The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-01
Ahoutrhe House.

: ened in their handles by the fol
lowing: 1 pound colophony Job
tanned at druggists); 8 ounces
sulphur; melt and, when cool
powder. Mix one part of the
powder with half part fine sand
or brick dust, fill the handle cavi-
ty, heat the stem of the knife or
fork, and insert
Kerosene oil is good for remOy-
ing rust from cutlery.
/ Saturate spOnges with water and
stand them on plates arouad and
among the window plants. The
object is to supply moisture Ia
neutralize the efforts of any fur
mace or CRATE heat.
| In hanging paper, first pnmiee-
stone the wall and wash with size
made of one ounce of glue to a
gallon of water. See that the
paste has no Jumps and that the
back of the paper is covered, with
it for fully ten minutes before
hanging.
1t is said that lining the walls,
ceiling and windows of a cellar
with four or five thicknesses of old
newspapers, pasted on with strong
size, will prevent roots and other
articles stored therein from freez
ing.
A section of wire cloth, grade
from No. 90 to No. 80, is the best
material to strike matches upon.
Two cords of hard wood are
about equal in heat-giving quail
ties to one ton of bituminous
coal.
Two parts gum camphor, with
one part of crystalized carbolic
acid, the whole rubbed together
with whitening, is an excellent
disinfectant and preservative for
furs. The odor of the acid is
mostly dissipated bv the camphor.
To take ink spots out of ma
hogany, touch with a feather dip
ped in a teaspoonful of water to
which q few drops of spirits of
inter have been added, and rub
quickly with q wet cloth.
To each bowl of starch, before
boiling, add teaspoonful of Ep-
som salts. Articles prepared with
this will be sitter and in meas
ure fireproof
When an iron poker becomes
soft by long usage, it can be hard
ened by heating to q redness and
plunging several times in pail of
cold water.
Ink stains may be removed from
books by wetting the spot with a
solution of Oxalic Ocid, l o., wa
ter J pint.
Hyposulphite of soda is better
than common washing soda for
laundry purposes.
Linen can he glazed by adding a
teaspoonful of salt and one of fine
ly scraped white soap to pound
of starch.
If possible, buy an oil cloth
which has been made for several
years, as the longer it has lain I'M
washed, the better it will bear, the
paint being harder. Never scrub.
Sweep with a soft hair brush, and
wash with a soft cloth dipped in
milk and water. Don't use soap.
Rub dry with handful of rags.
The best bed bug poison is a
globule of mercury of about the
size of a silver five cent piece,
thoroughly mingled with the
white of an egg, the last previous
ly beaten to a froth. Stop all
cracks with putty both of the bed
and of the surbase and floor joints
of the room, and apply the above
mixture with a feather. There is
no necessity of washing the bed
stead for some time. After wash
ing, however, repeat the above de-
scribed operation.
Save the inner white husks for
mattresses. Dry them in clean,
airy place. No need to strip them
fine. Use them whole and they
will answer the purpose better
than straw.
In dealing with furniture, re-
member to keep hot water away
from everything soluble therein,
oil from everything porous, alco-
hol from varnish, and acid from
marble.
Water window plants with tepid
water, and wash the leaves often.
A thick paste of strong gum
arabic, into which plaster of Paris
is stirred, makes an excellent china
cement. Apply with brush and
let the articles stand three days.
Preserve eggs by a quick dip
ping in boiling water, and packing
in fresh salt, small end down.
To japan old tea trays, scrub
clean with soap and water and rot
tenstone, dry, and apply copal var
nish mixed with bronze powder to
the denuded parts. Set in an ov-
en- at about 800 degrees, until dry.
Two coats needed.
Rub the buckwheat cake griddle
with half a turnip, to make the
cakes come of nicely. This is
better than fat.