The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-22

NO! IIlUu ~ IOU tDTTtCb. pltbStu 10 Wv
man or woman who was bonn on the
farm and can go back to it and to his or
her parents after thirty years OF expert,
cncc, knocking about the world aud
iostl ng against all classes Of humanity,
That is better! Think of It'll TO 90
home (what n wordD and straight into
the n ms of the good mother who bore
o and feel both your hands taken IN
the warm ones Of the grand old father
It G a%usterc, upright (aIways) and cX-
netting old father of your boyhood-who
by look, culver Of lip, trcmnlous Of cE.
citcment and joy, gives you more touch
ing welcome home" than rould he
revealed in all the carcsscs conceived
of say all this is worth living for =
Rhuai Non VORTEX.
A PRETTY MANTLErIEcE ORNAMENT
may be obtained by suspcnding I'm
acorn, by n piece Of thread tied around
it, within half an inch of the surface
of some water contained in n vase, tum-
bier, or saucer, and allowing it to re-
main undisturbcd for several weeks.
1t will soOn burst open, and small roots
will seek the water n straight and tn
pering stem, with beautiful glossy green
leaves, will shoot upward and present Il
very pleasing appearance. Chestnut
trees may be grown IN the same manner,
bnt the leaves are not SO beautiful as
those Of the oak. The water should
be changed oncc n month, taking care
to supply water of the same warmth
bits Of charcoal added to it will pre-
vent the water from souring. II the lit
tie leaves turn yellow, add one drop Of
am monia into the utcrsil which hold
the water, and they will renew their
Iuxuriance. Another pretty ornament
IN made by w~ctting n sponge and sprink.
ling it with canary, hemp, grass and
other seed. Tho sponge should be re
frcshcd with water daily 80 as to be
kept moist. In II few days the seeds
will Rcrminate, and the sponge viii
40 n be covered with n mass of green
foliage. -HcicutiHc hn1cJic0H.
FARMERS who are guilty of letting
their farms gctpOOr and hungry, strange
ns it may seem, hate to be lcctrrcd
obnut their rcmissnrss in thin unrtiru.
Iur IulI tn thnm uhnnt collecting ma
tnri,la for monuro and az hu;lLinu ia
o,ary G,Ll a III az nn,onoot and I,o,
~ ~ w. ~ v NV ~"
nv" '" ,'' ''N,i " N''P '"i" w.
WY r'' ""'o D m 'o''inE ''' .''"
.olN lllpuno WIZ ir'cr WIN ~ "'r %
sure doicllSo 10 "ila1 george "'adoS mas
H"'' III l"vor OF clo'or as /" morn on H''i
"to!I'ily, III Which every '"n'H ~ '"''"G
winch u Hoi, i'c,,7 W N''P IL uP' "'"
more tiI' hUcP ~ up MAKE IL more
no"'V''"'' II ",S 7e',7'p'1 nun VIII re-
iio'o inolion'' II nc nus M" "i "tPoI,
Uunn,'y W re"' nny'n'hR "nouI h'Iur"i
pi''oHol"'S' VI KNOWS n'ytnlnS "Dp"t
VIM Hol'S !ro composed Oh ana "llat
oroPS req n'ro iUr grown ana maturing
oi Seed' no VIII cohcI''oe that no on"
P,ah' contains MI 1ne uGS.rHp'e elements
Vi Iie various crops Inc n1''on w Is
motillhB more tllilI Grover WIZ niV"nc'
~ bonoi"i VI " 'ou"''S 10
Nv oA"o, 'pu"Irip"iU vi VIM wa" en-
'oiv"'ho" ny rnBi'en ia'hhorH VI So'lo
r"" ~ nmb 'o w hnr
s,c,nno ~ c,, :" thot 10 wn,,iI ,nt "nn
ducn TINT nlopt nnv lnnonr Thoao Who
clover their farms constantly hero viii
share the same fate by and by.
lr Cookery were reduced down 1,
rule, 40 TINT p rsons could follow re
c,ipcS with thesamc certainty of success
due to accuracy, with which the studen
Pnrsues the instructions laid down il
ms Textbook OF chemical analysis, it /
presumabie thnt any individual ccul,
nothing il further from the truth. Lee.
the reader ask any successful cook how
he o : she made such or snch II compound,
the chances are strongly that no salts
factory explanation can be given.
"Practicc" is probably stated IA the rcn.
son, or "oxpcrience, or l''lnck." Let
him turn to any ~so.callcd conkcry book
aud we would he willing TO wager That
in nine cases ont of ten the recipes for
the most delicate cake and pastrv ron
tain greater margins of inoccurocv tbon
any formula extant for miyin1 mnJ
concrete. What does n tcosnoonfnl
mean. heupeA mn or ever with tho rim ,
Or "A ~teacupful? Whnt siz, teocnn ,
How much is a pinch, or n handful q,
Il pennyworth There is absolutely M
standard system of measures conscien-
tiously followed /: and hence n woman
will gauge her ingredients by the same
grab with the same unouestioninq