Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-16
USEFUL HINTS.

USEFUL HlNISs
To MEASURE Corn IN BULK.-Multi.
ply length, breath and average thick
ness Gin inches) together, and divide by
3,S6S. The quotient will be the number
of bushels.
Cold NIGHTS. -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 FoaIon. Cine pint of
linseed oil, one wineglass of alcohol
mix we'll together apply to the wood
with linen rag !; rub dry with soft
cotton cloth. Furniture is improved by
washing it occasionally with soapsuds.
Wipe dry, and rub over with very lit
tie linseed oil upon clean sponge or
flannel.
To PREVENT PoTAToEs RoTT1Na IN
THE CELnAR.-When potatoes ere first
put into the cellar they exhale an I'M
pleasant odor. To absorb this, and also
to exclude tbs light and air, they may
be covered with a little dry sand, and if
there is any tendency to rot this can be
counteracted by a sprinkling of air.
Stacked lime.
WHITEwAsH.-Whit should be
applied as often as once a year to Gel
lars, out-buildings, and to rough board
fences that cannot be painted. Take q
lump of lime and slack it with boiling
water; cover it during the process !;
| strain it, and add a little salt dissolved
in warm water, half a pound of Spanish
whiting, two ounces of glue. This is
good for ceilings, walls, wood, brick OF
stone.
SILK SrA1Ns.-We often find that
lemon juice, vinegar, oil of vitriol and
other sharp corrcsives stain dyed gar
ments. Sometimes, by adding little
pearlash to q soap lather, and passing
the silks through these, the faded color
will be restored. Pearlash and warm
water will sometimes>do alone, but it is
the most eficacious method to use the
soap lather and pearlash together.
STRENGTHENING TINcrURE. Take of
compound tincture of bark, two ounces;
ammoniated tincture of Salerian, one
ounce; ethereal tincture or compound
tincture Ct aloes, half an ounce. Mix.
This is valuable stomachic and
strengthening medicine for general de-
bility, lcwness of spirits and nervous
irritability. One or two teaspoonfuls
should be taken three times O day in
milk and water.
How TO TREAT WINDOW GERAN1UNs.-
Amateur culhvatOrs Of geraniUrns, as a
general thing, seem to fear to use the
knife; could the plant suffer pain they
would not ue 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 manner thai
the plant will form low, rounded head
and remove altogether such branches az
will make the head too much crowded.
american Agricultorast.
Uses OF 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 great disinfectant, ani
sweetens the air, if placed in trays
around apartments. It is so very porous
in it's "minute interior" that it aDsorbs
and condenses gases most rapidly. On
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will Absorb
nearly 100 Of gaseous ammonia. Char
coal forms an unrivaled poultice fo
malignant wounds and sores, often cor
roding away dead flesh, reducing it one
quarter in six hours. LII cases of wha
we call proud flesh, it is invaluable. I
gives no disagreeable odor, corrodes NJ
metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no color
is a simple and safe sweetener and dis
infectant. -SOutEe29a ENTERPRISE.