Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-30
FIELD AND FAMILY.

A GENTLEMAN who has tried it says the
best way to catch rat, which has founa
its way into your room, is to lay Do0s
fiat upon the floor, close to the mold
board. The rat will run into the boot leg
for protection, when he is readily cap
tured. rs r~. er.-u -Hrr
IF whisky, diluted with seven times its
weight of water, be treated with oZoniZed
air. it will in short time be entirely con-
verted into vinegar. A single establish
ment in France has manufactured ninety
barrels of picking vinegar day by this
process. ,rt .a.rF- .
A TEXAS paper in urging the impor-
lance of timber planting, says that Ameri-
can craftsmanship is deficient in broad
and wise views, because it is constantly
directed to matters of passing interest.
On the contrary English statesmen are
considering the probable deficiency OF
coal within century, while all the Euro
pean Governments pay great attention TO
the preservation and growth of forests.
Even the Viceroy of Egypt has planted
large groves of timber at an immense
cost.
IMITATION CORAL BAsKETs.-Bend
bonnet wire into the shape of scolloped
basket add two wires, crossed at equal
distances, for the handle; and then sew
on q few raisin stems, short and long
ones. Melt some bee swax, colorlng IL
with Chinese yermilion or red anime
, If the aniline Is used, it must be dissolved
In little warm water and poured INTO
the beeswax. Apply this while hot, pour
. ing it on with a Teaspoon, being carefui 70
, just cover the frame.
CARBoLIc ACID.-That great disln1ect
ant, carbolic acid, should be on hand II
every household. and If bought by the
: gallon or quart, it is cheap; if bought In
E Walls it is dear. An objection hitherto
: has been its unpleasant odOr, but this wa;
g on account of its strength. Solutions
: will kill the eggs of all kinds Of vermin
d will destroy ants in the hill, and annihilat'
+. the germs of disease and plaques in sta
bles and outhouses, but a general cleaning
out is required in connection. All drains
sinks, and pipes conveying water shoulC
have a sprinkling.
2 SLEEPLEssNEss.-T best anodyne Ia
: liberal amount of muscular activity out
\ doors every day. Persons who sit aroun'
4 the fire and lounge on the sofa, or read o
a sew a great part of the day, need not ex
: pect sound sleep; only the laboring ma
can taste it in all its sweetness. Man
;, fail to sleep at night because they vii
S persist in sleeping in the daytime. 1t
h iust as impossible to healthfully fore
n more sleep on the system than the pre-
e portion of exercise requires, as to fore
l. the stomach to digest more food than tn
r body requires.
How TO MEASURE THE HIGHT OF TREE:
l. When tree stands so that the lengt
lie of its shadow can be measured, its high
,e NAV be readily ascertained as follows: s.
i stick upright Qet it be perpendicular b
l. the plumb line). Measure the length
~ the shadow of the stick. As the lengt
es of its shadow is 10 the hight of the sticl
h so is the length of the shadow of the tire
- to its hight. For instance: If the site
re is four feet above the ground, and i
shadow is six feet in length, and the sha,
az ow of the the tree is ninety feet, the higl
d of the tree will be sixty feet (6 ~ 80 go
N In other words, multiply the length of Il
90 shadow of the tree by the hight of Il
rs stick, and divide by the shadow of Il
at stick.
re DIR. MADDOX, an English physician al
,s- microscopic, claims to have discovered
be the flesh of homegrown beef and mute
or an ugly little parasite, to which, owing
1y certain peculiarities of growth, he h
given the name Cysticercils 0viparens. 4
49, this new entoZoon is said to be as DANCE
es ous as the much-dreaded Trichini SPIRAL
81, Of it becomes a question whether the wOr
az U1 will not become vegetarians without Il
~ aid of Graham and his disciples. Indee
a. it has already become QUESTION Of wo
6 a der how our meat-eating ancestors ev
nc lived at all To those whose tastes
~ beyond reform, and who will eat me
III " whether or no." we offer the suggest,
en- that there is a sure safeguard in t
"a thorough cooking of their steaks. cho
;Ia and roasts.