South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-09
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IT frequently happens that painters
splash plate, OF other glass windows wheI
they are painting the sills. When this il
the case, melt some soda in very hot watel
and was them with it, using a soft flannel
1t will entirely remove paint.
GREASE can be extracted from floors Dy
applying a paste of wood ashes; keep i
on several days, and then wash it of
Stains on wall paper can be cut out witt
a sharp penknife, and pieces of paper 81
nicely inserted that no one can see the
patch.
In broiling a beef-steak, whenever thu
Goals blaze up from the drippings, apincf
of fine salt thrown upon them will in
stantly extinguish the flames. By careful
ly attending to this matter, you may have
YOU broiled steak or chicken crisp, but
not scorched, and juicy, yet well done.
KEROSENE and powdered lime, whiting
or wood ashes, will scour tin with the least
labor. Kerosene and whiting will also
cleanse silver-ware, door knobs, hinges,
etc. Wet the flannel slightly in the oil
dip into the whiting, and rub hard; wash
off with hot soap suds, and brighten with
a channels skin or newspaper.
THE Household says you can make cloth
waterproof, by putting in a pail of soft
water half a pound of sugar of lead, halt
a pound of alum; then stir this at inter
walls until It becomes clear; pour it into
another pail and put the garment therein
for twenty-tour hours, and then hang it up
to dry without wringing it.
TREES OUT OF PLACE.-Trees are out
of place (Says q writer in the Farmer
II. -,AaIo. IL. roOc sc h1,,,a
or darken its windows, or shut out a fine
prospect. 1t is the testimony of eminent
physicians that no small part of the sick
ness of families is attributable TO the shad-
ing of dwellings by overhanging trees and
thick clustering vines. Our bodies need
light, pure sunlight, and a great deal of it,
and our spirits need it none the less; and
he who shuts out this genial dispenser of
health makes a great mistake, and does a
great wrong.
PACKING EGGs-The Poultry Standard
says: I'm packing eggs put the large end
dOUR. The vitality of eggs packed this
way is as 2 to 1, if packed the small end
down. Mr.. Wright, the celebrated au-
thor, says that repeated experiments have
demonstrated the fact to his entire salts
faction, and that eggs a month old when
packed this way are perfectly good for
Matching, and thus the eggs of valuable
birds can be kept until q hen is ready for
them, or they can be sent long distances
with hope of success"
HoUsEKEEPERs should never allow the
plate of a mirror, or even their window
panes, to be cleaned with newspaper.
Almost all newspapers now use paper
aA~4a.-., rA-,- 80 q cd a1
the substance Of straw is largely composed
of slick, (fint), which cannot be entirely
eliminated in the process of manufacture,
the result is acongeries of minute scratches
on the face of the glass, not always visible
to the naked eye singly, but, in a mass,
producing a cloudy and dull appearance,
ruinous to the glass. Chamois skin kept
in a drawer free from dust, and the deli
cate tissue paper, are the best materials
for glass cleaning. - AR1ericd1 RurdL
Home.
A SUGGESTION TO BUTTER MAKERS
We are still feeding our cows cooked corn
meal-say three quarts of meal per day to
each cow. l am satisfied that it pays.
We have made Just as nice yellow butter
all winter as | wish to eat-better butter
than we make during the hot summer
weather. l am inclined to think that the
best time to have COWS come in, where
nothing but butter is made, would be in Sep
TENDER, and let them go dry during the
hot weather of July and August. We
should then have plenty of skim milk, just
when we most want it, for young pigs.
And the COWS would run in the pasture,
and require no milking duaing the busy
season of harvest.-J Harris, IN american
AgTIcUhUTIst.