Rice-Marble

Color the cover with spirits of wine and turmeric, then place on rice in a regular manner, throw on a very line sprinkle of copperas water till the cover is nearly black, a let it remain till dry. The cover may be spotted with the red liquid or potash water, very freely, before the nee la thrown off the boards.

How To Make Paper Into Parchment

To produce this transformation, take unsized paper and plunge it into a solution of two parts of concentrated sulphuric acid combined with 1 part water; withdraw it immediately, and wash it in clean water, and the change is complete. It is now fit for writing; for the acid supplies the want of size, and it becomes so strong that a strip 2 or 3 inches wide will bear from 60 to 80 lbs. weight, while a like strio of parchment will bear only about '25 lbs.

Horn In Imitation Of Tortoise Shell

First steam and then press the horn into proper shapes, and afterwards lay the following mixture on with a small brush, in imitation of the mottle of tortoise-shell: Take equal parts of quick-lime and litharge, and mix with strong soap-lees; let this remain until it is thoroughly dry; brush off, and repeat two or three times if necessary. Such parte as are required to be of a reddish brown should be covered with a mixture of whiting and the stain.

Trapper's And Angler's Secret For Game And Fish

A few drops of oil of anise, or oil rhodium, on any trapper's bait, will entice any wild animal into the snare trap. India cockle mixed with flour dough, and sprinkled on the surface of still water, will intoxicate fish, render them insensible; when coining up to the surface, they can be lifted into a tub of fresh water to revive them, when they may be used without fear.

How To Make Grindstones From Common Sand

River sand, 30 lbs.; shellac, 10 parts; powdered glass, 2 parts; melt in an iron pot, and cast into moulds.

Printing Rollers are made of glue and molasses, with sometimes a little Spanish white. The proportions are 1 lb. glue to 1 pint molasses. Break the glue to pieces, soak for 24 hours is sufficient, then melt with the molasses, and cast in a mould previously oiled to prevent it from sticking. When it gets hard after long use remelt it, using a little more molasses.

How To Write In Silver

Mix 1 oz. of the finest pewter or block tin. and 2 oz. of quicksilver together till both become fluid, then grind it with gum water, and write with it. The writing will then look as if done with silver.