NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1865, 19 August 1887, Page 20

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Crystoleum.— lt is advisable to obtain one or two lessons, although it is quite possible to learn without them. It is carried out on two convex glasses, the tints being laid on with oil colours. The materials v required are fews the glasses, the photograph, a bottle of paste and two of preparation, oil colours and brushes, some strips of gummed paper, nnd some American clips* Any figure photographs may be chosen, but they should be good ones without defects. The most telling are those where the details are few and the subject is rendered in a bold, free style. Remember that flesh tints show well against a rich ddrk background, and do not forget that the accessories of a picture are hardly less important ' than the figure or subject itself. The glasses must be free from flaw, scrupulously clean, and innocent of any finger marks. If false strokes are made, the remedy is to be found in rectified spirits of turpentine, which, however, must bB ÜBed with caution, so as to avoid running one colour into another. For frames, choose plush of a colour that harmonises with the enamel ; it is soft-looking, and throws up a delicately-toned painting to advantage. J. G.— (l) We should say he would be expected to be at work at 8 o'clock. AH carters in town are at the scene of operations with their horses and drays at 8 o'clock, and we should say the rule would apply with even more force in the country. (2) He would, of course, be expected to be at his work at 8 o'clock. The master has nothing to do with how he reaches it. Inquibbr. — It would hardly do for ub to express an opinion on such a subject, on which even the best authorities frequently differ. Inquibeh, Invercargill. -r The "Oxford Teacher's Bible " is obtainable at Braithwaite's Book Arcade ; price, Is 6d. L. B,— So faraß weknow.there is no paper published in English in Burmah. There have been a number of works issued in our language, however, but we cannot learn of any of them being obtainable in Dunedin, unless specially ordered. This you can do by leaving a deposit with a bookseller as a guarantee of good faith. " Burmah : Its People and Productions, by Bey S. Mason, enlarged by vv. Theobald, 2 vols.. or "Burmah: Past and ] Present," by General Fytche, 2 vols., would probably answer your purpose. Miner, Waikaia.— The objects sought to be attained by the movement for the establishment of mining associations are:— (l) Substitution of a rate on mining property instead of the export duty on gold; (2) alterations in the present Mining Act re annual renewals and forfeitures ; (3) alienation of auriferous land. New Chum. — The speediest, and only practicable way, for wife and family is by rail to Palmerston, and thence by 'coach. For your furniture, you will find it more economical to send it by rail to Dunback, and thence per waggon. " Chvrchman. — Dr Maclagan was vicar of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, at the time of his promotion to the Biahopric of lilebfield in 1878. Lokgshoe.— We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr James Dawson, Secretary of the Caledonian Society, for the following information: — Horni pipe : 1882— J Murray, Jun, I ; 0 Bills, 2 ; A Jaok,

jK'-Jrisk *lg] 1882-J Murray, 1; H M'Donald, gj.iViT'Wallier, 3. Hornpipe : 1883— D Buchanan. irOßillß',2; — McGregor, 3., Irish Jig: 1883-! D Buchanan, 1 ; J Blaney, 2 ; X M'Donald, 3. Hornpipe: 1884— J Murray, jun, 1; O 8i115, 2 ; J Haig, 3. Irish Jig : 1884—3 Murray.-jun, 1 ; A Oummock, 2 ; E M'Donald, 3. Hornpipe : 1885— O Bills, I? J Murray, jun, 3; J Jack, 3. Irish Jig : 1885— J Murray, jun, 1 ; J Jack, 2 ; J Boby, 3. Hornpipe : 1886 -D Buchanan, 1 ; T Wood, 9. W Knox, 3. Irish Jig: 1888-T Wood, 1{ lj Buchanan, 2; J Murray* a. Hdrnpipe! .JB&t — JKnox, I;J£ Bills, 2} D, Buchanan; 3. irisK Jig I 1887— D Buchanan, 1•; J. Knox, 21,2 l , H Bills, JL'on'p/jhob: aaksif Mr T. Woods ever won a hornpipe or jig in Dunedin. Can any of our readers supply the desired information ? J. MD.—Y es; it was Mr W. S. Pulford, next of kin agent. * M. B. H. — Arrived too late for attention in this week's garden column." Will appear in next issue. li.-B. — A stupid and misleading typographical error appeared in the reply to your query a week or two back — "lime" being , printed' in place of "zinc" The recipe should have been :— Get a lotion rnadb as follows: Sulphate of zinc, two grains} rosf water, two ounces. Bathe -tvfell hjto the eyes bight > andmqrnipgf. A sfcrßnk* infusion of tea (cola) ij r dffcen of service fbr inflamed eyes. J: E.M.