The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-04
70 TELL GOOD FROM BAD EGGS.

Nuggets Of knowledge.
TO TELL GOOD FROM BAD EGGS.
The following is simple but sure
way to tell good from bad eggs: Put
them in water enough to cover them.
All that lay flat, as they would Oh 6
smooth surface out of water, are good.
Those of which the big end rises are bad
The vessel used should have a smooth,
level bottom.
TO TEST THE soUNDNEss OF PIECE OF
TIDdBER.
To test the soundness of piece OF
timber, apply the ear to the middle OF
one of the ends, while another person
strikes upon the opposite extremity. II
the wood is sound and of good quality,
the blow is very distinctly heard, how
ever long the beam may be. If the wood
is diaggregated by decay or otherwise,
the sound will be for the most part de-
stroyed.
VALUE OF BORAx.
Borax is the best exterminator yet dis
covered. The troublesome insect has a
great aversion to it, and will never re-
turn where it has once been scattered.
AS the salt is perfectly harmless to hui
man beings, it is much to be preferred
for this purpose to the poisonous sub
stances commonly used. Borax is also
valuable for laundry use, instead Of soda.
Add handful of it, powdered, to about
ten gallons of boiling water, and you
need use only half the ordinary allow
ance of soap. For laces, cambrics, etc.,
use an extra quantity of the powder. It
will not injure the texture of the cloth
in the least.
FASTENING KNIFE HANDLES.
Most housekeepers have felt the need
Of a recipe for mending knives, or rath-
er for fastening knives and forks to their
handles. The following mixture is rec
commended for this purpose in the ScSe7a-
tSJ9c american: Mix together one pound
of rosin and eight ounces of sulphur, and
keep it either in bars or reduced to pow
der; mix one part of this powder with
half pint of iron filings, fine sand or
brick dust, and the cavity of the handle
is to be filed with this mixture. Heat
the stem of the knife or fork and insert
it hot, and when cold it will be found to
be tight.
A HOMEMADE BAROMETER.
To make simple barometer, take a
common wide-mouthed bottle, such as is
used FOR pickles, fill it to within few
inches of the top with water. Then take
a common long flask, such as is
used for oil, and plunge the neck of it
into the pickle bottle as far as it will go,
and the barometer is made. In fine
weather the water will rise into the neck
of the flask even higher than the pickle
bottle; in wet and windy weather 1t will
fall to within an inch of the mouth Of the
flask. Before heavy gale Of wind the
water has been seen to leave the flask al
together at least eight hours before the
gale came to its height.
TO MAKE WOOD NoN-CoMBUsT1B1E.
1t is stated that one or two coats OF
LIQUID silicate of soda (water- glass OF
liquid glass; will render wood lncombus-
tible. It's effect on the wood is that it
neutralizes the fibrous parts which are
the combustible parts of it, and petrifies
them. In case of the breaking out OF a
fire, neighboring buildings being rem
dered incombustible by the above named
process, the confagration cannot spread
SO quickly. Forming as it does hard
surface to the wood, it would economic
paint to the extent of so per cent, but,
as a matter of course, like all prepare
tions preventing the absorption of the
paint, at the cost of its durability.
TO STOP THE RAvAGEs OF MOTHS.
Camphor will not stop the ravages of
moths in carpets after the insects have
commenced eating. Nor will they then
pay any regard to the presence OF cedar
or tobacco. A good way in which to Kill
them is to take a coarse crash towel and
wiring it out Of clean water, spread 1t
smoothly on the carpet, and then iron it
dry with good hot iron, repeating the
operation on all suspected places. and
| those least used. The process does not
iniure the pile or color of the carpet In
the least; and it is not necessary to press
hard. heat and steam being the agents,
and they do the work effectually on
worms and eggs.
/ NEAT AND DURABLE sCRAP-BOOK.
Take any strongly bound and neat
| looking book that you have no particular
use for. Cut out half dozen OF the
leaves, leaving short stub, SO as not tc
affect the strength Of the binding; then
skip four leaves. and cut out another hall
dozen, and SO on through the book; this
will leave space to paste your scraps II
without over-flling the corners. In past
ing scraps, only paste the corners and
edges. This will prevent the paper from
wrinkling and getting out of shape; and
If at any time you wish to remove the
clippings, you can do so by slipping {
lead pencil under them and loosenine
the corners. Use -four. paste in pastine
in your clippings, as it is neat and clean
and will not discolor the paper.
THE sHR1NKAGE OF WOODEN CLOTHING.
/ Prof. Artuls, who has devoted himself
to the discovery of the reason why wool