Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

CLEAN straw mating with coarse
cloth dipped in strong salt and water.
Then wipe dry.
THE Washington is great public fav
orite-the increase of business last year
over the previous was greater than that
of any other cash company.
metallic roofs are said to be the best
safeguards against lightning, as the roof
instantly distributes the electric fuid over
its surface, and by so doing prevents all
danger.
THE density of wool, one of its most
important qualifications, depends more
upon the food and the general care given,
than upon the peculiarities of breed. To
produce dense wool, give good food, and
keep the animal in general good condition
summer and winter.
To SOFTEN PUTTY.-A paste of caustic
potassa, made by mixing the caustlc al
kali, or even carbonate of potash or soda
with equal parts of freshly burnt quick
lime, which had previously been sprinkled
with water, will be found of value to
soften putty around window panes to be
removed when the former has become
hard by age.
A PHYSICIAN, in very sensible article
upon bathing, says "For the wind in
the stomach children are thought to have,
for their tiresome crying, and for the
restlessness and worrying at night with
which they are afflicted, if the warm bath
were resorted to oftener and the dosing OF
soothing syrups and worse nostrums less,
it would be better for the children. ."-1Ht
Household.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American commends onions as a specific
against epidemics-not as an esculent, but
sliced and kept in sick room, where
they will absorb any atmospheric poison.
| They should be replaced by fresh ones
every hour 1t is noticed that in the
room of smallpox patient they will
blister and decompose very rapidly, but
prevent the spread of the disease. Theil
application has also proved effective in
the case OF snake bites.
| THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE BODY
1. Secure, if possible, vigorous consti
tuition. 2. Eat a good supply of the
very best of food. 8. Take a proper
amount of physical exercise daily. 4
| Use pure water to drink. 5. Secure
abundance of pure air for the lungs. g.
Take eight hours of good sleep out oi
every twenty-four. Z. Observe cleanli
ness s. Observe regularity in all your
habits. 8. Take wise but not excessive
recreation. 10. Work at some useful anC
congenial employment Herald Of Health
A LADY correspondent of the Obi
Farmer describes dry-house which ha.
been found very profitable and satisfac
tory. The actual outlay was $50, and il
two weeks it had more than paid for itsel
in fruit preserved. 1t is a wood fran,
6x7 feet-boarded up and down and bat
tened. No windows. There are TIVE
| Iarpo bO1ac hOrad ON aitbar eide ~ a,d
for circulation of air, ventilator through
the roof, brick chimney. There is tight
fitting panel door, and parlor stove i
in temporary use. There are racks mad
of nicely planed laths nailed to sid
pieces, for apples, pears, peaches, and tn
like fruit. Sheets of tin with the edge
turned up make very convenient holder
for corn. berries, etc.; these are kept il
place by setting them on pieces of wood
which reach across from side to side o
the house, or from end to end.