Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-15
About the House.
Kerosene oil is good for removing
luISf from l.nfln.,r

rust from cutlery.
A section of wire cloth, grade
from No. 20 to No. 80, is the best
kind of material to strike matches
upon.
Two cords of hard wood are about
equal in heat giving qualities to one
ton of bituminous coal.
When cockroaches get into smooth
bowls half filled with molasscs and
water, they cannot get out.
Ink stains may be removed from
books by wctting the spot with a
solution of oxalic acid oz., water !
pint.
Water window plants with tcpid
water, and don't neglect to wash the
leaves often.
Preserve eggs by quick dipping
in boiling water, and packing in fresh
salt, small end down.
Rub the buckwheat cake griddle
with half turnip, to make the cakes
come off nicely. This is better than
fat.
A thick paste Of strong gum ara
bic, into which plaster of Paris is
stirred, makes an excellent china
cement. Apply with a brush, and
let the articles stand three or four
days.
TO japan old tea trays, scrub clean
with soap and water-and rottcnstonc,
dry and apply copal varnish mixed
with bronze powder to the denuded
parts. Set in an oven at abont 300
degrees, until dry. Two coats are
needed.
In dealing with furniture, rcmcm-
Der to keep water away from every
thing soluble therein, oil from every
thing porous, alcohol from varniSh,
and acids from marble,
Save the inner white husks for
mattresses. Dry them in clean,
airy place. No need to strip them
fine. Use them whole, and they
will answer the purpose better than
straw.
To each bowl of starch, before
boiling, add a teaspoonful of Ensom
salts. Articles prepared with this
will be sitter, and in measure fire
proof.
TO take ink spots out of mahogany,
touch with feather dipped in Il tea
spoonful of water to which few
drops of spirits of inter have been
added, and rub quickly with wet
towel.
If the sink spout freezes, insert
piece of lead pipe, into which pour
boiling water through a funnel. Keep
the pipe constantly pressed against
the ice.
Two parts gum camphor, With one
part of crystalized carbolic acid, the
whole rubbed together with whitcing,
is an excellent disinfcctant and pre-
sentative for furs. The odor of the
acid is mostly dissipated by the cam
phor.
1t is said that lining the walls,
ceiling and windows of a cellar with
four or five thicknesses of old news
papers, pasted on with strong size,
will prevent roots and other articles
stored therein from freezing.
In hanging paper, first pumicestone
the wall, and wash with size made of
one ounce of glue to one gallon Of
water. See that the paste has no
Jumps and that the back of the paper
is covered with it for fully ten min
utes before hanging.
Saturate sponges with water and
stand them on plates around and
among the window plants. The OBJ
ject is to supply moisture to neutral
ize the effects of any furnace or crate
heat.
Knives and forks may be fastened
in their handles by the following
! pound colophony obtained at drug
gist's), 8 ounces sulphur; melt, and
when cool powder. Mix one part of
the powder with half a part fine sand
or brick dust, fill the handle cavity,
heat the stem of the knife or fork and
insert.
To clean gilt jewelry: TO half n
pint of boiling water add ounce of
cyanide of potassium. When the
liquid is cold, mix in half IN ounce
Of ammonia liquor and l ounce of
rectifed alcohol. Objects will be
rendered bright by brushing with
this compound.
If possible, buy an oilcloth which
has been made for several years, as
The longer it has lain mwashed the
better it will bear, the paint being
harder. Never scrub. Sweep with
, soft hair brush, and wash with a
soft cloth dipped in milk and water.
Don't use soap. Rub dry with
handful of rags.
The best bedbug poison is Clio .
Dule of mercury Of about the size OF
! silver five cent piece, thoroughly
with the white Of an egg,
thc last previously beaten to troth.
Stop all cracks with putty, both of
The bed and of the surbasc and floor
oints of the room, and apply the
above mixture with a feather. There
IS no necessity for washing the bed
stead for some time. After washing,
however, repeat the above described
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