Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-06-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

POLICIES become self-sustaining in the
Washington Life Insurance Company, of
New York.
GERANIUM leaves are often made spot
ted by the rays of the sun striking ON
them when wet. This occurs indoors,
where air enough is not present to evap
crate the moisture before the suns power
is felt.
A LARGER proportion of white flowers
are fragrant than those of any other
color; yellow comes next, then red, and
lastly blue; after which, and in the same
order, may be reckoned violet, green,
orange, brown and black.
| For your own, as well as your chill
dren's sake, learn to speak low. They
will remember that tone when your head
remember a harsh and angry tone.
Which legacy will you leave to your chill
dren?
CLovERs FOR CHECKING PRAIRIE
FIREs.-A correspondent of the Farmers
Union recommends sowing Alsike and
white clover In belts, for the purpose of
checking prairie fires. He says two
pounds of seed will surround a quarter
section with great carpet that is as
good as water, and then it will spread
both ways, and SO increase the security.
CONDITION POWDER FOR HoRsEs.-The
Turf, Field and Farm says those keeping
horses should twice a week throw in
handful of salt and ashes. Mix them by
putting in three parts of salt to one of
ashes. Hoses relish this, and it will
keep their hair soft and fine 1t will pre-
vent bots, collie, etc. A little ground sui
phur mixed with salt and ashes, and given
once in two or three weeks is also beneti-
cial. All domestic animals will be thus
benefited.
REvACcINATIoN.-It is said an infant
should be vaccinated not earlier than
month after it's birth; if it takes well, an
other careful vaccination at about four
teen will ordinarily be lifelong protec-
ton. At smallpox hospital in En-
gland, it is the invariable custom'to revac-
| cinate every nurse who enters the estab-
lishment to take care of the sick, and in
thirty-four years there has not been a sim
gle case of a nurse having taken small
pox. The older persons get after vaccina-
ton, the less likely are they to have any
form of the disease.
A SERIES of experiments, instituted
to test the average loss in weight by dry
ing, shows that corn loses one-fifth, and
wheat one-fourteenth by the process.
From this the statement is made that
farmers will make more by selling un-
shelled corn in the fall at seventy-fve
cents than the following summer at one
dollar bushel and that wheat at 81. 50
in December is equal to $1.50 for the same
wheat in the June following. This esti
mate is made on the basis of interest al
, seven per cent, and takes no account Of
loss from the depredations of vermin
, These facts are worthy of consideration
COLD AND GERMINATIoN.-M.D Duclaux
r of France, is engaged in a series of ex
, periments to demonstrate that cold is in
dispensable to termination. He placed
} two portions of seed in an ice-house fol
: one and two months respectively a thirC
: portion was deposited in an apartment
, moderately heated. Cold is known to b,
essential to the Matching of the silk
t worms eggs. Well, the three lots wer,
placed in circumstances favorable to ger
mination; the third lot showed no Sign
2 of life; the others sprouted F; the seed
t enclosed for two months in the ice-hous,
without an exception those for on,
5 month, but imperfectly.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Cdrolin.
Farmer says that he would not be careful
2 to select for peach orchard a northern
southern, eastern, or western exposure il
particular, but would prefer to plant, i
possible, on opposite ground at the sam
time. For example One of his neigh
bors owned high hill which slopet
north and south. He had peach orchard
I on both sides of the hill He has seel
the orchard on the north side burdene,
with fruit, while ON the south side tn
l frost had completely destroyed the CROP
and gace UeTsa. The same may be seen OF
4 eastern or western exposures
How TO BUILD BRICK CHIMNEY-ToPs.-
!. All the brick-work above the superstruo
: ture, whatever the material of the build
: ing, should be made with cement mortar
= which absorbs less moisture than tina
! ! made of caustic lime and sand. TIL
L L bricks for chimney-top should be soake
. in water for few minutes, so that the
!, will not extract the water from the mo-
d. tar. In order to have mortar become yer
u hard, it must dry slowly. By laying we
! bricks, the mortar will set slowly, DIR
slowly and eventually become almost q
= hard as the bricks. Every brick chime
4 4 should be covered at the top with a cop,
: stone, and arched top, or bricks place
= : over the flues, like the rafter of built
q q ing, for the purpose of turning off tf
u u water which would go down the insid
y be absorbed by the bricks, and perhaI
:. soak through and wet the paper or calc
~ mining on the inside A chimney-to
n n made as above will stand the influences
i the weather over hundred years withol
- = epairs.-Industr1al Monthly.