The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-08-21
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.


To clean u brown porcelain kettle. boil
peeled Potatoes in II. The porcelain will
h. rendered nearly rs white AS when new.
"A strong solution oi carbolic acid and
wat.r poured into holes kills all the ants
IL touches, aud the survivors Immediately
take themselves of.
--SulpLuric acid foil OF yitriol). diluted
with fifty times its weight and sprinkled
over the vines. l. said Ia be perfect rene
DIV for potato bugs without iniuring the
vines. This j. much safer than Paris
green. "a. after dilution with iiftv parts OF
water. il is entirely safe to handle and
sprinkle on with a common Watering
pot. This acid il not always of the same
strength, aud II the druggists acid Is OBJ
tanned, use seventy parts water 10 one Of
acid. Thisis also the cheapest remedy.
TO clean paper-hangings. first blow
the dust of with the bellows. Divide
white loaf of bread of eight days old into
eight parts. Take the crust into your
hand, and besinningat the top OF your pa
per, wipe IL down in the lightest manner
with the crumb. DO not cross or go up
wards. The dirt of the paper and the
crumbs will fall together. Observe, you
must not wipe above half yard at
stroke. and after doing all the upper part,
where you left off. IL you do not clean IL
very lightly You will make the dirt adhere
to the paper.
1t is not generally known that boiling
fruit long timc and skimming Ii well.
without the sugar and without a cover 10
the preserving pan, j. "A very economical
and excellent way--economical because
the bulk VI the scum rises from the fruit
and not from the sugar. If the latter is
good and boiling IL without cover al
lows the evaporation of the watery parti-
cles therefr0m: the preserves keep firm
and well favored. The proportions are.
three-quarters Of a pound Of sugar To
pound Of fruit. Jam made i'm this way OF
currants. strawberries. raspberries or
gooseberrles is excellent. The best Jam
know of l. made OF an equal quantity OF
gooseberries and raspberrfes. Some made
by us last year of this half aud half mix
ture was preferred to all others.
The american Industrial Monthly says:
The most economical aud satisfactory
black paint we have ever used for iron
work was by mingling about quarts OF
tar with a pint and half of benZole. which
was laid on with paint brush. This
makes an excellent varnish for rough work;
il could not be recommended. however, as
a fine varnish for any inside work. Three
years ago the iron fence and iron balus-
trade and hanC-rails Of our front steps
were covered with such varnish while
the homework of adjoining neighbors has
been painted every year with oil and lamp
black aud varnish. AT the present time
our fence looks much the best, and scarce
ly needs painting. while theirs really needs
a coat of paint. A paint made of coal tar
and benZole will be- found excellent for
smearing the homework of farm imple-
ments. As benZole Is somewhat volatile,
no more paint should be prepared at one
time than will be used Immediately.
To construct an outside cellar, build
upon good broad foot-stone double wall
OF brick. the outside wall to be two bricks
i'm thickness and the inner wall one foot,
the walls To be ten feet in height. or higher
II YOU choose. the entrance to be closed
by an outside and inside door, both of
these TO be- well made of the best pine, and
fitting the door frame closely. Have two
or more windows for light and ventilation,
TO be closed ordinarily with common
sash. which can be- made to raise and lower
or slide back and forth as person may
wish. When very cold they may be fur
Their protected by an outside OF inside shell
ter constructed like the doors. The root
to be 4 common shingle one. To prevent
the cold from coming in at the top of the
building, floor the jost overhead with
pine flooring, and put on y ceiling OF
plaster or wood. The floor to be made
either of wood or brick. well laid IN cement
The walls will not probably need any more
binding than will be afforded by the ioists
and rafters. such building will cost
more than cellar. but there will be no
danger of water atany time: aud ii will be
far easier of access than cellar.