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THE BUBAL WEW-YOBKE 
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by carelessly setting down on it a vessel of hot 
water, rub the place hard with a rag dipped in 
lamp oil; and afterwards pour on a little cologne 
water or a littlo alcohol^ and rub it dry with a 
soft, clean cloth, If brandy is spilt on mahog¬ 
any. and leaves a whitish mark, that mark can 
he removed by nibbing it hard with a cloth dip¬ 
ped in more brandy. 
Powder for Scent. Boxes. —Coriander seed, one 
ounce; orris root, ono ounce ; rose loaves, ono 
ounce; maco, one dram ; allspice, one dram; 
lavender flowers, one ounce, and calamus, one 
ounce. 
To Remote Stains from Ivory Handles.— It 
asafoitiila he applied with a littlo friction, all 
stains from ivory handles disappear. 
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LESSON ABOUT DISINFECTANTS. 
There is a disease, says Godey’s Lady’B Book, 81 
which is becoming the scourge of our towns, and 81 
which seems to grow the moro virulent in pro- 8 
portion to the extension of what are known as ll 
“ modern improvements.’' This is typhoid fever, 11 
a malady known among medical men as “filth 
fever,” and resulting directly from foul air; ® 
yet, strange to say, quite as prevalent in the 
mansions of the rich as in the squalid abodes of ’ 
poverty. The Princo of Wales nearly died of * 
this illness, taken whilo on a visit to the family f 
residence of ono of the wealthiest cobles of Eng- c 
land. The foul gas from sewers, sinks, and 8 
other so-called conveniences of modern dwol- 
lings, is the main source of the evil. The best I 
remedy would consist, of courao, in removing 
these causes of disease as far as possible from 
the inhabited rooms, and in stopping up, by 
some means, every avenue by which the bad air 
can find admission. This, however, is mainly j 
the business of architects and of the public ] 
authorities. While sewers and housos are cou- | 
structed as they are at present, householders ] 
find themselves in a measure powerless in those , 
matters. Bat there is another resource which is ( 
within the roach of all, and which should he j 
adopted wherever the causes of danger exist. , 
This consists in the nse of disinfectants. Science ( 
furnishes means, very simple and inexpensive, , 
by which foul emanations can bo neutralized, 
and their place supplied by wholesome and vivi¬ 
fying air. 
A lady whose scientific attainments, added to 
her experience as a housekeeper and the mother 
of a family, entitle her to speak with authority 
on the subject, describes in a published letter the 
moans which sho has adopted, and has found 
safe, efficient and cheap. Ono of these is by the 
use of the mineral known in science as sulphate 
of iron, and in common or commercial language 
as copperas or bluestono. This she finds “ a 
perfect deodorizer ” for all places where one is 
required, either in or out of doors: 
“Add half a pound to a pail of water, and 
when it is dissolved it need only be poured the 
way of all othor slops; its effects will be the dis¬ 
appearance of all foul smell whatever. It should 
be used twico a week, or of toner if the household 
be large. Tho copperas is a st rong astringent, 
and acts as a coat to confine the noxious gases 
which are generated in such receptacles; be¬ 
sides, in its own gradual decomposition, actually 
furnishing purity in place of foulness.” 
This intelligent monitross strongly recom¬ 
mends that ladies slionld not leave the duty of 
using those disinfectants entirely to servants, 
but should attend to it themselves; taking care, 
of course, that tho servant accompanies them to 
learn the mode of ubo, in order to be prepared to 
take the place of the mistress in case of neces¬ 
sity. Tho untaught, as she justly remarks, are 
too apt to bo extravagant, and to think that be¬ 
cause a littlo is good a great deal is better, and 
thus the misuses of a good thing creates a pre¬ 
judice against it. With the aid of these and 
other disinfectants, among which carbolate of 
lime is especially recommended for some pur¬ 
poses, Bhe is firmly convinced that “ it is possible 
for women, by very simple and cheap means, to 
drive typhoid out of existence.” If so great a 
benefit can be accomplished by such simple pre¬ 
cautions, all must feel that there is a serious 
neglect of duty in failing to use them. 
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ACIDITY OF THE GASTRIC JUICE IN MAN. 
