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To Polish Varnish — Put two ounces of tripoli into an earthen pot or basin, with water sufficient to cover it, then with a piece of fine flannel four times doubled, lay it over a piece of cork rubber and proceed to polish your varnish, always wetting it with the tripoli and water. You will know when the process is complete by wiping a part of the work with a sponge and observing whether there is a fair and even gloss. Clean off with a bit of mutton suet and fine flour. Be careful not to rub the work too hard nor too long, but only to make the surface smooth and even. French Method of Polishing — With a piece of fine pumice stone and water, pass regularly over the work with the grain, until the rising of the grain is down, then with powdered tripoli and boiled linseed oil, polish VARNISHING AND POLISHING. 369 the work to a bright face. This will be very superior polish, but it requires considerable time. A Sealing Wax Varnish for Chairs or Light Articles — Reduce a two ounce stick of wax to a coarse powder ; pour a quarter of a pint of spirits of wine on it (in a bottle) ; let it gradually dissolve without heat, shaking the bottle occasionally till all is dissolved. Very much depends on the goodness of your sealing wax. You may vary the colors by using different colored wax. As this varnish dries very quickly, it should not be made until it is wanted for use. There is, of course, no danger in compounding this varnish. "THE BANQUET WAITS OUR PRESENCE. GOOD SISTER, LET US DINE." — Shakspeaee, BREAKFASTS. SPRING. Fried Brook Trout Eggs on Toast , Brown Bread Saratoga Chips Coffee or Chocolate SPRING No. 2. Broiled Ham Fried Mush Scrambled Eggs Wheat Cakes with Maple Syrup Cream Stew Potatoes SUMMER. Nutmeg Melons Fried Fish Sliced Tomatoes Saratoga Potatoes Oatmeal Mush Muffins Coffee SUMMER No. 2. Fruit Frizzled Beef Milk Toast Graham Jams Mashed Potatoes Poached Eggs Tea and Coffee AUTUMN. Beefsteak Hot Rolls Baked Potatoes Codfish Balls Cracked Wheat Chocolate AUTUMN No. 2. Graham Mush Fried Trout Pork Steak Baked Sweet Potatoes Corn Rolls Apple Fritters Coffee and Cocoa WINTER. Baked Beans with Pork Boston Brown Bread Fried Oysters Lyonnaise Potatoes Buckwheat Cakes, with Syrup Coffee WINTER No. 2. Pork Tenderloin Fried Fried Apples Baked Potatoes Waffles Veal Cutlets, Breaded Poached Eggs on Toast Chocolate or Coffee [373] Hominy or Cracked Wheat Beefsteak French Rolls Potatoes a la Creme Coffee or Chocolate Indian Meal Mush Broiled Spring Chicken Buckwheat Cakes Baked Potatoes Scrambled Eggs Fried Oysters Coffee Buttered Toast White Fish Mashed Potatoes Muffins Fried Ham Egg Omelet Vienna Coffee Indian Meal Cakes Broiled Mackerel Fried Potatoes Fish Sauce Poached Eggs Coffee SUNDA Y DINNERS. Oyster Soup Baked White Fish Fish Sauce Boiled Beef Tongue Baked Chicken Baked Irish Potatoes Hot Slaw Tomatoes Celery Catsups Pickles Cranberry Pie Queen's Pudding Fruit Coffee Beef Soup Lobster Croquettes Broiled Chicken Sweet Potatoes Baked Beans Stewed Tomatoes Cauliflower Lemon Pudding Apple Jelly Tea or Coffee DINNER No. 3,