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MISCELLANEOUS.
TO DRIVE NAILS.--Nails dipped in soap will drive easily in hard wood.
INK SPOTS ON BOOKS.--A solution of oxalic acid will remove them without injuring
the print.
MICE.--Pumpkin seeds are very attractive to mice, and traps baited with them
will soon destroy this little pest.
POUNDED GLASS--Mixed with dry corn meal, and placed within the reach of rats, it
is said, will banish them from the premises; or sprinkle cayenne pepper in their
holes.
SPOTS--In cloth or calico, produced by an acid, may be removed by touching the
spot with spirits of hartshorn. Spots produced by an alkali may be removed by
moistening them with vinegar or tartaric acid.
WOOD--May be fastened to stone with a cement made of four parts of pitch, four
parts of pounded brick-dust or chalk, and one part of beeswax. Warm it before
using, and apply a thin coating to the surface to be joined.
POSTAGE STAMPS--Will stick and not turn up at the corners, if the face is wet
after applying them.
TO GET LIGHT IN A WELL OR CISTERN.--Reflect it in by a looking-glass. Any steel
or metal lost in a cistern may be drawn out by lowering a strong magnet.
WHEN A CHIMNEY TAKES FIRE--Throw salt on the fire, and shut off the draught as
much as possible, and it will burn out slowly.
LEAKY ROOFS. --A cement made of sand and white-lead paint will stop leaks.
TO KEEP OFF FLIES.--Paint walls or rub over picture-frames with laurel oil.
DOOR-LATCHES AND LOCKS--Will work easily and quietly if oiled occasionally.
DISH-WATER AND SOAP-SUDS--Poured about the roots of young fruit-trees, currant
and raspberry bushes, etc., facilitate their growth.
A LAYING HEN.--When a hen's comb is red and full of blood, and shakes with every
movement of the head, depend upon the unfailing indication of a laying bird.
TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER.--Keep them warm; keep corn constantly by them, but
do not feed it to them. Feed them with meat scraps when lard or tallow has been
tried, or fresh meat. Some chop green peppers finely, or mix cayenne pepper with
corn meal, to feed them. Let them have a frequent taste of green food, a little
gravel and lime, or clam shells.
OUTSIDE GARMENTS.--Bonnets, cloaks, hats, shawls, scarfs, and the like, will
last clean and fresh, much longer, if the dust is carefully removed from them by
brushing and shaking after returning from a ride or walk.
CHEAP PAINT FOR IRON FENCING. --Tar mixed with yellow ochre makes an excellent
green paint for coarse woodwork or iron fencing.
TO CATCH WILD GEESE OR DUCKS ALIVE.--Soak wheat in strong alcohol and scatter
where they are in the habit of feeding, and take them while they are drunk.
A WET SILK HAT.--Shake off the water, rub the way the nap lies with a clean
linen cloth or silk handkerchief, and hang some distance from the fire to dry; a
few hours after, brush with a soft brush.
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