand is blown evenly upon tho ireshly put on paint, through llie mouth-pieco, the escape orifice not being over the sliteonth part of an inch in depth, and may bo mado two and a liall or throe inches wide. Many persons like the plan of sanding generally, after painting, but from tho fact that when it is desired to roiuw the paint, brushes cannot last long upon the sand, I think it only proper to sand fences or fronts, where boys' knivos would be too freely used. PAINT-SKINS- To Save \ni> Rbduck to On. I lb., in rain tvater I gal. Dissolve sul-soi\ TiiG sKins that dry upon tho top of paint, which has wii.!X ; w.'isji tlio root' (hovougljly with tlu» sodsi-wati . juul U»t it rt'iuaiii \mtil it is washed oil' by tho mias. or ulior u iVw hours, aasliing otl'wilh eloaii water, vjnsinjr \\o\\. When dry give it ouo emt of pnro Venetian-rod, 4..ixed with one-third boiled, and two-thirds raw linseed oil; th^ second coat may be any eolor desired. The soda-water dia- sitlves the rosin reniaininu; ai'to ' scraping; destroys tho L!;roa>y nature of the solder, and of the new tin, so that there will be snrtieient " Grip " lor the paint to adhere tirndy. The pure Venetian-red is one of the most durable paints foi uu'tallio-roofs, but is oiten rejeeted on account of its eoloi. The above mode of painting will set aside this diiSSculty. 2. FiUK-PuooK Paint- For Hoofs. Sh\ Shiek stone-liine by puttiaj:^ it into a tub, to be eovorod, to lvot>|> in tho stoam. When shu'Uoil. pass tho powder thro»ij;h u line sieve ; and to oaeh (> qt.M. ot it add 1 ql. ol roek-salt, uiul water 1 gal. ; then boil uud skim clean. To each 5 gals, of this add ptilverized uliini 1 lb. ; pnlver- i/.ed copperas J lb.; atul still sltiwly add powdere«l potiish J lb. ; then line sand or hickory ashes A lbs. Now add any desired color, and apply with a brush — looks better than paint, and is as durable ai^ slate. It stops small leaks in roofs, prevents moss, and makes it incombustible ; and renders brick impervious to wot. — Muini] Farmer. :». W.\TKa- Proof, On.-UrnHKU Paint. nis.«»olve about 6 lbs. ol liulia rubber in I gal. of boiled linseed oil, by boiling. If thiH is too thick, reduce wi*'' boiled oil ; if too thin, use more rubber. Kspecially applicable to cloth, but valuable for any oihcr iiiaterial. F HOSTING Glass. — Tho frosty appearance ?f glass, which wo often see where it i.*^ desired to keep jut the sun, qr "* Mtm's observing oyo," is done by using a paint composec* IS follows : Sugar of lead well gromul in oil. applied as other paini ; *hm pounded, while Iresh. with a wad of butting held bttweeu the Uiuuib and Jlnger. After which it is allowed to partially dry ; then with o straight edge laid upon the sash, yuu run along by die side III 3 1 1. • t"' h P ', ' V i; ■ Hi •|> •i': I W 41 ;ir :»!i ■|| u ). ,( 226 DB. OHASE*S BEOIPES. of it, a stick sharpened to the width of line you wish to ap. pear in the diamonds, figures, or squares, into which you >dhoose to lay it off j most frequently, however, straight lines «re made an inoh or more from the sash, according to the size of light, then the centre of the light made into dia- monds. ORIENTAL — Crystal Painting. — The colors used are Prussian-blue, crimson, white, and yellow-lakes, Ros- scan, white-zinc, and No. 40 carmine. Druggists keep them, in small tubes. They must be mixed with Demar-vamish, rubbing with a table-knife or spatula upon glass. DiPECTIONS FOR MaKINO VARIOUS SHADES, OR COMPOUND COLORS.— Proportioa them about as follows — ^for green 1-5 blue ; 4-5 yellow- purple, 1-6 blue, 6-6 crimson-orange, ^ crimson, f yellow-wine- color, 1-12 blue, 11-12 crimson-pink, add a little crimson to white zinc ; brown, liiix a dark purple and add yellow according to tlie shade desired j black, add crimson to dark green until the shade 8ui»fi you ; to make the compound colors lighter, add the lightest color in it, and make darker by using more of the darkest color in the compound. For backgrounds, white, white zinc, or pink white wiih turpentine and boiled linseed oil and Demar-vamish ; black, iamp-black, with asphaltum-varnish and boiled linseeO oil and tur- pentine in equal quantities ; flesh-color, white zinc with a small portion of crimson and chrome yellow to suit. For sketching out the figures on t' ^ ground-work, use a little lamp-black with asphal- tum-varnish, turpentine, and boiled linseed oil to make it flow freely. Directions for Painting. — Make your glass perfectly alean, and place it ove/ the picture you wish to copy ; then with the sketching preparation, traoe on the glass all the lines connected with the figures of the picture which you are copying, being careful to sketch vines very distinct; when the sketching is done and dry, proceed to lay on the backgrounds inside of the sketched lines until all the sketch- ing is closed j and when the background is dry, proceed to put on the colors, commencing with green, if any in the figure*}, ending with yellow. When the colors are all laid, |>ut the background upon the balanco of the glass; aa^ when all is dry have tin-loil crumpled very mucn in your baud, and then partly straightened out, and lay it over the figure, and keep it in its place by pasting paper over it in each a mann3r that it cannot slip a^ay, letting the paper cover tlie whole back of the glass, or a wood-back can be PAINTEBS' DEPABTMENT. 227 placed behind the glass, and all is complete, and will look well or ill, according to the practice and taste of the painter. 2. Fancy Green. — Unscorched, pulverized coffee, put into the white of an egg will, ia twenty-four hours, produce a very beautiful green ^-^y fancy painting — proof of poison, in unbrowned coffee. SKETCHING PAPES— To Prepare. — Bleached linseed-oil, turpentine and balsam of tir, equal parts of each ; mix. Have a frame of a little less size than the paper to be prepared, and apply paste or thick gum solution to one side and the outer edge of it; wet the paper in clean water and lay it upon the frame and press it down upon the pasted Bide of the frame, and turn the outer part of the paper over the outside of the frame upon the paste there, which holds it firm ; and when it becomes dry it is tight like a drum- bead ; whilst in this condition, with a brush saturate it with the above mixture ; three or four coats will be needed, giv- ing each one time to dry before applying the next. Only sufficient is needed to make it transparent, so that when you wish to sketch a rose, or other flower or leaf, from nature, the paper can be placed upon it like the glass in the '* Ori- ental Painting ;" then trace the lines and finish it up in the same way also, as there described j or that you may see through it in taking perspective views of distant scenery. DOOR PLATES— To Make.— Cut your glass the right size, and make it perfectly clean with alcohol or soap ; then cut a strip of tin-foil suflficiently long and wide for the name, and with apiece of ivory ( r othar burnisher rub it lengthwise to make it smooth ; now wet the glass with the tongue, (as saliva is the best sticking substance), or if the glass is very large, use a weak solu- tion ot gum arabic, or the white of an egg in half a pint of water, and lay on the foil, rubbing it down to the glass with a bit of cloth, then also with the burnisher ; the more it is burnished the better will it look ; now mark the width of the foil which is to be the height of the letter, and put on a straight edge and hold it firmly to the foil, and with a sharp knife cut the foil and take off the superfluous edges ; then either lay out the letters on the back of the foil (so that they shall read correctly on the front), by your own judgment or by means of pattern-letters, which can be purchased for that purpose ; cut with the knife, carefiiUy hold- ing down the pattern or straight edge, whichever you use ; then rub down the edge of all the letters with the back of the knife, 3r edge of the burnisher, which prevents the black paint or lapan which yo'i next put over the back of the plate, from get* ting under the foil } having put a line above and one below the W ii'. A- .s . A'^n f r "^ >♦■•■•.% .«, i; iis DB. OHASE^S BEOt^S. name, or a border around the whole plate or not, as yon^ bargain for the job. The japan is made by dissolving asphaltum in just t'liough turpentine to cut it (see '• Asphaltum Varnish ") ; apply with a brush as other paint over the back of the letters and ovin- the glass, forming a background. This is used on the iron frame of the plate also, putting ii. on when the plate is a little liot, mul as soon as it cools it is dr)^. A little lamp-black may be rubbed Lito it if you desire it anj blacker than it is without it. If* yc: choose, you can remove every other foil letter, after the japan is dry, and paint in its place, red, blue, or other colored letters, to make a greater variety out of which for your customers to choose, as the one they desire you to follow in getting up their pluto. Tin foil being thicker than silver or gold foil, will not show the paint through it in little spots as they do j but if these foils are desired to be used, you can put on two thicknesses by proceeding as follows, which prevents the paint from showing through them : Lay on the first coat of these foils the same as di- rected for the tin-foil nnd smooth it down by rubbing on the front of the glass ; then breathe on it until a dampness is caused ; now put on the second and burnish well, having paper over it ; but instead of the knife to cut around your pattern or straight edge, take a sharp needle, using the point, make lines through the leaf around the pattern letter or straight edge ; then with a bit of Jewelers' wood, or other hard wood, made to a narrow and sharp point, remove all up tiO the lines, both in and around the letters, as these foils have not the substance to peel off as the tin-foil, japan- ning over them the same as the other letters. Paper letters ean be cut out of advertisements and put on by wetting the glass the same as for the foil, japanning over them, niid when dry, removing them and painting the places out o^ ftrhich they came with various colors as desired, as the japair . will not peel, but makes a sharp and distinct edge ; and these painted letters look well, in this way ; and by taking advantage of printed letters, saves *he skill aud time neces- sary to form them. To illustrate : in the name given below, A may be gold- foil ; W will be blue ; C, red ; H, black ; A, gold-foil ; S, blue; E, red; M, black; and again D, gold-foil which any tne can see makes a plate more fthowy than if all were ot •ne foil, or one ooloc PAKTERS' DEPARTMENT. 229 Set your glass in the frame with putty, and put a thin coat of putty over the whole plate, as the plaster of Paris filling which is generally used soon eat: out the japan or paint, and spoils the job. Persons with any ingenuity can very soon make a nice plate if they will pay attention to th«5 above rules, as well as to pay five dollars for instruction?, as a little practice must be had to become perfect, even if you do pay five dollars for an hour or two's telling and showing. Shellac varnish colored with lamp-black is good in place of the Japan See " Varnish — Transparent, for Woo.! • ETCHING AND GRINDING UPON GLASS— For Sions, or Sfdr Liguts. — Take the " Asphaltum Varnish," and with a small pttin.il lay out the name or design, not putting the varnish upon the letters, b\it around it, leaving the space which the letters ol tlie sign are to occupy, free and clear. The varnish is to cover the black surface in the sign or name. When the varnish is dry, hive some melted bees-wax, and as it begins to cool, with a knife tiike Kome of it up and scrape it off upon the edge of the glass, being etched, so as t» form a wall to hold the acid upou the glass while etching ; now lay the glass fiat and pour a little flouric acid on to the name, letter, or design thus prepared, and let it remain on for one hour, not allowing tbfe glass to be touched or moved for that time ; then pour off the acid into your bottle, and it can be used again. The asphalt prevents the acids from eating or etching only the letter, and the wax wall prevents the acid from flowing off and being wasted. When you pour off the acid, wash the glass with a little water, scrape off the wax, and remove the asphalt with a little turpentine, and all is done. The above directions are for piam glass ; but if you desire, you can gild the letter which is etched (eat out,) or you ca^ gild all except the letter, if desired, as described in the recipe kt << Door Plates," or you can grind tho sui/ace of the glass n 1 230 DB. OHASSTVf HECfTPE as described nnder the head of " Glass-grinding for Signs, Shades," &o. This applies equally well to " flashed/' or what is called '* stained glass," worked in the same way as above, putting the design or letters upon the stained side, which eats away the color and leaves the design clean and white ; or you can etch only a part of the way through the stain, which shows up the letter or flower lighter in color than the rest of the glass, which makes it look very beauti- ful for side-lights in halls, lamps, druggists' windows, &c. There are two kinds of colored glass — one is called " Pot- metal," the other " Flashed." The pot-metal glass is made by mixing the stain or coloring with the melted glass, while making, and consequently is alike all the way through. The stained glass is made by applying the color to one side of the glass after it is made, then applying sufficient heal to allow it to take hold of the glass only — the color is all on one side ; this is the kind desired. If it is desired to etch upon druggists' or other jars, it can be done by preparing the name to be put on, with the varnish and wax ; then have a lead box without top or bot- tom ; in shape on the lower edge to fit the shape of the jar, and press this down upon the wax to make it tight ; then pour your acid into the box which keeps it in its place the same as the wax does on a flat surface. Ornaments or flourishes can be put on as well as letters. The old plan was to cover the whole surface with wax, then remove it from the letter, which was very slow and troublesome, and if a bit of wax remained upon the bottle, the acid could noi cut where the wax remained, then to hold the glass over the fumes of the acid, instead of putting the acid upon the glass. 2. Glass-Grinding for Signs, Shades, &o. — Afte you have etched a name or other design upon uncolored glass, and wish to have it show off to a better advantage by permitting the light to pass only through the letters, you can do so by : Take a piece of flat brass sufficiently large not to dip into the letters, but pass over them when gilding upon the surface of the glass ; then with flour of emery, and keeping it wet, you can j^iad the -whole surface very quickly, to look like the ground glass globes often seen upon lamps, except the letter which is eaten below the general surface. PAINTEBS* DEPARTMENT. 231 Whole lights of glass can be ground in this way instead of frosting, or the frosting can be done here in ph' « M ;i 1' ■1: itiy It, !* ;; " 238 DB. OHASE*S BEOIPES. , g, equal it, yet he spoiled the first batch by over-heating, even after Mi*. Church had taken all pains to show him. They (the Messrs. Church) have picks sent to them for temperin, from lUinois and even Wisconsin. BUTCHER KNIVES—Spring-iemper AND Beauti- ful Edge. — In forging out the knife, as you get it near to its proper thickness, be very careful not to heat it too high, and to water-hammer it as for mill-picks ; when about to tem- per, heat only to a cherry-red, and hold it in such a way that you can hold it plumb as you put it in the water, which prevents it from springing — put it *plumb into the water and it will come out straight. Take it from the water to the fire and pass it through the blaze until a little hot ; then rub a aandle over it upon both sides, edc] back to the fire, passing it backward and forward in the blaze, turning it over often to keep the heat even over the whole surface, until the tallow passes off as though it went into the steel ; then take out and rub the candle over it again (on both sides each time) and back to the fire, passing it as before, until it starts into a blaze, with a snap, being careful that the heat is even ©ver the whole length and width of the tool, then rub the tallow over it again and back, for three times, quickly, as it burns off; and lastly rub the tallow over it again and push it into the dust of iae forge, letting it remain until cold. If these directions are followed with dexterity you will have the temper alike from edge to back ; and the edge will be the best you ever saw ; as Davy Crocket used to say, ** It will jump higher, dive deeper," shave more hogs, bend far- ther without breaking, and give better satisfaction than all other knives put together. It works equally well on drawing-knives and other thin tools; and for trap-springs which are to bo set on dry ground ; but if set in water, " pop goes the weasel " the first time the trap is sprung ; but the following is the plan for tempering springs for general trapping : 2. TRAP-SPRINGS— To Temper.— For tempering cast steel trap springs, all that is necessary is to heat them in the dark just that ^ou may see it is red, then cool them in lukewarm water. This is a short recipe, but it makes long-lasting springs. The reason why darkness is required to temper springs is that a lower degree of heat can be seen in the^ight than by daylight ; and the low heat and warm water give the desired temper. BLAOESMITTS' DEPABTMENT. 239 SILVER PLATINGr-FoR Carruob Work.— First, let the parts which are to receive the plate be filed very Bmooth ; then apply over the surface the Liuriate of zinc, which is made by dissolving zinc in muriatic acid ; now hold this part over a dish containing hot soft solder (pewter solder is probably the softest), and with a swab apply the solder to the part, to which it adheres ; brush off ail superfluous solder, so as to leave the surface smooth ; you will DOW take No. 2 fair, silver plate, of the right size to cover the surface of the part prepared with solder, and lay the plate upon it, and rub it down smooth with a cloth which is moistened with oil, then, with a soldering-iron, pass slowly over all the SUV-face of the plate, which melts the solder underneath it, and (;auses the plate to adhere as firmly as the solder does to the iron ; then polish the surface, fini'^hing with buckskin. The soldering-irons must be tined, and also kept very smooth^ an} oz. ; red- sanders \ oz. Set the flask in a warm place, shake frequently for 12 hours or more, then strain off the liquor, rinse the bottle aud return it, corking tightly for use. When this varnish is used, it must be applied to the woik freely and flowing, or, if the work admits of it, it may be dipped into the varnish, and laid on the top of the sto^e to diT, which it will do very quickly ; and they must not be rubbed or brushed while drying ; or the article may be hot when applied. One or more coats may be laid on, as the color is required more or less light or deep. This is applied to lanterns, &c. If any of it should become thick from evaporation, at any time, thin it with alcohol. And by the following modifications, all the various colors are obtained. 2. Rose Color. — Proceed as above, substituting i oz. of finely ground, best lake, in place of the turmeric. 3. Blue.— The blue is made by substituting pulverized Prusbian blue ^ oz. in place of the turmeric. 4. Purple. — ^Add a little of the blue to the fir^t. 6. Green.— Add a little of the rose-color to the first. Here again philosophy gives a variety of shades with only a slight change of materials or combinations. LACQUER FOR BR ASS.— Transparent.— Turmeric root, ground fine, 1 oz. ; best dragon's blood ^ dr. put into alcohol 1 pt. ; place in a moderate heat, shake well for ^veral daya It must be strained through a linen cloth, and t^a bottle, an4 add powdered ^^m fibellao So in a warn t' ti. 244 DB. CHASERS BBOIFES. place for several days, frequently shaken ; then again strained, bottled and corked tight. ) Lacquer is put upon metal for improving its appearance «nd preserving its polish. It is applied with a brush when the metal is warm, otherwise it will not spread evenly. IRON. — To Tin for Solderino or Other Purposes. — Take any •quantity of muriatic acid, and dissolve all iiue zinc in it that it will cut ; then dilute it with one-fourth as much soft water as of aciil, and it is ready for use. This rubbed upon iron, no matter how rusty, cleanses it and leaves some of the zinc upon the surface, so that solder readily adheres to it, or copper as mentioned below for cop- pering iron or steel. 2. Iron, Iron Wire, or Steel, to Copper the Sdrfage. — ^Rain ^ater 3 lbs. ; sulphate of copper 1 lb. Dissolve. Have the articles perfectly clean ; then wash it with this solution, and it immediately exhibits a copper surface. Lettering on polished steel is done in this way ; flower ing or ornamenting can also be done in the same way. i:^07iietimes dilute muriatic acid is used to clean the surface ; t^^ie surface must be clean by filing, rubbing, or suoid ; then »«ileaped by wiping off. COPPER. — To Tin for Stew-Dishes or other Purposes. — Wash ^he surface of the article to be tinned, with sulphuric acid ; and rub the surface well, so as to have it smooth and free of blackness eaused by the acid ; then sprinkle calcined and finely pulverized eal-ammoniac upon the surface, holding it over a fire where it will become suflficiently hot to melt a bar of solder which is to be nibbed over the surface ; if a stew-dish put the solder into it and swab it about when melted. You will wipe off any surplus solder, and also for the purpose of smoothing the surface, by means of a tow or cot- ton swab, tied or tacked to a rod. In this way any dish or' copper article may be nicely tinned. BOX-METAL. — To Make for Machinery. — Copper 4 parts ; lead 1 part — zinc is sometimes substituted for the lead — either makes a durable box for journals. Printers' worn out type in place of the lead, makes an improvement. SOLDERS — For Brazino.— Copper 3 parts ; zinc 2 parts, or sheet brass 3 parts ; zinc one part. 2. Solder for Lead. — Take tin 1 part ; lead 2 parts. 8. SoLDKB fob Tm. — ^Lead 10 parts ; tin 7 parts. tinners' DEPARTMBWr. 245 4. Solder for Britannia.— Bismuth ^ of one part ; tin 1 part ; lead 1 part BRITANNIA— To Use Old instead of Block Tin, in Solder.— Take old Britannia and melt it ; and while hot sprinkle sulphui over it and stir for a short time. This burns out the other articles in it, and leaves the block tin, which may now be use*! for making solder aa good as new tin. TIN— To Pearl OR Chrtstalize.— ^Sulphuric acid 4 ozs. ; soft water 2 to 3 ozs., according to strength of acid ; salt 1 oz. ; mix. Heat the tin quite hot over a stove or heater ; then with a sponge wet with the mixture, washing off directly with clean water* Dry the tin ; then varnish It with Demar- varnish. This brings out the chrystaline nature of the tin. Used in making water-coolers, spittoons, &o. 2. TiNNiNO Flux — Improved. — It has been customary for tinners to use the muriate of zinc only ; but if you take 1 lb. of muriatio acid, and put in all the zinc it will cut ; then put in 1 oz. of sal- ammoniac, you will have no more trouble with old dirty or greasy seams. Sometimes I think it is still improved by adding to it an equal amount of soft water. 3. Liquid Glue for Labelling upon Tin. — Boiling water one quart ; borax, pulverized, two ounces ; put in the borax; then add gum shellac four ounces, and boil until dissolved. Iiabels put upon tin with common glue or common paste will not stick long. But this preparation obviates the diffi- culty entirely. '"■''.■- SCOURING LIQUID— For Brass, Door-Knobs, &o.— Oil of sritriol 1 oz. ; sweet oil 1-2 gill ; pulverized rotten stone 1 gill ; rain water 1 1-2 pts..; mix all, and shake as used. Apply with a rag, and polish with buckskin or old wool- len. This makes as good a preparation as can be purchased, and for less than half the money. It does not give a coat- ing, but is simply a scourer and polisher. The following gives it a silver coating : SILVERING POWDER— For Copper or Worn Plated Goods.— Nitrate of silver and common salt, of each 30 grs. ; cream of tartar 3J drs., pulverized finely, mix thoroughly and bottle for use. M rll '^i-f !H ■■ V t 246 DB. OHABE'6 BEOIPEB. When desired to re-silver a worn spoon or other article, first clean them witL the " Scouring Liquid;" then moisten a little of the powder and rub it on thoroughly with a piece of buck-skin. For Jewelry, see *' Jewelry Department." OIL CANS. — Size op Sheet, for from 1 to 100 Gallons.— For 1 gallon, 7 by 20 inches. 3A " 10 by 28 6 . " 12 by 40 6 " 14 by 40 10 " 20 by 42 16 ■ " 30 by 42 This includes all the laps, seams, &o., which will be found sufficiently correct for all practical purposes. « « « « « 25 gallons, 30 by 66 inches. 40 " 36 by 63 «' 50 " 40 by 70 " 75 " 40 by 84 '* 100 " 40 by 98 " GUlirSMITHING DEPARTMENT. GUN-BARRELS— Browning Process.— Spirits of nitre 1 lb. ; alcohol 1 lb. ; corrosive sublimate 1 oz. ; mix in a bottle and keep corked for use. DiREOTipNS. — Plug both ends of the barrel, and let the plug stick out three or four inches, to handle by, and also to prevent the fluid from entering the barrel, causing it to rust; polish the barrel perfectly; then rub it well with quick-lime by meana of a cloth, which removes oil or grease ; now apply the browning fluid with a clean white cloth, apply one coat and set in a warm, dark place, until a red rust is formed over the whole surface, which will re- quire, in warm weather, from ten to twelve hours, and in cold weather, from fifteen to twenty hours, or until the rust becomes red ; then card it down with a gun-maker's card and rub off with a clean cloth ; repeat the process until the color suits, as each coat gives a darker shade. 2. Quicker and less liABORiotrs Prooess. — While in Evansville, Ind„ I sold one of my hookn to C. Keller, a man who carries on gunsmithing, extensively. Ho gave me the following, which he was using, and says it makes a dark brown, wi^ but little labor compared with the first. Soft water 1 qt., and dissolve it in blue vitriol 2 oza. ; corrMuve 0UNSMITH8' DEPABTMBMT. 247 Bublimate 1 oz. ; and add 1 oz. of spirits of nitre. Haye the bar- rel bright and put on one coat of the mixture : and in one hour after, put on another, and let the barrel stand l2 hours ; then oil it and rub it with a cloth, of course having the ends of the barrel tightly plugged, as in the first place. Bat Mr. Sutherland, the gunsmith of this city, says the bro\7n from this recipe will soon ruh off; none being per- manent unless carded down properly, as directed with the first recipe, that mixture being also superior. Browning for twisted Uarrels. — Take spirits of nitre | oz. ; tincture of steel f oz. (if the tincture of steel cannot be obtained, the unmedicated tincture of iron may b^ used, but it is not so good) ; black brimstone \ oz. ; blue vitriol ^ oz. ; corrosive subli- mate 4 oz. ; nitric acid 1 dr., or 60 drops ; copperas | oz. ; mix with 1^ pts. of rain waler, keep corked, also, as the other, and tlie process of applying is also the same. You will understand this is not to make an imitation of twist barrels, but to be used upon the real twist barrels, which brings out the twist so as to show ; but if you use the first upon the real twist barrels, it will make the whole surface brown like the common barrel. CASE-HARDENING— For Lock-work.— Take old boots and shoes and lay them on a fire, and burn them until charred ; now put them into a clean kettle and pulverize them coarsely, while hot ; be careful not to get any wood coals mixed with them. Directions. — Take the pulverized leather and place in a sheet-iron box, placing the articles to be hardened in the centre of the box, or amongst the pulverized leather, and cover with a sheet iron cover ; or make the box so as to shut up ; now blow up ?» fire of veri/ dry charcoal ; the coarser the charcoal the better j then open the fire and place the closed box in the centre, cover it up and let stand from forty to sixty minutes, not blowing ; but if the coals burn off and leave the box exposed, you will put no more ; at the expiration of the time, take the box and pour its contents into clean, moderately cool or cold water — never use warm water ; these articles will now be found very hard, ^M will easily break ; so you will draw the temper to suit. BROKEN SAWS— To Mend PBRM^MENTLr.-Pure siirer 19 parts ; pure copper one part ; pure braijs two parts ; all are to be filed into powder and intimately mixed. If the saw is not re- cently broken, apply the tinning preparation of the next recipe. '|! f i<'t it ■i it ■■ i y l;i 'V I iif 248 DB. OBASB'S BBOIPES. Place the saw level upon the anvil, the broken edges in close contact, and hold them so ; now put a small line of the mixture along the seam, covering it with a larger bulk of powdered charcoal ; now with a spirit lamp and a jewel- ers' blow-pipe, hold the coal-dust in place, and blow sufficicrt to melt the solder mixture ; then with a hammer set the joint smooth, if not already so, and file away any superfluoua solder ; and you will be surprised at its strength. The heat upon a saw does not injure its temper as it does other tools, from the fact that the temper is rolled in, in place of by heat and water. TINNING — Superior to the Old Process.— Take first, the same as the old way ; that is, muriatic acid 1 pt., and as much pure block or sheet zinc as it will eat, in an open dish, a bowel, or something of that character, as much heat is set free, and bottles are often broken by it ; now take sal-ammoniac 4 ozs., pulverize it and add to the other, and boil ten minutes in a copper kettle- bear in mind, only copper is to be used to boil in. You will find this will cause the solder to flow right along without difficulty. Keep corked tight when not in use. VARNISH AND POLISH FOR STOCKS— German.— Gum shci- lac 10 ozs. ; gum sandarach 1 oz. : Venice turpentine 1 drachm ; alcohol, 95 to 98 proof, 1 gal. ; snake the jug occasienally for c day or two, and it is ready for use. After using a few coats of this, you can have a Ckrman polish, by simply leaving out 8 ozs. of the shellac ; and a coat or two of the polish makes an improvement on the varnish, and does not require the rubbing, that it would if the full amount of shellac was used, in the last coat or two. It is recommended also to put upon cuts, sores, &c., burns excepted. JEWELERS* DEPARTMENT GALVANIZING— WrrnoDT a Battery.— Dissolve cyanuret of potassium 1 oz., in pure rain or snow water 1 pint, to which add a 1 dr. bottle of the chloride of gold, and it is ready to use Scour the article to be plated, from all dirt and grease, with whiting, chalk, or rotten stone, pulverised, and put in alcohol, JEWELERS* DEPARTMENT. 249 asing a good brush—or the " Polishing Compound " No. 3 ; if there are cracks it may be necessary to put the article in a solu- tion of caustic potash — at all events, every particle of grease and dirt must be removed ; then suspend the article to be plated in the cyanuret of gold solution, wj.th a small strip of zinc cut about the width of a common knitting needle, hooking the top over a stick which will reach across the top of the jar holding the solu- tion. Every five to ten minutes, the article should be take« out and brushed over with the scouring preparation ; or oik smootli surfaces it may be rinsed off, and wiped with a pieoo of cotton cloth, and return until the coating is sufficiently heavy to suit. "' When the plating fluid is not in use, bottle it, keeping ii corked, and it is always ready for use. bearing in mind that it is as poisonous as arsenic, and must oe put high out of the way of children, and labeled — Poison j although you will have no fears in using it; yet accidents might arise if its nature were not known. The zinc strip, as far as it reaches into the fluid, will need to be rubbed occasionally, until it is bright. M' 2. Galvanizing with a Shilling Battery.— I have found some persons who thought it much better to use a simple battery, made by taking a piece of copper rod about three-eighths of an inch in thickness, and about eighteen or twenty inches long, and bend it as directed below : The rod should be about 4 or 5 inches in the circle or bend then run parallel, having 6 strips of sheet zinc, an inc ti wide, and 6 to 8 inches long, bent in their centre around the copper, with a rivet through them, close to the rod, as shown above ; these strips of zinc are to be placed into tumblers, the rod resting on top of the tumblers, which are to be nearly filled with rain water ; theD pouf into each tumbler a little oil of vitriol, until you see that ii begins to work a little on the zinc 20U DB. OHASB^S BEOIPES The article to bo plated is to' be suspended upon the strip of zinc fastened upon the long end of the rod, which is to be placed as before spoken of, in a jar containing the gold solution, instead of having it upon the stick spoken of when plating without the battery. And all the operations are the same as before described. JEWELRY — Cleaning and Polishino Compound.— A qua ftiuuio- nla 1 oz. ; prepared chalk | oz. ; mix and keep corked. To use for rings or other smooth-surfaced jewelry, wet n bit of cloth with the compound, after haying shaken it, nnd rub the article thoroughly ; then polish by rubbing with a silk handkerchief or piece of soft buckskin. For articles which are rough-surfaced use a suitable brush. It is appli- cable for gold, silver, brass, Britannia-plated goods, &c. FABEIERS' DEPARTMENT COLIC — Cure for Horbes or Persons.— Spirits of turpentine 3 ozs. ; laudanum 1 oz. ; mix, and give all for a dose, by putting it into a bottle with half a pint of warm water, which prevents injury to the throat. If relief is not obtained in one hour, repeat the dose, adding half an ounce of the best powdered aloes, well dissolved together^ and have no uneasiness about the result. Sthftoms. — ^The horse often lies down, suddenly rising again, with a spring ; strikes his belly with his hind feet, stamps with his fore feet, and refuses every kind of food, &c. I suppose there ia no medicine in use, for colic, either in man or horse, equal to this mixture. For persons, a dose would be from 1 to 2 teaspoons ; children or weak persons, less, according to the urgency of the symptoms ; to be taken in warm water or warm tea. I have been familial with it for about 5 years, and know that it has been successful in Biany cases, all where it has been need. Many think it the best eolic remedy in the world. 8. Another. — Imaaannm f oz. ; sulphuric ether 1 oz. Mix, and for a horse give all at a dose, in warm water as above. Dose for a person, as the first. A Mr. Thorpe, of whom I obtained this recipe, tells me he has cured colio in horses, in every case, with the firs^ FABBIEBS' DEPABTICBNT. 251 dose, except one, and in tLat uatM oy repeating the uose thirty minutes after the first. There is no question but what it is good, and soif e would prefer it to the turpentine. I know it is valuable. BOTS — Sure Rbmedt. — When a horse is attacked with bets it may be known bv the oooasional nipping at their own sides, and by red pimples or projections on the inner sur- face of the upper lip, whioh may be seen plainly by turning up the lip. First, then, take new milk 2 qts. ; molasses 1 qt. ; and give the horse the whole amount. Second, 15 minutes afterwards, give verv warm sage tea 2 qts. Listlt, 30 minutes after the tea, ]^ou will give of curriers' oil 3 pts. (or enough to operate as physic.) Lard has been used when the oil could not be obtained, with the same success. The cure will be complete, as the milk and molasses oduse the hots to let go their hold, ihe tea puckers them up, and the oil carries them entirely away. If you have any duubt, one trial will satisfy you perfectly, In places wLcre the curriers' oil cannot be obtained, substitute the lurd, adding three or four ounces of salt with it; if no lard, dissolve a double handful of salt in warm water three pints, and give all. RING-BONE AND SPAVINS— To Cure.— Egyptiacum and wine vinegar, of each 2 ozs.; water of pure ammonia, spirits of turpen- tine and oil of origanum,"of each 1 oz.; euphorbium and canthar- ides, of each ^ oz. ; glass made fine and sifted through gauze 1 dr. ; put them in a bottle, and when used let them be well shaken. This is to be rubbed upon the bone enlargement with the hand or spatula, for half an hour each morning, for six or seven mornings m succession. Let the horse be so tied that he cannot get his mouth to the place for 3 or 4 hours, otherwise he will blister his mouth and blemish the part. Then let him run until the scab comes off of itself without scraping, which injures the roots of the hair. Then repeat as before, and follow up for 3 or 4 times blis- tering, and all bone enlargements will be re-absorbed, if not ol more than a year or two's standing. It is also good for callous sinews, and strains of long standing, spavins, big-head, &c., but if there are ring-bones or spavins of so long standing that this does not cause their cure, you will proceed as follows : 2. Add to the above compound, corrosive sublimate in powder i oz., oil of vitriol J oz.; and common salt J oz.: when it is again ready for use, always shaMng well as you use either preparatioD. 'r.i i H •f:fi! It 252 DB. OHASE*S BEOIPES. Now clip the hair and prick the bone or callons part as full of holes as you can with a pegging-awl, which is just long enough to break through the callous part only. Or a better way to break up this bony substance is to have a han- dle like a pegging-awl handie, with three or four awls in it, then tap it in with a stick and give it a wrench at the same time, which does the hurting part with more speed. Thia done, bathe the part with vinegar, until the blood stops flowing ; then apply the double compound as at first, for four or five mornings only, repeating again if necessary ; and ainety-nine out of every hundred ring-bones or epavins will be cured j and most of them with only t)*" ^rst preparatioa. The Egytiacum is made as follows : 3. Take verdigriB and alum in powder, of each 1| ozs. ; Mue vitriol, powdered, J oz. ; corrosive sublimate, in powder, 4 oz. ; vinegar 2 1-2 ozs.; noney 1-2 lb. ; boil over a slow fire until of a proper consistence. When used it must be stirred up well, as a sedimbui will deposit of some of the articles. ^ If the hair does not come out again after using the last blister, use the ^' Good Samaritan Liniment " freely, on the part, but the first will never disturb the growth of hair. It is bejt always to commence this kind of treatment early in the season, so as' to effect a cure before cold weather comes on. 4. O. B. Bangs' Cure for Bma-BoNB and Spavin.— -Take o cantharides pulveriised, British oil, oil of origanum, and amber, and of spirits of turpentine, of each 1 oz.; olive oil 1-2 oz.; oil of vitriol 3 drs.; put all, except the vitriol, into alcohol, stir the mixture, then slowly add the vitriol and continue to stir until the mixture is complete, which is known by its ceasing to smoke. Bottle for use. DmEOTioNS. — Tie a piece of sponge upon a stick and rub the preparation by this means, upoiv the spavin or ring-bone as long as it is absorbed into the parts ; twenty-four hours after, grease well with lard ; and in twenty-four hours more, wash off well with soap-suds. Mr. Bangs lives at Napoleon, Micb., and has sold books for me nearly two years. He Bays one application will generally be su^cient for spavins, but may need two ; ring-bones always require two or three applications, three or four days apart, which prevents the \im of hair \ if not put on oftener than once in three or VABBIEBS' DEPABTMENT. 253 four days, the hair not coming out at all. Said to cure wind-galls, splints^ &c. He obtained five dollars for curing a neighbor's horse of ring-bone with this preparation ; stop- ping all lameness, but not removing the lump. 5. In very bad cases of long standing, he thinks it pre- ferable to first apply the following: Take alcohol 1 pt. ; sal-ammoniac, uorrusive sublimate, and oi! of spike, of each I oz ; mix. Apply by washing off and using lard afterwards, as above directed, washing also forty-eight hours after ; and when dry apply the first liniment once or twice, according to directions. The object of this last is to open the pores of the skin and soften the lump. C. RiNG-BoNE Remedy, — Pulverized cantharides, oils of spike, origanum, amber, cedar, Barbadoes tar, and British oil, of each 2 ozs. ; oil of wormwood 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine 4 ozs. ; common potash ^ oz. ; nitric acid 6 ozs. ; and oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid) 4 ozs. j lard 3 lbs. DittEOTiONS. — Melt the lard and slowly add the acids, stir well and add the others, stirring until cold. Clip ofi the hair and apply by rubbing and heating in ; in about three days, or when it is done running, wash oflf with suds and apply again. In old cases it may take three or four weeks, but in recent cases two or three applications have cured. It has cured long standing cases. 