The Hickman courier., 1872-09-28
RECIPES AND EXPERIMENTS.


ed by the editor of the Sctentyc
Americdn, bit are published for the
benefit of readers who may desire
to try them. The editor would be
glad to be informed of the results OF
such trials:
A NEW HYGRoMETER
made by G. Smith, in Paris, consists
of strips of paper dipped in CO
bait salt solution containing common
salt aud gum arabic In dry wealth
er, it is blue, and in wet, rose red.
NoNINFLAMABLE FABRICS.
Carteron and Rimmel have taken out
a patent in England for the use o.
acetate of lime and chloride of calcl-
um for rendering goods non COM
bustible. Equal weights of each are
dissolved in twice their weight OF
hot water.
AN ECONOMICAL FIRE KINDLING
is made ia Paris by dipping corn cobs
in mixture of melted resin and
tar, and drying at 100 c.
PURE AMMONIA GAS
is obtained by adding parts caus-
tic potassa to one part liquid caustc
ammonia.
4 PROTECTIVE vARNISH
for zincography is made by melting
together equal parts of asphalt, wax
and resin, and dissolving the mass
in hot oil of turpentine.
LIQUID INDIA INK.
Dissolve the powdered ink III hot
water and, when deep black, add one
tenth It's volume Of glycerin, and
shake well together.
ASrIDoTFs To cARBoLIC ACID.
Fatty oil, wood oil and almond oil
are recommended by DIR. G. Calvert.
DIR. Husemann advises the use OF
saccharate of lime, made by dissolv-
ing 16 parts of loaf sugar in 30 parts
of water, adding TO this parts
good slaked lime, digesting the inix
ture with frequenS stirring for three
days, flteriug and evaporating the
hltrate to dryness at 100 G.
TO CLEAN GOLD CHAINS.
Put the chain in a small glass bot
tie, with warm water, a little tooth
powder, and some soap. Cork the
bottle, and shake it for u minute vio-
lently. The friction against the
glass polishes the gold, and the soap
and chalk extract every particle OF
grease and dirt from the interstices
of chain of the most intricate pat
tern; rinse IL IN clear cold water,
wipe with a towel, and the polish
viii surprise you.
USEFUL HINT.
By rubbing chalk on the side OF a
carpeE ter 5 square, the figures may
be more I, adily seen. Near sighted
persons will do well to remem Der
this.
ELECTRICITY
is developed in metallic wires hy
merely bending them, and the devel-
Opment appears to be independent
of any thermic action.
TO MEND RUBBER OR oTHER HOSE.
Cut the hose apart where it is de-
fective; obtain a piece of iron pipe,
ten or twelve inches long; twist the
hose over it until the ends meet, and
wrap with strong twine, well waxed
BOBAX.
One half pound will drive the
cockroaches out of any house. A
large handful of the powder to ten
gallons of water will effect a saving
of fifty per cent in soap. 1t is an
excellent dentrifrice and the best
material for cleansing the scalp.
TO MAKE OLD BUTTER FRESH.
Knead with lime water or very
diluted solution of washing soda.
Simply wash ng in water Is often
perfectly eficacious.
TO BRONZE BRASS OBJECTS.
First warm them, and then wash
over with hot solution of ammoni
um chloride sal ammoniac, then
place over night in diluted solution
of two parts yerdigris and one part
ammonium chloride in six parts of
vinegar. In the morning, remove
AMI wash.
TO EMPTY LARGE BOTTLES OF LIQUID.
BY imparting motion of rota
tiCn to the contents of an inverted
bottle, the water or other liquid will
issue iu the form of tube, the air
entering up the center without i'm
peding its passage. The bottle can
thus be emptied in one half the usu
al time.
ARTIFICIAL PARCHMENT.
The Germans are applying the pa
per tissue known as artificial parch-
ment for the manufacture of artiG-
cial sausage skins-a novel but high
ly characteristic idea. This mem