Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-02-09
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
WEIGHT of SLAKED Quick LINE
Water Is absorbed by quick lime, and com
bjnes with it, forming a hydrate If slaked
with water, it is found that fifty'six
pounds of quick lime becomes seventy
four pounds when slaked--that is to say,
fifty. six pounds Of quick lime viii absorb
and combine with eighteen pounds OF
water,-RtrA Nee HoyRer.
To KEEP MICE FROM TREEs.-W. II.
Randall, of Tpsilanti, Mich, has found the
hest plan for preventing mice from girdltng
trees to be to take a common sized sheet
Of tin and cut into four equal parts, bend
around fork handle to give the desired
shape, and apply to the trunks This
makes a barrier that the mice cannot get
over or around, and costs but triile.'
STRAWBERRY plants intended for hot
bed forcing may be kept in pots or boxes
in pit dug and boarded up for the pur-
pose Over the pots place some twiggy
branches that will keep the covering from
pressing too close on the plants, and over
these place hay or straw, or root OF
boards The pots should be plunged in the
earth or placed around with sawdust,
A WRITER in the Scientific Imertcaa
says there is no better filter for a rain
water cistern than a well of soft burned
bricks built up within it. He has one
twenty inches square in the center of his
Cistcrn from which the pump draws 1t
may be built in one corner as well The
water perculates through the substance OF
the bricks, which dctain every impurity,
except such as are chemically united with
the water
COOKING OAr MEAIn-Take one quart
Of water in tin kettle, place it on the
stove and put in little salt. Stir in slow
ly two large tablespoonfuls of meal Let
ii simmer gently for half an hour stirring
frequently. 1t will thcken and grow
whittier until the expiration Of that time,
when it is sufficiently done, Some milk
can be added If scalded milk is objected
to, cold can be used after bring brought to
the table, which is preferable to our taste.
A WRITER in the London lancet says
4 few years ago, when in China, he be.
came acquainted with the fact that the
natives, when suffering from facial neu-
ralgia, applied oil Of peppermint to the
seat of pain with a camel hair pencil
Since then, in his own practice, he has fire.
qucntly employed oil Of peppermint ms a
local anpsthctic, not only in neuralgia
but $50 in govt, with remarkably good re-
suits, He has found the relief from pain
to be almost instantaneous.
To KEEP OFT BoRERs. Mr.. Reed, of
Perth Amboy n j., says that he keeps
out borers by putting little jacket of tar
red roofing paper about the base of the
tree, He digs the earth away from the
crown, ties the top of strip of this paper
about the tree, and bauls earth up around
the base of the paper, and is not troubled
with borcrs. He takes it Oft in the fall.
Thus treated, the borers have disappeared
from his orchard altogether
4 CORRESPONDENT of the Oshkosh,
WIS, AQrhrtMcr1. says he bought fed
which had been plowcd for twenty con
scCntivc years, with soil only four or five
inches deep lie applied subsoil pillow,
running i fourteen inches deep, then ran
it the other way, and then narrowed it
twice, with an interval of a few days and !
had his ground broken up without the aid !
of the ordinary plOw At one time he |
marked ground for corn by running a sub |
soil plow fourteen inches deep, both ways |
at proper distance, and planting at the
crossings. He had good crops ioWlth.
standing severe drouth.
DANGER FROM usiNd OH PETROLEUM
BARRELS. "A case of poisoning has hecu
reported in Germany from the drinking of
cider that had been preserved in an old
petroleum barrel, although the cask was
thoroughly cleansed before using. After
The funeral OF the first victim, the grave
dlEgers returned to the house, and partook
OF the same drink; one Of the men soon
afterwards dIrd, and the others mad mar
row escape 1t IS well for the public to
Know that petroleum acts as poison, the
symptoms being dlmncss and vomiting and
1t Is uasale to use the old barrels for the
storing OF any articles OF food or drink
SreWtb' dmftedH,
REMEDY FOR FROST BITES In these
winter DAYS, when feet and fingers are
quite ant TO get frost bitten, the following
remedy, which il furnished to an exchange,
may bc of value 10 our readers, A ady
writes. NV former husband froze his
feet one morning while wood choppin..
ia, Thermometer being only 20 DEGREES be-
low zero. For four DAYS he WAS unable
to approach the fire without suffering
painful sensation in the frosted parts. One
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