7. Rawson's Rmo-BoNE and Spavin Cure. — Venice turpentine and Spanish flies, of each 2 ozs. ; euphorbium and aqna ammonia, of each 1 oz. ; red precipitate 1-2 oz. ; corrosive sublimate | oz. ; lard 1 1-2 lbs. Pulverize all and put into thB lard ; simmer slowly over coals, not scorch or bum, and pour oflf free of sedi- ment Directions. — For ring-bones, cut off the hair and ?ub the ointment, well into the lumps once in forty-eight hours. For spavins, once in twenty-four hours for three mornings, has perfectly cured them. Wash well each application, with Bads, rubbing over the place with a smooth stick to squeeze out. a thick yellow matter. Mr. Rawson, of Rawsonville, Mich., has cured some ex- ceedingly bad cases of ring-bones, one as thick as u man's arm; and spavins as unpromising in size. K properly cooked it will foam like boiling sugar. I 'I D: ■'PI I i'i IfM f M •I f i(* UJt DB. OHASE'B BEOIFES. 8. Indian Method. — ^Bind a toad upon it 'or two, 1! one doei^ not cover it, and keep it on from 8 to 10 da^ . An Indian cured a horse in this W8 , ne»r St. Louis, for which he coveted, and received a rifl«» he cure proved permanent. 9. Bone-Spavins— French Past*— $300 Rech'B.— Corrosive sub- limate, quicksilver, and iodine, of earh 1 oz. ; witli lard only suf- ficient io form a paste. Di&ECTiONS. — Rub the quicksilver and iodine together, then adding the sublimate and finally the lard, rubbing thoroT]ighly. Shsk^e off the hair the size of the bone enlargement; then grease all around it, but where the hair is shaved off; this prevents the action of the medicine, only upon the spavia ; now rub in as much of the paste as will lie on a three cent piece only, each morning for four mornings only ; in from seven to eight days the whole spavin will come out ; then wash cut the wound with suds, soaking well, for an hour or two, which removes the poisonous effects of the medicines and facilitates the healing, which will be done by any of the healing salves ; but I would prefer the green ointment to any other in this case. Mr. Andrews, late of Detroit, who, during his life, knew a good horse, and also desired to know how to take good core of them, did not hesitate to pay three hundred dollars for this recipe after seeing what it would do; he removed a spavin from a mare's leg with it, and she afterwards won him more than the expense. 10. Bone-spavins. — Norwegian Cure.-^S. B. Mar- shall, the Champion Horse-Shoer and Farrier, of TVhite Pigeon, Mich., obtained this plan of an old Norwegian Far- rier, and also his plan of curing poll-evil, which see, and assures me that he had been very successful with them. I obtained them of him for the purpose of publication, and sincerely think I can reocommend them to all who need them: Take dog's grease 1-2 pt. ; best oil of origanum 1 1-2 ozs. ; pul- verized cantharides 1-2 oz. Mix and apply each morning, for three mornings ; heating it in with a hot iron each time ; then skip 3 mornings, and apply again, as before, until it has been applied 9 times ; after which wait about ten days, and if it is not all gone, Ro over afcain in the same way. |*ABBIEBS' DEPABTMENT. 255 He says it does not remote the hair, but that it cures the largest and worst cases. He gives a test for good oil of origanum, saying that much of it is reduced with turpen- tine ; and if so reduced, that it will 3preail on the skin, like turpentine; but if good, that it does not spread on the skin, but stands, like other oil, where a drop is put on. I am not certain about the genuineness of this tesr. ; yet I find quite a diflference in the spreading of the oils ; for that which is known to contain turpentine spreads fast and freely ; whilst that which is believed to be pure, spreads very slowly, yet does finally spread. The pure is of a dark wine color, whilst the poor is of a lighter shade, and some- what cloudy^ 11. SpAvm LmiMENT. — Oils of spike, origanum, cedar, British and spirits of turpentine, of each 1 oz. ; Spaiusih-flies, pulverized, ^oz. Apply once in six to nine days only-«^^move the lump of spavins, splints, curbs, &c., if of recent occurrence ; and the man of whom I obtained it, says he has scattered poll- evils before breaking out, with cedar oil, alone. 12. Another. — Alcohol and spirits of turpentine, of each ^ pt. j gum camphor, laudanum, and oil of cedar, of each 1 oz. j oils of hemlock and rhodium, and balsam of fir, of each ^ oz. ; iodine 1 dr. ; mix. Apply night and morning, first washing clean and rub- bing dry with a sponge ; then rub the liniment into the spavin with the hand. It causes a gummy substance to ooze out, without injury to the hair — ^has cured ring-bones, also removing the lumps in recent cases. It cured the lameness in a case of three years standing. 13. Splint and Spavin Liniment. — Take a large mouthed bottle and put into it oil of origanum 6 ozs. ; gum camphor 2 ozs. ; mer- curial ointment 2 ozs. ; iodine ointment 1 oz. ; melt bj putting the bottle into a kettle of hot water. Apply it to bone-spavins or splints twice daily, for four or five days. The lameness will trouble you no more. I kavo had men cure their horses with this liniment and re- mark that this recipe alone was worth more than tne price of the book. 14. Boq-Spavin and Wind-Gall Ointment, also good for Curbs, Splints, Rino-Bonss, and Bonb Spavin.— Take -pulver- ised cantharides 1 ot ; marMurial ointment 2 ozs. ; tinoture of 256 DB. chase's BEOIPES. iodine I| oz. : spirits of torpeQtine 2 ozs. ; corrosive sublimate 11 drs. ; lard 1 Id. Mix well, and when desired to apply, first cut off the hair, wash well and anoint, rubbing it in with the hand or glove if preferred. Two days after, grease the part with lard, and in two days more, wash off and apply the oint- ment again. Repeat the process every week, as long as necessary. SWEENY.— LmniBNT.— Alcohol and spirits of turpentine, of each 8 ozs. ; camphor gum, pulverized cantharides, and capsicum, nf each 1 oz. ; oil of spike 3 ozs. Mix. Perhaps the best plan is to tincture the capsicum first, and use the tincture instead of the powder, by which means jrou are free of sediment ; bathe this liniment in with a hot iron. The first case has yet to be found where it has not oared this disease when faithfully followed. 2. Another.— Sal-ammoniac 2 ozs. ; corrosive sublimate I oz ; alcohol I qt. ; water 1 qt., pulverize and mix. This last recipe cured many cases of sweeny, t nd also kid- ney complaints, known by a weakness in the ba(j^*;, of horsesi or cattle. Bathe the loins with it ; and give <\\q to two table-spoons at a dose, daily. POLL-EVIL AND FISTULA— PosrriVB Cure.— Common pot- ash \ oz. ; extract of belladona ^ dr. ; gum arable ^ oz. Dissolve the gum in as little water as practicable ; then havmg pulverized the potash, unless it is moist, mix the gum water witii it, and it wiW soon dissolve ; then mix in the extract and it is ready to use : and it can be used without the belladona, but it is more painful without it, and does not have quite as good an effect. Directions. — The best plan to get this into the pipes is by means of a small syringe, after having cleansed the sore with soap-suds ; repeat once in two days, until all the cal-; iovLB pipes and hard fibrous base around the poll-evil or fis- tula, is completely destroyed. Mr. Curtis, a merchant of Wheaton, 111., cured a poll-evil with this preparation, by only a single application, as the mare estrayed and was not foand for two months — then completely sound j but it will generally require two or three applications. This will destroy corns and warts, by putting a little of it upon the wart or corn, letting it remain from five to ten minutes, then wash off and apply oil or vinegar, not sqnecz^ ing them out, b'lt letting nature r^uoye them. f ABBIBBS VEPiXaSESS. 267 2. FoTAfiH, TO Make. — ^If yoa cannot buy the potash, called for in the last recipe, you can make it by leaching best wood ashes and boiling down the ley to what is called black salts, and con- tinuing the heat in a thick kettle until they are melted ; the bo drab or stone color, by adding burned umber. In applying it for scratches, firb^ wash, them clean with soap and water, then apply. Some persons prefer lamp-oil. If that is used, you will mix both together until the oil as- sumes a light straw color. When the horse comes in at night his legs should be washed perfectly clean and rubbed perfectly dry. Then apply the mixture, rubbing it well to the skin. Two or three applications are sufficient to effect a perfect cure, no matter how bad the case may be. — Corres- pondence of the Cowntry Gentleman. To give confidence in this, I would ^y that a lady, at Lafayette, Ind., told me she cured herself of salt-rheuro with white-lead and sweet oil only. 2. Another.— Alcohol and extract of lead, of each, 2 ozs. ; soA water 4 ozs. ; spirits of sal-ammoniac 1 oz. ; white copperas \ oz. Mix all, and shake as used. "Knowlson*s Complete Farrier" sjjeaks very highly of 5ns last preparaikm, wbiec ^u be tried, Bhouid the first above ftdl. 3. Sores prom Ghafino op the Bits.— Chloroform and sulphuric ether, equal parts of each. Keep closely corked. Sponge off the mouth with water every time the bits ar» ^ r.. /- i \ m 111; ^ i| m DB. OHASES' BE0IFB8. Aken out; then wot woU with the mixture. Itwia also )e found valuable to remove soreness from any cause, on nnxi or horse. 4. iVNOTUER.— White ashes and spirits of turpentine, of each 1 1-2 table-spoons ; blacic pepper, ground, 1 table-spoon ; lard to make 1 pt. of all, mix well and anoint. HEAVES. — Great Belief. — Heaves, the common name for any difficulty in the breathing of a horse, is sus- ceptible of great alleviation by attention to the character and quantity of food to be eaten by the animal, as every one knows. If a horse suffering from this disease, is aUowed to distend his stomach at his pleasure, with dry food entirely, and then to drink cold water, as much as he can hold, be is nearly worthless. But if his food be moistened, and he be allowed to drink a moderate quantity '^nly at a time, the disease is much less troublesome. A still further alleviation may be obtaincu from the use of bal- sam of fir and balsam of copabia, 4 ozs. each ; and mix with calcined magnesia sufficiently thick to make it into balls ; give a middling sized ball night and morning, for a week or ten daya. This gives good satisfaction, and is extensively sold by Eberbach & Co., druggists, of this city. 2. Another. — An old Farrier assures me that lobelia one teaspoon, once a day, in his feed, for a week, and then once a week ; that you can hardly tell whether the horst ever had the hea\> j or not. 3. Another. — H. Sisson, another Farrier, gives me a cure which somewhat resembles the ball first given under this head, and thus each one supports the other. * He takes calcined magnesia, balsam of fir, and balsam of copabia, of each 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine 2 ozs. ; and puts them All into one pint of cider vinegar, and gives for a dose 1 table ipoon in his feed, once a day for a week ; then every other day foi two or three months. The horse will cough more at first, but looser and looser until cured. Wet Im hay with brine, and also wet his feed. 4. Another.— Mr. Bangs highly ''recommends the following : Lobelia, wild turnip, elecampane, and skunk cabbage, equal parts of each. Make into balls of conunon size, and give one for a dose, or make a tincture, by putting four ounces of the mixture into 2 qts. of spirits ; and after a week put 2 table-spoons into their feed, once a day for a month or two. FABBIEB8* DEFABTMXMT. 265 the 5. Another. — Oyster shells 1 peck ; burn into lime an^ pnl- verize ; mix a single handful of it with 1 gill of alcohol, then mix it with the oats each morning until all is given. This, for bellows heaves, has done vf^ry much good. Horse radish grated and put in with the feed has benefitted. Cabbage, as common feed, is good to relieve, or any juicy food, like pumpkins, &o., &o., will be found to relieve very much. Farmers who have their horses always at home can keep them comfortable with some of the foregoing direc- tions ; but broken-winded horses might as well be knocked iu the head as to attempt to travel with them, expecting any satisfaction to horse or driver. 6. Another. — A correspondent of the Country Genth man says that ** heaves may be greatly alleviated by feeding raw fat pork. '^ Commence with a piece of pork, say a cubic inch, chopped very fine, and mixed with the wetted grain or cut feed, twice a day, for two oi^ three days. Then from day to day increuie the quantity and cut less fine, until there is given with each feed such a «lice as uBually by a farmer's wife is cut for frying — neatly as large as your hand, cut into fifteen or twenty pieces. " Continue this for two weeks, and the horse is capable of any ordinary work without distress, and without showing the heaves. I have experience and observation for the past ten years as proof of the above." — [J"., of BurUngtoUj Vt. . )ISTEMPER—To Distinguish and Cure.— If it is thought that a horse has the distemper, and you do not feel certain, wet up bran with rather strong weak ley — if not too strong they will eat it greedily ; if they have the distemper a free discharge from the nostrils and a conse- quent cure will be the result, if continued a few days ; but if only a cold, with swellings of the glands, no change will he discovered. SHOEING HORSES—FoR. Winter Travel.— N. P. Willis, of the Home Jov/mal, in one of his recent Idlewild letters says : "Tou have discovered, of conrse, that you cannot have unio terrupted winter riding with a horse shod in the ordinary way The sharp points of the frozen mud will wound the frog of the foot ; and with snow on the ground, the hollow hoof soon col> leoto a hard ball, which makes the footing very ineecore. Bmt • 1 M T:\-l u i op,. • ;t"gJ.:sJj sss^ssBBgawmamm* ad6 DB. OTASB'S BEOIPES. these evljui are remedied by a piece of sole leather naileJ on nndet the dhoe— a protbction to uie hoof which makes aeurpric^'g differ- ence in the confidence and sure-footedness of the animal's step." FOUNDER— Remedy.— Draw about 1 gal. of blood from the neck ; then drench the horse with linseed oil 1 qt. ; now rub the fore legs long and well, with water as hot as can be borne witboul scalding. ' This remedy entirely cured a horse which had been foundered on wheat two days before the treatment bcgar... PHYSIO — Bai*l for Horses. — Barbadoes aloes from 4 to 5 or (I drs. (according to the size and strength of the horse) ; tartrate of potassia 1 dr. ; ginger and castile soap, of each 2 drs. ; oil of aniso or peppermint 20 drops ; pulverize, and Liake all into one ball with thick gnm solntion. Before ^ving a horse physic, he should be prepared for it by feodmg scalded bran, in place of oats, for two days at least, giving also water which has the chill taken off, and continue this feed and drink, during its operation. If it should not operate in forty-eight hours, repeat half the dose. 2. Pht8?3 for Cattle. — For cattle, take half only of the dose, above, for a horse, and add to it glauber ^alts 8 ozs. ; dissolve all in gmel 1 qt., and give fia a drench ; for cattle are not easily mai?aged in giving balls, neither is their construction adapted to dry mcdicin*. There is not the need of preparation for cattle, generally, as f^r houses, from the fact of their noo being kept up to grain, if they are, however, let the same precautions be ob- served a* in " Physic Ball for Horses." HOOF AIL IN SHEEP— Sure Remedy.— Muriatic acid and but- ter of antimony . of each 2 ozs. ; white vitriol, pulverized, 1 oz. Biiz. DiBjeo^iONS. — Lift the foot and drop a little of it upon ; the bottom. It will need to be applied only once or twice a weelt — as often only as they limp, which shows that the foot ia beooming tender again. It kills the old hoof, and a new one soon takes its place. Have no fears about the re- sult ; apply the medicine as often as indicated, and all is safe. It has preyed valuable in growing oflf horse's hoofs, when snagged, or contraction made it necessary. ^*YE-WATER— For Horses and Cattle.— Alcohol 1 table- Kf^n ; e^ttract of lead 1 teaspoon ; rain water 1-2 pt ^ MBBIEBS* DEPABTMEin?. 267 Wash he eye freely, two or three times daily. But I prefer the " Eye Water" as prepared for persons ; and allow me here to say that what is good for man, in the line of medicine, is good for a ^ ^^e, by increasing the dose to cot- respond. TAMING — PRiNOit-jfls Applied to Wild and Vi- cious Horses. — I have thought, in closing up this De- partment, that I could not devote a page to a better pur- pose than to the so-called secret of taming. For it is a secret, but it lies in a different point from what is generally believed, which I will attempt to show. Several persons are advertising books for taming wild horses, and other persons are going about teaching the art to classes in private. Probably the pupils get their money's worth. But, why do so many fail ? The whole secret lies in this, that many persons can never handle a horse, with all the instruction in the world — it is not in them. They cannot establish a sympathy between themselves and the horse, and if they become horse trainers, they have only mistaken their calling, and the money they laid out is perhaps as cheap a way as they could be taught their mistake. To be a suooesoful horse trainer, he must have a sympa- thy with the horse and a personal power of control. This reminds us of an old gentleman's remarks on the subject of sweeny. He said : " There were a great many recipes of penetrating oils, applications, etc., but the great secret was in faith," without which no person will persevere a sufficient length of time with either of them. This holds good in all diseases, as well as in handling or taming a horse. The mystery or secret, then, is in knowing how, and hav^ ing the stamina (power) to do it. As for recipes, they consist in using the horse-castor or wart, which grows upon the inside of the leg, grated fiRe, oil of cumin, and oil of rhodium, kept separate in air-tight bottles ; these all possess peculiar properties for attracting and subduing animals. " Rub a little oil of cumin upon your hand, and approach the horse in the field, on the windward side, so that ho can smell the cumin. The horse will let you oome up to him without trouble. rf ■ £e< vi i I 7^i :\ *-■« % »• ••' 268 DB. OHASE'S BEdPES. \U " Immediately rub your hand gently on the horse's nose, getting a little of the oil on it. You can then lead him anywhere. Give him a little of the ciator on a piece of loirf sugar, apple, or potato. " Put eight drops of the oil of rhodium into a lady's thimble. Take the thimble between the thumb and mid- dle finger of your right hand, with the fore finger stopping the mouth of the thimble to prevent the oil from running out, whilst you are opening tbe mouth of the horse. " As soon as you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the thimble over upon his tongue, and he is your servant. He will follow you like a pet dog. Very doubtful. — ^Author. " Ride fearless and promptly, with your knee pressed to the side of the horse, and your toes turned in and heels out; then you will always be on the alert for a (thy or sheer from the horse, and he can never throw you. " If you want to teach him to lie down, stand on his nigh or left side ; have a couple of leather straps, about six feet long ; string up his left leg with one of them around his neck ; strap the other end of it over his shoulders ; hold it in your hand, and when you are ready, tell him to lie down, at the same time gently, firmly, and steadily pulling on the Btrap, touching him lightly with a switch. The horse will immediately lie down. Do this a few times, and you can make him lie down without the straps. " He is now your pupil and friend. You can teach him anything, only be kind to him — be gentle. Love him and he will love you. Feed him before you do yourself. Shel- ter him well, groom him yourself, ke<»* him clean, and at night always ^ve him a good bed." It will be perceived, by reference to the following item from BelVs Life, that the secret for taming horses, by which Mr. Barey has made himself so rich and famous, instead of being a divination of his own, was probably ob- tained by him through some accidental contact with an old volume, which had long disappeared from observation, and hardly held a place in public libraries : A correspondent sends us the following : " In the Gen- tlemen's Farriery, by Bartlett (sixth edition), published in 1762 (one hundred years ago), page 293 is the following : ' Tho method proposed by Dr. Brooken is to tie up one of CABINET MAKERS* DEPARTMENT. 269 the fore feet closer and to fasten a cord or smaU rope about the other fetlock, bringing the end of it over the horse's shoulders ; then let him be hit or kicked with your foot behind that knee, at the same time pulling his nose down strongly to the manger. You will bring him upon his knees, where he should be held till he is tired, which can- not be long, but if he does not lie down soon, let him be thrust sideways against his quarters, to throw him over ; by forcing him down several times in this way, you may teach him to lie down, at the same words you first used for that purpose." You will see that Mr. Barey's system is exactly the same. I om the foregoing it will be seen that he obtained the knowledge, and naturally possessing the firmness, fearleM energy and muscle sufficient to back the whole, he has be- come the horse tamer of the world. Without all these qualifications no one need undertake the business, no matter how often he pays five dollars for recipeii or instructions CABINET MAKEBB* DEFABTMENT. POLISH.— For New Furnitdre.— Alcohol, 98 per ctnt., 1 pt. ; gi'ms copal and diellac, of each 1 oz.; dragon's blood, ^ oz. Mix and dissolve by setting in a warm place. Apply V th a sponge (it is best in the sun or a warm room) about three coats, one directly after the other as fast as dry, say fifteen to twenty minutes apart ; then have a small bunch of cotton batting tied up in a piece of woollen; wet this in alcohol and rub over the surface well ; now go over the surface with a piece of tallow, then dust on rotten- Btone from a woollen bag and rub it with, what is often called, the heel of the hand ; now wipe it oflF with cotton cloth, and the more you rub with this last doth, the better will be the polish. Although this professes to be for new work, it does not hurt the looks of old, not the least bit; try it all who want their furniture to show a gloss and answer the pUioe of look NgglaasM. i.i' 270 DB. OHASirs BEOIFIS. If soldiers win try it on their gun-stocks, they will find it ,{ast the thing desired. 2. Polish for Reviting Old Furnitdrb, Equal to the " Bro THBR Jonathan/' — Take alcohol 1^ ozs.; epirits of salts (muriatic ucid), ^ oz.; linseed oil, 8 ozs. ; best vinegar, ^ pt. ; and butter ol antimony, 1^ ozs.: mix, putting in the vinegar last. It is au excellent reyiver, making furniture look nearly equal to new, and really giving polish to new work, always shaking it as u ed. But if you cannot get the butter of antimony, the following will be the next best thing : 3. Polish fo.^ Removino Stains, Spots and Mildew from Furni- TCRB.— Take of 98 per cent, alcohol, } pt.; pulverized rosin and gum shellac, of each \ oz. Let these cut in the alcohol ; then add linseed oil, ^ pt.; shake well and apply with a sponge, brush or cotton flannel, or an old newspaper, rubbing it well after the application, which gives a nice polish. These are just the thing for new furniture when sold and about to be taken out of Uie shop ; ^emovJtng the dust and giving the new appearance again. 4. Jet, or Polish for Wood or Leathaa, Black, Red, or Blue.— Alcohol (98 per cent.), 1 pt.; sealing-wax, the color desired, 3 sticks dissolved by heat, and have it warm when applied. A eponge is the best to apply it with. For black on leather it is best to apply copperas water first to save extra coats ; and paint wood the color desired also, for the same reason. On smooth surfaces, use the tal- low and rotten-stone, as in the first polish. It may be applied to carriage-bodies, cartridge-boxes, dashes, fancy baskets, straw bonnets, straw hats, &o. FURNITURK— FmisHiNO with only One Coat of Varnish, KOT usmo Glue, Paste, or Shellac-— Take boiled linseed til and give the furniture a coat with a brash ; then immediately sprinkle dry whiting upon it and rub it in well with your hand, or a brush Which is worn rather short and stiff, over all the surfoce ; the whiting absorbs the oil, and the pores of the wood are thus filled with a perfect coat of putty, which will last for ages ; and water will not spot it nor have any effect upon it. For mouldings and deep creases in turned work, you can mix them quite thick, and apply them together, with the old brush, but on smooth surfaces, the hand and dry whit- ing are best. If black walnut is the wood to be finished, joil^iHlf pxt a trifle of burned umber in the whiting— ii tot 6beny, a little Venetian red ; beech or maple Will re* CABINET KAEEBS' DEPARTMENT. 271 quire less red. Only suflScient is to be used, in eithi^easo, to make the whiting the color of the woud, being finished. Bedstead-posts, bannisters, or standards, for bedsteads and all other turned articles can have the finish put on in the lathe, in double quick time ; spreading a newspaper on the lathe to save the scattering whiting, appl/iog it with the hand or bands, having an old cloth to rub off the loose whiting wliich does not enter the pores of the wood ; the same with smooth surfaces also. This preparation is cheap ; and it is a wonder that furni- ture men have not thought of it before. Three coats of varnish without it is not as le i^el as one with it, from the fact that some of the varnish enters the pores of the wood and does not dry smooth ; but with the pores filled with this preparation, of course it must dry smooth and level, with- out rubbing down. STAINS — Mahogany on Walnut, Natural as Natube.- Apply aqua fortis by means of a rag tacked to a stick ; for if yon use a brush it will very soon destroy it. Set the fiirnitui-e in the hot sun to heat id the aqua fortis, if no sun. heat it in by a stove ot fire. It is better if heated in, but does quite well without heat- ing. Finish up in every other way as usual. This finish is applicable to fancy tables, stands, lounges, coffins, &c., and equally beautiful on knots and crotchos, giving walnut the actual appearance of mahogany, and as it is appearances only that most people depend upon, whj will this not do '\a well as to transport timber from beyond the seas ? Rose- Wood Stain, Very Brwht Shade, Used Cold.— Take Al- cohol I gal. ; camwood 2 ozs. ; let them stand in a warm place 24 hours ; then add extract of logwood 3 ozs. ; aqua fortis 1 oz. ; and when dissolved it is ready for use ; it makes a very bright ground, like the most beauiiful rose-wood — one, two, or more coats, as you desire, over tho whole surface. This part makes the bright streaks or grains ; the dark ones are made by applying, in waves, the following : Take iron turnings or chippings, and put vinegar upon them { l»t it stand a few hours and it is ready to apply over the other, by means of a comb made for graining •, or a comb made from tbrnnish India rubber ; the teeth should be rather good length say half an inch, and cut close together or further apart as d» ih Wood. — Put an ounce of potash into a quart of water, with rtd- eanders 1^ oz. ; extract the color from the wood and strain ; then add gum shellac ^ lb. ; dissolve it by a quick fire—used upon lo^;- wood stain for rose-wood imitation. 5. Black Walnut Stain. — Whenever persons ate using walnut which has sap edges, or if two pieces are being glued together which are different in shade, or when a po{)- lar pannel, or other wood is desired to be used to imitaie black walnut, you will find the following to give excellent satisfaction: » Spirits of turpentine 1 gal. ; pulverized gum asphaltum 2 \h». Put them into an iron kettle and place upon a stove, whieh \)\v- vents the possibility of fire getting at the turpentine, dissolve by heat, frequently stirring until dissolved. Put into fc jug or cau while hot. When desired to use any of it, pour out and reduce with y, turpentine to the right shade for the work being stainetl. With a little practice you can make any shade desired. Jf used with a brush over a red stain, as mentioned in the rose- wood stain recipes, especially for chairs and bedsteads, it very nearly resembles that wood. Mixing a little varnish witli the turpentine when reducing it, prevents it from spot- ting, and causes it to dry quicker. By rubbing u little lamp black with it you con make a perfect black, if d«»- Biied. \ CABINET MAKERS* DEPABTMEIH?. 273 a. Chbrrt Stain. — Take rain water 3 qts. ; anotta 4 ozs. ; boil la a copper kettle until the anotta is dissolved ; then put in a piece of potash the size of a common walnut, and keep it on the tire about Lalf an hour longer, and it is ready for use. Bottle for keeping. This makes poplar and other light-colored woods so near the color of cherry that it is hard to distinguish ; and even improves the appearance of light-colored cherry. * VARNISHES— Black, wrra Asphaltum.— Spirits of turpentine * 1 pral. ; pulverized ((um asphaltum 2| lbs. ; dissolve by heat ovef a stove fire. It is applied to iron, frames of door plates, back-grounds ill crystal painting, etching upon glass, and also for fence- wire, or screens which are to go into water above mills to turn leaves and drift-wood, &o. 2. Patent Varnish for Wood or Canvas. — Take spirits of tur- pentine 1 gal. ; asphaltum 2^ lbs. ; put them into an iron kettle which will fit upon a stove, and dissolve the gum by heat. When dissolved and a little cool, add copal varnish 1 pt, and boiled linseed-oil ^ pt. ; when cold it is ready for use. Perhaps a little lamp-black would make a more perfect black. If done over a common fire, the turpentine will be very likely to take fire and be lost ; and, perhaps, fire the house or your clothes. This is valuable for wood, iron or leather ; but for cloth first make a sizing by boiling flax seed one quavt, in water one gallon ; applying of this for the first coat ; the second coat of common thick black paint ; and lastly a coat of the varnisn. Some think that sperm oil, the same quantity, makes a little better gloss. 3. Varnish Transparent for Wood.— Best alcohol 1 gal. ; nice gum shellac 2 1-2 lbs. Place the jug or bottle in a situation to .keep it just a little warm, and it will dissolve quicker than if hot, or left cold. This varnish is valuable for ploughs, or any other article where you wish to show the grain of the wood, and for pine, when you wish to finish up rooms with white, as the " Por- celain Finish ; " a coat or two of it effectually prevents the pitch from oozing out, which would stain the finish. If this stands in an open dish, it will become thick by evaporation ; in such oases add a little more alcohol, and it b as good as before. Some do use as much as thre« and % fell 274 DB. chase's BEOIPES. half pounds of shellac, hut it is too thick to spread well ; better apply two or more coats, if necessary. When a black varnish is wanted, you can rub lamp-black with this, for that purpose, if preferred before the asphaltum, last piven. 1 BARBERS* AND TOILET DEPARTMENT. HAIR DYE^In Two Numbers.— No. 1. Take gallic acid i oz. ; Jcohol 8 ozs. ; soft water 16 ozs. ; put the acid in the alcohol, when add the water. No. 2. Take for No. 2, crystalized nitrate of silver 1 oz. ; ammo- nia, strongest kind, 3 ozs. ; gum arabio ^ oz. ; soft water 6 ozs. Observe, in making it, that the silver is to be put into the ammo- Ha, and not corked until it is dissolved ; the gum is to be dis- 3lved in the water, then all mix 3d, and it is ready for use. Barbers will probably make this amount at a time, as it somes much cheaper than in small quantities ; but if fami- lies or others, for individual use, only wish a little, take drachms instead of ounces, which, you see will make only one-eighth of the amount. Directions for Applying. — First, wash the whiskers or hair with the " shampoo," and rinse out well, rubbing with a towel until nearly dry; then with a brush apply No. 1, wetting completely, and use the dry towel again to re- move all superfluous water, then with another brush (tooth- brushes are best), wet every part with No. 2, and it becomes instantaneously black ; as soon as it becomes dry, wash off with hard water, then with soap and water j apply a little oil, and all is complete. The advantages of this dye arc, that if you get any stain upon the skin, wipe it off at the time, and the washing re- moves all appearances of stain, and the whiskers or hair never turn red, do not crock, and are a bea'itiful black. However, cyanuret of potasium 1 dr., to 1 oz of water, will take off any stain upon the skin, arising from nitrate of silver ; but it is poison, and should not touch sore places Bor be left where children may get at it. BABBEBS' AND TOILET DEPABTMEZfP. 276 Persons whose liair is prematurely grey, will nnd dye less trouble in using, than the restoratives ; for when once applied, nothing more needs beir.g done for several weeks ; whilst the restoratives are only slow dyes, and jet need several applications. But that all may have the ohunce oi choosing for themselves, I give you some of the best ]:esta rativos in nso. HAIR RESTORATIVES AND INVIGORATORS.— Equal Tt. Wood's, for a Trduno Cost.— Sugar of lead, borax, and lac Biilpbur, of each 1 oz. ; aqua ammonia 1-2 oz. ; alcohol 1 gill These articles to stand mixed for 14 hours ; then add bay mm ^ gill ; fine table salt 1 table-spoon ; soft water 3 pts. ; essence •' bergamot 1 oz. This preparation not only gives a beautiful gloss, bu^ wil cause hair to grow upon bald heads arising from all conmioi' causes, and turn grey hair to a dark color. Manner op Application. — When the hair is tliin ot bald make two applications daily, until this amount ib used up, unless the hair has come out sufficiently to satisfy you before that time ; work it to the roots of the hair with a 3oft brush or the ends of the fingers, rubbing well each time. For grey hair one application daily is sufficient. It if harmlesi, and will do all that is claimed for it, does not cost only a trifle in comparison to the advertised restora- tives of the day ; and will be ^-^und as good or better tlian most of them. 2. Invioobator. — Vinegar of c«utnaride8 1 oz. ; cologne-water 1 oz. ; and rose-water 1 oz., mixed and rubbed on the roots of the bair, until the scalp smarts, twice dally, has been very highly recommended for bald heads, or where the hair is falling out. If there is no fine hair on the scalp, no restorative, nor invigorator on earth can give a head of hair. See remarks after No. 8. 3. Another. — Lac-sulphur and sugar of lead, of each 1 dr. j tannin and pulverized copperas, each 32 grs. ; rose water 4 ozs. ; fretting the hair once a day for 10 or 12 days, then once or twice A week will keep up the color. If it is only desired to change gre^ hair to a dark color the last will do it ; but where the hair is falling out or has already fallen, the first is required to stimulate the scalp to Kealthy action. 4. Amothbb.— -Lac-salphnr and sof ar of leAd, of each 1 oz. ; h '' 'H! :i'^^ i !VS; 276 DR. OHASS'S BBdFBS. pulverized litharge, (called lithrage) 1 1-2 ozs. ; rain water 1 qt. : applying 3 mornings and sl^ipplng 3, until 9 applications— gives a nice dark color. I obtained this of one of the Friends, at Richmond, Ind., and for turning white or grey hair, it is a good one. The litharge sets the color as the sulphate of iron does in the next. There is but little choice between them. 6. Another. — Rain water 6 ozs. ; lac-sulphur 1-2 oz. ; sugar ol lead 1-4 oz. ; sulphate of iron (copperas), 1-8 oz. ; flavor wi^ ber- gamot essence, it' desired ; and applj to the hair daily until sufiQ- ciently dark to please. All the foregoing restoratives will change, or color the grey or white hair black, or nearly so ; but let who will tell you that kis restorative will give your hair its original color, just let that man go for all he is worth at the time ; for as time advances his worth will be beautifully leas. 6. Hair Invigorator. — A Wheeling barber makes us» of the following Invigorator to stop hair from falling out, or to cause it to grow in . t is a good one, so is the one fol- lowing it : Take bay rum i pt. ; alcohol 1-2 pt. ; castor oil 1-2 oz. ; carbo- nate of ammonia 1-4 oz. ; tincture of cantharides 1-2 oz. Mix, and shake when use*^. Use it dally, until the end is attained. 7. Another. — Carbonate of ammonia 1 oz. ; rubbed up in 1 pt of sweet oil. Apply daily until the hair stops falling out, or it sufficiently grown out. This last is very highly spoken of in England, as a pro- ducer of hair, " where the hair ought to grow," and doe* not. 8. Strong sage tea, as a daily wash is represented to Btop hair from falling out ; and what will stop it from fall ing, is an invigorator and consequently good. There is not a liniment mentioned in this book, but which if w^U rubbed upon the scalp daily for two or three monthsj wir bring out a good head of hair ; when the scalp has be- er me 'flossy and shining, however, and no fine hair growing, you may know that the hair follicle or root is dead ; and nothing can give a head of hair in such cases, any more than grain can grow from ground which has had none scat- tered upon it. This condition may be known by the shin- ing or glistening appearance of the soalp BABBBBS' AND TOILET DEPAIiTMENT. 277 AJl heads as well as bodies should be often washed with floap and clean water ; but if that is neglected too long, it be- comes necessary to use something stronger to remove the grease and dandruff — then the following will bo found just the thing to be desired. SHAMPOOING MIXTURES— Fob Five Cents per Qoart.— Purified < irbouate of potash, commonly called salts of tartar, 1 oz. ; riiiu water I qt. Mix, and it is ready for use. Apply a few spoons of it to the head, rubbing and work- lug it thoroughly ; then rinse out with clean soft water, and dry the hair well with a coarse, dry towel, applying a little oil or pomatum to supply the natural oil which has been saponified and washed out by the operation of tl ^ mixture. A barber will make at least five dollars out of this five cents worth of material. Another excellent shampoo is made by using aqua ammonia 3 ozs. ; salts of tartar 1-4 oz. ; alcohol 1-2 oz. ; and soft water 2 1-2 pt. ; and flavoring with bergamot. In applying, rub the head until the lather goes down ; then wash out The next recipe also makes as good a shampoo mixture as I wish ; for it kills so many birds a^ one throw that I do not wish to throw any other. RENOVATING MIXTURES.— For GRii-ArfE Spots, Shampooing, A.ND KiLLiNO Bed-Buos. — Aqua ammonia 2 ozs. ; soft water 1 qt. ; saltpetre 1 teaspoon ; variegated shaving soap 1 oz. ; or one 3 cent cake, finely shaved or scraped ; mix all, shake well, and it will be a little better to stand a few hours or days before using, which gives the soap a chance to dissolve. Directions. — Pour upon the place a sufficient amount to well cover any grease or oil which may get spilled or daubed upon coats, pants, carpets, &o., sponging and rub- bing well, and applying again if necessary to saponify the grease in the garment ; then wash ofif with clear cold water. Don't squirm now, for these are not half it will do- some people fly entirely off the handle when a preparation is said to do many things — for my part, however, I always admire an article in proportion to the labor which can be performed by it or with it. This preparation will shampoo like a charm ; raising the lather in proportion to the amount of grease and dandruff in the hair. It will remove paint, even from a board, 1 care not how long it has been applied, if oil was used in the paint-^and yet it does not injure the ! ■'. H !• If. 'Vl !•; Mi ill ,-* ■ 4'i; -If "I ' •t ' m /'% 278 DB. 0HASE*8 BEOIPES. finest textures, for the simple reason that its affinity is for greuue or oil, changing them to soap, and thus loosening any substance with which they may be combined. If it is put upon a bed-bug he will never step afterwards ; and if put into their crevices, it destroys their eggs and rhuH drives them from the premises. A cloth wet with it will a'^on remove all the grease and diri from doors which are much opened by kitchen-hands. 'i. Ui-rwovATiNO Clothes— Geni ▼AMEN '8 Wear.-— To warm soft v^a'cr 4 gals., put in 1 beefs gall , sweet milk 1 cup ; scyda 1 teaspoon ; cream of tartar 2 tea- spoons. Flavor with lemon, and use sufficient sifted flour to make the proper consistence, and you will really be surprised to see its bulk and beauty. 7. Sugar Cake.— Take 7 eggs and beat the, whites and yolka separately ; then beat well together ; now put into them sifted whii» sugar 1 lb.; with melted butter 1-2 lb., and a small teaspoon of pulverized carbonate of ammonia. Sitir in just sufficient sifted flour to allow of itg being rolkd out and out into oak«8. I. ' 'i ■ !• P ' f 5Wi K m i'1 f't :i 'I I T ■• ' I . 1 i I'f I DB. OHASE*S BEOIPBS. 8. (SiNOBR Cake. — ^Molasses 2 cups ; butter, or one-half lard if ytw •hooee, 1 1-2 cups ; sour milk 2 cups ; ground ginger 1 tea- fqwoa ; saleratus 1 heaping teaspoon. Mash the saleratus, then mix all theee ingredients together in a suitable pan, and stir in flour as long as you can with a spooii ; then take the hand and work in more, just so you can roll them by using flour dusting pretty freely ; roll out thin, cut and lay upon your buttered or floured tins; then mix one spoon of molasses and two of water, and with a small brush or bit of cloth wet over the top of the cakes ; this removes the dry flour, causes the cakes to take a nice brown and keeps them moist ; put into a quick oven, and teo min^ites will bake them if the oven is sujQEioiently hot. Do not dry them all up, but take out as soon as nicely browned. We have sold cakes out of t^e grocery for years, but never found any to give as good satisfaction as there, either at table or counter. They keep moist, and are eafficiently rich and light for all cake eaters. 9. Tea or Cup Cake. — Four eggs ; nice brown sugar 2 cups ; saleratus 1 teaspoon ; sour millc 3 cups ; melted butter or half lard 1 cup : half a grated nutmeg ; flour. Put the eggs and sugar into a suitable pan and beat to- gether; dissolve the saleratus in the milk and add to tho eggs and sugar ; put in the butter and nutmeg also ; stir ail well ; then sift in flour sufficient to make the mass to sueh a oonsistenee that it will not run from a spoon when lifted upon it. Any one preferring lemon can use that in place of nutmeg. Bake rather slowly. 10. Cake, Nice, without Eggs or Mim, — A vcrj nioe oake is made as follows, and it will keep also : Flour, 3 1-2 lbs.; sugar. IJ lbs.; butter 1 lb.; water 1-2 pt., bav- tng 1 teaspoon of saleratus dissolved in it. Roll thin, and bake on tin sheets. 11. PoEK Cake, without Butter, Milk or Eggs.— A most delightful cake is made by the use of pork, which BUveB the expense of butter, eggs and ti i 1 k . It must be tasted to be appreciated ; and another iidvanta^';:! t>^^ it is that you •aa make enough some leisure day co i ust the set^i^on through; for I have eaten il two suoiiths afif i v wi - bu^ed, ttill nioo BAEEBS' AND OOOEXNG DEPABTMSm. 285 Fat salt T^ork, entirely free of lean or rind, chopped so fine as to be almost like lard 1 lb. ; pour boiling water upon it ^ pt. ; raisins seeded aLd chopped 1 lb ^ citron shaved into shreds | lb. ; sugar 2 cups ; molasses 1 cup ; sal^ratus 1 teaspoon, rubbed fine and put into the molasses. Mix these all together, and stir in sifted flour to make the connistence of common cake mixtures ; then stir nutmeg and cloves !mely ground 1 oz. each ; cinnamon, also fine, 2 ozs. ; be governed about the time of baking it by put' ting a sliver into it — when nothing adheres it is done. It should be baked slowly. You can substitute other fruit in place of the raisins, if desired, using as much or as little as you please, or none at all, and still have a nice cake. In this respect you may call it the accommodation cake, as it accommodates itself to the wishes or circumstances of its lovers. When pork vrill do all we here claim for it, who will longer contend that it is not fit ir^ ei t ? Who ? 12. CroER Cake. — Flour 6 cups ; sugar 3 cups ; butter 1 cup ; 4 eggs ; cider 1 cnp ; saleratus 1 teaspoon ; 1 grated nutmeg. Beat the Cf^gs, sugar and butter together, and stir in the flour and nutmeg ; dissolve the saleratus in the cider, and Btir into the mass, and bake immediately, in a quick oven. 13. GiNOER Snaps. — Eutter, lard and brown sugar, of each | ib. ; molasses 1 pt. : ginger 2 table-spoons j flour 1 qt. ; saleratus 2 teaspoons ; sour milk 1 cup. . Melt the butter and lard, and whip in the sugar, molas- ses and ginger ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk, and put in ; then the flour, and if needed, a little more flour, to ep- able you to roll out very thin ; cut into small cakes aik4 bake in a slow oven until snappish. 14. Jellt Cake. — Five eggs ; sugar 1 cup ; a little nutmeg ; aair eratus 1 teaspoon ; sour milk 2 cups ; flour. Beat the eggs, sugar and nutmeg together ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk, and mix ; then stir in flour to m?kQ only a thin batter, like pan-cakes ; three or four spoons of the batter to a common round tin ; bake in a quick oven. Three or four of these thin cakes, with jelly between, forms one cake, the jelly being spread on while the cake is wann. 15. Roll, Jellt Cake.— Nice brown sugar IJ cups ; 3 eggs ; Bweet skim milk 1 cup ; flour 2 cups, or a little more only ; cream of tartar and soda, of each 1 teaspoon ; lemon essence 1 teaspoon. Thoroughly beat the «ggs and sugar toKeiher ; mix the ; w i , ( ' I'; ' i tm DB. chase's BEOIPES. oream of tartar and soda with t ; milk, stirring in the flavor also; now mix in the flour, iL./nembering to bake soon, spreading thin upon a long pan ; and as soon as done spread jelly upon ihe top and roll up ; slicing oflF only as used ; the jelly does not come in contact with the fingers, as in the last, or flat cakes OAKS TABLE, FIFTEEN KINDS 16. Foond. I I 09 1 lb. 1 lb. 1 lb. 17. Genuine Whig, 2 " 18. Shrewsbury, 1 " 19. Training, 3 " 20. Nut-Cake, 7 " 21. ShorlrGake, 6 '< 22. Cymbals, 2 " 23. Burk Cake, 5 " 24. Jumbles, 5 " 25. Ginger-Bread, I " 26. Wonders, 2 " 27. Cookies, 8 « 8 ozs. 8 ozs. lib. fib. a a « I « « 8 ozs. I « 8 ♦< J •* 8 " f " 1 lb. 2 « - I « 4 « 28. York Biscuit, 3 « ^ •• f •• — 29. Common, 12 " 3 " 3 « 30. Loaf, 9 qts. 3 " 4 « 31. Molasses CAKE.~Mola88e8 1 «poon ; sour milk 2 cups ; 2 eggs ; what you would take up on a spoon ; salt I & — 8 rose-water three spoons, mace, &c. 1 pt, — raise with yeast. — — rose-water, Ac. — — cin'n, nutmeg. — 7 cinnamon, wet with milk, raise with yeast, or wet and raise with eour milk & saleratus. — 8 rose-water, and a nutmeg. — 6 rose-water, and a little spice. 1 pt. 9 rose-water, raise with yeast. — 6 roll out in loal sugar. — 3 yolks only— ginger to suit. 10 cinnamon. 3 or without eggs-j wet up, raise witl saleratus and Bom milk. — wet up, and raise with sour milk and saleratus. 2 qts — yeast, spice to taste. 1 gal. — wine 1 pint, yeast 1 pint. 1-2 oups ; saleratus 1 tea- butter, lard, or pork gran, if v«u use lard, add a Utfle BAEEBS' AND OOOEXNG DEPABTMEMT. 287 Mix all by beating a minute or two with a spoon, dis- solving the paleratus in the milk ; then stir in flour to s^ive the consistence of soft cake ; and put directly into a hot oven, being careful not to dry them up by over-baking, as it is a soft, moist cake, that we are after. 32. — Marbled Cake. — Those having any curiosity to gratify upon their part, or on the part of friends, will be highly pleased with the contrast seen when they take a piece of cake made in two parts, dark and light, as follows i Light Part. — White sugar IJ cups ; butter ^ cup ; sweet milk 1-2 cup ; soda 1-2 teaspoon ; cream of tartar one-teaspoon ; whites of 4 eggs ; flour 2 1-2 cups ; beat and mixed as " Gold Cake." DiJiK Pajit. — Brown sugar 1 cup ; molasses 1-2 cup ; butter 1-2 cup ; sour milk 1-2 cup ; soda 1-2 tea-spoon ; cream of tartar 1 tt;a- Bpoon ; flour 2 1-2 cups ; yokes of 4 egga ; cloves, allspice, cin- namon, and nutmeg, ground, of each 1-2 tea-spoon; beat and mixed as " Gold Cake." DiREOTiQNS. — When each part is ready, drop a spoon of dark, then a spoon of light, over the bottom of the dish, in which it is to be baked, and so proceed to fill up the pan, dropping the light upon th * 'lark as you continue with the different layers. 33. Silver Cake. — Whites o. I doz. eggs ; flour five cups : white sugar and butter, of each 1 cup ; cream or sweet milk, 1 cup ; cream of tartar 1 teaspoon ; soda 1-2 teaspoon ; beat and mix as the " Gold Cake." Bake in a deep pan. 34. Gold Cake. — Yokes of 1 doz. eggs ; flour flve cups : white sugar three cups ; butter 1 cup ; cream or sweet milk 1 1-2 cups ; Boda 1-2 teaspoon ; cream of tartar 1 teaspoon. Bake in a deep loaf pan. Beat the eggs with the sugar, having the butter softened by the fire ; then stir it in ; put the soda and cream of tar- tar into the cream or milk, stirring up and mixing all to- gether ; then sift and stir in the flour. The gold and silver cakes dropped as directed in tlis " Marbled Cake," gives you still another variety. 35. Bride Cake. — Presuming that this work may fall bto the hands of some persons who may occasionally have a wedding amongst them, it would be imperfect wiinout a tioa for all similar msplays. I it Hi ■' ■/■: f: 1 'I £188 DB. OHABE^S BEOIPES. Take bntter 1 1-2 lbs. : sugar 1 3-4 lbs., half of which is to be Orleans sugar , eggs well beaten 2 lbs. ; raisins 4 lbs ; having the seeds taken out and chopped ; English currants having tbc grit picked out and nicely washed 5 lbs.; citron, cut fine, 2 lbs.* sifted flour 2 lbs. ; nutmegs 2 in number, and mace as much in bulk ; alcohol 1 gill to 1-2 pint, in which a dozen or fifteen drops of oil of lemon have been put. When ready to make your cake, weigh your butter and out it in pieces, and put it where it will soften, but not melt. Next, stir the butter to a cream, and then add the sugar, and work till white. Next beat the yokes of the eggs, and put them to the sugar and butter. Meanwhile another person should beat the whites to a stiff froth and put them in. Then add the spices and flour, and, last of all, the fruit, except the citron, which is to be put in about three layers, the bottom layer about one inch from the bottom, and the top one an inch from the top, and the other in the middle, smoothing the top of the cake by dipping a spoon or two of watet upon it for that purpose. The pan in which it is baked should be about thirteen inches across the top, and five and a half or six inches deep, without scollops, and two three-quart pans also^ which it will fill ; and they will require to be slowly baked about three to four hours. But it is impossible to give definite rules as to the time required in baking cake. Try whether the cake is done, by piercing it '^''"H a broom splinter, and if nothing adheres it is done. Butter the cake paus well ; or if the pans are lined with buttered white paper, the cake will be less liable to burn. Moving cakes while baking tends to make them heavy. The price of a large '' Bride Cake," like this, would be about twelve dollar^, and the cost of making it would h, about three dollars only, with your two small ones, which would cost as much to buy them as it does to make the whole three. The foregoing was written and printed over a year ago. The daughter came home, and took dinner with us, one year from the marriage ; aUd her mother set on some of the cake as nice and moist as when baked. 36. FruiT Cake. — As side accompaniments to the Bride Cake you will require seversJ Fruit Cakes, which are to bfl made as fellows; BAXBBS* AMD OOOXINa DEPAKTMBHrZ 289 Batter, sugar, English currants, eggs and flour, of each 6 lbs. Mix as in the '' Bride Cake." Bake in about six oakes, which would cost from one dol' lar and fifty cents to two dollars a piece, if bought for the occasion. 37. FboStino, or Ioino, for Cakes.— The whites of 8 eggs beat to a perfect froth and stiff; pulverized white sugar 2 lbs. ; starch 1 table-spoon ; pulverized gum arable 1-2 oz. ; the juice oi 1 lemon. Sift the sugar, starch, and gum arabio into the beaten ogg, iindstir well and long. When the cake is cold lay on a coat of tho frosting ; it is best not to take much pains in putting ou the first coat, as littlo bits of the 04iko will mix up with it, and give tho tVt^sting a yellow appear mce ; but on the next day make more iVosting the same as thte first, and apply a second coat, and it will be white, clear and beauti- ful. And by dipping the knife into cold winter as applying, you can smooth the frosting very nicely. 38. Excellent Crackers.— Butter 1 cup ; salt 1 teaspoon ; flour 2qta. Rub thoroughly together with the band, and wet up with cold water ; beat well, and beat in flour to make quite brittle and hard ; then pinch oS pieces and roll out each cracker by itself, if you wish them to resemble bakers' crackers. 39. SuoAR Crackers. — Flour 4 lbs. ; loaf sugar and butter, of each 1-2 lb. ; water 1 1-2 pts. Make as above. 40. Naples Bisodtt. — White sugar, eggs, and flour, of each lib. If properly pulverized, sifted, beat, mixed, and baked tbe size of Boston crackers, you will say it is nice indeed. 41. Buckwheat Short-Cake. — Take 3 or 4 tea-cups of nice Bour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda-saleratua dissolved in the milk ;^ if the milk is very sour, you must use saleratus in proportion, with a little salt ; mix up a dough with buckwheat flour, thicker than ^ou would mix the same for griadle-cakes, say quite stiff' ; put into a buttered tin, and put directly into the stove oven and bake about 30 minutes ; or as you would a short-cake from com- mon floiir. It takes the place of the griddle-cake, also of the short- cake, in every sense of the word — nice with meat, butter, honey, molasses, &c. No shortening is used, and no need batter over night, for a druukcn m -I ■ i III X I setting your dish K 290 DB. 0HA8E*S BEOIPSS. husband to set Us foot in. Wet the top a little, and warn it up at next meal, if any is lefl — it is just as good as when first made, while griddle-cakes have to be thrown away. It is also very good, cold. Were the beauty of this cake known to the majority of persons throughout the country generally, buckwheat would become aa staple an article of commerce as the common wheat. Do not fail to give it a trial. Some persons in trying it, have not had good luck the first time ; they have failed from the milk being too sour for the amount of saleratus used, or from making the dough too thin. I think I can say wt have made it hundreds of times with success, as I could eat it while dyspeptic, when I could eat no other warm bread. 42. Yeast Cake. — Good lively yeast 1 pt. ; rye or wheat flour to form a thick batter ; salt 1 teaspoon ; stir in and set to rise ; when risen, stir in Indian meal, until it will roll out good. When again risen, roll out very thin ; cut them into oakes and dry in the shade ; if the weather is the least damp, by the fire or stove. If dried in the sun, they will ferment. To use : Dissolve one in a little warm water, and stir in a couple of table-spoons of flour ; set near the fire, and when light mix into the bread. If made perfectly dry, they will keep for six months. BREADS. — Yankee Brown Bread. — For each good sized loaf being made, tali:e 1^ pts. corn meal, and pour boiling water upon it, to scald it properly ; let stand until only blood warm, then put about 1 qt. of rye flour upon the meal, and pour in a good bowl of emptyings, with a little saleratus dissolved in a gill of water, kneading in more flour, to make of the consistence of com- mon bread. If you raise it with yeast, put a little salt in the meal, but if you raise it with salt-risings, or emptyings, which I pretier, no more salt is needed. Form into loaves, and let them set an hour and a half, or until light ; * in a cool place, in summer, and on the hearth, or under the stove, in winter ; then bake about two hours. Make the dough fully as stiflF as for wheat bread, or a little harder ; for if made too soft it does not rise good. The old style was to use only one-third rye flour, but it does not wear if made that way ; or, in other words, most persons get tired of it when mostly com meal, but I never do when mostly ry€ flour. BAKBB8* AMD OOGBma DSPABTXSNT. 291 Let all persons bear in mind that bread should never be eaten the day on which it is baked, and positively must this be observed by dyspeptics. Hotels never ought to be with- out this bread, nor families who care for health. 2. Graham Bread. — I find in Zion'i Herald, of Boston, edited by the Rev. E. 0. Haven, formerly a Professor in the University at this city, a few remarks upon the '^ Different Kinds of Bread," including Graham, whioh so fully explain ^the philosophy and true principles of bread making that I give them an insertion, for the benefit of bread makers. It says: '' Bice flour added to wheat flour, enables it to take up an increased quantity of water." (See th« '< New French Method of Making Bread.") ^^ Boiled and mashed potatoes mixed with the dough cause the bread to ntain moisture, and prevent it from drying and crumbling. Kye makes a dark colored bread ; but it is capable of h^ing fermented and raised in the same manner as wheat it retains its freshness and moisture longer than wheat. An admixture of rye flour with that of wheat, decidedly improves the latter in this respect. Indian com bread is much used in this country. Mixed with wheat and rye, a dough is producml capable of fermentation, but pure maize meal cannot be fer- mented so as to form a light bread. Its gluten lacks th? tenacious quality necessary to produce the regular cell-stru(v ture. It IS most commonly used in the form of cai^es, made to a certain degree light by eggs or sour milk, and saleratus, and is generally eaten warm. Indian corn is ground into meal of various degrees of coarseness, but is never made so fine as wheaten flour. Bread or cakes from maize require a considerably longer time to be acted upon by heat in the baking process, than wheat or rye. If ground wheat be unbolted, that is, if its bran be not separated, wbeut meal or Graham flour results, from which Graham or dy«Depsia bread is produced. It is made in the same general way as oth^r Tfrheaten bread, but requires a little peculiar manage- ment. Upon this point Mr. Graham remarks : " The wheat meal, and especially if it is ground coarsely, ^ells considerably in the dough, and Uierefore the dongh ehoold not at flnt be made quite so stiff as that made of superfine floor ; and when it ig vMi, if it is HmuA We seft to Mould weU, a UMto m V ', 't :M.f }i v^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) A 1.0 I.I li 2.0 1.8 1-4 111.6 V] (^ % /J />^ >> ^ o ^ / /A Photographic SdeDces Corporation ^ ,\ S V \\ '9) V o \ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 I«N 292 B. ohase's beoipes. more meal may be added. It ehonld be remarked that dough made of wheat meal will take on the acetous fermentation, or become sour sooner, than that made of fine flour. It requires a hotter oven, and to be baked longer, but must not stand so long after being mixed before baking, as that made from flour, 3. Brown Bread Biscuit. — Take corn meal 2 qts. ; rye flour 3 pts.| wheat flour.l pi.; molasses 1 table-spoon ; yeast 3 table-spoons ; havmg soda 1 teaspoon mixed with it. Knead over night for breakfast. If persons will cat warm bread; this, or buckwheat short-cake, should be the only' kinds eaten. 4. Dyspeptics' Biscuit and Coffee. — Take Graham flour (wheat coarsely ground, without bolting), 2 qts.j corn meal sifted, 1 qt. ; butter 1-2 cup ; molasses 1 cup ; sour milk to wet it up with sale- ratuB. as for biscuit. Boll out and cut with a tearcup, and bake as other bioeuit; and when cold they are just the thing for dyspeptics. And if the flour was sifted, none would refuse to eat them : Fob the Coffee.— Continue the baking of the above biscuit in a slow oven for six or seven hours, or until they are browned through like co£fce. Directions. — One biscuit boiled f of an hour will be plenty for 2 or 3 eups of cofiise, and 2 for six persons j serve with cream and •agar as other cofi'ee. Dyspeptics should chew very fine and slowly, not drinking until the meal is over ; then sip the coffee at their leisure, not more than one cup, however. This will be found very nice for. common use, say with one eighth coffee added; hardly any would distinguish the difference between it and that made from coffee alone. The plan of buying ground coffee is bad ; much of it is undoubtedly mixed with peas, which you can raise for less than fifteen or twenty coots a ponnd, and mix for yourself. 5. London Bakers^ Superior Loaf Bread.— The Michigan Farmer gives us the following ; any one can see that it contains sound sense : " To make a half-peck loaf, take | lb. of well boiled mealy potatoes; mash them through a fine cullender or coarse sieve ; . add \ part of yeast, or | oz. of German dried-yeast, and 1| pts. oi lukewarm water (88 deg. Fahr.), together with | lb, of flour, to render the mixture the consistence of thin batter ; this mixture is to be Bet aside to ferment ; if set in a warm place it will rise in lew ihiui 2 hooni, when it reaembles yeait, except in color. m BAKEBS AND COOEINa DEPARTMENT. 293 The sponge so made 13 then to be mixed with 1 pt. of water, nearly blood warm, viz., 92 deg. Fahr, and poured into half peck of flour, which has previously had l\ ozs, of salt mixed into it ; the whole should then be kneaded Into dough, and allowed to rise in a warm place for 2 hours, when it should be kneaded into loaves and baked." The object of adding the mashed potatoes is to increase the amount of fermentation in the sponge, which it does to a very remarkable degree, and consequently, renders the bread lighter and better. The potatoes will also keep the bread moist. (i. Old Bachelors' Bread, Biscmr, or Peb-Crust.— Flour 1 qt. ; cream of tartar 2 teaspoons ; soda f teaspoon ; sweet milk to wet up the flour to the consistence of biscuit dough. Eub the flour and cream of tartar well together ; dissolve the soda in the milk, wetting up the flour with it and bak« immediately. If you have no milk, use water in its place, adding a spoon of lard to obtain the samt richness. It docs well for pie-crust where you cannot keep up sour milk. J. New French Method of Making Bread. — Take rice | lb. ; lie it up in a thick linen bag, giving ample room for it to sweU ; boil it from 3. to 4 hours, or until it becomes a perfect paste ; mix this while warm with 7 lbs. of floufir, adding the usual quantities of yeast and salt , allow the dough to work a proper time near the Sre, then divide into loaves. Dust them in, and knead vigor- ously. This quantity of flour and rice makes about thirteen and one-half lbs. of bread, which will keep moist much longer tlian without the rice. It was tested at the London Poly- techLic Institute, after having been made public in France, with the above results. 8. Bakino Powders, for Biscuit Without Shortbnino. — Bi- - carbonate of soda 4 ozs. ; cream of tartar 8 ozs. ; and properly dry them, and thorougUy mix. It should be kept in well corked bottles to prevent dampness which neutralizes the acid. Use about three teaspoons to each quart of flour being baked ; mix with milk, if you have it, if not, wet up with cold water and put directly into the oven to bake. PIES— Lemon Pie, Extra Nice.— One lemon; water 1 cup: brown sugar 1 cup ; flour 2 table-spoons ; 6 eggs * white sugar 2 table-spooo8» Grate the rind from the lemon, sqoMie aa> the juiae, ud ehop up the balaoM jmf ftw^f p«l aH tiigriAM and H m rF' A m iri 1 tim i t «> '■ ^y^ 294 DB. OHASES BEOIPES. add the water, brown sugAr, and flour, working tne mass into a smooth paste ; beat the eggs and mix with the paste, saving the whites of two of them ; make two pies, baking with no top crust ; while these are baking, beat the whites of the two eggs, saved for that purpose, to a stiflF froth, and stir in the white sugar ; when the pies are done, spread tliis frosting evenly over them, and net agafin in the oven and brown slighly. 2. Pie-Crust Glaze. — In making any pie which has a juicy mixture, the juice soaks into the crust, making it soggy and unfit to eat ; to prevent this : Beat an egg well ; and with a brush or bit of cloth, wet the crust of the pie with the beaten egg, just before you put in the pie mixture. For pies which have a top crust also, wet the top with the same before baking, which gives it a beautiful yellow brown. It gives beauty also to biscuit, ginger cakes, and is just the thing for rusk, by putting in a little sugar. 3. Apple Pie which is Digestible. — Instead of mix- ing up your crust with water and lard, or butter, making it very rich, with shortemng, as customary for apple pies : Mix it up every way just as you would for biscuit, using sour milk and saleratus, with a little lard or butter only ; mix the dough quite stiff, roll out rather thin, lay it upon your tin, or plate ; and having ripe apples sliced or chopped nicely and laid on, rather thick, and sugar according to the acidity of the apples, then a top crust, and bake well, putting the egg upon the ernsts, as mentioned in the " Pie Crust Glaze,'' and you have got a pie that is fit to eat. But when you make the rich crust, and cook the apples and put them on, it soakes the crust which does not bake, and no stomach can digest it, whilst our way gives you a nice light crust, and does not take half the shortening o( the other plan ; yet perhaps nothing is saved pecuniarily, as butter goes as finely with the biscuit-crust pies, when hot, as it does with biscuit ; but the pie is digestible, and when it is cold, does not taste bad to cut it up on your plate, with plenty of sweetened cream. 4. Apple Custard Pie— The Nicest Pie liiVER Eaten.— Peel ■our apples and stew until soft and not much water left in them ; then rub them through a cullender : beat three eggs for each pie to be ba&ed, and put in at the rate of one cup of butter and one ti Mgtt Ibr ihiee pieb ; sesioa with nateec . My wife has more , pie, with only half of a cup of butter and sugar each, to 4 or 6 pies ; but the amount of sugar must be governed somewhat by the acidity of the apples. Bake as pumpkin pies, which they resemble in appear- ance ; and between them and apple pies in taste, very nice indeed. We find them equally nice with dried apples by making them a little more juicy. If a frosting was put upon them, as in the *' Lemon Pic,* then returned, for a few minutes, to the oven, the appear- ance, at least, would be improved. 5. Apple Cdstabd, Vert Nice. — Take tart apples, that are quite juicy, and stew and rub them, as in the recipe above ; and to 1 pt. of the apple, beat 4 eggs and put in, with 1 table-spoon of sugar, 1 of butter, and ^ of a grated nutmeg. Bake as other custards.* It is excellent; and makes a good substitute for butter, apple butter, &c. 6. Paste for Tarts. — Loaf sugar, flour, and butter, equal weights of each ; mix thoroughly, by beating with a rolling pin, for half an hour ; foldic.^ up and beating again and again. When properly mixed, pinch off small pieces and roll out each crust by itself, which causes them to dish so as to hold the tart-mixture. And if you will have a short pie-crust, this is the plan to make it. PUDDINGS— Biscuit Puddino, WrraouT Rb-Bakino. — Take water 1 qt. ; sugar ^ lb. ; butter the size of a hen's egg, flour 4 table-spoons ; nutmeg, grated, 1-2 of one. Mix the flour with just sufficient cold water to rub up all the lumps while the balance of the water ia heating, mix all, and split the biscuit once or twice, and put into this gravy while it is hot, and keep until used at table. It uses up cold biscuit, and I prefer it to richer puddings. It is indeed worth a trial. This makes a nice dip-gravy also for other puddings. 2. Old English Christmas Plum Pudding.— The Harrisburg Telegraph furnishes its readers with a recips for the real " Old English Christmas Plum Pudding.' After having given this pudding a fpir test, I am willing to endorse every word of it; and wish for the holiday to come oftener than once a yeax : 'To miktt wbikt is oaUed a pouid pudding, take of rairini \ % \ . : ^.1 I 'I J' -' 1 a t 1 fi ** ' ^« DB. OHASES BEOIFES. well stoned, bat not chopped, currants thoroughly washed, 1 io, eacfa ; chop suet 1 lb. ^^ery finely, and mix with them ; add 1-4 Ifc of fl(Mir or bread very finely crumbled ; 3 ozs. of sugar ; 1 1-2 ozs. of gt'ated lemon pe^, a blade of mace, 1-2 of a small nutmeg, i teaspoon of ginger, 1-2 doz. of eggs, well beaten ; work H weli together, put it in a cloth, tie it firmly, allowing room to swell : put it into boiling water, and boil not less than two hours. It should not be suffered to stop boiling. The cloth, when about to be used, should be dipped into boiling water, squeezing dry, and floured ; and when the pudding is done, have a pan of cold water ready, and dip it in for a moment, as soon as it comes out of the pot, which prevents the pudding from sticking to the cloth. For a dip-gravy for this or other puddings, see the " Biscuit Pudding, without Be-Baking," or " Spreading Sauce for Puddings." 3. Indian E*udding, To Bake.— Nice sweet milk 1 qt ; butter 1 oz. ; 4 eggs, well beaten ; Indian meal 1 tea-cup ; raisins 1-2 lb. ; nugai ^ lb. Scald the milk, and stir in the meal whilst boiling ; then let it stand until only blood-warm, and stir all well together, and bake about one and a half hours. Eaten with sweet- ened cream, or either of the pudding sauces mentioned in the " Christmas Pudding." 4. Indian Puddino To Boil.— Indian meal 1 qt., with a little salt ; 6 eggs ; sour milk 1 cup ; saleratus 1 teaspoon ; raisins 1 lb. Scald the meal, having the salt in it ; when cool stir in the beaten eggs ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk and stir in also, then the raisins ; English currants, dried currants, or dried berries, of any kind, answer every purpose, and are, in fact, very nice in place of the raisins. Boil about one and a half hours. Eaten with sweetened cream or any of the pudding sauces. Any pudding to be boiled must not be put into the water until it boils, and taken out as soon afl done, or they become soggy and unfit to eat. 5. Quick Indian Pudding.— Take 1 1-2 cups of sour milk ; 2 <"gg8, well beateh ; 1 small teaspoon of saleitttus : dissolved in the Milk; then sift in dry com meal, and stir to the consistence of corn bread ; then stir in 1-2 lb. of any of the fruits mentioned above ; or, if yoi have no fruit, it is quite nice without. Tie up and boil one hour ; sweetened cream with a little nutmeg crakes a, nice sauce. As I have just eaten of this fbr my dinner, I thirow it in extra, for it is worthy. it' 1 lO. 1-4 It 2 0Z8. oeg, 1 ; well jwell ; re. It I into n the id dip which For a Jiscuit ice for ; butter , 1-2 lb. ; g ; then ogether, t sweet- ened IT' tie salt ; b. stir in and stir urrants, )se, and >il ahout or any nust not i as soon bheMilk; of com above i a little of this BAKBBS' AND OOOEINa DETABTMENT. 297 6. Flour Pudding, to Boil. — When persons havi plenty of dried apples or peaches, and not much of the smaller fruits; or desire to change from them in puddings. Take wheat floor sufficient to make a good pan of biscuit, and mix it up as for biscuit, with sour milk, saleratus, and a little batter or lard, roll out rather thicker than for pie* crust ; now, having your apples or peaches nicely stewed, wet the crust oyer with the " Fie Crust Glaze," then spread a layer of the liniit upon It, adding a little sugar, as it lies upon v'^e table ; and if you choose, scatter over tiiem a handful of raisins, or any other oi the dried iruits mentioned ; roU up the whole together, and boil 1 hour. Eaten with any sauce whioh you may prefer. But the oom meal puddings are much the most healthy, and I pro- per their taste to those made from flour. 7. Potato Pudding.— Rub through a cullender 6 large or 12 middle-sized potatoes ; beat 4 eggs, mix with 1 pt. of good mil!: ; Btir in the potatoes, sugar and seasoning to taste ; butter the dish ; bake half an hour. This recipe is simple and economical, as it is made of what is wasted in many families, namely, cold potatoes ; whioh may he kept two or three days, until a sufficient quantity is collected. To he eaten with hutter. 8. Green Cobn Pudding. — Green corn, raw, 2 doz. ears ; sweet milk 3 to 4 qts. ; 6 eggs ; sugar 1 to 2 cups. Salt to suite the taste. Split the kernels lengthwise of the ear with a sharp knife ; then with a case knife scrape the corn from the cob, which leaves the hulls on the cob ; mix it with the milk and other articles, and bake from two to three hours. To be eaten with butter and sugar. 9. Steamed Pudding.— Two eggs ; sugar 1 cup ; sour milk 1 cup; saleratus 1-2 teaspoon; a little salt; dried whortleberries, cur^ rants, raisins, or oUier fifuit, 1 cup ; flour. Beat the ^gs and stir in the sugar ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk, and mix in also the fruit and salt ; then thicken with flour rather thicker than for cake ; put into a two-quart pan and set in the steamer, and steam an hour and a half; and I think it will crack open on the back— if not, try again. It is worth the trouble^ especially if you have plenty of sweetened cream. *> ' 10. Spreading Sauob» ?or PuDDmes^^Butter 4 ozs. ; sugar 6 on.| 1 nutmeg. i;/*'ffl|'.,; . nil if :1 - i ■ ; . ;*■ ?i llfl '1 ■ 1' -B l-l : r >-; ^mam^^^mammummmmmi 298 DB. OHABE*S BE0IPE8. Grato the nutmeg and rub all together ; these are a>>out ike proper proportions, but more or less can be muf d, as desired, and more or less nutmeg can also be used ; jr any other flavoring in their place. This sauce is nice on baked puddings, hot or cold ; and to tell it all. it is not bad on bread. See the " Biscuit Pudding," for dip-sauces. DOMESTIC DISHES— Green Corn Omelet.- Green corn boiled 1 doz. ears ; 5 eggs ; salt and pepper to suit the taste. Bemove the corn from the cob, as mentioned in the ' *' Green Corn Pudding." The splitting allows the escape of the pulp, whilst the hull ib held by the oob ; season, form into tmall cakes and fry to a nice brown, and you have a very nice omelet. 2. APPLES— To Bake— Steamboat Style— Better than Pre- serves. — Take moderately sour apples, when ripe ; and with a pocket-knife cut out the stem, and flower end also, so as to re- move the ekin from these cup-shaped cavities ; wash them, and place them in a dripping-pan ; now fill these cavities with brown sugar, and pretty freely between them also, with sugar ; then lay on a few lumps of butter over the sugar : place them thus ar- ranged, into the oven when you begin to heat up the stove for breakfast or dinner, and keep them in until perfectly baked through and soft. Take them up on plates, while hot, by means of a spoon, and dip the gravy, arising from the apple juice, sugar and butter, OMtiT them. Should any of them be left after the meal is over, set them by until the next meal, when they may be placed in the stove oven until hot, and they will have all the beauty of the first baking. Or perhaps some persons may prefer them fried, as follows : 3. Fried Apples — Extra Nice. — Take any nice sour cooking apples, and after wiping them, cut into slices about one-fourth ol an inch thick ; have a frying-pan ready, in which there is a small amount of lard, say ^ or | of an inch in depth. The lard must be hot before the slices of apples are put in. Let one side of them fry until br«wn ; then turn, and put a small quantity ol sugar on the browned side of each slice. By the time the other iide is browned, the sugar will be melted and spread over the whole surface. Serve them up hot, and you will have a dish gocd enough for kings and queens, or any poor man's breakfast; «nd I think that even the President would not refuse a few ilioes, if properly cooked. There is but little ohoioe be- d, as ir any baked ad on I boiled in the escape n, form have a [AN Pre- i with a as to re- hem, and th brown then lay thus ar- stove for d through a spoon, agar and after the ien they they vill kps some : cooking ,i.fourth ol there is » The laro I one Bide luantity oi * the other over the [ish gocd [reakfast; ise a fe^ khoioe b^ BAKEBS* AND OOOEINa DEPABTMEIirr. 299 tween frying and baking by these plans ] cither one is 'rery nice. 4. Applb Frittbrs.— Sour milk 1 pt,; saleratus 1 teaepoon; flour to make a batter not very Bti£f ; 6 apples pared and cored ; 3 eggs. Dissolve the saleratus in the milk ; beat the eggs and put in ; then the flour to make a soft batter ; chop the apples to about the size of small peas, and mix them well in the batter. Fry them in lard, as you would dough-nuts. Eaten with butter and sugar. 5. Atflb Merange.— An Excellent Sobstitdtb for Pie or Pud- ding. — First take a deep dish and put a bottom crust into it, as for a pie ; have nice sour apples, pared, sliced and stewed, sweet- ening slightly ; place a layer of the stewed apple upon the crust. Bay about half an inch in thickness; then put on a layer of nice bread, spread with butter as for eating, then another layer ot the apple ; now place in an oven and bake as a pudding or pie ; when done, have the whites of eggs beaten and mixed with a Utile loaf or other white sugar, say 2 eggs for a 2-quart dish ; place this upon the merange and return it to the oven for a few minutes, to brown the egg mixture or frosting. Serve with sugar dissolved in a little water, adding a little butter, with nutmeg or lemon, as de- sired or preferred. 5. Bread, to Fry— Better than Toast.— T%ke bread that is dry, the dryer the better, so it is not mouldy ; first dip it rather quickly into cold water, then into eggs which are well beat, having a little salt in them ; then immediately fry for a short time in hot lard until the surface is a pretty yellow or light browii, according to the heat of the lard. I have never eaten bread oooked in any form whioh Boits me as well as this. But the following iu very nioe : 7. Toast— German Style.— Bakers' bread, 1 loaf, cut into slices 1-2 inch in thickness ; milk 1 qt.; 3 eggs, and a little salt ; beat the eggs and mix them with the milk, and flavor as for custard, not cooking it, however. Dip the sliced bread into the mixture occasionally until it is all absorbed ; then fry the pieces upon a battered griddle. S^^re for dinner with sugar syrup, flavored with lemon. ( „ , This is the German style of making toast ; but is quite good enough for an Amerioan. And I have ho doubt that home-made bread, will answer all purposes— our*s does, cer- tainly. - 8. Backwoods' Preserves. -Moderately boil a pmt of mo- from 5 to 20 minutes, according to its couaistenoy, thM ,►' fi) , ii V It k. '■ '' I. Bo not fail to giye it a trial. 9. French Honbt.— White sugar 1 lb.; 6 eggs, leaving out the whites of 2 ; the juice of 3 or 4 lemons, and we grated rind of 2 ; and ^ lb. of butter. Stir over a slow fire until it ia about the consistency of honey. This and the last will be found to oome much nearer what they represent, than the Yankee " wooden nutmegs " did, upon trial. 10. Muffins. — To each qt. of sweet milk add 2 eggs well beaten ; a lump of butter, half the size of an eggt &Qd flour enoagh to make a stiff batter. Stir in 1-2 pt. of yeast ; let them stand until perfectly light, and then bake on a griddle, in tin rings made for that purpose. These are merely strips of tin, three-quarters of an inch wide, made into rings from two and a half to three inches in diameter, without bottom — the ring being simply placed on a griddle, and the batter poured in to fill it. 11. Mock Oysters. — Six nice, plump, ears of sweet corn, uncooked ; grate from the cob ; beat one egg, stirring into It flour and milk, of each 1 table-spoon ; season with a little salt and pepper. Put about a teaspoon of butter into a suitable pan for frying, having mixed in the corn, also, drop tJie mixture into the hot butter ; one spoon of it in a place, turning them so as to try brown. Serve hot, for breakfast Whether they imitate oysters m not, no one need regret giving them a trial. 12. Fruit Jams, Jellies and Preserves. — T le dififerenoe between common preserves, jellies and jams, is this : Preserves are made by taking fruit and su^ar, pound for pound, and simply cooking them together until the fruit is done. 13. Jellies are made by squeezing and straining out the juice only, of the fruit ; then taking a pound of sugar for a pound of juice, and cooking until it- jells, which is told by taking out a little upon a cold plate. 14. Jams are made by weighing the whole fruit, wash- ing, slicing, and putting in sufficient water to cook it wefl ; then when cool, rubbing it through a fine sieve, and witb this pulp, putting in as much sugar as thero.was of the BAOBS' AND OOOKINa DEPARTMENT. 301 fruit only, and cooking it very carefully, until the weight of the jam is the same as the fruit and added sugar , the water you see is all gone j and this is easily told by having pre- viously weighed the kettle in which you are cooking it. The jam, if nicely done, contains more of the fruit flavor than the jell, and is as valuable aB the jell to put into water as a drink for invalids ; and better for flavonng syrups for soda-fountains, &c. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, poaches, ana pine-apples, make very nice jams for flavoring syrups. Much of the flavor of the fruit resides in the skin, pits, &c. And jams made in thij way from the blackberry, are good for sore mouth, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c 15. Fumr Extracts.— Best alcohol 1 pt. ; oil of lemon 1 ob. ; peel of 2 lemons. Br^ak the peels, and put in with the others for a few days ; then remove them and you will have just what you desire for a trifling cost compared with the twenty-five eent bottles, which are so prominently set out as the nicest thing in the world. This rule holds good fot all fruit oils ; but for fruits, suoh as peaches, pine-apples, strawberries, raspberries, blackber- ries, &c., you will take alcohol and water equal parts, and put upon them sufficient to handsomely cover ; and in a few days you have the flavor and juices of the fruit, upon tho principle of making ** Bounce," which most men know more or less about. If persons will act for themselves, using common sense, working from known facts like these, they will not need to run after every new-fangled thing which is seen blazing forth in almost every advertisement of the day. Vanilla, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, i&o., are made by out- ting up the vanilla bean, or bruising the nutmegs, cinnamon, &o., and putting about two ounces to each pint of pure spirit, or reduced alcohol, frequently shaking for about two weeks, and filtering or pouring off very carefully ; if for sale, however, they must be filtered ; for coloring any of the extracts see the ** Essences" and '' Syrups." For cakes and pies, however, it is just as well to pulverize nutmegs, mace, cinnamon, &c., and use the powder, for the quantity re* quired la so small that it will never bo seen in the oaLi or fH ^(^ i! i' i: f b ■ y i a 802 DB. oeasb'b BBCHPSB MEDICATED WATERS— Ross Watks.