The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-20
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USEFUL HINTS.
CoAL-TAR makes a good protective
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CoAL-TAR makes good protectiv,
covering for wounds Of trees.
To BRIGHTEN BRAss. Take finely
powdered sal ammoniac; water tomoisten
The articles to be cleaned must first b,
made warm, then rubbed with the mkt
IRE, and finished with fine Tripoli
This process will give the brass the brill
fancy Of gold.
LINEN garments which have become
yellow from time may DO whitened b,
being boiled in lathcr made OF milk
and pure white soap, pound Of the
latter to n gallon of the former. After
the boiling process the linen should be
twice rinsed, little blue being added
TO the last water used.
FURNITURE can he cleansed with kero-
sene oil, but must be wiped off we'll.
White spots on vanished wood are re-
moved by rubbing with flannel wet in
camphene or kerosene. Dull varnish il
frightened by rubbing with strong alco-
hol, which dissolyes trife Of the gum
of the old yarnish and gives fresh sur.
face.
KEROSENE oil or naphtha, or even tur.
pentine, will, in short time, penetrate
between minute crevices in joints that
have been long in contact, whether bolts
or nuts or steam joints. They should
be ignited when possible, when the
effects OF heat and diffusion will soon
loosen the metals. Nuts rust SO tight
sometimes that no wrench will remove
them without breaking off the bolts. A
gentle hammering OH the sides aud top
will sometimes start them little. A
driven joint or rust joint between
flanges, formed by cast-iron behring's aud
sal ammoniac in solution in them, can
not be parted by any means short OF
destroying the castings. The scrap heap
is the only remedy.
To KEEP GuS BARRELS FROM Rusr-
ISG.-There has always been some diff
Guilty in keeping gun barrels from
rusting. The alkaline matter existing
in snow anu in rain under certain condi-
tons Of the atmosphere works through
the best coatings, and reaches the iron.
Varnish, as ordinarily land on, is objec-
tionable, as it gives gun Brumma-
gem" look. The best plan is the follow
ing Heat the barrelst 10 the temperature
Of boiling water (not any hotter, or you
may injnre them, and rub them with
the best copal yarnish, giving them a
plentiful coating. Let them remain hot
Lalf an hour, and then wipe them clean
with soft rag. In this way you can
set enough Of the varnish into the pores
II the metal to act as preventative ut
the same time, no one would suspect
that the barrels had ever been touched
with varnish. We have applied boiled
oil, beeswax, paraiiine, and some other
substances in the same way, and OBJ
tanned good results but, ON the whole.
We find nothing better than good copal
varnish.
DEATH TO MoTHs.-A housekeeper
writes to an Eastern contemporary: I'll
gives ME pleasure to inform you what
will entirely exterminate, root out and
destroy every moth, or egg Of moth,
whether in clothes, carpets or furniture.
| have large house, full Of tho richest
carpets, all very woolly, also rich furni.
tare, all of which has been in use since
1875, and not moth has been seen ut
this date. But the first year we moved
in We had millions, although everything
was new. Twice year l take tnrpen,
tine and paint brush and satnrate
the edges Of the carpets all around,
move ail the furniture, and get at the
dark and dusty corners. aud in dark
closets rub the brush all over, ii car
peted. For rich furniture, take paper
and wet it with turpentlne, and nail the
paper under the sofas and chairs. The
r -.
and kill their eggs. To protect clothes,
rub the brush over the bottom of soul
trunks or drawers, and put paper with
on around the iurs or clothes.
You know that turpentine is harmless,
being made from pine, and often used
for cleaning carpets and clothes. It will
rather brighten the color Of carpets than