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HOW TO MANAGE KEROSENE LAMPS.
Our ears are every day pained by ac
counts of Kerosene lamps exploding and
killing, or scarring for life, men, women
or children. A simple knowledge of the
inflammable nature of the fluid would
probably put a stop to nearly all the acci
dents. 'As the oil burns down in the
lamp, a highly inflammable gas gathers
over its surface, and as the oil decreases
the gas increases. When the oil is very
nearly consumed, a slight jar will often
inflame the gas, and an explosion is sure
to follow, dealing death and destruction.
A bomb shell is not more to be dreaded.
Now if the lamp is not allowed to bum
more than halfway down, such accidents
are impossible. Always fill vour lamps
every morning; then you need never fear
anv explosion. Half a teaspoonful of salt
added to the oil of a lamp which holds x
pint, will take away the disagreeable odor
sometimes apparent, and it is said, pre
vent the formation of that dangerous gas.
It is a simple remedy easily applied. It
is also asserted that the salt makes the oil
last much longer,but we only have hearsay
evidence concerning it. Kerosene is the
best antidote for a severe - "aid or a burn.
Immerse the injured part in cold water
for a.momcnt, dry witn a soft cloth, tak
ing care not to rub at all. Then bathe in
kerosene and the terrible pain ceases. We
know not of the philosophy of the matter,
but we do know that it is the most effica
cious remedy for severe burns or scalds in
the materia medica.
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PARLOR AND OFFICE STOVES.
1TE-W PATTEniT FOB COAL.
Dumping Grate, Anti-Dust.
~k- SasSwn*, 0:eit Seatisg Capacity, ss4 Cieip.
TO YOUNG MEN.
. It is easier to be a good business man
than a poor one. Half the energy dis
played in keeping ahead that is required
to catch up when behind, will save credit,
give more time' to business, and add to
the profit and reputation ot your word.
Honor your engagements. If you prom
ise to meet a man, or do a certain thing at
a certain moment, be ready at the ap
pointed time. If you have work to do,
do it at once, cheerfully, and therefore
more speedily and correctly. If you go
out on business attend promply to the
matter on hand, and then as promptly go
about your own business. Do not stop to
tell stories In business hours.
If you have a place of business, be found
there when wanted. No man can get
rich sitting around stores and saloons.
Never “fool’’ on business matters. If you
have to work for a living, remember that
one hour in the morning is better than
two hours at night. If you employ
others, be on hand to see that they attend
to their duties, and to direct with regu
larity. promptness, liberality. Do not
meddle with any business you know
nothing of. Never buy an article Bimply
because the man that sells it will take it
out in trade. Trade is money. Time is
money. A good business habit and repu
tation is • -ways money. Make your place
of business pleasant anattractive •, tneD
stay there to wait on customers.
Never use quick words, or allow your
self to make hasty or ungentlmanly re
marks, to those in your employ; for to do
so lessens their respect for you and your
influence over them. Help yourself, and
others will help you. Be faithful over
the interest confided to your keeping, and
all in good time vour responsibilities will
be increased. Do not be in too great
haste to get rich. Do not build until you
have arranged a good foundation. Do not
—as you hope for success—spend time in
idleness. If vour time is your own, busi
ness will suffer if you do. If it is given
to another for pay, it belongs to him, and
you have no more right to steal that than
to steal money. Be obliging. Strive to
avoid harsh words and personalities. Do
not kick every stone in the path; more
miles can be made in a day by going
steadily on than by stopping to kick. Pay
as you go. A man of honor respects bis
word as he does his bond. Ask, but never
beg. Help others when you can, but never
give when you cannot afford to, simply
because it is fashionable. Learn to say
no. No necessity of snapping it out dog-
fashion, but say it firmly and respectful
ly. Have but few confidents, and the
fewer the better. Use vour own brains
rather than those of others. Learn to
think and act for yourself. Be vigilant.
Keep ahead, rather than behind the time.
Young men, cut this out, and if there
is folly in the argument let us know.
PARLOR AND STORE STOVES.
POB COAL
Fire ways to Destroy Ants.
1. Pour copiously, hot water as near the
boiling point as possible, down their bur
rows and over their hiis, and repeat the
operation several times.
