The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

tREASE OPOTS ON fAPER.-
spots may be removed from paper by
applying little powdered pipe clay, on
which place sheet OF paper, then use
hot iron. Remove the adhering powder
with piece of mdia.rubber.
ScoRcHED LINEN.-Peel and slice two
onions, extract the juice by pounding
and squeezing; cut up half an ounce OF
fine white soap and add to the juice
two ounces of fuller's earth and a half
pint of vinegar boil all together when
cool spread over the scorched linen and
let it dry on 1t; then wash and boil out
the linen and the spots will disappear,
unless burned 90 badly rs to break the
threads.
WHEN TO Cur TIMBER. and
August are the best months for cutting
timber, that it may he the most durable.
The growth Of the year Is then well-nigh
over. and if the trees are allowed to lie
until the green foliage dries upon them,
the greater portion of the sap is thereby
withdrawn from the wood. and the seas
oning is rapid and perfect. Cut IN md
summer, insects are much less liable TO
attack the wood, which is al important
point with some kinds od timber, like
hickory.
DAMP WALLs.-An exchange says
I" Moisture may be kept from brick
wall by di solving three-quarters OF n
pound of mottled soap In one gallon OF
boiling water and spreading the hot So
luton steadily with large flat brush
over the surface of the brick work, TAX
:. - Il. i,tha, fn,ta 10
to be allowed to dry for twenty-four
hours, when solution formed OF
quarter of pound of alum dissolved in
TWO gallons of water is to be applied in
a similar manner over the coating of
soap. The soap and alum mutually de-
compose each other and form an insolu-
bile varnish which rain is unable to pen
citrate. The operation should be per-
formed in dry, settled weather.
RESTORING FADED Flowers. The
majority of flowers begin to wither after
being kept in water for twenty-four
hours. A few may be revived by giving
them fresh water with pinch of salt
peter in it !; and even quite withered
flowers can be restored by placing them
in Cup of boiling water deep enough to
cover ut least one.third of the stems.
When the water has cooled the flowers
should be bright and erect again. They
may now be inserted in fresh cold water,
after having shortened their stems by
about On inch. Thin-petaled, white
and light -hued flowers, however, Go not
revive so completely under this treat
ment as deep-hued, thick-petaled bios
SONS.
UNrsFLAMNIABLR WooD Prof Ked-
zie, of the Agricultural College of Mich
igan, an expert che&ist, says that a
paint or wash made of skim milk, thor
oughly skinned, and water brine, will
eGder wood upinhammable, and he
proved it by experiment. He says this
paint or whitew ish il durable, very
cheap, impervious to water, of agree
able color, and 50 it will prevent wood
from taking fire, he urges its use, par
ticulatly on roofs, out-buildings, barns,
etc. 1iis can easily be tried, and, if
found to answer. the knowledge will be
very useful. There is many n building,
rs we'll as wooden fixtures near boilers
and fire-places, where the mixture could
be well applied.
A CHEAP PAINr.-For some years,
says Prof. Knapp, we have been looking
for cheap paint that would answer all
the purposes OF our expensive leads and
oils, and one the farmer could use on
fences and cheap outbuildings, one that
would answer both for outside and inside
work also, one that would work well
on rough surfaces. After many expert
men.s with lime and other material, the
following exactly fills the requirements /:
Good cement-the best builders cement
will answer--four parts, iron paint one
part, salt one-tentli, mix well, thin with
skim milk and apply with whitewash
brush. Convenience of spreading must
determine the thickness of it. 1t pene-
trates the pores, and, when dry, adheres
firmly TO the wood. 1t does not rub. nor
wash, and performs all the Offices of n
hrst-class paint at opc-twentieth OF the
cost for material. Few things add more
10 the neatness OF farm than we'll con-
structed and painted outbuildings. We
commend this mixture to those DESTROYS
of good paint.