The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-25
USEFUL RECIPES.

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" and covering them with strong |
solution of sulphate of zinc. The salt |
crystaIlizes on drying.
A teaspoonful of powdered borax
dissolved in a quart of tepid water is
good for cleaning old black dresses OF
silk, cashmere, or alpaca.
Butter viii remove tar spots. Soap
and water viii afterwards take out the
grease stain.
Black shoes may be bronzed by a
strong solution of anilin red in alcohol.
Four parts borax and three parts
EPSON salts, mixed with three or four
parts warm water to one part of the
combined substances, is said to form an
excellent freproof wash for clothes. 1t
should be used Immediately after prep
aration.
Flaxseed and tallow are used in Ger
many as a stufing for cushions. One
part of tallow to ten parts of faxseed
are employed, the mobility of the
creased seed rendering the cushion very
soft and piiable.
Gold bronze for furniture is a mix
ture of copal varnish mixed with gold
colored bronze powder. The last is
bisulphate of tin.
The total number of strings in
piano, when properly stretched to pro-
duce the right tones, exert a 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 spir-
its of turpentine or benzine.
Straw mating should be washed
with cloth dampened with salt water.
Indian meal sprinkled over it and thor
oughly swept out viii also cleanse it
finely.
In washing windows, narrow-bladed
wooden knife, sharply pointed, viii
take out the dust that hardens in the
corners of the sash. Dry whiting viii
polish the gla S, which should first, be
washed with weak black tea mixed with
little alcohol. Save the tea leaves
for the purpose.
Gray marble hearths can be rubbed
with hnseed oil, and no spots will show.
Sprigs of wintergreen or ground ivy
will drive away red ants; punches of
wormwood will serve the same purpose
for black ants.
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 a coat which
will protect the wood instead of soak
ing into it.
Never paper a wall over old paper and
paste. Always scrape down thoroughly.
Old paper can be got off by damping
with salaratus and water. Then go
over all the cracks of the wall with
plaster of Paris, and finally put on
wash of a weak solution of carbolic
acid. The best paste is made out of
rye -four, 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 and tables by washing them
in a solution of copperas dissolved in
strong lye, a pound of the former to
gallon of the latter. When dry, this
should be oiled, and it will look we'll
for year or two then renew the oiling.
Kerosene and powdered lime, whiting
or wood ashes will scour tins with the
least labor.
Spots can be taken ont of marble
with finely powdered pumicestone mixed
with verjuice. Cover the spots and al
! low the stuff to remain for twelve hours;
then rub clean, dry, and rinse.
Soapstone hearths are first washed in
pure water and then rubbed with pow
dered marble or soapstOne, put on with
a piece of the same stone.
A strc3g solution of hyposulphite of
soda is said to be excellent for cleaning
silver.
Never use wrought iron instead of
steel simply because it is more easily
worked and cheaper than the latter; nor
brass instead of gun metal in heavy
machinery.
Two ounces of common tobacco boiled
in a gallon of water is u ed by the
Chatham street dealers for renovating
old clothes. The stuff is rubbed on
with stiff brush. The goods are nice
" cleaned, and, strange to add, no to-
bacco smell remains.
Shellac is the best cement for jet
articles. Smoking the joint renders it
black to match.
Barrels intended for alcohol may be
rendered perfectly tight by applying
inside solution of one pound leather
scraps and one ounce oxslic acid IN two
poands water, afterwards diluted with
three pounds warm water.
A solution of chloride of iron will
remove nitrate of silver stains from the
| hands.
Unslakened lime is excellent for clean
ing small steel articles, such as iewelry,
buckles, and the like.
Glass may be powdered to render it
suitable for glass paper, for 6lteriDg
varnishes, etc., by heating it red hot
and then suddenly plunging it in water.
To remove old paint, cover with q
wash of three parts quickstone lime,
slaked with water to which one part
pearlash is added. Allow the coating
TO remain Is hours, when the paint may
be easily scraped OF.
A Brilliant Assemblage.