The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-11-13
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minister Abbey, which was built Of tina
material nearly five hundred years ago
and is still perfectly sound.
FRANCE has 1913, 900 manufacturing
establishments, employing nearly two
million workmen, and turning out annu
ally, according to the French census.
products to the amount of ten Thousand
millions Of francs, Of about ~, 900, 900,
600.
ONE Of the most painful surgical
operations is removing nails which have
grown into the flesh. There i9 no ne,
cessity whatever for this pain, The
new method is to keep the patient ten
or fifteen days in a bed or on n sofa.
with a bread or meal poulticc applied
to the toe, This poultice is changed
several times daily, and the toe il
bathed twice n day in water as warm as
may be borne. In ten or fifteen days
the nail becomes 80 soft it may BE cut
with scissors and removed by hand
without. the least pain.
70 CURE LocK-JAw.-B. Of Tomc9-
see, in Rural Sun (Which says that the
writer is a stock-grower Of great oXpo.
ricnce) says 70 cure lock jaw, or teta.
nus, from n wound, yon should open
the wound we'll with II sharp knife, and
inject the wound six or eight times Il
day with a strong, warm decoction OF
tobacco. / have known this to cure
several badly wounded animals in Sum
ner county suffering from lock-j0w, and
every person who owns a horse or other
stock ought to buy Il good book ON Far.
riery, and he will save money by it.
The bridge to be constructed over the
Firth of Forth will be by lar the larR-
est in the world. According 10 the
London Builder its height will be $50
feet, and the number Of spans nearly
100. The smaller spans will be $50
wide, which is beyond the average wi til
Of the largest spans IN ordinary bridges;
but the browning marvel Of the whole
structure is the great span in fine cen
tea, which is to be 1900 feet, or nearly
ono-third of It mile in width, an extent
unparalleled in any existing structure
of the kind. The entire cost Of the
bridge will be ut least ten millions Of
dollars.
A WESTERN correspondent asks why
eastern farmers have 80 entirely given
up the cultivation Of sorghum for mo.
laBscs. Simply because its production
did not pay expenses. During tho war,
when molassos and sugar were at high
prices, many northern farmers Thought
it profitable to produce as much us was
needed for the use of their W fnmi-
lies. Manufacturers claim that they
cannot afford to make il up for less
than twenty-five cents per gnIIon, and
when the cost Of production ia added 10
this, the article can not compete with Il
similar commodity made from southern
cane.
CARBoLO and the coal tHr disinfoc
tants are the most efficient and pcrmm-
nent nntiseptica, but ARE generally too
offensive for in Ioor uac. A gill Of cur
bonic ncid in II pail Of water is one Of
the best disinfectants for sewers, drains,
oatch-bnsins, wntcr-clOscts, urinnl-,
privieB, etc. IL should be used in the
same manner as copperas. CnrbOIiG acid
il often mixed with lime, forming car
bOlate Of lime, 10 be used for the same
purposes. A mixture Of ten pnrls Of
%quicklimo and one part OF tine cheap re-
fuse Oilg from the distillntion Of coal
tar, is one of the most efficient prcpa-
rations for deodorizing foul places in
the open mir.
OL-CLorH MADE FROM CARPET -
The following recipe is communicated
to the Cultivator and Country Gentle
man by "Daisy Eyebright :" Nail the
old Brussels carpet loosely to the floor,
in n large attic or woOd-housc chamber
not in use. Then paint it over with u
thick coat Of Iinseed-oil ami burnt um.
Der. Let it dry in thoroughly add a
cont Of good varnish. Let that dry for
n week or two, and it can I've scrubbed
and washed with milk and water like
any oil cloth. Paint it ON the wrong
side, and nail it down closely, Tor il
need not be taken up in many years.
As the varnish and paint wear of, re.
new them, and thus it will! last -four
times ms long Us common oil-cloth.
IN regard to the power required for
different sized circular sdws, one CORE.
spondcnt of the Scientific American ex-
presses the opinion that "A saw lust
largo enough to cut through n board
will require less power than Il larger
saw, the number of teeth, speed and
thickness being equal in each" This
theory is opposed by another CORE
spondent, who says: "I am running
three saws, II AZ inches with iS teeth.
one SO inches with q teeth, and one g.
inches with Sc teeth, all 8gaugc inthick.
ness, and | find the 64-inch will cut
through II IL or II inches cut with less
power than either of tho others. diff
fer with him concerning the saw with
few teeth quitting the easiest, ms my
52-inch saw with " teeth takes more
power than either of tho others and I
run the same hook in the teeth, and
file them al exactly nIika NV nprina