The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-02
USEFUL HINTS.

A MIXTURE of oil and ink is good
thing to clean kid boots with (; the first
softens and the latter biackens them.
"RusTrc" gives the following direc-
tions for keeping the hands smooth dur
ing cold weather and curing them when
chapped Wash them in buttermilk in
which some wheat bran has been stirred
twenty hours before using, and dry
them over the fire without towel. The
remedy is most effective if used at night
just before retiring.
An Iowa farmer gives this method of
destroying cabbage worms Take of
saltpetre and common salt each table
spoonful, dissolve in a little hot water,
and add twelve quarts of cold water.
Apply co the cabbages in the heat of the
day when the sun shines. III you apply
with good sprinkler, and do your work
thoroughly, one application will be suf-
fcient.
To RESTORE scorched linen: Peel and
slice two onions, extract the juice by
pounding and squeezing cut up half ON
ounce of fine white soap, and add to the
juice two ounces of fullers' earth and
half pint of vinegar; boil all together I;
when cool, spread over the scorched
linen and let it dry on it; then wash
and boil out the linen, and the spots
will disappear, unless burned so badly
as to break the threads.
How TO USE OIL-SToNEs. Instead of
oil, which thickens and makes the stone
dirty, a mixture of glycerine and alcohol
is used by many. The proportions of
the mixture vary according to the instru-
ment operated upon. An article OF
large surface razor, for instance
sharpens best with hmpid liquid, as
three parts of glycerine to one of alco-
hol. For craving tool, the surface of
which is small, as is also the pressure
exercised upon the stone in sharpening,
it is necessary TO employ glycerine
nearly pure, with but few drops of al
cohol.
The Chicago Tribune gives the fol-
lowing formula by which any house
keeper can detect the presence of glu-
cose in sugar "pake handful Of the
mixture and drop it into glass of cold
water. Stir it few inmates, and you
will notice that the cane sugar is en-
tirely dissolved, leaving the grape sugar
undissolved at the bottom of the glass.
in the form of white, sticky substance,
not at all unlike starch in looks, and
quite bitter to the taste. 1t won't do to
use hot water III your test, however, for
if you do the whole thing will dissolve.
The test lis SO simple that any housekeeper
can make it, and there is no reason for
anybody being deceived after discover
ing the fraud unless he or she chooses
to be-" With this at hand the adulter-
ated stuff can readily be known. If any,
body is imposed upon it is because they
choose to be.
To PRESERVE leaves for preservation
try the following plan Dissolve four
ounces of common washing soda in q
quart of boiling water, then add two
ounces of slaked quicklime, and boil for
about fifteen minutes. Allow the solu-
ton to cool and afterward pour off all
the clear liquor into q clean saucepan.
When this liquor is at boiling point
place the leaves carefully in the pan and
boil the whole together for an hour.
adding from time time enough of water to
make up for the loss by evaporation.
The epidermis and the parenchyma of
some leaves will more easily separate
than others. A good test is to try the
leaves after they have been boiling for
an hour, and if the cellular matter does
not rub off between the the thumb and
forefnger beneath cold water, boil them
again for short time. When the feshy
part has been sufficiently softened, rub
them separately but very gently beneath
cold water till perfect skeleton IS ex-
posed. The skeletons are at first dirty
white color. To make them quite white
and, therefore, more beautiful, it is
necessary to bleach in a weak solution of
chloride of lime-a large spoonful to a
quart of water-if a few drops of vinegar
is added to the solution it is all the bet
ter, for then the free chloride is liberated.
Do not allow them to remain long in the
bleaching liquor or they become too brit
tie and cannot be handled without in
jury. About fifteen minutes will be re-
quired to make them white and clean
looking. Dry the specimens in white
blotting paper with gentle pressure.