The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05
Useful Recipes.

To test. the soundness of a piece of
timber, apply the ear to the middle of
one of the ends, while another person
strikes upon the opposite extremity. If
the wood is sound and of good quality,
the blow is very distinctly heard, how
ever long the beam may he. If the wood
is diaggregated by decay or otherwise,
the sound will be for the most part de-
stroyed.
A good red or blue ink, suitable for
use with stamps. can be made by rub-
bing Prussian blue or drop lake with
fine clay into thick paste with water.
Adhesive fly paper is made by boiling
linseed oil to which little rosin has
been added, until viscid mass is formed.
The latter is then spread evenly upon
tho paper.
A tablespoonful of black pepper put in
the first wator in which gray and buff
linens are washed will keep them from
spotting. 1t will also generally keep the
colors Of black or colored cambrics or
muslins from running, and does not
harden the water.
Lime slaked just before application
is said to be an infallible protection
aSalHSG ny III tlrnpS.
A whitewash made of quicklime and
wood ashes will destroy moss ON trees.
A mixture of tallow three parts, tar
one part, applied to the bark while hot,
will protect fruit trees against MICE.
A cubic yard of sand or earth weighs
about thirty cwt.; mud twenty-five cwt. ;
mari twenty-six cwt.; clay thirty-one
cwt.; chalk thirty-six cwt.; sandstone
thirty-nine cwt.; shale forty owt.; quartz
forty one cwt.; granite forty-two cwt.
trap forty-two cwt.; slate forty three
cwt.
in small blasts, one pound of powder
will loosen about four and O half tons of
rock. In large blasts, one pound of
powder will loosen two and half TONS
Fifty or sixty pounds of powder inclosed
IN bag and hung against barrier will
demollsh any ordinary structure. One
man can bore with bit one inch in di-
ameter from fifty to sixty inches per
day OF ten hours in granite, or three
hundred to four hundred inches per
day in limestone. Two strikers and a
holder can bore with bit two inches in
diameter ten feet per day i'll rock of me-
dium hardness.
A four-horse team will haul from
twenty-five to thirty-six cubic feet of
limestone at each load.
About two hundred and seventy cubic
feet OF new meadow hay, or from two
hundred and sixteen to two hundred and
forty-three cubic feet of hay from old
stacks, or from two hundred and ninety
seven to three hundred and twenty-four
cubic feet OF dry clover, weigh one ton.
10 compute the number of tons an
ice house will contain, calculate the num-
ber of cubic feet in the house and di.
vide by thirtytive; this gives the num-
Der Of tons if closely packed.
To determine the weight of live cat
tie, measure in inches the girth around
the breast just behind the shoulder
blade, and the length of the back from
the tail to the fore part of the shoulder
blade. Multiply the girth by the length
and divide by one hundred and forty
four. If the girth is less than three
feet, multiply the quotient by eleven. If
between three and five feet, multiply by
sixteen; if between five and seven feet,
by twenty-three, or if between seven and
nine feet, by thirty-one. If the animal
is lean, deduct ne-twentieth of the re-
suit and the answer is the weight in
pounds; this multiplied by O.6O5 gives
the net weight.
To make glue which will resist fire,
mix handful of quick lime in four
ounces of linseed oil and boil to a good
thickness; then spread on tin plates in
the shade. 1t will become exceedingly
hard, but may be easily dissolved over
the fire and used as ordinary glue.
To restore the color of marble man.
tlepiece which has become stained, mix
up quantity of the strongest soap lees
with quicklime to the consistence of
milk, and lay it on the stone for twenty
four hours. Clean afterwards with soap
and water.
Plaster of paris mixed with a saturated
solution OF alum, baked in an oven, pull
verified, and lastly mixed with water, is
an excellent cement for marble.
Slaked lime, placed loosely on a board
inside furnace during the summer, will
take up the moisture and prevent rust,
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