Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-03-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


| covered tHdt the use OF alcpnOllc sufiAks Is
most powerful predispo8ing cause of
malignant cholera
| IL is said that the best method of clean.
ing articles of silver, such as filigree work
that has become blackened by sulphur,
when mechanical application is impossi-
/ be consists in immersing them in ammo
MIA IN which a rod Of zinc has been in
serted.
To SOFTEN KID BooTs-rhe OAj0
Farmer says; Melt a Quartey OF a pound
OF tallow, then pour it into a jar, add to it
the same weight of olive oil, stir and let
it stand still apply small quantity occa-
slonally with piece Of flannel, Should
the boots be very dirty cleanse with warm
water, 1t viii soften any leather.
PLACE bone in the earth ar the root
Of the grape, and the vine will send out
leading root directly TO the bone. In its
passage it will throw out no tibrcs- but
when it reaches the bone the root will
entirely cover it with the most delicate
. tibres, like lace, each one seeking a pore
Of the bone On this bone the vine will
continue to feed as long as nutriment re-
mains to be extracted.
RAISED Corn MEAL CAKRs.--If posi-
Bile, the meal should be freshly ground
Take quart Of wettiGg, half sweet milk
and half water, and stir up batter with
meal and wheat flour equal parts Of EACH
The milk should be warm, and the batter
moderately stiff. Add small teacup of
yeast, tablespoonful of moIasses, and a
little salt. Let them rise in a warm place
over night In the morning add table
spoonful of melted butter and we'll.
beaten egg. Cook the same as any grid
die cakes, and you will find them 10 be
delicious Erctdngo. ......
To STOP BLEEDING 1t is said that
bleeding from a wound on man or beast
may be stopped by mixture Of wheat
flour and common salt, in equal parts,
bound on with cloth. If the bleeding be
proiuse, use large quantity use from one
to three pints. 1t may be left on for
hours, even days il necessary. The per
son who gives this recipe says in this man
ner he saved the life Of a horse which was
bleeding from a wounded artery the bleed.
ing ceased in i've minutes after the appil
cation
CURE FOR ULCERS. A correspondent
Of the country GsatenadR narratcs the
cure Of malignant ulcer on a ncighbor-
ing woman. s ankle, by the application of
dried clay rs poultice. She applied the
dried clay almost constantly for about six
months, and a perfect cure has resulted.
The first effect Of the preparation was to
remove Inflammation and relieve pain, and
now she says there is no scar remaining,
and her limb, which was still and lame. Is
as elastic rs when she was girl The
cure Is effected on the principle of absorb
ton.
To MEND RUBBER SHOES Prof II D. !
Cotton says: " Get piece of pure rubber
An old shoe-vulcani2ed rubber will not
do; cut il into small bits. Put il into q
bottle, and cover to twice its depth with
spirits OF turpcntine or refined cOal-tar
naphtha--not petroleum naphtha Stop
the bottle, and set one side, shaking it fire.
quently. The rubber will soon dissolve !
Then take the shoe, and press the rip !
or cut close together, and put on the |
rubber solution with a camel's -hair brush |
Continue to apply SO fast as it dries, until |
a thorough coating is formed Spirits Of |
turpentine dissolyes the rubber slowest,
but forms the most elastic cement,
FIRE-rRooF WASH FOR SHNGLEs.-A |
wash composed of lime, salt, and fine sand |
or wood ashes, put on in the ordinary way |
OF whiewashing, renders the roof fifty per |
cent. more secure against taking fire from |
falling Cinders, in case of fire in the yicini. /
ty. it pays the EXPENSE n hnndreI. f,Ia in |
its preserving influence againsG the effects I
of the weather The older and more |
weather beaten the single, the more ben,
eft derived, Such shingles generally be-
come more or less warped, rough, and
application of the wash, by wet
ting the upper surface restores them at
once to their original first form, thereby
closing up the space between the shingles,
and the lime and sand by filing up the
cracks and pores in the single itself, pre-.
venting its varying. --Rurdj Neto Yorker.
PRESERVE THE YorYa FOREST TRrrs
In almost every part of our country it
is the common practice 70 pasture the lot .
which contains the reservation VI rrowin9
timber Sheen, cattle and nor ,es Sat every
Young tree as it starts iron, the Seed 81 .
that in a few yenrs whe,, t;,r ola trccs arc
nI,rrs An man T91;sos I5,oIs oa1,,o. na5