Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-20
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The Scientific american gives the fol-
lowing recipe Of a soap to clean silver and
britannia: One half pound of soap, three
tablespoonfuls Of spirits of turpentine,
and half tumbler of water. Let it boil
ten minutes; add six tesspOonfuls of
hartshorn. Make suds of this and wash
with it.
Chopped Pickles.-One gallon green
tomatoes chopped fine, four green peppers,
three onions, handful of salt sprinkled
over them. Let them stand six hours
drain off the liquor and add one table
spoonful OF ground pepper, one of all.
spice, one of made mustard, one half
pint Of mustard seed, three pints of
vinegar.
Here is another cheap remedy for the
potato bug. The Cleveland Herald says:
Mr.. N. B, Seymour, whose potato vines
were afflicted with bugs, found an effect
ual remedy in soap, suds and soda To
barrel of suds he added three pounds of
washing soda and sprinkled the liquid on
the vines from watering pot. He says
the insects dropped dead instanter, and
that his vines are fiourishing while those
in his vicinity where owners have done
nothing are becoming rapidly destroyed
The French Journdlde Pharmacle con-
tains an account of various experiments
made in France on the best method of
preserving eggs-a matter of much i'm
portance there. Among the different pro-
cesses the best and at the same time one
of the simplest, was found to consist in
rubbing some vegetable oil Qinseed espec-
ially) on the egg, thus preventing any al
teration for sufficient time, and proving
TO be much more satisfactory than any
other plan heretofore recommended.
The Boston Journal cf Chemistry gives
the following recipe for cheap ice chest ::
Take two dry goods boxes, one of which
is enough smaller than the other to leave
a space of about three inches all around
when it is placed inside. Fill the space
between the two with sawdust packed
closely and cover the heavy lid made to
fit neatly inside the large box. Insert
small pipe in the bottom of the chest, TO
carry off the water from the melting ice.
For family use this has proved quite as
serviceable and as economical as more
costly refrigerators."
"A correspondent of the Scientific
american says: "Allow me 10 give your
numerous readers the benefit OF my ex-
perience with long wicks | cram all the
wick that possibly can into the lamp, fill
up the interstices with sponge, and satu-
rate the whole thoroughly with Kerosene.
have always found the supply sufficient
for the longest winters night; as long as
any oil remains in the wick the lamp keeps
burning. l have had this fairly tested.
One of my little ones-a two year old
contrived TO unset small table supporting
Ln Of hra b n ~
the glass no further damage was done, not
even soihng the carpet In fact, my plan
was brought about from similar acct
| dent, and a narrow escape from serious
damage. As the wick burns awsy, keep
filing up with sponge, and ! think have
the nearest approach to safety lamp
To Danish Fleas and Lice.-Penny.
royal, common weed in pastures and
meadows, is very offensive to tleas, lice,
| flies and mosquitoes. To use it advanta'
geously take lard, and rub orgrind 1t with
| muller on smooth, flat stone, slate, OF
piece of marble, with the dried or green
plant leaves, stems and blossoms, until
| well mixed. Let IT stand twenty.foul
hours, melt at low heat, and strain
With this, anoint the ears and neck OF al
animal, or the perches and nests OF poultr.
which may be infested. A small quantit.
may be rubbed under the wings Of hel
with brood of young chickens. A few
drops of the oil of pennyroyal in sweet oil
rubbed on the face, neck and hands, viii
keep off mosquitoes, however thick they
may be. A good nights rest may b.
secured in the worst of infested woods Of
swamps where these insects or black file!
do most abound, by the use of this mix
ture Keep it out of the eyes, as its pres
ence there is not agreeable.-HearM anO
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