Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

To CLEAN BRASS Rub the surface -
the metal with rotten stone and sweet Ill
then rub off with piece of cotton Hannei
and polish with soft leather. A soluf;on
of oxalic acid rubbed over furnished hra.s
soon removes the tarnish, rendering tbs
metal bright. The acid must be WASHED
of with water, and the brass rubbed with
whitening and soft leather A mixture n
muriatic acid and alum dissolved in yate,
imparts golden color to brass articles
that are stepped in it for few seconds
CUTTING TIMBER-If posts or rails srp
needed for service during the winter the
trees may be cut now, while in full Leaf
Allowed to lie as the trees are cut, the
evapotion from the leaves will drain the
timber nearly dry, when short exposure
after wards will very etfectually season i.
The economy of using posts and rail,
peel ed is very great; the loose bark re.
tains moisture between it and the wood
and the sap wood soon rots. When peeled
the sap wood dries, and will last nsDv
years longer.-Hearth and Home.
A WRITER in the Food Journal saws tba,
out of twenty samples of bakers bread
analysed and examined by bin only three
were positively genuine, while sixteen
were contaminated with an actual poison
The quantity, he says, is not so great as 10
show Immediate effects, but thousands are
unconsciously consuming hall. grain Of
sulphate of copper every day, a habit that
cannot be long practiced with impuniy
As he suggests, however, the fault msy
not rest entirely with the bakers, sine
there are inferior brands Of -four in th
market, warranted to make White bres
without the use of alum.
THINNING TURNIPs.-This is duty tH
must not be neglected, if fair, well-grU
roots are desired, and these make d
heavy crops. If the soil is rich, and u
growth promires well, twelve or fitted
inches should be left between the plant
otherwise less will do. A sharp hoe is good
singing instrument. Vacant spaces may
be filled by transplanting, if it is carefully
done. A garden trowel should be usei
and a scoopful Of earth taken with tn
plant and deposited in the place desired
This work should be done on damp
evening, or during shower of rain III
dry weather occnr, it will hardly be worth
the trouble; at least, we have found it's
in our experience and Home.
How TO BORE HOLES IN GLAss-Any
hard steel tool will cut glass with great
facility when kept freely wet with cam.
phor dissolved in turpentine. A drillboH
may be used OF even the hand alone. A
hole bored may be easily enlarged bys
round file. The ragged edges of glass YES
sells may also be thus easily smoothed by
a flat file. Flat window glass can readily
be sawed by a watch spring saw, by the
aid of this solution. In short, the most
brittle glass Can be wrought almost as easily
as brass by the use of cutting tools kept
constantly moist with camphorized oil Of
MISUNDERSTANDING.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New England
Farmer says that double zinnias are nov
as effective flower as can be raised. Then
perfectly cupped petals have quite ipset
those of the dahlia. The white varietia
are now an established fact. They ar
very beautiful, being of paper whitenes
and every petal is perfectly formed. i
order to grow them in perfection the
should be prunned and pinched in, sIl
prevented from struggling. A well grow
plant, properly trained and prunned, iss
fine an object as the flower-beds can eI
hibit. This season striped zinnias are th
novelty.
CRACKED HEELS, OR GRBAsR-Thi
complaint, when neglected, becomes We!
troblesome. Filth is its chief cause, and
without the cause being removed it is i'm
possible to cure it. In some cases the ley
is swollen to the knee, and discharges Of
fensive matter from suppurating cracks
which are opened at every movement
the horses foot. No careful horsemsl
however, would permit his beast to become
afflicted to this degree, for early treatmeD'
brings about speedy and easy cure CG
bOlic soap and warm water, applied thrs
times day, and little glycerine to pro
tect the cleansed surface from exposure
the air, will effect cure This unsight!
disease should not be permitted to exist
moment longer than necessary to eradlaa
it. We can not imagine man OF propa
selfrespect allowing himself to be seen
public driving horse suffering from IL
Hearth and Home
HOPs WITHOUT POLES "A correspond
ent of the Country Gentleman writes
follows +: Eight years experience prove
that we can pick our hops as cneapiy sn
much neater, by using baskets and PICK
ing from the vine trained horizontally ado
low, without cutting any part of the Vlas
thus leaving it to mature and rlpen us
root for next years use when the hop ys.
is trailed in this way, no hills die, bu,n
plant is more vigorous each year, as lOI
as it is well taken care of. with onefonIa
the manure that is required if the plsns
are cut. Many of our hop growers !.
not aware of the great outrage they W
committing upon the first principle, =
vegetable physiology by severing. suc a.
mass of vines and foliage as Is a3s
in ali cases where the hop is trained ny,
and the vines cut to pick. ! have III
yards Of luxuriant grow b and greallss
picked early, bleed so as not to p.oGnuSs
next year; the ground around tns
would be kept wet for days by the III"
sap from cutting.
THE Chemical Neus gives US from Nv "
German Manual Of Pharmacy the lola ~
ing receipt, by Reinsch, for MAXINE ,'r
soup tablets 80 much in use in the u wa
army during the late war: Take ea T. 4
parts, by weight, of good suet,, mei' =,
an iron pan, and make it very hot, s .,s
become brown; add, while keeping VIC 4
stirred, eighteen parts of rye mea, >, )
continue heating and stirring, SO Sa
make the mass brown; and tnen t. u
parts of dried salt and two pS'TTy
coarsely pulverized carraway seeu ,at