Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-04
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The fumes of q birthstone match will
remove berry stains from book or paper
or engraving.
Dry paint is removed by dipping q
swab with handle in strong solution
of oxalic acid. 1t softens at once.
If there is rust on your fat-iron, or
other roughncss, put some fine salt on
board, rub 1t rapidly while warm until 1t
moves smoothly.
If a door does not shut without
'slam," put drop of sweet oil on the
catch, or on the hinge if 1t creaks. Soap
will do, but not so well.
"A single drop of the sesquipede
chloride Of iron, put on corn between
the toes, once day, with Gamers hair
brush, will effect marvellous cure.
If rats are about, scatter powdered
glass about their holes, or powdered
copperas, or fiji up the. crevices with hard
soap, or smear their holes with soft tar,
or dip the rat in cup of tar and let 1t go,
and it will tar-plaster every hole in the
house.
If glass stopper won't move, hold
the neck Of the bottle to flame, or warm
IL By taking two turns of string and see
saw it; the heat engendered expands the
neck OIL LnC DOUtc DtIDTC u
expansion reaches the stopper.
--Borax, half teaspoonful in half a
teacup of water, makes the mildest and
most efficient hair and scalp cleaner in
the world. Rub in into the hair and
scalp with the balls Of the fingers, head
held over wash. basin, eyes shut, until
the entire scalp is In foam, then rinse
with warm water.
Keep some strong spirits ofhartshorn
in ground glass-stopped bottle. A tea
spoonful in tablespoonful of water will
clean combs and brushes, and restore
colors injured by acids. A weaker solu-
ton, applied to Ill smelling feet and arm
pits, removes the odor, and removes the
grease spots from carpets and clothing.
weak solution in water makes good
wash for the hair, and stimulates its
growth when impaired by fever, and
cleanses the scalp efiectually. A weak
solution, scattered over the leaves OF
plants, from a soft, fine, timber brush,
Is sprinkled over the earth at their roots,
their growth is invigorated.
"A few words in relation to roses which
are TO remain in the open ground over
winter. It Is an excellent plan to head
back the more tender varieties severely
say within nine or ten inches of the
ground-and then cover them over with
coarse manure and litter from the stables.
But don't kill with kindness; don't give a
coat of manure that would cover the
garden, and then expect the poor plant to
survive. This is almost certain death.
The object is not to keep the plant warm,
but to preserve 1t cool and free from the
fluctuating temperature Of our trying win
ter. Sudden freezing and thawing is
what does the mischief. The harder
kinds need only little protection from
the sun, such as ia afforded by few
boughs ofevergIeens or rough weeds; but
il is mistake to tie them tight A par
ticular friend once put his up nicely In
corn fodder, thus affording an excellent
Judgment for mice--a courtesy which
these rodents, with sharp ingratitude, re-
ciprocated by eating up bushes, protection,
and all. In every case head well back,
trimming out the old wood, and the nearer
the ground the better; then give each
plant good fork full of manure, which
answers double purpose.