Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

White oak bark i peck, camwood one-half pound. Boil i hour, and then boil the goods i hour after removing the bark. Now remove the goods and add copperas and blue vitriol, i ounce each, and boil the goods again. If not sufficiently dark add more copperas and blue vitriol. DARK BLUE ON WOOL. For each 5 pounds wool, bichromate potash 2 ounces, alum i ounce, with water enough to cover the goods. Boil i hour. Take out and rinse. Throw away the coloring water and put in clean water, and 2^ pounds of logwood chips sewed up in a cloth, and boil i hour. Then the wool is put in and boiled i hour. Then remove, air, wash clean and dry. GREEN ON WOOL OR SILK. Prussic acid 3 ounces, sulphuric acid one-half ounce, to every pail of water and pound of goods. Then add the carmine of indigo (imported) sufficient to make any shade of green desired. For silk add a little alum. PINK ON SILK. Brazil wood 2 ounces, muriate of tin i ounce, water i gallon. Add gentle heat and handle or stir the goods all the while. When the desired shade is reached take out, wash in clean water, . and rinse in soap-suds. This will give the desired blue tinge. YELLOW FOR CARPET RAGS. To every 3 pounds of rags or cloth, sugar of lead 6 ounces, dissolved in hot water in a brass kettle; 3 ounces bichromate of potash, dissolved in a cup of cold water. Have just water enough in each case to cover the rags. Dip into the lead water, then wring out dry each change that is made, then into the potash, and continue the process until the color suits. It takes very quick. ORANGE. Dip these yellow rags in lime water hot, and wring and rinse. Gives a very pretty orange. GREEN. The yellow rags dipped into the blue die makes a beautiful green. Of course the blue must be quite hot. BLUE. Three pounds of rags will take copperas 3 ounces, with water sufficient to cover the rags, in an iron kettle. Boil half an hour. Then in a brass kettle put prussiate of potash 2 ounces. After the potash is dissolved add oil of vitriol I ounce, and dip the rags in this with heat. HULLED CORN. Take white ley or lye, and boil the quantity of corn desired until the hull will come off by washing. Then boil until perfectly cooked, and then take off and wash thoroughly in clean water, and it is then ready for use. FRIED HOMINY. Boiled hominy, add salt, butter and cream to suit. One or two eggs is also added to make it rich. Cut in slices and fry on a griddle. TO TAKE OFF FRECKLES. Rose water i pint, alum and lemon juice of each I ounce. Mix and apply at bed-time. NO. 2. Tincture benzoin 4 ounces, tincture of tolu 2 ounces, oil of rosemary i dram. Put i tea-spoonful of this mixture to rose water 4 ounces. NO. 3. Flake white 2 ounces, bay rum and rain water of each one-half pint, glycerine and vinegar of rouge of each ]^ ounce, oil of bergamot one-half dram. Use with a small piece of sponge. CURRANT WORMS. When worms appear dust onto the bushes well powdered white hellebore. One application will be sufficient for one set of worms. Sure cure. HAIR DYE. Alcohol 1 ounce, gallic acid I dram, water 4 ounces. Mix — The acid is put into the alcohol until dissolved, and then add the water and cork for Use. NO. 2. Aqua ammonia i ounce, nitrate of silver 2