Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-15
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

USErU L OUUdEOIlVNSs
A GENTLEMAN signing himself "Pro
Bono" gives the following recipe for the
cure Of coughs, which will be found accept
able: Seneca snake root, 8 or. {; slippery
elm, 2 o.; liquorice, 2Jarge sticks. Put
in two quarts of water, and boil down to
one quart; strain, and add lbs. of sugar;
let 1t simmer for about ten minutes;
after which bottle for use, and put in a
cool place. The dose is a tablespoonful
whenever the cough is troublesome. dtC.
REMEDY FOR A COLD IN THE HEAD
DR.. Hager recommends for This purpose a
mixture of five parts carbolic acid, six
parts sal ammoniac of specific gravity
0960, ten parts distilled water and two
parts alcohol This fluid is poured into a
glass with q wide neck, one-half full of
feather alum. 1t is applied by pouring a
few drops on blotting paper and inhaling
the vapor, with closed eyes, through
mouth and nostrils, and repeating the OPP
Grafton once every two hours. ...-.
SIMPLE FmEPLATING FOR IRoN.-By
rubbing the surface of iron or other met
ais with soda amalgam, and then pouring
over ID concentrated solution of chloride
OF gold, the gold Is taken up by the ANAL
gamated surface, and IL Is only necessary
TO drive OF the mercury with the heat OF
large lamp to obtain fine gided sur
face that win bear polishing. BY writing
or drawing u design on the iron, The
drawing Will be reproduced In pure gold.
Silver and platinum salts are said TO net
In similar manner 10 the gold.
How 10 FIR CoLLAas 10 iloasEs'
IA IA
n collar III tho shoulders Of the horse. The
collar should DO purchased Of tho proper
size just before putting IL on the first
time immense Il In water, letting IL remain
about a minute, and Immediately put II
on the horse, being careful TO have the
names so adjusted at the top and bottom
as to fit the shoulder, and then put the
horse 10 work. The collar by being wet
will adapt itself to the shoulder, and
should dry on the horse. When taken of
It should be left in the same shape 1t oc-
cupied on the horse, and ever alter you
will have snug-flttlng collar and no
wounds. VALLEY Farmer. '' 90
How TO MANAGE RUNAWAY HoRsEs.--
Always stick to your horses SO long as
they are fast to the carriage. II line
breaks or the bits give way, step out of
the team may be running, take hold of
of the animals. Once astride of horse,
one can reach forward, grasp his nose
and soon check his speed. When horse
is running toward you, as he comes up,
stand so that he will be within reach as he
dashes past; then make calculations to
seize his reins near the bits with one hand
and to grasp his name or the top Of the
names with the other hand. A man may
expect TO be carried twenty rods, but If
he will hang to the reins horse will soon
stop. ...r .D.t..s.s ,..,
MOST marble limitations consist of glue
and gypsum chalk, of paper pulpe and
gypsum, or of lime and glue. Pichler In
Vienna has published the following &C
count of another imitation, said to be pc
culiarly adapted for plastic decorations OF
all kinds Take one pound of good
glue and boil 1t down so that II will
be quite thick, add then half pound
of resin, or better still, Venice turpentine,
and mix well. Prepare mixture of fine
chalk and such mineral colors, finely pull
verified, as are required for certain imita-
tons. The less the ingredients are mixed,
the better will be the limitations. The
paste formed by blending the two mix
lures is then kneaded until of proper con-
sistence. A few drops Of Provence oil
may be added to it. This mass can be i'm.
mediately used, and becomes hard like
stone. If desired to be kept for while,
it is only necessary to wrap it in moist
cloth. !dsa Ef4j D
To LAY Our A HALF-MILE TRACK
Lay of two straight sides, GOO feet each
(parallel), and 452 feet 4 inches apart,
connecticut each end with perfect semi
circle radius 226 feet 3-16 inches) place
your fence exactly upon line so formed
(which is the inside of your track), and
your track will measure exactly half q
mile three feet from the fence; the out
side fence to be placed according to the
width of the track desired. II not con-
venient to obtain an engineer to run the
curves, it can be done as follows: Place
a center stake midway between the paral-
lei straight sides at each end take wire
with loop at the end; loose enough to
turn upon the stake, and measure upon
this wire 226 feet BIG inches (the radius
of the curves, which, from the center
stake, will exactly reach the ends of the
straight lines then describe your semi.
circle, beginning at the end of one straight
side, putting down a stake every twelve
feet, If that Is the length of fence panels
desired. rJ