STANDARD RECEIPTS. 529 



instrument, ) linen dipped in hot-water should be bound round the place, 

 or the part bathed in hot water. If inflammation sets in and produces 

 an ulcer, hot water should be applied, and afterwards a flaxseed 

 poultice. 



To Make Your Umbrella I^ast. Most persons, when they 

 come in from the rain, stand their umbrellas with the handle upward. 

 They should put it downward; because when the handle is upward the 

 water runs down inside to the place where the ribs are joined to the han- 

 dle, and can not get out, but stays rotting the cloth and rusting the 

 metal until slowly dried away. The wire securing the ribs soon rusts 

 and breaks. If placed the other end up, the water readily runs off, and 

 the umbrella dries almost immediately. 



Don't Turn Down the lyamp. Many people who use kerosene 

 oil are in the habit of burning night-lamps, and turning them down as 

 they would gas, not knowing how much mischief they thus do. When 

 the light of the kerosene lamp is turned down low, the combustion is 

 not perfect, and the atmosphere of the room becomes filled by gas pro- 

 duced by partial combustion, and also little particles of smoke and soot 

 thrown off, which are taken into the lungs of the occupants. Air thus 

 poisoned is deadly in its effects, and it is injurious to breathe it. Its 

 consequences are the mysterious headaches, sore throats and lungs, 

 dizziness and nausea. 



To Split Wood. In splitting wood that has been sawed into 

 pieces it is much easier to split by slabs than to try and split them 

 through the centre. This means to split off pieces at a time, but a lit- 

 tle from the edge. Wood splits more readily in the direction up from 

 the roots of the tree, than when the blow of the ax is downward. In 

 other words, to split a chunk place it upside down, (contrary to the di- 

 rection in which it grew) before striking at it. 



Mildew in Wheat. Dissolve three ounces and two drams of 

 sulphate of copper, or blue vitriol, in four gallons of cold water, for 

 every three bushels that is to be prepared. Into another vessel capable 

 of containing from fifty to seventy gallons, throw from three to four 

 bushels of wheat, into which the prepared liquid is poured, until it rises 

 five or six inches above the grain. Stir it thoroughly and carefully re- 

 move all that swims on the surface. After it has remained half an hour 

 in the preparation, throw the wheat into a basket that will allow the 

 water to escape, but not the grain. It ought then to be immediately 

 washed in rain, or pure water, to prevent any risk of its injuring the 



