The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-04
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If SUONe polish 10 HiiScu Win very
strong soapsuds, the luster appears i'm
mcdiately, and the dust of the polish
does not fly around as it usually does.
WHEN you buy new lamp chimney
put it in vessel of cold water, set it on
a stove and let it boil. You can never
break that chimney unless you throw
a fat-iron at it.
STORE hogs can be wintered thriftily
on finely cut clover hay, corn fodder,
and potatoes, if these articles are steamed
or scalded with hot water and a little
bran or meal sprinkled on. The fodder
will be greedily eaten if prepared in this
way.
A TABLESPOONFUL of black pepper
put in the first water in which gray and
buff linens are washed will keep them
from spotting. 1t will also keep the
colors of colored or black cambrics or
muslin from running, and does not
harden the water. A little gum arabic
imparts gloss to common starch.
CHARMING posts will not make them
more durable to any considerable extent.
The outside charcoal thus formed will
not decay, but there is no strength in it,
and it is only at the surface. Being
porous it allows the water to pass through
It into the central, uncharred wood and
cause its decay. Soaking the lower ends
of dry posts in kettle of hot tar is far
better.
A HUsBANDMAN says: AS the leaves
fall they are swept by the winds into
heaps against the fences, in the bitches
or depressions, where they may be gath
cred up with very little trouble. Two
men will gather wagOn-load in few
minutes. They are convenient for many
purposes, besides making one of the best
Ingredients in any compost. They make
an excellent material to bank up the
cellars with, to put around tender
shrubs and plants, to place between the
rows of strawberry plants-nOt on the
plants-and to cover the garden ground
with"
THERE are several kinds of India-rnb-
Der cement. The best known is "marine
glue" A cheaper cement and one that
is highly recommended is made by cut
ting quantity of pure India-rubber, in
its natural state, into small pieces, put
ting them in wide-mouthed bottle and
filling it about half full of the purest
benzine; the rubber will swell up almost
Immediately, and if we'll shaken will, in
few days, assume the consistency of
honey. If the rubber does not dissolve
add more benzine. If when dissolved,
the cement is too thin, add more gum.
A piece of rubber one inch in diameter
will make pint of cement. This dries
in few minutes and is very useful in
uniting pieces of leather, as it is both
elastic and durable.
A New FERTrLIzER.-The Scientific
american describes strange fertilizer.
At Stratford, Conn.,, where mosquitoes
are as thick as fog, lives an ingenious
Yankee, so they say--believe it who may
who puts the insects to profitable uses.
He has invented large revolving scoop
net covered with lace, which is put in
motion by a windmill, water.power, or
steam. The upper half moves through
the atmosphere, and at each rotation
draws an immense number of the
"squitoes" down into the water, where
they drown and sink to the bottom.
Every revolution of the net draws in an
ounce of mosquitoes, or ton for 30, 900
turns of the machine. The mosquitoes
thus collected make splendid manure
for the land, worth forty-five dollars a
ton, not bad thing to try in skecter
season.