2. Entrap the ants by means of narrow
sheets of stiff paper or strips of board,
covered with some sweet, sticky sub
stance. The ants are attracted by the
sweet, and, sticking fast, can be destroyed
as often as a sufficient number are en-
t.rapjTed.
3. Lay fresh bones around their haunts.
They will leave everything else to attack
these, and when thus accumulated, dip
them in hot water.
4. Pour two or three spoonsful of coal-
oil into their boles, and they will aban
don the nest.
•5. Burv a few slices of onions in their
nests and they will abandon them.
Mister Truman & Green,
Gintlemen: And what makes ye be
afther ashking the like o’ me—how do I
like me stove? Bure and vee’l be dhrag-
ging the hay then Chinee into the papers
sune; but ’tis sich a tip top article I’ll fist
humour yer a little joat this thime. Will,
gintlemen, since we got yer Charter Oak
stove we’ve bought a cow and a calf and
a litter of the purtiest little ring-tail pigs
yees ever clapped eyes on—and all wid
the money saved in wood. And does me
oven cook well on the bottom ? Whorra!
Bedad, jist come down and let me old
ooman gives yees some of her shlap jacks
baked right on the bottom of the frying
pan.
Oh! but ’tis an illigent cooking ma-
sheen, and good luck to yees wid yer
Charter Oak.
Yei Frind,
Phelim O’Toole.
A Stove Made in Four Minutes.
So systematized is the different depart
ments of stove making at the Excelsior
Manufacturing Company of St. Louis,
that they produce a Charter Oak stove in
less than 5 minutes, or an average of 150
for each working day. The actual time
consumed in each stove during the year
1870 was less than 4 minutes.
3E3C
JL* A
TRY.
Once let every man say try,
Very few on straw would lie,
Fewer still for want would die;
Pans would all have fish to fry;
Pigs would fill the poor man’s Bty,
Want would cease and need would fly,
Wives and children cease to cry,
Poor rates would not swell so high,
Things wouldn’t go so much awry,
You’d be glad and so would L
NEW PATTER;
Best Coal Heating Stove Made.
Eighteen Years or more ago.
Bellevue, Iowa, May 23,1870.
Mb. G. F. Filley,
Dear Sir:—In May, 1852, we bought a
No. 4 Charter Oak Stove, at the Hard
ware store of J. C. Hughey, at Bellevue,
Iowa. It has been in constant use since
that time, cooking for a family of from 8
to 20, giving entire satisfaction; and now
after 18 years use, we would not exchange
it for any new stove that we know of, un
less a Charter Oak. It does its work as
good to-day as when we first used it. It
was used 9 years on a farm, and 9 years in
town, and was generally used for all heat
ing as well as cooking purposes.
, WILLIAM WILSON.
Signed, JANET WILSON.
EXCELLENT INTEREST RULES.
For finding the interest on any princi
pal for any number of days, the answer
in each case being cents, separate the two
right hand figures of answer to express it
in dollars and cents.
Four per cent.—Multiply the principal
by the number of days to be run; sepa-.
rate right hand figure from product, and
divide by 9.
Five per cent.—Multiply by number of
days and divide by 72.
Six per cent.—Multiply by number of
days, separate right hand figures and di
vide bv 6.
Eight per cent.—Multiply by number of
days ana divide by 45.
Nine per cent.—•Multiply by number of
da vs, separate right hana figure and di
vide by 4.
Ten per cent.—Multiply by number of
days and divide by 36.
twelve per cent.—Multiply by number
of days, separate right hand figure and
divide by 3.
Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by number
of days and divide by 24.
Eighteen per cent.—Multiply by number
of days, separate right hand figure and
divide by 2.
Twenty per cent.—Multiply by number
of days and divide by 18
Twenty-four per cent.—Multiply by num
ber of days and divide by 15.
When computing interest at four per
cent., two places pointed off at the right
of the principal gives the interest upon it
for ninety days.
At 5 per cent., two places pointed off
gives, the interest for 72 days.
- At 6 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 60 days.
At 8 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 45 days.
At 9 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 40 days.
At 10 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 36 days.
At 12 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 30 days.
At 16 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 24 days.
At 18 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 20 days.
At 20 per cent,, two places pointed off
gives the interest for 18 days.
At 24 per cent., two places pointed off
gives the interest for 15 days.
