The American Housewife; Cook BookGeneral Books LLC, 2009 - 296 pages This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... For carpets, a free use of tobacco leaf or stems is desirable. Papers dipped in turpentine here and there will do their shar6, and for outside packing, each carpet should be sewed in burlap. TO PACK PICTURES AND GLASSWARE. Small framed pictures may be wrapped in paper and packed in the chests of blankets, quilts, etc., taking care that each picture shall be quite free from contact with any other. China, glass, bronzes, etc., should be packed in hogsheads or crates by a china packer. The sum paid to an experienced packer, will be far less than the loss by breakage in domestic packing. Large pictures should be boxed, if they are to be transported any distance. LICE ON CANARY BIRDS. The following is a cure for lice on canary birds: Sprinkle dry sand, mixed with anise seed, in the bottom of the cage each day. Rub a little fresh lard under the bird's wings, and put a rusty nail in the bathing cup. CEMENT FOR ATTACHING METAL TO GLASS OR PORCELAIN, Consists in a mixture of a solution of eight ounces of strong glue and one ounce of varnish of linseed oil, or three-quarters of an ounce of Venice turpentine, which should be boiled together and stirred till the mixture is thoroughly mixed. TO CEMENT IVORY TO METAL. Melt together equal parts of good pitch and gutta percha; use hot. CEMENT FOR PORCELAIN. Milk coagulated by means of acetic acid, the caseine thus formed well washed in water, and then dissolved in a cold saturated solution of borax; a clear solution is thus obtained, which is superior to gum arabic in adhesive power, and is colorless. For porcelain this liquid is mixed with finely powdered quick-lime, and the resulting cement quickly brushed over the broken surfaces, which are then bound together; the ware is then dried at a gentle heat. A GOOD CEMENT. A... |