Dr. Charles Riohet read a paper before the 
French Academy of Sciences recently, in which 
he treated of the acidity of the gastric juice in 
man. For some time Prof. Verneuil had a 
young patient under his care, who labored under 
the strange affection of having his msophagus, 
or upper extremity of the alimentary canal, so 
contracted as to render the passage not only of 
food or drink, but even of an instrument quite 
impossible. The Professor had recourse to gaa- 
trotomy, an operation until thou considered 
mortal, but which in this case succeeded per¬ 
fectly. An inoision made in the stomach, and 
kept open artificially, has been transformed into 
a regular fistula, through which food and drink 
are administered; and in this state tho young 
man not only lives, but is a useful servant of tho 
hospital. Dr. ltichet, having devoted particular 
attention to this subject, and examined the work¬ 
ing of the stomach day by day, through tho fis¬ 
tula in question, last week communicated the re¬ 
sults obtaiued to tho Academy. They aro as 
follows; 
1. Tho average of tho acidity of gastric juice, 
whether pure or mixed with food, is equal to 1.7 
grammos of hydrochloric acid per 1,000 of liquid. 
It has nover beeu observed to bo lower than 0.5, 
or higher than 3.2. 2. The quantity of liquid 
contained in the stomach exercises no influence 
on its acidity, which remains nearly invariable, 
whether the stomach be empty or filled with ail¬ 
ment. 3. Wine and alcohol increase tho acidity 
of the stomach; cane-sugar dimwhes it. 4. If 
acid or alkaline liquids be injected, the gastric 
ones tend rapidly to resumo their normal acidity, 
so that, about an hour after the injection, tho 
stomach has regained its average acidity. 5. Tho 
gastric Jnico is more acid during digestion than 
before or after. 6. There is a slight incroaso of 
acidity toward the end of digestion. 7. Tho sen¬ 
sations of hunger and thirst do not depend either 
on the state of aeidity or on that of vacuity of 
tho stomach. Such aro tho results as to acidity, 
but there are a few others of some interest. 
Thus fecula fat, and meat stay in tho stomach 
for three or four hours, milk is digested In the 
course of an hour and a half; water and alcohol 
aro absorbed much faster, in the course of from 
35 to 13 minutes. Food is not transmitted to tho 
pylorus successively, but all in a block. 
or cellars under the houses. The rooms should 
bo freely ventilated during tbeso pleasant days. 
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REMEDY FOR CORNS. 
In the Rural of April 7, J. D. of Brooklyn, 
wishes a remedy for corns. I send ono which, 
if persevered in, will in a short time remove 
thorn. I have used it, and know it to bo good : 
Take somo small bits of beefsteak, soak in 
strong vinegar through tho day, and bind a 
piece on each corn at night, drawing a stocking 
on to keep them in place. The same pieces of 
beef can bo used tlie next night. A week or 
ten days is sufticient to remove any ordinary 
rnrii. ^ • 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN ENGLAND. 
CHOOSING A PLACE TO LIVE IN, 
Prof. Corfielk in a lato lecture before the 
Society of Arts of London,on ‘’moisture,” gave 
his ideas in regard to selecting a choice place to 
live in. Very little connection, tho lecturer said, 
had been made out between tho rainfall and dis¬ 
eases, except that after a very heavy rain or 
thunder-storm epidemic diseases declined. Quot¬ 
ing Humboldt’s rule that in relation to health, 
after height above the sea, the most important 
thing was distance from tho sea, Prof. Corfiold 
explained tlio causes of land and sea breezes, 
and the effect of nearness to tho ocean in equal¬ 
izing temperature. Paris was much colder than 
London, although not so far north, for tho rea¬ 
son that it was much further off the Atlantic. 
Another great advantage of living as wo did in 
an island was that cholera and tho plague did 
not travol easily over the sea. Stagnant waters 
were very dangerous, two-tliirds of the F.nro- 
peans in hot countries dying from diseases that 
these engendered. From marshes cairn the 
great plagues of the world, as for instauco tho 
plague from the marshes at tho mouth of tho 
Nile, tho cholera from tho dcita of the Ganges, 
and yellow fever from the low lying lands round 
tho Mississippi. Drainage produced great effect 
in such districts; lowering water in tho soil, oven 
1 foot by such means, often lessened tho death- 
rate from consumption} in one town in England 
drainage had lowered the death-rate from that 
cause by 50 per cent. As to choice of a dwelling- 
place, houses built upon pervious soils, through 
which tho water could drain away, ivb gravel, 
sand, and chalk, were generally the most healthy. 
Lung diseases, rheumatism, and consumption 
were less prevalent. In all houses there should 
bo a “ damp course ” to prevent tho water from 
rising up along the bricks of tho wails, as it Oth¬ 
erwise would do, and the basement should also 
bo impervious to moisture. This was especially 
necessary where housos were built, as was 
often the case in London, on what was called 
made ground. 
EFFECT OF SUNLIGHT ON POISONS. 
