The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


ems and turkeys, generally thrown aside
as refuse, trim the plumes from the
stump; inclose them in tight bag !;
rub the whole as if washing clothes.
and you will secure a perfectly uniform
and light down, excellent for quilting
coverlets and not a few other purposes.
A GOOD composition, according to the
Country Gentleman, for rendering
boots proof against snow and wet can
be made Of one part mutton tallow and
two parts beeswax, melted together.
OF course it will be more difficult to
make boots thus treated take good
polish, but after few times they will
be as susceptible of brilliant polish as
ever.
The simplest and surest test for oleo-
margarine is to heat the substance in a
small toy frying-pan. Butter will
gradually get brown and smell nicely,
even when beginning to bum black.
Oleomargarne will never get brown, but
will directly, if the heating continues,
change from clear yellow fat to black,
and emit all the while an odor familiar
to those who live near fat factory,
To MEASURE grain on the floor:
Make the pile in the form of pyramid
or cone, and multiply the area of the
base by one third the height. To find
the area of the base, multiply the
square of its diameter by the decimal
1851. Example-A conical pile of
grain is 8 feet in diameter and feet
high, how many bushels does it con-
tain? Solution-The square of 8 is Ga,
and GA times 1854 times 4-3 equals
83.776, the number of cubic feet.
Therefore, 83776 times As equals
81 OF bushels.
HERE is an excellent recipe for stain
ing wood dark mahogany, cherry or
rosewood color: l. Boil half pound
of logwood in three pints of water, ard
add half an ounce of salt of tartar. 2.
Boil half a pound of madden and
quarter pound of fustic in one gallon of
water. 3. Boil one pound of Brazil
wood and one ounce OF washing soda
in one gallon of water; apply, and then
brush over it before dry solution of
two ounces of alum in one quart of
water. With these, wood, if dry, may
be stained in the cold, but the dyeing
will be accomplished far more quickly
and satisfactorily if the liquids are APP
piled hot.
MANY persons complain of always
getting up tired in the morning. This
is very often due to defective ventila-
ton IL the bed clothes and bedding.
Feather-beds are too soft and yielding,
and partially envelop the sleeper, thus
producing prOfuse perspiration. Again,
1t is a common error to suppose that by
simply opening a window at the top
room can be ventilated. People forget
that for proper ventilation there must
be an inlet as well as an outlet, and, if
there is a fire place, it IS generally
tightly closed. Again, it is a mistake
to suppose that foul air goes TO the top;
the chief impurity, the carbonic acid,
falls to the bottom. There is nothing
so efficacious in removing the lower
strata of air as the ordinary fireplace,
especially If there is fire burning.
No WATER that has stood in open YES
sells during the night should be used for
drinking or cooking. BY exposure to
the air it has los it's "eration," and has
absorbed many of the dust-germs float
ing III the apartment. If convenience
requires water to be kept in vessels sew
eral hours before use, it should be Gov
cred unless vessels are tight. Wher-
ever practical, all distributing reservoirs
should be covered, unless the vessels are
tight. Filtering always adds to the
purity of the water. Drinking-water
should not be taken from lakes or rivers
on low level. Surface water, or water
in lake pools or rivers which receive
the surface wash, should be avoided as
much as possible. Do not drink much
water at time. More than two tum-
blerfuls should not be taken at meal.
Do not drink between meals unless to
quench thirst, as excess of water weak
ems the gastric Juice and overworks the
kidneys. Excessive rotations, whether
of water or other fluid, relax the stom-
ach, impair its secretions and paralyze
is movements. By drinking little at
time all injury is avoided.