Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-06-17
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

w, S.-Your teacher is correct. The
atmosphere extends about A miles from
the surface of the earth. and the pres
sure of a column of air extending from
the earth to the limit of the atmos-
phere is very nearly Is inches on each
square inch of surface. But a portion
OF the atmospf fere one inch square. as
you describerit, is really cubic inch OF
air and weighs only zone third OF
grain. Or, you may consider the por-
tions of air designated. as consisting of
two columns, each pressing upon one
square inch of surface, the column A.
miles in length weighing about 10
pounds; and the shorter. one inch in
length, weighing one third of grain.
ENauIRFR.-John Bunyan, author of
''The i'ilgrim's Progress" was born at
Elstow. near Bedford. England, in the
wear 1923. He was baptized and admit
ted a member of the Baptist Church in
1853; and began to preach in 1856. On
the 18th of Nov. 1860, he was arrested
son the charge of preaching doctrines
obnoxious to the Church of England,
and committed to Bedford Jail, where
he was impris 1ned nearly twelve years.
1t was during this imprisonment that
he wrote the first part of The Pll-
grim's Progress" He was a Minist-r
of the Gospel thirty-two years, and
died August 3lst, 1858.
HoRsEMAN.-The. cheapest and best
way to prevent flies from teasing your
horses, is to pour two or three quarts
of cold water over a large handful OF
| fresh walnut leaves; after standing IL
hours. pour the. whole into Kettle ana
| boil fifteen minutes, when cold 1t Is
ready tor use. Rub sponge, mols-
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neck and flanks of your horse, just be-
fore taking him out OF the stable, and
/ YOU will have no trouble with flies.
READER asks if -.BRUNNER, O. K. .
means that Brunner is an Old koon.
We rather think not! Mr.. Drummer Is
not very old. and we do not know that
he is much of Coon! o. X. means
i"All Right that Mr.. Drummer is all
right in the selection of his drugs
chemicals, paints. oils, stationery, no
tions, &c, as well as the low prices al
which he sells them. By notice in last
weeks Republican,, Reader will see
that one of our citizens had severe
attact of his Pain Charmer" but wa;
instantly relieved ty dose of genuin,
Asiatic Cholera! Mr.. Brunner keep;
on hand a well selected stock of goods
in fact every thing in a drug line from
a tooth-pick to a Soda Fountain. Cal
and see him.
PAINTER wants to know if anything
can be used with Vermillion ant
White Lead that will prevent the mix
ture in short time and changing to ;
dark brown.
We answer, yes. Before mixing
with oil, thoroughly mingle one part
+ by weight, of flour of sulphur, witt
eight parts ofYerafif4forf.---F is-e colo
will be~as lasting as any other.
,|ADALINE says that she was walking
\Iup street the other evening with gen
! tleman. BY crossing to the other sid
!, she was changed to the outside. ant
: some of the bystanders cried out "Fo
t Sale!' as they passed along. She asks
2 Did my attendant act awkwardly il
: not giving me his other arm just atte
street? ?" We think that he did just a
E IA gentleman should do. 1t is custo
!. mary on starting, for the gentleman
t walk on the outside, to protect th
} lady from passing teams, and horses
G and loafers that may be fastened to til
| hitciiing posts. But for gentleman t
L drop his lady's arm, and dodge befor
e or behind her, in order to occupy tn
: outer side whenever they may chanc
e to cross the street. is, in the opinion
e many, very ungraceful and unneceS
= sary proceeding. The annoyance Ad;
:. line suffered is chargable much MOI
). to the impolite remarks of the bystan
ders. than to the awkwardness of he
attendant. To your second query W
reply that it is not customary to tai
4 gentleman's arm during the day III
less there is crowd or the pavemel
is slippery. Custom and good sen:
must be your guide under such circun
stances. -
WILLIAM wishes to know how to raj
good fall and winter Cabbage. Nal
your ground loose and mellow to tt
depth of II inches. and enrich it by Il
use of plenty well rotted manure. S
lect the large Late Dutch variety
e. plants. and transplant them any tin
n between the first and middle of Jun
N The plants may be set in squares tv
% and a half feet apart. The groul
= where each plant is to be set should
10 10 followed considerably and the pla
II rather deeply set in the centre of tt
D. hollow. Sprinkle a tablespoonful
re air Stacked lime around each plant, al
ID cover it with a little fine earth. 7
of lime will keep worms from the roots
in the plants. and if William will ke
le the weeds from them by frequent no
it ing, he cannot fail to raise the best
ed Cabbage.