A distinguished English pbysician, in a recent 
experiment, has furnished, as he thinks, another 
interesting proof of the sanitary influence of 
sunlight. The poison of the cobra, which lie 
received from India on ivory points, was ex¬ 
posed in a glass bottle to tho sunlight, a portion 
of them being wrapped in paper, lie found 
that on some of Die points that had been ex¬ 
posed to the light the poison had become inert, 
while on those in the same bottle that had been 
wrapped in paper the poison still retained its 
fatal activity. He argueB frem this that sun¬ 
light might in the same way destroy the poison 
of small-pox, scarlet and typhoid fevers. 
Whether tins is so or not there is no doubt about 
the healthful power of sunshine. It is unwise 
to shut it out of our dwellings. Livalids espe¬ 
cially need its cheerful influence. At this time 
the air from out of doors should he freoly ad¬ 
mitted to our dwellings. It is the opinion of 
some of our physicians that the diseases that aro 
prevailing among the children in this town are in 
part, at least, occasioned by the ait from sewers 
The management of sheep in England can j 
best bo explained by supposing a farmer enter- B 
ing on a farm and having to buy a flock to start j’ 
with. I will, therefore, place the subject in that ftI 
light. II 
Tho farm, say 300 acres, is just rented from 
tho 29th of next September, and the old touimt 
is still in occupation, and will not givo up ocou- A 
pation till tho date mentioned. If tho outgoing 
tenant is not intending to continue farming by 
renting another farm, ho will have a sale by 
auction; but if lie bas rontod, bo will only have j’ 
a valuation of the “ acta of husbandry " and re- 
tnovo everything hut tho crops, and go on with $ 
his new farm, having to pay a sum according to 
valuation, iu his turn. 
The tenants in England almost all now change 
farms and commence and cud their occupation y 
at Michaelmas, tho 29tli of September. It is un¬ 
derstood that all seeding and planting arc done 1 
as if the farmer intended to romain, as the ons- , 
tom of the country and tho law givo him pay¬ 
ment from his successor for all tho cost of seed i 
and cultivation, from which tho farmer leaving 
has not benefited, and from which the ono ( 
coming will reap the advantage; as, for instance, ] 
grass seeds sowed among the spring or other 
grain, and all Urn root crop, which latter is a 1 
heavy affair on a large farm, often amounting to 
from one to two thousand dollars. Having paid j 
tho bill for tho “acts of husbandry ” as agreed 
upon by regularly qualified men appointed by 
tho two parties, tho incoming farmer bas the 
I root crop all ready for a llock of sheep, and bay 
also has been valued to him at tho usual “ spend¬ 
ing price,” which is generally two-thirds of the 
price that could bo made if it were sold at mar¬ 
ket. Then the farmer goes to markets and to 
auction sales and buys a full stock, and is at, 
onco established, and soon feels perfectly at 
homo. The ewes are immediately mated with a 
ram or rams, and the young sheep (tegs, as they 
aro called) are put on the turnips by being folded 
or penned over tho fields, and Urns tho roots re¬ 
turn tho money paid for them l»y growing wool 
and mutton, and also manuring tho land so as to 
causa heavy crops to follow, When May arrives 
tho sheep all go to grass, or are folded over rye 
or vetches, and about the beginning of June 
they are washed by being held under a stream of 
water, running so as to fall from a large spout 
throe or feet onto their backs, etc., and in this 
way all the dirt will be washed out and tho wool 
be perfectly clean. 
The lambs aro generally weaned early in July, 
scattered thinly about such fields as will not 
scour thorn, which is understood by all good 
shepherds and the farmers themselves, and then, 
as soon as auy turnips are large enough, they aro 
put on them, where they will grow and become, 
iu the spring, double the size and weight of any 
that are allowed to run with old sheep and have 
no roots. English farmers are very particular 
in keeping sheep of different ages separate, and 
the sexes are kept apart. A great many farmers 
keep their sheep on green forage crops, such as 
rye, vetches, clover, rape, and mustard, through 
; the summer, in tho same way as on turnips in 
• the winter, by using hurdles and giving fresh 
• bits of ground every day, and when the crop is 
i hoavy it is mowed daily and put in racks. There 
• is no waste by this system, which is a kind of 
i out-doors soiling, much superior to the soiling 
1 of cattle by taking the forage to the home- 
- stead, because there is no hauling of manure 
, here and no loss of urine. 
i If sheep should bo penned in this way during 
s ' summer in this climate, some contrivance for 
- shade would be required, which could bo moved 
a daily to fresh ground, as it is a great object to 
i. have the manure evenly distributed. When 
t sheep graze in tho usual way in fields, people in 
e England understand how to change pastures and 
>- regulate their numbers in proportion to those of 
o cows and horses, so as to bo beneficial to the 
1- animals and to the grass and other crops. This, 
if of oourse, shows how necessary experience iu 
■o sheep husbandry is to secure success in it. ea- 
ii pooially where this is combined with geueral 
rs farming. Gr.o. Gardner. 
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