The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-07

Sou oan unload fasief iiian yott enn
Nv ~ barn, aud Wlen well pat IN w iWn
men, VIII hold Que ton H. The fnnf, and
/ when fuf liny alone viii rUsi about 80
| NJ $40, nud viii save enough lny Nv 0ne
season ~ pny for n. DUn't he alarmed
about the rain getting through M the
/ tOpi always give your bottom yenli.
| lntlOn, aud yOii ran keep hay ten Year,.
You cnn alp your roof llr ~ fast rs you
load IN the huy, I'LL you get II Ia the
/ top. II N not uncommon a. see hay
built thirty feet high. These bnrns
ARE used by both rich and poor. My
own IL Of The size first spoken Of aud
u tight loft put In 81 feet from the
ground, and after good stalllng for four
horses, and feed room Of eight feet.
IL Is well framed aud boarded up six
teen feet high, but for hay alone does
not need boarding up. II the hay Ia
stacked one foot outside IL will be all
right, and will keep just MS well rs In II
barn.
InIc Care OF Your China.
The Boston Jourpal of Chemistry
gives the following very excellent prac-
teal advice for the treatment OF china
and glassware, which we copy for the
benefit of our young lady readers, some
CT whom, as we know by experience,
make sad havoc, though unintention-
ally, with the crockery: ain conf
mon dinner service IL Is great evil to
make the plates too hot, rs IL invaria-
bly, cracks tho face on the surface, IL
not the plate itself. We all know the
result-it comes apart. Nobody broke
1t" ait was cracked before, or "cracked
u long time.n The fact Is, when the
glaze is injured, every time the things
are washed the water gets into the in
terror, swells the porous clay, and
makes the whole fabric rotton. In
grease, and when exposed to further
heat the grease makes the dishes brown
and discolored. IL an old, ill-used dish
be made very hot indeed, teaspoonful
of fat will be seen to eXude from the
minute assures on its surface. These
remarks apply particularly to common
wares. AS Il rule, warm water and
soft cloth are all that is required to
keep glass In good condition; but water
bottles, in order to keep them bright,
attic acid, which is the best substance
lDI ItIIlONllB lllc lul W ilSii NbiiN'ts
in them. This acid is far better than
ashes, sand or shot, for the ashes and
sand scratch glass, and IL any shot is
left in by accident the lead is poison.
Gus. Richly cut glass must he cleansed
and polished with soft brush, upon
which very little fine chalk or whit
ing is put; by this means the luster
and brilliancy are preserved.
We find the following in the Scien-
tific American, which paper, exact in
all things, we think would not have
printed without being satisfied of its
efficiency. There are many men ad.
dicted to intemperance or drink who
are worthy objects of commisseration.
| there is anything that will relieve
them from the unfortunate habit 1t is
blessing which ought not to be with
held. We copy the prescription be-
low: There is II prescription in use in
England for the cure of drunkenness,
by which thousands are said to have
been assisted in recovering them
selves. The receipt came into notOrie-
ty through the efforts of John Vine
Hall, commander of the Great East
ern steamship. He had fallen into
such habitual drunkenness that his
most earnest efforts to reclaim him
self proved unavailing. At length he
sought the advice of an eminent ply
stefan, who gave him u prescription,
which he followed faithfully for sew
en- months, and, at the end. Of that
time had lost all desire for irquof, al
though he had for many years been
led captive, which he afterward pub
lished, and by which so many drunk
ards have been assisted to reform, as
follows: "Sulphate of iron, five grains;
peppermint water, eleven drachms;
spirit of nutmeg, one drachm; twice u
day." This preparation acts as II slim
ulant and tonic, and partially supplies
the place of the accustomed liquor,
and prevents that absolute physical
and moral prostration that follows a
sudden breaking from the use of slim
ulating drinks.