The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
USEFUL HINTS.

TIE best paste f0r scrap books is made
of -four, which N kept sweet by adding
little powdered alum.
To MAKE Japanese cement, mix pow
dered rice With little cold water, grad
ually add boiling water, until the de-
sired consistency is acquired, care being
taken to keep it stirred. Then boil for
one minute in clean saucepan. This
cement is very strong and colorless.
A FEW drops of carbonate of am
monia put into small quantity of
warm rain water will prove safe and
easy antiacid, and will change, if care
fully applied, discolored spots u''on
carpets, and indeed all spots whether
produced by acids or alkalies. If you
have carpet injured by whitewash this
will Immediately restore 1t.
DYErNa BLACK--Four ounces of cop
peras and one ounce logwood extract to
each pound of goods; dissolve the cop
peras in water sufficient to cover the
cloth wet il in clean water before put
ting it in the copperas water, to prevent
spotting; boil it in tie copperas water
about twenty minutes take it out, rinse
in clear water first, then wash III soap
suds till it seems soft as before it was
put in the copperas water then put into
the logwood dye and let it boil about
twenty minutes take out and let it dry;
wash before it dries, or after, as is most
convenient. 1t will neither crack, fade,
nor grow rusty.
ICED tea is a nice as well as a fashion
able drink for summer meals, but 1t Is
not so generally understood that the best
iced tea is not stepped in hot water.
Just try sleeping" it for a few hours
in cold water, using a little more tea
than for the hot beverage, and having it
strong enough to be weakened with ice
water when it is served. The flavor and
effect are much better than by the hot
water method. And, by the way, the
same plan is coming to be more recog-
nized as the best for the preparation of
the herb teas used for medical purposes,
especially such rs thoroughwort (bone-
set) and others, which, stepped III hot
water, produce an unpleasant and I'M
desirable nausea This effect is obvi-
ated by sleeping in cold water, and the
tea can be made much stronger, and
used to better advantage.
To LOOSEN GLASS SHOPPERS. From
many Years experience in the laborato-
ny, we can say with the utmost posi-
tiveness that the method of gently heat
ing the neck of bottle TO loosen an
obstinate stopper is the safest and gen.
orally the quickest method of proceed
ure. We have never known it to fail of
success when properly done, and the
risk of breaking the bottle, except in
inexperienced hands, is very slight.
Shoppers are often so tightly wedged, or
become SO firmly cemented to the neck
OF the bottle by the efiiorescence or dry
ing out of the contents, that no amount
of tapping short of breaking away the
neck, stopper and all, will suffice to open
the bottle. But, in support of our rec
ommendation, We may add that we have
again and again seen an obstinate stop
per, that had resisted the most patient
and careful tapping, yield almost in
stantly after gently neating the neck OF
the bottle. Loosening shoppers by tap
ping is generally the first method tried
in case of such difficulty, and, where it
can be done, it is certainly the simplest
and most expeditions method, though it
requires careful calculation of the force
of the blows To avoid knocking away the
neck. -MdnUfdctfrer and BuiIder.