For Paper. — The best paste for attaching paper is made by mixing
a small quantity of water and flour together, stirring it well until all
the lumps are dissolved, and then set it away to cool. In pasting
slips in scrap-books, it is recommended as the only kind of paste that
does not draw the sheets when dry.
Rye flour, boiled in water, with a little alum added while boiling,
makes an adhesive paste almost as strong as glue.
China and Glass Cement. — To one pint of milk add one pint of
vinegar; separate the curds from the whey, and mix the whey with
the whites of five eggs ; beat it well together, sifting into it a suffi-
cient quantity of quick lime to convert it into a thick paste. Broken
china or glass mended with this cement will not again separate, and
will resist the action of fire and water.
Milk Cement. — It may not be well known that new milk makes a
good cement for broken crockery. One good method of using it is to
snugly tie together the different parts and lay in the pail while milking.
After thoroughly drying, the pieces will be found to be firmly united,
and will remain together a long time if not soaked. Another way is
to take warm, fresh milk and turn into a basin over the fire ; into this
lay any dish or toy, firmly tied together with thread or twine. Heat
until scalding hot, remove and dry.
Common Cement, such as is used for plastering cisterns, cellars,
etc., is excellent for scouring knives, forks, spoons and tinware.
Cement for an Aquarium that will not Crack or Peel from
Glass or Galvanized Iron. — Take by measure, ten parts of litharge,
ten parts of plaster of Paris, ten parts of fine dry white sand, and one
566 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
part finely powdered resin. When wanted for use, mix into a stiff
putty with boiled linseed oil. Do not use the tank for three or four
•days after cemented.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
It is a good plan for a housekeeper to make a weekly visit to
every part of her dwelling from garret to cellar.
To take Grease from Boards. — Put over the grease a thick paste
of fuller's-earth, leave it on for some hours, wash off with hot water,
put fresh fuller's-earth if the grease is not sufficiently absorbed, scrub
after v/ith silver-sand. Never use soap to boards if you desire to
keep them looking well.
It is said two parts tallow and one of resin, melted together and
applied to the soles of new boots or shoes, as much as the leather
will absorb, will double their wear.
The detergent properties of water-glass make it an excellent
scouring material, and it enters largely into the composition of most
common soaps.
Bed-bugs cannot hold out, if their haunts are treated occasionally
to an application of corrosive sublimate, ten cents worth put in a pint
of alcohol or spirits of turpentine. Apply with a feather, and keep
the mixture out of the reach of children.
It is said that if a few drops of oil are put once a week into water-
tanks mosquitoes will be prevented from breeding in them.
Pitch-paper, the same as that used in covering roofs, when cut
into slips and placed in convenient situations under carpets and
behind sofas and chairs in a room, will effectually repel the moth-
miller from depositing its eggs. If similar strips are placed inside
the backs and seats of parlor suits, they will render the furniture
moth-proof
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Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
For Paper. — The best paste for attaching paper is made by mixing a small quantity of water and flour together, stirring it well until all the lumps are dissolved, and then set it away to cool. In pasting slips in scrap-books, it is recommended as the only kind of paste that does not draw the sheets when dry.
Rye flour, boiled in water, with a little alum added while boiling, makes an adhesive paste almost as strong as glue.
China and Glass Cement. — To one pint of milk add one pint of vinegar; separate the curds from the whey, and mix the whey with the whites of five eggs ; beat it well together, sifting into it a sufficient quantity of quick lime to convert it into a thick paste. Broken china or glass mended with this cement will not again separate, and will resist the action of fire and water.
Milk Cement. — It may not be well known that new milk makes a good cement for broken crockery. One good method of using it is to snugly tie together the different parts and lay in the pail while milking. After thoroughly drying, the pieces will be found to be firmly united, and will remain together a long time if not soaked. Another way is to take warm, fresh milk and turn into a basin over the fire ; into this lay any dish or toy, firmly tied together with thread or twine. Heat until scalding hot, remove and dry.
Common Cement, such as is used for plastering cisterns, cellars, etc., is excellent for scouring knives, forks, spoons and tinware.
Cement for an Aquarium that will not Crack or Peel from Glass or Galvanized Iron. — Take by measure, ten parts of litharge, ten parts of plaster of Paris, ten parts of fine dry white sand, and one
566 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
part finely powdered resin. When wanted for use, mix into a stiff putty with boiled linseed oil. Do not use the tank for three or four •days after cemented.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
It is a good plan for a housekeeper to make a weekly visit to every part of her dwelling from garret to cellar.
To take Grease from Boards. — Put over the grease a thick paste of fuller's-earth, leave it on for some hours, wash off with hot water, put fresh fuller's-earth if the grease is not sufficiently absorbed, scrub after v/ith silver-sand. Never use soap to boards if you desire to keep them looking well.
It is said two parts tallow and one of resin, melted together and applied to the soles of new boots or shoes, as much as the leather will absorb, will double their wear.
The detergent properties of water-glass make it an excellent scouring material, and it enters largely into the composition of most common soaps.
Bed-bugs cannot hold out, if their haunts are treated occasionally to an application of corrosive sublimate, ten cents worth put in a pint of alcohol or spirits of turpentine. Apply with a feather, and keep the mixture out of the reach of children.
It is said that if a few drops of oil are put once a week into watertanks mosquitoes will be prevented from breeding in them.
Pitch-paper, the same as that used in covering roofs, when cut into slips and placed in convenient situations under carpets and behind sofas and chairs in a room, will effectually repel the mothmiller from depositing its eggs. If similar strips are placed inside the backs and seats of parlor suits, they will render the furniture moth-proof