Powerful Cement For Broken Marble

Take gum Arabic, 1 lb.; make into a thick mucilage; add to it powdered plaster of Paris, 1½ lbs.; silted quick-lime, 5 oz.; mix well; heat the marble, and apply the mixture.

Seven Colors For Staining Marble

It Is Necessary To Heat The Marble Hot. But Not So Hot As To Injure It, The Proper Heat Being That At Which The Colon Nearly Boil.

Blue

Alkaline indigo dye, or turnsole with alkali.

Red

Dragon's blood in spirits of wine.

Yellow

Gamboge in spirits of wine.

Gold Color

Sal-ammoniac, sulphate of zinc, and verdigris, equal parts.

Green

Sap green, in spirits of potash.

Brown

Tincture of logwood.

Crimson

Alkanet root in turpentine. Marble may be veined according to taste. To stain marble well is a difficult operation.

Perpetual Ink For Tombstones, Etc

Pitch, 11 lbs.; lampblack, 1 lb.; turpentine sufficient; mix with heat.

How To Clean Old Marble

Take a bullock's gall, 1 gill of soap lees, half a gill of turpentine; make into a paste with pipe-clay, apply it to the marble; let it dry a day or two, then rub it off, and it will appear equal to new; if very dirty, repeat the application.

How To Remove Grease

Aqua ammonia, 2 oz.; soft water, 1 qt.; saltpetre, 1 teaspoonful; shaving soap in shavings, l ox.; mix all together; dissolve the soap well, and any grease or dirt that cannot be removed with this preparation nothing else need be tried for it.

How To Clean Marble

Take two parts of common soda, 1 part pumice stone, and 1 part of finely powdered chalk; sift it through a fine sieve, and mix it with water; then rub it well all over the marble, and the stains will be removed; then wash the marble over with soap and water, and it will be as clean as it was at first.