Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11
uOUsEHOLD NOTES.

FURNITURE Po1Isu. Alcohol, - ounces ;
gum shellac ounces linseed-oil, I ounces ;
gum benzoin, ounces; oXalic acid, ounce ;
white resin, ounces. Dissolve the gums
and acid in the alcohol, let it remain - hours
and then add the oil This polish has been
in use in my family for fully fifty years in a
damp climate, and has been found to keep
the furniture in perfect condition.-D. G. Nj.
TO KEEr BEDS FROM HAVING BUGs I see
no end of receipts for cleansing beds, and rs
n hotel-keeper, have, perhaps, paid over $500
for various nostrums My plan Is, during the
next month. March, to have all my beds TAX
en- TO pieces, to scrub all the joints and ends
with water and soap, and then to use any
hard yarnish for the ends Stats &c | know
of no other method as easy or rs thorough.
have used this in Georgia aud Florida where
vermin abound. H. S.
INDEsrRuCTInIE WBITING INK.-An ink
that cannot be erased even with acids is OBJ
tanned by the following process TO good
gall ink, add a strong solution Of fine soluble
prussan blue in distilled water. This addi-
ton makes the ink which was previously
proof against alkalies equally proof against
acids and forms writing fluid which cannot
be erased without destruction to the piper
The ink writes greensh blue, but afterward
turns black Pharmacist.
neither pretty nor pleasant, but there is no
reason why any small boy should be disfgur-
ed with one. unless lac likes il ms an evidence
of his warlike propensites. As soon as he
comes in crying, because Tommy hit him, "
cover the mark with moistened starch, and il
will Immediately disappear.
To STAIN FLooRs A BEAUTIFUL BRowN.-
Get from the paint store can of burnt UNI
Der two and IA half pounds in the can it
comes all ready. Add to this quantity quar-
ter of pound of burnt sienna, which bright
ems the color. Add half teacupful of Japan
driers to each kettle of the paint or can Of
paints. To thin the paint, take gallon of
linseed-oil and spirits of turpentine. half and
half. When put on the floor it should be rs
thin as water Put on with II paint-brush
The day after painting the floor varnish it,
Get two pounds of No. gum-shellac dis
solve this in three pints of alcohol in an iron
or tin vessel closely covered. Stir it well, and
let it remain a night then strain it through
a coarse cloth. 1t will require Mt least gal
lon and half of alcohol to thin this varnish
enough for use. While painting the floor do
not let your brush go to the bottom of the
can or stir your paint; but when near the
bottom of the can, thin it again, and then use
it.
FoR LIGHTER Colon. can of burnt
sienna, and take one ana "A half pounds OF II
to the same quantity of raw sienna. Mix
these together, and add half teacupful of
Japan driers to each can of the paint, and
thin exactly as you do in the brown paint,
and put on in the same way. One plank
painted with this and one with the dark
makes a very pretty floor for parlor or front
hall, but for common passages and stair steps
the dark is preferable.
CoLoRNG EASTER EGGS. Easter eggs may
be colored beautifully and safely by dipping
them in solutions of the analine colors, or for
light red, of which every shade can be pro-
cured, in n detection of madden root for
dark red, in logwood; for blue, in indigo
for brown or purple, first in indigo and then
in logwood or madder; for yellow, in gam
boge for green, first in gamboge and then
in indigo; stripes of different colors may be
made by wrapping rubber bands around parts
of the egg, and coloring the rest; then dry
ing and changing the bands on to the colored
parts, and then coloring the fresh places va
rious devices may be made by using broad
bands cut like stencil plates, or the bands
may be made around the eggs both ways, and
so form checks