Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-22

by hydrolic acid or hot solution Of
oxalic acid. Wash well in warm
water atterward.
TO fasten emery to leather, boil
glue very thin, add little milk,
raise the pile of the leather, and put
on the glue with the brush. Then
sprinkle on the emery and let it
cool.
TO preserve soap grease, fill cask
half full OF good strong I've and drop
all refuse grease therein. Stir up
the mixture once week.
The best tattening material for
chickens is said to be Indian meal
and milk.
A remedy for catcrpillarS, which
is used on large scale in France,
consists III solution Il part in SOY
of sulphide OF potassium, sprinklcd
on the tree by means of a hand syr-
inge.
The best and most durable msuIa-
ton for electric wires Is to tin them
and cover with pure rubber.
Javelle water, used for turning
white the dirtiest linen and rcmov-
ing stains, is composed OF bicarbo-
nate of soda, lbs, chloride OF lime,
fb. Put the soda into kettle ov-
CT the fire. .dd gallon of boiling
water, let it boil from ten to fifteen
minutes, then stir in the chloride of
lime, avoiding Jumps. Use when
cool. This is good FIR removing
fruit stains from white underwear.
Bicarbonatc of soda dissolved in
water, used AS lotion, will prevent
prickly heat.
The average yield of corn cobS is
1862 parts of carbonate of potash in
1000 parts Of the cobs, which is
nearly twice as much as is furnished
by the best specimens of wood. The
corn crop of this country will supply
l5,4OO,oOO,Ooo lbs of cobs, from
which l15,5O0,OOO lbs of potash
might bc maze.
The way they boil rice in India is
as follows: Into saucepan put 9
quarts of water; when boiling. throw
in Il tablespoonful of salt, and then
put in one pint of rice, previously
well washed in cold water. Let it
boil twenty minutes, throw out into
u colander, drain and put back in the
saucepan, VIII ch should be stood near
the fire for several minutes
Save the corn-cohs for kindlings,
especially if wood Is not going to be
plentiful. To prepare them, melt to-
gether 60 parts resin and 40 parts
tar. Dip IN the cobs ana dry on
sheet metal heated to about the tenn
perature Of boiling water.
Equal weights of acetate Of lime
and of chloride of calcium, dissolved
in twice their weight of hot water. Is
a tire-proot mixture for fabrics.
The ammoniacal solution of oxide
of nickel will dissolve silk: that of
copper dissolves cotton also.
a neat way to clean black lace is
to wash it III skinned milk not rub
bing, but simply squeezing it. Wien
it seems clean, take it out and put
it into little clean milk, and then
put it out directly on sheets of stout
paper. Touch it here and there with
the fingers to draw out the scollops
and edges, lay sheets of paper over
the lace, and heavy weight over
all till dry.
Wall-screens for wash stands may
be made of white enameled cloth
(plain, not marbled). Five-eights of
yard will make a screen tor
the wash stand, and long narrow
screen for the wall in the neighbour
hood of the slopjar. The screen
should be cut with rounded corners
and scolloped on the upper edge and
sides, and the edge pinked.
For rheumatism: -Four ounces of
saltpeter in one pint of alcohol; shake
well and battle parts affected; wet
ting flannel with it, lay it on. 1t
does not cure, but takes away the
redncss, reduces the swelling, and re-
lieves the torment and agony.
When color on a fabric has been
destroyed by acid, apply ammonia to
neutralize the acid, after which chlor-
otorm will, in almost all eases, re-
store the original color.
To drive away mice, put spcarmint
herb in places infested by them.
To drive rats, put chloride of lime
about their holes. Itburns their hair
and feet, and it is quit" unpleasant
for them.
An innocent method of destroying
cockroaches is to place a bowl or ba-
sin containing little molasscs on
the floor ut night and the other on
the edge Of the vessel, serves as
bridge to conduct the insect to the
sweet deposit. Once in the trap, its
slippery sides prevent retreat, and
thus cockroaches may be caught by
DEEs SEQ PoULTRy.-A leading
merchant of Chicago
gives the following instructions for
preparing poultry for that market:
To prepare for Chicago market
starve for "a or SO hours before kill