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234 Cutting off a glass Bottle
Fasten the Bottle on a chuck in a
wood Lathe and hold a piece of soft
Iron wire against it, while it turns,
until the wire gets red hot, then squirt
a little water on the mark, and it will
break right off. August 16 1890
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Cement for Glass
A transparent cement is made from
Canada Balsam July 12 1890
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To Brighten Carpets
Beat well first. Then after they are
tacked down, wash them with a
warm solution of 1 part oxgall
to 25 parts water by measure. Mix
and use a little at a time, so as to
have it always warm and clean. Same.
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To Expel Mosquitoes
Take a piece of gum of camphor
1/3 the size of a hens Egg, and Evaporate
it by placing it in a tin vessel
and holding it over a lamp, taking
care it does not ignite June 22 1889
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Appendix Vermiformis
This is a recepticle formed at the
junction of the large & [and] small intestines,
but its use or object, no physician
Knows. It has been thought to be a
rudimentary or incomplete formation,
or possably some meaningless survival
of a lost anterior type. If any
indigestable seed or other food gets into it,
it nearly always proves fatal. Lately a
man named Duyer died and a piece
of peanut shell was found in the
appendix.
February 11 1888
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Good Things to Know 235
Clear boiling water will remove tea
and many fruit stains. Pour the water
right through the stain and it will not spread.
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Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from cloth and from the hands.
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A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled with
white clothes, makes them whiter.
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Beeswax & [and] Salt will make rusty flat
irons as bright as new. Tie a lump of wax
in a bag, rub when the iron is hot, and
scour with a cloth sprinkled with salt.
Coal oil
Kerosene oil will soften boots and shoes
which are stiff or hard from wet. It
will also clean bright tin Kettles
July 6 1889
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To make an Emery Wheel
Use strong Brown glue, hot & [and] thick.
Warm the wood and use a brush , or
roll it in the glue [replacing struckthrough Emery] and roll at at
once in the Emery. Scrape off Excess
May 19, 1888
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Onions for a cold
Nothing better than well boiled or
roasted onions. Fine for a cough.
They clean the bronchial tubes. 5 ounz [ounces]
raw onions should be given to children
3 or 4 times a week, but when the
onions are large and very strong, you
can boil or roast them. When
Diptheria & [and] scarlatena are around
Eat onions in the spring time.
March 17 1888
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