il of a proper
colour. Dissolve two ounces of alum in a quart of water, and brush
the solution over the work before it dries.

ii. Take a gallon of the above stain, add two more ounces of
pearlash; use hot, and brush often with the alum solution.

iii. Use a cold infusion of archil, and brush over with the pearlash
solution used for No. 1434.

1438. Imitation of Rosewood.

i. Boil half a pound of logwood in three pints of water till it is
of a very dark red, add half an ounce of salt of tartar; stain the
work with the liquor while _boiling hot_, giving three coats; then,
with a painter's graining brush, form streaks with No. viii. _black
stain_ (_see par_. 1430); let the work dry, and varnish.

ii. Brush over with the logwood decoction used for No. vi. _black_,
three or four times; put half a pound of iron filings into two
quarts of vinegar; then with a graining brush, or cane bruised at
the end, apply the iron filing solution in the form required, and
polish with bees'-wax and turpentine when dry, or varnish.

1439. Wood. _Yellow_.

i. Brush over with the tincture of turmeric.

ii. Warm the work and brush over with weak aquafortis, then hold to
the fire. Varnish or oil as usual.

1440. Laws of Employers and Employed.

1441. Hiring and Dismissal.

It is customary with respect to domestic servants, that if the terms
are not otherwise defined, the hiring is by the month, and may be put
an end to by either party giving a month's warning; or, at the will of
the employer, a month's wages.

1442. Dismissal.

An employer may dismiss a servant upon paying wages for one month
beyond the date of actual dismissal, the wages without service being
deemed equivalent to the extra board and lodging with service.

1443. Distinctions.

There are Distinctions with respect to clerks, and servants of a
superior class. A month's warning or wages will not determine the
engagements of servants of this class.

1444. Terms.

The Terms on which clerks and superior servants are employed being
very various, it is desirable to have some specific agreement, or
other proof of the conditions of service and wages.

1445. Need for Stamping.

Agreements with menial servants need not be stamped; but contracts of
a higher and special character should be.

1446. Terms of Agreement.

The Terms of an Agreeme