— li^ake owbonAte of maffnesift ^ 08. ; oil of rose SO drops : drop the oU upon the i&ag- neua, and rub it together ; then add, rubbing all the time, of distilled water, if you can g , , " bar soap, 6 lbs. : cut it thin, and put into a brass, tin or cf .r ittle ; with alcohol 1-2 gal. ; heating gradually over a slow ^, stirring until all is dis- fiolved ; then add an ounce of sassafras essence, and stir until well mixed ; now pour into pans about 1 1-2 inches deep, and when cold, cut into square bars, the length or width of the pan as de- viled. This gives you a nice toilet s(tap for a trifling ezpenie, and when fully dry it is very transparent. 6. One Hundred Pounds op Good Soap for $1.30.— Take pot- ash 6 lbs., 74 cts. ; lard 4 lbs., 50 cts. ; rosin \ lb., 6 ots. Beat up the rosin, mix all together, and set aside for fiftt ^ays ; then put the whole into a ten gallon cask of warm water, and stir twice a day for ten days ; at the expiration of which time you will have one hundred pounds of excellent soap. I 7 Chemical . Soft Soap. — J. Hamilton, ^a English gentleman, and proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, Aurora, In* diana, makes his soap for house use, as follows : Take grease 8 lbs. ; caustic soda 8 lbs. ; sal-soda 1 lb, ; melt tha grease in a kettle, melt the sodas in soft water 4 gals, and pot|pcj| '^'# ■'TL- ft t. \v I' A' rtVf J * f 006 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPBS. all into a barrel holding 40 gals., and fill up with soft water, and the labor is done. When the caustio roda cannot be obtained of soap-makers, {rou will make it by obtaining soda-ash and fresh slacked ime, of each eight pounds ; dissolving them in the water with the sal-soda, and when settled, pouring off the clear liquid as in the " White Hard Soap with Tallow." 8. So^p WITHOUT Heat. — Mr. Tomilson, writing to Judge Buel, says: '' My wife has no trouble about soap. The grea8^ is put into u cask, and strong ley added. During the year, as the fat increases, more ley is stirred in ; and occasionally stirred with a stick that is kept in it. By the time the cask is full, the soap is made for use." There is no mistake about this manner of making soap: The only object of boiling is to increase the strength of weak ley and hasten the process. 9. Windsor, or Toilet Soap. — Cut some new, white bar soap into thin slices, melt it over a slow fire, and scent it with oil of caraway ; when perfectly dissolved, pour it into a mould and let it remain a week, then cut it into such sized squares as you may re- quire. 10. Yabieoated Toilet Soap. — Soft water 3 qts. ; nice white bar Boap 3 lbs. ; sal-soda 2 ozs. ; Chinese vermillion and Chinese blue, of each, as much as will lie on a 5-cent piece ; oil of sassafraa }oz. Shave the soap fine and put it into the water as it begins to boil ; when dissolved, set it from the fire ; take out a cup of thd soap and stir in the vermillion ; take out another cup of the soap and stir in the blue ; then pour in one of the cups and give two or thre.e turns only with the stirring stick ; then \ put in the other in the same way; and finally pour into a suitable box, and when cold it can be cut into bars ; or it can be run in moulds, if desired ; it will become hard in a short time ; giving most excellent satisfaction. If stirred thoroughly, 5ter putting in the colors, it would be a)l of a mixed color ; but giving it only two or three turns, leaves it in streaks, more beautiful. Soap manufi xsturers generally use soda in preference to wood ashes, because less troublesome ; and to make it more oaufltio, or, in other words, to absorb the carbonic acid gas, ^ey most put about pound for pound for recently slacked to lOBOBLUkllEOTTS DBPABTUXNT. m lime with flodarash, or sal-soda ; dissolving by heat or stir- ring ; or by both ; using sufficient water to make the ley supports fresh laid egg, and drawing off clear of the lime sediment. Thirteen hundred pounds of the tallow, or there- abouts, with the ley, makes one ton of white soap ; and yel- low soap, by using ten hundred of tallow and three hundred and fifty of yellow rosin, for each ton, boiling with the ley until they unite ; then pouring into frames, made to fit one upon "another, to cool and harden ; finally taking off one frame at a time, and with a wire, having a handle at each end to draw it with, cut into slices, then bats, and cording up, as wood, to dry. If wood-ashes are used, plenty of lime must be put into the bottom of the leach. TALLOW CANDLES— Fob Summer Use.— Mob* tallow, in summer, is more or lesB soft, and often quite yel- low, — ^to avoid both : - Take your tallow and put a little bees-waz with it, especially if your bees-wax is dark and not fit to sell ; put into a suitable kettle, adding weak ley and gently boil, an hour or two eaoh day for 2 days, stirring and skiimning well ; each morning cutting it out and scraping off the bottom which is soft, adding fresh ley (be sure it is not too strong) 1 or 2, or 3 gals., according to the aaount of iallow. The tMrd morning use water in which alum and saltpetre are dissolved, at the rate of 1 lb each, for 30 lbs. of tallow; then Bimmer, stir, and skim again ; let cool, and you can take it off the water for use. They may be dipped or run in moulds ; for dipping, allow two pounds for each dozen candles. Sutpetre and alum are said to harden lard for candles ; but it can be placed amongst the humbugs of the day. But r will give you a plan which is a little shorter for harden- ing tallow ; either will work well, take your choice : 2. Tallow — ^To Cleanse and Bleach. — Dissolve alum 5 lbs., in water 10 gals., by boiling ; and when it is all dissolved, add tallow 20 lbs. ; continue the boiling for an hour, constantly stirring and skimming ; when sufficiently cool to allow it, strain through thick muslia ; then set aside to harden ; when taken from the water, lay It by for a short time to drip. Dip or mould, as you please, not expecting theoH to ''run'* m summer nor ''crack" in winter. They will also bum yeiy brilliantly, at which, however, you will not be sur- prised when you considf^ the amount of filth thiown off in H L l>i M .in t m J 1$ ■\i: ^': .1 \' 808 DB. OHASEB' BE0IPE8. FENCE POSTS— To Prevent RoTiiNa.— A. corres- pondent of the American Agriculturist says : " I think it would be well to call the attention of farmers to the nee of coal-tar as a paint. The tar produced in coal gas- worlcs is extensively used in England for painting fences, out- buildings, &c. ; and is being introduced in this country, also. It never alters by exposure to the weather ; and one or two ;good coats will last for many years. It is the cheapest and best black pai&t that can be used. Our buildings are painted with it ; all our apparatus also ; and even thd wrought-iron pipe we place in the ground is coated with ic. I think if its advantages were folly known, it would be generally used throughoiA the United Stales. The Government soak the brick used in building the fort at Throgg's Neck in this tar, which renders them impervious to water ; and posts painted with it are protected from rot ; when in th« ground, as effectually as if they had been charred.'' I know this tar is much more efifectual than charring, and is not one-tenth the trouhle. There are posts near this city, which have now heen set over ten years, and yet no ap- pearance of decay. The coating is still perfect also. The only objection to it as a paint above ground, is its offensive smell, from the heat of the sun. No persons should allow themselves to set a single post without its application, and farmers who are putting out much fence, cannot possibly be so short sighted as to neg- lect it after it comes to their notice. It is doubly important to railroad companies from the fact that these roads run through the most level portions of country, and consequently the most swampy and wet, there- foie fence posts are the most liable to ro> The mode of application is as follows : Have a large iron kettle so arranged that you clh make and keep the tar hot, then, after having removed the bark, if any, set the end of the post into the tar ; and if the tar is not sufficiently deep to take the post into it as far as you v/ish to tar it, have a swab of cloth tied upon a broom-handle or other stick, and swab it up at least 6 to 10 inches above the ground line, when the post is set ; then lift up the post, letting it drip a moment, and lay it away upon rails or poles placed for that purpose, not allowing them to touch each other until dry. Two men will tar about five hundred posts in one day, and one barrel of tar will be sufficient for that number. Who then will hesitate to adopt its use? especially when thf tar can be purchased at the gas works for about two dol- lars per barrel. ' it QJtt. for 24 hours to draw o£f the blood. up letting it drain, and pack as desired. Third, have ready a pickle prepared as follows :— for every 100 lbs. of beef use 7 lbs. of salt ; salt- petre and cayenne pepper, of each 1 oz. ; molasses 1 qt., and soft water 8 gals. ; boil and sMm well, and when cold pour it over the beef. This amount will cover one hundred pounds, if it has been properly packed. I have found persons who use nothing but salt with water, and putting on hot, scalding again at the end of three weeks, and putting on hot again. The only object claimed for putting the brine on the meat while hot, is, that it hardens the surface, which retains the juices, instead of drawing them ofif. 2. Thb MicmoAN FABMEBd' METHOD.— Is, " for oach 100 lbs. of beef, use salt 5 lbs. ; saltpetre | oz. ; brown sugar 1 lb. ; dissolve in sufficient water to cover the meat — two weeks after take up, drain — throw away the brine, make more the same as first, it will keep the season through — ^when to be boiled for eating, put into boiling.water — ^for sonps into cold water." I claim a preference for the first plan, of drawing off tho blood before pickling, as saving labor ; and that the cayenne and saltpetre improves the flavor and helps preserve ; and that boiling and skimming cleanse the brine very much. Of late years I pursue the following : ^ 3. Beep — ^To Pickle for Winter or Present Use, xnd fob Drtino. — Gut your beef into sizeable pieces, sprinkle a little salt upon the bottom of tihe barrel only, then pack yenr beef without salt amongst it, and when packed pour over it a brine made by dissolving 6 lbs. of salt for eF.ch 100 lbs. of beef in just sufficient cold water to handson'aly cover it. You will find that you can cut and fry as nic« as fresh, for a long time ; just right for boiling also ; and when it geta a little too salt for frying, you can freshen it nearly as nicely as pork, for frying purposes ; or you can boil of it, then make a stew for breakfast, very nice indeed. By the other plan it soon becomes too salt for eating, and the juices are drawn off by the salt. In three weeks, perhaps a little less, such pieces as are designed for drying will be ready to hang up, by soaking over night to remove the salt from the outside. Do not be afraid of this way, for it is very nice -fi W n I. ■'^"i] ■ Tift ;- . -.A vf ■ll-lf p 810 DB. OHASE'S BEOIFES \ warm weather, throw away this brine, put salt amongst what b lefb and cover with the first brine, and all is right for long keeping. 4. Mutton Hams— To Pioklu fob Drying.— First take weak brine and put the hams into it, for 2 days, then poor off and apply the following, and let it remain on from 2 to 3 weeks, ac- cording to thesize : For each 100 lbs., take salt 6 lbs. ; saltpetre 1 oz. : ealeratus 2 oz. ; molasses 1 pt. ; water 6 gals., will cover these if closely packed. The saleratus keeps the mutton from becoming too hard. 5. Curing, SmokinuJ, and Keeping Hams. — Rose Cot- tage, MuNOiE, lud., Nov. 26th, 1859 : I noticed an article in the Gazette of yesterday, headed as above, from the pen of Mr. Alexander Brooks, taken from the Rural New Torhe/r^ and as I havei some useful experience in that line, I desire to suggest my plan for curing and keeping : To a cask of hams, say from 25 to 39, after having packed them closely and sprinkled them slightly with salt, I let them lie thus for 3 days ; then matie a brine sufficient to cover them, by putting salt into clear water, making it strong enough to bear up a sound efcg or potato. I then add ^ lb. of saltpetre, and a gallon of molasses ; let them lie in the brine for 6 weeks— they are then exactly right. I then take them up and let them drain ; Uien while damp, rub the flesh side and the end of the leg with finely pulverized black, red, or cayenne pepper ; let it be as fine as dust, and dust every part of the flesh side, then hang them up and smoke. You may leave them hanging in the smoke-house or other cool place where the rats cannot reacn them, as they are perfectly safe from all insects ; tmd will be a dish f^ for a prince, or an i^erican citizen, which v& better. Eespecti^ly yours. Thos. J. Simple. I find that Mr. Sample uses twice as much saltpetre and double the time, for my eating, but perhaps not for general market. If grocers will take this plan for preparing their hams and shoulders, there will be no need for sacking; and such as they buy in during the summer should receive a coat of pepper immediately, to prevent annoyance from files. 6. T. E. Hamilton's Maryland Method.— The hams of Maryland and Virginia have long enjoyed a wide cele- brity. At one of tho exhibitions of the Maryland State Agnoaltand Sooie|y, four premiums were awarded for msaELLBUCEOVB DEPABTMENT. hauu. The one which took the tot premium was onred hy Mr. T. E. Hamilton, from the following recipe : " To every 100 lbs. take best coarse salt 8 lbs. ; saltpetre 2 oz. : brown sugar 2 lbs. ; potash 1^ ozs. ; and water 4 gals. Mix the above, and pour the brine over the meat, after it has lain in the tub for some two days. Let the huns remain 6 weeks in the brine and then dry several days before smoking. I have generally had the meat rubbed with fine salt, when it is packed down/' The meat should be perfectly cool before packing. The potaah keeps it from drying up and becoming hard. 7. PoBK. — ^To Have Fresh from Wifter EiLLiNa, for Sdioieb Frying.— Take pork when killed in the early part of the winter, and let it lie in pickle about a week or 1<| days ; or until jusi sufficiently salted to be palatable ; then slice it up and fry it aboul half or two-thirds as much as you would for present eating ; now lay it away in its own grease, in jars properly covered, in a cool place, as you would lard. When desired, in spring or summer, to have fresh pork, take out what you w^ah and re-fry suitable for eating, and you have it as nice as can be imagined. Try ajar of it, and know that some things can be done as well as others. It b equally applicable to hams and shoulders, and I have no doubt it will work as well upon beef, using lard sufficient to cover it. So well satisfied am I of it ^hat I have put in beef-steak this spring, with my fresh ham in frying foi sumn er use. It works upon the principle of canning fruite to exclude the air. I put in no bone. 8. Salt Pork, fob Fbttng — ^Nearly Equai^ to Fbbsb —For the benefit of those who are obliged to use consider- able salt pork, the following method much improves it foi flying : Gut as many slices as may be needed ; if for breakfast, the night previous^ and soak till morning in a quait or two of mil^ and water, abcat one-half milk, skimmed-milk, sour milk, oi buttermilk ;— rinse till the water is clear and then firy. It is neai or quite as nice as firesh pork, — bo^h the feA and lean parts. Occasionally I like to have this rolled in com meal befon frying, as it makes such a nice imitation of fresh fish. 9. Fresh Meat— To Keep a Week or Two in Suiimer.— Farmen or others, living at a distance from butchers, oan keep fi'osk Okeat very nicely, for a week or two, by putting it into sour milk, or buttermilk placing it in » cool cellar. The bone or &t need not be removed. Binae well when lued. ■Ill- Ill ■*f: I: ■Mi mi Ka2 DB. OHABE'S BXOIFES. 10. Smoezd Meat — To Pbesebve fob Years, ob for Sea Voyages. — How often are we disappointed in oar hopes of having sweet hams during the summer ? After cai'ofullj curing and smoking, and sowing them up in bags, and white- washing them ; we often find that either the fly has com- menced a family in our hams, or that the choice parts around the bone are tainted and the whole spoiled. Now this can be easily avoided, by packing them in pnlvorizod charcoal. No matter how hot the weather, nor how thick the fties ; hams will keep, as sweet as when packed, for years. The preservative quality of charcoal will keep them till charcoal de- cays ; or sufficiently long to have accompanied Cook three times around the world. il. Thb Rural New Yobxeb's Method. — It says : " In the Spring, cut the smoked hams in slices, £ry till partly done, pack In a stone jar alternate layers of ham and gravy. If the ham should be very lean, use lard for gravj. Be sure and fry the ham in the lard, so that it will be well seasoned. When wanted for use, take up, finish fiying, and it is ready for the table." The only trouble is, that we can't keep it half long enough, it is so good and iiandy. ^s 12. The New England Fabmeb's '^Savino His Bacon." — ^About a couple of years ago, we were enter- tained at the house of a friend, with a dinner of eggs and baoon. "We complimented bur host on the superior quality of his baoon ; and were curious to inquire the way to like success in the preparation of a \«mty article of diet, though one that is better fitted for tb iilate of an epicure than for the stomach of a dyspeptic. Vo our surprise we were in- formed that that portion o: our meal was cooked eight months before. Upon asking for an explaf iiion, he stated that it was his prac- tice to slice and fry his bacof . immediately on its being cured, and< then pack it in its own fa'. When occasion came for using it, the slices, slightly re-fried i^aye all the freshness and flavor of new bacon just prepared. l>y this precaution, our friend always succeeded in "saving hip bacon,'' fresh and sweet, through tbe hottest of weather. — Jvcio' ^jg^ndl jRirmcr. I have no doubt bu^ txtt it will do as well to pack meats if fried in this way^ i 4 t: nice ghM 8 lbs. ; white lead 4 o». ; whiskey 8 qti. MISOMIiANEOUS DEPABTMEITT. 819 Mix by dissolving the glue in the water; remove from the fire and stir in tl^ white lead, then add the whiskey, which keeps it fluid, except in the coldest weather. Warm and stir it up when applied. Whttb Cement.— Take white (fish) glue, 1 lb. 10 ozs. ; dry white lead 6 ozs. ,* soft water 3 pts. ; alcohol 1 pt. Dissolve the glue by putting into a tin kettle, or dish, containing the water, and set this dish into a kettle of water, to prevent the glue from being burned ] when the glue is all dissolved, put ii the lead and stir and boil until all is thoroughly mixed; remove from the fire, and when cool enough to bottle, add the alcohol, and bottle while it is yet warm keeping it corked. This last recipe has been sold about the country for from twenty-five cents to five dollars, and one man gave a horse for it. 7. German Cement. — ^Two measures of litharge, and one each of unslaked lime and flint glass ; each to be pulverized separately before mixiog ; then to use it, wet it up with old drying-oil. The Germans use it for glass and ohin^rware only. Water hardens it instead of softening. 8. SoRAP-BooK Paste or Celctnt. — A jiet«j of common glue 2 square inches ; dissolve it in water, adding as much pulverized alum in weight, as of the glue ; now mix flour ^ teaepoon in a Uttle water ; stir it in and boil. When nearly cool stir in oil of lavender 2 teaspoons. This should make a pint of paste, which will keep a long time if tightly covered when not in use. Cement — ^Prevbntino Leaks about Chimnets, &c, — ^Dry sand 1 pt. ; ashes 2 pts. ; clay dried and pulverized 3 pts. ; all to be pul- veri^d and mixed into a paste with linseed oil. Apply it while soft, as desired, and when it becomes hard water will have no effect upon it. It may be used for walks and I think it would do well in cisterns, and. on roofs, &o. MAGIC PAPER — ^UsBD to Transfer Hqures in Embroidert, OR Impressions op Leaves for Herbariums. — ^Take lard oil, or Bweet oil, mixed to the consistence of cream, with either of the following paints, tiie color of which is desired : Prussian blue, lamp-blaik, Venetian red or chrome green, either of which should be rubbed with a knife, on a plate or stone until smooth. Use rather thin, but firm paper ; put on with a sponge and wipe oif as dry as convenient ; then lay them between unoolored paper, or between newspapers, and press by laying books or some omer flat Babstanoe upon them, untu tiie surplus oil is absorbed, when it is nady for use. '1 <"■ % »1 V - j ■ ' i 820 DB. OHASB'S BEOIPliB. DiBEOTioNS.'^For taking off patterns of embroidery, place a piece of thin paper over the embroidery to prevent soiling ; then lay on the magic paper, and put on the cloth you wish to take the copy on, to embroider ; pin fast, and rub over with a spoon handle ; and every part of the raised figure will show upon the plain cloth. To take impressions of leaves on paper, place the leaves between two sheets of this paper and rub over it hard, then take the leaf out and place At between two sheets of white paper ; rub again, and {rou will have a beautiful impression of both sides of the eaf or flower. Persons travelling without pen or ink, can write with a sharp stick, placing a sheet of this paper ovei a sheet of white paper. ; / RAT DESTROYERS— Rat Extern. vATOR.— Flour 3 lbs.-, water only sufficient to make it into a thick paste : Uien dissolve phos- phorus 1 oz., in butter 1 1-2 ozs., by heat. Mix. This you will leave, thickly spread on bread, where rats can get at it ; or make into balls, which is preferable, cov- ered or rolled with sugar. If it is desired to sell this article and you wish to color to hide its composition, work into it pulverized turmeric 2 oz». Or 2. Take wann water 1 qt. ; lard 2 lbs. ; phosphorus 1 oz. Mix, and thicken with flour. It is found best to make only in small quantities, as the phosphorus loses its power by exposure. Some will ob- ject to killing rats about the house; but I had rather smell their dead carcases than taste their tail prints, left on everything possible for them to get at, or suffer loss from their tooth prints on all things possible for them to devour or destroy. ^ 3. Death eob the Old Sly Rat. — Some rats get sci cunning that it is almost impossible to overcome their shrewdness. Then get a few grains of strychnine, having a little fresh lean meat broiled ; cut it into small bits, by using a fork to hold it, for if held by the fingers, they will smell them and not eat it ; cutting with a sharp pen-knife ; then cut a little hole into the bits, and put in a little of the strychnine, and close np the meat together again. Put these on a plate where they frequent, but not netf 4keir holes, laying a piece of paper over the meat; wbflP^ mBOELLAmOMB DEFABTUEMT. sai these are eaten put more, for three or four days, and yon are soon done with the wisest of them. 4. Rats— To Drive Away Aute. — If you choose to drive them away alive, take potash pulverized, and put quite plenty of it into all their holes about the house. If the potash is pulverized and left to the air, it becomes pasty ; then it can be daubed on the boards or planks, where they come through into rooms. They will sooner leave, than be obliged to have a con- tinual re-application of this " Doctor Stuff," every time they go through their holes. See " Potash, to Make." 5. Scotch snuff, or pulverized cayenne pepper, mixed together, or separate j if freely put into their burrowing-holes, will certainly send them off, at a sneezing pace. 6. Bat Poison — From Sir Humphrey Davy.— A tasteless, odorless and infallible rat poison, he says, is made> as follows: " Mix carbonate of barytes, 2 oua. ; with grease 1 Ib.'^ It produces great thirst, consequently water must be set by it, for death takes place immediately after drinking, not giving them time to go back to their holes. I obtained this at such a late day, that I have not had ian opportunity of testing it. Be sure that no other animal can get at it, except rats and mice, for it is a most deadly poison. Should 4his be found as effectual as recommended, it will prove just the thing for rat-killing, as they can be gathered up and carried away, thus avoiding the stench arising from their dead carcasses. FISH— Art of Catching.— Mix the juice of loveage or smellage with any kind of bait, or a few drops of the oil of rLodium. India cockle, also ^Coculus Indicus), is sometimes mixed with flour ^ough and sprinkled on the surface of still water. This intoxicates «he fish and makes them turn up, on top of the water. Mullein seed, pulverized, and used in place of the India cockle is about equal to that article. They may be eaten without fear, but this will destroy many fish. Oil of rhodium is tfie best plan. " It is generally supposed," says Mr. B. I. Pell, " that fish are not possessed of the sense of smell. From the fol- lowing experiments I am convinced they are : I placed a hook, well bated with an anghvworm, enticingly before a perch weighing one and a half pounds ; he did not take the Wm IF f w V iK- 822 DB. CHASES BEOIFIS. least notice ot it. It was withdrawn, and a drop of rhodium brought in contact with it, when it was dropped very care- fully several feet behind him ; he immediately turned and seized the bait. This experiment was several times repeat- ed with like success. I find many varieties very sensitive to noise, and by numerous experiments am convinced that their sense of hearing is acute." STRAW AND CHIP HATS— To Vabnish Blac^.— Best alcohol 4 ozs.; pulverized black sealing-wax, 1 oz. ; put them into a vial, and put the vial into a warm place, stirring or shaking occasionally, until the wax is dissolved ; apply it when warm, by means of 8 soft brush, before the fire or m the sun. It gives stiffiiess to old straw hats or bonnets, makes a beautiful gloss, and resists wet ; if anything else is required, just apply it to small baskets only, and see how nicely thej will look. 2. Straw Bonnets— To Color a Beaviifdl SLirE.— Firei; soak the bonnet in rather strong warm suds for fifteen nf inutes ] ttaa is to remove sizing or stifi'emng ; then rinse in warm water, to get out the soap ; now scald cudbear 1 oz., in sufiScient water to cover the hat Or bonnet— work the bonnet in this dye at 180. degrees of keat, until you get a little purple ; now have a bucket of cold water blued with the extract of indigo, about i oz., and work or stk the bonnet in this, until the tint pleases. Dry, then rinse out with oold water and dry again, in the shade. If you get the purple too deep in shade, the final slate will be too dark. See " Extract of Indigo, or Ohemio." STUCCO PLASTERING— For Brick and Gravel Houses.— First make up as much mortar as you need for the job, with good common lime ; using only f or four-fifths,. at most, as much lime as needed for common work ; the other fourth or fifth is to bOj water-lime ; and not to be put in only as used. The sand must be' coarse, and free from loam or dirt. To prepare the white and colored washes, run off common lime enough with hot water, to make a white-wash to go over the whole job. This white-wash is to be colored the tint desired for the work. Be sure to make color-wash enough at one time, or you will find it hard to get the shades alike ; saving a little of the white-wash without color ; to pencil the seams, and also for speck- ing as mentioned below. The colors used are lamp-black, Spanish-brown, or Venetian-red, as preferred, and these are cut or dissolved in whiskey ; then putmig into the white-wash to suit USOISLUDEOITS DEFAIHBtEIIT. 823 When theee wasnes are aii prepared, wet up as mnch of the mortar as can be put on in twenty or forty minutes, and mix in the fourth or fifth of th cement, and put on as fast as possible: first wetting the wall very wet with water. Some cement will Bet in 20 and some in 40 to 50 minutes. When you see the time necessary for the kind "you are using, act accordingly, and only mix the cement iuto as much mortar as your help will put on before it sets ; beginning at the top of the wall with your scaffold- ing and working doYsm, which prevents too much specking from the colors. Have a man to follow right after wiUi a float, keeping the stucco very wet while floating down level and smooth ; and Ihe longer it is floated and wet, the better will be the job. Even after it is floated down well, keep a man wetting it with a brush ontil you get the whole line on, around the house, as the water- lime must be kept quite wet for some considerable time, to set properly. Heed this caution, and if water never gets in behind the plastering from bad cornice or leaky roofs, it will never peel off. When this line of scaffolding is plastered, take out enough of the color-wash, running it through a seive, and go over the plastering *, lamp-black alone gives it a bluish slate color ; if a little of the brown is added with the black, it will be a little reddish, and if the red is used without the brown, it will be quite red. I prefer sufficient of the black only to make a gray stone color. A brown, however, looks exceedingly well. If you choose, you can make one-half of the color-wash darker than the other — having laid it off into blocks resembling stone, by means of a straight-edge, and piece of board about half an inch thick, paint every other block with the darker wash to represent different shades of stone. Some of our best buildings are done in this way, and look well. Then to give it a granite appearance, take a small paint brush end dip it into the white-wash, saved for this purpose ; strike it across a hammer handle, so as to Hirow the specks from the brush upon the wall, then the same with black and red. Pencil the Beams with the white-wash, which gives it the appearance of mor^ tar, as in real stone-work. Now you are ready to move down the scaffold, and go oyer the same thing as before. After the colors have been dissolved with spirits, they can be reduced with water, or what is better for them and the color-wash also, is skimmed milk ; and where milk is plenty, it ought to be used in place of water, for white-wash or color-washes, as it helps to resist the weather, and prevents the colors from fading — see •' Paint, to Make without Lead or Oil," which gives you the philosophy of using milk. Speck quite freely with the white, then about half as much with the blaek, and then cather free again with the red. The proportion of lime ii m i?-' ^^i- \rm r.- m % ■■} i>: 824 DB. chase's BEOIPES. probably, should not exceed one, to six or seven of sand. Our University buildings, represented in the frontispiece, except the Laboratory, and Law-building, which have been more recently put up, are finished with it, and also whole blocks in the business part of our city. Prof. Douglass' house is probably the prettiest color of any in the city — an imitation of " Free-stone," made with lamp-black, yellow ochre, and a larger proportion of Spanish brown. But all will have a preference for some special color ; then, with a little ingenuity and patience, nearly any colored stone can be imitated. GRAVEL HOUSES— To Make— Preparations op Lime, Sand, and Gravel. — It has become quite common to put up gravel houses ; and many persons are at a great loss to kn(7W what proportions of materials to use. Various proportions have been proposed ; but from the fact that the philosophy was not explained, no real light was given upon the subject. All that is required to know, is, that sand and lime are to be used in proportion to the s^ze of the gravel — say for 15 busheJa of clean gravel, from the «ize of peas up to that of hen's eggs, it will take about 3 bushels of clean sharp sand and 1 of lime to fill the crevices Tvithout swelling the buUc of the gravel. If the gravel is coarse, up to 5 bushels of sand may be required, but tilie lime will not need to be increased but very little, if any. Then the philosophy of the thing is this — about 1 to 1\ bushels lime to 15 bushels of gravel, and just sand enough to fill the f^^evices without Increasing the bulk as above mentioned. If the gravel is free of dirt, the sand also clean, and the weather dry, the walls can be raised one foot each day, if you have help to do that amount of labor. Some prefer to make the gravel and sand into mortar and press it into bricks ; then lay into walls, but the wall must ue stronger if laid up solid, in board frames, made to raises np as required. i ; . ,." ' Many persons argue for the eight-square or octagon house, but I Uke the square form much the best, carrying up the hall and main partition walls of the same material. The eight-square house looks like an old fort, or water tank, and is very expensive to finish ; costing much more than the same room with square angles , for mechanics cannot put up comiee outside, or in, in less than double the time re- quired for making the common square mitre. aUSOELLAKEOTTS DEPABTMEIIIT. 825 Prof. Winohell, of the University, and State Geologist, in this city, has put up one of the octagons which looks well, however, for the style of fin'sh is what attracts atten- tion, instead of the style of form. WHITEWASHES AND CHEAP PAINTS.— Bril LiANT Stucco Whitewash — Will Last on Brick or Stone, Twenty to Thirty Years. — Many have hear'1 of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east end of the President's house at Washington. The following is a recipe for it, as gleaned from the National Intelligencer, with som 3 additional improvements learned by experiments : Nice unslacked lime \ bushel ; slack it with boiling water ; cover it during the process, to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it, salt 1 peck ; previously well dissolved in water ; rice 3 lbs. — boiled to a \hm paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; Spanish whiting \ lb. ; clean nice glue 1 lb., which has been previously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fire, in a small kettle, immersed in a larger one filled with water. Now add hot water 5 gals., to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a fe\f days covered from the dirt. - ~ It should be put on hot. For this purpose it can be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace. Brushes more or less small may be used, according to the neatness of job re- quired. It answers aa well as oil paint for brick or stone, and is much cheaper. There is one house in our city which had this applied twelve years ago, and is yet nice and bright. It has re- tained its brilliancy over thirty yeary. Coloring matter, dissolved in whiskey, may be put in and made of any shade you like; Spanish brown stirred in will make red-pink, more or less deep, according to quantity. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish brown, makes reddish stone color. Yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow wash, but chrome goes further, and makes a color generally esteemed prettier. In all 'hese cases the darkness of the shade, of course, is determined by the quantity of the coloring used. It is difficult to make rules, because tastes are different — it would be best to try experi- ments on a shingle an,d let it dry. Green must not be mil:- ed with lime. The lime destroys the color, and the oolor m m u : ii. 826 DB« 0HA8BS BEOIFES. has an effect on the Tvhitewash, which makes it orack and peel. When inside walls have been badly smoked, And you wish to make them a clean, clear white, it is well to squeeze indigo plentifully through a bag into the water you use, be- fore It is stirred into the whole mixture, or blue viti^iol pul- verized and dissolved in boiling water and put into white- wash, gives a beautiful blue tint. If a larger quantity than five gallons be wanted, the same proportion should be ob- served. 2. Whttewash — Vert Nicje for RooMS.^Take whiting 4 lbs. ; white or common glue 2 ozs. ; stand the glue in cold water over night ; mix the whiting with cold water, and heat the glue until dissolved ; and pour it into the other hot. Make of a proper consistence to apply wil^ a common whitewash brush. Use these proportions for a greater or less amount. In England scarcely any other kind of whitewash is used. A lady, of Black River Falls, Wis., who had one of my books, irrote to me, expressing her thankfulness for the beauty of this whitewash. 8. Paint.— To Make wrraour Lead or Oil.— Whiting 6 lbs. ; skimmed milk 2 qts. ; fresh slaked lime 2 ozs. Put the lime into a stoneware vessel, pour upon it a sufficient quantity of ^Jie milk to make a mixture resembling cream ; the balance of the milk is then to be added ; and, lastly, the whiting is to be orumbled upon the surface of the fluid, in which it gradually sinks. At this period it must be well stirred in, or ground as you would other paint, and it is fit for use. There may be added any coloring mattei that suits the fancy (see the first whitewash for mixing colors), to be ap- plied in the same manner as other paints, and in a few hours it will become perfectly dry. Another coat may then be added, and so on until the work is done. This paint i of great tenacity, bears rubbing with a coarse cloth, ha. little smell, even when wet, and when dry is inodoious. The above quantity is sufficient for fifty-seven yards. — An- napolis Eepuhliccm. • ' " We endorse the recipe. The casein or curd of the milk, by the action of the caustic-lime, becomes insolvblej and has been used for time immemorial, as a lute for chem- ioal experiments. It is good, and, in comparison witb white lead, a durable paint." — Mooters Rural Neu) Yorker, Most of the cheap painta will require about three wats. m MISOELLANEOns DEPABTMEIIT. 827 ^ite lead always requires two, but some people think be- cause they get a cheap paint that one ooat ought to make a good job. Two will generally do with any except white. 4. White Paint — A New Way of MANUFAOTuaiNa. —The following was communicated by a man who was for- merly a carpenter in the U. S. Navy. <' During a cruise in the South Pacifio, we went into the harbor of Coquimbo ; and as the ship had been out a long time, she was covered with rust from stem to stern. It was the anxious wish of the commander that she should be restored to her original colors ; but on examining the store- room, it was ascertained that there was not a pound of white lead in the ship. In thid emergency I bethought me of an expedient which concocted an admirably substitute, com- posed of the following ingredients : — "Air-slaked lime, pulverized until it was of the fineness of flour, which was then passed through a seive. Rice boiled in a large kettle until the substance was drawn entirely out of the grain : the water, then of a plastic nature, was strained to sepa- rate the grain, &o., from the clear liquid. A tub about tlie size of a half barrel, of the prepared lime and rice water, was mixed with 1 gallon of linseed oil ; and the material had so much the appearance of paint that a novice could not have told the differ- enoe. '' The ship was painted outside and inboard with the above mixture (which cost next to nothing), and never pre- sented a finer white streak on her bends, or cleaner bulwarks and berth deck than on that occasion, and no other kind of white paint was ^ised during the remainder of the cruise.*' If this is good for ships out and inboard, it is worth try- ing for fences and out-work requring a cheap white paint. 6 Black and Gbeen Paint — Durablb and Cheap, for Out-Door Work. — ^Any quantity of charcotd, powdered ; a sufficient quan- tity of litharage as a dryer, to be well levigated (rubbed smooth), with linseed oil ; and, when used, to be thinned witli well boiled linseed oil. The above forms a good black paint. "■- Bj adding yellow ochre, an excellent green is produced, which is preferable to the bright green used by painters, for all garden work, as it does not fade wilii the sun. This composition was first used by Dr. Parry, of Bath, on some spouts ; which, on being examined, fourteen years afterwards, were found to be as perfect as when first pat np. ■ -^■^■»-' \- I' t| «8 BB. OHan'a Bioms. 6. Milk Paint for Barns— Ant Color*—" Mix water lime with ikiro milk, tea proper consistence to appl; with a brush, and it Is nadytonse. It will adhere well to wood, whether Bmooth or roiijjfli. to brick, mortar or stone, where oil has not been used (ia which case it cleaves to some extent), and forms a very hard sub- Btance, as durable as the best oil paint. It is too cheap to estimate and &hj one can put it on who can use a brash.'' — Country Oen- tlemtm Any color may be given to it, hy using colors of the tinge di sired, dissolving in whiskey first, then adding in to iuit the /ancy, as in the first i-ecipe. If a red is preferred, mix Venetian-red with milk, not asing any lime. It looks well for fifteen years. LIQUn^. AND WATER-PROOF GLUES— LiQuro Glcb.-To have a gond glue always ready for use, just p-it a bottle two-thkds full of bet ' FIRE KINDLERS.— To make very nice fire kindlers, take rosin, any quantity, and melt it, putting in for each pound being used, from 2 to 3 ozs. of tallow, and when all is hot, stir in pine saw-dust to make very thick ; and, while yet hot, spread it out about 1 inch thick upon boards which have fine saw-dust sprinkled upon them to prevent it from sticking. When cold, break up into lumps about 1 inch square. But if for sale take a thin board and press upon it, while yet warm, to lay it off into 1 inch squares ; this makes it break regularly, if you press the crease sufficiently deep, grease the marking-board to prevent it from sticking. One of these blocks will easily ignite with a match, and bum with a strong blaze long enough to kindle any wood fit to burn. The above sells readily in all our large towns and cities, at a great profit. 2. Most of the published recipes call for rosin 3 lbs. ; tar 1 qt. ; and 1 gill of turpentine ; but they make a black, sticky mess of stuff, which always keeps the hands daubed. On the other hand, this makes a rosin-colored kindler, which breaks nicely also when cold ; and they are decidedly A nice thing ; and much more certain to start a fire than shavings. If the tar plan is used, 1 Dt. is enough for 5 lbs. of rosin. STARCH POLISH.— .White-wai 1 02^, , spermaceti 2 ozs. ; melt them together with a gentle heat. When you* have prepared a sufficient amount of starch, in the usual way, for a dozen pieces — put into it a piece of the polish the size of a large pea ; more or less, according to large or small washings. Or, thick gum solution (made by pouring boiling water upon gum arable), one table-spoon to a pint of starch, gives clothes a beautiful gloss. ; . .^ PERCUSSION MATCHES— Op thl Best Quautt.— Chlo- rate of potash ^ lb. ; glue 3 lbs. ; white lead, dry, 6 lbs. ; red lead } lb. ; phospbonu 2} lbs. Dibbotions.— First put the chlorate into a dish made for the purpose, deep and of a suitable size to set into a kettle of water, which can be kept on the fire for two or three days, having 2 qts. of water on tje chlorate : then put the glue on top of the chlorate water, and let soak until all is perfectly dissolved ; tihen add tiie leads and heat up quite hot, and tho- roughly Briz ; let cool and add the phosphorus ; let it dissolve, and he oareM never to heat hot after the phosphorus is added ; stir f '? ..1! .! I i I. .i- . : I' 380 BB. OHABES' BKGIP18. oooasloiudly while dipping, and if little partiolee of phoBphorns Ares push them down into the mixture, or put on warm wat«r ; if you put on cold water it will fly all over you. Keep it rather tbio after the phosphorus is put in, and there will be no danser ; although the chlorate of potash is considered a dangerous article to work with ; so is powder, yet when you know how to work with them, you can do as safely with one as the other. When dry give them a coat of yamish. I have been aoquainted with a man for about fourteen years who . makes them, and several others for a less time, without trouble or aooident. A better match was never made to stand dampness, or bear transportation without set- ting on fire. I have used and sold them much of the time and speak from knowledge. One explosion has since taken place. The plan pursued here in preparing the splints is as fol- lows : Sawed pine timber from four to eight inches each way, is cut ofiF the right length for the match, then one end of it is shaved smooth, with a drawing-knife ; the block is held upon the horse by a brace from the top of the horses' head against the back side of the block, so as to be out of the way of the knife instead of putting the block under the jaws of the horses' head, as the dents made in the end of match timber would not answer ; the front edge comes against a strip put on for that purpose ; then glue the other end and put on brown paper, which holds them together when split ; maohinos are used to split with which feeds up ihe block enough each time the knife is raised, to make the size of the match when split the other way, or about ten to the inch. These machines cost about fifty dollars, and the work goes ahead like a young saw-mill, by simply turning; a crank. ' There are two standards bolted upon a base plank, four feet in length ; these standards support a shaft, with crank and balance wheel, which is two feet in diameter ; the shaft has upon it an oval wheel, which sinks the knife, twice in each revolution, the knife passing down through a space in a thin iron strip, standing out from the two blocks, under which the match block passes by the drawing of the chain seen to pass over a small drum, upon the shaft of the rag wheel, the notches being only one-fourth inch apart, and fed up by the hand, attached to mSOELLANEOVS DEPARTMENT. 881 the Iron Arame being kept back to the earn wheel, which has two swells upon it, by a light spring. The hand is kept down into the cogs or notches, by the little spiral wire spring ; the matoh-blook to be split, sets in the frame forward of the block, which has a pin in it to draw back the frame. When the block of matches is split, this frame goes for- ward to touch a catch, the same as a saw-mill, wUch lets another spring raise the hand, when the feeding operation ceases. The frame is then drawn back and the same re- peated. As the match is split they open and require a rounding mortice made through the base plank between the blocks, which allows them to remain in a half circular form — the knife is raised by a line attached to a spring pole, the knife is screwed upon a piece of cast-iron which works in the guide, having the back end firmly twisted by a bolt through one of the standards. This knife stands at right angles with the shaft. I When the matches are split and su£Eiciently dry to work upon, they are dipped in melted brimstone, kept hot, and the match also kept hot on a sheet iron stove, and t!\ the brimstone is thrown off which can possibly be by jerking the block with the hand. I J. Ill If any brimstone remains upon the end it mtist be I scraped off before dipping into the match composition. I Wit! jut the ohlorate, ihe composition makes a &BtH)ia8f 332 DB. CHASE'S MSOffiES. .. -r. v,<. ir. W known, however, that poiflonoua effects of the P^o^P DEPosrr3.-Put into OTTTAM B0ILERS.-TO F^J'JfTha Wler i8 fed, a sufficient ^ 4 weeks and renew. Ume-stone sections of Washington, 0., giving g ^^ ^,, ^olit of lime "P^^i'»f Sea in quantities of from 3 pte. to c. ^str aS diJ^ -fl" t;'i^S know the quantity of water When it is put» yfine^up q«ite «1»^ ^' *''T ! in the holier, for ^^^^^ J^^g ^^"e the engineer about foaming of the wa^ . -d -g^kr, but if heated up dow the amount ot watei i j, eption , there is no danger <>? *^^ ''^^^^ ^. ^^ ^hb Beason why 3 To Peevknt 2^^°^^°*^' JItinz of the Association T^TBVoDB.-At a recent meeting ot ^^ y^,^^ foHhe aavajicement of science, Mr^ ay > jje pre- S,^nted what we hel«ve ^ ^^.^^^^tlTrapidity with which - ^nted the foUow-'iS taWe fhow V r^ ^^^^^ pressure is doubled by on y aj^^^ ^ ,„. ^ At 212 degrees ofheat water hegms to becomes of a red heat ^^ ^aje uieh. 212 degrees ot heat, is po „ „ « 251 „ eo " u 29* » 120 " ' 842 « 240 ■ ^1 ;. " 480 "---^^tS'^^aMncreaseofh^^^^^^ (i (( « <( (( (i « (i (( l( M l< l« (( i mSOELLANEOUS DEPARTNBNT. 333 r, that n the at into iifficient r dark ; jections Jig, are 3at, and the de- Id leaky ,8. to 2 or of water causes a 5er about up slow 30N WHY ssociation ew York, He pre- rith which at. agrees iron ents he hpd led in six to doubling 01 , the conver- casible heat. It Btanda a ;lie water, 1 arises, what to the wat«r. since it Is neither indicated by the water nor by the steam formed from it ?^ The answer is, it enters the water and converts it into steam vrithout raising its temperature. One thousand degrees o! heat -vre absorbed in the conversion of water into steam, and this is called its latent heat. And it is the sudden conversion of latent heat into sensible heat that produces the explosion. If an engine is stopped, even if there is but a moderate &[>e, if the escape valve is closed, there is rapid absorption or accumulation of latent heat. The pressure rises with great rapidity, and when the engineer thinks everything is safe, the explosion comes. That this is the true cause of nearly all the explosions that occur, will he plain to every one who will look at the relations hetween latent and sensible heat. Prof. Henry and Prof. Silliman, Jr., endorse the view. What, then, is the security against explosions ? We know of no securities but these — a sufficiency of water in the boilers, and the escape valves open at light pressure, when the engine is at rest. — Springfield Republican. There is no question about the foregoing explanations being founded in true philosophy ; and if engineers will be governed by them, instead of by a desire to hold on to steam for the purpose of getting ahead or of keeping ahead, as the case may be, of some other boat ; or on land, to save the expense of fuel, not one explosif»T> would take place wheie nov\r there is at least a hundred Awful will be the reckoning with these murderers ; for in Heaven's sight they are one and the same. A series of experiments have recently been concluded on the U. S, Steamer Michigan, and a fuU but voluminous re- port laid before the Navy Department, upon the subject of steam expansion. It would pay all interested in steam works to obtain and read it. PLUMS -AND OTHER FRUIT— To Prevent Insects prom ' Stinging. — Take new dry lime, Sulpliur and gunpowder, equal parts, pulverized very fine, and throw it amongst the flowers when In full bloom ; use it freely, so that all may catch a little. This has been tried with success. Working upon the principle of pepper, to keep flies from meat. The injury to fruit being done while in blossom. BED-ROOM CARPEia— For Twelve and a Half Cents pf» Yard.— Sew together the cheapest cotton cloth, the size of tb«» room, and tack the edges to the floor. Now paper the cloth. i*> you would the sides of a room, with cheap roomjpaper ; prv 834 DB. OHASE'S BBOIFES. ting a border around the edge if desired. The paste will be the better ifa little gum arable is mixed with it. When thoroughly dry, give it two coats of furniture or carriage yamish, and when dry it is done. It can be washed ; and looks well in proportion to the quality and figure of the paper used. It oould not be ex- pected to stand the wear of a kitchen, for any length of time, but for bed-rooms it is well adapted. COFFEE— MoBE Healtht and Better Flatored, for One- Fourth THE Expense op Common. — Coffee, by weight or measure, one-fourth, rye three-fourths. Look them over separately, to remove bad grains ; then wash to remove dust, draining off the water for a moment as you take it with the hands from the washing water, putting directly into the browning skillet, carefully stirring all the time, to brown it evenly. Brown each one sepa- rately ; then mix evenly, and grind only as used ; settling with a beatened egg, seasoning with a little cream and sugar as usual. And I do sincerely say the flavor is better, and it is one hundred per oent. more healthy than all ooffee. You may try barley, peas, parsnips, dandelion roots, &o., but none of their flavors are equal to tje Yet all of them are more or less used for coffee. PICKLING FRUITS, AND CUCUMBERS— kckuno Apples.- Best vinegar 1 gallon ; sugar 4 lbs. ;. apples all it will cover handsomely; cinnamon and cloves, grc'und, of each 1 table- spoon. Yxre and core the apples, tying ! j. the cinnamon and cloves in a cloth and putting with the apples, into the vine- gar and sugar and cooking until done, only. Keep in jars. They are nicer than preserves and more healthy, and keep a long time ; not being too sour, nor too sweet, but an agree- able mixture of the two. It will be seen below that the different fruits require different quantities of sugar and vinegar, the reason for it is, the difference in the fruit. 2. Pickling Peaches. — ^Best vinegar 1 qt. ; sugar 4 lbs. ; peachia peeled and stoned, 8 lbs. ; spices as desired, or as for apples. Treated every other way as apples. If they should begin to ferment, at any time, simply boil down the juice; then boil the pe^vches m it for a &w minutes only. lOSOELLANEOnS DEPABTUENT. 33^ 3. Peaches — To Peel. — In peeli g small peaches with a knife, too much of the peach is wasted; but by having a wire-cage, similar to those made for popping corn ; fill the cage with peaches, and dip it into boiling water, for a mo- ment, then into cold water for a moment, and empty out ; going on in the same way for all you wish to peel. This toughens the skin and enables you to strip it off, saving much in labor, as also the waste of peach. Why not, aa well as tomatoes ? 4. PiCKLiNQ PLUMS.~Be8t vincgaT 1 pt. ; sugar 4 lbs. ; plmns 8 lbs. ; spices to taste. Boil them in the mixture until soft ; then take out the plums, and boil the syrup until quite thick and pour it over them again ; 6. Pickling Cucumbers.— Pick each morning ; stand in weak brine 3 or 4 days, putting in mustard pods and horse raddish leaves to keep them green. Then take out and drain, covering with vinegar for a week ; at which time take out and drain again, putting into new vinegar, adding mustard seed, ginger reel;, cloves, pepper and red pepper pods, of each about 1 or 2 czs. ; or to Buit different tastes, for each barrel. The pickles will be nice and brittle, and pass muster at any man's table, or market. And if it was generally known that the greenness of pickles was caused by the action of the vinegar on the copper kettle, producing a poison (ver- digris), in which they are directed to be scalded, I think no one would wish to have a nice looking pickle at the ex- pense of health ; if they do, they can continue the bad prac- tice of thus scalding, if not, just put your vinegar on cold, and add your red peppers, or cayennes, cloves, and other spices, as desired j but the vinegar must be changed once, as the large amount of water in the. cucumber reduces the vinegar so much that this change is absolutely necessary ; and if they should seem to lose their sharp taste again, just add a little molasses, or spirit, and all will be right, SANDSTONE— To Prevent Scaling by Frost.— Raw linseed- oil, 2 or 3 coats. Apply in place of paint, not allowing the first coat to get entirely dry until the next is applied ; if it does, a skin is formed which prevents the next from perotrating the stone. Poorly burned brick will be equally well preserved by the same proce^B. gj ' . ii' i:M i 1. i f" . 3V ■ ■.ir I., < tr ■ r 336 DB. CHASE'S BEOIPES. SEALING WAX— Red, Bla.ok, and Blue.— Gum shellao 8 ozs. ; Venice turpentine 4 ozs. ; vermillion 2 1-2 ozs. ; alcohol 2 ozs. ; camphor gum 1-2 oz. Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol, then the shellac, adding the turpentine, and finally the vermillion, be- ing very careftil that no bUze shall come in contact with its ftimes ; fer if it does, it will fire very quickly. Blue. — Substitute fine Prussian-blue for the vermillion, same quantity. Black. — Lamp-black only sufficient to color. Either color must be well rubbed into the mixture. ADVICE — To Young Men and others out of Em- ployment. — Advice — How few there are who will hear advice at all ; not because it is advice but from the fact that those who attempt to give it are not qualified for the work they assume, or that they endeavor to thrust it upon their notice at an inopportune time ; or upon persons over whom no control is acceded, if claimed. But a book or paper never give offenoe from any of these causes , there- fore, they are aKfays welcomed with a hope that real benefit may be derived from their suggestions. Whether that end will be attained in this case, I leave to the judgment of those for whom, it is intended ; hoping they may find them- selves sufficiently interested to give it a caieful perusal, and candid consideration. And although my remarks must, in this work, be necessarily short, yet every sentence shall be a text for your own thoughts to contemplate and enlarge upon ; and perhaps, in some future addition of the work, I may take room and time to give the subject that attention which is really its due : and which woiild be a pleasure to devote to its consideration. First, then, let me ask why arc so many young men and other persons out of employment ? The answer is very posi- tive as. well as very plain. It is this — indolence, coupled with a determination that they will do some great thing, only. And because that great thing does not turn up withqutelTort, they are doing nothing. The point of difficulty is simply this : ihey look for the end, before the beginning. But just consider how few there are that really accomplish any great thing, even with a whole life of industry and economi- cal perHeverenoe. And yet most of our youth calculate that their beginning shall be amongst the greats. But as no one oomes to offer them their expectations^ indolence says wait, IV laSOEIiLAflEOUS DEP^KCBOENT. 887 and BO tiioy are still waiting. Now mind yon, as long as yoC"* expectations are placed upon a chance offer of some- thing very remunerative, or upon the assistance of others ; even in a small way, so long will you continue to wait in vain. At this point, then, the question would arise, what can be done ? and the answer is equally plain with the other. Take hold of the first job you can find, for it will not find ^ you. No matter how insignificant it may be, it will be bet- f ter than longer idleness; and when yor are seen doing ^ something for yourself, by those whose.opinions are worth any consideration, they will soon offer you more and better jobs ; until, finally, you will find something which agrees with your taste or inclination for a life business. But re- member that the idle never have good situations offered them. It is the industrious and persevering only who are needed to assist in life's great struggle. There are a few lines of poetry called " The Excellent Man," which advocates the principles I am endeavouring to advance, so admirably, that I cannot deny myself the plea- sure of quoting them. The old proverb, " God helps those who help themselves," is as true as it is old, and after all that is said and done, in this country, if in no other, a man must depend on his own exertions, not on patronage, if ho would have or deserve success : ** They gave me aavice ana couiosei in store, Praised me and honored me more and more ; Said that I only should < wait awhile,' " Offered tlieir patronage, too, with a smile. " Bat with all their honor and approbation, I should long ago have died of starvation^ Bad there not come an exoellbmt man, Who, bravely to help me along began. '* Good fellow I he got me the food I ate. His kindness and care I shall never forget ; Tet I cannot embrace him— though other foUCfl (an, For I, MTSKLV, am tii:-i excellent man I " Up then, and at it, for there is Knitting and sewing, and reaping and mowing, And all kinds of woric for the people to do. To keep themselves busy, both Abram and Lizzie ; Begin then, ye idle, there is plenty for you. When you have found a situation or a job of work, proTre younelf honest, indiiBtrious, perseyering, and faithful ii^ 888 DB. OHABE'S BEOIFES. every trust, and no fears need be apprehended of your final success. Save a part of your wages as a sinking fund, or rather as a floating fund, which shall keep your head above water in a storm ; or to enable you, at no distant day, to commence a business of your own. A poor orphan bo^, of fourteen, once resolved to save half of his wages, which were only four dollars per month, for this purpose; and actually refused, oven in sickness, although really suffering for comforts, to touch this business ^fund. He was afterwards the richest man in St. Louis. ' His advice to young men was always this : " Go to work ; Bave half your wages, no matter how small they may be, until you have what will enable you to begin what you wish to follow ; then begin it, stick to it ; be economical, prudent, and careful, and you cannot fail to prosper." My advice is the same, with this qualification, however ; that in choosing your occupation, you should be governed by the eternal principles of right ! never choosing that which when done, injures a fellow creature more than it can possibly benefit yourself — I mean the liquor traffic. But with the feeling of St. Paul, when he saw the necessity of doing something different from what he had been doing, he cried out, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" Ask your own tastes, being governed by conscience, under the foregoing principles ; knovnng that if a person has to learn a trade or business against his ovm inclination, it requires double diligence to make only half speed, and hardly ever meeting with success. The question to be settled, then, is this : Shall I work the soil J shall I be a mechanic, teacher, divine, physician, lawyer, merchant, druggist, or grocer, or shall it be some- thing else ? Whenever you make up your mind what it shall be, make it up, also, to be the best one in that line oi business. Set your mark high, both in point of moraJ purity and literary qualifications. If you choose any of the occupations of trade, you must save all that it is possible for economy and prudence to do, for your beginning. But if you choose one of the learned professions, you must work with the same care «nd prudence until you have Moomulated sufficient to make a fair oommenoement in youi I MISCIELLAI^20U8 DEPABTMElTr. 839 Btndics ; then prosecute them in all faithfulness as far as the accumulated means will advance you ; realizing that this increase of knowledge will give you increased power in obtaining the further means of prosecuting your studies, necessary to qualify you to do one thing only in life. Nearly all of our best men are self-made, and men of one idea, i. e., they have set themselves to be mechanics, physi- cians, lawyers, sculptors, &c., and have bent their whole energies and lives to fit themselves for the great work before them. Begin then ; offer no excuse ^e sure you are on the right track, then go ahead : "Live for something," slothful be no longer, look around for some empby ; Lcibor always malces you stronger, anl also gives you sweetest joy. Idle hands are always weary ; faithful hearts are are alwp.ys gay ; Litie for us, should not be dreaay ; nor can it, to the active, every day. Always remembering that industry, in study or labor, wil keep ahead of his work, giving time for pleasure and enjoy- ment ; but indolence is ever behind ; being driven with hei work, and no prospect of its ever being accomplished. When you have made your decision, aside from what time you must necessarily devote to labor, let all possible time be given to the study of the best works upon the subject of your occupation or profession, knowing that one hour's reading in the morning, when the mind is calm and free from fatigue, thinking and talking with your companions through the day upon the subjects of which you have been reading, will be better than twice that time in evening read- ing, yet if both can be enjoyed, so much the better j but one of them must certainly be occupied in this way. It you choose something in the line of mercantile or trade life, do not put off, too long, commencing for yourself. Bet- ter begin in a small way and learn, as your capital increases, how to manage a larger business. I knew a gentleman to commence a business with five dollars, and in two weeks his capital was seventeen dollars, besides feeding his family. I knew one also to begin with sixty dollars, and in fifteen months he cleared over four hundred and fifty dollars, be- sides supporting his family ; then he sold out and lost all before he again got into successful business. No person should over sell out, or quit an honorable pay* ing busing. i'i -4! ''rill"! AP. m 'mi] i : f*. ■1' K .fct 840 DB. OHABE*S BEOIPES. I Those who choose a professional life, will hardly find a place in the West, equal to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to obtain their literary qualifications. An en- trance fee of Ten Dollars, with Five Dollars yearly, pay? for a full Literary, Law, Medical, or Civil Engineering course ; the first requiring four, the next two, and the last three years. Or, in the words of the catalogue : *' The University, having been endowed by the General Government, affords education, without money and without price. There is no young man, so poor, that industry, diligence and persever- ance, will not enable him to get an education here. " The present condition oi the University confirms this view of its character. While the sons of the rich, and of men of more or less property, and, in large proportion, the sons of substantial farmers, mechanics, and merchants, are educated here, there is also a very considerable number of young men dependent entirely upon their own exertions — young men who, accustomed to work on the farm or in the mechanic's shop, have become smitten with the love of knowledge, and are manfully working their way through, to a liberal education, by appropr'»ting a portion of their time to the field or the workshop." Persons wishing to qualify themselves for teaching in this State, will find the Normal t::lchool, Ypsilanti, undoubt- edly preferable. And that none may excuse themselves from an effort be- causA somewhat advanced in life, let me say that Doctor Ebarle, who wrote several valuable medical works, did not begin his medical studies until forty-five years of age ; and altbAugh I could mention many more, I will only add, that I, myself, always desired to become a physician, yet circum- stances did not favor nor justify my commencement until I was thirty-eight. See the remarks following "Eye Water." There is no occupation, however, so free and independent as that of the farmer ; and there is none, except parents, capable of using so great an influence, for good or for evil, as that of teacher. AU might and ought, to a greater or less extent, be farm ers: kat all cannoi be teachers. Then let those whos MISOEIiLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 841 tasto inolihes them to teach, not shrink the responsibility, but fully qualify for the work ; learning also the ways of Truth and Righteousness for themselves ; teaching it through the week-school, by action as well as by word, and in the Sabbath-school fail not to take their stand for the right, like our President elect ; then when it comes your turn to assist in the govemmtat of the State or Nation, the people will come to your support as you do to your work — as they have just done to his (1860) ; feeling, as now, that tlie government must be safe in the hands of those who love God — deal honestly with their fellows ; and who, in re- uieuibering the Sabbath to keep it holy themselves, are not asliamed — nor forget to teach the children to love the same God, and reverence His Word Only think — a Sabbath- School Teacher — a Rail Splitter — a Boatman, Presid'^ut of the United States 1 Who will hereafter be afraid of common labor j or let indolence longer prevent their activity ? when it is only those who begin with small things and persevere througjb life, that reach the final goal of greatness ; and, as in this case, are crowned with the greatest honor which man can receive — the confidence of his Nation. Then let Industry take the place of Indolence, begiuaing to be great, by grappling with the small things of Ufe — be faithful to yourself, and you may reasonably expeot the end shall indeed be great. And although it could not be expected, in a work of this kind, that much could or would be said directly regarding a future life, yet I should be recreant to duty if I did not say a word more upon that subject. It shall be only a word. Be as faithful to God, as I have recommended you to be to yourself, and all things pertaining to a future, will be equally prosperous and glorious in its results. GRAMMAR IN RHYME— For the Little Folks— It is seldom that one sees so much valuable matter as the following lines contain, comprised in so brief a space. Every young grammarian, and many older heads, will find it higlily advantageous to commit the '^ poem " to memory a. i't .: t r U I I 842 DB. chase's BEOIPES. for with these lines at the tongue's end, none need ever mistake a part of speeoh : 1. Three little words you often see, Are articles— a, an, and the. 2. A Noun's the name of any thing, ' '' As school or garden, hoop or swing. 8. Adjectives tell the I^ind of Noim, As great, smaU,pr€ttyf white or brown. "- 4. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns sland-r Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. 6. Verbs tell of something to be done — To read, count, sing, laugh, jump or run. 6. How things are done the adverbs tell, As slowly, quickly, iU or loeO. 7. Conjunctions join the words tv/gether— As men and women, wind or weather. 8. The Preposition stands before A Noun, as in, or through a door. 9. The Inteijection shows surprise, As oh I how pretty — ah I how wise. The whole are called Nine Parts of Speeds, Which reading, writing, speaking teach. Da JSICAL CURIOSITY— Scotch Gbntos in Teaching.— A Higu land piper, having a scholar to teach, disdained to crack his brains with the names of semibreves, minims, crotchets and quavers. " Here, Donald," said he, ♦' tak' yer pipes, lad, and gie us a blast. So— verra weel blawn, indeed ; but what's a sound, Donald, without sense ? Ye maun blaw forever without making a tune o't, if I dinna tell you how the queer things on the paper maun help you. You see that big fellow wi' a round, open face? (pointing to a semibreve between two lines of a bar.) He moves slowly from that line to tiis, while ye beat ane wi' yer fist, and gie us a long blast. If, now, ye put a leg to him, ye mak' twa o^ him, and he'll move twice as fast ; and if ye black his face, he'll run four times faster than the fellow wi' the white face ; but if, after blacking his face, ye'll bend his knees or tie his leg, he'll hop eight times faster than the white-faced chap I showed you first Now, whene'er ye blaw yer pipes, Donald, remember this — ^that the tighter those fellows' legs are tied, the fiister they'll run, and the quicker they're sure to dance. That is, the more 1^ they have bent up, oontniy to nature, the faster goes the mudo. COLORma DEPABTMEHT. REMARKS. — It may be necessary to remark, and I do it here, once for all, that every article to be dyed, as well aj9 everything used about dying, should be perfectly clean. In the next place, the article to be dyed should be well scoured in soap, and then the soap rinsed out. Ifc is also an advantage to dip the article you wish to dye in warm water, just before putting it into the alum or other preparation ; for the neglect of this precaution it is nothing uncommon to have the goods or yam spotted. Soft water should al- ways be used, if possible, and sufficient to cover the ^oods handsomely. As soon as an article is dyed it should be aired a little, then well rinsed, and afterwards hung up to dry. When dyeing or scouring silk or merino dresses, cart should be taken not to wring them, for this has a tendency to wrinkle and break the silk. In putting dresses and shawls out to dry, that have been dyed, they should be hijig up by the edge so as to dry evenly. Great confidence may be placed in these coloring reoipea, as the author has had them revised by Mr. Storms, of thi* city, who has been in the business over thirty years. COLORS ON WOOLEN GOODS. 1. CHROME BLACK— Superior to Ant in Usk.— For 5 lbs. of goods — blue vitriol 6 ozs. ; boil it a few min- utes, then dip the goods f of an hour, airing often ; take out the goods, and make a dye with logwood 3ibs. ; boil ) hour ; dip f of an hour and air the goods, and dip f of an hour more. Wash in strong suds. N. B.— This will not impart aiy of its color in fulling, nor fade by exposure to the sun. 2. BLACK ON WOOL— For Mixtures.— For 10 lbs. of wool — ^bi-chromate of potash 4 ozs. ; ground argal 3 ozs. ; boil together and put in the wool ; stir well and let it re- main in the dye 4 hours. Then take out the wool, rinse it slightly in dear water ; then make a new dye, into which ! L-:li ifa •■(■. 'ir''/t r' f. Ui DB. OHABl'S BBGEPIB. put logwood 3| lbs. Boil 1 hour, and add ohambor-ley 1 pt., and let the wool lie in all night. Wash in clear water. 3. STEELMIX— Dark.— Black wool— It may bo na- tural or colored, 10 lbs. — white wool IJ lbs. Mix evenly together and it will be beautiful. 4. SNUFF BROWN— Dark, for Cloth or Wool— For 5 lbs. goods — camwood 1 lb. ; boil it 15 minutes then dip the goods for f hour ; take out the goods, and add to the dye, fustic 2^ lbs. : boil 10 minutes, and dip the goods I hour ; then add blue vitrei 1 oz. ; copperas 4 ozs. ; dip again ^ hour ; if not dark enough, add more copperas. It is dark and permanent. 6. WINE COLOR.— For 5 lbs. goodt^ camwood 2 lbs.; boil 15 minutes and dip the goods ^ hour ; boil again and dip ^ hour ; then darken with blue vitrei 1^ ozs. ; if not dark enough, add copperas } oz. 6. MADDER RED.— To ach lb. of goods— alum 5 ozs. ; red, or cream of tartar >z ; put in the goods and bring your kettle to a boil for ^ hour ; then air them and boil J hour longer ; then empty, your kettle and fill with clean water, put in bran 1 peck ; make it milk warm and lot it stand until the bran rises, then skim oiF the bran and put in madder ^ lb. ; put in your goods and heat slowly until it boils and is done. Wash in strong suds. 7. GREEN — On Wool or Silk, with Oak Bark.— Make a strong yellow dye of yellow oak and hickory bark, >in equal quantities. Add the extract of indigo or chcmio (which see), 1 tablespoon at a ^.une, until you get the shade of color desired. Or : 8. GREEN— With Fustic— For each lb. of goods- fustic 1 lb. ; with alum 3^ Ozs. Steep until the strength is out, and soak the goods therein until a good yellow is ob- tained ; then remove the chips, and add extract of indigo or chemic, 1 table-spoon at a time, until the color suits. 9. BLUE — Quick Process. — For 2 lbs. of goods— alum 5 ozs. ; cream of tartar 3 ozs. ; boil the goods in this for 1 hour ; then throw the goods into warm water, which has more or less of the extract of indigo in it, according to the depth of color desired, and boil again until it BuitS| adding more of the blue if needed. It is quick and pcnuanent. OOLOBINO DEPABTICENT. 845 10. STOCKING YARN, OR WOOL, TO COLOR— Between a Blub and Purple. — For 5 lbs. of wool, bi-chromate of potash 1 oz.; alum 2 ozs. ; dissolve them and bring the water to a boil, putting in the wool and boiline 1 hour ; then throw away the dye and make another dye with logwood chips 1 lb., or extract of logwood 2J ozs., and boil 1 hour. This also works very prettily on silk. N. B. — Whenever you make a dye with logwood chips either boil the chips ^ hour, and pour off the dye, or tie up the chips in a bag and boil with the wool or other goods, or take 2} ozs. of the extract in place of 1 lb. of the chips is less trouble and generally the better plan. In the aoove recipe the more logwood that is used the darker will be the shade 11.* SCARLET, WITH COCHINEAL.— For Yarn OR Cloth. — For 1 lb. of goods — cream of tartar ^ oz. ; cochineal, well pulverized, J oz. ; muriate of tin 2J ozs. ; then boil up the dye and enter the goods ; worlc them briskly for 10 or 15 minutes, after which boil 1^ hours, stirring the goods slowly while boiling wash in clear water and dry in the shade. 12. PINK. — For 3 lbs. of guods — alum 3 ozs., boil and dip the goods 1 hour ; then add, to tht) dye, cream of tartar 4 ozs. ; cochineal, well pulverized, 1 oz. ; boil well and dip the goods while boiling, until the color suits. 13. ORANGE.— For 5 lbs. of goods— Muriate of tin G table-spoons ; argal 4 ozs. ; boil and dip 1 hour ; then add to the dye, fustic 2 J lbs. ; boil 10 minutes, and dip J hour, and add, again, to the dye, madder 1 tea-cup ; dip again J hour. N. B. — Cochineal in place of madder makes a much brighter color, which should be added in small quantities until pleased. About 2 ozs. 14. LAC RED.— For 5 lbs. goods— argal 10 ozs. ; boil a few minutes ; then mix fine ground lac 1 lb. with muriate of tin 1 J lb., and let them stand 2 or 3 hours j then add half of the lac to the argal dye, and dip J hour ; then add the balance of the lac and dip again 1 hour ; keep the dye at a boiling heat, until the last half hour, when the dye may be oooled off. t ^r I- r ■m4 ' mi I t ■i . '■I*'. 346 DB. OHASE*S BTOIFES. 1^. PURPLE.— For 5 lbs. goods—cream of tartar 4 ozs.; alum 6 ozs. ; cochineal, well pulverized, 2 ozs. ; muri- ate of tin J tea-cup. Boil the cream of tartar, alum and tin 15 minutes ; then put in the cochineal and boil 5 min- utes ; dip the goods 2 hours ; then make a new dye with alum 4 ozs. ; Brazil wood 6 ozs. j logwood 14 ozs- ; muriate of tin 1 tea-cup, with a little chemicj work again until pleased. 16. SILVER DRAB— Light.— For 5 lbs. goods— alum 1 small teaspoon, and logwood about the same amount ; boil well together, then dip the goods 1 hour; if not dark enough, add in equal quantities alum and logwood, until suited. 17. SLATE, ON WOOLEN OR COTTON— With Beaoh Bark. — Boil the bark in an iron kettle, skim out the chips after it has boiled sufficiently, and then add cop- peras to set the dye. If you wish it very dark add more copperas. This is excellent for stockings. ^8. EXTRACT OF INDIGO OR CHEMIC-To Make. — For good chemio or extract of indigo, take oil of vitriol ^ lb., and stir into it indigo, finely ground, 2 ozs., continuing the stirring at first for J hour; now cover over, and stir 3 or 4 times daily for 2 or 3 days ; then put in a crumb of saleratus and stir it up, and if it foams put in more and stir, and add as long as it foams ; the saleratus neutralizes any excess of acid ; then put into a glass vessel and cork up tight. It impr'^'^es by standing. Druggists keep this prepared. 19. WOOL — To Cleanse. — Make a liquid of water 3 parts and urine 1 part ; heat it as hot as you can bear the hand in it ; then put in the* wool, a littb at a time, so as not to have it crowd ; let it remain in for 15 minutes ; take it out over a basket to drain , then rinse in mnning water, and spread it out to dry ; thus proceed in the same liquor ; when it gets reduced fill it up, in the same proportions, keeping it at hand heat, all the time, not using any soap 20. DARK COLORS— To Extract and Insert LiGET. — This recipe is calculated for carpet rags. In the first place let the rags be washed clean, the black or browr rags oan be colored red or purple, at the option of the dyer ; to do OOLOBINa DBPABTMENT. 847 this, take, for every 5 lbs. black or brown rags, muriate of tin i lb., and the lao ^ lb. ; mixed with the same, as for the lao red ; dip the goods in this dye 2 hours, boiling J of the time, if not red enough add more tin and lac. The goods can then be made a purple, by adding a little log- wood ; be careful, and not get in but a very small handfid, as more can be added if not enough. White rags make a beautiful appearance in a carpet, by tying them in the skein and coloring them red, green, or purple ; gray rags will take a very good green — the coloring will be in proportion to the darkness of mix. DURABLE COLORS ON COTTON. 1. BLACK. — For 5 lbs. goods — sumac, wood and bark together, 3 lbs. ; boil } hour, and let the goods steep 12 hours ; then dip in lime water ^ hour ; then take out the goods and let them drip an hour ; now add to the sumac liquor, copperas 8 ozs., and dip another hour ; then run them through the tub of lime water again for 15 minutes; now make a new dye with logwood 2J lbs., by boiling 1 hour, and dip again 3 hours ; now add bi-carbonate of port- ash 2 ozs., to the logwood dye, and dip 1 hour. Wash in clear cold water and dry in the shade. You may say this is doing too much. You cannot get a permanent black on cotton with less labor. 2. SKY BLUB.—For 3 lbs. goods— blue vitriol 4 ozb. ; boil a few minutes ; then dip the goods 3 hours, after which pass them through strong lime water. You can make this color a beautiful brown by putting the goods through a so- lution of prussiate of potash. 3. LIME WATER, AND STRONG LIME WATER — For Coloring. — Lime water is made by putting stone lime 1 lb., and strong lime water, IJ lbs. into a pail of wa- ter, slacking, stirring, and letting it stand until it becomes dear, then turn into a tub of water, in which dip the goods. 4. BLUE, ON COTTON OR LTNEN— With Loo- wood. — In all cases, if new, they should be boiled in strong soap-suds or weak ley and rinse clean ; then for cotton 5 lbs., or linen 3 lbs., take bi-carbonate of potash f lb. ; put in the goods and dip 2 hours, then take out, rinse ; mal^^ ^ I' m 'Sim \ m ?'f I:, hi 848 DB. OHASE'S BEOIPES. dye with logwood 4 lbs. ; dip in this 1 hour, air, and let stand in the dye 3 or 4 hours, or till the dye is almost cold, wash out and dry. ; 5. BLUE ON cotton—Without Logwood.— Foi 5 lbs. of rags — copperas 4 ozs. ; boil and dip 15 minutes , then dip in strong suds, and back to the dye 2 or 3 times ; then make a dye with prussiate of potash 1 oz. ; oil of vitriol 3 table-spoons ; boil 30 minutes and rinse ; then dry. 6. GREEN. — If the cotton is new, boil in weak ley or strong tiuds ; then wash and dry ; give the cotton a dip in the home-made blue dye tub until blue enough is obtained to make the green as dark as required, take out, dry, and rinse the goods a little ; then make a dye with fustic f lb. ; logwood 8 ozs. to each lb. of goods, by boiling the dye 1 hour ; when cooled so as to bear the hand, put in the cotton, move briskly a few minutes, and let lay in 1 hour ; take out and let it thoroughly drain ; dissolve and add to the dye, for each lb. of cotton, blue vitriol ^ oz., and dip another hour ; wring out and let dry in the shade. By adding or diminishing the logwood and fustic, any shade of green may be obtained. 7. YELLOW.— For 5 lbs. of goods— sugar of lead 7 ozs. ; dip the goods 2 hours ; make a new dye with bi-chro- mato of potash 4 ozs. ; dip until the color suits, wring out and dry, if not yellow enough repeat the operation. 