Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-03

forms thin fluid. Beware of burning
it, and to avoid this, the glue is best
melted in a tin pail, set in an iron pot
which contains some water. The whit
ing having been mixed with boiling
water, as previously directed, the melt
ed glue is added, and the whole diluted
with hot water until it is of the con-
sistence of ordinary whitewash. A
quarter of a pound of good glue to
eight pounds of whiting is a very good
proportion. It should beapplied while
hot, with common whitewash brush.
Owing to the fact that in damp places
glue easily decays and produces pois-
onous vapor, calcimine should not be
used in damp Easements and cellars.
Any color may be given to this material,
and in Europe many houses have the
walls finished with light shades of pink
or blue, instead of paper, and the effect
is pleasing.
When walls have been previously
covered with successive coats of COM
mon whitewash it will be necessary to
remove this or /" kill' the lime. After
taking off all that will come away by
scraping and washing, the wall should
be washed with a solution of white
vltriol-two ounces dissolved in pail
of water. This will 4" kill'' the lime !;
in other words the white vitriol will be
deeomposed, and the wall will be coated
with thin covering of plaster of Paris
and zinc white, to which the calcimine
will adhere very readily. If these pre-
cautions be not taken the old white
wash will very probably peel off, and,
of course, bring the calcimine with it.
Household Hints.
AN excellent furniture polish is made
with one pint of inseed oil and about
half a gill of alcohol, stirred we'll to-
gether and applied to the furniture
with linen rag. Rub dry with soft
cotton cloth and finish with an old
piece of silk.
A PLAIN OMELET. Beat four eggs
very light. Have ready a pan of hot
butter, pour the beaten eggs into it and
fry till it is of a fine brown color on the
under side. Then lap one half over the
other and serve hot Chopped parsley
or onion may be mixed with the egg be-
fore it is fried.
LEMON PUDD1NG.-Half pound of
sugar, quarter of pound of butter,
five eggs, the grated yellow rind and
juice of one lemon. Beat the butter
and sugar to cream, whisk the eggs
and add them to it, then stir in the
lemon juice and grated rind. Make a
paste, cover your pie plate, pour in the
mixture, and bake in moderate oven.
WHATEVER else you do in the garden
this spring, do not forget TO plant few
seeds of perennial peas. They do not
flower the first season, but with ordi-
nary care in hoeing and manuring, the
plants increase in beauty each year.
They are perfectly hardy, though q
slight covering of manure, put on in
the fall, gives them good start in the
spring. It no seed is allowed to mature,
you can be sure of finding some flowers
for bouquets throughout the season.
A FINE starch polish may be made as
follows: White wax one ounce, sper-
maceti two ounces; melt them together
with gentle heat For a pint of
boiled starch put in piece the size of
large pea, and it will give gloss and
luster that cannot be obtained in any
other way. Starch may be greatly i'm
proved by adding to each bowl of starch
one spoonful of epson salts, and dis
solve In the usual way by boiling; the
fabric thus starched will be consider
ably sitter, besides being rendered to
a certain degree fire proof
THE Gardeners Monthly gives the
following list of hybrid perpetual
roses adapted to the Western states ::
August Mic, Victor Verdier, Madame
Charles Wood, La RENE, Caroline de
Sansai, General Washington, General
Jacqueminot, Louis Oder, La France,
Prince Camille de Ropan, Triomphe de
Imposition, Queen Victoria. The
China and Bourbon are recommended
as more strictly perpetuals, to be win
tered by taking them up in autumn,
cutting out immature parts, and bury
ing the whole in a dry spot, and re-
planting early in the spring.
MosT housekeepers havefelt the need
of recipe for mending knives, or rath-
er for fastening knives and forks to
their handles. The following mixture
is recommended for this purpose in the
Scientific American Mix together one
pound of rosin and eight ounces of sui
phur, and keep it either in bars or re-
duced to powder. Mix one part of this
powder with half d part of iron filings,
fine sand Or brick dust, end the cavity
of the handle is to be filed with the
mixture. Heat the stem of the knife
or fork and insert it hot, and when cold
it will be found tight