The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-01
SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.


MACHINE oil stains can be removed il,
hsfore washing, the spot is rubbed with
u cloth wet with ammonia.
foprevent hair falling out, wet it thor
saghly once or twice week with a
weak solution OF salt water.
AFTER washing cut-glass articles, dry
eem thoroughly, and rub well with a
soft brush and prepared chalk.
STOVES may he kept looking nice for
some time by rubbing them thoroughly
with newspaper every morning.
BAR sop when first bought should be
eat In square pieces and put in dry
place. 1t lasts better after shrinking.
To test nutmegs prick them with n
pin, and if they are good the oil will
instantly spread around the puncture.
LIZ you are troubled with moths in
your feather beds boil the feathers in
water for a short time; then put them
N sacks and dry them, working them
with the hands all the time.
SoILED white fur can be nicely cleaned
BY rubbing it thoroughly in white flour.
1t should then be hung out of doors for
"
cess several times and it will be equal TO
new.
SHELLS that are covered with thick
skin may be cleaned by sleeping in
warm water and then rubbing with q
sSff brush. Or, if this fails, soak the
shell in water, adding little nitric acid.
Polish the new surface with leather,
aided by tripoh.
To make good paste for scrap
bosks, dissolve three tablespoonfuls of
starch in q pint of boiling water in
which you have already dissolved bit
of alum. Remove from the fire just as
it comes to a boil. Paste made in this
way will keep sweet for several weeks.
CHINA of any color, excepting white,
may be easily and quickly mended with
shellac. Place little shellac on the
broken pieces, and, keeping them close
together, hold them to lighted candle.
When the shellac is melted sufficiently,
let it cool and harden, and it forms
strong cement.
To clean and renew black silk, use
one quart of soft water and an old kid
glove. Boil down to one pint and then
sponge the goods with piece of soft
flannel and iron on the wrong side while
it is damp, and the silk will be as stiff
and glossy as new. For hght-colored
silk use white glove.
To renovate file with acid: Let it
first be cleaned of all foreign matter
and then dipped into solution of one
part nitric acid, three parts sulphuric
acid and seven parts water. The time
of immersion will be according to the
extent the file has been worn and the
fineness Of the teeth varying from five
seconds 70 five minutes. On taking it
out Of the mixture wash off the lime,
dry by gentle heat, rub over equal parts
of olive oil and turpentine, and finally
brush over the powdered cake. This
acid process has its disadvantages, and
rs thought by some to injure the files.
THE fact is familiar to all, that an or
binary envelope may readily be opened
by moistening the paper over the gum,
after which operation, if done neatly,
the contents may be noted, and the mis-
sive again sealed and sent to its desti-
nation. A perfect safety envelope, how
ever-not one admitting of any such
manipulation-may, it is said, be Sc
cured by treating that part of the pa
per covered by the flap with a solution
of chronic acid, ammonia, sulphuric
acid, sulphate of copper, and fine white
paper. The flap itself is coated with q
solution of isinglass in acetic acid. and
when this is moistened and pressed
down on the under side of the envelope,
q solid cement is formed, insoluble in
acids, steam, water, etc.