The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-01-18
VALUABLE RECIPES.

To TAKE OUT STAINs-Take half a
pint of water, dissolve IN II half an
ounce of salt or sorrel /; add two oun-
ces Of spirits of wine. Shake them
well together. Rub the liquids on
the stains with q sponge.
GROUND RICE GRIDDLE CAKE. Boil
a quart of milk rub smooth a tcacup-
full of ground rice, In a gill or two of
cold milk, and stir it into the boiling
milk add a little salt, and while 1t Is
scalding hot, stir in -four enough to
make the right thickness for baking.
When cool, add q teacup of yeast and
4 eggs. Let 1t rise light.
To REMOVE MuLDEw.-Wct the
cloth which contains the mildew with
salt water; rub it well with white
soap, then scrspe some fine chalk to
powder, and rub il well into the cloth
lay il out OH the grass in the sunshine,
watching it, to keep IL damp with
soft water. Repeat the process the
next day, and in q few hours the mil
dew will all disappear.
OINTMENT FOR CHArrED HANDS,
Take sweet oil, 3 ounces spermaceti,
4 ounces, and pulvcrized camphor, l
ounce. Mix them together in a clean
earthenware vessel, by the aid of a
gentle heat, and apply it warm to
the hands night and morning. An
other very good ointment for chap
ped hands is made with a little fresh
newly-churned butter and honey.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM BROAD.
CLoTH.-Take | ounce of ripe-clay,
that has been ground fine, and mix il
with IL drops of alcohol, and the same
quantity of spirits of %turpentine.
Whenever you wish to remove any
stains from cloth, mOist0n q little of
this mixture and rub it on the spots.
Lot it remain till dry, then rub it of
with a wooden cloth, and the spots
will disappear.
QUAKER PLUM PUDDING. Take
slices of light bread, spread thin with
butter, and lay in a pudding-dish lay
ers of this bread and %raisins, till with
in an inch of the top. Add 5 eggs well
beaten, and aIqurat of milk, and pour
over the pudding ; salt and spice to
taste. Bake it twenty or twenty-five
m%inuets, and eat with liquid sauce.
Before usingthe raisins,.. boil them in a
little water, and putt all in.
TO PREVENT THE RAvAGEs or THE
WOODEN MoTm.-The ravages Of the
wooden moth may be prevented III a
measure by the use of any OF thc fol-
lowing substitutes: Camphor, and
perhaps the most agreeable for wear
! ing apparel, a mixture of enc ounce of
cloves, one ounce of rhubarb, and one
ounce of cedar shavings, tied up in a
bag, and kept in a box or drawer. If
the substance be dry, scatter it in the
folds of tho cloth, carpets, blankets,
or'furs; il liquid, scatter IL freely in
the boxes, or on the cloth or wrap
per, laid over and around it.
POWDER FOR CnAFED SKIN,--This
preparation is universally applied for
drying the skin, after washing, es-
pecially ut the joints, which, if left
even damp at certain seasons, pro-
duccs chaps and chatting, often follow
cd, if neglected, by inflammation:
Violete powder is best prepared
by mixing three parts of the bet
wheat starch with one Of finely
ground orris root the latter adds to
the drying powder of the starch, and
imparts ut the same time m agrcea-
bic odor, like that of the violet;
hence the name of tho mixture. 1t is
alao prepared by pertaining starch
with essential ola without the addi-
ton of Orris root; but though the
scent is stronger, and some more
tempting to use, il is far lest bcncli-
cial in it's application. The scent,
acting as n stimulant 20 the skin, in
crcascs rather than abates any tenden-
cy to redncss. Unpcrfumcd powder
Is therefore best to use, busted over
the part with a little swans down,
commonly called puff.
To JUDGE THE AGE OF FOwLS.-T
a hens spuris hard, and tho scales on
the logs rough, sho is old, whether
you see her head or not, but her
head will corroborate your obscrva-
ton. If the under bill is SO still
that you cannot bend it down, and
the comb thick and rough, leave her,
no matter how fat and plump, for
some one less particular. A young
hen has only the rudiments of spurs;
the scales on tho legs are smooth,
glossy and fresh colOred, whatever
the color may be the claws tender
and short, the nails sharp, the under
bill soft, and the comb thin and
smooth.
To JUDGE TIE AGE OF TURKEYS
An old heI. turkey has scales on her
legs, callossities on the sOlcs of her
lcct, and long strong claws; a young
one the reverse of all these marks.
The old turkey cock has n long tuft
or beard, q young one but a sprout-
ing one; and when they are Of, the
smooth scales Oh the legs decide The
point, besides the difference in size
of the wattlcs of the neck and in the
elastic shoot upon the nose.
TO JUDGE TIE AGE OF GEEsE.-An
old goose when alive is known by the
rough legs, the strength of the wings,
particularly ut the pini0ns, tho thick
ness and strength of the bill, and the
tinoness of the feathers; and when
plucked, is known by the legs, tho
tenderness of tho skin under the
wings, by the p%inions and the bill,
and the coarscness of the skin.
TO JUDGE THE AGE OF P~IGEONs.-
A young pigeon is discovered by its
pale color, smooth scales, tender col
lapsed feet, and the yellow long down
i%nterperacd among it feathers A pig.