News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
USEFUL HINTS,

COAL-TAR makes a good protective
covering for wounds of trees.
To BRIGHTEN BRAss.-Take finely
powdered sal ammoniac; water tomoisten.
The articles to be cleaned must first be
made warm, then rubbed with the mkt
ure, and finished with fine Tripoli.
This process will give the brass the brill
iancy of gold.
LINEN garments which have become
yellow from time may be whitened by
being boiled in a lather made of milk
and pure white soap, a pound of the
latter to a gallon of the former. After
the boiling process the linen should be
twice rinsed, little blue being added
to the last water used.
FURNITURE can be cleansed with kero-
sene oil, but must be wiped off well.
White spots on vanished wood are re-
moved by rubbing with a flannel wet in
camphene or kerosene. Dull yarnish is
frightened by rubbing with strong aIco-
hol, which dissolves trife of the gum
of the old varnish and gives fresh sur
face.
KEROSENE oil or naphtha, or even tur-
pentine, Will, in a short time, penetrate
between minute crevices in Joints that
J ave been long in contact, whether bolts
or nuts or steam joints. They should
be ignited when possible, when the
effects of heat and diffusion will soon
loosen the metals. Nuts rust so tight
sometimes that no wrench will remove
them without breaking off the bolts. A
gentle hammering on the sides and top
will sometimes start them a little. A
Hr1y
fianges, formed by cast-iron borings and
sal ammoniac in solution in them, can
not be parted by any means short of
destroying the castings. The scrap heap
is the only remedy.
To KEEP Gun BARRELS FROM RUST
NG.-There has always been some diff
Guilty In keeping gun barrels from
rusting. The alkaline matter existing
in snow and in rain under certain condi-
tions of the atmosphere works through
the best coatings, and reaches the iron.
Varnish, as ordinarily laid on, is objec-
tionable, as it gives a gun "Brumma-
gem" look. The best plan is the follow
ing: Heat the barrels to the temperature
of boiling water mot any hotter, or you
may inJure them, and rub them with
the best copal varnish, giving them a
plentiful coating. Let them remain hot
half an hour, and then wipe them clean
with a soft rag. In this way you can
get enough of the varnish into the pores
of the metal to act as preventative at
the same time, no one would suspect
that the barrels had ever been touched
with varnish. We have applied boiled
oil, beeswax, paraffine, and some other
substances in the same way, and OBJ
tanned good results but, on the whole,
we find nothing better than good copal
varnish.
DEATH TO MoTHs.-A housekeeper
writes to an Eastern contemporary: at
gives me pleasure to inform you what
will entirely exterminate, root out and
destroy every moth, or egg of moth,
whether in clothes, carpets or furniture,
have large house, full of the richest
carpets, all very woolly, also rich furni
ture, all of which has been in use since
1875, and not moth has been seen at
this date. But the first year we moved
in we had millions, although everything
was new. Twice year I take turpen-
tine and a paint brush and saturate
the edges of the carpets all around,
move all the furniture, and get at the
dark and dusty corners, and in dark
closets rub the brush all over, if car
peted. For rich furniture, take paper
and wet it with turpentlne, and nail the
paper under the sofas and chairs. The
smell of this will drive out the moths
and kill their eggs. To protect clothes,
rub the brush over the bottom of your
trunks or drawers, and put paper with
turpentine on around the furs or clothes.
You know that turpentine is harmless,
being made from pine, and often used
for cleaning carpets and clothes. 1t will
rather brighten the color of carpets than
otherwise"