The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-05-27
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

chisel or plane-bit, being careful never
TO leave any ragged edges, and let them
grow long. When thus trimmed and
kept so, the edges grow square and
smooth, and can NOT inhame and tester,
This complaint is frequently so severe
that sufferers have had their t%Oc-nails
ont by the roots while under the
influence Of cbloroform.
A Few HINTS ON WASHING. Every
woman should have a bottle Of ammo-
MIA, plenty Of borax and a good wiring
er: soap the clothes well and put on to
boil in cold water, with two tablespoon.
tuls Of liquid ammonia to each boiler OF
clothes boil hard one hour do this on
Saturday morning.; ringthem ont OF the
suds and spread on the grass. On Mon
day morning make a suds, putting IN
two tablespoonful of pulycrized boraz;
scald the clothes, wiring out and rinse
Any one who may try the above will be
gmtefhl to find their clothes much nicer
than they would have been If they mad
rubbed them for hours,
II is well, first, that all young men
remember that nothing will do them 30
much injury AZ quick and easy success,
and nothing will do them so much good
us q struggle which teaches them e1act-
ly what there is in them, educates them
gradually 10 its use, instructs them in
personal economy, drills them into a
patient and persistent habit Of work,
md keeps them at the foot Of the lad.
der until they become strong enough
TO holl every step they are enabled %
gain. The first years Of every mans
business or professional life are years OF
education.
RELATIVE Cost or BUTTER AND BEEF.
Did it ever occur to any Of your
readers that it takes more feed to make
a pound III beef than II pound OF but
ter? A good COW in milk we'll cared for,
will make 200 lbs. of butter in n season,
worth from $50 to $40 but II dry COW,
with the same feed, will not gain M
much in weight in the same time, non
will she be worth rs much AZ the butter
from the dairy COW, and the mich COW
is lcfs. An acquaintance Of mine II
fattcning an OK, and in sixty days he had
fed him 900 lbs. of meal, at n cost OF
2lj, with only 100 Ibis. gain in weight,
Tor. country Gcnticmdn.
CrrrIyG FLoWERg.-Neyer cut flowers
during intense sunshine, nor keep them
exposed to the sun or wind. Do not
collect them in large bundles, or tic
| them togetbor. as this hastens their de
cay. Do not pull them, but cut then
c)Icauly off the plant with a sharp knife,
| not with scissors. When taken indoors.
place them in the shade, and
| reduce them TO the required length
of stalk with II sharp knife, by which
tho tubcs. through which they draw M
| tho wafer ia permitted TO ascend free.
w. whereas. If the gtcms are bruised
Gr l.crratrd tine uoreg nre closed up,
| Irsn nrra wntcr IN set them i'm. or purc
| Wilt e,rI in q einte of sa%tnration
stickipo tbe ends of fine stalks into it,
Inf moi in . crowded manner. If in
wotor olone i, o,,sbt 10 le changed
daily, and a thin slice should be cut of
the ends Of the stalks at every change
Of water.
Rc,u,ny vor RpoEgy KNEES, Tt
nyoid IN. upiy marks of broken knees
if ia accommodated that when the hors,
falle fine wound should be washed b,
Drowinc q hutk,t If watar ,inon if on1
meyer nTritotiug il bv anv friction DIR,
the wound then with a yery soft cloth
mud place over il n LAYER Of dry cotton
a fnpor Inpgtb in thickness. GOVERN,
with n band of flannel. and the latte.
with fine ugual Leather knec-cap. no
too lipb,v strained Let the horg,
roposo tIron or ronr doys withor,
touchipp fine boulaco. at the eypiratjor
Of this period take on the bnndnpe yer,
dclirptrIy mud without touching tb,
! crugt or the sore. md walk the horse
for u little. bnt very slow. then re.
| place the baudage us before. In thir
teen days the crust will fall. the wound
will moi only have Il new skin, but will
10 recovered with hair, and no chauge
in color will be preccptible,
1yppr r,,r prc,,no E,orv bouoo
keonnr should Loyo hor nyr1 rac;no
book book Of her own creation Of
gcrorol Growth md nroved cvcellenceN
and we propose to show our lady readers
how to make one. In the first place
buy n blank book aud write your name
and date on the first leaf, Divide the
book into az many different departments
rs you wish, heading each page with
the department to which it belongs, ms
follows Recipes for cleaning recipes
for soups recipes for cooking meats !;
recipes for cake, and 30 on
through family COOKING. Then comes
cooking for the sick, care for the sick,
and all the various things that are n
part OF woman's duty, and for which,
unfortunately, there is no school but
experience. Number your pages if
they are moi numbered in the beginning,
ard make an index, leaving blank
spaces IN the index to correspond with
blank pages between departments which
You 40 o expect 10 MI immediately.
write down under these aiflerent heads
~ IHnIN FLn M an "a UhII AgA "a nd go l.