The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-06-10
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

OF turnips or other vegetables in the
milk.
NONE but Il lazy teamstcr will allow
while they eat their midday meal.
Teams will perform moro labor on the
same feed in a given time by giving
them water every two or three hours.
The water should stand in the sun if
practicable. 1t should not be cold on
any account.
The male turkey does not attain its
greatest vigor until the third or fourth
year therefore Il cock two or three
years old ia better than Il year.old for
breeding. But it il well 10 change the
male every year, which is believed to
produce healthier and stronger chicks
and hens two years old and upward are
also best for breeding
CURE FOR Burns The Gazette Medi-
col, France, says that by an accident
charcoal has been discovered to be a
cure for burns. By laying n piece Of
cold charcoal upon a burn, the pain
subsidies Immediately. BY leaving the
charcoal on n hour, the wound is
healed, rs has been demonstrated on
several occasions. The remedy is
cheap and simple, and deserves a trial.
ONE who has tried it communicates
the following item about curing sore
throat Buy at any drugstore one
ounce Of camphorated oil and five cents
worth of chloride OF potash, When
ever any soreness appears in the throat,
put the potash in a tumbler Of water,
and with it gurgle the throat thorough
ly then rub the neck thoroughly
with tho cImphorated oil at night be-
fore going to bed, and also pin around
the throat n small strip Of wooden fan
mel. This is a simple, cheap and sure
remedy.
TO make perpetual paste-which will
remain sweet for n year-disS0lve q tea
spoonful of alum in a quart OF water, to
which add sufficient flour to make a
thick cream. Stir in half a %teaspoonful
Of powdered resin and half n dozen
cloves, to give a pleasant odor. Have
on the fire Il teacup OF boiling water,
pour the -four mixture into it, stirring
well at the time. In a few minutes it
will be of the consistency OF mush.
Pour it into an earthen vessel let it
cool lay a cover On, and put it in a
cool place. When needed for use, take
out q portion and soften it with warm
water.
WmTEwAsH o OLD BUILDINGS. "A
correspondent of the American Rural
Home says the following is durable,
and looks nearly as well as paint {:
"Take n tight, clean barrel, and slack
in it one bushel OF freshly burned lime
by covering il with boiling water. After
it 10 Stacked add cold water enough to
bring it to consistency of cream OF
thick whitewash. Then dissolve in wa
ter, one pound of sulphate Of zinc (also
kpown by the COMMON name of white
vitrioD, and add to the lime and water,
with one quart of fine salt. Stir we'll
until the ingredients are thoroughly
mixed. This forms n pure white. If a
cream color is desired, one-half pound
of yellow ochre is added"
How TO CoUhT INTEREST -Four per
cent Multiply the principal by the
number o! days separate the right-hand
figure from the product and divide by
nine.
Five per ent.-Multiply the nulnber
of days and divide by seventy two.
Six per cent.-Multiply by number of
days, separate right.hand figure and
divide by six.
Eight per cent. Multiply by number
of days and divide by forty-tiye.
Nine per cent. Multiply by number
of days, separate r%ight,hand figure and
divide by fonr.
Ten per cent. Multiply by number
of days and divide by Thirty. six.
Twelve per cent. Multiply by num-
Der Of days, separate right-hand figure
and divide by three.
Fifteen per cent.-Multiply by num-
Der of days and divide by twenty-four.
Eighteen per cent. --Multiply by mum
Der of day s, separate right hand figure
and divide by two.
Twenty per cent. by num-
Der Of days and divide by eighteen.
CHICKEN AND Hoo CHo1ERA.-In Your
for chicken cholera. l give the follow.
ing, which will not only cure, but pre-
vent the disease HyposulPh of soda,
two ounces water, one gallen. Dis
solvo and put n pint Of it in u suitable
vessel and let this fowls drink of it dur
ing the day. When used up, add an
other pint, and so on until the disease
disappears. 1t can also be used as d
preventive in the same way, or it can be
given to fowls by mixing up their food,
meal, with some of the solution.
| send, also, the following recipe for
hog cholera, which is almost infallible.
| have tested it in numerous instances. ,
1t III based upon chemical and scientific 1
principles. The combination is tonic, I
aLti-fermentive, stomachic, slightly lax {
and antacid Hyposulphite of |
soda, l b.; %bicarbonate of soda, | H.. 3
coppe,as, h.; pulv. ginger, I h., c
pulverized May APPLE root, / ID /; water
(wurm), 2 gallons. Dissolve, and give :
about II quart OF the mixture in A q
bucket of swill twice a day to about six 1
hogs. Let me add that the hyposul- /
phite OF soda given alone, dissolved in s
or in swill, will prevent hog
cholera. 1t is highly antiseptic and
arrests fermentation Of the food in the
and bowels. and consequently
iiarrhea. It's reputation in medicine in ,
,atalytic diseases is world wide, and
Why not good in similar diseases in the
ANNALS? 1t eau be obtained by
for ten or fifteen cents per
A pound Of it given every two
n three days will be sufficient for twelve
and will keep them healthy and
,rotect them from diseases of all kinds.
Cor. Kentucky AdUOcate. c
Luxuries in the East Indies.
The ladies in the above climate have =
to several modes OF insuring i
comforts, to which we in this a