Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-02-15
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

REMEDY FOR COLD IN THE HEAD
DIR. Uaoer recommends for this purpose !
mixture of five parts carbolic acid. SIX
partS sal ammOniac of speclhc gravity |
q $50. ten parts distilled water and two
narts alcohol. This fluid is poured into a
.tl,ss with a wide neck. One-half full OF
feather alum. Ii is applied by pouringe
few drops on blOtting paper and inhaling
the yapor. with closed eyes, through
mouth and nostrils. and repeating the OPP
Grafton once every two hours.
SIMPLE FIREPLATING FOR lRoN.-by
rubbing the surface of iron or other met
ais with soda amalgam, and then pouring
over il 2 concentrated solution of chloride
of cold. the gold is taken up by the ANAL
ramated surface. and il is only necessary
/ TO drive off the mercury with the heat OF
large lamp To obtain a fine @ilded sur
face that will bear polishing. BY writing
or drawing design on the iron, the
drawing will be reproduced i'll pure gold.
Silver and platinum salts are said to act
in Il similar manner to the gold.
How TO FIT COLLARS TO HORSES
SHorLpEHs.-ItiSvc very important to nave
\ COLLAR tit the shoulder of the horse. The
collar should be purchased of the proper
size: lust before putting it on the first
about a minute. and Immediately put it
on the horse, inc careful to have the
names so adjusted at the top and bottom
rs to fit the shoulder, and then put the
horse TO work. The collar by being wet
will adapt itself TO the shoulder. and
should dry on the horse. When taken of
il should be left in the same shape II oc-
! cupied on the horse. and ever alter you
: will have snug-titting collar and no
i wounds. Valley Farmer.
How TO MANAGE RUNAWAY HORSES.-
Always stick to your horses so long a.
thew are fast TO the carriage. If IA line
breaks or the bits give way, step out Of
e the fore end Of the carriage, ev,n whei
= the team may be running, take hold o
: the harness and spring on the back OF one
of the animals. Once astridc of horse
= one can reach forward. grasp his most
Il and soon check his speed. When horS'
d is running toward you, as he comes up
. stand so that lie will be within reach as n
: da.hcs past: then make calculations t
= seize his reins near the bits with one han'
J and to grasp his name or the top of tn
. names with the other hand. y man ma,
) expect TO be carried twenty rods; but
1t he will hang to the reinS a horse Will 500
!, stop.
'e MosT marble limitations consist of glu
e and gypsum chalk, of paper pulpe an
e gypsum. or of lime and glue. Pichler
lr Vienna has published the following AT
r. count of another imitation, said TO be p'
&c culiarly adapted for plastic decorations
RI all kinds: Take one pound of goo
clue and boil it down so that it wi
be quite thick. add then half poln
of resin. or better still, Venice turpentin'
10 and mix well. Prepare mixture OF IN
/. chalk and such mineral cOlors, finely pi
: verified, as are required for certain imit'
,c tons. The less the ingredients are mil e'
1r the better will be the limitations. IN
=. paste formed by blending the two mil
lures is then kneadcd until of proper col
=: sistence. A few drops of Provence G
~ NAV be added to it. This mass can DE IN
- mediately used, and becomes hard III
70 stone. Ii desired 10 be kept for Will
L. it is only necessary to wrap 1t III moi
to cloth.
~ TO LAY OUT A HALF-MILE TRACK
"a Law off two straight sides, 600 feet eat
~, ~ (paralleD. and 452 feet 4 : inches apar
" connected at each end with a perfect sen
%. circle (radus 22G feet 3-l6 inches) pla
II your fence exactly upon line so form'
az (which is the inside of your track J, al
m your track will measure exactly nall
mn mile three feet from the fence; the OF
nj side fence to he placed according TO L
r rh width of the track desired. If not co
nj venient to obtain an engineer to run {
~. curves. it can be done as follows: Pla
n a center stake midway between the par;
no lei straight sides at each end; take wi
N with loop at the end; loose enough
=, r. turn upon the stake. and measure up
-, this wire 22G feet 3-l6 inches (the radi
4, CT the curves. which. from the cent
wv stake. will exactly reach the ends of t
". straight lines then describe your sen
nj circle. beginning at the end of one s'raig
n% side, putting down a stake every twel
70, feet, if that is the length of fence pam
desired