Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-06-22
USEFUL HINTS.

TAKE new fower-pot, wash it clean,
wrap IN wet cloth and set over butter:
Will keep it as hard as il on ice. Milk,
II put into an earthen can, or even in q
TIN can, will keep sweet for long time
ifwell wrapped in wet cloth.
LAcR AND VELVET TIDrHs.-These
are made by sewing velvet ribbon and
insertion together alternately, finishing
them with q row of lace and insertion.
Black velvet and white lace look best,
but some like colors. Scarlet velvet
and black lace look very rich.
JAPANESE TDIEs.-Paste q Japanese
picture on square of white glazed cam
brio, then q row of black velvet overlap
ping the edges outside of this row of
bright satin ribbon, and put on row of
white lace to form a ruffie. A picture
pasted on square of pink satin, and
edged with white Breton lace, is hand
some.
WORK BAsKET.-Take two common
peach baskets, paint them black and
varnish them. Fasten them together
by the bottoms, and line them with silk.
The top one can be furnished by having
two little pockets, needle-book and
pln-cushion. On each outside panel put
bright embossed picture, and around
the top OF each basket put strip of gilt
paper. They are truly pretty when fin
lshed.
A HOMEMADE HAMMocK.-A New
Bedford carpenter constructed ham,
mock after an original idea. The only
material necessary is an ordinary -four
barrel and some rope. The hoops are
knocked off and the slaves separated.
A hole is then bored through the center
OF each end of the stave, and the rope
is simply reeved in and out of these
holes SO that they are fastened firmly at
intervals OF three or four inches apart.
WHIsK-BRooM HOLDER. two
pasteboard hearts, ten inches long and
eight inches across the top. Gut two
wedge-shnped pieces, three inches long
and one inch across the top, for the
sides. Cover with silk, satin or velvet,
and line with flannel. After joining to-
gether, work the edges with silk OF
some pretty color, in button-hole stitch.
In the center of the front either paint
or work monogram, or some pretty de-
sign. Hang up by cord and tassels OF
silk.
IMITATION GROUND GLAss.-Cut from
tissue paper or thin white muslin fancy
figures, and then with transparent gum
fasten them upon the glass. These are
good for hall doors. The same end may
be obtained by applying to the windows
with brush q hot solution OF sal-am-
moniac, Glauber's salt or EPSON salts.
The crystallizations in the first will be
in straight lines the EPSON salts will
produce four-sided prisms, and the
Glauber's salt six-sided ones. A per-
feet and beautiful screen can be formed
in this way.
WATERPROOF FOR LEATHER
following is recommended for rendering
leather waterproof: Twenty-four parts
oleic acid, Is parts ammonia soap, a
parts water, 6 parts raw steario acid, 3
parts tannin extract. The oleic acid is
first melted with the raw stearine, then
the ammonia soap is added, and after
ward the extract and finally the water.
The ammonia soap is obtained by treat
ing oleic acid with ammonia until the
smell of the latter does not disappear
after lengthy stirring. BY adding to
the whole mixture q solution of two
parts copperas in six parts of water, a
deep black color is obtained, admirably
adapted for shoe leather.