The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
USEFUL INFORMATION.

USEFUL INFORMATION.
PEACHES can be pealed rapidly by
dipping them for an instant in
strong hot lye, and afterward into
cold water.
ALCOHOL and whiting make sim
pie and effcacious compound for |
cleanina plated glass windows or
mirrors.
THE bark of tree called gogo is
being imported into New York from |
the Philippine Islands, having the |
properties of ordinary soap.
ALE sailed provisions should be
watched and see that they are kept
under the brine, for if one piece of
meat lies up it will spoil the whole
barrel. If the brine looks bloody,
it must be scalded and more salt ad-
1ed; when cold, pour back.
THE growth of the hair, the dura-
bility of its color, it's fexibility, elias
ticity and gloss, depend solely upon
/ its sanitary condition, and there is
nothing that so effectually promotes
/ the health of the fbers and of the
integuments from which they spriug,
as corrected hygienic habits.
For removing greasy spots from
any fabric, use ammonia nearly
pure, then lay white blotting paper
over the spot and iron lightly. In
washing lace, put about twelve drops
in a pint of hot suds. Put in your
silver ware and wash, using an old
nail-brush or toothbrush for the
purpose.
The vineyards on some parts of
the Rhine are arranged in terraces
4 one above the other; the banks all
along on the sides of the hills being
upheld by arches of masonry. It is
well known that generally the best
wine is made from grapes grown on
the steepest and stoniest hillsides.
The following is said to be an ex-
cellent remedy for a foundered
/. horse: When you are satisfied that
} he is foundered, no matter what the
) cause, give him one pint Of dry salt
with u SPOON; then keep him in
the stable, without drink, for twenty
four hours, and nine times out of ten
: a radical cure will be effected. This
: remedy, however, recommended only
in the first stages or within three OF
5 four days after the cause Western
s Rural.
To impart flavor to the flesh Of
, fowls, such as constitutes the game
flavor of the wild state, the Boston
Journal of Chemistry recommend
cayenne pepper, ground mustard, OF
ginger, to be added in the common
: food of fowls. AS to cleanliness O
memories, it recommends great care
L in summer. Carbolic acid dissolveC
l. in water should be sprinkled over tn
q woodwork of the insides, and httl
u added to the whitewash, whicl
n should be used each season. TIL
IS nest material should be often chan
l. ged, that being specially liable to be
: come foul when the birds are cor
fined.
BOYS USING ToBAcco.-A stron
and sensible writer says a shar
d thing and true one, too, for boy
III who use tobacco: cit has utterl
spoiled and utterly ruined Thousand
at of boys. It tends to the softenin
al and weakening of the bones, and
ce greatly Injuries the brain, the spins
morrow and the whole nervous fuit
re A boy who smokes early and fir,
IN quently; or in any way uses larg
ar quantities of tobacco, is never know
to make a man of much energy, an
- generally lacks muscular and phys
= cal as well as mental power" "
- would particularly warn boys, VII
- want to be any thing in the worlt
TO shun tobacco as most banefu
poison.
X How TO PRESERVE MEATs.-Ti
N French Academy of Sciences has r,
90 Gently had communication on IL
subject of a new process for the pr
=, servatiOn of meats. The substance
are placed in a cask and acetate
soda sprinkled over each in the pr,
" portion of One-fourth of the weigl
u of the meat. At the end of twent
four hours the pieces are inverte
IT. the upper ones being put below.
" another twenty-four hours the actiC
ed is complete, and the meat packed
b barrels, together with the hqui
Before using, the meat must
ne washed IN water for a period n
by less than twelve nor more thu
o. twenty -four hours. Half an Oun
mt of ealt ANN oniac should be added
the water, in order to decOmpo
in the acetate. By this common Kite
rs, en- salt is produced, which restor
ar to the meat its freshness and flaw
cir How TO SELECT FLoUR.-l. Lo
at its color; if it is white, with
Elk slightly yellOwish or straw-color
ire tint, it is a good sign. If it is We
cir white, with a blush cast, or wi
Ike black specks in it. the -four in n
ms good. 2 Examine its adhesiUeRt
wet and knead little of it b
no tween the fingers; if it works dry al
ks elastic, it is good; if it works sc
mt aud sticky, it is poor. Flour ma
to rom spring wheat is likely to
nd sticky. 5. Throw lump of d
four against a dry, smooth, perpe
- dicular surface; If it adheres in
he lump, the -four has life in it; if
NO. falls ike powder, it is bad.
10 Squeeze some of the -four in yo'
,sl hand; if it retains the shape given
the pressure; that too is a go'
49, sign. Flour that will stand all the
H. tests it is safe to buy Exchang
ma HEALTHFUL EFFECTs or ToMAToI
"A The tomato is one of the mo
"a healthful as we'll as the most unive
IN sal liked of all vegetables. Its hes
thy qualities do not depend on Il
mnda of ,nrenaration for the tahla.