The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-11
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

H'Tcl 10 JIo plAlt or Csc bears away u
small scale sticking TO his feet, and
crippIcs Itself fatally in attempting h.
remove the annoyance.
ITO MAKE BLAcEmG O Morocco
SHors.-Pound some scaling wax, and
put in n bottle with half n pint Of nj
cohol shake it frequently, and when
1t is dissolved, you may rub II on mo.
rocco shoes when they nro scaled or De
faced, and they will look almost like
new dry II on in The sun.
@BLAcEnGHHY JGLLY, Put the fruit
into a jar, tie paper over it, and stew in a
saucepan Of boiling water, or by putting
the jar into the oven strain or the
liqnor, and to every pint Of juice, add a
pound off loaf sugar put all into n
prcseryinP-pan, simmer and skim it,.
When il will jelly upon II plate, it is fit
to be put into jars for use.
LmEErY's LEANIvGs, Tho expansion
and contraction Of metals by alternate
heat and cold are neatly illustrated by
the unsettled dcmcanOr Of Crawforl's
statue Of Liberty on the iron dome Of the
capitol at Washington. Ia the fOrcpart
Of the day, when thcsuu is upon the east
crn surface Of the do mo, expanding il,
the colossal figure incIincs four aud u
half inches towards the west, and in the
afternoon, with The heat from the west,
the inclination is ag much 10 the east
AHCrrr FLOwEErSG PLtTrS. DR.. j..
u. Hooker states, in a recent number
Of Nature, that four nowcriu" plant,
were collected by DR.. BrsscIe, Of Halls
artic expedition, FROM the east side OF
Smiths Sound, in latitude - deg. \.
They were Nr0ba 1Loi,o "a member Of
the mustard iamjIyl CcrUyiiom NJ
pi1Um N kind Of chichw"cd), Iur0ri.
cum d'ug tennis Otho common daudc
liouJ, and Io0 R,rUos0 U grass.
Towering plants have never before been
found in n region 80 near the north
BE.
CrMHrsTroS or Ous.- If cotton which
has been sookcd in boiled iu-ccd oil be-
raised TO Il temperature Of no deg.
Fair, it will commence to generate
heat, and in the conr}r Of an hour will
rise to $50 deg. laIr., shortly after
which it will burst into flame. Raw
llnsccd-oil. requires boiling abOut five
hours, rapr,oII ten hours, olive oil six
hours, ]sroI-oiI two hours, and c|astor-ojI
SLIGHT cInrrlug for two days, TO cause
spontaneous combustion. A knowledge
OF tlo'" Iacts sulli"ca 10 explain tine orj-
gin Of many mya'cipu8 free.
PIcroEllL GLA5s -IDng.co0tinuu1
hI''lIlRnt ~ known ~ have a certain
Of coIorcl class. To utilize this, pie.
t|oriaIIy and iudrlIibIy, any required
figures are marked upon tlo surface
with common paint, and the glass is
left exposed to the sun for two years. ,
Where the paint docs not cytond the +
glass gradually blracIcs, MS it were, +
bul TIL" srriac' under the pigment re
ttlns lls original color, in which appear, 4;
Of course, when the paint is removed, i
tn" designs on Uctlcriugs formerly
painted upon it, ,
Tur u,. , ann ,
cvrg If III. L,,, or, ~ ,
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l. nL;,,' umn, un' ,',,' ~ ''"'1 "
cam il, ,,,n. 'II,''' ''' .
elevated and InC,y n c,n1nm I''mI' -,
,yarG rnlD'. ,IIr,,a, - I'',''oY '29N W. =
upward. Although the animal is adj Il
uIrtcd 10 tine most discordnut sqUcul. I
ing and Gruntlng, yet as soon us it is {,
IaId on liz back 1t Is Immediately silent, h
80 great ls it's aetoul4hmcut mt the a
heavens, to- In" sight of which 1t is I'M Il
i'c@lS,omnl, and which causes such fear il
lha' II ~ Unable to cry II
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,Ln LI,nan ''"', ~ 'nPI,II'u ny /
I,,Ii, o"I ~ ,'u "''8'"3' pHoit IL II
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Aha. 1'. - '''' "'RI' ; '' HH q
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Lnina nnt Irv'I,'' ''''H'' AI,'I VI
,r m3 r ~ ,o G at I'''u''lRhI ny 81
,,Iaccd ' u, . W, ,.',n Io'|r'IS, '''I are ID
la"'o, III a'''o 'r"l'Hhs OF water, which b
are N'\t any exposed to the sun. Thus Al
exposed thr infused liquid icrmcuts, h,
..I','Tf '"'' D'''' a'nl nearly black, and to
,"'" ''',' 'R"I'' Aii"r cooperating fo. bI
W. vi 'I''oV "aSS, IL ~ heated IN metal in
',H ,",F ny S'''h' "ll' thls iinnl cvapor- m
y = ''I''''A III u Pt'HIplIal" 81 tine pure va
I'''8o o' commerce. sI
ANEW NGrpLE..A loJy of San Fran. Iii
cisco hus invented Il new nrrlIr HAN,
proycmcnt consisting in mokino moan t.
die Of any size witLont nm nyn fnr tL, M
but with. lnstcoI , IoI. Lorn,I re
IOngitudiunlly iutn fhn Go,J ~. n I'm
end thereof to the dcntb r a. ,I,,rn,n nd
M inch or tI,crrohnuls ,LintL L,I, " "a
lrrnngcd with q scrrw' Ern,I TL, II
needle, /, is clajmcl, will carry nny
Sind Of thread. and can he used ior ry, n,
Try purpose. 1t is Thought fhot if viii Of
pc valuable, also as . s]nrgic,I ,,,Ti, ho