To Prevent Wet Feet

A vvriter o the "Mecbnnic's Magazine" t-ays i " I have had three pairs of boots for the last six yeai'8, and think I will not require any toare for the next 8x years to come. The reason is that I treat them in the following maDtier : I put & pound each of tallow and rosin io a pot on the fire ; vvhen meited and mixed I apply it hot with a painter's brnsh, until neither the sole nor upper will soak any raore. If it is desired that the boots should immediutelv take a pol shj-dissolve an ounce of turpeutine and l:imryack.. A day or two after the boots have been treated with the rosin id tallou-, ub over them this was and turpentiue, t)ut not before the fire. Thu the exterior will have a eoat of wax aloue and shine like a mirror. Tallow and grease become r-aa&id,, aüd rot the stitching or leather, but the' rosin gives it an antiseptic anality, whiuh preserves ttie whole. Jaóots or hoes jshould be so large as to admit of( wearing cork soles. Gork is so bad n conductor of heat, that with t in tbu boots the feet are a!ways warru on the coldest stone floor."