There are many kinds of sachet powder, but none are superior to the following, which this lady prepared and sold in immense quantities:
Orris root, 10 pounds; lavender water, 16 ounces. Spread out the orris root in thin portions on a table, and sprinkle the lavender water over it. When dry, after the two have been well mixed, it is ready for packing.
She put it up in envelopes containing one ounce each, and these she sold in large quantities for 10 cents each.
Occasionally she would offer a package of the sachet powder as a premium with other preparations that were not selling as rapidly as they should, and thereby greatly increased her sales of other articles in this way. Besides, one package of the sachet powder usually brought repeat orders.
PLAN No. 501. SIMPLE METHOD OF SILVER PLATING
A Dallas, Texas, man made a very good living by coating small metal articles with silver, without the use of a battery, as follows:
First, he dipped the article to be silver-plated in a solution of common salt, then rubbed it with a mixture composed of one part of precipitated chloride of silver, two parts potassa alum, eight parts common salt, and eight parts cream of tartar. The article was then washed and dried with a soft rag, when it had all the appearance of silver.
By calling at houses and explaining what this would do, as well as by a few ads. in the local newspapers, he was soon getting all the work he could do, and as people were willing to pay good prices for having their ordinary ware look like silver, he made good wages at this business.
PLAN No. 502. STOVE POLISH THAT ENAMELS
To make an excellent stove polish that was really an enamel, a Colorado man prepared the following: