COOL TANKARD.— Mild ale, 1 quart ; port, or sherry wine, 1 glass- ful ; the same of brandy ; one of capi- laire ; the juice of a lemon ; a little of the peel pared thin, with os. of cream of tartar. Strain it. COPPER, to Detect in Pickles or Tea. — Into a beer glass put a portion of the pickles or tea ; add a little liquid ammonia, with nearly as much water ; stir well, and if the liquid become blue, it indicates the presence of copper. COPPER or BRASS PANS. — Always put away dry, or they will generate verdigris, which is very poison- ous. If tinged with dye, clean with oil of vitriol and water, and a little fine sand. Wipe quite dry. COPYING INK.— Powdered galls, 2 lbs. ; sulphate of iron, 8 ozs. ; gum, 6 ozs. ; logwood, 6 ozs. ; sugar, 4 ozs. ; vinegar, 2 quarts ; water, gallon. Stir often for a fortnight. A few drops of oil of cloves will prevent mould. Another. — Add £ oz. of gum ara- bic, and 1 oz. of fine brown sugar, to every pint of good black ink. COPYING PAPER, Black.— Mix well and stiff, lamp black and lard, or butter. Spread evenly over fine print- ing paper with a soft brush or flannel. Dry in a warm room. It is used for transferring drawings, &c., or for mul- tiplying copies. — Place a sheet of white paper upon it ; place the pattern upon it to be copied, and trace with a style. CORNS. — When small, they may be removed by stimulants or escharoties. COR 139 COS as nitrate of silver, (lunar caustic,) by wetting the com, and touching it with a pencil of the caustic every evening ; pre- viously soften the skin by immersing the feet in warm water. — Or apply a blister the size of a sixpence. — Or the following remedies : — 1 Apply fresh every morning, the yeast of small beer spread on a rag.-— Or, after paring them close, apply bruis- ed ivy-leaves daily, and in fifteen days they will drop out — Or, apply chalk powdered and mixed with water. This also cures warts. Some corns are cured by a pitch plaster. — All are greatly eased by steeping the feet in hot water where- in oatmeal is boiled. This also helps dry and hot feet 2 Four ounces of white diachlyon plaster, 4 ozs. of shoemaker’s wax, and 50 drops of muriatic acid, or spirits of salt Boil these ingredients for a few minutes in an earthen pipkin, and when cold, roll the mass out between the hands or upon a marble slab, slightly moistened with olive oil. 3 Rub together in a mortar, 2 ozs. of powdered savine leaves ; % oz. of ver- digris, and % oz. of red precipitate. Mix, and put some of it in a linen bag ; apply to the com at bed-time. 4 Some people roast a clove of garlic, and fasten it on with a piece of cloth at the time of going to bed. It softens the corns, and removes the core in 2 or 3 night’s using. When the garlic is taken off, wash the foot with warm water, in a little time the indurated skin that forms the homy tunic of the com will disap- pear. Avoid tight shoes, boots, and stock- ings, to be devoid of corns. 5 Bathe the feet for 20 or 30 minutes In strong soda water and soft soap. After repeating a few times, the com may be easily drawn out. — If the com be soft, apply a rag dipped in turpentine. — Corns should never be cut without be- ing softened in warm water and soap.

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COOL TANKARD.— Mild ale, 1 quart ; port, or sherry wine, 1 glassful ; the same of brandy ; one of capilaire ; the juice of a lemon ; a little of the peel pared thin, with os. of cream of tartar. Strain it. COPPER, to Detect in Pickles or Tea. — Into a beer glass put a portion of the pickles or tea ; add a little liquid ammonia, with nearly as much water ; stir well, and if the liquid become blue, it indicates the presence of copper. COPPER or BRASS PANS. — Always put away dry, or they will generate verdigris, which is very poisonous. If tinged with dye, clean with oil of vitriol and water, and a little fine sand. Wipe quite dry. COPYING INK.— Powdered galls, 2 lbs. ; sulphate of iron, 8 ozs. ; gum, 6 ozs. ; logwood, 6 ozs. ; sugar, 4 ozs. ; vinegar, 2 quarts ; water, gallon. Stir often for a fortnight. A few drops of oil of cloves will prevent mould. Another. — Add £ oz. of gum arabic, and 1 oz. of fine brown sugar, to every pint of good black ink. COPYING PAPER, Black.— Mix well and stiff, lamp black and lard, or butter. Spread evenly over fine printing paper with a soft brush or flannel. Dry in a warm room. It is used for transferring drawings, &c., or for multiplying copies. — Place a sheet of white paper upon it ; place the pattern upon it to be copied, and trace with a style. CORNS. — When small, they may be removed by stimulants or escharoties. COR COS as nitrate of silver, (lunar caustic,) by wetting the com, and touching it with a pencil of the caustic every evening ; previously soften the skin by immersing the feet in warm water. — Or apply a blister the size of a sixpence. — Or the following remedies : — 1 Apply fresh every morning, the yeast of small beer spread on a rag.-— Or, after paring them close, apply bruised ivy-leaves daily, and in fifteen days they will drop out — Or, apply chalk powdered and mixed with water. This also cures warts. Some corns are cured by a pitch plaster. — All are greatly eased by steeping the feet in hot water wherein oatmeal is boiled. This also helps dry and hot feet 2 Four ounces of white diachlyon plaster, 4 ozs. of shoemaker’s wax, and 50 drops of muriatic acid, or spirits of salt Boil these ingredients for a few minutes in an earthen pipkin, and when cold, roll the mass out between the hands or upon a marble slab, slightly moistened with olive oil. 3 Rub together in a mortar, 2 ozs. of powdered savine leaves ; % oz. of verdigris, and % oz. of red precipitate. Mix, and put some of it in a linen bag ; apply to the com at bed-time. 4 Some people roast a clove of garlic, and fasten it on with a piece of cloth at the time of going to bed. It softens the corns, and removes the core in 2 or 3 night’s using. When the garlic is taken off, wash the foot with warm water, in a little time the indurated skin that forms the homy tunic of the com will disappear. Avoid tight shoes, boots, and stockings, to be devoid of corns. 5 Bathe the feet for 20 or 30 minutes In strong soda water and soft soap. After repeating a few times, the com may be easily drawn out. — If the com be soft, apply a rag dipped in turpentine. — Corns should never be cut without being softened in warm water and soap.

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