Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-23
USEFUL AND sUeeEsT1yE.

| WATERPROOF GLUE.--Soak in cool
place half pound of glue for one night in
a quart of good milk and boil il the next
day; IL will resist moisture much better
than glue dissolved in water
To STAIN mahogany color wash the
wood to be stained with diluted nitric acid,
ten parts of water TO one of acid. For
rosewood glaze the same with carmine or
| Munich Lake. Asphaltum tliinned with
| turpentine forms an excellent mahogany
color for new work. asf to- Lob.
RAISED CAKE.--Five cups of flour, one
of butter, onehalf cup of yeast, three cups
of milk. Rub the butter into the -four,
add milk and yeast, and set 1t to rise ;
when risen, work in the sugar, add spice
to taste when raised, put in with fork
one cup of Toured raisins. sl i..
SOLDERING WITHOUT HEAT.-Take one.
quarter of an ounce fluoric acid, two
ounces of brass filings, and one ounce of
steel filings. Put the filings into the acid
and apply the solution to the parts to be
soldered, which dress together. Take
care to keep the fluoric acid in an earthern
vessel. .rf
PEAS PIE -CRUsT.-Stewt the split peas as
for dinner. Strain through a colander or
coarse sieve. Then add equal parts good
wheat meal and fine corn meal sufficient
to make soft dough. Knead well for fif-
teen minutes, adding mixed meal enough
to make a moderately stiff dough, then
roll out and use as any other pie-crust. As
it cooks very quickly it is not best to put
in for filling any fruit that requires long
cooking.
MATCH MATS can be made of ordinary
sand paper cut in circular and Octagonal
shapes, fastened upon pastebOard and
bound with bright-cOlored braids, a ring
attached to each and the whole hung near
the match-safe for use whenever a match
is lighted. The unsightly marks that dis
figure many walls may, by this inexpen-
sive and simple arrangement, be entirely
prevented. There should be one in every
room in the house.
A VERY intelligent fruit grower lately
told us that, rejecting that grapes always
seemed to flourish on soils of volcanic
origin, he assumed it was attributable to
the sulphur present and determined to try
that substance as a fertilizer for them,
which he did with very satisfactory results.
Encouraged by this he made mixture of
lime, salt and sulphur, and applied it to
his peach trees with surprisingly good
etfect.-AmericdnF Farmer.
MUCH has been said of the value of the
wonderful Eucalyptus tree, but the medi-
cal value of this tree is as yet but little
known. We have, however, known of
grand results from the use of the leaves of
this tree, by bruising them upon flannel
and then binding them on the parts
affected by rheumatism, or even taking a
mass of the leaves and binding them on.
We have known great benefits result from
this process.-CdlJotnia Farmer
A WOMAN in every sense the best house
keeper ever knew said to me, pointing
to a garden gay with flowers: 9 That is
one of the best helps in housekeeping.
The children take care of the flowers with
only little assistance from me, and we
have fresh bouquet each day for the table,
and am often surprised at the effect they
have upon me when / am weary with
household cares. They are like the oaks
that shelter our dwellings. l run out un-
der them when the sunlight glimmers
through the leaves, when each quivering
twig casts dancing shadows on the grass,
or the fresh breeze stirs through the
branches, and theys are ever an inspira.
ton to right living, and l go on with my
labors refreshed and strengthened. ."-C0r.
N. E. Homestead.