CHICKADEES IN WInTER.—A cup of pumpkin-seeds, set on the window- sill, will attract chickadees, and they will became quite tame, and are very amusing with their antics. They may be kept about the house from Decem- ber to May by feeding and kind treatment. SHELLAC VARNISH.—Put shellac in a bottle, pour 90 per cent. alcohol to cover, cork tight and put in a warm room, shake occasionally, and if not all dissolved in three or four days, add more alcohol. This is good to varnish almost any thing, and will dry in half an hour. . Friction Matcnes—should never be left where the mice will get them, as they carry them to their nests, and sometimes ignite them. They are poison to children, and are dangerous to women, who ignite them by step- ping on them, and endangering their clothing from fire. : To Prevent Pumps From Freezinc.— Take out the lower valve in the fall, and drive a tack under it, projecting in such a way that it can not quite close. The water will then leak back into the well or cistern, while the working qualities of the pump will not be damaged. VALUABLE CEMENT.—Two parts, by weight, of common pitch and one part gutta percha, melted together in an iron vessel, makes a cement that Ids together, with wonderful tenacity, wood, stone, ivory, leather, POL gin. silk, woolen or cotton. It is well adapted to aquariums. MISCELLANEOUS. , 521 CeMENT ror RusseR oR LEATHER.—Dissolve one ounce of gutta percha in one-half pound chloroform. Clean the parts to be cemented; cover each with solution, and let them dry twenty or thirty minutes; warm each part in the flame of the candle, and press very firmly together till dry. . Insurance. —Suppose your barn or house should take fire to-night and be ‘burned down, would you know, without investigating, that it was fully insured and that the policy was good and tight? Some insurance companies have a keen scent for flaws in policies and often find them. Don’t let aan ever find one in yours. Always insure in companies known to be sound. | To MAKE oLD PaInT DRy.—Old paint which is ‘sticky’? may be made hard and dry by applying a coat of benzine, then after a day or two, if the coat of paint is good, go over it with a thin coat of laquer mixed with one third of its bulk of boiled oil. If paint is thin apply a second coat in which ‘more laquer is used. To Renovate Hat-BANDS WHEN STAINED BY SwEAT.—Dissolve one and a half ounces white castile soap in four ounces alcohol✪ Renovate Hat-Bands and one ounce each of sulphuric ether and aqua ammonia, apply with a sponge or toothbrush, rub smartly, rinse out with clear rain-water. This is equally good to renovate ‘any cleth with fast color, To THaw Out a Pump.—Pour hot water directly on the ice, through a tin tube, lowering it as fast as the ice thaws. Ice may be thawed in this way at the rate of a foot a minute; while, by pouring hot water into the pump, the ice would hardly be affected, the hot water being lighter than. the cold, and rising to the top. ° . WATER-PROOF SHOES.—To make shoes water-proof and make them last a long time, dissolve beeswax and add a little sweet-oil to thin it. Before the shoes are worn, warm the soles and pour the melted wax on with a tea- spoon; and then hold it close to the fire till it soaks into the leather; then add more till the leather ceases to absorb it. DIAMOND CEMENT.—Dissolve thirteen ounces of white glue in a tin dish eontaining a pint and a half soft water (set in a kettle containing boiling water); when the glue is dissolved, stir in three ounces of white lead, and boil till well mixed; remove from fire, and, when cool, add half pint alco- hol; bottle immediately, and keep well corked.

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CHICKADEES IN WInTER.—A cup of pumpkin-seeds, set on the window- sill, will attract chickadees, and they will became quite tame, and are very amusing with their antics. They may be kept about the house from Decem- ber to May by feeding and kind treatment. SHELLAC VARNISH.—Put shellac in a bottle, pour 90 per cent. alcohol to cover, cork tight and put in a warm room, shake occasionally, and if not all dissolved in three or four days, add more alcohol. This is good to varnish almost any thing, and will dry in half an hour. . Friction Matcnes—should never be left where the mice will get them, as they carry them to their nests, and sometimes ignite them. They are poison to children, and are dangerous to women, who ignite them by step- ping on them, and endangering their clothing from fire. : To Prevent Pumps From Freezinc.— Take out the lower valve in the fall, and drive a tack under it, projecting in such a way that it can not quite close. The water will then leak back into the well or cistern, while the working qualities of the pump will not be damaged. VALUABLE CEMENT.—Two parts, by weight, of common pitch and one part gutta percha, melted together in an iron vessel, makes a cement that Ids together, with wonderful tenacity, wood, stone, ivory, leather, POL gin. silk, woolen or cotton. It is well adapted to aquariums. MISCELLANEOUS. , 521 CeMENT ror RusseR oR LEATHER.—Dissolve one ounce of gutta percha in one-half pound chloroform. Clean the parts to be cemented; cover each with solution, and let them dry twenty or thirty minutes; warm each part in the flame of the candle, and press very firmly together till dry. . Insurance. —Suppose your barn or house should take fire to-night and be ‘burned down, would you know, without investigating, that it was fully insured and that the policy was good and tight? Some insurance companies have a keen scent for flaws in policies and often find them. Don’t let aan ever find one in yours. Always insure in companies known to be sound. | To MAKE oLD PaInT DRy.—Old paint which is ‘sticky’? may be made hard and dry by applying a coat of benzine, then after a day or two, if the coat of paint is good, go over it with a thin coat of laquer mixed with one third of its bulk of boiled oil. If paint is thin apply a second coat in which ‘more laquer is used. To Renovate Hat-BANDS WHEN STAINED BY SwEAT.—Dissolve one and a half ounces white castile soap in four ounces alcohol and one ounce each of sulphuric ether and aqua ammonia, apply with a sponge or toothbrush, rub smartly, rinse out with clear rain-water. This is equally good to renovate ‘any cleth with fast color, To THaw Out a Pump.—Pour hot water directly on the ice, through a tin tube, lowering it as fast as the ice thaws. Ice may be thawed in this way at the rate of a foot a minute; while, by pouring hot water into the pump, the ice would hardly be affected, the hot water being lighter than. the cold, and rising to the top. ° . WATER-PROOF SHOES.—To make shoes water-proof and make them last a long time, dissolve beeswax and add a little sweet-oil to thin it. Before the shoes are worn, warm the soles and pour the melted wax on with a tea- spoon; and then hold it close to the fire till it soaks into the leather; then add more till the leather ceases to absorb it. DIAMOND CEMENT.—Dissolve thirteen ounces of white glue in a tin dish eontaining a pint and a half soft water (set in a kettle containing boiling water); when the glue is dissolved, stir in three ounces of white lead, and boil till well mixed; remove from fire, and, when cool, add half pint alco- hol; bottle immediately, and keep well corked.

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