— a very simple but delicious pudding is made as follows, and will probably answer your requirements :~one pint fine breadcrumbs, one quart milk, two tablespoons sugar, the yolks of four eggs beaten, butter the size of an egg ; bake an hour. ' Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, beating into them two tablespoons of sugar, Spread over the pudding a layer of jam or jelly, and pour the whites of the eggs over this ; replace in the oven, and bake lightly To be eaten cola with cream. The grated rind of. a lemon In thy pudding, and the juice in tile tvliifce 9f the eggs il a great jimproyement, btifc ip, not absolutely neces^ shrV. This is known as the Princess 'of Wales puddlnkf A New Chum, Hamiltons. — An open, running sore of long standing must ' be carefully treated, and given time to effect a permanent cure. Oleanll nesß must be a primary consideration. The sore should be well syringed at least twice daily with a weak solution of carbolic acid in the proportion of one of acid to 30 of water, or it should be thoroughly well bathed with soft soap and water, and syringed with the clean suds. At tho same time an emollient and disinfectant poultice should be used, and this can be made up in a very simple manner. Mix well with say half a pound of steeped linseed meal, a tablesponnf ul of very finely powdered charcoal, and bind the poultice to the wound with throat and head straps. The linsenl is emollient and will reduce the inflammation, while the powdered ohnrcoal, which you can yourself prepare, is a well-known disinfectant, and an absorbent ol fetid matter. Do not, however, neglect the bathing and syringing. Give the horse occasional bran mashes, in which you should put a little gentian and nitre Without seeing the horse we cannot advise purgatives, but you should feed him on green stuff or other easily digestible food. Inquibbr.— Sausage skins are generally imported. They are invariably slightly salted, nnd require steeping in water a little above milk warmth for ab>ut 10 minutes. This softens them, so that the skin can be drawn on to the funnel attached to the " feeder." Care must be, of course, observed that there is no over-pressure of the sausage meat into the skin, which in that case would be ruptured. The skins arc usually imported in small kegs or firkins, and are necessarily slightly hard ; hence the necessity for steeping in warm water. Caledonian.— (l) We do not know of anyone In Dunedin who has Highland costumes on hire. Your only method of finding out whether it is possible to procure one Ib to advertise. (2) A Scottish flag such as you describe is not to be had in Dunedin. J. B,— (1) You do not state what speed yon drive your pumps at. Assuming it is 45 revolutions per minute, and that the diameter of the drum is 30deg, they will throw 62,700 gal per hour. You will require an Bdeg centrifugal pump to do this. This class of pump will require one-third horae* power for each foot vertical height it has to Hit the.water. There is a pump oi this description somewhere about Dunedin. An advertisement in the Daily Times would, doubtless, Inform you of its whereabouts. (2) Six feet long is the ordinary commercial length— price. 25s per owt. An Old Maid asks how to breach a sponge. — Soak it well ia dilute muriaticacid for 12 hours. Wash well with water to remove the lime, then immerse it in a solution of hyposulphate of soda, to which dilute muriatic acid has been added a moment before. After it is bleached sufficiently remove it, wash again and dry It. It may thus be bleached almost snow white. Amateub asks how to make solder for soldering tin. — (1) 7he lining of tea chest makes a good solder for tinware, being made of tin and lead in about the proper proportions. (2) Lead, one part; tin, one party PuzzLftD writes :— During 11th. 12th, 13th, and 14th of current month my barometer (an aneroid) ranged from 30|deg to 31deg, yet the weather during those days continued extremely wet, inclement, and boisterous ('wind south-west), How is this to be accounted for ?— Mr Beverly replies :— The barometer was low several days before the 10th inst., with mild weather during the time. When this happens, it may be expected that bad weather will continue several days after the rise of the barometer, with fine weather for a considerable time afterwards. Why it is so would be hard to explain ; but it agrees with Admiral Fitzroy's weather maxim — " Long promised long last, short notice soon past." B.D.B.— You could not of course say " Messrs Board," but it would be correct to address the members as " Messieurs the members of the Board," if you were so inclined. Several queries are unavoidably held over.