South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


TEE ivory keys to G pisno which have
become yellow may be made white again
by washing them with a sponge with di.
luted sulphurous acid, or a solution of
soda, and expose to the sun.
Sun FLowERs.-A writerin the P~diris
Farmer thinks it more profitable to raise
the mammoth sun flower than the common
kinds, but they are all good. The seed is
valuable for many purposes, especially for
feeding hens. The stalks are very useful
for kindling fires"
REMEDY FOR EAR ACHE-Generally,
heat is the best remedy. Apply a warm
pouitice or warm oil TO the ear. Rub the
back of the ear with warm laudanum. In
case of fetid discharge, carefully syringe
the ear with warm milk and water. In all
cases keep the ear thoroughly cleansed.
Relief is often given by rubbing the back
of the ear with a little hartshorn and wa
ter.
WE are generally losers in the end, if
we stop to refute all the backbitings and
gossipping we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not dan
gerous, SO long as We do not stop to ex-
p~ostulate and scold. Our characters are
formed and sustained by ourselves, by our
own actions and purposes, and not by
others. Always bear this in mind, that
" calumniators may usually be trusted to
time and the slow, but steady, justice of
public opinion"
DRILLING WHEAT.-In drilling in fall
wheat some advantage may be gained by
the direction in which the drills are run.
The prevailing winds in winter are from a
northerly direction. If the drills are ar
ranged to run similarly, when the ground
is frozen and the wiLd are violent much
earth is blown from about the roots, and
they become sometimes dangerously ex-
posed. If tie drills run in an easterly d.
rection the winds will blow acrUss them,
snd all loose earth, dust and floating mat
tiers, and, most important of all, the snow,
will be 0rifted against the rows OF wheat
plants on the side where they need protec-
ton. The roots will thus gain covering
which is useful not only during the cold
weather, but also during the growing sea-
son.-HeaTh and Home.
How TO SEE UNDER WATER.-Says a
writer in the Scientific american: 1.-THE
Indians of North America do this by cut
ting a hole through the ice, and then cov-
CAAh6 vi Adn6AbS q DlGAAhCi, III u man
ner as to darken or exclude the erect rays
of the sun, when they are enabled to see
into the water, and discover fish at any
reasonable depth. Let any n who is
anx' Gus to prove this, place himself under
the blanket, n he will be astonished
when he beholds with what a brilliancy
everything in the fluid world is lighted
up. l once had occasion to examine the
bottom of a mill pond, for which I on
structed a float out ofinch plank, sufficient
to buoy me up; through the center of this
float l cut q hole, and placed a blanket
ove it, when l was enabled to clearly dis.
cover objects on the bottom, and several
lost tools were discovered and picked up.
l am satisfied that, where water is suffici-
emily clear, this latter plan could be sue
cessfully used for lost bodies and articles"
LOOK most to your spending. No mat
ter what comes in, if more goes out you
will always be poor. The art is not in
making money, but in keeping it; little
expenses, ike mice in a barn, when they
are many, make great waste. Hair by
hair, heals get bald; straw by straw, the
thatch goes off the cottage; and drop by
drop, the rain comes in the chamber. a
barrel is soon empty, if the tap lesks but a
drop a MIMI C. When you mean to save,
begin with your mouth; there are many
thieves downthe red lane. The ale jug is
a great waste. In all other things keep
within compass. Never stretch your legs
farther than the blankets will reach, or
you will soon be cold. In clothes, choose
suitable and lasting stuff, aud not tawdry
fineries. To be warm is the main thing ;
never mind the looks. A fool may make
naOnou hr1t II naaAd a Uica mon 70 cnanA
it. Remember it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going. If you
give all to back and beard, there is moth
ing left for the saving bank. Fare hard
and work hard while you are young, and
you will have a chance to rest when you
are old.
The HEAT OF THE BLooD.-How many
of us know the real temperature of cur
own bodies? All the thermometers are
marked wrongly; they generally mark
"blood-heat" at ninety-eight degrees
Fahrenheit. Now, the real temperature
Of the blood, in q healthy person, varies
surprisingly little from one hundred de-
grees. But the temperature of the axilla,
or arm-pit, which is the part of the body
whose heat is most frequently and con-
veniently measured, averages ninety eight
and six-tenths degrees. This is the usual
healthy temperature Of the body; little
variation from this temperature occurs,
whatever be the heat or cold of the sur
rounding air. 1t is well known that We
retain an inward warmth while exposed
to the cold. But the same vital power al
so keeps US cool when exposed to a de-
gree of heat far higher than that of the
blood-as in the case of the experiment
tiers who entered an oven heated above
the boiling-point of water. And this
power to retain an ven temperature is
one of The strongest proofs of q sound con-
stitution in the individual. ANY range of
the axillary temperature below ninety
seven degrees or above ninety nine and a
half, is always very suspicious. Hearth
and Home.