Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

ioEk Oh AND SOUUES ka
IMPATIENCE dries the blood sooner than
age or sorrow.
THERE is no luck like pluck, and fortune
most favors those who are Indifferent to
fortune.
REMOVING WARTS FROM THE HANDS -
The Rural Neeo Yorker says: A mixture
of two parts of nitric acid to one of mu-
riatic acid is a good remedy for warts. 1t
should be applied to the warts with a small
brush from a broom, and care must be
taken not to get acid on the flesh, as it
will make sore. Saleratus will coun-
teract the action of the acid.
GLUE few holes, bored in a
glue kettle, in horizontal line near the
rim, will allow steam from the boiler to
enter the kettle, arG so prevent the glue
from solidifying on the side. The holes
need not be bored all round the kettle, as il
is handy to be able to pour glue out of one
side without wasting it.
DRIVING NAILs-A Subscriber asks
if we know of better plan of driving
nails in hard wood than by greasing the
points. Undoubtedly. If the point of q
nail is dipped in grease, the face of the
hammer will very soon become greasy and
will need very careful cleansing or work
| will be impossible. A better plan is to wei
the point of the nail on the end of the
tongue; this will make it drive easily, and
| will not interfere with the hammer
Hearth and Home
TIE fifty per cent. of silica in the straw
| and grain, respectively, show why it i:
that oats flourish luXuriantly on meadow
land that has been broken up from grass
1t also indicates that potash, for the re
\ 80 La ,,l &c oh 1u ac
sertial as a constituent of the soil Wood
| ashes, therefore, are very serviceable in
| the growth of the crop, as well as in the
production of the finer grasses.
LITTLE THINes.-Life is made up of lit
| tie things. He who travels over CONT
| nent must go step by step. He who
writes book must do it sentence by sen
tence. He who learns science must mas
ter it fact by fact, and principle after prin
| ciple. What is the happiness of our lifi
made up of? Little courtesies, little kind
nesses, pleasant words, genial smiles, {
friendly letter, good wishes, and gooC
| deeds. One in million-once in a life
time-may do heroic action; but tn,
little things that make up our life COM
every DAY and every hour. If we max
the little events of life beautiful and good
then is the whole life full of beauty an,
| goodness.
| DAMP PROOF MUCILAGE FOR LABELS
The Arcaices Of Pharmacy gives the fol
lowing recipe: Macerate five parts @
good glue in eighteen to twenty parts @
water for day, and to the liquid add min
parts of rock candy and three parts G
gum arabic. The mixture can be brushe
upon paper while lukewarm; it keep
well, does not stick together, and, whe
/ a6I % h~t4 1os
For the labels Of soda or seltzer waite
bottles, it is well to prepare paste {
good rye flour and glue, to which linsee
Oil varnish and turpentine have bee
added, in the proportion of half an ounC
each to the pound. Labels prepared i
the latter way do not fall off in damp ce
lars.
DEsICCATED POTATOES. Several diffe
ent method of preserving potatoes by DIR.
ing have been devised within few yeal
past In some the raw potatoes have bee
cut in thin slices, dried by hOtair and the
ground into flour. In others the veget
bles have been first cooked and atterwart
dried. The latest plan is to steam or bo
the potatoes after removing the skins, the
mashing and forcing them through a We
sci having a perforated bottom like
colander. This brings the substance int
the form of long, sticky strings, which al
dried, and which may be used in place
rice in soup. etc. Or, they may be groun
fine and when moistened with boilin
water will resemble mashed potatot
cooked in the ordinary way.-Rural Ne
Yorker.
To FAsTEN RUBBER TO WooD AN
METAL.-As rubber plates and rings al
almost exclusively used for making COZ
| hot cto 1,,I @tl ,@s,1
and apparatus, much difficulty is exper
enced in making an air-tight connection
This is obviated entirely by employing
cement which fastens alike well to th
rubber and to the metal or wood. Sue
cement is prepared by a solution of shells
and ammonia. Soak pulverized gum she
lac in ten times its weight of strong an
mOnia, when Shiny mass is obtainet
which in three TO four weeks will becom
liquid without the use of hot water. Th
softens the rubber, and becomes, aftt
volatilization of ammonia, hard and in
permeable to gases and fluids.-Bosto
Journal Of Chemistry.
DAMP WALLs.-Anythipg that will Or,
mote health and well-being among th
operatives of cur over crowded manufa
tories and work shops, is worthy of not
and the remedy for an evil as common &
it is dangerous, seems specially to deser1
attention. Damp walls to work rooms al
among the most fruitful causes of disea!
among laborers of both sexes, and W
deem it not out of place to give the NAL
ner of device, simple and easily adopte,
, to prevent the effects thus resulting frol
bad building. The mode of protectio
adopted, is to boil together powdered su
phur and water for half an hour, in tt
proportion of one pound of sulphur {
two quarts of water. The mixture tn,
formed should be applied with brus1
like ordinary paint, upon the walls affecte
? and the result will be, as rule, to entirel
prevent the unhealthy and unpleasant 90
ing forth of moisture. While building
should never be so constructed as to adm
of dampness, yet it is most important tbs
being unable to prevent existing evils, W
should have the means of remedy, and til
simple bit Of advice just given, we hop
may be adopted in some of the many il
stances where it is likely to work ben
fit.-AmsrScdn Builder.