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A quicker method is to put them on a string and hang them over a peat fire which does not emit much smoke or heat. They will be fit to eat in two or three hours. HAIRBRUSHES, To Clean. — Pour on to the bristles half a teaspoonful of hartshorn and ammonia, rub them quickly with the tips of the fingers ; dip them in hot water, taking care not to wet the back or the handle of the brush ; then rinse with cold water, and set to dry with the bristles downwards. HAIR DYE (BLACK), A Gradual. — Take one part of nitrate of silver and two parts each of dilute nitric acid and iron filings. Mix. Let stand for a day, then add three parts of lard, two parts of oatmeal, and a few drops of bergamot or other scent. HAIR DYE (BROWN). — Tincture of the shucks of walnuts, scented with oil of lavender, forms a good brown dye for the hair. HAIR DYE (CHESTNUT BROWN). —Permanganate of potash, one dram ; powdered gum arabic, two drams ; rose-water, three ounces. Mix, and apply carefully with a small brush, so as not to stain the skin. HAIR DYE (COLOMBIAN). — Hydrosulphuret of ammonia, one ounce ; solution of potash, three drams ; rain-water, one ounce. Mix. Put into small bottles, and label "Solution A.” Then take nitrate of silver, one dram ; rain-water, two ounces. Dissolve, and label ‘‘Solution B.” Apply Solution A to the hair with a tooth-brush, continuing to do so for about a quarter of an hour. Then brush over with Solution B, using a comb to separate the hair, so as to colour it equally all over, taking care not to let the liquid (which produces a permanent dark stain) come in contact with the skin. This is a really good dye. HAIR FIXATURE. See Bandoline. HAIR (GOLDEN), To Preserve the Colour of. — The use of peroxide of hydrogen is altogether harmless, and this liquid applied evenly to the whole of the hair will turn it to a uniform golden colour. This does not actually dye the hair, but extracts the colour through a chemical process. HAIR OIL (CRYSTALLISED). — Almond oil, one fluid pound j spermaceti, a quarter of a pound ; otto of lemon, one ounce. Mix. HAIR OIL (FAMILY). — Break into very small pieces a quarter of an ounce of spermaceti, and melt it over the fire with a gill of oil of sweet almonds. When cold stir in a few drops of oil of bergamot, rubbed up with half a grain of civit. HAIR OIL (MACASSAR). — To one ounce of olive oil add one dram of oil of origan and one dram and a quarter of oil of rosemary. Mix well. This oil is used to stimulate the growth of the hair and to make it curl. HAIR OIL (QUEEN'S). — Oil of ben, one pint; civet, three grains; Italian oil of jasmine, three fluid ounces; otto of roses, three minims. If otto of roses cannot be obtained, twelve minims of common oil of roses may be substituted. HAIR OIL (RED). — Put a pint of olive oil into a jar with a little alkanet root, stand it in an oven or by the fire to get hot, and when the colour is deep enough, let it grow cold, then stir into the oil half a dram of otto of roses, and the same quantity of oil of rosemary.