Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06
FIELD AND FAMILY.


A GENTLEMAN who has tried 1t says the
best wav to catsh a rat. which has found
its way into your room, Is to Lay ooot
fat upon the floor, close to the m0lo
board. The rat will run into the boot leg |
for protection, when he Is readny cap
tured.
Ir whisky, diluted with seven times its
weight of water, be treated with ozoniZed
air. it will in short time be entirely con-
yerted into vinegar. A single establish
ment in France has manufactured ninety
barrels of picking vinegar day by this
process.
A TEXAS paper in urging the impor-
lance o0timber planting, says that Ameri-
can craftsmanship is deficient in broad
and wise views, becauseit 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 BAsKErs.-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,wax, coloring IL
with Chinese verIhilion or red aniline !;
If the aniline is used, it must be dissolved
in a little warm water and poured into
the beeswax. Apply this while hot, pour
, ing 1t on with teaspoon, being careiui 10
just cover the frame.
CARBoLIc ACID.-That great disinfect-
ant. carbolic acid, should be on hand in
every household. and If bought by the
: gallon or quart, it is cheap; If bought In
} walls it is dear. An objection hitherto
: has been its unpleasant odor, but this was
3 on account of its strength. Solutions
: will kill the eggs of all kinds Of vermin,
will DESTROY ants in the hill, and annihilate
/. the germs of disease and plaques in sta
bles and outhouses, but general cleaning
out is required in connection. All drains
sinks, and pipes conveying water should
have sprinkling.
Z SLEEPLEssNEss.-Theb best anodyne Ia
: liberal amount of muscular activity out o
2 doors every day. Persons who sit around
Il the fire and lounge on the sofa, or read Of
3 sew a great part of the day, need not ex
: pect sound sleep: only the laboring mar
can taste it in all its sweetness. Many
), fail to sleep at night because they will
S persist in sleeping in the daytime. 1t i
h iust as impossible to BEAUTIFULLY fore
n more sleep on the system than the pro
e portion of exercise requires, as to fore
+ the stomach to digest more food than tn
r body requires.
How TO MEASURE THE HIGHT OF TREES
+ When tree stands SO that the length
e of its shadow can be measured, its high
'e may be readily ascertained as follows: Sc
l. stick upright Qet it be perpendicular b,
+ the plumb line). Measure the length Q
y the shadow of the stick. As the length
IS of its shadow is to the hight of the stick
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 il
shadow is six feet in length, and the shad
nc ow of the the tree is ninety feet, the high
o. of the tree will be sixty feet (6 a 80 go
N In other words, multiply the length of tn
40 shadow Of the tree by the hight of tn
rs stick, and divide by the shadow of th
at stick. -
re DIR. MADDOX, an English physician an
s. microscopic, claims to have discovered
ne the flesh of homegrown beef and mutto
DR. an ugly little parasite, to which, owing
" certain peculiarities of growth, he ha
given the name Cysticereus ovtparens. A
-, this new entozoon is said to be as danger
os Gus as the much-dreaded Trichini spirali
Of it becomes question whether the worl
W will not become vegetarians without tn
q aid of Graham and his disciples. Indeed
~ it has already become qu .stion Of VOL
AZ der how our meat-eating ancestors eve
,e lived at all! TO those whose tastes al
" beyond reform, and who will eat me;
~ " whether or no." we offer the suggestio
~ that. there is a sure safeguard in I'll
n thorough cooking of their steaks, choI
Ia and roasts.
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