Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A WIDOW holding policy ON her de-
ceased husband in the Washington gets
the money herself. 1t cannot be taken for
his debts.
PRESERVING STUFFED ANIMALS WITH
ARsENIc.-Rub the flesh side of the skin
with composition of one pound tobacco
ashes, one-half pound alum, two pounds
dry slaked lime.
LAMPS are liable to explode when
trimming Is neglected. The wick being
charred low down in the tube, the flame
obtains access to the oil below.
HARDENING WooD FOR PULLEYs.-Af-
ter wooden pulley is turned and rub
bed smooth, boil it for about eight min
utes in olive oil, then allow it to dry, af
which it will ultimately become almost as
hard as copper.
ALKALI lands, heretofore considered
almost worthless, are found to be excel
lent for cotton. In California, the cotton
planted on alkali soil is a month ahead of
that planted on the adobe lands.
NERMILLIoN PAINT.-The tendency of
paint made from vermillion (cinnabar or
sulphide of mercury, when mixed with
white lead, to turn black or brown in q
short time may be obviated by mixing
with the dry paint, before adding the oil,
one eighth of its weight of flowers of sui
phur.
A DOZEN secrets of health are 1. Keep
warm. 2. Eat regularly and slowly. 3.
Maintain regular bodily habits. 4. Take
early and very light suppers. 8. Keep a
clean skin. 6. Get plenty of sleep at
night. Z. Keep cheerful and respectable
company. s. Keep out of debt. g. Don't
set your mind on things you don't need.
III b,,a Crh1 1r,a
curiosity. -. Avoid drugs.
PAINTING ZINc.-Oil paint may be
made to adhere to sheet zinc by coating
the latter with a composition of one part
nitrate of copper, one part chloride OF
copper and one of sal ammoniac, dis.
solved in sixty-four parts of water add
to the solution one part hydrochloric
acid. This should be left from twelve to
twentyfour hours to dry. 1t acts also as
a protection to the metal against atmos
pheric influences.
GATHERING HERBs-Herbs for drying
for future use should be cut Just about
the time they are coming into flower. Dry
them in the shade, and after sufficiently
dry to put away, tie them in punches an6
hang in cool shed, or place them loosely
between paper, and stow away in cup
boards or drawers; the last mode is BY
far the cleanest and most approved plaI
with the best housekeepers. Some, in
deed, powder the leaves at once after dry
ing, and put away in bags ready for use
GOLDEN WoRDs-But now let me tel
you this. If the time comes when yol
must lay down the fiddle and the bow
because your fingers are too stiff, anC
drop the foot-sculls because your arm
are too weak, and after dazzling awhile
with eyeglasses, come at last to the un
disguised reality of spectacles; if the tim
comes when that fire of life we spoke o
has burned so low, that where its flame
reverberated there is only the sombr
stain of regret, and where its Goals glove,
only the white ashes that cover the EN-
bers of memory-don't let your hear
grow cold, and you may carry cheerful
ness and love with you into the teens o
your second century, if you can last s.
long.-H0lmes.
BEANS A REMEDY FOR GARGET.-W
had two valuable cows, which for
couple of years had been much trouble,
with garget in the bag. and last spring
set in again, bidding fair to destroy them
had read in your paper about beans a
a remedy and prevailed on the men t
bring some, which / boiled a few times
and / have heard no more complain
about garget. The disease had advance,
so far in a new milch cow that the mel
said she had already gone ups" but tn
beans brought her back again, and sh
, has been an excellent COW all summer
, The beans used were what is called tn
butter bean, which are black when ripe
and as l cooked them for the cows,
found them to be very strong and beany
} From our experience here with beans fo
garget, had come to the conclusion ths
beans had hardly had prominence enough
1t strikes me as being the remedy abov
all others.-Cor. Rural Neao Yorker.