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To Keep Up Sash Windows

glycerine is said to prevent the freezing of a This is performed by means of cork, in the gallon of water, though at least double the simplest manner, and with scarcely any ex- proportion is preferable in the country, whatcountry, whatpense. Bore 3 or 4 holes in the sides of the ever the temperature in the winter may hapin the winter may hapsash, into which insert common bottle-cork, pen to be. Water containing about 40 per projecting about the sixteenth part of an inch. cent. of glycerine is but little inclined to These will press against the window frames freeze. Glycerine in a pure state is perfectly along the usual groove, and by their elasticity inert, and exercises no influence upon the support the sash at any height which may be metals of which the meter is composed. required. 6209. How to Treat a Burning Chimney. If it is desired to extinguish the fire in a chimney which has been lighted by a fire in the fireplace, shut all the doors of the apartment so as to prevent any current of air up the chimney, then throw a few handfuls of common fine salt upon the fire in the grate or stove, which will immediately extinguish the fire in the chimney. The philosophy of this is, that in the process of burning the salt, muriatic acid gas is evolved, which is a prompt extinguisher of fire.

Whiskey, on the contrary, undergoes the acetous fermentation, by which the alcohol is converted into acetic acid, which corrodes the meter, and soon wears it out. 6215. To Prevent the Creaking of Doors. Apply a little scap to the hinges.

Or: Take lard, soap, and black lead, equal parts, and apply.