The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-13
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Starch Polish.-White wax | ounce :
spermaceti 2 ounces +; melt them together
with a gentle heat. For a pint Of boiled
starch, put In a piece the size Of a large
pea and II will give a gloss and luster
that can not be obtained in any other
way.
A discovery of interest TO wooden
gravers is the fact that plates of polished
slate may be- used ~ substitutes for BON
wood for engraving. These plates will
furnish over 10000 impressions without
loss OF detail, do not warp, and are not at
fccted by oil or water.
There is nothing so hopeful to a man,
and especially 10 "A farmer, as "A thrifty
housewife. His wife may be beautiful and
loving and accomplished, graceful, cheer
full, faithful, still he will find that there are
many flaws in the domestic economy UNI
less. with her wi qualifications, she COM
bines the happy faculty Of imparting the
glow of youth 10 the aged fowl. and of so
proportiOning a pound of butter to bar
rel of salt a. will enable her to realize for
the salt in the market twenty-five cents
per pound.
A bushcl of wheat IN New York. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa.
Illinois. Michigan, Massachusetts,, Ken
lucky. New Jersey Vermont, Missouri.
and Canada is sixty pounds. In Connect
cut it is iity-six pounds. Rye is fifty-six
pounds to the bnshel in all the States
named except Illinois, where it is iifty-four.
Corn is fifty-six pounds to the bushel in
all the States named but New York, where
1t is tifty-eight and in Missouri, where il
Is fifty-two. Barley Is forty-eight pounds
TO the bushel in New York, Ohio, Indiana,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan. Kentucky,
New jersey and Canada. In Pennsylvania
it Is fo~rty-seven; in Illinois, forty-four;
in Massachusetts, ~forty-six; and in YER
mont. forty-six.
Washing Fluid.-Salsoda 2pounds. UNI
Stacked lime l pound, boiled together in 6
quarts of water for half an hour. Whenit
has settled clear turn into "A jug and cork
for use. Soak the white clothes over night
in clean, soft water. In the morning till
the boiler half full of soft water; when it
boils. add a %teacupful of the fluid. Wiring
out the clothes, and rub soap OH the most
soiled parts; boil briskly 20 minutes. Take
the clothes out into a tub half full of clean.
s0ft water, and rub slightly or put them
through a washing machine, which is
easier; rinse through two waters. and add
a little bluing 10 the last water. For each
additional boiler of clothes add more water
and "A half cup of the fluid, and proceed as
~ .E, hLit FA17 wi u t,itlth
tlannels and calicoes.-Hearth and Home.
The humidity of the atmosphere and
the action Of gas cause a bluish-white coat
ing to collect on all furniture, and show
conspicuously on bright. polished surfaces,
such as mirrors, pianos. cabinetware and
polished metal. To remove it, take a soft
sponge, wet with clean, cold water, and
wash ove- the article. Then take "A soft
chamois skin and wipe 1t clean. Dry the
skin "a well as you can by wringing il in
the hands, and wipe the water off the fur
niture. being careful TO wipe only one way.
Never use a dry chamois on varnish work.
If the varnish Is defaced and shows white
marks. take linseed oil and %turpentine in
equal parts, shake them well in a vial and
apply a very small quantity ON a soft rag
until the color is restored; then with "A
clean, son rag wipe the furniture off. In
deeply carved work the dust cannot be re-
moved with "A sponge. Use a stiff-haired
paint brush instead of a sponge. TO var
nish old furniture, it shouldbe rubbed with
pulvcrized pumice stone and water 10 take
OIL the old surface. and thcn vanished
with varnish reduced. by adding turpen-
tine, { o the consistency of cream. Apply
with "A stiff-haired brush. II il does not
look well, repeat the rubbing with pumice
stone. and when dry varnish it again.
Boston Journal Of Chemistry.