Useful Recipes

Yrilow siaias commonly oaUed ïron : mold are removed from linen by hydrochloiic acid or hot soltttion of oxulic icid. Wash well in wurm Water af tor - wiinl. 'J'o Ciisirii mory lo lealher, bod glne yety thiti, oM a uu lo ntilk, rake the pilo of the leiltliO-, nuil ]ut ou the gluo willi the brush. Then spriulile ou tho cineïy and let it Co(A, To preserve soap greaso, fill a oask Imlf full of Rood strolig lye and drop all reíase groase thereirh Btir up tlie mixture once a week. The boet fatteaiag material for chickens ík suid to be Indian ineal and milk. A remedy for catel'pillars, )iieh is used on a largo scale in Franco, consista in a solution (1 part in 500) of Bulphide of potassinm, prinkled on the troe by means of a hand syringo. The best and most durable insulation for electric -wii'es is to tin them and cover ■vith pnre rnbber. JavéJÍe water, ased for turniug white the dirtiest linen and removing Btoias, ia composed of bicarbonato of soda 4 Iba, chloride of limo 1 1b. Tut the soda into a licttle over the lire, add ouc gallon of boiling witer, let it boíl from ton to iifteen mimites, ilien stir in the chloride of linie, avoiding lumps. Use when cool. This is good for removing fruit stains from white underwear. Bicarbonato of soda dissolved in water, nsed as a lotion, will remove prickly heat. The average yield of corn cobs is I.G2 ptirts of carbonate of potash in 1,000 parta of the cobs, -wliih is nearly twioo as mnch as is furnished by the best specimens of wood. The corn erop of tliia country will mipply 15,400,000,000 Ilis of cobs, from which 115,500,000 Ibs of potasli might be made. The -way they boíl rice in India is as follows: Into a saucepan put 2 quarts oí water; wlien boiling throw in a tablespoonful of salt, then put in one pint of rico, pfcviouftly well Avashcd in cold water. Let it boil twcnty minutes, throw out into a colalldef, drain, and put back in the saucepan, whicll sllould be stood near tho lire for scveral inmutes. Save Uio corn cobs for lundliugs, especial ly if wood is not going to be plentif ui next winter. To prepare them melt together GO parta resin and 40 parts tar. Dip in the cobs, and dry on sheet metal heated to about the temperature of boiling water. . Equal weighte of acetato of lime aiid of chloride of calcium, dissolved in twico their weight of hot water, is a flro-proof mixture í'or fabrica. The aniraoniaeal solution of oxide oi nickel will dissolve SÜk; t at of eoppci