Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-05
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CIDER FILTERs.-The Scientific American
says: "Take square or round wooden box,
made of inch pine plank, three feet in diane
ter and one foot four inches Deep Make it
/ with bottom perforated with numerous one
quarter inch auger-holes,r oyer which should
be laid coarse hemp bagging. Now. fill the
box, for eight inches with pieces Of charcoal
| Canimal charcoal is the best, but it is expen-e
sive) about nut size;1 and on the top of this
place four inch layer of clean washed sand
and cover all with coarse hemp bagging,
and you have good and cheap flter."'
CURE FoR FROSTED FEEr.-It is said that
frozen feet can be speedily and certainly cured
by being bathed and well rubbed with kero-
sene or coal oil, for few times at night be-
fore retiring to beda Several persons have al
ready tried it, all of whom unite in pronoun-
cling it an efectual cure, which if they are cor
rect, is an easy and cheap mode of getting rid
of very sore and troublesome affIiction.-'
Those who have sried it inform US that the
feet should be web warmed by a hot stove du-
ring and after the application of the oil, and
| it will certainly effect a speedy cure. Per-
sons suffering from the pain of frosted feet viii
no doubt do well in giving it a tlial, forlit is
surely very cheap ointment and one that
is very easily applied. W s55 aal br
WARTs.-The following is very efectual
and easy receipt for the cure Of warts, 10 pre-
ference to lunar caustic: Wash large sized
raw carrot in cold water. Then scrape with
knife the red or outer coat, mix it with
quantity of salt. Apply this mixture to the
parts affected as a poultice, and after fort
nights application the warts will entirely dis
appear. -.. ----r4 .r
The Best WHITE WAsH.-Take a clean
water-tight barrel or other suitable cask, and
put'in it a half busheI Of lime; slack it by
pouring water over it, boiling hot and in
sufficient quantity 70 cover it Eve inches deep,
aud stir it brisklyD till thoroughly slaekened.=-
When the lime has been Stacked, dissolve it in
water, and add two pounds of sulphate Of
zinc, and one pound of common salt. This
will cause the wash to harden, aud prevent
its cracking, which gives an unseemly appear
ance to the work. For cream color add three
pounds of yellow ochre, For pearl, or lead
color, add lamp vine, or ivory black. For
fawn color add four pounds Of Indian red, aud
one pound of-eommon lampblack. For com
mon stone color. add four pounds Of raw UNI
VIZ aud NWO HOuuNo VI IWANA
piled to the outside Of outhouses aud fences
it is rendered more durable by adding one
pint OF sweet milk to every gallon Of the white
wash. HF. saa !.
For MAKING FRIcT1oN MATCHEs-The
best known preparation for friction matches
consists of gum arabic, 10 parts by weight;
phosphorus, parts; inter, IA; peroxyd of
manganese, in powder, 16 parts. The gum
is first made into mucilage with water, then
the maganese, then the posphorus, and the
whole is heated TO about lao Fahrenheit;
when the phosphorus is melted, the inter is
added, and the whole is thoroughly stirred un-
til the mass is a uniform paste. The wooden
matches prepared first with sulphur, are then
dipped in this and afterwards dried in the air.
Friction papers, foe carrying inthe pocket,
may be made in the same manner, and by ad-
ding some gum benzoiu to the mucilage they
will have an agreeabl odor when iguited.
p ESSENCE OF VERBEsA LEAF.-A sweet and
refreshing perfume for tho hankerchieG Take
rectifed spirits of wine, half pint; otto OF
verbena, halfa drachm; and tincture of tolu,
quarter of an ounce. Mix them together and
il is ready for use. This sweet scent does not
stain the handkerchief and it is very economi-
cal; no one must suppose for a moment that
this essence will be good unless il is made Of
pure ingredients. a.v t4se .5a.