8. ORANGE. — For 5 lbs. goods — sugar of lead 4 ozs.; boil a few minutes, and when a little cool put in the goods, dip 2 hours, wring out ; make a new dye with bi-chromate of potash 8 ozs. ; madder 2 ozs. ; dip until it suits ; if the color should be too red, take off a small sample and dip it into lime water, when the choic* can be taken of the sam- ple dipped in the lime or the original color. 9. RED. — Take muriate of tin § of a teacup ; add suffi- cient water to cover the goods well, bring it to a boiling heat, putting in the goods l hour, stirring often; takeout the goods and empty the kettle and put in clean water, with nic-wood 1 lb., steeping it for ^ hour, at hand heat ; then put in the goods and increase the heat for 1 hour, not bringing to a boil at all ; air the goods, and dip an hour m before; wash without soap. OOLOBINa DEPABTMENT. U9 9. MUBTATE OF TIN— Tin Liquor.— If druggists keep it, it is best, to purchase of them abeady made; but if you prefer, proceed ac follows : Get at a tinner's shop, block tin ; put it in a shovel and melt it. After it is melted, pour it from the height of 4 or 5 feet into a pail of clear water. The object of this is to have the tin in small particles, so that tne acid can dissolve it. Take it out of the water and dry it ; then put it into a strong p;lass bottle ; pour over it muriatic acid 12 ozs. ; then slowly, add sulphuric acid 8 ozs. The acid should be added about a table-spoon at a time, at intervals of 5 or 8 min- utes, for if you add it too rapidly you run the risk of breaking the bottle by heat. After you have all the acid in, let the bottle stand until the ebulition subsides j then stop it up with a bees-wax or glass stopper, and set it away, and it will keep good for a year or more, or will be fit for use in 24 hours. COLORS ON SILE GOODS. GREEN — Vert Handsome with Oak Bark.— For 1 lb. of silk — ^yellow oak bark 8 ozs. ; boil it J hour, turn off the liquor from the bark and add alum 6 ozs. ; let stand until cold ; while this dye is being made, color the goods in the blue dye-tub, a light blue ; dry and wash ; then dip in the alum and bark dye ; if it does not take well, war/n the dye a little. 2. GREEN OR YELLOW— On Silk or Wool, in Five to Fifteen Minutes. — For 5 lbs. of goods — ^black oak bark or peach leaves ^ peck ; boil well ; then take out the bark or leaves, and add muriate of tin ^ tea-cup, stir- ring well ; then put in the goods and stir them round, and it will dye a deep yellow in from 5 to 15 minutes, suscording to the strength of the bark ; UkQ out the goods, rinse and dry immediately. N. B. — For a green, add to the above dye, extract of indigo, or chemic 1 table-spoon only, at a time, and work the goods 5 minutes, and air ; if not sufficiently dark use the same amount of chemic as before, and work again until it suits. 3. MULBERRY.— For 1 lb. of i^ik— aim 4 ois. ; dip 1 i-Ji • 650 DB. 0HA8£*S BEOIPES. hoar ; wash out, and mako a dye with Brazil wood I oi., and logwood ^ oz. by boiling together ; dip in this ^ hour, then add more Brazil wood and logwood, in equal propor- tions, until the color is dark enough. 4. BLACK. — Make a weak dye as you would for black on woollens, work the goods in bi-chromate of potash, at a little below boiling heat, then dip in the logwood in the same way ; if colored in the blue vitriol dye, use about the dame heat. 5. SPOTS — To Remove and Prevent when Color- ing Black on Silk or Woollen. — N.B. In dyeing silk or woollen goods, if they should become rusty or spotted, all that is necessary is to make a weak lye, and have it scalding hot, and put your goods in for fifteen minutes ; or throw some ashes into your dye, and run your goods in it 5 minutes, and they will come out a jet black, and an even color. I will warrant it. — Storms. The reason that spots of brown, or rust, as it is generally called, appear on black cloths, is that these parts take the color faster than the other parts ; but I have no doubt Mr. Storms* plan will remove them, for he regretted much to make public the information, which he says is not generally known. And if the precauti(m, given in our leading re- marks on coloring, are heeded, there will be but very little danger of spotting at all. 6. LIGHT CHEMIC BLUE.— For cold water 1 gal., dissolve alum } table-spoon, in hot water 1 teacup, and add to it ; then add chemic 1 teaspoon at a time, to obtain the desired color, — the more chemic that is ^ised, the darker will be the color. 7. PURPLE.— For 1 lb. of silk— having first obtained ft light blue by dipping in the home-made blue dye-tub, an ' dried, dip in alum 4 ozs., to sufficient water to cover, when a little warm ; if the color is not full enough, add a little chemic. 6. YELLOW.— For 1 lb. of silk— alum 3 ozs. ; sugar of lead f oz. ; immerse the goods in the solution over night ; take out, drain, and make a new dye with fustic 1 lb. ; dip until the required color is obtained. N.B.— The yellow o» green, for wool, works equally well on Bilk. • ! ' OOLOBINa DEPABTMENTl 851 9> ORANGE. — Take anotta and soda, and add in equal quantities, according to the amount of goods and darkness of the color wanted : say 1 oz. of each, to each pound of silk, and repeat as desired. 10. CPJMSON.— For 1 lb. of silk— alum 3 ozs. ; dip at hand-heat 1 hour j take out and drain, while making a new ley, by ooiling 10 minutes, cochineal 3 ozs. ; bruized nut-galls 2 ozs. ; and cream of tartar ^ oz., in one pail of water ; when a little cool, begin to dip, raising the heat to a boil, continuing to dip 1 hour. 11. CINNAMON OR BROWN ON COTTON AND SILK.— By a New Process— Very Beautiful.- Give the goods as much color, from a solution of blue vitriol 2 ozs., to water 1 gallon, as it will take up in dipping 15 minutes; then run it through lime-water; this will make a beautiful sky-blue, of much durability ; it hag now to be run through r solution of Prussiate of potMili 7 oz., to water 1 gal i^ f W MA (In .■V ■ ; Eight per cent, in Alahama and Texas, and as strange as it may appear, in Louisiana only Five per cent. Maine and Vermont allow no higher than legal interest to be collected, even if agreed upon. And if paid it cau be recovered again, but no forfeiture. In New Hampshire, three times the legal rate is forfeited, if unlawfully taken. Rhode Island has no forfeiture, but allows legal interest to be collected, even on usurious contracts. > In Connecticut, if usurious contracts are made, the prin- cipal only can be collected, to the lender, or, if collected, can be recovered, one-half to the informer, the other half to the State Treasury. New York voids usurious contracts ; but, if paid, only allows the excess over legal rates to be collected back. New Jersey, also, voids usurious contracts, reserving half to the State, and half to the informer. PennBylvama allows only legal interest to be oolleoted. INTBBEST DEPABTMIMT. 818 Delaware allows usurions contracts to be colleoted| half bo the State and half to the prosecutor. Maryland allows only legal rates to be collected. Virginia voids the contract, and doubles the debt, half to Ehe informer and half m the State. North Carolina is the same as Virginia. South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama, allow forfeitures jf only the interest. In M'.Sjsissippi, although six per cent, is the legal inter- ^M oa common debts, yet for money, actually borrowed, 3ight per cent, is allowed, and although a rate may be igrced upon above what the law allows, simple interest may itill be collected. Louisiana, although allowing only five per cent, where no itipulation is made, permits eight per cent, in agreement^ md Bank interest to be six per cent;. In Texas, although eight per cent, only is the legal rate, fet twelve may be contracted for, but if higher rates are agreed upon, none can be collected. Arkansas allows as h «^ ns ten per cent, on contract, but 7oids usurious contracts. Tennessee allows a fine to be collected, not less in amount than is unlawfully taken. Kentucky only voids usurious excesses. Michigan allows ten per cent, to be contracted for, and roids only excesses, if any are taken. Indiana allows only her legal rates to be contracted for, and may be collected back, if, in any case, it should be ob- tained. Illinois, allows ten per cent, on money actually borrowed, and only lawful rates can be collected*. In Missouri ten per cent, may be contracted for, but forfeits ten per cent, to the common school fund, in oases «7here more than lawful rates are obtained. Iowa permits ten per cent, to be agreed upon, and allows ill ilkgd interest to be oolleoted biiok. m I * ■ m ■A' ii -;>; ' 'if 4 ,*« - •Ji 8M DB. OHASE's BEOIFCS. Wiseonsin formerly permitted twelve per cent, to b« agreed upon, and those who paid more than lawfnl rates might recover back three tlmeu the amount paid ; but more recently allows only i'^ven \}er cent., and makes all above that amount usurious. California and Minnesota allow any rate agreed upon to be collected. The interest which the State allows to be collected on notes drawn, *'with use," not specifying the rate, is called legal, and that which some States allow to be contracted for above the legal rate is lawful ; but when a larger rate is taken, or agreed upon, it is called usurious, and subjects the person agreeing for it, or receiving it, to the penalties, or forfeitures, as given in the foregoing explanations. Any Agent, or other person, who may know of any ch%nges in their States from these rules, will confer a favor QD the Autbgr by ^lommunicating the same. EZFLAITATIOirS OF THE IHTEBE8T TABLES. bxamplb: Desired to obtain the interest on $1,111.00, for 1 year, 4 months, and 27 days, at 6 per cent. Turning to the tables you will see that the time is given in the left-hand column, the amounts on which you desire to find the interest are given at the heads of the various right-hand columns, the sum sought is found at the meeting 'of the lines to the right of the time, and down from the amount, as follows : The interest on $1,000, 1 year, at 6 per cent $60.00 u (I It (t II ti i( (I tt "I lit f m : 'li 860 DB. OHASB*B REOIPBS. INTEREST TABLE, TEN PER G BNT. i 11 $2 f3 $4 $£ ; $6 •7 $8 $9 $10 $10U $1000 1 DAT C 3 28 2 1 1 6 66 8 1 1 1 1 8 83 4 ] 1 1 1 11 1.11 5 ] 1 1 1 14 1.39 6 ] 1 2 2 17 1.67 7 ] 2 2 2 19 1.94 8 ] 2 2 2 2 22 2.22 9 ] 2 2 2 2 3 25 2.60 10 ] [ 2 2 2 3 3 28 2.78 11 f i 2 2 2 3 3 31 3.06 12 i 2 2 3 3 3 33 3.33 13 5 5 2 3 3 3 4 36 3.61 14 2 5 ! 2 3 3 4 4 39 3.89 15 2 5 ' 3 3 3 4 4 42 4.17 16 . 2 5 : 3 3 4 4 44 4.44 17 2 2 \ 3 3 4 5 47 4.72 18 2 2 1 «. ( 3 4 6 5 60 5.00 19 2 2 s ( 3 4 5 5 63 6.28 20 2 2 a ( 3 4 6 6 66 6.66 21 2 2 \ 4 4 6 6 6 68 6.83 22 2 2 € ) 4 4 6 6 6 61 6.1) 23 2 3 a I 4 4 6 6 6 64 6.39 24 2 3 a 4 5 6 6 7 67 6.67 25 2 3 < ( 4 6 6 6 7 69 6.94 26 . 2 3 I 4 6 6 7 7 72 7.22 27 2 2 3 [ 5 6 6 7 8 75 7.50 28 2 2 3 t 5 6 6 7 8 78 7.78 89 2 2 3 t 5 6 6 7 8 81 80G I MONTF 1 2 3 3 [ 5 6 7 8 8 83 8.33 2 2 3 5 7 \ 10 12 13 15 17 1.67 16.67 3 3 5 8 10 la ; 16 18 20 23 25 2.60 25.00 4 3 7 10 13 17 20 23 27 30 33 3.33 33.33 6 4 C 13 17 21 25 29 33 38 42 4.17 41.67 6 6 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 60 5.00 60.00 7 6 12 18 23 29 ) 35 41 47 63. .68 6.83 68.33 « 7 13 20 27 3a 1 40 47 63 60 67 6.67 66 67 9 8 15 23 30 38 45 63 60 68 75 7 60 75.00 10 8 17 25 33 42 60 68 67 75 83 8.33 83.33 n 9 18 28 37 46 65 64 73 83 92 9.17 91.67 1 TliB 10 20 30 40 60 60 70 80 90 LOO 10.00 100.00 tmmt Hi til if. BITLES FOE ADMINISTEBINa MEDIOINES, HAVnit BEFEBENOE TO AGE AND SEX. For an adult, (a person of 40 years,) the dose of com mon medicines is allowed to be 1 drachm, 60 grains. hos By at 20 yeai-Sj 2-3 * ' 40 n 13 (( 1-2 30 H 7 (( 1-3 < * 20 u 4 u 1-4 15 (( 3 11 1-6 * 10 (t 2 tt 1-8 ' 7to8 it 1 u 1-12 * 5 For bnbes, under 1 year, the dose should go down by months, uc about the same rate as by yearSy for those over 8 year. Again, for persons in advanced life, say from 60 years, the dose must begin to lessen about 5 grains, and from that on, 5 gidins for each additional 10 years. Females, however, need a little less, generally, ih*ai males. The above rules hold good in all medicines, except cast«^- oil, the proportions of which cannot be reduced to mt>^, and opium, and its various preparations, which must b« ^ duced, generally, in a little ^eater proportion ^;!| !1M if.* ' f5 P ■m EXPLASATlOm df MEDIOAL ABBBEVIATIONS AFOTHEOABIES' WEiaHTS & MEASUBES. One pound (lb.) contains 12 ounces. One ounce (oz.) " 8 drachms. One drachm (dr.) '' 3 scruples. One scruple (scru.) " 20 grains, (gr.) k LIQUID MEASURES. One pint contains 16 fluid ozs., 4 gills. One ounce « 8 " drs., 1-4 " One table-spoon '' about half a fluid ounce. One teaspoon " '^ one fluid drachm. Sixty drops make about one teaspoon. Whenever a tea, or table-spoon is mentioned, it means ike same as it would to say spoonful ; the same of cup, in fluid measures, but in dry measures, where a spoon, oi apoonful is mentioned, the design is that the spoon should be taken up moderately rounding, unless otherwise men- tioned. mm * EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS FOUND IN MEDICAL WORKS. Abdomen. — The lower front part of the body. ' Aromatic, — Spicy and fragrant drugs; used to preyeni griping of drastic purgatives. Aperient. — A gentle laxative or purgative. Acidity. — Sourness. Acids neutralize alkalies. Alkaline. — Having the properties of alkali. Alkalies neu* tralize acids. Antacid. — Medicines which neutralize acids. Anti. — Being prefixed to any word signifies against. Antiscorbutic. — Alteratives for Scrofula; blood purifiers. Antisyphilitic. — Remedy for Venereal diseases. Albas. — White, hence whites ; fluor albus. Antisialagogue. — Remedy for Salivation. .' Antiseptic. — That which will prevent putiefaction. Antiphlogistic. — Remedy for fever and inflammation. Antispasmodic. — Remedy for spasms, cramps, or convul- sions. Anodyne. — A medicine which will aUay pain, and produce sleepiness. Alterative. — Medicines which will gradually restore healthy action. Astringent, — Medicines which constringe, draw up surfaces with which they come in contact ; used in Flooding, Diarrhea, Whites, &o. Abscess, — A cavity containing pus. Anemia, — Without blood, more properly blood without ito proportion of iron, which gives it the bright red. Alvine. — Relating to the intestines. Aliment. — Any kind of food. Alimentary Canal — The entire passage through the whole intestines from mouth to anus; the passage for the aliment. Albumen, — An element found in both animal and vegeta- ble substances, constituting the chief p«rt of the white of eggs. Antimonial, — Medicines containing antimony. iffi V-T! pp^ ■i^etf.— -Assimilation or conversion of food into ohyme'— to prepare medicines with oontinned, gentle heat. «• Si i. i 806 DB. OHASB'S EBOIFBS. DiicuHent. — ^A medicine which will scatter or drive away tomora. Diuretic, — That which increases the amount of urine. Diluf£d» — Eednoed with water, as cUlute alcohol, half alcohol and half water. IXgitaUi, — Fox gloye, a narcotic. Ikn'tal. — Haying reference to the back. Jhuche* — A daedi, or stream upon any part. Drachm, — Sixty grains, a teaspoonfiu, or a teaspoon of. Dulcamara, — The bitter-sweet or woody nightshade* Dywp^tia, — Diffiouit digestion. Dysphonia, — Difficulty in speaking. Dymria, — ^Difficult or painful urination. J&att.— Water. Eau de Cologne, — Cologne water. Ebvlition, — To boil. Eclectic, — To choose. Eclectic Physician, — One who professes to be liberal in views, independent of party, and who favors progress and reform in medicine. Efervesce, — To foam. Efflorescence, — Redness of the general surface. Effete, — ^Worn out, waste matter. Elaterivm, — Fruit of the wild cucumber, a hydragogue. Electuary, — Medicine prepared at the consistence of honey. Elixir, — A tincture prepared with more than one article. Emetis — The act of vomiting. Emetic, — Medicines which produce emesis, vomiting. Emmena^gogue, — A medicine which will aid to bring on the menses. Emolients. — Softening and screening medicines, slippery- elm bark, flax-seed, gums, &c. Emulsion, — Mucila^ from the emolients. Enema, — An injection by the rectum. Ennui, — Lassitude, dullness of spirit; disgust of condition, &c. Epi, — Above or over. Eaidermis, — Outer skin. . (> .^^^GM^nt^m.-^Region of the pit of the stomach. Ejpilepsy. — Convulsion fits, with loss of sense for the time, foaming at the mouth, and stupor. OL0S8ABXAL DEPABTBIENT. 867 EpightHB. — Trap-door oartUage at the root of the tongue, preventing food, or fluid, from entering the wind-pipe. EpUtaaii. — Nose bleed. Er^t, — Spurred rre. Eructation. — Raising wind from the stomach, belching. Eruption, — Pimples or blotches on the skin, or pustules from small-pox. Eschar. — A slough on the surface. Escharotic. — That which will destroy the flesh. Essential. — Having reference to essences made from essen- tial oils, and alcohol. Ether. — A volatile fluid. Etherial Oil. — Volatile oil. Eiutachian Tube. — A tube leading from the side of th« throat to the internal ear. Eversion. — Turning inside out. Evacuation. — To discharge by stool, to haste-away. [See the remarks in the body of the work on '' Cos- tiveness."] Evaporation. — To escape in vapor. Exacerbation. — ^Violent increase in disease. Exanthemata. — Eruptive disease, as small-poz, scarlet fever, measles, &e. Excrement. — The foeces, that which passes by stool. Excretion. — That which is thrown off, become useless. Excoriation. — Abrasion, to bruise the skin. Exhalents. — ^Vessels which throw out fluid upon the ex- ternal or internal surface of the body. Expectorants. — That which produces or aids a discharge of r; mucus from the bronchial tubes, or from the lungs. Excision. — To cut off an extremity. Extremity. — Applied to the arms and legs, called upper and lower extremities. Extirpation. — To cut out, or to remove a part. Extract. — To take out, bs a tooth, to extract a ball or any foreign substance from a wound — an active principle obtained from vegetables. Express. — To press out juices. Excrescence* — An unnatural growth. i "5 ^4^ '1 ..i IfHi ;68 DB. chase's BEOIFES. Extravatation, — A colleotion of blood into a cavity, or under the skin. Facial, — Belonging to, or having reference to the face. Farina. — Meal, or flour, from vegetables. Farcy. — A disease of the lymphatic vessels in the skin of the flanks of a horse. .^auces. — The pharynx and back part of the mouth. Fascicular. — A bundle, in bundles. Fceces. — That which passes by stool. Febrile. — Having reference to fevers. Febrifuge. — Medicines to drive away fever, producing per- spiration. Felon. — A deep abscesL of the finger, involving the bone, because under the periosteum, the membrane which covers the bone. Femur. — The thigh bone. Femoral. — Relating to the thigh. Ferment. — To ozodize, to effervesce, to work, as emptyings, beer, wine, cider, &c. Fermentation, — To sour, to decompose, both heat and mois- ture being necessary to keep it up. Ferri Limatura. — Iron filings, very valuable in female de- bility, and for males of a weak habit of body. Ferrum. — Iron. Fever* — That which " Old School Physicians" call a disease, whil&t another class (the Thomsonians) say it • is an effort of nature to throw off disease; but Eclectics take it as an indication that the circu- lating medium is not regular, and go to work at once to equalize the circulation, by the use of diaphoretics, combined with tonics and deter- gents, which soon sets all to rights ; for fever and perspiration cannot long exist together. FUter^-^o strain through paper made for that purpose. Fibre,— A very small, thread-like substance of animal or vegetable matter. Fibula.- The smallest bone of the leg below the knee. Fistula. — An ulcer. Flaccid. — Flabby, soft, relaxed. Flabby. — Loose and soft to the touch. Flalm.—To Inflate the stomach or bowels with gas. oioeaABiAL jtwismma. n Fluoric Add. — A fluid obtained &om tho fluor spur otti with culphurio aoid. Flatulence. — Gas in the stomach. Flooding. — Uterine hemorrhage. Flttor. — An increased discharge, to flow. Fluor Spar. — Fluoride of calcium. Fltior Alhm. — White flow, lucorrhea, whites, &o. Flvx. — To flow, diarrhea. Friction. — RubbiDg with the dry hand, or dry coarse doth. Fumigate. — To smoke a room, or any article needing to b« cleansed. Fundament. — The anus. Formula. — Medical prescription. Fulminating Powder. — An explosive preparation, used in flreworks. Function. — The particular action of an organ, as the func- tion of the stomach, liver, lungs, heart, &c. Fwigus. — Spungy flesh in wounds, proud-flesh, a soft cancer, which bleeds upon touching its broken surface. Fusion. — To fuse, to melt. Furor. — ^Very violent delirium, not accompanied by fever. Galbannm. — A resinous gam, from a genus of plants. Genus. — Family of planta, a group, all of a cltws, or nature. Oall.— Bile. Gall Bladder. — A bag which receives the gall, or bile, through daots, from the liver, delivering it to the stomach, in health, through the duct called communis choledoohus. Gall Stones. — Hard biliary concretions found in the gall bladder, and sometimes causing death, from not being able to pass through the duotus com- munis. €ralla. — The gall nut, an excrescence fouad upon the oak, Gallic Add. — ^^An acid from the nut-gall. Galipot. — ^A glazed jar, used for putting up gummy extracts* Chilvanic. — Having reference to galvanism. Gamboge. — A dra&tic purgative, unless combined with aio* matios. Gangrene. — Partial death of a part, often ending in entixe mortifioai&OD of the part^ and 8ometii:i30 of tht whole M/. 11 II. < -t! iv 'n ^11 mt^ B70 DB. chase's BEOIPBS. OangUon, — ^A knot, or lump on tendons^ ligaments, or nerves. Gaseous. — Having the nature of gas. Gdstric, — Of, or belonging to the stomach. ". Gastric Juice. — Secretion of the stomach. Gastritis. — Inflammation of the stomach. Crostrodynia. — Pain in the stomach, sometimes with spasms I of the stomach. Gelatine. — Isinglass. , Gelatinous. — Like jelly. Genitals. — Belonging to generation, the seznal organs. Gentian. — An European root, possessing tonic properties. Gemt. — The knee. Genuflexion. — ^Bending the knee, kneeling. Germ. — The vital principle, or Irfe-spark. Gestation. — To be pregnant. Ghmd. — Sec ting organs having ducts emptying iwbfi cavi- ties, which often become obstructed, causing them to enlarge ; hence, the enlargement of the thyroid gland in the neck, causing bronchocele. Glans. — A gland. Gleet. — Chronic gonorrhea. Globules. — Small round particles, having special reference to particles of the red part of the blood. Glossa. — The tongue, a smooth tongue. Gloss. — To give lustre ; to comment ; to write or make ex.' planations. Glossarist. — A writer of g^sses or comments. Glossary. — An explanation of words. Ghssarial. — Containing explanations. Glossitis. — Inflammation of the tongue. Glottis,— 't^iQ opening into the wiiid*pipe at the root of the tongue, larynx, covered by the epiglottis. ent. — A covering, the skin. Inter. — A prefix denoting between. * Intercostal. — Between the ribs. Intermission. — Time between paroxysms of fever, or othei disease. Intermittent Fever. — Fever which comes on at r^^ular peri- ods, between which periods there is little, and sometimes no fever, an interval. ItUemal. — Upon the inside. /iKerojMut.— Between ihe bones. 1 1 V i •J? n- 374 DB. OHASB'S BEOIFIS. Interval. — The perilod between the paroxysms of periodical diseasen, r-s ague, &o. Intestines^ — The contents of the abdomen. Intestinal Canal. — Embracing the deodenum (the first di- ! vision below the stomach,) the jejunum (the second division of the small intestines,) the ileum, (the third and longest portion of the small intestines,) the secum, (the first portion of the largo intestines,) the colon, (the large intes- tine,) and the rectum, (the lower trap-door.) Intolerance, — In medicine, applied to the eye, as intolerancf? of light; to the stomach, as intolerance of food. Inversio Uteri. — Inversion of the uterus. Inversian, — To turn the inside out. Irreducible, — ^Applied to hernia, and to joints which have been put out and cannot be put back to their place. Ischuria. — Not being able to pass the urine. Issue, — Sore made as a counter-irritant, to draw irritation from a diseased part. Itch, — Psora, scabies, a catching eruption of the skin. IHs,— An addition to a word denoting inflammation, as pleu- ritis, pleurisy, &o. Ivory Black. — ^Animal charcoal. Jaundice. — A disease caused by the inaotiviW of the liver, or ducts leading from it. [See Icterus.] Jelly. — Gelatine in a fluid state, as applied to medicine. Jesuits* Bark, — First name of Peruvian bark, from its hav- ing been discovered by Jesuit missionaries. Juglar, — ^AppUed to v^ins of the throat. JtiQube. — ^An East India fruit, something like a plum, used in coughs, but of doubtful reputation. Kili. — Potash^ Kelp, — ^Ashes of searweed. Knot. — Surgeons tie their knot by passing the thread twice through the loop, which prevents slipping. Labia, — Lips. Labia Pudendi, — Lips, or sides of the vulva Labial, — Of, or belonging to the lips* Labor, — 6liild-birth, portorition. GLOBSARIAL PEPABTMENT. 875 Lthofoiofyi, — A place of ohemioal experiments, or operatioiui. Lanematinfi, — Sharp, piercing, as lancinating pain. Laryngeal, — Of the larynx. Lwrynx, — The upper part of the throat. Lcuyruptis. — Inflammation of the throat. Latent, — Hidden, as latent heat, see the remarks oonneoted with stei^ boiler explosion. TtOMfiivde, — ^Weaknee^, a feeling of stupor. iiaaative, — A very gentle cathartic. tjegfita/ndrin, — Powder made from the leptandria yirginioa, blaokroot, Culver's physic. Leucorrhea, — Fluor albus, whites, chlorosis, &c. Levigate, — To reduce to a very fine powder. Ligature, — A thread, to ligate, to tie with a ligature. Located, — Fixed, seated upon the same organ. Lingua, — The tongue. Linguist, — A speaker, fluency, one who understands dif ferent languages. Liniment. — A fluid preparation to be applied by friction. Lithontriptic. — A medicine reported to dissolve gravel, or stone in the bladder. Lithotomy. — The operation of cutting, to take out stone of the bladder. Liver. — The largest gland, and largest organ of the body. Livid. — A dark colored spot on the surface. Loins, — Lower part of the back. Lotion, — A preparation to wash a sore. Lubricate.'—To soften with oil, or to moisten with a fluid. The internal organs are cohered with a mem brane which throws out a lubricating fluid, en- abling them to move easily upon each other. Lute, — A paste with which to close chemical retorts, the casein, curd of milk, is used for that purpose. Lymph, — A thin, colorless fluid, carried in small veia-itike vessels called lymphatics. Macerate,— To steep, soften by soaking. Mai, — Bad, mal practice, bad practice, not aooofdiog to science. Malformation, — Irregular, unnatural formation. Malaria, — ^Bad gases, causing disease, supposed to arise from decaying vegetable matter. 876 DB. OHASB'B BEOmS. MaiiignaiU, — ^A pestUentialy and generally dangerous dis- ease. Mamma* — The female breast, whioh is oomposed of glands that secrete the milk, upon the principle that the liver secretes bile ; each organ for its spe- cific purpose ; but secreting organs, or glands, are the more liable to get obstructed, thus pro- ducing disease. Mastication* — The act of chewing. Maiturbation* — Excitement, by tibe hand, of the genital or- gans. The most injurious, health-destroying, soul-debasiur;, of all evils introduced into the world, because its frequent repetition draws very heavily upon the nervous system, prostrat- ing the energies, destroying the memory, to- gether with the life principle, as well as the principles of morality which ought to govern every human being, between himself and his Greater. Matttfiiy, — To become ripe, to arrive at adult age, beyond further growth. Materia, — Matter, healthy substance. j^ateria Medica. — The science of medicine and medical combinations. Maturation. — Formation of pus, unhealthy matter. Matrix. — The womb. Meconium. — The first pass^es after birth. Medical. — Belating to medicine. Medicated. — Having medicine in its preparation. Membrane* — A thin lining, or covering, skin-like, as the peritoneum, which lines the cavity of the bow- els and covers the intestines ; and the perios- teum membrane, which covers the bones, &c. Medicament,—K remedy, hence, medicamentum, the Welsh remedy for every disease. Medicinal. — Having medical properties MednXlary. — Like marrow^ brain-like. -■ ..^•^:.^:-' Mel. — Honey. Menstruation. — Monthly flow. Mei^tha Piperita. — Peppermint. Median.— ^he middle. OLOSSABIAIi DEPA3TMENT. 377 MdlilflMma, — Flowing with honey, sweetness, delioioiis ; akin to lucious, juicy mellowness. Menorrhagia, — Excessive flooding. Micturition, — To urinate, to pass the urine. Midwifery, — Art of assisting at child-birth. Minim. — About one drop, one-sixtieth of a fluid draohm. Minimum. — The smallest, the smallest dose, the opposite' of maximum. ' Modus Operandi. — The way in which medicines act, appli- cable also to any action, the way of doing it. Morbid, — Unhealthy. Morbus. — A disease; hence, cholera morbus, disease of the bowels. Mordant. — That which fastens the colors in dyeing, as alum, cream of tarta., argul, vitriols, tin, liquor, &o. Mucus, — Animal mucilage. Mucus Membrane, — See remarks under the head of " In- • flammation," in the body of the work. Mucilage. — A watery solution of gum, or elm bark, &o. ^Mnatic— Having reference to sea salt. Muriatic Acid. — Marine acid, often called hydrochloric acid. Muscle. — A bundle of fibres. J/i«CMZar.— Having reference to the muscles, strong built. , Myrrh.-— K resinous gum. Narcotic. — Stupefying medicines, producing sleep. Nares. — The nostrils. Nasal. — Of the nose. Nausea, — Sickness of the stomach, may increase until vom- iting takes place, or it ma^ not Nauseant. — That which produces nausea. *Navel, — Centre of the abdomen. ^Necros. — Death. Necrosis. — Death of a bone. Nephros, — The kidney. Nephritis, — Inflammation of the kidney or kidneys. Nervous. — Easily excited. iVemne.— That which will allay, or soothe nervous exciti? ment. Newralgia. — Pain in nerves. iVJiw.-— Saltpetre. NoetumaL — O^onrriog in the bight 'I I 876 DA. OHASE'S^BEOIPES. / Nitrate, — Nitric aoid combined with alkalies or alkaline salts. Normal — In a natural and healthy condition. ^ Noitrum, — A medical preparation. Nothus, — Spurious, illegitimate, a bastard. Nudw, — Nude, without clothing. Nutrition, — Nourishment. Nutritiow. — Nourishing. Obesity. — Corpulence, excess of fat, fleshy. Obttetrics. — The science o^ midwifery. Ochre, — An ore of iron. Ocului, — The eye. Oculiit, — ^An eye-doctor. Oleaginous, — An oily substance. Omentum, — The caul, peritoneal ooveiing of the intes- tines. Opacity, — To obstruct light Opaque, — ^Not transparent, inaiBiiity to see through. (^thahnos, — The eye. Opthalmia, — Disease of the eye, inflammation of the eye. (Rotate. — An anodyne. Organ, — ^A part of the body, which has a certain work to perform, called the functions of organs, as the stomach, lungs, womb, &c. Organic, — Bodies made up of organs. Organism, — ^Vital organization. Organized, — Furnished with life. Orgasm, — The closing excitement of sexual oonneotion. Origin, — The point of commencement. Orifice, — ^An opening. Os Tince, — Mouth of the womb, or uterus. Osseous.^ A bony substance. Ossification, — To become bone ; from est, or osteo, a bone, or like a bone. Ostidgia, — Pain in a bone. Osteoma, — Tumor, like bone. Ostitis, — Inflammation of a bone, or bones. Otic, — Having reference to t';i ' .^i«A% Otitis, — Inflammation of tb?j «^ar. Otorrhea, — Discharge from ^jjcjaT Ova, — An egg made up of iitiic y^3. , QLOSSABIAL DEFABTMENT. 879 Otfona.— Testes ; most generally applied to the female ; fe- male testes, two egg-shaped bodies (made up of little particles, or eggs); having an attach- ment to the uterus in tiie broad ligaments, whir)h support that organ, haying tubes, or duct^, opening from them into the uterus, called Fallopian tubes, from the man's name who first gave a description of them. One of these particles is thrown off at each menstrua] flow. 0\)ijpar2b!$ry .—The doctrine of disease. •i i \ 880 DB. OHASE*S REOIPES. Pectoral, — Pertaining to he breast. Pedilumum, — A foot-batli. Pendulous, — To hang down. Penis. — The male organ of generation. P^sine, — A peculiar substance in the stomach, which aids digestion. Peptic. — Digestive ; hence, dyspeptic, not digesting. Percolation, — To run, or draw through some substance, straining. ^ Premonitory, — To give a previous notice, as piemonitory symptoms. Peri, — Around, a covering. • Pmcare^tt^m.-^Around the heart, sac containing the heart. Pericarditis, — Inflammation of the pericardium. ^erin. — A tekicle, male organs, corresponding with testes, in females, with this difference, however, that with males they are upon the outside, whilst with females they are upon the inside of the liidy. Perineum, — That part between the anus and organs of generation or genitals. Perineal. — Relating to the region of the perineum. Period. — A certain time. Periodicity, — Returning at a certain time. Periosteum. — The membrane which covers all bones. Perspective View, — As it appears to the eye at a certain distance. Perturbation. — To disturb. Perversuh., — An unhealthy change; to change from its proper or natural course. Pessary. — That which will support, or hold up the womb, in prolapsus ; see our remarks on " Female DebiUty." Phagedenic. — An eating and fast spreading ulcer. Pharmacy. — The art of combining and ^ reparing medicines. Phlegm. — Mucus from the bronchial tubes and throat. Phlogistic. — Tendency to inflammation. Phosphorus. — An inflammable and luminous substance, prepared from urine and bones. PhospJiate. — Phosphoric acid in combination with metals, as phosphate <>f iron, phosphate of lime, &c. its GLOSEULBIAL DEPABTMBNT. 8S1 iV2et.— Tumors at, or in the anus ; sometimes protadina ; often attended with hemorrhage, then cal&d V hemorrhoids. Piperine, — A preparation from black pepper, considered valuable in ague. PtaoeiUa, — After-birth, which has a oonneotiou to the womb, and to the child, during pregnancy ; but is naturally thrown off by the violent con- tractions of the womb, at this period, there being no further use for it. Oh, the wisdom of our Creator, how glorious to contemplate I Everything adapted to the necessities of the case. Plethora, — Over fullness ; if healthy, causing obesity, cor- pulance. PleuHtis. — Inflammation of the pleura, pleurisy. Pneumon. — The lungs. Pleura. — The serous membrane covering the lungs, and folded upon the sides. Pneumonia. — Inflammation of the lungs. Podophillin. — A powder made from the podophillum peltft- tum, mandrake root. Pemum. — The apple ; hence, pomace, mashed apple. . Potassium. — The basis of potash. Pc4tis. — A drink ; hence, potion, a medicated drink. Predisposition. — A tendency to a certain disease. Pregnancy. — Being with clnld. Prognosis. — The art of guessing how a diseaae will ter- minate. Prolapsus. — A falling. Prolapsus Ani. — Fafling of the anus. Prolapsus Uteri. — Falling of the uterus. Prostration. — Without strength. Prussiate. — A compound with prussio acid. Prussic Acid. — Hydrocyanic acid; one of, or the moet virulent poison in existence. Psora. — The itch. Pubes. — The prominence at the lower front part of the body. Puberty. — Full growth ; an adult ; perfection. Pw6mj.— Having reference t« the region of the pubes. I- I 182 DB. OHASn'S BEOIPES. Pudendum. — The female organs of generation. Puer, — A boy, or child. Puerpera, — A woman who has just brought forth a child, hence, peurperal fever, fever at, or soon afbcr child-birth. Pulmo. — A lung. PuhnoniHs. — Inflammation of the lung or lungs. Pulmonary, — Relating to the lungs, as pulmonary Balsam pulmonic wafers, &c. PulvU, — ^A powder ; hence, pulverize, to make fine. Al these words show how heavily we have drawL upon other languages, for our own, conse- quently, the necessity of studying the Latin and Greek, to properly understand ours. Pupil. — The dark circle in the eye. Purgative. — A gentle Cathartic. Pus. — Unhealthy matter. Pustule. — A slight elevation, having pus. Putrefaction,. — To decompose, by fermentation. Putrid. — Rotten ; decomposed. Pyroligneous Add. — An acid obtained from wood ; the essence of smoke; if a little of it is put into a barrel with meat, in the brine, it smokes it without trouble. I think a gill to the barrel sufficient, perhaps a little less will do. It in obtained by inserting an old gun barrel or other iron tube into a coal-pit, near the bottom, when burning ; it condenses in the tube and drops from the outer end into a dish, then bottled for use. Quassia* — A bitter tonic ; the chips of the wood are used Rjchis. — The spine. fc Rachitis, — Rickets, bending of the spine, and sometimes . the long bones of the limbs ; may be also en- largement of the head, bowels, and the ends of the long bones. Radius. — The bone of the upper arm. Radial. — Having reference to the upper arm. Radiated,-^J)iyeTgmg from a oentre. Radix, — ^A root. Ramus, — A branoh. 0L0S8ABIAL DEPABTMXlfr. 883 Bamification. — To branch out. Rancidity. — Rancid, stale ; applied to oil, fat, batter, &o. Rash. — A redness of the skin, in patches. Ratsbane. — Arsenious acid; arsenic. Rattle. — Noise of air passing through mucus, as in croup. Reaction. — To return, after recession. Recession. — Striking in, the blood, or disease, going to the internal organs. Rectum. — The lower portion of the intestines. Reduction. — To set a fracture, or to return a hernia. Refrigerant, — A ixjoling medicine, or drink. Regimen. — Regulation of diet, and habit*, to preserve health, or to cure disease. A*t7rtp«c.— Recurrence of disea^. after *n approved appear- ance, which is generally worse than the first attack. Relaxation. — Losing the healthy tone of any part, or the whole system. Repletion. — Fullness. Reproduction. — Generation, pi ^ creation. Respiration. — To breathe, including both inspiration and expiration. Resolution, — To return to health, applied to inflammations. Retching. — An effort to vomit. Retention. — Delay of the natural passage of the urine or fooces. Revtdsion. — To draw away disease, gs (|raimht0| or blisters, irritating plasters, &c. it»^«Mmafi«wi.— Inflammation of the fibrous tissue, mostly confined to the large joints. ♦ Rcdni Oleum. — Castor oil. Rigor. — Coldness, with shivering. RocheUe Salts. — A mixture of tartarate of potash and soda. Rubefacients. — JVIedicines which cause redness of the skin, as mustard, raddish leaves, &c. Rupture. — Hernia ; by some, called a breach. Saccharine The properties of sugar. Saliva. — The secretion of the mouthy spittle ; hence, sali- vation, an increased flow of saliva. SaU. — A compound of acid, with an alkali, or metal. Sal^tre, — Nitrate of potash. I m 1 : ^991 Bfi. 0HASB*8 BE0IFE8. SahMom. — Climate favorable to health. SancUive. — A oarative medicine. Sanguii. — Blood. Sanguinunu. — Bloody — SanguiDions discharge, as bloody flttZ. Satnonin, — A powder obtained from worm-seed. Sarcoma, — A fleshy tumor, generally of a cancerous na ture. Scabies.- -The itch. ScirrhtL8,—A hard tumor, generally of a cancerous nature. Scrofula, — A constitutional tendency to disease of tlie glands. Scrotum, —The sac which encloses the testicles. Sedative, — To depress, the opposite of stimulation. Seidliiz. — A village of Bohemia ; hence, seidlitz powders, which originated at that place. Sifiapm. — Mustard ; hence, sinapisms, mustard plasters. Slough, — Death of a part, allowing it to come out from the * healthy part. Stimulant. — ^A medicine calculated to excite an increased and healthy action. Styptic, — To stop bleeding. Snake-Boot, — Common or Virginia snake-root ; but black snake-root is the black cohosh. Spatm. — Cramp, or convulsion. Specific, — A remedy having a uniform action, produciDg health. Sperm, — Seminal fluid, now more often called the semen, seed. Spermatic, — Having reference to the testioleS| or ovaries. &pina, — The back-j^ne ; hence, spine. * Stitch, — A spasmodic pain. Stonha, — The mouth. , Stomatitis. — Inflammation of the mouth. . Strangulation, — To choke; also applied to hernia which cannot be reduced. Sudor, — Sweat ; hence, sudorific, to sweat. Sulphate, — A combination with sulphuric acid. Su^huric Add. — Oil of vitriol. Suppression, — An arrest of a natorai dischaigei Sxippwration, — To produce pus. w^ QLOBBABIAL DEPABTMENT. 885 fi^m|N»^ 9>^.Vt>^^^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) o' %*^ .