Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

AN English physician reports that,
among the poor, rubbing the soles of the
feet with garlic is very popular as pre-
ventive against disease.
CUTTING TMBER-If posts or rails are
needed for service during the winter, the
trees may be cut now, while in full leaf.
Allowed to lie as the trees are cut, the
evapotion from the leaves will drain the
timber nearly dry, when a short exposure
afterwards will very effectually season it.
The economy of using posts and rails
peeled is very great; the loose bark re-
tains moisture between it and the wood,
and the sap wood soon rots. When peeled
the sap wood dries, and will last many
years longer.-Hedrth and Home.
To CLEAN BRASS Rub the surface of
the metal with rotten stone and sweet oil,
then rub off with piece of cotton flannel,
and polish with soft leather. A solution
of oxalic acid rubbed over tarnished brass
soon removes the tarnish, rendering the
metal bright The acid must be washed
off with water, and the brass rubbed with
whitening and soft leather. A mixture of
muriatic acid and alum dissolved in water,
imparts a golden color to brass articles
that are stepped in it for few seconds.
A WRITER in the Food Journal says that
out of twenty samples of bakers bread
analysed and examined by him, only three
were positively genuine, while sixteen
were contaminated with an actual poison.
The quantity, he says, is not so great as to
show immediate effects, but thousands are
unconsciously consuming a half grain of
sulphate of copper every day, habit that
cannot be long practiced with impunity.
As he suggests, however, the fault may
not rest entirely with the bakers, since
there are inferior brands of flour in the
market, warranted to make white bread
without the use of alum.
THINNING TURNIPs.-This is duty that
must not be neglected, if fair, we'll grown
roots are desired, and these make the
heavy crops. If the soil is rich, and the
growth promires well, twelve or fifteen
inches should be left between the plants,
otherwise less will do. A sharp hoe Isl good
| singing instrument. Vacant spaces may
be filled by transplanting, if it is carefully
| done. A garden trowel should be used,
and scoopful of earth taken with the
plant and deposited in the place desired.
| This work should be done on damp
evening, or during a shower of rain. If
| dry weather occur, it will hardly be worth
the trouble; at least, we have found it so
in our experience.-Hedrthd and Home.
How TO BORE HOLES IN GLAss.-Any
hard steel tool will cut glass with great
facility when kept freely wet with cam
phor dissolved in turpentihe. A drill bow
may be used or even the hand alone. A
hole bored may be easily enlarged by q
round file. The ragged edges of glass yes
sells may also be thus easily smoothed by
a flat file. Flat window glass can readily
be sawed by watch spring saw, by the
aid of this solution. In short, the mos
| brittle ha ,,1
as brass by the use of cutting tools KEEP
constantly moist with camphorized oil O
turpentine.-EIchange.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Neao England
Farmer says that double zinnias are nov
as effective a flower as can be raised. Thei
perfectly cupped petals have quite eclipseC
those of the dahlia. The white varietie
are now an established fact. They ar,
very beautiful, being of paper whiteness
and every petal is perfectly formed. Ii
order to grow them in perfection the,
should be prunned and pinched in, an(
prevented from struggling. A well. grown
plant, properly trained and prunned, is a
| fine an object as the flower-beds can ex
hibit. This season striped zinnias are tn
novelty.
CRACKED HEELS, OR GREAsE.-Thi
. complaint, when neglected, becomes yer,
troblesome. Filth is its chief cause, AM
without the cause being removed it is i'm
possible to cure 1t. In some cases the le
is swollen to the knee, and discharges ol
f fensive matter from suppurating crack;
! which are opened at every movement @
the horses foot. No careful horsemar
; however, would permit his beast to becom
. afflicted to this degree, for early treatmer
, brings about speedy and easy cure. Cal
' bolic soap and warm water, applied thre
/ times q day, and little glycerine to pr
tect the cleansed surface from exposure {
I the air, will effect cure. This unsightl
, disease should not be permitted to exist
) moment longer than necessary to eradicar
it. We can not imagine a man of prop.
! selfrespect allowing himself to be seen
:. public driving horse suffering from it,
e Hearth and Home
s THE Chemical Neses gives US from Il
/ German Manual Of Pharmacy the follow
j. ing receipt, by Reinsch, for making Il
7. soup tablets so much in use in the Germa
e army during the late war: Take elevt
Il parts, by weight, of good suet, melt it
= an iron pan, and make it very hot, so as
IS become brown; add, while keeping the f
IS stirred, eighteen parts of rye meal, al
r continue heating and stirring, so as
d make the mass brown; and then foI
1t parts of dried salt and two parts
n cosrsely pulverized carraway seed. IT
e mixture is then poured into tin pa,
If somewhat like those used for makiI
lie chocolate into cakes. The cakes have Il
l. appearance of chocolate, and are CHIEF
IN intended for the use of the soldiers viii
j. IN the field. A quantity of about o.
Sc ounce of this preparation is sufficient
~ yield, when boiled with some water, a
iy ton of good soup, and in case of nee
r the cakes being agreeable to the tas
may be eaten raw.
fe HOPS WITHOUT PoLEs.-A correspor
" ent of the Country Gentleman writes
u u follows Eight years experience prov
~ that we can pick our hops as cneaply, a
!e much neater, by using baskets and pic
10 ing from the vine trained horizontally a
d low, without cutting any part of the VII
u u thus leaving it to mature and ripen {
"a root for next years use when the hop va
ne is trailed in this way, no hills die, but [
lu plant is more vigorous each year, as 10
In as it is well taken care of, with one. foul
oy the manure that is required if the plal
~ are cut. Many of our hop-growers 9
n n not aware of the great outrage they
ie committing upon the first principles
~ vegetable physiology by severing sucl
, a mass of vines and foliage as is dc
81 in all cases where the hop is trained hi
u III and the vines cut to pick. / have sc
u 10 yards of luxuriant growth and great vi
u picked early, bleed so as not to prodl
10 next year; the ground around the /
,n ne would be kept wet for days by the flow
~ sap from cutting.