The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-25
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

by plunging the fabric into solution
containing 20 per cent. of soap and
afterward into another solution contain
ing the same percentage of snlphate OF
copper. Wash, and the operation is
finished
A SIMPLE MODE of keeping butter IN
warm weather is to set over the dish
containing it a large fower-pot or I'M
glazed earthenwaTe crock, inverted.
Wrap a wet cloth around the covering
vessel, and place the whole where there
is a draft of air.
WHEN it is not convenient to take
lock apart to fit a new key, the key
blank should be smoked over a candle,
inserted in the key-hole, and pressed
firmly against the opposing wards of the
| lock. The indentatiOns in the smoked
portion made by the wards will show
where to file.
To extract rust from steel immense
| the article to be cleaned in a solution of
half ounce cyanide of potassium to
wine glassful Of water until the dirt and
rust disappear. Then clean by means
of toothbrush with a paste composed
| OF cyanide of potassium, CASTLE soap,
whitening and water.
THE best pine wood evaporates five
pounds of water per pound wood con-
! sumed in a steam boiler furnace. One
cord of wood can be consumed per hour
on sixty square feet of CRATE. One
pound carbon burnt to carbonic acid
requires the oxygen of 153 cubic feet OF
atmospheric air.
Mr.. JAMES HINTON, in his "Physiol-
ogY," affirms that the passages OF the
ear does not require cleaning by MS.
Nature understands that task, and In
the healthy state fulfilIs it perfectly.
! Her means for cleansing the ear is the
wax, which dries up into thin scales,
| and peels off and falls away imperceptl
bly,. In health the passage of the ear
is never dirty, but an attempt to clean
it will infallibly make it so. Washing
the ear out with soap and water IS bad );
it keeps the wax moist when it ought to
become dry and scaly, and makes 1t
absorb dust. But the most hurtful
thing is the introduction of the corner
of a towel screwed up, and twisted
around. This proceeding irritates the
passage and presses down the wax and
flakes of skin upon the membrane of the
tympanum, producing pain, and milan
nation and deafness. Washing should
only extend to the outer surface, as far
as the finger can reach.
"CUTrING A DIDO. This phrase is
older than most people imagine. DO
: you call to mind the story of Dido,
; princess of Tyre? Her husband, Arce-
? bas, priest of Hercules, was murdered
= for his wealth by King Pygmalior,
2 brother to Dido. The widowed princess
/ succeeded so well in hiding her sorrow
that she was enabled to escape from
e Tyre, bearing with her the wealth o.
J. her husband, and accompanied by {
:. number of disaffected mobiles. After
E variety of adventures they landed uPOI
i the coast of Africa, where Dido bar
II gained with the natives for as mucl
- land as she could inclose in a bull
L hide. Selecting a large, tough hide
II she caused it to be cut in the smalles
s possible threads, with which she IN
n closed a large tract of country, on WhIcl
It the city of Carthage began to rise. Th
v natives were bound by the letter of thel
ie bargain, and allowed the cunning quee
.e to have her way; and after that, whe
l. any one had played a sharp trick, the
said he had SO cut a Dido" That wa
le almost three thousand years ago, an
t the saying has come down to our day.
A FRENCH journal says that, of tn
w score of freprOOf conpO itiOns tha
at have been brought forward within 8
'e many years past. there is scarcely on
- that possesses superior or even equi
/ adaptation to the purpose as the follow
ing: Dissolve in cold water, as niue
pearlash as it is capable of holding
e solution, and wash or daub with 1t a
IT, the boards, wainscOting, timber, etc
nc then, dilUting the same liquid with
lg little water, add to it such portion
rs fine yellow clay as Will make the MI
70 ture of the consistence of cOmmo
q paint. and Ihen stir In a small quantlt
! I OF 70
bine both the other substances. CIV
three coats Of this mixture, and, wine
siF dry, apply the following composition
IS Put into a pot equal quantities of fine
Isl puiYerized iron filing, brickdust al
ashes, pour over them size or gil
IN water, and set the whole near a FIR
and, when warm, stir them well t
gether. With this liquid cOmpOsitiO
or size, give one coat, and, on its &c
CT. ting dry, give 6 second coat. 1t resls
on fire for five hours, and prevents Il
is. wood from ever bursting into flames
it's that is, it so resist the rayages OF u
re- as, at most, only to be reduced to Goa
lin or embers, without spreading the co
,m hagration by additional flames. 1t
mt found that q quantity equal to TWEEN
Ter pounds of finely sifted clay, poul
ID and a half of flour for making the past
an and one pound of pearlash is sufficie
ew to prepare a square rood OF de
ain boards.
is PAINTING OF FLOORs.-HaVlng hi
ice some experience with both oiled al
Up painted floors. I unhesitatingly recOl
Die mend the former. If some uuifOr
f a dark tint is wanted, like black walnU
OF mix burnt lumber with boiled linse'
is, oil, and rub it in thoroughly with
Did wooden cloth. The umber can be bong
90. in boxes, containing a pound and u
lc- ward, already ground in oil, which
m most convenient, as that sold in a d
ct. state is apt to be coarse and roug
nat The depth of tint is varied by usll
not more or less of the color, while the to
nd may be warmed, if desired, by addll
TO burnt sienna. If an imitation OF t
led handsome ash and walnut floors Is pl
d f rred, rub every alternate board WI
to pure Hnseed oil, and use paint-bru
my to apply the dark staining, taking ca
not to have enough in the brush
spread on the part intended to be hgl
g Leave the floor for day or two to Oh
ris, though the only harm done by using
One Immediately is that the oil is liable
ne, be tracked over the other parts OF t
ven house. The great advantage an
Tres floor possesses over painted one
ity, that when marked or scratched So