The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

EVERY stone for grinding tools should
be provided with rest, and apprentices
should be taught how to use it.
A LITTLE camphene dropped between
the neck and stopper of glass bottle
will render the latter easily removed If
jammed fast.
ENGLAND and the United States, ac-
cording to the htest statistics, are the
largest sugGE-consuming countries in
the world. In 1874 England consumed
$50, 900 tons, or about $50 lbs. per
head of population. The United States
in the same period naed 10000 tons,
or Al lbs. per individual,
LAMENEss in hogs is caused some
times by She large pores in the back
part OF the legs getting cloggea. They |
are little above the knuckles in the |
back part of the legs. Wash the legs |
in soap and luke-warm water, using a /
stiff brush and rubbing hard till the !
pores open, and When the pores are |
washed open the 1ameness will leave.
This has been tried in numerous in
stances with great success.
CHRoMo-LTHoGRAPHIC PROCESS. In
place OF using special stone for
each color, demonstrating as many sep
arate Impressions as there are colers,
the entire subject is drawn Upon a
single stone, and proof is taken on
thin sheet OF copper. This sheet is
then cut out carefully according to the
desired contour OF the colors, and
upon each of the portions is fixed a
solid block of color, previously pre-
prepared. The whole is combined
into one form, and is printed on an
ordinary lithogfaph press, ali the
colofs at once, the moisture of the
sheet being sufficient to take off and
hold the colors es the sheet goes
through the press.
A SIMPLE PLAN OF VENTILATION
The following simple method for venti-
lating ordinary sleeping and dwelling
rooms is recommended by Mr.. Hinton,
in his Physiology OF Practical Use :"
"a piece Of wood, three inches high,
| and exactly as long as the breadth of
/ the window, is to be prepared. Let the
| sash be now raised, the slip of wood
placed on the sill, and the sash drawn
closely upon it. If the slip has been
well-ftted, there will be no draft in con-
sequence of the sash at its lower part
but the top of the lower sash will over
| lay the bottom of the upper one, and
between the two bars perpendicular
currents of air, not felt as draft, will
enter and leave the room
| SIZE OF BARBFhs.-A president of an
agricultural society calls attention to
the fact that there are in standard le-
gal barrel only 100 quarts, while the or
binary flour barrel, most in use among
farmers in the sale of potatoes and ap-
pies, contains nearly one-eighth more.
Farmers sell their produce in flour bar
fels, and merchants transfer the same to
standard barrels, making profit on
quantity, as well as on the price. In
the sale of 800 barrels of potatoes from
a iarm, the proprietor loses 10C barrels,
worth $3.50 for which he might as well
paid. The middle-man, not the con.
sinner, profits by this. Farmers, see
to 1t that you employ the one huudred
quart barrels hereafter. Pacific RW
OIL Press
, FACTS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY
, The number of bones in the framework
: of the human body is $780, I0S of which
are in the feet and hands, there being
in each 81. The quantity of blood il
| adults is on an average so pounds
which passes through the heart once
I in four minutes. Only one-tenth oil
i the human body is solid matter. A
. dead body weighing 120 pounds was
f dried in an oven, by way OF experiment
. till all moisture was expelled, when its
{ weight was found to be but IL pounds
Egyptian mumm1es are bodies thor
a Oughly dried, Bnd usually weigh about
z pounds. The lungs of an adult
, ordinarily inhale 40 cabic inches of all
| oh nKznKs Y,
20 times in q minute the quantity OF
I air consumed in that period will be
800 cubic inches, or As, 900 inches an
, hour, and l, 1872. 600 inches in a day,
which is equal to Sc hogsheads.
PROTECTING YOUNG TREES FROM RAB.
: BITs.-Of all the plants for the protec-
ton of young orchards from rabbits, ]
find nothing that SO well agrees with
my own experience and Judgment as
4 the following Mix soft soap and the
/ flowers of sulphur to the consistency OF
a thick paste, and apply once or twice
, during the winter with a brush The
, other, which is by all means the best,
a is to take piece of common building
: paper, about eighteen inches in heiR hit
and ten or twelve wide, and bend ii
T loosely around the tree, and tack ii
|
the work is done in the most effective
manner. Common building felt will
also do. Before putting the paper
around the tree, it should be examined
, for borers. The paper will probably
retain its position for two or three
years. It will also afford a good pro.
, lection to trees that have been set out
! during the fall.-Cor. Rural World.
A NuHry
kind OF mustard plaster has been in.
/ vented which promises to be superior
( to the old-fashioned sort. It is known
{ as the Omphalic mustard plaster, and
I the mustard is laid on sheets of a thin
fabric in spots of about the size of q
l dime, so that any desired number can
| be applied Il is only necessary to dip
! | in water and lay the plaster on where
/ desired. It is claimed that the DISPOSE.
ton of the mustard in spots is the best
way of applying this counter-irritant,
! as its effects are a copy of the results
, of natural efforts which generally ap-
r pear as spots or pnstules-a rather fan.
: c&ul idea. The other claim is better
that the skin is irritated only in patch.
, es, and that the process of irritation
/ can be continued longer without IN
! pleasant results in consequence Of
patches of undisturbed skin being left
to execute the healing process. This
, method OF making plaster has also beer
applied in the Omphalic fiy-blister
A FRESH WATER SPRING IN THE SEA.
: Lieut.. r. D. Hitchcock, q. S. N,
assistant coast survey, commanding the
{ coast-surveying steamer endeavor, I'm.
+ der date of March Is, reports to the
) superintendent of the coast survey as
follows, relative 10 what is apparently 8
D fresh water spring in the sea "We
, have found inst above Matanzas Inlet,
r about two and half miles from shore,
in % degrees, As minutes, s seconds
north, longitude 81 degrees, II min,
utes, Is seconds west, what is appa,
) rently fresh water spring. The water
at the surface is violently disturbed
for space of thirty feet in diameter.
The first day we crossed this place the
! water was coming up with such violence
, as to throw the ship from her course,
, and the second time, although it was
smooth, the vessel could be kept on her
!, h1H sIo,4 Tho Il.