>^' .V % ^ V /^ Photograp)hic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. M580 (716) 872-4503 l\ (V » ^\ LV ^ ts I APPENDIX. COOKERY DEPARTMENT. FISH. Fish, when fresh, are hard when pressed by the finger — the gills red — the eyes full. If the flesh is flabby and the eyes sunken, the fish are stale. They should be thoroughly cleaned, washed, and sprinkled with salt. Before broiling fish, rub the gridiron with a piece of fat, to] pre- vent it sticking. Lay the skin side down first. The earthy taste often found in fresh water fish can be removed by soaking in salt and water. Most kinds of salt fish should be soaked in cold water for 24 hours— the fleshy side turned down in the water. Baked Fish. — Stuff it with plain dressing ; put in a pan with a little water ; salt, pepperi^ar.d butter. Baste while baking. A fish weighing four pounds will bake in an hour. Garnish with hard-boiled eggs and parsley, and serve with drawn butter or egg sauce. To Boil Fish. — Sew them in a cloth, and put in cold water, with plenty of salt. Most fish will boil in 30 minutes. Pickling Fish. — Spice the vinegar as for^cucumbers ;Tput your fish in and let them boil slowly for a few minutes, until done, without breaking ; then set them away for several^ weeks, and the bones will be entirely destroyed. Stewed Oysters. — Put the juice into a saucepan and let it simmer, skimming it carefully ; then rub the yolks of three hard- boiled eggs and one large spoonful of flour well together, and stir into the juice. Cut in small pieces, quarter of a pound of butter, half a teaspoonful of whole allspice, a little salt, a little cayenne, and the juice of a fresh lemon ; let all simmer ten Jminutes, and just before dishing add the jjoysters. This is for two quarts of oysters. Broiled Oysters. — Drain select oysters in a colander. Dip them one by one into melted butter to prevent sticking to the gridiron, and place them on a wire gridiron. - Broil over a clear fire. When nicely browned on botn sides, season with salt, pep- per and plenty of butter, and lay them on hot buttered toast, moistened with a little hot water. Serve very hot, or they will not be nice. Oysters cooked in this way and served on broiled beefsteak are nice. Feied Oystbbs.— Drain the oysters, and cover well with finest APPENDIX. 387 jr. and stir of cracker crumbfi, seasoned with salt and pepper. Let them stand half an hour, then dip and roll again in the meal ; fry brown in a good quantity of lard and butter. POULTRY. . How TO Choose Poultry.— Young, plump, and well fed, but not too fat poultry are the best. The skin should be fine grained, clear and white ; the breast full, lieshed and broad ; the legs smooth. The birds must be heavy in proportion to their size. As regards ducks and geese, their breasts must also be plump ; the feet flexible and yellow. Fn boiling, white-legged poultry must be chosen, because when dressed their appearance is by far the more delicate. But darker-legged ones are juicy and of a better flavor when roasted. The greatest precaution ought to be taken to prevent poultry from getting at all tainted before it is cooked. It snould be killed and dressed from eight to ten hours before cooking. Pigeons are far better for being cooked the day they are killed, as they lose their flavor by hanging. Care r^ ist be taken to cook poultry thoroughly, for nothing is more revolting to the palate than underdone poultry. Plain Stuffing. — Take stale bread, cut off all the crust, rub very fine and pour over it as much melted butter as will make it crumble in your hands ; salt and pepper to taste. Apple Stuffing. — Take half a pound of the pulp of tart ap- ples which have been baked or scalded ; add two ounces of bread crumbs, some powdered sage, a finely shred onion ; season well with cayenne pepper. For roast goose, duck, etc. Chestnut Stuffing. — Boil the chestnuts and shell them, then blanch them and boil until soft ; mash them fine and mix with a little sweet cream, some bread-crumbs pepper and salt. For turkey. MEATS. In selecting beef, choose that of a fine, smooth grain, of a bright red color and white fat. The sixth, seventh and eighth ribs are the choicest cuts for a roast. Have the bones removed and the meat rolled, but have the butcher send the bones for soup. The flesh of good veal is firm and dry, and the joints stiff, The flesh of good mutton or lamb is a bright red, with the fat firm and white. If the meat of pork is young, the lean will break on being pinched ; the fat will be white, soft and pulpy. Rules for Boiling Meat. — All fresh meat should be put to cook in boiling water, then the outer part contracts and the inter- nal juioes are preserved. For making soup put on in cc Id water. All salt meat should be put on in cold water, that the salt may be ; ! .1 1 * ii ! f 1-^ i «4, 388 DB. GHASi: S BEOIPES. extracted in cooking. In boiling lAeats it is important to keep the water constantly boiling, otherwise the meat will absorb the water. Be careful to add boiling water, if more is needed. Remove the scum when it first begins to boil. Allow about twenty mi antes for boiling for each pound of fresh meat. The more gently meat boils the more tender it will be. To Broil Meat well, have your gridiron hot before you put the meat on. In Roasting Beef, it is necessary to have a brisk fire. Baste often. Twelve minutes are required for every pound of beef. Season when nearly done. To Cook Venison. — Broil as you would a beefsteak, rare. Have ready a gravy of butter, pepper and salt, and a very little water. Heat the gravy without boiling it. Score the steak all over, put it in the gravy and cover tight ; keep hot enough to steam the meat, and send in a covered dish to table. stir posi SAUCES. Cranberry Sauce. — One quart of cranberries, one quart of water, and one pound of white sugar ; make a syrup of the water and sugar. After washing the berries clean, and picking out all poor ones, drop them into the boiling syrup ; let them cook from 15 to 20 minutes. They are very nice strained. Drawn Butter Sauce. — One quarter pound butter, rub with it two teaspoonfuls of flour. When well mixed, put into a sauce- pan with one-half pint of water or stock ; cover it, and set the saucepan into a larger one of boiling water. Shake it constantly till completely melted and beginning to boil ; season with salt and pepper. Caper Sauce. — Make a drawn butter sauce, and then add 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls of French capers ; remove fiom the fire and add , a little lemon juice. Boiled Egg Sauce. — Add to half a pint of drawn butter sauce two or three hard boiled eggs, chopped. Pickle Sauce. — Add to half a pint of drawn butter sauce three tablespoonfuls of pickled cucumbers, minced fine. Tomato Sauce. — Stew cne can of tomatoes, one small onion, for 20 minutes, and then strain through a sieve. Put an ounce and a half of butter into a sauce-pan, and when it boils, dredge in an ounce and a half of flour. When thoroughly cooked pou." in the tomatoes. TeMATO Sauce. — One can tomatoes boiled down and strained j rub together one heaping teaspoonful of flour, one tablespoonful of batter, and a little salt, with a very little cayenne pepper, and stir into the tosnrvtoes ; then let all come to a boil. APPENDIX. 389 ;er sauce as SALADS. Mayonnaise Salad Dressing.— The yolk of one egg, raw- stir into this all the olive oil it will hold, in as fine a stream possible. Season with cayenne pepper, salt and mustard. Simple Dressing for Salads.— Mix three tablespoonfuls of olive oil and one tablespoonful of scraped onion, with one salt- spoonful of salt and one saltspoonful of pepper (mixed), and then add one tablespoonful cf vinegar. When thoroughly mixed, pour over the salad. Chicken Salad Dressing. -Take two hard-boiled eggs, lay them into water till quite cold, put the yolks into a small bowl and mash ihem very fine, adding the yolks of two raw eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, one large tablespoonful cf dry mustard, and a very little cayenne pepper ; stir this well, always one way ; when well mixed, add a very little sweet oil, stirring all the time. After this is mixed, put in more, a very little at a time, until you have used a third of a bottle, then add a large spoonful of vinegar or lemon juice, then more oil as before, using in all two-thirds of a bottle, then another spoonful of vinegar ; when well mixed it must be very light, and a nice color. Set on the ice for two or three hours ; not more than twenty minutes before using the salad, mix it and prepare for the table by putting with the meat about half the dressing, stir it up well, and then pour on to the meat one wine glass of best vinegar ; stir this up well ; it will turn the chicken vety white ; if it requires a little more salt, add it now. Place the chicken in the centre of a flat dish, large enough to lay lettuce or celery around the meat, wipe the lettuce as dry as you can, and lay around the meat, then with a spoon put the rest of the dressing on the lettuce. Chicken Celery. — Chop the remains of chicken or turkey, and mix with aij equal proportion of celery ; a little salt and vinegar only, although some like a dressing as for slaw, but this takes away too much of celery taste. It may be prepared with lettuce instead of celery. Cabbage Salad. — Cut the cabbage very fine, and put into a dish in layers, with salt and pepper between , Then take two teaspoonfuls of butter, two of sugar, two of flour, two of mustard, one cup of vinegar and one egg. Stir all together, and let it come to a boil on the stove. Pour it hot over, and mix it well with the cabbage ; cover up. Lobster Salad.— Pick the meat from the shell, chop and sea- son the same as for chicken salad ; garnish with the claws and parsley. COOKERY FOB THE SICK. Beef Tea.— Very nice beef tea is made by cutting up tender, jucy beef into pieces about one inch square ; put into a strong I mm 390 DK. chase's KECIPES. bottle, cork tightly and set in a kettle of cold water. Boil it about two hours ; the fluid then obtained will be the pure nutri- ment of the meat. Veal or Mutton Broth. — To eachj pound of meat add 'one quart of cold water, bring it gently to a boil ; skim it and add salt ; simmer the broth about three hours. A little rice may be boiled with the meat. When cold skim off the fat. Chicken Broth. — Take part of a chicken, joint it, and cover with water ; let it boil closely covered until the meat drops from the bones ; then skim off the fat, strain, and season with a little saU, and if liked add a teaspoonful of rice, and let boil until the rice is cooked. Scraped Beef. — Take a good piece of raw steak, lay it 'on a meat board, and with a knife scrape into fine bits ; after removing all hard or gristly parts put it into a pan over the fire and let it remain just long enough to become thoroughly heated through, stirring it up from the iDottom occasionally^; season with a little salt. This is very nutritious and quite palatable. To Prepare an Egg. — Beat an egg until very light, add sea- eoning to the taste, and then steam until thoroughly warmed through, but not hardened. This will take about two minutes. An egg prepared in this way will not distress a sensitive stomach. Milk Porridge. — Make a thin batter of white flour and cold milk, and stir it into boiling milk with a little salt. Let it boil for a few minutes, stirring all the time. Panada. — Shave very thin soft parts of Jight |bread into a bowl, put in a piece of butter the size of a large hickory nut, grate over tnis some nutmeg, pour on boiling water, cover and let'stand a few minutes. If stimulant is required add brandy. OaI'meal Gruel. — Put two large spoonfuls of oatmeal, wet in cold water, into one pint of boiling water, boil it^gently^one^^half hour, skim, and add a little salt, sugar and nutmeg. Wine Jelly. — Melt in a little warm water one ounce[of isin- glass, stir into it one pint of sherry wine, adding two ounces of sugar, an ounce of gum arable and half a nutmeg, grated ; mix all well and boil ten minutes, or until everything is thoroughly dis- solved ; then strain and set away to get cold. Barley Water. — Soak one pint of barley in lukewarm water for a few minutes ; then drain Okf the water. Put the barley into three quarts of cold water, and cook slowly until the barley is quite soft, skimming occasionally. This barley water, when cold, ^flavor with a little jelly or lemonade. Rice Milk. — Pick and wash the rice carefully ; boil it in water until it swells and softens ; when the water is partly boiled away, add some milk. It may be boiled entirely in milk, by setting, the vessel in which the rice is, in boiling water ; sweeten with white sugar, and season with nutmeg. It may also be thickened with a little flour or beau'^n egg. APPENDIX. 391 Boil it [•e nutii- add one and add ! may be [ind cover ops from 1 a little until the f it 'on a removiDg md let it through, h a little add sea- y warmed > minutes. stomach. and cold jCt it boil id into a nut, grate let'stand lal, wet in •^one^^half je'of isin- ounces of mix all ghly dis- > iim water arley into sy is quite ^flavor jy IS t in water led away, Btting.the ith white ed with a Flax-seed Tea.-— One-half pound of flax-seed, one-half pound of rock candy, and three lemons pared and sliced ; pour over this two quarts of boiling water ; let it stand until very cold ; strain before drinking. This is good for a cough. Appleade. — Cut two large apples in slices, and pour on them one pint of boiling water ; strain well and sweeten. Ice it before drinking. Toast Watek. — Toast stale bread until quite brown, but do not bum it ; put it into a large bowl, and pour over it boiling water ; let it stand for an hour or so j strain and put in a ^ lece of ice be- fore drinking. Toast. — Toast bread until a nice brown all over, taking great care not to burn ; butter each slice, dip into hot water, or pour over each piece enough sweet cream to moisten it. Wine Whey. — Sweeten one pint of milk to taste, and when boiling throw in two w^ineglasses of sherry ; when the curd forms, strain the whey through a muslin bag into tumblers. Arrowroot Custards. — Boil a pint of milk, and while boiling stir into it one large spoonful of arrowroot mixed smooth with a little cold milk ; add a little salt ; let it boil tL-ree or four min- utes, then let it cool and add a couple of beaten eggs, sugar and nutmeg to thej taste, and set it where it will get scalding hot, stirring all the time. As soon as it boils up turn it into custard cups. Cracked Wheat. — To one quart of hot water take one small teacup of cracked wheat and a little salt ; boil slowly for half an hour, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Serve with sugar and cream or new ^ilk. Raw Egg. — Bieak a fresh egg into a glass, beat until very light, sweeten to taste, and add two tablespoonfuls of port wine, then beat again. Fine Hominy. — Put to soak one pint of hominy in two and one- half pints of boiling water over night in a tin vessel with a tight cover ; in the morning add one-half pint of sweet milk and a little salt. Place on a brisk fire in a kettle of boiling water ; let boil one-half hour. Oatmeal Mush. — Sift into boiling water, with a little salt, oatmeal until about the consistency of common mush ; let it boil one-half hour. Blackberry Cordial. — Warm and squeeze the berries ; add to one pint of juice one pound of white sugar, one-half ounce of powdered cinnamon, one-iourth ounce of mace, two teaspoonfals of cloves. Boil all together for one-fourth of an hour ; strain the syrup, and to each pint add a glass of French brandy. Two or three doses of a tablespoonful or less will check any slight diarr- hcea. When the attack is violent, give a tablespoonful after each 4ischarge until.the complaint is in subjection. ItJ.will^arrest dysentery if given in season, and is a pleasant and safe remedy. i^H«BmHi»— • 692 DR. chase's recipes. Drikd Flour for Infants.— Take one teacupful of flour, ti' it u|» tightly in a close muslin bag, and put it in a pot of col i wat r and boil three hours ; then take it out and dry tne outside. "When uhed, grate it. A tablespoonful is enough for one teacupful of milk (which would be better with a little water) ; wet the flour with a little cold water and stir in the milk ; add a very little salt and boil iire minutes. Oyster Toast. — Make a nice slice of toast and butter it ; lay it in a hot dish ; put six oysters, a teacupful of their own liquor, into a tin cup and boil one minute. Use half milk if preferred. Season with a little butter, pepper and salt, and pour over the toast. Eoa Gruel. — Beat the yolk of one egg with one tablespoonful of sugar ; pour one teacupful of boiling water on it ; add tlie white of the egg beaten to a froth, with any seasoning or spice desired. To be taken warm. Mulled Jelly. — Take one tablespoonful of current or grape jelly ; beat with it the white of one egg and a little loaf sugar ; pour on it one-half pint of boiling water and break in a slice of dry toast, or two crackers. Irish Moss Blano-Mange.— Pick over carefully one teacupful of Irish moss ; wash it first in saleratus water ; then rinse it several times in fresh water. Put it in a tin pail with one quart of milk ; cover closely and set in a kettle of boiling water. Let it stand until it begins to thicken, then strain through a fine sieve and sweeten with powdered sugar j flavor and pour into a mould and set in a cool place. When quite firm turn out into a dish. Eat with sugar and cream. Chicken Jkllv, — Cut up a chicken and put into a quart of cold water ; Idt it simmer until reduced to a little less than a pint ; remove from the fire, and strain as for jelly. Season with a little salt. Chop the breast meat into small pieces, and mix with liquor, and then pour the whole into a mould and set it away to cool. PUDDINGS. » In boiling pudding, have plenty of water 'in the* pot boiling when the pudding is put in, and do not let it stop ; add more as it is needed. Tura the pudding frequently. If a cloth is used, dip the pudding when done into a pan of cold water, so that it can be re- moved easily. In using moulds, grease well with butter, tie- the lid closely, and set in a pot with a very little water, and add more as needed, Fmit sauces are nice for olanc-mange and corn-starch puddings. Fresh red cherries, stewed, sweetened, and passed through a sieve, and slightly thickened with corn-starch, make a good sauce. Pudding Sauce.— -Rub well together until light, four large tea- APPENDIX. 393 spoonfula of light brown sugar, two ounces ot butter ; stir into a teacup of boiling water, quickly and well, until it has dissolved ; on no account omit stirring constantly till well dissolved, or it will ' lose its lightness ; add grated nutmeg to taste. Serve hot. Pudding Sauce. — One cup of sugar, yoke of one egg well beaten with the sugar, four tablespoonfuls of boiling milk ; add the whites well beaten. Pudding Sauce. — Rub to a cream two cups of sugar with three- fourths of a cup of butter ; flavor to taste ; float the dish in boiling water until well heated ; pour one-half pint of boiling water on it just before serving. Lemon Sauce. — One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, yolks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of corn-starch. Beat the eggs and sugar until light ; add the grated rind and juice of one lemon. Stir the whole into three gills of boiling water until it thickens suffi- ciently for the table. Lemon Sauce. — One large tablespoonful of butter, one small tablespoonful of flour, one cup of sugar, grated rind and juice of one lemon. Stbawberry Sauce. — Rub half a cup of butter and one cup of sugar to a cream ; add the beaten white of an egg, and one cup of strawberries thoroughly mashed. Hard Sauce for Pudding. — One cup butter, throe cups sugar, beat very hard, flavoring with lemon juice ; smooth into shape with a knife dipped into cold water. English Plum Pudding. — Nine eggs beaten to a froth ; add flour sufficient to make a thick batter free from luLips ; add one pint new milk and beat well j add two pounds of raisins, stoned, and two pounds currants washed and dried, one pound of citron sliced, one-quarter pound bitter almonds divided, thi ee-fourths of a pound brown sugar, one nutmeg, one teaspoon of allspice, mace and cinnamon, three-fourths of a pound beef suet, chopped fine ; mix three days before cooking, and beat well again ; f.dd more milk if required. If made into two puddings boil four hours. Apple or Peach Dumplings. — Pare and core fine juicy apples ; then take light bread dough, cut into round pieces half an inch thick, and fold around each apple until well covered ; put them into a steamer, let them rise, then set the steamer over a pot of boiling water, and steam. Eat with butter and sugar, or cream. Use peaches in the same way. Baked Apple Dumplings.— Cook apples almost entirely whole, coring or net, as you may prefer ; melt butter and sugar in a baking- pan, and, having inclosed them in good paste, bake ; baste them constantly. Apple Batter Pudding. — Three eggs, one coffeecup of sour milk, one .large teaspoonful of butter,, three large tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half tablespoonful of soda, and flour enough to make a batter as stiff as cake. Add quartered apples as desired. f. i I • \ 394 DR. chase's recipes. Bread Pudding. — One coffeecup bread crumbs, dried and rolled fine ; one teacup of sugar, one quart of milk, one teaspoonful gin- ger, a little salt, three eggs (saving the whites of two). When baked, spread jelly over the top, then a frosting made of the whites of the eggs, and one tablespoonful of sugar. Return to the oven until slightly browned. Bread and Apple Pudding. — Butter a pudding-dish ; place in it alternate layers of bread crumbs and thinly-sliced apples ; when the dish is filled, let the top layer be of bread crumbs, over which two or three tablespoonfuls of melted butter should be poured. Bake in a moderately hot oven, and place two or three nails under the pudding-dish to keep from burning in the bottom ; let it bake from three-quarters to a whole hour, according to the quality ot the cooking apples. Cabinet Pudding.— The remains of any kind of cake broken up, two cups; half cup raisins ; half can peaches, four eggs, one and a half pints of milk. Butter a plain pudding mould and lay in some ot the broken cake, one-third of the raisins, stoned, one-third of the peaches ; make two layers of the remainder of the cake, raisins and peaches. Cover with a very thin slice of bread, then pour over the milk beaten with the eggs and sugar. Set in Ji sauce-pan of boiling water to reach two-thirds up the side of the mould, and steam three-quarters of an hour. Turn-out carefully on a dish, and serve with peach sauce, made as follows : Place the peach juice from the can into a small sauce-pan ; add an equal volume of water, a little more sugar, and eight or ten raisins ; boil ten minutes, strain, and, just before serving, add six drops of bitter almond. Cracker Pudding. -^Mix ten ounces of finely-powdered crackers with a little salt, half a nutmeg, three or four tablespoonfuls of sugar, and three of butter ; beat six eggs to a froth ; mix with three pints of milk ; pour over the crackers, and let it stand till soft ; then bake. Sauce for Cracker Pudding. — One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one egg, one teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, one lemon, inside grated, three tablespoonfuls of boilirg water. CocoANUT Pudding. — One-quarter of a pound of butter, yolks of five eggs, one- quarter of a pound of sugar ; beat butter and sugar together ; add a little of the cocoanut at a time, and one-half tea- cupful of cream. Do not bake too long, or it will destroy the flavor. Use one cocoanut. After it is baked, beat the whites of the e^gs with four or five tablespoonfuls of sugar. Spread over the pudding and bake a light brown. Chocolate Pudding. — Scrape very fine two ounces of vanilla chocolate ; put it into a pan, pouring over it one quart of new milk, stirring it until it boils ; and adding by degrees four dunces of sugar, milling the chocolate until it is smooth and light ; then pour oat to cool; beat eight eggs to a froth, and mix with the APPENDIX. 396 i rolled III gin- When I whites he oven place in ; when r which poured. 8 under it bake lality ot ■ broken ggs, one id lay in ne-third tie cake, ad, then Set in a e of the carefully 'lace the m equal ns ; boil of bitter crackers >nfula of ith three ill soft; one-half aeg, one jr, yolks nd sugar half tea* roy the rhites of over the ■ vanilla ew milk, ►unces of it ; then yith the chocolate ; pour into a buttered dish, and bake three-quarters of an hour. Serve cold with sifted sugar over it. Suet Pudding. — One teacupful of molasses, one of suet, one of sweet milk, two cups of raisins, two and one-half cups of flour, one teaspoonful of ginger, one of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of. allspice, one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda. Boil or steam. Make sauce same as for plum pudding. Sago Puddin(}. — Two large spoonfuls of sa^ro boiled in one quart of water, the peel of one lemon, a little nutmeg ; when cold add four eggs and a little salt. Bake about one hour and a half. Eat with sugar and cream. Tapioca Pudding. — Four tablespoonfuls of tapioca, one quart of milk, four eggs, leaving out the whites of two for frosting ; three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Soak the tapioca over night, or for several hours, in a little water. Boil the milk and turn over the tapioca. Add, when it is blood warm, the sugar and eggs well beaten ; bake about an hour, and after it has cooled a little add the whites of the eggs to one-half pound of sugar for frosting. It answers well for a sauce, and looks quite ornamental. Rice Pudding. — Soak one cupful of best rice ; after soaking four hours, drain it off ; i)lace the rice in pudding dish ; add one cupful sugar, and one teaspoonful of salt, and eleven cupfuls milk and spice ; put in a moderate oven, and bake from two to three hours, stirring occasionally at first, if the rice settles. BREAD, BISCUITS, ETC. Yeast. — Take two ^ood-sized potatoes, grate them raw. Add one-half teacupful white sugar, one teaspoon of salt, a little ginger. Pour over the mixture one-jjalf pint of boiling water, in which one tablespoonful of hops has been boiled. Save naif a cup each time to start anew. Yeast. — To one cup of grated raw potato add half cup salt and half cup sugar ; pour over all one quart boiling water, stirring well ; it will thicken like starch ; when nearly cold, add one cup of good yeast. In about twelve hours it should be light ; put in jug or bottle, and cork tightly. Yeast.— A double handful of hops, one-half dozen large potatoes ; boil together in one-half gallon of water till done ; strain and masli on to one-half cup of ginger, small cup of flour, and one cup of brown sugar, and half cup of salt. Let stand until cool, then add one cupful of good yeast. Next day cork up tight in a jug. Yeast and Bread. — Take ten large potatoes, pare amd put them in a kettle with three quarts of water ; put a pint of hops m a thin muslin bag in the same kettle with the potatoes ; boil until potatoes are soft, then pour the water from this kettle boiling hot over a pint of flour in a crock. Squeeze all the strengtn ■p™!^" 396 DR. chase's recipes. All the flour must pour water over the set in the oven and from the hops ; mash the potatoes, add a quart of cold water to them, and p^it through a colander into the crock, and add one* half teacup of salt, a cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of ginger. Let this stand for two days until it stops fermenting and settles ; then put it into a jug, cork tight, and keep in a cool place. For the Bread. — Pare and boil six good-sized potatoes, drain off the water, mash fine, and pour over them about three pints of cold water ond run through a colander. Add Hour until this is a thin h: . ter, then put in a coflfeecup of yeast from the jug. Let stand until it rises, then stir into it flour as much as you can with a spoon, and let rise again. Work in enough more flour to make as stiff as bread, and let rise the third time. When light, this time work out into loaves, and let rise. be sifted. To Freshek Stale Bread. — Pump on or loaf until moistened through, put in a pan, bake until the moisture is all absorbed. Milk Sponge Bread. — Put a pint of boiling water in a pitcher, with a teaspoonful of sugar ; one-quarter teaspoonful of salt, and the same of soda ; let it stand till you can bear your finger in it ; then add flour to make a thick batter ; beat it hard for two minutes. Now place the pitcher in a kettle of hot water — not hot enough to scald the mixture ; keep the water at the same temperature till the emptyings are light. If set early in the morning they will be ready, if watched carefully, at eleven o^clock to make a sponge, the same as for other bread, with a quart of very warm milk. Let this sponge get very light ; then make into loaves, and set to rise again, taking care they do not get too light this time before putting in the oven, or the bread will be dry and tasteless. Salt-Rising Bread. — Take newly -ground middlings ; put six heaping teaspoonfuls of it in a coffee cup ; add one teaspoon of sugar, one saltspoon of salt, one-half saltspoon of sodaj mix thoroughly ; pour boiling water in the mixture, stirring i together until it will nearly fill the cup ; remove the spoon, cover the cup of dough ; set it where it will keep warm, not scald ; set it Fridiay morning, and it will be light for Saturday's baking j if in a hurry, set in a dish of warm water. Now put in bread-pan flour enough for bread ; add salt ; take one quart of boiling water for three loaves, and turn into the middle of your flour, stirring in slowly ; put enough cold water (or milk) to cool sufficiently to bear your finger in it ; then add middlings — stir in well ; cover with some of the flour and set in a warm place. When light enough, mix soft into loaves ; grease bread-pans ; also top of the loaves, which makes a tender upper crust ; cut gashes quite deep across the loaves, and it will rise evenly ; set near the stove, and when light enough, bake three-quarters of an hour. Baking-Powder Biscuit. — One important point is in having a APPENDIX. 307 water to add one* f ginger. . settles ; ■/« les, drain ree pints intil this the jug. you can ) flour to en light, our must over the oven and ter in a aspoonful bear your at it hard hot water ;er at the , early in at eleven ., with a jht ; then jy do not the bread ; put six teaspoon odaj mix g i 3on, cover jcald ; set )aking ; if bread-pan ling water r, stirring Lciently to ell ; cover rheri light ;op of the j^uite deep stove, and 1 having a hot ovon ; anotbor is, have flour sifted, and roll dough as soft as you can handle ; then more baking powder is needed. For each teacup of flour take a teaspoon of powder ; butter, the size of a small hen's egg, is sufficient for a c^uart of flour.. * After rubbing butter and powder into the amount of flour needed, turn in cola water (milk will do), stirring all the time, till the right con- sistency is reached; salt; then roll lightly and bake at once. They will prove flakey, feathery, delicious, and more nutritious than biscuit raised with yeast. Rusks.— In one large coffeecup of warm milk dissolve one cake of compressed yeast, then add three eggs and one cup of sugar, and beat together ; use only flour enough to roll out, to which add two ounces of butter ; let it rise. When very light, knead, mould into shape, and set in a warm place. When light, bake in a. hot oven j wnen done cover the top with sugar dissolved in milk. French Rolls. — Into one pound of flour rub two ounces of butter, and the whites of three eggs, well beaten ; add a table- spoonful of good yeast, a little salt, and milk enough to make a stiff dough ; cover and set it in a warm place till light, which will be an hour or more, according to the strength of the yeast ; cut into rolls, dip the edges into melted butter io keep them from sticking together, and bake in a quick oven. English Rolls. — Two pounds of flour, two ounces of butter, three tablespoonfuls of yeast, one pint of warm milk ; mix well together, and set in a warm plac«* to rise ; knead, and make into rolls. Bake twenty minutes. Graham Gems. — One quart ol Graham flour, three teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, two eggs beaten light, butter the size of an egg (melted), one tablespoonful brown sugar, a little salt, and milk enough to make a batter. Brown Bread. — One cup of com meal, one cup (^ Graham flour, one cup of sour milk, one cup of warm water, one 'lalf cup of molasses, one teaspoonful of soda, a little salt ; steam two hours. Serve at table hot, Boston Brown Bread. — Take three teacups of corn meal, stir into it two cups of boiling sweet milk ; when cold, add one teacup of molasses, one teacup of wheat flour, and one cup of sour milk ; into the sour milk stir well one teaspoonful of soda ; add one-half teaspoonful of salt ; steam three hours. Corn Bread. — Thrt o cups of corn meal, one and one-half cups of flour, one and one-half cups of sweet milk, five eggs, four tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, a little sugar. FAKBIERS' DEPARTMENT. Horse Ointment. — Resin, 4 ozs,; bees' wax, 3 ozs.; hogs' lard, I lb. ; common turpentine, 6 ozs. ; dissolve in a pipkin with gentle 398 DE. CHASE S KECIPES. heat ; then add 2 ozs. of fine verdigris, stir well together, and strain the whole through a coarsn cloth ; cool for use. This is a good ointment for a wound, or bruiae in fl3sh or hoof, broken kn«e«, galled backs, bites, cracked heels, mallenders, or, when a horse is gelded, to htal and keep off the flies. Purge for a Horse. — Aloes, 1 oz. ; rhubarb, 2 drs. ; oil of mint, 4 drops, made into a ball with honey. Cordial for v Horse. — If a horse is weak through travel, give him a pint of warm ale, with 1 oz. of diapente in it. Diapente will comfort his bowels, drive out cold and wind, and may cause him to carry his food the longer. Diapente is composed of gentian root, bay berries, bay leaves, birth wort, mint, and myrrh. Sore Back. — If the saddle bruises his* back and makes it swell, a greasy dishcloth laid on hot, and a cloth over it, bound on fifteen minutes {with a sursingle), and repeated once or twice, will sink it flat. If it is slight wash it with a little salt and water only. Alter the saddle, that it may not press en the tender part, for a second bruise will be worse than the first. Splint. — The splint is a fixed, callous, bony excrescence, grow- ing upon the flat of the inside or outside of the shark bone, a little under, and not far from the knee, and may be seen and felt. Cfre. — To take it oil', first cut the hair close, then gently beat it with a round rule until it appears hot to the touch, then rub hard soap all around the edge of the splint, to prevent the blister affecting any other part, and apply on the splint the following blister ointment : Mercuaia! ointment, 1 oz. ; Spanish flies, 2 drs., mixed well together j a little of this may be applied once a week until the splint is removed. Spavin. — The spavin is of the same nature, and appears, in like manner, on the instep bone behind, not far below the hough. Cure. — The same blister as recommended for splints; if it fails, firing and turning the horse to grass three months is the best method. \ HORSES — To Water. — Water is as necessary to i» horse as food, and horses are found to thrive better by haTrmg water ad lihUvmi than by being stinted. The best way is to have the manger divided, so that corn can be in one half and water in the other : by this plan the horse takes the water as he wants it, and not when it is offered to him. The plan of having the wa<"er in the manger has been tried by a great number of the London merchants, and found to aiswer admirably. Hoof Bound or Tender Feet. — Cause of this is fever in the feet. Founder, or gravel, the symptoms are hot feet and a drawing in on? inch from the top of the feet at the heels. Never have the feet spread at the heels nor rasped above the nail holes, for it will do the foot an injury. Follow the directions ^ven here. Use either the hoof ointment or hoof liquid ; apply it according tc the printed directions For hoof bound or tender feet, appiy it all APPENDIX. 39^ aud IS is a broken vhen a oil of el, give 'iapente ly cause gentian t swell, and on , will d water 51 part, , grow- a little id felt. beat it |ib hard I blister )llowing , 2 drs., a week , in like hough. it fails, he best lorse as ater ail ive the in the it, and r in the :chants, ' in the irawing ave the • it will e. Use tc the y it all around the top of the hoof down one inch every third day j if for split hoof, apply it every day. First, have a stiff shoe on the foot, and cleanse the cut or crack. Never cut or burn for it. Hoof Ointment. — Take resin, 4 ozs.; bees wax, 9 oza.; lard, 2 lbs.; melt together, pour it into a pot, and turpentine, 3 ozs.; finely powdered verdegris, 2 ozs.; tallow, lib.— stir all until it gets cool. This is one of the best medicines for the hoot ever used. It is good for corks or bruises of the feet. Fallow the directions. Hoof Liquid. — For tender feet, hoof bound, etc. Linseed oil, or neatsfoot oil, ^ pt. of either ; turpentine, 4 ozs. ; oil of tar, 6 ozs.; origanum, 13 ozs.; shake this well and apply it as the direc- tions for the ointment tells. - This is the best if the horse has been lame long— it penetrates the hoof sooner than the ointment — both of them should be applied at night, so that the horse can go to work in the morning. He need not loose one day's work. MAGGOTS IN SHEEP— To Destroy.— Water, 1 qt; spirit of turpentine, a tablespoon ; sublimate of mercury, as much as \vill lie upon a shilling ; cork in a bottle, with a quill through the cork, so that the mixture may come a little at a time. Shake be- fore using. Pour a little of the mixture upon the spots where the maggots are, and they will creep upon the top of the wool, and fall off dead. Apply afterwards a little train oil to the place. LnjiMENT FOR Bruises, Sprains AND Spavins. — Oil of amber, 1 oz. ; oil of wormwood, 1 oz. ; oil of tanzy 1 oz. ; oil of epike, 1 oz. ; camphor gum, 2 ozs.; ammonia, 2 ozi: ".^U piece of Castile soap ; spirit of wine, 1 pt. Rub in thr jh. ' with the hand. This receipt is rather strong for most case. will bear a little water added in ordinary cases, or where there is much inflammation ; but in severe cases use full strength. TOILET DEPARTMENT. COMPLEXION. We will give a few words of advice, as an assistance in the pre- servation of the complexion. Rise early and go to bed early. Take plenty of exercise. Keep the pores of the skin open by perfect cleanliness. Be moderate in eating and drinking. Do not often frequent crowded assemblies, and shu/i cosmetics and washes for the skin. We will give a few harmless recipes. But most of the powders and washes used dry up the skin, aud in the end make it rough. Be cp^^xiful always in washing to wipe your skin dry, particularly your hanus ; rub them briskly for some time. If hands are left moist after washing, they will chap, crack and become red. Honey is excellent to rub over chapped hands, or anoint them with cold cream or glycerine before retiring to rest. 400 DR, chase's recipes. If you desire to make your hands delicate, wash them in hot milk and water for a day or two ; on retiiing to rest rub them with palm oil, and put on gloves ; wash them well in the morning. Lime water, lemon juice or sour milk will remore sunburn from hands. Above all keep the nails scrupulously clean. Complexion, to Improve it. — Be cheerful ; get as much fresh air in-doors and out-doors as possible. Keep in health ; promote a good digestion, and regular evacuations ; avoid alcoholic drinks ; a milk and vegetable diet makes a fair completion ; plain living, without condiments and hot seasonings, etc., makes the fairest face. It is good to rise early in the morning, drink a cup of milk, walk into the fields, wash the face in sparkling dew, gaze on creation, below, above, and all around you, till mental pleasure beams forth on your face in radient smiles. Check the eflFect of grief, disappointments, embarrassments, etc. Dissolve flour of sulphor in milk, and strain. With the clear milk wash the face. Or infuse sifted bran in best vinegar ; add, well beaten, the yolks of three or four eggs, and one gr, of amber- gris. Distil. Bottle and cork well. Or, Castile soap, 4 ozs.; fuller'js earth water, I quart. Dissolve. Add ^ oz. of spirits of wine, and 1 dr. each of oil of lavender and rosemary. Fuller's earth water is made by merely dissolving it in water, stirring well, and then let it settle. This earth alone is good for the complexion. Wash foe a Blotched Face. — Rose water, 3 ozs. ; sulphate of zinc, 1 dr. Mix ; wet the face with it, gently dry it, and then touch it over with cold cream, which also dry gently off. Camphorated Dentifrice — Prepared chalk, 1 lb., camphor, 1 or 2 drs. The camphor must be finely powdered by moistening it with a little spirit of wine, and then intimately mixing it with the chalk. MvRKH Dentifrice. — Powdered cuttlefish, 1 lb. ; powdered myrrh, 2 ozg. American Tooth Powder. — Coral, cuttlefish bone, dragon's Hood, of each, 8 drs. ; burnt alum and red sanders, of each 4 drs. ; orris root, 8 drs.; cloves and cinnamon, of each, ^ dr.; vanilla, II grs. ; rosewood, ^ dr. ; rose pink, 8 drs. All to be finely powdered and mixed. Quinine Tooth Powder. — Rose pink, 2 drs.; precipitated chalk, 12 drs. ; carbonate of magnesia, 1 dr.; quinine (sulpljiate), 6 grs. All to be well mixed together. Depilatory — To Remove Superfluous Hairs. — Saturate the part well with fir.d oil . In about an hour wipe it off ; then take finely powdered quick-lime, I oz. ; powdered orpiment, I dr. Mix with white of egg and apply with a small brush. Tartar — To Remove from theTefth. — Brush the teeth often up and down — not horiz' )n tally — with soap, then with salt. Eat- ing fruit or oat-cake cleanses the teeth greatly. In using the tooth brush the friction ought never to cause the gums to bleed. APPENDIX. 401 in hot jna with oming. ■n from 3h fresh promote drinks ; living, fairest ►f milk, gaze on )leasure eflfect of le clear ir ; add, amber- 4 ozs.; >irits of Fuller's tig well, plexion. phate of ad then imphor, istening it with )wdered Iragon's 4 drs. ; ilia, 11 (wdered ipitated ;iate), 6 Eite the m take . Mix h often , £at- Qg the bleed. Freckles.