The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-09-11
NOTES FOR THE FARM And HOME.
Household Information.

GLUE.-Can prepare glue that will
resist damp thus: Dissolve glue in
boiled linseed oil; or, melt one pound
of glue in two quarts of SKINNED m milk;
add four ounces of shellac, and one
ounce of borax boiled in a little water,
and evaporated by heat to paste.
For CHILDREN. the following
simple remedy for constipation in chill
dren. Soak a tablespoonful of fine
bran in milk, warm it near the boiling
point, pour it on bread and give it night
and morning to each child. Dried figs
eaten freely are very good for this
trouble in either children or adults.
FREcKLEs. preparation commonly
used for removing freckles is thus
made: Sulpho- carbolate of zinc, two
parts; distilled glycerine, twenty five
parts, rose-water, twenty-five parts,
scented alchohol, five parts. Apply
twice daily for from half an hour to an
hour, and wash off with cold water.
This is said net to injure the skin. For
Agatha.
To PRESERVE FLowERs.-Put par
affine in vessal over the fire and heat
it until it melts, but do not let it get
heated beyond the melting point. Into
this dip the flowers one at time, hold
ing them by the stems and moving them
about for an instant to get rid of air.
bubbles. The flowers should be free
from moisture before being immersed
in the parafine.
To the person who asks for remedy
or preventive against snoring, would
say: 1t is only with the mouth open
that snoring can be accomplished dur
ing sleep. Awake, if the enose is closed
by the thumb and fingers, by taking
forcible breath, it is possible to snore,
and the same result may be accomplish
ed with the mouth shut and the nose
open. The only preventive against
snoring is to bandage the jaws SO the
mouth cannot be opened during sleep.
CLEANING MATTING.-To clean and
freshen old mating, rub it with
cloth wet in salt water, being careful
not to allow any drops of water to dry
in the mating, as they will leave spots
difficult to remove. Heavy, vanished
furniture should never rest directly up
on the mating, for even good varnish,
becoming soft in warm weather, will
stain the straw. Mating may be turn
ed if the loose ends of the cords are
threaded in large needle and drawn
through to the other side.
OINTMENT FOR WoUNDs.-Take equal
parts Of parsley, plantain leaves,
groundsill and chick weed; well bruise
the whole, extract the juice by squeez-
ing it through muslin or flannel bag;
get piece of fay from the pork butch
ers, beat it we'll with rolling pin and
then put it in an earthenware vessel
near a slow fire, and melt it down with
out salt; when you have it done sufi-
cient, strain it into clear gallipot and
put the juice of your herbs with it,
stirring it; let it stand by the fire and
gently simmer one hour, then stand It
aside. When cold it is fit for use.
This is an excellent ointment for scald
head.
KALsoM1NE. four ounces of
white glue over night in cold water and
in the morning heat till it is perfectly
dissolved. Mix the whiting with hot
water, stir the two thoroughly together,
and have the wash the consistence of
thick cream. Apply warm with a kali
somine brush. brushing it well III and
finishing it as you go on. If warm skim
milk is used instead of water, the glue
may be omitted. Before the wash is
applied all holes and crevices should be
stopped with plaster of Paris mixed
with water. CoIors to tint the walls
may be procured at any paint store. If
zinc white is used instead of whiting, it
will last white for years. The first ex-
pense is more, but the investment pays.
Use first a sizing of white glue.
PA1NT.-The odor of fresh paint,
though very unpleasant to some people,
is said to be harmless. Neither metal
lie lead nor any of its many Compounds
used in painting are sensibIy volatile at
the temperature of the atmosphere.
Dry white lead is inodorous, and the
paste of white lead smells only of the
oil in which it is ground. The smell of
ordinary paint is not the smell of the
pigment, nor of the solid color
ing matter or the body of the paint, but
simply of the linseed oil and tupentine
We quote from an authority. F. w.
need not hesitate from any fear of
poisoning from white lead to occupy
her house while painting is going ON
within it.