The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-02-10
USEFUL HINTS.

To MEASURE Corn IN BULK.-Multi-
ply length. breath and average thick
ness Gin inches) together, and divide by
3,SS8. The quotient viii be the number
of bushels.
CoID NIeHTs.-Experience on cold
nights among the Swiss mount
aims has proved that for winter
warmth there is nothing equal to hay
quilt. This is large square cotton bag,
with few handfuls of hay shaken light
ly into it.
FURNITURE POLISH. One pint of
linseed oil, one wineglass of alcohol
mix well together apply to the wood
with linen rag rub dry with a soft
cotton cloth. Furniture Is improved by
washing it occasionally with soapsuds.
Wipe dry, and rub over with a very lit
tie hnseed oil upon clean sponge or
flannel.
To PREVENT PoTAToEs RoTTING IN
THE GILLIAN When potatoes ere first
put into the cellar they exhale an I'M
pleasant odor. To absorb this, and also
to exclude the light and air, they may
be covered with a little dry sand, and if
Ehere is any tendency to rot this can be
counteracted by sprinkling of air
Stacked lime.
WhitewaSh should be
applied as often as once a year to cell
lars, out buildings, and to rough board
fences that cannot be painted. Take a
lump of lime and slack it with boiling
water; cover it during the process >
strain it. and add little salt dissolved
in warm water, half pound of Spanish
whiting, two ounces of glue. This is.
good for ceilings, walls, wood, brick or
| stone. Ef'l|EE ~ t-.
SILK STAINs.--We often find that
lemon juice, vinegar, oil of vitriol and
other sharp corrosiyes stain dyed gar
ments. Sometimes, by adding little
pearlash to a soap lather, and passing
the silks through these, the faded color
will be restored. Pearlash and warm
water will sometimes do alone, but 1t Is
the most efficacious method to use the
soap lather and pearlasb together.
STRENGTHENING TINCTURE.-Take of
compound tincture of bark, two ounces;
ammoniated tincture of valerian, one
| ounce: ethereal tincture or compound
tincture CT aloes, half an ounce. Mix.
This is valuable stomachie and
strengthening medicine for general de-
bility, lcwness of spirits and nervous
irritability. One or two teaspoonfuls
should be taken three times day In
milk and water.
How TO TREAT WINDOW GERANIUNIs. -
Amateur cultivators of geraniums, as a
! general thing, seem to fear to use the
knife; could the plant suffer pain they
would not be more reluctant to cut. The
proper method is to prepare the plants
for taking in long before the time for
lifting them; but it is too late to advise
that, as it is to suggest pruning them at
the time of taking them up. Even at
this late day it is better to cut back the
geraniums to good shape than to let
them remain as they are, misshapen
things. OF course each plant will have
its own needs in this respect, and only
general advice can be given. Cut back
the long stems in such a manner that
the plant will form a low, rounded head
and remove altogether such branches as,
will make the head too much crowded. -
american AgrjcuIturiSt.
USES OF CHARCoAL.-Tainted meat,
surrounded with charcoal, is sweetened;
strewn over heaps of decomposed pelts,
or over dead animals, it prevents an I'M
pleasant odor. Foul water is purified
by it. It is a great disinfectant, and
sweetens the air, if placed in trays
around apartments. 1t is so very porous
in its "minute interior" that it aDsorbs
and condenses gases most rapidly. One
cubic inch of fresh charcoal Will absorb
nearly 100 of gaseous ammonia. Char
coal forms an unrivGled poultiee for
malignant wounds and sores, often cor
roding away dead flesh, reducing it one
quarter in six hours. In cases of what
we call proud flesh, it is invaluable. 1t
gives no disagreeable odor, corrodes no
metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no color,
is simple and safe sweetener md dis.
infectant Southern Enterprise.