The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-01

ian old file will dol red-hot; place the
iron on the glass over the string for q
few seconds, when the glass will break
off as smooth as If it was cut with o
diamond.
MUcu.AdE.- is q mucilage which
will unite wood or mend porcelain or
glass: To eight and one half ounces of
strong solution Of gum arabic add
thirty grains of solution of sulphate of
alumina dissolved In three-quarters of an
ounce of water. ~
A USEFUL TABLE FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Flour-One pound is one quart. Meal
One pound and two ounces is a quart
Butter-One pound is one quart. Pow
dered white sugar-One pound and one
ounce is one quart. Ten eggs are q
pound. A common tumbler holds half a
pint. A teacup is gill.
To MEND CHINA-Take a very thick
solution of gum arabic in water. and stir
into it plaster of Paris until the mixture
becomes of a proper consistency. Apply
it with brush to the fractured edges Of
the china and stick them together. In
three DAYS the articles cannot be broken
in the same place. The whiteness of the
cement renders it doubly valuable.
To Sour VINEGAR QU1cK.-H any one
wants vinegar to get sour quick and be
sharp, put good large handful of sugar
In your Jug, and let it be kept in a warm
place; IN the summer, out doors where
the sun strikes is good place. If you
put plenty Of sugar in, you can once in
awhile put cup Of water in also, and
you will never know it is there.
SHAVING SoAP.-A very fine shaving
soap solution may be made by taking a
quarter of pound of white CASTLE soap
in shaving, one pint of rectified spirit,
one gill Of water; perfume TO taste. Put
in bottle, cork tightly, set in warm
water for q short time, and agitate oc-
casionally till the solution is complete.
Let stand, pour the liquid off the dregs,
and bottle for use.
HARD SoAP.-Six pounds of clean
grease, six pounds of sal soda, three
pound Of stone lime; slake the lime and
put it into four gallons of soft water, add
| the sal soda and when dissolved let ii
settle. Pour off the water into an iron
kettle and add the grease melted and
boil. If the soap does not come after
| boiling few minutes add more soft
water tillit is of the consistency of honey.
wet tub and pour the hot soap into it
When cold cut it into pieces and lay il
away to dry. Always make soap in ar
iron kettle.
| To CLEAN ERMINE AND MINEvER SKINS
| Take a piece of soft flannel, and wei
rub the fur with it against the grain
then rub again with common -four unit
clean. Shake 1t well, and rub agair
with the flannel till all the -four is out o
it. Ihaye had minever boa for foul
years; it has never been cleaned will
anything but -four, and is not in the leas
injured by rubbing. 1t was schoo
companion who told me that her aun
(a Russian LADY, always cleaned he
white furs with -four, and that they looke'
beautiful. 1t has one advantage-th
lining does not require to be taken out
and it only requires a little trouble
Ermine takes longer than minever; tn
latter is very easily done.
SODA FOR BURNS. ALI kinds of burns
including scalds and sunburns, are al
most Immediately relieved by the appl
cation of solution of soda to the burn
surface. 1t must be remembered ths
dry soda will not do unless it is SUI
rounded with cloth moist enough t
dissolve it. This method of sprinklin
it on and covering it with wet cloth
often the very best. But it is sufficier
to wash the wound repeatedly with
strong solution. 1t would be well
keep bottle of it always on hand. mad
SO strong that more or less settles On th
bottom. This is what is called satul
ated solution, and really such a solutio
as this is formed when the dry soda
sprinkled on and covered with mois
| ened cloth