Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

DEATH will stop all income. Provide
for it by insuring in the Washington Life
Insurance Company, of New York.
SALT sprinkled upon the carpet before
sweeping will make it look bright and
clean. This is also a good preventive
against moths.
To PREVENT FLIES FROM INJURING
GILT FRAMEs.-Boil three or four onions
in pint of water, then, with a gliding
brush, wash over your frames, and the
flies will not alight on the article washed.
No injury will result to the frames.
BE MoDEsT.-Behind the mountains
there live people, too. Be modest; as yets
you have discovered and thought nothing
which others have not discovered and
thought before you. And even if you
have done so, regard it as gift from
above, which you have got to share with
others.
To PREVENT silver-ware from tarnish-
ing, warm the articles and paint them
over with a solution of collodion in alco-
hol, using a wide, soft brush for the pur-
pose. A silversmith of Munich says that
goods protected in this way have been ex-
posed in his window more than year,
and are as bright as ever, while others,
unprotected, became perfectly black in
few months.
ARSENIC may be rendered inactive in
the stomach by dose of hydrated perox-
ide of iron, which is prepared by pouring
a solution of green vitriol boiled with nj
trio acid, or of chloride of iron, into am
monia or soda, and washing the precipi-
tate. Both arsenic and peroxide of iron
can then be removed bv the stomach
pump or an emetic-Sctentifc american.
PROF TYNDAL has perfected a new
respirator for firemen, in which the solid
particles of the densest smoke are arrest
ed by films of cotton wool wetted with
glycerine, and the most pungent gas by
layers of charcoal. By this simple
means firemen can remain within burn
ing buildings for upward of an hour at a
time with safety and comfort, so far as
their respiration is concerned .---Erchange.
G. MURAToRI, of London, makes wood
ornaments by kneading alum, glue, and
sawdust, with boiling water, into dough
which is pressed into molds. When dry,
it is hard and capable of taking high
polish. Similar ornaments, of greater
beauty and resembling carved woodwork
very closely, are being made in New FORK
by pressing veneers between steel or cop
per dyes.-Scientifc american.
THE novel plan of using fuel in the
form of powder is found to be very ef
fective. The process, briefly described,
consists of an arrangement by which a
portion of finely powdered coal is blown
into furnace, where, at first, a small fire
has been lighted. This Immediately
bursts into flame, and by properly adjust
ing the proportions of air and cOal-pow
der a flame is thus regularly kept up,
giving out an intense heat, and leaving
little or no residue in the shape of clink-
ers or ash.
A LADY who was a devout believer in
the power of camphor scattered the pow
dered gum thickly over her capes and
muffs, and for two or three years tri-
umphhantly wore them, though all win
ter long the disagreeable odor was retain
ed in the fur But this was not all. Even
the first year the hair seemed to have lost
little of its gloss and life, and by the
to be admired. Taking them to fur
to hear that the m-camphor had rem
dered her furs valueless.-Erchdnge.
FARMERS and others who are exposed
to wet and cold would find the following
composition very valuable as protection
and preservative of their boots. 1t is
also excellent as dressing for harness ::
Neatsfoot oil, 1 y pints; beeswax, ounce;
spirits of turpentine, ounces; pine tar,
ounce. Melt and mix together, and
stir until cold. Spread and rub this com
position over the leather while it is damp;
leather will absorb oil and grease better
when damp than when dry. For the
soles, take pine tar and rub it in before
the fire, until the soles will absorb no
more. Three or four applications will be
needed The durability of the soles will
be much increased.
THE american Builder gives the follow
ing method of making sand paper of
superior quality, at almost a nominal cost.
The device for making sand paper is sim
pie, and at hand to any one who has occa-
sion to use the paper. A quantity of or
binary window glass is taken-that hav-
ing green color is said to be best-and
pounded fine, after which it is poured
through one or more sieves of different
degrees of finenees to secure the glass
for coarse or fine paper. Then any
tough paper is covered evenly with
glue, having about one third more water
than is generally employed for wood
work. The glass is sifted upon the paper,
allowed a day or two in which to become
fixed in the glue, when the refuse glass is
shaken off. and the paper is fit for use.
This sand paper costs little, and is better
than that ordinarily bought, in which
sand is frequently mingled with the glass.