The Holt County sentinel., 1873-05-02
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.


NEVER allow the oil to burn low In a
lamp, as It Injuries the burner by getting
too hot, and there Is more danger of an
explosion.
A CAREFUL man never leaves anv
money at home for fear of fire, and never
carries any with him for fear of robbers,
nor deposits 1t In any bank for fear OF
specializing bank officers.
To PREVENT CHoKING.-Break an egg
into cup and give 1t to the person chok.
ing, to swallow. The white of the egg
| seems to catch round the obstacle and re-
move 1t. If one egg does not answer the
purpose, try another. The white is all
that Is necessary. p, In Aythur's Maoa-
zine.
FoR CoLoRING CoTToN RED.-For four
pounds of goods take one pound of red
wood. Steep in cold water over night.
then let 1t come to boil. Skim out the
chips; wiring out the goods in the dye,
then add sufficient muriate of tin to set
the color; return the goods to the dye,
let them remain until colored deep
enough. Color in brass or tin.
To DESTROY ANTs.-Fill small yials
two-thirds with water, and add sweet oil
to float on the water to within half an
inch OF the. top. Plunge these upright in
the ground, leaving only half an inch
standing out, near the nest or runs of the
ants. The ants will come for n sin and m 90 90
home to die. No insect can exist with oil
stopping, up its spiracles' or breathing
pores.
To Color ScARLET.-To each pound of
goods take one ounce of pulverized cochi-
neal, one-half ounce of cream-of -of-tartar.
two ounces of muriate of tin. Use soft
water. Color in tin or copper. Let the
water get little warm before putting the
dye stun In. Stir well, so that all Is dis
solved, then put In the goods and let them
come to a boiling heat and simmer until
the right shade Is obtained. A beautiful
rose color can be made by taking out
when at that shade. 1t will not fade by
washing or wearing, but grow darker as
all other scarlets do.
GRATING WAx.-Take three pounds
rosin, one pound beeswax and four ounces
tallow (mutton tallow is best). Put them
in a kettle and set it on the stove to heat,
adding little water to keep the materials
from burning stir well until the articles
are all melted and mixed except the water.
When cooled little stir in n small u,lan-
tity of linseed oil. Now turn the wax into
a wash-tub of cold water, grease your
hands with mixture of lard and tailow,
and workithe wax until 1t will stretch well.
If 1t proves too hard, melt and add more
oil.
How TO Dye Moss.-Gather the rich
est and prettiest moss you can find. The
feather moss is the prettiest for this.
Carefully remove all the dirt and sticks
take an ounce of chrome green and mix
with one-half ounce of gum arabic dis
solved in half pint of water. Heat the
mixture but not boil. Dip the moss in
while warm; pick out the leaves and
sprays, and lay upon apaper to dry. Care
must lie taken in using the paint, as it is
poisonous. If you have large quantity
of moss to dye and the green does not
seem dark enough, prepare little more
and re.dip the moss.
A CHEAP LADDER.-Take a plank of
good clear pine, an inch and quarter
thick, as long as you wish to make the
ladder, and ten inches wide. Slit I'm the
middle and taper the pieces from the mid |
die to the ends, leaving them five inches
wide in the middle and two and one half
at each end. Make the rounds of hard, |
tough wood, and put them in one foot |
apart. The bottom round should be about |
three feet long, and each successive one
should be about an inch shorter than the |
one under 1t. A ladder made in this way
will balance well, thus rendering It easy |
to handle, and will be strongest where it |
ought to be, in the middle.
A CHEAP WASH FOR BUILDINGS. Il
Take clean water-tight cask and put into |
i a half bushel of unslal1ed lime. Cover |
It with boiling-hot water six inches deep, |
stir briskly, and wait for the lime to slake. |
To the lime and water add two pounds of |
a cheap salt called sulphate of zinc white |
yltrioD and one pound of common salt. |
THESE ingredients cause the whitewash to |
a beautiful cream color. add three pounds
of yellow oeher. A lump of ivory black |
will give a pearl or lead color. Lamp |
black may be used to produce darker
color if desired. Applied to palings, plank |
fences, and all outbuildings, they last
much longer and look better.