The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-15
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

Frosted GLASS, useful for screens,
etc., is made by laying the sheets hori-
zontally and covering them with a
strong solution of sulphate Of zinc. The
salt crystallizes on drying.
VARNIsHRs, LIAPD AND FLEXIBLE
Anhydrous alumina stereate, dissolved
In 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 the red-hot iron, and the
latter replaced in the fire.
MAHOGANY STAIEINa.- 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 An excellent subsoil
drain may be made by digging trench
and filling In the bottom with sticks of
wood, COMPRISING them together with
the feet, and then covering them with
the mold 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
oughly mixed by stirring, so that all
the seeds shall be impregnated with it,
is a specific for the terrible ravages of
the cut-worm. Put one quart of tur-
pentine to bushel 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 a 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 a liberal supply
of Swedish tUrnips or rutabagas cut in
slices and literally covered with Indian
meal will lay on fat as fast as it is de-
siTable. 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 food for horses.
Il LINZ AMI 4 OIAoA In L 11ANLSs- IuEy
have many experimental farms, gardens
and orchards in Germany, to which we
are in the habit of looking for new facts
in agriculture and horticulture. An ex-
pert says 1" Divest the soil of all silica
Clint and alkali were useful plants and
beautiful flowers are to be grown, and
not one would attain to perfect develop
ment, simply because silica and potash
are eminently essential to impart stiff
ness to the stems and elasticity and
tenacity to the leaves. When grape
vines, for example, which are growing
in a sandy soil, have access to potash i
abundance, the leaves will appear as
tough as leather, and no mIdew or rust
will ever affect the foliage"
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
mashed potatoes. Add sufficient beaten
eggs to make the whole into a smooth
paste. Season with cayenne, and if
the mixture seems dry, moisten and
enrich it with a little butttr. Make it
into cakes about an inch thick and as
large round as the 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.-A 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-meal 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
pi cher or bowl into a kettle of warm
water, not hot enough to scald, and aim
to maintain the same temperature bv
keeping it on the stove-hearth when It
has been risen to top of pitcher, make
your sponge in a large pan of -four,
with two pints or more of warm water
(part milk is better; then stir the
rising in, first adding a tablespoonful or
more of salt let it rise, then mold into
loaves do not mold SO stiff as Yeast
bread. By closely following these di-
rectlons, l will guarantee good bread.
In summer L have my rising up by 8
o'clock; in cold weather It 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 10 place by sewing cotton wound
round. Then glue dried moss upon a
saucer, into which set the tumbler.
filling 1t and the remaining space in the
saucer with loose earth from the woods.
Plant the former with a variety of ferns.
and the latter with wood violets. On
the edge of the grass also plant some of
the nameless little evergreen vine
which bears red (scarlet) berries. and
whose dark, glossy, ivy-like foliage will
trail over the fresh blue and white of
the viOlets with beautiful effect. An
other good plan is to fill rather deep
plate with some of the nameless but
beautiful silvery and light green and
delicate pink moses, which are met
with IN profusion In all the swamps and
marshes. This can be kept fresh and
beautiful as long as it is not neglected
to water 1T prOfusely once a day. It
1'tEoS u COuioC3 70 pldC6u III IuB bnaOS,
or the moss will blanch and die. In the
center of this a clump of large azure
violets should be placed, adding some
curious lichens and pretty fungus growth
from the barks of forest trees, and a
few cones, shells, and pebbles.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Practical
Farmer says When grass is moved at
an early period in growth much more Ia
Dor will be required to cureitthoroughly
than if the crop were not cut until the
blossoms are beginning to fall to the
ground. Nevertheless, the hay made of
early cut grass will make far better fod-
der, and a given quantity, when fed to
stock, will yield more milk, more wool.
and more flesh, muscle, and fat than the
same area of grass if allowed to become
fully ripe before the crop is moved.
On the contrary, ripe and dry hay with
coarse weeds among 1t, will go farther
in keeping stock alive than hay made of
young and tender grass but the stock
thus kept will depreciate amazingly in
condition, while supplied with such in
ferlOr fodder. If one has a meadow
where there is a large quantity of
coarse grass and only a few feeds, it will