The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-16
VALUABLE RECIPES.

To Cur GLASS. Any hard steel.
tool, says the Boston Jo"1l'ot q
CHEMISTRY, will cut glass with facility
when kept freely wet with camphor
dissolved in turpentine. The ragged
edge Of glass may also be thus smooth
cd with a fiat file.
CoRNED BEEF.-ln cooking corned
beet at this season Of the year so de-
licious, it shoulh be put into boiling
water when put on to cook, and when
il Is done it Should remain in the pot
until cold. This is the whole secret OF
having cJrned beef juicy and full-ila-
vored, instead Of the contrary.
ANOTHER POWERFUL DEODoRlzER.
-Spopgy iron "a well known species
of IRON is a more powerful deOdorizer
| than charcoal. Water filtered through
this will keep fresh u long time, in
some cases for months. The impure
and corrupting substances in the water
are removed by this filter.
10 RESTORE CoLORs. When color
on Il fabric has been accidentally or
otherwise destroyed by acid, ammonia
is applied to neutralize the same, after
which an application Of chloroform
will in almost all cases restore
the original color. The application OF
ammonia is common, but that of chlo-
rOlorm is bur little known. ChlOr-
ruform will also remove paint from II
garment or elsewhere.
10 CLEAN SILK MERINoES.-Grate
two or three large potatoes, add to
them q pint of cold water, let them
stand Il short time, pour oil the liquid
clear, or strain il through Il seive,
when it will be fit for use. Lay the
silk on u flat surface and apply the
liquid with q clean sponge till the dirt
is we'll separated dip each piece in II
pail of clear water, and hang up to
dry without wringing. Iron, while
damp on tine wrong side.
PUMPKINS yOR EXPLANATORY
RnECMArlSM.-At n recent meeting
of the New York Farmers Club 3
correspondent wrote of the virtues Of
the pumpkin, giving the following i'll
stance Of its value for inilamatOry
rheumatism n Wonan's arm Wa
swelled to Al enormous size and pain
fully inilamed. a poultice was made
Of stcwcd pumpkins, which was re-
neWcd every fifteen minutes, and in q
short time PRODUCED Il perfect cure,
The fever drawn out by the pOultict
made them extremely offensive. J
knew a man cured of evere ilfiama
ton Of the bowels by the same kline
Of application.
SIMPLE CUNE FOR BvRNS.-A var
nisher Of metals, in Paris, got iii
hand badly burned, and il his agony
thrust it into 4 pot Of vanish at hi
side. To his astonisment the pain
at once ceased, and the wound rapid,
healed. This cure being reporte'
around, persons in the neighborhoO,
| who had got burned came to the val
nisher and were cured in like man
I ner.
The news spread far and wide, ant
finally reached the medical faculty
and the varnisher was sent for to IT,
: his skill in the hospital. He respond
ed to the call and succeeded in curin
all on whom he operated. The phi
lOsOphy of the cure is, the varniS"
keeps the burn from the air, and give
nature q chance to supply u new ski
; under its protection.
= ACuEAP lCE. HOrSE.-IhrOw dow
r u dozen or two of old rails or poles o
{ a piece of ground sufficiently incline
= to carry Of water, fill the %crevices wit
i old boards, slabs or bark, get from til
sawmill II few loads of slabs, tax
o four, say twelve feet long, notch ii
{ corners like n Lighthouse, set them 0
tie platform, and you have II crj
say ten feet square by the width Of IL
y slab deep; fiji this crib with sawdu
e and pack it down hard. Cut your il
80 that it will pack close, and two b
l. four feet lay it on the sawdust, pl
on another crib Of slabs and fill II
e and, pack hard with sawdust, a
e around, and 50 go III until you get Il
= six or eight feet then put Il foot and
half Of saWdust on top; over this pl
n Il Shed roof Of slnbS-Onc end Of Il
G slabs nearly to the ice, raising t!
c other three feet. If ice is all that
> wanted, it will keep in this mann,
80. 1911 .- T..