The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

10 stick leather, paper, or wood 70 metal
TO gill Of glue dissolved in water add table.
spoonful OF glycerine.
Black lead we'll mixed with white of egg il
q good stove backing. Lay on with paint
brush, and when dry polish with nard
brush.
The best treatment for slight burns is to
apply cotton batting soaked with q IMMINENT
made of equal parts OF linseed oil and lime
water. Be careful not to break the blisters,
should any form.
The finest quality of indigo has the least
specific gravity, and floats upon water. II
may also be tested by its not readily leaving a
mark on drawing il across piece OF paper,
and also by the clear blue which it imparts to
water when dissolved.
To prevent the skin discoloring after q
bruise take little dry starch or nrrowroot,
merely moisten it with cold water, and place
1T on the injured part. This is best done i'm
medately SO as to prevent the action of the
air upon the skin. Invaluable for black eyes.
To prevent fat irons from rusting, melt
,one-quart OF an ounce camphor and half q
pound of fresh hogs lard over q slow fire,
take off the scum, and mix % much black
lead with the composition as will bring it to
acles for which it is intended. Let it lie for
twenty-four hours, and then rub it well with
q dry linen cloth. Or smear the irons over
with melted suet, and dust thereon some
pounded unslaked lime from q muslin bag
Cover the irons with baizs in dry place when
not in use.
A farmer correspondent sends US an excel
lent wrinkle for finding the weight of horses
OR steers without scales. He says: Make
weighing stall about three fe-t wide with
level floor. In the latter make recess Tor
the platform of the scales SO that the platform
will be flush with the panking. Now lead
your horse or steer into the stall so that the
fOrefeet OF the animal rest on the platform
and note the weight Start him ahead until
his hind feet are on the platform; note the
weight again. Add the two weights thus
taken, and the sum will be the total weight Of
the animal"
Excellent toy balloons can be made out OF
turkeys crops in the following manner: free
the crop from the thick coating of fat, turn
the inside out and cleanse. Soak in water for
two days, and then, with blunt knife, scrape
off the internal coajing. Wash the crop we'll,
and dry. Turn it tight side out again, and
make au incision through the external coats,
carefully avoiding cutting the lining mem
brane. Draw the coats At one side over one
neck OF the crop, aud tie the latter nrmiy
VITA silk. Proceed at the o her neck in the
same way. Distend the bag thus formed with
air, AID haug it up to dry. A light coat of
varnish may be aided at erwards. Thus pre-
pared an ordinary crop will hold gallon Of
gas and will weigh only 30 grains, which is
considerably less than the weight of b!ad-
der Of similar capacity.
When teaspoonful of any medicine is pre-
scribed by physician, it should be borne in
mind that the quantity meant is equal in
volume to As drops OF pure water at ~ deg.
Fab. 1t is a good plan to measure of this
amount in water in a small wineglass. aud
mark on the latter the exact hight of the fluid.
This will give an accurate and convenient
standard for future use Teaspoons vary so
much in size that there is a very wide margin
of difference in their conta ming capacity. II
is well to remember, also, that four teaspoon
fuls equal one tablespoonful, or half fluid
ounce. A wineglassful means four table.
spoonfuls, or two fluid ounces; and q teacup-
sul, as directed by cookery books, indicates
four fluid ounces or one gill.
A good dentifrice, largely sold and adver.
tised, is made of MALT drachm white CASTLE
soap, dissolved ia an ounce of alcohol, three
quarters of an ounce of wa er and q quarter OF
an ounce of glycerine. This is colored with
cochineal and favored with peppermint, win
tergreen and Glove oils. The powder which
accompanies each bottle is mixture of pre-
cipitated chalk, powdered orris root, and car
bOnale of magnesia.