Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-28

Valuable Information.
To cleanse and heal wounds quickly,
wash several times day with pine tur-
pentine, in which the yolk of eggs has
been thoroughly mixed.
TAR and mineral paint makes good
cement for stopping leaks around CHM
neys, and in other places caused by the
shrinking of the boards Or shingles.
For rheumatism, take two teaspoon
fulls Of cayenne pepper to a teacupful
of good vinegar; heat together slowly,
but not quite boil; bottle it. Battle the
parts affected.
A STRENGTHENING liniment, good for
lameness, weakness; also for bathing
the stomach in case of dyspepsia-take
one beef's gall, two ounces of origanum
oil, one pint alcohol; mix thoroughly;
keep tightly corked; shake we'll before
using.
MEASURING poles are convenient to
have, and every house should have a
yard stick. A rod pole, 163 feet, ten
feet pole and four foot pole are all
convenient to have, and their cost is
merely nominal.
THIS is the great swarming season for
bees, and hives, and hives should be
kept in readiness with plenty of spare
honey boxes. Nobody kills bees now
to get their honey, the spare honey box
being a great civilizer of bee-keepers in
this regard.
CHARCOAL is an excellent medicine
and little of itssshould be kept IN the
house. In using it pulverize it very
fine. If any arrangement Of the stom-
ach occurs teaspoonful in glass of
water will set all right. Il is good to
give bloated ansmals, giving quick re-
lief. It seldom does any harm. In
too large doses it has cathartic effect.
VARIOUS kinds of ware are now made
of paper and they are made very strong
and light. They never shrink or faint
the water that it is put into them.
Among the articles made of paper are
water pals, slop-pails, water-carriers;
footballs, wash-bowls, fower-pots,
spittoons, table mats, etc. They are
made of MANILA paper and subjected
to very heavy pressure. They are
exceedingly light and handy. x
HEADACHE.-The administration of a
brisk purgative, Or a small dose of
EPSON salts, twice a day, is most
efectual remedy for. frontal headache
when it is combined with constipation;
but if the bowels be regular, the morbid
process on which they seem to depend
seem to be checked, and the headache
is removed by nitro hydrochyric acid or
by alkalies given before meals. If the
headache be Immediately above the
eyebrows, the acid is best; but if it be q
little higher up, just where the hair;
begins, the alkalies appear to be more
efectual. At the same time that the
headache is removed, the feeling of
sleepiness and WEAKNESS that frequently
leads the patients to complain that they
rise up more tired than they lie down
generally disappears.
The use of machinery upon the farm
is doubly beneficial. 1t not only reduces
the labor, lessons the cost of products,
saves time, and enables a larger sur
face to be cultivated, but it actually
necessitates better and more careful
work. To plant corn with drill sucs
cessfully, it is necessary that the sod be
Well GuTu0u ONeT duu COFOT0u, duu no
trash left upon the surface to interfere
with the regular dropping Of the seed;
nor must loose stones be left in the way
It is the same with all other machinery,
and this indirect benefit is not the least
by any means of those that we gain by
the use of farm machines.
IT requires ten or twelve acres of
land to support one person On meat
alone; for one acre employed IN feed
ing cattle only produces eight or ten
ounces per day, and it requires from
five to ten pounds of flesh day to sup
port one man if he live on flesh alone.
The quantity of land required to keep
one OK will produce an abundant sup
ply of vegetable food for at least four
persons. One acre of wheat, barley,
oats, or corn, will support two or three
persons; one of potatoes or yams,
enough nourishment for nine persons;
and Humboldt estimates that an acre
planted with bananas is sufficient to
support fifty men.
Household Hints.