— Take of sal amoniac, powdered, 1 dr. ; boiling water, I pint ; dissolve and strain, adding, when cold, spirits of rosemary, ^ oz. ; lavender water, 2 drs. Mix and use twice a day ; or a little magnesia, taken occasionally as a corrective, and a lotion for the face, to be used twice a day, composed of 8 ozs. of elder-flower water, in which 4 grs. of corrosive sublimate have been disolved, may be substitutedl. Some persons prescribe citric acid dissolved in a water of strength sufficient to produce a slight prickling sensation. The juice of a lemon, squeezing into half a tumbler of water, is, however, a more certain means to effect the same result ; or a little glycerine, mixed with elder-flower water, may be tried as a cosmetic wash. Any of these preparations, however, are useful, especially when assisted by the alteatives of magnesia, blue pill, and seidlitz powder. A Cure for Pimples. — Many of our young pe.ople are much troubled with an eruption upon the face. It often proves a great annoyance to them ; but there is a simple remedy, which, if it does not effect a complete cure, will obviate the difficulty in a great degree, without the least injury to the health or skin. To 1 gr. of corrosive sublimate add 1 oz. of rosewater ; filter, and apply twice a day. Hands, to "Whiten. — Take a wineglass of eau de Cologne, half a cup of lemon juice, scrape two cakes of Windsor soap to a powder i mix well, then add a teaspoon of sulphuric acid. Mould it, and let it harden. Compounds to Promote the Growth of the Hair. — When the hair falls off, from diminished action of the scalp, preparations of cantharides often prove useful j they are sold under the names of Dupuytren's Pomade, Cazeuze's Pomade, etc. The following directions are as good as any of the more complicated recipes : Pomade Against Baldness. — Beef marrow, soaked in several waters, melted and strained, half a pound ; tincture of cantharides (made by soaking for a week 1 dr of powdered cantharides in 1 oz. of proof spirit), 1 oz. ; oil of bergamot, 12 drops. « Erasmus Wilson's Lotion Agaiitst Baldness. — Eau de Co- logne, 2 ozs.; tincture of cantharides, 2 drs.; oil of lavender or rosemary, of either 10 drops. These applications must be used once or twice a day for a considerable time ; but if the scalp be- comes sore they must be discontinued for a time, or used at longer intervals. Bandoline, or Fixature. — Several p-^eparations are used ; the following are the best : 1. Mucilage of clean picked Irish moss, made by boiling J oz. of the moss in 1 qt. of water until sfficiently thick, rectified spirit in the proportion of a teaspoon to each bottle to prevent its being mildewed. The quantity of spirit varies according to the time it requires to be kept. 2. Gum tragacanth, li drs.; water, ^pt.; proof spirit (made by mixing equal parts of retetified spirit and water), 3 czs. ; otto of roses, ten drops ; soak for twenty-fonr hours and strain. 402 DR. chase's recipes. Excellent Hair Wash.— Take 1 oz. of boi'ax, i oz. of camphor; powder these ingredients fine, and dissolve them in 1 qt. of boiling water ; when cool, the solution will be ready for use ; damp the hair frequently. This wash effectually cleanses, beautifies, and strengthens the hair, preserves the color, and prevents early bald- ness. The camphor will ibrm into lumps after being dissolved, but the water will be sufficiently impregnated. ' HAIR OILS— Rose Oil.— Olive oil, 1 vt; otto, of roses 5 to 16 drops. Essence of bergamot, being mucli cheaper, is commonly used instead of the more expensive otto of roses. Red Rose Oil. — The same. The oil colored before scenting, by sleeping in it 1 dr. of alkanet root, 7/lth a gentle heat, until the desired tint is produced. Oil of Roses. — Olive oil, 2 pts. ; otto of roses, 1 dr.; oil of rose- mary, 1 dr. ; mix. It may be colored red by steeping a little alka« not root in the oil (with heat) before scenting it. Pomatums. — For making pomatums, the lard, fat, suet, or mar- row must be carefully prepared by being melted with as gentle a heat as possible, skimmed, strained and cleared from the dregs which are deposited on standing. Common Pomatum. — Mutton suet, prepared as above, 1 lb.; lard, 3 lbs. ; carefully melted together, and stirred constantly as it cools, 2 ozs. of bergamont being added. Hard Pomatum. — Lard and mutton suet carefully prepared, of each 1 lb. ; white wax, 4 ozs. ; essence of bergamont, 1 oz. HOW TO ACT IN EMERGENCIES. In giving the following advice as to conduct in accidents and emergencies affecting the bodily health, it is, of course, understood that skilled medical advice should be at once obtained, but the a(elay unavoidable in procuring a physician or surgeon would often result more seriously if sometmng was not don^- immediately, while a little attention may not only relieve the person, but render the work of the physician or surgeon much lighter. The hints here given can be all acted on without difficulty, requiring no special %ppa;ratus or medicines. > BURNS OR SCALDS. If a person's clothing takes fire, lay him down on the floor ; throw a rug, tablecloth, carpet, blanket, coat or large piece of eloth over him and roll him in it. The first thing to be done with a person who has been burned or scalded is to remove the clothing as gp ^tly as possible, so as not to tear away the skin. APPENDIX. 4oa or break any blister ; if there should be pieces of burnt clothing; adhering to the body, do not spend time trying to pick them oflF. Then wrap the entire surface in carded cotton or wadding— the ob- ject being to exclude the air. This is the main object of all kinds of dressing for burns. If cotton is not at hand, dust the parts thickly with flour or finely pulverized chalk. When there is time to prepare an ointment, the chalk aintment, a liniment of lime- water and linseed oil, or of linseed oil with a little carbolic acid, are the best applications. If the person is much exhausted, and especially if the bum has been extensive, give a little brandy and. water. CONVULSIONS. In convulsions or fits, whether apopleptic, epileptic or hysterical, the chief thing is to keep the person from hurting himself, not so much by holding him as by guarding him from the effects of his own violent movements. Raise the head, loosen all tight clothes, strings, etc. If the head is hot, as is usually the case, apply ice or cold water, and warmth to the extremities. Sun stroke and lightning stroke are treated similarly. Children in fits should be put into a warm bath, with cold applications to the head. DROWNING, Handle the body gently ; carry it face downwards, head slightly raised ; never hold it up by the feet, or roll it over barrels. The two great points to be arrived at are the restoration of breathing and the promotion of warmth. Remove all clothing from face, neck and chest at once ; place the person on the ground, face down- wards, with one of the arms under the fcrehead, in which position fluids will readily escape from the mouth, and the tongue fall for- wards, leaving the entrance to the windpipe free ; wipe and cleanse the mouth at the same time. If breathing commences satisfac- torily, use treatment hereafter described to promote warmth. If no, breathing, or only slight, turn the person on the side, support- ing the head, and excite the nostrils with snuff or smelling-salts, if convenient. If no result, replace the person on the face, raising and supporting the chest on a folded coat or other article ; turn the body gently on the side, then briskly on the face, then back again, — repeating the movement about once every five seconds. On each occasion that the body is on the face, make steady pressure with brisk movement, on the back between the shoulder blades, remov- ing the pressure immediately before turning on the side. (This is Dr. Marshall Hall's method of inducing respiration.) While these operations are being proceeded with, some one per- son should attend solelv to the movements of the head and the arm placed under it ; another should dry the body and extremities, 404 DR. chase's RECtPES. removing wet clothing and cover it with dry and warm clothing— taking care not to interfere with the movements to induce respir- ation. If after five minutes this method does not prove successful Dr. Sylvester's plan may be tried, as follows : Place the person on the back, shoulders supported ; tongue drawn well forward, and retained between the teeth by raising the lower jaw. Standing at the person's head, grasp the arms just above the elboWs, and draw the arms gently and steadily upwards above the head, keep them stretched upwards for two seconds ; then turn them down and press them gently but firmly against the sides for two seconds. Repeat movements steadily, imtil breathing com- mences. As soon as breathing begins rub the limbs upward with the hands encased in warm woollen socks or mittens or dry cloths — keeping the body at the same time covered with warm blankets. Place warm bricks, bottles, etc., in the arm-pits, between the thighs, on the pit of the stomach, at the soles of the feet. Give a spoonful of warm water ; and, then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of warm stimulents, such as brandy and water. Prevent unnecessary crowding around the person, especially if in a room ; avoid all rough usage ; and continue making efforts to restore life for an hour at least, and even longer. Some persons have been thus restored after several hours of effort. (These rules for the restoration of the apparently drowned are similar to those issued by the Royal National Life Boat Association of England ; and are used in the British army and navy.) FAINTING. Loosen the garments ; lay the body in a horizontal position ; give plenty of fresh air, dash cold water on the face ; apply hartshorn or smelling salts to the nose. FROST BITE. Rub the frozen part slowly and steadily with snow, or bathe with cold water, in the open air or a cold room ; continue till circulation is restored. When the entire person has been rendered insensible by exposure to intense cold, the same treatment is to be adopted ; and, of course, applied to the whole body at the same time. As soon as sensibility returns, carefully dry the body, and put the person to bed in cold sheets in a cold room, giving a few spoonsful of gruel, with a little weak brandy and water. Great caution has to be used in giving stimulents ; as the reaction from freezing is always serious, and may be made more so by injudicious stimulaticUc APPENDIX. 405 HANGING. A person found suspended should be taken down gently, the cord or rope loosened and removed, and then treated as though drowned. Bleeding from the temporal artery by some competent person is generally required. HEMORRHAGE. When an artery is cut the blood flows in jets, aad is of a blight scarlet color. If a vein is injured the blood is darker, and flows in a continuous stream. To arrest arterial bleeding, take a handkerchief, and tic a knot in the middle of it, place the knot over the artery, and tie the two ends to a stick (a piece of broom handle or walking cane) by means of which the handkerchief can be twisted tightly around the limb. If you cannot wait for the bandage place your thumb over the spot from whence the blood flows, and press hard, keeping up the pres- sure till a bandage can be applied, or till a surgeon arrives. Bleeding from a vein can usually be arrested by a compress and a bandage. Always remember that in arterial bleeding the bandage is to be applied, and pressure made, between the vv-ound and the heart ; in venous bleeding the pressure is to be on the side of the wound furthest from the heart. Bleeding from the nose may usually be arrested by the appli- cation of cold to the forehead, the temples, the face or the back of the neck. Cold water may be snuffed up ; the nose may be plugged with cotton batting dipped in some astringent, as alum, tincture of iron, tannin, etc. Whene\ er bleeding is at all excessive the person should be placed in a horizontal position, head level with the body, or even lower. II on a bed, the lower part of the bedstead may be raised up, and bricks or blocks af wood placed under its legs. Fresh air should be supplied by fanning, cool drinks for the thirst, and ice cold ap- plications in the locality from whence the blood flows. POISONS. When a person in apparently good health is suddenly attacked, after having taken food or drink, with violent pains or cramps in the stomach, with nauseau, vomiting, 3onvulsive twitchings, and a feeling of suffocation, or with extreme giddiness, delirium or sleepiness, poisoning may be suspected. Where poisoning is sus- pected or known, a physician should be immediately sent for, and all remains of food taken by the sick person, all cups, glasses, dishes, etc., used by him, together with all matters vomited, should be at once gathered up and preserved under lock and key. I 406 DK. chase's recipes. As a general rule of treatment in all cases of poisoning, free vom> iting should be produced, and especially after those poisons which cause delirium or sleeping. If the poison has already caused vom- iting, and the vomiting has been abundant, chalk, milk, the white of eggs and oil are useful. If an emetic is wanted, two tablespoon- fuls of mustard in a pint of warjn water will be effectual, and can easily be obtained. If no mustard can be had readily, large draughts of warm water, either alone or mixed with oil, bntter or lard, can be used. If there is no inflammation of the throat, tick- ling it with a feather, after a draught of warm water, will generally accomplish the purpose. The following are some of the more common poisons, with the antidotes that can be easily applied : — Acids {Aqua /or^i's, etc. ) — Give ohalk or common soap ; tear some of the plaster oflF the wall and powder it, washing it down with copious draughts of warm water. If sulphuric acid, as little water as possible. After the poison has been vomited, drinks of milk, whites of eggs or mucilaginocis drinks (slippery elm, flax seed. ) Alkalies (Potash, Soda, Lye, etc.)— Give acids, such as vinegar, or oil, butter, lard. Arsenic. — Any oil or fat. (Hydrated oxide of iron is the best antidote to arsenic, but is not likely to be at hand when wanted.) Antimony (Tartar emetic.) — Any astringent tea, such as oak bark, Peruvian bark, or very strong green tea. Copper (Blue vitriol). — Milk, or white of egg in water. Avoid vinegar. Gases. — Where poisonous gases from old pits, cess-pools, etc., have been breathed to such an extent as to produce insensibility^ dash cold Water over head and shoulders, and give plenty of fresh air. Mercury (Corrosive sublimate, etc. ) — Same as copper. Opium (Morphine, Laudanum.)— Cause prof use vomiting at once; then give strong coffee ; dash cold water on face, head and shoul- ders, and keep the person awake and in motion. Phosphorus (This is the poison off matches. It also enters into many forms of rat poison.) — Magnesia with water, and copious draughts of mucilaginous drinks ; charcoal. Silver (Caustic.) — Common salt iu solution. ' ^ " Strychnine. — Emetics freely. Strammonium (Thorn apple.)— Siime as for opium. Give also animal charcoal. Never keep any poisonous article in the house without having the word POISON, in large letters, written or printed on it. POISONED WOUNDS. The Stings of Insects, though painful, are not usually danger- ous, yet they may prove so by inducing erysipelas in unhealthy con- I APPENDIX. 407 I situations, or by giving rise to intense irritation by the multiplicity of the stings. Apply cooling lotions, or a cold poultice ; rubbing with olive oil is sometimes useful ; while touching the part stung with ammonia (hartshorn) will often give immediate relief. Snake Bites, — The bite of the rattlesnake is the principal form of snake bite to be dreaded in this country. The first indication of treatment is to prevent the absorption of the poison into the system. If bitten on a limb, tie a ligature around it just above the wound, twist it so tight as to prevent circulation. The wounded part should then be burnt deeply with a red hot iron, or aqua lortis dropped into it ; or, better still, cut out entirely. After this a cupping glass p"^^ould be applied, or, if not convenient, the wound may be sucked b> some person — care being taken that there are no cuts, scratches, ulcers, or abrasions of any kind in the mouth of the person sucking. Frictions with oil to the limb are said to be advantageous. Whisky may be taken by the . person bitten ; and in large quantities, sufficient to produce intoxication. The Bite of Mad Dog gives rise to disease called Hydropho- bia or Kabies. The bite is most dangerous when inflicted on a naked part, as on the hand or face. A person bitten through the clothing will v^*"ten escape any ill effects, in consequence of the teeth being wiped and the poisonous saliva arrested by the clothes. Symptoms of the disease do not usually appear for some w^eeks after the bite, and often' a longer period elapses ; and thus medical advice can be obtained before they appear. But if there is any caiise to suspect hydrophobia in the animal, then some steps must be taken to prevent the absorption of the poison, as are advised in cases of snake bite. Symptoms of Hydrophobia in the Boo. — When a dog or other animal is suspected to be mad, he should be confined and not killed until the character of the disease is fully ascertained. Great relief may thus be given to those who have been bitt:3n. Rabies is to be suspected when the animal manifests a notable change of habits, becoming sly and irritable, eating straws, bits of paper, etc., and refusing food. When the disease becomes developed, the ap- pearance is much changed ; the .look is depressed and haggard, the eyes and tail droop, the quality of the bark is altered, the eyes are watery, the back part of the mouth reddened, saliva flows freely, and there is more or less fever ; delirum supervenes, and the dog snaps at every person and every animal that comes in his way ; and sometimes at invisible objects ; he is not often ferocious, but bites and runs away. There is dread of water sometimes, but- this is not really a test, though supposed to be ; a mad dog will frequently lap water without difficulty. Convulsions may or may not oc; iir. Death usually takes place within five hours, THE ETES. The sensitiveness as well as the importance of these organs justi* fies a word of adme regarding accidents thereto. 408 DR. CHASE\S RECIPKS. If dust gets into the eyes, avoid rubbing syringe the eye with water ; separate the eyelids by drawing on tliem with finger, and if the offending particle is visible remove it with the rounded point of a pencil or the comer of a handkerchief. Another method is to take hold of the upper eyelid near its angles with the index finger and thumb of each hand ; draw it gently forward and as low down over the lower lid as possible ; re* tain it in this position for a minute, taking care to prevent the tears flowing out. Then when the eyelid is allowed to resume its place there will be a rush of water which will very likely carry out the offending particle. If lime gets into the eyes it should be syringed out with vinegar and water. (One ounce vinegar to eight of water.) In wounds of eyelids or eye ball, cold water bandages are useful in preventing inflammation. CRAMPS. Irregular spasmodic convulsions of the muscles in different parts of the body. Relief will be most readily given by friction, either with the hand alone, or with a piece of flannel, and at the same time the application of heat. Colio is tne term applied to cramps in the bowels ; and requires the immediate application of cloths wrung out in hot water and turpentine or mustard — the feet at the same time being put in a hot bath, or, if not convenient, hot bricks applied to them. DELIRIUM TREMENS. The deliriums of drunkards requires emetics, cold applications to the head, heat to the extremities, and mustard to the nape of the neck, tiie back, and the soles of the feet. The emetics can be given in a drink of the liquor to which the person is accustomed, and will then be taken by him without any oSjections. FALLS. '\ A person who has fallen a great height, and is picked up either wholly or partially insensible, should, if possible, be placed at once on a wide board, or on a door taken from its hinges, so that in conveying him from one place to another his body need not be moved after the first lifting, until the surgeon takes him in charge. He is almost certain to have broken some of his bone», and the less they are moved about before bein^ properly set the better. He idiould be laid flat ; all tight clothing loosened, but not removed. All crowding around should be avoided, and fresh air allowed to reach him freely. At the same time, as he will, in consequence of APPENDIX. 409 the shock, be more or less cold, warm apy)lications should be ap- plied to the feet, and warm but light coverings thrown over the body. If at all sensible, a little warm tea, or spirit and water, or wine may be administered ; if insensible do uot give any liquids as they might flow into the larynx, but apply ammonia (hartshorn) or smelling-salts to the nostrils. The injured part should be placed in as comfortable a position as possible, but handled very carefully. A simple fracture is some- times seriously complicated by carelessness or rough usage, which may cause the broken end of a bone to protrude through the skin. If a limb is injured let it take the easiest position possible — gener« ally flexed. If the person has to be removed any great distance before a surgeon can be obtained, wrap a quantity of cotton, wool, or to ,v around the broken limb — thickly but evenly ; then get a large number of straight twigs or small sticks, lay them along the limT) and bind them to it, moderately tight with strips of cotton. This will keep the limb comparatively still while moving the body ; and should the person complain of the bandage being too tight one or two of the sticks can be slipped out without disturbing the limb. The general rule to be observed in all these cases, until the sur- geon arrives, is to do as little as possible, after once getting the Eatient into an easy position ; keep him warm, if co^d, and cool, if ot; let everything around him be quiet; speak encouragingly; and make him feel as comfortable as he can be under the circumstances, THE MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS IN HOT WEATHER. The following excellent rules for the care of infants during the hot months were prepared by a committee of six pliysicians appoint- ed for the purpose by the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia : — Bule 1. — Bathe the child once a day in tepid water. If it is feeble, sponge it all over twice a day with tepid water, or with tepid water and vinegar. The health of a child depends much up- on its cleanliness. Hule 2. — Avoid all tight bandaging. Make the clothing light and cool, and so loose that the child may have free play of its limbs. At night undress it, sponge it, and put on a slip. In the morning remove the slip and dress the child in clean clothes. If this cannot be afforded, thoroughly air the day-clothing by hanging it up during the night. Use clean diapers, and change them often. Never dry a soiled one in the nursery or in the sitting room, and never use one for a second time without first washing it. Hule 3.— The child should sleep by itself in a cot or cradle. It should be put to bed at regular hours, and be early taught to go to sleep without being nursed in the arms. Without the advice of a physician never give it any spirits, cordials, carminatives, soothing- ing-syrups, or sleeping-drops. Thousands of children die eve?y 410 DR CHASfi S RECIPES. year from the use of these poisons. If the child frets and does not sleep, it is either hungry or ill. If ill it neecis a physician. Never quiet it with candy or cake ; they are the common causes of diarr- ficea, and of other troubles. Utile 4.— Give the child plenty of fresh air. In the cool of the morning and evening send it out to the shady sides of broad streets, to the public squares or to the Park. Make frequent excursions on the rivers. Whenever it seems to suffer from the heat, let it drink freely of ice-water. Keep it out of the room in which wash, ing or cooking is going on. It is excessive heat that destroys the lives of 3'oung infants. Hule 5. — Keep your house sweet and clean, cool and well aired. In very hot weather let the windows be open day and night. Do your cooking in the yard, in a shed, in the garret, or in an upper room. "Whitewash the walls every spring, and see that the oeUar is clear of all rubbish. Let no slops collect to poison the air. Correct all foul smells by pouring carbolic acid or quicklime into the sinks and privies, the former article can be got from the near- est druggist, who will give the needful direotions for its use. Make every effort yourself, and urge your neighbors, to keep the gutters of your street or court clean. Rule 6. — Breast-milk is the only proper food for infants. If the supply is ample, and the child thrives on it, no other kind of food should -be given while the hot weather lasts. If the mother has not enough she must not wean the child, but give it, besides the breast, goat's or cow's milk, as prepared under Rule 8. Nurse the child once in two o^ three hours during the day, and as seldom as possible during the night. Always remove the child from the breast as soon as it has fallen asleep. Avoid giving the breast when you are overfatigued or overheated. Bule 7. — If, unfortunately, the child must be brought up by hand, it should be fed on a milk-diet alone, and that, warm milk out of a nursing-bottle, as directed under Rule 8. Goat's milk is the best, and next to it cow's milk. If the child thrives on this diet, wo other hind of food whatever shovld be given while tlie hot weather lasts. At all seasons of the year, but especially the sum- mer, there is no safe substitute for milk to an infant that has not cut its front teeth. Sago^ arrow-root, potatoes, corn-flour ^ crackers^ bread, every patented food, and every article of diet containing starch, cannot and must not be depended on as food for very young infants. \ Creeping or walking children must not be allowed to pick up unwholesome food. Rule 8. — Each bottleful of milk should be sweetened by a small lump of loaf sugar, or by half a teaspoonful of crashed sugar. If the milk is known to be pure, it may have one-fourth part of hot water added to it ; but if it is not known to be pure, no water need be added. When the heat of the weather is gredt, the milk may *be given quite cold. Be stire that the milk is unskimmed ; have it APt>ENmx. 411 air. milk hilk is this Jte hot sum- as not ackers, taining young to pick a small ar. If of hot Ber need Lk may have it lis fresh afl possible, and brought very early in the iviorning. Be- fore using the pans into which it is to be poured, always scald them with boiling suds. In very hot weather, boil thti milk as soon as it comes, and at once put away the vessels holding it in the ccol'est place in the house — upon ice if it can be atforded, or down a well. Milk carelessly allowed to stand in a warm room soon spoils, and becomes unfit for food. , Huled. — If the milk should disagree, a tables poonful of lime- water may be added to each bottleful. Whenever pure milk can- not be got, try the condensed milk, which often answers admirably. It is sold by all the loadinj^ druggists a- id grocers, and may be pre- pared by adding, without sugar, one te ipoonful or more, according to the age of the child, to six tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Should this disagree, a teaapoonful of arrow-root, of sago, or of corn starch, to the pint of milk may be cautiously tried. If milk in any shape cannot be digested, try, for a few days, pure cream diluted with three-fourths or three-fifths of fater — returning to the milk as soon as possible. Rtde 10. — The nursing bottle must be kept perfectly clean; other- wise the milk will turn sour, and tlie child will be made ill. After each meal it should be emptied, rinsed out, taken apart, and the tube, cork, nipple and bottle be placed in clean water, or in water to which a little soda has been added. It is a good plan to have two nursing bottles, and to use them by turns. Bule II. — Do not wean the child just before or duiing the hot weather, nor, as a rule, until after its second summer. It suckling disagrees with the mother, she must not wean the child, but feed it in part out of a nursing bottle, on such food as has been directed. However small the supply of breast milk, provided it agrees with the child, the mother should carefully keep it up against sickness; it alone will often save the life of a child when e\^ery thing else fails. "When the child is over six months old, the mother may save her strength by giving it one or two meals a day of stale bread and milk, which should be pressed through a sieve and put into a nursing bottle. When from eight months to a year old, it may have also one meal a day of beef or mutton-broth, into which stale bread has been crumbled. "When older than this, it can have a little meat finely minced ; but even then milk should be its principal food, and not such food as grown-up people eat. DIET OF INFANTS. Boiled Flour, or Flour Ball. — Take one quart of good flour, tie it up in a pudding bag so tightly as to get a firm, solid mass, put it into a pot of boiling water early in the morning, and let it boil until bedtime. Then take it out and let it dry. In the morning, peel off from the surface, and throw away, the thin rind of dough, and, with a nutmeg-grater, grate down the hard, dry mass into a powder. Of this from one to three teaspooufuls may be U8ed| 412 BR. chase's REClt^Iig. V by first rubbing it into a paste with a little milk, then adding it to about a pint of milk, and, finally by bringing the whole to just the boiling point. It must be given through a nursing bottle. ' An excellent food for children who are costive in their bowels may be made by using bran-meal or unbolted flour instead of the white flour, preparing it as above directed. Rice Water. — Wash four tablespoon fuls of rice, put it into two quarts of water, which boil down to one quart, and then add sugar and a little nutmeg. This makes a pleasant drink. A half pint or a pint of milk added to this, just before taking it from the iire, and allowed to come to a boil, gives a nourishing food suitable for cases of diarrhoea. Sago, tapioca, barley, or cracked corn can be prepared in the same manner. Beef Tea. —Take one pound of juicy, lean beef— say a piece off" the shoulder or the round— and mince it up with a sharp knife on a board or mincing-block. Then put it with its juice into an earthen vessel containing a pint of tepid water, and let it stand for two hours. Strain off" the liquid through a clean cloth, squeezing well the meat, and add a little salt. Place the whole of the juice thus obtained over the fire, but remove it as soon as it has become browned. Never let it boil ; otherwise most of the nutritious matter of the beef will be thrown down as a sediment, A little pepper or allspice may be added if preferred. Mutton tea may be prepared in the same way. It makes an agreeable change when the patient has become tired of beef tea. Raio Beef for Children, — Take half a pound of juicy beef, free from any fat ; mince it up very finely ; then rub it into a smooth pulp either in a mortar or with an ordinary potato-masher. Spread a little out upon a plate and sprinkle over it some salt, or some sugar, if the child prefers it. Give it with a teaspoon or upon a buttered slice ot stale bread. It makes an excellent food for child- ren with dysentery. . THE METEICAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND - MEASURES. The metrical system is now used very largely in the European Continent, and is employed frequently for scientific purposes. As references are continually made to it in the newspapers as well as in books, a desciiption of it will be found useful. The standard unit of linear measure is a metre ; of capaoity, a litre; and of weight, a gramme* The names of the higher orders, or the multiples of the unit are formed by prefixes taken from Greek numerals, viz., deca, 10 ; hecto, 100 ; kelo, 1000, etc. The lower orders, or subdivisions, are formed by prefixes from Latin numerals, as deci, 10 j centi, 100 ; millif 1000, etc. Jtemembering this, £^nd learning the yalve of the three units, W9 f M; mmm APPENDIX. m .i! l« can readily understand any weight or measure referred to. For example, a metre is 39.37 inches ; or, for practical purposes, say 3 feet, 3^ inches. A decimetre is, of course, one-tenth of that, or 3.93 inches; while a decametre would be ten times as much, or 393.7 inches, or 32 ft. 9 inches. The following tables give the English equivalents, as established by the Congress of July, 1866 :— LINEAK MEASURE. 1 Centimetre == 1 Decimetre = 1 Metre = 1 Decametre — 1 Hectometre = 1 Kilometre — 0.3937 inches. 3.9.37 39.37 393.7 328 feet, 1 inch. 3280 feet, 10 inches. MEASUEES OF CAPACITY. 1 Centiletre = 1 Decilitre = 1 Litre = 1 Decalitre = 1 Hectolitre ^ 1 Kilolitre = 0.6102 cubic inches. 6.1022 " 1.0567 wine ([uarts. 2.6417 wine gallons. 26.417 '• " 264.17 WEIGHTS. 1 Centigramme = 1 Decigramme = 1 Gramme 1 Decagramme = 1 Hectogramme = 1 Lilogramme = 0. 1543 grains, 1.5432 ** - 15.432 0.3527 oz., avoirdupois. 3.5274 " 2.2046 pounds " MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. Bug Poison. — Proof spirit, 1 pt,, camphor, 2 ozs. ; oil of turpen- tine, ■* ozs. ; corrosive sublimate, 1 oz. Mix. Substitute for Cement. — The white of an egg, well beaten with quicklime, and a small quantity of very old cheese, forms an excellent substitute for cement, when wanted in a hurry, either for broken china or old ornamental glassware. Cement for Broken China, Glass, etc. — The following recipe, from experience, we know to b*^ a good one; and being nearly colorless, it possesses advantages which liquid glue and other cements do not : — Dissolve^ oz. of gum acacia in a wine-glass of boiling water ; add plaster of Paris siiliicient to form a thick paste, and apply it with a brush to the parts required to be cemented together. Several articles upon our toilet table have been repaired raost eflfectually by this recipe. Capacity of Cisteens ok Wells.— Tabular view of the 4U DH. C^SE^d tlECIPSS. number of gallons oontained in the clear, between the brick-work, for each ten inches of depth : DIAMETER. OAL. 2 feet equal 19 2i 3 3i 4 4i 6 6i 6 6i 7 7i ■•■!••• DIAMETER. OAL. 8 feet equal 313 353 396 461 489 592 705 827 959 1101 1958 3059 30 Si 44 9 60 9i 78 10 99 11 122 12 148 13 176 14 207 16 240 20 275 25 Disinfecting Fumigation.— Common salt, 3 ozs. ; black man- ganese, oil of vitriol, of each, 1 oz. ; water, 2 ozs. ; carried in a cup through the apartments of the sick ; or the apartments intended to be fumigated, where sickness has been, may be shut up for an hour or two, and then opened. Coffer a Disinfectant. — Numerous experiments with roasted coffee prove that it is the most powerful means, not only of render- ing animal and vegetable effluvia innocuous, but of actually de- stroying them. The best mode of using the coffee as a disinfectant is to dry lae raw bean, pound it in a mortar, and then roast the powder on a moderately heated iron plate, until it assumes a dark brown t'nt, when it is fit for use. Then sprinkle it in sinks or cesspools, or lay it on a plate in the room which you wish to have purified. Coffee acid or coffee oil acts more readily in minute quan- tities. Charcoal as a Disinfectant. — The great eflBcacy of wood and animal charcoal in absorbing effluvia, and the greater number of gases and vapors, has long been known. Charcoal powder has also, during many centuries, been advantageously employed as a filter for putrid water, the object in view being to deprive the water of numerous organic impurities diffused through it, which exert injurious effects on the animal economy. Charcoal not only ab- sorbs effluvia and gaseous bodies, but especially when in contact with atmospheric air, oxidizes and destroys many of the easily alterable ones, by resolving them into the simplest combinations they are capable of forming, which are chiefly water and carbonic acid. Flies, to Destroy. — A teaspoon of laudanum, and two table- spoon; of water, strongly sweetened with sugar, placed in a saucer. Or dissolve quassia chips in boiling water, and sweeten. Or a strong infusion of green tea, well sweetened. Or ground black pepper and sugar, diluted in milk, and put on plates, etc. r kPTtmtx. 4iU % V Flies, to Keep Off. — Dust meat over with pepper, or powdered ginger, or fasten to it a piece of paper on which camphor has been well rubbed, or a few drops of creosote. Mixture for Destroying Fliel. — Infusion of quassia, 1 pt., brown sugar, 4 ozs., ground pepper, 2 ozs. To be well mixed together and put in small shallow dishes when required. To Destroy Flies in a room, take half a teaspoonful of black pepper in powder, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon of cream, mix them well together and place them in the room on a plate, where the flies are troublesome, and they will soon disappear. Flies. — Cold green tea, very strong, and sweetened with sugar, will, when set about the room in saucers, attract flies, and destroy them. Grease, to Clean from Floors.- -Spread over the stain a thick coat of soft soap, then pass a heated flat-iron a tew times across it, after which wash immediately, first with fullers' earth water, then the clean water. Grease Spots, to Remove. — The application of spirits of tur- pentine, and a little essence of lemon ; wash with soap and water. Some wash with alum water, or white soap, potass, and ox-gall, or with sour butter-milk mixed with strong acetic acid. Or apply a solution of magnesia. Grease Spots, to remove from Books. — Moisten the spot with a camel-hair pencil dipped in spirits of turpentine ; when dry, moisten with spirits of wine. Grease, to remove from Cloth. — Soft soap and fullers' earth, i lb., beat well together in a mortar, and form into cakes. The spot, first moistened with water, is rubbed with a cake, and al- lowed to dry, when it is well rubbed with a little warm water, and rinsed, or rubbed ofl" clean. To Prevent Moths. — In the month of April or May, beat your fur garments well with a small cane or elastic stick, then wrap them up in linen, without pressing the fur too hard, and pint be- twixt the folds some camphor in small lumps • then put your furs in this state in boxes well closed. When the furs are wanted for beat them well as before, and expose them for twenty-four use hours to the air, which will take away the smell of the camphor. If the fur has long hair, as bear or fox, add to the camphor an equal quantity of black pepper in powder. • To free Plants from Leaf- Lice, — M. Braun, of Vienna, gives the following as a cheap and easy mode of effecting it : — Mix 1 oz. of flour of sulphur with 1 bushel of sawdust ; scatter this over the plants infected with these insects, and they will soon be freed, though the second application may possibly be necessary. Destruction of Rats. — The following recipe for the destruc- tion of rats has been communicated by Dr. Ure to the council to the English Agricultural Society, and is highly recommended as the best known means of getting rid of these most obnoxious and de- 416 DB. CHASlfS BSCIPES. 1 il structive vermin. It has been tried by several intelligent persons and found perfectly effectual. Melt hog's lard in a bottle plunged in water, heated to about 150 deg. of Fahr.; introduced into \ oz. of phosphorus fwr every pound of lard ; then add a pint of proof spirits, or whisky ; cork the bottle firmly after its contents have been heated to 150 deg., taking it at the same time out of the water, and agitate smartly till the phosphorus become uniformly diffused, forming a milky-looking liquid. This liquid, being cooled, 'vill afford a white compound of phosphorus and lard, from which the spirit spontaneously separates, and may be poured off to be used again, for none of it enters into the comlination, but it mere- ly serves to comminute the phosphorus, and diflfuse it in very fine particles through the lard. This compound, on being warmed very gently, maybe poured out into a mixture of wheat, flour and sugar, incorporated therewith, and then flavored with oil of rhodium, or not, at pleasure. The flavor may be varied with oil of aniseed, etc. This dough being made into pellets, is to be laid in rat-holes. By its luminousness in the dark, it attracts their notice, and being agreeable td their palates and noses, it is readily eaten ; and proves certainly fatal. Razor, to Sharpen. — The simplest method of sharpening a razor is to put it for half an hour in water to which has been added one-twentieth of its weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid, and after a few hours set it on a hone. The acid acts as a whetstone, by corroding the whole surface uniformly, so that nothing further than a smooth polish is necessary. Razor, to Smooth. — Pass the razor on the inside of your hand, first warming it before the fire. Or, use the strap of a soldier's knapsack, or calf leather, on which some fine blacklead has been rubbed and consolidated to a slight surface. Razor Strop, and Paste. — It may be made of rough calf leather, two or three inches broad, or of the strap of a soldier's knapsack. Upon it spread powdered oxalic acid and candle snuffs, with a little tallow.— Or sprea