Below are given twelve recipes for furniture polish revivers.

(1) Besides thoroughly cleansing the furniture this reviver leaves a good polish, which is not easily soiled by finger-marks. Mix together spirit of wine lpt., vinegar 1/2pt., boiled linseed oil 1/4pt., turps 1/4pt. Mix the spirit and vinegar first, shaking well till of a creamy colour; then add the other ingredients, and mix all well together, keeping it tightly corked. Apply with a clean cloth which must be dry, rubbing well in, and polish off with a dry flannel.

(2) Thoroughly mix 1/4pt. lime water, 1/4pt. linseed oil, and then add 1/8 pt. sweet oil, well mixed, afterwards thinning with nearly 1/4 pt. of turpentine. Apply with wadding or soft rag, wipe off, and finish with soft clean rag moistened (but not wet) with methylated spirit. If the work is very dirty or sticky with wax, it should first be well washed with weak soda and water.

(3) To 1/2 pt. cold-drawn linseed oil add 1/2 pt. spirit of wine (meth.), 1/4 pt. good vinegar, and two pennyworth of butter of antimony. Well shake this, and well rub in a little with a soft cloth, repeating the rubbing at intervals for one or two days, when a good polish will be obtained.

(4) Warm 3 pt. of turpentine, 12 oz. of Castile soap, 12 oz. of white wax, loz. of butter of antimony, and 1 gill of vinegar over a slow fire.

(5) Mis: together 1/2 pt. of vinegar, 1 noggin of methylated spirit, and a tablespoonful of raw linseed oil. Use on a piece of soft rag.

(6) Before using this, wash the furniture with a solution of about two tablespoonfuls of extract of soap in a pail of warm water. To polish, apply the following mixture with a soft pad. Take Apt. each of linseed oil and vinegar, boil them together, and, when cool, add 1/2 pt. of methylated spirit. This method may be applied to polished or painted furniture.

(7) A varnished or French-polished surface may be cleaned with soap and a moist flannel, a moist flannel alone, or a rag wrung almost dry after dipping in paraffin oil. The polish may be revived by rubbing with the following polish. A piece of gum sandarach as big as a walnut is simmered with 1/4 pt. boiled oil till dissolved, and, when this is nearly cold, 1 dr. Venice turpentine is added. Thin this, if necessary, with oil of turpentine.

(8) A good renoval Lng medium in camphorated oil, rubbed on very lightly and quickly with a soft flannel rubber.

(9) Mix together equal parts of vinegar, sweet oil, and spirit of turpentine. Apply this with a piece of soft flannel, and rub down with a sof 1 silk handkerchief.

(10) Wash well with soap, soda, and water; dry well, then revive with raw linseed oil, vinegar, and paraffin oil in equal par.

(11) Mix together cold 1/2pt. of linseed oil, 2 oz. of distilled vinegar, 1/2 oz. of muriatic acid, 1 oz. of spirit ofwine, 1 1/2oz. of oilof almonds, 1/4 oz. of muriate of antimony, and foz, of spirit of hartshorn. Shake the mixture and pour a little upon a clean rag, rub the furniture well, and finish off with a piece of (dean, soft rag. The mixture must be shaken each time the rag is replenished.

(12) Thoroughly mix together lpt. linseed oil,1/2 pt. methylated spirit, 1/2 pt. white wine vinegar, and 2oz. butter of antimony. Mix well together, shake each time used, put a little on wadding or flannel, and rub briskly. Wipe off with clean, soft rag.