The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

WINK at small injuries rather than
avenge them. If, to destroy single bee,
you throw down the hive, instead of one
enemy you make thousand.
SCREWS when subject to strain are apt
to work loose in soft wood, and the screw
hole should first be filed with thick glue.
Ii no glue is handy, put powdered rosin
around the hole, and heat the screw be-
fore driving.
AN eminent physician says that the
white rubber used for nursing bottles and
infants toys is very poisonous, causing
sore mouth, skin eruption, decayed teeth,
spinal curvature, and death. In Europe
the sale of it is prohibited by law.
ANYBODY wishing to produce new forms
OF insect lie, may mix the white of an
egg with a wisp of hay, add few spoon
fuls Of soda, and putting the whole in
bucket, let it stand one day exposed to
the sun. the microscope will then re.
veal countless numbers and various forms
of life.
RAISED WAFFLEs One pint of sweet
milk, one heaping teacupful of butter,
three eggs, a tablespoonful of thick brew
er's yeast, one quart Of -four and another
teacupful Of sweet milk. 10 which is dis
solved quarter OF teaspoOniul of soda.
Let it rise until very light, and then bake
as other waflles. Serve hot, with butter
and sugar.
Toast AND CHEEsE.-Cut a slice of
bread half an inch thick; pare off the
crust, and toast it very slightly on one
side. Cut slice of cheese a quarter of
an inch thick, not so big as the bread by
half an inch on each side; pare off the
rind, lay it on the toasted bread, place on
flat tin plate, and put in the oven ten
minutes or so. Mix a quarter of tea
spoonful of salt and mustard and sprinkle
of pepper; stir it into the cheese, and you
will have delicious luncheon.
WHEN cement is to answer only a
temporary purpose, as, for instance, in
making the corks or shoppers of bottles
perfectly air and vapor tight, it will not
10 to employ q kind which becomes very
hard, as Is the case with oil and lead com
pounds, nor, again, other kinds, such as
wax ard rosin, which are soltcned by
many chemical vapors. The best cement
in such cases is red lead, or finely pow
dcren litharagc, mixed with undiluted
glycerine. This bardens soon enough,
and when required can easily be removed.
TREATMENT OF CLOvER-In a lecture
delivered at Rockford, by l.. w. Law
renee, he says in relation TO this subject /:
"My practice has always been to take off
a crop of hay early, and the ground being
in good condition the second crop will be
as good as the first. This pillow under,
when about one half the seed will grow.
The following spring L SOW wheat upon
this ground and almost invariably ret a
good crop. When this ground is plowed
again the clover seed is thrown mp to the
surface, and invariably will be better
stocked with clover than when the seed
is sown."
LIQUID GLUE-To on. of borax in a
pint of boiling water add ozs of shellac,
and boil till the shellac is dissolved An.
other-Dissolve 3 ozs. of the best glue in
half pint of water; that being done, add
slowly, and keep stirring, q ozs. strong
aquafortis Keep well corked, ready for
use. Another-A useful glue for fasten-
ing papers together only by being wetted
by the tongue. is made as follows: Dis
solve pound of glue or gclatine in water
and half pound Of brown sugar, and boi
them together Make into cakes by pour
ing into shapes. 1t becomes solid when
colo. - Scientific AnleTtcdn.