Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1888 — USEFUL HINTS. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL HINTS.

Fainting a Tin Roof. —Messrs. Merchant k Go., the extensive .dealers in tin, recon};,.. ;*d the following as an excel!; r.t . dr.t lotus purpose of paint a tin root s: I Id Bg Venetian red, 1 ft). redlead, : gallon pure linseed oik Th * suDstitu iou of benzine or ! tish oils tor the pure linseed oil au 1 not be allowed. X . » roof will last longer and be less Table to rust if painted ot> tbr- unci • surface before laying. — It ; . ; ■■ ai plan to put ouo or two l..ye: » felt paper under the tin to servo as a cushion for same, and to dm*den the noise falling on the tin. A year after the first coating the roof should be painted again, and then a good roof wall only require painting once n four years. A roof of first-class material well soldered and properly laid should last forty years.— Scientific Amencan.

For Swollen Feet.—Policemen, mail carriers, and others whose occupation keeps them op iheix feet a great deal, often are troubled with chafed, sore and blistered feet, especially in ex - tremely hot weather, no matter how comfortably their shoes may fit. A powder is used in the German army for sifting into the shoes and stockings of foot soldiers, called “Fusslreupulver,” and consists of 3 parts salicylic acid, i° parts starch and 87 parts pulv- ] erized soaostone. It keeps the tV eid p:- events chafing and rap“uiy laris sore spots. Finely pul vevizod soapstone alone is very good —Scientific American.

» To Build a Chimney. -To build a chimney that will draw forever and not fill up with soot, you must build it largo enough— sixteen Inches square, use good brick, and claV instead of lime up to the | comb; plaster it inside with clay | ru ed with salt; for chimney tops use t; e very best of brick, wet them and lay them in cement mor;’ tar. The chimney should not be built tight to beams and rafters; there is where the cracks in your chimneys come, and where most of the fires originate, as the chimney sometimes gets red hot. A claim ney built from cellar up is better and less dangerous than one hung on the wall. Don’t get your stove pipe hole too close to the ceiling—eighteen inches from it. -Scientific American. Resorcin in Diarrhoea.— A case of severe diarrhoea controlled by the administration of resorcin is reported by Mr. G. E. J. Greene (Lancet, June 23, p. 1277). The patient was a boy seven years of age, and there was a history of gastric trouble and tormina on tho first and second days, for which cateehu, opium, chloroform, and chalk had been prescribed without benefit. A ten grain dose of re sorcin in half an ounce of water every hour was then ordered, and after the fifth dose the motions wei/e reduced in number, and.from having been very offensive were rendered odorless. The dose was afterward raised to fifteen grains every third or fourth hour, and in three days the diarrhoea was completely controlled.—Scientific A| merican.

One of the new applications of a waste prodnct to a useful purpose is the manufacture of paper out of cedar wood pulp, for underlaying carpets, wrapping of wool, furs, etc. The paper makers procure the cedar chips of pencil menu facturere, ana the paper made of this material will, it is claimed, preserve articles wrapped in it from moths. —Scientific American. A Cheap Ice Chest.— Take two dry goods boxes, one of which is enough smaller than the other to leave a space of about three inches all around when it is placed inside. Fill the space within the two with sawdust packed closely; and cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside the larger box Insert a ! ’ r

{small pipo iu the bottom of the i chest to c Try off the water from j the melting ice, and you have a i very and tolerably effective ice box for fa mil n or grocers’ use. —Scientific American. A Stopper for Rats. — A cor~ .respondent Bays: Soak one or it. or* newspapers knead them into a pulp, 1 dip the pulp in a suitable solution of oxalic acid. V\ bile wet, force tho pulp into any crevice or hole made by mice or rats. Result a disgusted retreat, with sore snouts and feet, on the part of the wouldbe intruders.— Scientific Ameiisan