Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1891 — Things Worth Knowing. [ARTICLE]

Things Worth Knowing.

To relieve headache put one teaspoonful of liquid ammonia in a cup of hot water. Take one teaspoonful of the milky looking liquid every hour or half hour, according to the severity of the pain. One of the best known drainages for the pots of house plants is the packed--for- transportation. It -is said to contain moisture for a long period. .. ' —; —--- • ! For canker in the mouth dissolve half a teaspoonful of powdered borax in half a cup of warm water and rinse the mouth with it. It relieves the pain and causes the canker to speedily disappear. To make a splendid cement for mending almost anything, mix together litharge and glycerine to the consistency of thick cream or fresh putty. This cement is useful for mending stone jars or any coarse earthenware, for stopping leaks in seams ! of tin pans, cracks and holes in iron kettles and the like. Holes an inch in diamter in kettles can be filled and used the same for years in boiling water and feed. It may also be used to fasten on lamp tops, to fasten loose nuts, to secure bolts where nuts are lost, to tighten loose joints of wood or iron, loose boxes in wagons, hubs and a great many other things. In all cases the article mended should not be used until the cement has hardened, which will require from one day to one week, according to the quantity used. This cement will resist the action of acids, of water hot or cold, and almost any degree of heat. To wash graining use clear, warm water, no soap, and a clean, white cloth. Wash a small portion only at a time and wipe dry with another clean, white cloth. Do not wet more space than can be dripd immediately with the dry cloth, as graining must not be left to dry in the atmosphere; it must be rubbed dry—hence the necessity of dry, white cloths. If the graining has beerr neglected, or soiled with dirty fingers, or specked by summer growth of flies, a little hard soap may be necessary in the first water, but this must be speedily washed off, rinsed in clean water and wiped dry. But if possible a void the use of soap, as it will deaden the surface of the varnish, however carefully handled, and on no account rub any soap upon the rag with which you wash it. To give black walnut a fine polish so as to make it resemble rich, old wood, apply a coat of shellac varnish, then rub it with a smooth piece of pumice stone until dry. Another coat is then given and the rubbing repeated. After this a coat of polish made of linseed oil, beeswax and turpentine must be well rubbed in with a dauber. To make this dauber, wrap a piece of sponge in a piece of fine flannel several times folded, moisten this with the polish. If this work is not fine enough it may be finished by smoothing with the finest sandpaper and the rubbing described above repeated. In the course of time the walnut wood becomes verydark and rich in color, and is in every way srperior to that which has been varnished.