The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09
usEFuI, KNOWLEDGE.

to be sure antldOte for ivy poison.
A PUTTY of starch and chloride of
zinc hardens quickly, and lasts, as
stopper of holes in metals, for months.
FROSTED GLASS, useful for screens,
ETC., is made by laying the sheets hOri-
lntallY and covering them with
strong solution of sulphate of zinc. The |
salt crystallizes on drying.
VARNIsHEs, LIMPID AND FLEXIBLE
AnhydrOus alumina stereate, dissolved |
10 turpentine, IS an article much recon- |
mended for this purpose, and it is said |
to be unalterable by high temperatures. |
A GOOD welding composition is made !
of bOrax fused with one sixteenth its |
weight of sal ammoniac, cooled, pulver- !
lied and combined with an equal weight |
Of quick lime. The compound is |
sprinkled on th9 red hot iron, and the |
latter replaced in the fire.
MAHOGANY STAINING.-Wa ash the wood |
to be stained with diluted nitric acid, !
ten parts of water to one of ACID. For |
rose wood, glaze the same with carmine
or Munich lake. Asphaltum, thinned
with tUrpentine, forms an excellent ma
hOgany color for new work.
LAND DRAINs.-Au excellent subsOil
drain may be made by digging a trench
and filling in the bottom with sticks of
wood, COMPRISING them together with
the feet, and then covering them with
the mod. The effectiveness of such a
drain will endure for several years, and
the final decay of the wood will serve to
enrich the soil.
SPIRITS of turPentine poured upon
seed corn before planting, and thor
oughIy mixed by stirring, so that all
the seeds shall be impregnated with it,
is a spec fic for the terrible ravages of
the cut worm. Put one quart of tur-
peutine to a busheI of corn, or in that
proportion, which is sufficient, and corn
comes up two or three days quicker
when thus treated. Besides the scent
of the turpentine, which can be detected
! several weeks after the planting, aids
much in keeping crows at distance.
| SAYS the Massachusetts, ploughman
| Green rye or clover may be cut green
and fed to the horse in the stall to
| better advantage than turning out to
pasture. But probably liberal supply
/ of Swedish turnips or rutabagas cut III
! slices and literally covered with Indian
! meal will lay on fat as fast as it is de
! sirable It is, we think, about the best
substitute for green food, gives a soft
/ and glossy coat, an elastic step and fine
! spirits. We do not think the yellow, or
! Swedish, turnip is appreciated as it
ought to be, as a food for horses.
FISH CAKES. Take Goldfish, either
| fresh or salt, that has been boiled the
day before. Carefully remove the
bones and mince the fish. Mix with a
quantity of mashed potatoes, mashed
with butter and milk in the proportion
of one.third Goldfish and two thirds
! I - L. "a,
/ eggs to make the whole into a smooth
paste. Season with cayenne, and if
the mixture seems dry, mOisten and
enrich it with little butt,r. Make it
into cakes about an inch thick and as
large round as this top of a common
| sized tea-cup, or into round balls.
/ Sprinkle them we'll with -four. Fry
them in lard or beef dripping. When
one side is done turn them over. If
approved, you may add to the mixture
two or three onions boiled and minced.
Any large Goldfish may be dressed in
this manner for next mornings break
fast
] SALT-RAIsING BREAD contributor
to the st. Charles Cosmos writes "The
night before you wish to make bread,
boil One-half pint of milk put one ia
blespoOnful of corn-meRl into a pitcher
or bowl, and turn the boiling milk over
it, stirring we'll let it stand until morn
ing, then add sufficient warm water to
this batter TO make it luke warm ; then
put in a pinch of salt, the same of
sugar, and thicken with -four to the
consistency of good batter; set the
ri, cher or bowl into q kettle Of warm
water, not hot enough to scaId, and aim
to maintain the same temperature by
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has been risen to top of pitcher, make
your sponge in large pan of -four,
with two pints or more of warm water
(p8rt milk is better then stir the
rising III, first adding tablespoonful or
more of salt let it rise, then mold into
lOaves do not mold so stiff as yeast
bread. By closely owing these di-
rectiOns, will guarantee good bread.
In summer [ have my rising up by S
o'clock; in cold weather 1t requires
more time for fermentation.
A BEAUTIFUL ornament for the sitting
room can be made by covering a com
mon tUmbler with moss, the latter fas-
tened IL place by sewing cotton wound
round. Then glue dried moss upon q
saucer, into which set the tumbler,
filling it and the remaining space In the
saucer with loose earth from the woods.
! Bl1nJ the former Win q variety OF ferns,
and the latter with wood violets. Or
! the edge of the grass also plant some Of
. the nameless little evergreen vine
g which bears red (scarlet) berries, and
whose dark, glossy, ivy-like foliage vii
trail over the fresh blue and white o.
, the vioiets with beautiful effect. An
other good plan is to fill a rather deaI
7 plate with some of the nameless bu
! beautiful silvery and light green anC
> delicate PINK MOSES, which are me
with in profusiOn in all the swamps anC
: marshes This can be kept fresh anC
! beautiful as long as it Is not neglecte,
9 to water it profusely once a day. I
p must, of course, be placed in the shade
d, or the moss will blanch and die In tn
center of this a clump of large azur
q violets should be placed, adding som
. curious lichens and pretty fungus grcwtl
from the barBs OF forest trees, and
> few cones, shells, and pebbles.
b A CORRESPONDENT of the Practice
Farmer says When grass is moved a
an early period in growth much more Ia
Dor will be required to cureit thosoughl
than if the crop were not cut until tn
IS blossoms are beginning to fall to tn
:, ground. Nevertheless, the hay made c