Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
How TO PRESERVE Moss-Most beauti-
full moses grow in the forests upon rocks,
roots of trees, and upon the surface of
the earth sometimes, and If gathered and
dried, or dyed, may be made to retain
bright lively color. To preserve it, turn
its roots up on the cellar bottom, and let it
remain until thoroughly dry, and 1t will
be as green as when growing, and remain
so.
CHARcoAL for swine, the Country Gen
tlemdn says, is frequently prescribed in
agricultural papers, without any direc-
tions as to quantity 1t should not be
given carelessly and at random. Good
fresh charcoal, properly pulverized, may
be given at the rate of one teaspoonful
fof every hundred pounds of animal,
whatever its size may be, and at this rate
will do no harm and may often be very
useful.
THE following process will, 1t is said,
afford an unusually adhesive paste, adapt
ed to fastening leather, paper, etc, with.
out the defects of glue; which, if pre-
served from evaporation in closed bottles,
will keep for years. Cover four parts, by
weight, of glue, with fifteen of cold
hours; then warm moderately till the
solution is perfectly clear, and dilute il
with sixty-five parts of boiling water, in
timately stirred in. Next prepare a solu-
ton of thirty parts of starch in two hun
dred parts of cold water so as to form a
thin, homogeneous liquid, free from
Jumps, and pour the boiling glue solution
into it with thorough stirring, and at the
same time keeping the mass boiling
A PROPERTY in glycerine, upon which
many uses are now founded, is the facility
with which 1t dissolves large class Of
bodies and at the same time preserves
them from alteration and decay. One of
the most important applications is the
preservation of meat from decay. Nat
ural history specimens and anatomical
preparations can be kept in glycerine in
stead of alcohol. Wood impregnatcd or
washed with glycerine does not warp or
dry up, and advantage is taken of this
fact to keep butter r-tubs, water.pails, bar
rels and tanks from shrinking In fact, its
uses are almost endless but enough ex.
amples have been given to show upon
what principle the applications are found.
ed, and it is easy for an intelligent per
son to imagine new uses in cases of
emergency.
A GOOD authority on the culture of pea
nuts says; Select soil which is fertile
with sandy loan; plant about the usual
time of planting corn; remove the husk
from the seed before planting. Plant two
seeds in hill, two inches in depth, in
rows three feet apart and one foot apart
in the rows; keep the ground mellow and
free from weeds. Some make ridges like
those prepared for sweet potatoes, but it
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will be the best, if the season is very
dry one. The early cultivation may be
mostly done with horse power, but the
later working must be done with hand
hoe. The yield varies from fifty to one
hundred and fifty bushels per acre When
dug, they should be spread to dry under
a roof, and those for planting kept from
freezing. A stout four pronged fork is
used for digging them.
CURE FOR Bons.-Dr. Simon, physi.
clan of Lorraine, states that, as soon as
the characteristic eliminating point of q
boil makes its appearance, he puts in q
saucer thimbleful of camphorated alco
hol, and, dipping the ends of his fingers
into the liquid, rubs the inflamed sur
face, especially the central portion, re
peating the operations eight or ten times
continuing the rubbing at each time fol
about half a minute. lie then allows the
surface to dry, placing a slight coating Of
camphorated olive oil over the irflamed
surface. He states that one such applica
ton WILL in most all cases, cause boils tC
dry up and disappear. The application
should be made morning, noon, and il
the evening. He AYERS that the same
treatment will cure wbilOws, and all in
iuries of the tips of the fingers. AS soor
as pain and redness appear, the fingers
should be soaked for ten minutes in cam
phOrated sweet oil. The relief is said t.
be immediate, and three applications arr
generally enough to effect cure.