Macon beacon., 1873-04-19
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

cups of butter, and stir in tablespoon
tul of -four. Add one sup Of boiling
water, and nearly cup of sugar, and
two spoonfuls of good vinegar Spice
to taste.
A SOLUTION Of five parts Of boraX in
one hundred Of water is represented to
prevent the putrefactive process in
meats for considerable time, Flesh
dipped in the mixture and then dried
resists the usual processes Of decom-
position.
How TO SAVE Coal IN CRATES. The
most practical suggestion yet make to-
ward economy of coal seems to be the
use of solid bottoms in ordinary fire
CRATES. 1t is asserted, and indeed
proved, that in any fireplace not ex-
cessiyaly small a plate of iron placed
upon the CRATE will save the consump-
ticn of coal, reduce the smoke, and
leave a cheerful, iree-burning fire.
/ Quite sufficient air enters through the
bars, no pokins is necessary, and the
| fire never goes out till the GOALS are
consumed. There is no ash and no
dust, every particle of fuel being con-
sumed. Any householder can try this
experiment and reduce his coal bills
say thirty per cent, at the cost of a
shilling.
ELECTRIC CAUTERY IN SURGERY. -
Surely the world is moving. One of
the last and perhaps greatest improve
ments in surgery is a new method of
cutting away formidable tumors in some
of the cavities by electricity, Where
it is almost impossible to secure bleed
| ing vessels on account Of reaching
/ them, for example in detaching a fung-
GUS growth far off in the nasal cavities,
throat, etc., a wire is passed around the
base, the battery set in motion, and
presto, the tumor is separated without
loss of blood, the vessels being scared
as it were with hot iron. Better still,
under the lulling effects of chloroform
or ether, the patient experiences neither
pain nor loss Of strength from hemorr-
hage.
To CLEAN SILVER. DR.. Elsner says
that hot water poured off potato par
ings or boiled potatoes is admirably
adapted to clean silver. The objects
can be easily rubbed by the fingers
with the settings Of potato meal, and
they become as bright as they usually
do ween rubbed with tripoli, The pro-
cess is particularly advantageous for en-
graved and raised objects, the powder
is liable to collect in the cavities. Ger
man silver and plated ware can be
cleaned in the same ways Potato water
which has become sour by long stand
ing can be substituted for acids to clean
copper vessels.
FATAL FLY-BTTEs. Deaths very fre-
quently occur from slight prnctures
made by flies in warm climates. Occa-
sionally such cases occur in temperate
zones, but the cause of such melan-
choly result from slight wound in the
skin does not seem sufficient to produce
excessive swelling, pain discoloration
and other extraordinary appearances
which are quickly exhibited. 1t is,
therefore, possible that the insect
which makes the tiny wound has its
proboscis charged with an active poison
from some source where it has recently
been foraging, which, introduced into
a bleeding wound and rapidly carried
by the absorbents into the system, is
followed by death. Observation on
these forms of ophthalmia so common
i'll Egypt ending in blindness of one il
not both eyes, leads to the opinion that
the dreadful malady is propagated by
flies, carrying, on their feet and feeding
tubes, purulent matter from diseased
organs whence they are kept away with
difficulty, to sound ones, where they
are attracted by moisture on the margin
of the lids.
New Use FOR SAwDUsT.- The London
Field says of sawdust: 81 litter the
horses on it to a depth of nine inches,
ralling off the damp and soiled surface
every morning, and spreading evenly a
little fresh, removing the whole four OF
five times year. Its advantages APP
pear to be many, of which I will state a
few which give it, in my estimation, its
greatest superiority over straw. 1t is
much cleaner, and more easily arranged;
and, of course, much cheaper at first
cost, making in the end an excellent
manure. 1t is peculiarly beneficial to
the feet, aAording them cool, porous
stuffing, a substitute for the soil of
earth we always find in the hoofs of a
horse at grass, and presents the nearest
resemblance to the horses natural foot
ing-the earth. We never had q dis
eased foot since the introduction of
sawdust in the stable, now some years
since. Horses bedded on sawdust are
freer from dust and stains than when in
ordinary litter, simply because is bet
ter absorbent, perhaps, and testify their
approval Of it by frequently lying down
for hours in the day. 1t has also the
recommendation of being uueatable-
an advantage which all in charge of
horses with the habit of eating their
litter will admit.
Or all the men in our town the best
dressed ones wear the Elmwood or Warwick
Collars. Try them yourself.
Died Suddenly OF Heart Disease.
How common is the announcement. Ttou-
sands are suddenly swept into eternity by this
fatal malady This disease generally has its
o,.e,in in i,nnt1ra hlood fI1ad with irrika tiOe,