The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-20
Useful Recipes for the Shop, the House,
hold and the Farm.

Frosted glass, useful Tor screens, etc., IS ma0e
| by laying the sheets horizontally and covering
! them with strong solution Of sulphate Of zinc.
| The salt crystalllzes on drying.
! teaspoonful of powdered borax dissolved in
a quart of tepid wafer is good for cleaning old
black dresses OF silk, cashmere or alpaca.
Butter will remove tar spots. Soap and water
will afterwards take out the grease stain.
Black shoes may be bronzed by q strong solu-
ton Of aniline red in alcohol.
Four parts boraX and three parts EPSON
salts mixed with three or four parts warm " alter
to one part of the combined substances is said
to form an excellent fireproof wash for clothes.
1t should be used Immediately after preparation.
Flaxseed and tallow are used in Germany as
stuffing for cushions. One part of talow to ten
parts of tiaxseed are employed, the mobility of
the creased seed rendering the cushion very soft
and pliable.
Gold bronze for furniture is mixture of
copal varnish mixed with gold-colored bronze
powder. The LAST is bi-sulphate of tin.
The total number OF strings IN piano, when
properly stretched to produce the right tones,
exert pull of over ten tons this explains why
good pianos must be durably and heavily built.
To prevent moths in carpets, wash the floor
before laying them with spirits OF turpentine or
benZine.
Straw mating should be washed with cloth
dampened in salt water Indian meal sprnkled
over it and thoi orghly swept out will also cleanse
it finely.
In washing windows, narrow laded wooden
knife, sharply pointed, will take out the dust that
will polish the glass, which should first be washed
with weak black tea mixed with a little alcohol.
Save the tea leaves for the purpose.
Gray marble hearths can be rubbed with
llnseed OIL and no spots will show.
Sprlss OF wintergreen or ground ivy will drive
away red ants; branches Of NORWOOD will serve
the same purpose for black ans.
Papering and painting are best done in cold
weather, especially the latter, for the wood
absorbs the oil of paint much more than in warm
weather; while in cold weather the oil hardens
On the outside, making coat which will protect
the wood instead OF soaking into it.
Never paper a wall over old paper and paste.
Always scrape down thoroughly. Old paper can
De got Oft by damping with saleratus and water.
Then go over all the cracks of the wall with
plaster OF Paris, and finally put on wash of 3
made out of rye flour, with two ounces of glue
dissolved in each quart of paste; half an ounce of
powdered borax improves the mixture.
An oaken color can be given to new pine floors
md tables by washing them in solution of COD
'eras dissolved in strong lye pound of the
ormer to gallon of the latter. When dry, this
hould be oiled, and it will look well for year or
wo; then renew the oiIng.
kerose1e and powdered lime, whiting or wood
shes VIII scour tins with the least labor
spots can be taken ont of marble with finely
oWdered pumlcestone mixed with veriuice.
over the spots and allow the stuff to remain for
we've hours; then rub clean, dry, and rinse
Soapstone hearhs are first washed in pure
ater, and then rubbed with powdered marble
soapstone, put on with piece of the same stone.
A strong solution Of hyposulphite of soda is
ma to be excellent for clean ming silver
Two ounces OF common tobacco boiled in a
allon OF water is used by the Chatham street
callers Tor renovating old clothes The stuff ia
lbbed ON with stiff brush The goods are
cely cleaned, and, strange to add, no tobacco
neil remains.
Never use wrought iron instead of steel SIM
y because 1t Is more easily worked and cheaper
ian the latter nor brass instead of gun metal
heavy machinery --0'"A
Sheliac is the best cement for let a,4;cles
n1,okln$ the joint renders it black to match.
barrels intended for alcohol NAV be rendered
'lIectly tight by applying inside solution eff nr,
'und leather scraps and 1 or. oxalic acid in q -
arm water. "A'n poonoS
A solution of chloride of iron will remove
rate OF silver stains from the hands.
y nsiaked lime Is excellent for cleaning email
Get articles, such as iewelry, buckles, and the
ulass may be powdered to render It suitah,a
siass paper for tiltering varn1shes. etc hv
water. PAunSlhS IL
10 remove old paint, cover with wash Of tbree
l I QUICK stone llme slaked in water. to which
pars pearlash is added. Allow the coating t.
naln lor sixteen hours, when the paint NAV ne