FARMERS’ WOOD FILES.
Aunt Jerusha Jones, who frankly
avows she is an old maid “on principle,’’(!)
writes the Rural:—“I’ve just been on
my yearly round to visit my nephews,
nieces, cousins and friends—have visited
a number of villagers and farmers, and
have blessed the homes of a great many
more, and if you can record it without
blushing for mankind, on the average,
every third house was minus a wood
room, wood-house, or even a wood-shed,
just as they were twenty years ago, when,
if it had not been for the sight of these
shiftless, thoughtless, comfortless-looking
wood piles, I might have bee" smpted—
but I’m not going to write a -out myself
Jerusha Jones. I was going to tell you
what I saw at these wood piles—wives
and little children digging wood out ot
the snow.
Enter the houses, and behold the con
venience and the beauty of this wet wood,
this, green wood, this oftentimes twiee-
too-big wood system. Every' available
part of the cook stove is covered with wet,
oftentimes dirty wood, which is burning
long before it is seasoned through, filling
the room with its smoke and odor, ana
soiling the neat housekeeper’ stove beside.
Every moment the oven can be spared,
that too must be filled, and when needed,
as it is most of the time in large families,
out it must go again, half seasoned, to
wait for another chance. There is no such
thing as allowing the fire to slacken, or it
will te out, alid many a time in the after
noon and evening, when the- family are
enjoy’ing the comforts of the sitting room,
the fire in the kitchen must be kept up to
dry wood! Such economy! I’ve heard
the men and boys complain to the women
in the morning—“ Your fire don’t halt
bum; your pancakes are white; you
have’nt dried the wood sufficiently!’’ Iu-
sult to injury! “Can’t afford a wood-
house!” What can you afford? No
wonder husbands are short of money, and
women of patience! Necessity or love
might keep me in such an abode, but
‘filthy lucre’ never! Had I a dozen daugh
ters, no one of them should marry a man
who had been brought up under “The
Wood Pile” system, unless that pile wa9
under cover. ‘ Thank Heaven, I say, that
I am an old maid! I can't afford to burn
wet wood or green, although I use a
Charter Oak Stove, which will operate
with any kind of fuel, yet, of course will
do all the better with good dry wood,
which everv sensible housekeeper ought
to and will have as well as a Charter Oak.
FENCE AND TRELLIS WIRE TABLE.
Self-Clinching Fence Staples.
1M inches long, per lb ..15c.
“ “ per gross.- 30c.
These Staples are made from the best
Charcoal Iron, are self-clinching, and will
drive into the hardest wood.
XOB.
Weight
per rod
orl6x
feet.
Weight
of
one
mile.
Length
of a 63 lb.
bundle.
Length
100 lbs.
Length
a ton.
lbs.
oz.
pounds
yards.
yards.
yards.
7
1
9
461
239
380
7600 "
8
1
i
389
286
456
9120
9
1
323
342
543
10860
10
14
264
420
667
13310
11
10
211
529
840
16S00
12
8
163
700
1111
22220
H
5
97
1142
1813
86260
16
3
57
1954
3100
62000
STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
Apples, dried, per bushel 24
Barley 48
Beans, white 60
Beans, Castor.... 46
Bran 20
Buckwheat 52
Corn, shelled 56
Corn, in ear 70
Corn Meal .....50
Coal, per bushel 80
Hominy* 60
Malt 34
Oats 32
Onions 57
Peas 60
Potatoes,-Irish, per bushel 60
Potatoes, Sweet 50
Peaches, peeled and dried 40
Peaches, unpeeled and dried 33
Rye 5S
Salt 56
Seed, Clover 50
Osage Orange 33.
Timothy' 45
Flax 56
Blue Grass, clean 14
Millet 50
Orchard Grass 14
Herd Grass 16
Lucerne 6o
Turnips f. 57
Wheat 60
Hair 8
gSyThe happiest and best member of a
family is usually called the light of the
household, because, besides being happy
and cheerftil himself, or herself, he or she
makes all else happy or cheerful. The
Charter Oak Stove is such a treasure.
A Gem.—The Evening Star is the most
beautiful sheet-iron cylinder wood stove
made. It is durable, economical, and the
poor man’s friend. Everybody should
have one of these excellent stoves.