The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-23
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

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be purified.
BLACK oxide manganese may be nsed
fol- purifying cellars aud rooms, without
discommoding patients. 1t NAV be
made Of forty parts black oxide OF man
ganese n sixty parts OF common salt,
and may be distributed IN plates,
In M apartment capable Of being
closed, which has been infected by dis.
charges or emanstions from the sick,
after thorough cleansing and white
washing, r fumigation by burning a
few ounce OF sulphur, or by nitrous
acid from two or three ounces Of Mir C
acid poured upon an ounce Of copper
filings, will be effectuaI in diginfectinR
them. Or the rooms may DO disinfected
with bromine. Before the fumigatiOn
all chimneys and openings should be
closed and remain 80 Tor twcnty-fom
hours. After this, open all doors and
windows, and keep them open for soye-
raj days apd nights. Personal cleanli-
meas and ventilation should in all cases
be attended to.
To MAKE TOMATO tIGs,-POur boil
ing water over the tomatoes in order to
remove the skins then weigh them and
place them in n stone jar, with az much
sugar as you have tomatoes, mud let
them stand two days then pour off the
syrup and boil and skim it until no
sonm rises then pour it over the toma-
toe. and let them stand two day AZ be-
fore then boil and skim again. After
. third time they are fit TO dry il the
weather liz good; il not let them stand
in the syrup until drying weather.
linen place on large oarthen plates or
i hes, and put them in the u to dry,
which will take about n week, after
which pack them down in small wooden
boxes, with fine white sugar between
each layer. Tomatoes prepared in this
way will keep for years.
MY chickens are never sick, congo,
quently ] have no dootoring to do.
Think sickness among fowls is more Tho
result of bad management than my
thing else; and that doctCrlnR does
more harm than good. Remove the
cause and the effect will remove itself.
/ have on several occasions, when
chicken cholera was bad in my neigh
borhood, given, mixed in tho food OF
my fowls, smell proportions of pow
dered charcoal, oxide Of iron and flour
of sulphur. Never had n true case Of
cholera, but do not pretend to hold that
the drugs administered should have
credit for it. Rather think that keep
ing the hoIseB clean and thor floors
we'll covered with fresh earth has been
the medicine that saved my chickens. -
injury C. West.
FALL FIRES. The necessity Of keep,
ing warn naturally suggests fires, An
why can not We have them earlier in tn,
fall What il there about Il fire tina
We should shrink from it until it,
warmth becomes IA necessity Cost o
fuel has much to do with the lat,
advent of warm hearth-stones, but thor,
are other luxurios which do not frightel
uR that ARE much more coAtly and no
nearly no we'll worth the money that i
paid for them. Apart from it's health
~fulness, of which 10 much could bo sai,
that we will Bny nothing, Il fire in tn,
fall il a luxury. Not only because il
tho mornings and evenings it aoftcnj
tho indoor air, w the sun sOftous tn,
mir out Of doors ut noon, but -uggestt
the Joys of winter Mt II tlmo when it
hardships are not yet known it give
III the rose without the thorn. And i
we are 40 conditioned az to- be able t.
command n wood firc-novcr 40 suitabl,
IN in tho mildly cold days OF Octobe
and November-how can we reconcile i
TO Our conscience to deny it to onr
BelvesP
SAonErs OR SCENT BAGs.-h CORE
spondent Of tn Country GcntlemaI
writes Various powders, etc, place
IN silk bags OF Ornamontcd envelope
are agreeable to smell Of, and also ccor
omical for impartinS n pleasing ode
10 linen and clothes M they are packe
away in drawers, for they prever
moths. For heliotrope powder TAX
half IA pound Of orris root, one quart,
pound of ground rose leaves, tw
ounces powdered tonquin bean, on
ounce vanilla beam, one-half drach
grain musk, two drops otto Of almondI
mix it all by sitting through n coarr
sieve. This III IL Of tho best sache
ever made, and perfumes tablo.cloth
sheets. pillow cases and towels delic
ouBly.
For lavender powder, take ono poui
of powdered lavender, one-quart
pound Of gum benzoin, and one-quart
of an ounce Of otto Of lavender.
For patchOuli, use one-half II poun
Of ~patchouli ground fine, and n yer
little of otto %patchouli. This herb
often sold in it's natural state az in
ported, and is tied mp in half.poun
bundles.
Sandal wood satchet powder is good
and consists OF the wood ground fine
Cedar wood, when ground, forms
body for nthnr antchnt nnwdrra mn