LEATHER, to Clean. — Uncol- oured leather may be cleaned by apply- ing a solution of oxalic acid with a sponge. Dissolve in warm water. LEATHER -BOTTOMED CHAIRS, to Restore the Black- ness of. — Take two yolks of eggs, and the white of one. Beat well, and shake in a botde to make them thick like oil. Dissolve in a table-spoonful of spirits of wine, lump sugar the size of a walnut. Thicken it with ivory-black, mix with the egg for use. Lay on with a brush ; after a few minutes polish with a soft clean brush, till dry and shining. Let it stand a day to harden. Shoes also may be done in the' same way. LEATHER, to Join. — Gutta percha, % lb. ; india rubber, 2 ozs. ; pitch, 1 oz. ; shellac, K oz. ; boiled oil, 1 oz= Melt together and use hot. LEATHER, to Make Water- Proof. — Dissolve gutta percha, and india rubber in wood naptha. Rub over the soles and upper leather. — Or, melt boiled linseed oil, a pint ; mutton suet, 1 lb. ; bees’ wax, % lb. ; resin, J lb. Melt altogether, and apply. LEEK and PILCHARD PIE. — Clean and skin the white part of some large leeks ; scald in milk and water, and put them in layers into a dish, and between the layers, two or three salted pilchards which have been soaked for some hours the day before. Cover the whole with a good plain crust. When the pie is taken out of the oven, lift up the side crust with a knife, and empty out all the liquor ; then pour in half a pint of scalded cream✪ Leek and Pilchard Pie. LEGS, Sore and Running. Wash them in brandy, and apply elder leaves, changing twice a day. This will dry up all the sores, though the legs were like a honey-comb. — Tried. Or, poultice them with rotten apples. Tried. But take also a purge or two every week. LEMON BISCUITS. — Beat the yolks of 10 eggs, and the whites of 5, with 4 spoonfuls of orange flower water, till they froth up, then put in 1 lb. of sifted loaf sugar ; beat it one way for 40 minutes ; add % lb. of flour with the raspings of two lemons, and the pulp of a small one✪ Lemon Biscuits ; butter the tin, and bake in a quick oven carefully. Dust with sugar before placing in the oven. LEMON BLANCMANGE.— Isinglass, , 1 part ; water, 16 parts ; lemon-juice, 2 parts ; Lisbon wine, 8 parts. Sugar to sweeten, and a little grated lemon-peel to flavour✪ Lemon Blancmange. Clarify with an egg. LEMON BRANDY. — Put 2 quarts of brandy to 3 quarts of water ; take 2 lbs. of fine sugar, and 3 pints of milk. Pare 12 lemons thin✪ Lemon Brandy ; steep the peel in the brandy 12 hours, and squeeze the lemons upon the sugar ; then pus LEM 235 LEM the water to it, and mix aH the ingredi- ents together. Pour the milk in boiling. Let it stand 24 hours, then strain, and bottle. LEMON DRINK.— Water, 4 quarts ; the juice of 10 lemons, loaf sugar, a lbs. ✪ Lemon Drink ; get the oil from the rinds by rubbing them with the sugar ; mix ; steep the rinds a day ; then strain. LEMON CAKE. — Put 3 spoon- fuls of rose or orange-flower water to the whites ro eggs, 3 ozs. of butter, a cupful l ik, and 1 lb. of white sifted sugar ; beat them an hour with a whisk, and grate in the rind of a lemon. When well mixed, add the juice of half a lemon, and the yolks of ro eggs beaten smooth ; stir in 1 lb. of flour✪ Lemon Cake ; butter a pan, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1 hour. — Orange cakes may be made in the same way. 6®* Add a small bit of carbonate of soda to the milk, to pre- vent acidity.

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LEATHER, to Clean. — Uncoloured leather may be cleaned by applying a solution of oxalic acid with a sponge. Dissolve in warm water. LEATHER -BOTTOMED CHAIRS, to Restore the Blackness of. — Take two yolks of eggs, and the white of one. Beat well, and shake in a botde to make them thick like oil. Dissolve in a table-spoonful of spirits of wine, lump sugar the size of a walnut. Thicken it with ivory-black, mix with the egg for use. Lay on with a brush ; after a few minutes polish with a soft clean brush, till dry and shining. Let it stand a day to harden. Shoes also may be done in the same way. LEATHER, to Join. — Gutta percha, % lb. ; india rubber, 2 ozs. ; pitch, 1 oz. ; shellac, K oz. ; boiled oil, 1 oz. Melt together and use hot. LEATHER, to Make Water- Proof. — Dissolve gutta percha, and india rubber in wood naptha. Rub over the soles and upper leather. — Or, melt boiled linseed oil, a pint ; mutton suet, 1 lb. ; bees’ wax, % lb. ; resin, J lb. Melt altogether, and apply. LEEK and PILCHARD PIE. — Clean and skin the white part of some large leeks ; scald in milk and water, and put them in layers into a dish, and between the layers, two or three salted pilchards which have been soaked for some hours the day before. Cover the whole with a good plain crust. When the pie is taken out of the oven, lift up the side crust with a knife, and empty out all the liquor ; then pour in half a pint of scalded cream. LEGS, Sore and Running. Wash them in brandy, and apply elder leaves, changing twice a day. This will dry up all the sores, though the legs were like a honey-comb. — Tried. Or, poultice them with rotten apples. Tried. But take also a purge or two every week. LEMON BISCUITS. — Beat the yolks of 10 eggs, and the whites of 5, with 4 spoonfuls of orange flower water, till they froth up, then put in 1 lb. of sifted loaf sugar ; beat it one way for 40 minutes ; add % lb. of flour with the raspings of two lemons, and the pulp of a small one ; butter the tin, and bake in a quick oven carefully. Dust with sugar before placing in the oven. LEMON BLANCMANGE.— Isinglass, , 1 part ; water, 16 parts ; lemon-juice, 2 parts ; Lisbon wine, 8 parts. Sugar to sweeten, and a little grated lemon-peel to flavour. Clarify with an egg. LEMON BRANDY. — Put 2 quarts of brandy to 3 quarts of water ; take 2 lbs. of fine sugar, and 3 pints of milk. Pare 12 lemons thin ; steep the peel in the brandy 12 hours, and squeeze the lemons upon the sugar ; then put LEM LEM the water to it, and mix aH the ingredients together. Pour the milk in boiling. Let it stand 24 hours, then strain, and bottle. LEMON DRINK.— Water, 4 quarts ; the juice of 10 lemons, loaf sugar, a lbs. ; get the oil from the rinds by rubbing them with the sugar ; mix ; steep the rinds a day ; then strain. LEMON CAKE. — Put 3 spoonfuls of rose or orange-flower water to the whites 10 eggs, 3 ozs. of butter, a cupful like, and 1 lb. of white sifted sugar ; beat them an hour with a whisk, and grate in the rind of a lemon. When well mixed, add the juice of half a lemon, and the yolks of ro eggs beaten smooth ; stir in 1 lb. of flour ; butter a pan, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1 hour. — Orange cakes may be made in the same way. 6®* Add a small bit of carbonate of soda to the milk, to prevent acidity.

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