The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-12-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


admitted to apartments the better fol
those who occupy them. Light is al
necessary to sound health az it il TO veg
etable life. Exclude it from plants anC
the consequences are disastrous. They
cannot be perfected without its witty.
ing influences. II is n fearful mistake
to curtain and blind windows so closely
for fear OF iniuring the furniture by
exposure to tho suns rays, that rooms
positively gather elements in darkness
which engender disease. Let in the
light often, and fresh air, too, or suffer
the penalty Of aches, pains and long
doctor bills which might have beer
avoided.
FGREpROoF RooFs.-A wash composed
of lime, salt and fine sand or wood ash
es, put on in the ordinary way Of white.
wash, is said to render shingles fifty
fold more safe against taking fire from
falling cinders or otherwise in case OF
fire in the vicinity. 1t pays the cX-
penses n hundred-fold in its preserving
influence against the effect Of the wca.
ther. The older and more weather.
beaten the shingles the more benefit
derived. Such shingles are generally
more or less warped, rough and cracked,
The application of n wash by wetting
the upper surface restores them to their
original or first form, thereby closing
the space between the shingles, and the
lime and sand by filling mp the cracks
prevents the warping.
GREEN PICKLE Quickly MADE, Put
your vegetables, cucumbers, snaps,
pherkins, &C., in brine that will bear
an egg. Let them remain n fortnight
or ns long as you choose, say six months
or a year, only taking care to scald
them occasionally. When ready, take
them ont and soak in weak vinegar for
several days. Then Bcald in spiced vim
gar prepared aB follows, taking care to
secure the top to keep the flavor in.
Swcotcn TO your taste, and nsc for sea
soning one ounce of long pepper, one
ounce Of white mustard seed, half IN
ounce Of cloves, half m ounce Of mace,
two ounces of white ginger, a handful
of scrapcd and split ho%rscrndish, two
nutmegs, and turmeric at plensurc-wc
dispense with its use. Horseradish pre-
vents mold forming on the vinegar.
CHEAP BARN PAINT. Take half a
bushel of freshly-bnrncd lime, Stake 1t
with boiling water /; cover it during the
process TO keep in the steam. Strain
the liquid through n fine sieve, and add
to it seven pounds of salt, previously
we'll dissolved in warm water three
pounds Of ground rice, boiled to II thin
paste, and stirred in boiling hot half a
pound Of powdered Spanish whiting,
and one pound Of clean glue, which has
been previously dissolved by soaking it
we'll, and then hanging il over II slow
fire in II small kettle within II larger
one filled with water. Add five gal
Ions of hot water TO the mixture, stir it
well, and let il stand II few days covered
-. J..l ,,,nt L., ,.,I ga, ,,,,,I,
hot. For this purpose it can be kept
in u kettle on n stove or portable fur
mace. About n pint of this mixture
will cover II square yard. If color If
desired, any Of the mineral or earthly
paints, IA umbcrs Or ochres, may be
used, by which n stone color Of any de-
sired shade may be procured.
TREATMENT or FLEsm WOUNDS. -Ev-
cry person should understand how to
treat Il flesh wound, because one is liz
bic to be placed in circumstances, away
from surgical and veterinary aid, where
he may save his own life, the life Of II
friend or of n beast, simply by the OK
crcisc Of II little common sense. In the
first place, close the lips of the wound
with the hand and ho'l them firmly to-
gethcr to check the flow OF blood until
several stitches can be taken and II
bandnge applied. Then bnthc the
wound for n long time in cold water.
Should it be painful, correspondent
says, take n painful Of burning GOALS
and sprinkle upon them common brown
sugar, and hold the wounded part in
tho smoke. In a few minutes the pair
will be allayed and recovery proceed
rapidly. In my case n rusty nail hat
made n bud wound in my foot. Tn,
pain and nervous irritation was severe
This was all removed by holding it il
smoke for fifteen minutes, and | wns
able to resume my reading in comfort.
We have often recommended il to 9TH
ers with like results. last week one of
my men had II lingcr-naiI torn ont by n
pairo of ice-tongs. 10 became very pain-
FIJI, ms was to have been expected.
Held III sugar-smOke for twenty min
utes the pain ceased, and promised
speedy recovery
LACK or KNOWLEDGE or HousEKrrr.
ISo.-One of the most prolific sources
of matrimonial difficulties in the lack of
knowledge on the part of wives of the
of housekeeping. In these days
there are n hundred young ladies' who
IAN thrum n piano to one who can make
good loaf of bread. Yet a hungry