The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
Useful Recipes for tine shop, Gla
Household and the Farm.

fermentation.
Glycerine added to paper stock in
creases the fexibility Of the paper.
To cut India rubber, dip the knife
blade in a solution Of caustlc potash.
A wall of soft burned bricks built up
within a cistern makes an excellent filter.
Frosted feet may be relieved of sore
ness by bathing in weak solution OF
alum.
Anhydrous phosphoric acid is the most
perfect known substance for drying
gases.
Never allow drinking water to be
drawn from cistern supplying water
closet.
After taking up a carpet sprinkle the
floor with very diluted carbolic acid be-
fore sweeping.
To cure scratches on horses, wash the
legs with warm strong soap suds and then
with beef brine.
To remove paint splashed upon win
dow panes, use a hot solution Of soda
and soft flannel.
Adulteration of soap by starch is shown
by dissolYing the soap in alcohol, which
leaves starch behind.
Never store any articles Of food or
drink in old petroleum-b They
are poisonous, even after being cleaned.
A mixture of 358 parts phosphate of
soda and 124 parts boracic acid is men
toned as another good copper-welding
compound.
Copper and brass articles may be coat
ed with zinc, by dipping them into
boiling concentrated solution Of sal am
moniac containing finely divided zinc.
To bleach sponge, wash first in weak
muriatic acid then in cold water; soak
in weak sulphuric acid, wash i'll water
again, and finally rinse in roae-water.
In drilling wrought iron, use one pound
Of soft soap mixed with gallon of boil
ing water. This is a cheap lubricator,
and insures clear cutting by the drill.
A solution of chloride of lime, in water
to which a little acetic acid has been
added, is among the many receipts rec
commended to remove ink-stains from lin
en-.
Platinum bronze, said to be Ientirely
unoxidizable and especially adapted to
the manufacture of cooking utensils, is
made of nickel 100 parts tin 10; pla-
tinum |.
Water containing lime compounds-
very common in country wells-may be
rendered fit for use, for many purposes
in the arts, by the addition Of a little
chloride of ammonium.
Extend pipes from water-closet traps
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into the nearest chimneys. The pesti-
lent gases will thus be carried off instead
of being allowed to escape into the house.
Dry furnace heat, productive of throat
and lung diseases, may be moistened by
hanging wet towel in front of the reg
lister, the lower edge of the towel being
allowed to dip in a shallow vessel of wa
ter.
Pure glycerine may be tested as fol-
lows: When treated slowly with sulphu-
ric acid, it should not turn brown with
nitric acid and nitrate of silver, it should
not become cloudy and when rubbed
between the fingers it does not emit
fatty smell.
Soluble glass can be made of pure sand
fifteen parts, charcoal one part, and pu-
ritied potash ten parts. Mix and heat in
a fre-proof melting pot for five hours, or
until the whole fuses uniformly. Take |
out the melted mass, and when cold, |
powder it and dissolve it in boiling wa
ter.
Mounting fluid for microscopic objects /
Is made of gelatin, one ounce: honey, /
five ounces distilled water, five ounces |
reetified spirit, one-half ounce, and creo-
sote, six drops. Filter through the fine
flannel. Heat the honey before adding
TO the gelatin, which last must be dis
solved in the boiling water When cool.
add the creosote.
To make artificial veneer, soak the
wood for twenty-four hours and boil for
half an hour in a ten per cent solution
of caustic soda. Then wash out the
alkali, when the wood will be elastic.
leather-like, and ready to absorb the de
sired color. After immersion in the color
bath. dry between sheets of paper under
sufficient pressure to preserve the shape.
Copies of signatures, which NAV be
printed from on a copperplaie press, can
be made by writing the words and then
sprinkle the wet ink with very finely pull
verified gum arabic. Make rim of dough.
putty, or similar material, about the writ
ing, and pour in melted fusible ALLOW of
five parts bismuth, three lead, and two
TIN. This alloy melts at 1899 Fahren-
hiet.
Marble can be stained different colors
by the following substances Blue, solu-
tlen OF htmus; green, wax colored with
verdlgrs; yellow, tincture of gamboge
or turmerlc; red, tincture of alkanet or
dragons blood; crimson, alkanet of tur-
pentlne; flesh, wax tinged with turpen-
tine; brown, tincture of logwood cold
equal parts of verdigris, sal ammoniac, |
and sulphate of zinc in fine powder.
To make pocket mucilage boil one
pound of the best white glue and strain
very clear; boil also four ounces OF isinglass.
and mix the two together; place them in
a water bath (glue kettle) with half a
pound of white sugar, and evaporate till
the liquid is quite thick, when it is poured
into moulds, dried, and cut into pieces of
size. This Immediately dis
solves in water and fastens paper very
firmly.
The main objection most people have ]
10 sending communications on postal cards
IS that the writing is, of course, open to
general persual. A good way ofavoiding !
his difficulty is TO use sympathetic ink.
A solution of ten grains hyposulphite of
joda in sixteen teaspoonsful water is the !
simplest fluid for the purpose. Use a c
perfectly clean pen, and after writing go T
'ver the letters with smooth paper 3
utter to remove all traces of the salt.
Exposure to the heat of bright coal fire 3 3
urns the writing black. d