Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-29
USEFUL HINTS,

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may be freed from all offensive odor by
shaking it up well with quicklime-
about three ounces to the gallon.
To MAKE cisterns and tanks water
proof, paint thickly on the inside with
a mixture composed Of eight parts OF
melted glue, four parts of linseed oil,
boiled with litharge. In forty-eight
hours after application it will have hard
ened SO that the cistern Or tank can be
filed with water.
To REMOVE pitting and old pock-marks,
simple oil, pomade or ointment, medi-
Gated with croton-oil, and of strength
just sufficient to raise very slight pus-
tular eruption, is probably the safest
and most effective of all the preparations
that are employed for the purpose. It
should be applied at intervals extending
over several weeks.
To RESTORE whiteness to ivory handled
knives Wash with soaped flannel and
luke warm water, then wipe very dry
Soak them occasionally in alum water
that has been boiled and allowed to cool.
Let the handles lie for one hour'in this,
then remove them and brush them well.
After this take clean linen towel, dip
it IN cold water, squeeze it out, and while
it is wet wrap it around the handles,
leaving them to dry gradually, as, if
dried too rapidly out of the alum water,
they will be injured.
POPLAR or white wood treated as fol,
lows will assume the appearance of the
finest black walnut: The wood must
be dry and warm, and then coated once
or twice with a strong aqueous solution
Of extract of walnut peel. When half
dried the wood is brushed with solu-
ton compounded of one part by weight
of bichromate of potassa in five parts
of boiling water, and, after drying thor
| oughly, is rubbed and polished. The
stain penetrates to the depth of from
| one-twelfth to one-sixth Of an inch.
To GIVE beautiful gloss to shirt
| bosoms, procure two ounces of fine
white gum arabic and pound it to pow
der, put it into pitcher and pour on to
| it a pint or more of boiling water, ac-
| cording to the degree of strength you
desire, and then, having covered it, let
| it set all night. In the morning pour il
| carefully from the dregs into clean
| bottle, cork it, and keep it for further
use. A tablespoonful of gum-watel
| stirred into a pint of starch that has
been made in the usual manner will give
beautiful gloss to shirt-bosoms, and te
lawns (either white or printed) a look
of newness to which nothing else car
restore them after washing. 1t is also
| good for thin white muslin and all kinds
| of laces.
| In order to preserve the hands soft
and white, they should always be washed
in warm water, with fine soap, and care
| fully dried with a moderately
towel, being well rubbed every time te
insure a brisk circulation, than which
nothing can be more effectual in pro
noting a transparent and soft surface
IF engaged in any accidental pursuit
which may hurt the color of the hands
or if they have been exposed to the sun
little lemon juice will restore theil
whiteness for the time, and lemon soal
is proper to wash them with. ALMOND
paste is of essential service in preserv
ing the delicacy of the hands. The fol
lowing is a serviceable pomade for rub
bing the hands on retiring to rest: TAKE
two ounces of sweet almonds; beat witt
three drachms of white wax and three
drachms of spermaceti; put up care
fully in rose-water. Gloves should bs
always worn ON exposure to the atmos
phere.