The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-12-01
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

nuts, as that is necessary TO produce their
easy digestion.
DIR. HIGGINs, a South American physi-
cian writes to the Journal eff Pharmacy
that the bite of the cobra, or of any other
snake or reptile, may be cured by admins
tering few drops of a preparation of the
gall of the cobra.
y CERTAIN amount of opposition is a
great help to a man. Kites rise against
the wind, and with the wind even head
wind is better than none. No man ever
worked his passage in a calm. Let no man
wax pale, therefore, because of opposition
opposition is what he wants and must have
to be good for anything.
DR.. THOMPSON, of Nashville, finds that
a few drops of sassafTas oil will entirely
neutralize the narcotic effects of tobacco.
When put upon cigars the same effect is
produced. 1t is also said that sasSafras oil
is good remedy for the bite of rattle
snake How far this oil would act as an
antidote to the alkaloids is not stated 1t
has long been used to prevent the fermen-
tation of mucilage and inks.
The purity of hydrate of Choral may, it
is said, be tested by means of a concentrat-
ed solution of potash. The pure hydrate
does not color this at all, or at most only a
feeble yellow, and gives forth The pure
smell of chlOrOform. Should the LIQUID as
sumo brown color, and the smell of
chlorO acetic acid be combined with that
of chloroform, or should gases of a pun
gent odOr be developed, which is not sell
dom the case, the product is impure and
unfit for USE
INSTEAD of the ld-fashioned method of
using wax for polishing floors, soluble
glass is now employed to great advantage
For this purpose the floor is first well
cleaned, and then the cracks filled up with
a cement OF water-glaSs and a pow dercd
chalk or GYPSUM afterward water glass
of 60 TO % degrees, of the thickness of
syrup, is applied by means of a stiff brush
Any desired color is to be impaired to the
floor in second coat Of the Water glass
and additional coats are to be given until
the requisite polish is obtained. A still
higher finish may be given by pummicing
off the last layer, and then putting ON a
coating of OIL
CHEAP WASH FOR BUuLDINGs.-Take
a clean, watertight cask and put into it Is
bushel of lime. Slack it by pouring water
over it boiling hot, and in sufficient GUAM
tity to cover it . inches deep, and stir it
briskly till thoroughly slackened. When
the lime has been slackened, dissolve it i'm
water, and add 2 lbs. of sulphate of zinc
and 1 Ii. of common salt These will
cause the wash to harden and prevent its
cracking a beautiful cream color may
be given to the wash by adding 8 lbs. of
yellow OGRE; or lump of iron block
For fawn color add lbs. of number, l b.
of Indian red, and 1 ib of common lamp
black. For stone color add ? lbs of raw
lumber and lbs. of lampblack. When APP
piled to the outside of houses and to
fences, it is rendered more durable by
adding a pint of sweet milk to gallon of
wash.-Eschan9e.
RATs.-The vast destruction caused by
rats is not appreciated. Take the grains
upon which they feed; then the roots
which, for lack of the former, they gnaw :;
then the damage to buildings, bedding,
clOthing-in fact, almost every thing they
can get at, and put it into an aggregate,
and the amount would be astounding. The
clergy cost the United States six millions;
lawyers, twenty-five millions; dogs, ten
millions; criminals, twelve millions; and
we believe rats, more than either, and per-
haps more than ALL The fall is the best
season to poison them. If you do it i'm
winter, they die under the hearthstone. In
summer, they are generally where you can
not get at them; but when fall comes, YOU
can dose them with arsenic very eAectu-
ally. Mix it with Indian meal or sprinkle
it on bread, and then cover with butter,
and the work is done. Shut up the
chickens until after several hard rains, for
many of the rats will vOmit up the bread
or meal after taking arsenic, and the
chickens will eat it and die.-Xearth ant
Home.
To MEND RI BEER SHoEs.-A writer i'm
the Western Rural has found the follow
ing plan to answer the purpose: In the
first place, fit "a heavy piece ofsheet-iron to
a last, insert the last thus fixed into the
Overshoe: then take piece of shoe
makers wax and melt it with a small
piece of glue, and add tallOw or tar enough
to make it little softer than the wax was
in the first place. With the mixture APP
ply. under the torn place in the shoe, and
paste the torn part firmly TO its place; then
take gimp tacks (such as are used by car
rage trimmers) and tack the edges of the
torn place down, and the sheet iron on the
last will clinch them so they will not irri-
tate the feet, even though the shoe be worn
next TO the foot. In case a piece is torn
out, piece of the same material can be in
laid, and the edges IF the torn place tackled
over it-cOmmon saddler's tacks would
answer the purpose, but gimp tacks have
neater appearance, especially to the side of
the shoe.