The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-02-27

! sometimes fancy that were King
or the princely knights of the Golden Ring
| with the song Of the minstrel In my ear,
And the tender legend that trembles here,
| I'd give the best on his Blended knee,
Aye, the whitest soul of my chivalry,
For-Li TILE GIfFEN, OF TENNESSEE!
|
Useful Recipes for the shop, the House.
hold and the Farm.
Frosted glass, useful for screens,
ETC., is made by laying the sheets
horizontally and covering them with
strong solution of sulphato of zinc
The salt crystalizes on drying.
A teaspoonful of powdered borax
dissolved in quart of tcpid water
is good for cleaning old black dresses
of silk, cashmere or alpaca.
Butter will remove tar spots
Soap and water will afterwards take
out the grease stain.
Black shoes may be bronzed by n
strong solution Of analine rcd 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 i'm
mediately after preparation.
Flaxseed and talow is used in
Germany as u stufiing for cushions
One part of tallow to ten parts of
faxsced are employed, the mobility
of the CREASED sced rendering the
cushion very soft and -pliaDle.
Gold bronze tor furniture is n
mixture of coDal varnish mixed
with gold, colored bronze powder.
The last is bi-suIphate Of tin.
The total number Of strings in n
piano, when properly stretched to
produce the right tones, exert 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
spirits of turpentine or benzine,
Straw mating should be washed
with cloth dampened in salt water.
Indian neal swept over 1t and tho
roughly swept out will also cleanse
it finely.
In washing windows, q narrow
bladed wooden knife, sharply point
ed, will take out the dust that
hardens in the corners of the sash.
Dry whiting will polish the glass,
which should first be washed with
weak black tea mixed with lutte
alcohol. Save the tea leaves for the
purpose.
Gray marble hearths can be
rubbed with linseed oil, and no spots
will show.
Sprigs of wintergreen or ground
ivy will drive away red ants !;
branches of NORWOOD 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
coat which will protect the wood
instead of soaking into it.
Never paper wall over old paper
and paste. Always scrape down
thoroughly. Old paper can be got
off by damping with saleratus and
water. Then 90 over all of the
cracks in the wall with plaster of
Paris, and finally put on a wash Of
u weak solution of carboic acid.
The best paste is made out of rye
-four, with two ounces of glue dis
solved in each quart of paste half
an ounce of powdered borax i'm
proves the mixture.
An oaken color can be given to
new pine floors and tables by wa; h.
ing them in solution of copperas
dissolved III strong lye, IL pound of
the former to gallon of the latter.
When dry. this should be oiled, and
it will look well for year or two;
then renew the oiing
Kerosene and powdered lime,
whiting. or wood ashes will scour
tins with the least labor
Spots can be taken out of marble
with finely powdered pumiccstonc
mixed with verjuice. Cover the
spots aud allow the stuff to remain
for twelve hours then rub clean,
dry and rinse
Soapstone hcarths are first washed
in pure water, and then rubbed with
powdered marble and soapstone, put
on with a piece OF the same stone
A strong solution Of hyposu. phite
of soda is said to be excellent for
silver
Two ounces of common tobacco
boiled in gallon of water is used
by the Chatham street dealers for
old clothes The stuff
is put ON with stiff brush. The
goods are nicely cleaned. and,
strange TO add, no tobacco smell
remains.
Never use wrought iron instead
of steel simply because it is more
easily worked and cheaper than the
latter; nor bass instead of gun
metal in heavy machinery.
Shelac is the best cement for jet
articles. Smoking the joint renders
it black TO match.
Barrels Intended for alcohol can