The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-04
- - .ectpcs for the Household,
Ill .Ge Farm and TIE Shop.

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In using paris green to exterminate
the potato bugs, the poison should be
mixed with the cheapest grade OF -four,
one pound of green to ten of -four. A
good way of applying it to the plants
is to take an old two quart tin frnit
can, melt off the top, and put in a
wooden head, also to pour tbe'powder
in, and then punch the bottom full of
holes about the size of No. 6 shot.
Walk alongside the rows, when the
vines are wet with the dew or rain, and
make one shoot at each hill.
In some parts Of the country there
have been large numbers Of the orchard
or tent caterpillars which have left
their rings of eggs on the young twigs.
If these are now cut off with clipping
pole, it will prevent in every instance
a large number of caterpillars, and be
much more easily done than after the
latter have grown.
Equal proportions of turpentine,
linseed oil, and vinegar, thoroughly
applied and then rubbed with flannel,
Is en- excellent furniture polish.
Tin can be removed from copper
vessels very thoroughly by immcrsing
the objects in Il solution of blue vitriol.
The German wa>herwomen use a
mixture OF two ounces turpentine and
one ounce spirits of ammonia well
mixed together This is put into
bucket of warm water, in which half
pOund'Of soap has been dis olved. The
clothes ere immersed for twenty four
hours and then washed. Thecleansing
Is said TO be greatly Gu cken,d, and
two or three rinsing5 in cold water re.
moves the turpentine smell.
Five parts of siltcd whiting mixed
with a solution of one part glue, to-
gether with a little Venice tu,pentine
to obviate the brittleness, makesa good
plastic N terial which may be knedded
into figures or any desired shape 1t
should he kept warm while being
worked. 1t becomes as hard as stone
when dry.
Artificial malachitc which issuscep-
tible to a fine polish is made by pre-
cipitating a solution of sulphate OF
copper in the cold by carbonate Of soda
or Of potash. The precipitate, which
is voluminous, should be allowed first
to cohere, and is then dried aud wash
ell.
Water containing about seven grains
of salt in each pint, is, when used con-
tinuously, a poison to the weaker forms
of vegetation.
The alloy popularity known rs or
oide, from which large number of
cheap watches, chains, and trinkets are
now manufactured, IS made Of pure
copper one hundred parts, tin seventeen
parts. magnesia sixteen parts. sal am
moniac one-half part, quicklime one
eighth part, tartar of commerce nine
parts. The copper is first melted, then
the magnesia, sal ammoniac, lime, and
tartar i'll powder are added little by
little and briskiy stirred for half an
hour. The tin islastlv mixed in grains
until all is fused The crucible is COW
cred, and the fusion maintained for
thlrty-fye minutes, when the drOss is
SKINNED off and the alloy is ready for
ue
Sandarac varnish is the best material
for mending plaster models. Satura.e
the broken surface thoroughly, pre- s
them well together, and allow them to
dry.
Silverware NAV be kept bright and
clean by coating the articles (warmed)
with a solution of collodion diluted
with alcohol.
Dampress will cause honey to be-
cone thin and watery.-Sctentitc
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