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2, 'in the fall with an inch auger bore a hole in the centre of the 

 stump ten inches deep, and put into it haif a pound of oil of vitriol, 

 and cork the hole up very tight. In the spring the whole stump and 

 the roots will be found so rotten they can be easily removed. 



The above methods are useful to remove stumps where they are in 

 lawns, or near sidewalks, or in other situations where it is not conven- 

 ient to pull out with a stump-puller or to dig out. 



Squeaking Boots and Shoes. This is caused by the rubbing to- 

 gether of two dry pieces of leather or stitches moving through the leath- 

 er. To prevent squeaking some shoemakers put a fine hair felt be- 

 tween the layers of leather in the soles. If you have a pair of ' 'ready- 

 made' ' shoes and the squeak commences it can be stopped by thorough- 

 ly saturating the sole and the seams with neat's-foot or boiled lin- 

 seed oil. 



How to Cool a Sick Room. The simplest way to cool a room 

 is to wet a cloth of any size, the larger the better, and suspend it in the 

 place 3'ou want cooled. L,et the room be well ventilated, and the tem- 

 perature will sink from io° to 12° F. in an hour. This is the plan 

 adopted by many eastern nations. 



2. A large cake of ice in a tub in a corner of a room, left uncovered 

 so that it can melt, will also reduce the temperature. Ice in changing 

 to water absorbs a large quantity of heat. A small handful of salt 

 sprinkled over the ice will hurry the process of melting, thus more 

 quickly absorbing the heat from the air. 



Cheap Home-Made Ice Box. 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 between the 

 two with sawdust packed closely, and cover with heavy lid made to fit 

 neatly inside the larger box. Insert a small pipe in the bottom of the 

 inside box to carry off the water from the melting ice. For family use 

 this has proved quite as serviceable and as economical in the use of ice 

 as more costly ' 'patent refrigerators. ' ' 



Use of Grindstones. The outside face of every grindstone on 

 which edge-tools are ground should run as true as the dressed surface of 

 a millstone, as it is impracticable to grind a tool correctly on a stone that 

 revolves with an uneven motion. If the face of a stone varies half an 

 inch in each revolution, the most expeditious way to put it in order is 

 to loosen the wedges with which it is keyed to the journal and re-hang 

 it. Then secure the bearings so that they cannot be easily lifted out of 



