The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-29

should be protected from even the least
jar. Churning in a milk room, or any
work that jars the building, will retard
the rising OF the cream. Milk, to get
the best yield Of cream, requires abso-
Lutte and undisturped rest.
To CLEAN sweetmeat jars or bottles,
pour in the jars hot water and a tea
spoonful or two Of pear-lash. The con-
tents which remain sticking to tho sides
and bottom Of the jar will be disengag-
cd by the pear-lash and float loose in
the water. Wash bottles the same way,
or kettles or any other vessels which
you wish to purify or clear from grease.
Strong I've poured off clear from good
hickory ashes will answer nearly as well
for the same purpose, and for kegs,
buckets and other large cooking uten-
sils, I've from good ashes may always
be used.
To HULL Consulate ono quart of
strong lyo, prepared by pouring warm
upon n peck or more Of ashes add two
quarts Of boiling water to it, and put in
the corn let it boil until the hulls be-
gin to start, which you can determine
by taking out a few kernels and wash
ing them in cold water. Skin out all
the corn rinse it in two or three wa
ters put it into cold water, and let it
boil up turn off that water &c as to ex-
tract all the I've; fill mp with boiling
water, and cook for four hours slowly
add salt to your taste let it boil half
an hour more, and serve. II must cook
n great while to be palatable.
ACmAP WASH FOR BUmDNds. Take
n clean water.tight cask and put into it
nhalf-bushcl of unslakod lime. Cover
it with boiling-hot water six inches
deep, stir briskly, and wait for the lime
to slake. TO the lime and water add
two pounds Of a cheap salt called sui
phate of zinc white vitrol) and one
pound Of common salt. These ingredi-
ents cause tho whitewash to harden,
and not crack and fall off. To form u
beautiful cream color, add three pounds
Of yellow ochre. Alump Of ivory black
will give n pearl or lead color. Lamp
black may DO used to produce u darker
color if desired. Applied to paling,
plank fences, and all out-buildings,
they last much longer and look better.
A MILK cellar will be the coolest
when sunk into the earth, and not much
above its surface. Eight feet would be
n good depth. The windows near tho
top of the wall shonld DO protected
from tho sun either by trees or shrubs,
or with blinds or shades; and wire
screens inside should be made to ex-
clude all insects. Covering She bottom
with hydraulic cement will give it neat
ness, but as cement is not n good CON
ductor of heat, it will render the cellar
warmer in summer and cooler in the
winter, by preventing access to the
earth. Good stone Tagging would be
better in this respect, aud hard burned
brick would DO better than common
brick. There should be u vcntilating
ilno run up from the upper part of the
apartment, in which the current of mir
may DO regulated by the means of n
register. -COmhV GcntiemMp.
WASHING CAhIcoEs AND MusLINs.-
Tho first requisite is plenty of water;
this is even more essential for colored
than for white clothes. 1t should not
be hot enough to scald, and should
have moderate suds of hard soap before
tho garments are put in. Very white
and nicc soft soap is preferable to hard
for hannels-dose not shrink them as
much but tho latter is best for cotton
goods. Wash calicocs in two waters,
but little soap in the second.
When clean, rinse them two or even
threa times in Uepid water. Good
laundresscs always assert that tho great
secret Of clear muslin is through rinsing.
Tho quality of starch used also affects
light colors, and for muslin dresses es-
pecially only starch of the purest quail
ty should be used. When no great
stiffness is required, it is a good plan to
stir tho starch into tho rinsing water;
it assists in setting tho colors where
they show n tendency to run. For set
ting the colors of fading goods / have
used ox-gall, alum borax and salt-all
with good result, though they will not
"clinch" green and blues that are de-
termined on taking French leave. Ono
benefit in using n strong solution of
alum water is that it will prositively
mako cotton fire proof. Mothers who
"sit on tho thorns" Mt school concerts
and exhibitions, Watching the danger
Gus poximity of gossamer dresses to
the foot-lights, will appreciate this adj
vantage. And so far from iniuring tho
looks of tho muslin, there is no other
treatment that will so brighton and i'm
prove the colors. Colored clothes
should be wrung very thoroughly,
dried in the shade and turned about
two or three times while drying. Ohio
EayTicr.