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

To preserve soap grease, fill casls
half full OF good strong I've and drop
all refuse grease therein. Stir up
the mixture once week.
The best tattcning material for
chickens is said to be Indian meal
and milk.
A remedy for catcrplllars, which
is used on Il large scale in France,
consists III solution (l part in 500
OF sulphide of potassium, sprinkled
on the tree by means of 4 hand svr-
inge.
The best and most durable msula-
ton for electric wires Is to tin them
and cover with pure rubber.
Javelle water, used for turning
white the dirtiest linen and remov-
ing stains, is composed of bicarbo-
nate of soda, 4 lbs, chloride OF lime,
| III. Put the soda into kettle ov-
or 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 a 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 us is furnished
by the best specimens of wood. The
corn crop of this country will supply
Is, 100000 lbs of cobs, from
which 100000 lbs OF potash
might be made.
The way they boil rice in India is
as follows: Into a saucepan put 2
quarts Of water; when boiling. throw
in a tablespoonful of salt, and then
put i'll 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-cobs for kindlinys,
especially if wood Is not going to be
plentiful. TO prepare them, melt to-
gether go parts resin and 40 parts
tar. Dip III the cobs and dry ON
sheet metal heated to about the tenn
peraturc OF boiling water.
Equal weights of acetate of lime
and of chloride Of calcium, dissolved
III twice their weight of hot water, Is
tire-prooi 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 i'll skinned milk not rub
bing, but simply squeezing it. Wien
it seems clean, take it out and put
it into a 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 enamcled cloth
| plain, not marbled). Five-eights of
a yard will make screen tor
the wash stand, and q long narrow
screen for the wall in the neighbor-
hood Of the s!op,iar. 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
redness, reduces the swelling, and re-
lieves the torment and agony.
When color on fabric has been
destroyed by acid, apply ammonia to
neutralize the acid, after which chlor-
otorm will, in almost all cases, 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
tor them.
An innocent method of destroying
cockroaches is to place Il bowl or ba-
sin containing little molasses on
the floor at 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
thousands.
DREs SEQ PoULTKY.-A leading
commission 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
ing,to secure empty crops, etc, there
by avoiding the necessity of draw
ing; kill by bleeding in the neck, or