The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-06-01
Useful and Suggestive.

Wink ut small injuries rather than
avengc them. If, to destroy single
bee, you Throw down the hive, instead
of one enemy you make thousand.
| Screws when subject to strain arc
| apt to work loose in soft wood, and
the screw hole should first be filled
with thick glue. If no glue is handy,
put powdered rosin around the hole,
and heat the screw before driving.
| Anybody wishing to produce new
forms of insect life, may mix the white
of an egg with a wisp ofhay, add a
few spoonfuls OF soda, and putting the
whole in bucket, let it stand one day
exposed to the Sun. The microscope
will then reveal countless numbers aud
various forms of life.
| RAISED WAFFLEs.--O Ono pint of
sweet milk, one heaping lteacnpful Of
butter, three eggs, tablespoonful of
thick brewers yeast, one quart of -four :
and another teacupfnl of sweet milk:
in which is dissolved quarter of
teaspoonful of soda. Let it rise until
very light, and then bake as other
waffies. Serve hot, with butter and
sugar.
Toast AND CHEEsE.-Cut a slice of
bread half an inch tick; pare off the
crust, and toast it very slightly on one
side. Cut slice of cheese 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 fiat tin plate, and put in the
oven ten minutes or so. Mix quar-
ter of a teaspoonful of salt and mus
tard sprinkle Of pepper; stir it into the
cheese, and you will have delicious
| luncheon.
When cement is to answer only q
temporary purpose, as for instance, in
making the corks or stoppersof bottles
perfectly air and vapor tight, it will
not do to employ a kind which. be-
comes very hard, as is the case with
oil and lead compounds, nor, again,
other kinds, such rs wax and rosin,
which are softened, by many chemical
vapors. The best cement in such ca
ses is red lead, or finely powdered IL
tharage, mixed with undiluted glyce-
rine. This hardens soon enough, and
) when required can easily be removed
TREATMENT OF CLovER.--In alec
ture delivered at Rockford, by Z. W.
Lawrence, 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 condi-
ton the second crop will be as good as
the FIRST. This pillow under, when
, about one half the seed. will grow. The
following spring SOW wheat upon this
ground and almost invariably get q
good crop. When this ground is plow-
, Led again the clover seed is thrown up
/, to the surface, and invariably swill be
, better Stocked with clover than when
o the seed is sown."
e LIQUID GLUE.-To OF. of borax in
S pint of boiling water add ozs. of
|, shellac, and boil till the slellac is dis
: solved. Another-Dissolve 8 ozs. Of
y the best glue in half a pint of water;
: that being done, add slowly, and keep
: stirring, 81 ozs. strong aquafortis.
d Keep well corked, ready for use.-An-
a other-A useful glue for fastening pa
# pers together only by being wetted by
e the tongue, is made as follows: Dis
!; isolve pound of glue or galatine in
e, water, and half a pound of brown SUI
e gar, and boil tlem together. Make in
to cakes by pouring into shapes. 1t
becomes solid when cold.
=. Neutrality-suspicious. time. since We
ir published, at the request of friend, a
ID receipt to cure neuralgia. Half a
a drachm of sal-ammonia, in an ounce OF
,e camphor water, to be taken a teaspoon
n full at a dose, and the dose repeated
Or several times, at intervals of FIVE min
J. utes, if the pain be- rot relieved at
v once. Half dozen different persons
e. have since tried the receipt, and in ey-
in cry case an immediate cure was effec.
de ted. In one, the sufferer, lady, had
~ been affected for more than week
and her physician was unable to allie.
he viate her suffeiings, when a solution o
Il, sal-ammonia in camphor water re
lieyed her in a few minutes.
: Food for the stomach is watched b!
ho the sentiuels of sight, taste, and touch
= Food for the lungs is ungarded. w
"a take what.we can get. The chest ex
49, pands, and air, good or bad, flows in
!. and does its work upon tlle'centres o
IS vitality. Many people only know it {
= be bad when they gasp. Food for tn
=, lungs completes the process by whic
: food for the stomach becomes blood
We all feel this need Of acration after
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