it. If you do get it on the skin, cyanide (cyanuret is the same) of
potassium, 1 drachm, to 2 ozs. of water, will take it off. This last
is poison, however, and should not touch sore places, nor be left
where children may get at it.


198. TALLOW CANDLES IN IMITATION OF WAX

Purify melted mutton tallow by throwing in powdered quicklime, then
add 2 parts of wax to 1 of tallow. A most beautiful article of
candle, resembling wax, will be produced by the mixture. Dip the
wicks in lime-water and saltpetre on making.


199. TO STAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A CRIMSON STAIN

Take of ground Brazil, 1 lb.; water, 3 quarts; cochineal, 1/2 oz.;
boil the Brazil in the water for an hour; then strain, and add the
cochineal; then boil it gently for half-an-hour, when it will be
fit for use. If you wish a scarlet tint, boil an ounce of saffron in
a quart of water, and pass over the work before you stain it. The
article must be very clean, and of firwood, or the best sycamore.
When varnished over this stain it is most elegant.


200. A PURPLE STAIN FOR VIOLINS, &c.

Take of chipped logwood, 1 lb.; of water, 3 quarts; of pearl-ash,
4 ozs.; of indigo, pounded, 2 ozs.; put the logwood in the water,
boil well for an hour, then add the pearl-ash and indigo, and when